The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-01 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 1.

The Queen has been gracion.sly pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Major-General Sir Pat. Grant, K.O .8.,
of the Bengal Infantry, serving with the local rank of
Lieutenant-General in the East Indies, to be an Ordinary
Member of the Military Division of the First Class, or
Knights Grand Cross, of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath.

Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to make
and ordain a Special Statute of the said Most Honourable
Order, for appointing the following Officers to be Extra
Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or
Companions of the said Order, viz. :
Colonel Rodolph de Salis, Bth Hussars.
Colonel Henry Roxby Benson, 17th Lancers.
Lieut.-Col. Archibald Alison, Unattaated.
Lieut.-Col. William Keir Stuart, b6th.Regiment.

. . ,
Lieut.-Col. John Ross, Rifle Brigade'
Lieut.-Col. Robert Macleod Sutherland, 92d Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. Grteme Alexander Lockhart, 78th Regiment.
Major James Henry Wyatt, Military Train.
Major-General Henry Macan, Bombay Infantry.
Colonel Colin Troup, Bengal Infantry.
Colonel Alfred Shepheard, Bombay Infantry.
Colonel William Riddell, Bengal Infantry.
Colonel Thomas James Fischer, Madras Infantry.
Colonel Robert Romer Younghusband, Bombay Infantry.
Colonel William Reece, Madras Infantry.
Colonel William Henry Miller, Madras Army.
Lieut.-Colonel James Whistler, Madras Cavalry.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Holmes Bombay Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Pope, Bombay Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Hale Smyth, Bengal Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Metcalfe, Bengal Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Gottreux, Madras In-
fantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Brice, Madras Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Sackville Cotter, Madras
Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Williato. Tremenhere, Bom-
bay Engineers.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Carr, Madras Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel James Browne, Bengal In
fantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Pottinger, Bombay Artillery.
Major Edward Wray, Bombay Artillery.
Major Malcolm Scrimshire Green, Bombay Infantry.
Major Frederick Turner Wroughton, Bengal Infantry.
Major William Tod Brown, Bengal Artillery.
Inspector-General of Hospitals Campbell Mackinnon,
M.D., Bengal Establishment.
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Thos. Mackenzie,
Bombay Establishment.
Colonel William Sutton, 31st Regiment.
Colonel George Marmaduke Reeves, 99th Regiment.
Colonel Stanhope William Jephson, 2d Regiment.
Colonel Edward Walter Crofton, Royal Artillery.
Colonel Thomas Pattle, Ist Dragoon Guards.
Colonel Francis Gregor Umuhart, Ist Regiment.
Colonel Charles Pyndar Beauchamp Walker, 2d Dragoon
Guards.
Colonel John Hawkins Gascoigne, Royal Marines.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Douglas Mackenzie, half-
pay, late of the 92d Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel William MacMahon, 44th Regi-
ment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Browne, 44th Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Lockhart Ross, 93d Regi-
ment.

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Spence,' 31st Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Addison, 2d Regiment.

Lieutenant-Colonel George James Ambrose, 3‘a Regiment.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Wigram Barry, Royal
Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Edward Burmester, 59th
Regiment.
Lieutenant- Colonel Joseph Oates Travers, Royal Marines.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edmond Knox, 67th Regi-
ment.
Lieutenant- Colonel John Wellesley Thomas, 67th Regi •
ment.
Lieutenant •Colonel Gother Frederick Mann, Royal En-
gineers.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Robert Steadman Sayer, Ist
Dragoon Guards.
Lieutenant• Colonel Arthur a'Court Fisher, Royal En-
gineers.
Inspector-General of Hospitals William Mure Muir,
M.D. -
Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals Samuel Currie,
M.D.
Commissary-General Philip Turner.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 1.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of the undermentioned Officer of the Army
of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, to be
an Honorary Member of the Military Division of the Second
Class, or Knights Commanders, of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, viz. : —M. Charles Guillaume Mari-
Appoline Antonine Cousin-Montauban, General of Divi-
sion, Commander-in-Chief of the French Laud Forces in
China.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 27th dal
of Feb., 1861:

IBSTIE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ........X25,814,745 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 10,521,383
Sliver Bullion .... 848,362

£25,814,745

£25,844,745

BANKING IX
Proprietors' Capi-
tal X 14.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Comrnis-
mis sioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac- _

