The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-04 00:00:00

DINNER TO MR. THACKERAY AT EDINBURGH. had described as unitin ,, the front of Bacchus with the head of Jove— (laughter)—the Scotch unit ersi- ties did not stand where every true Scotchman ' would desire them to stand. They had starved their schools so much that the pupils were but half-edu cated, and the consequence was that the professors had to expend their strength on drilling raw,nat- f mi serable boys in their elementary lessons, instead of leading them into the inner shrines and the penetralia of science. He Parliament would not separate without hoped doing the some thing to place the Scottish universities on a h. li i igl rt ier o platform than that on which they had hitherto stood. (Applause.) Tee Rev. Dr. HANNA, in giving "English Lite rature," observed that, as a w cl i e th rgy h m is of admiration for the an he e had the greatestj t o ri i b n i i i n te g fellow-towns menta in the present m c k a r y a h y o , liar"d s o f i the e n x qui s e i txepr enjoymente s expression f g w r h l a e i t n c i i t t l u o t d h f e e Mr. f y o taThdeh a had in the perusal of his writings. He would even venture, on the part of his profes sion, to claim Mr. Thackeray as an ally, and to thank him for the great service which he had ren dered in the exilic which was common to them all —of spreading among their countrymen all kind, and gentle, and high, and pure, and Christian sen timents and principles. He coupled with the toast the name of Mr. Stirling, who replied. Mr. THACKERAY, in proposing "The Fi. s AT'S and the Royal Scottish Academy," said—lt is now my duty to ask you to drink a toast, which I am sure you will drink without any pressing, and lam glad, in doing so, to speak my thanks to ten artists who have held out their hands to mo this evening. I assure you that I have been a constant visitor at the building with the Doric pillars not far off, for I have spent no less than ls. 6d. for various cata logues—(laughter)—and I have come away with the strong idea that the battle of the lion and the uni corn is not altogether decided—(a laugh)—and that I do not know what colours ought to have prece dence on the pallet, and whether it should be those of England or of Scotland. I am perfectly certain of this, however, that the President of our Academy could not paint, and would own himself that be could not paint, so good a portrait as the President of yours. lam perfectly certain that there is a certain Francis Grant in London who could paint a picture as well as any Scotchman out of London, or any man in almost any ottier country. I know that one of our chief painters —one of our naturalistic school— comes to draw his inspiration from Scotland, and that he finds his most noble rocks, his most beauti ful lakes, his most splendid d eer , an d hi s mos t won derful heather here. I know that a week ago I shook hands with a young painter, a leader of the Young England school in Perth, and that he last year found his autumn leaves, and his Leauti ful grass, and his glorious sunset, worthy of Giorgione hinr olf, by the banks of the Tay. Iknow the young Queen of the French natural istic school came into our country, and has fallen in love with it, and • has taken away from it a little ark a' her own, carrying with her many of your auimils. (Cheers) I cannot say what particular power it may be in your coun try which creates this immense attachment, but I begin, I assure you, to feel it myself. (Cheers.) What vitality is it in the air which causes all you Scotchmen to have such an intense nationality ? Not that your artists cannot go to other places than to Scotland. Yesterday, in the course of one of those visits of which I spoke to the Royal Aca demy's Exhibition, I was taken by Lauder into the sacred garden of Olivet. I wandered also with Harvey back into old times; and saw dear old John Bunyau standing at the gate of Bedford Gaol. I passed a little door, and there I wa s awa y f rom John Bunyan, b u t Harvey was carrying me on still, and I stood on the deck of Columbus's caravel, and we looked out and saw land across the Atlantic. Then I went with Noel Paton, who led m e on t o the moonlit regions of f a i r yl an d, and looked at the beautiful crowds of creatures that danced, and frisked, and gambolled around Oberon and the beautiful Titania, Then he brought me away from that fairy place into a place still more pleasant— from fairy land into love land—and I beheld a young couple sitting in uncommonly close conversation under the gleams of Hesperus, that bright star, who I am sure would wiuk at what that couple were going to do next. (Laughter.) And I thought to myself how delightful, and how calm, and how pleasant, and how superior is your calling and your business—the mistress you worship --to the noise, and the turmoil, and the struggle and the excite , meni which have been going on all over Scotland— ' except in your studies and galleries—to that im mense noise and bustle of elections, which, I am sure, Mr. Cowan is very glad is over. (Laughter.) Your mistress is always young. It does not matter to you what dark conspirators are attempting to oust Mr. Cowan from his seat. (Laughter.) I have heard of several. Your city is standing there, calm andgreat, and bright, audbeautiful ; theoTeat castle looks down the great street that leadstollolyrood; and Arthur's seat is enveloped in mist, or is covered with cloud, or is golden with sunshine. What mat ters who is elected at Leith, andwhether Mr. Miller or whether the Lord Advocate triumphs there ? The waves, as before, come rollinc, into the Firth from the sea. What ma t ters i t at° Aberdeen whe ther Colonel Sykes or Mr. Leith is elected ? The great, calm, old grey city of Aberdeen, and its Uni versity, with its crowned towers, still sits calmly on the sands, and looks towards the ocean ; the Don rushes by Seaton Woods, and under the slim arch of the old bridge away towards the sea. As I was musing upon the vast superiority of your calling over other callings, I was met by a couple of friends of mine—politicians, in this city—and I heard these gentlemen engaged in the deepest consultations about the last return from the Lochfin burghs, or about John o'Groat's House, or about who was to be the member for the Orkneys. (Laughter.) And passing away from their conversation, I thought I would go into your Gallery, and there, to my sur prise, I found that the painters had been working, and had been candidates for public applaue too. The landscape painters had been at their work, and as I looked round, I saw that Ferragon in Perth shire wore Harvey's colours in spite of the Act— (laughter)—that Lochaline Castle, and lnverlochy Castle, and Irvine Mill were a d mira b ly represented by M‘bulloith ; that Arran from the large Cumbrae had been most triumphantly canvassed by Milne Donald, and that though Edward Ellice may tor t tinly sit for St. Andrew's in the next Parliament, D. 0. Hill has achieved a much greater triumph, and made St. Andrew's sit for him. (Cheers.) g, oth,, J. Russell etrhe Drama,"toastswisseerle; r : —beyp i‘ edr . R "lTihie. ~ Ch airman , " by M r . R. h C s h a l: T r e b ses by StiTr whichlhie Mr.n Profeisor G. Wil son, for which ' Mr. Watson, of the' Courant, briefly return e d th anks ; and " the Crou p i e Ther, ' ' by companyM r. Cowan, sepa r a l‘ t i eCl P s . hortly after 11 o'clock. Mr. Thackeray was entertained to dinner on Thursday evening in the new Royal Hotel, Edin burgh. The company comprised many of the most distinguished names connected with literature, science, and the fine arts in Scotland. Lord Neaves occupied the chair, the croupier being M r . W. Stir ling, of Keir, M.P. After the usual preliminary toasts, The CHAIRMAN proposed " the health of Mr. Thackeray," their distinguished and honoured guest. His Lordship paid an eloquent and graceful tribute to the merits of Mr. Thackeray, and entered into a lengthened review of his works and style, and pronounced