The Sun. — London, England, 1859-06-27 00:00:00

HEB MAJESTY'S LEVEE. Her Majesty the Queen held a Levee in St. James's Palace on Saturday afternoon. The Queen and. Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham Pa lace at two o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards. Before the Levee her Majesty received in the royal closet a deputation from Canada, composed of the Hon. H. Smith, Speaker of the Commons of Ca nada ; Mr. H. Langevin, Mayor of Quebec ; Mr. N. Casault, Lieut.-Col. Ryland, Canadian Militia, and Lieut.-Col. Jarvis, Canadian Militia (Toronto). The deputation presented an addre ss to her Majesty that she may be graciously pleased to visit Canada on the occasion of the opening of the Victoria- bridge in 1860. The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies, attended at the audience and presented the members of the deputation to the Queen. Their Royal Highnesses the Count of Flanders, the Duke of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein attended the levee. The Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the State rooms, under the command of the Lieutenant. The Sub-Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke, attended. The Queen and Prince Consort were attended at the reception by the Duchess of Sutherland, Mis- Uess of the Robes ; the Duchess of Atholl, Lady in traiting ; the Earl of St. Germans, Lord Steward ; Viscount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain •, the Marquis of Salisbury, Master of the Horse ' • the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to his Royal High ness • Viscount Castlerosse, Vice-Chambe rlain ; Lord ' Proby, Controller of the Household ; Lord Raglan, Lord in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles Phipps, Keeper of her Ma jesty's Privy Purse ; Major •Gen eral the Hon. Charles Grey, Private Secretary to his Royal High ness ; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting ; Major-General Wylde, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Lord Colville (Clerk Marshal), Equerry in Waiting ; Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness ; Mr. C. E. Phipps and Viscount Castle Cuffe, Pages of Honour in Waiting. The Queen wore a train of white and blue striped moire -antique, trimmed with blue satin riband, tulle, and white blonde. The petticoat of white satin under white• tulle, trimmed with white blonde and blue satin riband to correspond. Her Majesty's headdress was formed of rubies and diamonds and white and blue feathers. The Foreign Ministers were ushered into the Throne-room where the following presentations took place in the diplomatic circle : By tbe Bavarian Minister, Mr. Robert Schlagint weit ; Mr. Hermann Schlagintweit. By the United States' Minister, Major Irvin M‘Dow ell, Assistant Adjutant-General of the United States' army ; Mr. Charles Hare Hutchinson, of Philadelphia. By the Austrian Minister, the Prince Corsini, Great Chamberlain to his Imperial and Royal High ness the Grand Duke of Tuscany ; Mr. Nicolas Zulauf, Secretary to the Austrian Legation at Stockholm. By the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, Gen. Baron Wrede, Royal Swedish Artillery. By the Spanish Minister, Count Torre Diaz, Spanish Senator ; Don Francis Alvear, Colonel of Spanish Artillery ; Don F. Mesa, Lieutenant of the Spanish Navy ; Don M. Dominguez, Lieutenant of the Spanish Navy. By the Russian Minister, Le Comte Sollohoub, Chambellan de S. M. PEmpereur de Russie. By the Sicilian Minister, Le Marquis Vinchiaturo. By the Secretary- of State for Foreign Affairs, Don Carlos Gutierrez, Charge d'Affaires at her Majesty's Court for the Republic of Salvador. The Diplomatic circle was attended by the French Ambassador, Baron de Malaret, Count de Jaucourt, Count de Flahault, the Belgian Minister, M. Mau rice Delfosse, First Secretary ; M. Theodore de Bounder de Melsbroeck, Secretary ; Prince de Chimay ; the Bavarian Minister, Count Baumgar ten, Secretary of Legation ; the Hanoverian Mi nister, the Sardinian Minister, Baron M. Maro chetti, Attache ; the Greek Minister, M. Chari laus Tricoupi, Secretary of Legation ; the Netherlands Minister, the Chevalier Berg, Secretary of Legation ; the Brazilian Minister, le Chevalier E. Callado, le Commander V. de Car valho, Attaches ; the United States' Minis ter, and Mr. Benjamin Moran, Assistant-Secretary of Legation ; the Austrian Minister, Baron Alden burg, Secretary to the Legation ; Prince Esterhazy , the Saxon Minister, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, and Baron Rothschild, Secretary of Lega tion ; the Russian Minister, M. Frederic de Grote, First Secretary ; and Mr. Sabouroff, Secretary ; the Spanish Minister, and Mr. Conte, Secretary to the Legation ; the Venezuelan Minister, M. Nica nor G. Linares, Secretary of Legation ; Prince de Carini, Sicilian Minister; the Hanse Towns Mini ster, the Peruvian Minister, Mr. Vigil, Secretary ; Prince A. Vogorides, Charg e d'Affaires of the Su blime Porte ; Count de Brarlebourg, Prussian Charge d'Affaires, and Count Blucher ; Chevalier d'Oliveira, Conseiller of the Portuguese Legation, and M. de Brito, Attache ; Captain Falbe, Secre tary to the Danish Legation ; Lord John Russell, the Queen's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; and Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere monies. Sir James Macaulay Higginson, K.C.8., was pre sented to her 'Majesty by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Great Master of the Order of the Bath, and received from the Queen the honour of knighthood. Mr. Hercules Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong, was presented by the Duke of Newcastle, and had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by the Queen. Mr. S. Villiers Surtees, Chief Justice of Mauri tius, was presented to her Majesty by the Duke of Newcastle, and received from the Queen the honour of knighthood. Vico-Admiral Alexander Dundas Arbuthnott was presented by the Duke of Newcastle, and had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by the Queen. Mr. John Biggs and Mr. Joseph Wm. Noble, members for Leicester, a deputation, presented an address to the Queen imploring the observance of a strict neutrality, and the continuance of the peace ful relations now subsisting between her Majesty and other European sovereig ns, from her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects th Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Leicester in council assembled. _ Four hund r ed and seventy gentlemen had the honour of being presented to the Queen. The following presentations to the Queen took place, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office and submitted for her Majesty's approval : Lieutenant-Colonel. Adams, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant Agassiz, on appointment to the Royal Marines, by Major-General Wesley. Mr. C. Alison, her Majesty's Secretary of Embassy, Con stantinople, by Lord J. Russell. Captain Alderson, on being appointed Adjut a nt to the School of Gunnery:by, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. D. R. Alward, of New York, by the United States' Minister. Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Allan, on return from India, by his Royal Highness the Duke f Cambridge. Captain J. Allen, by Viscount Duncan. Mr. G. Acland Ames, by the Duke of Beaufort. Assistant-Surgeon J. W. R. Amesbury , on his return to England, by tbe.Secretazy of State for India. Liastenant-Colonel Anderson, on return from Aust ralia, by his Royal Highn ess the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. W. V. Andrews, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. L. Ashburner, on return from India, by Sir C. Forbes of Newe. Mr. E. Ashley, by Lord Ashley. The Earl of Aylesford, by the Marquis of Exeter. Ensign Baillie, by the Adjutant-General. Ensign H. J. Bainbridge, by his father, Mr. Bainbridge. Major Bannatyne, by Major-General Felix. Ensign H. Barber, on return from India, by the Secre tary of State for India. Mr. Thomas George Baring, Under-Secretary of State for India, by Sir C. Wood. Lieutenant H. D. Baring, on appointment, Coldstream Guards, by Colonel Lord F. Paulet. Mr. F. Bashford, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieutenant M. M. Battye, by Sir William Forbes. Lieutenant-Colonel Baynes, on promotion and return from India, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Commander H. H. Beamish, on promotion, by Viscount Massareene and Ferrard. Lieutenant H. Beresford, by the Duke of Newcastle. Sir R. Bothell, on his appointment as Attorney-General, by the Lord Chancellor. Lieutenant-Colonel Bickerstaff, on return from service in India, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. Captain Biddle, on appointment to 36th Regiment, by Lieutenant-Colonel Hort. Lieutenant-Colonel G. W. P. Bingham, on appointment " Companion of the Bath and return from India, by Colonel Bingham. Lieutenant F. M. Birch, by Lord Chelmsford. Mr. Bird, Middlesex, by Deputy Lieutenacat of the County of mLieutenant ex, by the Marquis of Salisbm7y. A. Woodford, and Adjutant W. Blakeney, by General Sir Major-General Bloomfield, by