:PARTMENT.
Government Secu-

rifles (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity)
Other Securities
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 838,976

counts) 5,820,870
Other Deposits 12,109,751
Seven Day and
other Bills 586,479

£36,506,315
M. Al

£36.506,345
ifARSHA LL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Feb. 28,1861.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 26th day
of Feb., 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :
Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT.
sessions in America............
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
11 d
Muscovado, the produce of the East_lndies 2Bs Old
Average price of :be foregoing 258 114

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

(Peers present—The Lord Chancellor, Lord St. Leonards,
Lord Cranworth, Lord Wensleydale, and other peers.)
_ _

BROOKS ET. AL. V. BROOKS ET. AL.-AFPEAL.
_ _

This is an appeal from a decision of -Vice-Chancellor
Wood, declaring invalid in England the marriage with a
deceased wife's sister in Denmark, where such marriages
are lawful.

The Attorney-General having concluded his arguments
on the part of the Crown, was followed Mr. Wickens on
the same side.

At the conclusiOn of the arguments the Lord Chancellor
reserved judgment, and thanked the counsel at the bar for
the very able speeches delivered.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE SMITH, PATIENT, AND CO.-THE FAILURES
IN THE LEATHER TRADE.
These bankrupts carried on business in a very extensive
way as leather factors in Bermondsey, and were intimately
connected in commercial transactions with Messrs. Streat-
feild, and this was an examination meeting.
Mr. Murray asked for an adjournment sine dic, as there
were omissions and discrepancies in the accounts.
Mr. Lawrence said that much of the delay had occurred
through the death of one of the partners, who was the
cashier, but there could be no question that satisfactory
accounts could be rendered in a short time.

His Honour said that an adjournment sine die conveyed
an imputation, which had better be withheld, when there
was no prospect of bringing the case fully before the Court.
Mr. Lawrance said that, as respected Mr. Patient, a large
sum of money had been expended in supporting a claim for
a large amount, but unfortunately a gentleman who could
throw light on the matter was too ill to attend. Under al
the circumstances, it was advisable that the case should be
adjourned.

His Honour adjourned the examination sine (lie, with
protection for three months and leave to apply.

SECONDARIES COURT.
(Before Mr. Potter and Jury.)
WRIT Olt ENQUIRY—DAMAGES £1,347 Os. 3d.
COWDRY V. THE BURIAL BOARD OF ST. SAVIOUR'S
(SOMERSET).
This was a writ of enquiry to assess the damages
(X 1,347 Os. 3d.) sustained in consequence of the non-com-
pletion of a contract by the defendants.
For the plaintiff, it was stated that the defendants bad
agreed to purchase a cottage and plot of ground, belonging
to the plaintiff, situated in Somerset. Without assigning
any reason or excuse the defendants had, up to the present
time, neglected to complete the purchase, and the present
proceedings were taken to obtain damages.
The learned Secondary having pointed out to the jury
that it became a mere formal matter,
A verdict passed for £1,347 Os. 3d.

THE COMMERCIAL BANS FRAUD.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

John Durden, of 9, Park-village East, Regent's-park,
clerk at the late Commercial Bank of London, and James
Holcroft, of 109, Hatton-gardea, agent and wholesale boot
and shoe dealer, were placed at the bar on remand, charged
with having defrauded the directors of the said bank of
three sums of money—viz., £156 65., £149 6s. 4d., and £66
9s. I Id., together with other sums, the said Holcroft being
charged as an accomplice.

It will be recollected that Durden at the last examination
admitted that during his clerkship in the bank he had
robbed the establishment of nearly £70,000. He was em-
ployed as a ledger-clerk, and it was his duty to enter in
his ledger the amount of deposits made by customers. The
other prisoner, according to the statement of Mr Hum-
phreys, jun., the solicitor, who prosecuted, was a nominal
customer of the bank, though a very paltry account in
reality, but which had been swelled to an enormous amount
by fictitious entries made to his credit by Durden, who
then used Holcroft's cheques upon this imaginary account
to effect the embezzlements with which the prisoners were
now charged. This fraud was effected by Durden in the
following manner :—He received the amount of £156, for
example, and entered it to the account of Messrs. Hamil-
ton and Co. ; he at the same time entered the same amount
to Holcroft's account. This was done with a large number
of deposits from day to day, Holcroft's figures being
omitted in the casting up, so that there did not appear any
discrepancy in the sum total.

