The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-22 00:00:00

LONDON; MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1858.

EAST INDIA HOTTSE, lixtt MARCH, 1858.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next
Examinations of Candidates for the appointment of
Assistant-Surgeon in the service of the East India Company, will be
held at this House on M•:vDAT,. the 10th of May, and 12th of July
next, and succeeding days ; end that the probable number of
vacancies in the Medical Establishment to be then filled up will be*
twenty-five on each occasion.
Copies of the Regulations for the admission of Candidates will be
tarnished on application to the Secretary to the Military Depart-
ment In this House.

J. D. DICKINSON, Fecrotaiy.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 18TH MARCH, 1858.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do Hereby Give Notice, That a Pro-
prietor of East India Stock, John Jones, Esq., has given notice of
his intention to submit the following motion at the Quarterly Ge-
neral Court of the said Company, appointed to be he'd at their
House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY next, the 24th lastant,
vit.

" That it is our duty t• return the Kingdom of .Dude to the
King, or come representative of his family."
J. D. DICKINSON-, Secretary:

FREIGHT FOR HORSES FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
roll
EAST INDIA HOUSE., Writ MAACK, isu.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Shipowners,
Colliere,sand Exporters of Coal to the Cape of Good Hope,
and others trading' with that colony and with India : That the Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope has
authority to purchase such hwses suited to Cavalry purposes as may
►e procurable, to the extent of 1,000 k uses, providel Tonnige can
be obtained for their cen'reyance to India.
The Court of Directors of the East India Company therefore
notify to the shipping interest in the United Kingdom, that Freight
of that description may probably be in demand at the Cape of Good
Hope, and that all vessels which may be offered at the Cape for such
service ought to be supplied with water casks or tanks equal Omaha-
taining a supply of water sufficient for the number of horses for
which freight may be tendered.

J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

CONTRACTS FOR BALTIC TIMBER GOODS AND
NORWAY SPARS. t-.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 18th March, 1858.
t:jfi
fir.HE Commissioners for Execup.ng.the de of
JIL Lord High Admiral of the 'United Kingdom of
.Great Britain
end Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TIIESD-ilf,
the 13th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying her
Majesty's several Dockyards with
RIGA FIR TIMBER and BAND MASTS, DANTZIC
FIR
TIMBER and DECK DEALS, and NORWAY SPARS.
The articles (except such as may be rejected) to be exempted from
the Customs' duties.
Distributions of the articles and forms of the tenders may be seen
at the said office. No tender will be receiVed after Two o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party atteuda,
or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the worls " Tender for
and must be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering in the sum of 3,000/. for the due perfermance
of ouch of the contracts for Riga goods and Dantzic Goods,-and by
one responsible person in the stun of 4001. for the contract for Nor-
way Spars.

7HY CONTINUE to PAY FULL PRICE
—4d. discount in the Is. off music, post free; 2d. 'discount
in the Is. off all books, magazines, maps, prints. Re. A detailed
prospectus sent post-free to all applicants. S. and T. GILBERT, 4,
Copthall•buildings, back of the Bank of England, London, B.C.
Copy the "address. 2.7.8 All warranted perfect in every respect and
precisely the same as if the full price were paid.

MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS
are thus divided :
No. 114, REGENT-STREET, is their Depot for Paletots, Uni-
forms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morning Dress.
No. 116, for the manufacture of the Guinea Trousers.
No. 118. fer Half-Guinea Waistcoats.
No. 120. for Waterproofed Guinea Capes, and Servants' Liveries.
No, 142 is their new Establishment for Ladles' Riding !Habits and
Mantles.
No. 144 contains their other new Department for Clothing young
gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy whereby Messrs.
NICOLL have secured wide spread confidence.
The Wholesale Warcrooms are at the rear of the Regent-street
premises, viz, 29, 30, 31, and 41, WARWICK-STREET.
The City Depot is at 21 and 22, CORNH ILL.
The addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the
journals of the United Kingdom and the Colonies.

