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The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-18

THE LIBERTY OF TOE INDIAN PRESS.

Mr. DISRAELI—I wish to make an inquiry of her
Majesty's Government respecting an act of the legisla-
tive council of India. which has been lately passed (I
believe it is number 15 of the year 1857), re.trictin4 the
liberty of the press in toe dominions of the East India
Company. I wish to know of the right hon. gentleman
the President of the Board of Control whether be would
obj ct before we separate to place a copy of that act on
the table
Mr. V. have not the least objection to
place a copy of that act on the table. I may Bay that it
has been only passed for one year.
Mr. DISRAELI—There are two other documents
which I wish to have laid on tie table of the house, and
if there is no objection to produce them I will make a
motion for their production. One is a copy of the des-
patch of the Governor-General of Indite, explaining the
reason why he has extended this law of restriction to
the loyal European subjects of her Majesty, as well as
to the natives ; and I also wish for a copy of a memorial
adch essed to the Governor-General on the sulject of the
European populition. If there is no objection t the
pr )(Inchon of those papers I will give notice of a motion
for their production as unopposed returns.
Mr. V. SMlTll—lltave no objection to the produc-
tion of such papers as we have. The despatch of the
Governor-General is in the possession of the Govern-
ment, but I am not sure that we have the memorial ; if
we have it it shall be produced.
Mr. AYRTON—WiII there be any objection to l'y
on the table a copy of the friend of India, fir which a
warning was given to that journal
Mr. Y. SMITII--If the hon. gentleman will commu-
nicate with me in private, I will endeavour to meet his
wishes.
London, England, 1857-08-18

LLOYD'S SlllPPlNu.—attis Day.)

LONDON, Aug. 18.—Wind this day at noon, N.E.,
moderate breeze, and 6ne.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 17.—Arrived—Magdalena (s.),
from West Indies; Sultan (e.). from Gibraltar.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—
Eisex, from Callao ; Emelia, Paisboro, N.S., 'lnd sailed
for the Clyde ; Mary, Havana; Boreas, Liverpool for St,
Thomas, leaky.

LEITH, Aug. 17.--Sailed—Laone, for Quebec ; Wan-
d e rer , ditto.

SHIELDS, Aug. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—St. Magnus,
from IquFrque.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind N.—Arrived—Lady
Kennaway, from London for Cape of Good Hope: Ben
Mao Dhui, ditto for St. Rollins; Troubadour, Cardiff for
Athens, leaky.
COWES, Aug. 17.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Clarissa,
from Mayaquiz.
YARMOUTH, Aug. 17.—A smack, abandoned, was brought
in here to-day with stern damaged, having been in colli-
sion with a pilot cutter at anchor off the jetty.

(PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind N.N.W.
Arrived—lsabella Scott, from Para; Westbourne,
Belize; Cari boa' Bombay; Robert Fiume, Jamaica;
Charlotte Haye, from Copenhagen.
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 16.

Wind
Arrived—Emilia, from T.'aishoro.
Nosed.—Boreas, from Liverpool, for St. Thomas, leaky ;
Mary, from Savannah.

Wind N.W. DUBLIN, August 17.
V
Arrived—Robert Twentyman, from Dantsic ; Friends,
Malta.

(By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVEBEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m.
fine.
Wind E.N.E. ; title •one hour's flood ; weather fresh and

Arrived, Aug. 17—Hanover, steamer, from Havre;
Jacob Unger, Ystad ; Ask, Haparondo ; Jane. Stettin ;
Ranger, steamer, Gottenborg ; Atalanta, Hermsaud ;
Minerva, Calip ; Hargralta, Carolineschayl ; Hart, Fre-
dericshaven ; Fraternity, Nykiobing •' Emden and Fame,
Gottenborg ; Eolus, Kragaroe ; St. Johannes, Ranca ;
Amen, Gefle; Laurel, Archangel; Oscar, Yewhaven.
Sailed, August 18.—Spartan, for Hong Kong; Rival,
for Magaduro; James Simpson, for Ascension.
DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a,lll.

Wind N.N.E., moderate ; weather fine.
Passed—Loire, screw steamer, from westward for Lon-
don (towing the Empress Eugenie) ; Enxine, steamer (in
tow)
Passed, 17th-3acnba Carolina, from London for Rio
Janeiro ; George Robinson, London for Bermuda.
Sailed— VVestmoreland, Alice, Hero of the Nile, Tar, and
Rias, for London; Dfarmora, steamer, for the north.
London, England, 1857-08-18

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1857

The evidence appears to accumulate that the
Hindoos have been the cats•paw of the Mussel
men, and that religion is the roasted Chesnut for
which the Sepoys have been craftily persuaded to
burn their fingers. Missionaries, civilians, and
English- journalists in India, concur, increasingly,
in this view of the ori;in of the mutiny. One of
the first things, therefore, on which we ought to
make up our minds, and to act wish good advic,
when the mutiny shall have been suppressed, is,
how we shall dell in future with the religious
questions which must arise between us and the
natives in our administration of the Indian Go-
vernment.