Mr. Humphreys said—he had intended that a strict in-
vestigation into the accounts kept by the prisoner Dude n
should be made, but that had not yet been completed so
he could not state the exact amount of that prisoner's
deficit. He should confine himself that day to proving
that three sums of money entered by some other clerks to
three different persons, to the credit of some of the custo-
mers of the bank, had been posted by the prisoner Durden
to the credit of Holcroft.

Mr. Dyson said on the 3d of January the sum of £66
9s. 11d. had been entered to the account of Mr. Hooper by
Mr. Little, one of the officials of the bank. On the 11th of
the same month £156 Bs. Gd. was entered to the credit of
Hampton and Russell, and on the 14th the sum of £149
6s. ld. was entered to Mr. W. Hall. No such credits
were entered on either of those days to the ac-
count of Holcroft. On referring to the ledger
account of Holcroft, which was in the hand-
writing of the prisoner Darden, he found the following
entries :—On the 3d of January a sum was entered to the
account of Holcroft of £66 9s. 11d. ; on the 11th, £1.56 Bs.
Gd.; and on the 14th, £149 Gs. Id. They aro all in the
handwriting of the prisoner. On referring to the account
of Mr. llooper, in the same ledger, he found that
£66 9s. Ild. was entered to his account, and the
two other sums were also posted in the same book
respectively to Messrs. Hampton, Russell, and M'Hale.
The book produced was the pass-book of the prisoner Hol-
croft with the Commercial Bank, and the balance brought
forward from last year in his favour was stated to be £69
2s. sd. He believed it was in the handwriting of
Durden. On the same page there was an entry, on 3d of
Jan., of £69 9s. 11d. to Holcroft's credit. On 7th Jan. there
was another credit of £156 Bs. Gd., and on the 12th there
was also another of £149 6s. ld. There was no entry in
the cash-book, corresponding with that of the 12th, to
Holcroft's credit. He knew the prisoner Holcroft, as he had
frequently given him the pass-book at the bank. It was
left by him generally about twice a week to be made up.

After the examination of the accountant tho prisoners
were again remanded.

IBIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, March I.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; fresh breeze, and dull, squally weather, with
rain.

DEAL, March I.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Zulla, from
Macao; Rhine, from New York ; Roberts, from Shields
for; Naples.
KINGSTON, Feb. 28.—Wind S.—Arrived—Home, from
New York.

SWANSEA, Feb. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pern,
from Caldeira. Sailed—Conqueror, for Coquimbo.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
Joseph Weir, from Demerara. Sailed—Jesey, for Deme-
rara.

WEYMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wind W.—Sailed—Fame, for
Philadelphia.
SHIELDS, Feb. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Lord Stanley,
for Grimacha.
FALMOUTH, March I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bor-
land, from Cardenas; William, and Harmonie, from Mar •
seilles.
CLYDE, Feb. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dicky Sam,
from Jamaica.

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(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Mnrning.
Arrived, Feb. 28—Seine, steamer, from St. Thomas;
L'Etoile, from Carentan ; Wocolenta, steamer. from Mes
sina ; Euroclydon, from Sunderland ; Havre, steamer, from
Havre; Mechanics' Own, from Newport ; Duke of Corn-
wall, steamer, from London ; Have oak, from Sealaam ;
Archimedes, from Cowes; Enterprise, from Plymouth ;
Anne. from Newport ; Suleka, from Seaham ; Victoria,
from Cardiff.
Sailed, Feb. 2S—Mary, for Bristol; Duke of Cornwall,
steamer, for Dublin; L'Etoile, for Carentan; Nancy, for
Sunderland; Supply, for Seahars ; Black-Eyed Susan, for
Seeking.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, March I—Hebe, from Melbourne ; Spheroid,
from St. Vincent; Providence, from Gravelines; Royal
Bride, from Mauritius.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—Seine et Tamise, from Paris ; Holyrood, from
Mauritius; Stentor, from the Danube—all for London;
Ignis Fatuus, from London for Mogadore.
The brig Elvira, of Aberdeen, Captain Noree, from Ger-
genti for London, ashore off King's, has taken assistance,
and will probably get off neat Rood.

IMPERIAL PA lILIAMFA

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY.)
THE CONDITION OF THE METROPOLITAN

LABOURERS.

