The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOtNEON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUisLE 26, 1857.

tof the vast Asiatic empire of which the genius of
CLIvE, one hundred years ago, laid the founda-

tion. Protest was useless. The genius of JOHN
Brans; never exerted in a juster cause, was no
match for routine, Whig incompetency, and Tory
sympathy with vested abuses. If there be a nui-
sance which all disinterested persons agree should
be at once swept away, it is that useless, lumber-
ing dragchain on the wheels of Indian Govern-
ment, the East India Company. Why is this not
done ? Why, when every department of Govern-
ment is made directly responsible to the Legisla-
ture, does the Indian department shuffle out by
dividing responsibility between two bodies ?
The time is apparently at hand when England
will be awakened to its duties in India. It can-
not be denied that conquest has made this country
as responsible, morally, for the management of its
vast provinces, as the CZARS for that of Poland.
When we say this country, we do not mean our
Government merely, but the Electors of England.
They, as we observed at the beginning, determine,
in point of fact, in what the Government shall
take a practical interes'. They are the final
Power—the Czan or EMPEROR here. They must
initiate and impel too, or the thing will not be done.
It would seem likely now, as so frequently in this
world of low motives, that material wants will in-
cline us to do for our Indian fellow-subjects, what
no obligation of a nobler kind could move us to
attempt. Manchester wants Indian cotton, and
what Manchester wants she generally contrives to
get ; untaxed corn or untaxed newspapers, or un-
taxed almost anything, if Manchester wants it,
our legislators generally grant it at Last. Ever
since Peterloo, it seems to have been a maxim of
our Cabinets to pacify, not to charge, the Man-
chester mob. Well, it has proved a batter policy.
In the matter of the coVon supply, it appears
to us that there has been fault on all sides. If
anything has been clearly made out by the late
discussions it has been that the annuitant Gover-
nors of India have, ever since 1833, grossly ne-
glected their duty, and that the Board of Control
has been little more than a useless piece of rou-
tine so far as Indian improvements were con-
cerned. But it seems, equally ..clear that Man-
chester, content to spin her slave-grown cotton
while it was cheap, and supplied in sufficient
quantity, cared but little how many negroes
were flogged to death to grow it, or how many dis-
tricts of India were left semi-barbarous through
want of civilising communications with the coast
and the centres of trade. At last the cotton
supply becomes less and less every year relatively
to the demand ; and this year threatens to close
upon us, with hardly a few weeks supply in hand.
Manchester and Downing-street look blank at each
other ; and the verdict of common sense is that
both are guilty.

That the governors who havelocated themselves
in Leaden-hall Street, as if to indicate the nature
of their Indian rule, have failed in their duty, even
Mr. MANGLES, their chief nabob, does not deny.
Ile only replies, we began to meal three or four
years ago. We have got fifty miles of a railway,
out of four hundred, made, which had the line
been completed years ago, might, by this time,
kayo made us independent of America, have given
us abundance of cheap and excellent cotton, and
haverelieved America of her slavery struggles. It is
not and cannot be denied, that by its wretched
system of land tenure, by its neglecting irrigation
and not creating roads, canals, and railroads,
when it might have done so, the Government of
India has most grievously failed of its duty.

On the other hand it can as little be affirmed
that Manchester has done what she could. it
seems quite clear that even now, with all the dis-
advantages of long overland carriage, man have
been found who have got the cotton clean enough
and cheap enough to the coast to make it pay well.
It is for Manchester to prompt, to guide, and to
sustain efforts of this kind. She can send agents
to collect the cotton from the ryots, and to take
charge of its transmission t) England, for that
hss been done, and done suehessfully. Let Man-
chester extend this policy immediately, and the
railroads will be pushed forward all the more
rapidly, and, when they are completed, we shall no
longer be dependent on JONATHAN and his
niggers.

