The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-01 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON IN SCOTLAND. TUESDAY. To-day Lord Palmerston paid a visit to the town of Greenock, where a most enthusiastic reception was given him. Messrs. I. and G. Burns, the etcluent steamship owners, placed at the disposal of the Clyde Trust their fine new steamer the Wolf, and a distinguished party was invited to ac company Lord Palmerston down the river. At Glasgow-bridge, the point of embarkation, a vast crowd had collected before ten o'oclock, the hour of departure, and when Lord Palmerston soon aP - ._•r, accompanied by Mr. Cowper, drove up in the Lord Provost's carriage the shouting was loud and enthusiastic. The wharves, vessels, and numerous building-yards were covered with people. Frequent salutes were fired. The weather was fine, and nothing could add to the gaiety and grandeur of the ref:eption. When the Wolf approa c h e d G r eenock the view of the congregated masses on the Custom- Qaay was most impressive, banners flaunting fr , ry housetop, and from every ship in port, pad. her Majesty's ship Hogue, which manned her yerde, firing a salute of 19 guns in honour of the flig of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, which the Wolf cirried at the fore. The Provost of Greenock, accompanied by Sir M. S. Stewart, M.P., Mr. Dunlop, M.P., and the Baillies, received Vis count Palmerston, and he was conducted, in Sir Michael Shaw Stewart's carriage, to the Town-hall, - where an elegant collation was served. Covers were Lid for about 300. The boxes were filled with 1 adies. The decorations of the spacious hall were most handsome and elegant. Lord Palmerston on enteeieg the hall was greeted with most hearty plaudits. On the platform the Provost presented to his lordship an address. After expressing profound admiration of his lordship's personal virtues, illus trious genius, and capacity, and his long, faithful, and distinguished public serviees, it gratefully ac knowledged the manifold and signal obligations under which his lordship had laid the people of these realms by his generous, untiring, and successful ex ertions in extending their liberties and advancing their prosperity. In common with all their fellow countrymen, they were proud of a minister who, by his penetration and sagacity, his fit m yet liberal policy, his commanding administrative talents and his chivalrous patriotism, had maintained the honour and pre-eminence of the country in times of anxiety end danger, strengthened and extended our pacific relations with foreign Governments, and taught the humblest subjects of the Queen to confide in the British flag as a cure protection to life and property in every region of the globe. They rejoiced to be lieve that the confidence which the whole nation reposed in his lordship was in no small measure shared by other peoples less happily circumstanced than we are, who have learnt from his lordship's enlightened rule to admire our political institutions, and to look to Britain for ready sympathy and moral support in their struggles for independence. Among the many signal benefits for which this favoured nation was indebted to Divine Providence, they esteem it not the least valuable that they have at the helm of public affairs in these critical times a noble man who combines with the unabated ardour and energy of his earlier years the ripe wisdom and ex perience of a veteran statesman, and it is their fer vent prayer that one who commands such universal respect and confidence may be long spared to be a tower of strength to our Queen and our country. The Provost, in handing the address to his lord ship, bade him a hearty welcome to Greenock, and assured him how much he felt honoured in being the medium of presenting such an address. It was nut often they were favoured with the presence of so distinguished a guest as the Prime Minister of this great country; 10 years ago they had the honour ot a visit from one of his lordship's distinguished colleagues (Earl Russell), who was then the first to announce to a popular audience the approaching troubles with the empire of Russia. He trusted that by the wise counsels of his lordship's Cabinet and the influence of the Governments of Europe the sword would on this occasion with honour be re tained in the scabbard—(cheers)—and that,nevertb e less, substantial benefits would accrue to the op pressed Poles. (Cheers.) Viscount PALMERSTON, who was loudly cheered, spoke as follows : Mr. Provost Grieve, Ladies, and Gentlemen,---A man must indeed be insensible who could receive without deep emotion such a greeting as it has fallen to my lot to meet with upon my visit to this part of the United Kingdom. There cannot be a greater encouragement to public men to exert all their powers and devote all their energies to the set• vice of their county than the hope of meeting in return those demonstrations of good will and of approval which it his been my good fortune to meet with this day. (Cheers ) In the address which you have just read to me I am aware that the estimate which is therein made of any small services which I could have the opportunity of performing for the country has been much and greatly overrated ; but I do not overrate that feeling of kindness and good will which breathes through every sentence of that address, and for which I am deeply and to the bottom of my heart grate ful. (Cheers.) I feel, however, and am proud to feel, that the warmth and cordiality of the reception which I have met with have in some degree, and in a great degree, been the expression on the part of those from whom it came of admi ration and devotion to the institutions of the country. (Cheers) And it is mainly from the circumstances that it has fallen to my lot to be now, as it were, the representative of the constitution and inAitutions of the country that those expressions have fallen from you, which I take less my self than to that system of which I am the humble organ and representative. (Cheers.) You state, Mr. Provost, that upon a former occasion a distinguished and eminent colleague of mine had occasion to announce to you an approaching rupture with the great Empire of Russia. I have no such announcement by which to excite your feeling. (Cheers.) lam happy to say that I can give no food for that romantic invention with which the approach of wars awl the prospect of national difficulties are apt to in flame the minds of men. 1 must tranquilize you by holding forth, I hope, nothing but the monotonous peaceful rela tions of amity with other nations—(cheers)—but in a part ot the world where industry and commerce hold such magni ficent sway I am persuaded that this announoernent will be not less satisfactory than that which was formerly made, and which led eventually to great and triumphant results. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Provost, I beg to return you my most sincere thanks. lam proud of that which you have been pleased to put in that address, I am proud of this manifes tation of the goodwill and approval of so large and influ ential a number of my fellow-countrymen, and I can only trust that my future course will be animated by the same principles which have gained your approval, and so long as those in office are enabled by devoting their minds and actions to the interests of the nation to acquire the goodwill of their fellow-citizens, depend upon it you will always be well served, and that men will prepare themselves for public duties, and will perform them to the utmost of their pos sible ability. (Cheers.) The company then. sat down to a sumptuous entertainment. Provost Grieve presided ; on his right sat Viscount Palmerston, Sir 31. S. Stewart, Captain Farquhar, R.N , Mr. Robert Steeles, Rev. Mr. Robertson, abd otr the Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., Mr. Dnnl p, M.P., the left Sir R. Napier, Mr. Crum-Ewin g , :CP the Lard Provost of Glasgow, the. Rev. Dr. I . ‘i &C. Baillies *ll r‘Caiuthl-, loch, Rev. S. Sinclair, Lyle, Hunter, and Grey, acted as vice: rients. After the usual loyal toasts Sir R. N P a r p e i B : l ; Captain Farquhar, and Sir M. Stewart, replying fo; the " Army, l';avy, and Volunteers," the Provost called for a bumper to the.health of their distin guished guest, The toast was drunk with enthu siasm, and followed by the band playing the air of .