The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-26 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, ims7.

to deal with the endowments given to the Roman Catho-
lics, and contended that they ought to stand upon the
same level, and ought to be dealt with according to the
same principle. Consequently, I gave tilotice of my inten-
tention to bring forward a motion for the impartial diseo-
do wment of all sects in Ireland, and for the entire
secularisation of all the funds at present enjoyed by the
Protestant Church in that country, for the withdrawmpnt
and cessation of the Maynooth endowment, and likewise
for the cessation of the Parliamentary grant called the
Regius?, Donum, given to the Presbyterians. Relative to
the Persian difficulty Mr. Mial said—" We are an insu-
lar people ; why sheuld we be continually interfering with
the business of our neighbours ? Look aro you for
the fruit of the Palwerstonian policy. We have already
had two wars, two occupations—one unsuccessful from
imperfect ad ministration. We have a war with Persia, as I
read in the paper to-day that our naval armaments have
taken po,session of Bushire. We have sent an army
5,000 strong to the north-west of India, to penetrate into
the central regions of Asia, to drive the Persians out of the
town of Herat. I'll be bound for it that not 20 persons in
this ball would care to know where Herat is ; but we are
at a war that may possibly cost ns much money, and
very nearly as much bloodshed, as that which is happily
now concluded. Nobody knows what it is about, but
those who are best informed tell us that it is about a
lady. (A laugh.) It is no matter of laughter, though it
does assume most certainly a ludicrous aspect. Another
subject is the bombardment of Canton. I can only trace
this to the determination of the European to find a quar-
rel with the Chinese." The hon. member proceeded to
condemn at considerable length the policy of the British
Government towards the Chinese, and after a reference
to Italy, Hungary, and our relations with France, con-
chided a speech of two hours' duration., with some re-
marks on Lord John Russell. _ _ _

Mr. G. Ashworth moved, and Mr. J. Petrie seconded
a vote of confi fence in Mr. Miall, which was unani-
mously carried.

INVESTITURE OF THE BATH.

WINDSOR, SATURDAY.
This afternoon the Queen held an Investiture of the
Most Honourable the Order of the Bath at the Castle.

The Knights Grand Cross of the Order were robed
in their mantles of crimson satin by Messrs. Hunter and
Ede, and were afterwards, by command of the Queen,
called over by Bath King of Arms, in the Music Gal-
lery, when the following answered :
General his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Viscount Palmerston.
General Sir Willoughby Cotton.
Lieut.-General Sir George Pollock.
Lieut.-General Sir Harry Smith.
General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, Bart.
Vice-Admiral S:r Jaines W. Deans Dundas.
General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross.
General Sir James Simpson.
Lord Panmure.
The Right lion. Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
The Knights wore their gold and enamelled collars.
The officers of the Order present were the Dean, the
Rev. R. C. Trench, 8.D., Dean of Westminster ; the
Genealogist, Walter Aston Blount, Esq. ; Bath King
of Arms, Algernon Greville, Esq. ; and Gentleman
Usher (Lancaster Herald), Albert Wm. Woods, Esq.
The officers appeared in their respective mantles, with
the chains and badges of office.
Her Majesty was conducted by the great officers of
her household to a chair of state, covered with crimson
velvet, placed at the north end of the reception room ;
his Royal Highness Prince Albert was by her Majesty's
side on the right.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the
Count of Flanders accompanied the Queen and wit-
nessed the ceremony.
Her Majesty, as Sovereign of the Bath, and Prince
Albert, as Great Master of the Order, both wore their
respective mantles, and also the collar of the Order.
The Knights Grand Cross were introduced by com-
mand of the Queen, and took their usual stations on
either side of the reception room ; his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge being on her Majesty's left.
The officers of the Order stood at the bottom of the
apartment.
The ceremony commenced by the introduction of the
Earl of St. Germans, who was supported by Lord Pan-
inure and Sir C. ood, the two junior Knights Grand
Cross present, and wale preceded by Bath King of Arms
and the Gentleman Usher of the Order.

The noble earl knelt near the Queen, and her Majesty
receiving the Sword of State from the Vice Chamberlain
(officiating for the Lord Chamberlain), conferred the
honour of Knighthood upon his lordship therewith, and
afterwards, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great
Master, invested his lordship with the Ensigns of a
(Civil) Knight Grand Cross of the Bath.
Rear Admiral Charles Elliot (civil),
Hon. John Duncan Bligh (civil),
John Fiennes Crampton, Esq. (ML-
Lieut. General Samuel Benjamin Auohmuty,

