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less fprmidable a total than £110,676,955.
Now we cannot conceive for one moment the pos-
sible advantage to be derived from an ex-
aggeration of our Indian calamities. Calamities
they have been—let us make the best of them.
The Secretary of State, after scrutinizing the
accounts of the vast empire or province (whichever
it may be that we ought to call it), esti-
mates the total of the Indian debt at some-
thing under £75,000,000. Suppose it to
be, for the sake of argument, what
Sir CHARLES WOOD maintains it to be, £90,000,000,
or even what Sir ERSKINE PERRY insists upon as
the more accurate statement, viz , some-
thing over £110,000,000—with the ample re-
sources of the peninsula, even in their present com-
paratively undeveloped state, there is surely no
serious cause whatever for anything like solicitude.
The net annual income is even at this moment upon
an average not far short of £25,000,000—even
now, when we are no more than just beginning to
think of cultivating cotton in India, when we are
only just at the outset in Hindostan of
a grand scheme of railway organization. Sir
ERSKINE PERRY insists upon our so ordering
things that Government should be compelled to
balance the Indian revenue and the Indian ex-
penditure. Under the happy auspices of the new
epoch now inaugurated for our Asiatic possesions,
we do confidently anticipate for Hindostan not
simply the " balance" apparently almost despaired
of by Sir E. PERRY, but, eventually, and we believe
at a period not so very remote from the present—an
excess of Indian revenue over and above the Indian
expenditure.

The newly-created colony of British Columbia
continues to give promise of very satisfactory and
rapid development. According to the last accounts
received from Vancouver, " the productiveness of
the mines is now quite settled in the affirmative."
Considerable quantities of gold dust were continu-
ally arriving in Victoria, though the precise amount
could not be accurately ascertained. Colonists
were still flocking in increasing numbers to those
freshly opened fields of adventure. The executive
and administrative machinery of the new Govern-
ment was being fitted together, and otherwise put
into working order. The solitary provisional
Governor was beginning to find himself surrounded
by other and subordinate officials, despatched to
his aid from the old mother country, to take their
due share with him in the regular distribution of
responsibilities. His Excellency, it is satisfactory
to know. at last, is no longer, as an official personage,
altogether insulated. He has now the assistance of
properly qualified coadjutors.
Conspicuous among the items of intelligence
brought to this country from British Columbia,
among our last communications from Victoria in

Vancouver, are those contributed in the shape of

an elaborate report from the Diggings to the local
Gazette, by the pen of an authorised correspondent.
This correspondent of the Victoria Gazette appears
to have made a personal examination of the Gold
Fields, not at one or two isolated points, but con-
tinuously and searchingly throughout a length of
200 miles of the auriferous territory. The gold
fields on Fraser River, indeed, are of enormous
magnitude, as that jonrney of 200 miles sufficiattly
intimates. But the entire length of the gold

country in that part of the world actually is double

that distance—the " paying diggings" already
found extending uninterruptedly over 400 miles,
from Fort Hope (a name of appropriate signifi-
cance) to Fort Alexander.
This travelled correspondent of the Gazette,
moreover, has made his journey right through the
very heart of the broad sweep of the gold fields.
Adventurers he found there scattered all along the
line of his progress, busy with their ruckers—

rocking their new-born fortunes tenderly, hope

fully, anxiously, in their cradles of gold. In
some directions the yield amounted to five dollars
a-day upon the average. Here—it was as high as
fifty dollars to the hand for many days in suc-
cession. Here again it dwindled down to three
dollars. Occasionally—to nothing at all. It was
like passing through a gambling•house in the thick
of the " play"—the crash of the rockers instead of
the clatter of the dice box ! Many were dejected—
many elated. Some despaired—others were enrap-
tured. Fortune was pouring her treasures fast
into the lap of many. Hope, even hope, was dying