The Earl of DERBY then rose to present a petition re-
specting the displacement of labourers in consequence of
great public works in the metropolis. The petition which
he had the honour to present was that of a single indivi-
dual, but that person had been 11 years incumbent of one of
the poorest and most densely populated district of the me-
tropolis, and he might naturally be expected to be perfectly
familiar with the condition of the labouring classes.
Numerous Railway Bills were now awaiting the consent of
Parliament, by means of some of which it was sought to
drive 60 or 70 miles of new lines through the very heart of
the metropolis. One of these lines, the Metropolitan Ex-
tension Railway, between Finsbury-circus and Smithfield,
which would cut through a most crowded part of the town,
proposed the demolition of 500 houses, inhabited by about
5,000 people, of whom 2,000 were under notice to quit. The
inhabitants of this part of the metropolis were too poor to
take the ordinary steps to oppose any measure of the kind.
The result would be, if the bill passed, that, instead of
having, as at present, ten people to a house, the numbers
would probably be doubled, as it was unlikely that the pre-
sent inhabitants, many of them very poor shopkeepers,
would lose their customers by quitting the neighbourhood.
Under such circumstances the ordinary effects of o Jercrowd-
ingwould be produced—namely, drunkenness, sickness, and
an absence of all the decencies of domestic life. He thought
the appointment of a committee would be of advantage, to
inquire into the effects upon the population and the social
condition of the metropolis by the great extension of rail-
ways.

r Lord SHAFTESBURY stated the efforts which he had
made at various times to oppose the evil complained of by
Lord Derby, by making railway companies responsible t 3
the parties whom they displaced. The demolitions effected
under these bills were as great as if a foreign army had in-
vaded the country. Lord Shaftesbury then depicted in
terribly simple terms the evils caused by sudden orders to
quit on a large neighbourhood, and quoted statistics, which
he had collected in person, to show the horribly crowded
state of the courts and alleys of the city in consequence of
the pulling down of Field-lane and its immediate neigh-
bourhood. It was impossible to describe the effects of this
overcrowding on the health and morals of the population.
He protested against any further sanction to the wild
schemes by which these poor people were turned out of
their abodes.

The Bishop of LONDON expressed his gratitude to the

two noble lords for calling attention to this matter, and
observed that, although it was supposed that overcrowding
existed in the east of London only, in the parish of St.
John, when Victoria-street was formed, the very evils now
complained of were observed, and 5,000 persons were dis-
placed by the demolition of their houses. He cordially con-
curred in Lord Derby's suggestion that a committee to
investigate the subject should be appointed.
Lord GREY agreed with the suggestion that the new
railways should be made with the means of affording relief
to the labouring classes in regard to house communication,
and was extremely sorry to find that the Government had
no remedy to propose.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY said that the noble
lord who had last spoken had discussed the question upon
totally different grounds from those taken by the noble earl
who had called attention to the petition. That petition
alleged a specific grievance, arising out of a single proposed
line. Noble lords had discussed the propriety of not
having any lines within certain portions of London at all,
and talked of suspending all further progress until the
general question of metropolitan railway extension was
settled. It was important that these very different ques-
tions should not be mixed up together. Their lordships
must remember the actual facts. Parliament had already
passed a bill for the construction of new lines into the me-
tropolis. The metropolitan railway from Paddington to
Farringdon-street was in process of construction, and
would, he believed, ere long be completed. Another exten-
sion was completed from London-bridge to the Victoria
Station in Pimlico, close to their lordships' house. A third
extension, from London-bridge to Charing-cross, was in
progress ; and there were others in the same position.
Therefore, when they raised the general question of exten-
sion, it would be found they wore precluded from dealing
with it. After companies had gone to the expense of getting
their bills passed through Parliament--after they had pur-
chased land and commenced the construction of their lines

—it would be a hardship of the worst description if they
were to be told that they must suspend or delay those
works until that house had come to a decision upon the
general question of metropolitan railway extension. With
respect to the injury done by the removal of labourers'
dwellings, an examination would show that even the new
schemes removed far fewer of that class of dwellings than
had been pulled down to make room for the new and im-
proved streets in the west of the metropolis. The plan for
erecting these courts of law would necessarily cause the
demolition of a largo number of houses inhabited by the
psorer classes, yet the plan had met with very general ap-
proval. There were great improvements much needed, and
'if they refused their assent to schemes which would have
the effect of dislodging the poor, a stop would be put to all
improvements whatever. (Hear, hear.) After alluding to
the case of the Blackwell Railway, his lordship said he
should deprecate the appointment of a committee, with
the view of suspending the operations of railways till the
whole subject should be considered on a future occasion.
(Hear.)