It would Poem as if everything were not pro-
ceeding quire so smoothly in the Bank Charter
Committee as Mercator and his disciples could
desire. Hence the convulsive effort of the Times,
this day, to anticipate the decision that must
shortly be pronounced. True to our principle of
challenging the most complete and searching dis-
cussion of the interesting • and important
subject, we have given the article of the bullion-
ist organ in, extenso. It scarcely requires any
argument to refute the gross and palpable fal-
lacies cont tined therein. Indeed its inheren t
weakness shows, more powerfully than anything
that we could urge, how very untenable is the
cause which they endeavour to support by such

reasoning.
They endeavour to show that there is perfect
free trade "in money." This, however, is blink-
ing the question by a very discreditable dodge.
The Times is well aware that it is free trade " in
currency" that is required—that it is the liberty
of issuing notes by persons of undoubted solvency,
ready and willing to give unexceptionable gua-
rantees, that is required. Nor is it for a moment
desired that these notes should be legal tenders, or
any person compelled to accept them, who was
not quite willing to receive them. It would of
course be desirable that there should be a paper
currency that should be received in liquidation of
every demand. But this ought only to be of
really national notes, issued on the security of the
state, and receivable in payment of every national
obligation. According to the argument of the
Times, it should not be accorded to the
Bank of England, which issues to the
amount of 14,000,0001. not based on bul.
lion. That sum has been arbitrarily fixed :
there was nothing to show that it ought not to
vary according to the ever varying circumstances
of the country, and the demand for legitimate
pecuniary accommodation. It is, however, made
a sort of talismanic influence, to be regarded
with a species of superstitious observance.
If a shilling more wore issued " the whole beauty
of the invention would be lost." "Mercator"
has sent forth his fiat, and merchants, traders,
and manufacturers, who, although perfectly sol-
vent, are subject to the most serious straits how.
the want of a proper medium of exchange, a suit-
able measure and representative of value, must
cut their coats according to the cloth which he
thinks proper to supply.
As we have stated, it is not asked that the
notes of private establishments should be forced
on any person's acceptance. If they enjoy good
credit they will be freely taken ; if not, they will
unhesitatingly be rejected. There is, therefore,
not the slightest foundation for the blatant
bellowiuge of the Times, which only show the
difficulties by which its favourite theories are now
encompassed, and which may bring to a speedy
conclusion the vagaries of the currency quacks,
from Lord OVERSTONE, to the humblest toady
that follows in his footsteps.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

Distribution of the Order of Valour by
Her Majesty.—(This Morning.) '

This morning the long promised distribution of
the order of valour by Her Majesty, took place in
Hyde-park in the presence of one of the largest and
most brilliant assemblages that has probably ever
been known in this country.

Great interest has been manifested by the public
in this long promised military spectacle, and public
bestowal of a nation's gratitude for tho bravery
displayed by our troops during the late struggle,
and so numerous were the applications for tickets
of admission to the reserved part of the ground,
that the officials were unable to comply with them,
and numbers were disappointed attending in con-
sequence. The public commenced assembling at
a very early hour. By eight o'clock thousands hal
taken up their position, and by hall-past eight
there was such a continuous stream of car-
riages through the approaches to the park
entrances appointed for the admission of visitors,
that slow march was the order of the day, but by
the admirable police arrangements no unnecessary
delay occurred, and, so far as we could ascertain,
no casualties happened of a serious character.

The space selected for the interesting ceremony
to take place in was near Grosvenor-gate, but it
was much too limited. The reserved seats form3d
but one side of the square, viz., that near Gros-
venor-gate, the other three being open for the pub-
lic, subject to the inconvenience of keeping the
line by good tempered policemen, assisted by the
military.
The Queen's Pavilion was .in the centre of one
side of the square. On either side wore galleries,
one for the accommodation of foreigners of dis-
tinction and members of the corps diplomatique,
and the other for members of the Legislature.
Beyond these, again, were larger galleries, for the
friends of the parties decorated and for the general
public. The total accommodation did not seat
more than seven thousand persons, and as the
applications for places were 16,000 in number,
we have another instance of official inaptitude on
great occasions.

