The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-28 00:00:00

T A BY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir-John Pakington held his-last levee-this sea--v 7:11
SOB yesterday at the Admiralty, at which the fol-
lowing officers were present :---CaptainS H. 11.4_
F. AusteD C. Fitzgerald, E. Norcott, Ilcoryui-E; .
,
Vansittart, and A. Phiilimore • COmmandeisetVr.
Bridge, C. Phillips, 8: Brook, W. -M•lllraimt,-. •
Ga.llwey, J. Ri. k, C. May, E. Beauchamp, :W..-
Read, and W. Griffiths ; Liente.riants Boil • *
W Scrymgour, A. Carter, and E. Ike-
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Mr. J. Tomline. ,
Admiral Lord Lyons,' G C. 8., acc3ropaAiet
by Mr. Alg-rnon Lyons, his flag lieutenant, -re.
turn. lto Po, tsmouth yesterday, but* riot to 'hid *
sag chip. His lordship has engaged a suite '4l-f, -
rooms at the Yortland Hotel, Sontlisea, where her,
will sojourn for the present. -
.Marshal the -Duke
MaLkhoff will join his lordship in a few days.
Rear-Admiral Codringtori, C. 8., was Yesterday
appvin ed Admiral Superintendent of Malta dock,,
yard, vacant by the promotion of Vice-Admiral -
Stopford.
The R.,yal SlyOrtign; 131, screw,- went, out of
h Jur to-day -to--ft waru2-' her engines---prepara----
tory to trying her speed at the measured: milt'. She
steamed about eight or ten miles beyond the Nab
Light to theeastward, and, after proceeding in
reverse direction as-far as Osborne, returned to the
harbour. Her engines of 81G-horse power worked
in beautiful,erxler, and there was very little vibra- ,
tory motion. This prelhaririary trial was a satis-
factory one to the officer in charge, Captain_Ger-
don, of the Hannibal, superintendent of the steam
reserve. Weather permitting, -she-will proceed-to
.Stole 's Bay on Siturdity.; aut-i,_it is expected, will •
realise a spiel of upwards of 12 knots. • ,
The VictorEtiamanuel, 131; screw, Captain Monte,
at Portsmouth received on board yesterday a de---
tachment of Royal Marine Artillery and Marines, .
toge-her with about GO continuous service men
from the Victory. _
The Terrible, 21, paddle-frigate, Captain Glasse,
C. 8., the Archer, 13, Captain Sanderslia ; and the
Racer, 11, Commander the Hon. T. A. Pakenharn,
arrived at Si ithead yesterday from Sheerness and
Woolwich.

Her Majesty's se:earn-frigate Curacoa, Which
arrived at Portland early on Saturday morning,
left under canvas for the eastward on Monday
morning. The Orion, 01, arrived in the night.
Commodore Eden arrived from tiv3 westward in
the Argus skamer, on Monday, and inspected the
Blenheim Coastguard ship ; he also went over the
breakwater works with the Chief engineer,- Mr.
Coode.

The Firefly, 4, paddle-wheel steam vessel, Com-
mander George Fiott Day, attired at Woolwich
yesterday from the west coast of Africa, to strip
and pay off. Sho immediately proCeeded down the_
river on a trial trip, in charge of an cflicer from
the factory dtpartment, to test the condition of
htr engines and machinery, and it is ascertained
that the vessel will require extensive repairs, as a
portion of her timbers ate rotters, and during the
voyage home she was in a leaky state. The Firefly
has been in commission nearly four years, and
formed part of the Baltic flees in 1855, under the
eclmmand of Captain lit.nry Charles Otter; noiv of
the Porcupine.
Mr. John E. Petley, Master Commander of the
Black Eagle, Admiralty steam yacht, -.this day Ze-
c• ived a case of valuable mathematical instruments
as a present from Prince Alfred. The present is
accompanined by a letter from his Royal Highness,
who refers to his recent cruise in the Black Eagle
—hopes that the instruments will t•e useful to Mr.
Petley ; and amongst other matters his Royal
Highness states he has firwarded a knife for True-
love, the bo ttswain, as he -had not forgotten that be
lest Truelove's knife when they were out in& small
boat. _ _ _