a high eulogium upon their ten dency to promote truth and cultivate virtue. He defended the distinguished author's recent lectures from the charge of 'disloyalty, contending that in dealing with sucha subject the voice of truth should not be stifled by that of flattery, and concluded by remarking on the philosophical treatment and bene volent spirit that characterised all his writings. Mr. THACKERAY 7 in reply, said—My Lord Neaves and gentlemen, I have to thank you as best I may for the immense kindness and hospitality with which you have been pleased to receive me, and for the extraordinary and generous welcome which I have had here, and which I have met with during the whole time that I have been roaming through Scotland. Wherever I have been, from Dumfries to Inverness, I can assure you that I have met with a welcome as kindly almost and as great as yourown ; at whatever town I have landed I have found the kindest hand stretched out to shake mine, the warmest friends ready to make me welcome, and the most extraordinary sympathy, and goodness, and friendship, and affection—if I may be allowed to say so—shown towards me. (Cheers.) If this kind of reception is to continue — if such hospitality is to go on—if I am to be feasted every day in this way, or in a way almost equally good—allow me to say that, with these dinners, and with this kindness, and with this hospitality, you are taking my bread out of my mouth. (Laughter and cheers.) It is quite an error to suppose that I am a man possessing any benevolent feelings or any generous sympathies with my fellow creatures. My business is to find out snobbishness, and meatiness, and vulgarity - , and base motives in all the people among whom I go. (Laughter.) I read in scores and scores of vauable critical works that such is my only task, that such is the dreary occupation of my existence. It is said that if I try to speak of a good man, I render him absurd, and mean, and vulgar ; and of a good woman, that she, too, is foolish, and vapid, and insignificant—that it is only with agreeable vice that somehow or other my busi ness in life lies ; and, in fine, that to picture wickedness, and selfishness, and meanness, is my ta-ik. I know that this must be true, because I read it a very short time ago in a LiverpOol news paper—(laughter)—and not only in a Liverpool newspaper, but in a Liverpool newspaper which w; s quoting a Scotch newspaper. (Renewed laughter.) This Scotch newspaper enounced these facts which I have been mentioning to you, to ally contrary to the theory of Lord Neaves. " Catch this fellow," says the Scotch newspaper, "say anything kind about anybody ; and the Liverpool newspaper which prieged my lecture backel up the opinion of the Scotch critic. " Catch him praising anybody or saying anything good of anybody." He loves nothing that is lovable ; he praises nothing that is praisable. And yet I thought that in those lecture, which some of you were pleased to come and hear, I had certainly not praised some monarchs who had lived hundreds of years back, but I had praised Burke, and Rey nolds, and Goldsmith, and Johnson, and the lite rary men, the men of art and the men of science, the good men of the time, whom I value more than the Star and Garter wearers of those old days. I had thought that in those lectures I had spoken in terms not of disrespect or unkindness, and in feel ings and is language not un-English, of her Majesty the Queen ; and, wherever I have had to mention her name, whether it was upon the banks of the Clyde or upon those of the IVlississippi—whether it was in New England or in Old England—whether it was in some great hall in London to the artisans of the suburbs of the metropolis, or to the politer audiences of the West-end, or to the people in the mightier West by the banks of the Ohio, and away on the American continent—wherever I had to mention her name, it was received with shouts of applause and with the most heartfelt cheers. And why was this? It was not on account of the speaker ; it was on account of the truth ; it was because the English or the Americans—the people of New Or leans a year ago, or the people of Aberdeen a week ago—all received and acknowledged with due alle giance the great claim to honour which that lady has who so worthily holds that great and awful situation which our Queen occupies. It is my loyalty that is called in question, and it is my loyaly that I am trying to plead to you. Suppose, for example, that in America—in Philadelphia or in New York—that I had spoken about George IV. in terms of praise and affected reverence, do you believe they would have hailed his name with cheers, or have heard it with anything like respect ? They would have laughed in my face if I had so spoken of him. They know what I know and you know, and what numbers of squeamish loyalists who affect to cry out against my lectures know, that that man's life was not a good life—that that king was not such a king as we ought to love, or regard, or honour. (Cheers.) Awl I believe, for my part, that in speaking the truth, as we hold it, of a bad Sovereign, we are paying no disrespect at all to a good one. (Cheers.) Far from it. On the contrary we degrade our own honour and the Sove reign's by unduly and unjustly praising him ; and the mere slaverer or flatterer is one who comes for ward, as it were, with flash-notes, and pays with false coin his tribute to Oman-. (Cheers.) I don't disguise that I feel somehow on my trial here for loyalty, for honest English feeling. (" No, no !" and cheers.) I do not hold any dangerous revolu tionary opinions. I am sure there is many a Con servative here who might follow my opinions, or at any rate who might hear them out, and not be very much alarmed at them when I had got to the end. As far as I know of my political opinions I belong to the class that I see around me here, the class of lawyers, and merchants, and scholars, and men who are striving on in the world, of men of the educated middle classes of the c iuutry. And, belonging to them, my sympathies and my desires are with them. If it happened that we were all here an assembly of noblemen and earls, we should no doubt form a Viscounts' Government, and think it the best of all Governments possible. If a difficulty arose in China, for instance, we should look for my Lord Duke A. to go and settle the difficulty, or we should ask Earl B. to go if my Lord Duke A. were not in clined. If a Minister were wanted at Washington we should send my Lord A. to fill the place ; or if a Minister were wanted elsewhere there would be some other lord who would be quite ready to accept the office. If we had a war wa should select a noble lord from the Horse Guards to fill the place of Coin mander-in-Chief, we should select a couple of noble earls to command the cavalry—(laughter and cheers) --and we should find out a number of gentlemen of the best families to go on the seal of these noble lords. (Cheers and laughter.) If I, for example, were theneble lord who occupied a high position at home, and especially if I should possibly have a rela tive in a l'ar distant land where the war was going on, I should most undoubtedly and most justifiably write out to those in authority at head-quarters to --- BOROUGH OF SLIGO-RETIREMENT OF 21R. BALL. MEMBERS RETURNED TO THE NEW PARLIAMENT. (Franz the London Gazette of last evening.) CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 31. Members returned to serve in the Parliament summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th April. County of Haddington—The Hon. Francis Wemyss Charteris. Haddington District of Burghs—Sir Henry Robert Fergusson Davie, Bart., of Creedy. City of Limerick—Francis William Russell, of West bourne-street, Hyde park, London, Esq. ; James O'Brien, of Stephen's-green, Dublin, Esq., one of her Majesty's Serjaants-at-Law. County of Bute—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. County of Linlithgow—George Dundee, jun., of Dundas, Esq. Borough of