The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-13 00:00:00

THEATRICALS AT BRADFORD.

On Thursday last "King John " was performed with
great success. The Lady Constance, one of Shakspeare's
most beautiful conceptions, of Miss Forester, was an admir-
ab!e piece of acting, evincing profound and careful study.
Her anguish was so intense, so true to nature, without
being overwrought, that she entirely carried with her the
sympathy of her audience. Her address to her son, Prince
Arthur—" But thou art fair ; nature and fortune joined to
make thee great," was charmingly given ; and afterwards
to Austria, where she exclaims—" War I war ! No Peace
—Peace is to me a war I "—was grand, replete with
energy, and elicited considerable applause. Miss Forester
is making rapid strides in her profession, in which, with
perseverance, she may look forward, at no distant period,
to hold a very prominent position. She possesses every
requisite for it, but she must carefully avoid straining for
effect. Her action is graceful and easy, her voice is good,
and her delivery excellent—hence, with care, we may pre-
dict much for her. Great praise is due to Miss Jones, ayoung
lady possessing considerable personal attractions, for her very
clever impersonation of Prince Arthur. Her scene with Hu-
bert, in which the:latter is about to deprive the Prince of his
sight, deserves especial notice. Her appeal to him—" Sparo
mine eyes"—was exceedingly beautiful and touching.
The King John of Mr. Harald would have been much im-
proved if more warmth had been'thrown into it. He has
a full, rich voice, but his declamation is cold, phlegmatic.
The gentleman who played Faulconbridge had evidently
mistaken the character. Miss Gray made a very graceful
Queen Elinor, and Mr. Blythe, though last not least,
acquitted himself well as Hubert. The tragedy was fol-
lowed by the burlesque of " Masaniello," in which Miss
Huntley, as the Prince, and Mr. James, as the Masaniello,
played with great spirit, and kept the audience in a roar of
laughter. It is but just to acknowledge that they were well
supported by the rest of the company, and the whole went
off admirably.

DEATH OF COLONEL PERCEVAL.—OOI. Perceval,
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Lords, died on Thursday
last, at his house in Chester-street, aged 72, after a pro-
tracted illness. The gallant officer formerly represented
the county of Sligo in the House of Commons, having been
returned for the county at the general election in 1831, and
during the 10 years he was in Parliament gave a zealous
support to the Conservative party, having voted against
the Reform Bill, the Municipal Corporation &c. In
Sir R. Peel's short Administration of 1835 he was Trea-
surer of the Ordnance, and in 1841 he vacated his seat in
the House of Commons to accept the appointment which
be held up to his decease, on the present Admiral Sir G. F.
Seymour resigning in order to take office as one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, on the formation of the late Sir R.
Peel's Government. Ho married the eldest daughter of the
late Mr. H. Lestrange, and was for some years Colonel of
the King's County Militia. The office of Sergeant-at-Arms
is to attend the person of the Sovereign, to arrest offenders
of rank, and to attend on the Lord High Steward of Eng-
land when he sits in judgment on traitors, also on the Lord
High Chancellor, the Lord Treasurer, and on both Houses
of Parliament, and, if need be, on the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don. Their number was limited to 30 by the 13th of Richard
11., chap. 6. In old books they are called virgatories,
because they once carried silver rods, gilt, as they now do
maces. During the sitting of Parliament one is constantly
in attendance in each house. The appointment is in the
gift of the First Lord of the Treasury.
THE SOUTHAMPTON ADDRESS TO GENERAL
INGLIS.—The following letter -has been addressed to
Edward Palk, the chief magistrate of Southampton, by the
Lord Chancellor, in reference to the honours paid to his
lordship's son-in-law, Sir John Inglis, on his leaving South-
ampton, for India,On Saturdayweek :—" Eaton-square, Dec.
6, 1858.--Sir,—l wish that I could have been present on
Saturday to have witnessed the parting honours paid to Sir
John Inglis by the corporation of Southampton, under
your auspices as their Mayor. It has heightened consider-
ably the gratification which I have felt at such a compli-
ment having been offered to one so closely connected with
me, and of whom I am justly so proud, that it should have
proceeded from a town with which I became associated so
many years ago by a tie which has formed so much of the
happiness of my life. With this recollection I may, per-
haps, be pardoned if I am unable to restrain the feelings
which prompt me to express my gratitude to you for the
honour conferred upon my gallant son-in-law, and to re-
quest of you to convey the expression of my heartfelt
thanks to every member of the corporation.—l have the
honour to be, sir, your faithful and obedient servant,
CILELMSFORD."

