The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-01 00:00:00

No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended' March 31, 1361 ; the Application of the Mme; and the Charge
of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge.

Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
ended Dec. 31, 1860, viz.:—
Great Britain
Ireland

922,511

Income received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1861, as shown In Account I. 18,635,886
Amount raised by sale of E chequer Bills (Supply) issued to replace, in part, the
amount .L Bills paid out of the Ways and Means Money Grants fur the year
1860-61
. .
Amount raised by issue of Exchequer Bonds (in further part of grant of £2,000,000) 594,000
Am unt raised per Act 324 Vic ~ a.p. 10 n account of Fortifications, &c..... 200,000
Amount received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1861, in repayment of Advances
for Public Works, &c.

317,011

£21,569,508

Balance, being the Deficiency, on 31st March, 1861, upon the charge of the Conso-
lidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, pay-
able in the Quarter to June 30, 1861, and for which Exchequer Bills
(Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter. 697,137

£22,266,645

Ira V.l •

The Duke of Somerset, aq First Lord -of the Ad-
miralty, will hold levees on the 11th, 18 h, and 25th
inst. at the Admiralty, Whitehall. Officers wishing
to attend them are requested to insert their names,
personally or through their agents, in a book kept
for the purpose in the hall, stating their rank and
seniority in the service.

Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert,
Capt. Hon. Joseph Denman, went out of Portsmouth
harbour on Saturday, for a trial trip, to test her
machinery and the working of her wheels with
their new floats of American oak, six inches less in
breadth than her old set, and which were destroyed
on the yacht's last voyage to Madeira. She
steamed round the Isle of Wight, being a distance
of upwards of 70 miles, which she accomplished in
three hours and a half; we believe this extraordinary
speed to be unprecedented. Everything worked in a
most satisfactory manner, the yacht making 161
knots by the patent log, with 23 revolutions, and
an abundance of steam. At the end of the cruise
the yacht returned into harbour and resumed her
harbour moorings. It is expected that the Victoria
and Albert, with the Osborne in company, will
leave England for Madeira about the 14th inst. to
convey the Empress of Austria and suite thence to
Antwerp on the way to Vienna.
The Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. R. Moorman, has
been removed -from. alongside the Sultan hulk in
Portsmouth harbour and placed at the buoy off the.
King's Stairs, where she will be swung for the ad•
justment of her compasses, prior to proceeding to
S pit head.

The Prince Regent, 90, converting from a sailing
to a screw liner in Nu. 2 dock at Portsmouth, is
ready for shoring up and receiving her false keel
copper. She has shipped the after part of her screw
shaft and coupling.

The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander N. Salmon,
V C., has been placed in dock at Portsmouth for
examination and repairs below her water line. The
Leveret gunboat was previously undocked from the
same dock.

It is stated that the iron plates now being placed
on the sides 'of the French iron-cased frigates are
previously galvanised by a patent process, the prin-
cipal feature of which is, that the plates are placed
in a cold bath, in lieu of a hot one. Some beauti-
ful specimens of round and square iron are now in
the office of Mr. Andrew Murray, chief engineer of
Portsmouth dockyard, and which are apparently of
unprecedented quality of strength and toughness of
fibre. They have been forged from condemned ships'
galvanised wire rigging, which has hitherto been
treated as useless lumber in our dockyards.
Her Majesty's steam store ship Rhadamanthus,
engaged in the transport of the engines and
machinery intended for the screw steamship of war
Black Prince, under construction at Glasgow, went
into basin at Woolwich on Saturday to embark the
enormous crank shaft forged at Messrs. Penn's, and
removed from the factory by Bray's steam traction
engine.

The paidlewheel steamvesselMedusa was docked
at Woolwich on Saturday to be brought forward
for service.

The paddlewheel steam-sloop Devastation having
been stripped of her bulwarks and paddleboxes,
decks, &c., and having undergone an entire reno-
vation at Woolwich, is likewise in a forward state
for commission.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Charles C. Drury, naval
cadet, to the Jason ; John H. Mooney, paymaster,
to the Victory, as supernu ,nerary ; Charles J. Card,
paymaster, to the Marlborough; and Edward Crewe
Knevitt, paymaster, to the Cyclops.

On announcing himself as the inspector,
the contractor's man, who was engaged in
weighing out the meat, made a movement towards
the scales, and on the pin of which the inspector
found a piece of the thin flank of the beef, about 41
ounces. The weight in use for the-Vb. was also
found to weigh only 2oz. Some of the messes of
meat which had been served out were reweighed by
the inspector, and were found to be boz. light. The
information had been laid against Mr. Harris, the
contractor, for having light weights in his posses-
sion. At the conclusion of the evidence the magi-
strates retired to consider their decision, and on
returning to the court the senior magistrate, ad-
dressing the accused, said :