' METROPOLITAN RAILWAY : Incorporated
by Act of Parliament 17 and 18 Vic., sap, ocxsi.—At a
PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of Hammersmith and the
vicinity, held at the Windsor Castle Tavern, Hammersmith, on
Friday Prening, 19th March, 1858,
W. F. AINS WORTH, Esq., in the Chair,
Letters were read from H. Pownall. E'q., and from win. Bird. Esq.,
expressing thelrregret at unavoidable absence, and their entire con-
currence in the project
It was moved by P. Broad, Esq., seconded by T. B. Chester, Esq.,
and resolved unanimouly—
" That the Metropolitan Railway is a project of the greatest general
commercial importance, and of paramount neeessitras a leading
trunk ; forming the only available means of access !lir those Western
suburbs at present wholly deprived of railway communication with
London, and consequently thereby seriously depreciated in value
and position."
It was moved by W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., seconded by Dr. Challice,
M.D., supported by Wm. Burcheli, Esq., and resolved unanimously—
" That the proposals of the Directors of the Metropolitan Railway
(now read) for securing the immediate disposal of the remaining
shares, are deserving of public confidence and.support."
It was moved by G. W. Jones, Esq., seconded by Robert Watson,
Esq., supported by E. Benham, Esq., and reso unanimously--
"That s soon as the Metropolitan Railway litecornmenced, this
meeting pledges itself to the promotion of a line connecting Ham-
mersmith, Shepherd's Bush, Kensington, Norland, Notting Hill,
Ladbroke, and the adjacent neighbourhood with the main line ; thus
largely increasing the general traffic and consequent ultimate mu-
tual advantage."
It was moved by E. Benham. Esq., seconded by Dr. Chanter.
d.D., supported by W. Austtn, Eq s., mad cari led by it :el mu ;ion
"That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due. d
hereby. thin gad tg W.XoESAtiawasels. Xeq..-feer lits 141016 ,
In the chair.
• "ratite was then given that T. B. Chester, Esq., of the Grove,
Hammersmith, would receive subscribers' names for shares in the
Metropolitan Railway, on the conditional proposals read to the
nesting.

The Zonstruct'on of this railway will remove the existing induce-
ment for merchants and o hers to live In Surrey, Rent, and Sussex,
Instead of Middlesex, Berk% and Backs, and save the shareholders of
the treat railways which traverse these counties, and the landowners
therein, and especially those in the vicinity of the various stations
upon these lines, from the loss which the present state of things
threatens permanently to entail en them.
All the Parliamentary, legal, engineering, and other preliminary
expenses have been encountered and paid. The contract for the con-
struction of the line at a known and determined cost has been signed.
Nearly hal fthe shares are held by parties able and anxious to pay up
the calls, and it is only necessary for the public to take up 50,000
shares of 101, each effectually to set on foot one of the most promis-
ing undertakings of the day. The construction of the Railway could
then be immediately commenced, and the whole work be compl4ed
in a space of time almost incredibly short.
And lastly, let it be especially remarked that this invitation to
take shares is only conditional. If 50,000 shares are not subscribed
for, and the company thereby established, all deposits received under
this invitation will be returned in fit 11, without any deduction of any
kind whatever. With the shares thus distributed, and the prompt
payment of ,calls secured, with a dividend of 14 per cent. shown
upon unexceptionable data, and the works actually commenced, the
undertaking doubtless would assume its true dimensions in the eyes
of the public, and the shares would realise a corresponding value.
If there should n,t be sufficient applications on or before Satur-
day, the 3d of April, to -insure the re-issue of 51,000 shares, no allot-
ment will be mad but the Act for the abandonment of the under-
taking will be proceeded with.

If asunieleni number of ;hares be taken up the works will be at
once commenced.

