The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Parts journals of yesterday. Their leading e ilutnes are very barren of interest. - I :hb Constitutionnel h 13 an article on the overthrow of 11 0eAs, in which it says: — "In 1845, when Frarce and England decided to act • t °lg o '.her against Roses, Brazil was for a moment ad- .laitted into the alliance. Afterwards, the two great • Pavers determined not to avail themselves of the co-ope .Pation of Brazil, but to cot by them ;, Ives. It was not, however, without their being informed of the services • Which their auxiliary could render them. One of the • ." 18 t witty diplomatisza of Brazil even said to Lord Abt,rdeen, B •ware what you are doing; remember the 1 , 4 , b 1e of the lion and the mouse.' 1.4,rd Aberdeen paid NO attention to the warning, and perhaps he has often once rtgretted not having (tone so. Were the two lions siled, the patience of the mouse has succeeded. Eng 'Sad and France could obtain not hin g from Roses, and 'rani the very beginning Roses put aside the really Knave point of the matter—the free navigation of the rivers, declaring that the treaty of Vienna did not CAl eern him. Thanks to the n ew situation which now arises 'rota rte fall of Rosaa, South America will make her °Wo treat y of Vienna for the navigation of the rivers, and that is better than all the conventions that could •usre been imposed on her by force of arms; for the -)sung Awe: ican natives do not like to se e for ei g n p owers "' l ing part in her affairi; and they will execute there stipulations the more freely that they freely consent to there The Maniteur states that up to the evening of the 23 d the applications for reimbursement of the Five Per Cents., registered at Paris, and those of which the departments bed given notice, only amounted to the number of 130, representing 34,843 francs of rente. The opposition candidate, M. RENON, has been re turned at Lyons. Railway interests appear to be much looked after at present in France. A decree of the PitEVIDENT of the Republic convokes the Coun cil General of the Seine-Inferieure for the 24th inst., to deliberate on different questions relative to the execution of the railway from Paris 'to Cherbourg, and other important affairs lo be sub mitted to it by the Pr. fact of the department. The Municipal Council of Auxonne has voted a sum of 15 0,000 f. to be ti-posed of in the purchase of shares in the railway from Dijon to Besancon; and the Council-General of the department of Calvados has Toted a million for the execution of the rail way fr, , m Paris to Cherbourg, of which auto 500, 000 f. are ap - Prnpriated to the section from Paris to Caen, and ~6 00 ,000 f to that from Caen to Cnerb”urg. The u ‘knibeil-General offers besides a subvention of a mil 11 011 fur the branch line to Meclzion, in case the Go ."l.larnent should de'ertitine to have it ex.euted „ i DUCREST DE VILLENEUV E died On Tues. "*Y in Paris, of an attack of apopl,xy. The funeral 2 101, 764 w ill ta k e plat, to-morrow m ,rnieg, at eleven °C luck, at the church of the Madeleine. A S earner arrived on Monday at Havre, from •Ktorlaix, having on board 36 prisoners, who Lad been releaseri from the Duguesclio, on condition of their P r oceeding to a foreign country, which would be fix.-d 'l l as their lace of exile. Am on g them ere MM. .I,44kVISR DURRIEU and DE K.ESLER, of the zevolution ; LACHAMBAUDIE, an author of fables ; 4,Aliaitn a statuary ; GUERIN, a chemi st ; PA ULUS, 4 n I LAVILLE, A• LEMAITRE, E. LEMAITRE, AGARD, GOT, DREVET, PUJET, D'HOUDT, LACAZE, and b „The Emancipation of Brussels states that Count ieitukossorivinLa and M. ALEXANDRE TH OMAS, on 'log the Court of Assizes, a fter their ac q uittal, A are l cheered by the people outside. O rders were Cri!ediately given to them by the Government to 44 're Belgium. i lo The Emancipation of Brussels g ives the following rnunication from a correspondent :—" A y oun g lora li. t itnalist showed me a letter o f a ver y rare charac • and which does the greatest honour t o its writer, 13 / 1 MORDIY. One day this journalist published 17 : extract from a Belgian journal, which contained a ; 2_B l l eulogiutn on the Minister. M. DE MORNY iM diately wrote the following letter Monsieur,— .hen. the authorities do not permit criticism, they va.t. t oot not to allow eulogium ; have the kindness, ,Trefore, for the future, not to publish anything .vi ttiVe t o me : tv TU RG oT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. 4 ,41 Auras, the Minister of Police , have been pro -1411(4W to the grade of Commander of the Legion of A nour. 4 ecording to the Patrie, M. VAVIN, charged t o bp d up the affairs of the Civil List of King Louis illtapp F , states in his report on the subject, that F 4 4 .6 destruction of porcelain in the pillage. of the Pa : lioyal. and the Palace of Neuilly , in 1848, was eolksiderable that Lot less than 10 , 884 f. 50c. were o bt 04 ',hied from the manufactory of Sevre s, for the g old re broken pieces collected. A great number of beggars have for some time occupied a large house in the Quarter de la eirnlere and have formed amongst themselves a jat . ernal Association" for duping the public. Some 4 . 4. 7nt into the streets, and pretended to be labouring LICI,er severe infirmities, others hired children and il:•ed them off as their own, others visited respecta ble People in their own houses, an Englishwoman t ab ti ,l'lly confined her labours to the English corn , k td il° Y, a degraded ecclesiastic victimised the clergy, h ir %me of the band remained at home to manutse *l° begging letters and petitions. The money which collected, amounting to a considerable sum daily, Iv gs a s carried to a common fund, out of which the house her Pt. Every evening the w hole band dined to ive in good style, and, it seems, atnus.d them e in drinking toasts to their dupes. Oa Tuts -1)4 the police put an end to the o p erations of the kb, i 4 by arresting the whole of th em j ust as the y were k i n to sit down to dinner. Tney w ere carried off the Prefecture of Police. theGru_vernment securities were firm at the Bourse, but sh m ." Was not much business transacted. Railway lo ot " Were heavy. Tne Five per Cents. opened at too _• 25e., , r and cles-id at 100 f, 40c. for the end of the I\V'; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 85c.; the N v r- sod-ailalf per Cents. at 101 t. 15c.; Orleans Rail qr-e4Shares, 1,1751.; R.Hien, 710 . ; Havre, 291'. 25e.; Great Northern, 6501.; Avignon. 265 f.; Vierz...m, 555 f.; t7e, 2311. 25 c ; Bordeaux, 555 P..; Paris and Strati -s!' 5 55 f.; Tours and Nautee, 3401. ; Paris and Lyons, I • I6 IVESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE to LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 24. t ad ' l 7 9ene and Atniens, 13 —Central of France ( 0 lean s kw) ierzon), 2.2l%—Charleroi and Erquelines, 134,—Ln-t -au °ur gt 33fi—Nainur and Liege, tiAl —Northern of France, S 1 'Orleans and Bordeaux, 13, 4 — Paris and Strasbour g , /...' ll- •-• Rouen and Havre, WA —Sambre and Meuse, 4E4— • `4 and Nantes,lo34. GERMANY. 41 telegraphic dispatch from Hambu r g h, da t ed Tuesday, states that General JACOBI had just arrived uremen. An immediate intervention of the Fe- Pal troops was feared. formalities, S ta t es o f B a d e n were closed on Saturday With the u sua l in virtue of a decree t ,i,goeci by the P r i nce F REDERICK , son of the GRAND Toe Second Cha m b er o f P russ i a , i n its sitting of Saturday, proceeded to discuss the War Budget. DI 11 % ViticKE proposed s un d ry reduct i ons, but be WAS qkfeated by 168 votes to 77 ; and all the increased credits demanded by the Government were granted. kt on e time the debate became rather violent. The 141 1 irmrnment of the Chambers has b een d ec id e d on, oat only for twelve days, as is usual at Easter. A Vienna letter stat es that the Austrian Govern :tut has ordered a se vere control to be exercised, in se- "test to preve nt the gratuit ous distri bution of Bibles, W hich have been sent out to Austria b y biblical s ocieti es i n L o ndon, with a view of maki ng pro 3 1 1 % 1 to the Protestant r eli g ion. f The Germanic Diet has voted 60,000 thalers 4 the Seet. PsY of the officers and crews of the Germa n ittia Great misery exists in nearly all parts of Germany, 1, 0 , especially in Westphalia, Cassel, the Tyrol, and j 4 en, owing to the scarcity of grain and potatoes. journal, bands of the Duchy of Posen, says a Belgian robbers have been formed, and detachments of •mv a s iry have to scour the country to prevent their p r edations. a t t _ In Westphalia the people, unable to ti w ale rye bread, mix boiled 'beans with r00t5.. ,. In s e ;, ed .en also the people are suffering dreadfully from obj! C 'ty• At Wermeland and Oettant they are st il td to live on the bask of trees and chopped f o r eat numbers of German emigrants are leavin g 1 1 ttrnric a by the French and lit lgian ports. From Hamburgh, and other German ports, also th:departures are very numerous. From the Ist to 11 6 13th March not fewer than 3,276 emigrants d a l ' e d from the mouth of the Weser, anti on the Ist er t t l, between 700 ant 800 were waiting for vessels to —7o 3i them. ITALY. Wne recent storms in the Adriatic have occasioned EA loss of life and property. tei k letter from Vienna of the 17th says — " We re th„ .ta from ditlerent poiots of the coast of the Adr iat i c ' Most distressim accounts of the damage cau - ed bsu tkle late continual storms. Tne town of Chioggio lostA twenty fiihieg-boa.ts, with all their