fast out of the hearts of the least successful. It
was Vanity Fair in the Wilderness. Writes the
correspondent, " Of course I found parties making
more than any sum I have named, and others less
than the lowest mentioned. In fact, I consider
these diggings extremely variable and uncertain.
I have seen one man making large wages in his
claim, while another but a few yards distant could
make nothing. And it frequently happens that a
party, by striking a lode or pocket, will take out
several ounces in a day, and not make half an ounce
for a week after. This feature of the diggings,
while it tends to stimulate the more hopeful and
sanguine, is equally calculated to dishearten those
of an opposite temperament, and hence the con-
flicting opinions entertained as to the character of

these mines even by those who have worked in
them, and the difficulty of arriving at a fair average
of wages. Ido not desire to become the ardent
advocate of these mines, or to encourage any one
to come to them"—particularly, he adds, "at this
late season." The caution as to the perils likely
to be encountered in the approaching winter was
'more than justified, it appears, not long afterwards
—by the destruction by frost-bite of several un-
happy wanderers. These are the casualties almost
inevitably to be encountered, however, at the out-
set in these strange regions and epochs of specula-
tion. They are the faculce and the 7naculee upon
the sun of prosperity shining over the Goldfields
alike of British Columbia, of Australia, of Califor-
nia. We must there take wealth as it comes to us,
in the rough, and make the best of it. The foot-
steps of the first adventurers along the banks of
Fraser River will wear the paths smooth at last
for tlia future colonists of British Columbia.

The Countess Apponyi has issued cards for an
assembly at Chandos House, on Monday evening.
in Hill-street, late the-
this
evening,cilatioAnrelisns
Emily -11
Beaufort has taken a mansion
Duchess of
The Mar
on-street.
,rtoesfidsenacleisobfutrhye Hon. Miss Cust.
The Countess of Desert will shhoasrtl
Dowager Lady Suffield has left Claridge's
yanleaaysseemtobwl:
her residence in 11,Apcsr.G6oslvenor-street.
HfoorTtleirell
eflosprndo.
Townley have
The Rev. Mr. and
y yesterday
tleo
lulic Glouces-
tershire.
arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Ba e
tershire. eaupre Hall,
The Lord Advocate had an interview
with the Earl of Derby.
Mr. Stuart Wortley had also an interview with
his lordship.
: :Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of
the lonian Islands were received yesterday at the Colonial_
office. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Australia,
Hong Kong, Ceylon, Mauritius, Labuan, Malta, Canada,
and the Bahamas.
• DEATH OF LADY DELAMERE.—Iire are sorry to
announce the demise of Lady Delamere. Her ladyship died
on Thursday morning at the family mansion in Portman-
square, after a slight indisposition, extending over a few
weeks, which excited no alarm to the relatives of her lady-
ship. The deceased lady was second daughter of the Earl
and Countess of Kinnoul, and was born December 4, 1828.
The lamented lady was married in 1848 to Lord Delamere,
then the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley.
DEATH OF THE HON. lir3l. MAULS.—We have to
record the death of the Hon. Wm. Manic, youngest son of
the late Lord Panmure by his first marriage with Miss
Gordon, daughter of Mr. Gilbert Gordon, and brother and
heir presumptive to the present peer. The hon. gentleman
.N,:?•s born 29th March, 1809, and married in 1844 Miss
.13InziY, daughter of Hr. Thomas Binny.

NAVY VOLUNTEERS.—A return, obtained by Mr.
Crawford, M.P., shows that in 1156 (the last year of a long
series), there were fresh entries of first-class volunteers,
naval cadets, and midshipmen into the Royal Navy amount-
ing to 116 ; 13 were discharged for misconduct, 18 volun-
tarily, 70 passed for lieutenants, and 7 died. The number
of naval instructors afloat was 71. The number of mates

that passed for lieutenants in the year was 70, while 8 were
sent away for misconduct, 6 retired, 80 were promoted, and
4 died. Eighty lieutenants were made in the year, and 87
commanders.

