The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

BARBADOES.

A strong feeling in the favour of the extension of
the suffrage evinces itself, supported by influential
members of the present House of Assembly. A
measure bf this kind is desirable, combined with
an increase in the representation, so as to give
more influence to the commercial interest, and to
promote the equitable adjustment of the taxation,
of which the land at present bears but a compara-
tively small proportion, for the.benefit of, in many
instances, those who are the bane of any country
they are connected with, namely,—absentee pro-
prietors, and the landholders in general.
The crops have suffered severely from the great
deficiency of rain this season ; it is generally be-
lieved that the sugar crop will amount to but
little more than half of the last year's produce, and
although a more generous rain may improve the
cane, no amount eon now compensate for the past.
The island has been particularly free from sick-
ness of every description for, some, months past.
With regard to the weather a rough breeze would
even have been a novelty, while the temperature
has been excessively high, frequently in Bridgetown
as high as 92 deg. Far., and in the coolest outskirts
generally in the day 88 deg.
A heavy swell disturbed the Caribbean Sea from
about the 11th October to the clay the homeward
packet sailed on the 27th, breaking on the coast
from about S.W., and continued during the whole
of the passage of the packet film Barbadoes to St.
Thomas. At Martinique the waves broke with ex-
cessive violence against the face of the rocks, ex-
hausting their fury in clouds of spray. The atmos-
phere during this time was comparatively calm, and
but little rain fell till the evening of the 29th, when
there was a considerablefall, accompanied with great
mist, so much as to prevent the packet from making
St. Kitt's for more than an hour, although paddling
in the immediate vicinity at that time ; this passed
away before morning, and the sky afterwards re-
sumed its clearness. At St. Thomas, it was found,
on the arrival of the packet on the 30th, that a
storm had been experienced in the more northern
latitudes, one or two vessels having been brought
into that harbour greatly disabled.
Reverting again to the immediate concerns of
Barbadoes the planters generally have a very high
sense of the advantages to be derived from the aids
science uow places at the disposal of agri-
culture, but have certainly no very clear idea of the
means by which her ends are accomplished, and,
although the island in this respect may not be very
far in the rear of improvements, yet, as chymistry
and geology have no resident representatives on
the spot to stimulate their inquiry, their progress,
as compared with European States, will necessarily

be retarded. Agricultural engineering in its several
branches is but inadequately represented, and it is
therefore little to be wondered at that but slow pro-
gresp in their mechanical appliances is made.

Agricultural societies arc, however, being deve-
loped, and, no doubt, those institutions will be
glad to avail themselves of the assistance that talent
can afford, if it is presented to their choice on the
spot. Barbadoes, indeed, from its geographical
position and favoured circumstances of climate, soil,
and population, may be made a grand centre of im-
provement to all the islands of the Caribbean Sea,
while at no remote period, a great part of the
South American continent may be made to contri-
bute, by its intercourse with the Eastern world, a
great share in its accumulated prosperity ; and this
will greatly depend on the foresight of the inha-
bitants, the enlightened co-operation of the Govern-
ment, and a more enlarged view by a section of the
community of the interests of all.
There is to be an Industrial Exhibition at Bridge -
town, including an Agricultural Show) the first of
the kind), towards the middle of December.

CANADA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING.

The Royal Mail screw steamship Anglo-Saxon,
with the Quebec mails of the 6th inst., was off
Donaghadee at 6 o'clock this morning.

PRESENTATION OF COLOURS TO THE
47th REGIMENT.

