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ing them in the same way that other Dissenting clergy-
men were paid.
The vote was then agreed to.
7,096/. for charitable allowance charged on the Conso-
lidated Fund.
Mr. F. FRENCH observed that' wo boards of health
were charged f,r, one of which must certainly bo
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said one of those boards was
permanent, and the other only of a temporary character,
arising from the spread of dEease during the last two or
three years in Ireland.
On the vote of 14,6521. to defray the expense of the
General Board of Health,
Mr. HENLEY sugg9sted that it would be better to
wait until the money had been actually expended, and
then submit a vote in the civil contingencies to defray
the actual expense that had been incurred, rather than
thus loosely beforehand take a vote on account in the
estimates.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER de-
fended the present as the more proper course, as it was
perfectly in accordance with the sound rule on which he
acted to submit all estimates of the public expenditure to
the House of Commons.

' canals, of weights and measures, end generally the en-
actment of laws.—(Hear, hear.) It was not proposed to
alter the existing civil list. This Assembly would, with
few exceptions, have the power to niter in future this
list, except the salaries of the governor and judges. This
was a greater power than at present existed in New
South Wales. They would have the power of altering,
and reducing, and amending, cud the Governor would
have the power of temporarily altering the lass, in certain
emergencies. Another great point was as to the appli
cation of certain sums for the due and proper perform-
ance of public 'worship. The House was aware that at
present 30,0001: annually was granted for this purpose,
and this Bill proposed (as we understood the Hon. Gen-
tleman) that 28,0001. of that sum should be appropriated
to New South Wales, and the remainder to be retained
for the other conlonies. Considering, however, the great
increase of population, the power was reserved to the
colonial Legislature, at some future time, to revile the
who!e vote for this purpose, to which there would be
no objection. With respect to religious instruction
in the colonies, it was int. nded to appropriate the
grants altogether, irrespective of sectarian views.
Another proposition of the Act was to give the local Le-
gislature the control and appropriation of the local
funds, under certain restrictions, and requiring in ex
treme cases the sanction of the Imperial Parliament.
Another great object of the Bill, and one to which he
begged to call the attention of the House, was to intro-
duce equality between the colonies; that was, he meant
that there should be the same equality between Van
Diernen's Land and New South Wales as between
county and county in England; so that he hoped in that
respect the House would find all practical difficulties had
been overcome, and inasmuch as the proposed Constitu-
tion would provide ample play both to the local and ge-
neral opinion of the colonies, it was not too much to ex-
pect that in future the Government of these colonies
would be satisfactory to all p trues. He confined himself
at the present time to this brief description of the lead
ing provisions of the Bill, because the papers laid upon
the table of the House would give every Member fuller
information on the subject; and he hoped that a calm
consideration of these papers would induce them to
support the views of the Government on this subject.
Ho was fully aware that it was desired by many
persons to give new constitutions to these different
colonies, but he had always felt that it was neces-
sary that these constitutions should be °given in ac•
cordance with the feelings of the colonists themselves,
and the peculiar circumstances in which each was placed.
By the Bill he now brought forward the colonies had
full power to alter their own constitution, as to the ex-
perience of its working might suggest. In the course of
a day or two, when Hon. Members had had time to con-
sider the provisions of the Bill, he should be prepared to
meet any objections that might then suggest themselves;
and in the mean time he thought it would be better to
postpone any discussion until that was the case.
Mr. GLADSTONE observed that he was friendly to
the general objects and provisions of the Bill, but be was
doubtful as to the effect of certain clauses, as to the fran-
chise, and the constitution of the Legislative Assemblies.
Certain changes had been enacted by law, but had never
come into operation, and had, therefore, been obnoxious.
With respect to the double Legislative Chambers, he
thought that the experience of the United States of Ame-
rica was against single Chambers, and the experience in
our own colonies, though very scanty, was of the same
character. In the papers before the House, Sir W. Deni-
son, the Governor of one of these colonies, reported de-
cidedly in favour of two Chambers; and Sir Charles
Fitzroy was equally in favour of a double Chamber ac-
cording to his statement. As far as New South Wales
was concerned, the general sentiment was in its favour.
The Bill Row introduced proposed to give to all the
colonies the power of appointing single Chambers, and
the option of appointing a second. But his great anxiety
was upon the question of the federal system. In that
respect again reference must be made to the United
States, and he confessed that, as far as the principle was
concerned, he should look with great hope to its adop-
tion; but though it had been ably advocated on a late
occasion by the Hon. and Learned Member for Sheffield,
the question had yet not been satisfactorily solved to his
mind. In the United States local were distinct from
political powers, and he could not see how in the pro-
posed new federal Colonial Government these were pro-
vided for. As far as his present impressions went, im•
pressions strengthened by what had lately occurred in
France, ho was decidedly in favour of a double Cham-
ber of Legislation. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after
suggesting various other objections which presented
themselve to his mind, concluded by expressing his de-
termination to give the Bill his best consideration in its
future stages.
Mr. V. SMITH also expressed his gratification that
the Government had brought forward a measure of this
character. The question of federal Government and of

i• The vote was agreed to.
On the vote 2.4471. for salaries and incidental expenses
of the Central thard of Health in Dublin,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE stated, in reply to Mr. Gro-
gan, that there was great difficulty in applying the pro •
visions of an Act for sanitary purposes in Ireland, owing
to the extreme poverty of the people, which furnished no
means whatever fur executing sanitary regulations. The
subject, however, was under consideration, and he was
not without the hope that, during the present session, a
sanitary measure of general application for Ireland would
be passed.

The vote was agreed to, as also were the following:—
18,000/. cost of certain works of navigation connected
With drainage in Ireland.
8381., repairs of the British Ambassador's house at
Paris.
On the vote, 12,0001. towards defraying the expense
of rebuilding the British Ambassador's house at Con-
stantinople.
Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to Sir H. Wil-
loughby,• said the cost of the building would be about
40,000/. The great expense was caused by the diffi-
culty of getting stone, the houses there being generally
built of wood. The necessity for building a house for
our Ambassador at present in Constantinople, arose
from the former embassy having been burnt down in
one of the great fires that had taken place there some
time past.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said there would be no end
to the expense unless the Government looked carefully
to it, and it was, therefore, that he directed attention to
the matter.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the most stringent orders had been given on that
head, and to enforce it an architect had been sent out to
Constantinople.:
The vote was agreed to.
16,000/. to defray the expense of militia and volunteers
in Canada. _ _

Mr. V. SMITH inquired if the Government had taken
measures to throw that which was a peculiarly colonial
expense upon the colony?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that a year ago an intimation had been conveyed to the
people of Canada that that expense, which had been paid
under an arrangement with the Government of the day,
would not be continued beyond a certain period from that
time. The period then fixed was the 30;h of April next
year, when the payment would cease.
The vote was agreed to; as also were the following,
without discussion:—

7,3001. for lighthouses abroad.
3,0001. for harbour at Lybster—a place of refuge for
fishing boats on the east coast of Scotland.
448,0001. for charges and expenses of the commis-
sariat; and

43,8721. for charge of half. pay, pensions, and allow-
ances of commissariat officers.