‘ The Fine Old English Gentleman." Viscount PALMERSTON, who rose amid deafening plaudits, said— _ _ Mr. Provost and Gentlemen—when I look around me I may be allowed to add, Ladies (cheers)—l can assure you that I feel from the bottom of my heart thankfulness for the kind recepti'in which I have met within every part of Scot land that I have visited upon this excursion ; but more espe cially do I thank you for the kind and honorable manner in w hich you have been pleased to receive me. (Cheers.) It is not to-day or yesterday that I have to learn how warm are the hearts of Scotchmen, how true their friendships, and how much their attachment is to be relied upon. I had the happiness of passing some of the early years of my life in Scot- . l a nd. It was at Edinburgh that for three years I imbibed those sound principles of intellectual progress and of political advancement which were imbued in the minds of those who had the benefit of attending the cour eels of those wise and distinguished men who at that time superintended the edu cation of youth. The visit which I pay you to-day and the coarse which I have followed along your noble and magni ficent river could not fail to excite mixed fee lin g s of admi ration, of wonder, and of proud exaltation. It must, indeed, be a gratifyi ng s i g h t to any man w h o i s connected with the destinies of this great country to visit the seats of industry and commerce--to witness th e won d er ful effects of creative genius, of inventive skill, and perseverine , and successful P exertion. (Cheers.) Th ere aro other a ' b party of the globe which appear to have been more favoured by nature— s ---_ there are lands in which th e na t ura l warmth of — the sun suffices for the comforts of mankind—where the teeming soil, either spontaneously or with trifling labour, produces everything which the people require for the sat :action of their limited wants ; but in those regions there is no moral and intellectual improvement, there is no social progress, and the people's minds are lulled asleep by ihe ease with which their ie.mediate wants are supplied—are dormant, and make no advancement. In these British Islands nature, at first sight, appears to frown upon us; but if she is perseve ringly and without cessation wooed she relaxes into smiles, and endlessly showers upon us unnumbered blessings. (Cheers.) Providence appears, at first sight, to have been less prodigal to these islands in her precious gifts than she has been in other parts of the globe ; but it would be a great mistake to believe that it was so. In other countries the treasures of Providence are scattered broadcast over the surface. They have only to be gathered and enjoyed. They are, however, no the less abundant here; they are not the less rich; they are not the less conducive to all the wants which the minds, and habits, and usages of men may re quire ; but they are locked up in a strong box, the lock of which cannot be picked, and which can only be opened by the forcible application of the crowbar. (Cheers and laughter.) That application the people of these islands make, and, opening that secret chest, they find in it abund - ance of wealth, by which they are enabled to bring to their shores all that the other portions of the earth produce, and which we may want for our enjoyment. (Cheers.) Your noble river and its bounding shores afford a striking example of the power of mind over matter. (Cheers.) You have inverted the ordinary arrangements of nature in your river; you found rocks and mud and accumulation under the water, not only useless but injurious, forbidding you the practical advantages which your noble river seemed destined to afford. What did you do ? You inverted the order of nature. You took from the bottom of that river I hose substances which were useless and hurtful ; you spread them over the surface of its shores; you increased their fertility ; you added to their value ; you ren dered that which had been previously noxious conducive to the wants of the people. But was that the only force which you imposed upon nature 2—a force which nature wishes you should impose, and which it is intended that the wit and intellect of man should exercise itself in producing. Why, you had deep within the bowels of the earth m nerals of great value and of great weight. You had substances which if any man were to throw upon the adjoining stream ' would sink to the bottom, and could with difficulty be got ' up. What did you do ? You converted that which was underground and heavy, and, being underground, useless, into the most buoyant forms. You made that which had been heavy in the bowels of the earth light upon the sur face of your stream. You constructed out of those materials ships of great capacity, of lightness, and of immense swift ' ness ; and they now carry the treasures produced by your industry and your skill to the remotest regions of the glt be, ' and bring back rich cargoes of all that constitutes the wealth . of those countries, and is conducive to the enjoyment of • mankind. I say, gentlemen, that this is a noble sight to see, and when we traverse that river and see its shores crowded ' with the haunts of industry, ships rising in every direction ready to be launched and to go to the extremest limits of ' the world, one cannot but look with admiration and grati tude upon the people by whose exertions and industry L these great results have been accomplished. (Loud cheers,) And if the sight is pleasing, if it is honourable to those by whom it is produced, it must inspire those who ' are charged with Government of the country with honour able pride and with well-founded confidence—(cheers)--- , because that skill, that enterprise, that intellect which L has brought about those marvellous results is sure to carry the country still further from year to year, and i perhaps to produce in after time a state of things as supe , rior to this, as this state of things surpasses that which went before it, You have, Mr. Provost, been kind enough to ) advert to incidents in my public life. If I have succeeded ' in obtaining the goodwill and the approbation of my fellow I countrymen ; if in any respect my public labours have been advantageous to the country, it has been owing to two things alone. It has been owing, in the first place, to a L steady desire to perform my duty in whatever position I may happen to be placed—(cheers)—but it is owing in the next place, mainly and principally owing, to that gsnerous and enlightened support which the people and Parliament of this country always have afforded and always will afford to any Ministers who endeavour to do that which shall be most consistent with the interests of the country at home, with its honour, with its dignity and its security abroad. (Loud cheers.) We trust that the present condition of the , country is a proof that in those efforts we have succeeded— (cheers)—for in spite of those particular calamities to which you, Mr. Provost, have alluded as affecting us indirectly— owing to that calamitous war in America—l may say that generally speaking, the country is in a contented, prosper ous, and satisfied condition; with the single exception of that unfortunate branch of our industry, unhappily too large in its sufferings, which has been in a great degree the vic tim of transactions which are taking place on the otherside of the Atlantic. We have, as you have stated, endeavoured as far as the moral influence of England could effect it— and in some cases our moral support was accompanied by a little help of the hand—(cheers)—upon occasions in which very small portions of nnr braye fa rrny ...a ... vy f ir.vo moral assistance of the most valuable description—(cheers and laughter)—we have endeavoured to assist those nations which of their own accord were struggling to obtain the blessings of political liberty, and who were engaged in con tests against those who wished to retain them under the yoke of despotic Government. (Cheers.) Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Greece, have all profited by the support which England has afforded them. (Cheers.) There cannot be a more striking proof of the respect with which the conduct of the British nation has inspired men living in other lands than the unanimous desire expressed by the people of Greece, and not only by those who live in Greece, but by Greeks in every part of Europe, to receive as their Sove reign the son of our gracious Qneen—(cheers)—to which wish they were led by a knowledge of the blessings which our political institutions communicate to the people of these realms, and by an anxious desire that they also might, by taking a British Prince, have a guarantee that they would enjoy blessings of the same kind. (Cheers.) Well, gen tlemen, there are reasons which make it desirable that I should not too long occupy your attention. We have other engagements, and time will not stop for speakers, and, therefore, permit me again to return you my most heartfelt thanks for the honourable reception you have given me, and to assure you that I shall always bear gratefully in mind the kindness which has been evinced by the people of this great town of Greenock. (Cheers.) However short the time, I will nevertheless ask permission to propose to . you a toast, which I am sure you will drink with the greatest pleasure, and with all the honours to which the object of that toast is entitled. I beg to propose to you the " Health of your worthy Provost." (Cheers.) It is un necessary, and it would be unbecoming in me to remind . you of those merits your knowledge of which has led you to place him in the distinguished position he now occupies, and I will simply content myself with asking you to fill a bumper and drink the health of the Provost. (Loud . cheers.) The PROVOST briefly responded, The other toasts were :—" Her Majesty's Minis ters," proposed by the Provost and responded to by Mr. Cowper ; 3 the Members for the Town and County," proposed by Sheriff Fraser and acknow ledged by Mr. Dunlop and Sir M. Stewart ; '' Lady Palmerston," by the Rev. Dr. McCulloch ;, and the House of Commons," by M r . R. Steele, and acknowledged by Mr. Crum Ewing. Lord Palmerston then left the Hall, amid loud acclamations, and proceeded by special train to Glasgow. SOIREE OF THE WORKING CLASSES. At eight o'clock there was a grand soiree of the working classes in the City Hall, Glasgow, in hon our of Lord Palmerston. In the body of the Hall the decorations for the festival of the previous evening still remained, with the exception of the ornamental screen with its de pending banners in front of the organ, which poured forth its eloquent music while the company-was as sembling at intervals during the proceedings. Two thousana persons were accommodated within the a rea and galleries of the Hall. On the platform were many