The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE

In so far as can be gathered from the telegraphic
anticipation of the Overland Mail, the gravity of
the crisis in Bengal has in nothing abated. True,
we are told that the rebels at Delhi have been at-
tacked and driven dispirited into the town, with
the loss of twenty-six guns ; and that all the com-
manding positions in the vicinity of Delhi are in
the possession of the European and loyal native
troops. Nay, it is rumoured that 500 men had
fled from Delhi, and that the ill-starred King—
what we heartily believe—was desirous of throwing
himself on the mercy of the British Government.
Still the statement that the rebels bad been driven
into Delhi, implies that they had ventured to give
battle to the Government troops outside of the
town ; and such daring on their part has of itself
an ugly look. It is also stated that the telegra-
phic wires between Delhi and Agra had been
cut by the mutineers, which implies a considerable
amount both of knowledge and of military foresight
among their leaders. But the worst remains to be
told. It had been found necessary to disarm the
native troops at most of the stations in the Punjaub,
and, owing to desertion and other causes, the
numerical strength of the Bengal army had been
reduced, according to one statement, by 26,000;
according to another, by 30,000 men. It
is said that hitherto the disaffection has been
confined exclusively to the ranks of the army. This
we believe to be true ; but what fearfulinterrup-
tion to the tranquillity of the province may not re
suit from 30,000 mutinous men at arms being thrown
loose upon society, without either the means or the
inclination to support themselves by honestin-
dustry. Besides, these men will keep up commu-
nications with the native soldiers who still remain
true to their colours, and the consequences of
this intercourse may be most disastrous. It is
premature to say that the mutiny has been
checked in the ranks of the Bengal Army. It is
stated that the discpline and loyalty of the Bom-
bay and Madras armies are unshaken. With regard
to the Bombay army we believe that this is certain ;
but many well informed persons speak less confi-
dently of the
.state of the Madras army. At all
events, until the Bengal mutiny is finally sup-
pressed there will always be danger of the conta-
gion spreading to the other Presidencies.
So much for the extent and aspect of the peril.
There is also a counter-balancing statement of good
to be made. At Bombay and Calcutta the first ex-
treme of alarm appears to have abated. At the lat-
ter place, in particular, the panic would seem at
first to have been of that unreasoning nature which
disarms men of the power to adopt rational mea-
sures to ward off danger. According to the latest
accounts, all the influential communities in Cal-
cotta, the Mahommedans included, had pre-
sented loyal addresses to the Government ; and
this had somewhat tranquillised the minds of the
European residents within the ditch. Beinforce
meats of European troops were rapidly closing in
upon the North-West Territory from the Bombay
and Madras Presidencies and from Ceylon. More
important still, Sir Patrick Grant was acting as
Commander-in-Chief, General Anson having died
of cholera at Kurnaul on the 27th of May.
It would be cowardly and foolish to shrink from
recognising the full extent of the danger that im-
pends over us. The stake for which we play is
neither more nor less than the permanence of our
Empire in India. We feel that the nation is fully
competent to maintain its ascendancy there—we are
convinced that it will ultimately so put forth its
might as to maintain that ascendancy. But we can-
not conceal from ourselves that blunders may be
committed at the outset which may render the
struggle even more arduous than at present it ap-
pears likely to be. The first thing to be cared for is
the Bengal army. Measures must be adopted to re-
store it to a better mood. It matters little what
may be the reasons assigned for the late mutinies ;
they evidently have their source its a deep-rooted,
wide-spread spirit of disaffection and insubordina-
tion of long-standing. Now, our hold of India can
only be maintained by the efficiency and loyalty of
our army; and the greater part of that army must
always consist of native. It may he found neces-
sary to augment the proportion of European regi-
ments, but two things will always place a limit to
the extent to which this can be done. The first of
these is the extreme costliness of an European
soldier in India ; the second is the comparative
paucity of stations at which the health of European
soldiers can be assured at all seasons of the year.
