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THE SUN,9 'LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1859.

most monstrous things ever heard of," said Mr. (
BRIGHT, " and probably has never been dreamt of
in any country but this, that we should have an
extended empire, abounding in colonies, such as
Canada and Australia, where the people are in-
finitely better off than we are, and yet should con-
tribute not a single farthing in any shape either to
the sums necessary for paying the interest of the
national debt incurred in past wars, or for the naval
and military service of the home country. If they
are to be parts of the empire, and allowed to demand
military succour, I do not say even in time of war,
but in time of peace—regiments upon their shores
and fleets upon their waters—l say every farthing
of the cost they ought to defray themselves." Well
—happily for the Imperial exchequer, happily for
the over-taxed people of the United Kingdom—all
this is pretty much the feeling of our administra-
tors. Scarcely has Mr. BRIGHT resumed his seat
after this rhetorical outburst of economic and
patriotic indignation, when the Colonial Seci•etary
rises for the purpose of uttering a few quiet and
pithy words of commentary. "The Hon. Member for
Birmingham," said Sir BITLIVER LYTTON, "has not
perfectly comprehended the overtures made to the
colonies with respect to the expense of their naval
and military defence. In 1856 Sir War. DENISON
proposed a plan for the naval and military defence of
Australia. According to that plan he proposed that
the colony should be at all the expense of the naval
force required for purely colonial defence, and
that the Imperial Government should pay the
cost of what was necessary for imperial pur-
poses. In fact," added the right hon. baronet, "it
has been the object both of my predecessors and
myself to urge upon the colony the necessity of
contributing largely towards its defence.7 Rational
economists, and enlightened statesmen, as well as
naval and military men, are all, long since, agreed
about this. They are agreed as perfectly as they
are also happily long since agreed, that it is no
false economy to maintain in time of peace efficient
naval and military establishments. Mr. BRIGHT,
of course, is an exception. So also are those
who sympathise with his peace-at-any-price fanta-
sies. But rational economists we maintain are
altogether of a different opinion. They recognise
the wisdom of acting up to the recommendation of
he old adage—Si cm pacenz pars bellunz. Hence

it is in the interest of peace that, according to the
heroic motto of the NAPIERS, we should be " Ready,
aye Ready." Hence it is with a view to the main-
tenance of peace that QUEEN VICTORIA, in her
Speech from the Throne on the re-opening of Par-
liament, announced the prospective reconstruction
of the Royal Navy of England—and upon the
occasion of her MAJESTY'S first levee this season,
with her gentle womanly hand, she gave the
knightly accolade to Sir WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
the inventor of that terrible rifle cannon, which is
the deadliest implement of war yet contrived by
man ; and for the manufacture of which, as rapidly
as possible, unlimited orders—still in the interests
of peace—have emanated from her BRITANNIC
MAJESTY'S Government.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Her Majesty the Queen held an Investiture of the Mosi
Ancient Order of the Thistle yesterday afternoon at Buck•
inghant Palace.

The Queen, wearing the Mantle of the Order of green
velvet, together with the Collar, was conducted by the Lord
Chamberlain to the Throne-room, in which the Chapter was
held. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Prince Consort
(who wore the Mantle and Collar of the Thistle), and was
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of her court.
The band of the Foot Guards, on duty with the Guard of
Honour in front of the Palace, played the National Anthem
as her Majesty passed to her seat.
The Knights of the Thistle were called over by the Secre-
tary, and entered the Throne-room wearing the Mantleand
Collar of the Order. There were present the Marquis of
Tweeddale, the Earl of Rosebery, the Duke of Montrose,
and the Duke of Athol].
The officers of the Order in attendance were the Secretary,
Sir John Stewart Richardson, Bart., and the Gentleman
Usher of the Green Rod, Frederic Peel Round, Esq.
The Knights, by the Queen's command, took their seats
at the Chapter table, and her Majesty's pleasure was sig-
nified touching the election of a Knight into the Order.
, The Knights proceeded to the election, the Suffrages
were collected by the Secretary, and by him, kneeling, were
presented to the Sovereign.