Admiralty, orders have been received at Chatham
cc.... n ota.inn.rse Anti VPs is of war
now lying-in the Medway-attoched to the ordinary,
in order to ascertain what vessels are fit for further
active service.
The Oneida is shortly expected at Southampton,

and will take out troop- sto India. It is expected
that.she will sail about the 4th of next month. She
was the first steamer that took out an Australian '
mail under the European and Australian Qom,
pang's contract, and pa her return to Suez -she
broke down, and for along time was. supposed, to
have gone to the bottom. She has now undergone
a thorough repair. Both the Oneida and the Tas-
manian belong to the Royal Mail Corripany, and
are the only two screw ships possessed by the com-
pany, all their other large ships being side wheel.%
The Tasmanian is larger than the Himalaya.
The Royal Mail Company have now two of the
fines: and la gest screw steamers in the—world.
They will carry a very large number of troops.
The Falmouth freight ship bas commenced ship-
ping war stoles at Chatham for Devonport dock-
yard.
The reports of our Malta correspondent reach to
the 22d of July, on which day the ships in port
were, her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ships
Marlborough, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., and the Centurion ; the
Hibernia receiving ship, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Sir MlntaguStopford, K C. 8.,
superintendent of Malta doe • yard • the screw steam
gun vessels Coquette, aiptey, and' Vigilant; the
steam sloop Harpy, and the steam tug Hearty.
Her Majewy's screw liners Conqueror and .F.yinoess ,
Itiyal and steam-frigate Vul:ure left port on the.
15th July, with orders to cruise from 5 to 15 leagnes
distant from Malta between that island Dnd,Sicily.
The Marlborough, 131, and the Centurion were to
L-ave during the week to join the Other ships at the
rendezvouis off Cape Passers, of er the arrival of
the mail, when the ships, it.is said, will proceed on
where the Admiral will, according to custom, be
a four months' cruise in the East, visiting Corfu,
invested with the order of Knight Grand Cross of`
St. Michael and St. Georr., The steam despatch .
boat Caradoc left on the 15th for Alexandria with
a t-legram from England ordering Capt. Pullen,
amnndlitdteedmtaliiiedresuatvisoflacctiloirtftoiarnst.he_ late.
now at Suez, to repair
of the Cyclops steam-frigate,
atotrojceitdielashco
CAptain J. Wi!cox, C. B. (1850), to the Victor
Euntattuel, 91, screw steam-ship, at Portsniouth,
vice Moore, whose appointment is cancelled.
Lleutenants L. H. Versturwe (1853), to the
Himalaya. iron screw steam store-ship at Devon-
port; H. Burnaby, to the Perseverance,' 2, iron
screw steam troop-ship at Portsmouth ; J. F.
Lenon (1856), to the Argus, 6, paddle wheal steam
sloop, at Sheerness ; and J. D. A. Irvine (1858),
to the Cornwallis, 60, screw steam-ship, for coast-
guard service in the Humber.
Chaplin the Rev. L. Graham to the Victor
Emmanuel.
Naval Instructor W. D. Hay (1855), to the
Illustrious, 26, training ship, at Ports'noutb.
Assistant-Surgeon E. T. Ryan (1855), to the
Pembroke, 60, screw steam=ship, for boast•gnard
service at Harwich.
Acting-Assistant Surgeons R. Hower, to the
Fury, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, East India and
China station • P. M'Evan .0858), and J. L.
Whitney, to the Boscawen, 70, flag-ship, Cape of
Good Rope station.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1858.

The Indian intelligence which has come to hand,
and which appeared ii our impression of yester-
day, is but another version of what was already
known, and on which we commented on Friday
last. Every detail on such subjects is, however,
deeply interesting, and it is satisfactory to be
enabled to compare the state of public opinion in
distinct Presidencies, to hear different accounts of
the triumphs achieved by the 13rtish arms ! Sir
Hcou ROSE unquestionably occupies the foremost
position, the post of honour, on the present occa-
sion. He had captured Calpee, driving the insur-
gents helplessly before him. It was indeed rather
a flight than a retreat. The triumphant
victory. at Gorowlee had created a panic,
and the discomfited rebels dared not encounter
their gallant opponents, who had given so
many unquestionable proofs of indomitable prowess.
They fled, but they fled towards Gwalior, having
outstripped the pursuit of Colonel ROBERTSON'S
detachment.