THE FRENCH BUDGET.

The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow-
ing report of M. Magne, Minister of Finance, on
the French Budget for 1860, or, as he styles it, les
elements du budget de 1860.
" Sire,—l ask your Majesty's permission to send
to the Council of State the elements of the budget
of 1860.

" For some years past the volume containing the
project of law for the receipts and expenditure of
the state, and the documents published as vouchers,
have been distributed on the day itself of the open-
ing of the session. This despatch gives to the
Legislative Corps all the time and facilities that
are necessary for examining our financial situation
in its minutest details, and for thoroughly under-
standing it. Your Majesty desires to preserve
this custom. It is a most valuable guarantee to
the country, which rightly considers good order in
the finances as the most solid basis of its prosperity
and credit ; it is an advantage to the Government,
which ought to desire the annual assistance of an
impartial and thorough control, with a view to en-
lighten public opinion on these-important matters,
generally little known and too often improperly
appreciated.
When we contemplate the gigantic works that
have been executed within such few years over the
whole surface of the empire with a rapidity that
astonishes the imagination, at the very time when
war and so many other calamities seemed about to
exhaust the strength of the county ; when we
think of the efforts and immense sums they neces-
sarily required ; and when we remember the diffi-
culties and delays of ordinary periods, it is natural
we should ask ourselves by what miracle the re-
sources of France have all at once been found suffi-
ciently high for the development of such extraor-
dinary activity?
" Doubtless, among that portion of the public
that can appreciate the benefits of order and perfect

tranquillity, of the pacific relations for which the
country is indebted to your Majesty ; which is not
ignorant of the prodigies that may be engendered
by the wisely-combined action of the state, the
communes, and private industry developing itself
amidst general confidence ; which comprehends
that these very works (that would of themselves
suffice to constitute the glory of an entire reign)
have fertilised the land and opened for us
fresh sources of power and wealth ; in these, by
the enlightened and sincere portion of the public,
are duly estimated, without difficulty, the marvels
of which the present generation is a witness.
Nevertheless it may not be useless, to meet any
doubts which might exist, to prove by official
figures, by unchallengeable proofs, that the Em-
peror has given the rare example of a resolution
which overcomes all obstacle, and of a prudence
which avoids excesses and knows where to stop at
the right moment ; after a long time no Govern-
ment has so strictly confined itself within the limits
of the means at its disposal, and that the favourable
results indicated in my former report have been
fully confirmed by facts.
" Last year, at the time of its publication, the
draught of the accounts for the budget of 1855 was
submitted to the examination of the Council of

State. That draught showed, for ordinary and
extraordinary services, an excess of receipts of
394,000,000 f. This sum was duly certified by the
Legislative body, and the surplus of 394,000,000 f.
carried over to 185(3.
" The budget of 1856, though much affected by
the expenses of the war and by the outlay incurred
by the return of our troops, was nevertheless esti-
mated to give a bonus of 106,000,000 f. The surplus
has new been ascertained to be 112,000,000 f.
" The budget of 1857 settled all the expenses of
the war. Last year the accounts of that budget
were not cast up, and only an approximate estimate
could be made. A surplus of 20,000,000 f. was cal-
culated upon. The accounts of that budget were
closed on the 31st of August last. The surplus
of receipts will be at least 36,000,000 f.
" The budget of 1858 is worthy the particular at-
tention of your Majesty. Excepting our expeditions
to the Chinese Seas, it is free from those exceptional
circumstances which influence the receipts and
expenditure of the four preceding budgets. It is
the first budget of peace which can give a just idea
of our normal situation. It was voted with an excess
of receipts of 20 millions, and up to the present the
produce realised exceeds by 75 millions the anti-
cipated returns. Everything tends to show that
the balance will be an excellent one.

