The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-01 00:00:00

No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended March 31, 1861 ; the Application of the same ; and the Charge
of-the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge.•

Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter
ended Dec. 31, 1860, viz.:—
Great Britain
Ireland

92'4511

Income received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1861, as shown in Account I. I. 18,53.5,986
amount raised by sa e of E c..equer Bids (Supply) issued to replan, in part, the
amount Bills paid out of the Ways and Means vloney Grants fur the year
Th6o-61 .. . ...... ......... ...... .......... ........ ....... .... 1,000,000
Amount raised Irt issue of ixchequer Bonds (inyurther part lit grant of £2.o' 0,000) 5+4,000
Am lint raised per Act 3 24 Vic . c p. lu, n account of Fortifications, ctc. .... 200,000
Amount received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1861, in repayment of Advances
for Public Works, &c.

817,011

£21,.,69,508

Balance, being the Deficiency, on 31st March, 1861, upon the charge of the Conso-
lidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends, and other charges, pay-
able in the Quarter to June 30, 1861, I,nd for which Exchequer Bills
(Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter

697,137

£22,266,645

On announcing aimself as the inspector,
the contractor's man, who was engaged in
weighing out the meat, made a movement towards
the scales, and on the pin of which the inspector
found a piece of the thin flank of the beef, about 44
ounces. The weight in use for the was also
found to weigh only 2oz. Some of the messes of
meat which had been served out were reweighed by
the inspector, and were found to be soz. light. The
information had been laid against Mr. Harris, the
contractor, for having light weights in his posses-
sion. At the conclusion of the evidence the magi-
strates retired to consider their decision, and on
returning to the court the senior magistrate, ad-
dressing the accused, said :

" The evidence of the inspector places beyond a
doubt that the soldiers of the 2d battalion of the
11th Regiment have for some time been cheated of
the meat issued to their messes in a most discredit-
able manner, and although you, Mr. Harris, as the
contractor, benefited in an indirect manner from the
imposition, yet, as you do not appear to have been
a party to it, the information against you cannot be
sustained. If, however, you have any regard for
your own character you will forthwith dismiss from
your service with disgrace the servant employed by
you in weighing the meat on the occasion in ques-
tion. Nearly all the witnesses examined have also
proved an absence of system or regularity in the
superintendence of the issue of the meat."

We regret to learn that Col. R. R. Dawson, C. 8.,
of the Royal Engineers, whose dangerous illness
from congestion of the lungs was announced some
days since in our Military Intelligence, died on
Thursday morning at his villa at Blackheath. CoL
Dawson was originally employed on the Ordnance
Survey, and on the establishment of the Tithe Com-
mission became connected with that commission.
He had been assistant commissioner and head of
the Survey Department of the Commons Inclosure
and Copyhold Commission, which office becomes
vacant by his decease. Col. Dawson was made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath for his Civil
services. The late Colonel, who was much respected
in the service, was in his 63d year.
The following appointments are to be dated the
28th ult.:—W. C. N. Gould and J. T.. Wallace,
naval cadets, to the Donegal; W. B. Forbes, S. A.
R. Hamilton, and A. W. Williams, to the Princess
Royal ; A. Kingscott, John H. Lee, G. C. Higgins,
E. C. L Sturt, and James C. Caswall, naval cadets,
to the Hero ; L. F. Wells, naval cadet, to the Mer-
sey; A Savage and A. Schoenberg, naval cadets, to
the Aboukir; Henry A. Baring and H A. P. Pro-
byn, naval cadets, to the Emerald ; Lord C. W. de
la Poer Beresford and A. B. Sheridan, naval cadets,
to the Marlborough; G. S. M. Thomas and B. W.
Vernon, naval cadets, to the Neptune ; E. A. Hol-
bech, naval cadet, to the Agamemnon ; G. S. Parker
and R. F. Orton, naval cadets, to the Cressy; J. G.
W. Harrison and F A. Harston, naval cadets, to
the London; L. Napier and G. S. Deacon, naval
cadets, to the Cesar ; Charles E. Stewart, naval
cadet, to the Exmouth ; E. H. Oldham and G. S.
M'llwaine, naval cadets, to the Melpomene; M. D.
Daubeny, naval cadet, to the Immortalite ; W. H.
Monckton and R. A. Brock, naval cadets, to the
Doris ; and A.. P. Williams, naval cadet, to the
Orion.

Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended March 31, 1/ •61, in
redemption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency), for the Quarter ended TA ec. 31.
1860,
2,709,516

Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Quarter endedlMarch
31, 1861
11,816,364

Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended March 31, 18,31, v iz, :
Interest of the Permanent Debt X 3,588,060
Terminable Debt 596,599
interest o Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) 519
The Civil List
Other Charges on Consolidated Fund
Advances for Public Works, &c.

