The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-05 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—On Saturday evening I saw, for the first
time, Mr. Russell's " Diary in India." At page
335, vol. ii., there is an allusion to a matter much
discussed recently in the public journals. I refer
to the foot note, which may bo interpreted as con-

veying an imputation of blame on Nfajor Cromme-
lin, chief engineer in Oude, for the long delay
which has taken place in the erection of any
monument to my father's memory over the spot
where his remains rest in the Alumbagh, near
Lucknow.

I cannot permit so erroneous an impression to be-
come current (as from Mr. Russell's well-earned
popularity as a writer it must do in a few days,
wherever the English language is spoken) without
doing my utmost to correct it.
Major Crommelin's responsibility as to this delay
extends only to the period between the 17th of
Dec., 1858, and the 7th of Feb., 1859. On the for.
mer date I asked his assistance in the erection of a
monument. It was most kindly granted, though the
multitudinous engagements which overwhelmed
him, in a province where, from the chaos consequent
on *evolution just quelled, he had to create, with
insufficient means, barrack accommodation for seve-
ral thousand soldiers before the hot season should
set in, besides the fortifications which have since
made Lucknow, the heart of our strength in Oude
—might well have excused him from this additional
self-imposed labour. On the latter date (the matter '
having unfortunately, but most excusably, escaped
his memory) I reminded him of it.
So far, and no further, does the charge of negli-
gence in what most Englishmen generously regard
as a national matter, rest with Major Crommehn.
The responsibility of much of the antecedents,and
all the subsequent delay, rests on me, and me solely
—and permit me to add (in approaching this sub-
ject for the first and last time in public) is shared
by no other member of my father's family. The
causes of it are of an entirely private nature ; I will
not, therefore, intrude them on you, content, as I
am, to await with confidence the impartial verdict
of England, till time, and a better knowledge of the
attendant circumstances shall have removed the im-
plied stigma which this avowal may cast on me.
I should not now have troubled you on this sub-
ject had I not felt myself bound, in justice to Major
Crommelin, to remove, by every means in my power
an erroneous impression to the prejudice of an
efficer, than whom there is not a more hardworking
or scrupulously exact man in our army.
I feel convinced that no one will rejoice more
than Mr. Russell, that an unintentional wrong
which he has innocently been the means of propa-
gating, should be remedied as soon as committed.

I remain, sir, yours faithfully,
H. M. HAVELOCK,
Captain 18th Royal Irish Regiment, and Brevet-
Lieutenant-Colonel.
14, Kensington-park-gardens, Jan. 2.

Viscount Jocelyn has left St. Leonards-on-Sea
on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at
Broad' ands .
REMOVAL OF THE STATUE OF LORD CLIVE.—
Yesterday the statue of Lord Clive, which was erected
some months since on a temporary wooden plinth in the
Duke of Buccleuch's garden, Whitehall, was taken down,
to effect which, being of immense weight, it required great
care, and a large amount of ingenuity. Shears were erected,
and after some time the ponderous mass was lowered on to
a truck, upon which it was conveyed to the Euston-square
terminus, from whence it will be forwarded to Shrewsbury,
where it will be inaugurated with much ceremony.
CANADIAN MAIL STEAMERS.---The North Ameri-
can, which left Queenstown on the evening of the Bth ult.,
arrived at Portland on the morning of the 18th, completing
days. Her mails were delivered in Mon-
the passage in 9
treal on the 10th, ono day in advance of those by the Arne.
rica, which left four days earlier.
THE PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO SIR JOHN
FRANKLIN AT LINCOLN.—The scheme for erecting a
mechanics' institution at Lincoln as a memorial to Sir
John Franklin has been abandoned. The project was pro-
gressing well, and raoney had been liberally supplied, when
it was ascertained that the proposed bqilding would cut a
footpath over which the parish authorities of St. Swithin
had rights. This they have resolutely refused to give up,
and the scheme has had to be abandoned, the subscriptions
being returned to the donors.

Each of the Orleans princes intends placing a
son at the High School, Edinburgh, under the care of Dr.
Schmitz, who acted as tutor to the Prince of Wales during
his Royal Highness's recent stay in Edinburgh. The
names of the youthful princes, who are all about fourteen
or fifteen years of age, are the Due d'Alencon, second son
of the Duc de Nemours ; the Duo de Penthievre, only son
of Prince de Joinville ; and the Prince de Conde' eldest son
of the Duo d'Aumale. It is understood that they will
arrive in Edinburgh in the course of the week.
THE LATE FATAL FIRE ININEQuX:IsTO.U_Ten-STTuReEsdEaTy,
IV CLERKENELL. CORONER'S
morning Mr. T. Wakley, the coroner for the western divi-
sion of Middlesex, held an inquest the Silver Cup
Tavern, Cromer-street, St. Pancras, 111)011 the respective
bodies of Mr. John Thaine, aged 50, a diaper, and an old
and much respected inhabitant of Clerkenwell, and Mr.
Thomas Theobald, his assistant, aged 48, who died in the
Royal Free Hospital in consequence of injuries received
at a fire which took place on Mr. Thaine's premises on
Christmas-eve. The evidence having been taken, the
coroner sumraed up, and the jury returned the following
verdict :----" That the deceased were accidentally burnt to
death, resulting from a fire occasioned by carelessness in
hanging the goods in the windows."
AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Another Arc-
tic expedition is preparing to start next spring. Dr. I. I.
Hayes, the surgeon of the Kano expedition, will be at the
head of it, and it will be entirely sustained by the scientific
associations of the United States, who have entered into it
with great interest. The leading object will be to complete
the explorations commenced by Dr. Kane, and settle the
question of the open Polar Sea and the other scientific pro-
blems connected with it. The French Geographical Sc-
ciky, and other eminent societies, have expressed a wish to
contribute to the funds for this expedition, but there is a
very just ambition to make it exclnslvely American. The
amount required is only 3J,000 du;s. As timere is nu reason
for following the course of former explorations again, Dr.
Hayes proposes to push rapidly up the Kennedy channel,
and directly on towards the pole with as little delay as pos-
sibles—Canadiain Xews,