The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1859.

riIHE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen,
-a- Officers,• and Professional Gentlemen, is especially
drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa-
cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West-
end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character.
F. SAWYEIt, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10.
The Rdyal mail steamship Asia has arrived with
the New York mails of the 30th ult., ancl 297,740
do inyal mail
speeie
Thels. 12
ite.c.steamship Persia, hence, had
arrived out.
The steamship Granada, from Aspinwall on the
18th ult., had arrived with 1,032,314 dols. in specie
on freight. Walker, the Filibuster, had proceeded
to California.
The prqject submitted by the French Government
in reference to the right of search question merely
proposes friendly visitation where there is good
•Ause for suspicion that the vessel is a slaver. The
United States Government do not object to this, but
they will holoithe visiting parties responsible for any
misconduct or violation of their maritime rights.

THE LONDON.—S AWYE R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
fish, two entrees,joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, ls. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trées, &c.,- a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open On Sundays fr Proprietor, til Nine.
F. SAWYER, 191, Fleet-street.

HE PATRICIAN. This Establishment is
T now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS,
Are. The PATRICIAN DINNER, In the large-Dining-room,
at 2s. 6d., comprising Soup, Fish, Entrées, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, &c. The Wines with corrimponding 'economy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Re fre shments it la carte. Spe-
cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments
for the Patrician. Dinner, at bs. The Smoking And Chess-
room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti-
bules, and spacious entrance, with ti ie general unique arrange-
ments;.ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is
worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN.
Orders, addressed to. J.- HOLME Sand CO., The Patrician,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.
N.B.—Open at Five on Sunday.

A slaver's tender was supposed to, ben hovering off
the coast of Louisiana, and a revenue cutter had been ,
despatched from Mobile to intercept her.
Fifteen or twenty lives had been lost,on the Ohio
by a steamboat collision.
A despatch from Washington communicates some
doubtful inforniatiOn receiVed from Mexico, to the
effect that: Miramon had negotiated a secret treaty,
granting to Sardinia the States of Tobasco, Tehuante-
pec, and Chispa for 5,000,000 dols., France, advanc•
ing 1,000.900 dols., and earanteeing the payment
of the balance. Sardinia is to send out emigrants,
as formerly agreed with Zifloaga, under a colony
grant to Sardinia: : - •
In the case of Elliott, the absconded storekeeper,
the Supreme Court granted a motion for the ap-
pointment of a receiver of the property and effects
of the defendant. It is stated that Ulliott had ex-
pended all, his money.' Elliott was still out on bail.
Sir W. G. Ouseley had arrived at Punta Arenas
de Costa Rica in her Majesty's steamer Vixen with .
the Nicaraguan treaty, which had been signed by
that Government, and an amendment had been in;
troduced into it to the effect that none of the stipu-
lations of the treaty should be construed as bearing
any decisiqn upon the right of 'Nicaragua to the
territory held by the Mosquitans.
At Punta Arenas a severe epidemic existed which
had carried off a number of persons. Freights had
'risen, and the price of coffee 'advanced 11 to 12 dols.,
with ready purchasers. Hides sold readily at from
16c. to 170. per lb. A considerable quantity of
lumber was being shipped to European ports.
The American steamer Annette arrived .at San
Juan del Norte on the 12th of February. While
running in for the harbour it is said the British
man-of-war Caesar fired a blank shot at her, and,
having bronght her to, boarded and searched her
for Filibusters.
General Walker, the Filibuster, had arrived at
, which are to
Aspinwall en route for California, under the as-
sumed name of Wilson.
the T2hse
t,
ha dov if 1
Ec fromeeab2.o ar
y, British
give Columbia
encouraging
accounts as
to the mines.' Governor Douglas has issued a pro-
clamation declaring Queensborough to be the port
of entry. Much excitement had been occasioned at
Victoria among the citizens of the United States by
the author,.
ties
not permitting a public salute to be
r
given by e American residents on the 22d of
February i honour of the anniversary of Washing-
ton's birth ay.
At Ito areal on. the 28th a channel had been
opened in the river, opposite the city.
Via Havannah we learn of the wreck, on the 4th
Tilt., of a vessel supposed to be her Majesty's gun-
boat Jaseur, Lieutenant Scott, on the Roneonebas
Reef, 206 miles to the south-east of Jamaica. The
crew, 70 in number, had only time to get into two
small boatg, with little or no provisions, and two '
days'allowance of water. The boats, without compass
or charts, attempted to steer for Jamaica, but owing
to the strong winds, which during the next night'
increased into a gale, they became separated, and
were driven about at the mercy of the waves. On
the 10th ult. a boat, in which were five officers and
20 men, in' the most deplorable condition from ex-
posure to the scorching sun of .the tropics for so
many days without food or water, was fallen in
with by some Spanish fishermen, who most
humanely rcued the perishing Englishmen and
conveyed t em to their little village, called Santa
Cruz, where every attention and kindness were
lavished upon them by those poor, but warm-
hearted Cnbans. Captain-General Concha had
despatchedsone steamer to convey the rescued men
to Jamaica and another to explore tro.coast for the
missing pa ty.
Sugars 1 ere quiet but firm at Havannah on the
25th, holde s asking 94- reals for D. S., No. 12.
1
Muscovado s were unchanged. Molasses were sell-
ing at 4 re is for clayed and 5 reels for Muscovado.
Sterling exchange was drooping at 101 per cent.
premium, A cargo of Africans had been landed
at Remidios.