Mr. V. SMITH said that he saw no vote this year for
the commission on criminal law; he wished, therefore,
to know whether the Commission was finally closed.
Sir G. GREY said the Commission had virtually ex-
pired, as one of the Commissioners was dead, and there
would be no further application to Parliament for any
vote on account of it. The Commission bad drawn up
One further report on criminal procedure, which would
be presented to Parliament.
, The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and asked
leave to sit again.
SUPPLY.—REPORT.
The report of the Committee of Supply on the mis-
cellaneous estimates was then brought up and read.
On the vote of 3,5401. for the expenses of the eccle-
siastical Commission being recited,
Mr. V. SMITH objected to the principle of the vote.
The business of the Commission was confined to the
management of ecclesiastical property, and he was there
fore of opinion the expense should he borne out of eccle-
siastical funds, and not by the public. In the year 1844
that principle was partly admitted, and since then the
proportion of the expense borne by the Commission was
as I to 3. He (Mr. Smith) thought the public should
riot be called on any longer to pay any portion of the
expense, especially as many persons would have to
be taxed who were conscientiously opposed to the
Church establishment.
Lord J. RUSSELL said the reasons for the vote had
been given several times • in fact, the question had been
Several years under the consideration of Parliament.
The late Archbishop of Canterbury had stated to him
(Lord J. Russell) the reasons for this vote. He (Lord
J. Russell had pointed to Queen Anne's Bounty as an
analogous case, the expense of which was defrayed out of
the fund itself. But the archbishop said, and said rightly,
that when that fund was created, monies belonging to the
Crown had been surrendered to the Church, and there-
fore the Church could afford to pay the expenses of its
management; but in this case there was no proposition to
augment the property of the Church, only to distribute
it in such a manner as was deemed the best for the reli-
gious instruction of the lay community; and therefore it
was but just that the public, for whose benefit the dis-
tribution was made, and not the Church, should bear the
charge of that distribution. As the case stood, the
reduction proposed would be pro twit() a reduction on
the amount appropriated to religious instruction, and a
consequent diminution of ecclesiastical efficiency. He
did thick, however, that if, at a future period, the funds
of the Church should very considerably increase, owing
to the prudent management of ecclesiastical property,
and that a large sum should be at the disposal of the
Commission, it might be right to place the greater part,
if not the whole of the expenses of the Commission on
the funds of the Church.
Mr. HENLEY said that the outcry formerly was to
rob the bishops, and deans and chapters, of the property,
under the pretence of church extension; the outcry now
was to make the Church pay for the distribution of the
Plunder. It was an act ostensibly performed for the
weal of the public, and the public had, therefore, no
reason to complain if it was charged a small sum for the
expense of distributing the spoil.
Mr' V. SMITH consented to withdraw bis motion for
the omission of the vote.
The vote was then agreed to.
On the recital of the vote of 125,0001. for public educa-
tion in Great Britain,
LoMr. E%VART said that he had before expressed his
Pe that the public would be made acquainted with the
,mode in which the sums that were annually voted for
in° promotion of science, art, and education, had been
_expended. The House was regularly furnished with
a statement with regard to the estimates of the
noa"t(Y, the army, and the ordnance; and ho did
u see why it should not also have a statement
oPen the important subject of education, and of the ex-
ai9riture of all sums which were voted for that purpose,
n
for the promotion of art, science, and literature. He
trusted that another year would not be permitted to
elapsebe without such a statement as he had alluded to
ing made to the House.
Sir G. GREY said he had prepared a statement which
would
the give the expenditure, the number of schools, and
__si:Trnber of teachers who received stipends; but it
in fact, only an abridgment of the information al-
ready laid before Parliament, and which was contained
in the minutes of the Council of Education. The Right
bison. Baronet then read the statement, the greater part
o.f which was, however, inaudible in the gallery.
~,rnongst the items were sums for the erection of 188
training schools, and the supply of 164 of them with
books, the grants made by the Council to the British and
Foreign Schools Society, and the schools connected with
the Established Church of Scotland; 3,7501. towards the
expense of training schools; and 1,5001. in aid of ragged
schools.
On the vote of 1,500/, for tho National Gallery, pur-
chase of pictures, and expenses of the gallery, being read,
Mr. V. SMITH drew the attention of the House to
the circumstance that the Vernon collection, of paintings
had been placed in a cellar, a position, he observed, in
Which it was a national disgrace to leave them. He
Wished to be informed if the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer had it in contemplation to provide any better ae-
eemmodation of the exhibition of these valuable works
of art?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he
quite agreed with his Right Hon. Friend that it was a
most desirable object to provide better accommodation
for this collection of pictures, and the only reason for
43• not having been done was, that it would involve, in
some shape or other, a considerable outlay, which he did
not feel that he should be justified in proposing in tho
Present year.
The remaining resolutions having been passed, the
report was brought up and agreed to.
Ile Pupils' Protection (Scotland) Bill was read a
Second time,
The
e Sheepstealers (Ireland) Bill was read a second

two Legislative Chambers, to which the Right Hon.
Gentleman had called attention, were questions of great
difficulty and well worthy the attention of the House.
There were, however, many points upon which he felt
some doubts, but at that stage of the Bill he would not
detain the House by expressing his views at any length.
Mr. MACGREGOR said that as his constituents took a
great interest in the question he claimed permission to
make a few observations on the statement of the Hon.
Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies. He
regarded the proposed measure of the Government as
one of the most liberal that had been brought forward
with regard to the colonies, and he was well pleased to
find that they were at length about having conceded to
them the power of administering their own affairs.
Mr. E. DENISON admitted the great importance of
the yestion, and added his testimony to that of the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Gladstone), as re-
garded the extreme importance attached in the United
States of America to the double system of representa-
tion. With respect to the subject o. the Colonial Court
Fund and the price of lands, he wished to know whether
the matter would be loft in the hands of the local Legis-
lature, or whether it was intended that it should be defi-
nitely settkd by that House, Did the Hon. Gentleman
contemplate that the question should be discussed by the
local Legislature of each colony, or by a federative
assembly?
Lord JOHN RUSSELL said there was an Act of the
Imperial Parliament in force which regulated the price
of land, and which it was not in the power of the local
Legislature to alter. Whether that power should be
continued or not is another question. He bad heard the
speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite with the
greatest interest. He thought it far better not to ex-
press a decided opinion at present on the suggestions
made by the Right Hon. Gentleman, but to leave the
entire question to be discussed when the Bill was under
consideration. With regard to that point which the
Right Hon. Gentleman laid particular stress on, namely,
whether there should be an Assembly, or a Council and
Assembly, according to the form of the older colonies,
he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman had hardly at-
tached sufficient weight to the objections of New South
\Vales to the plan of a Council and Assembly. He
thought if they could form such a body as the Senate
of the United States that it could not fail to be of value,
and ho considered the good working of the United
States was mainly owing to the particular form of the
Assembly. But it was said that the value of such a
Senate should depend on the elements of which it was
composed, and he thought that statement was quite
fairly made. When they found eminent men, remark-
able for their talents, of weight and consideration in
society, meeting in the Senate, they formed a great au-
thority. Those who objected to such a form of assem-
bly in the colonies said that there were no materials out
of which to form a council, and if there were not
those materials to form an independent body, then they
should have more nominees of the Crown and
men holding office. In Lower Canada, when a
body was found to interpose an authority be-
tween the Assembly and the Executive, it proved
of very little value. 1305 C were the principal points on
which in New South Wales itself there appeared a great
balance of opinion. It was only his wish that the ques-
tion should be considered, giving due weight to the
opinions of those who, from their local knowledge and
experience were entitled to every consideration.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. E.
DENISON,