" The accounts of the budget of 1859 have not
yet been made up. It is started with a surplus of
receipts of 8,000,000 f. Nothing has as yet occurred
to alter that estimate : on the contrary, the returns
of 1858 already exceed the estimate by 22,000,000 f.
" The draught of the budget of 1860, conceived
in that spirit of moderation and of prudence which
prevailed at the former budgets, and which cannot
fail to improve under the control of the Council of
State and of the legislative body, indicates suffi-
cient resources for the development o f various im-
portant branches of the public service, for an im-
provement in the salariei of the under officials and
of the magistrature, and to add 20 millions to the
dotation of the sinking fund.
" In short, the budgets of 1855, 1856, and 1857,
despite the immense expenses of the war and the
difficult circumstances of the time, instead of show-
ing a deficit, did not even exhaust the means placed
at the disposal of the Government. The budgets
of 1858, 1859, 1860, free, as regards receipts and
expenditire, of all those exceptional complications,
give reason to hope, founded on known facts, of a
no less satisfactory final result. Therefore, I may
affirm, with more assurance than ever, that since
1854 the deficit of the budgets, the primary cause
of the floating debt, has not increased one centime.
" That deficit is the work of many Governments ;

but, as each succeeding Goverment becomes an-
swerable; and a great floating debt might
become an embarrassment to the Treasury, the
laws of the 9th and 19th of June, 1857, decided
that that debt should be reduced, and ascribed to it
for that purpose the new capital of the Bank and
the dotation of the army. The elements of the
floating, debt, which the above-cited laws had in
view to diminish, are evidently on account of.their
being due at short sight—The Treasury bonds and
the Savings-banks funds.
" The first sums received from the dotation of
the army were applied to pay off Treasury-bonds.
That fund added to the increased revenue, and the
anticipation of the increased return of taxes enabled
us to liquidate more than 140 milliona of Treasury-
bonds since February last. Thanks to the reduc-
tion of interest established with that view the de-
crease continues gradually and easily.
" The funds of savings banks pushed beyond a
certain limit would not leave that security to the
Treasury which is a necessary to a good financial
system. They amount at the present moment to
293,000,000 f., of which 197,000,000 f. have been
placed in the Government chest. I am happy to
inform your Majesty that the State will be enabled
to .pay off a great portion without difficulty, and
without having recourse to a loan.
" The means at the disposal of the Treasury,
especially what we have to receive from the Bank
of France, and which I have carefully abstained
from touching with that object in view, and those
which the dotation of the army will give us, will
place nearly 200,00000 f. at our disposal for that
purpose. But in this question it is not only the
Treasury which is concerned, and its interest must
be made to agree with that of the depositors."
(M. Magne then proposes that. a project to that
effect shall be brought forward.)
M. Magne concludes his report with a compari-
son between the financial state of France at the
present moment and last year. M. Magne seizes
the opportunity of again attributing the improve-
ment to the wisdom of the Emperor.
" In the first nine months of 1858 (he says), the
imports of gold exceeded the exports to the amount
of 376 millions, and, what is worthy of observation,
the imports and exports of silver were nearly
balanced. In that short period the total amount
in circulation was increased to the amount of 374
millions. The Bank of France, tha reserve of
which had fallen to 190 millions, has now a reserve
of 554 millions.
" In a general.point of view it must be admitted
that some excesses caused a certain stagnation in
business, but quiet soon restores activity; such is
the common law. We already feel its happy in-
fluence, and the situation of the country, so favour-
able in every respect, is a guarantee that the re
*al will be energetic and permanent."

SPORTING NOTES.

THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT AND "AUNT
SALLY"

The case of " Weatherley v. the Duke of Beau-
fort" presents features of interest and amusement
to persons in the habit of frequenting race-courses,
while at the same moment the proceedings will not
be without a material degree of usefulness. My
readers will, of course, be acquainted with the facts
of the case before these remarks come under their
observation. However, as the trial was of consi-
siderable length, a brief recital of the principal
incidents, with comments, may not be unacceptable,
especially to those persons who have merely been
enabled, by pressure on their time, to cast a cur-
sory glance at the reports which have been pub-
lished. The story of " Aunt Sally" is simple
enough, and may be told in a few sentences. Last
Brighton races his grace the Duke of Beaufort was
beguiling himself with a game which enjoys much
popularity with the race-going multitude. The
pastime of " Aunt Sally " is played in this
wise :—A wooden head, similar to a barber's
block, is stuck on a thin crowbar about four feet
high, and at that portion of the face of the block
which should be adorned by the nasal organ there
is a small hole. " Nature hates a vacuum," and to
obviate the vacuity in the head of the doll, the
spirited proprietor of " Aunt Sally" inserts the
bowl end of a pipe, and emulous persons desirous
of breaking " Aunt Sally's" extempore nose are
permitted to have so many-" shies" at a certain dis-
tance for a stated charge. On every occasion
on which the imaginary nose of " Aunt Sally" is
broken by the player he is rewarded by a
shilling from the pocket of the proprietor of
the amusing device. In fact, the game is
of a mild gambling description, which fascinates
by prospect of emolument, and allures by its inge-
nious peculiarities. We should state here, how-
ever, that the Duke of Beaufort never receives
anything won at the game, but merely plays from
a pure love of fun, and a desire to benefit the poor
people who belong to the " Aunt Sallies." His
grace would appear to be an uncommon hand at
the game. He seldom misses his aim, and is as
accomplished at the game of " Aunt Sally" as
Morphy at chess, or Stansfield at billiards. On
that particular day of Brighton races his grace
was astonishing a large crowd of persons by his
marvellous success in the demolition of " noses."
As a shilling is offered by the proprietors for every
triumphant essay made on poor "Aunt Sally," the
art of hitting her nose must be of great difficulty,
and the Duke's accomplishments must be of a
vastly superior order. Last Brighton races an
" Aunt Sally" was placed between the ropes which
mark the ground intended for vehicles and horses,
and there the Duke of Beaufort was engaged as
vigorous in the annihilation of " noses " as his
grace is ardent in the destruction of foxes at Bad-
minton. While the Duke was engaged in the act
of aiming a stick at "Aunt Sally," Mr. White
Weatherley, a person who describes himself " some-
times as a gentleman, but having occasionally
done a little in the veterinary art," appears upon
the scene mounted on a " gaunt grey horse." Whe-
ther this " gentleman"—who, by the by, is a Cockney,
living in one room, for which he pays five shillings
a week—first came in collision with the Duke, or
whether his grace was the first to come in contact
with Mr. White Weatherley, must remain a vexed
question, as on that point the evidence was very
conflicting. It is, however, certain that Mr.
White Weatherley had no possible right to be
within arm's-range of the Duke, and especially
where a crowd of pedestrians was assembled.
Be that as it may, the duke was, as I thoroughly
believe, run against by a mere lout on horseback,
who was so ill-bred that he neglected to offer an
apology, such as is common among gentlemen ac-
customed to polite society. Who can wonder that
such boorish behaviour extorted the remark from a
friend of his grace, that Mr. Weatherley was a
d d tailor who " ought not to have been trusted
with a horse." The Duke of Beaufort, enraged at
the nonchalance of the individual by whom he con-
ceived he had been nearly injured and then in-
sulted, threw the sticks intended for f' Aunt Sally"
at the mounted dabster in " the veterinary art."
The sticks were aimed with as much dexterity and