The Queen declared "the most Honourable Archibald
Marquis of Ailsa had been duly elected a Knight of the most
ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle."
The Marquis of Ailsa was received at the door of the
Chapter -room by the two Junior Knights, and, supported
on the right by the Duke of Montrose and on the left by
the Duke of Atholl, was conducted to her Majesty, preceded
by the Secretary (bearing the ensigns of the Order on a
cushion) and by the Usher of the Green Rod.
The Sword of State was presented by the Prince Consort
to the Queen, the Marquis of Ailsalmelt down, and had the
honour of Knighthood conferred upon him by her Majesty.
His lordship kissed the Sovereign's hand.
The Marquis rising, the Secretary administered the oath
to him. Lord Ailsa again knelt ; the Secretary then, pre-
sented the Riband and Jewel of the Order, which the Queen,
assisted by his Royal Highness the Senior Knight, placed
over the left shoulder of the noble marquis. His lordship
again kissed hands, and afterwards received the congratu-
lations of the Prince Consort and the other Knights of the
Order.

The Chapter being ended the Knights Brethren were
again called over, and withdrew from the royal presence.
Albert W. Woods, Esq. (Lancaster Herald), the deputy-
secretary, was present.

The Queen and Prince Consort honoured the performance
at the Haymarket Theatre with their,presence last evening.
The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Caledon, Hon.
Lucy Kerr, Viscount Strathallan, Col. Biddulph, and Col.
the Hon. A. Harding°.
The Prince Consort, attended by Col. the Hon. A. Har-
dinge, rode on horseback yesterday morning, and visited
the British Institution.

THE MALTA An) CAGLIARI TELEGRAPH.—We
are sorry it /report another interruption to the line of tele-
graphic wire between Malta and Cagliari. By a telegram
dated yesterday, from the last-named place, we learn that
communication ceased at two o'clock on the morning of the
6th, and that the fault in the cable was apparently further
off thin last time:

THE PENTIN•§UtAit MAILS.-SOUTHAMPTON,
March 7.=Thce lieninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Tagus, Captain Hall, sailed hence to-day, with the
mails for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon, eight passengers,
£1,500 in sovereigns for Liston, and a general cargo. The
Alhambra, Cartnin Steward, is due on Friday next, with
the mails from the abovenamed ports.

The Independance) of Brussels, states that Prince
Napoleon has ryivea aders that a complete hydrographical
survey of the Rea Sea shall be eommenced in the spring.
Caphlth Itussell, formerly aide-de-camp to Admiral Par-
ceval Deschenes, will be charged to superintend the
operations.

It has been intimated that, looking to the fact
that by the Fraudulent Trustees Act lately passed the
offence for which 11r. Strahan and Sir John Paul were
sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment would now be visited
by a punishment limited to three years, the infliction in
their case will be commuted to a period of four years.
Their liberation will, consequently, take place in October
next.

MR. GLADSTONE.—We have reason to believe
the return home of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone will
take place sooner than was expected. A letterwas received
in London yesterday from Pans in which the right hon.
gentleman expressed it to be his intention tot save the
French capital last evening, so as to be in town to-day, in
order to take his seat in the House of Commons at the
meeting of the house this afternoon. Mrs. and Miss Glad-
stone accompany the right hon. gentleman; also his private
secretary, Mr. Lacaita, and the Hon. Arthur Gordon, son
of the Earl of Aberdeen, who was attached to the mission
of the right hon. gentleman to Corfu.

Two FEMALES FOUND DROWNED.—Yesterday
Mr. Woodman, the chief constable of the parish of Cam-
berwell, waited upon Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey,
with information that two females had been found drowned
in the Grand Surrey Canal. The bodies were taken to the
deadheuse at the workhouse to await the coroner's inquiry
and to be identified.