The troops, numbering about 8,000, commenced
taking up the respective positions assigned them on
the ground at 9 o'clock, preceded by their bands
playing various martial and inspiriting strains.
The first on the ground was the Horse Artillery,
followed by the Life Guards, the Dragoons, the
Royal Engineers, the Foot Guards, the Royal Ma-
rines, the 79th Highlanders, the Rifle Brigade, the
Artillery, the Military Train, and others.
The boys of the Royal Military Asylum and the
Chelsea pensioners formed on the left of the line,
and in front of the military train. The " blue
jackets" took a position between the 11th Hussars
and the Sappers aad Miners, in front of her Ma-
jesty's pavilion.

Amongst the earliest arrivals on the ground was
Lord Cardigan, mounted on his charger that has
gained as much renown as his lordship, from hav-
ing successfully carried him through the Russian
lines and back again on the fatal day of Balacklava.
At ten o'clock precisely a Royal salute, fired
by the Artillery at the left of the line, announced
her Majesty's entry at Hyde-park-corner, and in a
few minutes the Royal cortege was within the line,
and rode up to the pavilion in the following
order

Captain Sayer,
Deputy-Assista,,t Quartermaster-General.
Detachment of Royal Horse Guards.
The Sovereign's led horses.
Aides de•Camp to the General Commanding-in-Chief,
Lieutenant-Colonel Maude (extra),
Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Lieutenaut-Colonel
Burghersh, Clifton,
Colonel Tyrwbitt. Hon. Colonel Macdonald.
Colonel Marquis of Ailesbury, Colonel Patten,
Colonel Duke of Buecl-iuch, Colonel Lord Dynevor,
Colonel Marquis of Donegal. Colonel Holloway,
Colonel his Serene High.
Colonel Lake, mess Prince W. A. of
Saxe,Weiniar,
Colonel J. W. Gordon. • Colonel Sir T. Troubridge.
Deputy-Quartermaster-Ge- Deputy-Adjutant-Geller:A
neral to the Forces, to the Forces,
Hon. Colonel A. Gordon. Colonel Forster.
Eqerries to the Queen, and to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, in Waiting.
ilitary Secretary, Qoartermaster-General,
Major-Gen. Sir C. Yorke. Major. General Sir R. Airey.
Adjutant-General Royal Adjutant-General of the
Artillery. Forces.
Gen. Sir H. D. Rosa. Major-Gen. Sir G. Wetherall.
His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in Chief.
Prince Albert. Her Majesty Prince Frederick
The QUEEN. William of Prussia.
Gold Stick. Master of the Horse.
Lady Churchill. Prince of Wales.
Lady Codrington. Prince Alfred.
Royal Carriages,
Conveying Members of the Royal Family, each
attended by an Equerry.
General Officers.
Foreign General Officers,
and
_ .

Equerries and Attendants upon Foreign Princes

Two and Two.
Assistant-Adju- Assist ant-Adju- Assistant Quarter-
tant-Generalto the tant-Generals, master-General to
Forces- Royal Artillery. the Forces.
Lieut.-Col. Pipon. Colonel O'Brien.
Colonel Palliser. Vent.-Colonel Bingham.
Lords-Lieutenant of C./Unties in Uniform,
Two and Two.
Royal Carriages, if empty.
Detachment of Royal florae Guards.

Her Majesty, who was on horseback, was dressed
in a scarlet jacket with a gold sash across it, and
had on a black hat trimmed with a gold band and
white plume, and she rode between his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert and his Royal Highness Field
Marshal the Duke of Cambridge. His Royat,High-
ness Prince Frederick William of Prussia was present
on horseback, as wore the Prince of Wales and
Prince Alfrei, both of whom were dressed in the
Royal tartan. The Princess Royal was in one of
the Royal carriages. Immediately on the Queen
and the Royal cortege entering within the lines
they were received with loud cheers. After proceed-
itnogoktoat
chierpc
uaivtiloiofnthtehegßroouynadl party turned round and
, passing in front of the
assembled force, the bands of the respeative regi-
ments playing the national anthem and other airs.
Her Majesty, who looked remarkably well, was
enthusiastically cheered during her ride round the
lines.

The appearance of the ground on Her Majesty's
arrival was of the most magnificent description, the
gorgeous uniforms of the Staff officers, covered
with decorations, sparkling in the rays of the sun,
the varied uniforms of the soldiers, from the " dark
Rifle green" of the Rifle Brigade, to the picturesque
uniforms of the Highlanders, interspersed with the
curass and helmet and waving plume of the Life
Guardsmen presented one of the most brilliant
and interesting spectacles imaginable, and such as
is rarely witnessed by the peace-loving people of
this country.

