The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-29 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1858.

The bill legalising the crossing of cheques, and
rendering it an essential part of the document, was
read a second time on Tuesday, in the House of
Lords, and will doubtless receive the legislative
sanction. There is one clause, however, that
greatly derogates from, if it does not completely
neutralise, the value of the measure. The object
was to give full and complete security to the
drawers and recipients of cheques, who adopted
the prudent precaution of making that cheque
only payable through either a banking firm or
some particular banker. The custom had long pre-
vailed, but unfortunately, when tested, it was found
to afford but a partial protection. Any person,
no matter how he obtained the valuable instru-
ment, could erase or alter the crossing, and, as a
natural consequence, there was no adequate gua-
rantee thereby afforded. Bankers' customers
naturally complained. They did not wish to
run the risks to which they were subjected
through the carelessness of those to whose
hands and care they entrusted their money. The
banking interest is, however, very influential in
both Houses, and a proviso was added to the
wholesome provisions of the bill, which must
greatly detract from its utility.
An amendment (?) has been added, to the
effect that bankers paying a cheque which did
not plainly appear to be crossed, or which
bad beat obliterated, should not incur
any liability. This, which did not appear
in the original bill introduced by the Attorney-
General, and which has been called only a fair
protection to bankers, takes away all protection
to their clients.
The bankers can protect themselves by using a
proper description of paper for the cheques with
which they supply their customers. If, through
any undue parsimony, through a penny-rise and

pound-foolish policy, they decline to avail them

selves of the advantages placed within their reach by
- -3/411e-progressocchemicalscience, the risk should fall
on themselves, and not on the innocent drawers.
The issue of books, containing forms for crossed-
cheques, and others payable across the counter to
any bearer, would at once solve the difficulty.
They might be made of different kinds of paper.
A party who chose to accept one of the common
kind would deliberately run the risk, and could
not complain of the consequences of his 0/911
carelessness and indifference. The precaution
is of a very simple character. ' Any mu-
tilation of the document, or change of colour,
would at once put the banker on his guard. A
wan accepting a cheque on common paper, and
without the intimation on the face of it that it,
could only be paid through a banker, might sub-
sequently, if he pleased, cros3 it, but if that direr
tion were erased he should sustain the loss. NVE)
trust that this important matter will be looked
to in committee, and that a really useful measure
may not be emasculated by the addition of a prc-
l'utr) that neutralises all its advantages.

There is further intelligence from India, and,
we rejoice to say, of a very satisfactory character.
The British leaders have in every instance effi-
ciently discharged the duties confided to their
charge. The rebels have either been defeated, or
fled without a contest. The British name alone

is equal to thousands of men armed all in proof.
The insurgents, however great the numerical odds
in their favour, are unwilling to risk an encounter
where, by any possibility, it can be avoided, and
the results, where they have come into collision
with our troops, have proved, beyond the possi-
bility of doubt, the accuracy of the estimate
formed of British prowess. There is still, and, of
course, for a considerable period there must be, a
guerilla warfare. The fugitives will plunder the
country, whenever and wherever they can do so
with impunity. Many are fighting, or believe
that they are fighting, which amounts to the same
thing, with ropes about their necks. Conscious
of the most atrocious guilt, they know that they
are unworthy of clemency, and cannot suppose
that they would be included within any amnesty
that could be offered ; and the less criminal are
still seduced by the stronger minds with which
they are associated, to protract their resistance to
legitimate authority.
_ _

