The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-01 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. --41. CITY OF LONDON. Yesterday the following address to the electors of London on the choice of candidates for the repre sentation was issued by the Liberal Registration Association : " Fellow Citizens,—The contest which is now before us is entirely unprovoked. You yourselves have, by your suffrages, stamped with your acceptance the fitness of the three sitting members ; and Mr. Lawrence, six months be fore any other candidate appeared, and while still bearing the responsibilities and honours of the most exalted office in your gift, claimed for the Corporation that share in the representation which you and we had recognised in the re tern of Sir James Duke. It has been urged that although Liberal principles are in the ascendant in this city, the Conservative minority is entitled to reasonable considera tion. But we have to remind you that, not contented with even two members in 1843, they put Mr. Baring in nomi nation to dispute the claims of Mr. Pattison, and in 1847 demanded the surrender of every seat ; while in Essex and other districts where the Reform interest, although not prevalent, is powerful, the party which in Lon don complain of a tyrant Liberal majority will be satisfied with nothing short of a political monopoly. The fitness of our senior member has been tested by 18 years of faithful and consistent service. We can justify our choice by his honourable redemption in the House of Com mons of every pledge made upon the hustings. To the ordinary weight attaching to the high functions of a mem ber of Parliament, he adds a public and political position in commerce and finance, and a private influence from 'his exalted social rank, which have been effectually and most beneficially exerted on behalf of our local affairs. And while the Liberal party in this city have, by the political relation they have established with a name so potential, recovered an ascendancy which had been lost, his family has laid the cause of Reform under important obligations by their cordial support in county and in borough, which has far more than compensated for his temporary absence from his place in the House of Commons. We advisedly say temporary. When the cause and the party you retained him to serve was in peril, he did not hesitate to risk his health to record his vote ; and although he is not daily pre sent in person in the Legislature, he does not fail to exert the influence your votes have enabled him to wield, to your advantage, and to the substantial promotion of the Liberal cause. The services of Mr. Crawford and the merits of Mr. Goschen are reflected in the Mirror of Parliament;' while their vigilant devotion to your best interests, and the legiti mate traditional rights of the Corporation, has not been confined to vague professions and empty promises in future,' but has been proved by their endorsements upon its bills, their watchful attendances in committee, and their speeches and votes in the house. We are no more ashamed of the adoption of a candidate who is in trade than those who, under precisely similar circumstances, put Alderman Cubitt in nomination. On the contrary, we see a peculiar fitness in joining to the finance, the commerce, the scholarship of this great city, the representation of the employers of its skilled labour ; and in completing the circle of our Parliamentary membership by an adequate re cognition of the claims of our captains of industry. The son of one of those citizens of whom England is proud, who raise themselves by ability, integrity, and energy, to exalted popular honours, Mr. Lawrence, has been called by yourselves to the highest civic distinction it was in your gift to bestow. We must take leave to remind you that neither statesmen, orators, nor philosophers satisfy all the requisitions of the public service. These are not the men you take as partners in your business, or call to the ma nagement of your public companies. Parliament is a place of practical business, as well as a rostrum for the enuncia tion of large thoughts and universal principles. The pri mary function of a representative for London is to attend to the business of London. You have already contributed more than your contingent to the statesmanship, the elo quence, the financial and commercial greatness of the king dom in Parliament. Five out of six of the suitors for your suffrages are bankers ; three are directly connected with the Bank of England. Your local affairs are those of no mean city. Mr. Lawrence, himself engaged andthorougbly experienced in the details of its trade, has an intimate knowledge of the concerns of the community and the municipality; while self-respect conspires with self-inte rest to suggest a choice which prefers the claims of indigenous citizenship to a tuft-hunting weakness for extraneous celebrity. We observe that Mr. Lyall professes 'to protect the high privileges (of the Corporation) which have recently been the subject of attack,' and that the 'support of the (corporate) interests of that great city to which we are all so warmly attached' is one of Mr. Fowler's 'points.' But these pretences are tendered only to cover an attempt to deprive the Corpora tion of that direct share in the representation which we have willingly conceded, and to ignore the claims of the only member of the municipality who has offered himself for your suffrages. Indeed, we can scarcely characterise the position of the Conservative opposition as anything short of an insult to the understanding of the constituency. To adopt the course which alone they offer for your accept ance would be to make London the laughing-stock of the country. We can appreciate the consistency and public spirit which demand the whole representation of London in the interest of a prevailing Conservatism, and offer four Tory candidates to your choice as a crucial test of your political principles. We are perfectly ready to accept that downright issue, and to try conclusions on that straight forward proposition. If the citizens of London are really Tories it is high time the sitting members should bo turned out, and that all necessary precautions should be taken to prevent Alderman Lawrence from coming in. We challenge our opponents to the utterance, and challenge them to the trial of strength. Let them match their pre sent brace with another couple—let them do anything rather than lead you into the scandalous stultification of sending two Tories into one lobby to balance two Liberals in another, and thereby to leave the first city of the Empire practically unrepresented. The Conservatives are bound to relieve you of a dilemma so embarrassing, and either to propose two additional candidates, or to withdraw those they have presented to your acceptance. The re presentation of minorities is simply an expedient for neutra lising the voices of the majority. Let there be no mistake either of the cause to be tried or of the relation in which you stand to the result. A city that is set upon a hill cannot bo hid.' The writ for London is the first to which a return is made. The greatest community of the empire elects also the greatest number of representatives, and its example to the provincial constituencies may be decisive of the fate of parties. Conservative candidates can be all things to all men, if by all means they may gain some. Tories in counties, they masquerade in Radical addresses in the great towns, and profess the very politics of the Ministers they seek to turn out of office. Before the event ful issue presented for your verdict, the mere personal pre tensions of even the most distinguished candidates sink into comparative insignificance. It were better that a mem ber could not record a vote than that it should be registered for a policy of reaction ; better that a representative should never speak than that eloquence should only advocate resistance to progress. It is not the mere personal merits of citizens you have to determine, but the whole policy of parties. If Lord Derby be a wiser statesman than Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Disraeli an abler financier than Mr. Gladstone ; if you are tired of the foreign policy by which your old member, Earl Russell, has kept us at peace, and permitted a deficit to grow into a surplus, which has paid off debt and remitted burdensome taxation ; if you desire to arrest the progress of enlightened and scientific legisla tion and economy, of bold and skilful jurisprudence, of spiritual liberty and organic reform, then do not stop at returning two Tory candidates, but preserve, at least, the decencies of