HOUSEHOLD WORDS.--The result of an
application made this day to the Maker of, the Rolls,
on behalf of Messrs. BRADBURY d Evans, having been an
undertaking on the part of Mr. CF lARLES DICKENS to alter
the statement put forth by himself, in reference to " House-
hold Words," Messrs. BRADBURY and EVANS have to an-
nounce that it is only. Mr. DICKS vs's editorial connection
with-that work that is about to ceas e.
March 26;1559.

HE REV 'S- M. BELLEW, S.C.L., will
T REV. "J.-
give A READING from the WORKS of OLIVER
GOLDSMITH, with Incidents in hies Life, at ST. MARTIN'S
HALL, on WEDNESDAY Evening, April 13th.—The Rev. J.
M. Bellew has undertaken to procure the admission by pur-
chase into the St. Ann's Society of an Orphan whose Father
was unsuccessful in business, and died in January last,
leaving a widow and ten children to tally unprovided for. The
profits will be devoted to this purpose. Prices of Admis-
sion :—Stalls, 4s. ; Centre Area and Balconies, 2s. ; Back
Seats, is. To be had at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-
street; at St. Martin's Hall,
,Long;-acre; Mr. Seale's Li-
brary, Circus-road, St. John's-wood ; and Mrs. Ackerman's,
6, Blenheim-terrace, where plans of the Stalls may be seen.

THE VICTORIA CROSS---On and after. the
18th instant, the FIRST SERIES OF HISTORICAL
PICTURES, by M. DESANGES, containing. authentic Por-
traits, will be on Exhibition at the Victoria Cross Gallery,
Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, daily, from 9 till dusk.
Admission, One Shilling. Season tickets, Five Shillings.
Bearers of the Order admitted Gratis.

CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—St. James's Hall.
—The celebrated CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will re-
sume their POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT on MONDAY
EVENING next, Apyil 'll, at the St. James's-Hall, to be re-
peated EVERY EVENING at Eight, and Saturday Morn-
ings at Three o'clock.—Admission, is., area 25., reserved
seats 3s„ to be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond-street.

LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT-
CIRCUS.ILA OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT-
LAND-STREET.
This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the pubic, for
the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES.
The Photographic Establishment, Avitv.-y, Conservatory,
General Refreshment Room, and Ladies Private Refresh-
ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their
several departments.
ADMISSION FREE.

HE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High
T
Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish-
ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the• elegance and
matchless beaqty of its decorations, combined with the per-
fection of its management, is OPFS every EVENING.
The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer,
plays a nightly,varied selection of the most approved classical
and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at
9 ; closing at punctually. Admission ls.

ARGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These popular and celebrated rooms are open every
evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by
that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris.
Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet-
a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented
artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, IlTrovatore, La Traviata,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha.
Manager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close
ten minutes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade.
N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and
Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the
Rooms.

ALHAMBBA PALACE-A BULL FIGHT.
A SPANISH BULL FIGHT.
The Californian performers having acted as principals
in 'a Bull-fight in America for upwards of one hun-
dred nights, .will undestake the same exploits in London.
The regular Equestrian performances, the same as last week,
will be produced in addition to the Bull-fie-ht, which takes
place Morning and Evening,. The Rocky Mountain Won-
ders appear at each performance- • '
Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight

p.m.
Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 58.; Private
Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price.
Gallery, (W.
Splendid performance during Passion Week.

114-AN AND HIS HABITS.—THIS DAY, at
Three and Half-past Eight, Dr. KAHN will deliver
Lectures at his unrivalled and Original Museum, 3, Tich-
borne-street, facinv, the Haymarket.
SYLLABUS—ldentity of Self-love and Social The Philosophy
and Physiolomr of Marriage -Happy and Unhappy Unions—
Whom and when to Marry—The Great Social Evil, its real
Cure—Philanthropists andtheir Schemes—New Views of Men
and Things—Dangers of Youth—Rocks of Advanced Age—
The true Glory of Middle Age—My Memoirs—Much in Little.
The Museum is open daily (for Gentlemen only) from
Twelve till Five and from Seven till Ten. Explanations of
the Models every half-hour. Admission. One Shilling, in-
cluding Handbook : to which is appended the SHOALS AND
QUICKSANDS OF YOUTH. By JosEpn KAHN, M.D.,
Graduate in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, of the Im-
perial University of Vienna, &c.: free by post 'fbr twelve
stamps, direct from the Author, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-
square. '

Iv A revolu ion had broken out in the Mexican
State of 0 iapas, bordering on Guatemala.
At New ork the business in sterling exchange
was light, and principally in bankers' bills, at
1094. 1
Money was abundant at 4 per cent. on good col.
laterals. _

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9.
The Cunard screw steamship Etna, Anderson,
Commander, arrived to-day from New York, with
advices to the 28th ult. and 100,500 dols. in specie
on. freight.
On the Ist inst., in a gale of wind, the Etna
passed the Alp Baltic; of New York, and during
the night of the Bth experienced a dense fog, pass-
ing many vessels sounding fog horns, bells, &c.
The Royal mail steamship Niagara. hence, and
the Cunard steamship Alps, hence, arrived at Hali-
fax on the 27-tb ult. _ _ _ _

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
Patron—.Tlle QUEEN.

