The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-24 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Colonel Eyre John Crabbe, died on Satur-
day last, at his residence in Hampshire, aged 68
years. The gallant colonel had received the silver
war medal and eight clasps for his early career in
the Peninsula, and was made a Knight of the Royal
Hanoverian Order for his military services. The
deceased served in the Peninsula from January,
1810, to the 31st of December, 1812 ; and again
from June, 1813, to the end of the war, ine:uding
the whole of the retreat to the lines of Torres
Vedras, battle of Busaco, the advance from the
lines to Guarda, first siege of Badajoz, siege and
storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, siege and storm of Bada-
joz, battle of Salamanca, capture of Madrid and
subsequent retreat through Spain ; battles of
Nivelle, Nive, Tarbes, Orthez, and Toulouse, and
the whole of the various minor affairs during that
period. For many years the gallant deceased com-
manded the 74th Highlanders. His commissions
bore date as follows --Ensign, the 11th of June,
1807 ; lieutenant, the 11th of May, 1808 ; captain,
the 19th of May, 1814; major, the 31st of January,
1828; lieutenant-colonel, the 6th of November,
1841 ; and colonel, the 28th of November, 1854.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Russell, M.P.,
was expected to leave Calcutta this week on his re-
turn home on leave of absence, after an arduous
and most creditable career with his regiment, the
7th Hussars, in Oude, during the recent hostilities
in that province.
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry G. Smith, G.C.B:,
is still detained in town from the effects of his acci-
dent.

THE REVENUE OF INDIA.—A return to the House
of Lords, yesterday printed, shows that for four years there
has been a net deficit in the revenue of India, after de-
ducting the charges in England. This deficit is set down
as follows—viz., in 1853-54, £2,044,117 ; in 1854-55,
£1,707,364; in 1855-56, £972,791; and in 1856-7, £143,597.
In 1857-8, there was a net deficit of £1,911,986 ; and in
1848-9, of £1,473,225. In four years (1849-50 to 1852-53)
there was a continuous surplus, varying from £354,187 to
£531,265. The deficit appears to arise from the charges in
England being included, as otherwise there has been a large
net surplus in India itself ever since 1847-48, varying from
£1,104,086 to £3,386,076; thus, in 1856-57 the total income
was £29,702,854, and the expenditure £26,316,778, leaving
a net surplus of £3,386,076. The total debt of India on the
30th of April, 1857, amounted to £52,074,986, and the
annual interest actually paid to £2,100,554. The registered
debt is £45,369,210. Treasury notes figure for £1,126,644,
temporary loans for £219,656, and deposits for £5,359_,566.
The sum total of the balances in all the treasuries of India
amounted on the said 30th of April, 1857, to £13,009,664,
or 13,87,69,749 rupees.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now
beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer,
breeder, and feeder of stock. Two years of unremitting
care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high
ground as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstand-
ing the many drawbacks, the malevolent shafts hurled
against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted
value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest.
Experience has proved, first, that it affects a considerable
saving in the consumption of provender • secondly, that it
produces health and vigour in all animas subjected to its
influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an
early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this
singularly efficacious food, aimed at a compound calculated
to supersede, to a certain extent, the tedious and expensive
mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this
he happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural
desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap-
plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng-
lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an
unwillingness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying he possessed
in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed
and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employment
or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has
been subjected have proved its perfect admissibility as a cheap
addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in
all cases a subtraction of one-third may be safely submitted
to in the usual food of animals ; and that the produce will be
realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time
usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes
apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application
of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the present
unprecedented low price of wheat has induced its very gene-
ral use, in preference to any other of the usual articles of
food ; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a
nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly
it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, besides
possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health
and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic
and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other
food, materially assists their digestive powers—a matter of
groat consequence, since it is an undoubted fact that the
nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, conse-
quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive
organs ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial
in restoring to good working condition horses which have
been over-worked, or become weak from disease, or are
naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects are
undoubted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling the
yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches
the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still
more remarkable, displaying in a few weeks its manifest
superiority over every other kind of compound or manu-
factured food adopted in the feeding of swine. Such has
been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows,
Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle
on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal
prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded.
The patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the
clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove a
great incitement to this gentleman to pursue his onward
course ; and he may confidently rely, in producing so
highly-favoured a compound, on a continuation of such
high and distinguished patronage.