consistency, by proposing two more to keep them company. But if you have the common sense to test the principles of parties by the results of their policy, we feel very confident that you will conclude with us that the falling away of London from the Liberal cause would be a local disgrace and a national cala mity. Wo have nothing to conceal. We claim at your hands that trust in the tnith of what we say which has been earned by never having deceived your hopes or betrayed you into a confidence which has proved fallacious. There is no room to doubt that, by an honourable avoidance of the fatal practice of splitting votes, by a right-banded obe dience to that sense of duty which calls upon every elector to do homage to his party and its principles by registering his suffrage, and by not being deceived by a false security to take it for granted that it is strong enough to dispense with the necessity of his polling, the return of the four Liberal candidates by a creditable majority is perfectly cer tain. It remains, therefore, but for us earnestly to entreat you, whether Liberal or Conservative, to maintain a manly and intelligent consistency, and to put the relative strength of parties fairly to the test. If Toryism be in the ascendant we honestly desire that it should obtain the representation which will be its due. But, as we believe, and as the past history of our elections implies, that Reformers command a majority on the register, we have only . to entreat our fellow citizens not to suffer their easy good nature so to bo imposed upon as, by a capricious distribution of their suffrages, to record opinions constructively at the poll, which they would be ashamed to see practically represented in Parliament. (By order) "ARTHUR ANDERSON, Chairman. "SIDNEY S3IITH, Secretary. "31, Bush-lane, June 26, 1865." BOSTON. Mr. Sergeant Pulling has retired from the contest, so as to relieve the Liberals from embarrassment. The candidates are now Mr. M. Staniland (Liberal), Mr. Parry (Liberal), Mr. Malcolm (Conservative), and it is believed also Mr. Gourley (Liberal Conser vative). CARDIGANSHIRE. There is every probability that Lord Vaughan, the Earl of Lisburne's son, intends to offer himself as a candidate at the coming general election, and it is generally believed that Sir Thomas D. Lloyd, of Bronwydd, wil l also come forward as a Liberal call didate, and a supporter of Lord Palmerston's Go vernment. Lord Vaughan is a staunch Conservative. lii SUN - , LONDON, ATTIRDAY EVENING, itTLY I, 1565 Messrs. Baring and Gurney, both of whom have this week issued addresses. GRANTHAM. Mr. J. H. Thorold has issued an address solicit ing election on Conservative principles. HERTFORD. There is not likely to be any contest for the re presentation for the borough of Hertford. The Right Hon. W. Cowper and Sir Minto Farquhar, the present members for the borough, will walk over :the course. Mr. Cowper has just issued his address. He says :-- " Experience has shown the soundness of the political principles on which I obtained your suffrages, :and their adaptation to the requirements and the character of the na tion. Thoseprinciples are rightly called Liberal, since they result in the liberation of trade from unnecessary restric tions, of the exercise of constitutional duties from unlaw ful and corrupt influence, and of conscientious convictions from secular disabilities. Liberal principles require the re form of abuses, and the redress of injustice wherever pos sible, and demand that the administration of the powers of the State should be directed with a view to the moral, in tellectual, and social improvement of the people. No one will deny that the development of Liberal principles dur ing the present Parliament has tended to produce the pro sperity which the country is now enjoying, a,nd I believe that a continuance in the same course will afford the best prospect of augmenting the public welfare." offering himself as a candidate, to the electors of Rochdale. He says : " When two months ago you placed me in the proud po sion of representing you in Parliament, I entered fully into all the questions of public interest ; and I adhered entirely to every opinion I expressed on that occasion. From my short experience of Parliamentary life I am more than ever convinced of the necessity of combined and united action on the part of the advanced Liberals in the house to com pel the Government to bringforward a satisfactory Reform Bill, greatly to reduce the national expenditure, to persevere in the application of the great principles of commercial freedom, and fully to recognise in every department of Church and State civil and religious liberty. Should Ibe honoured with a renewal of your Confidence I will do my utmost to promote such objects." So far as can be ascertained there is no likelihood of an opposition to Mr. Potter's re-election. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The long consecutive narrative which the Lord Chancellor has laid before the Select Com mittee of the House of Commons puts it into the power of any one who chooses to give the re qu i s ite attention to form a judgment on the character of this great magistrate, so hotly attacked, and hitherto by all men, himself included, so very feebly defended. There is no longer any reason for reserve on the matter. We have got on this case at least as much evidence as we are likely to have. Certainly, judicial proceedings may be take at the request of Mr. Wilde, on the ground that he was intimidated into resign ing before the merits of his case had been investi gated, and the law officers may miscarry even if they direct a prosecution against any two of the three accomplices in the purchase of the office, because it is usual to direct juries to look narrowly into the evidence of accomplices ; but there is no substantial doubt of the delinquencies of Mr. Wilde, or of Messrs. Bethel, Harding, and Welch. Mr. Wilde had been reproved for misconduct by Lord St. Leonards and Lord Campbell. He had borrowed sums of money from the persons whose accounts were to be submitted to him. He had audited the accounts of the messengers and official assignees without vouchers, and allowed payment for work never done. He had made returns purported to have been seen and examined byMr. Ayrton, which he had never seen or examined. What is the Chancellor's view of this flagrant case ? " I did not think," he says, "it was strong enough to warrant dismissal. That is to say, it might have warranted dismissal ; but it would have been a severe sentence." Had Mr. Wilde not resigned, he would have been let off with reproval. Most people will consider such a judgment so lenient to the individual as to be unjust to the public ; but no one can fairly wonder that Mr. Wilde was allowed to retire on a pension who remembers that the same thing was done in a much more flagrant case, that of Mr. Edmunds. The Lord Chancellor states that he thought Mr. Wilde stood in the relation of brother to the Judge of the Probate Court and his own Secretary in Lunacy. This, he says, undoubtedly ought not to have influenced his mind, and by that expression he admits that it did so. From these facts we may gather the view the head of the judicial system of the country takes of his duty as censor of the officers under his charge. The gravest offences are not sufficient to induce him to protect the public from their misconduct, and when by resignation they deliver the people from the bur den which the Lord Chancellor will not lighten, the gravest misconduct is not sufficient to prevent them from being gratified with large pensions by the sup pression of the truth, as in the case of Mr.Edmunds, or by acting on evidence ludicrously insufficient, as in the case of Mr. Wilde. It is very well to say that no wrong motive can be attributed. The interest of the public suffers just as much as if it could. In the case of Mr. Wilde, the Chancellor himself half sug gests a motive of private interest which ought never to have entered into the mind of an upright magis trate. Following the same train of thought, it occurs to us to ask the Lord Chancellor how he ever came to appoint his eldest son to the office of Registrar to the Court of Bankruptcy. Was it only in May, 1864, that he knew the character of his son? Was he the only person in the society in which he lived who was not aware of the transactions, to which we need not further allude, which made the Hon. Mr. Bethell utterly unfit for such an office? Was the public interest considered for a moment in that ap pointment, or was it not, on the contrary, flagrantly and notoriously disregarded? Then as to the appoint ment of Mr. Welch. Mr. Welch