The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-20 00:00:00

that enormous amount of circumlocution being, that
the entire amount of balance of the vote of credit
referred to, the vote of credit in the matter of the
late Chinese war—a vote of credit (don't let this be
forgotten) amounting in all to £3,Boo,ooo—is
not yet exhausted, but admits of being exhausted,
and will most positively in the fullness of time,
prove to be—not enough ! Naively does Mr.
GLADSTONE, later on in his explanation on Thurs-
day evening, charmingly, delightfully does Mr.
GLADSTONE vouchsafe to Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE
the acknowledgment—" Having said thus much I
must not sit down without reminding the house
that all votes of credit are from their nature most
elastic—that is to say, of a most uncertain charao•
ter ; and it is on the practical judgment of your
officers that you can really rely in presenting any
figures to the House with respect to them. lam
bound to say that I have such confidence in the
practical judgment of your officers that I think the
vote of credit of last year, and the vote of credit
this year, will probably prove to be within some
short limit, well adapted for the purposes for which
they were given ; but they must not be taken as if
they were estimates of an ordinary kind, being on
the contrary, according to the first intention of
them, votes taken with a margin, under extra-
ordinary circumstances, and therefore not capable
of being estimated before hand with the same
degree of precision." To condense all which into
one brief sentence, it is as though Mr, GLADSTONE
had said, in reference to the vote of credit in the
matter of the late Chinese war to the tune of
£3,800,000—" I think it will prove in the end to be
quite enough, but then bear especially in mind that
in all human probability, judging from past ex-
perience in these matters—it won't !'' Already,
indeed, Mr. GLADSTONE during the course of his
remarks on Thursday evening's sitting, in answer
to the sufficiently pertinent question of " Why a
further vote of credit to the amount of £1,000,000
is likely to be required, when there is an unex.
pended surplus, approaching £BOO,OOO, on the vote
taken last year r—already, let it not be forgotten,
Mr. GLADSTONE had said, among other things
during the course of his explanation in answer to
this on Thursday, " The view in which I think it
most desirable that the House should consider the
million of money which, so to speak, I have
charged in the financial statement against the
revenue of the year, is this, that it is—as
nearly as can be judged at the Treasury—about
the amount which is likely to'be required out of the
revenue of the year. I may also say that that same
million of money, together with the three-quarters
of a million, in round numbers, still remaining
available out of the vote of last year, are likely, as
far as we can form what I may call a conjecture
rather than a judgment, about to cover the whole
liability of the country in respect to what may be
called the China War, together with future liability
that is indirectly incidental to the China War, and
that is, I am sorry to say, very heavy, an extraor-
dinary charge that arises from the necessity of pro-
viding for the Indian pay and allowance to th e
British forces in the occupation of China." Note
well that, incidental " I am sorry to say VERY
HEAVY," as applied to certain " future liabilities"
arising out of " what may be called the China War,"
in the shape of what is called doubtless also with
quite as literal accuracy ",an extraordinary charge."
The phrase is dreadfully ominous, dropping from
the lips of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, " I am
sorry to say ♦ery heavy." Not a doubt of it. We
have made our bed, and we must lie upon it, be it
ever so thorny or uncomfortable. But whatever
else we may do, let us at any rate, as people of com-
mon sense, be quite certain of this, that we
have not heard the last of the China War vote of
credit.

A SID SCENE AT BURNHAM MARKET

We have just received intelligence from Burn-
ham Market of an extraordinary proceeding, yes-
terday (Thursday) afternoon, at the burial—or what
should have been the burial —of a deceased
parishioner. The deceased, it seems, was a Primi-
tive Methodist. His family objected to the Church
Burial Service, but at last, under advice, submitted
to it, having performed their own service elsewhere.
The rector met the body at the churchyard-gate,
and began reading the service, walking towards
the church. The relations declined to follow into
the church, and proceeded with the body to the
grave and set it down. Not one word was said by
them—not even a hymn was sung—and the family
returned to their home. The minister ordered the
grave to be filled up, leaving the body on the ground
by the side of the grave—and there it remains
now.