FATAL STREET ACClDENT.—Yesterday an inquiry
was instituted by Mr. Wakley, at the Royal p ree Hospital,
into the circumstances attending the death of a man named
Chapman, aged 23, who while crossing Margaret-street, in
a state of intoxication, was run over by a four-wheel cab,
and received such severe injuries to his head and neck that
he died soon afterwards. Verdict—Accidental death.
TORTURE IN PERSIA.--Letters from Teheran,
dated New Year's-day, mention that his Majesty the Shah
had applied torture of the most revolting barbarity to ex-
tort moneys out of the brother and nephew of the late dis-
graced Minister, the Sader Azam, which had had the effect
of making them disgorge about £50,000, but that his Ma-
jesty would not rest content until this sum was doubled.
SCENE IN A SCOTCH CHURCH.—There was a
scene in the parish church of Keith on Sunday last,
which rather astonished the minister and congregation.
Just as the minister was about pronouncing the bene-
diction, a young man stood up in the middle of the church,
and proclaimed with an audible voice, that the girl who
stood by his side was his wife, and forthwith placed
on her hand the marriage ring, emblem of the union be-
tween Donald Coutts and Jessie Rose. They are a good-
looking young couple. Jessie, it is said, had been under
enagement to another Lothario, who would have forbidden
the banns; hence the necessity of making short work.
They are both strangers, though presently residing in
Keith, and belong, we believe, to Strathspey. Coutts is a
carpenter by trade.—Banifshire Journal.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CAMBERWELL—An
alarming and destructive fire broke out on Sunday night,
shortly before 12 o'clock, and which for nearly hours illu •
minated the southern side of the metropolis, destroying in
its progress a great amount of property. The scene of its
operation was Diamond-place, Southampton-street, Cam-
berwell, and the premises in which the disaster commenced
were in the tenure of Mr. Crouch, a furniture dealer. The
engines from Southwark-bridge-road, Waterloo-road, Far-
ringdon-street, and other stations, were soon in attendance,
but the firemen were unable to get the flames under until
the premises and their contents were destroyed. The origin
of the fire is unknown.