Aldershott yesterday afternoon was the scene
of an interesting episode in the history of a most
gallant corps. The tattered relics of the banners
of the 47th, the flags which have so often led the
men through bloody days of victory, were ifor-
many laid by for ever, and the regiment received
new, but less historic standards from the hands
of Sir James Yorke Scarlett. The ceremony was
very interesting, and there was a fair muster of
officers and ladies and gentlemen to witness it,
and the number of spectators would unquestion-
ably have been much greater but for the Weather.
The weather at Aldershott is never to be lightly
encountered, and yesterday it was of the most un-
favourable kind for out-of-door spectacles. A fog
of the densest nature shrouded everything from
view, freezing all it met, covering every branch of
the lofty firs with a crust of ice, as if the trees had
undergone a process of silver-plating. The icicles
hung from the telegraph wires like drops of crystal,
and every part of the extensive moor that could be
seen—though that, certainly, was very little—was
caked with ice so thoroughly that even the minutest
thorns upon the gorse and heather were sheathed
with congealed fog, and white as snow. The effect
of this, especially upon the firs and larches that
stood mere trees of frost, and clattered down a
shower of icicles with every breath that stirred,
was very pretty. But with this the attraction ended,
for on the heath itself the unhappy wayfarer was
exposed to the worst aggravations of a November
day, and the wind and fog and froSt so concentrated
their keen energies upon him that but few were
inclined to brave the passage of the common. On
the whole, therefore, we were not surprised to find
fewer spectators present than is usual at such a
ceremony. We think, indeed, the 47th may esteem
it as a considerable compliment that any were there
at all. The presentation took place in the south
camp, in the open space in rear of the officers'quar-
ters at the permanent barracks. Here the regiment
paraded in line at two o'clock. All were in full
marching order, and it would be difficult to men-
tion any corps in the service which could have
presented a better or more soldierly appearance
than did the 47th yesterday. The 47th Regiment
was first raised in Scotland by Col. Mordaunt, in
1740. It remained in that country till the breaking
out of the Rebellion, in 1745, when it formed part
of the force under the well-known Sir John Cope,
of ballad notoriety, and was engaged at the
battles of Prestonpans and Falkirk. It was sta-
tioned in Scotland after the " troubles" till
1750, when it was ordered to Nova Scotia, and
remained till engaged, in 1755, in the expedi-
Von against Forts Beausijor and Gaspareau. In
1759 it formed part of the attacking force at Que-
bec. and the (bath of the gallant Gen. Wolfe took
place almost at the head of the regiment. It is said,
indeed, that Wolfe died in the arms of some of the
soldiers of the 47th, and Wolfe's partiality for this
fine- corps was so well known that the regiment for
many years was called by the honourable sobriquet
of " Wolfe's Own." The 47th returned from Ame-
rica in 1782, when, by command of his Majesty, it
received the title f the Lancashire Regiment. In
1803 a 2d battalion was formed, and in 1806 the Ist
battalion embarked for the East Indies, but was in-
tercepted at the Cape of Good Hope and sent as part
of the expeditionary force to Buenos Ayres, under
Gen. Beresford. Here it was engaged, and distin-
guished itself at the taking of Maldonado and
storming of Monte Video, and when operations
ceased in South America the Ist battalion was em-
barked thence for India. In 1809 the services of the
2d battalion ;were required at Gibraltar and in
1810 it marched to the defence of Cadiz. In 1811
the flank companies were engaged at the battle of
Barossa, and the 2d battalion was employed in its
full strength, under Col. Sherrett, in the desperate
defence of Tarifa, where a garrison of only 1,800
men successfully resisted and repulsed with loss an
attack of a French corps d'armee 10,000 strong. In
the retreat from Burgos, under Lord Hill, the 47th
was employed in covering the movement and bring-
ing up the rear. In the discharge of this dangerous
duty.it had to defend a bridge against the advanced
division of the French army under Marshal Soult.
The bridge had been mined, but the mine missed
fire, so the regiment had to remain and defend it
until dark, which they did successfully, though
with a loss of upwards of 350 killed and wounded.
At the victory of Vittoria the 47th was hotly en•
gaged, and was afterwards selected as part of the
force to besiege St. Sebastian. In the memorable
storming of this fortress the regiment lost no less
than 17 officers killed and wounded, the command
of the regiment devolving on a young lieutenant.
After this the corps was employed in all the subse-
quent operations till the conclusion of peace. In
India the Ist battalion was engaged in the province
of Malwa, in the Mahratta campaign, in 1818 ; in
the Persian Gulf in 1819, and throughout the Bur-
mese War till the proclamation of peace. Through
the whole campaign in the Crimea the 47th served
with the 2d Brigade of tie 2d Division, under Sir
De Lacy Evans. At the battle of the Alma, owing
to the very winding nature of the river, they had
to cross it no less than three times, under a tremen-
dous fire, ere they could close with the enemy, and
here the old regimental colours were perforated
with two round shots. In the great sortie against
the 2d Division on the 26th of October the 47th
particularly distinguished itself, and still more so
on the memorable sth of Nov., when it shared the
bloody laurels of Inkermann with the Guards and
the 49th. In the attack on the Quarries and the
final assault on the Bth Sept., when the whole
brigade was under the present colonel of the 47th
(Col. Haly, C. 8.), the regiment was equally for-
ward, losing in the whole campaign 15 officers and
334 non-ommissioned officers and men, exclusive of
deaths from disease or privation. At the battle of
Inkermann Colonel Haly was severely wounded,
and only saved from under the very bayonets of
the enemy by the gallantry and devotion of his
men. For distinguished courage in saving
his commanding -officer on this occasion, Private
M'Dermond, still in the ranks of the regiment, was
decorated by her Majesty with the Victoria Cross.
Iri June, 1844, the 47th was the line regiment spe-
eially sent to Windsor to be reviewed by the Em-
peror Nicholas, and in June, 1854, it was one of
the first regiments reviewed by the Sultan, at Scu-
tari, before the troops moved up to open the cam-
paign against Russia. The regiment yesterday, as
we have said, formed in rear of the barracks in
line. At right angles with it on the right were a
detachment of artillery and of the 2d battalion of
the 15th Foot. On the left, similarly formed, were
detachments of the North Down Rifles and Stir-
lingshire Militia. In the centre the old colours,
wreathed with well-earned laurels, were unfurled
for the last time, with their faded rags just moving
in the damp breeze. Still amid all their remnants
the glorious names of Vittoria, Peninsula, St. Se-
bastian, Tarifa, Ava, Alma, Inkermann, and Sebas-
topol were clearly legible, for the chances of war
had left these brilliant records of the regiment's
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of rather less than half the size of the old ones, and
evidently formed on the pattern of the small French
tricolour. These at first looks poor beside the am-
ple folds of the old colours, but the reduction in
size is a great improvement, as any one will admit
who has ever seen a young ensign staggering along
under the colours on a windy day, like the small
boats one sees overcrowded with sail and in danger
of capsizing.
Soon after 2 o'clock General Sir J. Searlett came
upon the ground, and was received with a general
salute.

