The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDKai EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 186 L

TILE DEBT INDIA AND PACIFIC

MAILS.

SOU I HAMPTON, Pit. 13.

The Royal Mail Company's ship Atrato, Captain
Woolley, with the above mails, has arrived here.
She brings in all 42 passenfters at:hong whom are
Captain Batchelor, Od West India Regiment;
Deputy-Assistabt-Commissary-General Fisting ;
Viscount and Lady di Pietro; and also six distressed
British seamen of the barque Parland, froth litetnel.
Her specie amounts to 482,882 dais., consisting of
79,939 doll, in gold and 402,943 in silver, and also
£l,BBO in pearls, besides the following general
cargo of merchandise :-100 serons of cochineal,
1,578 serons of indigo, 15 cases of plants, 313 bales
of bark, 15 casks of coffee, 12 bales of sarsaparilla,
31 packages of indiarubber, 171 packages of silver
ore, 9 cases of tortoiseshell, 60 cases of limes, 128
bags of cocoa, 554 packages of sundry merchandise.

The events at Jamaica, during the fortnight have
been few and unimportant. The Hon. Mr. Kemble,
late Acting Attorney-General, has been appointed
judge in the room of the Hon. D. O'Reilly, deceased.
Mr. Williams has taken the place of Mr. Kemble
as Acting Attorney-General, and also the office of
Advocate-General of the Admiralty Court. His
Excellency the Governor has published for general
information a circular despatch from the Duke of
Nc-wcfisao respecting Mn alteration in the mode of
propelling steamers. The trash house on Worthy-
park estate, the property of the Hon. George Price,
was destroyed by fire on the 14th ult. The weather
is still pleasantly cool, and there were few cases.of
fever.

At Barbadoes the elections had terminated very
quietly. The new Session of the Legislature had
been opened by the Governor on the 23d of January.
In his speech the unhappy militia question held a
prominent place. Mr. Charles Packer, Solicitor-
General, had been appointed Speaker of the new
House of Assembly. A committee had been ap-
pointed to prepare, in co-operation with the Coun-
cil, an address to Prince Alfred on his visit to the
island, and to make arrangements for his re-
ception. The young cane crop had been nearly all
planted throughout the island, and the plants had
everywhere a good spring. The old canes continued
to improve with the genial weather they were get-
ting, and were ripening very favourably. Sugar-
making had commenced here and there, but the
general reaping was not expected to be set about
before the middle of next month. The public
health appeared to be good.
At Demerara the Court of Policy had held two
sittings in the past fortnight, but the business
transacted was only of local interest. The Court
had resolved to abolish the present cumbrous mode
of granting patents in the colony, by passing a
separate ordinance for each, and a bill will shortly
be introduced by the Attorney-General for this pur-
pose. The ship Ulysses arrived from Calcutta on
the 9th inst., after a voyage of 80 days, with 300
immigrants. The mortality amounts to 65 adults
and children; of these 45 died from cholera.

on the Arabian coast,named Kalat el Wedj, about
half Way between Otbyea and Yambo. Thence to
Medina is 11 cleat &vs' journey, by a road Whieh
strikes into the greatAtravan route from Cairo, and
Which lies thronkholi in the open plain. I'or the
purposes of transport k?me 2,000 camels and drome-
daries went round from Suez in advance. The ordinary
route from Yambo is sorter by about one-half, Wit
was rejected, the pat 6,3 through which it winds
being bVetywhere in the hands of. the Bedouins,
whose friendly dispostion cannot be sufficiently
trusted.

The Viceroy's return nay be looked for towards

the end of this month. nephew, Ismail Pasha,
the heir apparent to the Viceroyalty, was previous
to Said Pasha's deparbre appointed Wekil or
Regent, the nomination laving been' confirmed by
the Imperial Government of Constantinople.
Her Majesty's surveying ship Firefly has returned
to Alexandria. During his ship's absence Captain
Mansell has been actively engaged in his hydro-
graphic survey of the Gdf of Suez. The first stage
of the work, as far as theetate of the weather would
admit, is now completal, and the Firefly accord-
ingly returns to Malta, tlere to spend the remainder
of the winter. In the pring, it is expected, she
will be engaged in taling soundings of the line
r proposed for the direr, telegraph. cable between
_Malta and Alexandria.
With the Red Sea lighlhoases also, I am informed,
very little progress is likely to be made until the
return of summer. Th 3 one now in course of build-
ing is that situated at the entrance of the Straits
oflubal. The next to be completed will be fur-
ther down the Red Sea,on a small rocky islet near
the Egyptian coast; the third and last about 15
miles south of Suez.

M. de Lesseps is still in Egypt and still wasting his
energies and perseverance on the same hopeless
cause. The general position of affairs in the Isthmus
continues meanwhile precisely the same. I should be
glad to be permitted b avail myself of this oppor-
tunity to correct a statement contained in one of my
recent letters. Referring to certain disturbances that
had occurred among the Bedouins in the vicinity of
Suez, I mentioned that they were stated to have
taken place among a number of men recruited by
M. de Lesseps for the canal works. I alluded to
an earlier report, that the distuithances in question
were a propos of the lighthouses. The latter turned
out to be the correct version. The quarrel appears
to have arisen between two rival tribes of Bedouins,
each of which asserted its right to monopolise the
advantages that might be obtainable from the in-
troduction of the lightlouses upon what both
parties claimed as their territory.
The Viceroy's little son Toussoun Pasha, shortly
before his father's departure, underwent at Cairo
the rite of circumcision. The ceremony was per-
formed without any of tae display customary on
such occasions, but it wts followed a few days
afterwards by a military fde and banquet.

