The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-04 00:00:00

GO VERNA

ANTEBS.

Among the questions left in an unsatisfactory
position at the close of the Parliamentary session
has been that of Government guarantees. Yet the
principle that must regulate it is of the simplest
kind. The failure of the Indian telegraph, and the
consequent danger of a loss of £BOO,OOO to the na-
tion, r , s considered by many to have extinguished
all
, prospect of future similar grants for undertak-
lags of any description.
the
upon The Queen has been (Front the Gazette of this evening.)
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 4.
graciously pleased to signify
That will be a point for intention to confer thendecoration of the Victoria C
public to determine, but it must be determined the undermentioned officer of her Majesty's Army
grounds different from those at present
rased. The legislators who condemn guarantees do claim to the same has be•in s bmitted for her M • her
TOBB on
, whose
recog- , u ajesty's
approval, on account of acts of bravery performed by him not usually do so on the conviction
that the viz.:--
takingsunder-
proposed are not required, but from the hin
avlaindgia,
0, as recorded against his name; Lieutenant Henry Evelyn Wood, 17th Lancers, for
the 19th of October 1858, during action at
fancy that if a guarantee is refused with sufficient
pertinacity private individuals will at length un
Sindwaho, when in command of a troop of the 3d Light
the risk. The tone of regret on the part of
. Cavalry, attacked with much gallantry, almost single-
dertakehanded, a body of rebels who had made a stand,
Ministers and others in their recent allusions to whom he
the Red Sea line was indicative of this feeling. routed. Also, for having subsequently, near Sindhora,
gallantlyors
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re
soued witho m a
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,o wa apr
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Their grief grief was not so much on account of the money mum Singh, whom they had captured and carried off to the
having been lost. as at the fact of its having been jungles, where they intended to hang him.
lost by the Government—a view about as creditable I
as if a regiment were to express sorrow that they
had omitted to avert some common inconvenience
by inducing half-a-dozen of their number to sacri-
fice themselves in a forlorn hope. The same thing
has always been observable. The promoters of a
" Great Eastern" or any other work of stupendous
outlay that gratifies national vanity and, with the
exception of the contractors, ruins all concerne,
are invariably held up by public speakers as far-
sighted benefactors, when, in fact, they
the march of improvement by a reels kave arrested
'Jess disregard of
all pecuniary interests bet tht'r own. Every engi-
neer can design things tP. -astonish the world if he be
sufficiently unscrun'aious to found his own exalta-
,
1 tion upon the impoverishment of families, and un-
fortunately ';:c is this class, and not the straightfor-
ward Members of the profession, who are mostly the
objects of platform eulogium or of official patronage.
When a better sense shall have become general, and
the rules of morality and of political economy are
, admitted to go hand in hand, we shall hear no
more of these congratulations at the country having
obtained a great gain through the practice of a suc-
cessful deception upon a certain number of investors.
Let it be understood that the man who raises the
smallest work with satisfactory commercial results
is the friend of progress, while he who sets up non-
paying wonders is its worst enemy, and we shall
then advance from precedent to precedent without
a check. At all events, whatever may be the obli-
quity of sentiment or want of courage displayed in
Parliament on these matters, it may be hoped the
people at large will regard them in their honest
aspect. When an undertaking proposed is purely
commercial, every suggestion for a guarantee is, of
course, to be denounced. On the other hand, when
it is national, let the nation fairly pay for what
they require, and not descend to haggling attempts
to underrate their own interest in the matter, and
exaggerate the probable results to ethers. When
once the habit is attained of taking this direct
course, there will be a good prospect for many en-
terprises which people at the present moment are
almost afraid to advocate. The inquiry will be
simply in each case as to the political advantages to
be gained, and the price they are worth, and this
being ascertained, there will be a readiness to pay
the price. Under existing circumstances nothing
is done, because the public waste their time in try-
ing to cheat themselves. It is a constant struggle
on the part of the majority to get all the benefit and
avoid all the risk. Such exceptions as occur are of
the character commonly observable in affairs that
are not regulated by any admitted policy. They
merely furnish examples of Treasury caprice or
favouritism. The country will find that unless it
is disposed to retrograde it will not long be able
to refuse to accept its proper responsibilities. If a
certain railway, or canal, or telegraph is wanted
in order to effect a specific economy of troops,
stores, or shipping, or to transmit speedy notice
of danger, we have scarcely a right even to
permit private persons to incur the possibility
of loss in furnishing them. Assuming that they
will yield sufficient returns, a guarantee can cost
nothing ; in the contrary result it must be as dis-
graceful to let individuals suffer as if we were to
entrap them to build our fortifications and dock-
yards. What would have been our hold on India
at this moment had she remained destitute of rail-
ways and telegraphs ? And what will be the posi-
tion of England if, while every other country avails
itself of the guarantee principle, we refuse to use it
because it is liable to abuse ? Some years back it
was calculated that, reckoning the value of the time
of a London citizen at less than ls. an hour, the
loss from the absence of a rail or tramway from the
Bank to the West-end was about a million sterling
per annum. A metropolitan guarantee would have
met the difficulty, and the saving in three or four
years would have reimbursed the outlay, even if
the line had never paid a farthing of net revenue.
In like manner, a railway by the Euphrates would
shorten the route to India 1,000 miles, and possibly
in life and money, under certain political contin-
gencies, save its own cost in the first year. But it
cannot be effected. It is a national, and not an
individual concern, and the nation will do nothing
for itself.. The Government in all matters of this
kind will be happy to afford every encouragement
to private capitalists to embark their money for the
good of the community, but it will not for a moment
entertain the idea that the community should un-
dertake any obligations in return.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS :EVENING).