Captain lIARRIS deprecated the idea of interfering
at present with the government of the Australian colo-
nes. He thought it would have been much wiser on the
part of the Government to have remained quiet some
time longer, before they proposed any change.
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, and it was
subsequently laid on the table.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE obtained leave and brought
in the following Bills, which were severally read a first
time:—" Bill to abolish the gaol of Newgate, in the
county of the city of Dublin, and provide compensation
for the officers thereof, and to enable the grand jury of
the county of the said city to increase the salaries of the
chaplains of certain other gaols thereof, and to re-assess
on the county of the said city certain arrears of the
Grand Jury cess."—" Bill to make temporary provision
relating to the collection of county cess in Ireland, and
to the remuneration of the collectors thereof."
Captain PECHELL moved for the following return,
which was ordered:—" Return of the amount of freight
money paid in each year since July, 1819, to the Ad-
mirals and Commodores of the several stations, and to
the Captains and Officers commanding her Majesty's
ships and vessels fur the conveyance of public and pri-
vate treasure, with the total amount received during the
Same period by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital,
as the proportion of such freight money for the use of
that institution, pursuant to the proclamation dated the
12th day of July, 1819."
The other orders were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock.

REVIEW OF THE 2I) LIFE GUARDS IN WINDSOR.
PARK.—This fine regiment, which is at present sta-
tioned at Windsor, was reviewed yesterday in Windsor
Park, by Colonel the Marquis of Londonderry,two
The troops came on the ground at half-past
at which hour a large number of spectators in elegant
equipages, as well as many horsemen and pedestrians,
were present. The Noble Marquis arrived on the ground
at three o'clock, and was received by the officers of the
regiment. troops, which mustered nearly 300, and
were accompanied by their band, then went through the
usual evolutions of parade and field movements with
great precision, after which the Noble Marquis exprcesed
his high satisfaction at the fine condition of the men to
the field officer, Colonel M'Do all, and complimented
the staff generally on the soldierly appearance of the
regiment. The Marchioness of Londonderry, Vis-
countess Seaham, and Viscountess Neville were among
the ladies of distinction on the ground, and after the
review they honoured the officers with their company at
a dejoiner given at the cavalry barracks, Spittal. In
the evening the officers gave a ball to a select party of
residents in the neighbourhood.
IfEn MAJESTY'S SUMMER CRUISE.—It is said the
services of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert will
be brought into requisition some time towards the latter
end of July, when it is confidently asserted that her
Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Royal children, will
proceed in her to Scotland.

AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.
Mr. HAWES brought forward his amended Bill for
the better government of the Australian colonies for the
consideration of the house. It was not his intention to
occupy the House at any great length :with the details
of the Bill, but he might state that it was framed to
meet the wishes of the colonists, and upon the basis of
the constitution at present existing in New South Wales,
which consisted of Governor and Legislative C, uucil,
composed of members elected in the proportion of onc-
third by the Governor to two-thirds by the colonists.
The Governor of that colony chose twelve of the Le-
gislative Council and twenty-four other Members were
chosen by the people at large. After much considera-
tion, it was resolved to adopt this model, and the main
object of the Bill was to carry that constitution into
effect. The first object was to make Port Philip a sepa-
rate Government, to be called Victoria. All the other
colonies were to be placed upon the footing of New
South Wales. Another object was to establish a kind
of federal union of all the colonies for certain
general purposes. The colonists would elect certain mem-
bers to a general assembly of the whole Union, whose
functions were detailed in the Bill. Their functions
would extend to matters of what might be called iti,pe-
rial importance. They would have the establishment
supreme court. The regalMiou et rob, highways,

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Conarnong,

MONDAY, JUNE 4.
INCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL.
Order for Third Reading read Motion made, and Ques.
tion proposed, "That the Bill be now read the third time.'
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and al
the end of the 'Question to add the words "upon this da)
six months :"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stall(
part of the Question." The House divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 117.

MINORITY-NOES, 12.
Bsntinek, Lord 11. Jones, Captain Stuart, J.
French, F. Napier, Joseph Turner, G. J.
Grace, 0. D. Newdegate, N. TELLERS.
Hayes, Sir E. Richards, Richard . Dunne, F. P.
Henley, J. W. Spooner, It. Grogan, Edward

SUPPLY.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not
exceeding 6,423/. be granted to her Majesty, to pay to the
31st day of March, 18•.50, Miscellaneous Allowances, for-
merly defrayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenue,
&c. for which no permanent provision has been snide by
Parliament :"—Afterwards Motion made, and Question put,
" That a: sum not exceeding 4,7281. be granted to her Ma-
jesty, to pay to the 31st day of March, 1850, Miscellaneous
Allowances formerly defrayed from the Civil List, the Here-
ditary Revenue, &c., for which no permanent provision has
been made by Parliament." The Committee divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 33.
Blair, Stephen Harris, Richard Sandars, George
Bright, John Henry, Alexander Smith, J. B.
Brotherton, J. Heyworth, Lawrence Tancred, IL W.
Cobbold, John C. Holland, Robert Thicknesse, Ralph
Cobden, Richard Humphery, Ald. Thompson, Colonel
Drummond, Henry Kershaw, James Thornely, Thomas
Ellis, John King, P. J. Trclawny, J. S.
Evans, John Lacy, Henry C. Wawn, J. T.
E wart, William Langston, J. H. Willoughby, Sir H.
Fagan, William Martin, J. TELLERS.
Fox, W. J. Millings, J. It. Wyld, James
Greene, John O'Connell, John Lushington, Charles

MAJORITY-NOES, 52.
Adair, R. A. Hawes, Benjamin Parker, John
Armstrong, R. B. Hay, Lord J. Raphael, Alexander
Bagshaw, John Hayter, W. G. Rich, Henry
Baines, M. T. Hobhouse, Sir John Romilly, Sir John
Bass, M. T. Hood, Sir A. --: Russell, Lord John
Bellew, R. M. Howard, Lord E. Rutherfurd, A.
Blackall, S. W. Jervis, Sir John Shell, R. L. -4
Blakemore, R. Lascelles, W. S. Smith, J. A.'
Boyle, Colonel 'ACV*, G. C. Somerville, Sir W.
Busfeild, W. Lockhart, A. E. Spooner, Richard
Cowper, W. F. Lockhart, W. Stanton, W. S.
Craig, W. G. Matheson, Colonel Vane, Lord 11.
Cubitt, William Maule, Fox Wilson, James
Denison, J. E. Mitchell, T. A. Wood, Sir Charles
Ebrington, Viscount Moody, C. A.
Evans, William Nicholl, John TELLERS.
French, F. Paget, Lord A. Tanen, Henry
Frewen, C. 11. Paget, Lord C. Hill, Lord Marcus
Grey, Sir George Palmerston, Vis.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Nelson, 120, and the Cormorant, advanced steam-
sloop, were removed from the basin at Portsmouth yes-
terday, and the Fairy, tender to the royal yacht, taken
in and unmasted.

The Apollo, troop-ship, Commander J. Rawstone,
sailed from Spithead for Cork on Sunday night. She
embarks the 59th Foot at Cork for Hong Kong, and
brings the 95th to England, from that settlement.
The Reynard steam-schooner, Commander Cracroft,
sailed from Spithead, on Saturday evening, for the coast
of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies,
touching at Plymouth for mails.
The Blenheim, 60, steam-guard-ship, Acting Com-
mander Stevens, will leave Portsmouth harbour this
morning about ten o'clock for a trial cruise in the Solent;
after which, it is supposed, sho will be guardship at Spit-
head.