The little Prince, having 3.0 W attained the mature
age of seven years, enters ipon the enjoyment of a
separate establishment of his own. Towards its
formation he has already been presented with a
couple of Circassian female slaves, while the English
nurse under whose charge tie has hitherto been is
about to be discharged.— Tim es .

niable claim, and he had no doubt that tht Legis-
lature would recognise the claim of such property,
intelligence, and population. (Loud cheers.)
The motion was put and carried unanimously, a
few nathes being added to the committee as
originally proposed.
Mr. DUNFORD proposed, and Mr. DEtANt
seconded, a resolution for a petition to Parliament
in favour of the bill for the enfranchisement of the
borough of Chtlsea and Kensington, which was
carried.

A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

APLUNION OP LONDON.

The Council of the Art-Union of London being
anxious to assist in the cultivation of Fine Art and
the practice of Design, as applied to manufactures,
and especially with reference to the Celteols in
connexion with the Science and Art Departnlett
of the Committee of Council on Education, propose,
with the concurrence of that department, to set
apart the sum of £lOO each year, to be offered to
the pupils in those schools on certain conditions.
The council consider it desirable to promote the
study of the human and animal forms, containing
as they do so much interest, variety, and beauty,
and the full acquaintance with which, once attained,
seconded by freedom and mastery of handling, will
give the student fuller powers of conception and
greater facility of treatment. These qualities are
essential for raising ornamental art to a high state
of perfection, and for enabling the prOductions of
England to compete successfully with those of other
countries, where the art education of the manufac-
turer is more cultivated. There will be five pre-
miums of £lO each, and 10 premiums of £5 each,
to be competed for by persons being bona fide pupils
in any of the schools of art in connexion with the
above department.
The following are the conditions to be observed
by the competitors :-
1. Any of the following subjects will be received
in competition :—A painting in watercolour, mono-
chrome, of a single human figure or group partially
draped, from life ; a painting in watercolour, mono-
chrome, of a single animal or group of animals,
from life ; a drawing in chalk of the Laocoon group.
Shaded drawings—a design for a sideboard, 10ft
wide; a design for a bookcase, 12ft wide ; a design
for a bronze candelabrum, sft high, size ; a design
for a garden flower vase, 3ft high, 4- size; a majolica
dish, 15in diameter, blue monochrome, the centre
subject a head of her Majesty. A model for a prize
cup, to be executed in silver, 18in high; a model
for a clockcase for a mantelshelf ; a model for a
pedestal for the reduced bust of Clytie or Belvedere
Appollo—width of bust 10in, size of base sin dia-
meter ; a model for a candlestick for a mantelshelf ;
a model for a tazza, 12in diameter, ornamented
within in low relief, to be produced in cast iron or
bronze.

2. The drawings and paintings must be in all
cases the size of the imperial sheet (291:by 21*
inches), or one half or one quarter that size, and
are not to be framed. The models must be in wax,
plaster, or terracotta.
3. On or before the 10th of June, each school of
art intending to compete must send to the office of
the Art Union a list of the works about to be sub-
mitted, with a certificate from the head master, to
the effect that each work is the exclusive produc-
tion of the pupil whose name is attached to it.
4. The several works are to be sent to the office
of the Art-Union, or such other place as the council
may :determine, on any day from the 24th to the
30th of June, 1861, inclusive, and must be carriage
paid. The models should be wrapt in soft piper,
and then closely packed with sawdust in a case.
5. The whole of the work", or such portion as the
council may determine, will be publicly exhibited.
6. The several rewarded works, with the copy-
right, will become the property of the Art-Union
of London ; but if any work should be produced for
distribution, a further sum will be paid to the
author for superintending its production.
7. No premium will be awarded unless the works
sent in competition be, in the opinion of the council,
of sufficient merit and importance.
8. The greatest care will be taken of the several
works, but the council will not hold themselves
responsible for any damage or injury they may
sustain by fire, accident, or otherwise.
9. Works sent in competition for the prizes
awarded by the Department of Science and Art
will
.be admissible to compete for the premiums
above offered.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TIIE LEGAL APPOINTMENTS.

Letters patent appointing the Right Hon.
Richard Deasy as one of the barons of her Ma-
jesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland have passed
the great seal.
Letters patent appointing Mr. James Anthony
Lawson as her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Ire-
land have also passed the great seal.
Letters patent have also been sealed appointing
Mr. Thomas O'Hagan,as her Majesty's Attorney-
General for Ireland.

The above gentlemen will be sworn in at half-pas
eleven o'clock on this day.

THE REV. HUGH ALLEN.

At the Shrovetide commencements of Trinity
College, held yesterday, the Rev. Hugh Allen, of
St. George's-in-the-East notoriety, received the de-
grees of B.D. and D.D.