Previous to Rer Majesty's arrival the officers and
men of the Army and Navyappointed to receive the
decoration, had taken up their position in front
of the pavilion, and from the diversity of their at-
tire they presorted a rather motley group. They
comprised officers and men of the army and navy
in their uniforms, as well as men who bad left the
service and who appeared in the costume of civi-
lians—one of them being a recently appointed
park-keeper, who wore his new livery on the occa-
sion. The following is a list of the names of the
officers and men of both services who received the
decoration from the hands of her Majesty
1. Commander Henry James Raby.
2. ~ John Bythesea (Baltic).
3. Hugh Talbot Burgoyne.
4. Lieutenant Charles Davis Lucas (Baltic).
5. William Nathan Wright Hewett.
6. Mr. John Roberts, Gunner.
7. Mr. Joseph Kellawav, Boatswain.
8. Mr. Henry Cooper, Boatswain.
9, Joseph Trewavas' Seaman.
10. Thomaa Reeves, Seaman.
11. Henry Curtis, Boatswain's Mate.
12. George Ingouvide, Captain of the Mast (Baltic).

ROYAL MARINES.
3• Pint Lieutenant George Dare Dowell, Royal Ma-
rine Artillery (Baltic).
4. Thomas Wilkinson, bombardier, Royal Marine
Artillery.
Royal Navy
Royal Marines 2

Total

ARMY.
1. 2d Dragoong . Sergeant• Major John Grieve
2. 4th Dragoons Private Samuel Parkes
3. 11th Hussars Alexander Robert Dunn

4. l'ith Lancers Troop Sergeant-Major John
B:rryman
5. Royal Artillery Col. Cußingwood Dickson,C.B
6. Royal Artillery Capt. Andrew Henry— Quar
termaster (late of the Land
Tran Tort -Coq s).
7. Royal Artillery Captain Gronow bavis
8. Royal Artillery Sergeant Daniel Cambridge"
9. Royal Artillery
Arthur
10. Royal Engineers Lieutenant Gerald Graham
11. Royal Engineers Corporal John Ross
12. Royal Engineers Corporal Wm. J. Lendrim
13. Royal Engineers Sapper John Perie
14. Grenadier" Guards Colonel Hon. Henry Hugh
Manvers Percy
15. Grenadier Guards Brevet-Major Sir Charles Rut-
sell, Bart.
H. Grenadier Guards Sergeant Alfred Ablett
17. Grenadier Guards Private Anthony Palmer. i
18. Coldstream Guards Brevet-Maj n- Gerald Little-
hales Goodlake
19. Coldstream Guards ,Brevet-Maj it John Augustus
Woolly (late of the 49th Regt.)
20. Coldstream Guards Private George S•.rong
21. Scots Fir‘iilierGuards Brevet-Major Robert James
Lindsay
22. Scots Fnsiller Guards Sergeant James MlKechnie
23. Scots Ftbilier Guards Private Wiliam Reynolds
24. 4th Regiment Private Thomas Grady
25. 7th Regiment (late) Lieut. William Hope
26. 7th Regiment Assistant - Surgeon Thomas
Egerton Hale, M.D.
27. 7th Regiment Private Matthew Hughes
28. 7th Regiment Private William Norman