H.R.H. the Dul t e of Cam bridge. Colonel Bloorafieldibeiy o H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. Major G. N. Boldero, on appointment to the 31st Fusiliers , by Lieutenant-balonel Boldero. W. Mr. Lano Booker, her Majesty' s C onsu !i n Cali fornia, by Lord J . Russell. Lieutenant - Colonel the Hon. J. Bourke, on ...promotion and return from Ind i a , by Bourkell.lt: .Il the Duke of .ambridge. The Hon. and Rev. G . by the Earl c if Mayo. Lieutenant-Colonel L. P. Bouvene, by the 1 iight Hon. Edward Bouverie. Major C. Bourchier, V.C., on return from Ii adia, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. H. Bourchier, on appointment, Royal Marines, by Major-General Wesley. Mr. E. D. Bourdillon, Secretary to the Pul )lic Depart ment in the India-office, by the Secretary of Sta to for Indi a. Major Bowie, by the Secretary of State for Ii Lieut. J. B. Brander, on return from India , by m a . JOI. General Marten. Lord Braybrooke, by the Earl of St. Germans. Captain Briggs, by Sir C. Wood. The Marquis of Bristol, on accession to the title, by the Earl de la Warr. Major-General Broke, on appointment to 88th Regiment, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Colonel Brooke, on return from the Cape of Good Hope, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. Brookes, on return from foreign service, by Lord George Lennox. Captain Johnston Brown, on return from service in India,. by the Earl of Morton. Major S. J. Browne, on return from India, by Major- General Sir E. Lugard. Captain W. Browne, by the Adjutant-General. Colonel J. S. Brownrigg, on being appointed Deputy Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in Ireland, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Bulwer, on promotion, return from India, and nomination to C.B, by Sir G. Wetherall. Major E. M. Buller, by his father, Mr. Edward Buller. Major F. W. Burroughs, on return from India, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Cornet B. Burrell, by General Charles Ridley. Captain R. Burton, on return from Africa, by the Secre tary of State for India. Lieutenant J. Butchart, on appointment to her Majesty's Bengal Artillery, by Lieut.-General Sir George Wymer. Lieutenant Butt, on appointment to the Royal Artillery, by his father, Mr. Butt, M.P. Captain Butler, on promotion and return from service in India, by Major-General R. Robertson. Lieutenant T. A. Butler, V.C., by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. P. A. Burt, Attorney-General for St. Kitts, by the Duke of Newcastle. Mr. F. Calvert, Her Majesty's Consul at the Darda nelles, by Lord J. Russell. Lord Camoys, on being appointed Lord in Waiting to the Queen, by the Lord Chamberlain. Colonel Campbell, on being appointed a Companion of the Bath, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant-Colonel Carmichael, on return from India, and being nominated a C. 8., by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Major J. W. W. Carpenter, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Colonel G. J. Carey, by Lieutenant -General Sir J. Jackson. Mr. Frederick Augustus Carrington, on appointment as Recorder of Wokingham, by Lord Denman. Mr. S. Cave, M.P., by the Duke of Beaufort. Major E. Charter, on promotion, by the Duke of Cam bridge. Captain Chaytor, by Lord Panmure. Captain L. R. Christopher, by the Secretary of State for India. Lord Chnrston, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Major C. Clapcott, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Colonel Carmichael. Sir Bowcher Clarke, by the Duke of Newcastle. Lieutenant-General Sir R. W. Clayton, Bart., on pro motion, by General H.R.H. the Duke of Cambrige. Major Godfrey Clerk, on return from India, by Sir George Clerk. Ensign H. R. Clifton, by the Duke of Newcastle. Captain the Hon. G. H. W. Windsor Clive, on return from India, by Colonel the Hon. Percy Herbert, C.B. Sir Alexander Cockburn, on appointment as Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Coghlan, by Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil Forester. Sir James Colville, on his return from India, by the Sec retary of State for India. Major J. Coles, on return from India, by Major-General Coles. Captain Cowper P. Coles, R.N., by his uncle, Major- General Coles. Lieutenant W. C. Brown Constable, by Lord Panmure. A. Lowry Corry, by the Right Hon. Henry Corry. Surgeon Cowen, Ceylon Rifles, by the Adjutant-General. Lord Cremorne, on being appointed Lord in Waiting, by the Lord Chamberlain. Ensign F. H. T. Gordon Cumming, by the Duke of Argyll. Sir Samuel Cunard, on being created a baronet, by the Earl of Derby. Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir E. Cust, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. Mr. H. W. Currie, on his appointment to the Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry, by Colonel the Right Hon. Cecil Forester. Major-General Sir R. S. Dacres, K.C.8., on being ap pointed to the command at Woolwich, by his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge. Assistant-Surgeon A J. Dale, by the Secretary of State for India. Sir Dominick Daly, on return to England, by the Duke of Newcastle. Lieutenant-Colonel Daly, Commandant of Hodson's Horse, on promotion and appointment to Companionship of the Bath, by the Secretary of State for India. Colonel Dalton, on promotion and return from Canada, by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. Mr. C. Daniell, Under Secretary to the Government of India, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieutenant R. W. Daunt, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. F. W. Davis, on return from Central Africa, by the Earl of Malmesbury. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Davie, M.P., on appointment to command Ist Devon Militia, by Earl Fortescue, K.G. Mr. T. P. Dawson, by Mr. King King. Mr. J. Day, by Sir W. Goodenough Hayter, Bart. Lieutenant-Colonel C. C. Deacon, 61st Regiment, on re turn from India and nomination to C. 8., by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lord De Tabley, on being appointed Lord in Waiting to her Majesty, by the Lord Chamberlain. Le Comte Jean de Hallwyl, by the Lord Chamberlain, in the absence of the Earl of Malmesbury. Le Comte Watther de Hallwyl, by the Lord Chamber ain in the absence of the Earl of Malmesbury. Viscount de Vesci, on accession to the title, by Sir John Bligh. Rev. Kenelm Digby, by his brother, Lord Digby. Hon. R. V. Dillon R.A., on return from service in China, by Lord Clonbrock. Lieutenant S. C. Dixon, by the Right Hon. S. White side, M.P. Cornet J. E. Dorington, on appointment to Royal Glou• cestershire Hussars, by the Duke of Beaufort. Colonel Sir J. Douglas, 79th Highlanders, on return from India and promotion to K.C.8., by his Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge. The Marquis of Downshire, on receiving the order of St. Patrick, by the Earl of Derby. Captain Douglas, by Colonel Low. Sir R. Dry, on return from abroad, by Colonel Sir W. Davison. Mr. H. Duckworth, on return from Eastern travel, by Lieutenant. Colonel Halkett Le Couteur. Mr. Mountstuart Grant Duff, by Viscount Campden. Mr. William Edwards, by Lord Glenelg. Rear-Admiral R. Eliott, on promotion, by Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne. Surgeon-Major R. C. Elliott, C. 8., on return from India, by Colonel Bingham. Captain R. Elwes, by Lord Worsley. Lieut. G. Lloyd Engstrom, on return from India, by Colonel Bingham. Sir William Erle, on appointment as Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas by the Lord Chancellor. Rear-Admiral Erskine, on being appointed to hoist his flag in the Channel squadron, by the Earl of Elgin. Lieut.-Colonel the llon. P. Fielding, on appointment to the Staff, by the Quartermaster-General. Major-General Felix, on promotion, by General Sir G. Brown. Colonel W. Fenwick, C. 8., on receiving the honour of the Bath, by Sir E. Lugard, K.C.B. Major the Hon. Ivo de Vesci Fiennes, on promotion and return from India, by his Royal Highness the Commander in-Chief. Sir E. Filmer, Bart., by Lord Marcus Hill. The Right on. Henry Fitzßoy, M.P., on his appoint ment as First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, by Viscount Palmerston. Lieut.