bought Mr. Bethell's interest with his father, and he got the appointment. Was there no connection between these two things? If there was not, the coincidence is indeed most mar vellous; if there was, it must have been because the Lord Chancellor acted upon the recommendation of his son, and acted on it after he had found that son so unworthy that he entertained the idea of dismiss ing him from his office. ' "My son," he says, " had also mentioned him in the year 1862, and said he was a gentleman he should be glad if I would recol lect." Was this a recommendation on which the Lord Chancellor ought to have acted? Or was it not one which ought immediately to have inspired suspi cion ? When the peculiar dealings of Mr. Welch with Mr. Bethell transpired, had the Lord Chancellor any reason to be surprised at what he heard ? The Lord Chancellor is asked whether, if he had known that Mr. Welch had lent money to his son, he would have made the appointment. His answer is singular, —" It is difficult to say what I should have done, but I think I should not have made the appointment." The question may be a difficult one to a great Equity Judge ; an ordinary man would probably have answered it with less hesitation. Again, the Lord Chancellor says, " I had determined in my own mind never to appoint my son to any vacancy in London, and the only thing I did say I would consider was this, that, if he could get thoroughly released from his creditors, I would consider whether I could with propriety appoint him to an office in the country." As if such a subject admitted of any question, and as if a man too bad for London might still be good enough for the country ! There is a coarseness of moral feeling in these revelations which must strike the most inattentive and careless reader. There is, besides, a total absence in the Lord Chan cellor's mind, as depicted by himelf, of the slightest tincture of public spirit. His moral creed seems to have been to provide for relations, friends, and the friends of friends and relations, and the only curb to unbounded nepotism was the necessity of avoiding public scandal. There is not the trace of a wish that these important offices should be placed in the best hands ; not a semblance of zeal for the service of those by whom he is so highly paid and so deeply . trusted. Patronage seems to be regarded in pre cisely the same light as salary—as a property and not as a trust. As to the charge of having been a party to the sale of an office within his gift, we consider that the Lord Chancellor is entitled to a verdict of " not proven," using these words in their strict sense. His son sold the recom mendation, and the recommendation procured the office; but there is no proof that the Lord Chan cellor knew that the recommendation had been paid for. At the same time such exculpation as the Lord Chancellor has he derives from his own statements, and not from the facts and probabilities of the case. He says he never saw the certificate which he was bound to read in a case to which his attention was particularly drawn. He says he did not direct the threat which induced Mr. Wilde to retire, and, though he is contradicted by Mr. Miller, he is entitled to the benefit of the assertion. All that can be said is, that had there been a corrupt inten tion this is pretty much the way in which the thing would have been done, but of that corrupt intention we have no evidence. We wish we could extend our acquittal further, but, guiding ourselves by the Lord Chancellor's own statements, we are unable to do so. POST.—Although the report published by the Select Committee on the Leeds bankruptcy appoint ments embodied the pith of the testimony on which it was founded, still the unabridged details of the entire evidence which have now been published enable us to form a much more correct idea of the grounds on which the committee arrived at their de cision. Substantially the facts disclosed in the com mittee's report . remain unmodified, but they are now for the first time placed in a light which admits of their being regarded in all their bearings. The com mittee found themselves obliged to pass a severe censure upon the Lord Ch an cellor in consequence of his having, without due consideration, allowed Mr. Wilde to retire from hi s o ffi ce w ith a l arge pen sion ; and having stated the grounds on which the censure was based, persons were at a loss to under stand why it was not, under the circumstances, even more severe. The committee absolved the Lord Chancellor from the imputation of having been actuated by improper motives, but, in the presence of the extreme negligence which he manifested in connection with Mr. Wilde's retirement, such an absolution appeared incomprehensible. Now, how ever, that the entire evidence is before us, we see not only those portions which were adverse to Lord Westbury, but those which may fairly be appealed to in his favour, and are no longer under any diffi culty in understanding how it came to pass that the committee should have exonerated the Lord Chan cellor of any more serious charge than that of care lessness in allowing a gentleman to be pensioned as an invalid without having satisfied himself that he was justly entitled to claim that indulgence. In reference to the circumstances under which Mr. Welch was appointed to the office vacated by Mr. Wilde, and the supposed arrangement by which Mr. Richard Bethell was in his turn to have taken Mr. Welch's place, the committee unhesitatingly pro nounced Lord Westbury blameless ; and there is certainly, in the copious evidence -now published, not a single fact deposed to which would have war ranted them in arriving at a different conclusion. The retirement of Mr. Wilde from the office of Registrar to the Leeds Bankruptcy Court, the appointment of Mr. Welch, and the subsequent arrangement by which it was intended that Mr. Welch should be removed to London to make way at Leeds for the eldest son of Lord Westbury, are, so far as we can gather, connected together by those who constitute themselves the accusers of the Lord Chancellor into one continuous trans action, the objects of which were the preferment of a man who had assisted Mr. Richard Bethell in his difficulties, and the subsequent appointment of Mr. Bethell himself at a convenient time to a lucrative office. In other words, the " improper motives," of which it is urged that the Lord Chancellor ought to have been convicted, were the desire of benefiting a man who had placed his son under pecuniary obligations, and of retaining in the office of registrar at Leeds a " place-warmer"' who would at a fitting opportunity vacate that office in favour of his son. Now, these being the charges, it only remains to be seen how they are borne out by the evidence. In the month of May, 1864, when Mr. Richard Bethel! held the office of Registrar of Bankruptcy in London, it became known to his father that he had become deeply in volved in consequence of some unlucky speculations on the Turf, and, as appears by correspondence which at that time passed between Lord Westbury and Mr. Miller, the Chief Registrar (the genuine ness of which is beyond suspicion), the Chancellor insisted on the immediate resignation of his son. This correspondence is especially valuable as a key to the possible motives which actuated the Lord Chancellor in the subsequent proceedings, because it was written at a time when Mr. Bethell actually held a lucrative office, and when jobbery in his in terest was absolutely motiveless. What is the pic ture those letters present? The Chancellor is the inflexible judge, the unrelenting parent. Mr. Miller is the persevering but unsuccessful mediator. Mr. Miller was the confidential adviser and friend of Lord Westbury, and in communicating with him the Chancellor had no inducement to act the hypo crite. Lord Westbury declares himself stunned by the disgrace impending over his eldest and, as we understand, in times now unfortunately past, his dearest son ; but, nevertheless, he unflinchingly dis charges his duty. The Hon. Richard Bethel] is com pelled to resign his office, and flies the country, having been outlawed in a public court, and de clared a defaulter on the Turf. From that time until now the Lord Chancellor has never seen his son. This occurred in May, 1864. In the following month the Lord Chancellor was made aware of cer tain irregularites in the conduct of Mr. Wilde, the Registrar in Bankruptcy at Leeds, and thereupon followed the correspondence which led to his resig nation and the subsequent appointment of Mr. Welch. We have already had occasion to notice the remissness of Lord Westbury in assenting to the retirement, on a pension