Founded 1828.
The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone.
No recommendation is required.
During the past year (1858) 40,403 received the benefits of
this Charity. either as out or in-door patients ; and since its
foundation to 31st December, 1858, the number relieved was
upwards of 649,000. '
The Committee entreat AID to enable them to continue
this great work of charity. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec.

THAT are • the Wild Waves saying ? Keep
up your Channel Fleet, and buy your Teas of the
East India Tea Company, where sound Tea, Black. Green, or
Mixed, can be bought, in 61b bags, at 2s. per Helen's andoffee, in
the Berry, at 10d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. church
yard, Bishopsgate.

PPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist,
London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro-
duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having
been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the
principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps,
homoeopathic chemist, London.

VINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's
Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN-
TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de-
licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per
cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ;Dr
Hassall, of the " Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by
the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Whalesale, 63,
King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample
sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d.

OINAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant
assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe-
lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c.,
in Italian Alabaster. Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine-
ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London, W.C.
Mr. Tennant arrang-ea elementary' collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will eireatly facilitate the
interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and
GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand.

HART'S PATENT ECONOMISING GAS
BURNER. the great desideratum of the age to all con-
sumers of Gafi. By its use the objections to the introduction
of Gas into private dwellings are removed, inasmuch as every
particle of gas, on reachtng the orifice of the burner, is fairly
consumed, and thus the diffusion of those noxious vapours so
injurious to health, and destructive to works of art, bindings
of books, &c., is entirely prevented.
The burner can be fitted by the most inexperienced hand to
any chandelier or bracket.
May be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C.. price Two
Shillings each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps.

The Washington despatch for the New York
Herald reports that the United States' Government
has failed to come to any definite understanding
with the British Government regarding the right
of search or visit.. The former are said to have de-1
to yield any point, and the latter to submit
any new plan. A project, emanating from the
French Government, which is said to be acceptable
to the Government of the United States, is to be
submitted to the British Government.
The cook; and cabin boy of the bark C. A Raw-
lins, which I was captured at St. Joseph's by the
United States' steamer Vixen on suspicion of being
engaged in the slave trade, are reported to have
made a confession, in which they allege that a
Spanish captain who was on board, and who was to
have had the command on the vessel's reaching a
certain part of the coast of Cuba, had been mur- •
dered by the American captain who was in charge
when they left Havannah. It was currently re-
ported in Savannah that the Rawlins, previous to
her capture, had landed some 600 Africans some-
where on the coast of Florida, but it was not sup-
posed to be the fact. In Georgia a number of
negroes,.said to be a part of those landed, had been
captured and placed in prison. At a meeting in
Holmesvilld, Georgia, on the 9th ult., a resolution
had been adopted declaring that all laws of the
Federal. Government interdicting the right of the
Southern people to import slaves from Africa were
unconstitutional and violative of the rights of the
South, were, null and void, and a disgrace to the
statute-boob.
Advices from Venezuela to the lltlfult. had been
received.. Peace was again disturbed. The pro-
vince of Coro had declared in favour of the Federal
Government, and had taken up arms in the cause.
Several exiles had left Curacoa to join their friends-
General Zamora, who had left Curacoa to take com-
mand of the troops at Coro, was reported to have
taken the field. Maracaibo, on the 6th ult., was
quiet, but iv revolt was expected. Generael Paez
had not recovered.

