The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

gi POST PRAELIA PRAEMIA."

Oh mightiest honour for most great desert !
Oh worthiest deeds, and worthiest recompense !]
For Delhi captured, and for Lucknow saved,
Shall Wilson, Havelock, now for all time hence
Be known as K.C.B.'s and baronets;
Aye, baronets —I pray you mark, not knights
That first was dared—the very Times cried shame,
And so, the next small dole was dol'd them out,
And they are baronets : Oh, wondrous; shout !
Cry out, ye gaping nations ! -tell to earth
How England hasteneth to requite those men
Who stood between her and an empire's loss,
Who strove, endured, and foughtond won—and then
Wore baronets. Aye baronets ; these three
Strong men- brave Wilson, Havelock, Lawrence, nay
I pray you pardon me, I did forget,
Though much rejoicing to be K.C.B.
That last-named gentleman is but as yet
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A peueo post futurum baronet.
Y. P.
Glasgow, Nov. 26.

THE REPRESpITATION OF PAlSLEY.—Political affairs
iu this burgh continua to be vtry much at sixes and
sevens. Last night it was publicly intimated that Mr.
Merry, notwithstanding that there was a requisition in
his favour, signed by considerably above 400 voters and
ready for prasentation to him, had intimated that ho did
not intend to offer himself as a candidate. This an-
nouncement, and a strong feeling has been expressed
t the expression of opinion on the part of Mr. Merry.
Last night it was also intimated that Mr. Baillie Brown
Douglas had refused to ( ffer himself as a candidate. Mr
Lamont, of Snockdow, last night addressed a meeting
in the Exchange Rooms. fie was subjected to a tedious
and severe " heckliug," but he stood fire remarkably
well, and gave very general satisfaction.—Aorth British
_Daily Mail of yesterday.

TILE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF TIIE EAST
INDIA COMPANY- AND THE TRANSPORT
OF TROOPS.

The following letter has been addressed to the
editor of the Times :•-•
SIR, —ln the leading article of the Times of
this morning it is asserted, with reference to the
subject of the transport of troops to India, that •
the East India Directors have been the partisans
of that method of marine locomotion, which beat
accords with their antique traditions ;' that 1C
was only when the danger became extreme that the
directors were prevailed upon to take up the best
vessels and to send oat the men with the utmost
despatch ;' and further, that, 'in defiarce of
remonstrance, troops were sent in ships which have,
lost seven weeks on the voyage.'
I venture to state that these aliegations are
without any foundation, and you will, no doubt,
be glad, in justice to the body against which the
charges are made, to admit a contradiction in Your
columns.

With regard to the ships Areta and Bucephalnet
which are stated to have been employed in de"
fiance of remonstrance," it will be found that these
ships were engaged before serious news reached this
country,* and that they conveyed troops which had
been provided for ordinary service, and not in eelV
sequence of requisitions from-the Government of
India after the mutiny had broken out. The'
would, in fact, have gone if India had remained in
the most perfect tranquillity. You have also been
misinformed as to any remonstrance having been
made against the employment of the ships i
n
question, as they were, on the contrary, ,ngageu
with the expressed concurrence of the Board of
Commissioners for the Affairs of India, by
whoa'
all such arrangements are approved before being
carried out.
Ever since the news of the mutiny had reached
these shores the great desire of the Directors has
been to transport the troops for which they had
made requisitions to her Majesty's Government by
the readiest and most speedy mode ; and the'
obtained some of the largest and quickest steamerst
for the purpose, as well as fast sailing clippers
which, by reference to, Sir Charles Wood,'a speech
in the House of Commons on the 17th of July, it
appears the Government considered superior, in
many respects, to the former.
Instead of being "prevailed upon" to adopt these
measures, and instead of "remonstrances" being
used against the engagement of slow sailing vessels,
the Directors at onc;determined, upon the receipt
of serious intelligence at the end of June, to engage
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the fastest vessels, and those which could be got
ready with the least delay, without reference to
price. It is well known that, in several cases, ships
of superior size and make were selected in prefer-
ence to others which'were offered at a lower rate'
a
Such, I aver, was the real state of the case. Teu
production of papers can alone prove it satisfac;
torily ; but, in the meantime, erroneous iraPre,i.
sions may be produced and prejudices engendere."r
In the event, therefore, of your considering thatill
have the means of judging, I trust that you vi_s
allow this contradiction to the grave accusation
against the East India Directors to go forth.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
London, ov. 27. VEIL

