The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-15 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

NEWMARKET BACES.—(This Day.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

X5O HANDICAP PLATE.

Cosmopolite .
The Sago
Eleven ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SOVS,

Monatery 1
Nicholas
Shingle
_ ..

Six ran.
CRAVEN PLATE.

Crater ....
Malta
Palaiaan 3

Twelve ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS.
Little Lady .
Snapshot
Conqueror
Four ran.
MATCH.
Brother to Schiedam beat Montenegro.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 60 SOVS.

Inns
47th RIDDLESWORTH.

Paste ~ walked over,

£5O HANDICAP PLATE.

Cosmopolite
The Sage
General Hess....

Eleven ran.
GROSVENOR PLATE SWEEPSTAKES,

Janus .......
Five ran.

LATEST BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINZAS.
13 to 2 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken)
Bto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken)
10 to 1 agst Matador (taken)
11 to 1 agst Overton (taken)
MESTER CUP.
6to 1 agst Chere Amie (taken)
11 to 1 agst Man-at-Arms (taken)
100 to 6 agst Wallace (taken)

THE DERBY.
22 to 1 agat King of Kent (taken)
22 to 1 agat Neighbour (taken)
28 to 1 agat Dictator (taken)
28 to 1 agat Kettledrum (taken)
40 to 1 agat Robin Hood (taken)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsi
at five o'clock.

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC POOR.
The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from
Essex complaining that Roman Catholics were not on the
same equality with Protestants in workhouses.

PRIVATE BUSINESS 7
.
The Dublin (City) Steam Packet Company's Bill was
read a second time ; and the Grand Junction Water Bill
and Swansea Gas Bill were read a third time and passed. •
POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BILL.
This bill was brought up from the Commons and read a
first time. The second reading was fixed for this day week.
LUNACY REGULATION BILL.
On the motion that their lordships go into committee on
this bill,

The LORD CHANCELLOR stated the alterations he
had felt called upon to make on this bill. It was proposed
that there should be two medical visitors, but the noble
earl (the Earl of Shaftesbury) had suggested that there
should be but one, and he thought that suggestion
was a good one, and therefore he proposed that the bill
should be altered to that effect. He thought that one ade-
quately remunerated medical gentleman was far preferable
to two whose remuneration was not at all of a certain
nature.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said he felt flattered by
the adoption of his suggestion.
The Marquis of WESTMEATH thought that the law of
lunacy required great amendment.
The house then went into committee.
_ _

COMMITTEES.
The Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, Exchequer
Bills Bill, and the Consolidated Fund (i 3,000,000) Bill
passed through committee.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Clifton and Dardham Downs (Bristol) ; Garston and
Liverpool Railway; Inverness and Aberdeen Junction
Railway ; Inverness and Aberdeen Junction and Inver-
ness and Nairn Railway Companies Amalgamation ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Branches to Shaw-
forth, &c.) ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Extension
to Settle) ; London and North Western Railway (Eccles,
Tyldesley, and Wigan) ; Marlborough Railway - Midland
Railway (Additional Powers) ; and Midland Railway (New
Lines).
The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Bill was
considered and ordered for third reading.
The following bills were read a second time :—Clitheroe
Gas ; Portsmouth Water ; Price's Patent Candle Company ;
Thames Embankment.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAINS IN PRISONS.
Mr. DENMAN drew the attention of the house to an
error which had been committed in the votes relative to a
petition which he presented last week from the inhabitants
of Tiverton. The petition was against the appointment of
Roman Catholic chaplains and schoolmasters in work-
houses, and was correctly described in the newspapers ; but
in the votes it was represented as being in favour of " the
full exercise by Roman Catholics of their worship in pri-
sons," which was directly contrary to its prayer.
Mr. NE WDEGATE complained of a similar mistake in
reference to a petition which he had presented.
GALWAY CONTRACT.
Mr. BAXTER moved for copies of all correspondence
between the Treasury, the Post-office, and the Atlantic
Royal Mail Steam Ship Company, since the Ist day of Sep-
tember, 1860, with reference to the conveyance of the mails
between Galway and America ; and of all reports made by
the Admiralty Surveyors on the vessels hitherto employed,
or to be employed, on that line.—Ordered.
EAST INDIA (CULTIVATION OF INDIGO).
Mr. LAYARD moved an address for copy of despatch
from the Secretary of State for India in Council to the Go-
vernor General of India in Council in the Judicial Depart-
ment, No. 63, dated the Bth day of April, 1861, on the
cultivation of indigo in the districts of the lower provinces
of Bengal.—Ordered.
COAL AND WINE DUTIES CONTINUANCE BILL.
In reply to Mr. L. KING,
Mr. CLIVE said that this bill would not be proceeded
with this evening, in consequence of the illness of his right
hon. friend the Home Secretary, but it would stand first on
the list for Friday next.