as an invalid, of an official whom he had threatened with dismission on account of malpractices, without having read the certificate with which the petition was accompanied. But we are now dealing with his motives. It is sug gested that Mr. Wilde was got out of the way to make room for Mr. Welch, the purchaser of Mr. Richard Bethell's interest. But what ground is there for supposing this? The Chan cellor had not seen his son for a month previously, his son was on the Continent, and there were no means by which he could bring his influence, even supposing he had any, to bear in favour of Mr. Welch. In the appointment of Mr. Welch, there fore, the Chancellor, if influenced at all by any re , presentations made by his son, must have been so by representations made before that son himself fell into disgrace, and the weight of such influence may be estimated by the fact that the father did not hesitate to dismiss his own son from office in the month preceding, though such dismission brought in its train the flight and disgrace of that unfor tunate young man. Taking the events in the order in which they occur, the next which attract our notice are those which took place in the February of the present year, when Mr. Bethell had returned from his continental pilgrimage. Mr. Welsh bad held his office of Registrar at the Bankruptcy Court at Leeds since the preceding June, and, owing to the appointment of Mr. Slingsby Bethel] to the office of Reading Clerk in the House of Lords, a regis trarship in London was vacant. The friends of Mr. Richard Bethel! prayed the Chancellor to appoint his erring son to the vacant office in the House of Lords, but the latter was inexorable. Subsequently yielding to renewed entreaties by his daughter-in law, Lord Westbury held out hopes of giving his son a country appointment. A few days later, on. the 27th of February, in consequence of informa tion he had received respecting his son, he altered his intention, and refused to give him any office whatever. This argument, it is urged, would, had it been carried into effect, have been the culmina tion of a job which had commenced nine months previously, and was alone prevented by the explo sion at the very moment of the Edmunds scandal. We seek in vain, however, for any evidence to justify these inferences. It can hardly be contended that the Lord Chancellor would not have been justified in receiving in February, 1865, the prodigal son whom he had dismissed from office in May, 1864, and appointing him to a lucrative situation in his gift, on condition of his making an ar rangement with his creditors. Surely the appoint ment of Mr. Richard Bethell on such terms would not have been an abuse by his father of the patronage which he possessed. If, however, this be conceded, it will appear to have been immaterial whether, a registrarship being vacant at the time, Mr. Bethell obtained it or not. Mr. Bethell had no partiality for Leeds, and, as stated by Mr. Skirrow, whose veracity is not impugned, Bristol was the district to which he would have preferred being ap pointed. Had the Registrar at Bristol been re moved to the vacant registrarship in London, and the Chancellor's son appointed in his place, no occa sion for scandal would have been supplied. But it would seem not improbable that by a private arrangement between Mr. Bethel! and Mr. Welch, of which the Chancellor could have no knowledge, it was made mutually advantageous that Leeds should be selected as the scene of Mr. Bethell's future official duties. It is unfair to suggest that this arrangement could have come to the Chancel lor's knowledge, because neither of the parties had any motive fo; acquainting him with it, and with his son Lord Westbury, as already stated, he never held any communication. The whole superstructure of the family job accordingly falls to the ground; and although the Lord Chancellor cannot excuse his remissness in regard to the grant of Mr. Wilde's pension, he may fairly ask to be acquitted of any improper motives, either in causing that gentleman to vacate his office or in appointing his successor. HONITON. This borough will be contested at the ensuing election. The present members are Mr. G. Moffatt, Liberal, and Mr. Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, Con servative. Mr. Moffat, has, however, resigned in favour of Mr. F. D. Goldsmid, who has recently become the possessor of the Honiton manor. Mr. Cochrane has offered himself for re-election, and Mr. Goldsmid is put forward by the Liberals, in the room of Mr. Moffatt. The Liberal party haVe also introduced a second candidate in the person of Mr. Evan M. Richards, a gentleman of Swansea, with the view of upsetting Mr. Cochrane. The three candidates arenow, with their friends, actively engaged in canvassing the borough. HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Lord R. Montagu and Mr. E. Fellowes have issued addresses soliciting re-election. There is no oppo sition at present to their return. LINOOLNSHIRE. Sir J. Trollope (Conservative), and Col. Packe (Liberal), solicit re-election for South Lincolnshire. Addresses with a similar object have been issued to the electors of the Northern Division by Mr. J. Banks Stanhope (Conservative), and Sir M. J. Cholmeley (Liberal). There are no other candidates. LINLITHGOWSHIRE. The present member, Major Ferrier Hamilton, having some time ago announced that he did not intend again to present himself to the consti tuency, a requisition, signed by a majority of the electors, was presented to Mr. Peter M'Lagan, re questing him to stand. Mr. M'Lagan has now issued his address. He says that should he be returned he will follow an independent course, and— "Unpledged to aniparty, shall give an unbiassed consi deration to every question that may be brought forward, looking more to the measures introduced than to the men introducing them, and offering no party opposition to the present Government." He adds— "l would support any well-considered measure for the readjustment and extension of the blective franchise, by which the privilege of voting would be granted to many not embraced at present in the constituencies, without placing a preponderance of power in any particular class and permitting numbers to outweigh the due influence of property and intelligence." He expresses approval of non-intervention beyond the exercise of moral influence, of the present sys tem of mixed taxation, of keeping up an efficient defensive armament, and of all measures that will tend to the progress of agriculture. Mr. M'Lagan will, it is expected, walk the course. MALMESBURY. The representation of this little borough is to be contested. Mr. John G. Talbot, dating from Falcon hurst, Kent, has addressed the electors as a candi date, professing " Conservative" principles. The sitting member is Lord Andover (a Liberal). NORFOLK (WEST). Mr. G. W. P. Bentinck, one of the Conservative candidates, having retired, Mr. W.. Bagge, of Stradsett, has consented to come forward in his room. Mr. Bagge sat for the division from 1841 to 1557. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (SOUTH). Contrary to expectation, Mr. N. H. Barro w again offers himself for this division. Mr. Barrow has just issued an address to the electors, in - which he says that he enters into no lengthened expression of his sentiments on the political questions likely to require the careful consideration of Parliament, be cause his opinions have been sufficiently declared on former occasions. Lord Stanhope (son of the Earl of Chesterfield) is the other sitting member for this division. At present his lordship has not issued an address ; but there is little doubt of his again coming forward and being returned. OXFORDSHIRE. Mr. Henley, M.P., yesterday issued his address soliciting re-election. He says : " I have no new opinions to put forward. Having passed now nearly half a century as a working man among you, probably you know me inside and out far better than I know myself. It would, therefore, be idle for me to say further than this, that if you do me the honour to re-elect me, I shall not delay, if health or strength fail me, to return the trust to your hands." Colonel North and Colonel Fane have also issued their addresses. The former considering his 13 years' connexion with the county, deems it unneces sary to enter into a detailed statement of his political opinions. Col. Fane assures the constituency of his firm adherence to Conservative principles, and declares himself opposed to the abolition of Church rates, without a substitute, in favour of economy and retrenchment, of any extension of the franchise by which the industry and intelligence of the country