The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-29 00:00:00

INDIAN FINANCE.

Yesterday were issued, pursuant to an address
of the House of Lords, copies of despaches from the
Governor-General in council to the Secretary of
State for India, of the 26th of January and sth of
February, 1859, relative to Indian finances, and of
despatches in reply. Ina despatch of the 16th of
the present month Lord Stanley tells the Governor-
General that he cann®t refrain from observing
that "your requisition for an immediate sup-
ply of bullion from this country without a
previous indication of your contemplating such
a step, appears to furnish evidence of some want
of foresight on the part of those officers of your
government to whom your financial arrangements
are entrusted." The disposition to look to this
country as a certain resource for supplies of specie
cannot too strongly be discountenanced. His lordship
dismisses the proposal of the remittance of bullion
"at once, as one that cannot be entertained," and
adds that her Majesty's Government, after the
fullest consideration are inclined to recommend
that if further measures should prove to be abso-
lutely necessary, the preferable course to follow
might be to open a six per cent. loan payable at
the option of Government in five or six years for a
fixed and specified amount, and to state distinctly
that the loan will be closed immediately that
amount is subscribed. There is an important ad-
dendum, however, to this despatch which disposes
of one of the previous statements. This addendum
or postscript is as follows :
" Since this despatch was written, I have received
your letter dated sth February, No. 19, earnestly
soliciting that further remittances of bullion, to the
amount of two crores, in addition to the requisition
already complied with, may be forwarded without
delay, one crore to arrive in the course of April or
May, and the other as soon aftewards as it can be
despatched. Her Majesty's Government have
learned with deep regret the state of your financial
prospects, which have forced you to make this
further requisition, which it is most inconve-
nient to meet, provision not having been made for
such large demands in the loan about to be con-
tracted here under the authority of Parliament; yet,
under all the circumstances, they do not feel that
they can decline to comply with it, at least to the
extent of remitting a second million of bullion.
Measures will accordingly be taken for sending
another million, to arrive, if possible, in the course of
the month of May, and in the proportion of one-
third to Bombay and two-thirds to Calcutta. If
indispensable, and in the event of my not mean while
receiving more favourable accounts, a further
supply of bullion will be remitted to you within
the limit of a third crore. Her Majesty's
Government are glad to see from your present
letter, that your are considering the practicability
of introducing new measures of taxation, which
are so urgently needed to meet the increased
payments which will have to be made, even after
the necessity for carrying on extraordinary military
opera:tions shall have ceased.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) STANLEY."
Lord Stanley wishes also to strongly impress
upon the Governor-General the fact, that any
efforts that can be made in this country with a
view to obviate financial embarrassment in India,
must inevitably be of little avail, unless the
necessity for increasing your income and_ for
effecting a large reduction of expenditure be kept
steadily in view, and measures founded thereon be
promptly carried. into effect."

Earl lermyn, the eldest son of the Marquis of
Bristol, has issued an address to the electors of West Suffolk,
offering himself as a candidate, in anticipation of the retire-
ment of Mr H. 5. Waddington. Earl Jermyn's address is
of a Conservative character, and on the whole favourable
to the Ministerial Reform Bill. At a meeting of the Con-
servatives, at Bury St. Edmund's, on Wednesday, a re-
quisition was agreed to calling on Major Parker, of Clop-
ton-hall, to stand for the Western Division.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH.STREET.

AGGRAIVATED ASSAULT AND DESERTION OF A WIFE
FORTUNATE CAPTURE.—Thomas Edward Gilbert, a teacher
of music, was brought up in custody of Shillingford, one of
the officers of the court (having been taken by him on
board the British Queen, at Gravesend, which vessel was
to sail this day for Auckland, New Zealand) charged with an
assault on his wife.

The prosecutrix, Julia Gilbert, said she had been married
to the prisoner only six months. He had left her and gone
with another female, by whom he had some children, and
on Sunday night last he came to where she was staying,
when she asked him if he was not, as she heard he was
going away, going to make her some allowance. At that
time prisoner, who had his hat and coat off, went down to
answer a ring at the bell and did not come back but sent the
female for his hat and coat, which she refusing to let her
have, he came back, and on her sister interfering he struck
her, and afterwards gave her (prosecutrix) a violent blow in
the mouth, loosening some of her teeth. She was in a
destitute condition, only having a small room of furniture,
which, she had no doubt, would be taken by the landlord.
Mr. Lewis of Great Marlborough-street, addressed the
magistrate, Mr. Bead(); at some length for the prisoner,
concluding with the request that it might be treated as a
common assault.

Mr. Beadon said, here was a man married only six
months deserting his wife and going away with another
woman, and just before going on board the ship to leave
her probably for ever, and for aught he (the worthy magis-
trate) knew in the family-way. He considered it a very
aggravated case.
Committed for four months with hard labour.