If more than the requisite number of shares be applied for,
priority of application will be considered in the distribution.
Applications for shares to the Secretary must be sent in on or
before Saturday, the 3d of April next.
Detal'ed prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
obtained at the offices of the company, 27, Great George-street,
Westminster, S. W., or 48, Threadneedle-street; also at Messrs.
Hutchinson and Sons, 15, Angel-court, E. C.

SPORTING NOTES.

•
NOTIONS ABOUT NORTHAMPTON.
The "Sporting
.sheet's " of last week could not hie
been more Crowded with racing rattle:et if we bad been
far into the season instead of being onon its 'sr,'
threshold. Still the incidents were not important.
Only an indifferent meeting was oelebrated at Warwick,
and wi•ilst the number of Laces was large enough, yet
the fields were of the- moat limited description. The
characteristics of the Warwickshire gathering may be
briefly &manned up. They consisted in Seueterer's defeat,
eheeuccesi of Miris Finch and Vandermulin, the scratch-
ing of Weathercock and the death of poor oltilitnerten.
Saunterree running scarcely admits of satisfactory
explanaticin ; some people attribute it to temper, others
to his lusty appearance, And many to the state of the
gr stud. If, ho 4-ever,: §aunterer be the horse be was
last year, his, Warwick
,performence affords no better
specimen of, his real quality than would a single brick
.give one the idea of the dirc.ensionwand style of a house?.
Odd Triok, who wise Secondlor the fifth time this season,
was again brought prominently into notice for the Nortb-
amPt"hhite Stakes. Miss Finch showed, by the way
in which she dispoted of het' opponents for the Two-
Year-Old Stakes, thit the high estimate which I had
formed of her pretensions 'from her. Liverpool running
was fully warranted.
• French sportsmen have' nothing to learn of English
turfitis in the art of finesse and deception. The proi-
ceedinge connected with the withdrawal of Weathercock
for the Steeplechase Are not .the only ones of a
questionable nature which certain of our allies have
adopted in connection pith the racing affairs
of this qountry.. It is ail very well for people te
argue on tbrieluoel maxim of a man's having a perfect
right to do is kis likes withliiii•own, but Iliold it that
great favourite for an important" race is; for the tims
being, public property; if the owner of the animal be-
comes aware that immense 'slims of money !Lra
invested on it, and-if he covertly sanctions the general
opinion that the horse is going-to fulfil its engagsrmente
Until within a few :clouts:A-of 'the. tame appointed foi
the start, they, who had backed. Weathercock, had nt
cause for uneasiness. The jockey was there booted and
spurred ready to go to scale,, the horse was not sent oil
to the course, and when the telegraph board announced
the starters, the arrayed backers of Weathercock gave
expression's to their wrath in no measured languagq.
Surely some eiplanation shotild be afforded for the
scratching of Weathercock. • -
The catastrophe which befell poor Beurton—the last
representative of the good old style of steeplechases—
.excited much pity and indignation. It, however, caused
no surprise, for the state of hie
legs had prepared
all persons for a break down, • Surely after hie
many triumphs the old horse might have been allowed t
end his career peaceably on ensue quiet pasture lan .
The story of hie death reminds one forcibly
netted with the horse Dragon and his cruet master Trer
gouwell FreMPton—a celebrity of the teacup times elf
queen Anne. of that co -
Although some slight falling off may be perceptible ill
the supply of sport at Northanepton, yet the quality