can be more efficiently represented, and of a policy of non-intervention in the affairs of other nations. The hon. members will have a walk over, it being understood that Sir Henry Dashwood, the Liberal candidate on a former occasion, will come in without opposition whenever a vacancy occurs. PEMBROKESHIRE BOROUGHS. The present member, Sir Hugh Owen, a Liberal, has already two competitors in the field ; they are Mr. Merrick, a Conservative, and Mr. David John Jenkins, a London merchant and resident, who is a Liberal, but has no connection with the boroughs. RETFORD (EAST). Mr. F.J. S. Foljambe, in his address to the elec tors, says that his chief reliance for their support is that be is a member of that Liberal party whose measures have been one by one triumphantly car ried, and have strengthened the constitution—mea sures whereby Government have since 1859 been enabled to reduce the taxation of the people 16 millions sterling, and to discharge an equal amount of national debt ; and all this iu the face of two bad harvests and the cotton famine. Lord Galway's address is just issued. He says that if in the next Parliament a bill is brought forward to amend the representation of the people, he shall give the subject his best attention ; and if an extension of the fran chise is proposed, he hopes that due precaution will be taken that m ere numbers be not allowed to pre dominate over the joint claims of education, intelli gence, and property, RIPON. Sir Charles Wood, lvho is at present one of the representatives for HaMax, has offered himself as a candidate for this boro agh, in consequence of Mr. Vyner having announce I. his intention not to offer himself for re-election. Mr. Greenwood, the other member, has issued an address offering himself for re-election. A requisition is in course of signa ture asking Capt. Kearsley, of Ripon, to become a candidate. Mr. Kearsley, who has thrice served the office of Mayor of Ripon, is understood to be a Liberal orLiberal Conservative. The two candidates already in the field are Liberals. The Conservatives have acted wisely in deciding ROCHDALE not to attempt any ogosition to the return of 1 Yesterday Mr. T. B. Potter ,issued an address, ROCHESTER. Mr. P. W. Martin and Mr. Sergeant J. A. King lake, Recorder of Bristol, the two sitting members for this city, have completed their canvass of the electors, and in a joint address issued to the freemen and electors yesterday they announce that they have received a very considerable majority of the pro mises of the electors, and have no doubt of their being returned at the ensuing election. Both candi dates are exceedingly popular among the electors, andtheir re-election is considered a matter of cer tainty. Mr. Alfred Smee, who is taunted by his op ponents with being a renegade from the Liberal ranks, is actively canvassing on the Conservative side, but his chances of success are very small, and it is generally thought that he will not go to the poll. Up to the present time no second Conserva tive candidate has been brought forward to contest the second seat. RIITLANDSHIRE. The Hon. G. Heathcote and the-Hon. G. Noel solicit re-election. There are no other candidates at present. SHREWSBURY. Mr. Henry Robertson, the present member for Shrewsbury, having signified his intention of re tiring from the representation at the close of the present session, is succeeded by Mr. Clement, M.D., and it is generally believed that he, in conjunction with the present member, Mr. G. Tomline, will be returned without opposition. Both profess Liberal principles. TAUNTON. Lord W. hay has issued the following address to the electors : "It having been intimated to me by several influential electors of Taunton that a second Liberal candidate would, at the coming election, meet with your hearty support, I lose no time in stating that I propose doing myself the honour of soliciting your suffrages. Although I have not, up to this time, taken any active part in public life in Eng land, it is not because I have been indisposed or indiffe rent to Parliamentary work, but solely because I entered at an early age the Indian Civil Service, and spent up wards of 15 years in the active discharge of its profes sional duties, 'thereby acquiring a knowledge of and a taste for business and politics which I trust may prove valuable should it be my good fortune to become one of your re presentatives in the House of Commons. With regard to my political views, it is, perhaps, sufficient here to state that I am a Liberal, not because of family considera tions—not by reason of favours received or hoped for, but a Liberal by observation, reflection, and convic tion. Believing that we owe almost every measure that has produced the unexampled prosperity which prevails throughout the country to the policy of the Libe ral party, I should give a steady, though independent, sup port to that party, and to the poliey which it has so suc cessfully pursued. I should, accordingly, most willingly support a well-considered and comprehensive measure for the amendment of the present system of representation ; and I think that a measure to be deserving of that charac ter must extend the suffrage to many thousands now ex cluded from it, who, by their intelligence, industry, and wealth, are evidently worthy of its exercise. I am confi dent that a measure of this kind might, without calling into use any novel or complex machinery, be framed; and I am sure that it would harmonise with our Constitution, which, though undoubtedly jealous of political power be coming a monopoly in the hands of any one class, particu larly insists upon an effective representation of every class. I should also welcome such measures as are dictated by a desire to remove all sources of religious irritation, whether presenting themselves in the form of church rates, or of ecclesiastical tests, or of obstacles to the spread of educa tion among Nonconformists ; and I should do so with the full conviction that, while in no way injuring the Estab lished Church, I was promoting the cause of true religion. Questions of no less importance, those relating to the ad ministration of the finances of the country, would likewise receive from me, what they so much demand, the most anxious and careful consideration. The enormous amount of the annual charges appears to call for the adoption of vigorous measures for their reduction as far as compatible with the efficient maintenance of our national establish ments, both civil and military. I heartily approve a non intervention policy in foreign affairs—that is, a policy which carefully abstains from vexatious and fruitless interfer ence in the affairs of other countries, and which would advocate war only when necessary to vindicate the honour or insure the safety of the empire. The affairs of India would naturally engage a largo share of my attention, though not larger than they are entitled to when due re gard is paid to the extent of that country, the many mil lions of inhabitants which it contains, the value of its trade, and, above all, to the immense army of . Eng lish soldiers alleged to be necessary for its protection and security. As I hope soon to have an opportunity of paying my respects to you, and of addressing you at greater length on the above important subjects, I will content myself with expressing the sincere conviction that no one has over sought the votes of the electors of Taunton more determined than I am to devote his time and abilities to the advocacy of their political views and the advancement of their local interests. In conclusion, I would call to your memory the honourable share taken by your town in promoting the success of the Reform Bill of 1832 ; and I would venture to express the hope that the present constituency will, at the coming elec tion, no less decidedly mark its attachment to Liberal prin ciples,-and thus contribute to the future, as it has already contributed to the past, prosperity of this great country." SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE WEST RIDING. We have much pleasure in announcing that Viscount Milton and Mr. Henry F. Beaumont, of Whitley-ball, will come forward in coalition in the Liberal interest. There has been great though un avoidable delay, but it_ will be strange indeed if the influence of the Fitzwilliam and Beaufort families, exerted as it will be in the popular interest, will not vindicate the West Riding, which owes so much to free trade, and which has been always the strong hold of Liberal opinions, from the reproach of re turning as its representatives to Parliament two gentlemen who would, if they had possessed the power, have voted consistently against