The minister, we presume, justifies this proceed-
ing by the refusal of the family to follow him into
the church ; or, possibly, there may be other cir-
cumstances of excuse. We will not pre-judge. We
shall make our own independent inquiries, and fully
report the ascertained facts next week.
This case, any way viewed, illustrates the neces-
sity for legislation, and will furnish Sir M. Peto
with another fact in support of his bill.—Norfolk
News.

The Earl of Derby has returned to town from
Newmarket. Colonel the Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma
Talbot have left the noble earl's mansion in St. James's •
square for their new residence in Cromwell road.

Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly
this evening at Cambridge House, and on Saturday, the
27th inst.

A marriage is stated to be arranged between
Viscount Milton, eldest son of the Earl Fitzwilliam, and
Miss Chichester, daughter of Lord Edward Chichester, and
niece of the Marquis of Donegal!.
Lord Ravensworth and the Hon. Miss Liddell
have arrived at Percy Cross, Fulham, from Ravensworth
Castle, Durham.
Lady Brougham has returned to town from a
visit to Lady Moore at Cobham.

His Serene Highness the Duke de Montpensier,
wh• married a sister of her Majesty the Queen of Spain,
and who, with a portion of his family, embarked at Cadiz
on the 14th inst., is expected hourly either at Falmouth,
Plymouth, or Southampton. On landing the Duke will
roceed immediately either to Claremont or London.
MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor and the
Lady Mayoress will entertain the Earl of Derby and the
rest of the leading members of the Conservative party,
with Many other persons of distinction, at a state banquet
on the evening of Wednesday next, in the Egyptian-hall
of the Mansion-house. Invitations have also been issued
to the Earl of Elgin and a distinguished company to a
similar banquet on Wednesday evening, the Bth of May.
THE FRENCH NAVY.—The budget of the French
Marine department for 1862 amounts to 126,165,419 f. being
1,577,000 f. more than in 1861. In this increase 782,000 f.
are set down for four new rear-admirals, 75 additional
lieutenants, 7 new chaplains, and for the augmentation of
the maritime gendarmerie, the corps of engine-men, the
medical officers, &c. ; and a sum of 400,000 f. is awarded for
encouraging the breeding of fish on the coasts. In the
grand total 2,001,000 f. are put down for hospitals,
12,237,000 f. for provisions, 4,400,000 f. for coal, 16,340,000 f.
for wages to workmen, and 36,000,000 f. for stores for the
fleet. The total number of vessels in the fleet is to be 152,
with Jut counting three iron-plated frigat9s, 90 vessels in
reserve, and three engaged in special services. The total
number of men is to be 45,184, of whom 23,511 are to be
sailors afloat, 4,160 sailors on land, 12,689 marines, the rest
artillerymen, gendarmes, &c.

The printer of the pastoral letter of the Bishop of
Poitiers, a person of the name of Oudin, of that city, was,
the day before yesterday, tried by the tribunal of Correc-
tional Police of Poitiers on the charge of having published
the said pastoral without making the deposit of it required
by law. It was proved that, on the 25th February, he an-
nounced at the Prefecture of Vienna that he had printed
1,200 copies of the pastoral, and that on the same day ho
had sent through the post 781 copies of it addressed to the
clergy of the diocese, and to the Bishops of France ; but
that, though it treated of political matters, he had not, 24
hours before making the said distribution, deposited copies
in the office of the Procureur Imperial, as ho ought to have
done, un•ler Art. 7of the law of 27th July, 1849. The
Tribunal fined him 500 f, and to pay the costs,

LATEST NE WS.

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.
PARIS, APRIL 20.

The iloniteur of to-day says :—" Prince Napo-
leon wrote to the Emperor, requesting him not to
order proceedings to be instituted in the affair of
the pamphlet entitled ' A Letter on the History of
France.'

" It did not, however, appear possible to accede
to the wishes of the Prince, and to interrupt the

course of justice."

TURIN, FRIDAY EVENING.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
Liborio Romano defended the conduct of the

Neapolitan army.
General Bixio declared that as the Chamber
favourably received the speech which he pro-
nounced yesterday in reference to the Southern
Army the Garibaldian officers of superior rank
and those who were deputies resigned their mili-
tary titles.