They were animated by a deep design. A
large proportion had formerly belonged to SOIN-
DIAB'S Contingent, and they hoped to be enabled
to fraternise with his forces. To make assurance
doubly sure, their wily leader, TANTIA TOPEE,
had preceded them some days, and entering
Gwalior in disguise, had been enabled to ascertain
the feeling of the troops, and to know that they
were ripe for revolt at any moment. He had
formed deep designs for the dethronement of the
Mlllt-azAli----whose fidelity to England was an
unpardonable crime in the sight of the intriguing
miscreant—and the elevation of the arch-demon
NANA SAME to the vacant musnud.
When the fugitive rebels approached, SCINDIAH
fearlessly and boldly went forth to give them
battle. Although numerically inferior to the
enemy, he did not shirk the encounter, being
satisfied of the loyalty and fidelity of his troops,
and thinking it improbable that they who
had so long been faithfuLwould_ cast in their
lot with a broken and hopeless cause. gin
arrangements were judiciously made, he himself
taking the command of the centre, surrounded
with his body guard. At the very first onslaught,
however, the right wing abandoned their
standards, and moved over to the rebels. The
left speedily followed the infamous example, and
the guns, nu
which w) C C.INDTAIL chiefly relied, were
captured without-a single shot being fired in their
defence. The faithful body guard, however,
nearly redeemed the day, despite the overwhelm-
ing odds against them and the surprise occasioned
by the treachery of-theii 'Ate companions.
.They
were prepared to die in defence of their sove-
reign, and chivalrously and boldly they dir-
charged tigir duty. One-half their unmur_ re_
tinned on tb3 #4ll. :De; tiier6

Tilt

will be honour to the survivors, and tears to the
memory of those who were " faithful and bold"
while life remained.

The capture of Gwalior was speedily effected,
the fort surrendered at the first summons, and
the garrison willingly accepted TANTIA ToPEE as
their commander. The rebels proclaimed NANA
SAHIB Maharajah, and, as a matter of course,
looted the Treasury, said to contain treasure to
the amount of five millions sterling (but more
probably about half the amount), a portion of
the town, and also made heavy asses-
ments on the bankers and other inha-
bitants. And to find legitimate employ-
ment for the funds thus obtained, voted themselves
six months' pay in advance. This, in addition to
the trifles which each could pick up for himself,
made altogether, what Mr. Jos JOHNSON would
term, a "very pretty swag."
Speedy vengeance was, however, inflicted on
the traitors. Sir Huau ROSE, on whose shoulders
the mantle of HAVELOCK seems to have descended
with unabated virtue, although suffering under
severe illness, and having virtually resigned the
command of his division to Colonel NAPIER, was
revived by the prospect of immediate action, and
speedily responded to the call of duty. He rose
from his sick bed, placed himself at the head of
his men, and retrieved the disaster by recapturing
Gwalior, and restoring SCINDIAH to the throne of
his ancestors. Defeats may be regarded with a
lenient eye when they are 'so promptly and effi-
ciently avenged. We cannot wonder that the
town talk at Calcutta should mainly have related
to the stirring events at Gwalior.

One matter occasioned some surprise. Colonel
STRATTON, in command of the 77th Regiment,
which had just arrived from Australia, had
"marched his men to Dumdum, eight miles, with
their stocks on ; an hour after he and his in-
structor of rifle practice were both dead of apo-
plexy." We believe thst the gall tnt officer was
a brave and good man. He had greatly distin-
guished himself in the Crimea, and was a general
favourite both with officers and soldiers. It is to
be regretted that any undue adherence to red-
tapist regulations should have prevented him from
gaining the glory which, in all human probability,
he would otherwise have achieved. Peace to his
manes. We trust, however, that his example
will prevent others from being betrayed into a
similar mistake.