DREADFUL DEATH OF AN OLD MAN BY FIRE.-
-Yesterday Mr. Wakley held an inquest at the Royal Free
Hospital on John Crane, aged 64, who met his death by fire
under the following dreadful circumstances. The deceased
was a person of very eccentric habits, and at the same time
given to drink. On the day of the shocking event, about
midnight, his fellow lodgers were alarmed by his cries for
help, and upon getting out of their beds to see what was the
matter, they found him standing on one of the upper land-
ings enveloped in flames, the whole of his clothes being on
fire. They extinguished the fire as quick as possible, but
not before the sufferer was burned in a frightful manner.
He was conveyed to the hospital, where everything that
medical skill could do was resorted to to save his life; but
he gradually sank and soon died. It could not be proved
how the fire originated. An open verdict as to the origin
of the fatal occurrence was recorded.
COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.—LOSS OF THE
THALIA, STEAMSHIP.—A telegram was posted at Lloyd's
on Saturday afternoon, from Dartmouth, announcing that
a very serious collision had taken place in the Channel
between the Thalia, iron screw steamship, and the Beagle,
Captain. Barter, bound to Oporto, which resulted in the
foundering of the Thalia, with a valuable cargo. The
collision took place early in the morning, about 30 miles
S.W. of the Eddystone Lighthouse. The steamer was
making her way up Channel, from Cadiz, for the Thames,
and the brig was bound down. Both ships sustained con-
siderable damage, and such was the injury the Thalia had
received, that the pumps could not keep her free of water,
and she went down in some 40 fathoms ; the crew suc-
ceeded in getting on board the Beagle. The latter lost her
bowsprit, her cutwater and stern were crushed, with other
damage, and she sprang an extensive leak. She succeeded,
however, in reaching Dartmouth in the course of the fore-
noon. Wine formed a great portion of the Thalia's cargo,
and her loss will involve a large amount.
CHARGE OF ROASTING A MAN TO DEATH ON
BOARD A STEAMER.—John Buchanan, chief engineer of
the screw steamer Bogota (just arrived at Liverpool from
the Pacific), was charged before the local magistrates yes •
terday with causing the death of a stoker (Thos. Launder),
by having him tied to a ladder in front of the 'furnace on
board the above vessel. The outrage was reported to the
police authorities on Sunday by several persons who had ar-
rived in the Bogota, and no time was lost in the apprehension
of the prisoner. Mr. Clough (superintendent of police)
stated that, so far as he had at present been informed,
Launder had disobeyed some orders, and when about five
hours' sail from Rio the prisoner instructed the second en-
gineer to tie Launder to an iron ladder in front of the fur-
nace. The heat was fearful, and in half an hour Launder
died (as the doctor on board said) of apoplexy. His body
was thrown overboard without removing the clothes, and
before the doctor had examined it. At the request of Mr.
Aspinall, barrister, the case was remanded until next day,
bail for Buchanan's appearance being refused.
FATAL AFFRAY IN MANCHESTER.—A few mi-
nutes before one o'clock on Sunday morning a policeman
received information that two men had just been stabbed in
Spinning-field. He went to the spot and found the men,
one in the house No. '59, and the other in the street a short
distance off. The constable immediately fetched Mr. Hand-
cock, surgeon, Bridge-street, who pronounced one man to
be dead, and the other was removed in a cab to the ILJyal
Infirmary. A youth, named John Brown, who saw the
affray, states that he was going home about half-past 12 on
Saturday night, when he noticed there was a disturbance
in Spinning-field. He went to the spot, and found that a
man and woman, named John Mackie and Jane Cooper,
were quarrelling in the house No. 59. Mackie accused the
woman of having stolen his handkerchief as he was going
home along the street, and he wanted it back. She denied
having it, and they then stepped out of the house, when the
woman struck Mackie on the head with a candlestick. The
occupier of the house, John Wharrior, came out, and asked
Mackie where his coat was. Mackie replied angrily, and
Wharrior struck him. Mackie then rushed at his assailant,
with a shoemaker's knife in his hand, and in the struggle
Wharrior was stabbed in the back. The injured man was
carried into the house, and the woman Cooper, with a man
named Benson, followed Mackie. Cooper carried a poker,
with which she struck Mackie, who kept running backwards
holding the open knife before him. The woman also got up
to hint and struck him in the face. Benson then attempted
'to seize the knife. Mackie and he struggled together, and
Benson was stabbed several times in the abdomen and thigh.
He ran a few yards, then fell down, and died in a few
minutes. Mackie was appreehended shortly afterwards in
his own house. He lives at No. 54, Spinning-field, and is
a shoemaker. He said he had done all in self-defence. The
deceased was a married man, a joiner, and lived in lodgings
in the same street. The injuries received by Wharrior are
not dangerous.—Manchester Guardian.
THE MINISTERS OF SOULOUQUE.—After the
Emperor himself had escaped a mob surrounded the Con-
sulate, where some of the ex-Ministers had taken refuge.
For three days and nights the mob guarded in all directions
every door and possible means of escape. -At length, on the
night of the 17th, a fire broke out in the city, and the idea
was suggested to the multitude to set fire to the Consulate,
and thus compel the refugees to come forth. Hearing this,
the French Charge d'Affaires, utterly exhausted and worn
out, with the full consent of the British Consul, sent off a
boat to the Melbourne, requesting Captain M'Crea to come
to his immediate assistance. Within half an hour 150 men
of the Royal Artillery, commanded by Captain M'Crea,
landed, and, marching in perfect order and silence up two
different streets, closed round the Consulate and separated
the crowd from the building. In an instant the savage yells
which had predominated gave way to doubt and wonder.
The Ministers of the new Government, having been in-
formed of the landing of the British troops, galloped down
from the palace in full uniform, escorted by troops, when,
on questioning the officer commanding the Royal Artillery,
and receiving his explanation, the Minister replied that,
under the extraordinary circumstances of the country, the
British officer had acted perfectly right, and he was thanked
in the name of the President. A conference was at once
held at the Consulate, and the Republic accepted the respon-
sibility of guarding the building, and a proclamation was
issued warning the people not to surround it. Captain
M'Crea, as the result of this arrangement, re-embarked his
troops, and the Consulate was guarded by the troops of the
Republic. On the two following nights the Ministers of the
ex-Emperor escaped in disguise.
METROPOLITAN TOLL AND ROAD REFORM.—

