The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-08 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA.

A meeting of members of the Stock Exchange
and other shareholders in this company was held
on Friday, Mr. S. Smith in the chair; and after
some discussion it was resolved unanimously to re-
commend to their constituents and brother share-
holders, at the general meeting to be held on Thurs-
day next, to recommit the report of the Committee
of Investigation, and to discharge the committee,
to approve the report of the directors, and re-elect
the whole of those who retire by rotation ; to add.
Mr. T. Faulconer, a member of the Stock Exchange,
to the direction ; and to appoint two auditors to
make a continuous audit of the accounts, with full
power of acc€ss to all books and documents; and
with instructions to make a half-yearly indepen-
dent report to the shareholders of the affairs of the
company.

EXIRA-31URAL _FUNERALS.

The strictly private manner in which the remains
of the illustrious mother of our beloved Queen were,
on Monday last, consigned to the tomb will, we
venture to predict, be the means of causing a gradual
but decided improvement in the mode of conducting
our funeral ceremonies, and consequently exercise
a most beneficial effect upon every class of the com-
munity. It is calculated to check that unhealthy
appetite indulged- in by many for gazing :with
greedy eye at the mockery displayed in our hitherto
fashionable and expensive funerals. What can be
more revolting to common sense than the idea that
we do more honour to the cold and insensible clay
by filling the pockets of a mass who, in too many
instances, taking advantage of the agonised feelings
of bereaved relatives, charge what they choose for
their masquerading mummery—a mere mockery of
woe! It is really a matter of astonishment, that
the system has been allowed so long to continue,
but the encouragement it has received is doubtless
chiefly to be attributed to the fear of what our
neighbours would say were we not to have a so-
called respectable funeral. That fear, we are now
happy to say, will be universally removed. For can
we have a more illustrious example than Royalty
itself? In fact, the whole of the arrangements for
the melancholy ceremony were characterisedby the
greatest delicacy of feeling, sound sense, and judg-
ment. We would wish here to make a few remarks
relative to the generally reprehensible mode we have
in England of carrying out our funeral arrangements.
Keeping, for instance, the body of the deceased in
most cases for a week previous to interment in our
domicile with windows closed ,blinds drawn down, un-
necessarily poisoning the air we breath, is-a great
evil in itself. But a far more momentous habit than
this calls for reprehension, viz., the consigning the
beloved remains not to a grave, not to a final resting-
place, but to a charnel pit, full of putridity, which is
thrown over the neighbouring earth, thereby filling
the surrounding atmosphere with fcetid exhalations,
through which we are obliged to wade for the pur-
pose of witnessing the body actually- crammed,
sometimes with difficulty, down between the coffins
of strangers into a watery and offensive receptacle,
from which it must at probably no lengthened
period be removed altogetlier—where, we know
not—to make room for others, which ultimately
will share the same fate. These great evils should
at once be remedied by the transference of the
homes of the dead to some quiet salubrious locality,
where the extent of ground, nature of the soil, and
beauty of surrounding scenery, furnish all that
render them at once desirable and sacred. We have
thus briefly glanced at three evils attendant upon
our generally adopted mode of interment—viz.,
lavish and useless expenditure, keeping death with
closed doors in our house, and burying the corpse
in an overcrowded grave. These evils must be
abolished, and that speedily. Summer is ap-
proaching, typhus may approach also, cholera may
accompany it in all its ghastly varieties. The
`means of reforming these abuses fortunately lies
within our reach; it is, therefore, incumbent
upon us to make immediate use of them • for
that purpose. Within one hour's ride from
London there is a gigantic and magnificent
cemetery, comprising 2,000 acres of ground, and
therefore capable of interring all our population
for ages to come ; which hundreds visit merely ibri
the sake of viewing the beautiful Acenury
grounds dotted here and there with snlencli:d
Nit • r.Ce.m
soleums and tombs. It is called the nkin. public
of
tery, which is under the directiou'of '..llthe
wealthy and business men, who offer t
the advantages of economy, dee
irerjheeYet°'-ahlisistehfineci7 aedrasoalleibntetg:
elegance,
and
completeness of arrangement.
popularity of this magnifiesatNecTsP
134Ignitfhaaltterheeinon Court has
notice. At any
less, been the means of bringing
ristics under the most distinguished
haveY and rate,
adoptedw e
tahreendit delighted
which•
example
is most sincerely
has thereby set an
urgent reasons we
to be hoped, for the,
ad-
vanced, will salt followed by be unive;
dy
every class
un ay Times
of the community.—
t ontm observeo r

