The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-26 00:00:00

(BY SIIMIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH•)

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning
Arrived, 25th—St. Csrean, from Minuitetlan ; Slarioul
Wydana ; John Wesley, Guernsey ; Rosario, MantannO!
Clara, Colombo ; Helen, Smyrna ; Avance, Helsingberg'
Caroline Sarah, 'Misted; Welhelmira, Aveiro; Belinda!
Crispin, Speedwell, Cossack, and Crescent, GuernseP
Freeman, Aalborg ; Harwood, Shanghae ; Monitore°
Callao; Minerva, Bruges; Sophie, Kertersminde ; Br°'
thole Sicilano, Baholaik ; Swan and Hope, Dunkirk.
Arrived, April 26--Neptunans, from Sannesund; b.Oll
Livingston, Gallipoli.
Saie 1, April 26 - Fontebelle, for Jamaica.
DEAL, Monday Mornisk
Wind N.E. by E., moderate, and thick fog.
PaEsed —Eliza oore, for Liverpool ; Investiga l
li He.rt Town ; Ross the Mangles, screw steamer, Cards
--all from London.
Passed, in tow - Chlrleston, from Callao, from Londl;
Sailed---The whole of the outward bound, except t'
Cyclone, for Port Philip.

THE ORDER OF THE BATH.—A parliamentary paPel
publi-hed on Saturday contains a long list (filling a.
page) of the names of all officers in both services deco'
rated Nab the Order of the Bath since the lit Januar'',
1854, and of the civilians who have been honoured WO
the like deo,iratim, &e. The G.C.B.'s of the civil divid
sion include the names of Sir James Robert Graham
M P., Lird Pauniure, Sir C. Wood, and the Earl of Sti
Gerwains, and the Knights Grand Crosses of the naval
and military services include the names of Lieut..Gen'
Sir G. Brown, his Royal Highness the Duke of Casa'
bridgi,, Sir De Lacy Evans, Maj,r-Gen. Sir R England,
S r J. M'Donn,ll, Sir Hew D. Ross, Sir J. SunpOel
Admiral Sir J. W. D. Dundas, Vice-Admiral Laid
Lyons, Admiral Sir G. E. Hamond, and Admiral Sir
J. A. Gordon.
Irasa BPIRIT DUTIES —ln addition to the alteratiol
of the duty o;• o rionial spirits imported into Ireland 1,
is prop°, ed, by a Government k;11, to grant certain acr.
ditional duti-s of excise on Irish spirits after the 194'
inst. Oa every gallon of proof spirits distilled in ire'
laud, or in the stock of any Irish distiller, or which, bay'
ing b,-..en distilled in either one of the three kingdoms'
shag be taken out of bond for consumption in Ireland,
or shad bo brought into Ireland, there will be levied an
extra duty of ls. 10d., and so in proportion for sot
greater or less degree of strength of every galll
of proof "plain British spirits" distilled in the Charms
Islands, and thence exported into Ireland, a counter•
nailing duty of excise of 9s. will be charged. No drag'
back will be ado wed on made wines.

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DECREASED EXPORTS TO AIISTRALIA.—The returns
from the 13,ard of Trade for the three months ending
March 31, 1858, show a decrease of export from the
Uuited Kingdom to our Australian possessions. We
find the declared value of 23 items gives a collective
amount of 1,470,6361.; and as the total for the eagle
'Dori° ' of last year was 1,655,0841., there is a decrease °f
194,4491. on the enumerated articles. The falling eP
was chitfliy in leather goods, beer and ale, and British
spirits. The aggregate value of British exports to Or
Australian dependencies, for the first quarter of the
present year, amounts to 2,395,8851. Enumerated
articles, 1,470,635/. ' • and unenumerated, 835,350/..'
Mining Journal of April 24.
LIVERPOOL, April 24.—This afternoon the Royal Wail
ship Europa took her departure for Halifax and Beet°ll
havii,g on board a cargo, mail, 108 passengers. 613,-;
5.0001. in specie on freight. Oa Wednesday next t'u"
Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia screw steel
ship City of Baltimore, and on Saturday the Culler
steaaer Persia, sail tir New York.
PROPERTY QUALIFICATIONS OF MICIIBIRS or rogi;
LIAMENT.—The laws which require English and Iris
members of the House of Commons to be seised atidl)°,/.1,
Retied of a certain annual pecuniary qualification (30'
for boroughs, and 6001. for counties) are summarily, re'
pealed by a bill just brought in by Mr. Locke Kiog'
M.P., Mr. G. Langton. M.P., and Mr. Cubbete, M. 1%
FIRE AND Loss or LIFE. —Yesterday morning, abet;
2 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belongieff
Mr. John Gale, a greengrocer and fruiterer, in Sine:
street, Hammersmith. It commenced in the lofts °ye!'
the stables, and speedily ignited a quantity of stra::
hay, &c. Mr. Peter Gale, who was in the building, W..t
soon encircled in flame, and before he could be got 0"
he was so terribly burnt that he was removed to the 111.
firmary, where he soon afterwards died,
cer
TEE STORY OF JESSIE BROWN. —The Calcutta
respondent of the Nonconformist says ;—"We have Pad
with some surprise and amusement that wonderful et°r
0"a
published in the English papers about Jessie Brown: 0
the slogan of the' Higlanders, in Havelock's relief
Lucknow. I have been assured by one of the garridgoto
that it is a pure invention. 1. No letter of the
_1..,
mentioned could have reached Calcutta when the st°4
is said to have arrived. 2. There was no Jessie
in Lucknow, 3. Tbe 78th neither played their pip
:a
nor howled out the elogan as they came in ; they
sometbrng else to do. 4, They sever marched !cm t
the dinner table with their pipes the same.eyeelog a
all."