By augmenting to some extent the number of
European soldiers, and distributing them judici-
ously at the various stati ns favourable to the
constitution of Europeans, a more powerfttl Check,
otisos. r
nati
ve
aiisusceptible of more prompt application than hither-
to, may be placedtiPn
andur
religionsnative op
in u
Addi-
tional safety will be ensured by enrolling a greater
variety
tl:ty!an hasfeastes' races,hitherto (at least in 13eu&al) been
the else. By this means the risk of a national
movement against British ascendancy will be in a
great measure averted. The necessary fusion of
these heterogeneous elements must be effected by
inspiring the army with a feeling of pride lit its con-
nexion with the Anglo-Indian Government. Two
measures will materially contribute to the attain-
ment of this end. The first is the chain, of justice
to the English officers of the Indian Army. If it
were necessary that, the Commander-in-Chief iu
India should be an officer of the Queen's Army, pro-
bably no better choice could have been made than Sir
Colin Campbell. The promptitude with which that
gallant soldier has responded to the call of Govern-
ment is of itself sufficient to justify the choice made
of him. still there can be no doubt that Sir Patrick

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The news from( serious ; but it
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will probably not turn out to be so alarming as it
looks. The telegraphic despatches are necessarily
meagre and unsatisfactory. The full accounts in
writing will not he received for a day or two longer.
We may hope that they will be more full, and sa-
tisfactory, and reassuring than the rumours which
precede them ; we fear, however, that there is no
reason to doubt that some 30,000 Sepoy soldiers
have deserted their duties in the Presidency of
Bengal. They went off, however, like so many •
hares into a wood, without leaders, or concert, or
arms, or warlike stores. Still, the disaffection must
be regarded as wide spread, and it is possible that
many of the deserters may reach our military sti-
tions and disseminate the panic still further. The
Governor-General and the authorities at Calcutta_
feel less alarm, and write in confident terms as to
the result. We cannot doubt that the mutineers
will be severely punished, and the deserters dealt
with in a manner becoming the sternness of
military discipline. In the meantime there is
happily no intelligence of any spirit of disaffec-
tion having exhibited itself among the native
population throughout India. The desertions
and the crimes committed upon the defenceless
part of the European residents are confined to the
soldiers of the Bengal Presidency alone. But we
repeat that the authorities on the spot, and thole
at home who have personal experience of India,
and who have filled public offices in India, have no
fears for the general safety of all our possessions
there. Still, we may look for an unsettled state
of affairs for some time, and we must be prepared
to put down the present revolt with a strong hand,
and to provide against any recurrence of similar
scenes in future, by not trusting quite so much as
we have done to large masses of native troops, who
have exhibited a disposition so treacherous and un-
ruly as they have dote upon this and (on a smaller
scale) upon former occasions. Let us hope, also,
that as this seems to be the most extensive case of
disaffection, so it may prove to be the most con-
c'usive and decisive of consequences to the future
security and good government of India. It pro-
bably required some such general and serious out-
break to awaken the attention at home to the vast
interests at stake, and to the very anomalous cha-
racter of the Government of India.
The mutineers who had sought refuge in Delhi,
and who had committed such atrocities in that city,
with the aid of the worst part of the native
popu'ation, having ventured outside the walls, and
been joined by other deserters, have been defeated,
after some partial successes, and have been com-
pelled to seek shelter within the walls, where it is
hoped they will soon receive the signal punishment
they so richly deerve.
The death of General Anson, the Cotnmander-in-
Chief, from choleta, at any time a subject of regret,
is a loss all the more to be deplored at a moment
like this, when he is struck down in the midst of his
preparations and anxieties t I arrive at the scene of
action, and to inflict exemplary punishment upon
the *genders. He died at Kurnaul, on his road
from Umhallah to take the command of the troops
before the capital of Delhi. He is justly lamented
as a most accomplished gentleman and true soldier.
The people as well as the army, in Great Britain,
as well as in India, will be glad to hear that he is
succeeded in his high c Inmand by Sir Colin Camp-
bell, who has had the highest experience in Indian
warfare, as well as throughout the Crimean
campaign. Sir Colin Campbell leaves London for
Marseilles this morning en route for India.