THE BUDGET.
The house presented an animated appearance
this evening, being very fully attended at an early
hour by hon. members, while the strangers' gallery
and the seats appropriated to members of the
Upper House were crowded, and amongst the
latter we noticed his Grace the Duke of Argyll,
Lord Lyvedon, Lord Wodehouse, Lord Granville,
Lord Eversley, and Lord Stratheden. The house
having resolved itself into committee of ways and
means,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
rose at 25 minutes to 5 o'clock to make his finan-
cial statement. The right hon. gentleman said
that the retrospect for the past year was one of the
most unfavourable that he had ever to present
to the house. The past year was one of the most
important in a financial point of view, for it gave
effect to the principle of free trade, and it removed
all restrictive duties except those of a nominal
character. (Hear, hear.) With reference to
the expenditure of the past year, the
estimated cost was £73,664,000, while the
actual expenditure was £72,842,000, showing
a deficiency in favour of the expenditure as com-
pared with last year of £822,000. In the expenses
of the war in China £3,800,000 had been voted,
while the expenditure for that object fell short of
the estimated amount by £822,000, which showed
clearly that there was no desire on the part of the
Government to under-rate the public requirements
of the past year. (Hear, hear.) With respect to
revenue, it should be remembered that the year 1859
was most favourable for financial purposes, while
in the year 1860-61 they had the severest seasons
within the memory of almost every member of that
house. The revenue for 1859 was £71,809,669,
while the revenue for 1860-61 was only £71,003,669,
showing a decrease of £806,000. To account for the
deficiency of the past as conwred with the prez..ed-
lag year of £806,000. the year 1860 61 was short,
because, in the first place, there were three days
legs than in the former year, rind the financial
Ir_egee,iPts Per day amounted to £2OOO. The shortness
of past year as compared. with 1859-60, was
I.ca_u_gie_d_b!wtoh_eulantdtaerbeing a leap year and the former
Aite4r),ubgntlthey6eariLia6n2d two
Good Fridays (laugh-
would have no Good Friday at all (renewed laughter.) raking this shortness
into account, and allowingefofir the daily reductions
arising therefrom, the
in question,
as compared with the previousetyhieeenacry, amounted only
£506,000, and considering
to
unfavourable cir-
cumstances of the present year, that deficiency
was favourable by eornirtrison• By the
901:017se
financial measure of last year
of ts.:ll2e,
removed taxes alone to the amount
or, in round numbers, 43,000,000 ; but,