-Colonel H. C. Fletcher, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. H. G. Follett, on return from India, by Sir H. Keating. Sir W. Forbes, Bart. (of Craigievar), by Sir C. Forbes, Bart. (of Newe). Mr. F. Ford, by M. General Twemlow. Major Forster, on return from India and appointment as Aide-de-Camp to the General Commanding the South- Eastern district, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. H. R. Forster, by Major-General Kennedy. Captain J. G. Forlong, by General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, Bart. Lieut. Fowler, on return from India, by the Adjutant- General. Lieutenant J. Lane Fox, by Lieut-General Buckley. Lieutenant Frampton, on appointment to Royal Marines, by Major-General Wesley. Mr. H. Fraser, attache to her Majesty's Legation at Copenhagen, by Lord John Russell. Captain Frushard. by the Secretary of State for India. Brevet-Major T. L. J. Gallwey, on promotion, by Gene ral Sir J. F. Burgoyne. Mr. George Gammie, by the Right Hon. J. W. Henley. Cornet Gist, by Colonel Low. Major Goode, on promotion and return from Persia and India, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant B. L. Gordon, by Viscount Gough. Ensign C. Gosling, on appointment to the 60th Rifles, by Colon e l Si r W. Davison. Captain George Gray, by Viscount Massereene and Ferrard. Quartermaster J. Graham, by Lord Panmure. Lieutenant F. W. Graham, on return from service in India, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieutenant F. Granville, on return from India, by the Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Graves, on return from Canada, by the Marquis of Salisbury - . of Kincorth Mr. Grant ( ), by the Duke of Roxburghe. Lieutenant W. F Gregory, R.N., by Sir J. Pakington. Li eu t en ant C. F. Gregorie , by olonel Lysons. Captain B. Griffiths, by Vice-Admiral Norwich Duff. Mr. W. H. Griffiths, on appointment as Deputy-Lieu tenant for Middlesex, by his father, Mr. W. Griffiths. Ensign Grierson, on appointment to the 70th Regiment, by the Adjutant-General. Lieutenant A. M'Donald Grote, on return from India, by General Peel. Lieutenant Lionel Gye, by Colonel Bingham. Colonel C. Hagart, on return from India and nomination as C. 8., by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambrid ge . Mr. 'William Haines, member of the Executive Council of Victoria, by the Duke of Newcastle. Lieutenant C. H. C. Halkett, on appointment to the Royal Engineers, by Lieutenant-Colonel E. Stanton. Sir R. Hamilton, on return from India, by the Secretary of State for India. Major Hamilton, on return from India, by the Adjutant- General. Ensign H. I. B. Hancock, on appointment to, the 45th Regiment, by Sir Fitzroy Kelly. Lieutenant R. V. Handyside, by the Secretary of State for India. Captain G. Harrison ; 79th Highlanders, by the Adju tant-General. Lieutenant R. H, Hardy, on appointment to the Royal London Militia, by Colonel Wilson. Ensign A. S. Harrington, on appointment to the Rifle Brigade, by Major-General the Hon. C. Grey. Captain E. Harmar, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Colo nel J. D. Carmichael. Commander H. C. Harston, R.N., on appointment, by Vice-Admiral Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.B. Major-General Harvey, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant H. G. Hasler, by Colonel Bingham. Rear-Admiral Sir T. Hastings, on having been invested a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, by Major- General the Right Hon. J. Peel. The Rev. E. Hawkins, by Earl Howe. Mr. J. A. F. Hawkins, on appointment as Secretary to the Judicial Department of the India-office, by the Secre tary of State for India. Major-General Hay, on promotion and appointment to the Staff, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. on being appointed Instructor of Gunnery, by C h a i P s Y Hi g hness ' the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenat t J. Hay, by Lord Panmure. : Brevet L i m , tenant- Colonel Sir H. M. Havelock, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant F. Nemroing,, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. W. Hemming, by Lord Ward. Captain H. Henderson, on return from India, by Sir E. _ Lugoad. Rear-Admiral Thomas Henderson, on promotion, by Ad miral Sir G. Seymour. Lieutenant J. Hills, on his return to India, by the Secre tary of State for India. Lieut. W. C.ll, on promotion, by Lieut.-Col. Hort. Mr. R. H. Hi'Ward, At to her Majesty's Legation at Lisbon, by Lord John Possell. Mr. Francis Mucks, Governor-in-Chief, Windward Islands, by the Duke of Newcastle. Captain C. Hinchliff, on return from India, by Major- General Angerstein. Captain Hoare, by Colonel M. Hoeden. Ensign W. P. Hodnett, by Sir G. Wetherall. Lieutenant G. F. Hogg, on his return from India, by Sir C. Forbes. Captain J. D. Holdforth, by the Right Hon. T. Sotheron Escourt. The Rev. T. R. Holme, by Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour. General Lord Howden, on return from his mission to Spain, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant Hon. F. Howard, on appointment to Cold stream Guards, by Colonel Lord F. Paulet. Lieutenant Hozier, on appointment to Royal Artillery, by Colonel Bingham. Ensign Hutton, on appointment to the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, by the Rev. H. Hutton. Ensign A. Hutton, by Major -General Sir J. Chatterton. The Earl of Ilchester, en marriage and coming to the title, by . Lord Digby. Captain B. Imrie, by Lord Panmure. Captain G. M. banes, by the Duke of Roxburgh. Mr. Gordon Ives, by Lord Braybrooke. Lieutenant-General Sir J. Jackson, on nomination as K.C.8., on appointment to Colonelcy of the 6th Inniskillen Dragoons, and on return from the Cape of Good Hope, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Colonel H. Jacob, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieutenant C. D. James, on promotion by Lieutenant- Colonel Hort. Captain Jary, by Major-General Sir B. Lovell. Colonel Sir J. Jebb, on appointment as K.C.8., by the Duke of Newcastle. Mr. Philip J. Joachimsen, of New York, by the United States' Minister. Colonel Johnston, on promotion and return from India, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant J. A Johnson, by Lord Panmure. Lieutenant Johnson, by Viscount Melville. Lieutenant E. Johnson, on return from service in India, by Colonel Sir J. Jones. The Hon. H. Jocelyn, on return from special service in China, by tho Earl of Malmesbury. Colonel Sir John Jones, on promotion and return from India and being made a K.C.8., by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Colonel Richmond Jones, on his return from India, and being nominated :Companion of the Bath, by his !Loyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant W. P. d'Allington Jones, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Lieutenant H. J. Judd, by the Secretary of State for India. Major Kane, on return from India, by Lord Raglan. Mr. T. H. Kavanagh, Assistant-Commissioner of Oude, by the Secretary of State for India. Sir J. Keating, on his appointment as Solicitor-General, by the Lord Chancellor. Lieutenant and Adjutant A. F. Kelsey, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Colonel Hort. Lieutenant Kennedy, by Colonel Low. Colonel Kennedy, on appointment to the Depot Brigade, by Major-General Sir R. Dacres. Mr. E. Kennard, on appointment to the 7th Hussars, by Sir George Wetherall. Lieutenant Lord It. Kerr, by General Earl Beauchamp. Captain W. King, on promotion and return from India, 'by Major-General Sir B. Lovell. Lieutenant F. J. King, by his father, Mr. King King, M.P. Marquis Bandini Giustiniani, Viscount Kynnaird, by Earl Granville. Vice-Admiral Sir G. Lambert, by Vice-Admiral Bruce. Captain R. Lambert, on appointment to her Majesty's ship Scylla, by Vice-Admiral Sir G. Lambert. Ensign V. U. Langworthy, by the Adjutant-General. Mr. G. H. Lawrence, on return from India, by his father Brigadier-General G. St. P. Lawrence. Mr. Lawson, M.P., by Sir Henry Vane. Lieutenant-Colonel B. G. Layard, on promotion, by Ma jor-General T. Marten Dr. Leckie, on his return from India, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. L. Lefroy, by Viscount Massereane. Lieut. H. H. Lee, by the Secretary of State for India. Ensign H. Cornwall Legh, by his uncle, Sir P. Grey Egerton, M.P. Rev. Charles Le Geyt, presented to a Crown living by the Earl of Derby. Major James Leith, on return from India, promotion, and receiving the Victoria Cross, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cainbridge. Lieut. T. M. Le Mesurier, by Captain C. Le Mesurier. Lieutenant- Colonel Lennox, on promotion and return from India, by Lord George Lennox. Mr. William David Lewis, on his appointment as one of her Majesty's counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Ensign E. T. Lewis, by Colonel L. Watkins, M.P. Capt. A. H. Lindsay, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieutenant-Colonel Lightfoot, on being nominated to Companionship of the Bath, by his Royal Highness the General Commanding -in-Chief. Colonel J. Longfield, on return from India, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. E. Lopes, by General Sir Geor g e Brown. Lieutenant-Colonel E. W. D. Lowe, on promotion, re• turn from India, and appointment to C. 8., by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief. Right Hon. R. Lowe, on acceptance of office of Vice- President of Committee on Education, by Earl Granville. Captain Lovesay, by the Earl of Ripon. Commander Lysaght, R.N., on appointment to her Ma jesty's ship Formidable, by Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne. Mr. R. M'Cormick, Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospi tals and Fleets, on promotion, by.the Duke of Somerset. Sir C. R. M'Grigor, Bart., on succeeding to the Baro netcy, by General Viscount Gough. Major 'Mackay, by Lord Panmure. Captain H. Mackenzie, on return from India, by Secretary of State for India. Colonel P. Maclean, on promotion, by Major-General Bloomfield. Mr. G, Maclean, on return from Australia, by Lord Alfred Churchill. Major-General Donald Macleod, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. S. Lyons ,INPLeod, on return to England, by Lord J. Russell. Mr. J. W. Macnab, by the Secretary of State for India. Major A. Macpherson, on promotion and return from India, by the Secretary f State for India. C o lonel P. R. Mainwaring, by the Secretary of State for India. Captain Manning, by Colonel Challoner. Lieutenant Mant, by Colonel Mant. Captain E. Markham, R.H.A., on appointment to the Horse Brigade, by Colonel Charles Bingham. Lieutenant A. M. Markham, by Colonel Viscount Mas sereene. Mr. J. C. Mason, by the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bart. Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Mayhew, on return from India, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieutenant R. Lee Mayhew, on appointment to the Royal London Militia, by Colonel Wilson. Ensign Maynard, on appointment to 31st Regiment, by the Adjutant-General. Lieutenant Mercer, by Colonel Moore Hodder. Lord Methuen, on being appointed a Lord in Waiting, by the Lord Chamberlain. Major F. Middleton, on promotion and return from India, by MI-tier -General Sir E. Lugard. Lieutenant -Colonel Middleton, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Colonel Mitchell, R.A., on being appointed Command ant of the School of Gunnery, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Rev. G. N. Mitford, on return from India, by the Sec retary of State for India. Mr. B. Mitford, by Lord Redesdale. Captain de Mocatta, by the Secretary of State for India. Captain E. N. Itolesworth, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. C. J. Monk, M.P., by Viscount Monek. Mr. J. Montgomery, on appointment as Deputy-Lieu tenant for Middlesex, by the Marquis of Salisbury. Captain Moncrieff, by Lord Panmure. Mr. H. Mooyaart, on return to England, by the Duke of Newcastle. Mr. L. Moore, attache to her Majesty's Embassy at Con stantinople, by Lord John Russell. The Ear; of Mornington, by the Marquis of Salisbury. The Earl of Morton, by General Grey. Lieutenant S. A. Morrah, on return from India, by Gen. Viscount Gough, G.C.B. Major-General Morris, C. 8., on appointment as Colonel of 97th Regiment, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Dr. M. W. Mott, by Lord Kingsale. The Hon. C. A. Murray, on appointment as her Ma jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Dresden, by Lord John Itussell. Mr. H. A. Murray, on return from India, by Lord Harris. Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Muter, 60th Rifles, on re turn from India, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lieutenant Nash, on appointment to Royal Marines, by Major-General Wesley. Lieutenant Neal, on appointment to 36th Regiment, by Lieutenant-Colonel Hort. Lieutenant S. Neill, on return from India, by the Deputy-Adjutant-General of Artillery. Major-General Nepean, on promotion, by General Sir G. Brown. Captain the Hon. R. Neville, on appointment to West Kent Yeomanry, by Colonel Lord F. Paulet, C.B. Lieutenant W. H. Newport, on return from India, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolle, by the Adjutant-General. Lieutenant-Colonel L. Nicholson, C. 8., on return from India, by Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne, Bart. Lieutenant-Colonel Norman, on promotion and return from India, by Major-General Sir E. Lugard. Ensign H. Norris, by Lieut.-Colonel North, M.P. LoreNorthwiek, in succeeding to the title, by Lord b ß )r a ,LA : ti efiheama Major oo a t ßr n r e NEgva Right C ..to t Fla Nen ß s u. Nurse, tLohnoarurde, tbGyr O t L n hfere r no e snm t return from foreign service, eo i e x i n e t d a i r a y , o b f y tStatehe Secretaryf or I ndia. of State for India. Capt. Sir C.W.A.Oakeley,Bart.,by, Viscount Strathallan. Mr. IL. B. Oakeley, by Mr. Sotheron Estcourt. Major A. O'Grady, Oe, promotionG Dukearti y o,f and on return India, by O'Brien,Oßr. H.R.U. L Cambridge Captainpromotion, by Gen. Sir J. F. Burg o y ne. Surgeon-Major O'Flaherty, on return from service in China and India, by the Adjutant-General. iLieutenant-General Oldfield, on promotion, by H.R.11. the Duke of Cambridge. Mr. Laurence Oliphant, by the Earl of Elgin. Colonel Ormsby, on appointment to command the Royal Artillery in Ireland, by 11.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. Lieutenant G. D. Ormsby, by Lord Panmure. Cornet 0. Ormerod, by Lord Bateman. Lieutenant -Colonel Ouvry, on return from India, by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. The Earl of Orford, by Lord Redesdale. Major E. Palmer, by Colonel Bingham. Mr. Hinde-Palmer, on appointment as one of her Ma jesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Major-General Patton , on promotion, by H.R,H, the puke of Cambridge. Major Paton, by Lord De la Warr. Lieut. J.' R. Pearson, by the SeCretary of State for India. Lieut. R. N. Peclder, on return from India, by Sir G. Wetherell. Captain Octavius Pelly, by Col. Noel Lake. The Hon. Walter Pepys, on appointment to the 69th Regiment, by Viscount Gough. Captain Philips, on appointment to 36th Regment, by Lieut.-Col. Hort. Lieutenant W. A. 11. Plasket, by Major-General Wylde. Mr. Potts, M.P., by Mr. H. Whitmore, M.P. Mr. H. Buckworth Powell, by Viscount Palmerston. Mr. J. Power, on return from India, by General Power. Mr. Lybbe-Powys, M.P., by Earl De La Warr. Mr. Francis IV. Prideaux, Secretary for Revenue De partments of the India-office, by Right Hon. Sir C. Wood. Captain R. H. Price, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieut. N. Crichlow Ramsay, by Captain H. Greenway. Captain Clerk Rattray, on return from 'ladle., by Major- General R. Robertson. Ensign C. D. Reeves, by Major General. Sir J. Chatter ton, K.H. Lieutenant-General Richardson, on promotion, by the Duke of Hamilton. Lieutenant C. L. Richardson, on return from India, by Sir C. Wood. The Earl of Ripon, on accession to the title, and on ap pointment as Under-Secretary of State for War, by the Right Hon. Sydney Herbert, M.P. Captain F. Riviere, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Colonel the Right Hon. H. Fitzroy. Lord Rivers, on appointment as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, by the Lord Chamberlain. Captain Roberts, on return from India, by the Adjutant- General. Major-General R. Robertson, C. 8., on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Captain W. R. Rolland, R.N., by Sir J. Pakington. Major Rosser, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge. Cornet Rowley, by Colonel Low. The Bishop of St. Helena, by the Duke of Newcastle. Lieutenant W. L. Samuells, on his return to India, by the Secretary of State for India. Barrack-Master G. H. Sanders, on appointment, by Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne. Major F. 0. Sainsbury, by the Secretary of State for India. Captain Fitzmaurice Scott, by Lord Panmure. Lieutenant Scott, by the Adjutant-General. Hon. T. C. Scott, by General Lord Downes. Mr. A. Scott, by Lord Harris. Mr. Harry Scott, by Sir William Scott. The Earl of Seafield, on being created a British peer, by the Earl of Derby. Lieut. A. T. Searle, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieut. W. Searle, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. Sempill, on change of name, by the Earl of Seafield. Lieut. Alexander Seton, by Colonel Mant. Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, on return from service as commander-in-chief, East Indies and China, and on being nominated to G.C.8., by the Duke of Somerset. Ensign H. W. Shoubridge, by Col. the Right Hon. G. C. W. Forester. Liout. W. R. Shakespear, by Sir Robert Hamilton. Mr. John Simons, by Viscount Palmerston. Major E. Sissmore, by the Secretary of State for India. Captain J. Slight R.N. on promotion and return from China, by Admiral Lord d. Paget. Captain F. E. Smalpage, on return from India, by the Secretary of State for India. Sir Greville Smith, on being created a Baronet, by Lord Boston. Ensign G. T. F. Smyth, by his father, Col. Smyth, M.P. Captain Edward Southwell Sotheby, R.N., on return from service in India, by Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane. Captain J. H. Speke, Expedition Central Africa, by the Earl of Elgin. Captain H. Stafford, by Colonel Noel Lake. Lieut. Stanley, by Col. Stanton. Mr. A. J. Stephens, Recorder of Winchester, on appoint ment as one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chan cellor. Captain G. Stein, by Mr. Bateson. Colonel J. H. Stewart, on return from India, by Major- General Sir Edward Lugard. Brevet Major Robert Stewart, on return from serving in India as Assistant Adjutant .General, by Major-General Sir Edward Lugard. Major E. Steward, by Captain Boldero. Lieut. C. S. Steward, by Sir Robert Hamilton. Major H. Stevenson, on return from India, by Col. Sir Wm. Davison. Commander C. Stirling, R.N., by Viscount Sidney. Lieut. Stirling, on return from service with Naval Bri gade in India, by Major-Gen. Wesley. Mr. Robert Stopford, by the Duke of Buccleuch. Captain Walter Stopford, on return from India, by the Duke of Buccleuch. Ensign Stokes, on appointment to 19th Regiment, by the Adjutant-General. Captain Grant Suttie, on his marriage , by the Duke of Roxburgh. Ensign