clergymen of various denominations. The general company we admitted seven o'clock, and the arrangements wat half-past were so p letter and nu m b er co rrespon 14 din , ' with those on his that every one readily found the seat bearing the who, ticket ;- while nothing could exceed the quiet and orderly d emeanour of the so-ca ll e d operatives, from their general appearance, might be supposed to represent t h e middle classes. Soon after eight o'clock the arrival of Lord Palmerston was announced. He was accompanied by the Lord Provost and Mr. Cowper. His en trance into the hall was the signal for a loud and prolonged outburst of hearty welcome. Mr. Daiglish, M.P., presided. On his right sat Lord Palmerston, Lord Belhaven, Sir E. Colebrooke, M.P., the Right Hon. W Cowper, M.P., Mr. Kinnaird, and Sir J. Campbell. On his left the Lord Provost, Mr. Buchanan, M.P., Admiral Hope, Mr. J. A, Campbell, Sheriff Barclay, &c. The tables having been cleared— The CHAIRMAN, who was loudly cheered, made a brief speech. Ho observed that if a working man was not to fill the chair he had the next best claim to do so, for his father commenced life as a handloom weaver in the city of Glas gow, and his son had the honour to be one of their repre sentatives in Parliament. He had seen in the city of Glas gow many demonstrations in the shape of banquets to statesmen, but on every occasion they had been given to leaders or ornaments of a party, and the entertainments were given by their party alone. But to-night they were met—men of all parties, the representatives of all opinions in Church and State politics—to do honour to their noblo guest. (Cheers,) They were not to do so now, not so much to any political principle or party, as to an illustrious states man, who had known so well how to guide the destinies of the country, and who had shaken himself, he might almost say, free of party, and maintained his position by his great ability and experience—(cheers)—for, although Lord Pal merston was the leader of .he Liberal party in the House of Commons, ho was equally, if not more, supported by the Conservatives, (Cheers.) Mr. Cullen, an operative, was then called to pre sent the address to Lord Palmerston. The address commenced by stating— " That the meeting, as representing a vast amount of the industrious classes of the city of Glasgow, approached his lordship with feelings of admiration and respect, and with hearty congratulations that he had been permitted by Di vine Providence so long, and so faithfully, and so honour. ably to serve his country. It must be peculiarly gratifying to his lordship to survey the condition of this land, which now, with one lamentable exception, and that produced by extraneous causes, was prosperous beyond measure ; and to think that the prosperity which it enjoyed was in no small degree owing to the wise legislation of the past 40 years, in aim st all of which his lordship had borne an honourable part. Abuses and restrictions had been swept away, the moral tone of the people generally had been elevated, edu cation had become more widely diffused and more substan tial, and, though there was still room for improvement in th,s respect, yet with a free Parliament, a free press, and a free people, our country stood first in the rank of nations, " both loved at home and revered abroad." It had fallen to the lot of few statesmen to participate so largely in the direction of the public affairs of the country ; and, after a lifetime devoted to his country's good, he might claim the right "To crown a youth of labour with an age of ease." The hand which had become accustomed to direct, the matured wisdom and the ripened experience were still de voted to his country's welfare, and is still at the command of his Sovereign. The Administration, of which his lord-. ship was the head, had earned the gratitude of the people in so directing the course of public affairs as to steer clear of all foreign embroilments. The principle of non-interven tion, which it had inscribed on its banners, and which it had so strongly enunciated, was a principle which found a responsive chord in the breast of almost every subject of these realms. Enough of glory already encircled out name, and we did not now require to seek it on the red field of battle, but preferred to find it in such channels as those opened up by commercial treaties, in the development of our commerce and in the welfare of our fellowmen." The address concluded by a fervent prayer— " That his lordship might be blessed with uninterrupted health for years yet to come, and that he might be spared to see our country still progressing, the people becoming better educated, more enlightened, and possessing that in creased share in the representation of the country it had been so repeatedly promised from the Throne, and so con fidently expected and waited for." Mr. CULLEN stated that the address represented the feelings of 50,000 of the operatives of Glasgow, and 19.20ths of the tickets of admission to the present festival were purchased by the industrious classes. Viscount PALMERSTON, who was received with inde scribable enthusiasm, said, --Mr. Daiglish and gentlemen, —lt is well known that the deepest feelingsof the heart are those which find the greatest difficulty in making their way to the tongue. Because singleness of feeling is like truth —it can be expressed only in a few words of truth, while imagination may dress up sentiments less real and less single in a variety of agreeable expressions. There are things with regard to which it is more agreeable to give than it is to re ceive, and thanks for kindness may be said to be of that cha racter ; for while the grateful heart can never be tired of ex pressing its thankfulness to those to whom it is under obliga tion, they, on the other hand, who give those thanks may at length be tired with the sameness of expression, because there can be no variety in the expression of a single senti ment. (Cheers.) 1 feel therefore that my good friends of the city of Glasgow will think that they are somewhat satiated by the repetition of those feelings which are deep in my heart, which can never be effaced, and which to the longest day of my existence will be as warm as they are to night. (Cheers.) It is one of the best privileges of those who are charged with the conduct of affairs in a free coun try to have the happiness of meeting, as I do to-night, large bodies of their fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.) those who conduct despotic Governments are sepa rated by an almost impassable barrier from the great bulk of their fellow-subjects. (Loud cheers.) They have not those opportunities which we have of corning face to face, of making personal acquaintance, of obliterat ing those prejudices which often are created by want of mutual acquaintance ; and they suffer from it in a way which ought to make them desirous to convert their system of Governn•ent into one similar to our own. (Cheers.) We who are charged with the Govern ment of the country are obliged, as a matter of duty, and we have opportunities of becoming acquainted, without perhaps much personal inconvenience, with the wants, the wishes, and the feelings of the great mass of our fellow-countrymen. But the great mass of our fellow countrymen are not so much in the habit of personal inter emieee with those whose duties keep them away and who are engaged in other spheres, and many of them no doubt believe that a minister of State is a sort of prim, stiff-look ing gentleman (a laugh), looking as if he had swallowed a poker (a laugh), and not animated by those feelings of sym pathetic congeniality which ought to inspire the breast of every man who has the conduct of the affairs of his fellow countrymen; but when you get a live Minister, as I hope you often will, you see that he is very much like one of your selves (cheers), and that mutual intercourse is beneficial to both. It increases his sympathy with you, and it augments your confidence in him. (Cheers) It is impossible for any man to see what I have witnessed in this great town of Glasgow and its neighbourhood without feeling additional admiration of the creative powers of the industry of this great country. (Cheers.) When I see, as I did to-day, floating upon the surface of your river ships destined for distant voyages drawing great draught of water, and when I am told, as I have been this evening, by men still in the prime of life, that they themselves had waded on foot through that part of the river where these great vessels are now float ing triumphantly un 'er the British and foreign flags, I can not sufficiently admire the skill, the perseverance, the indus try of the people of this district in having converted that which was a river not available for the purpose of commerce into one of the finest and noblest outlets and inlets—outlet for the industry of Britain; inlet for the productions of foreign countries. The address which I have had the honour of receiving to-night adverts to changes which have taken place of late years in the Legislature of the country. Great and mighty changes have taken place, not simply in the framing of our laws but in the temper of men's minds and in theopinions of the people of the country. Great delusions have disappeared; great prejudices have been removed. Why, it was not long ago when it was the current opinion and feeling all over the country that there was a natural antagonism between commerce and manufactures on the one hand, and the cultivaion of the land on the other, when people who were employed in agriculture looked with a jealous