29. Bth Regiment
30. 12th Regiment Private Samuel Evans

31. 19th Regiment .. Private Johnl4;U;--
31 (5..) 23.1 Regiment Lieut. Luke O'Connor
32. 23J Regiment (late) Corporal Robert Shields
33. 34th Regiment Private William Coffey
34. 33th Regiment (late) Private John Sims
35. 44th Regiment Sergeant Wm. M'Wheeay
36. 49th Regiment (late) .Sergeant George Walters
37. 49th Regiment Corporal James Owens
33. 97th Regiment Brevet-Major Charles Henry
Lumley
39. 97th Regiment Sergeant John Coleman
40. Rifle Brigade, letßat.Brevet-Major Hon. Henry IL
Clifford
41. Rifle Brigade, Ist Bat. Private Francis Wheatley
42. Rifle Brigade, 2d Bat. Captain William James
Cun-
ninghame
43. Rifle Brigade, 2.ll3at.Lieu tenant John Knot
44. Rifle Brigade, 2d Bat. Private Roderick M`GregOr
45. Rifle Brigade, 11 Bat. Private Robert Hurnpston
46. Rifle Brigaile,2d Bat. Private Joseph Bradshaw
47. Rifle Brigade, 3d Bet.Brevet-Major Claude Thomas
Bourchier
Total 43

On the return of the Royal cortege from an in-
spection of the lines to the pavilion, her Royal
Highness the Princess Royal and many of the dis-
tinguished persons who accompanied her Majesty
both on horseback and in carriages took up their po-
sition in the pavilion. Her Majesty, however, with
Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, his Royal Highness Prince Frederick
William of Prussia, and others, remaining- on
horseback in front of the pavilion.
The recipients of the deooration then passed be-
fore her Majesty, and received from her gracious
hands this honourable mark of distinction, which
they no sooner received than they placed it on their
breast by the side of tho.e they had already
obtained as a slight recompense for their
noble courage and daring in the hour of danger,
and their endurance of unparalleled hardships and
deprivations from official blundering.
The distribution of the crosses took place in
silence, so far as the public was concerned. The
spectators appeared to be divided in thought be-
tween the pleasurable emotions which the recogni-
tion of valuable services engender in the feelings
of an Englishman, and the regret that so many
valuable and estimable lives of men of all ranks
should have been unnecessarily sacrificed' in the
late struggle. Notwithstanding the brilliant sun-
shine that enhanced the grandeur and magnificence
of the scene, a feeling of sadness appeared to pos-
sess the people, which neither the witnessing of
the in:erestieg ceremony, nor the beautiful strains
of the numerous bands in attendance, could dispel.
The distribution of the crosses occupied about
ten minutes, and on its termination the recipients
defiled past her Majesty, and took up a position in
front of her Majesty and suite, and by the side of
the staff officers.

The interesting ceremony of distributing the
crosses having terminated,.the troops marched past
her Majesty and the Royal party in open column,
the artillery first, followed by the ambulance wag-
gons, heavy but commodious vehicles, with a co-
vering over them with which to protect the wounded
soldier from the injurious effects of weather, and
providing, to a certain extent, ease from pain during
his transit. These were followed by the ambulance
mules, provided with a kind of sofa or couch, with
a head on each side resembling the warped body
part of a Bath chair, and from their singular mo-
tion they appeared to be an excellent contrivance
as a torture machine. The motion of the head part
forcibly reminding the beholder that the head of the
wounded soldier being conveyed in it would be
continually bobbing backwards and forwards like
the effigy of a Chinese mandarin in a toy shop.
The Artillery were followed by the Dragoons and
the Hussars at a walk, and the infantry in slew
time ; the Highlanders especially attracting the
attention of the spectators. The Artillery and
Cavalry than repassed her Majesty in quarter dis-
tance column at a trot, and the infantry in quick
time, the field-batteries and infantry resuming their
original position.
The appearance of the Naval Brigade, dressed in
black glazed hats, blue jackets, and white trousers,
was a very peculiar feature in the day's proceed-
ings, both from the novelty of their combination
with soldiers in a military spectacle, and the sim-
plicity of their dress in comparison with the other
branch of the service. The Blue Jackets, as they
marched past the Queen, were placed between the
three combined bands of the Foot Guards and the
Royal Marines ; and on the first time of their
passing Jack saluted her Majesty by doffing his
hat.