Lieut. General Nathaniel Thorn,
Rear Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle,
Rear Admiral the Hon. Frederick Wm. Grey,
Colonel Henry Knight Storks,
Lieut. General George Petre Wymer,
Major General Robert John itussey Vivian,
John George Shaw Lefevre, Esq. (civil),
were severally introduced by Bath King of Arms and
the Gentleman Usher of the Order, had the honour of
Knighthood conferred upon them by the Queen, and were
invested by her Majesty, assisted by his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, with the Ensigns of the Second
Class, er Knights Commanders of the Order ; the Rib-
bon with the Badge suspended being placed round the
neck, and the Star on the left breast.
The following Companions of the Bath were severally
introduced, and received from her Majesty the Insignia
of their respective divisions in the Third Class of the
Order, the Badge suspended from a Ribbon being placed
on the left breast, viz. :
Captain Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse, R.N.
Captain Francis Scott, R.N.
Colonel Charles William Ridley.
Colonel Charles Thomas Van Straubenzee.
Colonel Frederick William Hamilton.
Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet.
Colonel the Hon. George Cadogan.
Colonel Francis Seymour.
Colonel William Montague Scott M€Murdo.
Colonel Edward Robert Wetherell.
Lieut. Colonel James Pattoun Sparks.
Lieut. Colonel Thomas Williams.
Lieut. Colonel Alexander Barry
Montgomery.
Lieut. Colonel John Henry Francklyn.
Lieut. Colonel Robert Julian Baumgartner.
Lieut. Colonel Robert Blane.
Lieut. Colonel John Lucas Wilton.
Lieut. Colonel Frederick Charles Evelegh.
Lieut. Colonel Alfred Thomas Heyland.
Lieut. Colonel Richard Chambre Hayes Taylor.
Lieut. Colonel Julius Edmund Goodwyn.
Lieut. Colonel Francis Pym Harding.
Lieut. Colonel Alexander Irving.
Lieut. Colonel Arthur Cyril Goodenough.
Lieut. Colonel John Noble Arbuthnot Freese.
Lieut. Colonel Hon. Arthur Edward Hardinge.
Lieut. Colonel Edward Arthur Somerset.
Lieut. Colonel Arthur John Reynell Pack.
Lieut. Colonel John Clark ICenteedy.
Lieut. Colonel James Wells Armstrong.
Lieut. Colonel John William Sydney Smith.
Lieut. Colonel John Lewis Richard Rooke.
Lieut. Colonel George Gardiner Alexander.
Lieut. Colonel James Daubeny.
Lieut. Colonel William Friend Hopkins.
Lieut. Colonel Hugh Archibald Beauchamp Camp-
bell.
Major John Richard Anderson.
Major Charles Triganco Franklin.
Major John Maurice Wemyss.
Major William Edmund Moyses Reilly.
Major George Stephen Digby.
Dr. James Brown Gibson, Deputy Inspector General
of Hospitals.
Richard Coffin Elliott, senior surgeon Royal Artillery.
Commissary William Laurieston Mackelean Young.
William Govett Romaine, Esq., Deputy Judge Advo-
cate (civil).
Captain Charles Fitzgerald, R.N. (civil).
Henry William Gordon, Esq. (civil).
Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil Forester (Royal Horse
Guards), Silver Stick in Waiting, officiated at the inves-
titure for the Gold Stick in Waiting.
Her Majesty's body guard of the Hon. Corps of Gen-
tlemen at Arms was on duty in the reception; room,
under the command of the lieutenant.
Colonels Nevill and Cooke, the sub-officers, were in
attendance with the corps.
The Court was attended by the Countess of Desert,
officiating for the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of
the Robes ; Lady Caroline Barrington, Woman of the
Bedchamber; Earl Spencer, K.G. Lord Steward ; the
Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; Lord Foley,
Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ;
Viscount Sydney, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard ;
Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice Chamberlain ; Lord Water-
park, Lord in Waiting ; Colonel the lion. N. Hood,
Groom in Waiting ; Major General Buckley, Equerry
in Waiting ; Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry in Wait-
ing to the Prince ; Lieutenant-Colonel Tophani, the
Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms;
Colonel Wood (Grenadier Guards), Field Officer in
Brigade Waiting ; Sir William Martins, Gentleman
Usher of the Sword of State ; the Adjutant of the Corps
of Gentlemen at Arms ; and Messrs Farquharson and
Macpherson, Pages of Honour.
Luncheon was served to the Knights and Officers of
the Order of the Bath in the Rubens Room.
• The Yeomen of the Guard lined the Music Gallery,
under the command of Sir John Kincaid, the Exon in
Waiting.
A Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards was on
duty with the band of the regiment within the quad-
rangle of the. Castle during the ceremony. The National
Anthem was played as her Majesty passed through the
corridor to hold the Investiture.