Sweny, by the Adjutant-General of the Forces. Col. J. L. Taylor, by Lieut. Gen. Sir G. Pollock. Mr. T. P. Teale, on being appointed a member of the Medical Council by the Queen, by the Right Hon. T. Sotheron Estcourt. Mr. C. F. Terry, on appointment to 60th Royal Rifles, by General Viscount Gough. Paymaster Teversham, by the Adjutant-General. Lieut. G. G. Thain, from active service and Lucknow, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. Justice Tharry, on his return from the Bench as Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, by the Duke of Newcastle. Mr. A. Tichborne, by Mr. Baring. Lieut. R. Tidswell, by Colonel Noel Lake. Viscount Torrington. an appointment as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, by the Lord Chamberlain. Captain F. F. Turville, on appointment as Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, by the Right Hon. Sir J. Young. Commander N. E . B. Tumour, R.N., on promotion and retirement from India, by Earl Winterton. Ensign C. 11. Tumor, by Colonel the Hon. Percy Her bert. Captain T. Turton, on his return from India, by the Secretary of State for India. Ensign C. 11. Truman, on appointment to the 32d Light Infantry, by General Viscount Gough. Major-General Hon. G. F. Upton, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. E. Utterton, on return from active service in India, by Sir R. Peel. Mr. Victor William Bates Van de Weyer, by the Right Hon. General Peel. Lieut. Van Straubenzee, on appointment to Royal Horse Artillery, by Colonel Noel Lake. Mr. Evelyn Venables, by the Earl of Malmesbury. Mr. A. P. Vivian, by Mr. Hussey Vivian, M.P. Paymaster H. W. VYner, on appointment to the Royal Artillery, by Colonel Bingham. Ensign W. Wallace, by General Viscount Gough. Lieut. J. H. AVaiwYn, on return from Lucknow, by Major-General Patton. Mr. 3. Watson, on return from India, by the Secretary of State for India. Mr. Gibson Watt, by Sir John W a l s h, M.P. Lieut. Herman Wayne, by Sir E. Lugard. Mr. Erskine Wernyss, by the Earl of Elgin and Kincar dine, Colonel Wetherall, on promotion, by the Adjutant- General. Lieut.-Col. Wm. Wheatley, on promotion, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Captain T. White, by the Secretary of State for India. Lieut. F. J. S. Whiteside, by the Right Hon. J. White side, M.P. 3CianavinynCn.oWwililhainatn.siofin, , b b y y .v C i o s l e . o l u l n o. Augustus t n palmerston. Liddell. Major Wilson, by the Seeretary of State for India. Lieut. Charles Wilson, on appointment to Royal Horse Artillery, by General Sir George •Brown. Ensign J. Wood, on appointmer.t to the Queen's Royal Antrim Rifles, by Viscount Masserene and Ferrard. Lord Wodehouse, on appointment as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by Lord John Russell. Colonel E. Wodehouse, on appointment as one of her Majesty's Aide-de-Camps, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lieut. Wymer, on appointment to her Majesty's Bengal Artillery, by his father, Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Wymer. Mr. Charles Lennox Wyke, her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Central America, by Lord John Russell. Lieut.-Colonel H. Peel Yates, on promotion and return from India, by Colonel Charles Bingham. DESTRUCTION OF THE READING _RAIL WAY STATION. READING, SUNDAY, A fire of a fearful character, which has resulted in the entire destruction of the railway station be longing to the South-Eastern Company, occurred here at an early hour this morning. The South-Eastern station was an entirely wooden structure, containing booking-office, first and second class waiting rooms, superintendent's office, &c. Adjoining was a covered platform about 100 feet in length, and from it all the trains were despatched for London. A lamp-room was erected at the extreme end of the platform, and in this place the fire appears to have originated. About half-past three o'clock the flames had spread along the covered platform and ignited the booking-office. A brisk wind prevailed at the time, and of course made the fire burn with increasing fury. The fire having got possession of the build ing it was impossible for any one to enter and at tempt to rescue any portion of the property from destruction. By four o'clock the station was one mass of flame, and pieces of burning wood flying about set fire to the thatch of a stable in a yard about 20 feet below the level of the railway. There were 15 horses belonging to the company in this stable ; and as it was manifest that the building must be destroyed, the attention of some of the railway officials was directed to effecting" their rescue. With some difficulty they were all got out. By five o'clock, the roof of the station fell in, fol lowed by a stack of chimneys. In less than half an-hour afterwards the station was one mass of ruins. The telegraphic communication was stopped by the destruction of the instruments and the severing of the wires. The total loss of property is very considerable, as in addition to the station being burnt down, a large quantity of luggage belonging to passengers has been destroyed. The stock of books, opera glasses, &c., of Messrs. Smith, the newsvenders, was of more than £2OO value. We understand that the University of Oxford will confer the honorary degree of D.C.L., on Sir J. Law rence, at, the approaching commemoration. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.-- Female Complaints.—Climate, . fashion, and neglect hurry thousands of England's beauteous daughters to the silent torah ere their youthful graces have shed more than one glimpse of brightness over the domestic hearth which, with prudence and vigilance, their loveliness and virtues would have illumined for many happy years. Fond parents, dis mayed by the desponding look and drooping form oetheir cherished daughters, may exult in the discovery of Hollo way's remedies, which invariably prove a panacea for all female irregularities, whether constitutional or functional, chronic or recent, All may use these medicines, the young and middle-aged, the delicate and robust, with : advantage. At the turn of life nothing secures against disease so effec tually. as Holloway's pre?arations. WRECK OF THE POMONA. In the Journal of the National Lifeboat Institu- tion for July, we find the following practical remarks on the causes which probably led to the Wreck bf the emigrant ship Pomona, and the lamentable loss of life therefrom : On the morning of the 30th April, 1859, one of the most disastrous wrecks on record occurred on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Channel, by which melancholy event no less than 385 persons perished. The American clipper ship Pomona, of 1,800 tons burden, sailed from Liverpool on the morning of the 27th April, for New York, having on board 400 emigrants and passengers, besides the officers and crew, 44 in number. _ _ _ Embarked in a splendid ship;with a fair breeze, and the prospect of a speedy passage to the place of their destination, most of those on board were in high spirits, little apprehensive of the fearful calamity that was about to befal them. Scarcely, however, had all retired to rest, after a day of pleasing anticipations, than they were awoke to life by the ominous cry—" The ship on shore." But too soon was the terrible reality of their situation made apparent by the seas furiously breaking over them—by the violent shocks which started every timber and plank in the ship, as she was lifted by the waves and dashed again on the ground—by the cries and wailings of the fear-stricken and helpless multitude—and by all the other fearful accompani ments of a shipwreck. It was shortly ascertained that the ship was aground on the Blackwater Bank, off the Wexford coast, the captain having mistaken the new floating Blackwater light for the Tuskar light, and having, in consequence, ordered a wrong course to be steered. It is painful to contemplate the awful state of suspense in which the remaining hours of darkness were passed through by that large number of our hapless fellow creatures, and the terrible feeling of despair which must have overpowered them, when at break of day they perceived their long distance from the shore, and the slight chance, if any, that could exist of their receiving succour from it. For twelve long hours after striking the ground their ship held together bbneath them, during which interval the usual gradations of suffering and of unavailing efforts were passed through. The pumps were unceasingly worked without being able to subdue the rising flood; the boats were lowered or hoisted out only to be, one after the other, destroyed or upset, with the exception of two in which the few survivors ultimately escaped ; the masts were cut away, but all was of no avail ; the unequal contest was soon to end; the brave ship and the bravest of her crew were alike impotent to withstand the fury of the storm, and after 12 long hours of exertion and endurance, all was over ; the ship and her precious freight had gone down toge ther into the abyss; the last prayer was said; the last shriek was silenced ; the last struggle had ceased, and all were enshrouded in a common grave To