The cavalry and horse-artillery then marched
beyond the third wheeling point, counter-marched,
and repassed the Queen at a canter, and afterwards
re-formed into columns on their original ground.
As a reward of merit, the spectacle might, in
some respects, be said to be satisfactory, but as a
military review it was a failure, and it would have
been better if the farce of putting the troops
in motion had been d;sponsel with, especially
in the presence of foreigners who, from our
bungling in these matters, have no doubt formed
erroneous opinions as to the real military ardour
and natural bravery and courage that still remains
in the breast of an Englishman. So tame was the
affair that not a cheer was raised ; but, on the con-
trary, the half trot half gallop movement adopted
by the cavalry as representing a charge appeared
to produce ridicule instead of admiration in the
minds of the thousands of spectators present.
Throughout the whole of the morning the sun
shone with great fervour, and the heat was most
oppressive. Her Allajeity was exposed the whole
of the time to the direct rays of the sun, and ap-
peared to suffer much inconveniencb from it. The
troops also appeared to participate in it, including
the pet sheep of the Rifles; who had great difficulty
from over feeding aad heat to keep step with the
regiment as it passed before. her Majesty. We
can answer that the spectators generally felt much
oppressed by the heat, and it is but natural to con-
clude that Her Majesty 'and those whose duty
called them there, did the same.

At the conclusion of the review a Royal salute
was fired, aria her Majesty ]eft the ground attended
by the same distinguishei suite as =comp inied
her thither, amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the
assembled thousands.

The Crosses distributed on this occasion have
a two-fold value. In addition to their value
as the reward of bravery, they possess ano-
ther value, that of being male from the
metal of the cannon taken at Sebastopol, whose
thundering voices and destructive properties were
brought to bear against the fortunate and honour-
able recipients, who escaped the fate of so many of
their brethren in arms, now at rest beneath the
arid soil of the Crimea.
The Crosses were manufactured by Messrs. Han-
cock and Co., of 39, Bruton-street, her Majesty's
jewellers, and we have reason to believe that her
Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert took a dtep
interest in the design, which was adopted upon
their entire approval.

NAPLES, Jane 18.—A. report has been current that on
Saturday last another attempt was made on the King's
life at Castellono, near Gaeta. Ile report is false.

4 I.r
Arr 37-41 s N E.kV .

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The. following aze the official results of the
remaining elections in France, the only one still to
be decided being Corsica, -in which place the elec-
toral proceedings will take place on Sunday next :
ARIEGE.—Ist Cir. : Didier, G., against Arnaud
de l'Ariege and Latour SainYbars, 0.-2 d Bus-
son, G.
AVEYRON.-2d Cir. : Calvet-Rogniat, :
A. Chevalier, G.
CHARENTE-INFERIEURE. —lst Cir. : Baron Es-
chqsseriaux, G.— 4th Viscount A.-Lemercier G.
COTE D'Olt.-Ist Cir. : Vernier, G , against thag-
ninrPhilippon, 0.

CREITSE.—Ist Cir. : Delamarre, G., against Ley-
raud, 0.-2 d : SAllandrouze de Lamornaix, G.
DOUBS-2d Cir. :Latour-du-Moulin, G., against
Blondeaa.

HAUTE-GARONNE. —lst Cir. : Count de Tauriac,
G., against pages de I'Ariege, 0.

LANDEs.-2a Cir.: corcs,- G.
LOZERE.—SoIe Cir. : Visoouut de Cliambrun,
G., against Dei MollPs, 0.

MORBIHAN.-3cl Cir.: Count de Champagny, G.
NORD.-2,1 Cir. : Brame.
OISE. —lSt Cir.: Baron de Corberon, G.-2d :
Viscount de Plancy, G., against do Pontalba
and Gerard de. Blincourt.-3d : Lemiirei G., agst
E. Leroux, 0.
_ _ _

PAS-DE-OALAIS.-sth Cir.: Wattebled, G.
BASSES-PYRENEES.-2d Cir. : Marquis de Bel-
mont-Briancon, G.-3d: Etcheverry, G.