precision as if Aunt Sally had again been the
object of attack. One struck Mr. White
Weatherley on the back and another took effect on
the arm, causing merely a momentary sensation of
pain. The duke, noticing that Mr. White Weatherley
raised a crop hunting whip in a menacing manner,
and thinking he was about to be struck, by a rapid
movement managed to unhorse the occasional prac-
titioner of veterinary science, who descended on
his feet. Towering with indignation the " gentle-
man" of luxurious tastes, who lives in one room at
five shillings per week, rushed frantically for a
policeman, to elicit from the Duke of Beaufort his
name and address, which was at last, after some
delay, declared by an acquaintance of his grace.
The story ends so far, and the duke hears no more
of the matter until four days after, when he receives
a letter from an attorney—a certain Mr. Colom-
bine, of Basinghall-chambers. The reading of the
letter in court, from its high-flown impudence and
rhetorical vulgarity, excited much derision in
court. Such a specimen of impertinence and coarse
opinions, couched in schoolboy declamation, I
should think has never before been perused.
Imagine an attorney instructed to apply for an
apology and compensation for an injury, coolly
taking the opportunity to offer his admonitions on
the duke's amusements or recreations. Telling his
grace, as Clara Vere de Vere was told in the
poem—

" You know so ill to deal with time,
You needs must play such pranks as these."

This wonderful epistle stated that the writer be-
lieved that at the time of the assault being com-
mitted his grace was "engaged in an amusement
the precise nature of which',' the writer was " un-
acquainted with personally," and proceeds to charge
his grace with " propelling bludgeons" at the per-
son of his client. A higher strain is taken as this
legal and literary curiosity proceeds, and the moral
and verbose attorney completely soars on eagle's
wings with his theme. The Duke of Beaufort is
thus impressively reminded of the amenities and re-
sponsibilities of his high rank and position :—" It
would almost seem the sport in which your grace
was engaged is rather more becoming the humble
frequenters of race courses and apprentices,
than a peer of the realm. However, if a peer
thinks fit so to beguile his time, he must conduct
himself with the same propriety as others, or the
law will reach him as well as a poor man. I regret
that I shall be compelled to adopt the course sug-
gested, for the purpose of obtaining redress for my
client ; but this is somewhat diminished by the
fact that it may be useful to do so, to show that in
public places of resort, and especially where large
numbers of persons collect together, good conduct
must be observed and the peace preserved.
It is a subject of additional regret, that the
position of your grace in society renders any pecu-
niary infliction without a public examination of
little avail in the absence of a full apology, and
such offer to requite my client for the personal in-
juries and insults shown to him while unprotected,
which, if made, shall be submitted to him, with
every wish to stop further proceedings,"
&c., &c. I find it impossible to believe, on a
reperusal of this precious effusion, that it is origi-
nal, or the production of , an attorney engaged
day by day in mere six-and-eightpenny
formalities. The touching bit about the
peer of the realm and the poor inan,,, &c., is
a cruel plagiary. It may be heard any
evening huzaaed at the Britannia and hailed with
applausive shouts at the Victoria. It has been
borrowed without acknowledgment from the works
of those poor gentlemen who "do" the "blood' and
thunder" dramas for the minor theatres and saloons.
Perhaps Mr. Colombine has one of those gentle-
men as:a client, who works out his six-and-eight-
pences by throwing in a touch of the melodramatic
or pathos into Mr. Colombine's correspondence, as
occasion may require. If so, the gentleman has
done his work well ; he has blended an attorney's
formal insolence with clap-trap. All will perceive
the consummate impertinence of the writer's ad-
mitting, in the early part of the letter, that he was
"unacquainted" with the game his grace was en-

gaged in, and then telling the duke at the close of the
epistle that the sport with which he was beguiling
himself was " more becoming the humble fre-
quenters of the race-course, and apprentices, than a
peer of the realm." Bathos is admirably illustrated
by this precious composition. How marvellously
smooth and easy is the descent from strains of
didactic eloquence to the "compensation" of the
client, and " the desire to stop further proceedings."
The convictions which I have formed on the
case are, I believe, accurate and tenable. That
Mr. lAreatherley was not illegally assaulted and
not fully entitled to damages, I do not pretend to
argue or assert. On the contrary, the verdict of
the jury appears to me to be a most righteous one.
The Duke of Beaufort lost his temper, and in an
ebullition of anger unlawfully assaulted Mr.
Whetherley. Still, at the same moment, I know
from experience that the presence of such eques-
trians as Mr.Weatherley on a race-course is a most
serious nuisance. In the course of the season