Of course all efforts must be first directed to
the suppression of the mutiny. The rebels,
where embodied, have every where to be crushed
and punished. The primary necessity is that no
natives in our employ shall ever dare to mutiny
again ; above all, that none shall ever ven-
ture to murder an unarmed European, or
to butcher helpless women and children.
We should think it may be found expe-
dient to deal comparatively leniently with
simple mutineers, in order to make a never-to-be-
forgotten example of the fiends who, without the
shadow of provocation, have violited every senti-
ment of the human breast t) revel in the most
wanton barbarity. Vengeance on such fiends is
mercy to man. Let every regiment which has
been guilty of murder be annihilated, if found,
and outlawed if scattered.
This accomplished, there will be plenty to do in
reorganising the army, a work which will have the
priority in point of necessity to that of Civil Re-
formq, though both may advance collaterally.
essential that on the re-
But iu both it will be
ligious questions we should at once avow and
act
on some fundamental principle for India, which
will stand the test of any amount of legislative
friction. It will not do to run the risk
of any such coquetting with Maii.slum2n, BRAHMA,
or Caste, as can render native superstitions again
a cause or pretext for mutiny. Practically this
will probably not be difficult in regard to the
army. Amongst the hundred millions of India
here must be found, easily enough, an ample
supply of men who want our pay ; men who prac-
ically care nothing about caste or idol worship,
and who, when brought together, will know no
bond but that of confidence in their officers and
in their regiment, and dependence for good wages
on the Government treasury. So far as they will
have creeds, their very diversity will be one
element of security against religious mutiny. The
vast predominance of Brahminism, at least, has
been the obvious cause of mu&i spontaneous com-
bination ; such large nunabt.rs were liable t •
London, England, 1857-08-18

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

VA LENTIA HARBOUR, AUGUST 14.
The expedition far connecting the opposite shores
of the Atlantic has at length, in consideration of
the many difficulties which have beset the under-
taking, and the lateness of the season, been finally
abandoned, at least for the present. It was in-
teach d, after the breaking of the cable, to lose no
time in endeavouring to underrun the portion al-
ready laid down, to join the fractured ends, and
again push forward with the remaining amount of
rope ; but the general opinion was decidedly
against the probability of recovering the part sunk
in anything over 1,000 fath:mis. The total length
would be thus shortened by about 100 miles, if not
more, and as 350 miles of rope had been paid out
in 260 direct miles of distance, and this too in fine
weather, and in partially shallow wa!er, the elide
would not he sufficiently long to reach the opposite
shore. Taking the whole circumstances of V:e case
into consideration, it was judged better to postpone
the whole undertaking until neat year. 'the Leo-
pard and Cyclops par: ed c map iny shortly after the
accident. The Niagara, Agamemnon, and Susque- 1
hanna signalled that they would proceed direct to
make arrangements for the second expedition next
year ; and if the two Governments should require
the use of either of the vessels of war, to land the
cable at Trinity Bay. The 350 miles of wire already
laid cl,,wn will he left in its present position until
next year, when there will be an attempt to reco-
ver it by underrunniug, which will be doubtless
partially successful. The Cyclops, aPer having
communicated the disastrous, intelligence, got up
her s team in the evening and endeavoured to leave
the harbour, but having received some injury to
her machinery, she was obliged to postpone her
departure until this morning, when she left for
Gravesend, there to await orders from the Admi-
ralty. Soon after the arrival of the Cyclops the officials
and employes of the comp. ny had the whole of the
powerful batteries and other valuable apparatus
u-,ed in signaling to the ships removed frim the
temporary hut and tents which had been erected
at the landing beach, and shipped on board a small
schooner for London.

Thy land line from Killarney, in direct communi-
c ition with the telegraph to London, is now com-
plet,id t within a few miles of the place where the
cable was landed, and will, by to-morrow evening
be entirely finished for working. The blame of
the fa lure of the undertaking cannot with justice
b> fixed upon any particular individual. It must
he referred more to an accumulation of unfavour-
able iircumstance9, none of which, taken separately,
was sufficient to mar the plan, but which, coming
together upon the engineers, induced them to
abandon it for the present. Yet, at the same time,
there is no hiding the plain fact, that hid lighter
and less complicated machinery teen used for pay-
ing-out the cable, the undertaking would have had
a very much better chance of success. The whole
of the officers connected with the company will
leave for London on Tuesday next.
London, England, 1857-08-18

330 p.m.!. 10 40

5 20
Ind class, by all Trains ; and 15s.

_ Fares : 355. first class ; 255. sec,
Bd:,,third class, by Trains m Irk' d
Must be taken at Manche-
•L'arit,ern route.
BAY TICKETS, available for Seven Days, are issued by any train
'Zit:Ring's Cross StNtion to Manchester at 52s 6:1. first class, and
• word class.
Cross Si EXCURSIONTRANS, until further notice, will leave Ring's
s_s Si ation, every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at 1,.40 ,
for, . Manchester ; and Manchester, on the same days, at 11.0 a.m..
an,,Xl"g's Qross, by which tickets will be issued at 21s. first class,
on 12s. 6d. closed carriages, available for return by sped al Trains
at Um?.
pie Wednesday or Saturday next following the date of issue.
13141 RXCURRION TICKET', available for 24 days, will be issued
.13: the same trains. returning on any Wednesday or - a.urday within
Fares-375. first class. and closed carriages.
Tickets are issued by the ~ame F.xeursion Trains on Wednesdays
rd Saturday s and on the same conditions, to ant from Guide
..ri_dsge, Newton, Mottram, Tinting, Hadfield, Penistone, and King's
Cress s.
Tleke's for the above excursions can be obtained at the King's
45 Station ; and [for Manchester only]. at the Great Northern
Ile
v." 'ling Offices, " Bull anti Mouth, St. Aartin's le-Grand ;" " 16.
." " 264, Holborn " 32. Regent-circus. Piccadilly ;"
62 and 63, Bri:ige-road, Lambeth ;" " 269, fqrand ;" • 38, Charing
Cross t
; " 27, King-street, Cheaps'de ;" "351. Oxford-street ;"
' George Inn, Borough ;" " 43 and 44, Crutched Friars."
‘.l`;or further particulars see the time tables of the Company, and
in excursion handbills. By order,
Ring's Cross Station, August 12, 1857.