The Moniteur gives the following official account of
the ceremony of investiture of the Order of the Bath,
which recently took place at the English embassy, and
which was presided over by Lord Cowley, by order of
Queen Victoria. In conformity with the established
custom, the knights grand crosses now in Paris were

convoked for the occasion. They were : Prince
Napoleon, Marshals Vaillant; elissier, Cattrobert, and
Basquat ; and Generals do Salt es, de Mac-Mahon, and
Regnault do Saint-Jean-d'Angs/ y. The following were
also invited in their quality i t knights commandsrs :
Generals de Martimprer, Thiry , Niel, Pate, Dnlac, Da.
lestue, Herbillon, fount, k I Mellinet ; and Rear-
Admiral Penaud. The folio at ing English officers were
also summoned as members of the order : General Sir
Alexander Woodford, grand cx vas; General Sir William
Gom and Major-General the Y 3 arl of Lucan, commanders;
and Major-General Dupuis, Colonel Lord Frederick
Paulet, and Lieutenant-Cols euel Claremont, companions.
When all these gentlemen, had been assembled in the
Throne Room, the new Its iights were introduced, and
Lord Cowley addressed the an as follows :
" Gentlemen—For the r o:cond time I am called on to
fulfil the most honourab' .e mission that the queen can
confide to her represents, i•ve—that of being her sub-
stitute in the distribnt ivn of the honours by which
ber Majesty desires to to adfy her esteem and kindness,
not only for those officers, of the army and navy to whom,
with the permission of t b e Emperor, she now sends the
insignia of her Order of t he Bath, but also for the whole
of the Imperial army a ail navy ; for it must not be for-
gotten, gentlemen, that.. each soldier is to consider him-
self honoured by the rea, /rods and distinctions conferred
on his chiefs. On the other hand, the English army
and navy are justly pr o• ad of seeing enrolled as members
of the military order a!, England the illustrious Prince
who honours this ceremony with his presence, and the
marshals, generals, a a I other officers—the heroes of the
Alma, of Inkerman, of Traktir, and of Sebastopol—
who now surround m e Happily, by fortuitous circum
stances, there are b.* re present officers of the Queen,
some of whom have ,ihared in your dangers and in your
successes ; they will 'tell you better than I can do the
fraternal welcOme w'h ich awaits you on the part of your
companions in arms."'
After having read t;se letters patent of the Queen, Lord
Cowley handed the rrusignia, to the new members of the
order, who were pre vented by their sponsors in the fol-
lowing order :

" Knight Grand Cross : General Morris.—Knights
Commanders : Genarals canaou, d'Autemarre, d'Erville,
d'Allonville, Levait!ant, Vice.Adeniral Charper, and
Bear-Admiral Jurien de la Gravire.—Companions :
Generals de Failly, de la. Motterouge, Uhrich, Larchey,
de Monet, Cassaignollee, Beriret (artillery), de Fortin,
Wimpffen, Soleille, and de Fuibusque ; Colonels Dieu,
de Berthier, Danner, de Sorbiers, de la Martiniere,
Crespin, and Pelissier ; Lieut.-Colonels de Comely,
Barral, and Henri Bertr xrid ; Capitaines de Vaisseau
Lugeol, Larrieu, Touchar 3, Lescure, and Mequet ; and
Capitaine de Fregate Gin 3ViX de la Coche."
Lord Cowley concluded ,;13 e ceremony by congratulating
the new members in the fallowing terms :
" I cannot terminate this ceremony without express-
ing the gratitude of my Government for the marks of
kindness which the Emir', 3ror has, on bi-; part, conferred
on the English army and navy. I see in this exchange
of courtesies a fresh bond of friendship between the two
nations. May the two Governments continue to march
together, not in a spirit of exclusion and mistrust to-
wards others, but ready to receive into their alliance
and their friendship all those who wish to labour with
them in spreading civilisation and welfare throughout
the whole period."
_ _ .

A grand dinner afterwards took place, at which were
present Prince Napoleon, Lady Cowley, Cunt
Waleweki, all the old and new members of the order,
present, as well as Captain David, aide-de-camp to his
Imperial Highness, and Mr. Howard and Mr. Stuart,
first secretary and first attache to the embassy. Towards
the end of the dinner, Lord Cowley proposed the health
of the Emperor of the Freneh. Prince Napoleon replied
as follows :

"I propose the health of the Queen of England, and
I unite to this toast all my wishes for the alliance of the
two great nations of the West. I hope that it will not
be confined to a transient understanding on a special
question, but that, based on principle, it will everywhere
insure the triumph of progress and of civilisation. This
is the object to which two great nations ought to march
in concert. The glory acquired in common, at the price
of the most generous blood, is for their alliance a pledge
of the future which time cannot weaken. So long as it
shall last, we shall be strong enough to everywhere assist
our friends and make our enemies give way."