ourselves, who have been mercifully pre served from such dangers, the practical questions is usual suggest themselves :—Could anything more have been done to prevent the catastrophe ? Can any measures be taken to lessen the risks of such wholesale destruction of life in future? The first cause of the fatal accident, a cause which has been but too fruitful of loss of life in times past, appears to have been the mistaking one light for another. It was by such a mistake that the cele brated wreck of the steamship Great Britain took place some years since, in Dundrum Bay. And many another noble ship has been lost from the same error. As in this instance, so also in number less others, these fatal mistakes are made by ships which have sailed but a few hours out of English ports, to whom it might be supposed the lights of our own coast by night, and its landmarks by day, would indicate their course as plainly as do the familiar wayside objects and the cross-road signpost point out the way to the traveller on the land. That the very warnitig light in tended to save may, despite every precaution and great experience, prove the source of destruc tion, is strikingly illustrated by this wreck, for it is not many months since the Blackwater floating light was first established, with the pre cise object of warning vessels from those fatal banks. Yet there can be but little doubt that had there been no such light the captain of the Pomoga would have continued his original course, and would have prosecuted his voyage in safety. Of what vital importance, therefore, is it that al _ _ lighthouses contiguous to, or within long distances of, each other should be of such distinctive and dif ferent characters as to make the confounding one with another almost impossible, or at least impro bable ! We do not mean to say that such is not the case as regards the lights now in question ; but we do say that, as regards these and all other lights, the authorities who are responsible for them should de vote the most serious consideration to the subject, and that if theory suggests, or experience proves, that any specific lights are liable to be mistaken for others, no trouble and no expense should be spared to remove that liability. " Perhaps the only modes by which lights can be diversified are those already in use, namely, change of colour, and changes of appearance, by being fixed, i.e., uniform and permanent, or by having their light concealed at intervals, as in the revolving and flashing lights. On account of the comparatively short distances from which coloured lights are visible ' especially in thick weather, the most commonmode of distinction is by partial con cealment ; but that is a fallible plan, as when seen at a long distance, or if it be a low light, as in a floating vessel; a fixed light may, through being obscured by intervening waves, have the appear ance of being intermittent. Such a cause may have misled the captain in the present instance, as the Tuskar light is an intermittent one,whilst the floating Blackwater light is fixed. In most caess of doubt from such a cause, perhaps the master of a ship could not do better than run directly for the light itself, until near enough to feel assured of its char acter and identity. Some years ago a proposition was made to the Trinity Board, that a system of alternate colours should be adopted—that is to say, that the light houses around our coasts should alternate in colour; thus, for instance, commencing with a fixed bright light, that the next should be a red light, the next to that a green one, the next following a violet, and then a bright light again, and so on in the same succession. Thus . every fourth light only corres ponding, the distance between similar lights would be so much increased as to make it impossible that the one should be mistaken for the other. The ob jection to this plan was, probably, that the coloured light was not visible at a sufficient distance. We think that the idea was an excellent one, and that it might be so far adopted with advantage, as that the alternate colours should be used in combina tion with a bright light at intervals in each case, so that every fourth light should be a fixed bright light, the next following to be a revolving or flash ing bright light, with intermittent coloured rays, to be followed again by a revolving bright light at different intervals, and with the intermittent rays of a different colour from the preceding: These double•coloured lights at long distanCes would then have the appearance of bright revolving lights, visible at different intervals, by which interval each would in general be known, whilst a nearer approach would bring to view its coloured rays, and remove all uncertainty as to its identity, or make assurance doubly sure. Another cause of loss of life in this case was the destruction of most of the ship's boats; and, in deed, the inadequate number of them, for if all of them had been safely lowered and filled with pas sengers. they could not have taken in more than one-third of those on board the ship, for we learn there were but seven boats when she left Liverpool. As-we pointed out in the case of the steamship Austria not long since, so again in the case of the Pomona we must point out that if the law afforded to emigrants and other passengers the protection which it ought to do, by the enforcement of a suffi cient and suitable supply of boats, much of this sad waste of human life might have been spared. True, two of the boats were washed from the davits by the sea; three of them, were stove or upset on being lowered into the water; and of the two wh;ch left the ship, one was upset in landing through the surf. But if the boats had been in twenty in number, which they ought to have been, instead of seven only ; if they had all been life boats—real lifeboats, not sham lifeboats, whi ch the generality of ship's lifeboats are—but if they had been White's lifeboats, or . Berthon's collapsible lifeboats, or such lifeboats as those ad o p ted by , the National Lifeboat Institution, they not only would not have swamped if stove in, but might have been safely filled with passengers d aft they had erwards, and have taken them to the shore ; an if e the last-named class, and had been uoset in lower ing, they would have r i g hted again instantly after. If each boat had been fitted with Clifford's lower isg apparatus, its chance, of being safely lowered, with its complement of passengers, without injury and without upsetting, would have been infinitely increased. And if each boat had had a bow rope, of sufficient length and strength, secured to the ship, which should always be the case, had she been upset she wo uld not have gone adrift,! but have remained by the ship, with the chance of being righted, and of still being available to save life. Under such circumstances it may be fairly pre sumed that many boats full of passengers would have safely left the Pomona, and even if some of them should have been upset in landing through the surf, which, from the ignorance of merchant seamen of the proper management of boats in a surf they might have been, yet even those on board them would have had a greater chance of being saved by aid from the shore than by:going down with the ship in deep water. Once more, then, we exclaim against the injustice, the national moral turpitude, and especially against the supineness of the governing authorities, who have charge of our mercantile marine, and, above all, of our emigration department of it, which affords no better protection to the lives of our fellow-coun try oien, which, in the manner above pointed out, might so readily be done. Lastly, another cause of loss of life in this de plorable case appears to us to have arisen from an error in judgment in the captain, by letting go his anchor after the ship had drifted over the bank and got again into deep water. As shown by the charts, she could not have been more than two miles and a half from the shore when off the bank, to which also she must have drifted considerably nearer be fore the anchor was let go, as some time was ex pended in clearing it away, and as it is stated that the breaking of the surf on the beach was distinctly heard by those on board ; as the ship did not go down until about half an hour after the anchor was let go, it is probable that she floated for at least an hour after drifting off the bank. We may there fore conclude that there was ample time for her to have been run on shore, especially if a sail could have been set on the mizenmast, which was still left standing. As soon, therefore, as it was found that the water was gaining on the pumps, it must have been evident that the ship would founder, and that the further she was from the shore at the mo ment of the final catastrophe the less chance there must be of any of her inmates reaching it; for even if no boat could, on her first striking, have reached her from the shore, or the mortar or rocket apparatus have been the means of effecting a com munication with it, the ship might have held to gether until the tide had left her. As it happened, although of course unknown to the