General Bixio proposed an order of the day insist-
ing upon the forts being armed, even if they should
be occupied by the National Guard, He said—
" The army should speedily number 300,000 men,
and the Parliament should vote all the necessary
supplies."

He concluded as follows :—" When we have ob-
tained such an army we shall be able to resist the
whole world."

Garibaldi proposed another order of the day,
drawn up in the following manner :—" The Cham-
ber expresses its gratitude to the Garibaldian officers
who were appointed by decree of the Dictator, and
although it leaves the Ministry at liberty to
organise volunteer corps and to call them out at
opportune times, requests the Ministry to recon-
struct and maintain the Southern Army."
Signor Cugia supported the decree ordering the
formation of three divisions of volunteers, and op-
posed the proposition of Garibaldi.

On quitting the hall with the deputies Count
Cavour was cheered by an immense concourse of
people. A similar demonstration was afterwards
made in honour of Garibaldi. These manifestations
were expressive of the desire of the people for a re-
conciliation between Garibaldi and Cavour.

TURIN, APRIL 20.
The Opinione of to-day states that Portugal has
recognised the new Kingdom of Italy.

TURIN, APRIL 19.
The rumours of the resignation of Count Cavour
are without any foundation.

The result of yesterday's debate and the attitude
of the Chamber of Deputies are, on the whole, con-
sidered favourable to the Government.

All parties applaud the words of concord which
were expressed by Count Cavour and General

Bixio.

Garibaldi has declared himself satisfied. The
excitement has abated.

The official Gazette of to-day, in its summary of
news, states that brigandage exists in the Neapoli-
tan provinces, but is everywhere being suppressed.
It expresses a hope that order will soon be esta-
blished everywhere.

In to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
during the reading of the report of the prevous
sitting, Garibaldi entered the hall, and was received
with loud applause from the galleries, notwith-
standing the President's bell ordering silence.
A discussion took place on the organization of
the Ministry of War.

The tranquillity of the city has not been dis-
turbed by any demonstrations.

NAPLES, APRIL 17.

The town of Venom, in the province of Basili-
cata, has been delivered from the Bourbonists, who
had proclaimed the Government of Francis 11.
Troops have been sent to dispossess them of the
town of Meleni.

APRIL 18.
An attempt at reaction has broken out in Cala-
bria, -whither troops have been despatched.

SPECIE FOR THE EAST.
_ SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 20.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Indus, sailing hence to-day, takes out 854 boxes
specie, consisting of bar silver, £190,350; dollars,
15,900 ; gold coin, £8,235
it3so,oB .
;a2 ;sovereigns,
and
d jewellery,
£6,873.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1861."

AMERICA.

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LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.
The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steamship Com-
pany's steamer City of Baltimore, which touched
at Queenstown yesterday, and the Canadian Mail
steamship North American, which touched at Lon-
donderry, have arrived.

The increased activity in the military and naval
departments, the collection of bodies of troops, the
fitting out of several Federal war vessels, and the
chartering of several large merchant steamers for
the conveyance of stores, had created much sensa-
tion, and an impression prevailed that the Admi-
nistration was about to take active measures to
enforce the Federal laws. The unusual mystery
which prevailed in the Government departments
tended to exaggerate public rumour. The desti-
nation of the vessels was variously conjectured,
Fort Pickens, St. Domingo, Brazos, and the Mis-
sissippi being considered the most likely. A block-
ade of the Mississippi has been anticipated for
some time, and merchants have already taken
precautions against losses likely to arise in such
a contingency. The reinforcement of Fort Sump-
ter does not appear to be thought of. The
New York journals appear quite alive to the fact
that any attempt at supporting the collection of
revenue in the South must lead to privateering on
an extensive scale. The naval and military force
in the neighbourhood of New York ready for em-
barkation was estimated, including the Horse Ar-
tillery, at 2,658 men. The President, it is asserted
in some of the New York papers, cannot order a
blockade, er attempt to collect the revenue on ship-
b6ard without the authority of Congress.