crews, ° enting in number to one hundred. On the 12th N'rchant s hip was lost near Murazzi. Betwee n , e sre and Onune several bodies have been picked up ti t he share. Near Sinagaglia the waves have thrown k e tl quantity of ships' stores, sails, &c. Vessels were o t : Off the coast making signals of distress, but no T'° lll 4l venture to their relief." ti ada ue lon in the gale of the 4th instant o f the Ma ki, fle steam• corvette is confirmed. The young Em vqol* FRANCIS, who was at sea on boat d another t i, e s el during the gale, went to express in person his C ol l ) „ regret to Baron DE KUBECK, President of the an t :° ll of the Empire, whose son was in t he Mari til"' Eighty persons were on board the vessel when Went dOWN• FASHIONABLE PARTIES. EARL DERBY'S DIN N E.R. 17, - -tet clay t.ventog the N int, Premier trit,r!sinA the following Mealb .rs Cabin , 4 at dinner, at his Lord ship'a mansion, St. JaTnes'a-square. The guests upon this occasion were confined to the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Malmeshury, the RIO of Herdwicke, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Lord John Manners, Mr. J. C. Herries, and Mr. J. W. Henley. LORD AND LADY TRURO S DINNER. PARTY• and Lady Truro entertained a select dinner circle last evening at their mansi•m, Eaton seriare, con sisting of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Coun ters of Clarendon, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord Seymour, Lord Hurry Vane, the lion. Charles Pelham Villiers, and Mr. Frederick Peel. BELVOIR CASTLE. Tho festivities at this tri,lgnificent seat are being kept p with gust eclat. A very large party of distinguished tv.hionables will kv-semble there on Monday next, the 29th inst., for the purpose of witnessing Croxton-park r4ccs, which c:!mmence on the 30th. During the times covers will be laid at the castle for upwards of 40 each night. His Grace's hand will attend the races, and near the racecourse the Duke's marquee will be erected, and luncheon provided for all the guests. Among the dis tineuished visitors expected are the Duke and Duchess of Boaufort, the Earl end Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl of Scarborough, &e. THE NEW PIHMIARMONIC SOCIETY The first coreert given by this new society tuck place with immense éclat last cv..-nitig, at Exeter Hall, in the presence of a large and brilliant audience. Judgirg from the opening night, we should pronounce tho esta blishment of this new society as a step decidedly bene ficial to the true interest of art and artists. Many of the names announced are "towers of strength," and the programme contains a rich and varied array of string selections and attractive novel ties With tlec,or 8.,r li z, as the chef d' orchestre, Sivori, the first violin, and Piatti and Bottesini conspi cuous among the instrumentalists—with several works of home composition (such as those announced of a new overture and concerto by Henry Wylds, an " operatic masque," by Edward Loder, and a cantata by G. A. %warren, fo tended on Burg. r's ballad of "Leonora") we freely anticipate the solidly Eucecssful resuits of the objects of the society, which are stated in its prospectus to be both the extensi to of a knowledge of the produc tines of the greatest masters, by a more perfect per formance of their works than has hitherto been attained, and likewise the affording to modern aNd rative composers a favourable opportu nity for establishing the worth .of their claims ~upon attention and esteem of a discerning public,. Among the promised features of attraction are Beet hoy....'s Choral Sipmptiony 111. , ndelaskan'8 " Wulpurgis Night," sr lectiens from La Vestale or Spontier, and the pieces we have- already rot-ritiou , d. The orchestra com prises upwards ot one hundred pfTE-riners, and is pecu liarly strong; the viola'. viohneelli, bassi, and harps each must-r tw,lvi• instruments. Last evening's programme was as follows:--- PART I. Symphony in C (Jupiter) ... ... Mozart. Selection from Iphigenia m Tani ide ... Gluck. Song, choru*, ballet, and chorus. Triple Concerto, pianoforte, violin, and violin cello, M. Silas, Signor Sivori, and Signor Piatti Overture (Oberon) ... Beethoven. ... Weber. PART 11. The first part of Romeo and Juliet, a dramatic symphony, with los and chorus. By Hector Berlioz. No. 1. Cernhats—a Tumult—lnstrumental Introduction. Prologue—in Choral Recitative. Semi-Chorus—Strophy, Contralto Solo. Vocal Seherzetto—Tenor Solo, with Semi- Chorus Recitative. No. 2 (Instrumental). Romeo alone. Distant sound of festive Music. Grand Fete at the Mansion of Capulet. No. 3 (Instrumental and Vocal). The Garden of the Ca pulets, silent and deserted. Jul.et on the balcoandny, Orchestra Romeo in he shade. Love scene —Adagio, Chorus . Cherus of Capulet youths quitting the feast. No. 4. Queen blab, or the Fairy of Dreams—Scherzo In strumentale. Overture, Guillaume Tell (Rossini). In the first part, the opening symphony, was admir ably given, especially in the close; th the savage chorus of Soy thians, and the j ubilant hymns; and exquisite p er formance of Silas, S ivori, and Piatti, were severally hailed with the most cordial plaudits in the triple concerto, were triumphantly concluded by Weber'a beautiful overture g i ven with a maste r y of p recision, spirit, and execution impossible to be surpassed. The second part consisted mainly of a portion of Ber lioz's very poetic and fanciful .Romeo and Juliet The - sym phony, most carefully and brilliantly given. chit ratter of the music is wild, passionate, and perfectly original in its piquancy of treatment, particularly us regards the wooden baud. The ideas are worked out in a thoroughly dramatic manner, and there runs throughout the w hole an unfailing vein of imagination, sometimes bright and sparkling, end again pla intivel y and passio been nately sombre. Not a phrase or thought has borrowed, and the effect of the whole treatment, so bright in colour and so dramatically varied, is perfectly novel. The opening movement is a clever representa tion of a tumult, interrupte d b y statel y brass music, presenting the interference of the Prince of Verona, A semi chorus of hermunised recitative, very graceful and characteristic, is succeeded by a bog contralto solo, exce ll en tly given by Miss Dotbie the melody original and quaintle plaintive, and is fltew charmino ecabrokelling n by a sweet choral bit, " The lute's soft tones r us fur a momedt to the festivity. The vocal scherzctto, " Queen blab," wbich follows, is quite new in plan and treatment. The tenor, Mr. Luckey, in the light, way ward, and fantastic etraius of the music is backed by sparklingly clever end characteristic instrumental ac companimentg; the flutes and oboes taking a principal part, and by " bits" of very ingenious choral music re echoing the phrases of the subj-ct—the whole dove tailed and worked up with pertect ittgenuity. The morceau narrowly escaped an encore. The second portion if the symphony is instruevntal, with the exception of a gay chorus of the el , parting re vellers, which breaks the plaintive and passionate strains which depict the moonlit garden and the interview of the lovers. The movement is lone, and scored with sus tained power. The concluding scherzo is a very fanciful and ingeniously treated bit of fory music—the subject, " Queen Nab, or the Fairy of Dreamy"—end thescore having all het playful yet fantastic character which be long% to the subject. It was given with the utmost deli cacy, and all it odd gamboling effects—as if the com poser were revelling in the production of the wildest, yet the prettiest musical vagaries—were brought out with immense effect. The harp passages, with their bright tinklings, backed by the wayward war bling& of the flute, and the piquant little rushes from the stringed i ns truments, were all' as fairylike) as possible, and wer highly and fully appreciated. Had it not been for the lateness of the hour, the movement would have been enc ored. As it was, there was but one feeling of un animous admiration. The overture to Guillaumet Tell, given with startling vigour, eoncluded with ecla this excellent concert. Tee promoter of the New Philarmonic h a s been Mr. T. F. Elea!e, to wh ose 'courageous spsculation and cn thusiesm a deep debt of gratitude is due from the lovers of music in this country. MR. HENLEY'S NEW BILL ABOUT SEAMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. ni Sir,—The announcement of Mr. Henley, last ght, renders it necessary to call public attention at once to the :cts of the Government, before further mischief is done. Mr. Henley has brought in a Bill to anthorise negotiations with foreign states for the giving up of de serters. This places a sailor who deserts on a level with a murderer or felon. The United States will never sanction such an Act, for it would infringe on the right of search, and ulti maq ly lead to war. No nation gives up deserters at present—liberal England is to set an exatnple. One of the causes which led to the last war with the United States was :the searching of ships of the United States navy for deserters from the King's service. Three men from the Melampus and one from the Halifax de serted and joined the United States frigate Chesapeake; Admiral Berkeley ordered Captain Humphreys, of the Leopard, whenever the Chesapeake should put to sea to proceed in the offing, demand the men, and, if refused, to " proceed and search for the same." Commodore Barrow, of the Chesapea ke, refused to give up these men to the British frigate; the consequence was, that Captain Humphreys proceeded to hostilities. After a akort engagement the ChesaseAte struck her colours , the d , laid a de e p an d l ast ing take deserters were given up, Captain H um p hre y s refused to ras P9ssession of the United States fri g ates, and thus caused c omplaint, which rank led in the brea s t o f the Americans , a deep sensation in that country, This took 22d of December, bringing about and after*ards principally assisted in that deplorable war between the two na tions. laid an ena n b the same ergo on all vessels then place i on the 22d of June, 1807; on the year, the American Go vernmentof the United States. —yours, in the ports .