Southwark—Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, of Murchiston Hall, Hampshire, Knt. ; John Locke, of Cheeter-street, Belgrave-square, Middlesex, Master of Arts, Barrister-at-Law. APRIL 1. Borough of Gateshead—William Hutt, of Dur ham, Esq. Borough of Bolton—William Gray, of Wheatfield, Bolton, Esq. ; Joseph Crook, of Chamber Hall, Bol ton, Esq. Montrose District of Burghs—William Edward Bax ter, merchant, Dundee. Borough of Oldham—John Morgan Cobbett, of Sumner-terrace, Brompton, Middlesex, Esq. ; James Platt, of Hartfort House, Oldham, Lancashire, Esq. Borough of Bury —Robert Needham Philips, of the Park, Prestwich-cum-Oldham, Lancashire, Esq. Borough of Wareham—John Hales Calcraft, of Rem's ston Hall, Dorsetshire, Eeq. County of Banff—The Right Hon. James Earl of Fife. Borough of Preston—Charles Pascoe Grenfell, of Bel grave-square, Middlesex, Esq. ; Richard Assheton Cross, of Harcourt-buildings, Middlesex, Esq. City of Manchester—Sir John Potter, Kat. ; James Aspinall Turner, Esq. City of Oxford—James Haughton Langston, Esq. ; Charles Neate, Esq. County of Pembroke—John Frederick Campbell, commonly called Viscount Emlyn. Borough of Harwich—John Bagshaw, Esq., of Cliff House, Dovercourt, Essex ; George Drought Warburton, Esq., of Henley House, Frent, Sussex. Borough of Cambridge—Kenneth Macaulay, Esq. ; Andrew Steuart, Esq. County of Edinburgh—William Henry Walter Mon tagu ; Douglas Scott, commonly called Earl of Dalkeith. City of Edinburgh—Charles Cowan, Esq., Paper Manufacturer, Edinburgh ; Adam Black, Esq., Book seller, Edinburgh. County of Cardigan—The Right Honourable Ernest Augustus Earl of Liebniae. Borough of South Shields.—Robert Ingham, of Westoe, Durham, Esq. Borough of Tavistock.—The Honourable George Henry Charles Byng ; Sir John Salusbury Trelawny, Bart. County of Invernesl.—Henry James Baillie, Esq., of Letterfinlay. Dumfries District of Burghs.—William Eivart, Esq., of Cambridge-squere, London. Borough of Sunderland.—Henry Fenwick, of South Hill, Durham, Esq ; George Hudson, of Whitby, York shire, Esq. County of Forfar.—Adam Duncan Heldane, com monly called Viscount Duncan. Town of Dundee.—Sir John Ogilvy, of Inverqubarity, Bait. City of Durham—William Atherton, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq. ; John Robert Mowbray, of Cambridge- , quare, Hyde-park, Middlesex, Esq. County of Hertford—Sir Henry Meux, Bart. ; Sir Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, Bart.; Christopher William Puller, Eeq. Borough of Hertford—The Right Hon. William Fran cis Cowper ; Sir Walter Minto Townsend Frrquhar, Bart, County of Salop, Northern Division—John Whitehall Dod, of Cloverley, Shropshire, Esq. ; the Hon. Row land Clegg Hill, of Hawkestone, Shropshire, Esq. Southern Division—The Right Hon. Charles Bridg man, commonly called Viscount Newport ; The Hon. Robert Windsor Clive. County of ,Gloucester, Eastern Division—Sir Chris topher William Codrington, Bart. ; Robert Stayner Holford, Western Division—Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kings cote, Esq. ; John Rolt, Esq. Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme—Samuel Christy, of Park-street, Westminster, Esq. ; William Jackson, of the Manor House, Claughton ' Esq. Borough of Ludlow—Colonel the Honourable Percy Egertea Herbert, of Po wis Castle, Montgomeryshire ; Beriah Botfield, of Norton Hall, Northamptonshire, and Dcker Hill and Hopton Court, Shropshire, Esq. Borough of Bodmin—The Honourable John Crunch Walker Vivian, of Glyn, Cornwall ; James Wyld, of Manor House, Regent's-park, London, Esq. County of Westmorland—The Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther ; the Hon. Thomas Taybur, commonly called Earl of Bective. Borough of Denbigh—Townahend Mainwaring, of Galltfaen, Denbighshire, Esq. City of Lincoln—Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sib thorp, of Canwick, Lincolnshire, Esq. ; George Fieschi Heneage, of Hainton, Lincolnshire, Esq. Borough of Bedford—Samuel Whitbread, Esq. ; Tho mas Barnard, Esq. Combined counties of Clackmannan and Kinross— William Hugh Elliot, commomly called Viscount IVlela,und. County of Dumfries—John James Hope Johnstone, Esq., of Annandale. County of Selkirk—Allan Eliott Lockhart, Esq., of Borth wick brae. County of Peebles—Sir Graham Graham Mont gomery, of Stanhope, Bert. County of Renfrew—Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, of Greenock and Blackhall, Bart. Town of Paisley—Arohibald Hastie, Esq., Merchant in London. Town esf Greenock—Alexander n Murray.Dunlop, Esq., of Corsock. Borough of New Shoreham—Sir Charles Merick Bur rell, Bart. ; the Hon. Alexander Francis Charles Gordon Lennox, commonly celled Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox. County of Suffolk, Eastern Division—The Right Hon. John Henniker Major, Lord Henniker ; Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Knt., of the Chauntry, Ipswich. Western Division—Harry Spencer Waddington, of Cavenham, Suffolk, Esq. ; Philip Bennet, of Rougharo, Suffolk, Esq. Borough of Rochdale—Sir Alexander Ramsay, of Balmain, Kincardineshire, Bart. County of Lancaster, Northern Division—John Wil son Patten, E-q. ; the Hon. Spencer Compton Caven dish, commonly called Lord Cavendish. Southern Division—William Brown, Esq. ; John Cheetham, County of Fife.—John Fergus, of Strathore, Fife shire, Esq. Kirkcaldy District of Burghs.—Robert Ferguson, of Raith, Esq. t ict . tnehyolfiiefetoahl Andrew's oowu Yorkshire, rLondon,koLD; Lea ci :Ds District hjr i iiio s crci t het r . oc Castle,f t n GE B o :‘ uvci f u rr. Burghs. Worcest e rshire, S.s—otmseßurghs.—James suit hh — mai reel:t:Proctor IEO iEdwarditqreor.aryt Merry, EHo l sw i j vi7W un L S ace q., Merchant in Glasgow. County of Worcester, Western Division.—The Hon. Henry Lygon, commonly called Viscount Eimley, of Madresfield Court, Worcestershire; Frederick Wynn Knight, of Wolverley Court, Worcestershire, Esq. Eastern Division. George Rushont, of Burford House, Tenbury, Worcestershire,_Esq. ; John Hodgetta H. Foley, of Prestwood House, Staffordshire, Esq. Borough of Northampton.—The Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith, of Farming Woods, Northamptonshire • Charles Gilpin, of Moorgate-street, London, Esq. County of Carnarvon.—Hon. E. G. D. Pennant. Borough of Brighton—Rear-Admiral Sir Brooke Pechell, of Castle Goring, Sussex; William Conyngham, of Brighton, Sussex, Esq. County of Nottingham, Northern Division—Robert Renebald Pelham Clinton, commonly called Lord Robt. Clinton ; John Evelyn Denison, Esq. Southern Divi sions —William Hodgson Barrow, Esq. ; Sydney Wm. Herbert Pierrepont, commonly called Viscount Newark. County t of District Stirling—Peter o f B A u P r n g l h r s — 3 B . l S a i u r k W m Dunbar, Blackburn, u i r l William of gille a of r go n Mocbrum, B ar t. n: ( From the .Dublin Evening Post ) We sincerely regret to learn, from an address which appears in our advertising columns, that Mr. Ball has retired from the contest for the borough of Sligo, for reasons which, though very honourable to that gentleman, reflect no credit upon a portion of the electoral body. It is plainly intimated in Mr. Ball's address that ho foregoes his expectation of being returned for Sligo, because he will not consent to secure it by corrupt practices. Though the electors of Ireland, as a body, are singularly free from all taint of corruption—much more than in any portion of the United Kingdom —public rumour has pointed out two or three boroughs as forming shameful exceptions. But it is plain that such a stain on the public virtue of the country could not long continue, if there were not men who, from ambition or interest, or weak vanity, were willing to seek Parliamentary honours by indirect and illegal courses. If there were no buyers there could be no sale ; and electoral corruption must speedily cease, if all candidates would imitate the honourable example set to them by Mr. Ball. take care of my relative. (Great laughter.) Against that system I could scarcely protest, because it