The news from China is of a very graphic and
exciting character. The account of the capture
of the Peiho Forts proves that the celestials can-
not compete with the Anglo-Saxons. As usual,
they attempted to procrastinate, and to ride off
on a collateral issue respecting the ceremonials to
be observed. That " cock, however, would not
fight." Neither Lord ELGIN nor Baron GROS
would consent to the required prostra.
tions, although these were the only mat-
ters to which the Imperial Commissioner
could direct his attention. The patience of the
Plenipotentiaries being exhausted, words and
grass having been equally useless, they resolved
to try what virtue there was in stones.

Colonel FREESTUN last night brought forward a
subject of deep interest and vital importance to
the nation ; and we rejoice to hear that it will
receive the attentive consideration before next
session which it so pre-eminently deserves.
Nothing could, of course, be effected previous to
the prorogation, inasmuch as all the estimates
have been agreed to, and the Appropriation Bill
has passed through several stages. The subject
has, however, thanks to the Hon. and Gallant
Member, been fairly ventilated. The good seed
has been SDWII which will, doubtless, produce
valuable fruit in due season.

The matter of which Colonel FREESTIIN so
justly complained was the inadequate remunera-
tion provided for subalterns in the British army,
which required the possession of independent
means, unless they were willing to embarrass
themselves with a load of debt, in the vague bore
that something might eventually turn up. They
had to subscribe to the band fund, the mesa
fund, and a variety of other funds, to pay largely
for dinners, to dress well, and maintain the posi-
tion of gentlemen, on less than would be paid
to mechanics as wages. Even the most prudent
young man, scrupulously avoiding every unneces-
sary luxury or comfort, could scarcely meet the
exigencies of his position—the imperative de-
mands which he must meet being 1571. ss. per
annum, while his pay as an ensign was only
951. 16s. 31, leaving an annual deficit of 611.
Bs. 9d., sufficient to break the heart of any
young man who had not additional
means or wealthy frienas to resort to.
It is sufficient that the grievance has
been explained. We trust that next year some
adequate remedy may be provided, in the way
either of increasing the pay or lessening the formal
expenses, so as to enable a subaltern to live on
the pay which he receives in return for his
services.

A remarkable little pamphlet,* in reference to
the purification of the Thames, has but just now
made its appearance. It extends to no more than
a dozen pages of letterpress. It can be read iu
five minutes : and fife minutes so employed will
not be lost time with any one. The pamphleteer,
who is not so prepense, but merely a correspon-
dent, states his case originally in a letter
addressed to WILLIAM CONINGHAM, Esq., M.P.
That gentleman, however, having, we doubt not,
derived satisfaction himself, and information to
boot, from a perusal of the communication we are
referring to, generously prints it for public circu-
lation. The epistle is addressed to him by F. 0.
WARD, Esq., one in every way competent to pro-
nounce an opinion upon the Question of the Main
Drainage of the Metropolis, having already
aided materially in carrying out against all kinds
of strenuous opposition on the part of antago-
nistic engineers the excellent system of tubular
sewers, "now working," as he himself observes
with no small satisfaction—" now working suc-
cessfully by hundreds of miles not only in provin-
cial towns, but also in the metropolis." The ar-
gument advanced by Mr. WARD in the Course-of
his cogent letter is directly opposed to the costly
scheme of the Grand Tunnel proposed to be built,
at an outlay of many millions, for the conveyance
from the Thames and from London of the whole
mass of sewage and rain water combined, for dis-
charge at some point as remote as possible from
the metropolis. •

Instead of adventuring upon any plan of the
kind, Mr. WARD would never allow the rain
water and the sewage to be mixed together.
Before they could reach their present point of
combination, he would have their currents diverted
each from the direction of the other. He
epitomises the whole argument at page ten in a
sentence, carefully printed in capitals, as expres-
sive of the entire meaning of his communication.
The sentence is simply this—" The whole of the
is due to the river, the whole of the sew-
a
It is an axiom with a view to
the'g to
theoil
enforcementsof which he has previously
eraed-
marked
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