The telegraphic despatches received by the Go-
vernment yesterday were despatched by the Port-
Admiral of Malta on the arrival of the Indian men
at that island. The Admiral Superintendent, per-
ceiving the importance of the intelligence, sent a
special steamer from Malta to Cagliari, in Sardinia,
where there is an electric telegraph to London.
The Cabinet Council, which had been summoned
for 3 o'clock, was assembled more than au hour
earlier. Sir Colin Campbell, with the true spirit
of a gallant soldier, at once consented to go out,
without 21 hours' notice. He said he would not
wait to take anything out with him ; he could get
, all he wanted at Calcutta as well as in London.
The steamer for India, about to start, was stopped
yesterday by telegraph, and will await Sir Colin
Campbell's arrival at Marseilles, with any further
instructions necessary to be sent out in the emer-
gency. The 14900 troops under orders for India
are gone or going immediately ; other reinforce-
ments of European troops will be sent as soon as
ships and stores can be got ready.

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highlythat fl ad
supporters to bring that gentleman forward he (Lord
blonck) should withdraw from the contest. The friends
of Mr. Cardwell are now exerting themselves to procure
stated, that the result of
exceeded his indst singtline.
his return. Mr. TbaOlteraY, at it meeting of hit top;
late member, has issued
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an address earnestly recommending the electors to vote
for Mr. Thackeray. • -
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with the Royal Marine Band, which was stationed
opposite, in some very energetic musical perform-
ances, and a field battery was drawn up close by,
ready to give the royal salute on her Majesty's ar-
rival. A second salute was to have signalised the
setting of the stone, but in this instance the guns
were fired too soon, and the stone had to subside
into its place without the usual explosive honours.
Punctually at the time appointed the royal car-
riages were ssen winding rapidly round one of the
new roads leadaig to the gt ()end, and immediately
afterwards, her Majesty alighted and entered a
tent, round the entrinee of which the commission-
ers of the Patriotic Fund were ranged in uniform
or levee costume. Among-t the crowd were Sir
G. Grey, Mr. S. Herbert. the Duke of Newcastle,
Lord Bede dale, Lord St. Leonards, the Arch-
bishop of C mnterbury, Earl of Hardwick, and seve-
ral other persons of distinction, and in her Ma-
jesty's immediate suite were the Prince Consort,
the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, the Princess
Charlotte of Belgium, the Prince of Prussia, Prince
Alfred, the Prussian Minister, with the Duke of
Wellington, the Marquis of Alsercorn, Earl Spen-
cer, and other members of her Majesty's household,
On leaving the pavilion, a procession, formed in
in the following order, proceeded to the platform,
where the stone was to be laid :
The Architect. The Secretary.
The Executive and Finance Committee
(two and two),
The Royal Commissioners
(two and two).
The Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Bishop of
Winch ester.
The Lord Steward of H. M. Household. The Lord
Chamberlain.
The Queen. The Prince Consort.
Members of the Royal Family.
The Great Officers of State.
One hundred orphan boys (fifty from the Duke
The great Russian war has passed into history, of York's School, and an equal number from the
the Chinese war, the Indian mutiny, nay, the trial Greenwich school) and one hundred girls (fifty
of Madeleine Smith, may havehustled it out of the from the Sailors' Orphan Girls' School, and the
thoughts and memories of the crowd, but the " un- same number from the Soldiers' Infant Home) for-
named demigods" who perished at Alma, and In- need a line in front of the covered platforms before
kerman, and Balaklava, have left, as sacred lega- which the procession passed, and the guard of hon-
cies to the country for which they died, the wives our and the military bands paid their customary
and daughters from whom they had been torn by salute, and, as usual, played the National Anthem.
