The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1866.

less than 30 tons. Every effort was being made to therefore, authority to announce that the proposal
perform the service satisfactorily. was withdrawn.
ea and , Mr. HARTRIDGE (vheireyarm'huceahrr.)egretted this result,
The report was then unanimously a(( pt
on the motion for the re-election of Mr. Colvile, and demanded a ballot on the original resolution.
Lord C. HAMILTON seconded the resolution. He He disputed an opinion of the Attorney-General,
said, as the chairman had alluded t) him in reference that the amalgamation could only be carried out
to the Panama and New Zealand steam service, he under the authority of an act of Parliament. Put
could only say that the first object of the company that, however, aside, and allowing for the cost of
would be to work the contract for the mails satin- obtaining an act, he insisted that financial conside-
factorily, and to earn the subsidy ; the next object rations ought to induce them to accept the proposi-
would be to treat the public wants with the most scion. At all events no argument had been used for
liberal spirit possible. continuing the institution, and the only honest
The motion was carried unanimously, and Mr. J. course was to wind up. (Hear, hear.)
E. Mathieson, the other retiring director, was then The PRESIDENT said the middle-class schools corn-
re-elected. mittee were not desirous of entering into negotiations

Mr. J. H. Daniellwas elected auditor in the room
of Mr. J. Capel, resigned ; and a resolution pro-
posed by Mr. PEACH, to the effect that no proprie-
tor be allowed to propose the appropriation of any
money belonging to the company, without giving
previous notice of it, was adopted.
The thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Capel,
the retiring director, after 11 years' gratuitous ser-
vices ; and the proceedings terminated with a vote
of thanks to the chairman and directors.

at present. (Hear, hear.) The matter had been
merely thrown out as a suggestion for the proprie-
tors to consider, but he put it to themeeting whether
it would be for the interest of the educational pro-
ject that the question should be pushed to a division.
(Hear, hear.)
After a debate extending over nearly two hours
and a half the resolution was withdrawn, and the
usual motion carried for the adoption of the report
and statement of accounts.
" A vote of thanks to the President closed the pro-
ceedings.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Yesterday Major-General Sir Robert Walpole,
K.C.8., commanding the forces in the Chatham
district, held an inspection of the battalions of in-
fantry and the brigade of Royal Marines Light In-
fantry on Chatham lines. The forces on the ground
included the Ist, 2d, and 3d depot battalions and
the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light In-
fantry, the whole numbering about 3,000 bayonets.
The Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers took no
part in the manoeuvres.

Intelligence has been received at Chatham gar-
rison of the embarkation at Calcutta, in the char-
tered troopshipAlumbagh, of time-expired men and
invalid troops belonging to the Royal Artillery,
Royal Engineers, 2d battalion 13th Prince Albert's
Light Infantry, 2d battalion 22d Regiment, and 2d
battalion 24th Regiment. The troops embarkedon
the 19th of February.

Miscellaneous American News

THE GREAT BOND ROBBERY—ARREST OF THE
TIIIEF AND RECOVERY OF THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
—The New York papers contain full accounts of
the arrest of the daring perpetrator of the New
York bond robbery, for the detection of whom a
large reward was offered. It appears that the City
Marshal, J. V. L. Westcott, of Newburyport, being
at New York at the time of the robbery of Mr. Lord,
of United States securities and other property oc-
curred, got on the trail of one of the prin-
cipal robbers, and, aided by two deputy mar-
shals of New York, arrested John Jones
on the train between New York and New Haven
on the 19 tkinstant. Jones was taken to Newbury-
port. Some of the stolen property was found in
his possession. After considerable hard work the
whole thing has been thoroughly sifted, and the
result is the recovery of all the stolen property.
Jones was taken to New York this evening. Mar-
shal Westcott has attained a high position by
this act, and earned a reward which places him
among the rich men of Newburyport. Another
account says that Mr. Westcott, after hearing
of the robbery, devoted his attention to the
subject, and sending to Charlestown obtained
information that led him to seek an interview
with Mr. Lord, during which he informed
him of his suspicions. Mr. Lord was incredulous,
and a second interview took place, at which two de-
tectives were present. Mr. Lord declined taking
any steps in the matter, and told Mr. Westcott that
any further action must be taken through the de-
tective police. United States Marshal Murray, of
New York, at Mr. Westcott's request, furnished
him with two of his deputies to assist him. On the
evening of March 19 Mr. Westcott saw the man
whom he suspected enter the cars at the New Haven
railroad station in New York. Mr. Westcott and
the two deputies took passage on the same train,
and soon after starting went to the baggage car and
found a trunk with the initials of the suspected
man's name upon it. He secured its deten-
tion, and going to where Jones was seated,
informed him that he was his prisoner. Jones
yielded without resistance, and was ironed.
Westcott arrived here safely with his prisoner on
Tuesday of last week, and Jones has been closely
guarded at alhotel since. InJones's trunk was found
eight bonds of $l,OOO each, payable to Rufus L.
Lord, thus proving that Westcott had fastened upon
the right man. Detective Heath, of Boston, after a
consultation with Mr. Westcott, went to New York
and, in company with a detective of that city, com-
menced following up the trail. The details of the
robbery show it to have been an exceedingly bold
affair. Jones engaged the attention of Mr. Lord
while three accomplices robbed the safe. After the
robbery the four persons engaged in it went to
Central Park, and upon opening the two tin boxes
and the pocket-book were astonished at the large
amount of the haul they had made. Detectives
Young, of New York, and Jones and Heath, of
Boston, left with the prisoner (John Jones) this
evening for New York. The property will be de-
livered up to Mr. Lord on Monday.—Boston
Advertiser.

