The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-01 00:00:00

Customs of
Excise
Taxes

Post-office ..
Crown Lands

Miscellaneous

Stamps
Income Tax

Net increase on the quarter £212,290
This is highly satisfactory in the present state of

political affairs, and augurs well for our industria:
proficiency, evidencing beyond all doubt the won.

derful elasticity of our national resources.
The return for the year is equally manifest as to
its improvement, there being only a deficiency
of £1,190,143, notwithstanding that in the Pro-
perty-tax alone, the decrease amounts to £4,064,056,
so that the real increase on the year amounts to
£2,873,913, independently of other items. Now,

this clearly proves that with proper managemen'

we can do very well without a renewal of the odious
Income-tax. A tax en realised property is quite
another thing. But we see sinister hints given out

in certain interested quarters about the necessity
of the Income-tax, with villainous abuse of the
woeful condition of our financial deficiency, owing
to the mal-administration of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. The accusation is so totally at vari-
ance with truth that we shall not condescend to
waste another word upon it.
We well remember that on the breaking out of

the Russian war, now so memorable for its digrace-
ful beginning, stinted progress, and still more dis-
graceful termination, some of our then, and now our
present Ministers, wished us to pay not only the In-
come Tax, but also the current expellees of the war.
In fact one of them; the present redoubtable Secretary
for Foreign Affairs, went so far as to say, by way
of encouragement to the enemy, that England was
so highminded—so purely disinterested that she
would not take even so much as an acre of terri-

tory from the aggressive Russians ! What then
did we go to war for ? To protect Wurkey, and yet
do no harm to her invading and -0 nprincipled op-
pressor. The thing sounds so monstrous that the
Minister who could utter so base a statement ought
to have been impeached as an accessory in the In-

vasion of the Principalities.
Now as to the " blazoned" de:ficiency in our
finances it is " all moonshine !"—o aly paraded be-
fore the public gaze in order to fa miliarize it to a
renewal of the accursed Income Tax. No! If Mr.

GLADSTONE wants to make up an.y assumed defl- '
ciency let him get a loan in the present very '
favourable condition of the money market. The
interest of that loan will be a mere trifle, and the
improving state of the country will soon repay, not
only the principal of that loan but terve to pay off
()they incumbrances also.
What we want, above all thingE., is a stricter
management of our revenue IN ith ;a large diminu-
tion of our dead weight, such as pee sions and other
wasteful extravagancies, in evory department.
Now we have somewhere about th;•ee Generals for
every Regiment, and ten Admirals :for ever ship of
the line in commission ! This reckless squander-
ing of the public money, wrung from the poor
taxpayers, is a national abomination. We
do not begrudge our brave soldicws and sailors
their due reward, and even more when
fairly won; but we do object to that indiscriminate
promotion of lordlings, through coz.rupt influence,
in order
that, come what will, they limy be provided
for at the national expense. Let an. officer but get
on the list of Generals and he is provided for
life. On the same principle;
let a naval officer
be pushed on till he be posted amid he may sleep
for the rest of his easy life ; for his promotion
is all safe. If he be a man of meiit all the better
for his pride, his natural ambition will stimulate to
deeds of daring, and make tha nation proud
of his renown. But he can do• without these,
if he be only able to sign hip
quarterly re-
ceipt. And should such things be ',tolerated much
longer ? Let Lords PALM and RUSSELL
ERSTON'
look to it. The nation is up and stir.
ring. Let our
Rulers see that the Cup of Indigin tti .on be not suf-
fered to overflow—for in that case, :3a, one people may
have to drain the very dregs.

Our readers will perceive froml to-day's Sun
that a courteous correspondence has assed between
Lord Jour; RUSSELL and some star to ch Liberals of
the City of London respecting the,Ballot. Very
reasonably they thought his appeal: for re-election
on taking office a suitable time to -zscertain defi-
nitely the noble lord's position in .4 „regard to the
most important of all reforms—f lico one which
would create really independender k t ttonstituencies

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1859,

The Queen held an Investiture of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath yesterday afternoon.
At three o'clock the Knights Grand Cross passed into the
saloon, where they were called over by Bath King of Arms,
when the following answered, viz. :—General the Duke of
Cambridge, Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, General
Viscount Gough, General Sir George Pollock, the Earl of
Ellenborough, Lieut.-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart.,
General the Earl of Westmoreland, Right Hon. Sir H.
Seymour, General Sir Alexander Woodford, General Sir
John Fox Burgoyne, Bart., General Sir George Brown,
Lieut.-General Sir Richard England, General Sir Hew
Dalrymple Ross, Lord Panmure, the Earl of St. Germans,
the Right Hon. Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart., and
Earl Howden.

The Queen, the Sovereign of the Bath, and the Prince
Consort, Great Master of the Order ; were conducted by
the Officers of Stat© to the White Drawing-room. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness both wore the Mantle and
the Collar of the Bath.