" The evidence of the inspector places beyond a
doubt that the soldiers of the 2d battalion of the
11th Regiment have for sours time been cheated of
the meat issued to their messes in a most discredit-
able manner, and although you, Mr. Harris, as the
contractor, benefited in an indirect manner from the
imposition, yet, as you do not appear to have been
a party to it, the information against you cannot be
sustained. If, however, you have any regard for
your own character you will forthwith dismiss from
your service with disgrace the servant employed by
you in weighing the meat on the occasion in ques-
tion. Nearly all the witnesses examined have also
proved an absence of system or regularity in the
superintendence of the issue of the meat."
We regret to learn that Col. R. R. Dawson, C. 8.,
of tbe Royal Engineers, whose dangerous illness
from congestion of the lungs was announced some
days Since in our Military Intelligence, died on
Thursday morning at his villa at Blackheath. Col.
Dawson was originally employed on the Ordnance
Survey, and on the establishment of the Tithe Com-
mission became connected with that commission.
He had. been assistant commissioner and head of
the Survey Department of the Commons Inclosure
and Copyhold Commission, which office becomes
vacant by his decease. Col. Dawson was made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath for his Civil
services. The late Colonel, who was much respected
in the service, was in his 63d year.
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The following appointments are to be dated the
28th ult.:--W. C. N. Gould and J. T. Wallace,
naval cadets, to the Donegal; W. B. Forbes, S. A.
R. Hamilton, and A. W. Williams, to the Princess
Royal ; A. Kingscott, John H. Lee, G. C. Higgins,
E. C. L. Sturt, and James C. Caswall, naval cadets,
to the Hero; L. F. Wells, naval cadet, to the Mer-
sey; A Savage and A. Schomberg, naval cadets, to
the Aboukir ; Henry A. Baring and H. A. P. Pro-
byn, naval cadets, to the Emerald ; Lord C. W. de
la Poer Beresford and A. B. Sheridan, naval cadets,
to the Marlborough; G. S. M. Thomas and B. W.
Vernon, naval cadets, to the Neptune ; E. A. Hol-
bech, navel cadet, to the Agamemnon ; G. S. Parker
and R. F. Orton, naval cadets, to the Cressy; J. G.
W. Harrison and F A. Harston, naval cadets, to
the London ; L. Napier and G. S. Deacon, naval
cadets, to the Cesar ; Charles E. Stewart, naval
cadet, to the Exmouth ; E. H. Oldham and O. S.
M•llwaine, naval cadets, to the Melpomene; M. D.
Daubeny, naval cadet, to the Immortalite ; W. H.
Monckton and R. A. Brock, naval cadets, to the
Doris ; and A. P. Williams, naval cadet, to the
Orion.

Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended March 31,1861, in ,
redemption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency). for. the Quarter ended Dec. 31,,
1860, • .. 2,709,516

Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Quarter ended March
31,1861 • 11,816,364

Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended March 31,1861, viz, :
Interest of the Permanent Debt ' • £5,588,060
Terminable Debt 596,e99
interest o Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) 519
The Civil List
Other Charges on Consolidated Fund
Advances for Public Works, &c.
6,958,018

Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ire-
land, for the Quarter ended March 31, 1861.

782,747

£22,266,645

TILE Slidail.FlGkoT AT BRlcillToN.
(THIS .DAY.)

The weather this morning augured very unfa-
vourably for the grand military evolutions an-
nounced to take place at Brighton. Notwithstanding
the dull heavy leaden clouds that floated slowly
abdve, and gave unmistakable signs of rain, the
Volugteers of the metropolis and its vicinity were
early on the alert, and the London-bridge and
Victoria Stations of the South Coast Railway were
crowded by persons anxious to witness the depar-
ture of the different regiments for the scene of
action. In order that no confusion should ensue
from the arrival and departure of so large a body
of men the company made the best arrangements,
and in order that they might be carried into execu-
tion issued the following printed instructions, which
were strictly adhered to :
Instructions for starting from Victoria Station.—
Corps, at their appointed time, will march down
Grosvenor-place, four deep, to Victoria Station.
Colonel Brownlow Knox, with a Staff officer, will
superintend the departure of the Volunteers from
this station. The first train will leave at a quarter
to 7 a.m., and will be followed by other trains every
10 minutes until 9 a.m.

London-bridge Station.—Similar arrangements
are made for the deplirture of the Volunteers from
this station, under the superindence of --. The
arrangements for the departure of the various corps
at the intermediate stations on the line of railway
can be ascertained on application to Mr. Frederick
Slight, secretary to the London and Brighton Rail
way Company. A special train for officers' horses
will leave at 5 o'clock on Monday morning from
the Victoria station.

Arrived at Brighton.—The train will stop within
300 yards of the ordinary public station (except
those coming by the Portsmouth branch). The
Volunteers by the main line will get out of the
train on the platform near a covered shed, capable
of holding 5,000 men, and will march out by the
north-west gates into the Montpelier-road. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Lindsay, Acting Quartermaster-
General, will superintend these arrangements.