The Vindictive, 50, having undergone a thorough
overhaul and repair in dock, at Portsmouth, will be taken
out to-day and,give place to her Majesty's steam-tender
Fairy.

APPOINTMENTS.
Mates—ri. Campion, B. G. W. Nicholas, and C. J.
Jago, to her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, at
Portsmouth.

Midshipmen—J. Saumarez, to the Hastings, 74, flag-
ship, in the East Indies; J. W. East, to the Raleigh, 50,
Hag-ship, in the River Plate; C. C. Ricketts, to the Ex-
cellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth.
Naval Cadets--J. W. O'Grady, to the Dragon steam-
frigate, on the Irish station; J. Drome, to the Hastings;
A. W. Kortwright, to the Raleigh.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 3.—The Arrogant, 46, steam-fri-
gate, Captain R. Fitzroy, arrived here this morning at
eleven o'clock, from Portsmouth, and after having sa-
luted, she immediately went up the harbour. She will
there take in some supernumeraries, and proceed to
Malta, thence returning to Lisbon to wait for further
orders.

The Cleopatra, 26, Captain IL L. Massie, from Sheer-
ness, also arrived here this morning, and is now lying in
the Sound, waiting for orders. She will be paid ad-
vance while she is here. Her armament is—main deck,
sixteen 32-pounders, 7i feet in length; quarter-deck,
six 32-pounders, 6 feet In length; and two 32-pounders,
9 feet in length. The Cleopatra will go to the Cape.
The Castor, 36, Commodore C. Wyvill, also arrived
off the Sound in the forenoon. She stood off for some
time, waiting for orders, but about one o'clock she
came within the breakwater, and, after dropping anchor,
saluted.

The Eurydice, 26, Captain T. V. Anson, is ordered
home from the Cape of Good Hope without delay. She
will be paid off at this port.
Mr. W. Ely°, the master-shipwright at this port, will
leave here on Wednosday next for Portsmouth, to assist
in the examination of candidates for the vacant situations
of master shipwrights' assistants, which will commence
on Friday next. There are two vacancies, for which
there are four candidates. Mr. Fincharn has been re-
commended by the officers of this yard for examination.
The other candidates are Messrs. Large, Sheffield, and
Cradock.

The Albion, 90, is having her shot and tanks removed
to lighten her, preparatory to taking her into dock to
clean her bottom.

Tho Ranger was surveyed by tho Admiral Superin-
tendent and master shipwright on Friday, and reported
ready for commission.

Rio, APRIL 15.—The Harpy, steam-vessel, Lieute-
nant-Coromander Tomlinson, is at Buenos Ayres.
The Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert,
K.C.8., is at Monte Video, with the Daphne, IS, Captain
Fanshawe, and the Lizard, iron steamer, Lieutenant-
Commander Hollinsworth.

Tho Electro steam-sloop and the Spider packet sailed
'rem Rio for Monte Video on the 21st nit.

The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Skipworth,
the Crescent, receiving-ship, and the K strel packet,
are at Rio.

Tho Griffon brigantine, Lieutenant Thurburn, and the
Tweed, 14, Commander Lord F.ltussell, are at Pernam-
buco. The Hydra's cutter captured a slave vessel off
this harbour, and sent her to Demerara, in charge of
Mr. W. Graham, acting mate. It is said she is worth
(at least her value is computed at) 16,0001., rather a
large sum.
Lieutenant Ballard has taken the Alecto to Monte
Video. It is expected Lieutenant Egerton, F. L. to Com-
modore Herbert, will then take command of her until
further orders from the Admiralty.
The United States frigate Savannah, 50, from Boston
for the Pacific, arrived on the 12th.

VALPARAISO, MARCH 28.—0 n the 6th the Amphi-
trite, 25, Captain T. R. Eden, arrived from Rio and the
coast of Africa, having made the passage in 37 days.
Here she found the Asia, 84, Rear-Admiral P. Hornby,
C. 8., and the Nereus store-ship; the French 50-gun
frigate Poursuivante, carrying the Admiral's flag ; also
the 16 gun brig G 6 lie; and the American 60-gun frigate
Independence, Commodore Shubrick.
On the Bth the Gorgon steam-frigate, Commander
Paynter, arrived with Admiral Hereby on board, having
been some thirty or forty miles to the northward of this
for a few days.
On the 13th the Champion, 14, Commander Ilves,
arrived from Central America ; on the same day the
Gorgon sailed for Callao.
On the 20th the Cockatrice schooner, Master-Com-
mander Rundle, arrived from Panama.

On the 27th the Amphitrite, 25, was inspected by the
Commander-in-Chief. She was to sail on the evening
of the 30th, in company with the Asia and Champion, to
try rate of sailing for a few days, after which she was to
go to Callao, thence, it was supposed, to the Sandwich
Islands.