The triumph at Gwalior has been more com-
plete than could have been anticipated. Not
only was there the moral effect of restoring to a
faithful and friendly Sovereign his throne and
children, which had been lost solely in consequence
of his fidelity to his engagements, but the insur-
gents who had formed the only existing rebel
army—a nucleus for a much larger force in the
event of any reverse to the British arms —were
completely defeated, with the loss of 27 guns
and a large amount of the treasure which had pre-
viously been plundered from the Gwalior Exche-
quer. The rebels were completely surrounded.
On one side, in front, was the Agra force, while
Brigadier NAPIER—one worthy of the name—
pressed them in the rear, and Sir HUGH ROSE
on the flank. It is supposed that TANTIA ToPEE
had escaped, but as the pursuit was still ener-
getically followed, it is by no means improbable
that a good account may yet be rendered of that
wily traitor. Indeed, in consequence of the judi-
cious arrangements entered into, the rebels
were completely hemmed in on every side,
and there seems a reasonable prospect that
the Gwalior mutineers will no longer remain as
an organised army in opposition to our troops.
A great victory was gained by General HOPE
GRANT—another of our English Paladins—at
Nawabgunge. The rebels showed extraordinary
determination, standing to their guns very
gallantly. They eventually fled with the
loss of 600 men and six cannon. The
fight lasted from half-pa.r, four to half-past seven
a.m. The rebels were utterly routed, and have
fled across the Gogra, at Bairam Ghaut. Our
loss was six killed and thirty wounded ; but,
alas ! the sun afterwards knocked over a
number of men. There seems to have been
some mistake in keeping the Hussars exposed, for
they lost a number of men. There was no long
pursuit, and General GRANT was most care-
ful of his men ; but these new men—some
of them—do not know what it is even to get into
a tope of trees, for they were actually surrounded
by 20,000 of the enemy, who evidently relied on
their numbers. Some chiefs were killed and
wounded. This engagement will doubtless have
a good effect.
The death of the Ranee of JHANSI is confirmed,
and the Moulvie, for whose capture 50,000
rupees was offered, has also been killed. Two
out of the four chief miscreants have thus been
disposed of.

We trust the Commons will " insist" on their
" disagreements with the Lords" on the principal
alterations, amendments we cannot call them, in-
troduced by the Upper Reuse into tho India Bill.
We have throughout advocated responsibility of
the Minister as the most important point in the
Home Government of India, and never relished
the appointment of a Council, which must both
operate as a shield when he might otherwise be
called to account by the [louse of Commons, and
must isdisposs him to action, however decided his
own judgment, unless he can secure a majority,
at least of his Council, in favour of his
policy. We, therefore, entirely approved
of the powers of the old Secret Committee being
placed in the hands of the Indian Secretary alone;
and of his being enabled, without delay, and
without the embarrassment of consulting the
Council, to send forth, by his own authority,
such orders as he might deem necessary. In
truth, the more he sent out of such orders, the
better Administrator we should expect him to be.
The Lords, however, gave the Secretary, for such
purposes, another little Secret Committee—" the
Tice-President and one other member." Lord
JOHN RUSSELL was for going further, and adding
" four other members." Lord STANLEY, how-
ever, and the CHANCELLOR of the ExCHEQUER
objected both to Lord Joileee and the Lords'
proposals, and the Howe, following them, " dis-
agreed with the Lords' amendments." We are
glad Lord STANLEY is not afraid of responsibility
—dread of responsibility is the bane, just now,
of the public service.
The Lords had made another alteration—a
mischievous, though a negative one—in regard
to competitive examinations. The Biil, as sent up
from the Commons, after providing for rules being
made for such examinations for the I❑dian Civil
Service, added—" The candidates certified by
the Commissioners or other persons to be entitled
under such regulations, shall be recommended for
appointment according to the order of their profi-
ciency, as shown by such examination, and such
persons only as shall have been so certified, shall
be appointed or admitted to the civil service of
India." It will be seen that these sentences
would compel nomination by merit. Blockheads
could not be introduced by mere favour. They
do not require that any man should be put to the
work he was not fit for—the mathematicia❑ where
the linguist should be, or the youth of faculties
adapted to the law to the post of a local ad-
ministrator; but, they do require that to obtain an
appointment, the voting man must be something
more than the son or the friend of Lord This, or
of Col. That, or of Mr. So- and-So, or of some po-
litical supporter of the Minister who nominates
him. These words, then, the Lords left out. The
pretence was that they interfered with the prero-
gative of the Crown ; the real reason was quite
obvious.