Their lordships then adjourned at 24 minutes to eight
o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
FRENCH OCCUPATION OF SYRIA.
Sir J. FERGUSSON called the attention of the house
to the present position of affairs in Syria; and asked the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the event
of the French occupation being prolonged beyond the period
fixed by the convention of July 1860, her Majesty's Go-
vernment were prepared to act upon the right reserved to
the other Powers by that convention of uniting bodies of
their troops with those of France in the occupation ;
and whether her Majesty's Government were in possession
of further information upon the subject, which it would le
consistent with the interests of the public service to com-
municate to the house ? It appeared that the
French press were now advocating a prolongation of
that occupation. If such took place it would be
difficult to predict when it would terminate. He argued
that, in order to avert the probability of this country drifting
into another Russian war, it was necessary to be prompt
in reference to this question of Syria. The hon. baronet
entered at considerable length into details relative to
the state of Syria some time preceding, and at
the period of the recent insurrections there.
A conviction prevailed in that country that French agency
had been at work to stir up the Maronites to attack the
Druses, by representing to them that they were dependent on
France for protection, and promising them impunity from
any such attack. Ho contended, therefore, that the Dru3es
were not alone to blame for the disturbances in Syria. The
period of occupation by the French had now nearly come
to a close, and he hoped England would see that these
troops were withdrawn. He believed that so long as the
French troops remained in Syria there would be no quiet
in that part of the Turkish Empire, and civilisation would
be injured by their remaining there.
Mr. L A.YARD said there had been so much in the foreign
policy of her Majesty's Government which he believed
fairly represented the feelings of the large mass of the Eng-
lish people that he should be sorry at this moment to say
anything which might induce her Majesty's Government to
believe that he differed from them in their foreign policy.
Moreover, on the question of Turkey, the noble lord now
at the head of her Majesty's Government had always pur-
sued a policy to his mind wise and consistent, and as he be-
lieved in accordance with English interests. He trusted,
therefore, he should not be misunderstood in the remarks
he was about to make, but he thought the question was of
great importance, and he should therefore express himself
frankly upon it. He looked upon this convention for the
occupation of Syria to be most disastrous—disastrous in the
principles and precedents it had established, disastrous in
the effect which it had already produced, andsadidisastr us ii
disastrousn
the results which were likely to ensue. iih e
in the principles and precedents it had eTstasbrPleishreedse.ntlaVtihveast
were those principles and precedents ?
Turkeypart o fwtahsa
at state
that they could interfere in the of the great Powers met in Paris,.n and laid iedffdeoi Nrrenefa
apnfenreetipglne
state, and not only interfhetr
with an army. He might
eared to him that the consent
con-
senting party. Now it appeared
of Turkey bt behaet toil occupyt
h a that a
to the Cordelier who was thrown out
was very like the consent of the individual who
Dr. Johnson likened
consenting party, or was she forced into corn-
of the' window and recommended to fall soft. Was Tur-
key really a
pliance ? He knew the gentleman who represented the
Porte at Paris, and knew from his opinions that he would
never consent that his country should be occupied by a
foreign army. Should we have pursued the same policy
with other countries ? if so, why did we not occupy part
of Austria ? Why did we not occupy Venetia, where he
hesitated not to say there was more cruelty, oppression, and
injustice than in any part of Turkey ? (Rear, hear.) But
marl: the principle that was established. if ono Power
could interfere and occupy a country with the sanction of
other powers, why could not another power do the same
with another country ? They had had a question to-night
by the lion. member for Horsham of great importance re.
specting what was now occurring at Constantinople. We
might find another Mentchikoff there for anything that we
knew. Thunder had long been rolling en the Danube, in-
trigues were going on, and what did all these things fore-
tell ? That before very long we should ha-veanother power
bringing about disturbances and massacres in Turkey in
Europe, and then could we say that that power should not.
also send an army to keep down disturbances which Turkey
could not repress ? lie would undertake to say that in a
few days the agents of Russia might get up a disturbance-
in Bulgaria, and what would be the consequence ? She
would say France had occupied Syria, and therefore Rus-
sia could occupy Bulgaria. Some persons had expressed
surprise that Russia should have consented to the occupa-
tionst of Syria. He was not surprised. She had ne reint
in Syria. France had, and the interest that FranceTurkes bad in
/Syria, Russia had in Bulgaria. But there wa