the inexorable summons of the trumpet. And their On the arrival of her Majesty at the spot where the
country has not been deaf to the appeal, for within stone was to be laid, the Chairman of the Execu-
an incredibly short space of time nearly a million tive and Finance Committee read the following ad-
and a half sterling has been accumulated from the dress to her Majesty :
free gifts of the people of the United Kingdom, the " We, your Majesty's most dutiful subjects, the
colonies, our Indian empire, and much of it even Commissioners appointed by your Majesty for the
from persons who owed no allegiance to the British formation and application of a Patriotic Fund, ap-
Crown. Such spontaneous liberality is to be found proach your Majesty with the assurance of our de-
nowhere but in England, where the resources voted loyalty and affectionate attachment to your
of the people are only equalled by the freedom with Majesty's throne and person, and with the expres-
which the latter are ever ready to dispense them sion of our gratitude for your Majesty's condescen-
in the cause of benevolence. But to speak of mere sion in honouring by your presence and patronage
benevolence in the present case would be an insult the foundation of this building, intended for the
alike to the givers and to the recipients. The reception and education of the orphan daughters of
solace and maintenance of the widows and orphans those soldiers, seamen, and marines, who have
of the Crimea must be considered in the light of a fallen in the late war with Russia, and of those who
debt on the part of the people of England, and all may hereafter lose their lives in the service of their
we can say is that it has been fairly and equitably country.
discharged. Out of the subscriptions known ae the " The brilliant valour displayed by your Ma-
Patriotic Fund, the widows of the soldiers and' jesty's forces in battle against the enemy early
sailors, and of some also of the officers, who pe- aroused the sympathy and admiration of their coun-
rished in the Russian war, have been provided trymen in every part of the British empire, which
with moderate allowances for life, and a sufficient was augmented by the unflinching fortitude with
-balance still remains for the building, the inaugu- which they encountered in turn the no less deadly
ration of which was celebrated on Saturday, and, foes, privation, toil, and sickness, which subse-
afterwards, for its liberal endowment. For the quently thinned their ranks even more than the
building itself 38,0001. has been reserved, and sword. Nor was this feeling confined to your Ma-
-140,0001. for its subsequent endowment. The ar- jesty's subjects, for in numerous instances natives
chitectural design will, we understand, be a modi- of other countries generally united in augmenting
fled copy of the celebratedHeriot Hospital in Edin- the contributions which were offered for relieving
burgh, and it will accommodate3oo girls, for whose the wants of those widows and orphans who had
reception it is expected to be ready in two years been deprived of that support upon which they de-
from the present date. During that time there will pended for their maintenance, by the casualties of
be ample opportunity for settling on the details of war.
training and education, and it is to be hoped that " Your Majesty was graciously pleased to appoint
some advantage will be taken of the lights of the us commissioners, under the presidency of your
present age in organising such a system of instruc- royal consort, to receive the sums so subscribed,
tion, both physical and intellectual, as shall be a and justly and faithfully to distribute them in such
great and useful advance on the somewhat antiquated manner as should seem to them best suited to secure
curriculum of our existing charity schools. Under the most impartial and beneficent application of
the present system a " charity school girl" remains them to the purposes specified in your royal com-
a charity school girl all her life, so indelible are the mission, and empowering us to appoint a committee
traces of her early wooden drill—we cannot call it for the performance of the executive duties of corn-
' education ; but the Crimean orphans are not cha- missioners, under such regulations as we might
rity girls, they are the daughters of the nation, left direct, and these we have much pleasure-in report-
in trust by its brave defenders, and they are en- ing to your Majesty, the committee of noblemen
titled to the best nurture, and the most sound and and gentlemen whom see appointed have most satis-
practical education that may be consistent with factorily carried into effect. The subscriptions fos-
their normal position in society. The present is tered by your Majesty's example and royal care,
the time to think of this, for when matrons have and liberally c )ntributed to persons of every class
been chosen, and teachers have been appointed, of your subjects, have produced no less a sum than
and plans of instruction have been organised, it 1,446,985/. 7s. ; a detailed statement of which is
would be a hopeless task in this age of red tape to herewith humbly submitted to your Majesty.