The Northern Light had arrived at New York
with 996,445 dols. in California gold.
The advices from the Southern Confederation are
rather meagre. It is reported that the supplies of
Fort Sumpter had been at length cut off. A schooner
from New Jersey, loaded with ice, had been shot at
and hit while entering the harbour. She was im-
mediately put about, and went off to sea again.
The excuse for firing into her was that she carried
no colours. Major Anderson immediately despatched
a messenger to Governor Pickens for an explana-
tion, but the result of the interview was not
known.

The South Carolina State Convention had, by a
vote of 149 to 29, ratified the Constitution of the
Confederate States.

The Treasury notes of the Confederate States
were issued on the 4th, under the law authorising
a million issue. The first bonds issued by the Con-
federacy were for 1,000 dls, and sold at 20 per cent.
premium. It was reported from Norfolk, Virginia,
that a disturbance had occurred among the work-
men at Fortress Monroe, that a Palmetto flag was
raised under the walls outside the Fort, and that
the soldiers were dared to interfere with it.
Advices from Texas tend to show that the treason
of Twiggs demoralised to an alarming degree the
entire military force of the United States in Texas.
For this reason it had become a military necessity
to withdraw from that section all the troops now
there, even though their place should be promptly
supplied by new companies of picked and tried men.
General Houston still claimed to be Governor of
Texas, and had sent a message to the Legislature
asserting his authority. In the Virginia Convention
the report of the Committee on Federal Relations
had been under discussion. The third resolution,
opposing the formation of geographical or sectional
parties in Federal politics, was adopted. The
fourth resolution, declaring the Territories to be a
trust, to be administered for the common benefit of
the people of all the States, was adopted by a ma-
jority of two. The fifth resolution was amended by
striking out that part which assigned as one of the
uses of the Government forts "to aid in suppressing
domestic insurrection," and, as thus amended, was
adopted. A motion of Mr. Harvie to substitute for
the sixth resolution an ordinance of secession, pro-
viding for its submission to the people at the election
in May, was rejected by a vote of 89 to 45. The
sixth resolution was amended verbally—the Con-
vention refusing by a vote of 94 to 64, to declare
that Virginia ought not to accept a form of adjust-
ment that would not prove acceptable to the seceded
States. The resolution as adopted expresses an
earnest desire for the re-establishment of the Union
in its former integrity, and peace. prosperity, and
fraternal feeling. From Pensacola we learn that
great preparations were making for an attack on
Fort Pickens by the Confederate army. Troops
and munitions of war were daily arriving, and the
officers found it difficult to restrain the ardour of
their men from an immediate attack upon the fort.
On board the United States fleet at Fort Pickens
there were 800 troops, including marines, all of
whom could be landed at any moment. The vessels
were short of provisions, and the men, on account
of the apparent neglect of the authorities at Wash-
ington, were somewhat disheartened.
A coloured man and his wife and two children
had been seized at Chicago—one slaveholder from
Missouri claiming to own the man, and another to
own his wife and children. The arrest was secretly
managed, and the alleged fugitives taken to Spring-
field for examination with little disturbance. They
were subsequently surrendered to the claimants.
Considerable excitement prevailed, and shots were
fired at the train which was supposed to carry the
parties away.
From Honduras we learn that President Guar-
diola had been named Captain-General of the Re-
public, and given full powers to settle the question
between the civil and ecclesiastical authorities.
Colonel Rudler, who was arrested with the late
General Walker, and who had been held as a pri-
soner ever since by the authorities of Honduras,
had been released by President Guardiola.

THE CASE OF MR: FE.RNANDEZ, OF
WAKEFIELD.