* The Areta sailed on the 18th of June and the Bace•
phalas sailed on the Ist of July, the intelligence of
Meerut revolt having been published in these column. ton
the ith of June. This was in the estimation of everY o°,
but the Directors " serious news ;" but they still al;
patched the only reinforcements then ready in "97
which have made voyages of 126 and 114 days respective 1:
'f' The news of the Capture of Delhi was published by qui
on the 27th of June, but in the whole of July, out of
ships, only two steamships were despatched.
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' -
Lady Dufferin is staying on a visit with the Peke'
and Duchess of Somerset, at Stover Lodge, Devonshir
Lady Arthur Hervey and the Hon. Mrs. Single t°
have arrived at the Brunswick-hotel, Si. James's, frolo
Bury St. Edmund's.
S.r Robert and Lady Emily Peel arrived in town ,3,1
1
few days since, from Drayton Manor, and have since lett
on a tour in Italy.
The Speaker of the House of Commons and Lscli
Charlotte Denison will arrive in Carlton House-terrace
Tuesday next, from Oasington Hall, near Newark.
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli Lave
arrived at Grosvenor-gate, for the season, from avisit
to Mr. Henry Drummond, M.P., at Albury Park.
The Right Hon. Frederick Peel and Mrs. Peel have
arrived in town, from the Continent. They will leaps
to-day for A.vington House, Hampshire. _
Colonel and Mrs. Frazer and Miss Frazer have arrived
at Edwards' Hotel, from Brighton ; Professor William
Rogers has left the same establishment, for Liverpool.
The Hamburg letters yesterday mention the.failure of
Messrs. Levin Hertz Sohnel a very old and respectable
mercantile firm. - e •,.
The North British. Daily Mail announces the faller.
at Glasgow of Mr. A. Cruickshank, of Peidgend on
Mills, for about 8,0001., and of the firm of end
Wright, cotton brokers. It is feared that in the latter
case the liabilities are considerable. : •
or e
, ~,
It is stated that the Government will not bring lit
ward any financial measures until FehruaFebruary'—
questions regarding a funding of Exchequer-bills, at
loan in any shape, are therefore for the present set
*
rest, that
THE NUMBER OF DAILY PRISONERS.—It appearo . ,
_ i phi'
the average daily number of priSoaero in criminaIEL $
sins in England and Wales, is 17,754.
MAILS FOR SWEDEN.—The packets conveying °do.
once a week between Grimsby and Gottenburght undo
a contract with the Swedish Government, having cee'svii
running, no more mails can be sent by that route I*.ob
the re-opening of the navigatian next spring, of t,
due notice will be given.—By command of ,they p 5.
master-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.--No• 0
SIR WILLIAM DON, BART.—This eccentric actor le eis
present a prisoner in the Bristol gaol, having be
arrested on a writ of ea. sa. He has filed a petition ,
(I_o
the Insolvent Detor's Court at that city, and is to °
brought up on Monday before the judge, Sir J. Bard!'"
Wilmot, Bart., for the purpose of being admitted to bell:
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—We reed to state the,
the Duke of Newcastle, while hunting with the Earl
of
Scarborough's hounds, near Kneesall, on Thursday
les*,
was thrown from his horse, and falling on his elbow di!'
located his shoulder.. Fortunately two medical Out
were in the field at the time, and his grace was carriei!
to a cottage, where the fracture was reduced, &a., Oa.
he was conveyed home by Dr. Ward, of Wellow-ball
Early on the following morning the duke started off tf.
Nottingham to attend to ilia official duties as Lore
Lieutenant of the county of Nottingham.—lyetiVkain
Review. m. eYu
THE LANCASHIRE CHIMNEY-STALICS.-I.uo chime Di°
shafts form a branch of practical architecture in
our Lancashire friends excel. However these erectioras
may have become vulgarised, in the perception of toll
persons, from their number, and the deleterious 110,
