The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-27 00:00:00

STATUE OF THE LATE GENERAL
SIR JOHN NEILL.

Yesterday a duplicate copy of the statue of this
gallant and lamented officer was successfully cast at
the statue foundry of Messrs. Robinson and Cottam,
Pimlico. The one which has been already executed
is for erection in the town of Ayr, Sir John Neill's
native place ; that cast yesterday is destined for
Madras. Both are of heroic size, and represent
General Neill in the dress which he wore when he
received his mortal wound at the gate of Lucknow,
when he, with Havelock, made his second and suc-
cessful effort to relieve the heroic little garrison of
that city. The statue is said to possess all that
strong individuality of resemblance, with the bold-
ness of attitude and outline which are so charac.?
teristic of Mr. Noble's works. The pose is at
once dignified and commanding, and without any of
that straining after effect which so often mars the
beauty of these public memorials.. The whole figure
impresses the spectator as being a natural and dig-
nified likeness of one of our most gallant soldiers.
One arm rests easily upon the handle of the sword,
while the other extended in the act of directing the
execution of so.i.e order, harmonizes well with the
reserved though firm and most energetic expression
of the features. At the foot of the figure in the
background is a broken cannon, which the military
cloak of the General just touches in easy folds.
More towards the front, on the ground, is one of the
light pith helmits in general wear among the officers
in India. These slight accessories aid the general
effect, with* at all distracting the attention froth the
figure itself. Both the statue at Madras and that at
Ayr will be placed on pedestals of granite, with a small
bas-relief in front, representing in detail the rapid
advance of the succouring army upon the principal
gate of Lueknow a few minutes before General
Neill was shot dead. Beneath this plaque the fol-
lowing inscription is intended to bo placed :--
" James George. Smith Neil, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp
to the Queen, lieutenant-Colonel in the Madras
Army, ,Brigadier-General -in India, -a brave; reso-
lute, and self-reliant soldier, universally acknow-
ledged as the first who stemmed the torrent of re-
bellion in Bengal. He fell gloriously at the relief
of Lucknow, 25th September, 1857, aged 47," At
the back of the pedestal will be cut, " Erected by
Public subscription, 1859." The cast of the Madras
figure was made yesterday with the same rapidity,
and, as far as could then be judged, with the same
success which-has always distinguished the works
at this foundry. Both figures are well calculated
to maintain the reputation which Mr. Noble has
already achieved.

The Cowl-tea 'de Mantijo, 'mother of the Empress,
has arrived in Paris. ' " ;•
The Ocea" Queen, from New 7/ork, has brought
£300,000, of which about a third is for England, and is
chiefly comPo'sed 'of Mexican &liars. The gold, about
£20,000; goes 'abroad. . • „ '7. . ,
MANILLA.—The American ship. Juan Fernandez,
which sailed from Manilla forßOSton On the 9th of June,
struck on the 'Apol 'shoal,. S.W. of Mindcirs,' on the 15th.
She backed off shortly afterwards, and foundered on the
13th inst., when on her way back to Manilla,
MADAME GlonDkiiMlDV.s CONCEETS IN DUBLIN.
—Mr. Nimmo (Mr. Mitchell's acting 'manager), so well
known there in Cormection with the visit of the Christy's
Minstrels, has arrived in. town, and is making rapid prepa-
rations for the appearance of the, above gifted lady. on the
27th and 28th Sept. The tickets; for, the oratorio-arp nearly
eatatlten, although at the high prethium'bf a'guirtea.
ELECTION ExEEN,sEs.-The electiou auditor's re-
turn of the expenses incurred by thellon. Fitzpatrick
Vernon, thounsuccessful Liberal candidate at the late con-
test for North Northamptorishire, shows that the convey- •
ance of voters cost £ll3 13s. ld., printing, stationery, &c.;
£B6 19s. 10d. '•, committeeirooms and. hotel bills, £53 7s. ;
agency, £335 9s. 2d. ; official charge", 413 2sllBd. ; election ,
auditors fee, Commission; &C., £24-6s. making a total of
1749 17s. 9d. The' expenditure of Lordiiurghley and Mr.
George Ward Hunt; the successful Conservative candidates,
was greatly in excess of this amount.- • •
THE LATE SUICIDE AT SOMERS,TOWN'.—Cono-
NEWS INQUEST,..7-Yesterday Mir. Wakley, coroner, held an
inquest at the,University Botel,,GoWer-street, on the body.
of Ann Susan Beggs, aged 3/, wife of a wood carver living,
at 70, Charlton-street, Somers-town, who committed suicide
by throwing herself out of an attic. window.. The jury after
-some consultation returned the following verdict :—" That
deceased destroyed herself in a state of temporary insanity,
which •act of desperation was attributable to her husband's
grossly wieked and ,immoral conduct."
THE CONVICT 'ELLi* RUTTER.—GLOUCESTER,
Friday Evening.Tlie; '6/ rtioriP *filch have been untir-
ingly made by philanthropic pergens'en behalf of the eon,.
'vict Ellen Rutter, have; been r successful. This morning,.
Capt. Mason, the •,.Governor the.,Gleucepter county pri-
son,- remixed an order, from the Secretary of State's office
for the Home, Tiepartnient, to respite' the prisoner during'
her Majesty's plea•e: It was understood that, had not
the respite' arriVed,,tht, 'last sentence of the. law: would have;
been carried into effect to-morrow, I There is no commise-
ration felt for the woman here ; she has admiqed her guilt,,
and the circumstances under whichthefotil crime for which'
49 had forfeited
.her life was committed are such as to prep
'elude all idea of synipathy fOi'her. No 'doubt the had had
Consideiable piOvoeittion from her husband some hours be-;
fore the murder; but that she did. cut his tilroat in cool
blood none who'read the evidence can doubt. The woman..
hap been a bad character all her life. She was upon the
streets, of Gloucester when Rutter married her " and ske has
been in the Magdalen ASylum •, but. althcrUgh' while under'
control she has always behaved ertditahly, no sooner has
she been released from that control than she, has broken out •
again. It, iss-expected that her sentence will be commuted
to transportation for,life.
FOREIGN IRON IMPOR.TED INTO hUSSiA.—A.nke.so
of the Eniperor of. Russia, published in the " Gazette,'
enacts:-Ist: That- cast and" wrought- iron not made up,
arriving direct into-the empire, either t,y land or sea, ,in
every place except the ports of.the Sea. of. Azoff, to be sirb-_
ject to the; folloFing duties iron in a raw state, 5
copecks per pood. Wrought , iron : Ray, rail, and scrap,
iron, 35 copecks per peed ; assorted iron, '45 copecks per
pood ; boiler, plate, sheet, and. Cube-' 70 copecks per
pood. 2d. The impost of foreign, cast, and wrought iron
direct from abroad into the ports of the Sea of Azoff to re-
main, for I the 'Present prOhibited;: and id. The existing
.duties on these metals, as per tariff of 1857, for the king-
(l^l4 of P4land, to remain in fc,ree'in. that kingdom for the
present, 'without modification. ' . ,