will be scarcely deteriorated: The excel once of the
Handicap fee the Stakes has been fully atteated b this
betting, and not until within the lait few days havey thb
.public been 'furnished with a decided and prominent fa-
vourite. The race has beep remarkable for the success Of
outsiders—albeit last year afforded an exceplon to the
rule—and I shall not be surprised if some little
thought of animal were to-morrow to give the book-
makers an agreeable surprise. Why Odd Trick should
be so mach' fancied r ant almost at a loss to imagine.
His running this year has certainly not bean vastly
meritorious, and his weight is not over favourable.
Still the prestige which attaches to his Cambridgeshire
success is evidently sufficient to induce the public to try
him on 'his occasion, whilst it is stated that his owner has
cogent rearms for believing in the horse's staying powers,
and in his ability to carry his coloura through in triumph.
He is called upon to concede 121 b. to Zuyder Zee, and
stone to The Depe—a . task . which over so severe a
course as that at Northampton, I doubt hie ability 0
accomplish. For the. Houghton Handicap, at Nevi-
market, Zuyder Zse showed -a great turn of speed, and
if he be net stoppeclby the lull, I shall be di-appointed
if he be net " up" to the finish. M. Dobler and Tamp
Deer are troth lightly weighted. Tile former had a re-
-putation which his exhibitions' last autumn f *lied tic
sustain, but I am not of Sir Charles Coldstream's opiniob
"that there's nothing in it." Taking into consideration the
immense sums of money for which be was backed for
both the Cesarewitch and .Cambridgeshire, I am (Joni-
pilled to believe that he did something to satisfy his
party that he possessed merit of no ordinary stamp.
Tame Deer is as slow as i< post horse, but he can gallop
without tiring. Of the three-year-olds, Coetrel and
Fadladeen would have been most to my fanojiii but the
former may be reserved entirely for the Whittlebury
Stakes, and the latter has been quite knocked
out of the market. I am therefore compelled
to fall back upon Palmister and Misty Moro.
Palmistor is supposed to be a geed horse, and
sith Lim xepea4 Lis
triumph. XlistylLorafo,-must be held dangerous,
for if his party be in earnest they will not be far out in
their reckoning. I must record my want of confidencie
in Odd Trick, and state my deliberate conviction that
three animals "most to my liking" are
THE Dora, ZUYDER ZEE, and M. DOBLER.
Should FISHERMAN go to the post I shall be induced to
row in his cockboat. Of the eittreme outsiders, commend
me to SICHIEUS, who not only showed that he could
stay, but also that he could race a bit, when he cut
down a large field at Newmarket in the Houghton
Meeting.
The Trial Stakes -may be .placed to Fisherman's
account. Kestrel and the best of Stevens'e—Barbarity
or Elk:de—l shall select for the Stand Plate.
The Whittlebery Stakes will create some interest.
Bulge, it is said,' possesses Much form, bat I shall look
to Coetre! and Aneurin to punish the winner. Mr. Merry's
colt will, I fancy, perform in a different style to that
which marked his Doncaeterrunning.
The New Stakes. seems likely to go to Wrestler. If
Kelpie be rent for the Racing 'Stakes" he may win, as
both Costrel and Happy Land have each a SIOF. penalty.
The Spencer's Plate is not likely to attract so many
animals to the post as on former occasions. The top
weight, New Brighton, Yeller Gal, and Dumfries, arc
as much to my fancy as anything in the race.
The Althorn' Park Stakes will occasion a very in-
teresting encounter. The penalised animals are Fusee,
and Miss Filch. Believing Viet Stockbarn ought to have
won at Doi eater, I shall not withdraw my confidence
from him.