I have had my life and limbs endangered
more than once by scampering snobs and louts
who " ought never to have been trusted
with a horse," and with whom all remonstrance is
futile. They are thoroughly reckless, and often as
utterly unacquainted with the control of a horse as
a Venetian Grandee. Blundering and galloping
about, intent only on their own gratification, they
are equally indifferent whether they graze your
" favourite corn," or break your limbs. Something
of this class is Mr. Weatherley who, possibly, with
an idle desire to lose none of the sights of Brighton
racecourse, went jamming and cramming with that
borrowed brute he was on, oblivious of everything
but his own comfort and safety. But it will be said
the Duke of Beaufort had no right to plant his
" Aunt Sally " on a spot of ground reserved for
carriages and equestrians. A dreadful amount of
nonsense was talked on this head in court on Sa-
turday. On a racecourse no place can be free from
pedestrians, or said to be " reserved," unless it is
bricked in. Why, too, if the Duke of Beaufort was
playing on a forbidden situation,would he not have
been " moved off" by the police, who were abun-

dant at Brighton. Enough, the Duke of Beaufort
was there surrounded by many persons, and being
there, even if without any just right, are they to be
trampled on by the first Johnny Gilpin who may
pass ? A word on " Aunt Sally" and " Knock-
em-Downs." These games are hearty, harmless,
English diversions, but they ought to be re-
stricted to spots where people are not obliged to
pass. If the devotees desire to enjoy "three sticks
a penny," let the " bludgeons" be " propelled "
where interruption will not put a hundred pounds
into the pocket of a " gentleman living on his
friends," or endanger the noses of animate beings
instead of " Aunt Sally." The hearing of Wea-
therly v. Beaufort, in the Queen's Bench, appeared
to delight the entire audience and even the in-
flexible Lord Campbell. The details of the man-
ner in which the game was played elicited such
laughter as greets the eccentricities of Robson
at the Olympic, or Wright at the Adelphi.
The grave and sedate manner in which the learned
judge affirmed that "he'd never played at Aunt
Sally," and the Duke of Beaufort's assertion that
" he broke her nose nearly every time," caused the
auditory and barristers much merriment. When
Mr. Lush, who most ably conducted the plaintiff's
case, sat down, he whispered to the opposing
counsel, "I say, Chambers, will you have a game at
Aunt Sally by and bye ;" and Mr. Montague
Chambers seemed to express concurrence—but who
broke the most noses in the bout we have not been
able to ascertain. Mr. Weatherley has been most
fortunate ; but I offer him some few words of
advice. You have obtained your £lOO, to which
you were, by law at least, entitled ; put the money
in your purse, and let us hear no more of the
matter. Should you, however, again visit Brighton
races, on that gaunt grey animal, and inadvertently
push against a person, even if he is a peer of the
realm, remember, not to apologise at once is conduct
far more contemptible than that of " a tailor," and,
even if " bludgeons" are " propelled," you will
soundly deserve it, unless you act the part of a
man and a gentleman.

A FRESH MAN.

MORE GOVERNMENT ARRESTS IN

IRELAND.