every mea sure of commercial legislation to which the West Riding owes its prosperity, and every measure of constitutional reform to which it owes its liberties. WELLS. It is tolerably certain that the sitting members, Sir W. G. Hayter (Liberal) and Capt. Jolliffe (Conser vative), will be returned unopposed. WESTBURY. Lord Edward St. Maur, who for some weeks has been a candidate in the Liberal interest for West bury, has withdrawn. The Itioniteur publishes a reply to an article in the Presse against standing armies, in which the writer, after asserting that life in barracks not only causes the soldier to lose his previous habits of industry, but de moralises him, quotes a passage from a work of M. de Girardin, declaring that the mortality in the rank and file of the army is 22 per cent. among men between 20 and 30 years of age, while it is only 10 per cent in the civil popu lation of the same age. The Iloniteur declares that the as sertion with regard to the demoralisation of the soldier is disproved by all statistics and by the eagerness with which discharged soldiers are sought after by private individuals and directors of commercial and industrial establishments to fill places of trust. With regard to the statement respect ing the mortality in the army, the Moniteur says that the statistics the Presse drew its conclusions from are those be longing to years prior to 1846, since which time a great change has taken place, as shown by the Statistique Medicale of the army published by the Ministry of War in 1864. That work proves that the mortality in the army in France was 9.42 per 1,000 in 1862, and only 9.22 in 1863 ; the mortality in civil life, between the ages of 20 and 30, being 9.29 per 1,000, which is higher than it was in the army for all ages in 1863. Even including the troops in Africa and in Italy, the average mortality is only 10 per 1,000, instead of 22 per cent., as stated by the Presse. jADVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIowey's Ointment and Pills. — A 'Word of Promise.—All sufferers from sores, ulcers, scorbutic affections, and skin diseases, may confidently commence the treatment of their several infirmities with these healing and well-tried medicaments; the worst cases will soon assume a kinder aspect, and in the progress of the cure the afflicted will neither be embarrassed by diffi culties nor disheartened by failures. A little perseverance and moderate attention to the "directions for use," enve loping every packet of ointment and pills, will enable every invalid to conduct his complaint to a successful issue, and ho may feel assured that, by following this simple but searching treatment, his skin will be made pound, seyere Buffering spared, and health rutorod. CHATHAM. General Sir J. M. Frederic Smith, the sitting member for Chatham, yesterday announced his in tention of not again offering himself for re-election, and has retired from the contest—the result of his canvass having satisfied him that he stood no chance whatever of being again returned. Immediately on his retirement being made public, Rear-Admiral George Elliot, who. has just resigned the appointment of Admiral Superintendent of Ports mouth Dockyard, announced himself a candidate, in opposition to Mr. Arthur 0 tway (Liberal). In his address published yesterday Admiral Elliot says : " The retirement of your esteemed representative Gene ral Sir J. F. M. Smith has induced me to offer myself at this hour for tho honour of representing you in Parliament. Understanding that the strongest influence has been exerted in favour of the Government candidate, and that such pro ceedings have caused the retirement of your late respected member, I purpose to give yon an opportunity of vindicat ing your independence from such unconstitutional prac tices. lam strongly opposed to intervention or meddling in foreign affairs except where the interests and honour of this country are materially at issue, and I shall certainly disapprove of any threat which was not intended to be car ried out in a manner becoming the dignity of a great coun try. lam of opinion that the army, navy, and defences of the country should be most efficiently maintained, so that we may be independent of any warlike movement which may be adopted by other Powers; and I consider that the efficiency of the permanent establishment should be main tained to the utmost extent consistent with the requirements of the service. I think that all sects and denominations should have freedom of worship according to their respec tive creeds, and I am strongly in favour of the promotion of education among all classes." Admiral Elliot, accompanied by some few mem bers of his committee, was engaged in a personal canvass of the directors yesterday, but up to the present time the principal leaders of the Conserva tive party have declined giving in their adhesion to him, the general opinion being that from the hope less nature of the contest, and the large majority of the constituency being Liberal, the attempt is un wise. The Admiral was Announced to address a meeting of his friends and supporters last night. Mr. Arthur Otway, the Liberal candidate, has now nearly completed his canvass, and from the amount of support he has received, coupled with the strong feeling in his favour, there is no doubt whatever he will be returned by a very considerable majority. In an address to the electors he states— " The political opinions which I hold, which are shared, I believe, by a large majority of the constituency, remain unchanged. Time has but strengthened an attachment to the principles of civil and religious liberty which has hitherto guided my political conduct, and increased a de sire to promote in every way the material welfare of the people. During six eventful years the administration of our national affairs has been conducted with singular success. Peace has been preserved, commerce increased, and taxa tion considerably diminished. Under these circumstances, should I have the honour of being elected as your represen tative, it is my intention to give an independent support to her Majesty's present Government." CIRENCESTER. A meeting of the Liberal party was held on Wed nesday night under the presidency of Mr. New march, which was attended by the Hon. A. Pon sonby, the sitting member, and Mr. J. Goldsmid, who aspires to succeed him. Mr. GOLDSMID gave an exposition of his political principles, which were those of rather advanced Liberalism. It is stated that the Hon. A. Ponsonby will oppose Mr. Horsman at Stroud. COLCHESTER. Mr. J. Gurdon-Rebow, the Liberal candidate, has issued an address, in which he states that the result of his canvass is so satisfactory as to leave no doubt of his triumphant return. CORNWALL (EAST). Mr. Robartes (Liberal) and Mr. Kendall (Libe ral Conservative) issued addresses on Wednesday to their constituents. No opposition will be offered to the return of these two gentlemen. CORNWALL (WEST). The present Liberal members issued their ad dresses on Thursday last. There will be no con test. Mr. John St. Aubyn says : "Since their accession to office, the present Administra tion has well maintained the honour and preserved the peace of the country under circumstances of great diffi culty and complication as regards our foreign relations. 'Under their direction, the wealth and prosperity of the country have increased in an unexampled ratio, and mea sures of the greatest value, as affecting our social condi tion, have been carried. I shall enter the house prepared to give a cordial but independent support to Lord Pal merston." Mr. Davey also expressed his admiration of Lord Palmerston's administration. DEVIZES. Both the sitting members, Mr. Darby Griffith and Sir Thomas Bateson, have issued addresses, in which they offer themselves for re-election. Both are Conservatives, and at present there is no sign of a contest. DUMFRIESSHIRE. A large meeting of Liberal electors of Annandale was held at Annan on Thursday, to consider whether steps should be taken to procure a Liberal candidate. The meeting had been called by Col. Graham, of Mossknowe, who presided. The CHAIRMAN said that Major Walker, the only candidate who had offered himself, had declared himself opposed to the Government of Lord Pal merston. Since 1859 the Government of Lord Pal merston had reduced taxes to the amount of 16 millions ; had reduced the national debt 10 millions ; had reduced the whole expenditure of the country three millions ; had cheapened sugar, coffee, tea, wine, timber, paper, and insurances ; they had re duced the income tax from 9d. to 4d., and they were proceeding in such a manlier that further re ductions were likely to take