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine was introduced, pre-
ceded by Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of
the Order, when her Majesty, assisted by the Prince Con-
sort, invested his Lordship with the Riband, Badge, and
Star of a Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division) of the Bath.
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour was introduced, re •
ceived the honour of knighthood from the Queen with the
sword of state, and was invested by her Majesty with the
Riband and Badge, and also the Star of a Knight Grand
Cross.
The Earl of Malmesbury was introduced, had the honour
of knighthood conferred upon him by the Sovereign with
the sword of state, and was invested by the Queen, assisted
by the Prince Consort, with the Riband, Badge, and Star of
a Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division).
The Right Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington,
Bart., was introduced, received the honour of knighthood
from her Majesty with the sword of state, and was invested
with the Riband, Badge, and Star of a Knight Grand Cross
(Civil Division).
General Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart., General Sir

William Maynard Gomm, and General Sir Robert William
Gardiner, were introduced, and were severally invested by
her Majesty, assisted by the Prince Consort, with the
Riband, Badge, and Star of the First Class of the Order.
The following Knights Commanders, viz., Colonel
John Douglas, 79th Regiment ; Major-General Henry
George Roberts, Inspector-General of Hospitals, Dr. John
Macandrew, General Henry Wyndham, and Lieutenant-
General John Aitchison, were severally introduced, received
from the Sovereign the honour of Knighthood, and were in-
vested by her Majesty with the Insignia of the Military
Division of the Second Class of the Order.
The following Companions of the Bath were severally in-
troduced, and received from the Queen their respective deco-
rations in the Military'and Civil Divisions of the Third Class
of the Bath, viz.:—captain Ed ward Southwell Sotheby,
; Colonel Charles Hagart, unattached, late 7th Hus-
sars ; Lieutenant-Colonel William Alexander Middleton,
Royal Artillery ; Colonel Henry Richmond Jones, Gth
Dragoon Guards ; Colonel Michael William Smith, 3d Dra-
goon Guards; Lieutenant-Colonel J. Dodington Carmichael,
32,1 Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Nicholson,
Royal Engineers ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Russell,
Bart., 7th Hussars ; Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Lightfoot,
84th Regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Gascoigno
Bulwer, 23d Regiment ; Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart,
R.N. ; Captain Sir Frederick William Erskine Nicolson,
Bart., R.N. ; Lieutenant- Colonel Arthur Sandys Stowell
Walsh, Royal Marines ; Captain Edmund Gardiner Fish-
bourne, R.N. ; Paymaster-in-Chief David James Simpson,
R.N. (Civil) ; Paymaster William David Jeans, R.N.
(Civil) Secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour ;
and Mr. John Edye, F.R.S., late Assistant-Surveyor of the
Navy (Civil).
Before the investiture Viscount Bury had an audience of
the Queen, kissed hands upon his appointment as Treasurer
of her Majesty's Household, and received from the Queen
his wand of office.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AT HARROW

The Harrow Speech-day for 1859 was honoured
by the presence of his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales. Though the announcement of his visit
was only made a few hours beforehand, great zeal
was manifested by the School and by the inhabi-
tants of the quiet village of Harrow in making such
preparations as time allowed for the due reception
of the illustrious guest. The weather was most
propitious, and nothing was wanting to render the
festival complete. The Prince of Wales arrived at
the gates of the school at 1 o'clock, and was re-
ceived there by the Head Master, who conducted
his Royal Highness to the Speech-room, where a
numerous company awaited his arrival. Among the
guests were his Excellency the Swedish Minister,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and the
Ladies Hamilton, the Earl and Countess of Claren-
don and Lady Constance Villiers, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Gosford, the Earl and Countess Spencer,
the Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary
Stanhope, the Countess Dowager Spencer and Lady
Sarah Spencer, the Earl and Countess of Galloway
and Lady Helen Stewart, the Earl and Countess of
Mayo and Lady Margaret Bourke, Viscount New-
port and Lady Mary Clive, Viscount Somerton,
Viscount Strangford, Viscount Campden, Viscount
Valletort and Lady Katharine Valletort, the Bishop
of Durham and Miss Longley, the Bishop of Lich-
field and Miss Lonsdale, the Bishop of Oxford, the
Bishop of Argyll and the Isles, Lord and Lady
Robert Cecil, Lord Lyttelton, Lord and Lady
Wensley-dale, Lord Glenelg, Lord Henniker, Lord
and Lady Hatherton, Lady Radstock and the Hon.
Miss Waldegrave, Lord Radstock, Lord Ebury,
Count Strzlecki, the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P.,
Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, M.P., Right Hon.
H. U. Addington, Right Hon. Sir W. Somerville,
M.P., Sir M. Ridley, M.P., the Governor of Bar-
badoes, Miss Burdett Coutts, the Dean of St. Pauls
and Mrs. Milman, the Dean of Wells, Sir J. Paxton,
M.P., Sir J. Lacaita, Lady Hislop, General Sir T.
FrankS, General Tremenheere, General Scott, Sir
H. Rawlinson, Lady Havelock and the Misses
-Havelock, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge and
Mrs. Bateson, Sir John and Lady Catherine
Boileau, Mr. W. M. Thackeray, the Hon. Colonel
Wrottesley and the Hon. Miss Wrottesley, the
Hon. C. Howard, Mr. A. J. Beresford Hope,
Colonel Tombs, Sir Morton Peto, M.P., Mr. Tom
Taylor, &c.
The following was the order of the speeches and
prize recitations :
Pretor.