Lord Cowley proposed the health of his Imperial High-
ness, saying :
" Gentlemen—l beg you to drink with me to the
health of my illustrious guest, Prince Napoleon. I
thank his Imperial Highness, in the name of the Queen,
of the English Government, and of my country, for the
toast which he has just proposed, and for the remarks,
so full of kindness for England, which accompanied

it. The sentiments expressed by his Imperial Highness
do honour to the prince, to the soldier, and to the man.
An alliance founded on any other principles than those
invoked by his Imperial Highness could not be dur-
able." _ _

Lord Cowley next, woposed a toast to the French army
and navy, to which Marshal Pelissier replied as fol-

[own :-

" We are all very sensible of and grateful for the toast
just given by the noble representative of the Queen of
England io the French army and navy, and 1 cannot
better reply to it than by cordially proposing a toast to
the army and navy of Great Britain. We have been
side by side in twenty combats, and the reciprocal
esteem which we have conceived for each other is an ad-
ditional pledge of durability fur that alliance, lasting as
the imperishable glory which it has given to our flags."
Gen. Woodtord replied as follows
• • _

" Monseigneur and gentlemen—ln the name of the
English army and navy, I beg you to accept our very
sincere thanks for the honour you have just done us. I
am persuaded that the flattering sentiments which Mar-
shal Pelissier has expressed will be received by our
forces with the most lively satisfaction and gratitude. I
cau assure you, gentlemen, that my comrades respond
to those generous sentiments, and that they offer up the
most cordial wishes for the happiness, the honour, and
the glory of the French army and navy."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF
HARETVOOD.

On Saturday morning an accident occurred to the
Earl of IfarewoNl, while hunting, which it is feared
may terminate fatally. His lordThip went out with the
Bramham-moor hounds, and while hunting in the neigh-
bourhood of Wetherby he was suddenly seen to fall from
his horse. One of the whippers-in galloped to the spot,
and found the noble earl stretched upon the ground un-
conscious. Assistance was immediately rendered, and
his lordship was placed in the carriage of Mr. J. B.
P.aviell, of Stockeld-park, and conveyed to his own resi-
dence. On arriving there he was still in a state of insen
sihility, and a message was at once despatched to Leeds
for medical aid. Mr. T. P. Te;de went to Harewood
House without delay, and found that his lordship had
sustained a severe fracture of the skull. A telegraph
message was sent to London the same evening, request-
ing the attendance of Sir Benjamin Brodie, but a reply
was received that he was unable to leave London. The
assistance of Dr. Cm;ar Hawkins or Dr. Fergusson was

then sought, and Dr. Hawkins left London in a special
train by the Great Northern Railway, and arrived at
Leeds shortly after 9 o'clock on Sunday morning. He
immediately posted to Harewood House and, with the
assistance of the ether medical gentleman, did all for the
unfortunate nobleman that skill and science could sug-
gest. The precise cause of the accident cannot be stated,
as no person was sufficiently near to his lordship at the
time to describe it, but it is supposed the horse which
he rode—a young animal—got its feet entangled in a
sheep net just after leaping .a fence, and in its efforts to
extricate itself threw the noble earl on the ground and
kicked him on the head.

MUTINY AT Coiuru.—A vessel which arrived at Mar.
seilles on Friday evening from Corfu brought word that
a company of artillerymen stationed at Corfu had mu-
tinied and attempted to blow up the powder magazine.
No other particulars were stated.
THE LATE GALES.—The committee of the Ship
wrecked Mariners' Society are making special efforts to
meet the extraordinary demand upon the funds of the
charity in consequence of the furious gales by which the
present winter has been distinguished. Within the last
month the society have spent above 2,000/., in suc-
couring 530 shipwrecked raen, relieving 411 widows and
orphans, and 360 mariners who had lost their clothes.
DESCENDING A RAPID IN A BARK-CANOE.—Besides
the rocks, shoals, and snags which are to be avoided,
unceasing attention must be given to innumerable logs of
hewn timber, which, having been wafted by the lumber.
ers to the commencement of the rapid, having been left
to be hurried for eight or nine miles towards this mar-
ket--sometimes separately, sometimeshustling each other,
sometimes floundering, and sometimes, if anything irri-
tates or obstructs their passage, rearing up in the water
until they almost reel over. In the apparent turmoil of
this scene, in which the canoe is preceded, as well as
followed, by masses of heavy timber, the slightest touch
of which would annihilate it—the icy-cold judgment of
the old Indian—his collected but lightning-like decision
—the simplicity and tranquillity of his red beardle-ts face,
thatched over by his bluff-cut black lank hair— his total
absence of either fear or bravado—his immutable pre-
sence of mind—and, i❑ places of the greatest possible
noise and confusion in the waters, the mild tone of voice
with which ho softly utters to his young comrade the
monosyllable that dirccts him to steer the stern of the
canoe in the direction opposite to that which he himself
gives to its head—form altogether a most striking con-
trast with the boisterous scene, the sudden kaleidoscope
changes of which it is utterly impossible to describe.—
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