A prayer having been read by the chaplain in
the centre of the square, General Scarlett took the
new colours and gave them into the hands of the
majors of the regiment, by whom they were given
in turn to the kneeling ensigns. General Scarlett

then addressed the troops, but among the spectators
who were behind him and far removed scarcely a
word was heard, though the gallant veteran,it was
evident, spoke with a powerful voice, and was
clearly audible to the troops in front.
After a few words from the Chaplain-General,
and a brief acknowledgment by Col. Haly, the new
colours were taken to the grenadier company and
trooped—that is, marched round and exhibited to
each company in the regiment under a general
salute.

The old colours were then brought forward and
saluted for the last time, the band playing God
save the Queen," ,as they were taken off the ground.
We believe it is intended that these glorious relics
shall rest from their labours in the nave of Man-
chester Cathedral.

Marching past concluded the ceremony, the
officers of the 47th giving afterwards a grand de-
jeuner to some 200 guests as an appropriate finale
to the proceedings.
The Camp at Aldershot is in admirable order just
now. The effective strength of the troops there is a
little over 10,000 men of all arms. Part of the
cavalry barracks have at last been occupied by the
10th Hussars. The other troops in camp consist of
detachments of Engineers, Military Train, and
Horse and Foot Artillery ; the 9th Foot, 2d batta-
lion of 15th, 36th, and 47th Regiments, with the
East Kent, Oxford, Stirling, and Ist Staffordshire
Militia; and the West York and North Cork Rifle
Militia. It is mere justice to the latter regiment
to state that since its arrival in camp it has been
remarked for its uniform good conduct and good
order. It bore the same high character when sta-
tioned at Aldershot some two years since. Yester-
day the 2d battalion of the 13th Regiment, 1,000
4itrong, came into camp from Winchester, and in a
few days the 2d battalion of the 15th will leave for
Corfu.