Tame Doer and "Broadlands shall be my champions
for the Cap. For the St. Leger Handicap I shall throw
in with Lord Nelson, Lamtamil, and Tricolour ; and
for the Delapre Itshall take 01,1 Torn and Marander.
Turfites will have little difficulty in getting backwards
and forwards from Northampton to Coventry and Crox-
ton Park, where meetings will take place on Thursday
and Friday.
March 22.

A FRESH MAN.

ARRIVALS AT NORTHAMPTON.
(137 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)
Vanderntulin, Broadlattds Aierrytnan,
Vrow, Odd
Trick, Villikinß, Commodore' Barege, FiAterman, Cos-
trel, Gorschill, and Yorkshlreman.
NEWMAREET.—The following are expected to leave for
Northampton :—Sicbmos, Soothsayer, Leontes, Harry
Stan'ey, Scribbler, July, Delumion, and King at Arms.l
MALTON.— Garnish is expected to leave for North-
ampton.

BRIXWORTH STEEPLECHASES.—SATURDAY.
A Sweepstakes of 10 so • a each, h ft, with 100 aided.
1G subs.
Captain Barker's Planet, 11st (Owner) ± 1
Captain Vansittart's Ilindoo, 114 10Ih (n. 101 b ex.)
Capt. B. R. Shaw) + 2
Captain Barclay's Armiger, 114 (Owner) 0
The following also ran :—Maisons bur Seine, Liver-
pool Boy, Hoidhard.
Betting-3 to 1 each age! Hindoo and Armiger-4 to
1 aget Liverpool Boy.

A dead heat ; Arwiger blundered soon after starting ;
Liverpool Boy refused, and Huldbard and Maisons eur
Seine tell. Deciding Heat.—Won by three lengths.
The Welter Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 75 added,
13st each ; winners ext, a. Three miles. 11 subs.
Lieut. Blundell'a Hornibbw, 143 t 714 (in. 141 h ex.)
Viscount Talon's Magnet gelding, 143 t 71b ex (0 wner) 1
.)
Capt. Baker's Ganymede, 13st 71b...... (Owner) 2
......... (Owner) 3
Mr. L. B. Towne's Walterstown, 13et 71b (Ca pt. Shaw) 4
Betting—Even on Horniblo w—2 to 1 art Magnet
gelding-4 to 1 agat Ganymede.
each,
miler,. 8 sub.'.
Won by a dozan lengths. Walterstown fell, and
Magnet gelding and Ganymede 1:1;
joitchamsoe daodwdenda;t
the
Brook ; the former was not persevered with.
vPeoafhinisstesrtB,a7lemlist ......... (Lieut Blundell) 1
114 8113...(0 ;viler) 2
CaptainC a Free
p second
ciHandicaponTld,a.ltbso toot
,save
g,tn,.
migni,mette,
Mr. J. Agnis's The Ccunt, lOst 131 b ...(Mr George) 3
T The following also
ine.ran :—Thornthorpe, Mannadulte,
he 11 ler, Miss a
Betting-3 co 1 c,Ol :Tel the Pni2ter and Mig-
nion tte-7 to 2 .iigst Marinadeke.
Won by four lengtlia, three lengths between the
second and third. The Count refused, and Thornthorpe
and Mica Paine fell.
Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft. Three miles. 2 subs.
Viscount Talon's Magnet gelding, 124 71b... Received.
Mr. D. Lane's Jde Graham, 12-t 71b ......... Paid.

HIINGERFORD-BRlDGE.—Charing-cross bridge is most
us4ully situated for any part of the metropolis The
proprietors have done good service to the public by
charging a very moderate toll. May this bridge not be
made available for light carriage traffic ? Additions to
the piers by iron frames or cylinders could be resorted
to, and the roadway made wide enough. The approaches
would be of the best : it might enter straight into York-
road, close to the South-Western terminus and the
other end through the almost unused market, into the
Strand. It would be a capital itnproveluent, such a
one As 1,3 greedy wantod.rnf Builder.

IMPORT OF ,T 411?; CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSIO.;ERS.

On Saturday was issued the report of the procoedings
of her Msjesty's Civil Seriice Commissioners during the
past year. In an appendix are_printed the ex4mination
papers which have been set during the year, and the re.
sults of all tbe, competitive examinations, shlwing the
amount of marks obtained by each candidate on each
subject.