think of recommending the slightest altsra- " The munificence of the country having thus
tion in the programme. The Crimean or- enabled your Majesty's commissioners to provide a
phans should be taught to read well, to liberal scale of relief for the maintenance of the
write well, to cypher well, and to sew well, widows and orphans, and to extend the benefits of
results that are hardly ever attained in existing free certain existing charitable institutions for the edu-
schools, simply because the teachers are badly paid, cation of the children of soldiers, seamen, and ma-
and
therefore of inferior ability. They should suffer rives (as well as officers and men), by adding to
no degrading uniformity of closely-cropped heads, their permanent endowment, they resolved, out of i
or "charity " habiliments, matters seemingly of the surplus of the funds still remaining at their dis-
small importance, but calculated to produce a most posal, to found an institution for the maintenance
depressing effect on young people, especially females. and educatiou of orphans, which should not only
To put the child of the public bounty into a hideous provide tor those the more immediate objects of
and glaringly distinctive dress is equivalent to pin- their cbarge, but also remain a permanent memorial
Ding a label on her back, stating the nature and of the national generosity which provided the
amount of her obligation. In the particular of means for its establishment.
costume a hint may be taken from the Licensed " For this purpose we allocated a sum of 33,0001.
Victuallers' School, any one of the pupils of which for the purchase of a suitable site, and the erection
might be taken for a respectable child of the middle of buildings for the reception of 300 girls under 15
claws who had not had the misfortune to lose his or years of age, and have endowed it with 140,000/-
her natural guardians. The business of domestic "The orphans admitted into this institution will
life, the " common things " of housekeeping, be carefully instructed in their moral and religious
should be taught practically by practised hand, duties, and, in addition to a useful elementary eau-
and where the gifts justifying superior culture de- cation, will he taught those breeches of industrial
veloped themselves, as they are sure to do in a cer- knowledge which will fit them to perform the duties
taro ratio in any assemblage of 300 children, the of domestic servants, and when they become wives
mans of such culure should be at hand to give and mothers, will enable them to manage their
them fair play, for eve! y superior intellect allowed households with economy, and, by habits of cleanli-
to perish from neglect is a positive and serious loss ness and order, to contribute to the comfort and
to the country. It may be thought that our bur- cheerfulness of their homes. Such is the proposed
ness here is rather to describe than to meralise, but object of the institution which your Majesty is gra-
" the Queen's name is a tower of strength" to the ciously pleased to patronise, by permitting it to
newspapers ; every one will read the account of a bear your illustrims name, and by gracing it with
ceremony which her Majesty has honoured with her your presence this day. Thus sanctioned, we now
presence, and therefore we could hardly choose a commit it to the care of that Almighty Being who
better opportunity for calling general attention to has proclaimed himself specially the Father of the
points on which we believe the future success of the fatherless. Humbly trusting that it may, under
Patriotic School will greatly depend. His guiding Providence, fulfil the objects for which
Wandsworth-common the site chosen for the new it is intended—cheering the heart of the widow and
institution, bids fair to become populous with public the orphan, and teaching them to look up with in-
schools. The situation is healthy, the soil dry and creased loyalty and attachment to the gracious
gravelly, and the railway station on its border gives Queen who thus personally sympathises in the sor-
it all the advantages of an urban position. The Free- rows of those who fall in the service of their Sove-
masons had taken possession of a large slice for their reign and their country. 44 ALBERT."
excellent school, and now the Patriotic Fund secures The address having been read, the document was
a plot of 70 acres. Theirschool will be situated nearly handed to her Majesty, who gave it to Sir George
in the centre of the common, and from its windows a Grey, who, in return, handed to the Queen the
noble view will be commanded of a finely wooded reply of her Majesty, which was as follows :
country on one side, and of London, with its " silver " I thank you sincerely for your loyal and affec-
Thames," stretching out like a panorama, on the tionate address.