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to SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
SHORT TIME MOVEMENT IN MINING DISTRICTS . The Silas Wright was off Salt Key Bank on the 18th ult.
AROUND BRADFORD.—Petitions are in course of signature An English bark was seen ashore off Crooked Island on
in the Bradford district in favour of a more stringent enact- the 17th ult.
ment for the regulation of mines and the labour therein. The Consignment, from Liverpool for Phiiadelphia, was
The petitioners pray the Legislature to pass a law restrict- spoken with on the 28th ult., in lat. 39 N., lon. 74 W.
a day ; The Lady Franklin, the Universe, and the Linden, from
Liverpool, have arrived at New York.
hours a day ; the working time of children and young per- Several vessels were blown ashore on the north side of
inthge machinerytheworld working
time
efo ofr raciosailn mg
incoearlss to
sons under 14 years of age employed in mines to four hours the island of Cuba during a storm from the northon the 18th
a day ; and obliging owners of coal mines to provide good ult. ; among them was the British brig Harriet from Navy
school instruction for four hours in each day (including the Bay, with a cargo of guano, for Baltimore.
natures and properties of gases) for all children employed Five to six hundred paekages were saved from the wreck
under the age of 14 years. And to oblige owners to adopt of the ship Nathan Henan.
the safety-cage, and such other scientific appliances as may The Chase was off Charleston.
from time to time be shown to be capable and necessary to The Ceres, from Queenstown, was off Boston.
prevent the sacrifice of life. They also pray that a law may Ten ships outward bound crossed the bar of the Missis-
be enacted, by which a tax of a farthing shall be levied on sippi from the 26th to the 28th ult., leaving some 30 de-
every ton of coals sold in order to produce the means of tained there, with nearly 100,000 bales of cotton on board.
support for the widows and orphans of thosb who may lose Arrived on the 10th.—The Empress, from Apalachicola ;
their lives in the mine,—for the education of their children, the Eclipse, from New Orleans ; the Jean, from Havannah;
—and the establishment of a miners' home, for all persons the Martaban, from Calcutta ; the Tribune, from Mobile.
who may be disabled through working in a coal mine or at The Kelpir Nottingham, from Bombay; the Holyrood,
any colliery works, after the manner of the-Sailors' Home. hence ; the Mornington, rom Melbourne, and the John
[AnvEnTrsEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills.—An easy mind. Hancock, from Havre, at New Orleans.
—The most momentous affairs of life scarcely ruffle the The Montibello, which sailed from New Orleans for this
human mind so much as a disordered digestion ; this latter port on the 15th ult. with 2,727 bales of cotton, was aban-
is always depressing 'the
pirits, or torturing with pain, till cloned, on fire, 78 miles outside the bar of the Misissippi, on
it is cured by medical art, or drags its desponding victim to the 27th ult. ; crew returned to New Orleans.
the grave. Throughout the material world nothing has The Shooting Star, from Portsmouth for New York,'was
been found so constantlffective in removing indigestion ashore on Tuckermouth Shoal. She was got off on the 19th
as Holloway's admirable Pills, the renown of which is sus- ult. with loss of anchor and part of chain; the ship not
tained in the largest cities and remotest districts of the damaged.
United Kingdom. This can be proved by numberless The Emily, from London for Belize, with a cargo of
testimonials. I Mr. David Lewis, of Llangefelack, suffered fancy goods, went ashore on the reef of Key Gloria, Bay of
dreadallY from indigestion, which resisted every medicine Honduras on the 16th ult., while in charge of a pilot. Part
except HolloNiay's Pills ; these relieved the distressing of the cargo had been saved and taken to Belize, where it
'n. restored pains, and sot? red a sound stomach and contented was sold by auction.
wind, I The brig Swiss Boy, from Port Orchard, with lumber

for San Francisco, sprang a leak January the 29th, bore
away for Niuilatt Sound, where she was ,seized on the Ist
of February by Indians, the Captain and crew taken priso-
ners and detained 10 days, and the vessel burned., •
The Bamaere, which cleared from New Orleans on the
sth ult. for Havre, and had been since detained at•the bar,
during a heavy squall from the S.W., was, by'the dragging
of the anchors of a ship (name unknown); run into, had her
stern split to-below the water,line9 and received such other
damage as ie,aused her to return to that city on the 19th for
repairs.
A boat, containing Captain, Goodwin and four of the crew
Of, the ship Agamemnon, from Liverpool for Baltimore,' re-
ported as having gone ashore five miles south .of Curritnck
Inlet in about 13 fathomswater, was picked 'on-the 26th
ult., about 12 miles south of Body Island, by the Patapsco,-
from. Charleston for-Baltimore. When the Patapsco .cane
up to the veSsel, about 1 pan., the rest of the crew were un-
bending the foretopsaili the main and mizen masts had gone
over the side, and the ship was full of water. Captain
GoOdwin then took his boat and, with the crew, went on
board. • .
The New, Orleans Crescent of the 21st ult. says :—" The
accounts received on Saturday morning from the Passes
state the highest water there to be only 13ft. to 13ift. on the
bar. The following .ships worked over, and went to sea
during the last high water :—The Bannockburn, the Man-
chester, and the Lady Sale, for Liverpoolthe Lochinvar,
for Antwerp—the Charles Devonport; for Naides—the
Mary; for Havre—the Troy, for Boston.
Outwar&bound vessels are daily accumulating. There
were 44 ships at' the South-West Pass and six in Pass
L'Outre, outward bound, and from 20 to 25 bound in.
The cotton now detained at the mouth of the river
amounts to 130,000 bales. • • • - ,V
There are in port 70 vessels loading for Liverpool- and
-other European ports, many of which aro prepared,' or an
be prepared, in a short time, for sea, Some have filled Up;
and are ready to clear ; others waiting the removal of the
bar obstructions: .V
'240,000 bales of cotton, including the quantity at the
bar, are detained from market, and, from appearances;
may, with other produce, be detained until June or. July..
The latest "accounts say that the bar is improving, and
the vessels detained there would get over in a few days if
the wind Continued favourable."

REPORT OF TIIE INDIAN RELIEF

FUND COMMITTEE.

We have been favoured with a copy of the second
report of the General Committee of the Fund for
the Relief of the Sufferers by thelate fearful Mutiny
in India, bearing date the 31st ult. It states that
last year (1858) no less than 178 meetings, were
held by the General and the three subordinate or
special committees, while the honorary secretaries
have given daily" attendance, and worked most assi-
duously. Under the peculiar system laid down by
the committee relief to the amount of £42,948 has
been accorded from the commencement of the fund
down to Dec. 31, 1858, including £32,457 in the
form of military donations and loans, £1,613 in the
form of donations to civil classes, and £1;877 in the
form of loans to civil classes. 38 officers have

PEIcE 4D; STAMPED, SD.