LATIN ALCAICS.
" Cyrus Babylonem ingreditur."
Hardcastle c Rosalind.
Steel ( Orlando.... 1 Shakspeare.
Bosanquct Dc Corana Demosthenes.
Burnett (ITn Commissaire
Currey .. I I arprgon 1 Moliere.
Mr. Stanhope.— Maitre Jaques
LATIN ESSAY FOR THE PEEL MEDAL.
"Armiuius post cladem Varianam suos alloquitur."
Stow Brackenbury 1 Shakspeare.
Hensley . ( Clarence
Gillespie M. Catilinam Cicero.
Ridley. ENGLISH I'oEM.
" The Fairies."

Cruikshank. Neptune:. -
5t0w.....
Hensley Triballus
Ridley Hercules ..
Cruikshank. ENGLISH ESSAY. •
"The Characters of Virgil."
Steel Childe Harold Byron.
Pretor. 1 LATIN HEXAMETERS.
Ridley. j
" 0 imitat4res, servum peons ! ut mihi sDepe
" Bilepa, wipe jocum, vestri movere tumultus !"
Cruikshank. Mr. Oldbuck
Mr. Stanhope.... Sir Arthur Wardour 1 Scott.
Lang .. Mr. Lovell
Stow. GREEK. PROSE FOR THE HOPE PRIZE.
Translation from Berkeley's " Minute Philosopher."
Pretor Belshazzar's Feast Arnold.
Currey. LATIN PROSE FOR THE GREGORY MEDAL.
Translation from Macaulay's " History of England."
Eyre Defence of Stockdale Erskine.
Pretor. GREEK lAMBIC VERSE.
Translation from "The Merchant of Venice."
Lang. To the Electors of Plymouth-Canning.
Boyle. Emmaisx POEM.
"The Fairies."
Burnett r Captain Absolute
Currey I Sir A. Absolute' 1 Sheridan.
Mr. Stanhope. 4eeld Medal for Mathematics.
Gillespie. Second Prize for Mathematics.
Craig. Prize for Euclid.
Bolitho. Prize for Arithmetic.
Graham. Botfield Medal for Modern Languages.
Clive, sen. Ebrington Prize for Modern Languages.

1. Rogers. - .
2. Bray. ) Prizes for Proficiency in Natural Science
Argles, sen j

'l. AiOes, jun.- I Fifth Form Prizes for Latin Prose.
2. Devas.
After the speeches the Prince of Wales was con-
ducted to the School Chapel, newly completed and
fitted with windows of stained glass, by M. Lusson
(of Paris), Mr. Wailes, and other eminent artists,
partly in commemoration of the Harrow officers
who fell in the Crimea and in India. After in-
specting the chapel the Prince returned to the
Head Master's house, where he was entertained at
i luncheon in the school dining-hall. At an early
hour in the afternoon his Royal Highness quitted
Harrow on his return to Buckingham Palace,
amidst the cheers of the school, who had assem-
bled to witness his departure.

ROYAL
,ITALIAN OPERA.—At Covent Garden,
last evening, Mozart's magnificent opera, "Don Giovanni,"
was performed, being the last time but one that Mr. Gye's
arrangements will admit of its being represented during
the present season. Madame Grisi was the Donna Anna,
Madame Penco, Zerlina; Mario, the Don; Ronconi,
Leporello ; and Tamberlk,
.Don Ottavio. The singing of
all the talented artistes, in this opera, is so well known,
that all we can say is, that it was as splendidly given as on
former occasions. At Drury Lane, also, Mozart's chef
cr teuvre was represented last night with very great success.
The cast was as follows :—Donna Anna, Mdllo Titiens ;
Donna Elvira, Madlle. Vaneira ; Zerlina, Mdlle. Picco-
lomina ; Don Giovanni, Signor Badiali ; Leporello, Signor
Marini ; Il Commendatore, Signor Lanzoni ; Masette,
Signor Castelli ; and Don Ottavio, Signor Giuglird. Both
performances attracted very brilliant and fashionahloz?
audiences. This evening the fascinating Piccolomim
appears as Violetta, in Verdi's " Traviata." E. T. Smith's
benefit we see is announced for the 6th of July. The
novelty at Covent Garden, to-morrow evening, will be. the
production for the first time these two years of
" I Puritani," in which Madame Penco will sustain, for
the first time in England, the part of Elvira. The revival
cannot fail to prove highly attractive.
THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.—Her Majesty, the
Prince Consort, the King of the Belgians, Count de Flan-
dres, Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Miss Kerr, Lord
Camoys, Major Burnell, Lord Colville, and the Hon; Cap;.
De Ros, honourel this theatre with their presence last
last evening.