The number of nominations maie in the year 1857 to
situations under the Order in CAincil was 2;189. •
Ia 1856, the number was 2,430; and the total num•
ber since the origin of the comujiesion to the end of
1857; is 5,682.
The great mass of the nominations is absorbed by the
five large departments of the Admiralty, Ciptoms, In.
land Revenue, Post-office, and War. All the rest col-
lectively were but 354 in 1856, and 294 in 1857.
The numbers in each fear show a decrease in the
Customs, Inland Revenue, and War Departments, and
a considerable increase in the Post-office.
The number of candidates actually examined under
the cammissionera' directions as to their knowledge and
ability was 1,954. The number of eases disposed of
without reaching the stage of actual examination was
391. The 'number of persons rejected in 1857 was 490 ;
in the previous year it was 698. The number of certifi-
cates granted in 1857. was 1,354, including 83 granted to
successful competitors, and 50 granted without exami-
nation upon reports from the head of departments.
In the three periods embraced by the present and two
former reports, the proportion of rejections to the num-
ber of persons examined Omitting, for the sake of a fair
comparison, all -competitive examinations and cases of.
certificates granted upon "reporta4rom departments)
bay been— - •••
1855
1856
1857

" if we combine," say the commissioners, "this dimi-
nution of rejections with the fact that the number of
cases in which we have certified the marked proficiency
of candidates in the prescribed subjects, and also the
number of cases in which we have granted certificates of
proficiency to candidates in subjects beyond those which
are prascr bed, exhibit some increase in the' year 1857,
as compared with the year 1856 (notwithstanding the
diminution in the number of candidates), we are led to
the conclusion that the candidates who have been ex-
amined in the year 1857 without competition have shown
somewhat greater ability and acquirements than the like
candidates of the previous period.
"We have been under the necessity of refusing our
certificate in 21 cases on the ground of deficiency in
health, and in 14 cases on the score of character.
" The competitiveexaminations of candidatesfor junior
'situations which have taken place during the past year
have ranch exceeded in number tho=e of the year 1856.
In 1856 there were 30 such competitive examinations in
1857 there were 68, and 22 in the present year, up to
the date of this report; the entire number from the
commencement of our commission up to the present
time being 127. These competitions, however, have not
been open to all persons desirous of coming forward and
fulfilling the requisite conditions of age, health, and
'character, but have been limited to persons nominated
by the authorities who have the duty of appointing to the
vacant situations.

" In reporting upon the competitive eximinations
which have taken place under our superintendence, we
feel i to be our duty to avow our continued conviction that
the selection of persons for junior situations in the Civil
Service by competitive examination, combined with the
proper coalitions as to age, health, and character, and
with the check of a period of probation, and with pro-
motion by merit from class to class, is the best mode of
providing for the public service."

STATE OF AFFAIRS AT SIERRA LEONE.