The Constance, 50, Captain Courtney, and the Calypso,
20, Captain Worth, are collecting freight in Mexico.
The latter has already shipped a large amount for
England.
The Inconstant, 50, Captain Shepherd, is at Vancou-
ver's Island.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIMES --There will be found in the Times of Satur-
day last no less than eight columns devoted to a report of
the proceedings of the House of Commons in the form
of a Committee of Supply. Each column of the debate
. might well elicit many columns of discus
" Fro:is the marble arch in front of Bucking-
" ham Palace, to the colony of Lateran; from the system
of transportation,
i,r
nspoLt,,yautiron;, to the reduction of the salary of a clerk
in h
1 •
nbeen writing and spe
ea
ar
Il
iiy
nagll
were passed in brief and shadowy review. As compared
ttohre tthoep
lac
ss
tu
fourao.
rh
fivei ch
month
eon
th haves
with the excitement of previous Parliamentary field-days,
the process of voting away money is a quick and melan-
choly one. The burden is fixed upon the backs of the tax-
payers with all the dexterous celerity of a Spanish mu-
leteer. The time has passed for inquiring if thejaded
animal is equal to his appointed task ; his hocks and
pasterns may be out of order ; his knees in a ricketty
condition; the saddle may gall, and the crupper pinch;
but the time for strapping on burdens and buckling
fast has arrived. The work must be got through—one
sonorous crack with the whip, and away we go, trot-
ting, jing'ieg, and suffering, to our next halting-place.
Ile sums necessary for the public service must be
voted. There is a great difference between the way
in which these things are managed now, and the
system of twenty years back. The tendency of the
time is towards a stricter economy of the public.
revenue. So far all is well. Much, however, re-
mains to be done ere we arrive at that period when
he administration of the revenues of the State shall
be considered in the liesht of a private stewardship.
Over 47-54ths of the sum paid into the Excheqeer
we are in a fair way of exercising a tolerably accurate
'upervision. It is scarcely so as yet with regard
to the remaining 7- 54ths. A large margin is left
to the discretion and conscience of those charged,
with the duties of administration. A reckless OYC-
penditure and system of uuthrift are in certain
departments quite beyond our control. A few
passing remarks when the House is in Committee
ootfheprrodtoigpaielistyo,fanpuunblfiacir
of Supply; and a few fleeting comments in the public
journals, which must soon be forgotten in the presence
of
ftand an isolated.
to oblivion. To which of these heads shall we refer
are consigned
an expenditure of 763,2961. upon Buckingham Palace?
iintetmer,esat,
job,
Go to Paris, to Berlin, to Dresden, to Turin, to Naples,
in fact to any capital city upon the Continent, and
where will you find Royalty lodged at such an ex-
pense, in such a building, in such a hole? The
present Administration is not answerable for the
freaks of George IV. nor the bad taste of Mr.
Nash, but it is impossible to help doubting the
propriety of tacking on an extra 150,0001. to the 613,2961.
of expense incurred previous to 1831. We have no
sympathy with the paltry penuriousness which refuses
to contribute amply to the erection of public monu-
ments —for such, in fact, are 'the palaces—but surely,
in the course of the last twenty-five years, an expendi-
ture of 1,500,0001. upon Windsor Castle seems excessive.
Mr. B. Osborne, on Friday night, mentioned these facts to
the House. They are unfortunately but too well known
to all whose duty compels them to be conversant
with Parliamentary returns ; and yet if we mistake
not they will go forth to many of our readers with all
the freshness of a revelation. The marble arch before
Buckingham Palace cost 80,0001., and now no one knows
what to do with it. It is a pretty object enough, but wo
can't place it anywhere with any sort of propriety.
We shall be obliged at last to consign it to some dark
corner, like the monster picture of the Vicar of Wake-
field's family, simply from the difficulty of finding it an
appropriate resting-place. Private individuals ruin
themselves whenever they meddle with brick and mor-
tar. The nation in the same way, in its corporate capa-
city, seems destined to burn its fingers, whenever
engaged in the practical cultivation of architecture.
A proposed amendment of Mr. Henley upon the
vote of 57,2001. for salaries and other expenses in
the Treasury, provoked a discussion upon the pro-
priety of reducing the salaries, of the members of the
Government. Mr. Henley rested his proposition
upon the ground that, as the object of recent legis-
lation had been to diminish the price of most
articles, it was only fair that such reduction should
take place. Mr. Cobden, although concurring in
the object of the proposition, repudiated the grounds
upon which Mr. Henley had rested its. propriety.
He denied that the reduction in the price of food had
affected the price of .articles of manufacture. He
was all for republican simplicity in the habits of
life of the great functionaries. The Honourable
Gentleman appears to take umbrage at the superior
splendour of a Ministerial entertainment, as he does
at the successes in society of a captivating cornet or an
enterprising ensign. "
.One of the advantages," said he
on Frid evening, "which he contemplated from putting
the Ministers of this country on lower salaries was,
that they might set the fashion. of uniting a greater sim-
plicity in their habits of life, so that they might impart
their hospitality at a less extravagant expense." Mr.
Cobden, with these views, proposes to dock' the sala-
ries of the Chief Secretaries of State by 1,0001. per
annum; to reduce them, in fact, from 5,000/, to
4,000/., and see what effect that will produce upon
their sideboards of plate and variety of wines. The
reduction will, of course, go further if they are not
brought down to the true type of Sparta or Man-
chester. Mr. Cobden again hopes, by this reduction,
to get a back-handed slap at the Bishops. "If the First
Minister of the Crown," said he, " only received 4,000/.
a year himself, ho would not get up and say that in his
opinion a Bishop ought to have 10,000/. or 15,0004 a year."
The plan is ingenious enough. Mr. Cob.len gives check
to King and Bishop by the same move, and, although
the King may save himself by thrusting forward a
pawn to bear the brunt, the Bishop at least must go. It
may be judged from this little sample into what topics and
to what length we should be led by a formal discussion of
the subjects started before the Committee of Supply. Mr.
Henley's motion was lust by 84 to 33. So Lord Palmer-
ston and Sir G. Grey are not deprived of their chcp and
butlers for another year. The proposed vote of 9,8271.
to defray the charge of Labuan gave rise to the most
animated and interesting portion of the discussion of
Friday night. Sir James Brooke, the Governor, is in the
receipt of a salary of 2,0001. a year. There is a Lieu-
tenant-Governor, at 1,3751.; a Master Attendant, and
Post-master at 5001.; a Surveyor, 5001.; Station Surgeon,
416/.; there are besides other charges for public build-
ings, &c., which raise the whole expense to 9,827/. 10s.
To
this outlay Mr. Cobden totally objected, arguing
against it with his usual fairness and candour. Here is
Mr. Cobden's account of the origin of Labuan, and of all
circumstances attendant upon Sir James Brooke's Bor-
nean adventure:—

oporfi iegtchien of
sopt
.rsLeesanobtoiuto Labuan
day.
si
sTocanh.e_e
yo(foawteheade
r hhoe mosthear.)
curious
r.
possession
At
aloincidents
u u 3,
gentleman, sailing in his yacht, took pos-
session of Sarawak, a district of country on the coast
of Borneo, and was called the Raja of Sarawak
the former Raja, who ceded the district to him,
having been a pirate. He cause to England, and
,by means of enormous puffing—(A laugh)—by sen-
timental puffing—persuaded the people of this country
that he was going to settle Borneo. What did he do ?
First of all he was consular agent to himself. He was
Raja Brooke, of Sarawak, and was consul to himself for
Borneo. Being Raja of Sarawak, he took charge
as Governor of the island of Labuan, about 300 miles
distant, the difficulty of communicating with which was
greater than that of communicating with England ; and,
being unable to be in both places, he appointed for
Labuan a Lieutenant-Governor to di.charge the duties.—
( [leer, hear.) This Lieutenant-Governor over a settle-
ment without any population had a salary of 1,3751.
(I-lear.) They talked of the distress of the people of
this country, and yet they gave their sanction to such
proceedings as these. He wished to ask the :Govern-
ment whether it was seriously proposed to continue this
establishment in Labuan?"
Mr. Cobden had, unfortunately, omitted one little
circumstance of which Mr. Hawes and others rose to
remind him. This was, that the Manchester men
took the most prominent part in urging upon the
Government the policy which led to the settlement
of Labuan. London, Liverpool,
Glasgow, and the
other great mercantile communities followed in the lead
of Manchester. Mr. Labouchere favoured the House and
Hr. Cobden with chapter and verse. It was in the year
1846 Sir Robert Peel's Government received a memo-
rial from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to the
following magniloquent effect:—
That they had heard with great satisfaction of an op
portuuity of obtaining a most desirable settlement on the
coast of Borneo having been lately presented to the Bri-
tish nation, in the voluntary offer of the isle of Labuan,
positionfor tshoeco
and they implored the Government not to suffer any delay
viewi securing c
suor innvimportant,eni
e andoe innd every
protection
oof
f
desirable,g a
our China trade, and as a refuge for our shipping in case
of distress, as a bulwark in the event of war, and as a
central deck for our trade in the Eastern Archipelago.*
What is the difference, morally, between a suggesti
falsi and a suppressio yen? To. be sure, a ver3,
unscrupulous advocate, determined to make his point
good at all hazards, may be expected to address a
jury in this manner, to distort one fact and suppress
another, but happily as yet such are not the
recosnised ethics of the British Parliament. In order
to place Mr. Cobden's ingenuity in its true light, we
should say that Mr. Hawes merely mentioned the fact of
the petitions from the commercial bodies. Mr. Cobden
then rose again, and admitted that
" Memorials had been presented to the Government
from the north of England in favour of making Labuan
a colony; but they were too much men of business
to suppose that the Government would create large
establishments there before ascertaining whether the
island would be of any use. But he must
remind the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hawes) that those
memorials were prepared in a very cautious manner,
for at the time they were presented an apprehension was
felt that this country was about to occupy Sarawak—a
portion of the great island of Borneo itself. Under
this impression these gentlemen, knowing Labuan to
be detached from Borneo, and to be only seven miles in
extent, very cautiously Gspressed their wish that that
island should be taken possession of by the English
Government."
It W 33 upon this that Mr. Labouchere rose an 1 t
"
the House eight as to theyou cautious manner" in
which the Manchester men had expressed their desire
for the coloniz aims of Labuan. We more than
suspect the fame which Sir James Brooke has
acquired from the gallantry and success of his enter-
prise must have given Mr. Cobden some little discom-
fort. Why not R sja Cobden as well as Raja Brooke ?
What's in a name ? There exist no cuphonical
grounds against such a substitution. Thus we have
flown from Buckingham Palace to Borneo, after the
fashion of the Committee on whose desultory proceed-
ings we are commenting. It is seldom that we would
recommend with so much earnestness an attentive perusal
of a Parliamentary debate as that of Friday night.