—yours, London, March 24. T. M. has just Spring Min . 's GUIDE TO THE TURF, just made e dition of this indispensable racing companionnaheartyl a welcome its appearanc e, and will receive its us from the spo rtin g world. It in the p resent year it no new feature of arrangemen!, or . decoration, it at air events retains all its old characteristics of perfect correctnessvents of information and facility of reference Of a work is well known and so justly appreciated further praise is u necessa.y. HUbGEEFORD HALL —Mr W• Ross, the well known comic vocalist , g ave an entertainment last night in the large theatre of Hungerrord Hall.to rge and exceed ingly merry audience. And well might they laugh, for a more laughable character than Mr. B l iss, when de . livering his comic songs, Ca'l scarcely be conceived. But .his exer tions to make fun are not entirely confined to singing he with great success delivers a "black lecture on phrenology" in genuine negro style. From his observations, however,the audience were not likely to derive an% g reat addition to their present stock of information on such an abstruse subject ; indeed the lecturer had no such object in view, for he em phatically declared that " the n ore they studied the less they knew about it," a perfectly true remark. This lecture is well worthy of being beard, as are also the vocal and in strumental efforts of his little daughter, Mis 3 Lillias Ross. He repeats the entertainment, it is understood, on Saturday. "WARWICK.—Mr. Mellor's address to the inde serttsiorenr. pendent electors . of Warwick has appeared for some days past, and we imagine the Learned Gentleman must be well satis fil.leedptwonit,hwhhoisnorvvec t h l e t d is ee r m ep e o d r theedr,ehnogwheevfers,t.t hAaltbaNnl,sr: is not unlikely to s-ek refuge at W a r w i c k, where, from bis connexion with the Castle, ' his pretensions would be for midable. We understand that the Blue Ribbon, vacant by the death of the late Duke of Cambridge, was given to the ➢?arquis of Donegal by the late Gvvernment before their retirement frem THE SUN, LONDON, HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The Queen held a Leve(-. Ole third this :-eason) yes teid-iy afternoon, in St,. Jauat,'s Palace. H-r Majesty and Priuce A pert, attended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace about two o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Life Guards, and were received by the Great Officers of State. The Queen's liJr. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty in the state saloons. The Yeoman Guard was on duty, under the command of Captain Bellaire, Exon in Waiting. Before the Levee, Major Wailer, K.H., had an audience'of her INldjrsty, and delivered the insignia of Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath worn by the late General Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson. The Field 01licer in Waiting had an audience of the Queen. His Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau at tended the Levee. The Queen wore a white silk train, brocaded with silver, and trimmed with silver blonde and pink satin ribbons. The petticoat was of white satin and tulle, trimmed with pink satin ribbons and silver. Her Msjesty's headdress was formed of ,diamonds, with a green wreath. The Queen and Prince Albert were attended by the Duchess of Athoil (Mistress of the Robes), the Countess of MGunt Edgucuriane (Lady in Waiting), the Duke of Montrose (L'rd Steward), the Marquis of Exeter (Lord Chamberlain), the Earl of Jersey (Master of the 11.,rstt), Lord Claud Hamilton (Treasurer of the Household), Viscozot Newport (Vice-Chamberlain), the Right lion. Cecil Forester (Comptroller of the Household), the airl of Morton (Lord in Waiting), Lord George Lennox (Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness), Cap tain the Hon. J. Denman, RN. (Groom in Waiting), Colonel Wylde (Groom in Waiting to his Royal High ness), Major General Buckley (Equerry in Waiting), Lit utenlia-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon (Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness), and Mt sirs. Gordon and Cameron (Pages of Honour in Waiting). The Foreign Ministers were introduced, when the fol lowing presentations to her Majesty and his Royal High ness the Prince Albert took place in the diplomatic circle:— By the Sp . anish Minister—Don Pedro Sorela, Second Secretary of Ligation; Don Henri T. de Andrade, At tacl 6 , o her Catholic Majesty's Legation. 13 ) the Austrian Minister—M. le Baron Berchlingen, Capitaine au Cavallerie; Lieutenant Fliess, Officier de Cavallerie. The following noblemen and gentlemen had the honour of being presented to her Majesty:-- Major Adamson, on promotion, by Lieut.-Li-enure Hon. Hugh Arbuthnot. Thy Lord Advocate of Scotland, by Mr. Secretary Wel- Li ! utenant - Applegath, on • return from India, by the Marquis of '.rweeddale. Maj -General Arbuthnot, on promotion, by the Duke of Wel!mom. Lieutenant A. P. Arkwright, R.N., by the Duke of Nor thorn berland. Lieu F mint Armytage, by the Etrl of Straffkrd. Ensign El. H. Austin, b) the Earl of Lovelace. Sir Charles Barry, upon having received the honour of Knighthood, by the Earl of Carlisle. Mr. Bateson, M.E'., on appointment as tine of the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, by the Earl of Derby. Lieutenant A. G. Bait, by the Right Hon. J. C. Hurries. Mr. Wentworth B. Beaumont, by Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P. Mr. A. E. Benson, on appointment to 10th Hussars, by Lieutenaut-General Hon. H. B. Lygon. Major A. O. Bentinck, by the Duke of Wellington. Brevet Major J. J. Bisset, on the grant of a pension fur wounds received in the Kafir war, by the Duke of Wellington. Captain Borrow, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Archdeacon Bouverie, by the Bishop of Norwich. Lord Bolton, by the Duke of Leeds. Lieutenant the flon.Edward Boyle, by Lieutenant-Col. tho Hon. Robert Boyle. The Hon. Thomas Bruce, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Major Lord Burghersb, on return from India, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Charles Salisbury Butler, by Lord Robert Gros- veenor. Mr. Cumming Bruce, by the President of the Board of Control.' Sir Robert Buxton Bart., by the Earl of Sandwich. Mr. E. M. Browell, Secretary to the Board of Green Cluth, by his Grace the Lord Steward. Ensign John Byron, on-appointment to the 34th Regi ment, by General Sir T. M. Brisbane, Bart. Captain G. E. Baynes, by General Sir Gordon Drum mond. Commander R. T. Bedford, R.N., on return from foreign ti( rviee, by Lord Adolphus Fuzelarenee. Mr. Bramwell, Q C on appointment as one of her Majesty's o: , uusel;by Lora Truro. Rear-Admiral Hon. George Campbell, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. James Gordon Campbell, by Sir Robert Campbell, Bart. Lieutenant Charles R. Carter, R.N., on appointment to her Majesty's yacht, by Lord Adolphus Fitztrlarence. Captain Chester, by Lord Alfred Hervey. Lieutenant Cheyne, R.N., on appointment to the Arctic Expedition, by the Dake of Northumberland. Ensign Clay, by the R!ght Hon. J. C. HerrieB. Rev. Lord Alwyne Compton, by the Marquis of North- amptcn. Lieut.-Colonel Cotton. on appointment as Brigade Major ot Cavalry, by Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Dr. Adolphus Collings, by Sir Wm. Collings. Francis Connell, by Mr. Connell. Colonel Cory ton, it N., on promotion and appointment to summand the Plymouth Division, by the Duke of Northumberland. Cons muder Crucroft, R.N., on his marriage, by the Duke of Northumberland. Rrv. Dr. Gillis, by Viscount Palmerston. Lie tit. J. P. Craster, on promotion, by Lieut.-General lion. Hugh Aibuthnott. Captain Cornwall, R.N., on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Wither Coulson, on being appointed one of her Ma jesty'. Giunsel, by Mr. S cretary Walpole. R u v. W. Hay ward Cux, on appointment to the Rectory of Te!itiy, by Lord John Russell. Sir William Cubits, On having received the honour of Knighthood, by Earl Granville. Ensign G.,dfiey Clerk, on appointment 95th Regiment, by :mr Geor g e R. Clerk. First Lieutenant G. R. Conolly, , on return from forreign service, by Colonel Mei , zie , . Major Gilley, by the Deputy Adjutant-General. Col mel DAnsey, on appointment to command the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Li , ut.-Oolottri W. Lewis Dawes, MM., on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Cornetalarris St. John Dick, by Lieut.