The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-11 00:00:00

Mr. Baxter, the Secretary of the Admiralty, was ex-
amined to-day—He said that in the conduct of the office
he had now the honour to hold, he brought to bear the
experience he had acquired in the conduct of his own busi-
ness at Dundee as a foreign merchant. He had become ac-
quainted with the mode of completingGovernmeut contracts.
He had found that great firms had nut sent in. tenders,
and on inquiry why such was the case, they had stated
to him that on many occasions they have found themselves
unable to &Aida contracts, when they believed they might
have supplied her Majesty's Government with better
articles and on better terms than firms whose offers
were accepted. That Viey had tendered their offers and had
been rejected, they believing that inferior articles had
been supplied. He htd no means of Evcertaining the
grounds of their bel:ef, whether in the past they were
right or wrong. Sicce he had been in office he ha I de-
clined o❑ the hart of the Admiralty to trans:ict business
with certain firms who had done business with thi de-
p•irtntent before. 110 had, since being in the
Admiralty, received numerous comp'aints, and he had not
encouraged sp..cilic complaints, because it soon becaam
evident that had ha doge so the investigations would have
occupied the whole of his time. He had proposcul by
careful inquiry to try, if it was possible, to prevent such
complaints for the future. He had not actually investi-
gated any specific case of the cotnplaintf since he
bad been iu office, but certain cases were now
under consid..ration. The inquiry commenced six weeks or
two mouths ago. He had nut had it assigned as a reason
that great firms had declined, in consequence of the trouble
of working out Government contracts, by being referred
from department to department. Complaints had not been
made to hint about being referred from department to de-
partment.
Mr. Maxwell having been re-examined with respect to
the representations the prisoner Rumble made when he
was first called upon, the prisoners were fully committed
for trial. The same bail was again accepted.

PUGILISM IN AMERICA.

DEFEAT OF AN ENGLISII PRIZEFIGHTER.

The New York paPersgrjean account of a prize fight
which took place on Carroll Island, in the Mississippi,
near St. Louis, on the 23d ult., between Charles C.
Gallagher, of Cleveland, OhEo, and Tom Allen, of Eng-
land. The fight, it appears, only lasted three minutes.
According to the chronicle of this brutal exhibition, in the
second round, "Allen attempted to make a feint with his
left, but at the moment he did so Gallagher swirJg in his
right, which landed under the left ear, right on the
jugglar vein, which knocked Allen stiff and senseless.
Gallagher was declared the victor.

IRICE7 S-2 1118 D.4l'.

March 11.—Sales probably 7,000 bales. Market quiet and
unchanged.

HAY MARKET THEATRE.—Her Royal Highness the
Princess Beatrice honoured the above theatre with her
presence last evening to witness the performance of the
new comedy "Home."
THE " THOMAS WRIGHT" TESTI3IONIAL.—Last
evening a conversazione was held at the studio of Mr Charles
Mercier, Albert-gate, Hyde Park, chiefly with the view to
discuss the merits of his picture, of '• The Condemned
Coll." Some time since a committee was formed, with the
Earl of Shaftesbury fur president, and the Lord Mayor of
London for vice-president, with the object of raising a
testimonial to Mr. Thomas Wright, tho prison philan-
thropist. It was only proper that the humane acts of so
good a man should be held in remembrance. The form
decided upon was pictorial, and Mr. Mercier's picture
selected for purchase. To such a man a testimonial is
due, and the one selected is of a popular character, for the
poor understand pictures bowl- than they understand
statues. The conversazione of last evening was well at-
tended, the studio being crowded by distinguished people
foremost among the promoters of ragged-schools, reforma-
tories, and kindred philanthropic objects.
TIIE DEVON COUNTY SCHOOL, WEST BUCKLAN D.
—The scholarships for the present year have been awarded
as follows :—The Breretou scholarship of £2O to J. Al.
Odger, the Duke cf Bedford's scholarship of £l5 to W.
J. Johnson, the Fortescuo scholarship of £lO to M. B.
Snell, and the Duke of Bedford's scholarship of £lO to
F. T. Vibert.
WRECK OF THE STEAMER CAMBRIA AND Loss OF
TWENTY L Telegrams from Trieste and Messina,
dated March 8, announce the wreck of the Cambria, a large
iron screw steamer, employed in the grain trade between
those ports and London, with melancholy loss of life. The
captain, a passenger, and 18 seamen were drowned. The
chief officer, engineer, and eight sailors were saved.
'TIE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS.—
A most interesting and instructive little work, describing briefly
but with great clearness, the rise and progress of watch and
clock makin , has just been published by Mr J. W. Benson, of
25, Old Bond-street, 09, westbearne-grove, and the City Steam
Factory, 58 and GO, Ludgate-hill. The book, which is profusely
illustrated, gives a full description of the various kinds of watches
and clocks, with their prices, and no one should make a purchase
without visiting the above establishments or consulting this truly
valuable work. By its aid persons residing in any part of tLe
United Kingdom, India, or the Colonies, aro enabled to select for
themselves the watch best adapted for their use, and have it sent
to them with perfect safety. Mr. Benson, who holds the appoint-
ment to the Prince of Wales, sends this pamphlet to any address
on receipt of two postage stamps, and we cannot too strongly
recommend 11 to tho notice of the tonchaser puriingnd

The course of exoliinge at 1\ ex York on London for bills
at 60 days' sight was oa the last date about 1 8i percept.
At this rate there is no profit on the importation of gold
Prow the I.luilett States.