Dispatches were sent offyesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor ierrit Levue.

10th instant. The Gallant General resumed his march
for Lahore on the 11th, and was expected at Jhelum on
the 16th, the brigadier remaining to assume the command
of tho new district committed to his charge.—Delhi
Gazette, April 21.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

INDIA.
I (From the Overland Bombay Times, May 1.)
SUMMARY.
We have rarely had occasion to send home a more
newsless summary than the present—though the next
two are likely to be no improvemente. We can only in-
timate the arrival of Sir C. Napier in the Eastern waters;
he reached Alexandria on the Bth, proceeded straight
tLr,-,u,h E,Typt, and sailed direct for Calcutta, on the
12th, having learnt on the way that tranquillity in the
Punjaub had been restored. He will have by this time
arrived, and been sworn in, and is probably on his way
to Simla for the season. The intelligence that railways
have been all but secured us, is probably the most im-
portant news that ever reached the shores of India ; we
borrow money without remorse to meet the charges of
a causeless and unprofitable war; for no purpose could
wo borrow more wisely or securely than for the im-
provement of internal communication. The troops
at Peshiwur are busy preparing themselves against
the hot season. They enjoy the highest health there
and at Moultan ; the climate to the middle of April
appears to have been delightful at both places.
The Sinde horse have had another brush with the
Murrees on the frontier, who of course got the worst
of it, having had 40 of their people killed, and
1,000 cattle, lifted from the low country, taken from
them. Sind° continues healthy. General Achmuty
has arrived at Kurrachee. Sir W. Cotton, commander-
in
chief of Bombay, has sent in his resignation, and re-
quested
to be relieved after the rains; ho has been ex-
tremely popular with the army while at its head. It is
said that there are to be 10 new regiments of the line I
added to the Bengal army; on the other hand it is as-
serted that irregulars, half horse and half foot, will be
raised to the extent f 10,000, without any addition of
officers. The hope of a substantial augmentation seems
to have been one great source of the clamour for the THE ETON REGATTA.
annexation of the Punjaub. The order issued some ETON, MONDAY NIGHT.—The 4th of June, the annt
months since raising the strength of each regiment by versary of the birthday of the late King George 111., by
200 men, must have added 18,000 men to our muster ; a time-honoured custom, originating with that monarch,
roll; the occupation of the Saugor and Nerbudda terri- is always celebrated as a festival by the scholars of Eton
tories by about 12,000 Madras troops, will be a virtual I College, who on that day make an aquatic pilgrimage to
addition to the army in Bengal to this extent, or a total I Surley Hall, about two miles and a half above Windsor-
of 30,000; the expected augmentation, whether of regu- I bridge, amid " great pomp and circumstance." The
lars or irregulars, will bring it up to 40,000; so much 1 anniversary this year falling on the eve of Ascot races,
for the first fruits of annexation. The expense of a ! Windsor and the neighbourhood were unusually full of
native regiment, officers, arms, appointments, and I members of the aristocracy. A great many of the no-
maintenance, costs somewhere about 40,0001. a year! t bility had also arrived to witness the review of the 2d
The charges of a couple of regiments would meet Life Guards by the Marquis of Londonderry in Wind-
the interest of all the money proposed to be I sor-park, at an early hour this morning. These facts,
expended on railways. The Governor-General ' with the extreme fineness of the weather, had the effect
is in the upper provinces. The commander-in- lof attracting a most brilliant assemblage to the Brocas
chief is at Simla, having takpn a final leave of the army this evening; and when the crews mustered, at
on quitting the Punjaub. General Gilbert has also I half-past six o'clock, the banks of the river on both
taken leave of the division under him, in a complimen- 1 shores were thronged with many thousand spec-
tary general order, and the troops in reality richly de. tators. The arrival of the Court at Windsor Castle
serve any compliment that can be paid them. Lieutenant during the day led many to hope that the regatta would
Miller, of her Majesty's 22d Foot, a very meritorious be honoured with the presence of her Majesty and the
officer, raised from the ranks for good conduct, has just Prince Consort, accompanied by some of their distin-
been dismissed the service under circumstances of pecu- guished guests; and a few were found who put faith in
liar hardship. Mr. Miller had charge of the canteen a report, very freely circulated, to the effect that his
funds, and on these being transferred from his to other Royal Highness the Prince of Wales would " take the
hands some errors were discovered, which led to charges water " for the first time on the occasion. The more
of his having instructed a native clerk to make false en- I
important fact proved to be well founded, for at a few
tries in the hooks. The court seem to have at once got minutes before seven o'clock the loyal shouts of the
carried away with the idea that erroneous entries by a spectators assembled on the bridge proclaimed the ap-
clerk implied a fraud on the part of his superior, and proach of the royal party from the Castle, and in the
decided accordingly. The books have been examined course of a very few minutes her Majesty entered the
by able and competent authorities—they turn out to Brocas in an open landau drawn by four white ponies,
be full of errors—but bear no evidence of having been and preceded by outriders in scarlet liveries. The Queen
tampered with by Mr. Miller. Like most soldiers, he is was accompanied by the Prince Consort and his Royal
little of a business man, and permitted a bad system to Highness the Prince of Wales, and attended by the
go on as he found it, till a faithless clerk, when about to Viscountess Canning ; the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl
be dismissed, based charges against him on his own Spencer, and other noblemen of the household followed
blunders. We have no doubt that on a revision it will in a second phaeton; and in a third we observed his Royal
be found that he stands free of all blame, save that of Highness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Prince
negligence, and that a very slight reprimand is punish- George, and attended by Baron Knesebeck and another
meat enough for this. gentleman. Tho royal party on entering the Brocas were
I most enthusiastically received. The carriages having
drawn up in line within an inclosure railed off by hurdles,
her Majesty and the Prince were afforded an opportunity
of viewing the various cutters with their respective crews
—all of whom were attired in gay aquatic uniforms, the
coxswains of the three leading boats wearing cocked-hats
and epaulettes, having all the appearance of juvenile
admirals. The Prince of Wales manifested the greatest
possible interest in the boats as they glided up and down
the river preparatory to the " start," and not even the
cheers of the spectators in the vicinity of the royal car-
riage, which every now and then burst forth with re-
newed vehemence, could divert for a moment the atten-
tion of his Royal Highness from the aquatic pageant.
At seven o'clock the procession started for Surley
Hall, preceded by the band of the Foot Guards in an
eight-oared cutter. The following is a list of the boats
in their respective order of precedence, with the names
of the crew of each:—

SINDE.