These sums, together with the prolonged allowances
centemplated in the body of the report, give a total
estimated expendithre of £15,482 7s. 6d. per annum.
For how long 'a period, and to what amount, these
prolonged allowances will be continued, must de-
pend upon the state of the hinds when the accounts
are closed, whiclithe committee trust will be on the
.31st of December next.
A report of the Calcutta Relief Fund is appended.,
The receipts from the commencement have been
11,54;312 rupees, and the balance at 'the end of
October last was .92,837 rupees: 1,11,619 rupees
were expended in passage and diet money,- and
1,88,244 rupees in passages to England.

RAILWAY INTBLLIGENCE.

At the monthly meeting of the Railway Compa-
nies'Assocation this week the Law and Parliamen-
tary Committee were authorised to take steps for
preventing the general insertion in future • acts of
the clause abolishing terminal charges. An alleged
diversion of traffic through an agreement between
the North-Eastern- and Newcastle and Carlisle was:
the subject,of considerable • discussion but no de-
finite result was arrived at. shareholders of
the London and - South-Western' have approved
bills .for the construction of junction and loop-
lines at: Twickenham, Barnes, and other places,
to provide additional Station accommodation, &c.,,
with proviiions for raising the required capital.
With reference to the ,Portsmotth competition,
the: chairman stated that the cheap. fares origi-
nated with the Lendon and Brighton, and that a
fortnight after their- adoption by the Brighton
the London and r South-Western most un-
willingly been compelled to take a similar. course.
At a meeting of the Vale of Neath a bill to enable
the company to enter into arrangements with the
South Wales for the division of the station at Neath,
to purchase .the Aberdare Valley.line,.and to gua-,
rantee interest on £40,000 required' for the com-
pletion of the docks-was 'approved. It was
to raise £216,000 additional capital. At .a meeting
of the Pernambuco the announcements justified to a
singular extent all the cautions hitherto repelled bf
the shareholders. It appears _that in consequence
of the delays and slow progress, of the line the works
have been taken Out.of the hands of the contractor,
and that the officers of the company are now in
possession. Thrice the number of men formerly em
ployed by the contractor. are .at present- at work.
The, capital raised has been £68&,000, of Which about
£38,000 is in cash in the hands of the company,:
and the outlay, including L 25,000 of outstanding
liabilities, has been £675,000. Owing to delay and
accumulation of interest, it- is considered probable
that the capital will be exceeded. The contractor's
accounts remain unsettled. In justice to the ligh
credit of Brazil, the public must bear in mind that
not -a single unfavourable feature in the position of
this undertaking is to be attributed to the Govern-
ment of that country, their course towards it having
been marked by the greatest liberality and forbear-
ance. The Glasgow, Dumbartion, and. Irelensburgh
have declared a dividend at the rate. of &per 'cent.
I per annum out of the disposable balance of revenue
for the past six months of £2,697. About £15,000
is required to -settle liabilies. -on capital account
which will raise the total cost of the undertaking to
£277,000. At the Central Terminus and Glasgow
meeting the proposed distribution at the rate of 3
per cent. per annum was ordered. The rairway
waggons belonging to the
,company were stated to
be in good condition. Every exertion has been
made by the direcfors to-dispose of the surplus land
and reduce the outstanding liabilities. The former
is valued at £77,970, exclusive of two plots reserved
for railway and depot purposes, while the latter
stand at £86,387. The report of the Geelong and
Melbourne states that the Williamstown branch to '
Melbourne was opened on the 14th of January.,
The Government have decided, notwithstanding the
remonstrances of the chairman, on treating for the
purchase of the line for cash instead of deben-
tures. The creditors of the company have in
nearly every case met the Board in a liberal spirit,
and all recorded judgments have been paid off.
The receipts of the Tournay to Jurbise and
Landen to Hasselt for the year 1858 show an in-.
crease of £3,171 over the previous year, and a total
distribution for the year has been made at a rate of
rather more than 51 per cent. The augmentation
in the revenue arises mainly from an increase in the
coal traffic. At a meeting of the Great Western of
Canada a dividend was ordered at the proposed rate
of 3 per cent. per annum. The falling off in the
receipts was attributed solely to the dpression of
trade and two bad harvests. The Copiapo Exten-
sion Railway has been completed and opened for
traffic. Inclusive of rolling stock and other ex-
penses, the cost has been £6,400 a mile. The receipts
hitherto have proved satisfactory. The first sod of
the West Somerset, a line connecting Taunton with
Watchet, has been cut. At the meeting of the
-Illinois Central, at Chicago, on the 16th March, a
resolution expressing full confidence in the direc-
tion and a conviction of the future prosperity of
the undertaking was mOvedby Mr. Cobden on behalf
of himself and the English holders of 80,000 shares.
The shareholders of the Norfolk have approved the
lease of the East Suffolk to the Eastern Counties and
associated companies. The net receipts of the Dun-
blane, Doune, and Callander for the half-year ending
in December amounted to £1,036. It was agreed
not to divide this sum, the directors being desirous of
having the experience of a full year's traffic, when a
dividend may be declared at a rate which can be per-
manently maintained. The Perth and Dunkeld have
dedared a dividend of 2 per cent. ; the Jedburgh,
3 ; and Caledonian and DumbartonShire, 4.