MlNES.—During the week the Mining Share
Market has been active, and well supported, and a great
demand for several mines, such as East Russell, East
Basset, Rosewarne, Grambler and St. Aubyn, Hingston
Down Consols, Pendeen Consols, Ludcott, Wheal rey,
North Roskear, and a few others. Some of the divi-
dend mines are lower in price, but chiefly owing to the
greater amount of attention paid to progressive mines.
Hingston. Down Consols have been largely dealt in, and the
price leaves off at to 4i; the mine has greatly im-
proved, and from private sources we hear that the
lode in the 110 fm. level is considerably better than stated
in the official reports, and the ground, which was for-
merly so hard, and at £3O per fin., has now changed for
the better, and set at only £lB per fm. ; the 100 fm.
level, which is considerably ahead of the 100, is yielding
4 to 5 tons per fin. ; and as, moreover, there have been
large buyers of shares, we may fairly presume that the im-
provements are considered as of some importance by parties
in the district ; but great complaints are made by the Lon-
don shareholders at the meagreness of the official reports
sent to the office.--Mining Journal of this day.
SHERIFFS' COURT, Feb. 17.—PROCLAMATIONS OF
OUTLAWRY.—At the sitting of the Court, Mr. Hemp, the
officer, made proclamations of outlawry in the following
cases. There is some expectation that such things will be
abolished ; but it will require an Act of Parliament to dis-
pense with such an ancient custom, which is truly, as
lawyers say, " from time immemorial :"—John Holmes, at
the suit of George Nathan ; John Scott, at the suit of
Thomas Walker; Augustus Cookesley, at the suit of
Francis Truefitt ; Edward K eat S. Butler, at the suit of
Poulden and others ; John Augustus Fane, at the suit of
Joseph Ancona; James Vardy, at the suit of Joseph Bell ;
James E. Graham, at the suit of Edward James ; Sir F.
W. Pottinger, Bart., at the suit of Edward Green; Wil-
liam Hill Tucker, at the suit of Elizabeth Tucker ; John
Augustus Fane, at the suit of John Joel ; James Pitt, at
the suit of Joseph Joel. The " calling of names" is gone
through on five occasions at monthly meetings, before pro-
ceeding to outlawry can be completed. The law might be
altered by exhibiting the names in some office instead of
performing the ceremony before the learned Under Sheriff.
On the other hand it is said the publicity has done much
good in such matters, and creditors have been paid in
consequence.
MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
—The bill "to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's
sister" appeared in print yesterday. It has already been
read a second time in the House of Commons by a majority
of 13.5 to 77 votes, and went through committee on Thurs-
day evening. The bill is a brief one. The preamble boldly
asserts the expediency of amending the law as to marriage
with the sister of a wife deceased, and the first clause at
once summarily legalises all such marriages, whether
solemnised prior or subsequent to the passing of the present
measure of relief. It would appear, however, that while
past marriages may have been celebrated at any time or
place whatever, future marriages of this kind may only be
celebrated "in the office of any registrar ;" at least so we
read the clause. There is a provision for saving the rights
of property, and it is expressly enacted that the bill shall
in no wise invalidate, alter, or affect any " canon_ or consti-
tution ecclesiastical" of the United Church of England and
Ireland now in force. For some, reason, hitherto unex-
plained, the benefit of the act is not to extend to Scotland
or Ireland. The bill is endorsed with the names of Vis-
count Bury, Mr. R. Monckton Milnes, and Mr. Schneider.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS
IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War-Office—MT. Assistant Com-
missary-General Addington Bayley and Mr Assistant-
Commissary-General W. Stevens have retired from the
service on retiring allowances of 15s. per diem. General
Post-office—There are several vacancies for junior clerks in
the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand commencing
salary, £BO per annum. Foreign Department—The con-
sulship at Cairo has become vacant by the promotion of
Mr. Walne ; salary £4OO. Customs—Mr. D. B. Preston,
comptroller at Southampton, has been promoted to be col-
lector at Aberdeen, vice Mr. Mackenzie, retired on super-
annuation. The comptrollership of Southampton is to be
abolished. Mr. James Flint has been promoted from second