Queeliptior of tb:,
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joys:7lf
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William Luscorp
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P.:lse been pleased to approve of Mr.
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Fowey, for his Majesty the King of
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WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 4.
Corpspav i of j RoyalneK E.cn.Bgi.n:
GI . ecnoer
Colonel-Commandant,
an
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illa nHt , avrir ye 0
General Nicol's, deceased.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet John Alexander
Burn Callander has been permitted to retire from the
service, by the sale of his commission.
6th Dragoon Guards—Major Edward Lennox Jervis from
the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Major, -vice Dickson, who
exchanges.
sth Light Dragoons—Captain Edward Boyd from the 13th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Salis, who exchanges.
13th Light Dragoons—Major Alexander George Dickson,
from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Jervis,
who exchanges.
18th Light Dragoons—Thomas Fuller, Gent.,to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice O'Shea, promoted; Surgeon-Major
Melville Neale, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon, Tice
Docker, who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—For Claudius Buchanan Piers, Esq., to
be Paymaster, inserted in the Gazette of 25th May,lB6o,
read, Claudius Buchanan Piers, Esq., formerly a Captain
in the Osmanli Horse Artillery, to be Paymaster.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Robert Grant to be Second
Captain, vice Stopford, deceased ; Second Captain Wil-
liam Butler Gosset to be Adjutant, vice Stopford, de-
ceased.

Grenadier Guards—Serjeant-Major John Hockey to be
Quartermaster, vice John Lilley, who retires on a mili-
tary allowance.
2d Regiment of Foot—Surgeon John Hendley, from the
Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Doherty, appointed to the
Staff.

3d Foot—Arthur William Hill Gelstou, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Philip Walker, appointed to
th 34th Foot.
4th Foot—The Christian names of Gentleman-Cadet
Thrupp, appointed to an Ensigncy, without purchase, in
the Gazette of the 3d August, 1860, are Morton Frederic,
and not Moreton Frederick, as then stated.
6th Foot—Lieutenant John Augustus Staines to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Parkinson, who retires; Ensign
Jacob Biggs Hopkins to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Staines.

Bth Foot—Lieutenant Edward Tanner to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Gray, who retires; Ensign William Jas.
Watson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tanner.
12th Foot—Ensign Edwari Fides to be Lieutenant, by
__purchase, vice Moorhead, who retires.
_ _

13th Foot—Captain Hen;--; Norman Sails, from the sth
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Boyd, who ex-
changes.
14th Foot—Captain James Bunbury Hamilton, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Captain and Brevet-
Major William Temple Parrett, who exchanges.
17th Foot—Captain James Creagh, from the 86th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Lees, who exchanges.
19th Foot—Frederick Knowles, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Fryer, appointed to the 60th Foot ;
Lieutenant Edward William Evans to be Adjutant, vice
Thomas Thompson, deceased.
27th Foot—Kennelon Digby Murray, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Cobbe, cashiered by sentence of a
general court martial.
38th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederic
Arthur Willis, C. 8., from the 84th Foot, to be Major,
vice Ferrer, who exchanges.
40th Foot—Ensign John Thomas Whelan to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Tod, who resigns.
60th Foot—Ensign Robert Fitzwilliam de Barry Barry to
be Lieutenant, without purchase; Ensiam. John East
Hunter Peyton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Hodges, deceased ; Ensign Charles Gilbert Fryer, from
the 19th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Barry; Frederick Edward Lonsdale, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Peyton.
73d Foot—Ensign Henry Robert Eyre, from the 99th Foot,