In the Court of Exchequer, yesterday, Mr. Bovill
applied for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the
body of Mr. J. Fernandez from York Castle, to be
discharged out of custody, on the ground that the
warrant of commitment and the caption was bad
on the face of it, inasmuch as it did not sot out the
nature of the offence and the ground of commit-
ment ; also that the court from which the warrant
issued had no power to issue a general warrant of
commitment, of fine, and imprisonment. The
circumstance out of which the application arose
was one of very considerable importance as to
the law and
.power of judges and commissioners
of assize to issue warrants for contempt, with
fine and imprisonment. The defendant had
been one of the witnesses under the Wake-
field Election Commission Inquiry, and by a reso-
lution of the House of Commons claimed to be pro •
tested from giving the same evidence in a court •f
law as he did before the Commissioners ; and,
in a case tried before Mr. Justice Hill, at York,
under the corrupt Practices at Election Act, for
bribery, the defendant was called as a witness, and
on his refusing to answer the. questions put to him,
the learned Judge committed the defendant for
contempt, and sentenced him to pay a fine of £5OO,
with six months' imprisonment, and imprisonment
until the fine was paid, and issued a warrant which
was merely signed by Mr. Bell, the associate of
assize, and did not on the face of it set forth
the nature of the contempt and the question
that the defendant refused to answer. The
learned counsel, in support of his application,
entered at great length into the constitu-
tion and powers of judges, and contended that
the warrant, to be good, and justify the imprison-
ment of the subject, must set forth the grounds upon
which the commitment was made, so as to enable
the Court to judge whether the nature of the offence
was such as to authorise the punishment imposed ;
and in the present case it was absolutely necessary
that the Court should know whether the question
put, and which the defendant refused to answer,
was one which he was hound to answer, or was re-
lieved from doing so, as tending to criminate him-
self. The learned counsel concluded his argument
by demanding and claiming for the defendant the
writ of habeas corpus, that he might be brought up
to that Court and discharged out of custody, when
the case, from its vast importance, might be solemnly
argued.
The Court took time to consider whether the writ
should issue or not.

THE LATE MISS JENNY MARSTON.—We regret
;o hear that Mrs. Major Graham, better known to the
public as Miss Jenny Marston, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Marston, of Sadler's Wells Theatre, and who
will be remembered as an agreeable actress at the Olympic
and Princess's Theatres, died on Sunday (the 7th inst.) of
a rapid decline. The deceased, who was universally
esteemed for her amiability and goodness of heart, retired
from the profession about two years ago, having been hap-
pily married to an officer in the army, who is now left to
mourn the loss of one of the most affectionate of wives.
Her age, we believe, was only twenty-four.—Era.
THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.—FURTHER ARRIVALS
Or FOREIGN WORKMEN.—Yesterday at noon another
party of foreign operatives in the building trades, about 35
in number, and consisting chiefly of masons and bricklayers,
reached London from France by the South -Eastern Rail.
way, for the purpose of joining their fellow. countrymen
who had preceded them on Saturday last, and who had
readily found employment at the principal building. yards
of the metropolis. The new arrivals state that they
defrayed their own expenses of transit, having in prospect
a lucrative and permanent engagement with the contractors
for the works for the now Exhibition building.
THE END OF THE NEW RIVER.—The demolition
of this beautiful clear stream, which has so long enlivened
and added a picturesque appearance to those parts of town
through which it pissed, has now begun, and in a very
short space of time that portion of it from Colobrooke-row,
close to the cottage once the residence of Lamb the port,
down to the New River Head, will be filled in. The water
will for the future be conveyed through iron pipes about
five feet in diameter, and sunk about three feet below the
level of the present river's bank. To effect this cuttings
are now being made along the side of the river, into which
the pipes, in lengths of twelve feet, are sunk. Each of
these will be joined by a band round the exterior of the
joint, and tightened with screws. The distance of piping
thus completed, th 3 course of the stream will be diverted
into it, and the old river filled in.
OTTOMAN (SMYRNA TO AIDIN) COMPANY.—It
appears that after a careful examination of various docu-
ment, and a correspondence between the committee of the
Stock-Exchange and the directors of the company, the
committee yesterday reinstated the Ottoman Railway Com-
pany ill the official list of the Stock-gzchauge.

sirA KS PERIAN CELEBRATION. A banquet,
•riginated by a number of Warwickshire men, and other
admirers of the greatest of English poets, is to take place
in London, on Tuesday, the 23d inst., (Shakspere's day),
at which Mr. G. Linnosus Banks will preside. William
Scholefield, Esq,, M.P., George Cruikshank, Esq., George
Augustus Sala, Esq., and other gentlemen of mark, are
expected to be preseat,—Xra.