The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-18 00:00:00

Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty.
ROYAL SURREY' ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
EVBRY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND
THURSDAY.

VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC-
TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This
magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of
grandeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former,
and represents, a.l accurately as can possibly be done, the Great
Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her-
culaneum and Pompeii took place: produced under the direction
Ot Mr. Denson.
A richly ornamented rIOTIITC BRIDGE of STATUES has been
constructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night.
The PROMENADE CON.'EItTS are again confided to Mr. God-
frey. The Band is most complete k, all its departments, and includes
Many eminent native and foreP,;it musicians.
In addition to the other attractions of the Gardens, will he exhi-
bited CALYPSO'S F JttY GROTTO, approached by the Illumi-
nated Gothic Bridge, representing in the Interior Telemachus
relating his adventures to Calypso.
The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the
most complete and effective scale.
Preceding the Volcanic Display, a novel exhibition will be intro-
duced. representing the Descent of Phrebus in the Chariot of the Sun.
Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in
height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to
receive liim, and bear him to his chrystal home.

The Glees Conservatory is spletidikily ornamented with festoons
of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of
Carnivore by gas-light. _

Feeding of the Carnivora at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at
mix -; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk.
On WEDNESDAY tizitT, July 22, the Royal South London Flori-
cultural Society will hold their Second Grand Summer FLOWER
SHOW in these Gardens, on which occasion upwards of sixty Gold
and Silver Medals and a valuable Silver Cup will be awarded for the
best productions of Miscellaneous Plants, Cut Flowers, Fruit, and
Honey.

On-Mommv, Aug. 10, will take place a GRAND NEAPOLITAN
CARNIVAL and FETE D'ETE; combining all the novelties of
the season.

Admission, One Shilling.

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" WEATHruft. —Sum OFFICE, JULY 18.
THERMOMETER, -Lowest, 51; Highest. 73; Noon, 69.
BA.ROMXTER, 29.39.—W1ND S.W., showery.

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WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGETIIIt3 DAY.
MOratUg •• 23 minutes after 7. Evening .. 53 minutes after 7.

SECOND EDITION.

should greatly have preferred that the pensions,
granted by the nation in return for valuable public
services rendered by the distinguished noblemen to
question, should have been made without teterence
to, or being in any manner dependent on, the
li-
berality testified by the East India Company, for the
important results secured to them by the exertions and
bravery of those gallant officers, and that both should
have been enjoyed at the same time. We do not
think that there is any very great probability of
similar cases again arising, and rewards being con-
ferred for equally valuable services; but should
it be so, there are few who could regret the
cause of such liberality from a grateful
nation. A distinction was tak_n in the course of the
present debate between the pecuniary rewards
granted by the East India Company and the nation ;
in the former case they were conferred as a recom-
pense for the valuable services rendered by the indi-
viduals themselves, and would cease with the lives of
the persons by whom they had been earned ; but in the
lattercase the reward proceeded from the Crown, the
fountain of honour, by which the individuals were raised
to the peerage, and the pensions were not intended as a
reward, but merely to enable the parties to sustain,
in a proper manner, the dignity of the rank to which
they had been raised by the favour of her MAJESTY.
With this view the latter pensions were continued in
each case to the two immediate successors of the
Noble Lords. It would appear as if the pensions
might as well be made to commence after their
deaths ; but the object of granting it to
them at once, with the contingent provi-
sion, that so long as they received payment
of the annuities granted at the same time by the East
India Company, the Parliamentary grant should be
withheld, was to afford a precaution against any dis-
advantage which might ensue from having received
those annuities: from a temporary, body, the exist-
ence of which could not be guaranteed beyond a certain
time. In this point of view, the contingency which at
first sight may appear to have the character of mean•
ness, and to derogate from the liberalityof the country,
may be justified. It was also stated by Lord RIPON
that the East India Company's pensions would be
payable out of a revenue administered by them under
the provisions of an Act of Parliament, which was, in
fact, the revenue of the State, though managed by
them ; that the Act of Parliament would expire in
nine or ten years ; and that they would then cease to
have any control whatever over that revenue, unless
the Act was renewed. The Noble Lords would then
be receiving both pensions from the nation,
' and there would be larger sums thus payable than
had ever been granted to a Governor-General. A
letter was also read from Viscountess HARDINGE,
expressive of the strong anxiety felt by the family
of Lord HARDINGE, that on this subject there should
be no difference of opinion ; and that, above all,
that difference should not arise on a pecuniary
matter; and that, as representing Lord HARDIN GE, they
felt confident that such would be his feelings, and that
on his behalf they were perfectly satisfied with the
amount of the provision, and the manner in which it
had been made, and the Bill introduced. These
considerations, and more especially the letter, so
creditable to the Noble Lady by whom it was writ-
ten, must have had considerable weight with their
Lordships in influencing the course ultimately
adopted. We cannot regret that a collision
should be spared between the Houses
on so very delicate a subject, from the
result of which the' Noble Lords must have
been the first sufferers, as it is very doubtful if the
House of Commons would sanction the introduction
of new Bills if their Lordships had adhered to their
amendments. A report was stated by the Earl of
WicKLow, that since the introduction of the Bills,
Lord GouGH had succeded to a property of the
annual value of from 4,0001. to 6,0001. a year. We
believe that such a report was not well-
founded : it alluded to property supposed
to have been bequeathed by the late Mr. BUNBURY,
M.P. for the county of Carlow, but the amount of
which, we have been informed, did not exceed 3001.
per annum. The Bills may now be said to have
passed with the unanimous approbation of the Crown,
both Houses of Parliament, and of the whole com-
munity, as they last night obtained their third read-
ings, and on receiving the royal assent, will come
into full operation.

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