,
to be Ensig,n,-vice GiLsone, promoted.
74th Foot—Ensign Charles John Rolleaton to be Lieute-
tenant, by purchase, vice I\l‘Cruutmen, promoted ; John
Francis Darvall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice

Rolleston.
75th Foot—Capt. Wm. Henry Urquhart, from half-pay,
Unattached, to be Captain, vioe Justice, appointed Ad-
jutant of a Depot Battalion; Assistant-Surgeon Hamp-
den Healy Maclean, from the Gth Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Semple, appointed to the Staff.
70th Foot—Ensign Alexander Peter Baillie Baillie to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Nair, promoted.
83d Foot—Herbert Grant Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Whitlock, promoted.
84. h Foot—Major:James Steadman Hawker Ferrer, from
the 38th Foot, to be Major, vice Major and Brevet-Lieu-
tenant. Colonel Willis, C. 8., who exchanges.
86th Foot—Captain Edward John Lees, from the 17th
Foot, to be Captain, vice James Creagh, who exchanges.
89th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Drage to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Beck, who retires ; Ensign Wm. Atthill to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Drage.
90th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Bernard Bleazby, from the

A "LIMITED" SAVINGS BANK COMPANY
FINED FOR IMPROPER DESCRIPTION.

Yesterday, at the Leeds Town Hall, Mr. Joseph
Francies, the manager of the District Savings Bank
Company (Limited) at Leeds, was charged with
painting up an improper description of the said bank
outside his premises at 22, Bond-street, Leeds. The
alleged offence was, that while the company was
registered under the Joint-stock Companies Act,
1856-57, Mr. Francies had had painted on the
office window the following notice :—" Savings
Bank, Incorporated by Act of Parliament."
Mr. Bruce, who supported the information,
said that Mr. Francies was the manager of a
company which had an office in Leeds—the
proper name of the company being " The District
Savings Bank (Limited)." He believed the head
office of the company was in London, but there
were branches in different towns. He called atten-
tion to the 31st section of 19 and 20 Vic. c. 47,
which imposed a penalty for misdescription, and
pointed out that the intention of the Legislature in
framing this clause was to guard against the pos-
sibility of companies constituted under this act
sailing under false colours. Now, with reference to
the defendant's office, the words painted on the
window were " Savings' Bank, incorporated by act
of Parliament." But this was not the name of the
defendant's Company. Its proper title was "District
Savings Bank Company (Limited.)" He should
therefore argue, in the first place, that the
defendant had broken the law, inasmuch as
the name he painted upon it was not the name
of the company at all ; and secondly, that it was
a decided falsehood. Defendant might say that he
had painted up the proper title of the company on
the coursing stone, but that was far above the
window, and some 12ft. from the ground, and in a
place, and in letters so small, that it was scarcely
possible to see the title. At all events, he submitted
that the notice on the window was a " notice,
adver-
tisement, and official publication," within th:ic,
mean-
ing of the act, It was a fraud upon the D
alnedw°llYojertier
name to the
sham intended to impose upon the commit should
it was therefore most desirable that the Co
put down any attempt of the kind.
Butterworth, of
in'e service of
Pty, an d
Thomas Greaves, a groom
Messrs. Bra shave and Buttel
Cha-
peltown, deposed to havild u
deposited
ltsB. in
Mr. Francies's office on .the.
painted • . He saw
on the window the words,
~m 1
sl aragrleialme
deposittetwnertas.s;)
He
se apvai
indgs
2d. Bank,for I n c o p okr
a book, tthof. P•
' any
entered.
y. Did not notice
, submitted that the
b order
words Painted ugicey of Mr. Francies did not
advertisement, or other official
Mr. Prest, for the defence s •
n,
publication,• onst i tu t
I- ' withinsothe meaning of the act. The
penalty f applied to a very different thing
than that of lettering a window. He had no need
to call any evidence, for it had been granted that
the full title of
the company, "District Savings
Bank (Limited),"
was painted on the coursing stone
above the
window, and he would consequently limit
his rem
arks on this head to informing the Court
that this title was painted above the window in
etters about six inches in length.
The court delivered the following judgment:-