The Rev. J. C. Edghill, M.A., one of the chap-
lains to the forces at Chatham garrison, has been
ordered to embark for Nova Scotia, where he is to
be stationed. He will be succeeded at Chatham by
the Rev. W. Sykes, M.A., from Devonport.
Gen. George Powell Higginson died on the 19th
inst., at Cannes, where he had been staying during
the past winter. He entered the army as ensign in
the Ist Regiment of Guards in 1805, and served
with his regiment in Sicily in 1807, in the cam-
paign in the north of Spain, with Sir John Moore,
in 1808 and 1809. He was present at the battle of
Corunna. He went with the expedition to Wal-
cheren in 1809. He joined the Grenadiers. in Por-
tugal, in 1812, and advanced with the army into
Spain in 1813 ; he embarked with his regiment 2.t
Bordeaux, when the army left France in 1814. He
went with reinforcements to the Netherlands in
June, 1815, and arrived at Paris shortly after its
capture, and remained in France during the three
years of its occupation by the allied army. In 1830
he was appointed aide-de-camp to Lord Hill, then
Commander-in-Chief. Gen. Higginson was ap-
pointed Col. of the 94th Foot, in January, 1855,
and his commissions bore date as follows :—Ensign,
Nov. 6, 1805 ; Lieut. and Capt., April 3, 1811 ;
Capt. and Lieut.-Col., Oct. 26, 1820 ; Col., Jan. 10,
1837 ; Major-Gen., Nov. 9, 1846 ; Lieut.-Gen., June
20, 1854 ; and Gen., Nov. 9, 1862. By his death
the colonelcy of the 94th Regiment becomes vacant.
The Cameleon, 17, 200 horse-power, Commander
T. M. Jones, from the Pacific, has been stripped
and dismantled in the steam basin, and will be paid
off into the third division of the Steam Reserve in
the Medway, on Saturday.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. William C. Chamberlain, of
the Resistance, to the Asia, for service in the Re-
serve, vice Caldwell ; Commander J. E. Hunter to
the Amazon, commissioned ; Lieut. D'Arcy A.
Denny, as lieut. commanding. to the Forward, vice
Fox, promoted ; Lieut. R. IL Thompson, as lieut.
commanding to the Doterel, vice Elliot promoted ;
Lieut. Somerled M'Deugall to the Hastings, as Flag
Lieut. to Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick ; Lieut.
John J. F. Bell, Lieut. Edward A. Bolitho, Lieut,
Edward S. Evans, and Lieut. Francis F. Liardet to
the Curacoa ; Lieut. Charles S. Broome, Lieutenant
Harry L. H. Veitch, and Lieut. Philip !I. C. Wogan
to the Duncan ; Lieut. Astley R. Cooper and Lieut.
Arthur S. Phillpotts to the Narcissus; John G.
O'Connell, master, to the Amazon ; Victor A. Brad-
shaw, midshipman, to the Barracouta; A. M'Leod
and Wm. W. Pughe, midshipmen, to the Pallas ;
Gilbert E, Harrison, naval cadet, to the Challenger;
Fred. Day, engineer, to the Duke of Wellington ;
Robt. W. Jones, engineer, to the Minstrel, commis-
sioned ; Thos. W. Sandars, engineer, to the Asia, for
the Harrier; James Stinen, engineer, to the Cherub,
commissioned; W. Waterfield, engineer, to the Royal
George ; R. Sutherland, first-class assist.-engineer,
to the Cherub ; R. Phillips, first-class assist.-engi-
neer, to the Minstrel ; Alfred J. Allen, acting
second-class assist.-engineer, to the Cherub; M. G.
Moore, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the
Minstrel ; Staff-Commander Edward C. T. Youel,
to command the Industry ; Lieut. Charles H. Stir-
ling, to the Bellerophon ; Edward C. Smyth, mas-
ter additional, to the Cumberland for the Endy-
mion ; Sub-Lieut. Albert B. Jenkyns, to the Gla-
diator ; George A. Wells, chief engineer, to the
Barracouta ; James Cooper, chief engineer, to the
Amazon commissioned ; W. W. Hutton, second
master, to the Industry ; Dr. Pierce Mansfield,
surg., to the Amazon ; W. Roche (a), assist.-surg.,
to the Black Prince ; Dr. W. Yarde, assist.-surg.,
to the Industry ; 11. V. Forrest, assist.-paymaster-
. in-charge, to the Industry ; Edwin Hawke, engi-
neer, to the Amazon ; Henry Jones, engineer, to
the Industry ; J. Watson (b), first-class assist.-
engineer, to the Amazon ; T. Young, first-class
assist.-engineer, to the Industry ; T. G. Punnett,
first-class assist.-engineer, to the Industry ; and B.
R. King, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus-
try as supernumerary.