eye upon their fellow• -countrymen who were work ing in manufactures and engaged in commerce, and when those who were engaged in the productive industries of commerce and Manufactures looked in a certain degree upon the agricultural interests as hostile to their commercial and manufacturing prosperity. Those prejudices have been re moved, those illusions have disappeared ; the agricultural interest has seen that the abolition of those laws which they thought, from ancient and traditional opinions, were the foundation of their prosperity have been swept away to their advantage as well as to that of other portions of the community. And, gentlemen, why should it not be so ? Those who produce food have an interest that those who consume the food should be rich and thriving, and capable of increasing the demand for it ; and they who possess land feel it for their advantage that great capitals should be ac cumulated by the pursuits of commerce, and that there should be customers for the land when it comes into the market, to increase its value and raise its price. (Cheers.) l'here have beets other delusions also which have disap peared, some prevailing not simply in this country, bat in other parts of Europe —generally, indeed, in the world. It was long thought that protection was essential for produc tive industry ; men believed that by narrowing commerce, that by shackling trade, that by opposing impediments to the transfer and exchange of commodities between nation and nation, national interests were to be advanced, and that men would show greater activity if they wore fetters, and that industry would be more productive if restricted in the markets to which products were to be sent. That delusion has disappeared--that prejudice has been surmounted, not in this country alone, but in a great degree in the coun tiles of the Continent. Men have found that cora -1 merce is not a one-sided operation ; that there must be two to a bargain; that a man will not sell you any thing unless you pay for it ; that you can only pay for it in your own commodities ; that the more you export the more you will import, the more you import the more you must export; and that if one nation takes and wishes to have the products of another nation they must repay them by the industry of their own. (Cheers.) It was made a re proach to England by those who belonged to the first French Empire that the English nation was a nation of shopkeepers, that they wanted to monopolise the commerce of the world, and that the only way of preventing them from ruining the Continent by deluging it with their commodities was to assuminge r by that protective w ande area prohibitory nation of wish them to be bankrupt and ruined ? Does he not rather shopkeepers, what is the principle upon whicha sho p pk o e e e s p h e e r desire that those who are his customers should be prosper do trades? puptiose. ni'DViohmeysi:ahs gentlemen,awb e b h a i r s r customers to be poor? ens and rich, in order that they may buy as much as they can of what he produces, and that he may thrive by the thriving of those who employ him ? (Cheers.) So it is in regard to our foreign commerce. We are not jealous of the commercial and manufacturing prosperity of other nations. We know we cannot get them to take our commodities un less we take commodities of them in return ; and indeed we are too acute and painstakin g a country to wish to make them a present gratuitously of what they want. Well then, to be able to buy our goods they must be wealthy and pro sperous ; and therefore commerce —so far from being the one-sided and narrow-minded eperation which those who are the enemies of commercial feeedom had so long repre sented it to be—commerce is a generous pursuit. Conunerce is a pursuit which encourages the prosperity equally of all THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1861 who are engaged in it, and those who are instrumental in l extending the commercial intercourse of nations may be classed among the world's benefactors. (Cheers.) We have recently persuaded the Government of France to extend materially the commercial intercourse between the two coun tries. That measure was viewed not only with jealousy but with hatred and alarm by great parties in France ; they anticipated the ruin of their industry to the advantage and good of ours. Well, they have seen that while on the one hand our commercial prosperity has been increased by the operation of that treaty, and has found in it some equi • valent for the loss which unfortunate events in America have created, on the other hand, the French have benefited like ourselves ; and both parties have now come to a con viction that they have opened their eyes to the truth, and that extended commercial intercourse not only promotes friendly feelings between the nations by whom it is carried on, and is therefore an additional security for peace, but it tends alike to enrich both parties who are engaged in it. There was another prejudice, which I think has been of late years greatly diminished, if not altogether removed. There was long a feeling, and more especially among the working classes, that there was a natural antagonism between capi tal and labour; that the capitalist was the enemy of the la bourer, while the capitalist looked often upon the labourer as not very friendly to him. Why, that opinion is founded upon the grossest possible mistake. What would capital ac complish without labour, and What could labour effect if there were net capital to employ it ? The two depend on each other—the one is created out of the other. Without labour there could be no accumulation of capital, and with- out the accumulation of capital there could never be a suffi cient and increasing employment for labour. And therefore these two classes, the capitalist and the labourer, should, and I believe they do, look upon each other as mutually necessary the one for the other. The capitalist, instead of grudging the wages which are due to merit and exertion, is glad to find that by increased skillthe wages and advantages of labour may go on increasing, and the labourer, on the other hand, ought to see with pride and satisfaction the ac cumulation of those fortunes which are made by a judicious employment of capital, which necessarily carries with it an extensive and profitable employment of labour. (Cheers.) Now, I address you to-night in a double capacity. I think I may be entitled to call you " friends, good friends, and fellow-labourers." (Cheers.) Good friends you have amply shown yourselves to be ; fellow-la • bourers I contend we are, because we all of us labour assi duously, and we hope not without success, in the service of our common country. (Cheers.) Our sphere of action may not be the same, but we both labour in the same way ; we labour with our hands and our brains, and I can tell you though our labour is of a different kind, it is perhaps not very different in degree, that our brains are constantly working like yours, our hands are never, hardly without the pen in their fi ngers —( c h eers )— an d t h ere f ore 1 f ee l th ere is a sympathy between us—that we ought mutually to feel regard the one for the other, that you ought to feel that those who are working in the service of their country to the best of their belief and to the best of their ability for the good of the country, are doing the same thing you your selves are doing —namely, exerting the faculties with which God has endowed them for the benefit of the country to which they t have been allotted. (Cheers.) You have been pl Awed in that address which I have had the honour to re • ceive to advert to the course which I have pursued, together with those whom I have had the honour of having as col leagues in the transaction of those affairs we have had to manage. Well, really, gentlemen, we have done no more than I believe any one of you under similar circumstances would have done. We have had the good of our country at heart. (Cheers.) We love and admire our country. We believe, as I hope you do, rightly or wrongly, that it is the first country in the world. (Cheers.) And we have on all occasions, to the best of our conviction and ability, endea voured to promote its welfare and interests, whether at home or abroad. (Cheers.) We have indeed, I think, been successful, in the first place, in making peace whenever and as long as peace could be maintained. There have been occasional interruptions, but these interruptions were Judged by the unanimous voice of the people to have been called for by a due regard to the interests, the honour, and the dignity of the country. (Cheers.) And upon these occasions we have been supported by the voice of the na tion and its representatives in Parliament. It will be our anxious desire to pursue the same course, and we have done so in regard to those lamentable events now passing among our kinsmen on the North American continent, in spite of invitations from each of the two parties to take an active part in the contest than we thought it oar duty and for the national interest that we should. (Cheers.) There are in the United Kingdom, as there are in America, Federal and Confederate advocates; there are some who wish success to the North; there are others who desire separation for the South. It is not fitting or becom ing that the B r iti s h nat i on as a n ation should take part in that contest. (Cheers.) It is a lamentable event in the history of mankind, and depend upon it that war under any circumstances is a great affliction to a country ; that of all wars that most afflict a nation, a civil war is