:er to ask for tickets via the Great
London, England, 1857-08-18

TEM DIVORCE BILL.

The house then went into committee on this bill.
Progress was resumed at clause 30.
Mr. HENLEY said that in claim 16 provision was
made that in all suits other than for a dissolirion of mar-
riage, the court should proceed on the principle now
acted on in the Ecclesiastic Court, and 83 grant
alimony and the means of carrying on a suit to a wife
pendente lite ; but he did not find in this clause any pro-
vision of that kind applicable to divorce a vinculo. He
should wove to in=ert the word " alimony."
Lord LOVAINE moved, in line 8, to leave cut "may,
if it shall think fit," and insert " shall."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL sail that in divorce
bills hitherto, according to the practice, the House of
Commons took on itself to award some means-of main-
tenance to the wife, when the husband only was con-
cerned. But this clause referred to both parties, and he
thouht had better remain as it was. Toe bill, as it was
worded, did not throw on the court the necessity of
adopting the practice of the Ecclesiastical Courts in
divorce, although it had done so in cases of judicial sepa-
ration. The question was whether that practice was a
desirable one to be maintained. The result might las
that a wife might fall into the hands of evil advisers, and
might use such a power for purposes of extortion. When
a wife applied for a divorce a vinculo matriononii, it was
not desirable that the court should be comoelled to adopt
such a rule as that proposed. It was better to leave this
matter to the discretion of the court in making rules for
its procedure,
Mr. HENLEY feared that the court would have no '
power under the clause. He did not ask to make such
a rule imperative on the court. As the 16th clause had
made a provision on this subject in cases of judicial sepa-
ration, it was not too mach to ask that in a suit for dis-
solving a marriage a woman should not be left without
reasonable means of carrying on the.suit.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—There was a coca•
mon law liability for a husband to maintain his wife,
but there was none to compel him to give her the means
of carrying on a suit against him. That was a practice
peculiar to the Ecclesiastical Courts. He would eon. I
London, England, 1857-08-18

KIRKCALD Y—Aua. 15.

We had a good supply of wheat to-day, bnt small of
barley and oats. Sales ready for fine wheat and oats, and
at about last day's rates.

Wheat. Barley. t Oats. f Beans.
First 62s
62s Od 3ss 01 33s Od Os Oa
Second
Third 33s 26s 01 I 26s Od f Os Ha

R T II S.
OF A EON.

On the 17th inst., at 7, Alfred-place, North Brixton,
the wife of Mr. A. RoPentball.
Oo the 16th inst., at 40, Paul's-road, Camden-square,
Mre. Henry Philp.
London, England, 1857-08-18

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.)
ROYAL COMMISSION.
__

Their lordships assembled at four o'clock. The royal
assent was given by commission to the following bills :
County Court Judges (Falconer's and Yates Salaries),
Superannuation Act Amendment, Boundaries of Land
(Ireland), General Board of Health Continuance, Atter-
nies and Solicito►s (Colonial Courts), Ilticit Distillation
(Ireland), Loan Societies, Burial Grounds (Scotland)
Act (1855) Amendment, Summary Proceedings be-
fore Justices of the Peace, Glebe Lands (Ireland),
Banking, Crown, &c., Suits (Scotland), Land Tax
Commissioners Names, Industrial Schools, Muni-
cipal Corporations, Fraudulent Trustees, . New Zea-
land Loan Guarantee, New Zealand Company's
Claims, New Zealand Government Act Amendment,
Haelingden and Todmorden Roads, West Somerset
Railway, New Brunswick and Canada Railway and
Land Company, Norfolk Estuary Act Amendment,
Thames Conservancy, Tweed Fisheries, British
and Irish Grand Junction Railway', Fine-
bury Park (No. 2), Sittingbourne and Sheerness
Railway, Herne Bay and Faversham Railway, Taff
Vale Railway, South-Eastern Railway (Greenwich
Junction to Deptford), Newry and Enniskillen Rail-
way, Mayor's Court of the City of London, Wac 43Am
Railway, Shepherd's Disabilities Removal, Baring's
Diborce, and Guistiniani's Naturalisation.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Ea•l of Harrow by, and the Duke of Argyle.
Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Cupar,
Fife, praying that certain enactments in the Boundaries
of Burgh bill might be made obligatory instead of per
missive.
London, England, 1857-08-18

tion and retirement has been sahmi.ted t i our con-
sideration by Sir C. Trevelyan, Assistant-Secretary
of the Treasury. This scheme will be found in the
appendix, together with the financial statements
adduced in is support. The evidence of Sir C.
Travelyan furnishes explanations of his plan. The
general principle of this scheme is borrowed from
the French military system, qualifiel, however, by
the adoption of regulations which have of late years
Lean partially introduced into our own civil ser-
vice. The first commission in the army Sir C.
Trevelyan recommends should be obtained by a
competitive examinatio❑ be ween candidates nomi-
nated by the Commander-in-Chief. The successtul
candidate is then to go through a course of profes-
sional training at a military college for a period of
two years. His education at this establishment is
not to be assisted by any pecuniary contributio❑
from the state, and the advantage now given at
Sandhurst to the sons of oil officers is to be dis-
o.intinued. The young man having passel the
college, is to enter the army without further exami-
nation until he reaches the rank of captain. Pro-
motion up to the rank of captain is to be two-thirds
by seniority and one-third by selection. Captains
and all higher ranks are to be appointed by selec-
tion. A system of examination for the captaincy
is to be provided, which will give the means to
those who have risen from the ranks, of competing
with officers who have had the advantage of a pro-