Lord STANLEY, though personally strongly in
favour of the clause as it stood—indeed, his
Lordship has always bee❑ the earnest advo-
cate of public competitive examinations—thought
that no Indian Minister, after the appointment
of a board of examiners, would dare to contravene
the design cf their appointment, especially as the
order of Council, by which the regulations are
made, must be laid on the table of the Home cf
Commons. He thought, therefore, that even
without the words requiring the nomination of
the successful candidates, the altered clause would
attain its object. Perhaps he did not wish to
press too hardly on the Lords. The house, how-
ever, while it expressed, and justly enough, the
most entire confidence in its wishes 'Ling
regarded while Lord STANLEY is Indian
Minister, did not like to trust any po,_
siLle Indian Minister, and " disagreed with this
amendment also. It was thought that public

competition was much. F49relsaf.; when required by

an A$ of.ParKament, whir-3h could net be repeated
without long consideration and debate, than by an
order of Council, which might be revoked any day,
and which, though laid on the table of the House,
might escape a vote of censure from a hundred
causes, perhaps, from a "desire not to embarrass the
Ministry" of the day. A more valuable stimulus
to middle class education cannot be devised than
providing fair rewards for it. We only hope that
in regard to. the home service a like clause will
soon become part of au Act of Parliament.

Lord STANLEY appeard in no way displeased at
the result of the division, and at the sugges-
tion of General EVANS applied the principle to
another amendment of the Lords. Examina-
tions are provided by the bill for the scientific
branches of the army—the clause ended 'with these
words—" And the candidates who may be found
entitled under such regulations shall be recom-
mended for cadetships according to the order of their
proficiency, as shown by such examination." These
words the Lords also struck out. As in the former
cases, the spirited and successful youth might be,
after all his exertions, and all the expenses incurred
by his parents, left unnoticed, in favour of some
Ministerial pet. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was the
chief instigator to the rejection of the above
worth. He repudiated in dist inct language " the
son of the grocer or the son of the tailor," in
favour of the "son of the country gentleman or
of the retired officer." Lord DERBY defended
the grocers' and tailors' sons if equal to the sons
of the aristocracy—yet the Lords struck out
the words. Lord STANLEY and the Com-
mons have restored them. We hope they will
be immoveable. The successful establishment of
competitive examinations for the public service in
India will prove the knell of Duneadom in the
public service at home.

THE QUEEN'S APPROACHING VISIT TO CHERBOURG.—
As at present arranged we believe her Majesty will em-
bark at Osborne about three o'clock in the afternoon of
Wednesday next, the 4th pr, ximo.
THE VICTORIA. Caoss.—Her Majesty the Queen will
give the Victoria crosses that have not been before con-
ferred to the officers and men now in England, upon
S uthsea-common on Monday next, at half-past four
o'clock.

Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council at Osborne on
Sa-urday afternoon, at which the Royal Speech to be
d.livered at the prorogation of Parliament will be
finally settled. The Queen's Speech will be read by
commission. The session is expected to Close on Mon-
day next.
Sir John Pakington, the First Lord of the Admiralty,
and the other Lords Commissioners, will leave town
this evening for Portsmouth, to commence the custo-
mary annual inspection.
His Highre ss Teusseon Pacha, son of the Viceroy of
Egypt, accompanied by R. H. Galloway, Eel., and
suite, arrived in town last evening, and remain with Sir.
Moses Montefiore, Grosvenor-gate, Park-line.
The Prince of Orange will attain his majority on the
4th September' next, when grand fet-s w 11 be given
et the Hague. The Prince and Princess Frederick of the
Netherlands have postponed their journey to Germany
until after that period.
It is rumoured that Admiral Lord Lyons will succeed
Admiral Sir G. F. Serneur, as Coormanderin-C rief at
Portsmouth, at the expiration of his term of service.
The Emperor of A:ustiia has decided on erecing- a
national itionurnee t in memory of the late FL‘lcl Marshal
Prince de Schwarz- nberg. The monument will consist
of an equestrian statue.
Mr. Presslv, chairman el the Board of Inland Rsvar us,
hat an'intt..rview yesterday with ,he Chanc-110r of the
Ex ,hequer at his official t.,,sidence in Thwoinr- treet.
Marshal the Doke of Malakhoff, attended by two
aides-de•catnp, visited Porsmouth yesterday, having
-ignified his intention the day previously to Lord Lyons
by telegraph. His Excellency arrived at the railway
station at Landp,rt at 10.50 a.tn„ where be wa, re-
ceived by Vice-Admiral Lord Lyons (the gtestirg he-
tween where and the gallan,. duke was most enthusia tic
and affectionate), Maj }r.G.-nerel the Hen. Sir J. Yorke ,
Scarlett, Li ut-e,ant-C lone) Wright, A.ssi-tern Queekr-
master-Gener.l, Maj,ir Arlye, Royal ArtiVery, Brigade
Major, Ste., and a-guard of honour ,f the 15 h Regiment,
with colours and baud. Tea General and Stiff escorted
his Excellency to Port-mouth garri-on, and or, entering
the fortre,s a salute ~f 19 gone was fired by the Royal
Artill-ry from th Queen's Ravelin. General Scarlett
entertained the illustrious Marshal and 1.4,rd Leone at
breakfAst at the Gov.rninen, house. and at haq-pas• 12
(-scorte,i him t.,1 this Kin;.es Stairs, where the Admiral, y
steam yacht Fire Queen. Mr. W. F. Pau!, Master, R.N.,
commanding, was in waiting to embark the distin- rushed
par y and cpnvey teem to the Royal Alert, 121, at
Spithead, the chief object of the Mareha,i':': visit t" Ports-
mouth being to renew his friendship with Lord Lyons,
whole invitation he had prey onsly, accepted te make the
trip tO Cherbourg in the Royal Albert. Hit Excellency
was received on b-ard with every demons'ration of re-
spect due to his rank, and, after spending some time on
hoard, he left under a salute of 19 gtees, yards and rig.
ging manned by the whole squadron, and hearty cheer-
ing from the gallant crews. ...ile.then re-embarked in
the Fire Queen, and, accompanied by Lord Lyons,
visited the Victory, flegahip of Admiral Sir George
Seymour, the Port Admired. - Here, as before, the gat-
lent dine was received with all the honours by the
Admiral-in-Chief, and, after inspecting the ship, left,
under &salute of 19 guns, for the Dcckyard, where,
after being shown the ohjsctsef special interest by Rear-
Admiral the Hon. George Grey and Staff, he partook of
luncheon with Sir George Seymour, and left, with many
expressions of thanks and satisfaction for the courtesy
shown him, for the railway station, and took the 4.15
train fer London.

The Fairy, 119yal yacht, commander his Serene High-
ne,s Prince Ernest of Leiningen,proceeded.from Osborne
to Gosport yesterday midday tri await the arrival of the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg
Strelitz and suite. Their Highnesses arrived in the
Olarence-yard at two o'clock, and were received by
Maj tr-General the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlet t and staff,
Captain Superintendent the Hon. G. F. Hartrup, C. 8.,
Mr. Noddal, R N., Mister Attendant ; Mr. Jamieson,
R.N., Storekeeper, and a guard of honour of Royal
Marine Light Infantry. The Fairy hoisted the Royal
standard, and on leaving harbour was sl!uted by tlle
garrison battery, which hoisted the like emblem, and on
parsing through Spithead a general Royal salute from
nine sail gave them a further welcome.
The Post-office clerks in Prussia are obliged to wear
unit-rrn in the streets, and the Prussian G,vernrnent
nos intends to impose the same un•f .rm on the empl)yes
of railways and telegraphs. To distinguish,' however,
these three classes of functionaries, these of the Post.