to first-class clerk in St. Kathaiirie's Docks, London.
Inland Revenue Department—There is a vacancy in the
Legacy and Succession Duty Office, Somerset House, for a
junior clerk ; commencing salary £9O per annum. Excise
Branch—Mr. Henry Lutwyche, supervisor of Walsall dis-
trict, Lichfield collection, has been appointed supervisor of
Ottery district, Exeter collection. Mr. Charles P. Hen-
wood, supervisor of Ottery district, Exeter collection, has
been appointed supervisor of Wellington district, in the
same collection, vice Mr. Thomas 'Arthur, who retires on
superannuation.—Civil Service Gazette.

THE ROBBERIES FROM THE LONDON AND NORTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Thursday forenoon Thomas
Broadly, Ely Allan, and William Fisher, were again
brought before the Huddersfield magistrates on further
charges of stealing quantities of cloth of various descrip-
tions from luggage trains on the London and North-
Western Railway, between Huddersfield and Stockport.
Cases were proved in which goods were sent by Messrs.
Woolhead and Baker, of Huddersfield, to Messrs. Cousins,
of Exeter ; by Messrs. Butterworth and Sons, of Hudders-
field, to Mr. Samuel Yoxall, of Birmingham; by Mr. Joseph
Fox, of Huddersfield, to Mr. James Barnard, of Notting-
ham ; and by Messrs. Hodges, Wodhead, and Co., Hud-
dersfield, to Mr.;John Ball, of Birmingham. In each case
the goods had not been received ; but the stolen goods now
produced were identified. After some consultation, the
magistrates unanimously committed the prisoners to take
their trial on the charges alleged ; and added that " they
considered the man Wilton to be no better than they ; and,
moreover, eonsidered that the standing of highly respect-
able houses would not be low ered if they avoid3d future
such men as he, and such transactions as were now brought
forward." Application for bail was refused.—Manchester
Guardian.

SINGULAR ROBBERY BY RATs.--=Exactly a month
ago a leather purse, containing 13 sovereigns, a £5 note,
and some silver, was discovered to have been stolen from a
place in which it had been put for safety in the shop of the
Misses Rippon, 17, Pilgrim-street. The circumstances
connected with the robbery and detection of the thieves are
somewhat amusing, and the relation of them may operate
as a caution to those who are in the habit of secreting
money to be careful as to the spots where they deposit their
property. The Misses Rippon reside at the Windmill-hills,
Gateshead, and, before leaving the shop at night, they had.
placed the purse containing the money in a box underneath
one of the counters, no doubt imagining that it would there
elude the search of all depredators, should any in their noc-
turnal rambles visit the premises. The key of the shop is in-
trusted to a servant girl who opens it in the morning. She
on the following day attended to her work as usual, but
saw no signs of a bnrglary having been committed. When
the Misses Rippon arrived, however, to their astonishment
tho purse was gone, and for some time its disappearance
was involved in mystery. At length it was suggested that
probably the rats might have removed it. A search was
made, and although the boards of the floor were taken up,
as also those of the adjoining shop, belonging to Mr. Pigg,
tailor, no clue was found to the missing !property until yes-
terday, when it was discovered safely lodged underneath
the passage of Miss Jeffrey, which lies between the two
shops. With the exception of a little haying been nibbled
off one corner of the purse, the owners received back the
full amount they had so curiously lost. —Newcastle .Daily
Express.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—Yesterday,
at the usual weekly meeting of the board, John Thwaites,
Esq., in the chair, a memorial was presented by a deputa-
tion from St. Martin's-in-the-Fieids, on the subject of the
level of new streets, and from the vestry of. Camberwell, on
the subject of the main drainage precept,- Mr. Bodkin being
heard as counsel in support ; and which latter, after com-
plaining of the inequality of taxation that existed at the
present moment, requested that the board would not subject
any portion of the property in the parish to a rate of more
than 3d. in the pound. The only other point of any public
interest was a report from the main drainage committee,
stating that the engineer of the London, Tilbury, and
Southend Railway Company is prepared to recommend
that company to agree to the proposition of this board to
carry the main drainage works across the Barking branch
of the railway, on condition that the levels of the soffits of
the construction be respectively 18 ft. and 18.5 above the
datum of the section, and that the works over the railways
be carried over in such manner as may be approved by him,
and upon this board paying to the company the sum of
£5,000 as compensation for all loss and inconvenience, and
for executing the necessary alterations of the railway, it
being understood that the openings over the railway be in
each case not less than 2.5 feet span on the square ; and re-
commending that the board do agree to those terms, and
that the engineer and the solicitors be placed in communi •
cation with the company, with a view to the necessary
steps for carrying out the arrangement.