THE OVERDUE OCEAN STEAMERS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ceylon, Capt. R. W. Evans, which was com-
pelled to put into Falmouth for coals and from stress
of weather, arrived here this morning. She brought
the Calcutta and China mails, which were landed
at Falmouth, as also were some of her passengers,
,the remainder coming on to this port in the Ceylon.
The screw steamer Saxonia, Capt. Ehlers, which
left New York on the Ist inst., arrived this after-
noon. Her news is, of course, anticipated by the
Europa. The Saxonia has 144 passengers, of whom
eight are for this place, 40 for Havre, and 96 for
Hamburg, for which last-named port she has 600
tons of merchandise. She has come into dock far
a supply of coal, and will then proceed to Bremen,
her Havre passengers being despatched to-night by
the r?,gular packet-boat.
From the Ist to the 4th inst. Saxonia experi-
enced fine and pleasant weather and light easterly
winds. After that she encountered strong gales
from the east and east-north-east during the entire
passage. On the 15th and 16th it blew a perfect
hurricane, and the sea was running tremendously
high, which obliged the ship to be hove to for 36
hours, after which the gale moderated, but there
was still a high sea running, and the weather was
foggy and unpleasant. She made the Needles at
two p.m. to-day, with fine frosty weather and light
E.N.E. winds.

While running between Sable Island and Cape
Race the Saxonia passed a large quantity of parts
of wrecked ships ; one of them appeared to be part
of a quarterdeck, painted black, with a white rail
and stanchions. From the 20th degree west longi-
tude to the English Channel she passed numerous
ships, all bound east.
During the voyage the Saxonia spoke the follow-
ing ships :—Nov. 3, at 4 p.m., in lat. 40 30 N. long.
68 40 W., she signalled a large ship, supposed to be
the Sarawak, showing a black cross in her foretop'
sail ; at the same time passed the Bremen barque
Coriolanus ' • 14th, at 7 a.m., signalled the British
brig Tyne, bound east, in lat. 50 2 N., long. 16 55
W. ; 16th, at 7 a.m.., in lat. 49 3 N., long. 12 W.,
during a gale, saw a Bremen barque showing No.
173 ; 18th, off the Lizard, passed the Hamburg
barque Alphonso.

THE "KING" OF DELHI.

The following account of the departure and pro-
gress of the State prisoners from Delhi to Calcutta
will be found highly interesting :—The ex-King,
his family, and attendants, were brought from their
place of confinment at an early hour on Thursday
morning and packed in their several conveyances,
drawn up in line on the piece of road leading from
the Lahore-gate of the Palace to the Grand Trunk-
road, where their former guard of the 2d Bengal
Fusileers made them over to a troop of her Ma-
jesty's 9th Lancers, told off for the duty. This was
done in the presence of Mr. C. B. Saunders, Com-
missioner of Delhi, Lieutenant Ommanney, the
officer in charge of State prisoners, and some other
officers who happened to be present. A squadron
or two of the Lancers then trotted off as an ad-
vanced guard, and the cortege commenced moving.
The first palanquin carriage contained the deposed
monarch and his two sons, Jewan Bukht aad Shah
Abbas (the latter a youth, the son of a concubine),
the carriage being surrounded by Lancers on all
sides. Next followed a close carriage containing
the Begum Zeenut Mahil, with whom were Jewan
Bukht's wife, her mother and sister, and an infant.
The mother and sister of Jewan Bukht's wife were
allowed their choice of either going or remaining at
Delhi. They, preferred the former. The third
carriage contained the Taj Mahil Begum, another
of the ex-king's wedded wives, and her female at-
tendants. Next followed five magazine store carts
with tilted tops, drawn by bullocks ; these con'
tained the male and female attendants, four in each
cart, a party of Lancers accompanying each. 10
this order the cavalcade progressed very well until
more than half the distance across the bridge of
boats had been accomplished, when all of a sudden
one of the bullocks in a magazine cart, probably
discovering the nature of the load he was assisting
across the Jumna, and finding it infra dig. to do 0,
displayed his sagacity by a violent attempt to
deposit his worthless burden in the river. As, the
companion bullock's understanding was not of the
same calibre, he pulled in the opposite direction,
and only one wheel of the cart, along with the re-
fractory bullock, descended into the boat, a lamp-
post luckily placed preventing a complete capsize.
This little event delayed the line 20 minutes or
half-an-hour, when the cart and bullock having
been replaced, the cavalcade recommenced its move
onwards, and reached the encamping ground at
Ghazee-ood-deen-Nugger without further accident
or delay of any kind. The band of the 2d Fusi-
leers played the Lancers out of Delhi, and by half-
past 3 a.m. they were clear of the city. In camp,
the principal prisoner and his two sons occupy ar
hill tent. A soldier's tent, with kunnaut enclosure
is provided for the ladies of the Zenana, and two
pals for the servants ; the whole surrounded by IL
high kunnaut enclosure. The prisoners are securely
guarded by dismounted Lancers, armed with swords
and pistols, both inside and outside the enclosure,
while pickets from the Police Battalion are thrown
out beyond. The horses of the Lancers, a whole
troop, actually on duty over the State prisoners,
are kept ready saddled, and the enclosed camp is
very judiciously pitched between the Lancers and
Kaye's troop of Horse Artillery. Lieut. Omman-
ney's tent is pitched just outside the enclosure. BY
all accounts the prisoners are cheerful, and the
women may be heard talking and laughing behind
their screens, as if they did not much regard their
departure from Delhi.—Delhi Gazette, Oct. 13.