BELFAST, SUNDAY EVENING.
This evening considerable excitement was caused
by the general report that a Riband Lodge had been
captured in Belfast. The facts are as follows :—At
six o'clock a party of constabulary, fully armed,
surrounded a public-house in Cromac-street, kept
by a woman named M'Kee, and arrested some
fifteen persons who were there assembled on the
charge of being members of an. illegal society. The
prisoners were immediately marched to the police-
office, where Mr. Tracey, resident magistrate, and
the inspector and sub-inspector of constabulary
were in attendance. The committal was made out,
and the men were immediately marched off, under
a strong escort, and lodged in the county of Antrim
gaol. The men who have been arrested are be-
lieved to be all Roman Catholics, and of course the
report goes that they were members of a Ribald
Lodge. They are of the class of working men,
and of ages ranging from mere lads to gray"
haired men. The authorities are believed to
have been in possession of this information since
last night. Whether the arrests be expedient er
justifiable, or not, there can be no question as to
the promptness and dexterity with which they
have been effected. There is considerable excite-
ment in the part of the town adjoining eremite'
street, but no apprehension of any disturbance.

INDIA GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICA,

East India House, Dec. 9•
Sir,—l am desired by Lord Stanley to acquaint
you that there being vacancies in the establisn;
ment of the Secretary of State for India for eight
writers, he has resolved to fill those vacancies 11
means of an open competitive examination.
The salaries and allowances attached to the or
pointments are as follows :
For the first five years, salary £BO per annul:II;
with an additional allowance of ls. per sheet 01
480 works, for all works in excess of five sheet°
per day.
From five to ten years' service £9O per annum'
from ten to fiftom years' service, £lOO per annuin!
from fifteen to twenty years' service, £l2O per
annum ; from twenty to twenty-five years' service,
.£l5O ; from twenty: five upwards, £2OO per annul°
with an allowance of ls. 3d. per sheet as above.
The writers are for the most part employed
copying, but they are at other times employed
°
accounts, and assisting in the ordinary duties
clerks.
The age of admission is from sixteen to twenty
six.

I am accordingly desired by Lord Stanley to r°
quest that the Civil Service Commissioners will
so good as to prepare a scheme for the examinatioP
of candidates for the above appointments.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) J. COSMO mhLvILL.
J. G. Maitland, Esq., Secretary,
Civil Service Commissioners.

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE.—It will have been obi;
served that under the regulations which have been receeito
promulgated for the examination of candidates for the cl
service of India the maximum age, which since the i111"-ij
duction of the competitive system has been 23, was reductir.
to 22. Having regard, however, to the just claims of 1.00.
dents who are now preparing for the expected examillej
in July next, many of whom this new rule, if immedintee
enforced, would have excluded from the right of coraPetilifj
the Secretary of State for India, in Council, has deteruel'p
to suspend its operation until the examination in 1860. will
July next, therefore, the maximum age for candidates
be 23, and after that occasion 22.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge Ifoo
appointed Tuesday, the 22d Feb. next, for the celebrn'§.
of the third jubilee of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's of
ciety for the orphan and other necessitous children

parents once in piosperity. rw
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THE ILLNESS OF THE LORD MAYOR.— vv bicb
state upon authority that the attack of illness from "ere
the Lord Mayor has been suffering has net been se scisrola
as might have been inferred from a paragraph taken
one one of the provincial papers. [is Lordship, when r,116
;i 11 last Monday week, never lost consciousness, ani'lare
able to walk to his carriage without assistance. `,„ed
happy to state that he is rapidly improving, and it is hop
will be able shortly to resume his official duties. A •Crl
INDISPOSITION OF MR. W. HARRISON.—",-
numerous audience assembled on Friday night at Dlifie..4
lane Theatre, expecting to hear the above artist and rm.
Louisa Pyne in the opera of " Trovatore," but Mr. 13 iirio
son, from hoarseness, could not appear, so "The 11011°13alia
Girl" was played, with Mr. St. Albyn as 'rhaddelle9oca
Miss Louisa Pyne as Arline. The audience at first abfr.
determined to have " Trovatore," but the appearance ° peal
Harrison before the malcontents, and his candid aPor
that he could hardly speak, much more sing, imraedl,
restored SikLtee, and tho opera was allowed to proceed"

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