is perfectly natural. I think it is quite fair that a noble lord should send out and say, "For Heaven's sake take care of Dowb"—(renewed laughter)—but for us on our s i de I think that we are bound also to look after Tull and Mac our family • they are of Mac, Tull Iheull and Mac belong to working, sturdy, middle classes. (Cheers.) Toey are men in whom lie, as I believe, the safety, the hope, and - th main intelligence of our country. It is e part that I party that I would like to say that I bele will carry no dislgoYalty with it,and and I hope that my confession will meet with no very sincere di ( s A ap p p i r a o u val from' the Of h the strongest Conservative present. kindness with which you, my Lord ) . Nea e v . e ) s . been pleased personally to speak of me, and have esteem in which you hold my work, it does no t be come me to speak ; b u t I assure you that I am most grateful and thankful to think if I can have in the course of my life's labours merited such an enco mium as I have had from you—(cheers) —and if, after tle night is over, you, gentlemen, are pleased to confirm the sentence which m y kind judge, here seated, has passed upon me, it will always be a source of great gratification to me to think that he has made a righteous award, and it will be a source of immense pleasure to my children to remember how very kindly, how very hospitably, and how very generously you have treated me. (Continued cheers). Mr. STIRLING, M.P.,'in proposing " the Scotch Universities," remarked that they could not boast the great endowments, or the great patronage, or the political consideration which their sister uni versities in England and Ireland possessed ; they had had the Privilege sometimes of educating men like the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Palmerston, or Lord John Russell, but they never had the chance of sending them to Parliament. (Hear, hear.) Professor BLACKIE returned thanks, wishing rather that this duty had fallen on him some 30 or 40 years ago, as he could then have spoken of the Scotch as the best educated people in the world, language which could now scarcely be ventured upon even in a Wigtown or a Caithness presbytery. With the single exception of the Medical Faculty, represented here by the breadth and majesty of the whom a re cen t poe t learned professor (Simpson), Though it is always easy for a candidate to re 1111°--''h g norance of details, we do not main in convenient ct when corruption is being ever left so completely in the b d e a l r i k ev as e t n h o a t t thoesisuspe practi ce d on hi s b e half; or that a man, who r ea ll y foulness, wishes to a vo id con tact with .... lness , can have his hands m uc h so i led aga i ns t his will But on Thi s point most men's _ i consciences increases our are elasti c , an d our knowledge ofthisfa t tempta- mean esteem for a man who with the strong est tions to se cure a seat ' by any sti his power, sternly r e f uses to compromise his principles, and has the boldness publicly to indicate the cause of his exclusion from a position he is well qualified to fill. but It to is a lesson not merely t o t h e electors of Sligo, other beranths siinnarjy which we trust will not be forgotten by them, or by the country at large, to which Mr. Ball has circumstanced, done good service by hi spirited conduct on this occasion. We sincerely trust that Ireland will not long lose the services of a man who can point within a short career to so mu c h goo d work done, both as a member of the House of Commons, atid as the holder of an important position in the public service I •••••=1.11•••=•...........,...........1in Mr. Matthew Forster remained in Berwick some da ye after the election to take leave of his intimate friends a ,1.1 supporters. He left on Tuesday evening for Ihrha; where he intends staying a short time with his broth, er, Percival Forster, Esq., and will, we learn, issue ala re well address to the Liberal party in Berwick on. lids arrival in London.—Benack Advertiser. District of Burghs of Inverness—Alex. Matheson, of Ardross, Ross-shire, Esq. District of Burghs of Elgin—George Skene Duff, Esq.; of Milton. County of Carmarthen David Arthur Saunders Daviei, of Pentre, Pembrokeshire, Esq. ; David Jones, of Pantglas, Esq. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIERT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, Powaartra TEMIsCePES, OPERA, Run, AND PEESPEcTITs GLAM ILE.—Diossrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Alba . merle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite.the York Hotel By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes ' .Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses. These teles co p e p os s e s s such extraor dinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show di s ti nc tly J up it er ' s moons, Saturn's ring, and eye-piece, double stars. With the same teles cope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all Wass, with increasing powers aeenrdingly.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invonted,vory small, powerful wa:isteuat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person c' a n be seen and known 1i miles distant ; they answer every Ply.epoee on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for simoting, deer -stalking, yachting, to sportsnion, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-coarse, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful powef.. Newly-construrted Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived fro' ea this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is an e d mp s lo tr y en t t il e . ne s d ia , ht an a l very most t d m p i e n ia s ons oco a r re . 7p pa ina t e i seb o i n rve — ded e t all see with these lenses of a 121 11 01 less Magnify. ing power—and they do not rtqUire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects Of further powerful assistance. Deafness. Now Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any. gof the kind that has been, 'or probably ever can be, Pr°thl eed- Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per aessepitistablnec;e it th e a na t b p le o s es d i eaf persons to hear distinctly at church street, Picea dill y, an !' at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing monies the ears is mit' l removed ; and it affords all the bly ire co y uld be desired.-39, Albemarle. Y. Observe— opposite the York Hotel. filE SUN, _LONDON, SATURD IT EVENING, APRIL, 4, 185-7 MEMBERS RETURNED FOR THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The country having been appealed to by Lord Palmer. ston to decide between him and the late House of Com mons upon tke question of the Chinese hostilities, we have distinguished the members returned as Ministerial and Opposition according to their declared opinions upon that subject. The names of the late members for Eng lish counties and Scotch and Irish constituencies who have lost their seats, or have not presented themselves for reelection are given in Italics. Having already pub lished the returns for the English and Welsh boroughs, it is unnecessary at present to repeat them : ENGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. Ministerial. Opposition. ANGLESEY. Sir R. Bulkeley .11 11116 0 BEDFORDSHIRE. Mr. F. H. Russell 11 , 11 1 11 ,. 0 Col. Gilpin ... 0 ... 1 BERKSHIRE. Mr. R. Palmer ... 0 11,11 1 Ho.. E. P. Bouverie 1111. 1111. 1 0 Mr. G. H. Vansittart „.. ...... 0 1 Lo.-cl Barrington (0.) BRECONSHIRE. Sir J. Bailey ... ... 0 1 BUCKS. Right Hon. B. Disraeli 0 1 Mr. Caledon George du Prb ... 0 1 Hon. C. C. Cavendish ... 1 ~. CAMBRIGESHIRE. Hon. E. T. Yorke ... 0 1 Mr. E. Ball 0 1 •.• Mr. Adeane ... 1 ... f Lord G. Manners (0.) CARDIGANSHIRE. Lord Lisburne ... 0 1 CARMARTHENSHIRE. Mr. D. Jones 1 0 Mr. D. S. Jones ... 1111 . 0 1 CARNARVONSHIRE. Hon. E. D. G. Pennant 0 ... 1 CHESHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Tollemache 1111. 1111 . 1 11 11, 0 Sir P. Egerton 0 ... 1 CORNWALL, WEST. Mr. M. Williams ... 