- Information has becn received that part of ,the
tribes of Ouled Kebir, Ouled Aydoun, Ouled Aled, and
some others of the province of Constantine rose in revolt $
few days ago, and attaoked the Caid Ben Restan. A com-
bat ensued, but the result is not stated. The general com-
manding the province immediately collected troops to chas-
tise the rebels.
Major Melchior, of the Imperial French Artil-
lery, who was charged with the presentation of the 1211).
howitzer L'Alliance to the Queen, at Windsor, on Thursday
vis:ted the military establishments at Woolwich. He was
accompanied by Major Andrews, who has recently been
honoured by the Emperor with the distinction of the riband
and cross of the Legion of Honour. The major's appear'
ance on the ground attracted considerable attention, not
only from the circumstance of his being the envoy of our
august ally, but also from the evident fact of his having
borne an ample share in the hardships and dangers of the
Crimea, having suffered the loss of his right arm at the
memorable siege of the Malakoff.
EXTRAORDINARY POLICE REGULATION AT BOS-
TON.—At the conclusion of the police cases at Boston to
Friday last, Mr. Hubbert, who was one of the magistratel.
on the bench, asked Mr. Waghorn, the superintendent of
police, whether it was true that the force had been ordered
by the Watch Committee to attend church every Sunday?
—The Superintendent replied that it was.—Mr. Hulbert:
" Then I must say I think such an arbitrary proceeling ig
a disgrace to the borough, and calculated to bring on us the
contempt of the country, if we, as magistrates, do not pro-
test against it. It is an infringement on the liberty of the
subject."—Mr. Smyth : " It will be remembered, I dare say,
that I brought this subject before the bench several
months since, at which time I understood the men were com-
pelled to attend the church, and it was then resolved by
the bench that the men should be at liberty to
attend what place of worship they might choose.
I had no idea that the order would be rescinded."--
The Superintendent : " When I read the order to the men
I told them that if any of them had been brought up DiB-
- and they informed me to that effect, I would lay
the same before the Watch CoMmittee."—Mr. Noble .
Why inquire at all as to what they have been brought
u to ? Men's opinions sometimes diner very widely from
what they were brought up to."—Mr. Coupland : " Eve'
soldiers, if Roman Catholics, are allowed to attend their_
own place of worship."—Mr. Noble : " Yes the Duke of
Cambridge has very recently expressed himself in str'Filf
terms on this subject."—The Mayor : "If any application
is made on the subject, it must be made to the Watch Con
Mittee." gyro the Subject clropped,—,VainfQrd Naomi.