place. After all this reduction, they had at the end of the year a surplus of nearly three millions annually. Why should they be asked to send to Parliament a gentleman to oppose a Government that had conferred so much benefit on the country? On the other hand, he did not know of a single useful measure Mr. Disraeli had introduced. He was all talk—no work. That was not the kind of thing the country wanted. He suggested that Mr. Hope-Johnstone be requested to stand again. This proposition was warmly received, and it was resolved to present a requisition asking him not to retire, but to come forward again as the repre sentative of the county. ESSEX (NORTH). Sir T. B. Western, the Liberal candidate, has issued an address, in which he speaks hopefully of his prospects. Sir T. Western declares himself in favour of constitutional progress, judicious economy, peace with honour, and " such a further extension of the franchise as shall be in accordance with the just rights of a free and enlightened people." ESSEX (SOUTH). Contrary to general expectation the Conserva tives have resolved to contest this division, and yes terday an address appeared from Lord Eustace Gascoigne Cecil, son of the Marquis of Salisbury. Lord Eustace says he is as much attached to " our ancient and beloved Church" as he is opposed to any legislation tending to subvert the well-balanced institutions of our free country." lie is, therefore, decidedly averse to any measure which would have a tendency to deprive the venerable fabrics of our Church of that support on which from time imme morial their maintenance has depended. At the same time he is ready to vote for " any just measure that would give satisfaction to the legitimate scruples of those who do not conform to the Established Church." His lordship views the malt-tax with the " strongest disfavour." With regard to Parlia mentary Reform, he cannot approve the " crude projects recently introduced into Parliament ;" but he should be prepared to give a favourable conside ration to any proposal for the revision of the fran chise which would include the unrepresented intelli gence and property of the country. There are now three candidates in the field, Mr. H. J. Selwin and Lord Eustace Cecil in the Conservative interest, and Mr. R. Wingfield-Baker in the Liberal interest. FALMOUTH. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening WAR OFFICE, JUNE 30. Ist Regiment Life Guards—Cecil Thorold, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Maurice Wingfield, who retires. 6th Dragoon Guards—George Frederick White, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hugh IPCalmont, transferred to the 9th Lancers ; John M'Gregor Haddon, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice George Frederick White, transferred to 51st Foot. Ist Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon John Warren, from 59th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice J. J. Mulock, pro moted on the Staff. sth Lancers—Sergeant-Major Alexander Macnamara to be Cornet, without purchase, vice William Ludlow Forster, superseded for being absent without leave. 9th Lancers—Lieutenant Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy, from 17th Lancers, to be Lieutenant, vice Richard Freer Thonger, promoted to Captain on half-pay, without purchase ' • Lieutenant Bowyer Wenman Cave-Browne- Cave to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Richard Freer Thonger, promoted to Captain on Half-pay, without pur- chase. . Military Train—Captain Robert Francis Henry Macgregor Skinner, from 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Lane, who exchanges. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Henry Barter to be Lieute nant, by purchase, Francis Charles Murhall Griffith, who retires ; George Frederick Young, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barter. 4th Foot—Captain James Paton to be Major, by purchase, vice Octavius Yorke Cocks, who retires; Lieutenant Edward Chinn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paton ; Ensign Henry Buckton Laurence to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chinn ; Alexander William Dury, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Laurence. 7th Foot—Ensign William Conolly, from 35th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Thomas Groube, promoted. 11th Foot—Captain the Hon. John Colborne, from 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Byron, who exchanges ; En sign John Pattan Tighe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Henry Healey, who retires ; Edward Hensman Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tighe; Lieutenant John Hichens Bamfield to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Thomas George Miles, who has resigned that appointment. 13th Foot—Lieut. A. G. Wynen to be Captain, by purchase, vice A. N. Salle, who retires; Lieut. A. F. Cuninghame to be Captain, by purchase, vice D. Sullivan, who retires ; Lieut. A. Brooks to be Captain, by purchase, vice E. F. Weaver, who retires; Ensign J. M. Read to be . Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Wynen ; Ensign W. F. Middle ton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cuninghame ; Ensign W. C. F. Madden to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brooks J. F. Bailey, Gent., to b e E ns i gn, by pur chase, vice itead ; R. H. Hare, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Middleton ; E. B. Quirk, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Madden. 21st Foot—Lieut. H. De Parny Rennick, from 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice K. Browne, who exchanges. 25th Foot—Lieut. A. Taylor to be instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. H. W. Scriven, who has resigned that appoint ment. 29th Foot — Sergeant-Major R. Irwin to be Quartermaster, vice J. Aylett, who retires upon half-pay. 30th Foot—A. W. M. Headley, G e nt., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice R. Gu m bl e t on , who retires. 34th Foot—Lieut. H. Lampen, to be Captain, without pur chase, vice W. Cody, deceased ; Ensign L. Wyatt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lampen ; Gentle man Cadet H. Menlo, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wyatt. 35th Foot—E. J. Courtenay, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice W. Conolly, transferred to the 7th Foot. 36th Foot—Captain R. Wingfield, from 52d Foot, to be Captain, vice Neal, who exchanges. 44th Foot—Lieut. K. Browne, from 21st Foot, to bo Lieu tenant, vice Rennick, who exchanges. 46th Foot--Ensign G. B. Bryan to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Peter Shuttleworth, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet J. Grant, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bryan. 51st Foot—Captain C. Acton to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Colonel D. D. Muter, who retires ; Lieut. E. D. Oliver to be Captain, by purchase, vice Acton ; En sign S. J. Dyer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Oliver ; Cornet G. F. White, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign, vice S. J. Dyer. 52d Foot—Captain W. Neal, from 36th Foot, to be Captain, vice 'Wingfield, who exchanges. 50th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon T. Seward, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice John Warren, appointed to Ist Dragoons. 60th Foot—Captain W. G. Byron, from 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice the Hon. J. Colborn e , w h o exc h anges. 72d Foot—Lieut. Q. S. lituray to be Captain, by prelim°, vice J. M. Macneill, who retires ; Ensign F. T. Goad, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray ; R. H. Hunt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goad. 75th Foot—R. F. Fenwick, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice E. O'Bryan Forsyth, promoted. 82d Foot—Captain H. J. Lane, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Skinper, who exchanges ; Lieut. 11. M. Parkerson to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. J. A. Brock, promoted. 84th Foot—Captain; A. R. Lees, from the 4th West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major O'Brien, who exchanges. 85th Foot—Ensign A. Jebb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice H. K. Gould, who retires; C. E. Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jebb. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign T. M. Dolan to be Lied tenant, by purchase, vice A. H. Hall, promoted. 