The hired sailing ship Henry Fernie will embark
he following troops for New Zealand at Ports-
mouth :-Ist battalion 12th Foot-1 subaltern, 2
sergeants, 2 drummers, and 145 rank and file, from
Walmer ; 70th Foot-1 captain, 5 sergeants, 70
rank and file, 4 women, and 4 children, from Can-
terbury; Staff Surgeon Bews and Assist.-Surgeon
Pout. On embarking the above the ship will pro-
ceed to Queenstown, where she embarks as follows :
—2d battalion 14th Foot-2 subalterns, 2 sergeants,
198 rank and file, 18 women, and 19 children. A
library of 320 volumes will be put on board for the
use of the troops during the voyage, as well as a
double set of games, sets of singlesticks with hel-
mets, &c.
The following troops stationed in the South-West
District are'ordered to hold themselves in readiness
to embark for Malta-2d battalion 4th Regiment,
one officer and 40 men ; 4th battalion Rifle Brigade,
one officer and 30 men; Ist battalion 22d Regi
ment, Lieut. Baker and 20 men ; 2d battalion 22d
Regiment, Lieut. H. E. Harrison and 30 men.
The 14th Light Dragoons are under orders to
leave their present quarters in Peirshill (Edin-
burgh), Perth, and Hamilton, and proceed to Man-
chester, and the first troop is to leave Peirshill to-
day (Monday). They are to be succeeded by the
2d Dragoons (Scots Greys) from Dublin.
The 57th Regiment arrived at Auckland from
Bombay on Jan. 22 by the ship Castilian, and a
detachment of 150, under the command of Major
St. Clair, embarked on Jan, 26 for Taranaki.
Capt. and Brevet-Major Field, in command of a
detachment of Royal Artillery from the Depot
Brigade, has left Woolwich for duty at Great
Yarmouth. The detachment consisted of Lieuts.
MUjendie, Dadson, Davie, and Howlett, Assistant-
Surgeon Evans, 12 sergeants, 9 enrporalg, 10 bom-
bardiers, 4 trumpeters, and 363 gunners, with la
women and 19 children.
In pursuance of instructions received at Wool-
wich on Saturday from the Horse Guards, one
squadron and the headquarters of the 6th batta-
lion Military Train will leave Woolwich to-morrow
the 16th, to embark at Liverpool for the Curragh
Camp, in Ireland.
The Ist battalion 2d Foot (Queen's Royal), daily
expected to arrive at Spithead from China in the
ships Alfred, Adelaide, and Indomitable, will, on
arrival, disembark at Portsmouth and be stationed
in that garrison.
The- Ist and 2d batteries of Royal Artillery
will, on their arrival at Spithead from China, in
the ships Mars and Hougomont, disembark from
those vessels at Portsmouth, and take over the
horses, guns, and accoutrements of Colonel
Turner's mounted battery at Hilsea. The 4th bat-
tery of the 2d Brigade, on board the same vessels,
will on disembarcation be stationed at Dover.
The Ist battalion of the 11th Regiment, under the
command of Colonel E. Moore, and the 2d batta-
lion of the 19th Regiment, under the command of
Colonel R. Warden, both stationed at Portsmouth,
are under orders to hold themselves in readiness to
proceed from that garrison to Dublin. They will
be replaced at Portsmouth by the 41st and 49th
Regiments, from Aldershott.
A vocal and instrumental concert took place on
Friday evening in the Royal Artillery riding-school,
Woolwich, under the special patronage of General
Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., Commandant of the
Garrison ; Commodore the Hon, J. R. Drummond,
C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen and superin-
tendent of the dockyard; the officers commanding
the local corps of volunteers ; the members repre-
senting the borough of Greenwich. &c. The con-
cert was attended by upwards of 2,000 persons, and
has been promoted for the benefit of the band fund
of the Ist battalion (26th Kent) Royal Arsenal
Volunteer Rifles, commanded by Colonel Parkyn.
The house was thoroughly filled soon after 7 o'clock,
the performances commencing at half past 7, and
some 200 persons, it was stated, who applied for
admission after that hour, were disappointed. The
arrangements were under the superintendence of
Capt. Piper and Mr. Prater, whose efforts, together
with those of the general committee, were highly
successful, realising, exclusively, of the expenses,
a clear sum of £BO.
The Athletm, hired sailing transport, arrived at
Spithead yesterday morning from China, with the
following officers and men of the 3d Foot (the
Buffs) :—Lieut.-Col. J. N. Sargent, in military com-
mand; Capts. T. Kains, E. K. V. Arbuckle, and W.
Henry ; Lieuts. A. G. Huyshe, C. D. Baillie, and
W. F. Ker ; Ensigns H. T. Halaham and H. Harri-
son; Assist.•Serg. J. H. Beath, M.D. ; 10 sergeants,
12 corporals, 4 drummers, and 330 privates. The
troops have arrived home very healthy, only five
being sick out of the whole number, and they can
disembark from the ship without assistance. Three
deaths have occurred during the voyage. The ship
sailed from Singapore .on the 27th of December,
1860, and arrived at the Cape on the 3d February,
1861, sailing again on the 10th of February;
arrived at St. Helena on the 22d of February, and
sailed on the following day-, being her final port of
departure for England. On the order being given
at the Cape to heave up the anchor for England,
the shin's crew refused to work or obey the orders
of their commander. The ship was then taken in
hand by the military on board, 28 of whom, volun•
teers, were appointed to do duty aloft, the remainder
working the ship on deck. Things continued thus for
a week after leaving the Cape, when the seamen came
aft and begged of their captain to allow them to
return to their duty. The regiment will disembark
from the Athletes in their serge tunics, the new
clothing not having been received in time for issue.
They await orders at Spithead. The Athletes is the
first sailing transport arrived in England havingon
board a portion of the China expeditionary army.
The voyage home has been generally fine. Oa the
31st of March she spoke the Albuera, belonging to
Messrs. D. Dunbar.