fes3ional education. The comparative merits of
officers and their fitness for promotion are to be
asee,tained by a system of inspection with report
similar to that which prevails in the French army.
Ti►e rank of major is ti be abolished, and the pro-
motion above the rank of captain i 3 no longer to be
re4imental. Retirement is to be based upon a
mixed system of voluntary and compulsory retire-
ment, accordin4 to a principle proposed by the
Civil Service Superannuation Commis,ioners. The
etaff is to be a separate corps, a 3 in the French ser-
vice. All exchanges from one regiment to another
are to bi forbidden.

Such is the general outline of the plan recom-
mended by Sir C. Trevelyan. He has also placed
before us a financial statement., from Which it ap-
pears that in the future pay of the regimental offi-
cers he proposes an increase of 118,7891. yearly,
with a reduction of 50,419/. in the allowances now
granted. In tlle eztablishment of general officers
he proposes a reduction. The recapitulation of his
whol,r scheme exhibits an incretse in the charge for
effective service; of 31,6121. ; while for the non-
effeetive service?, by reducing the amount of
widows' pensions, and the amount of hslf-pay, and
by omitting altogether the rewards for military
service, the charge is reduced by 113,4781. Upon
the whole statement, therefore, as given by Sir C.
l'revelyan, there is an estimated decreas' of expen-
diture of 81,866%
[To be continued.]
London, England, 1857-08-18

riitaf ilottion

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

IMPERIAL PA RLIAMEN T.

HOUSE OF LORD.—(This Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'cb,ck.

Lord COLVILLE presented a petition from Wigton
against the Police (Scotland) Bill.
Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Nos -
f against the clause in the Divorce Bill compelling
clergymen to n,arry divorced persons.
SECURITY TO TRUSTEES' BILL.
Lord ST. LEONARDS said, at the titan the Fraudu-
lent Trutnees' 8.11 was under discussion he suggested to
the noble and learned lard on the woolsack that a mea-
sure ought to be introduced to afford relief to trustees
who bad acted honestly. Tae noble lord admitted that
such a measure was impracticable, but be thought V- at it
was only difficult, and he accordingly framed a bill,
which passed their brdships' house, and was sent down
to the Commons where it was read a second itrie. Wh, n
it was proposed to go into c ”umittee on this bill a
learned gentleman (the Attorney. General) in the other
house said, with that confidence which is peculiar to
him, that this bill was so fraueit with in%ccuracies that
it would take three days to remedy the defects, and ucdcr
those circuinstancs he (the Attorney-General) thought
the better course would be to withdraw the bill alt—
gether for the session. He (Lord St. Leonardo) begg, d
to give notice that, early next session he should reintto•
duce the same measure.

The LORD CHANCELLOR deprecated the system
of alluding to the speeches that had been made in the
other house of Parliament.
THE DIVORCE BILL.

Lord ST. LEONARDS wished to know when it WAS
likely the Divorce and Ma rimanial Causes Bill would
be transmitted to their lordshim in order that the
amendments that bad been made in the other house
mizi.t be considered.

Earl GRANVILLE said it was impossible to say
when the bid would come up to their lordships. If the
noble and learned lord had given him notice of the
question, he would have made inquiry on the subject.
The bill had, however, been so fully discussed in both
houses, that it was not likely to occupy much of their
lordships' time.
Lord CAMPBELL said he hoped the session would
not close, even though it was continued for a consider-
elle time longer. He should regard it as a national
calamity if the prorogation took place until this bid
was passed.
Lord REDESDAT_JE said the alterations that bad
been made were of the most important description—
(hear, hear)—such, for instance, of affording
relief where it had been refused by their lordships. He
thought it. would, be utterly impossiblis that these alter-
ations in the mea=sure, which materially affected the in-
terest of every borne in the kingdom c)uld be properly
discussed at (.4 time when the house was so thinly at-
tended,
Earl GRANVILLE said the Government were de-
termined to ref ist every attempt to postpone it.
The iubj,.!et then droppeO.
PROBATE AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRA-
London, England, 1857-08-18

Prince Albert.

Complete and unexampled Success of the Grand 0 iental
Spectacle of EL HY')ER. Mr. Wm. Cooke announces with
great satisfaction another Triumph. The intense'y interest-
ing and thrilling Equestrian aid Dramatic situations with
which this splendid Hippodrama abounds have been nightly
received with inerased delight and enthusia,m.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, the entertainments
will commence with the Grand Eque.triau and Oriental Spec,
tacle, in 2 Acts, entitled EL HYDER ; or, THE CHIEF OF
THE GFIAUT MOUNTAINS. El Hyder, Mr. James Hol-
loway. Introducing Mr. W. Cooke's magnificently Trained
Horses.