the one most to be deplored—for there you have brother fighting against brother, relations arrayed against relations ; you have a contest scattered over the wide surface of the country, and desolation marking the track of the contending armies per haps greater even than would be inflicted by the invasion of a foreign force. We lament that state of things ; we should be most happy if it had been in the power of this country,by available interpositi on to reconcile those conflict ing parties, but we felt and we know that any attempt of that kind in the existing state of things would have an effect the reverse o f th a t we int en d e d, would not accomplish the purpose we had i n v iew, and w ould render it difficult, if not impossible. If a different state of things should arise, that the friendly counsels of England should be listened to with success (cheers), I am persuaded that you, gentlemen, and the rest of the people of this country will think that we acted rightly in taking that decision, (Cheers.) That war has, indeed, inflicted deep suffering and privation upon large portions of the working classes of this country— less perhaps in point of extent here in Glasgow than in Manchester and other manufacturing districts ; but even here it must have been grievously felt, and many might have felt that we, by taking part in that contest, and declar ing ourselves on one side or the other, might have put an end to that privation and hardship ; but that would have been a shortsighted course, and, depend on it, if we had taken that course we should have failed in our object and in creased, instead of diminishing, the suffering we intended to alleviate. (Cheers.) It is true we have always endea voured to assist by all the legitimate means in our power the development of those principles of government which form the happiness and prosperity of this country among other nations who are willing to adopt them. and the suc cess of our endeavours has been great, because, whereas some 20 years ago there was hardly a State on the continent of Europe which enjoyed constitutional Government, there is now hardly one State which in one shape or another has not the advantage of some sort of popular representation. With the improvements of commercial principles the im provement of political condition must follow, because the extended intercourse which commerce, railways, and steam boats afford must tend to diffuse among other nations those very principles upon which we pride ourselves, and of which we enjoy the benefits ; and we have seen progressively that happiness which belongs to ourselves spreading from country to country, and promoting the welfare of the human race. (Cheers.) There was one circumstance adverted to by your worthy chairman which also is a great advantage and a proud circumstance connected with the institutions of this country, —namely, that there is no station, no amount of wealth, no condition of dignity or power, which is not open to every man who has intellect and good conduct to arrive at it, whatever may be the starting point from which he begins, and however comparatively humble his position at the out set may be. (Cheers.) The country abounds with men of Immense wealth, honestly and honourably acquired by the industry and the intelligence which they have displayed men who began by working themselves, and who have ended by being great and wealthy proprietors and diffusing by their generous conduct among others who are still where they began those advantages which their command of wealth and the goodness of their hearts enabled them to diffuse. We have seen in the highest positions of the Law, of the Church, of Parliament, of office men who either themselves began in the way I have mentioned, or whose fathers, at all events, were in the condition to which I have alluded; and must not these examples encourage you, gentlemen, whom I am now addressing to persevere in that honourable industry which you are now so usefully to yourselves and thl ) country engaged in prosecuting; and may I not anticipate that I now see among you those who may hereafter become wealthy owners of large estates, men of large fortune, who maywho m ris a e y to ho dis o t har inc g ti o o d n in various careers connected with the Government o f the coun t ry , an d t h a t I or o th ers may meet in the H ouse of Commons men f rom among you with the administration of public affairs. And I will venture to say if such should be the case, that man will follow the footsteps of him whom you have honoured this evening ; he will endeavour to the best of his ability t o prove his devotion to h i s country, prove hi▪ s love and affection for his fellow-countrymen, and wi▪ ll strain every nerve to promote the international welfare and the foreign interests, dignity, and honour of his country. cortam. ( ie C enfoooi d h onie n e t: aav e enet r te hotsaxdar. actively anxieties tyvaei el cordially hearty; ye e or n fbfso t I r e m t h e e e r i a t t o i f n y l i y n g r e s m e e a n in e s o f f o t r h m i s e e t v o e t n h i a n n g k . y tin t 1 , t indeed, often happens to men engaged in public life to be s u o n ta s bi te w ii 113 hr n o ho a yt r eo e af a tpe d i n y t a ti a h, r aa e te r ei e tu l ah e a v us e l d af at f el r dl o e, n n vt t o h h e t yh c e a s ao e eng an ag d e n d n in an t i h m e o a n d s m te i s n t i t s m tr o a n ti y on th of a a t ff l a h ir a s v t e o re ceived re from you this evening of the goodwill and regard of a great number of his fellow-countrymen who gave him that good will and who feel that regal d simply because they are convinced that he is a man who, in discharging the duties that have fallen to his lot, has done to the best of his t ability that which was due from him to his country, his Sovereign, and his countrymen. (Loud cheering.) Lord Palmerston resumed his seat amid loud and continued cheering. Adresses were afterwards de livered by Mr. Sheriff Bell, Mr. J. A. Campbell, and Mr. Kinnaird, and the proceedings terminated shortly after 11 o'clock. Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in tho usual kinds. Ilorniroan's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—An ancient rhetorician wrote about Xerxes that he turned dry land into sea, and sea into dry land, making a canal through Mount Athos, and building a bridge across the Hellespont. The American Republic seems to partake much more of the violence and extravagance of the Persian monarch than of the wise counsel and well combined action of the Federation of Commonwealths which opposed him. Excited by a tremendous war, and all the portents of approaching revolution, the ima gination of the American Democracy seems to have run riot. Not satiated with all the destruction which modern science has enabled mankind to wreak upon each other, the North has called to its aid the mighty agencies of nature, and seeks to ruin and mutilate half a continent in the vain hope to over throw or intimidate its inhabitants. In vain has Nature, after a series of tremendous convulsions, settled herself down into something like order and regularity, indenting the coast with bays and har bours, at d draining the vast area of a continent through the agency of enormous rivers. The rage of man frets against these natural and beneficent ordinances, just as Xerxes flung fetters into the sea anti lashed the winds that wore rebellious to his commands. By the aid of the " stone fleet" the United States have blocked up the entrance to seve ral much frequented harbours, and no R, with less labour and far greater success, they seek to drown the land which they cannot conquer. It is calcu lated that, by the action of the Federals in cutting the levees, or dams, which keep the Mississippi in its course as it runs through the level lands towards the sea, a district as large as Scotland has been drowned in the State of Mississippi, and 5,000 square miles in the State of Louisiana. It is curious to remark how utterly paralyzed for the purposes of legitimate war are the very persons who are anxious to wage it with such extremity of ferocity and fury. The Army of the Potomac remains inactive; nay, there is much reason to believe that Washington owes her safety at the present moment to prudential and political, rather than to military considerations, and that the capital of the Northern Confede• racy though able to effect the easy and fruitless crime of drowning whole provinces by breaking down the bank of a mighty river, is incapable of defending her archives, her public buildings, and the teat of her Government. The promised ven geance against Cherie-don languishes and evaporates in empty threats. Savannah, taken with so much ease by the British in the War of Irdependence, re sists firmly and effectually. Port Hudson has re pulsed an attack, and the Mississippi itself has turned traitor, and by way of set-off for the inunda tion of Southern territory, has filled up and rendered useless the canal which was to carry the Federal gunboats to the other side of Vicksburg. The Con federates threaten Fort Donelson, and a new inva sion of Kentucky is seriously apprehended. Under these gloomy auspices the month of March has closed, and the period will shortly arrive when the summer heats will again lend their powerful co• operation to the cause of the North. No one can presume to say what are the reverses and vicissi tudes which fortune, not yet satisfied with the suf ferings of the American people, has in store for either party. But the information which has just reached us makes it abundantly evident, if it were not so before, that the choice henceforth for the South is between victory and extermination, for the North between peace and ruin—ruin certain if the war be protracted, as it easily may be, to a point which.will leave the President without a revenue and without an army— ruin still more certain and complete if the wicked aspirations of fanatical hate be accomplished, and the Central Government, al ready triumphant over the liberties of the North, shall obtain as the prize of success the unenviable duty of holding down, under the heel of military despotism, the struggling and palpitating remains of what were once the Southern States. POST.