1111. I 11 , 11 0 Mr. Davey ... 1 ... 0 CUMBERLAND, EAST. Hon. C. W. G. Howard ... 1 0 Mr. C. Marshall 1111. 1111. 1 ... 0 CUMBERLAND, WEST. General Wyndham ... 0 ... 1 Captain Lowther ... 0 11 11. 1 Mr. Irton. DENBIGHSHIRE. Colonel Biddalph 11 , 11 11 , 11 1 ..., 0 Sir W. W. Wynn 0 1 DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr, Evans 1 ••• Mr. Colville ... 1 11 , 11 0 Mr. Mundy (0.) DEVONSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Y. Buller 11 , 11 11 11. 0 11 , 11 1 Mr. Palk 0 ... 1 DORSETSHIRE. Mr. Portman 1 ... • Mr. Ker Seymer 11 , 11 1111. 0 1 ••• Mr. Stud 1111. 1111. 0 ... 1 DURHAM, NORTH. Lord A. V. Tempest 1 ... 0 Mr. R. D. Shafto 1111. 1 0 DURHAM, SOUTH. Mr. Pease ... 0 ... 1 Lord H. Vane ... 0 ... 1 Mr. Farrer. ESSEX, NORTH. Hon. W. Beresford 1111. 1111. 0 ... 1 Mr. Du Cane 1111 . 11 11. 0 ... 1 Sir John Tyrrell (M.) ESSEX, SOUTH. Mr. Bramston 1111. 1111. ... 1 ... 0 Mr. Wingfield ... 1 ... 0 Sir ll'. B. Smijth (M.) GLAMORGANSHIRE. Mr. C. H. Talbot) 1 ... 0 Mr. H. Viviai 1 ... 0 Sir G. Tyler (0.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Holford ... 0 a. 1 Sir C. W. Codrington 1111 . 1111 . 0 ... 1 GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Rolt 1111 . 1111 . 0 1111 . 1 Colonel Kingscote ... 1 0 Mr. R. B. Hall (0.) HANTS, NORTH. Mr. Beach ... ... 1 1111 . 0 Mr. Sclater 1111. 1111. 1 1111 . 0 Mr. Porta (0.) Viscount Eversley (M.) HEREFORDSHIRE. Sir H. G. Cotterell 1111. ... 1 ..: 0 Mr. Blakemoro... 0 ... 1 Mr. K. King ... 0 1111. 1 Hon. C. Hanbury (0.) HERTFO RDSHIRE. 0 ... 1 Sir H. Meux YORKSHIRE, WEST' Lord Goderieh... Mr. B. Denison .M 2.. Cobden. (0.) Ministerial. Opposition DOG 0 1 ... , ... 1 ... 0 SCOTLAND. ABERDEEN. Col. Sykes ... Mr. G. Thompson (0.) AERDEENSHIRE. Lord Haddo AYRSHIRE. Lord J. Stuart Sir J. Ferguson (0.) BANFFSHIRE. Lord Fyffe ... BERWICKSHIRE. Hon. F. Scott ... BUTESHIRE. Mr. J. A. S. Wortley CLACKMANNAN. Viscount Melgund Mr. J. Johnstone (0.) DUMBARTONSHIRE. Mr. Smollett DUMFRIES. Mr. W. Ewart DUMFRIESSHIRE. Mr. H. Johnstone ... 1 ... 0 ... ••• 0 .e. 1 1 ~. 0 ... ... 1 ••• ••• 0 • •• 1 ... 1 ... 0 ~. 1 ..#-. 0 ... ... 0 0.9 1 ... ... 0 ,„ 1 DUNDEE. Sir J. Ogilvy ~. Mr. G. Duncan (5f.) EDINBURGH. Mr. Cowan ... Mr. Black . . EDINBURGH (COUNTY). Earl of Dalkeith ELGIN BURGHS. Mr. Duff ELGINSHIRE. Mr. C. Bruce FALKIRK. Mr. J. Merry Mr. J. Baird (0.) FIFESHIRE. Mr. J. Fergus ... FORFARS HI P.E. Lord Duncan ... GLASGOW. Mr. Buchanan... Mr. Dalgleish . Mr. Alex. Ilaziie (0) ' GREENOCK. Mr. A. Dunlop HADDINGTON. Sir T. H. Davie HADDINGTONSHIRE. Lord Elcho . . INVERNESS BOROUGH. Mr. A. Matheson INVERNESS (COUNTY). Mr. Baillie KILMARNOCK. Hon. E. Bouverie KINCARDINESHIRE. Gen. Arbuthnot KIRKALDY. Lieut.-Col. Ferguson KIRKCUDBRIGHT. Mr. Mackie, jun. Mr. Mackie, sea. (C) LEITH. ~. 0 ... 1 • •• 1 e t , • • •• • •• 1 ... 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 .., 0 ... 1 ~* ... ... ... 1 ... 0 goo 1 GOO 0 SIPS 1 019 ... 1 so. 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 ••• ~. 1 ... 0 ••• ... 1 ..., 0 ... GOO 1 ..• 0 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... to.. 0 ... 1 ••• 1 ~. • ... els 0 ... 1 414141 1 0410 0 ... 1 ... 0 1 .. 0 ••• Ott Mr. J. Moncrieff UNLIT li GOWSHIRE. Mr. G. Dundas MONTROSE. Mr. Baxter .., PAISLEY. Mr. Archd. Hastie PEEBLESSHIRE. Sir G. Montgomery ; PERTH. Se* ••• 0 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 0 ••• 1 goes 0 ... 0 ... 1 Hon. A. Kinnaird RENF REWSHIRE. Sir M. S. Stewart ROSS AND CROMARTY. Sir J. Mattheson ROXBURGHSHIRE. Hon. J. E. Elliot SELKIRKSHIRE. Mr. A. E. Lockhart ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS. Mr. Ellice, jun. STIRLING. Sir J. Anderson STIRLINGSHIRE. Mr. Blackburn... WIGTON BURGHS. Sir W. Dunbar Sir I. .31' Taggart (M.) *ell 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... ... 1 ... 0 ~• ••• I 0 ••• ... 0 ... 1 ••• ... 1 *4.0 0 roe ... 1 ... 0 00. ... 0 . f. 1 : 1 0 .„See BERWICK. Mr. Stapleton ... ... ... I ... 0 Mr. D. C. Marjoribanlus ... 1 ... 0 Mr. .r. Forster (M.) IRELAND. ARMAGH. Mr. S. Miller 1 0 Mr. J. W. Bond (0.) ATHLONE. Mr. Ennis 1 ... 0 Hon. Capt. Handcock (0.) BANDON. Capt. Bernard ... ... ... 0 ... 1 BELFAST; Mr. Cairns ... ... ... 0 ... 1 Mr: Davison 0 1 CARLOW. Mr. J. Alexander 0 1 CA.RRICKFERG US. Mr. Dobbs ... 1 Major Cotton (0.) CASHEL; Sir T. O'Brien'... ... 1 0 CLONMEL. Mr. Bagwell ... 1 0 COLERAINE. Mr. Boyd ... 1 0 Lord Naas (0.) CORK (CITY). Mr. Fagan ... 1 ... 0 Mr. Beamish 1 0 DOWNPATRICK, Mr. R. Ker 1 0 DROGHEDA, Mr. M 'Cann 0 1 DUBLIN (CITY). Mr. Grogan ... 1 ... 0 Mr. Vance 1 DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. Napier ... 0 ... 1 Mr. G. A. Hamilton 0 ... 1 DUNDALK. Mr, Bowyer ... 1 ... 0 DUNGANNON. Hon. W. S. Knox ... 0 1 DUNGARVON. Mr. Maguire 0 ... 1 ENNIS. Mr. Fitzgerald 1 '••• 0 ENNISKILLEN. Mr. Whiteside ... 0 ... 1 GALWAY. Lord Dunkellin 1 0 ••• Mr. O'Flaherty... ... 1 ... 0 Mr. Blake. KILKENNY BOROUGH. Mr. Sullivan 1 0 KINSALE. Mr. J. I. Heard ... 0 1 LIMERICK (CITY). Mr. F. W. Russell ... 1 0 S , rqeant O'Brien 1 0 LIMERICK, COUNTY. Mr. Monsell ... 1 ... 0 Mr. De Vera ... 1 ... 0 LISBURN. Mr. Richardson •.. 1 0 LONDONDERRY (CITY). Sir R. Ferguson ... 1 ... 0 MALLOW. Sir D. Norreys 1 0 ..• NEW ROSS. Mr. Tottenham 0 1 NF.WRY. Mr. Kirk ... 1 ... 0 PORTARLINGTON. Mr. Darner 1 ... 0 Col. Dunne (0.) SLIGO, COUNTY. Mr. J. P. Somers 1 ... 0 lir. J. Wynne. TRALEE. Captain D. 0'C0nne11...... 1 0 WATERFORD, CITY. ii ßlit as k sa e rd 00 Sir E. B. Lytton ... 0 ... 1 Mr. C. Fuller Mr. Abel Smith, jun. (b.) HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Mr. J. M. Heathcote 1 0 Mr. Rust 0 1 .•• Mr. Fellows (0.) KENT EAST. Sir R. Bridges 0 1 Sir E. Dering ... 0 ... 1 Mr. Deedes (0.) LANCASHIRE, NORTH. Col. J. Patten 0 ... 1 Lord Cavendish ... 1 ... 0 Mr. J. Heywood ) LANCASHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. W. Brown ... 1 ... 0 Mr. Cheetham . . 1 ... 0 LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTH. Lord J. Manners ... 0 1 ••• Mr. Farnham 0 ... 1 LEICESTERSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Curzon ... 0 ... 1 Mr. Packs ... 1 Sir H. Halford . (o.) LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. B. Stanhope ... 0 1 Mr, Cholmel3y Right Hon. R. A. Hamilton (0.) MERIONETHSHIRE. Mr. W. W. E. Wynne... ... 0 1 MONMOUTHSHIRE. Mr. C. 0. S. Morgan ... 1 ... 0 Lieut.-Col. E. A. Somerset ••• 1 ... 0 MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Lieut.-Col. H. W. W, Wynn 0 ... 1 NORFOLK, WEST. Mr. H. Bentinck ... 1 0 Mr. B. Gurdon... 1 ... 0 Mr. Bagge (0.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTH. Lord Burghley 0 ... 1 Mr. A. Stafford 1 Mr .Maunsell (0.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Althorp 1 ... 0 Mr. Kni,ghtley 0 ... 1 Col. Vyse (0.) NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTH. Lord Lovaine 0 1 Lord Ossulston... 0 ... 1 NORTHUMBERLAND, SOUTH. Mr. W. B. Beaumont... ... 1 0 Hon. 11. G. Liddell „, 0 1 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NORTH. Lord R. Clinton 0 1 Mr. J. E. Denison ... 1 ... 0 Lord if. Bentinck (0.) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Newark ... 0 ... 1 Mr. W. H. Barrow ... 0 ~. 1 OXFORDSHIRE. Right Hon. J. W. Henley 1 G. G, V. Harcourt ... 0 ... 1 Colonel North 1 ... 0 PEMBROKESHIRE. Viscount Emlyu 0 ... 1 RADNORSHIRE. Sir J. B. Walsh ... 0 ... 1 RUTLANDSHIRE, Hon. G. J. Heatheote ... 1 ... • Hon. G. J. Noel ... 1 SHROPSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Dod... ... 0 1 Air. Hill Mr. TV. Gore (0,) SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Newport, 0 ... 1 lion. R W. Clive ... 0 ... 1 SOMERSETSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Miles 0 ... 1 Col, Knatchbull 0 1 9011 .041 SOMERSETSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Moody .„ 1 ... 0 Mr. H. Langton 0 ... 1 STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH. ••• ••• Mr. Adderley 0 ... 1 Mr. Child 0 1 Mr. Meagher (M.) Mr. Keatinge (M.) WESTMEATH, COUNTY. Mr. Magan ... ... ... 1 .» 0 Sir R. Levinge ... ... ... 