received £3,555:; 99 officers' widows, £11,284 ; 26,
officers' orphans, 1,473 ; 25 officers'. wives, £2,353 ;
51 officers' relatives, £3,534 ; 38 relatives of sol-
diers and sailors, £641; 150 disabled sailors and
soldiers, £326 ; and 394 widows and 544 children
of soldiers and sailors, £4,694 (on weekly allow-
ance). The military loans amount to £4,533, making,
with £27,924, the amount of the donations, a-sum
total of £32,457. The civil class donations included
£979 to 11 clergymen and missionaries, £916 to
six widowS of "clergymen, £lOO to the wife of a
missionary, £1,781, ,to '26 widows and Orphans of
" uncovenanted" civilians, and £4,836 to-81 indigo
planters, merchants, and rail Way employes. The
civil loans included loans of £985 to eight mer-
chants and' their relatives, £3ll. to six widows and
relatives of railway servants, £5O each to two
widows, £lOO to one landowner, £331 to three
orphans of traders, and £5O to. one " ancovenanted"
civil officer of Government. -
The General Committee have been favoured by
the Ladies' Committee with valuable advice in'
cases referred to them regarding the disposal of
female orphans, and the ladies of that committee
have been indefatigable in arranging and distribut-
ing donations of clothing, which have been of the
greatest service to the sufferers. Several cases or
wearing apparel were sent to Alexandria, Bombay,
and Calcutta ; a supply has also been kept on board
some of the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental
Navigatiori Company, and- distributed by the com-
manders when occasion required. With the excep-
tion of a moderate balance at the Bank of England
for current expenses, the. contributions realised
have been invested in public securities ; and it ,is
satisfactory to notice that the interest, added to a
profit arising from the transfer to other public se-
curities, has not only provided for all the office ex-
penses and advertisements from the establishment
of the fund to the end of the past year, but has
added £6,204 17s. 4d. over and above these expenses
to the available resources of the fund.
The total amount of contributions received from
the 2d of February to the 31st of December, 1868,
£85,354, including liberal donations from the colo-
nies. A cheque for £B5O was sent to the treasurer
by " A Lady in Belgravia," whose name has not
transpired. The total expenditure, from the estab-
lishment of the fund up to the 31st of December
last, amounts to £176,710, of which sum £127,286
has been remitted to India—principally to Cal-
citta. The amount of relief accorded to sufferers
in Great Britain by the committe is £42,948,
as already shown. The report states that
in • numerous instances, fathers, mothers, sis-
ters, &c., had been entirely supported, or materi-
ally assisted, previous to the mutiny, by remittances.
from India. The death by massacre or in the field, of
those who thus aided their relatives in Great Britain
has left the latter in a condition more pitiable than
that of widows and orphans, as in most instances
they have no claim upon the Crown or Government
of India, and no prospect of support from " service"-
and " compassionate' funds. The Relief Cominittee
have, however, proceeded with great caution in ad-
mitting the claims of " relatives," and, except in
instances where no doubt has existed, documentary
evidence of previous remittances from India has
been required, as well as of their amount, and at
what period, and through what channel remitted.,
The committee are persuaded that in relieving this
class of sufferers they have strictly fulfilled the
objects of the fund and the generous design of the
contributors. Another class of sufferers—viz.,
" wounded and disabled soldiers and sailors"—'who
have received assistance from the fund may also re-
quire explanation. These brave men arrived from
India wholly or partially disabled by wounds, or
with constitutions enfeebled by exposure in the
suppression of the mutiny. Many had formed a'
portion of the heroic garrison of LucknoW, had been
engaged in the siege and storming of Delhi, or had
shared in the many struggles which have saved our
empire in the East. Their pensions are, small, and
the committee determined that these men were fit
objects for assistance until their improved health
should enable them to procure their own livelihood.
It was therefore resolved to augment the allowance
granted by Government to discharged soldiers by a
sum of 6d. per day for three months, in the first in-
stance, and at the end of that period to reconsider
the case of each individual, dependent on the cha-
ractor he produced from the minister who disbursed
the allowance. • The number of applicants for relief
has not diminished so much as might have been an-
ticipated; but this is accounted for by the difficulty
experienced by many of the victims in reaching
the ports of embarkation through the disturbed
districts. It has been decided to take into consi-
deration no casualty whatever occurin," after the
31st ult. The committee have considered how to
dispose of the sum " at credit" of the Central Fund
at the end of last year, which amounts to £265,766.
It is proposed, among other arrangements, to grant
assistance to widows and orphans of officers and
civilians for educational purposes where the fami-
lies are large and boys predominate, and to augment
the pensions of certain widows and orphans. It is
observed that soldiers' and sailors widows and
orphans are peculiarly entitled to consideration.
Allowances to these have been granted for one
year, on the scale and under the rules adopted by
the Royal Patriotic. Fund; and the committee pro-
poses to continue them at the same rate, or to re-
duce them, according to the state of the finances of
the fund when all claims for temporary aid have
ceased—a rule which will be followed in all cases
of prolonged allowances. On the 31st of December
last there were 894 soldiers' and sailors' widows
and 544 children in receipt of weekly allowances,
which are disbursed to them by ministers of the
different denominations to which they belong, and
by other gentlemen, who transmit the requisite
vouchers to the office. Next come soldiers dis-
charged owing to wounds, or loss of health arising
out of the mutiny. For those who are so disabled
as to be incapable of labour the committee contem-
plate the continuance of the 6d. per day as an
important addition to their means of sup-
port. Great pains have been taken in the
selection of cases for the relief of that class of
sufferers entitled to prolonged assistance. 84 cases
of this description have been carefully investigated
and decided, and the outlay involved will be £2,500
per annum. The number of soldiers' and sailors'
widows in Great Britain in receipt of the benefits
of the fund is, about this time, 520, and 670 chil-
dren. The average yearly payment for each family
may be taken at £2O, making a total outlay of
£10,400 per annum. The average of disabled sol-
diers received 6cL per diem has increased to 283,
rePre4enting an annual outlay of £2,582 7s. 6d.