By the Bombay Steam Navigation Company's
steamer Victoria, which arrived on Monday morning,
we have letters and papers from Kurrachee to the 26th,
When the steamer Queen was signalled on Sunday
morning Sir C. Napier wss believed to be on board, and
the greatest excitement was expressed everywhere.
"Oh then and there was hurrying to and fro,
The fiery squadron and the clattering car."
In fact never was such a bustle before,—every one
exclaiming, " the chief, he comes, he comes." His own
regiment were, as became them, in estate of pre-eminent
excitement; when lo! and behold, when all was ready
for the reception, there was no one to be received.
The following extract from the Kurrachee Advertiser
gives accounts of an affair betwixt the Murrees and the
Sinde Horse, followed by the usual results. Sir C.
Napier left the two fighting, and he finds them fighting;
it is but fair to add that there has been no case of collision
since Merewether's affair—now nearly two years old:
" We learn that another gallant affair has take place
on the frontier, in which the Sinde Horse have again
distinguished themselves. Some days ago (we have not
heard the date), a detachment of the regiment above
mentioned was relieved at Kusmore by a party from
head-quarters; hardly,
.however, had the relieved party
left when the new detachment was attacked by a party
of 500 armed Murrees; a duffedar and four men were
killed, and several wounded. The party which had left
heard the firing, and returned in time to succour their
comrades, who would otherwise have been either de-
stroyed, or at least have suffered great loss. The whole
affair was so sudden that the party, consisting of forty
men under a native officer, besides rescuing their com-
rades, cut up about forty of the Murrees, and took up-
wards of 1,000 head of cattle, and obliged the robbers to
fly to the hills. We have not heard all the particulars of
this affair, but believe the above to be correct in the main
points. It seems strange that the Murrees were able to
plan the attack without the officer in command being
even aware of their approach; but we have no doubt
that on this an inquiry has been instituted, and explana-
tion afforded."

Much regret was expressed that the harbour should
remain in an unfinished state, and that the enormous
sums of money expended on what the late ruler of
Young Egypt expected to be the glory of New Alex-
andria should have been sunk in vain. A very little
more would make the pier serviceable; at present it is
utterly useless.

TIIE PUNJAUB.

The country of the Five Rivers has been transformed
from a general battle-11,11 to a vast standing camp. Our
troops lately engaged in deadly strife have now no longer
any enemy to contend with, and are settling themselves
down in their cantonments, and preparing against the
heats of the approaching season. Chuttur and Shore
Singh have, it is said, been directed to proceed:to their
respective homes, and been assured that if they are ever
heard of without a limited circuit of the domiciles as-
signed them they will be visited with the punishment
doe to their past misdeeds, which have for the present
been passed over so gently. The troops at Peshawar
were reviewed on the Ist by General Gilbert, who took
an affectionate leave of them. lie left on the 3d on his
way to Lahore, where he takes command; he was ac-
companied by her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons to
the capital, and her Majesty's 30th on their way to
Meerut. The site selected for the cantonments is near
the former residence of Major Lawrence, which was
burned by the Affghans, or where the Seikh can-
tonments formerly stood. Officers aro to be allowed
to make their tents as comfortably as they can—
the exprise of house building to be avoided as much
as possible for the present. The cultivation of rice is
forbidden in the neighbourhood, the irrigation required
by it engendering malarious damps. There is a small
force settled at Jamrood, and no traffic through the
Khyber Pass is for the present permitted. At Bunnoo,
where General Cortlandt had established his head-
quarters, the people were quiet and contented—glad, ap-
parently,
ht
eh ai
nt
stahregsetnr
lifee
dwea.sKoevhear
t,
aanndd a
ltlh
theat tphreeyr
nheaeda
around, seemed well disposed. There are, it is said,
seven regiments of irregular horse to be raised from
amongst the disbanded Seikh soldiers, and eight or nine
regiments of foot: these to be officered from the Indian
army. There is another rumour that ten now regiments
are to be added to the strength of our forces. The late
reductions under Lord Hardinge left us some 50,000
more men and 830 more European officers than we pos-
sessed when the Affghan war was determined on in 1838
—within these ten months 18,000 men have been added
to the army; 12,000 are, it is believed, to be transferred
from Madras, where they are not, it seems, required to
do duty, in place of the Bengal troops in the Saugor and
Nerbudda territory. This in all affords a virtual addi-
tion of 30,000 to our strength on the north-western fron-

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &e., ANNOUNCED SINCE

DISPATCII OF LAST OVERLAND MAIL, APRIL 17.
lIER MAJESTY'S TROOPS.

STAFF.—Lieut.-Colonel Havelock has resumed the
duties of his office as Deputy Adjutant-General of her
Majesty's Forces in this Presidency.
DRAGOONS.-3d Regiment—Lieut. Chaplin is allowed
leave on private affairs to proceed to England for the
space of one year. 9th Regiment (Lancers)—Lieut.
Francis to proceed to the hills north of Deyrah for the
benefit of his health until the 24th of October. 15th
Regiment—Lieut. J. Macartney is appointed a Brevet
Captain in the East Indies.

INFANTRY.--10th Regiment—Licuts. Galloway and
Lucas have been directed to do duty at the Landour de-
pot during the hot season. 22d Regiment—Lieut. A.
Miller has been dismissed her Majesty's service by
court-martial, for disgraceful and ungentlemanly con•
duct. 24th Regiment—Lieut. Travers to do duty at the
Landour depot during the hot season Leave of absence
—Captain Bazalgetta to Simlah and the hills north of
Deyrah, on medical certificate, until the Ist of Novem-
ber next. Lieut. Thirlwall to Simlah and the hills on
private affairs to the 14th of October next. 29. h Regi-
ment—Leave of absence—Lieut. Perry to Simlah and
Landour for six months on medical certificate. 84th
Regiment—Lieut. E. K. V. Arbuckle to England for one
year on medical certificate. 98th Regiment—Lieut.
Browne is permitted to proceed to England for two years
on medical certificate.

UPPER BOATS.

Monarch, 10-oar—Blundell, Ma., captain of the boats;
Hoskins, Blackett, Powys, West, Coltman, Davies, Pey-
ton, Ethelston, Gosling, Beeson (steerer).
Victory—Buller, Ma., second captain; Bobertson,
Blundell, Mi.; Cast, Nind, Coleridge, Cayley, Bathurst,
Blanc (steerer).
Prince of Wales—Cross©, captain; Martyn, Buller,
Mi.; Lysley, King, Fiennes, Pemberton, Gore, Booth,
Welby (steercr).