~tlice are to have on their caps a horn, those of railways
a wheel, and those of the telegraph an arrow.
KENT ARCHAOLOGSCAL SOCIETY.—The first annual
Qat herir g of this Pociety is to take place to•rnorrow
(Frptay), at Canterbury, under the preidency of the
Marcrii., Camden. The members of the society will vieit
all the places of note in the neighbourhood of the
of v _ _

ETON COLLEGE.—The following ig a list of the boys
ju,t .-leoted on to the foundation at. Eton, viz. :—Pollock,
Yeast IC y, .iiiredy, Wight, N“res, Symonds, Smith,
Vlars ten, Hodgson, Iluddleston, Turi.er, Cameron,
Dowler. Not aby boy was eleoted this tine front Eton
se-40 1

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NAILWAY, —At a meet-
ing of direct,rs of this c nopany, hel : yeaterd I, it was
decided to recommend to the proprietors at their D: Xt
m, eting to declare a dividend for the half year at the
rate of 3i per cent. p"r annum, and leaving the :-Urp'uS.
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.—Madame Clara Novello
hai pas••ed through Paris en route for Italy. M. Leon
lluorez, ant of toe well-known tenor, engage lin the
c,mp,,,ition of an opera. Verdi has uoderaken to write
for Paris a new opera in three acts. The libretto will be
written by one of the firs!. feuilletonists of Paris. The
opera is to he produced during the corning i ct,r.
FORTIFICATION OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE PORT OF
PLYMOUTH.—We unoler-tand that place have been ap
proved f for Vie better fottificat!on of the en•rauce to
this port, and that they include the erection of a power-
ful Pin oil the Breakwater; the-inner-portion of which,
near the centre, will be extended coceirktably north-
ward.

FACTORIES BILL. A bill of Mr. Akroyd, Mr. Cob-
hett, ai,d Mr. Edwards enacts that after the 314 Dec.,
1860, nu surgical certificate shall he granted to or fi:r
say young person between 13 and 16 years of ege, be-
fore his or her employment in a factory, unless he or she_
can produce an educational certificate 'from a competent
schoolmaster. The educational certificates- of incP on e-
t e nt master se: may
ye children, be annulledbyand not the inspector.ot
he r
wYung
parsons failing to obtain the certificates required by the
act-r°ol7ll he
BIGNT TO JAMES HOGG.—Nearly twenty-three
year' have elapsed since the remains of the Bard of
Ettrick were consigned to their last resting-place in
Ettrick Churchyard. No attewps has been made hitherto
to rear a monument. to the poet's tnemory; and we learn
with much satisfaction that an effort is now being made
by some of his admirers to reme,l this neglect. It is
propo4ed to rear a monumental statue of the poet at the
spot of his birth in the romantic vale of Ettr ck. The
secretary to tba enterprise is Dr. Rogers, of Stirling,—
Scotsm an .
THE CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—To-morrow evening i,
fixed for the benefit of Mr. W. P. Colitis, "the Bones"
of the troupe, and we sincerely hope his importance will
be esp,cl4liy recognised by a very full aVendancS. The
habitues of this attractive entertainment are under obi.
gat.on to hitn for the great amusement be bas nightly
afforded them, and' we imagine they will only be too
ready to return their substantial thanks to this inimit
able artiste . The entertainments selected for the occa-
sion are of the most attractive and varied description
imaginable.
Major Crawford's company, 3d battalion Royal Artil
lerv, mow at Leith, is to go to India immediately.

EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUPPOSED MURDEE.--A seaman
named William Tiaistle, belonging to the_Tyne, is in the
custody of the Neweastle-on-Tyne police upon a charge
of en bezz'ing nearly 10001. belonging to Messrs.
St,3verAo4 al;Id Scott, shipowners, of tat town.

PATENT CONN FLOUR.—We have analysed samples of
Brown and PolsOn's Patent Corn Flour, both as for-
warded by the agents and from retail vendors of the
article. It is a pure preparation, suited to all the pur-
p-sea for which arrow root is adapted. It cansisis
wholly of the granules of Indian Corn. A similar
art:mla has been common in America, but this is superior
to anything of the kind known.—Lancet July 24.
THE EIEBEIN4 FISHING.—A couple of Britieh gun-
boats are cruising off the Northumberland coast pro-
tecting the English fi-herrnen engaged in the herring
fishing. Le C.,rße, French war steame=r, Li also down
looking after the French fishermen who are following
the sane employmeht.