After which an nnapproaAably brilliant series of Mr.
William Cooke's inimitable SCENES IN TIIE ARENA, sup-
ported by the popular and talented Artistes of the establish-
ment, including Madlle. Mililos.
COMMOLCO at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ' • Private Boxes, from 2!5., no charge for booking;
P.t, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Uppar Gallery, 6d. H tiff-price at
half-past Eight.
Box office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

et ANTERBURY tt ALL. Westminster-road.—
IL} OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
:n¢ company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
elections from all•the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
aces, Ducts, dm., viz.: Miss E Pearce, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss
E. Scott, ‘fiss Brimell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Leslie, and
Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far-
rant, S, o.e J. Barker, W. Melling, P. vorri. Senor An-
tonio, F L. Hime, and Mr St. A byn ; Master Corri; Messrs.
Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil
Hicks; harmonium, Master Willisms ; Director, Herr F.
Jonglim ins 'Commence at Seven o'clock preAsely. Sip-
per.;, <to., until twelve.o'clock

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAT—Morn., 38 rain. aft. 12— Even., 7 min. aft. 1
TO-MORROIT— Morn., 35 min. aft. I—Even., 57 m n aft. 1

A.UE WEATHER—Sox OFFICE, AUGUST 19.
THEamomETER, IN THE SHADE.
71— highest since noon yesterday.
55 -lowest this morning and during the night—the
lowest for two months.
69 - this day at noon.

BARO3f ETER, 30.15.
WINP, ; light, with fine weather.

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London, England, 1857-02-16

THE BALTIC.

• HAMBURG, Feb. 14.—Accounts from St. Peters-
burg up to the 7th instant give a very melancholy
picture of the continued general distress and want
—bordering upon positive famine exis ling through-
out the Grand Duchy of Finland, and which pro-
mises to become daily worse, notwithstanding the
amounts subscribed in St. Petersburg, Hels;ngfors,
and other places for the alleviation of the exiting
evil. The Emperor and Empress have suhscrib:2d
10,000 silver roubles and 5,000 silver roubles re-
spectively for the purpose ; and large supplies from
the military magizines in Finland have been
placed at the disposal of the poorer clas,es, at
vc:y low prices, to aid them ' • but this aid is of a tem.-
porary character. The population in many parr s are
perishing of hungir and cold. The merchants and
other monied men have.subscribcd in the capital
about 28,000 roubles ; among them Baron Stieg-
litz's name is down for 10,000. The authorities are
at their wits' ends in Finland to meet the great
distress.
The navigation of the river Elbe will become en-
tirely free from the the ice in a couple of dap. The
London, Hull, and Hartlepool steamers pass up
and down the river, suffering only trifling obstacles,
and these will probably disappear in a very short
time. The thaw has continued rapidly, and much
rain has fallen, accompanied by somewhat stormy
weather yesterday.
London, England, 1857-02-16

20%. per cent.

51. per cent.
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51. per cent.

71. p. c. & bs.
41. per cent
1 51. percent.

141. per cent.
6?. per cent.
28 per cent.
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il.per cent.
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p. ct.Scbs.
81. per cent.
s'. per cent.
10/. per cent
211. per cent.

ISt.pc—r cent]

DOCKS.
London, England, 1857-02-16

KIWI WATER, AT LONDON BRTDGt.

Trim DAY—Morn. 7 min. aft. 6 —Evening 24 milt. aft. 6
Tev.Moßsow—lvlern. 41 min. aft. 6 —Evening 4 'air . aft. 7

THE WI?, A 'PHEV—SuN Of nog, FEBRUARY 15.

TEZRIiOIIETER, IN TOE din: DH.
47—highest sines noon yesterday.
41.—lowest thiS morning and during the night.
46 --this day at noon.
• 14Agowirrics, 30.12.
WIND, S.E. • -Light, with fine, sunshiny weather.
FEBRUARY 16.
47 —D I'' -t • noon youterday.
---!owest thi eaorniag and dining the night.
0 —this aay
WI C BA.-nomETtn,
S.E. —Light, with cry fine weather.

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L'IYJON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 18(7

"Finance" has always be
en a stumbling-block
in the way of tae Whir. •It has been
their weak
point, which has brought them into discredit and
disrepute, and led to their eviction from place
sad power in 1841 and 1852. In fact, they
could never take an original or comprehensive
view of the subject. A slavish adherence to pre
cede-at was their chief characteristic, and all their
Budgets were enveloped in voluminous folds of
" red. tape." The more objectionable an impost
he wore closely did they adhere to it, and what
to men of ordinary common sense would occasion
its unequivocal condemnation,- seemed to consti-
tute its chief recommendation in their sight.
Sir G. C. LEWIS is no cileption to the general
His chief ambition appears to bo to prove
that Sir CUAS. WOOD was not the worst Financial
Minister that could be selected. He deserves no
particle of credit for yielding, to a certain extent,
to the popular demand. for the itnimediate aboli-
tion of the War Income Tax. Were it possible
tg do so, he would cling with desperate tenacity
London, England, 1857-02-16

OF A DAUGHTER.

On the lith inst., at 13, Dean's-yard, Westminster, Mrs
Cureton.

On the 13th inst., at 32, Oxford-square, the will 0
Lionel B. Cohen, Esq.

•
MARRIED.
On the 12th inst., at Allerthorpe, John George Bowe,'
Thoroton, youngest son of the late Colonel-Hildyard of
Flintham Hall, Notts, and Wenestead Hall, Yorkshire,
to Caroline, eldest daughter of Robert Denison, Esq.. of
Waplinton Manor, Yorkshire.
On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, Rupert,
son of Henry Rains, Esq., of the Cresomit,"Bridge-etzeet,
Blackfriars, to Eliza Mary Ann, daughter of E. T. Clarks
Esq., of the Coburg-road, Camberwell.