tier, or 40,000, if we add- the regiments to be raised,
being 90,000 in all in excess of what we possessed ten
years ago, when India was last at peace, while the Pun-
jaub, Atighanistan, Sinde, and Gwalior had as yet not
felt the power of our sword.
The following letter from a trustworthy correspon-
dent gives fuller explanation of the arrangements re-
specting the new levies than anything we have as yet
seen published:—
" There aro to be ten now regiments immediately
raised in and for the Punjaub—a sort of continent, in
fact—five cavalry and five infantry—to be recruited half
Seikhs, and the other half Poorbeas and Mussulmans.
The commandants and second in commands are already
appointed—the names of the following for the command
of the cavalry corps:—First: Neville Chamberlain, 16th
Grenadiers, and Stannus, sth Cavalry. Second: Cran-
ford Chamberlain, 28th Native Infantry, and Brown,
46th Native Infantry. Third: Biddulph, 45th Native
Infantry, with 3d Light Cavalry, and Weston, 36th Na-
tive Infantry. Fourth: Dowson, sth Native Infantry,
with 11th Light Cavalry, and Henderson, 45th Native
Infantry. Fifth: Fitzgerald, of Sinde Camel Corps,
which is to be done away with; second in command I do
not know. Infantry—First: Coke, 10th Native Infantry;
and Willan, 44th Native Infantry. Second: Knox, 43d
Light Infantry; and Brown, 16th Native Infantry. Third:
Morris, 20th Native Infantry; and Reid, 34th Native
Infantry. Fourth: Campbell, 30th Native Infantr • and
Gastrell, 13th Native Infantry. Fifth: Not yet Infantry;
I believe. The adjutants are all, it is said, to be taken
from the Bombay and Madras service. You will
perceive that the above list Of commandants and seconds
in command is nearly all selected from passed men. The
order limiting absentees on staff employ to five must now
be dune away with, and will not increase the efficiency of
the Dimgal army certainly; hut no increase to the regular
army will lie granted us now I inueh fear.
Another correspondent writes on the sago subject:—
" The augmetation advocated by the resident at Lahore,
and considered necessary by Mr. Elliott, amounts to
some fire regiments'of irregular cavalry, half Seikhs,half
Ilindostanee, wholly useless, and about the same number
of regiments of infantry of the same nondescript sort.
An officer was ordered to recruit for one of the cavalry
regiments from among such Seikhs as were presented t:\
him for entertaiument—Seikhs who have not borne arms
against us in the late campaign—and all he could find fit
for work was about two per cent.—the rest being mostly
venerable reechi sufed, grey beards, whose age alone, in
all probability, prevented them from bearing arms against
us."—Agra Messenger, April 21.
Major-General Sir Walter Gilbert and Brigadier
Campbell arrived at Rawull Pindee, from Attock, on the

LOWER BOATS.

Britannia—Jervis, captain of lower boats ; Marshall,
Palmer, Ryan, Swann, Praed, Vane, Macan, Earl of
Granard (steerer).
Dreadnought—Garry, captain ; Mulesworth, Leigh,
Lane, Th -nupson, Lnrd Ennismore, Montgomery, Moore,
Johnstone, Neville (steerer).
Th tis— Beresford, captain ; awrington, Cock,
'Enrich. Harrison, Knight, Ewart, Mallory, Wellesh y
(steerer).
St. Gorge—Meade King, captain; Farquhar;nn, Ark-
wright, Giles, Lindsay, Sparke, Ford, Warre, Beaumont
(steerer).

O.i arriving at Surley, the various crews landed on
the opposite shore' and partook of an elegant dejeuner,
provided by her Majesty's confectioner.
At nine o'clock the boats returned to Windsor, and
were received by the cheers of many thousands of
spectators assembled on the wharfs and shores of the
river.

A grand display of fireworks from the Little Eyat ter-
minated tha festivities of the evening.
The Royal party left the Brocas soon after the boats
started for Burley.

ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, JUNE 4.—The
whole of the Royal Artillery assembled on the Parade-
ground at nine o'clock A.M. to-day, and marched to
Woolwich-common, under the command of Colonel Crut-
tendon, the Royal Horse Artillery under Lieutenant-
Colonel Bell. The line formed into three battalions, the
right under Lieutenant-Colonel Furneaux, the centre
under Lieutenant. Colonel Ingilby, and the left under
Lieutenant-Colonel Weide, and the field batteries under
Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson, twenty rounds having
been served out to each of the guns of the Royal Horse
Artillery, and twelve rounds for each carabino. At
half-past nine o'clock Field-Marshal the Marquis of
Anglesey, MG., G.C.8., G.C.H., Master-General of the
Ordnance, arrived on the parade-ground, and was re-
ceived by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downmau,
C. 13., K.O IL, Commandant of the Garrison ; Major-
General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., Deputy Adjutant-
General of Artillery; Colonel Campbell, Brigade-Major
Bingham, Captain Tylden, Assistant Quartermaster-
General of Artillery ; Captain Wingfield, riding-house
establishment ; and the adjutants of battalions off duty.
The Master -General, accompanied by the staff, then
proceeded to the common, and was received with
the usual salute, the band playing the National An-
them, and afterwards made a very minute inspection
of the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries.
The whole of the corps then marched past at quick
time, and proceeded, by troops of Royal Horse Artillery,
battalions and field batteries, to take up their position for
the manoeuvres of a field day. The exercises of the day
having concluded, the whole of the corps advanced in
line, when the Master-General, with the staff; rode up
to Colonel Cruttenden, and the officers in charge of di-
visions, and complimented them on the manner in which
the evolutions were gone through. The whole of the
troops then marched past at quick time to barracks.
Previous to leaving the ground the Master-General
caused the gentlemen cadets, a great number of whom
were present, to assemble, and addressed them in the
kindest manner, expressing his hope that they were
conducting themselves to the satisfaction of their authori-
ties and teachers, as their future success in life de-
pended greatly upon their unremitting attention to their
studies, and their good behaviour while at the academy.
Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey then proceeded,
accompanied by the officers previously named, to the
Royal Arsenal, and embarked in his yacht for a cruise
down the river. It is said—but nothing officially is yet
known—that the recent exercises of the Royal Artillery,
on Woolwich-common, have been made preparatory to
a sham fight, expected to take place here during the
present month. It is now several years since a display
of that kind took place at Woolwich, and there are now
a greater number of troops in the garrison than there
were on that occasion.

SEPARATION OF EDWIN FORREST FROM HIS WIFE.
—The New York Sunday Atlas announces that Edwin
Forrest the tragedian, has been separated from his wife
Caroline Norton Sinclair Forrest, daughter of John
Sinclair, the vocalist. They were married in 1836 in
London, and have lived happily, as the Atlas states;
until last winter, when Mr. Forrest became moody and
melancholy. The Atlas says, "In the month of Decem-
ber Mr. Forrest returned from a professional engage-
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rated." Mrs. Forrest is described as a lady of talent and
the mother of four children, all
beauty. She has been
of whom, -however, died in infancy.
Between 40,000 and 50,000 mackerel have been
caine,i{,tby seine nets, close in shore, during the present
w Such a circumstance has not belbro occurred for
17 years. Some of our boats have earned nearly 1001.
each. The greater part of the fish, which were very
fine, fetched 15s. pr 16i. per hundred, and were dis-
patched to London. They were retailed in our streets
at six or eight a shilling. Similar catches have been
made all along the Sussex coast. It is the sudden
warmth of the weather which has caused these myriads
of mackerel to resort to this part of the Channel in
search of their food, which consists of smaller fry that
at this season of the year aro attracted towards the
shore. The cliffs have daily been lined with spectators
to witness the catches of mackerel by our fishermen.—
Brighton Gazette.

The freights for coals from the Tyne to London
have fallen to the unprecedented low rate of ss. 1 Ad.
per ton—a price quite inadequate to cover current ex-
penses, insurance, and intervit of capital.—Newcastle
✓ourrnal.