SPAIN AND COCHIN CHlNA.—According to accounts
from Manilla' in the Madrid Novalades, the French ad-
miral in the Chinese waters, M. Rigault de Genouilly,
ha I sent a message to the Governor to the effect that at
tho beginning of June he would go with his fleet to the
Philippine klanda. to take on board the Spanish troops
deeined to asi,i,t in chastising the Cochin Chinese. The
'accounts add that it was believed that the intention of
tl,e French and Spaniards was to take the town of
Tucoso, and then dictate their conditions to the sovereign
of Coo! in China: ,They add that in the event of his re..
Ewing redress, they
._intend to march en his capital,
t -to (or fle6 ), though it is wrongly fortified
CHESTER STATION:---SHOW TRAFFIC —Nearly 100,000
extra passengers poised in, and an equal number (ma,
which av, rages each way 100
the Cnester station for the agricultvral show, in addition
in and out or the
' froM several
tt
lo a
station.tnh e
aor daTiynh aiasrnyud
nticroxaopffitpco,,,tBoBdelnygl,arrag
ee
e increase
co opeting lines was conducted by Me-sr.. Mills and
M coljunction with M. Hud-
son, tl: without
e aihtleosetoraectcaiden
secretary of the Agticulturil Society and
seconded by the cheerful exertions of the various em-
ployees and pores, M_ addition to an enormous grinds
mllio from "all. points of the compass." —Liverpool
Daily Post.
MURDER OP A FRENCH MERCHANT.—The Presse
d'Orient gives an aecouttt of a dreadful mord, r, c tat-
mitted in the open day on the person of M. Audibert,
a French merchant at Constantinople, while in his ware-
house. The on of a tradesman in the neiehbourhood,
having to call on business, found him lying on the
ground, weltering in his blood. An alarm was given,
and a medical man having been sent for, found that his
skull bad been split open by a heavy blow. He was
bled, and his face washed with cold water, which re-
stored animation; but in two hours after he breathed
his last. His iron safe bad been broken open, and its
contents carried off, as well as that of several boxes
which had contained watches.

THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL CoUßT.—Yesterday merning
ieformatioa was conveyed to the city authorities f the
death of Mrejohn C'arke, c!erk to.the Central Criminal
Couri, and oreik of the peace for the sty of London,
which took place at an early hour yesterday merning
from diphtheria.. Mr. Clarke became clerk to the
Central Criminal Court in 1829, previous to which he
had for a considerable period actually discharged the
duties of the office, although filling a subordinate cepa-
city. To the tffice of clerk of the, Central Criminal
Court a salary of 3,0001. a year is attached ; but the
holder of the office out of that sum has to maintain an
efficient staff of subordinate-clerks. The aopointment
to this office rests with the Lord Mayor and the judges
on the rota for the time being.
The Superannuetien Act, which has just been with-
dra Nn from the House of Commons for this session, con-
tained a provision for superannuating the clerks, sorters,
an,Llet ter-carriers in the metropolitan post-offices of Lon-
don, Dublin, and Edinburgh, but no provision for superan-
nuating similar classes cf officers in the provincial post-
offices. The latter officials are not rec-gnised as strictly
belonging to the Peet-office department, although they
are in the service of the Postmaster-General, and are
d-prived of the elective franchige like other civil servants
of the Crown. Arrengemente are making for organisiuo
a movement to secure for all country poet-effice officials'
whose labour is claimed to be at the sole di.vpo-al of the
Postmaster-General the benefit of the civil service su-
perannuation fund. A number of members of Parlia-
ment have already promised their support to this pro-
poeition when the Superannuation Bill is again brought
frward next session.
THE NEW Leath CIIIIRSToN.—Sir John Yorde
Bert., of Lupton, Devon-hire, whose elevation to the
pe.er.ee as Lord C-Aerston, of Ceureton Ferrers, we
mentioned in our columns yesterday, is the eldest son of
the second baronet by the daughter cf J.ihn Holliday,
Esq., of Ddhorne Hall, Staffordshire. He wai Horn in
1799, and educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he
graduated B.A. as a second clesa in claevicr in 1819,
and proceeded t M.A. in 1825. He is an ac.ive me-
gistrate and deputy lieutenant f-r Devonshire, and a
special deputy-warden of the S annaries fie tree been
lieutenant of thr; S uth Devon Militia since 1845 He
cant-, ted the Southern Diviinn of •the coil, ty against
Mr. Bulteel (me-in-law of Earl Gree) dthout success, at
.the firs general election efter toe pasing of the Reform
Bill. 1n,Dec.,1.834, ho • ever, bee wie retureed to Par-
liament as the colleague of Lord J. Russell, who loth s
scat the foleewing April on acceptime effic e From that
time down- to the prevent Sir John Yard, Buller bee
continued t r represent South Devon in the Conservative
interest. Lord Cleurston is one of the wealthiest cern-
moneys and ler..iest landowners in the West of England,
and is deservedly popular among his tenantry and in hie
native county. L •rd Cu, rstee married, in 1823. E.;za-
beth, daughter of Thomas Wilson Patten, Esq , of Bank
Hall, Lancashire by whom (who di,d in 1851) his lord-
ship ha+ issue an o-ly dan2titer and a son, John, born
in 1823, now captain in the South Devon Militia, who
in married to a daughter of E. S. Ctiandoa Pole, Esq.,
of Tiedheurne Hall, Derbyshere.
EXTRAORDINARY RESCUE.--At the Kingsdoton re-

gatta, en the 21st lest., a smali sailirg biat, belonging
to Mr. Henry A. Hamilton, of Ballrigean, was run
down by a- 'arge fishug smack ahout 300 3i-iris fit ,na the
shore, and instantly sank. Out of the five persons on
board- Mr. Tjeiiiileyi'ee boat e euceeeded in getting
into the meek'. aner-bee swam till picked up by a boat ;
while a lady's life-was almost miracu,ously saved by the
extraordinary etertions of Mr. Hainilten. Sie was pre
eipiteted into the water to a great depth by the violence
of the colli;ion, and the smack actually passed over
her. Mr. Hamilton watched where she went down, and
though a very bad swimmer, he immediately dived down
till he reached her, and with great difficulty succeeded in
raising her to the surface of the water. He then swam
with her towards the shore,' till a boat put off and
pinked both up. Being desirous of showine her feelings
of gratitude to the Almighty for this merceul preserva-
tion ef her life, she has thought that she could not do so
in a 'mere appropriate manner than by placing at the
eisposal of the National Life-boat Society the sum of
3001, to be employed in stationing an additienal life-
boat on some part of the Irish coast. Mr Hamilton,
who is the nephew of the member tor Dublin UnivereP-Y,
leas on previous occasions been in::rumentai in gallantly
saving life from shipwreck, and was chiefly Vie mean-
ef fiunding a lifsehoet establishment, in cennection with
the Lifeboat Society, at Skerries, near Ballriggan.
WRECK ON THE LANCASHIRE COAST.—LIFEBOAT
SERVICES.—LYTHAM, JULY 27.—During a heavy gale
from the N.W., on Sunday morning, intelligence was
brought to the Lytham lifeboat station of the Reyel
Net:ion-A f,', sou itlAt a sub 'otter was lying
sunk in the bank off Southport, with her crew lashed
to the rigging. The lifeboat was instantly got ready,
alt lough her air Cases and all her tackle had been re-
moved on the previous day to have their annual painting
and overhauling agreeable to the rules of the parent in-
stitution. Having awi •d ward position the lifeboat pro •
'seeded rapidly towards the wreck. In the meantime the
Si:uthport lifeboat was also observed making for the ill.
fated vessel, running along under the lee of the elndhank.
An exciting race now ensued beeween the two lifeboats,
in which the Southport boat, from her having com-
paratively smooth water and her proximity to the wreck,
was the winner by only three mieuiee, and rescued the
crew of three men woo had bean exposed in the rigging
for ten hours, Tbe wreck was the ecilooner Mineral of
Barrow. The Southport lifeboat ha,, it is raid, been
instrumental in saving about 200 lives from wreck. Her
ga lant coxswain, Wm. Rocki ff, has been aft tae. in her
on every occasion, aid has bean presented with the sil-
ver medal of the l`ratie,.al Lifeboat Society fir his in-
trepid services. The Lytham new I feboat has only been
on her station three year-, but duel g that pi-Timd she
has rescued tt e crews of 'tree or four wrecks, and saved
two or three vessels from deetructton. O- the occasion
ie quest on nothing ceul I have exiteed-d the b ihaviour
of the National Society's boat, which is, like all its life-
boats, in excellent trim.