DIED.
On the 12th inst., at Think, the Rev. Ewd. Seljeantsoos
rector of Kirby Knowle.
On the 13th inst., Hamilton, the eldest son of William
Woodgate, Esq., of Swaylands, Penshurst, and Lincoln's-
inn-fields, aged 21.
On the 12th inst., at Gosport, Georgina Eliza, wife of
Captain Potter, agd 63.
On the 11th inst., at 21. Rutland-square, Dublin, Geo.
O'Kelly, Esq. of Barrett's-town, co. Kildare second sou
of George Bourke O'Kelly, Esq., of Acton, Middlesex.
On the 11th inst. at Chenies Rector, Alfred John,
son of Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, aged 2:4.-
On the 11th inst., at Clapham-common, Mr. William
Blandon, aged 72.
On tho 7th inst., at Dundas Castle, James Ad!tm, infant
son of Adam Dundas, Esq., R.N.

LONDON : Printed and Published by IMMO YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °thee. No•
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coup
of Middlesex Monday, February 16, 1857.
London, England, 1857-02-16

FOREIGN

Australian
Brazilian Imp. (issued
at £5 pm)
Do. Cocacs di Cuiada
Do. St. Johu Del Rey
Clarendon Con. Min.
Co. of Jamaica_ _
Co bre Copper
Copiapo
Fortuna

General .;
Linares ..
Lusitanian

Mariquita
Now Granada

Noveau Monde
Pont. Sil.Ldhf4 Smii
Port Philip
Santiago de Cuba
South Australian „,

Do. Scrip
Do. 10 p. c. Pref.._
United Mexican
London, England, 1857-02-16

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBIY MARKET PROM
THE 3D TO THE 15TH JAN., 1857.

The Overland Mail from London of the 10th of Dec.
reached Bombay about 6 o'clock in the afternoon of
Sunday, the 11th inat., per Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steam( r Ganges. _

The tightness in the money market reported in our last
has increased during the past fortnight, and the banks
have again rai.ed their rates of discount 1 per cent. all
round, AM these rule now from 8 to 10 per cent.
The Bank of Bombay have declared a dividend at the
rate of 8 per cent. per annum far the past half-year.
Securities of all descriptions are flat and dull of sale.
London, England, 1857-02-16

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

Since Monday last fair supplies of potatoes have come
to hand coastwise and by railway. For most kinds the
demand is steady, at full quotations. The imports last
week were 467 bags, from Schiedam; 40 from Belfast;
baskets, from Rotterdam; and 8 sacks from Limerick.
York Regents, 100 s to 130 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do.,
100 s to 130 s ; Scotch do., 95s to 120 e ; do. cups, 90s to
1003 ; Middlings, 65s to 755; Lincolas, 90s to 105 s ; Blues,
90s to 105 s.
London, England, 1857-02-16

SIR JOHN FR ANKLINS EXPEDITION.

The following letter has been addressed to the
editor of the Times :

Sir,-1 lose no time in noticing the report given
in the Times and other papers of to-day by Captain
Sherard Osborn in reference to Sir John Franklin's
expedition, and to mention that no information
bearing upon this important subject has reached
this house in an official or private shape, and that,
in the opinion of persons acquainted with the
Indian country, it is only one of those vague ru-
mours which have been current there fiom time to
time, upon which no reliance can be placed, and
probal ly arises from Indians having seen one of
Anderson's own encampments on or near the Back
Itivrr, but not near its mouth, because the Indians,
as far as is known t) the Hudson's Bay Company,
never approach within 200 or 300 miles of it, i. e.
—the mouth of the liver.

Sir George Simpson, whose name is particularly
mentioned by Captain Osborn, will be in London
next week, and will no doubt personally contradict
the absurd charge made in Captain Osborn's com-
munication.

I am, sir, your obedient servant,
W. G. SMITH, Secretary.
Hudson's Bay-house, Feb. 14.
London, England, 1857-02-16

LEEDS, FEB. 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—An average business done to-day.
Midland, 83/—North Eastern, (Leeds capital stock), 19—
Ditto Yorks, 31) i—North Western, 7 13.16—Manches•
ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 36.
London, England, 1857-02-16

ITALY.

A letter from Genoa of the 12th inst. observes
that should the illness of the Duke of Modena end
fatally, his death would give rise to serious compli-
cations. He has no children, and his brother left
but one child--a daughter. If the latter be inca-
pable of succeeding, the question will arise whether
the Duchy will pass to the elder branch at Vienna
or the junior branch at Florence. The writer of the
letter thinks that, after the recent demonstrations
m
ide by the inhabitants of Modena, Reggio,
Massa, and Carara, they will not readily submit to
a German Sovereign.

The Milan Gazette replies as follows to the article
of the Moniteur relative to the affairs of the Danu-
bian Principalities :—" The article of the French
official organ in defending the union of the Princi-
palities thwarts the views of Austria and Great
Britain, who had declared themselves in favour of a
separate administration of these provinces. It is a
brifed of discord thrown into the league of the 15th
April, 1856, which was concluded for the common
defence of the integrity and independence of the
Ottoman empire. Austria and England are not
poWers to allow themselves to be readily turned
aside from their plans or to fail in their observance
of treaties. It must therefore be rheved ttat the
queston put forward by the Monb
iteur eaunot
solved in accord ince with its views, even should
the statesmen of Turkey admit the opportuneness
of what the French official organ calls for.?'

The Austrian General who had the command of
the troops in Bologn% is dead. The immediate
cause of his death was a hundred oysters Of the
largest size, which he ate at a sitting.

Ves3els of war are to proceed from Spain to Cuba,
to form part of the contemplated expedition against
Mexico.