—The defeat and flight of the recently ap pointed Dictator of Poland appears to have exercised but little effect on the progress or the insurrection. From some correspondence which has recently been published, it would seem that, almost immediately after the outburst of the revolt, the Provisional Government nominated the exiled General Micros lawaki to be Dictator of Poland. This high office the latter, however, on patriotic grounds declined to accept ; or, perhaps it might be more correct to say that, without declining it, he considered that the time had not come when, consistently with the in terests of the insurrectionary party, he would be justified in exercising publicly the functions of his office. In the meanwhile the skill and success of Marian Langiewicz placed him in the foremost ranks of the Polish chiefs, and—whether with the previous sanction of the Provisional Government or not, is doubtful—he proclaimed himself Dictator_ It is but fair to say that during his brief tenure of office his authority was recognised by the Com mittee of the National Government, which dated its decrees from Warsaw. To Mieroslawski the as sumption of the Dictatorship by Langiewicz gave much umbrage, and in a communication to the Pro visional Government, published some days since, he did not hesitate to charge Langiewicz with having usurped an authority to which he had no legitimate claim. Recent events, however, would seem to show that Mieroslawski did not confine himself to empty protests against the acts of one whom he regarded as having usurped an office which had been conferred upon himself. It has not been ob scurely hinted that, in their desire to crush Langie wics, Mieroslawski and his supporters actually com municated the movements of that unfortunate general to the Russian Government. This, how ever, we must refuse to credit. We do not believe that either envy, or what General Mieroslawski would consider just indignation, would induce him to endanger the common c ruse in which the insurgents are engaged for the mere sake of ruining his rival. Besides, the dispersion of Langiewicz's corps, and the flight of its leader, may be accounted for without having recourse to the supposition of treachery on the part of his seeming friends. l'he Russian gene rals had for some weeks been endeavouring to hem in the Dictator with the insurgents under his com mand, and this end they attained by the compara tively easy process (considering the magnitude of the forces placed at their disposal) of cutting off his retreat on all sides, save by that of the Austrian frontier. It is, however, notorious that serious dissensions have arisen amongst those who claim to direct the course of the insurrection. Without unity it is needless to say that every effort of the insur gents in the field, however brilliant or however suc cessful, must prove utterly barren, It may be that the Poles will fail to establish a Government of their own choice, but still they might succeed in organis ing so strong a resistance to that of the Czar as to compel the latter to confer upon them a constitu tion. • The Russian Emperor seems not disinclined to make concessions, and is reported to have pro posed to accede to the demands of his Polish subjects as soon as he learned that by the flight of Langie wicz a prospect appeared to show itself of putting a speedy end to the insurrection. It is, however, not to be supposed that the insurgents would lay down their arms on the faith of promises which are not now made for the first time. The Russian Go vernment have never shown themselves lenient to those who in vain endeavoured to subvert their authority. The Poles have a right to demand guarantees that faith will be kept with them, and, in their absence, are justified in securing by their own prowess such a vantageground as would enable them to secure the due fulfilment of the engage ments into which the Russian Government might think proper to enter. MORNING HERALD.--The conviction that the attempt of the North to force the South back into the Union is an utterly hop e l ess one h as long been u niversal in this country. Every week th e wanton war runs on marks a rise in the tide of destruction. If we wait much longer there will be very little in the South to recognise. The Northern generals cannot win battles, but they have a devilish in genuity in destroying all the gifts of God. They cannot vanquish the Southern armies, but they can do the deeds by which the meanest scoundrels of history have sought to immortalise themselves. They can do wanton and irreparable mischief. It required no ability to burn the temple of Ephesus ; mischief is the work to which fools are handiest. General Grant cannot take Vicksburg—that was a work which needed some talent and courage ; but ho could cut the levees of the Mississippi—j us t the achievement to commend itself to a half-witted fellow. Vast countries lie under water. Enormous tracts of land admirably adapted to the production of the comforts and necessaries of life have been made use less for generations. The South will not be cowed by this ruin into surrender ; its spirit will rise higher; its resolve to gain independence will grow into a bitter and relentless hatred of the scoundrels who have acted with such foul malignity. The issue of the contest wtll not be affected by these acts of Grant, or by any similar atrocities which Federal commanders, in their despair of success, may perpe trate. But the country which England will recog nise, if this contest is to be continued in this fashion, will not be the storehouse from which she has been accustomed to draw the materials of her industry. Suffering from these wanton depreda tions, all the results of long battles with the elements, all their victories over the forest and the swamp annihilated, the Confederate States will be in no condition to supply England with cotton or to con sume English manufacturers. They will be in no mood to trade freely with her. When she could have helped them without risk to heraelf she choose to coolly condemn theni to a struggle of the end of which she was assured. Recognition when the North, satisfied that it has done all the destruction I that its devilish malignity could suggest, has re tired from the contest, is a mockery for which the Southern people will give no thanks. The recog nition of the Southern Confederacy by England and France would avert the otherwise certai.. ruin of the cotton industry of Europe, and save for the world a vast store of comforts and necessaries which once destroyed can only by slow and painful labour, if ever, be replaced. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 28. With reference to an Order in Council the following appointments have this day taken place : Royal Marine Artillery—General Charles Menzies, K.H., to be Colonel. Royal Marine Light 'lnfantry—Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel Burdon Ellis, K.C.8., to be Colonel of the Ports mouth Division ; Lieutenant General Thomas 'Nearing to be Colonel of the Plymouth Division; Lieutenant-General Henry Ivatt Delacombe to be Colonel of the Chatham Di , vision • Major-General John Alexander Philips to be Colonel of the Woolwich Division. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Purves Phayre, of the Bengal Staff Corps, Chief Commissioner of British Burmah, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Clres, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARell 25. _ _ The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Gordon Kennedy, Esq., now Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Washington, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. MARCH 30. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Beda as Vice-Consul at Leith for his Majesty the King of Prussia. MARCH 31. The King has been pleased to approve of Mr. B. R. Hebeler as Consul-General in London for the Free City of Frankfort. DO WNING-STRE ET, MARCH 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Rev. William Wa'rong Jackson, D D., Lord Bishop of Antigua, to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Antigua. Her Majesty has also been 'bused to appoint James Birk, Esq., to be a Member of the Privy Council of the Island of Tobago; Joseph Goodman, Esq , to be a Mem ber of the Legislative Council of the Island of Saint Lucia; John Stevenson Grant, Eq., to be a Member of the Legis lative Council of the Bahama Islands ; and Copeland James Stamers, Es /., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Turks and Caicos Islands. WHITEHALL, MARCH 28. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing Sir Richard Madox Bromley, K.C.8., to be one of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 31. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards— Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Augustin Fitzpatrick, from Ist Foot, to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice McSheehy, M.D., appointed to the Staff. 