opaque mass which some of them emit, they are 10
numerous instances beautiful objects—not less so thee
the Egyptian obelisk. They are usually octagonal i 0
plan, rising directly from the ground with rapid',"
diminishing sides, and are terminated by a neck-moold•
ing and cornice ; and what is required in them for the
due effect, is a somewhat better character about the Wee
and careful proportion in the details at the summit. The
construction and the materials are eenerallyeaa they $9
required to be, of the first order.—The Builder.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, ' AND PROMOTIONS II
THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War Department.—The itieistaei
Chaplaincy to the Royal Artillery Garrison, Woolwich;
has become vacant by the death of the Rev. Sandlot."
Connor.—The Foreign Department.—The Vice-Cooet
ship at Paraiba, Brazil, has become vacant by tiz
prmotion of Mr. Vredenburg. Salary, .200/. Coat
Guard.—Mr. Harper, Master, R.N., Chief Officer, lo"'
been removed from Islands of Kane to Tarbert:
Customs.—Mr. Frederick Preston has been appointed
a clerk and Searcher at Lancaster. Mr; James Gil.
tb_
has been promoted from Eleventh to Tenth:Clerk in
Receiver-General's office, London. ;Xt. a'..-F. Wildulr
has been promoted from Sixteenth to Fifteenth Clerk 01
the Receiver-General's Office, Ldndon. Mr. M. J. Sor
mour has been promoted from .Seventh. to SiStb
Clerk at Cork. Mr. D. Barry. bas been Prr
,noted from Eighth to Seventh . Clerk at C°l;
Scotland.—The office of Principal. of the 1j0i.,1:
city of Glasgow has become vacant by the death of oe'i
Duncan Macfarlan. Jersey.—,The office of Bailiff (Chis 4
iVlagistrat, ) of the Island of Jersey has become vlla,o
by the death of Sir Thomas Le Breton.--Civil 5°71
Gazette. ~d ill 1
STATE OF TRADE IN ROCHDALE.—The follovii'e be
A hf t
the result of inquiries into the state of trade an' oe
0 0
working population within the district, extendiogoleodi
direction from Bluepits • tbrOugh Rochdale t. 7.., id,
Bacup, a length of seven miles • and in
eluding Olciham-road to Littleboroukle---411 sretb *niche
miles by five. In that area there are 96 millot,',l"-19 120
,
infoiniation had been gained, and at 1/11, there
hands are employed ordinarily. Of the 9, ; two
are six, with 1,427 hands, entirely stoPr" e daf°
the otnes,oo
of them being in Rochdale, Running foi
st" %8
it.week, and employing 5,379 hands, there -ed
mills in Rochdale ; two running
half, employing 320 hands ; seven running •th,5:00 01,4
four dela %aye,
employing 1,316 hands ; and two running ti _ 7,06
employing 930 hands. In Rochdale(' hero g!",,,016;
persons working short time ; and in the distric!!_o_etbee
giving a total of 15,050, exclusive of the 1,427 rb: till
unemployed. There is very little difference thebdevero
worked in the cotton and woollen mills ; but ',lce.
is that, „eA
opinion of employers in the cotton trade diplll-
7- very great change take place, they will be co,
_ii tole
entirely to close. The few who are work"g 1° leo%
are simply working up cotton on band, or cot°P oei
old orders. Several mills that up to lot 1V1..r eotlr
worked full time, are beginning this week to
r,' b ges
days only. The machinists are suffering Se
°tic
the
case* t
other branches of trade ; for in soro° d Wee lb,
hands have been reduced nearly one half, eu Ivo 0'
work are so for an average of 3i days oply.
one
00
these firms had been running over-hours before Le_ /beet
—and so pressing had been the demands cenisedel
that they had made accommodation for 1,500 fr e...i, oil'
Oue firm states—" We calculate that to ke7,70 opi.
Standing for one week is a dead loss of 701.; °
l'
Dearly ti 0
versal feeling of the millowners is, to wora coati
ordinary time as is at all possible." It is not n„„,,, the.
to add that there is a good deal of diet' ess
.riri,Te. so
operatives, and that largely increased rellef,ol;if4o,
feared by the relieviog officers.--Met "