0 ... 1 WEXFORD (BOROUGH). Mr. J. Devereux ... ... 1 ... 0 YOUGHAL. Mr. I. Butt ... ... ... 1 .M 0 PRODUCT OF TITS AUSTRALIAN MlNlS.—Acoording to the Melbourne Argus, the yield of gold in 1856 was 3,007,280 ounces, second only to that of the celebrated year 1852. IRISH APPOINTMINTEL—Mr. T. O'Hagan, Q.C., ha s just been appointed a Commissioner of Charitable Dona tions and Bequests, in the room of Lord Bellew, who has resigned in consequence of h is inabilit y to attend the meetings of the board. Referring to this appointment the Lvening Post remarks :—" If there be any persons, clerical or lay, who at the end of the 12th year of this board's existence, and without a single charge of par tiality or sectarian feeling having been proved against any one of its members, still retain feelings of diffidence towards it, we cannot doubt that the appointment of Mr. O'Hagan will, in the minds of such persons, con vert these feelings into those of trust and confidence ; for we feel assured that there is not a Catholic in Ireland who would not with unswerving alacrity confide the nearest and dearest interests of his religion to the keeping of Mr. O'Hagan. That the board of charities has not to the fullest extent carried out the objects for which it was originally constituted must be admitted, but if it has failed, the failure has not been attributable IP any disinclination on the part of the com missioners to excoute their trusts fairly and efficiently, but to defects and shortcomings inherent in the act of incorporation, which we hope before long to see entirely remedied." The same journal announces that " Mr. Robert Johnston, of the North-west Circuit, has been appointed assistant-barrister for the county of Longford, in the room of Mr. Thos. O'Hagan, Q.C., who has been promoted to the chairmanship of Kilmainham. Mr. Johnston is one of those right-minded Protestants who never participated in the views of the Orange party of this country, but, on the contrary, was always a true and consistent Liberal, and a Liberal in a part of the country and on a circuit whose liberality is not in fashion. For his appointment Mr. Johnston i s solely indebted to his high character and legal attainments, and we have been assured it was conferred on him without any solicitation on his part." The Free man's Journal mentions that, when a student in Trinity College, Mr. Johnston signed a petition for Catholic re lief, and incurred the censure of the authorities for his boldness. The menaced expulsion, or at least rustica tion, however, subsided into an aduMitory reprimand. STAFFORDSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Foley „, „, 1 ~. 0 Mr. Forster 1 0 Earl of Uxbridge (M.) Hon. E. Littleton SUFFOLK, 11 , EST. Capt. Bennet ~„ 0 1 Mr. Waddington ... 0 ... 1 SUFFOLK, EAST , Lord Henniker • ••• 0 ... 1 Sr F. Kelly , , „ 0 1 SURREY, EAST. Mr. Locke King ... ••• 1 Mr. Alcock , 0 ~. 1 SUSSEX, WEST. Earl of March .„ 0 ... 1 Capt. Wyndham ,„ ,„ 0 1 WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Spooner Mr. Newdegate , ~, 0 ,„ 1 WARWICKSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. E. P. Shirley „. 0 ... 1 Mr. B. King 1 ... ••• ••• Lord Guernsey (0.) WESTMORELAND. Earl of Bectile Col, Lowther „, 0 ... 1 WIGHT ISLE OF, Mr. Clifford ~, 0 Col. P. V. Harcourt (O.) WILTS, NORTH, Mr. Long •40 4... 41. 1 Mr. T. H. S. Esteourt 0 610 1 WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST). Captain Hon. G. Rusbout 0 •••• Mr. J. H. Foley „. ... 0 WORCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Lord Elmley ... 0 ... 1 Mr. Knight „, 1 YORK SHIP.E, EAST. L o rd Hotham 0 1 Hon. Capt. A. Anncombe 0 • From the London gazette of Last Night. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2cl day of April, 1557, present—the Q , lo';ll'S Most Excellent M•tjesty in Council, her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, on a representation of the Eight Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint Arm. Scoltock, Esq.; M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, to be one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Vickery Drysdale, Esq., to be Lieut.-Governor of the Island of . Tobaao 0 . . _ Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Henry Hegart Breen, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Is land of St. Lucia ; John Huggins. Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Nevis ; and John Earle, Esq., to be a Member of the Lcgislative Council of the Province of New Brunswick. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. F. Schott as Consul-General at Gibraltar for the Argentine Con federation. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MARCEL 31. '[ho Lora Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has anpointed William Bodham Donne, Esq., to be Examiner of Stage Plays, in the room of John Mitchell Kemble, Esq. deceased. WHITEHALL, MARGIT 12. The Lord Chlnoenor has appointed George Ade, of No. 48, High-street, Southwark, Gentleman, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 3. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons— Captain Edward Phillips, from half-pay Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Edward Tomkinson, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Edward King has been per mitted to retire irom the Service by the sale of his Coro mission. 11th Light Dragoons—To be Cornets, by purchase— Richard John Somers, Ge❑t., vice Napier, promoted ; George Coke Robinson, Gent,, vice Bingham, promoted. Military Train—Paymaster Frederick Francis Fereday, from the Land Transport Corps, to be Paymaster. 3d Regiment of Foot—Captain William Wainman, from half-pay 3d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel Hugh Smith, promoted to the Substantive Rank of Major, Unattached, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854. 4th Foot—Captain Augustus Joseph Sykes, from half pay 4th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Patrick Robertson, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct. 1854. 12th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant George Gibson to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign John Warren to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Irving, who resigns. 20th Foot--Ensign Frederick Augustus Ramsay has been permitted to resign his commission. 25th Foot—Brevet-Major Ed ward Ramsden Priestley to be Major, without purchase, vice Holt, who retires upon full pay; Lieutenant Horatio Priestley to be Captain, without purchase, vice E. R. Priestley. 27th Foot—Ensign William Magenis Stafford to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Reynell Gresson, who retires ; Ensign Albert Dixon, from the 85th Foot, to be Ensign, vie Stafford. 43d Foot—Captain Henry J. Parkin Booth to be Major, by purchase, vice Primrose, promoted; Lieutenant Henry Trafford Trafford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Booth ; Ensign William Livesay to be Lieut enan t, by purchase, vice Trafford Trafford ; Gerald Henry Baird Young, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Livesay. 45th Foot—Paymaster John David Blythe, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice M. G. Taylor, appointed to a depot battalion. 47th Foot—Lieutenant C. Finnerty to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Brevet-Major 0. A.. Stevenson, de ceased. 55th Foot—Ensign G. L. Whyte has been permitted to resign his Commission. 63d Foot—Ensign R. E. Sproule has been permitted to resign his Commission. 97th Foot—Ensign R. Annesley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Oates, who retires. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. H. A. F. Luttrell has been per mitted to resign his Commission. 3d West India Regiment—J. Wilson, Esq., formerly a Captain in the 93d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Blyth, ap pointed to the 45th Foot. Gold Coast Corps—H. A. Williams, Gent., late Lieu tenant Osmanli Cavalry, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Elgee, deceased. UNATTACHED. Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Smith, 3d Foot, to have the Substantive Rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of btb October, 1851. Brevet-Major Edward Tomkinson, Bth Light Dragoons, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. • Brevet Major Patrick Robertson, 4th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Thomas Rhys, from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class. Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, James Fraser. M.D., from half-pay, to be Staff-surgeon of the Second Class, vice Wellington Poole, placed upon half-pay, Purveyor's Clerk George Dalton to be Purveyor to the Forces. Assistant Staff-Surgeon Archibald William Pultney Pinkerton, M.D., has been permitted to resign his Com mission. BREVET.—Major George Holt, retired full pay, 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the army, the rank being honorary only. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 31. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. BREVET.—With reference to her Majesty's Order in Council of the 13th September, 1851, — Colonel-Commandant Joseph Childs, on retired full pay, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary.only. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 1. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. Colonel Second-Commandant Thomas Peard Dwyer to be Colonel Commandant, vice Childs, retired on full pay. Lieutenant-Colonel John Fraser to be Colonel Second- Commandant, vice Dwyer, promoted. Captain Edward Hooker to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Fraser, promoted. First Lieutenant John Basset Prynne to be Captain, vico Rocker, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. East Kent Regiment of Militia—William Tatham, Esq., Gent., to be Ensign, vice Soden, resigned. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Duckworth, cotton manufacturer, Glen Top Mill near Newchurch, Lancashire. BANKRUPTS. Jesse Catt, licensed victualler, Little Tower-street, to surrender April 17, at two, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basingball-street ; Taylor, Bush-lane, Can non-street. John Jobson, ironfounder, Derby, April 21, and May 12, at half-past ten, at tho Birmingham District Court, Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Helm, Derby. John Robinson and Charles Robinsor, woollen cloth merchants, Leeds, April 17 and May 8 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court. Young, Oficial assignee, Leeds ; Naylor, Leeds. Thomas Marriott, tailor, Nottingham, April 21 and May 12, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Cowley, Nottingham. Joseph Williams, tailor, Vauxhall-bridge-road, Surrey, April 15, at two, and May 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Sorrell, Mark lane, City. Joseph Oswald Robson, carpenter, Castlb-street East, Oxford-street, April 22 and May 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Chidley, Basinghall-street. Edwin Rodgers, grocer, Walsall, April 15 and May 4, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Sheldon, Wednos bury; Knight, Birmingham. Robert Hoff Bryan, clock maker, Lincoln, April 22, and May 27, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon- Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Brown, Lincoln. William Trevethick, timber merchant, Lincoln, April 29 and May 27, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Tweed, Lin coln. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 2ith day of March, 1857. Iss 3E DEPARTMENT. Notes issued Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,209,990 Silver bullion ........ - $23,684,990 £23,684,990 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 2d day of Apia, 1857 - BANKING DE] Proprietors'capital 14,553,000 Rest 3,826,600 Public deposit e (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 9,031,051 Other deposits ...... 10,187,460 Seven Day and other Hi 115........ 696,348 ;PIATMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .......... 11,646,018 Other securities ...... 21.242,752 Notes • • • • • • • • • 4,624,120 Gold and silver coin,. 777,569 V 8,294,459 438,294,459 mARSIIALL, Chief UttsLiier. Dated the 2d day of Ap - ,:1, 1857 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending March 31, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain d. From the British Possessions in America 3B 3 i Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius—. Muscovado, the produce of th e E as t I n di e s 39 5 1 Average of the above descriptions. COUESE OF EXCFIANIGE.- •YESTERDAY. Amsterdam.......... 11 Ditto, throe months .. 11 1811 Rotterdam ............ 11 18.0 Antwerp 25 47 1 1 4 Brussels .... •... 25 4 7% flamburgh ............ 13 8% Altuna •• •• •• •• •• • • es •s Gibraltar • • • • • • " 29 4 5 Leghorn • • • • • • •• • • •• • • OfOA 000000 •••• •• •• •• V 5 • 72 Genoa Mi1an.................. - Venice............... Naples •• • ..... • • •• • • 431 A Palermo • • • • ..... • • . , I 3014 134 i Paris— •• •• •• .••• 25 27! Ditto, three months .. 25 6116 • • •• •• •. 25 67y, Bourdeaux .. • Frankfort-on-Maine.... 119% Berlin •••••• •••• • • •• ••• to 31 criaml— •0 •• •3.• • ..• trieste— 10 17 3 4 Petershur; .• 49(i Niztlrld •• •• 5 , , Cadiz .........•••• •-•• Barcelona ••••:. Saville.. •• •• •• •• •"• • Messina ..•••••'• •• Lisbon ......... •• •• 52 Oporto •......• •.....•• 52% liio .lanoiro ..... ....... Buenos Ayres.... •• •... New York, days' sight Philadelphia •• ...... FRICE6 011 BULLION, PIN Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 10 rorlllg3.l (101(1 Ccin 0 o Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ....•• 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 0 0 AN ABANDONED VESSEL.—LIVERPOOL, Friday.—A telegraphic despatch from Queenst o w n re p orts the arrival at that port this morning of the screw steamship Dona Pedro, which has been cruising about in search of the abandoned ship Arthur, timber laden for this port, and which has been repeatedly passed since the crew left her. The Dom Pedro was successful in her object, and towed the Arthur in safety into port. As the cargo is valuable the salvors are likely to bo hand:Fornely rewarded. Sporbin) Intelligence. WINDSOR STE STEW. EPLECHASES. 'ARDS Mr. W. Graven, lit Life Mr. H. Wilkie, 11th Hue. G u ards. ears. Mr. H. Lyon, 2d Life Gds. The Earl of Sefton, Grena. Lord Garlies, Royal Horse dier Guards, Guards. Mr. H. Seymour, Windsor. Capt. Bulkeley, Windsor. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; list 71b each. About three miles. Six subs. Mr. C. Talbot's the Hack, list 71b ...(Mr. Blundell) 1 Capt. Crymes's gelding, by Pharaoh, 114 71b (Owner) 0 Mr. Evan's Perekop, list 71b (Owner) 0 Mr. Cox's Scroggins, list 7113 (B. Land, jun.) 0 Mr. Barry's Glenmasson, 104 71b (T. Burrowes) 0 Mr. 0. Wansey's Ivanhoe, list 71b .....(Higgins) 0 Betting— 2 to 1 each aget the Hack and.Scroggins. The Hack cantered in &one. Scroggins fell at the sms,'l water jump at the back of the stand the first, time round, and, although remounted, was not persevered with. Glenmasson fell at the first fence going out, and Ivanhoe came down at the second fence going up the hill the last time round. Perekop was pulled up. GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE.—A. sweepstakes of lA sovs each, with 100 added for horses the property of and to be ridden by officers on full pay in the army, 12st each. Winners 71b extra. About three miles. 9 subs. Mr. W. Craven's (Ist Life Guards) Xanthus, 12st . - (Mr. George) 1 Mr. C. A. Talbot's (Rifle Brigade) Painter, 12st 71b (including 71b ext ra ) (Mr.Blundell) 2 Mr. F. Coates's (7th Hussars) Massa Mungo, 124 (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Windsor, Aquamarine, and Sir Charles Napier. Betting-2 to 1 agst Painter, 3to 1 agst Xanthus, 4 ,o 1 agst Sir Charles Napier. . . Won by three lengths ; bad third. Windsor fell at the fence, after taking the brook the l as t ti me round, and Sir axles Napier fell on landing over the last fence on to the course. Aquamarine did not pass the post. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for horses the property of and to be ridden by officers on full pay in the army, list each. About three miles. 5 subs. Mr. W. Standish's (7th Hussars) Gentle, list (owner) 1 Mr. C. George's (let Life G uar d s ) The Don, list (owner) 2 The following also ran :—Despised, North Britisher, and Fearless. Betting—Even on Despised, 4 to 1 agst The Don. Won by two lengths. North Britisher fell at the fence before reaching the lane on going out. Fearless refused at the brook on making for home, and Despised fell at the water jump at the back of the stand the last time round. Selling Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 25 added. About three miles. Sii subs. Mr. G. Barry's Pyramid (301.), 104 t 71b (T. Burrowes) 1. Mr. G. Hunt's Fearless (301.), lOst 71b (B. Land, jun.) 0 Mr. J. C. Free's La iy Grey (301.), lOst 71b (Nightingall) 0 Mr. K. Fraser's The Spinster (301.), lOst 71b (Green) 0 Mr. W. Patten's Nimrod (301), lOst 71b (Hickman) 0 Betting.-6 to 4 agst Fearless, 2to 1 agst Tne Spins. ter, 4 to 1 agst Pyramid. Lady Grey fill on jumping the fence out of the lane soon atter starting, and Nimrod blundered over her and likewise came down. Pyramid then went on with the lead, followed by Fearless and The Spinster, the latter a long way in the rear. At the third fence from home Fearless fell, leaving Pyramid to canter in alone. The Spinster, beaten off, was stopped at the far side. BETTING ON THE COURSE. TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord of the Hills (taken) The attendance was numerous, and among the com pany was his Excellency the French Ambassador, his Excellency the Russian Ambassador, Viscount Talon, Lord Strad broke, Lord Gi ey de Wilton, Lord Burghersh, and a strong muster of military officers. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-Apßit 3. The market to-day was slenderlyattended by millers aad dealers. Holders of the leading articles of the trade wanted an advance on Tuesday's quotations, but this feeling was only acceded to in moderate transactions. Wheat, flour, oatmeal, and Egyptian beans were called rather better in price, but Indian corn, barley, and oats wero easier. WAKEFIELD-APRIL 3. The wheat trade was steady, with a moderate business at last Friday's price. An advance was asked, which checked sales. Barley is to 2s per qr. lower. Other sorts not much inquired for, and no chango in prices. EXETER-APRIL 3. CORN.—Wheat, 6s Od to 7s Od ; barley, 5s Od to 68. grinding do., Os Oct to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od to 3s act. Beans Os Od to 0 Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. _ _ FLOUR.—Fine, 41s Od to —8 Od ; seconds, 393 Od to —a Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from lOs 6cl to lls per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to las per score ; fat calves, 6d to 6id per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 161. us ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to —a each. sheep, ewes and lambs, 01. Os to OZ. Os per couple; ewes, 7d to 71d ; wethers, 76d 8 , 1; lambs, —to Od por lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s; second size, —s to —a ; slips, —a to —s ; suckers, —s to —a. Rough fat, 4id per lb. Pork carcases from lOs Od to lls Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR—Arnm 3. The market has at length assumed a very firm appearance, after several weeks of extreme flatness. In the raw market the offices have been cleared of everything brought forward. Refiners' produce also participates in the improved demand, and some large sales were made at prices not previously ob tainable at 6€l advance. Rum continues in good demand, and Dcmeraras, to arrive, have found buyers at 3s id per proof gallon. 00AL MAR] Prices of Coals per ton at N.—APAIL 3. the close of the market. Wallaend, s. d. Wylam ............17 6, Walker Primrose 11 9j s d. Pensher 18 0 Braddyll l9 0 Wharneliffe 17 6 Haswell 19 6 Hetton l9 6 south Hetton 19 6 Wallsend, &c, Riddell l7 6 Russell's Hetton 19 0 Lambton l9 6 LambtonPrimrose lB 9 Ships at market ~ 34 ; sold, 34. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL. APRIL 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. The market has been very quiet to-day, and prices have slightly receded. Caledonian, 344 t —London and North Western, 105 I—Chester and Holyhead, 17i—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 3 North Eastern, Berwick, 211—South Eastern, 2.i Midland, 83i /—Great Western of Canada, 26—Eastern Counties, 14 —Lancashire and Yorkthire, 102 1/—Ditto new, 18 pm.—East Lancashire, 981—Grand Trunk of Canada, 15/ 15—Luxembourg, 10i d. MANCHESTER, APRIL 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The market was active to-day, and doing a large business, at full prices. Blackbaros, Bi—East Lancashire, 99i—Great Western of Canada, 26k —Lordon and North Westerns, 1054—Leeds, 102—East Lancashire, new, par. —Ditto, one-fifths, 82 k —Shefields, 38i—Eastern Counties, 114—Dovers, 22 9-16—Grand Trunk of Canada, 14g. BIRMINGHAM, Apnir, 3. STOOL EXCHANGE.—The market had a quiet appear. ance to-day, and prices were slightly weaker at the close. London and North- Western, 705 . 3 / 4 6—Great Western, 66 67—Ditto, Birmingham Guaranteed, 73 74—Midland, 82 821—Birmingham Bank, 324 i—Birmingham Canals, 92 - Crystal Palace, 21 B. LARGE RECEIPT OF MONEY AT THE CIISTOM.ROI7SE.--• About a quarter of a million of money has been taken in three days this week at the Receiver-General's-office, Customs, in the anticipation of the reduction of the duty upon tea and coffee, which takes place on Monday next, when the receipt of revenue in the said office is expected be enormous. The said payment, under protest, as it is termed, is a great convenience to the public as we ll a s the officials. Of course the goods will not be d e li vere d out of bond until the 6th !inst.—Civil Service Gazette. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 2d inst., at Belvedere, Broadstairs, the Right llon. Lady Cochrane. On the 2d inst., at 12, Athole-crescent, Edinburgh, the Lady Agnes Moro Nisbett—twins. OF A DAUGHTER. On the Ist inst., at the Dairy Farm, Mould Bures, Essex, the lady,of Mr. Zachary Pettitt. On the 3d inst., at 21, Upper Woburn-place, Tavistock square, the wife of Mr. Samuel Mocatta. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at the parish church, Walthamstow, Essex, Thomas Brodrick, Esq., of Lamb-building, Middle Temple, Loudon, to Mary Smith, only daughter of Captain Havisido, of the Rectory Manor House, Walthamstow. On the 2d inst., at .t. John's Church, Kensington-park, John Jordan, Esq., of Notting•hill-square, to Caroline, the daughter of the late John Hardwick, Esq., of Ladbrokes square. DIED. On the 2d inst., L. 11. J. Tonna, F.A,S,, F.R.G.S., at the United Service Institution, aged 44. On the 2d inst., Robert Hodgson, of 32, Broad-street buildings, solicitor, aged 60. Ou the Ist inst., at Stamford, Thos. Cayley, Esq., brother to Edward Cayley, Esq., of that place, banker, aged 71. On the Ist inbt., at 34, Eurton - crescent, William Field, Esq., aged 83. On the Ist inst. at BlaeLpool, Jacob P. Pletcher, Esq., of Lancashire. Peel-hall , Ou the Ist inst., at Henbury, near Bristol, Jere Hill, Esq. On the Bth of February, killed in a cavalry charge, while Acting Brigade Major of Cavalry, at the battle of Khoosh-ab, in Persia, Augustus Charles Frankland, Lieut. 2d Regiment Bombay Light Infantry. On the 28th ult., at Malta, drowned while bathing in the sea, Capt. H, King, 21st Fusiliers, son of Archdeacon King, aged 23. LONDON : Printed and Pnblighod by MURDO YOUNG, of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Aliddiesc - r, Satm”lay, pri14, 1857. I r y Dire cero der • Gov( is a patri estal nobl effor cab hea; aud: clog whi effo: tion art! and pro( out In esta web pro) to NI P' Ildl (Of S F ft air (Of Mc (Of