captain, the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution stationed at Cahore, two miles distant, made several attempts to proceed to the wreck, but unfortunately she was as often beaten back again by the sea. If, however, she had succeeded in get ting out, all that she could have done would have been to take off some 30 persons, and left the re mainder to perish, as the ship would hate foun dered before she could return to it. On the con trary, had the vessel been driven on shore, she would probably have made the water so much smoother under her lee, that the lifeboat might have been more readily launched, and have passed to and fro between the ship and the shore until all on board were saved. We do not, however, desire to cast any reproach on the captain of the ship, who is said to have shown much coolness, presence of mind, and cou rage on the trying occasion, and he no doubt acted to the best of his judgment. All speculation, in deed, as to the correctness of his judgment is useless. Whether correct or not, it was in this instance of no avail; what was to be has come to pass, it is now irrevocable ; and we only state our opinion re specting it for the consideration of masters of ships who may chance hereafter to be placed in similar circumstances. THE INIQUITOUS INCOME-TAX. There seems to be very little doubt that Mr. Gladstone, to whose lot it -fell to provide for the gradual extinguishing of the Income-tax under Lord Aberdeen's Administratio i n, will have the task of renewing it, of course losing by the latter pro cedure whatever honour and . glory he might have hoped to gain by the former. Not in this session, perhaps, the small remnant of which will be de voted only to indispensable matters, but in that which, in all probability, will meet before the ordi nary time, we shall know our fate in this regard. We, therefore, warn our readers now in time to be on the look-out. If the Income-tax is to be re-im posed upon the old principle, we warn them, in the first place, that the probabilities are a hundred to one in favour of its being increased to an amount hitherto unknown, and in the second, that no amount of odium hich the tax may bring along with it, will be sufficient to enable the people to shake it off. In whatever form this impost is re-imposed, in that form it will remain. The reduction of the war ninepence, the diminution in the tax according to the expiring scale on which Mr. Glodstone had placed it, and, above all, the fact that the process of expiry was to terminate next year—all these considerations have succeeded in withdrawing attention from this scandalous impost, and making its grievance less felt. People, knowing that it would not last much longer, have put up with the injustice, paid their money, and said nothing about it. ..This is quite the English fashion, and it is a wise and sensible fashion, issuing into good practi cal results. But now, when a new Income-tax is talked of ; now, when the feelers are' put out through what may be considered the Government organ ; now, when we are just admitted to a side view of what is in store for us—it behoves us to be upon our guard, in order that it may really be a new tax, and not simply a re-imposition of the old one. There never was a tax more dishonest, more op pressive, more iniquitous than the Income-tax. To speak of it in plain language, it is a mixture of robbery and despotism of the most flagrant charac ter. It proceeds upon the assumption that income is income, and that the source from which it is de rived ought not to affect its taxability. It is true that income is income, but it is not true that all incomes are under equal obligations to the State. We have gone over this ground so often, and it has been so thoroughly canvassed wherever the Income-tax has been the subject of conversa tion, that we need not enter into it here at any length. It is confessed that the assessment is un equal ; but it is pretended that it cannot be equalised. We admit at once, that to make it so fair to everybody that nobody shall be a stiver more or less taxed than the nature of his income strictly demands, might be difficult—no doubt, indeed, it would be so. But between such a nice and scrupu lous weighing of taxability in the different classes of incomes and the law which says that all shall pay the same tax, there is a wide difference. It is perfectly possible to reduce the monster injustice of the tax, though it might be very difficult to equalise it so that it'should never press a cent in the pound more than it ought to do. It is to this point that our readers must address their attention. Income produced by labour and income arising out of realised property must be taxed differently. This is a sine qua non to the re-imposition of this impost. It is not for a moment to be questioned that the new Chancellor of the Exchequer will require Hew sources of income; and though our position with reference to the great events which are pass ing in Italy is one of neutrality, it is, as far as armament goes, one of war. We aro increasing our forces, multiplying defences, adding to our navy in ships and men, and encouraging volunteer corps; and much as we have done on these several scores, we must do yet more ere we can say that the coml• try is in a satisfactory position for its defence. No doubt it will be possible, as long as we are not touched, to maintain our neutrality ; and we doubt if there is any continental interest which could induce England to draw the sword, unless her own interests were manifestly concerned. But as long as a French army is operating off its own soil, it will be impossible for us to dream of returning to the attitude of unconcern. We may not be at tacked. The next few days may materially alter the aspect of the war in Italy. The Austrians may gain signal advantages over the Allies, or the latter, who thus far have had the best of it, may achieve such successes as will make the Austrian case a desperate one. Either of these events would expedite matters, and bri n g us nearer to the end. But if the latter should be the case, and if Austria should be so crippled as to be unable again to make head against France, Louis Napoleon and his victo rious army, backed by a Russian alliance, might do what he pleased in Europe, and might even make the rash experiment—to which he believes that his destiny will one day lead him—of attempting the invasion of these shores. With such prospects or probabilities before us, with what show of discretion can we think of dis arming or of pausing in those preparations which, with the unanimous approval of the country, the late Government were makiig, and which the pre sent Government is determined to persevere in. No, we must go on. We can as little stand still as go back; for we are yet far from that condition in which we should wish to appear either in the cou.icils of Europe, if the differences of France and Austria should fall into the hands of diplo macy, or on our own shores repelling the force of an invader. We may rest assured that we shall have to bear the brunt of increased expenditure, wisely incurred. Of course means must be found of defraying that expenditure ; and though we are not at war, yet the new Chancellor of the Exche quer will be able to claim the re-imposition of the Income-tax in some sort on the score of war. Though we are not arming to fight, we are arming to be ready to fight if war is forced upon us. The argument, then, that the Income-tax is a war-tax, and ought not to be imposed in times of peace, will lose a portion of its force, in addition to all that it has already lost during a 19 years' existence, during 15 of which we were in a state of profound peace. The argument of inequality is stronger, inasmuch as it is more widely a ppreciated, and exercises a greater influence on public opinion than ever. Upon this point, therefore, l e t us make our stand, and let it be promptly declared, whenever the subject is, officially mooted, that the industrial wad, Mercantile classes of England will not again submit to be plundered by a pampered aristocracy and their lacqueys in the House of Commons, as they have been.—Morning Advertiser, MR. MILNER GIBSON AT ASHTON. At half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, at the request of a deputation of working men which waited upon him on the previous (Friday) evening, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson addressed the electors and non-electors of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the Town Hall, which was crowded to excess, some 700 or 800 persons being present. The right hon. gentleman was accompanied by the leading members of his election committee, and Alderman Wm. Higginbottom was called uponto preside over the meeting. _ _ Mr. GIBSON having been briefly introduced by the chairman, addressed the meeting at some length in defence of the course he had pursued. During his remarks the right hon. gentleman said—ln the for mation of this Cabinet, the only regret he (Mr. Gibson) had, was that he and Mr. Cobden were not accompanied by their intimate friend Mr. Bright to take his seat with them, to work with them, and to assist in carrying out those great principles which they had for years past professed. But there were those who held and said that they (Messrs. Gibson, Cobden, and Bright) ought to join no Government, and especially, that they (Messrs. Gibson and Cob den) should not join the present one. However, he (Mr. Gibson) having been invited to take office under it, had done so, and having for many years worked for the Liberal cause out of Government, ho was prepared to try his hand for that cause in the Government. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) If in accepting office under these circumstances, he had the approval of his constituents, then he had that constitutional sanction for the course he had taken, which was a complete justifica tion of his conduct. (Cheers.) Now, it had also been said that there were great differences between Lord Palmerston's opinions and his (Mr. Gibson's) —(laughter)—between Lord Palmerston and the friends of the late Sir R. Peel, and between Lord. Palmerston and Lord John Russell. Well, suppose there was. Could they tell him (Mr. Gibson) of any Government that ever had been, or ever would be, that all its members would be brought to think exactly alike on every, or even any question ? The differences of opinion in the present Government were not fundamental ones, but merely differences in degree. As far as it was possible, he believed the new Government would endeavour to unite in furtherance of the general principles of their Varty. (Cheers.) It was somewhat premature to criticise the present Government, or any of its composent parts, before they had tried their hands. ( Hear.) He believed that it was the best Government that could at present be formed out of the Liberal party, and if they succeeded in what they attempted they would have the approval of the people ; but if they did not succeed, they would be condemned, and. that condemnation would be just and proper. (Cheers.) "I have (said the right hon. gentleman, in conclusion, in his most emphatic manner), I have taken office in. this Government, to promote har mony amongst the.members of the Liberal sections, and I believe it is for the good of this country that there should be a strong and united Government, and nothing that it me lies shall be done 'to Pre vent that result. (Cheers.) I believe that in acting in this spirit I am acting truly for .the Wel fare of my country, and that I am also actino in. the long run for the promotion of 'those principles of Liberal policy of which I am the earnest supporter." (Loud cheers.) After stating his willingness to serve the electors and non-electors of Ashton in every way he could in his capacity of their mem ber, the right hon. gentleman sat down am id loud applause ; and a vote of thanks to Mr. Gibson for his address, followed by one to the chairman, for presiding, the proceedings terminated. COUNTRY MARKBTB. CAMBRIDGE—JurrE 25. There was a fair supply of wheat to-day, and a small business at the annexed prices :—White wheat, from 448 Od to 50s Od ; red, 42s Od to 46s per 36 st. ; beans, 448 Od to 46s Od per 38 st. ; barley, 28s to 30s Od per qr. ; oats, 24a to 30s per 24 stone. LIVERPOOL—JrKE 25. To-day there was fine weather and a sluggish demand. NORWICH—JUNE 25. The eastern counties' markets have continued quiet during the past week. White wheat 50s to 52a Red42s to 451 Flour, 30a Od to —s per sack from the miller. ROCHESTER —jug rE • To-day the attendance was but thin, and the farmers brought forward limited supplies of wheat, for which there was a slow demand, at a reduction of is to 2s on last week. Beans and peas scarce, and scarcely any business doing. Oats declined about 6d. Flour is lower. YORK-Jimm 24. The show of wheat was pretty fair, but the demand was more active, at 3s above the rates of the preceding week. There was not much barley on 'offer, and little business passing, at about nominal rates. Oats in limited supply, at late prices, but a slow sale. Beans were scarce, and a limited business.' Wheat . 40s to 448 Oats.. 22s to 24s White do 47s to bOs Beans 448 to 48s Barley . 35s to 37s Ditto, old ........—s to —s Malt, 66s to 68s per qr. ; flour, —s per 20 stone. LEICESTER—JUNE 25. At to-day's market there was a fair show of wheat, which: sold firmly at 3s per quarter more money than last week. White, good, sold from 48s to 66s ; inferior, 465 to 495. Red wheats realised 43s to 48a. Barley was by no means an active sale, and prices nominally unaltered. Oats a small show, and is u. Beans came sparingly to hand, and last week's prices were fully supported. .M--JUNE 25. ye to-day, and the business the rates of the preceding trley and oats were 6d lower. Barley, grinding 28s to 311 Oats;:old, . 26s to 348 New do 28s to 34; Beans.... 52s to 54; Beans, new 46s to 52s NOTTING IL The wheat trade was acti done was at is to 2s above week. Beans were firm. Ba White wheat, new, 50s to 548 Red do. 44s to 50s Old white 4Bs to 54s Red do. 44s to 50s Barley, malting 38s to 42s DUBLIN--JUNE 24. There was a firmer feeling in the market to-day than for some weeks past. The business passing was not large, but an advance of 6d to is was realised on the best samples of wheat, and . 3d to 6d on 'oats. Indian corn participated in the improvement,•and advanced 6d per qr. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 28 6 to 31 0 - Do., red 27 6 to 28 0 Do., new 23 0 to 26 0 Barley Oats ' l4 3 to 15 6 Do., black l3 6 to 15 0 s. d. S. d• Do., new •• •• • 11 6to 13 0 Bere ... . ..... 10 0 to 12 6 Rapeseed. .• .. 26 oto 29 0 Oatmeal......lnciiancm 0. . 2 1 9 4 06 t 0 0 0 3 1 2 6 6 0 Bakers' flour .. 16 0 to 20 0 p c u t b ed lic on ta many e an in y invalids by drugs , in- a bica Food, which cur es w ith o ut [ADVERTISEMENT. r j ease —T Du Barry s Revalenta Ar s ile tho gre i a n t te lu re j s7th mal e y, constipation, and liver complaints, cough, asthma," con sumption,nervous, bilious, . debility. w e quote a few out of many thou.. and by this delicious food :—Cure medicine indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, • • sand cases of cures o. 180. Twenty- five years' nervousness, 'constipation, indiges tion, an d debility from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could removd or relieve, have, been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time- NV. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet , street, London." Cure 4,208. t, Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps/ spasms, and nausea, for which m y servan t h a d c onsulted the advice of many, havebeen effectually cured by Du!Barri i Health -restoring. Food. shall be happy to answer any in quiries. Rev. J. W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." In tins, at Is. 6d. ; 11b., 3s ; 21b., 55. 9d. ; 51b., 12s. • 121 b., 265. The 101 b. an d 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt Of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London. Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford street; 330 and 451, Strand • 49 and 60, BishoPigate street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dubhnt Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co. i at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew ; at Manchester, Sharp an Scott; at York, Raimes, Blanchard, and Co. ; at South ampton, Randall and Son. BIRTHS. GAIRDNER.—On the 20th inst., at Strathtyrum-house St. Andrew's, the lady of Major-General W. J. Gairdner, C. 8., of a son. HAYGARTII.—On the 23d inst., at the Rectory, Chingford, Essex, the wife of the Rev. H. W. Haygarth, of a son. PEcKmut.—On the 21st inst., the wife of Robert Peckham of Ludgate :street, of a daughter. SAUMAREZ.—On the 23d inst., at Hitcham Grange; Tap" low ; the Hon. Mrs. Saumarez, of a son. MARRIAGES. COWELL—CLOWES.—On the 22d inst. at A.shbocking, Charles Henry Cowell, Esq., of Rushmore, Suffolk, to Priscilla, eldest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Clowes, vicar of Ashbocking, Suffolk. MAYO—COLLINS.—On the 23d 'inst., at Red-hill Church, the Rev. Chas. Theodore Mayo, elder son of the late Rev. Charles Mayo, LL.D., of Cheam, Surrey, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late Edward Collins, Esq., MAl.'9 16th Regt. DEATHS. ANKINsoN.—On the 21st inst., Elizabeth, wife of Anthony Atkinson, M.A., of Clare College, Cambridge, and of 5, Baker-street, Hull. BLAND.—At New Galloway, N. 8., Nathan Bland, aged at Milton-next-Gravesend, Mr. Earle, of 3, Great St. Thomas E 171 1 t pk all s -r e d , 6 L j Waterlooo o ht n hndeoCnv2 Charles re aged rilane nss 4 .' 5 H ELI K.—On the 19th inst., at Worcester, the Rev. H. W. Helm. JARVIS.—On the 20th inst., at Tunbridge-wells, John Jarvis, Esq., aged 36. PRETYMAN.--On the 23d inst., in Dover-street, Piccadilly, the Rev. George Thomas Pretyman, Chancellor of Lin poln Cathedral. STOKES.—On the 12th inst., suddenly, at Leamington, Warwick, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Francis Stokes, late of the 39th Regt., aged 53. 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 county of Middloaex & Monday, June 27, 1859. 11, th, Gt on Ai 3! La bor anc IVI Cul PAC Th, she foo( Peat led. flee' TR. Bch cent Hai the Kin Beni reel The Then tion Offs ref col toe th 4 an