Departure from Brighton.—The trains to. London
will commence leaving the station at a quarter to
7 o'clock, and be followed by other trains every ten
minutes. The arrangements made for the arrival
at and departure from the Brighton station are such
that there will not be the slightest confusion, the
public and Volunteers having entirely separate
stations. The local authorities have given the
necessary instructions to the police to keep certain
thoroughfares clear for the Volunteers, and to give
every facility to the public for witnessing the re-
view ; and it is to be hoyEd the spectators will con-
form in a friendly spirit to the regulations that
have been laid down for their benefit.

Commissariat.—Volunteers are requested to bring
their own provisions, but an effort will be made to
provide them with a limited quantity of refresh-
ments on their arrival and departure from Brighton.
As far as could be ascertained the volunteers
under review at Brighton will reach 10,000 men.-
The metropolitan regiments which left this morning
for Brighton are the South Middlesex, mustering
from 800 to 1,000 men ; the West Middlesex, about
400 ; the St. George's, 300 ; the Paddington Rifles,
200; the Six Foot Guards, one company, 60; the
19th Surrey, 400 ; other Surrey regiments in the
metropolitan districts, say 800 ; the Tower Hamlets
regiments, 800; the 2d Administrative Battalion
(Hornsey, Hampstead, and. Highgate), about 150 ;
and 3d City of London and National Rifles, 1,000.
The West-end corps, viz., the St. George's and the
West Middlesex, took their departure for Brighton
by the Victoria or Pimlico station, and the Central,
East-end, and Surrey corps proceeded by the
London-bridge, New-cross, and other stations along
the line of the London and Brighton Railway.
The arrangements at Brighton, owing to the
unceasing exertions of Lord Ranelagh, were as
perfect as it was possible to make them, and in con-
sequence of the absence of any of the " regulars"—
the whole management devolved upon the Volun- '
teers, and the ground was guarded by the Reserve.
At Chiselhurst, it will be remembered, there were
fewer than 6,000 volunteers present, and the evolu-
tions did not commence until a late hour. But
notwithstanding these facts and the break-down of
the commissariat—the provisions of which were
consumed by the visitors—few who were present at
Chiselhurst were disappointed, and a still smaller
number would care to miss a similar sight. The
ground is, perhaps, the most advantageous that
could possibly have been selected on the south coast
of England, whether as affording a view to the
spectators or as assisting the evolutions of the force.
Most of our metropolitan readers know Brighton
and its race-course sufficiently well, but for those
who have not, let the reader imagine to himself
a horseshoe valley, bounded by hills, covered with
green turf and young corn, gently sloping down-
wards, the mouth of the valley debouching on the
sea and the arc of the horseshoe lying to the north.
Let him picture a race-course formed on the western
side, commanding a view not only of the whole
valley, but of the back of the hill beyond ; and then
let him fill in a grand stand facing the valley, and
standing outside a double line of white railings
which bound the course. Such was the ground
selected for the fight.
The hour fixed for the commencement of the
military operations is one o'clock, and the follow.

Captain Chittb.Brigade Mapjor,
. Ist Battalion, 9th West .M.iadiesex, 2d Middle-
sex Administrative Battalion ; 2d Battalion (Colonel
Money)-6th Tower Millets, 4th Tower Hamlets,
7th Middlesex (Islington); 3d Battalion (Colonel
Colville-29th 'Middlesex (Clerlonwell) ; Kent
Rifles, 4th, 13th, 17th, 21st, 34th.
THIRD BRIGADE,—CoIoneI Moorsom, Commanding;
Major Penton, Brigade Major.
Ist Battalion-3d Sussex Administraiiveßal-
talion—lat Cinque Ports ; 3d Battalion (Major
Barttelot)-2d Sussex Adminstrative Battalion.
FOURTH BRIGADE.—CoIoneI Valiance, Command-

ing ; Major Deedes, Brigade Major,
tat Battalion (Colonel..Conran)-Ist Hants Ad-
ministrative Battalion; Winchester, 3d Hants Ad-
ministrative Battalion---Gth Hants Corps; 2d Bat-
talion (Major Itoupell, M.P.)--,-19th Surrey
(Lambeth), 10th Surrey
.(Bermondsey) ; 3d Bat-
talion (Sir Henry Fletcher)-2d Surrey Ad-
ininstrative Battalion, 20th Surrey (Norwood).

Reserve-3d City of London, Brighton Cadets,
and 11th Tower Hamlets.

Brighton itself lies a little to the south-west a
mile distant; and the volunteers, when all is ready
will march from it to the grand stand, where will
be the lord lieutenant, the Earl of Chiehester. The
bitades, proceeding along the western side of the
horseshoe, will march past, salute, and then defile
round the arc of the valley, and take up position on
the eastern side, the left, with the guns, resting on
the sea. The enemy will be supposed to approach
from the direction of Brighton, and the line will
advance and retire, firing volleys as they move.
Any details must be deferred, inasmuch as at the
last moment there may be an alteration in the plan.
Such confidence has Lord Ranelagh in the volun-
teers that he is thus prepared to risk the success of
the day upon men who have never worked together,
and upon movements which have not been re-
hearsed.