other. The road from town is one of the most beau- " I gladly avail myself of this occasion to express
tiful out of London, and notwithstanding the foci- the great satisfaction I have derived from the grati-
lities offered by the railroad, presented quite a fes- fying evidence presented to me of the manner in
tive appearance on Saturday, with handsome equi- which my faithful subjects throughout the whole
pages rolling rapidly along, soldiers marching to extent of my dominions, and in the most distant
fife and drum, gaily dressed groups at every garden parts of the world, have evinced their genuine
gate watching for the Queen, and pedestrians trcop- sympathy with my own feelings of admiration forthe
ing vigorously off to the scene of the ceremonial. gallant conduct and enduring fortitude of my naval
There the authorities had erected a semi-circular and military forces, by the munificent contribu-
gallery for the accommodation of the more distin- tions to the funds for the relief of the widows. and
guished visitors, and had sent to both Houses of orphans of the brave men who have fall en in the
Parliament, and to the various public departments, discharge of their duty to their soverign and their
asking how many tickets would be required. In all country. You have fully justified the confidence
cases large demands were made and complied with, placed in you by your judiciousl antdeilm
papprove of
but in very few instances was any use made of the tribution of these funds, and efnthiremy
to the erec-
tickets. By these means numbers who would have the appropriation of a portion o
of an institution in
been delighted to be present were excluded, and tion and permanent endowment artial dice
Majesty on her arrival saw what she rarely wit- the success of which I shall ever feel the warmest
nesses on such occasions. "a beggarly account of interest.
empty benches." Numbers of persons without "I am most happy teontdakle
ha
epa art rtitly inthne uf or ulnvdi
tah-
tickets were admitted to the gallery, and thus the Lion of this institutiot
picture was, at the 11th hour, made to present a you in committinfogl to the Divine care and protec-
more satisfactory appearance. That the paucity of tion, designed may be to the
and in ptrahyas
beetnhat the benevolent objects
numbers arose from no want of interest on the part with which
cif the public, was proved by the appearance of the fullest extehnbti_sehcocopmplished."
of CANTERBURY having offered
Wandsworth-roads which looked like one continued The Arc i
fair, by the long lines of carriages filled with corn- utpena suitable prayer, a glass tube containing speci-
pany that lined all the avenues leading to the n a sof the current coin of the realm was deposited
n aperture in the lower stone by her Majesty,
grothid, and isy the crowds which occupied every
insoaether with a splendidly engrossed vellum, on
elevated spot from 'Aril sietlit. of the core-
wiiich was an appro sriate inscri3ption.
menial cotald be obtained: The visitors bad ben
The bed for the 1 stone having been duly pre-
requested td aistehd et half-past 3, and by that time
paLed, her Majesty was handed the silver trowel,
all who had been favoured with tiekete had assem-
bled; the outside crowd had also mustered pretty with which she gave the finishing touch to the mor-
etrongly, aild all waited patiently under a b.roiling tar, and the upper stone was gradually lowered on
sun until 5 o'clock, when her Mejesta, with her to its final r esting place. Her Majesty having
lapd-
usualpunctuality arrived. Alittledistemper, colour, plied the plumb line and level to the masonry, r
or cheap drapery, on theh frontl of the galleries would the satisfaction of finding that it was perfectly true,
clieer,lll. than and giving it several raps with the delicately
certainly have made t ings ook
they did for the F royal visit; but "they manage these polished mallet, declared the foundation of the new
nce," and we must, for a little building to bo On a brass plate let into the
things better in
while longer, be content with the more solid advan- front of the atone is this inscription in Latin and
while children were all ranged English :
tages of our system.
there was eep
round in front of the galleries, and d "On the 11th July,
teennricaedeeedvieeen.,tedi
interest in watching these poor orphans making year of peace,Queen Vic efts of the
themselves happy 3
.11 all the unconsciousness of erected from a portion of the free g
childhood. The boys of the Duke of York's school United ,
et subjects of the
were Also present, and kept up a constant rivalry Indian Empire, and of many u nthtisheassyelcuomnd,
Kingdom of the British Colonies and the

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning an acci-
dent of a serious nature happened to a man named Henry
Fear, aged 50, a labourer, in the service of the London
Dock Company. It seems that while he was at work, at
the basement of a new building, a barrow-load of bricks
fell about 30 feet on his back while be was in a stooping
position, whereby he etstained very extensive injuries.