Mr. Sergeant Channell was tiworn in one of the Barons
of the Exchequer, in the room of the late Sir J. Alder-
son, on Saturday, at the Privy Council Office, before the
Lord Chancellor.
London, England, 1857-02-16

RAILWAYS-FOR CASEI.

fr. f r C
Orleans 1,375 C.
Western
Northern 920 Strasburg
Lyons I ,375 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,770 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva -
Cette

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Feb. 13.—The following reason is here
given for the prolonged stay of the Emperor and
his official advisers at Milan. Some time since it
was arranged that the Archduke Ferdinand Max
should take the oaths as Governor-Generfu of the
Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom on or about the
12th inst. ; but his Imperial Highness has recently
expressed :his disinclination to accept so impor-
tant an office without previously ascertaining
the exact extent of the powers with which
his Majesty the Emperor proposes to invest Lim.
The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian is aware
that the rigid system of centralisation which has
been introduced by the Minister of the Interior
is one of the principal causes of the discontent
of the Italian subjects of his Imperial brother.
At present the inhabitants of the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom are in an excellent humour,
because they can apply directly to their Sove-
reign for the redress of their grievances ; but
they will probably speedily relapse into their former
sullen disaffection if they are again made so en-
tirely dependent on the Central Government. It
is whispered that the youthful Archduke has ex-
pressed his conviction that he will not be able to
discharge the important duties of Governor-General
of the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom to the satis-
faction either of his Majesty or of his
.subjects,
less some important changes are made in the sys-
tem of government.
London, England, 1857-02-16

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Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch,
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C010nia1..............
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Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch.
Lond. Char. Bk. of Ans.
Do. New
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Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg. C.
London Joint-Stock . • -

Londe dad Westmin3tr
Nat. Provincial of Eng.
Ditto, New

Ditto ditto
Nationr.l Bank •
New South Wales
Oriental Bank Corpora.
Ottoman Bank
Provincial of Ireland

Ditto, New.• • •. • •
South Australia • • -•
Union of Australia.. • •

Union of Hamburg ••
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Unity Mutual •• • •
Western Bank o' Londn

Name of Company

Commercial.• ........
Do. Preference
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Do. Loan Notes ....

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London, England, 1857-02-16

itlumers.

Paid

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Birning. Wolverh. &
Stour Va11ey.........
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Do., do. F. £l6 ...
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IDo. Fifths

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arrangement
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stead, and City Jn
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North Western..
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Portsmouth

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Scot. N. E. Abrdo . St
Shropshire Union
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London, England, 1857-02-16

JOINT-Si

all
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Britiab N. American
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Eng. Scot. &Aux.Cht
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Ditto Now

London and County
Lad. drE.Bnkng. Corp
London Joint Stock
Lond.andWestminst
National Pro. of Eng
Do. New
National Bank

New South Wales
Oriental Bank Corp
Ottoman Bank
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Do. New
R. Aus. B. &G. Im. Co
South Australia
Union of Australia
'Do. New
Union of London
Unity Mutual
Westrn Bk.of Lond.:
London, England, 1857-02-16

Off' • DAUGHTZIU

On the 11th inst., at 13, Dean's-yard, Westminster, Mrs.
Cureton.
On the 13th inst., at 32, Oxford-square, the wife 01
Lionel B. Cohen, Esq.

MARRIED.

On the 12th inst., at Allerthorpe, John George Bowe!
Thoroton, youngest son of the late Colonel HildyarJ, of
Flintham Hall, Notts, and Wenestead Hall, Yorkshire,
to Caroline, eldest daughter of Robert Denison, Esq., of
Waplinton Manor, Yorkshire.
On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Camberwell, Rupert'
son of Henry Rain 3, Esq., of the Crescent, Bridge-street,
Blackfriars, to Eliza Mary Ann, daughter of E. T. Clark/
Esq., of the Coburg-road, Camberwell.

D.IIE D.
On the 12th inst., at Thirsk, the Rev. Ewd. Sox jeantsoel
rector of Kirby Knowle.
On the 13th inst., Hamilton, the eldest son of William
Woodgate, Esq., of Swaylands, Penshurst, and Lincoln's!'
inn-fields, aged 21.
On the 12th inst., at Gosport, Georgina Eliza, wife of
Captain Potter, aged 63.
On the 11th inst., at 21, Rutland-square, Dublin, GO'
O'Kelly, Esq., of Barrett's-town, co. Kildare, second ,On
of George Bourke O'Kelly, Esq., of Acton, Middlese%.
On the 11th inst. at Chenies Rectory, Alfred Joboi
sou of Lord and Lady Wriothesley Russell, aged 23..
On the 11th just., at Clapham-common, Mr. Willie"
Blunden, aged 72.
On the 7th inst., at Dundas Castle,
James Adam, infant
son of Adam Dundas, Esq., R.N.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG.
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No.
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the COun ty
of Middlesex. Monday, February 16, JAL
London, England, 1857-02-16

TERRIBLE INCIDENT AT MILAN.