-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Lieut. Joh n Dimsdale, by the• Right Hon. J. C. lierries. Lieut. W. Deedes, on appointment to the Rifle Brigade, by his father, Mr. Deedes, M P. Sub-L•euterinnt Walter de Wtntow, on appointment to Ist Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall, M.P. Colonel Dixon, R.E., on being appointed to command Royal Engineers in Canada, by the Inspector-General of Fortifications. Major T. Donnelly, on appointment to the staff at Addiscombe, by Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. Captain Drew, Elder Brother of Trinity House, by the Duke of Wellington. Hon. Captain Duncombo, R.N., M.P., on appointment as one ot the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sir James Alexander Dunbar, on succeeding to the ba ronetcy and being appointed flag-lieutenant to the naval Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, by Admiral Sir John A. Ornmanney. Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas, 8.N., on appointment to be naval A.D.C. to her Majesty, by the Duke of North uraberit,nd. Captain Dundas, on promotion, by the Right Hon. R. A. Christopher. Ensign Owen Gwynn S. Davies, by General Arbuthnot. Lieutcnant-Gencral Duffy, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Ensign Compton Scrase Dinkins, by Lieutenant-General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Lieutenant-General D'olly, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington. Ensign W. H. Edgecombe, by Colonel Harry D. Jones. Lieutenant Egerton on appointment to Rifle Brigade, by his father, Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart. Captain Lord Eliot, Ist Life Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Hall, M,P. Mr. Every, Deputy Lieutenant for Derbyshire, by Sir George Cooper, Bart. Ensign Louis W. Fisher, on appointment 67th Regi ment, by Lieutenant-General Clitherow. Sir Charles Fox, by Earl Granville. Ensign Henry H. Foor d, bye Right Hon. J. C. He rrte s. Camptaasinrerl:rGaesielro,r al of thoen Ordnance. d tu n r a n from Canada, by the Lieutenant Edward Fraser, by L ieu tenant-General Duncan M'Leod. Garde, by General Fraser. Ensign W. George, on appointment Ist te Captain na ti tFGri,tnbe,roani Hreotunr.n from Hugb A fo r r b e u ig tb n no se tt. rvice, by Lieu- Assistant -Surgeon O. M.P. Ensign W. Life Guards, by Colonel J. 11h11, dike on appointment Lieutenant Gerald Littlehales Goo , Mr. Thomas W G . o( W )die G ilOw "l . uty.GGe)nloetrieall HGoarbrdyt.Ni.brJrres. to the Coldstream Guards, by his father, Mills Gooulake. Captain C. F. G ran t, by Lieutenant - Gen eral Good fellow. Lieutenant Grantham, by Lieutenant-General Sir Wil loughby Cotton. Ensign She ffi-ld Grace, by his uncle, Lieut.-oJlonel Sir James John Hamilton. 13art. Lieutenant Charles G. Gr)lls, R.N., by the Duke of eNorthnolb(-rleind. Colonel Haukey, on promotion, by the Duke of D r p ‘ . i e : i ul t n gE:itHarding,Earl Hill,t,ni o h n fd e R r bt exr receiveb. Majesty's y.on re t Ad ut :e Advocate-General, c honour a te-G o e f n e knighthood,ral , on n from Canada, by the Lie b u y te th na e Master-General of the Ordnance. Mr. J. Kinnersley Hooper, or. appointment to the Lieu tenancy of the City of Leaden, by his father, Mr. Al derman Hooper. Rear-Admiral C. Hornhy, on appointment as one of the Lords of the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northum berland. Lieutenant Hughes, by Major-General Sir Richard Doherty. Lieutenant Hume, on return from foreign service, la: Lieu'.-General Hon. Hugh Arthbuthnott. riijor Charles Irvine, on. promotion, and return from foreign service, bp Lieut,-oeueral 4tr- Inithi9uOt! THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1852. Major-General Jackse3, on promotion, by the Duke of , MR. HUME, THE MALT TAX, AND THE Wellington. FARMERS. (Rev. John Jackso - ', Ott appointment to a caconry at The following lett. r item Mr. Hume will be gladly Bristol, by ire Lord Chancellor. read by all who take interest in the malt-tax co , stion. Commander Oliver J. Jones, R.N., by the Duke of London, March 20, 1852. Northumberland. To Mr. Frederick Wese, farmer, Charsfield, Suffolk. Mr. Lister Kaye, by his father Sir John Lister Kaye, Sir,—l have received and presented to the House of Bart. Comment, the petitions transmitted by you from twenty- Colonel Kelly, on promotion, by the Adjutant-General. five parishes in the county of Suffolk, praying" that Mr. Wynn Knight, on his marriage, by General Lygorn immediate measures may be adopted for the speedy and Mr. John C. King, delegate from the colony of Victoria, entire remission of the excise duty upon malt." as the bearer of an address to her Majesty from the I have, on every occasion that the repeal of the excise inhabitants of the colony of Victoria, expressive of duty upon malt has been proposed in the House during their devoted loyalty and attachment to their Sove- the last thirty years, voted for its repeal; and I shall, on reign, and of their sincere thanks to her Majesty for every opportunity, support the prayer of the petitioners the erection of their province into a separate colony of —being opposed to the tax as a bad bax, whether it be the British empire, under the Royal name of " Vic- considered as violating the rules of political economy toria," by the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington. and of commercial policy, or as being injurious to the Lieutenant J. Lawder, by Colonel Dunne. morality and social happiness of the industrious classes Major-General Leslie, on promotion, by Field-Marshal of the community. the Commander-in-Chief. This tax injures a great branch of native industry, Lord Leigh, by the Duke of Northumberland. and limits the consumption of its agricultural produce, Mr. B. Lewis, by Mr. Alderman Wilson. by raising the price of the wholesome beverage of beer, Lieutenant Francis Lean, by Colonel Menzies. an important necessary of life, to an extent that deprives Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. W. Lane, on return from millions of the people of the enjoyment of it. India, by the Earl of Donoughmore. The Legislature has of late years, after great opposi- Lieutenant Loch, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Loch. lion, freed bread and meat, the chief articles of food, Lieutenant Colonel Logan, by the Duke of Hamilton. from taxation, and by their free importation from other Rev. James H. Long, chaplain to her Majesty's ship countries has greatly improved the condition of the in- Arrogant, by the Duke of Northumberland. dustrious classes. I desire, in like manner, to free malt Mr. John Savile Lumley, first attache to her Majesty's from taxation, and thereby to add the cheap beverage of' Legation at St. Petersburgh, by the Earl of Malmes- beer to the comforts of the people. bury. The malt-tax was imposed, and has been continued Mr. Mainwaring, on appointment as deputy. lieutenant by Parliaments, consisting chiefly of landlords, who for Shropshire, by the Vice-Chamberlain, the Right have had the power, if they bad thought fit to exercise Hon. Viscount Newport, it, of repealing the tax. There is now a Government in Captain H. J. Matson, RN, on appointment to corn- power whose members have for the last six years been wand her Majesty's ship R.N., by the Duke of loud in their advocacy of protection to native industry, Northumberland. and especially of the welfare of the agricultural classes; Lieutenant and Adjutant Wm. Mansell Mansell, R.M., . and it behoves the farmers to test the sincerity of Earl on appointment as Adjutant to the Chatham division Darby and his followers in their long-continued pro of Royal Marines, by his -father, Rear-Admiral Sir fessions, by demanding the repeal of the duty upon malt, Thomas Mansell, which is more oppressive to the farmers end to all the Mr. Maxwell, Ensign 47th Regiment, by Major-General other industrious classes, than any other tax levied for Sir Thomas Wilishere, Bart., K C.B. the public service. Cuptain Alfred R. Margery, on return from foreign ser- It is submitted that the farmers must now be con vice, by Major. General Pane, vinced, by the late debates in the House of Commons, Commander F. L. M'Clintock, her Majesty's ship In- that there remains little chance of any duty being ne tt epid, on promotion and return from Arctic service, imposed on the importation of agricultural produce, by Captain Alex Milne, R.N. which could raise the price of their corn and cattle, the Captain Milne, R.N . ., on re-appointment to the Admi- two objects for which they have been contending, in any ratty, by the Duke of Northumberland. - appreciable degree; and it is to be hoped they will not Lieutenant M'Neir, by Colonel Chas. Wyndham. be any longer deluded by empty promises, or persuade Lieutenat George F. Mechaes, R N., her Majesty's ship themselves that by any mere shitting of taxation from Resolute, on appointment to Arctic Expedition, by the shoulders of one party to those of another, any per- Captain Sir B. %ii. Walker. manent relief can be afforded to the farmer. The Pro- Lieutenant-General Mercer, on promotion, by the Duke tectionist Cabinet does not promise the farmers any re of Wellington. lief by a reduction of taxation; but, on the contrary, Mr. Martin Crofton Morrison, by Sir George Staunton. one of the present Secretaries of State has for_ t c he last Lieutenant-Colonel Morse Cooper, on promotion, by three years successfully nppoac-d-site - reformilin the levy- Viscount Combermere. . - i.g. and expenditure of the county rates, which would Lieutenant-Colonel Mundy, on kis marriage and return give to the farmers the proper constitutional control over fr..) service in Australia, by Lieutenant-General Lord those rates, which in some counties are not in- Fitzroy Somerset: considerable. Right Hon. Jo-eph Napier, on appointment as Attorney- I wish the farmers would consider themselves—as they General for Leland, by the Earl of Derby. in reality are—as manufacturers of agricultural produce, Lieutenant II Nason, R.