He was removed to the London Hospital, where he re-
mains in a very precarious condition.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS, IN
THE CIVIL SERVICE.—Coast Guard : Command r W. L.
Partridge has been appointed inspecting commander of
the coast guard. Customs : Mr. Jobn Avery Cross has
been appointed a landing waiter in London ; Mr. Robt.
Currie, late first-class inspector of patrol, has been pro-
moted to be tide-survsyor, fourth-class, at Liverpool
Mr. Henry Laude, late locker at Goole, has been pro-
moted to be searcher at Newport ; Mr. Robert T. Wil-
liamson has been promoted from third to recond tide-
surveyor at Sunderland, Ireland : Dr. Eugene Le
Clerc has been appointed surgeon to the consta-
bulary force depot, PE osnix-park, in the room
of Dr. G. W. Hatohell, appointed inspector-
general of lunatic asylums. East Indies: Lieut. F. K. Pol-
lock has been appointed a deputy commissioner of the
wßa.nlleiyo ragaadn
Nhaiszablenttnit eApdpaowinitnetd,
second class of the Punjlub ; Lieut. M. B. Comberlege
der
has been appointed au asssistant commission ar of the
third class in the province of Nagpore Mr. F. J.
Cockburn bas been appointed to officiate as collector
of customs at Calcutta ; Mr. F. Bonnand has been ap
pointed to officiate as assistant to the collector of cus-
tomsNorth-lVestern provinces.—Civil Service Gazette
'ADVERTISEMENT. j— SPORTSMEN AND GENTLEMEN OP THE
A.RMT AND Nsyr. S. and B. Solonions, opticians, 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly, West. Observe--opposite the York
Hotel.—Portability, combined with great power in Field,
Racecourse. Opera, and general out-door day and night
powerful waistcoat pocket Perspective Glasses, weighing
a judgeat
eCiatl Calcutta ttsau
d;
only four ounces, each containing 12 and 18 It nses, con.
strutted of German glass, will show distinctly a person's
countenance two and a half and three miles. They serve
every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses,
country scenery, and ships are early seen at Bto 10 miles.
Tuey are also invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, and
yachting. Single ones, the size of a walnut, possessing the
same great power. Her Majesty's Coast-Guards are making
use of them as day and night glasses, in genera use by gen-
tlemen, of the Army and Navy, and by sportsmen, gentlemen,
gamekeepers, and tourists. The most powerful and brilsolimot
telescopes, possessing such extraordinary power that
e.
jeces
three and a-half inches, with an extra astronomia, °lad the
will show distinctly Jupiter's moon's, Saturn's nuJ,
seen a person's
double stars ; with the same telescope can be
and t
distant an o jec
countenance three-and-a-half miles
be bad of larger and
from 14 to 16 miles. All the above can
nd aro secured by
all sizes, with increasing powers, a
Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. ew y
N invented Spec-
uppercut power. The valu-
taele Lenses of the grea.est sett
this invention is, that vision
able advantage derived from
ened •; very i age pArsons ar
becomes preserved and strong
at the most DUMAS OUt pawn—
enabled to employ their mg
with these lenses of a much less magnit too
can see
—and they do not require the frequent chances the
dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons
can be suited at the mos ,remote part of the world by send-
in: one of the glasses out ..et their spectacles in a letter, and
stating the distinct) from the eye they can read small print
with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by
staving their age. Deafness.—A newly-inveuted instrument
,o 1 extreme cases of deafness, called the Sound Magnifier,
Organic. Vibrator„ and invisible Voice Conductor. It fits so
into the car as not! to be in the least perceptible ; the unplea-
sant sensation of singing noises in the head is entirely re-
moved It affords instant relief to the deafest persons, and
enables them to hear distinctly at church and at public asSem-
blke.,. 3e, Alt emarle-street ,Piccadilly.—Opposite the York
Hotel W.