The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-27 00:00:00

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.

We are requested to state that Mr. Gladstone has ac-
cepted the Lord High Commissionership of the lonian
Islands, though his'tenure of that office will be of extremely
short duration. He was to open the Session of the lonian.
Parliament on the 25th inst. About the beginning of •the
second week in February he will be recalled, and his suc-
cessor appointed ; so that, although this temporary accept-
ance of office vacates Mr. Gladstone's seat for the Univer-
sity of Oxford, he will be re-eligible by the time a fresh
, election can take place, while the primary measures con •
nected with the better administration of the Islands will be
introduced with greater advantage than by any successor to
his office.

The Earl and Countess of Digby will arrive in
town on Saturday for the season. The noble earl has taken
a mansion in Belgrave-square.
The Earl and Countess of Haddington have
arrived at the Euston Hotel.

The Countess Astelfiani has arrived at the Bruns-
wick Hotel, Jermya-street, from the Continent.

The Earl of Carlisle is expected to arrive in town
early in the ensuing week from Castle Howard, Yorkshire.
. .

Viscount and Viscountess Combermere will arrive
in town on Monday from Combermere Abbey for the open-
ing of Parliament.

Lord and Lady Foley and the Hon. Adelaide
Foley are expected to leave Nice in the early part of next
month on their return to England.

Lord and Lady Feversham have arrived in town
from Thmeombe Park for the season.

The Bishop of Chester left the Euston Hotel
yesterday for the Episcopal Palace, Chester. _ _

. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. J. North have left
Fenton's Hotel for the Castle, Dublin.

Sir George and Lady Grey will return to town
on Monday next for the season.

The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of
Commons, accompanied by Lady Charlotte Denison, is ex-
pected to arrive in town from his seat in Nottinghamshire
on Tuesday next. The right hon. gentleman is invited to
dine with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 2d
proximo.
The mile of M. de Magnus, charge•d'affaires of
Prussia at the court of Brussels, died on last Saturday
night or Sunday morning whilst giving birth to a daughter,
who survives. The deceased lady had been a resident at
Brussels for about three years, and expired at, the early age
of 22 years. Madame de Magnus was:the daughter of Baron
do Brunnow, the Russian ambassador at London.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has fixed Wed-
nesday, the 18th of May, for the celebration of the 205th
anniversary festival of the Sons of the Clergy, at St. Paul's
Cathedral.

Sir Matthew Sausse, late Puisne Judge of the
Supreme Court of Bombay, has been promoted to the Chief
Justiceship of that Court. The vacant Puisne Judgeship
has been conferred on Mr. Arnould, of the Middle Temple
and the Home Circuit. Mr. Arnould is the author of a well-
known work, entitled " The Law of Marine Insurance."
PREPAYMENT OF INLAND LETTERS.—On the
10th February and thenceforward, the prepayment (in
stamps) of all inland letters will be compulsory ; and any
inland letters which may be posted wholly unpaid will be
returned to the writers. Insufficiently paid letters, how-
ever, will be forwarded, charged with the deficient postage
and an additional rate of one penny. By command of the
Postmaster-General,—ROW LAN] HILL, Secretary. Ge-
neral Post-office, Jan. 27.
DOCTORS IN GALORE.—One of the fancy schemes
of the Poor-law Board is to have two medical officers ap-
pointed to every parish in the Union. Carried out in the
City, this scheme would prove a costly joke, for the
ninety-eight parishes would require 196 medical men with
stipends from parochial rates, and no patients to keep them
out of mischief. Two hundred parish doctors within con-
versation distance of each other, in a city of shops and ware-
houses ! In the days of the barber-surgeons, such a scheme
might have worked well, but you cannot now go to Escula-
pius for an "easy shave" and a shampooing ! Capital
yoke . k I 200 doctors and the half dozen patients flung from
one to the other to give them all a turn at useful practice 1
—City Press.
CLEARANCE OF JUGDESPORE JUNGLE.—We are
told that the Government has presented a gold watch and
chain to Jummeat Ally, Gomasta of the opium factory. at
Cawnpore, for his loyalty, and in recognition of the services
rendered by him to the state in protecting the Government
treasure when the factory was threatened with an' attack by
the rebels. We hear that the clearance of the Jugdespore
jungle is progressing satisfactorily. The work has been
given to Mr. 'Burrows, of the enterprising firm of Messrs.
Burn and Co., railway contractors. The Engineers' Journal
states that 2,000 ivorkmen are new employed in cutting and
removing the trees, and that nearly 2,500 acres, or one •
twelfth part of the jungles, have already been cut down.
The work, observes the journal, has been undertaken by
the contractor on condition that thejungle is to be cut down
at his own expense, the Government granting hirn the whole of
the lands rent free for a period of 99 years. If this be true, it
is a move in the right direction. If the Judgespore jungles
are soon cleared, as the Engineers' Journal is led to expect,
from the system of cutting pursued, it will be intwo months'
time, Mr. Burrows will have rendered a most substantial
service to Government, for which he would well deserve
the, enjoyment of the rent-free lands of the jungles of
Judgespore. These have formed the refuge of the rebels for
' months past, and it is from these retreats that Kooer Singh's
followers have given so much trouble. There are several
jungles, tracts of uncultivated land in the upper provinces,
which might be given away to enterprising speculators rent
free for limited periods. The Sunderbund grants cannot
have failed to convince the Government how much of the
woods, the aboriginal dens of wild beasts, can be converted
into fertile soils. The grant and appropriation of wild and
uncultivated lands to those who are willing to undertake
their cultivation on libel al terms must tend to develop the
roeurces of the country.