Surplus Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ire-
land, for the Quarter ended March 31, 18th

6,958,018

782,747

£22,266,645

Tii.E 8.E14M _FIG HT AV B.RRiIiTOII7.

(THIS DAY.)

The weather this morning augured very unfa-
vourably for the grand military evolutions an-
nounced to take place at Brighton. Notwithstanding
the dull heavy leaden clouds that floated slowly
above, and gave unmistakable signs of rain, the
Volunteers of the metropolis and its vicinity were
early on the alert, and the London-bridge and
Victoria Stations of the South Coast Railway were
crowded by persons anxious to witness the depar-
ture of the different regiments for the scene of
action. In order that no confusion should ensue
from the arrival and departure of so large a body
of men the company made the best arrangements,
and in order that they might be carried into execu-
tion issued the following printed instructions, which
were strictly adhered to :

Instructions for starting from Victoria Station.—
Corps, at their appointed time, will march down
Grosvenor-place, four deep, to Victoria Station.
Colonel Brownlow Knox, with a Staff officer, will
superintend the departure of the Volunteers from
this station. The first train will leave at a quarter
to 7 a.m., and will be followed by other trains every
10 minutes until 9 a.m.

London-bridge Station.—Similar arrangements
are made for the departure of the Volunteers from
this station, under the superinde nee of --. The
arrangements for the departure of the various corps
at the intermediate stations on the line of railway
can be ascertained on application to Mr. Frederick
Slight. secretary to the London and Brighton Rail-
way Company. A special train for officers' horses
will leave at 5 o'clock on Monday morning from
the Victoria station.

Arrived at Brighton.—The train will stop within
300 yards of the ordinary public station (except
those coming by the Portsmouth branch). The
Volunteers by the main line will get out of the
train on the platform near a cavered shed, capable
of holding 5,000 men, and will march out by the
north-west gates into the Montpelier-road. Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Lindsay, Acting Quartermaster-
General, will superintend these arrangements.
Departure from Brighton.--Ths trains to London
will commence leaving the station at a quarter to
7 o'clock, and be followed by other trains every ten
minutes. The arrangements made for the arrival
at and departure from the Brighton station are such
that there will not be the slightest confusion, the
public and Volunteers having entirely separate
stations. The local authorities have given the
necessary instructions to the police to keep certain
thoroughfares clear for the Volunteers, and to give
every facility to the public for witnessing the re-
view ; and it is to be hop( .K 1 the spectators will con-
form in a friendly spirit to the regulations that
have been laid down for their benefit.

Commissariat.--Volunteers are requested to bring
their own provisions, but an effort will be made to
provide them with a lire ited quantity of refresh-
ments on their arrival and departure from Brighton.

As far as could be aEcertained the volunteers
under review at Brighton will reach 10,000 men.
The metropolitan regiments which left this morning
for Brighton are the South Middle'Sex, mustering
from 800 to 1,000 men ; the West Middlesex, about
400 ; the St. George's, 300; the Paddington Rifles,
200; the Six Foot Guards, one company, 60; the
19th Surrey, 400 ; other S urrey regiments in the
metropolitan districts, say SOO; the Tower Hamlets
regiments, 800; the 2d Administrative Battalion
(Hornsey, Hampstead, and Ilighgate), about 150 ;
and 3d City of London and National Rifles, 1,000.
The West-end corps, viz., the St. George's and the
West Middlesex, took their departure for Brighton
by the Victoria or Pimlico station, and the Central,
East-end, and Surrey corps proceeded by the
London-bridge, New•cross, and other stations along
the line of the London and Brighton Railway.
The arrangements at Brighton, owing to the
unceasing exertions of Lord Ranelagh, were as
perfect as it was possible to make them, and in con-
sequence of the absence of any of the " regulars"—
the whole management devolved upon the Volun-
teers, and the ground was guarded by the Reserve.
At Chiselhurst, it will be remembered, there were
fewer than 6,000 volunteers present, and the evolu-
tions did not commence until a late hour. But
notwithstanding these facts and the break-down of
the commissariat—the provisions of which were
consumed by the visitors—few who were present at
Chiselhurst were disappointed, and a still smaller
number would care to miss a similar sight. The
ground is, perhaps, the most advantageous that
could possibly have been selected on the south coast
of England, whether as affording a view to the
spectators or as assisting the evolutions of the force.
Most of our metropolitan readers know "Brighton
and its race-course sufficiently well, but for those
who have not, let the reader imagine to himself
a horseshoe valley, bounded by hills, covered with
green turf and young corn, gently sloping down-
wards, the mouth of the valley debouching on the
sea and the are of the horseshoe lying to the north.
Let him picture a race-course formed on the western
side, commanding a view not only of the whole
valley, but of the back of the hill beyond ; and then
let him fill in a grand stand facing the valley, and
standing outside a double line of white railings
which bound the course. Such was the ground
selected for the fight.
The hour fixed for the commencement of the
military operations is one o'clock, and the follow-