°Gt.:Urn:l'A at a place
An
extraordinary affair lately
--can galled Joitsch, in the military confines of Au' stria. A cer-
• Jew: of the name.of Moses Widder, hav7,ng given some
offence to the inhabitants, was ordered to lje expelled from
the village ; and accordingly on a given dtvnearly the whole
population, about 2,000 in number, assembled before his
house, placed all his furniture and house hold utensils in
carts, and then conveyed him, his family, and his effects,
to the neighbouring village of Remoli, a .t the same time
prohibiting
Whilst the expulsion was being effected,. the churp
him from ever returning to I :aside at Jeltscush.
4be a
were loudly rung. No harm was don no Coe rsatd butand
quantity of corn he possessed was &chit *eV coil.fige'T'e
night' and
two of the inhabitants were ordered to we Ach
nI,Lto of the
day. Previously to 1848 it appears the 7fOP.:-__ from ro..
military confines had the power to inter, !I.:17 J9wß
siding among them, but the tribunals of
tt
be called ou to decide if this right man gr, . district are to

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Legmee, Mr. J. B. Bnokstone.
THIS EVENING, the periornaanoes will oommenoe with
A DUKE IN DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss F.
Marlon, Mra. Wilkins, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Buckatone,
Mr. Compton, Mr. ITowe, O.
Atter which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery
and effects. and all the original music by the late Sir Henry
Bishop, the melodrama of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN.
;commence at 7.!

tTtHEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM.
Soto Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.

Decided Success of the Two New Dramas.
THIS EVENING, LOVERS' QUARRELS.

After which, a new original comic drama, written by Saml.
LoTer, Esq., entitled MAC CARTHY MORE ' • or, Possession
Nine Points of the Law. John Drew, J. Johnston, Forrester,
J. Rouse, Medlin ; Misses Rawlings, Hudspeth, &c.
, . . .

To conclude with a new drama, NEW YEAR'S EVE ; or,
The Belle of the Season. Messrs. H. Ne le, Villiers, Jae.
Johnstone, J. Rouse ; Mrs. Winstanley, MS4 Matilda Heron,
Miss Willard, &c.

itOYA T. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, THRICE MARRIED. Messrs. Shore,
Meadows, Garden, and Miss C. Leclercq.
Followed by HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Feebler. Sup-
ported by Messrs. Ryder, Hermann Vezin, Graham, Shore,
Meadows, dm ; Misses Heath, R. Leclercq, and Elsworthy.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
Thorne.
To be followed by the new drama, MAGLIORE, THE
PRESTIDIGITATOR. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole,
D. Fisher, Au.; Miss K. Kelly, Miss H. Simms, .&c.
After which. OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Mr. Romer,
Mr. Ebnrne, and Mr. Warde.
Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7.

CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!!
Westminster-road.
Proprietor........C. Morton.
A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera,
IL CORSARO,

(This opera has never been produced in this or any other
country,
except at these Concerts), havinz met with that de-
cided success which charactisei the most popular works of
this great Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING ;
together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI-
MENTO, by Donizetti,
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Marla, Miss
Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and
C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A.
B. Hollingsworth, .7. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and
the Ilvothers Conrad.
John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on
view a short time longer In the Fine Arta Gallery of the
Establishment.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TRW, DAY.—Morning, lh. 6m.—Afternoon. lb. 19m.
TO-MORROW.-Morning, lh. 38m.—Afternoon, lh. 54m.

THB WEATHER.-4317N OFFICE, APRIL 7, NE,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
50—highest since noon yesterday.
39—lowest this morning and during the night.
48—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30.28.
WlND—South-Easterly—fresh; with fine cool weather.
APRIL 8.

THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
46—this day at noon.

BeRomETER-30.44 ; rising still.
WIND ..- East-S.-Easterly—fresh and cold ; with dull
weather.

One of the most momentous and responsible
undertakings in which England is engaged is the
government of British India. The care of a popu-
lation more than five times as large as that of Great
Britain and Ireland is almost overwhelming.
Hitherto, indeed, we can scarcely be said to have
recognised the greatness of our destiny in the East.
The mutiny read a lesson to this country on its
responsibility. It became evident that we must
regenerate or relinquish India. One of the first
things which forced itself on the attention of the
most careless observer was, the fact of the magnifi-
cent resources of India, and the contemptible resifts
realised from those resources. It was seen that
the financial management of India required entire
reformation ; and, as the most important part of
finance, the monetary system claimed immediate
attention. Mr. WiLsoN began at the beginning
by propounding a paper currency for India. He
fell a victim to his over-exertion in carrying out
his plans—plans which even those opposed to him
admitted to be fraught with important benefits to
the nation, and to be of a magnitude, in some
measure, commensurate with the emergency of the
case. Few men of sterling financial ability have
appeared in any age or country. You have ten
warriors, philosophers, and politicians, of a high
class of excellence, for one financier. Mr. "WILSON,
though not a great financier, was a capable man of
business. His place has been very imperfectly
supplied by Mr. LAING ; and we have now brought
before us, in a striking manner, the inferiority of
this latter gentleman.

The new Currency Bill for India, which Mr.
LAING has produced, turns out to be a miserable
abortion. Mr. WILSON'S measure was, not only in
detail but in principle, faulty, but it had redeem-
ing points. One of these was the issue of small
notes for India. In his despatch, dated December
25, 1859, Mr. WILSON said :—" The most important
consideration of a practical kind in determining
this point (namely, the denomination of the
notes to be issued), is to have reference to the
chazacter of the transactions of the country in their
amounts. In India the chief peculiarity of mone-
tary transactions is their extreme number and
their minute character. 'Notes of a large denomi-
nation could only find comparatively a very limited
circulation ; and if issued would soon be returned '
in exchange for coin, from the mere necessity of
providing for small payments. The consequence '
would be, that the issuing branches would be con-
stantly called upon to convert the notes, simply
became they were of a denomination not suited
to the transactions of the country." Mr. WILSON
mentioned that in Ceylon the bank issued five
shilling notes for many years, and that when the
limit was raised to ten shillings, which it is at
present, it was regretted both by the planters and
puiblic. The ten shilling notes circulate in Ceylon
to s considerable extent, and are reported by the
Governor of the colony to be a great convenience.
Mr. WILSON proposed to begin with notes of ten
shillings, one pound, two pounds, lye pounds, ten
poun de, and fifty pounds. In a despatch, dated
March' 26, 1840, Sir C. WOOD says :—" In regard
to the denomination of the notes, her MAJESTY'S
Government are of opinion that those suggested
viz., ten shillings, one pound, &c., are well adapted
to the wani,..s of the Indian community." In March,
1861, her MA /MY'S Government have been talked
°7lll. by that .meddling currency quack, Lord
tivmitSTONE, and declare that no notes below Two
Pounds shall he issued.
Snail notes are the very things wanted for India.
There is tood reason whatever that they should
not be issued t°. one rupee, two rupees, and five
rupees. Thief 'would indeed be " money for the
million." Nothing could
so erft,l+ually economise
coin, facilitate I-z ade, meet
the convenieu,a of the
masses of the poi-filiation,
and tend to attach them
by self-interest to. Ihe maintenance of British rule.
We have £1 not es in Scotland and Ireland, and
they are of the
greatest use and advantage ;
yet
these miserable
,ro!'chet-mongers assure us that
notes for a coi'int ry like India, where "the
pecu-
liarity of moneti ry transactions is their extreme
number and their minute character," should not be
under Two Pound
But the princiy le upon which paper currency is to
be issued in is as objectionable as the absurd

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1881.