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we regret to learn by telegraph .that
Himself,
.w.allf`e.:l4.` ,iii:,-
..:::::
General Sir Joseph The ckwell, G.C.8., are, '-:-.4-441 -t-.4
Pw-
denly on Friday, at Agha da Hall, his seat in t'• .• -7=.4,1 z,
Cork, from disease of the hiazt. ,The gallant offi • • . iietqa
who had greatly distingui
son of the late Mr. John I.,:hackWelly of Rye Cistirt, ',--;:i t,
Worcestershire. He mat 9. red the army in-Aiiin, :,,..y.l.
~
1800, a r
turd during his caret 1r of nearly 60 years had
.7,- i.
gained the highest distinct tin. nin the service,parti- e'. i trr--
cularly in the East Indies.. SA:r Joseph's services in .l
the Peninsula are thus I'm $ )rdec.l by Hart :----" Served
the campaign in Gallicia i.ind Leon, under Sir John
, . , • , .
Moore, 'and was engage] 1 in, several- skirmishes, .
and present at the battle of Comma. Served ~ ..
the campaigns of 1813 as id 1814 . in the Penin- -
sula, including the_ ba tees of Vittoria,_ the _
PyreneeS, in front of P .ampeluna, 27th, 28th,
29th, and 30th July ; bloc: trade of Pampeluna: from a
18th to the 31st October ', when it surrendered ;
battle of Ortlies, affair •al ; Tarbes, and battle of -
Toulouse, hesides many aff iirs of advanced.guards,
outposts, &e, ;- served also the campaign -of-4815, .
including the action at Qii.. Are Brasithe retreat on
the following day, and ba A Ale of Waterloo. Com-
manded the cavalry divit ; ion of the army- of the
Indus during the Affghani 2 ;tan campaign ; was pre-
sent at the storm and cal )ture of Ghuznee ; and
commanded the second coll • min of.the army on its
march from Cabool -to Bei igal.* He commanded
the cavalry division of the ar my of Gwulior through-
' greatly
.distinguished nar.at2.lr
Josephaha
out the Mahratta war in 184 '3, and commanded the
Cavalry division-at. the actin
the- 29th of 'December:that ye
.distinguished himself in the o perations against the
Sikhs, in the campaigns
of 1846 and 1849; for
•Whiehcminent services he ii,ceiied the thanks of -
Parliament • and of the ' East India Company, and
was rewarded in the last.me) 'timed'
ear by her
Majesty nominating him a Cliand Cross of - the
Bath, the gallant general having previously for his
military services-been-made act impanion and knight
of that order. During his ho) aourable career in the
service he had been several times wounded. At
Vittoria he was severely contused on the' right .
shoulder ; and at Waterl, ao he was so badly .
wounded that he had fo hase his arm amputated, -. .•
and had two horses shot under him,
_On his return - -
to ;England. from the East I :tidies he was appointed* ,
inspector general of cave try in succession to his
-Royal-Highness the Duke of Cambridge. .In 1834 - -.
lie was made a Knight of ;he Hanoverian Order; •
had received the -silver war medal and three clasps
for his services in the ; Peninsala, a Medal for •
Sobraon, where he comet: nded the cavalry, and
medal and clasps for the last Punjaub campaign;
also the empty honour of tihe Dooranee order, for -
services in Affghanistan. In November., - 1849, .he :
was appointed colonel of the 16th (the. Queen's) ,
;Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers), which.: .
becomes at the disposal' oft lie ItOrse Guards by. his
lamented decease. He was an intimate friend of .
the late General Havelock ;and of Lord Clyde, Sir
Harry Smith,-Lord Goughi- and--other- noble and
gallant veterans -of the . army. Hii commissions
bore date. as follows :=—Clornet, April ' 22, 1800 ;
lieutenants June 13, 1801'; captain, April '9, 1807 ;
major, June 18, 1815 ; lieut.-colonel, June 21, 1817 ;
colonel, Jan. 10, .1837 ; 'major general, Nov: 9,
'846 ; and lieut.-general;' June 20, 1854. 111 r'ii r - • , - ' -
• 7 /••,•• 4,

THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICZ

SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 9.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamar,
Captain Jellicoe, sailed hence to-day with the
Brazil and River Plate mails, a full cargo of £14,900'.
in specie, and jewellery value £28,600. She has
101 passengers, among. whom are the .Princes
Philippe and Augnstus, and suite. The new steamer
Mersey, belonged to the above-named company,
will be despatched from this port on the 25th inst.
for the Brazils, to take the place of the Camilla on
the River Plate line,-the latter coming for repairs ;
the Mersey will take a mail. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's screw steamship Jeddo, Capt.
Black, recently built by Mr. Laird on the Mersey,
and which has made one voyage to Lisbon with the
mails, was taken out for a trial measured in Stoke's
Bay to-day, previous to .being placed on the Bom-
bay, Suez, and Australian station. There was a
large party on board, including Captain Nairne,
Mr. Hadow, and Mr. J. Allen, directors of the
company; Dr. Beattie, medical inspector; Captain
Engledue and Mr. A. Lamb, the superintendent
and superintending engineer at Southampton ; Mr.
Justice Halliburton ; Mr. John Laird and Son ; Mr.
Napier, jun., of Glasgow ; Messrs. Luke and
Hughes, Admiralty surveyors; Messrs. Rubie and
Murray, surveyors to the Board of Trade, &c.. The
.Jeddo ran the mile fOnr times, with the following
results :—First, 4 minutes 9 seconds—average
14.457 knots per hour; third, 5 minutes 1 second—
average 11'960 knots per hour ; third, 4 minutes 16
seconds—average, 14.063 knots per hour; fourth, 4
minutes 38 se-cona-average 12 950 knots per hour.
Average vacuum, 23g; ditto revolutions, 63 ; ditto
steam, 1831 b. She is about to be fitted with Mr.
Lamb's superheating apparatus, which will add to
her speed, besides effecting a saving in the con-
sumption of fuel. The performances of the ship
gave great satisfaction to all on board. After leav-
ing the measured mile the Jeddo was taken down
the Solent towards the Needles, during which the
company partook of a dejeuner in ,the saloon, re-
turning to the docks about half-past four o'clock.
The Jeddo is 1;800 tons burden and 450-horse
power. She will leave for Bombay in about three
'weeks. The Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, is
due on Monday, with mails from Lisbon, Oporto,
and Vigo. Three steamers are due off- Cowes on
Wednesday and Thursday next from New York—
viz., the Borussia (screw), Captain Trautmann,
which left on the Ist ini3t. for Hamburg ; the
Weser (screw), Captain Getjen, on the 2d for Bre-
men, with the German mails ; - and the Arago
(paddle), Captain D. Lines, on the 2d for Havre,
with the French and English mails. The Royal
Mail Company's steamer La Plata,- Captain Weller,
is thie on the 16th, with the West India and Pacific
mails, but may be looked for on the 14th. The
Ripon steamer, Captain E. Christian, leaves on
Tuesday next, with the heavy Bombay, Mauritius,
and Australian mails ; the Parana, Captain Bevis,
on the 18th inst., with the West India and Pacific
mails (the 17th falling on Sunday) ; the Alhambra,
Captain Woodgates, on the 18th, with the mails for
Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon • the Bavaria, Captain
Taube, on the 18th inst., and the Bremen, Captain
Wessels, on the 19th, both for New York ; the Pere,
Captain Jamieson, the the 20th, with the East
India and China mails.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 10.
The Cape Monitor brings intelligence a week
later than that by the Dane, which left on the 21st
of February and arrived here on the 28th of March.
The valuable settlements on the east coast of Africa,
belonging to the Portuguese Government, are about
to be opened up for trade. The Chevalier du Prat
is advertising for mail steamers to run betweeii
Natal and Delagoa Bay, Quillimaine, and Mozam-
bique. Another line will probably follow between
Mozambique and Madagascar. A lucrative trade
has for many years existed between the United
States and Mozambique. By the official returns in
the Gazette it appears that in the, last quarter of
1858 tllere was a considerable increase in the im-
portation of agricultural implements' at the Cape.
The men belonging to the 59th Regiment, in-
valided from China, are recovering. Of 148 sidc. on
arrival, 12 have died, 31 have left the hospital, and
105 remain. The troopship Marseilles, 74 days from
Gravesend, for India, with 14 officers and 409 men
under command of Capt. Millar, 67th Regiment,
arrived at Table Bay on 25th February. The French
transport Didon, 4, Commander G. Picard, from
Brest, Dec. 29, with 350. soldiers for Singapore and
China, put into the Cape for water the same day.
The barques -Irene, Hero, and Gabalva were load-
ing for London, and the Suzanne, for Marseilles.
In Table Bay, the barques Aberfoyle, for London ;
Montevideo tevideo ; ; Glen-
dower, for Amoy ; and Annie, from Desola-
tion Island; the mail steamer Celt and the barque
aanu
Coral Queen discharging cargo ; the Da
Prince Dream,
fromdowe r
fromiina;
000 ; Dreadnought,indfirafoo,mr f
rl‘colmaoruldiff;
a
Marinus, from Madras; Meteor, from Mauritius ;
Sun-
shine, shPriinnec,efFrormedAerligcoka.Bay
William,
.