A lengthy statement has been submitted to the chairman of
the Metropoliten Toll Commission (Lord Eversley), on the
state of the roads, and the best means of keeping them in an
efficient state of repair. It appears that the destruction of
the roads is attributable to the formation of the carriage
wheels, and therefore it is politic that the toll on carriages
should be maintained as at present, being regulated by the
shape and breadth of the wheel. Bearing this object in
view, as a patent caoutchouc wheel, invented by Mr. Davies,
by reason of its moderate cost, promises extensive applica-
tion, and to encourage the use of such wheels, as well as to
mete out equality in the law, it is proposed that carriages
with caoutchouc wheels, for business or pleasure, be not
liable to tax or toll. It is then essayed to show the destrue •
tion committed on the roads by iron-tyred wheels, and re-
ference is made to the narrow roadways in corroboration—
instancing the north end of Chancery-lane, New-Street, St.
Martin's-lane, and other places—showing that in these nar-
row ways, where the horse is compelled to keep. in the centro
of the road, the sides are worn into ruts, and require fre-
quent repairing, whilst the centre remains good and per-
fect. The method of throwing down loads of broken granite
or flint, for the roads to be made by the traffic, is described
as "barbarous and inhuman," by reason of the cruelty to
the horse, causing lameness and other calamities. The ad-
vantages of caoutchouc wheels are then stated to be, that
the formation of good roads would result as a measure of
polio), and necessity. The rolling machine would effect
this instead of the carriage wheels, and as the material
(caoutchouc), going over the ground like a soft cushion, is
not destructive, the roads would be much cleaner than they
now are, and an immense amount would be Annually saved
to the country in toad-snaking.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Iteuter's office :

PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 8.

The Constitutionnel publishes an article, signed
by its political director, A. Renee, on the recent
article of the Moniteur. It explains that the publi-
cation of the Moniteur article must not be regarded
as a retrograde movement (reculade), caused by the
crusade which an active propaganda had succeeded
in raising against the Emperor in Germany, as
some persons have asserted.
The article proceeds thus :—" Government has
loyally submitted to European diplomacy the
charge of discovering a means to solve the different
political differences of the day. The Emperor has
expressed his hope that the solution will be peace-
ful, and when such a declaration is made by a
Government which is well assured of its own power,
it ought to be believed, and not regarded with sus-

icion as an instance of reticence or weakness.
The Moniteur of this morning contains the fol

lowing decree :
" Our well loved cousin Prince Napoleon ceases,
at his own request, to be entrusted with the port-
folio of Minister for Algeria and the Colonies."
Prince Napoleon had already, on Saturday last,
tendered his resignation in the Council as Minister
of Algeria and the Colonies, which, however, was
then rejected by the Emperor. The Prince yes-
terday repeated his request, and the Emperor
acceded. Both the Prince and the Emperor, how-
ever, are on the best footing towards one another,
and the Emperor is stated to have said that he
understands aid honours the sacrifices of the Prince.
Count Prosper de Chasseloup, Loubat, deputy, and
manager of the Western Railway, has been ap-
pointed successor to the Prince on the Prince's own
proposition.

HANOVER, MONDAY, MARCH 7.