The following comes to us in a private letter from
Milan :

" MILAN, FEB. 10.
"A terrible event occurred a few days since at
Mantua. A young man hissed a prima donna in one
of the theatres. An Austrian officer called in a
commissary of police to silence the mdcont3nt. The
latter, in receiving a wPrning from the formidable
functionary, thought the safest thing he could do
was to get out of the way, and ho quietly left the
theatre. But the officer, following him, insulted
him, and proposed to fight. A meeting was ar-
ranged for the clay after the morrow, but in the
m anwhile the I elatives of the young man applied
to the military commandant of Mantua, and begged
him not to permit a repetition of the scandal which
occurred two months age, when an Austrian officer
nearly killed a Lombard citizen. The commandant
in consequence of this request sent the challenger
out of the town. But yesterday, an Austrian cap-
tain, a friend of the officer who had been sent away,
happening to meet the young Italian in a cafe,
rushed upon him in a paroxysm of filly, accusel him
of teing the cause of his friend's banishment, and
drawing his sword cut his head clean off at one
blow. This news rapidly spread through the town,
and caused immense agitation. Groups were speedily
formed in the streets, the shops were closed, the
troops were called out, and marched up and down
the town all the night. A little more and the
state of siege and maridal law would have bean
proclaimed."
' Letters from Milan of Feb. 14 confirm the state-
ment of an Austrian officer having cut off a young
man's head in a cafe, and say further that fight 3
took place afterwards between other officers and
citizens, and that more blood was shed.
London, England, 1857-02-16

Berlin
East London
Do. 4 per Cent Pref.
Do. 5 per Cent Pref.
Grand Junction

Do. New ••• • • •
Lambeth • • • • •
New River Company • •
Southwark & Vauxhall
West Middlesex • • • • ..
Do. D 0......•
London, England, 1857-02-16

BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 14

STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a considerable business,
mostly at rather improved prices, and the market closed
firm. London and North Western, 107 i 'I
—Midland, E3l
83k—Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 76 76i—
Shropshire Bank, 3i 4.
London, England, 1857-02-16

SEE OF LONDON.

Viscount DUNGANNON said, on Thursday next he
shoal(' ask a question of the Lord Privy Seal, whether
there was aoy intention to brinf, in a bill this sesiion to
divider the See of London, and alio whether there is any
intention on the pert of the Government to introduce a
bilt to provide retiring allowances to bishopS.
London, England, 1857-02-16

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY.
The Moniteur contains the following :—" The
decree of Feb. 17, 1852, which ordains that two
judicial condemnations against a periodical news-
paper shall entail its suppression, adds that the
offences or contraventions of law must have been
committed within the space of two years. Some
journals have just raised the question of whether
the latter regulation might not be &lade applicable
by analogy to the two official warnings, in virtue of
which suspension for two months at most may be
pronounced by a ministerial decree. This analogous
interpretation is not warranted by the law, and
cannot be admitted in principle. Differing from
suppression, an extreme measure, which a second
condemnation within the period of time indicated
legitimately entails, the temporary suspension is
only facultative. Even after two warnings, if the
facts do not require a more severe decision, a fresh
warning may still be given, and the Government
which uses with great moderation the powers con-
ferred on it with respect to the press, in the interest
of order and public tranquillity, ways takes into
its most serious consideration the date as well as the
gravity of the facts which occasioned the previous
warnings."
BOURSE, Feb. 14.—The following were the las
quotations :
Cash. ft. c.
44 per Cants
3 per Cents . 68 50
New Loan
Bank Shares 4,175 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,355 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes
Piedmontese (5) _ 90 50 Home Debt

End of Month.
—fr. —c.
68 55
London, England, 1857-02-16

LOCAL SHARI? MARKRTB.

LIVERPOOL. FM 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market continues steady to.,
day, at about the same as yesterday's rates. The follow-
ing were the sales :—Blackbem, 8 15-16 9—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 99A—Eastern Counties, IC—Caledonian,
32 i—Dutch Rhenish, h)—Midlands, 83 A—London and
North Western, 107? f—North -Union A., 228—North
Eastern, Berwick, 21A—South Eastern, 228—Grand Trunk
of Canada, 121—Great Western of Canada, 25#—Ditto,
new, 21 pm.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 36--
Lancashire and Cheshire, 68 9—Lancaster and Presto°,
(i share; issued at 4/. 145.), 20i1.
London, England, 1857-02-16

CEYLON:

Mr.-BYNG asked the Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies when it was his intention to lay before the house
the last annual report of the Governor of Ceylon on the
state of that colony; and whether he would, at the same
time, furnish a copy of the letter of Viscount Torrington
to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the same
subject, under date Jan. 17, 1857?
Mr. L A.BOIJC EIERE said that the report alluded to,
which formed the ordinary bluebook, would be placed
on the table at the usual time, about March, and that
he should have no objection to produce Viscount Tor-
rington's letter, if moved for.
VACCINATION.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked the Vice-President of
the Board of Health when the Committee on Vaccination
agreed to by the Gavernment during the last session was
to be appointed.
Mr. COWPER, said he proposed to bring in this ses-
sion a bill similar to that of last year, and then refer it
to a stlect committee, with the understanding that the
committee should report on it. He hoped to bring in
the bill in a few days.
Mr. BRADY said the answer was so satisfactory
that he withdrew his question of a similar nature.
ECCLESIASTICAL CO tdMISSION.

Lord ROBERT CECIL asked the Secretary of State
for the Home Department whether it was his intention
to bring in any bill for'the purpose of giving effect to
recommendations of the Committee aihich eat last ses-
sion on the Ecclesiastical Commission.

Sir G. GREY said that a bill was proposed for the
above purpose. He would give notice of its introduc-
tion on an early day.

ADNIINIgTRATION OF JUSTICE.

Mr. M‘MARON asked the Secretary for the Home
Department whether he had any reasonito expect that
the commission for inquiring into the administration of
justice would make a report in time to found a measure
thereon this session ?

Sir G. GREY said the commission was now sitting,
but that as he was not a member of the commission, he
could not state when the committee would be in a pusi-
twa to report.