SAONE-ET-LOIRE.-Ist Cir. : Count de Barban-
tane, G., against de Romand.-2d : Schneider, G.
—3d : Gen. Baron , Brunet-Denon, G , against
Daron, 0.
YONNE.-2d Cir. : Javal.
The opposition, up to the present time, has ob-
tained only six nominations in all—namely MM.
Carrot and Goudchaux in Paris, Dr. Heuon
at Lyons, M. Cure at Bordeaux, M. Migeon
at Colmar, and Viscount Rambourgt, in the
.Aube. There. are -c.:::rtainly some other nomina-
tions ,`of: persons not comprised among the go-
vertinient candidates; but- these gentlemen can-
not be claimed by the opposition. As a• set-off
to the six candidates named above, the opposition'
has lost the five deputies belonging to it in the last
Chamber, viz.,. Count de Montalembert, the Duke
d'Uzes, and MM. de Civrac' - Charlier, and Des-
molles. The Opposition had brought forward 115
candidates in 58 departments, so that it has been
defeated in 111 places. A somewhat remarkable
fact ofthe late elections is the very limited number
of cases in which a second ballot will be necessary,
being in fact as yet only six in all—three in Paris,
and the three others in the Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne,
and the Somme. In the last three, the contest took
place altogether between candidates fully support-
ing the policy of the Government.
In Paris, M. Garnier-Pages has addressed the
following letter to the electors of the 4th circum-
scription
_ _

'' I return my sincere thanks to the electors who
have been pleased to ho,nour me with their votes.
In the interest of my democratic principles, to
which 1 have devoted the whole of my life, I re-
quest my supporters to transfer their votes to M.
Emile 011ivier."

" The Council of the Bank of France has reduced
the rate of discount on commercial bills (escompte
des effets de commerce) to 5i per cent. It main-
tains the interest on advances at 6 per cent."
BOURSE, June 25.—Sales were again pressed
upon the market, and Threes, which had been done
at 68f. 85c., receded to 68r. 55c. ; Mobilier from
1,190 f. to 1,172 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 1,520 f. to 1,510 f. ;,
Orleans, 1,490 f. to 1,482 f. 50c. ; Northern, 990 f.
to 982 f. 50c. ; Southern, 765 f. to 755 t. ; and Aus-
trian, 657 f. 50c. to 650 f.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.

ArriVals, June 24—Osprey, Col. R. W. Huey, and
Amazon (yawl), Sir John B. Walsh, Bart., M.P. from,
Southampton. June 25th—Sulworth, Joseph Weld,
from the eastward; and Osprey, Col. R. W. Huey, from
Southampton, and sailed for Boulogne..
Yachts at and about the station—Titania, Robert Ste-
phenson, Esq., M.P. ; Caprice, Lieut.-Col. Chas.
Baring ; Lulworth, Joseph Weld, Esq. ; Amazon
(yawl), Sir John B. Walsh, Bart. ; Osprey, Col. R. W.
Huey.
Yachts fitting out in the Harbour—Zara, Commodore
the Earl of Wilton ; Capricorn, Vice-Commodore C. R.
M. Talbot, Et-q., M.P. ;.Cecile, the Marquis of Conyng-
bam ; Mauia, Sir Altx. Bannerman, Bart.; Leda, Sir
Richard B. W. Bulkeley, Bart., M.P.
The following members have been at the Squadron
Houss this week :—Commodors the Earl of Wilton,
4V.ce-Commodore C. R. M. Talbot, M.P., Col. Baring,
R. Hoare, E-q., Sir R. B. W. Bulkeley, Bart., Lord
Godolphin, Thomas Thornhill, E q., Capt. Ponsouby,
and Admiral Walpole.

WANTED-A SOHOOLMASZTR FOR THE
HORSE GUARDS.

"The Ghost of Lindley Murray," writes to a
contemporary as follows :
Sir,—Allow me to entreat the attention of those
persona who believe that the education of our offi-
cers ought rather to be entrusted to the military
officials at the Horse Guards than to the Minister
of War to the following note, composed, ,Nritten,
and published yesterday by Sir R. Airey, the head
of the most highly educated branch of our service.
The italics are mine, the grammar Sir Richard's :
" Major-General Sir Richard Airey, Quartermaster-
General, having received aucli, numerous applications
fir tickets for admission of persons (query, dogs ?) to
witness the distribution by her Majesty of the Victoria.
Cross on the 2G:11 inst., regrets that he has not been ena-
bled to comply with VI() requests of all the applicants,
the tickets to the full extent of the accommodation hav-
ing been already appropiiated, and begs to express his
regret that the press of business entailed upon him by
the arrangements for the intended ceremony prevents
his replying otherwise to such,:persons to whom he has not
been able to send tickets."