The Sheriff hip of Perth, vacant by the promotion of
David More, Eq., to-be Suilciior-General, is now filled
,y the appoin'anent of E. S. Gordon. Esq., Advocate-
D.,pute, f: C rnplkiiig the changes consequent on the
death of Lord Justice-CI. rk Hope.—Scotsntan.
Who were the first people who said Lay ?—The
I,TiLids. Who first cured ham?—The Hatoadiyades.
Where did the detvistsori4inaly come from ? - To-cagy.
Which is the most clestial part of the British Empire?
—Tire Lie of Sky. In what work do we find the best
account of eel ?—The Iliad

SEIAKIMPRAIM- MODELINIBED.,--Twoloafcrq were epnnt-
irg the other day In frnnt of "The Ba;,k," when one
drew a wallet from his pocket and sail—" He who
eteale my purse, steals traeb." " Y 0,," replied the
ether, "and be who filches from you your good name,
takes from 37,)u what you never had "
COPYING FEIiNS, —The mo-t perfect and brantini
caries imaginable of ferns, &c., may be made by
thoroughly .a.tnratirig in cummon porter, and then laying
them flat between White sheets of paper (without in-4e
presenre than the leaves of an ordinary hook b •ar to each
other), and let them dry cut.—Zlotys and Queries.
TAKING IT BY DYGREES.—An Irishman made a het
with`a Dutchman that he eiuld swallow him. The
Dutchman lay down on the table, and the Irishman,
. eking the Dutchman's big toe in his tn,uth, nipped it
f.lcverely. " Oh, yon are biting tne 1" roared the Dutch-
man. " Why, you eld tool," said the Irishman, " did
ynu think' I was going to awall I 4' you wh,le

VALUE 07 AN OAS.—In 1310 au oak tree Wa3 Cut
down in South Wale's and ‘sod for one hundred guineas.
It cost 821. b cut it &Iwo, peel it, and cut it up; five
men were employed 20 'days each in strippitrz it and
euttng it down. It c. v. r,d when growing 452 square
ti Ards ; diameter of the butt 01 feet, and contained 2,426
feet of timber. The bark was three in&,es thick. Tbt
total produce cf the tree was 6001. .

ARMY
,KITCIMS.—M. Soyer yesterday opened his
kitch,u for the army, one of which is built a. the
Wellington-barracks, in the presence of General Lord
Rokeby and nuuserons other niili;ary authoritie;.7. Ex_
rFairpents were mode with the rations of the troops,
with a highly satisfactory result, as in lieu of the usual
daily insipid soup and over-done meat, M. Soyer pro•
duced, out of the saute amount of rations, the following
excellent bill of fare, viz.:—semi-stewed mutton ar,d
soup, pea-ic)up, stewed be, f and pudding, salt n•-rk with
cabbage, salt beef, stewed beef with dumpling roast
mutton, roast beet, fried potatoes, sautd beef, snub
mutton, saw 6 liver, rice pudding, and plain boiled rice.
M. Soyer has been directed to cook a dinner for a
battalion Qf Guards on lufi improved system.