4th West India Regiment—Captain and Brevet Major D. O'Brien, from 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lees, who exchanges; E. R. F. Jenkins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice White, promoted ; E. S. Hewitt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice T. Aked, promoted ; F. W. Hodges, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice C. R. Gibb, promoted, by p urc h ase , in the Ist West India Regiment. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT—Staff-SUrgCOD W. F. T. Ivey, having completed 20 years full pay service, to be Staff Surgeon Major, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858. Assistant Surgeon J. J. Mulock, from Ist Dragoons to be Staff Surgeon, vice W. F. Daniell, M.D., placed on half pay. BREVET. Major and Brevet LieuC.:ColOnel Lumley Graham, 19th Foot, having completed the qualifying service for the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, to be Colonel under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1838. Colonel Commandant G. B. Payne, re tired full pay Royal Marine Light Infantry, to have the honorary rank of Major-General, under her Majesty's Order in Council of Nov. 13, 1858. Second Captain E. Perkins, Royal (late Bengal) Engineers, to be Major. Pay master R. Anderson, 71st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Quartermaster J. Aylett, half pay, late 29th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. INDIA OFFICE, JUNE 28. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under mentioned admissions to the Bengal Staff Corps :—To be Captain : Captain R. Topham, her Majesty's 88th Foot. To be Lieutenants : Lieutenants C. Shuttleworth her Ma jesty's 42d Foot ; J. P. Turton, late 26th Native Infantry ; W. G. Cubitt, V.C., late 13th Native Infantry ; G. B. C. Simpson, late 23d Native Infantry ; J. B. Parsons, late 23d Native Infantry ; C. C. Gregory, late 58th Native Infan try ; F. W. Grant, late 22d Native Infantry ; H. G. Water field, late 34th Native Infantry ; J. M. Sym, late 58th Native Infantry ; G. B. Johnstone, late 54th Native In fantty ; W. S. Broke, lath 2d Bengal Native Infantry; P. L. N. Cavagnari, Ist Bengal European Regiment ; and C. J. Walter, General List ; Ensign F. Knowles, her Ma jesty's 19th Foot. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Caledonia, 24, iron-cased screw steamship, 4,125 tons, 1,000 horse-power, Capt. Hon. Fitz gerald A. C. Foley, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad miral Hastings R. Yelverton, C. 8., second in com mand of her Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Ply mouth Sound. On entering the roadstead the Caledonia saluted the flag of Admiral-Commanding.. in-Chief and Port Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., with 17 guns, the compliment being duly returned by the Victory in Portsmouth harbour, Sir Michael Seymour's flagship. The Minotaur iron frigate, Capt. A Herbert (pro tern.), made her first cruise off the east end of the Isle of Wight yesterday, and carried out practice from her 12-ton guns, under the supervision of Capt.•A. C. Key, C.B. The ship returned to Spit head at the conclusion of the practice. The Terrible paddle steam frigate, 1,850 tons, 800-horse power, Capt. Gerard Napier, one of the Atlantic Telegraph squadron, sailed from Spithead at noon yesterday. The Racoon, 22, screw corvette, Captain Count Gleichen, and the iron frigate Black Prince, Capt. Lord Frederick Kerr, have both sailed from Spit head, westward. Several members of the Board of Admiralty are expected to arrive at Portsmouth this morning from London. The ostensible object of the visit is to in spect the iron-cased frigate Caledonia, Capt. Hon. Fitzgerald A. C. Foley, the flagship of Rear Admi ral Hastings R. Yelverton, C. 8., under orders for the Mediterranean, which anchored at Spithead from Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. It is expected, however, that their lordships will take advantage of their presence at Portsmouth to go on board the Minotaur also lying, as above stated, at Spithead, and the Wivern turret ship, and other vessels in Portsmouth harbour. The following appointments were made on Thurs day at the Admiralty :—J. Covey, master, to the Gannet; and W. H. Gribbell, assist.-paymaster, to the Constance. COUNTRY MARKETS LIVERPOOL-FRIDAY. We had a fair attendance at our market to-day, and wheat ranged 2d per cental higher on the week. Sack flour in more request at 6d to is higher than Friday last. Oats id per bushel higher Irish grinding barley unchanged. In dian corn also unchanged. DERBY-FRIDAY. There was a moderate supply of wheat which met with a steady inquiry at is per qr. advance. No material change in the price of barley. Oats the same as last week. Beans commanded high prices. New white wheat, 44s to 478 ; new red, 40s to 43s per 36 stone. Barley fof malting, 32s to 35s per qr. ; grinding, 28s to 30s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 255; old, 25s to 28s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 42s to 455; new, 38s to 41s per qr. STAMFORD.-FRIDAY. About the usual supply of wheat, which sold readily at is per qr. more money. Barley limited and trade dull. Oats and beans a small supply, and sold at advancing prices with a tolerably brisk demand. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAT. Prices of wheat continue to advance in the agricultural markets, supplies being short, and tho crops, in many in stances, suffering from the long drought. Factors, in con sequence, held firmly to-day for an advance of is per qr. on last Friday's prices. Spring corn fully as dear. Averages, June 26 :—Wheat, 1,505 qrs, at 43s 74d ; bar ley, —, at —s Od ; oats, 15, at 27s Od. LINCOLN.-FRIDAY. Not much wheat on offer to-day, and prices advanced 1s per qr. Barley not plentiful, and maintained former quo tations. Oats sold at high prices, Beans and peas firm. New white wheat, 42s to 455:; new red, 38s to 41s per 3G stone. Barley for malting, 32s to 34s per qr ; grinding, 27s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 255. Beans, 42s to 46s per qr. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. With a good supply of wheat to-day farmers were able to realise is per qr. advance upon last week. The trade doing in all other kinds of grain was nominal. Talavera wheat, 44s to 495; red ditto, 37s to 40s; barley, 30s to 325; secondary ditto, 27s to 295 . per qr. BRISTOL SUGAR. —FRIDAY. The market has been dull this week. The few sales effected have been without alteration in prices. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. (I. Holywell Mai n l6 6 T unstall _ l 5. 9 Carway and Duffryn South Hetton • Malting 22 0 Ships at market, 19 ; sold, 18. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton... "June Ditto, via Marseilles June Brazil and Cape Verde. by British paol.et July 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 22. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Soul hampton July 2 Ditto, via Marseilles June Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 2. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 2. Ditto, via Marseilles . . .... June India (Bombay), via Southampton. July 11. Ditto, via Marseilles . Mauritius, via Southampton ............ July 11. Ditto, via Marseil ee, July 5. Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ...July 5.. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton ...... Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. June 30. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe July 12. West Indies and Pacifio (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico July 14. Bahamas, via New Y ork. July 27. Bermuda. ditto July 5. Cuba and Mexico July '49. Births. BLENCOWL—On the 2Gth ult., at Bineham, the wife of J. G. Blencowe, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. CHowN.—On the 30th ult., at Edmonton, the wifo of Thos. Chown, Esq., of a son. Marriages BARTLErr—GUERITZ.—On tho 27th ult., at St. Andrew's, Colyton, Samuel Bartlett, Esq., The Priory, Barrington, Somerset, to Adelina Valentina, only daughter of th e late Captain G uer i tz, 2d Royal (Wallon) Guards of Spain. Deaths. BRIDGES. —On the 29th ult., — at Hampstead, John Bridges, Esq., of Red Lion-square, and of Wallington, Surrey, aged 78. BEST. —On the 18th ult., at Llandudno, John Beet, Esq., barrister-at law, formerly M.P. for Kidde rm i ns t er , age d 44. POULGER.—On the 28th ult., at Green-hill, Harrow, Chas. Foulger, Esq., and of Tanfield Court, Temple, aged 49. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDS EWB, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TRZ SUN Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County 01 Iliddleoen.--suturclay, July I, 180. RE] ebull S w " bOTI for a P, T" The 111 JAM E' Arm/ JAME! 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