-11-, by Major-General Sir John and believe that cheap food and low taxes are as neces- Owen, K.O B. nary to enable them to compete with foreigners, and as Mr. Newman. on appointment to Royal Devon Yeo- requisite to the comfort of their labourers, as these pro manry, by Viscount Courtenay. ducts of free trade have proved to the general menu- Captain Nicholson, by Lieut.-Colonel Lord de Tabley. factoring interest of the country. Captain Ne tt, by Lord Glenelg. The working-classes were for many years under the Major-General Sir Charles O'Donnell, on promotion by delusion that the amount of their wages depended upon the Duke of Wellington. the price of food; but that delusion had passed away; Mr. L. Oliphant, by Sir F. Pollock. and the rate of wages is now found to depend upon the Commander Richard A. Oliver, R.N., on return from supply and demand of labour, and not on the price of foreign service, by the Duke of Northumberland. food. Farmers have been under a delusion of the same Mr. L'lonel Oliver, by Lieut.-General Goodfellow. kind with respect to the rent of their farms, which must Admiral Sir John Ommanney, on appointment as corn- depend upon supply and demand, upon the number of maunder. in-chief at Devonport, by the Duke of North- farms to be let, and the number of farmers desirous to uteberland. hire. Lieutenant Sherard Osborn, on return from Arctic ser- The price of produce, therefore, affects the permanent vice and re-appointment, by the First Lord of the interests of landlords more than those of tentuite; and Admiralty. farmers, as well as manufacturers, should advocate cheep Commander Robert Jocelyn Otway, R.N., on appoint- food, cheap drink, and economy and retrenchment in meat as deputy lieutenant, county Tipperary, by every department of the state. General Sir Loftus W. Otway. To obtain these benefits, the House of Commons must Hon. Francis Pakenham, on appointment to her Majesty's be made a full and fair representation of the people at mission at Lisbon, by the Earl of Longford. large, and then the interests of the farmers and all other Mr. Arthur T. G. Pearse, by Sir Richard Bulkeley. industrious classes will be duly considered and attended Lieutenant-Colonel Paschal, on promotion, by General to; for the House of Commonio as at present constituted, Sir Cohn Halkett. does not fairly represent either the people or the pro- Lieut.-Colonel Pussy, on promotion, by Lord George perty of the country, and, therefore, reform of Par- Lennox. !lament is one of the first objects which should occupy Captain Sir George Brooke Pechell, R.N., on appoint- the attention of all the industrious classes of the com ment as a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, by Vie- munity. count Palmerston. .With extension of the suffrage, protection ensured to Lieut.-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., on promo- the voter by ballot, and a more equal distribution of ra tion, by General Viscount Hardinge. presentatives to electors, the constitutional balance of Mr. Edward Porter, late her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, power will be established in the Commons' House of Pat on return from foreign service, by the Earl of Malrees- liament; and then, and not till then, may the agricultu bury. ral as well as all other industrious classes, hope to have Sir John Potter, on his appointment as a deputy haute- full and equal justice done them. nant for the county of Lancaster, by the Earl of Sefton. I remain, your obedient servant, Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, by Lord John Russell. Jc SEPIK HUME. Major-General William G. Power, on receiving the tes timonial for good service, by the Marquis of Anglesey. Commander Pullen, R.N., on re-appointment to Arctic Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Captain Herbert Patton, by the Master General of the Ordnance. Lieutenant Charles B. Payne, H.M.S. Herald, on ap pointment to the South Sea Expedition, by the Duke of Northumberland. Sub-Lieutenant A. W. Peyton, on appointment to Ist Life Guard , , by Colonel J. Hall. Mr. George H. Poring, on appointment to 87th Regi- meat, by Mjor-Getiral Sir 'John Itolt. Captain W. 11. Reeve, on prumotion, by General Earl of S.rafford. Ensign J. L. Reynolds, on return from India, by the Roght Hon. J. C. Herries. Captain Peter Richards, R.N., on nomination to good service pension, by the Duke of Northumberland. Commander G. H. Richards, on return from foreign ser vice, and appointment to her Majesty's ship Assistance, by the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Richard Gater Roach, on app o i n tment to the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, by the Earl of Sand wich. Msjar-General Sir John RIR, on being a ppointed to the command of the western di s t r i ct, b y t h e Duke of Wel lington. Lieutenant Rolt, Coldstream G uar d s, on a ppointment to the Stuff, Western District, by his father, Major-Ge neral Sir J l ohn Rolt. Captain Ro.s, by Admiral Sir George Sartorious. Captain J. C. Salkeld, by Mr. J. Boyd Saunders, by the P res id ent o f the Board of Control. the Ri g h t H on . J. C. Herries. Paymaster Scott, an appointment 38th Regiment, by Lieut. General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott. Lieut. General Shubrick, on pr omo tion, by Admiral K"lly. Captain Charles Schomberg, on promotion, by the Earl of Dundonald. Hnnywood D'Owyns Y a t e S cott, b y the Duke of Richmond. Mr. Charles Shubrick, on return from India, by Lieut. General Thomas Shubrick. Lieutenant Alexander J. Smith, R.N., on return from ber Majesty's Magnetic Observatory, Hobart Town, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. Solomon, Hanseatic Consul at St. Helena, by Mr C.,!quhuun, agent and Co nsul General for the Hansa Towns. Major General Simpson, on appointment to command south. western district, by the Earl of Stafford. Mr. Alderman R. S. Spiers, sheriff of the city of Oxford, by Rii.tht Hon. S. H. Walpole. Ensign J. 11. M. Stewart, by Rear Admiral Houston TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—ln your article of this evening you deprecate the advice I deemed it my duty to offer with regard to further economy in our Naval Estimates. Yet I cannot believe we materially differ, since you desire to see our n a T v a force h l er o e r i e s a made speon,pu, th corterch o teoue r f o nio u itt g f finl es s l rai y aatoini fo e tn f fici resisting ailm waste epnat. weakness o impatience nient heitee even of falrtttaixosrsattnro ho oni srn, ee: d awn a h n do g t e t r aa o vt u e st t hp h ea a to n i disputable fact that when merchants want to get a par ticular sort of ship built in order to perform a given service, they can generally get it for their money, whilst the very opposite is more near the truth in the case of the public acting through the Admiralty. Indeed, if it were not for the alterations constantly going on in the bows and sterns of vessels—in cut ting down some ships, and in lengthening others, there would hardly be an excuse for keeping up large establishments at our seaports, and, perhaps, this is partly the secret of many of the changes ships undergo. Whilst many men are on the books in time of peace, if they did not find an excuse for something to do, reduc tions would commence, a thing which all aorta of of f icials instinctively held in horror. The fact is, we ought to build by contract. This has been done in some instances with good effect, and ought to be done in mere, if not in all. White, Ratsey, Green, and Camper, would soon shame our empirical builders into a substitution of exact science for rule of thumb. No deubr, we have our Chatfields (Chatfield, I believe, deeigni d the Thetis—a beautiful vessel); but owing to the fatal mistake committed in abolishing the school of naval architecture which was founded many years since, it is only of late that advances have been made on a bet er system. The long and short of the matter is this—a sum of nearly 1,500,0001. is required for ship-building during this year. I maintain that we ought to have for this sum a greater number of efficient ships than, judging from the experience of the past, we are likely to obtain. One million a year judiciously expended during the past thirty-seven years would have placed our navy on such a footing that, with a better system of manning the navy, we might at this moment fold our arms and defy the world. Unfortunately, our wisest measures have been conceived in a panic, and, consequently, many things have been forgotten which ought to have been considered. For example, the reserve of steamers founded by the Government of Sir Robert Peel were, if lam rightly informed by a late official, built too small for their engines; and the result was, that the vessels turned out to be unsuited to th© purposes for which they were required, and it became necessary to get more. Then, war steamers did not answer, except as troopships. Of Key hare you say nothing. That case is absolutely unanswerable. It is neither more nor less than an abso lute waste of a million of money, because a quarter of a million would have made Millbay r erfect fur the same purpose, and far better situated. In the debate, I was told that Keyham was a better place for the steam docks, because Keyham is less exposed, inasmuch as Keyham is up Hamoaze. This is evidently erroneous. Keyham is more exposed. Keyham is exposed to attack by a force operating from the land side, and which would not enter the port