SAM. HOUSTON'S DEATH.—An interesting article
on Sam. Houston in the April number of Harper's
Magazine thus speaks of his death :—" But if
Houston's death where ended while adversity im-
pended over his country and his house he was not
without hope in the great future, where the only
war was punished by the expulsion of the Great
Enemy of mankind, and of Peace. He died, as he
had lived a number of years, a Calvinistic Baptist,
in full faith and fellowship with his church. His
last days were given to prayers for his distressed
family and country, and in spiritual preparation,
while yet on the narrew strip of land which sepa-
rates man from eternity.' These were his own
words. In the absence of a minister of his own de-
nomination, for several weeks before his dissolution,
he had the consolation of a Presbyterian divine,
with whom he had lately reconciled previous differ-
ence's. In the same manner he forgave all his ene-
mies, and he died as none but a Christian can die.
He left a widow and seven children, no one of whom
had obtained years of majority. He had owned a
few slaves. He no longer looked to them as a de-
pendence after the first gun was fired. His lands
are not available to his family. So that Houston
died, as Benton said, a public man ought to die--
poor. He had married late. His widow is a ster-
ling woman, who had greatly influenced and im-
proved his later years. In his darkest hours she
had been his best adviser."

GENERAL GRANT AND THE PRESIDENCY. —The
business of President making has begun in the
West. Already two influential Union papers in
Chicago have raised General Grant's name at the
head of their editorial columns for President in
1868, and we copy below a somewhat significant
article from the Galena Gazette—an old neighbour
and friend of the General's—indicating that he
would not be averse to the arrangement proposed :
—" From our knowledge of General Grant we feel
authorised in saying, that in the future, as in the
past, his position, and his opinions on all the great
questions which are convulsing the country, will be
made known as far as they can be through his
official acts. He will want no other platform to
stand upon before the American people than that
which he makes by such official acts and by his
military orders. They will be such as will show,
when the time comes, that the great masses of the
loyal people of this country can repose implicit
confidence in him. We know all his hopes and
sympathies are with the great and patriotic Union
party.of this country. In feeling and sentiment
he is thoroughly identified with the millions of
loyal people who, in the long years of war, and
carnage, and blood, gave their heart, their blood,
and their treasure to their country. He has
neither sympathy nor toleration for any party,
nor any set of men who were against the country
in its terrible time of trial and peril through which
it has safely passed. With no ambition but to
serve the interests of his country, guided by the
loftiest patriotism, looking to a regenerated nation,
now resting upon the basis of universal liberty,
all loyal and good men can now turn to him as their
reliance and hope. If the good of the nation de-
mand it, there can be no doubt that he will, at the
proper time, respond to the unanimous voice of
his loyal countrymen, and permit them to rally
under his banner, which will proVe no less
victorious in peace than it was in the storm-cloud
of war."

HIGH RATE OF MORTALITY AMONG LIQUOR
SELLERS.—The National Provident Institution, an
English life insurance company, has discontinued
issuing policies to publicans, owing to the high rate
of mortality among that class of citizens. The
statistics of its own actuary led to this action, which
is still further justified by the annual report of the
Manchester and Salford Licensed Victuallers' Asso-
ciation. This body numbers 481 members, and the
loss by death last year was 89, being a death-rate of
of about 80 in 1,000, while the death-rate for the
whole population of the country is 18, and for
trades considered unhealthy, such as shoemakers,
tailors, &c., only 15 in 1,000. These figures speak
for themselves, and show that the liquor traffic,
like Saturn, swallows its own children. This state
of things has been noticed before. The evidence
before a Parliamentary committee in 1853 brought
out the great mortality of liquor sellers, and up-
ward of ten years ago one of the Registrar-General's
annual reports contained statistical data, showing
that at every decennial period, reckoning from 25
years, the mortality among drink sellers was half
as much again as the average of all classes collec-
tively of men above twenty years of age.
CONCERNING JEFF. DAVIS.—A Fortress Monroe
correspondent of the New York Herald says that
Jeff. Davis's health continues good, and he keeps
up the same habits to which he has been accustomed
for soma time past, including his daily outdoor
exercise. He reads much, and keeps well posted
on passing events. An officer who recently under-
took to draw out the rebel ex-chieftain on Fenian-
ism met with a complete failure, as Jeff. had a very
mean opinion of the Fenian prospects. Jeff.,
through a great portion of his time disposed to' be
social and conversational, is frequently seized with
fits of sourness and reticence. He seldom alludes
to his trial,