100th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Eyre, who retires
upon half-pay.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Alexander Angus Airlie Kin-
loch to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Moorson, who
has joined the Depot.
2d West India Regiment—Edmund Ashton Ross, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gow, who resigns.
3d West India Regiment—Captain Aylmer Strangford
Craig, from half-pay Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be
Captain, vice Metge, who exchanges.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—William Edmondes
Harness. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunn,

promoted.
STAFF.—Brevet-Colonel Frederick Edward Chapman,
C. 8., Royal Engineers, to be Deputy Adjutant-General
of the Royal Engineers, vice Breve'-Colonel J. W.
Gordon, C. 8., who resigns that appointment.
RECRUITING DlSTRlCT.—Lieutenant Francis John Con-
nell, from the 30th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice J. B.
Hamilton, promoted to an Unattached Company, with-
out purchase.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon Daniel John Doherty
i
from the 2d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Hendley, app
to the 2d Foot ; Surgeon Edward' Scott Docker, from th!
18th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Maws
Neale, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon Charle
_n.
Semple, from the 76th Foot, to be Assistant-Sargepueg
burgeon-Major Edward W. Stone, M.D., has meant of
mitted to retire on half-pay, under the Royal Van
Ist October, 1858. ointea

Brien,
(Major-General in
eneral at
op sr in that island •
rrpeti ed full-pay, 14th.
ebaeiinn
BREVET.
half-pay,quarters,
tnnetartsCt,aoteloho nehdeal,ve andth eAssistanticeal Brevet-Colonel
Quartol.aii,
frn2a
sTaejt
er eo
rrn:eGGe
tghheoGnazoreatryte
Ceylon, while comman:lifisg:nhttihilete_hon,a
Captain James Bunbury
Foot, to be Major in
only.
The following promotion
th°
'trail'
the
raenicar
of the 24th July, 1860, to be an edated to the 19th Jan
1858: _._—_ nary,

vvfNANT-CI;LONELS IN THE ARMY.
TO 882)30,6, of the 22d Bombay Native Infantry.
Major 111.rifough, 31st Bombay Native Infantry.
Maior TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
• sq. F.
Pta Hunter, 2d Bombay Liht Cavalry.
Cao'suj John Augustus Wood, 20th Bombay Native LI-
Th CA
fantrY•
date of the Brevet-Majority of Brevet-Colonel W.
w. Davidson, 32d Regiment Bengal Native Infantry, to
IbBe4c9h.anged from the 16th January, 1849, to the 7th June,

"We are satisfied that the offence alleied—in the in•
formation has been committed. The statute ex-
pressly declares that if there be an issue of any
notice, advertisement, or other official publication
of the company in any name different to that by
which the company is incorporated, that is clearly
an offence within the 31st section of 19 and 20
Viet. c. 47 ; and this being so, the only alternative
we have is to convict the defendant of the offence,
and in the penalty of £5O, which is the sum pre-
scribed by Act of Parliament; out of which sum
all the costs of the prosecution must be paid."
Mr. Prest applied for a case for the Court of
Queen's Bench ; but the magistrates declined to
grant him one.
The Government Savings Bank is situated in the
same street as that in which Mr. Francies has
opened his office.

REPRESENTATION OF TRALEE.—The Kerry Post
states, on the authority of Capt. O'Connell himself, that
there is no foundation for the rumours that he is about to
receivip an appointment at the bands of Governmout•

AKRPTS.
Charles Botten, brasß sfoNunderU' Crawford-passage, Clerk-
enwell, to surrender Sept. 19, at half-past one, and Oct. 16,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Season, cabinetmaker, Leeds, Sept. 17 and Oct. 11,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
John Frederick Kent, builder, Croydon, Sept. 14, at
three and Oct. 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Philip Milns, bootmaker, Stamford, Sept. 18 and Oct. 9,
at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Richard Buttle, tailor, Long-acre, Sept. 15, at half-past
eleven, and 0ct."17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Patman Watson, draper, Hampstead-road, Sept.
15 and Oct. 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Charles Danes, wine merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 14, at
eleven, and Oct. 11, at one, at the Liverpool District Court.
Silvano Francisco Luis Pereira, and John Grant, wine
merchants, Great Tower-street, City, Sept. 14, at two, and
Oct. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Frederick Taylor Brassington, boot and shoemaker,
Burslem, Staffordshire, Sept. 11 and Oct. 5, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court.