at all, but disembark in Whitsand bay, the distance being but a few miles, and the route unde fended. Millbay, on the other hand, would be further from attack, except seaward, and, as to that danger, it would be an almost impossible enterprise for a fl,?et to attempt to pass the batteries on Drake's Island, and other places. Besides, Millbay lies contiguous to the Victualling-yard and Marine-barracks, and would, there fore, have offered peculiar advantages. However, it is, perhaps, now too late to rectify that mistake; and my only wonder is why, it it be so urgently necessary to have steam docks, which no doubt it is, so small a sum as 40,0001. is taken this year-352,0001. being the fur ther cost. But if we are to avoid such mistakes in future, it will he ascribable in the main to the readiness of the Press in affording opportunities for the discussion of the views entertained by different persons. You do not approve of what I said with respect to the pay of sailors. When I spoke of sailors—able seamen —serving for 11. a-week to find themselves, it was not intended to be supposed that blue jackets were to scram ble fur a chance of cooking their provisions, and that every man should have his own store. My remark, as to what could be done, was merely intended as the basis of an estimate. No difficulty is found in yachts — eve n where sailors actually "find themselves.' The limit is the gist of my argument. I meant to convey that, if able seamen can be obtained at 11. per week to " find themselves," mixed crews of able seamen, second-rates, and youngsters, to the extent of 40,000, might be obtained fur 2,000,000/. a year, and I believe that proposition is a true one. As to " invoking the Press," as well as using Hansard, I can only say that when I think I see my way to a saving of public money, and a mode of improving the efficiency of a great national arm, I shall certainly not hesitate to avail myself of it, feeling assured that, though an assault upon the strongholds of prodigality and waste may easily be made the occasion of capital jokes, the subject is by no means l a a j n, oke to the , public. Sir, 84c. London, March 24, 1852. 6:ewart. Lieutenant Charles Sullivan, her Mcjesty's ship St. George, by his father, Rear -Admiral Sir Charles Sullivan. Sir George Grant Sutlie, Bart., by the Duke of Mont rose. The Solicitor-General for Scotl an d, by Mr. Secretary Walpole. Captain Herbert Slade, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lord George Paget. Mr. Deane Shute, Deputy-Lieutenant of Hants, by the Duke of Wellington. Lieutenant J. J. Smith, on appointment to Royal Artil lery, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Lieutenant Frederick R. Stack, by Lieutenant-Colonel Me.cDuff. Earl Talbot, on appointment as one of her Majesty's Lords in Waiting, by the Lord Chamberlain. Surgeon Tardrew, 2d Lite Guards, O n promotion, by Colonel M.Douall. Lieutenant Richard Williams Thomas, 7th Royal Fusi liers, by his father, Vice-Admiral Thomas. Lieuti-nant-General Thomson, C. 8., 74th Highlanders, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Dr. Todd, by Lord Claud Hamilton. Colonel Trevely an, Coldstream Guards, on promotion, by the Earl of Strafford. Lieutenant Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards, on ap pointment, by the Earl of Strafford. Lieutenant S. D. Turner, 21st Bengal Native Infantry, by the Right Hon. J. C. Hordes. Ensign Roger D. Upton, ht West India Regiment, on appointment, by Lieut.-General Mercer. Hon. Henry P. Vereker, her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do Sul, by Earl Granville. Mr. Samuel Vines, her Majesty's Consul at Para, on ap pointment, by the Earl of Malmesbury. Commander F. P. W arren, on promotion, by the Duke of Northumberland. Rear-Admiral Wallis, by the Duke of Northumberland. Mr. W. Walter Wells, Bengal medical s erv i ce, on re turn from India, by Lit:tr.-Colonel Lane. C.B. Surgeon A. C. Webster, 78th Highlanders, by Lord Ft zroy Somerset. Captain T. Narramore Were, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Wheble, by the Marquis of Clanricarde. i ‘ l y ki i n ii s i o a n m 7 C 4 u 2 b ud i si t h t ti . ony C o l o nel R. W. Wilson, C. 8., Bengal Army, to India, by Viscount Gough. on return M r . Sydney Lieutenw,t Edward Andie Wylde, &M., on return Whiting; by Lord William Lennox. from iore.gn service, by Sir J. Oven. Sir J. L • Captain George H. Wilson, RN., by Lord Berners. Royal gton. Captain Frederick High landers, d Prince Albert returned to Bucking ham Her M.sjzsty au Pal after the Levis. Commilsion had a • t* The Oxford University the F' Inee 3" the official residence on promotion, by Sir John Rolr. rr. wpailgdbYWYliilydabt?reb'eynbSyWi r yesterday at the Treasury in of Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke, Downing street. Present —the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean . T. dd II J. L. Dampier,• the Rev. G. H. S. the Rev. Professor Powell' )Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary. ly broke, the Rev. H. G. , leg., J. J. TRELAWNY. DEATH OF THE HON. FRED. WEST.—We regret to announce c tia the death ath ue o i f ks t h h ir i e. this velnleeralbilson. Fredgentleman,. ~Fezt was brother to the last Eli . ' Delawarr, and was for many years in Parliament for Denbighshire, and about the Court of George 111. and IV. By this demise the families of Dela warr, Chesterfield, Radnor, Fox Lane, Northwich, Middle ton, 13iddulpb, Bulkeley, &c., will be placed in mourning. The largest sailing vessel which ever floated on the Clyde is now lying at the Broomielaw. The H. C. Kidston measures 1,444 tons, Custom-house measurement, and is in tended as a regular trader between Gl asgow an d Australia, under the command of Captain Patterson, late of the Mont gomery. Her principal dimensions are—length, 168 feet: breadth, 32 feet; depth, 29i feet. She Wile bltilt at New Wapply, 80 'Ruched in June, 1851. The Duchess Dowager of Bedtord and the Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell, who have been passing the winter at Brighton, baYe retuned to CamPdon-hill for the gown. THE MERCHANTS' AND TRADES MEN'S MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The tif.h annual meeting of the members of this society W;S held on Thursday, the 18th of March, at the offices in Chatham-place, Blackfriars. John Maegreggor, Esq., M.P., presided. Mr. GEORGE THOMSON (the Manager) read the re port, by which it appeared that the number of policies for the year ending 3 fat Jan. last are ............... 181 The amount assured The premiums on which are Since the 31st Jan. last, sixty-one pro posals have been passed, amounting to 21,100 0 0 The premiums on which are And there are before the Board 13 proposals amount ing to 6,900/., the premiums on which are 245/. 19s. 9d., now in progress of completion. Making the total number of policies 736 The amount fissured £216,432 0 0 The annual income of the Society 7,024 7 4 27 Proposals for 14,1501. have been submitted to the board during the year which have been declined. The claims by death, which have been discharged, amount to 1,6601. and there is one small claim of 4001. which the directors cannot settle, in consequence of there being different claimants interested in the sum. The CHAIRMAN in a very able statement went over the different heads of the report, and moved its adoption, which was carried unanimously. The resolution having been carried, votes of thanks to the directors and auditors, and Mr. HALL (an auditor) in returning thanks, observed that the directors should adopt another mode of assurance, which he conceived would bring them a great deal of business—namely, as suring say the payment of 1001. to a person reaching sixty, no I,enefis to be derivable from his payments if he died before reaching that age. Mr. AnnowsairTH proposed a complimentary vote of thanks to the medical officers, the manager, Mr. Thom son, the secretary, Mr. Musgrave, and the agent and other officers of tee society. They were all able and eminent men. One of them (Mr. Thomson) he was instrumental in bringing there himself, and he came with the very highest testimonials from five or six of the greatest names in the City. Mr. Musgrave was an able coadjutor, and he was always glad to see him at their meetings. It was to him a source of regret that many persons were dissuaded from assuring their lives because they were afraid a time might come when they could not keep up their payments, and that they would lose all the money they had previously paid en account of a policy of assurance on their lives. Their condition might practically illustrate the dream of Pha rdah, who dreamt that seven fat kine were eaten up by seven lean kine. Seasons of prosperity and seasons of adversity were the lot of many of them. Perhaps they assured for too much, and if they meld not continua s-siesee premiums, they found themselves in worse bands than those of a hard-dealing usurer. Now it should be known that the directors of that office gave credit for premiums, charging only a moderate sum for interest for twelve months, in order to give a man time to re cover himself. It was to correct this evil, so far as it affected the varying fortunes of literary men that he had associated with Charles Dickens and others in the for mation of the " Guild of Literature and Art." And the " Athet rum Institute" in Sackville-street was estab tablished for a similar purpose. Offices that would not lend a man 30/. or 401 to enable him to maintain his policy for a little while, pursued a dry skin-flint usurious practice, which could not be too much reprobated.