The Minister of Finance has published a decree
prohibiting, in pursuance of the treaty with the
Zollverien the exportation of horses from the king-
dom to thee countries lying on the Zollverein
frontiers.

CORFU, MARCH 2.

The ordinary Parliamentary season for the busi-
ness of the budget has been opened. The Lord
High Commissioner has announced to the Deputies
his intention of making a journey of inspection
through the islands.

VENICE, MARCH 6.
A demonstration of no importance against the
visitors to the bal masque has taken place here.

VIENNA, MONDAY, MARCH 7.

The Vienna papers of this day criticise in a
sceptical spirit the recent important article in the
Moniteur.

Lord Cowley will probably take his departure
hence on Thursday next.
Five per Cent. Metallic-Ines rose today to 75f. 60c.

BERNE, MARCH 7.

The circular note of the Federal Council to the
European Powers states that Switzerland will, in
case war should break out, defend with all her
power as well her own integrity and neutrality as
also that of Savoy, the neutrality of which has also
been guaranteed by treaties.
The military and financial departments have
been ordered to commence all necessary preliminary
works.

In case the signs of approaching war should
become more threatening, the Federal Diet is to be
forthwith convoked."

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.

Mr. Gladstone leaves this evening for England

Lord Brougham arrived here on Saturday, and
leaves to-day for his seat at Cannes, where he re-
mains till after the Easter holidays.

The first day's procession of the Bceuf-Gras took
place yesterday with all the ceremonial which tra-
dition has consecrated. The weather being ex-
ceedingly mild and spring-like, an immense crowd
thronged the Boulevards and all the leading
thoroughfares. Everywhere the procession was
attended by a vast number of sight-seers, whom
the spectacle appeared to amuse highly. A de-
tachment of the mounted municipal guard opened
the cortege, then came a certain number of run-
ners in rich dresses of red and green embroidered
with the arms of the city of Paris : next, a band
of forty musicians, dressed as musketeers ; then a
certain number of cavalry, serving as a guard of
honour to M. Meeh, the purchaser of the oxen ex-
hibited this year, and M. Aveline, the person who
bred them, both of whom rode in plain clothes.
Next were seen a large body of horsemen in varied
costumes, representing the inhabitants of various
nations of the world, preceding the car on which
the hero of the day, the illustrious Bastien, was
borne along amidst the gaze of many thousands
of admirers. At the corners of the car stood four
brawny figures with club in hand, and clad in
crimson mantles, representing the sacrificing priests
of old. Then came another body of horsemen, fol-
lowed by the mythological car drawn by six horses.
Aloft sat Father Time, Venus, Cupid, and several
other of the deities of Olympus. Behind came
another body of horsemen clad in rich fancy
dresses, while another party of the municipal guard
closed the procession. The cortege was about
eight hours in making its wide-spread round, as it
left the abattoir at eleven, and did not return to its
starting point until seven in the evening.
BOURSE, March 7.—The market has been very
buoyant, and a further rise has taken place in secu-
rities of all kinds, as hopes of a speedy termination
of diplomatic differences are sanguinely entertained.
Threes have been done at 69fr. loc., improved to
G9fr. 50c. Mobilier varied from 810 fr. to 830 fr.
Austrian, 557 fr. 50c. to 555 fr.; Lombardo-Vene-
tian, 520 fr, to 525 fr.: Lyons, 842 fr. 50c. to 825 fr.
to 50c. ; Orleans, 1,345 fr. to 1,355 fr. ; Southern,
522 fr. 50c. to 5271 r. 50c. ; Northern, 940 fr. to 945 fr.
The following are the last quotations :

41 per Cents. .... 95 70 Credit Fancier 645
I
Do. end month .. Belgian 41 99k
3 per Cents. 69 101 Piedmonteso (5)
Do. end month.... 69 25 Roman B6
Bank Shares 2BOO Austrian —
Credit 111obilier .. 812 50 Spanish Threes
Do. Account