2d Dragoon Guards—Thomas Teed, Gent., to be Cornet by purchase, vice Malet, transferred to the Bth Hussars. 4th Dragoon Guards—John Downie, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Colquhoun, promoted. 6th Dragoon Guards—Percy Richard Gay, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice 011iver, transferred to the 25th Foot; Acting Veterinary-Surgeon William Hall, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice A. J. Owles, appointed to the Staff, at Aldershott. Ist Dragoons—Cornet James Henry Herbert Croft to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carteret Houston Kemp son, who retires. 2d Dragoons—Lieut. George Edward Graham Foster Pigott, fr m 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Moodie, who exchanges. sth Lancers—Wm. Ludlow Forster, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted. Bth Hussars—Cornet Francis Arthur Hutchins to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Tobnochy, who reti r es , En sign Alfred Robert Hale Swindley, from 28th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Philips, who exchanges ; Cornet Wm. St. Lo Malet, from 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Hutchins. 12th Lancets—Captain Robert Campbell to be Major, by purchase, vice Robert Herbert Heath Jary, who retires ; Lieut. Erasmus Gower. to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell; Cornet John Harvey Browne to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Gower. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Charles Hogge, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Francis Burton Boileau, retired up on full-pay ; Captain and Brevet Major William Alexander Mackinnon, C. 8., to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Hogge ; Second Captain Robert Murray to be Captain, vice Mackinnon ; Lieutenant Minto Elliot to be Second Captain, vice Murray ; Lieutenant Henry Webster Shakerley to be Second Captain, vice Burnaby, appointed Adjutant; Gentleman Cadet Charles Francis Baring Grey to be Lieutenant, vice Elliot; Gentleman Cadet William Edward Sharp to be Lieutenant, vice Shakerley; Second Captain Michael Tweedie to be Ad jutant, vice Bevan, who declines the appointment ; Second Captain Alexander Dickson Burnaby to be Adju tant, on augmentation; Sergeant-Major Henry Nelson to Quartermaster, on augmentation ; Quartermaster-Ser geant Robert Steven to be Quartermaster, on augmenta tion Royal Engineers—The date of Colonel William Barclay Goodfellow's Commission as Colonel-Commandant to bear date 28th November, 1854, not Ist August, 1854, as stated in the Gazette of 29th April, 1862; Colonel William Robinson, from she Supernumerary List, to be Colonel, vice Walpole, promoted to Major-General. Military Train—Gentleman Cadet William Leir, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice McMahon, promoted. Scots Fusilier Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Francis Seymour, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur chase, vice Brevet-Colonel Ridley, promoted to be Major- General; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Henry Percival de Bathe to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colon e l S eymour, C . 8.; Lieute nant and Captain George Grant Gordon to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel de Bathe . Ensign and Lieutenant Stephen James Ram to be Lieutenant and Captain, without pur chase, vice Gordon ; Willi am J u li us Gascoigne, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ram. Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Edward Brock to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Joseph Augustin Fitzpatrick, appointed to Ist Dragoon Guards. 6th Foot -- Lieutenant-Colonel Edward W. D. Lowe, C. 8., from 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel James Elphinston Robertson, who exchanges. 9th Foot--Ensign John Court Ferguson Grier to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Francis Tuach Rolls, who re tires ; George Edward Vernon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grier. 10th Foot —Ensign George William Carter to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Samuel Fred Poole, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet George William Truscott Martin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carter. 18th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Langford Dillon to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Edward Abbot Anderson, seconded on being appointed Instructor in Military Sur veying at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; En sign Charles Crawford Yates Butler to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dillon ; Paymaster, with honorary rank of Major, Charles Fade Heatly, from 86th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with honorary rank of Major, John Cornea, deceased. 21st Fo ot — Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel James Elphinston Robertson, from 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Edward W. D. Lowe, C. 8., who ex changes. 22d Foot—Ensign Robert I. leetwood William Rynd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William S. Ward, who retires ; Robe r t Arthur Blane, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rynd. 28th Foot—Cornet Henry Philips, from Bth Hussars, to be 34thEnsign,vice S windley, who exchanges. Foot —Ensign John Macredie Mare, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Julius Dyson Laurie, pro moted. 36th Foot—Ensign John Dickinson Atkinson, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice William Rix; hton, who retires; Gentleman Cadet Henry Thomas Cramer Roberts, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase. 3 8th Foot—Captain Henry Payne Hurford, from 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hume, who exchanges. 44th Foot—Lieutenant William Arthur Wood to be Cap tain without purchase, vice Brevet Major John Loftus Otway Mansergh, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet William Wood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant W. A. Wood. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Cotton Edwin Theobald to be Cap tain, withoutpurchase, vice William Hamilton Richards, Secended, on being appointed Instructor of Military Drawing and Surveying, at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Lieutenant Robert Fitzgerald Dalton to be Captain, by purchase, vice John George Echalaz, who retires ; Ensign David Anderson Ogden to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Theobald ; Ensign Frede rick Baird to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dalton ; William Thomas Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baird. 56th Foot—Lieutenant Michael Clare Garcia to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant John William Huskisson, who resign's that appointment. 58th Foot--Captain Ralph Lovel Thuraby, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Captain, vice G. F. Morant, who exchanges ; Gentleman Cadet Harloren Morley Saunders, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Charles Lucas Methuen, trans ferred,to the 79th Foot. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel Moodie, from,' 2d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Pigott, who exchanges. 75th Foot—Captain Walter Hume, from 38th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hurford, who exchanges. 78th Foot—Ensign Anthony Jones Carstairs to be Lieute nant, by purchase, viee Edward Jackson Fitzsimons, who retires: Gentleman Cadet Oliver Graham, from the Royal . Mi.itary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carstaire. 79th Foot—Ensign John Brebner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert Stewart, who retires ; E ns i gn Charles Lucas Methuen, from 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brebner; Lieutenant Arthur Hume to be Adjutant; vice Stewart, 81st Foot—Assistant Surgeon William Robert Wall, from 18th Hussars, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry Pat riot son Grey ory, appointed to the Staff. 82d Foot—George Masson Abbott, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Standish Henry Carroll, deceased. 86th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert Wm. Jackson to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Stawell Barry, who exchanges. 90th Foot—Ensi gn F rederick Hone Carleton t o b e Lieute nant, with ou t Lieutenant James F e li x H a i g t o be Adjutant, vice Wm. purchase, vice Wm. Itennie, promoted; Rennie. 104th Fort —Ensign Howe Frederick Showers to be Lieu tenant without purchase, vice Henry Carter, deceased. 106th Foot—Lieutenant John Henry Gaitakell to be Ad- jutant. 109th Foot—Lieutenant Oscar Schmidt to be Adjutant. 2d West India Regiment—Arthur James Plunkett, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hugh Lawrents Baldwin, deceased. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Alexander Stewart Hincks, to be Captain by purchase, vice Aylmer Strang ford Craig, who retires. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Captain George Francis Morant, from 58th Foot, to be Captain, vice R. L. Thursby, who exchanges: CAVALRY DEPOT (Canterbury)—Veterinary Surgeon of the First Class, William C. Lord, from sth Lancers, to Veterinary Surgeon. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT - Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Stawell Barry, from 68th Foot, to be Staff Assistant- Surgeon, vice Robert William Jackson, who exchanges ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Louis MoSheehy, MID., from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Staff Arsistant.Surgeon vice Edward Brock, appointed to Ist Foot. Assis - ant-Surgeon Henry Patrickson Gregory, from 81st Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice William Henry Jones, AI .D , deceased. STAFF (at Akb,rshot)—Veterinary Surgeon of the First Class Altred Job Owks, from 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary Surgeon. BREVET. Colonel Francis Burton Boileau, on retired full-pay Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, .the rank being honorary only, Colonel John Walpole, Royal Engineers, to be Major- General, vice Alexander Gordon, deceased. The undermentioned officers having completed 5 years service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provi sions of the Rua' Warrant of 14th October, 1858, to be Colonels, viz Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Spence, C. 8., 31st Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel William Hope, C.B, 71st Foot. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 30. The following promotions, to date the 23d inst., conse quent on the death, on the 22d inst., of Admiral of the Red. the Right Hon. Anthony, Earl of Lauderdale, G,C.8., have thie day taken place : Admiral of the White the Right Hon. George, Earl Cado gan, C.B. to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., to be Admiral of the White. Vice- Admirals The Right Hon. George James, Earl of Egmont, and it George Augustus Westphal, Knight, on the Reserved List, to be Admirals on the same List. Viee-Admital of the Red Sir Provo Wm. Parry Wallis, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue. _ _ _ Vice-Admiral of the White Sir George Robert Lambert, K.C.B , to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Robert Lambert Baynes, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White John Elphinstone Erskine to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Belcher, Knt., C. 8., to be Rear• Admiral of the White. Captain William Smyth, Captain George Dobson, to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List. Captain George Henry Seymour, C. 8., to be Rear-A.3 mira of the Blue. Retired Vice-Admirals: George Brine, Honourable John Gordon, William Popham, to have the rank and title of Retired Admirals under her Majesty's Order in Council of the 7th May, 1858. Tne following Retired Captains to be promoted to be Retired Rear-Admirals on the terms proposed in the Lon don Gazette of the Ist September, 1846, but without in crease of pay :7 Captain Edward Burnaby Tinling. Captain William Kelly. MARCH 27. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Thomas Bent to be aptain, vice Mudge, to half pay ; Second Lieutenant Edward N coil William Holbrook to be First Lieutenant, vice Bent, promoted. COUNTRY MARKETS. ----- --- LEEDS—TUESDAY. There was only a poor show of grain to-day. The trade was quiet. Both wheat and barley must be quoted about is decline on last Tuesday's rates, Nu change in other articles, MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY. White wheat, 49s to 525; red, 44s to 46s per 36 stone. Malting barley at 34 s t o 37 s per qr.; grinding, 28s to 31s per 30 st. Oats, old, 27s to 30s; new, 216 to 24s per 24 st. ; beans, 40s is 43s per qr. SHEFFIELD-TUESDAY. There was a full average show of wheat t)-day, for which the demand was slow, and only the finest qualities made late prices. Spring corn dull. Flour unchanged. Red wheat, per load of 3 imperial bushels...l9s )d to 20s Od White fl t ...21s Od to 23s Od New red , , ...168 Od to 17s Od New white „ f f ...19s Od to 20s Od Beans fl 1 f ... 16s Od to 19s 6d Peas, per qr Grinding barley, per qr 2Bs Od to 30s Od Malting ditto, „ 34s Od to 40s Od Oats 9 7 2os Od to 27s Od Flour, is 7d to 2s 2d per stone. NEWCASTLE-TUESDAY. Wheat was quiet at is declineontheWeek. Flour the turn lower, Oats ruled slightly against sellers. For bar ley, beans, and peas prices were about the same as last week. Old white wheat..sBs to 63s I Old red wheat, ..54s to 58s New do. ..52s to sis I New do. ..45s to 500 LIVERPOOL-TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a good attendance of the town and country trade, as no market will be held on Fri day. Wheat met a brisk consumptive demand, and gene rally recovered the decline of Friday last. There was still a very dull business doing in flour, and prices tending downwards. Indian corn in demand, and prime mixed was not easily obtainable at 28s 6d per 480Ib. Barley and peas were unaltered, but Egyptian beans were 6d to is per qr lower. Oats and oatmeal as before. MELTON MOWBRAY —TUESDAY. The following were the currencies :—New white wheat, 48s Od to 538 Od ; new red, 44s Od to 49s per 36 stone ; beans, 40s to 44s for old ; new sorts, 36s to Ms per 38 st. ; barley, 36s to 38s for malting, and 29s to 318 per qr. for grinding; oats, 20s to 31s Od per 24 stone. Foreign Mail Packet List. NAILS DLE. soocralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Apr. 18 via Marseilles ... Apr. 12, Jrazil and Cape Verds, by British pac?iet. Apr. 6 tape of Good hope, Ascension, and St. Helena. Apr. 1, china, Penang, and Singapore, via Souillampton.Apr. 4. via Marseilles Apr. 21. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .... Apr. 4. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Apr. 4 via Marseilles Apr. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Apr. 10 via Marseilles Portugal.... Apr. 6 ~i alta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Apr. 4. via Marseilles Apr. 4 Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo C. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Apr. 1. by U.S. packet. , .. by Canadian packet. Apr. 3. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Apr. 10. Bahamas, via New York Apr. 9. Mexico All p lifornia , a arts of Wndest Bri d t Inies,ish Columbia including . Chili, Peru, 1 Apr. 16. An accident occurred three days back to the car riage in which the Prince de Carignan was being conveyed from the railway station to the Palace at Turin, on his return from Miian. While passing along the Rue St.-Frangois-de-P ul the axietree broke, causing the body of the carriage to sink be tween the wheels. Fortunately the horses were stopped immediately, and the accident had no more serious result than some damage to the vehicle. DEATH OF MR. THOMAS POWELL.—Mr. Thomas Powell, the well• known colliery proprietor of South Wales, died suddenly on the 25th, at his residence, the Gaer, New port, Monmouthshire, in his 83d year. He was the owner of 16 collieries, and had about 6,000 people in his employ. H e was probably the largest coal exporter in the world, and an idea of the immense resources of his works may be formed from the fact that he shipped last year not less than 700,000 tons. He had been connected with the South Vales coal trade for half a century, and his career affords another in stance of what may be effected by talent and industry. A LAWYER'S DODGE. - -A lawyer coming Out of his office in Lincoln's-ien-fields, met a creditor whom he was anxious to avoid. There was no possibility of avoid ing him, but the lawyer did not lose his presence of mind, and immediately resolved what to do, knowing the creditor's weakness. " That's a beautiful mare you are on," said the lawyer. "Do you think so ?" "Yes, indeed ; how does she trot P" The creditor, highly flattered, put her into full trot. The lawyer dodged round the corner into Hol born, and was out of sight in a moment. [AVVERTISEMNT. J—Twofold Extraordinary Cure effected by Holloway's Pills and Ointment.—Mr. J. Webb, boot and shoe maker, Chapel-street, Cahircevin, Ireland, writes under date Jan. 10th, 18E3, that he had been afflicted for 17 years with a most dreadful asthmatic cough and shortness of breath, and latter y was also subject to be numbed sensations in his limbo , attend,d with heavy drowsy feelings which threatened an apoplectic fit. In alarm he consulted the most skilful o' the pr fession within many miles of his residence without avail, and fruitlessly used every Weans recommended by friends till he keard of toe repute of Holloway's remedies, and resolved, with death staring him in the face to give them a trial. They imme diately relieved and ultimately cured him. Births. BENNETT.—On the 3 0 th ult., at The Crescent, Surbiton, the wife of W. H Bennett, Esq., of twin sons. COURTAULD —On the 29th ult , at C roy d on, t h e w i fe of L. Courtauld, Esq., of twin daughters. TEMPEST.—On the 30th ult , at 35, Albemarle. street, Mrs. Charles Tempest, of a son and heir VILLIERS.—On the 30th ult., at Adisham Rectory, the Lady Victoria Villiers, of a son. Marriages. CLAYTON—FENNFR.—O n the 30th ult., at Saint Giles's, Camberwell, John Clayton, Esq., of Great Marylebone. street, to Jemitna, only daughter of Mr. Wm. Fenner, of Great Dover-street, London. DEACON—SELFE —On the 29th inst., at Trinity Chapel, Poplar, Richard Deacon, to Mary, the only daughter of James Selfe, Esq, of Pones-place, East India road. Deaths. ALDIS.—On the 28th ult., at 13, Old Burlington-street, Sir Charles Aldis, M.R.C.S.E., ,:ged 157. BRUMBY.—On the 30th ult., Charles Brumby, Esq., Lieut. h.p. H.M.'s Land Forces, aged 73. DAVIDSON.—On the 31st ult., at Chatham-place, Hack ney, Mrs. H. B. Davidson, aged 91. KILLIcK.—On the 31st ult., at Cheam, Surrey, Mr. Wm. Killick, aged 88, STELL.—On the 28th ult., in London, Wm. S. Steil, Esq., of Manchester, aged 66. WEST.—On the 31st inst., F. T. West, Esq., of 5, Canton. , place, South Lambeth, London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County o f Middlesex. —Wednesday, April 1, 1864