The Archduke Maximilian of Austria, after attending
the State ball, took leave of her Majesty, and quitted
Buckingham Palace about 3 o'clock yesterday mo ruing,
attended by Count Zichy, Count Hadik, Baron do Punt,
Baron Bruck, Captain A. Wissiack, and Dr. Trogher.
His Imperial Highness and suite were conveyed in
three of the Queen's carriages and four to Woolwich,
and embarked on the Black Eagle, which conveyed the
Archduke to his own steamer off Sheerness. His Im-
perial Highness proceeded to Antwerp.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS DE MONTPENSIEL—The
Duke and Duchess de Monpensier, with their family and
suite, left Plymouth for Claremont, by express train,
yesterday morning. A guard of honour and a military
band attended at the railway station. The Spanish steam
frigate, which brought them to this port, will sail this
day for Ferrol, where she will be fitted and armed as a
man-of-war steamer.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli were
prevented obeying her Majesty's commands to attend
the State Bail, on Wednesday last, by domestic affliction.

Count de &foray left SL Petersburg on Thursday last
to return to saris. There appears to be no truth in the
reports that it is intended to appoint another diplomatist
to succeed him in Russia.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—"II D in Giovanni" was
performed last night, for the sixth time this season, at
the above theatre, and with undiminished excellence.
Ail the principal pieces were, as on former occasions,
. most rapturously demanded, and the performance re-
ceived throughout with the heartiest demonstrations of
approval. The house was again densely crowded.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen
honoured this theatre with her presence last evening,
when Miss Victeird Balla repeated her charming deli-
neation of Amina in "La Sonuambula" with the best
possible success, and was most enthusiastically applauded
from first to last. After the opera the celebrated clan-
sense, Madile. Plunkett, appeared to great advantage
in a new ballet divertissement, entitled "Terpsichore,"
and met with the welcome due to an old favourite, and
an artist of undeniable merit. The house was very ful.
BANK OF FRANCE.—Notwithstanding the reduction
of 800,0001. which has occurred during the last 10 days
in the stock of bullisn of the Bank of France, the di-
rectors of that institution decided yesterday morning to
lower their rate of discount from 6 per cent., at which it
had stood since the 26th of September la-t, to 54 per
cent. It is believed, however, that by all the most pru-
dent members of the beard the step was regarded as in-
opportune, and that it is virtually to be attributed to
Government compulsion. Yesterday M. Fould, who is
at present acting for the Minister of Finance, officially
called for the attendance of all those members whose
presence might otherwise have been uncertain at the
weekly court to-day, on the ground that a re-
duction would .be proposed ; and it was fully
understood that, whatever might be the amount
of individual opposition, the Government would
certainly not abandon their point. Perhaps if Count
D'Argout had still been governor, the resistance
might have been greater ; but the very object of the
recent arrangements for the retirement of that func-
tionary was assumed to have been the removal of the
difficultied which the weight of his long exP!ri"?e
often interposed in cases like the present! _ Happily
there is ground to hope that the measure, although ut-
terly inconsistent with sound principle, may not for the
moment lead to serious consequences. The Govern-
ment are, doubtless, rendered sanguine by the prospects
of the harvest, and are impatient to snatch its benefits
without waiting for it to be safe from all contingencies.
Of course, if any untoward event were to happen, the
position would be one of great danger; but if financial
institutions are to be made subservient to political mo-
tives, risks of that sort must be run. The worst danger
lies iu the use which the precedent is likely to be put to
for the future.—Times' City
.Arekly,

- PARLIAMENTARY 001:0.1ITTEES.

(This Day.)

ROCHDALE.
This committee met for the second time today, and
consisted of Sir J. Y. Buller (chairman), Viscount Cur-
zon, Mr. W. H. Gregory, Mr. A. Staffurd, and Mr.
Vivian.

Counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Monk, Mr. T. Vaughan,
and Mr D. Power; for the sitting member, Mr. James,
Q.C., Phinn, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins.

Evidence to cupport the petition against the sitting
member was proceeded with.