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Tsromsost, in returning thanks for the very kind and flattering manner in which Mr. Arrowsmith had been pleased to refer to his humble services, and that of his friend Mr. Musgrave, said that they had both used their best exertions, as was their duty, to promote the interest of the society. With regard to Mr. Arrow smith's very judicious observations as to advancing, by way of credit, one year's premium if required by the assured, he quite agreed that it was a judicious and equitable provision, and in that spirit it had been ap proved and adopted by the directors. Dr. Bentham's suggestion that in no case ought a forfeiture to occur, such as that described by Mr. Arrowsmitb, bad also been anticipated by this society. The Doctor would find that they had a regulation whereby, after five pre miums had been paid, a policy might be surren dered, and a new policy granted corresponding to the value of the one surrendered without payment of any further premium. As an illustration of the principle, suppose a person to assure for 1,000/. for the whole term of life at a premium of 301., and to pay five premiums. If that person bad insured for five years as a short period policy, he would only have had to pay about one-half, or 15/.; consequently the other half is paid against the future and daily increasing risk. Now this sum would be applied as a simple payment, and a policy granted accordingly on the surrender of the old one, and the assured would be precisely in the same posi tion, on the same table, and with all the advantages proportionably which he ever had. It was, no doubt, an arbitrary rule to fix on five years as the shortest period for the conversion, but it was thought that any shorter time would be too great an inducement to parties to discontinue their insurances; and it was not the duty of (Aces to encourage parties to abandon so important a provision as that of a life policy. The regulation had been approved by Professor Do Morgan, as both equitable and judicious. With regard to Mr. Hay's proposal to have a table constructed for endowment assurances, contingent on lives surviving a given age, he (Mr. Thomson) very much doubted the propriety of encouraging that principle. Such a mode of assurance would be a mere gambling speculation. It would invert the very principle and most important use of life assurance. It would be a speculation on a long life, but no provision in case of premature death, and the vital principle of life assurance was to provide against the latter contingency. In the case suggested, if the assured lived to the specified age ho would get the amount assured, but in the event of his dying before, his family would lose the benefit of all his payments. It was a most unsatisfactory speculative mode of as suarance, unless combined with a provision to pay to the representatives in case of death before the given age. And for this description of endowment assurances the society had already provided by their Table No. 6. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending March 21:— Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. ... £22,441 7 8 Merchandise ... ... 17,682 14 11 Cattle ... 1,061 14 6 Total ••• • ..£41,185 17 1 ••• Corresponding week last year ... 40,409 16 10 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY...-.(Miles in work, 2411) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending March 14, 1852: — Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,626 2 6 Merchandise and minerals •.. 6,099 010 Cattle ..• ••• •••• 152 10 7 Total .. £10,877 13 11 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) : Passengers ; parcels, &c. ... £4,046 14 3 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. 3,821 3 6 Total ... £7,557 17 9 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount of Traffic for the week ending March 21:— Passengers ... £6,539 18 10/ Goods ... 2,818 9 Total ... £9,353 8 0 Corresponding week last year... 7,969 311 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAT.—Traffic for the Week ending March 21, 1852 : Passengers (7,212), parcels, horses, and carriages ... £7S4 12 11 Goods, cattle, &c. ... 920 16 9 Total .. 1,70 9 8 Corresponding week in last year... 1,604 4 1 Perth, March 24, 1852. CHESTER A-ND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending March 21:— MAIN LINE. _ _ _ Passengers ... 910 2 9 Parcels, 11. C. and D. ... ... 82 5 5 Goods, cattle, &c. 596 19 5 Mails 575 0 0 Total .. ... ....£2,19-1 7 7 MOLD. Passengers ... ... ... £3O 1 0 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 1 15 2 Goods, cattle, &c. ... ... 98 8 9 Total ... ... ..• £l3O 4 11 STEAM-BOATS. Pa,ssengers ... ... ... £135 5 9 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 25 14 10 Total ... ... £l6l 0 7 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. --- (260 mile' open.)—Traffic for week ending Mar. 21 £1 5,969 15 6 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. ~,£14,400 12 7 PALACE.—y es t er d ay THE CRYSTAL the number of persons who visited the building was greater than that of the preceding day. In different parts of the building tables are placed, upon which petitions in favour of the retenti , p of the building were signed by thousands. The little inci dent of yesterday w as th e removal of the cage and pedestala of the celebrated Koh-i-noor. The construction of the m em. chinery for the rising and sinking of the jewel was mostA 3 e s i t traordinary, and excited the utmost surprise. according to announcement, gave a Pe upon Willis's great organ, which attracted most crowd ed a The programme atten dance at that particular part of the building: nt composers, erformanc consisted of selections from the most eminbye Handel, among which German chorale. may be noticed a co r lc e, e oc r ue t i o ad deli ciously played, and the concluding 01 the execution of this chorale the th speak too highly, the brilliancy of maintained tbreughtut clearness with which the air the variations and difficul tand the most intricate psssag which is introduced the plaue. The concluding g es, gavweiansroom for the loudest ap fu sueniagnificent, and we most cor . - swell to the great organ, wr i : delighted `ilistener n saying it dially agree with crie of was a " beautiful subject ed." W o have not the slightest doubthoneatutthiefu‘l yet V iY ed p n la e y sdays and Saturdays for the future will butonsidered the great days of those TUE AUTEI remaining of the GrbeeateExhibition bouitildinof: Nuw WoBR BY readers will hear with pleasure that a " MARGARET SIAITLAND. "--Our a nn ounced by the author of those popular new novel is Maitland," " Merkland," &c. If is T: works, " Margare t ~ titled "Adam Graem of Mossgray," a story of Scottish life, and is said to resemble . in its mingled pathos, quaintness ,.. and striking delineation of character, the first production of in its line since this clever writer, which the late Lord Jeffrey, it will be re membered, pronounced superior to anything Galt- Thisdoubt that Tt • writer has, indeed, originated an entirely new school of Scottish novels, and there , ill be awaited with the publication of " Adana Graeme' w can be little un usual interest and curiosity by the thousands who have de rived instruction and amusement from the former efforts of her grill)]* pea. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON RACES. -WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 10 sues. each, wish 40 added; three years old, 6st; four, Bst; five, Bst 81b; six and aged, Bst 131 b. One mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. Robinson's Glee colt, 3 yrs (Steggles) 1 Mr. Barnes's Trinket, 4 yrs (Flatman) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Clincher, 5 yrs (J. Marson) 3 Count Batthyany's The Monk, 3 yrs (Bradley) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Clincher, and 7 to 2 each agst Glee colt and Trinket. Won easily by two lengths; Clincher, who never showed in the race, a bad third. Run in 1 min. 52 secs. Second year of the Triennial Stakes of 10 SOTS. each, with 50 added, for three years old colts, Bst 71b; fil lies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake, and the win ner to pay 5 sm. towards expenses. One mile. (22 Subs.) Mr. Greville's Frantic Major Martin's Convulsion..... 2 Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstead 3 Lord Eglinton's Pelopidas 4 Betting—Even on Frantic; 5 to 2 agst Convulsion, 4 to 1 sgst P e l op i das, and 10 to 1 agst Plumsteud. on in a Canter by two lengths, Convulsion beating Plurnatead by half a length; Pelopidas beaten off. Run in 1 min. 54 sees. The Great Northamptonshire Stakes of 25 son. each, 15 It, and only 5 if declared, &c., with 100 added; winners extra; the second to receive 25 soya. out of the stakes, and the winner to subscribe to the raoe next y ear, ea ( r l , o a o n s d u p b,., pay 64 40 o sfovz.h whom d towards eelar e e x d p . er a. Two miles. Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 y rs , 4st Sib ...(Carroll) 1 Mr. William's Chief Justice, 5 yrs, 7st slb ( I'. Lye) 2 Mr. Drew's Ballet Girl, 5 yrs, 6ht 31b ~,.,.(Kendall) 3 Mr. J. Stanley's Teddington, Bst 131 b ...(J. Maroon) 0 Mr. Palmer's Doubt. 6 yrs, 7st 13ib ~,...( Charlton) 0 Mr. W. S. Crawfurd's Darkie, 7st 51b (G. E. Sharp) 0 Count Battlay any 's Jack in the Corn er ,6 st 121b(Crouch) 0 Mr. H. S'ebbing's Knook Knoll, Est 101 b (Basilan]) 0 Capt. Scott's May Day, 6 yrs, 6st ............ (Wells) 0 Mr. Tienne's Old Rowley, 3 yrs, sst 5 b...(Ashmeli) Mr. Thompson's Blood Royal, 3 yrs, set 71b(Rickards) Betting—S to 1 agst Chief Justice, 7to 2 agst Ted dington, 6 to 1 agst Knook Knoll, 6 to 1 agst Poodl e , to 1 agst Darkie, 9 to 1 agst Ballet Girl, and 15 t o 1 agst any other. Won very cleverly by two lengths, a length between second Find third, Teddington a bad fourth, and Darkie fifth. Run in 3 min. 52 sec. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 6st 101 b; four, gat 21b; five, 9st 121 b; six and aged, 10st 41b. Two miles. Mr. Stephenson's Brother t 3 Willingham (Charlton) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Paddy Bird, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) 2 Mr. Morris's Vatican, 6 yrs (Fenn) 3 Mr. Little'. 1 Whitatono, oged (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 4 yrs (Abrahams) 0 Mr. Smith's Union Jack, 3 yrs (Hickman) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs (T. Osborne) 0 Captain Lowther's Cbopkins, 3 yrs (Hammond) 0 Mr. Collier's Hambletonian, 3 yrs (Basham) 0 Betting-5 to 2 each agst Brother to Wellingham and the Black Doctor, 4 to 1 agst Paddy Bird, 6 to 1 agst Chopkins, Bto 1 agst Sabra. A splendid race between Brother to Willingham and Paddy Bird, and won by only a head; Paddy Bird a very bad third, and Chop kins fourth. The others were stopped inside the dis tance. Run in 3 min. 54 sec. The Whittlebury Stakes of, 10 soya. each, with 100 added. About three-quarters of a mile. (40 Subs.) Lord Derby's Longbow, 3 yrs, Bst 81b ...(F. Butler) 1 Mr. Raiford's Peppermint, 3 yrs, 9st (W. Sharpe) 2 Mr. Drage's Postulant, 2 yrs ....(Goater) Lord Eglinton's Pelopidas, 3 yrs, Bst 111 b (Marlow) 0 Mr. J. Brown's Dangerous, Bst 81b...(Whitehouse) 0 Lord Westminster's Captions,3 yrs, Bst 51b(Flatman) 2 Mr. Bouverie's Loophole, 3 yrs, Bst 51b (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. Stephenson's Sr. Crispin (b-b) Est 4 113(filekards) 0 Lord Exeter's Vest, 2 yrs, Est llb Lord Chesterfield's Jemima filly, Est 11b (Ashmell) 0 Mr. Stevens's Wee Thing, 2 yrs, Est llb ...(Kendall) 0 Mr. W. Harris na c by Cranebrook, out of a mare unknown, 2 yrs, Est 41b (Wells) 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Longbow, sto 2 agst Captious, 7 to 1 agst Postulant, 10 to 1 agst any other. Captious jumped off, and led several lengths to the Spencer Post, where she bolted, and Longbow taking up the running, won in a canter by three lengths, Peppermint beating Postulant by a head for the second place. Runin 1 min. 21 sec. In consequence of Longbow having thrown a plate, this race, which was fixed for half-past four, did not come off until nearly half-past five. The Pytchley Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added; three yrs old, Bst 21b; four, 9st 71b; five, 9st 121 b; six, and aged, 104 lib; mares and maidens four yrs old - and upwards allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 300 soya, if demanded, end allowances if to be sold for less. Five furlongs. Mr. Armstrong's Equal, 6st 101 b (1001.) (T. Osborne) 1 Duke of Bedford's Newport, Bst 51b (601.) (Pettit) 2 Lord Warwick's Grief, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (1001) (Crouch) 0 Mr. Gilbert's Reindeer, Bst llb (301) (Kitchener) 0 Mr. Magenis's Forlorn-hope, car. 7.t 101 b (Flatman) 0 Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 7st 31b (1501 )...(Charlton) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Ellar, Est bib (601) ...(Ashmell) 0 Mr. Oven's Welsh Harper, 6st 21b (301) (Wells) 0 Mr. Whiting's Dame Tattle, 63t 31b (60/.)...(Kendall) 0 Mr. Dickens's Mies Knight, Est 31b (601) (Rickards) 0 Mr. St erring's Grand Duchess, sst 13:b ...(Sreggles) 0 Lord Cardrop's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Sly) 0 Betting-2 to 1 egst Newport, 4to 1 agst Forlorn llope, 5 to 1 agst Equal, arid 5 to 1 egst Welsh harper. The race trona the okstance was a match between Equal and Newp)rt, and was won only by a neck. Run in 1 min. 7 sec. Match, 501. Twice round. Mr. Francis's Nancy, 5 yrs, Ilst Ilb (Yeates) 1 Mr. Treadgold's Liberty, 4 yrr, lOst 71b...(Planner) 2 Won easy. NORTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING. ALTHORP PARK STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Glenavon 4 to 1 agst Nathan NETROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 8 to 1 agst Stilton 10 to 1 agst Miss Ann 12 to 1 agst Backbiter 14 to 1 apt Kate CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Scarecrow 25 to 1 agst Poodle DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 12 to 1 aest Aouor DEJEILJNER AT THE GREAT GRIMSBY DOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—An account having appeared in some of the morning papers slating that the dejefiner given by Messrs. Hutchings, Wright, and Brown, the contractors of the Great Grimsby Dock, was furnished by Messrs. Ascher and Holt, of the Nell Gwynne Tavern, London, I should feel obliged by your contradicting such state• ment as untrue, and giving insertion to this letter; the fact being that all the articles were furnished by me, as the proprietor of the Yarborough Hotel, Great Grimsby, and not by Messrs. Arche!. and Holt, who had nothing whatever to do with it, either directly or indirectly ; I am, Sir, yoar obedient servant, March 23, 1852. WM. LONG HURST. THE MIME RIFLE. WOOLWICH, Meilen 24.—The whole of the officers and non-commissioned officers of the regiments the numbers of which were given last week, ar r i ve d at the prrison hero on Saturday evening, and On Monday forenoon of the present week commenced practising with the Minis rifle at the Royal Arsenal, at a range of one h u ndred yards, Major Brownrigge, o f the Grenadier Guards, pointing out the mode of l oading the new pat tern r ad it mtptor fi ket, ru . ld i n the m et h o d of taking the sight when rey ring. The Mime ball now used is more simple than the balls formerly practised with, the three circular indentations near the base of the conical" shaped ball being dispensed with, and the present half l is exactly of the same shape as the common sagar-loa f . The ball is hollow, extetiding about half way ?I? fronts the base, and a small copper cup inserted , glievisgThe the appearance of the bottom of a common butt god ;is with practice with the simplified ball is e qually el ' : the ball's the -former, the number of balls that stru ck the being A on St ivionaay eye at one hundred yards ra Pg - a dit been made of sufficient to completely riddle it . h a Tuesday, at two wood instead of iron. The P - rac ri ti • ce ; and to at three hundred yards, was vt.ry goo.-ea, im I t l hree or four balls in hundred yards range, . s °7 ". et- 6,in ve ye, the officers and succession were pat non commissioned office" acquiring a thorough arm. The practice yards, and will c. a great interest in 1, knowledge of the use of the new Imo tomorrow will be at four hundred in( nee at eleven o'clock, A M ., . and into the bull unlit be carried on R E TURN OF THE GREAT BRITAIN FROM HXZ TniAL TRIP.. -- W e have noticed the p erformances of this . far as Holyhead. The Great Britain re -1 trip ' e P r as tria to Liverpool yesterday. We have in announcing the entire success of the whole trip, pleasureh t her compasses were as correct as in any wooden andt a Afterlanding a part of her company at Holyhead at vessel. t fi u n r e ne s d te f a ro m n lbhi i e.sf., on Monday night, she shap ed her course with a fresh head wind for Tuskar. At eight A.M. on Tuesday morning she was abreast of the Saltees, the wind up to this time having been fresh and dead against her. Here it died awa y. The ship's head was turned and the course shaped for the South Stack. Soon after ten the engines were put on at full speed, and so remained, without drawback, for ten hours, the average rate being fully ten knots an hour. The ship was kept the whole nigbt out in mid channel. At five A.M. yesterday morning the engines were turned on again at full speed, and the course shaped back for Liverpool. She passed the Skerries at thirty minutes past seven. Point Lynea at twenty-five minutes past eight, and the Bell Buoy at BOOM PROCLAMATION FOR ASSEMBLING PARLIAMENT . The following is Lord Brougham's Bill for shortening the time required for assembling Parliament after a dissolution thereof :—" Whereas, on account of the increased facilities of communication which now exist, the time required by law to intervene between the date of the proclamation for as sembling Parliament and the day appointed for the meeting thereof may be reasonably shortened : Be it enact e d, there fore, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that so often as her Majesty shall, by her royal proclamation, appoint a time for the first meet ing of the 14rliarnent of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland after a dissolution thereof, the time so to be appointed may he any time less than fifty days after the date of such proclamation, the Act of the fifth year of Queen Anne, chapter 8, article 22, or any other law or usage, to the contrary notwithstandi ng ; provided t h a t the time so appointed shall not be less th an thi r ty-f i ve date of such proclamation." days after the No fewer than Sevin members of the Western Cir cuit bar are candidates for seats in Parliament at the next election, besides those now having seats—Mr. Slade. Q.C., for Salisbury; Mr. Butt, Q.O , fur Wey mouth ; Mr. . M. Smith. for Truro ; M r. P h i nn ,. for Bath; Mr. Cox, for Tewkesbury ; Mr. colli er , Or Tayittyck. and far. Cuter, for PlymOutil i