WRECK OF A DUTCH VESSEL.—Capt. Hakker and
the crew-of the Dutch barque Lector et Emergo arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday, to which place they had been for-
warded by Mr. T. Iremonger, agent to the Shipwrecked
Mariners' Society at Little Hampton. Capt. Hakker states
that on the 16th inst., at 5p.m., the weather being thick at
the time, with a strong breeze from S.W., his vessel struck
heavily on what afterwards
.proved to be the Owers, off
Selsea Bill, and about a mile inside the light ship, and that
immediately after striking she lost her rudder, and began
to fill so rapidly that himself and crew had barely time to
save themselves iz the beat before she filled and settled
down on the rocks ; they then tried to reach the light-ship,
but found they could not, although within a short distaz ee,
it blowing a strong breeze from the S.W., and a deal of sea
on. At 4 a.m. the next morning they were picked up by
the schooner Hannibal, of Littlelia mpton, and landed at that
port, whence they were forwarded to the care of Mr. L. A.
Van den Bergh, the Dutch consul at Portsmouth. The
captain and crew have lost the whole of their effects. Capt.
Hakker, with his consul, yesterday, left Portsmouth for
Selsea, for the purpose of taking measures for securing any
portion of the wreck or cargo that may wash ashore, but,
from the distance of the vessel from the coast (about seven
miles), very little hopes arc entertained of recovering any-
thing of value. Mr. Atkinson, a London pilot, landed from
the ship American Eagle, from London for New York,
reports that when he passed the wreck yesterday morning,
her main and mizen masts were both gone, and the ship
was apparently breaking up. The Lector et Emergo was
about three years old, GOO tons, fore and main lower masts
of iron, laden with sugar and coffee from Batavia, bound
for Amsterdam.

FRIGHTFUL DEATH AT A DISTILLERY.—Yester-
day evening a long inquiry took place at St. George's
Workhouse,
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ncoor
aged 37; an engineer, employed at Smith's" dis-
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Bfinery, Thames Bank, who was killed upon the premises on
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Tuesday morning last, under circumstances of a most appal-
ling and lamentable nature. It appeared from the evidence
given by a number of witnesses that the deceased was an
engine driver. On the day in question, about 5 a.m.; the
bell was rung by Lawford, the foreman, to stop the engine.
No answer was given, and the ring of the bell was repeated,
but without any reply. Suspicion was then raised that
something was wrong, and on entering the engine-room, a
eight of the most horrible description presentetself. The
mutilated remains of the unfortunate deceased were dis-
covered under the fly-wheel. of the engine—the head was
quite severed, the brains and pieces of the skull lying about.
No direct cause for the calamity could be assigned, as none
of the engine work had given way or been disorganised.
The deceased was seen about ten minutes before the fright-
ful occurrence, when he was quite sober. He had full con-
trol over the engine-room. Mr. Smith, the proprietor of
the distillery, in answer to questions from the coroner and
jury, said that every precaution was used to prevent acci-
dents. The present was the first that had occurred in the
establishment. A verdict of " Accidental death" was re-
turned, The deceased has left a widow and fatally,