The following is an extract from a private letter, just
received under the following date :
At Sea, February 14th, 1858.
Lat. 9.38 N., Long. 14.48 W.
The day before we arrived at Sierra Leone—or rather
the night before, for it happened at two o'clock in the
morning—through neglect on the part of the engineer on
watch, away went with a tremendous crash, a great
part of one of the engines; luckily without killing any
one; but we were entirely disabled for some time ' • how-
ever, we sailed on, and finding several ships at Sierra
Leone, soon set all right again. Soon after we were re-
paired, n.,ws arrived that some of the most powerful
chiefs of the tribes bordering on the colony of Sietra
Leone had formed a plan for burning and plundering the
town, if they could get a few friendly powers to join
them ; but these remained stanch, and sent word to the
Governor of their intention. He and Commodore Wise
i4id c.tir orals to„:v t her, Aul to pay the
former a visit up a river, the Scarcite.,.where all their
principal towns were, and alio a large town called Kam-
his, which our enemies the Soosooe had taken from our
friends the Timoness, promising to return it if they would
assist in the plundering of Sierra Leone. This town
then was our great object, and up the river we went,
with the Pluto and Spitfire towing the boats of the
Vesuvius and Ardent, manned and armed. The river
is very shallow and dangerous, full of rocks ; so, of
course, it took us much time and trouble to get up.
However, in three days we got the steamers up about
thirty-five miles without any accident ; there we were
obliged to leave them and take to the boats, io which we
went about ten miles farther, passing four of the Soosoo
towns quite close, but they did not fire on us, waiting
for orders from their chief, but they danced their war
dance, and insulted us in every way possible. I must
tell you that about a year ago this very tribe beat off a
good force sent against them, and since that they fancy
they can laugh at white men. We anchored that night
about three miles below Kambia, and sent a message to
Barab Lieab, the King, to say if Kambia was not given
up by the next morning, we should burn it. and all his
towns. He returned answer that he wished to give it
up, but that his young men were determined to have a
fight for it, and he could not help it; so next morning
at ten o'clock, we pulled up to Kambia and opened fire.
In about ten minutes the place was in flames. They
fired at us, but hurt scarcely any one. We then moved
down, firing whenever we were fired at, setting fire to
nearly all their towns en passant. The Soosoos kept
up a good fire from both sides of the river, bat could
not stand ours for long, and were obliged to give way,
though well under cover in the bushes. I was
sent with a message to the steamer, and pulled past
four of their places, where they waded !nto the river
to get a shot at us, and although several hundred
shots were fired at my little gig at easy range, only
three balls went through her, and we went and re-
turned without getting a man hurt, having pulled
about 16 miles. Next day we returned to the steamers,
burning and filing all the way. I had the pleasure of
seeing my friends of the last evening get a pretty
good lesson. We sailed down the river next morn-
ing in the steamers, under a continual fire, which you
may imagine was returned with interest. Tne prior
wretches could do nothing, and were obliged to.run, so
we knocked tbeir villages about their ears and passed
on. It took us two days to get out of the river, making
just a week from the time we entered it. Of course, we
expect to have some fever after our trip, but as yet we
have had but little, and very mild. I believe thp object
of our expedition was well accomplished. We bad very
feW men wounded, and none veryseverely. The wretched
Soosooe, lost about 400, and the King, Barah Lieab,
got shot throubb the leg, so I fancy they will hardly
laugh muck more at us for some time.

THE UNEMPLOYED SPIT iLFIELDS

WEAP ERS.

DEPUrATION TO THE BOARD OF TRADE.
'On Saturday afternoon a deputation from the unem-
ployed Spitalfielkie weavers had a lengthened interview
with the Right Hon. j. W. Henley, President of the
Board of Trade, at which they presented a memorial,
showing their distressed condition, and praying the Go-
vernment to. render them aSsistance.
Mr. C. &Butler, M.P., introduced the deputation.
Their sufferings from privation were represented as
being very great, although partially relieved by private
benevolence.

The Memorialists represented their present condition
as being very much due to the unjust and injurious
competition, both foreign and domestic, which now
prevails. They called attention to a statement that
had been made in the House rf Lords in refer-
ence to the great excess of our imports .over our
exports. The foPowing statement wag made show-
ing the great reduction that had tak-n place in
wages since the year 1824:—Satin, which was at
that time paid for at 10. 51. a yard, in 1857 bad
'alien to 84. S-rge, in 1824 at 101 a yard, was in
1857 paid with 411. And other artio'es showed an
equal declension in price They pointed out the (Fifer-
ence existing between the foreign ant English tariff's.
The French charged for the introduction of E glish
goods into their country from 30 to 35 per cent., whereas
the French paid only from 12 to 15 per cent, for their
goods coining into this country. The wines average
between 7s. and 83. per week, which is all that most of
them have to support a f itnily. The opinion of a large
manufacturer was cited, that it was only the high rate of
duty charged on goods sent to France which prevented
a large trade in silks, &c., between this and foreign
countries.

Mr. HENLEY expressed his sympathy with them, but
could hold out no hope to the deputation that the Go-
vernment could make any alteration in the law. The
country had demanded cheap goods, and now they had
got them they would not allow any change in the
law to be made. He also stated that there were Lot
funds in hand to grant immediate pecuniary aid, but he
would send a letter to them explaining his opinion on
the memorial and statements that had been made.
The deputation on leaving thanked the right bon,
gentleman for bis courtesy,