The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-28 00:00:00

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. TIVERTON. The nomination of candidates for the representation of this borough in Parliament took place to-day in the pre ence of a great number of persons, who flocked into the town from the surrounding district to hear the speech of the Prime Minister. Lord Palmerston arrived from town by the 8.30 train last night, and was received at the sta tion by several of the principal inhabitants of the borough. The noble lord was loudly cheered as he walked along th• platform.: On arriving at the Three Tuns Hotel, in the Main-street, a considerable crowd was collected, by whom the noble lord was heartily welcomed. The noble lord afterwards addressed the people from a front window and expressed his regret that he had not arrived earlier in the day, so us to have seen the faces, as well as beard the voices of his constituents. The popularity of Lord Palmerston and his hon. col league continues unabated in the borough, and although an opposition was threatened, the candidate, a gentle man from Scotland, named Maxwell, retired after an no. successful canvass of two days. The proceedings of the day commenced at 11 o'clock, when the candidates, having been met by their respective committees, proceeded to the Town-hall, where the writ was read by the mayor. A procession was afterwards formed to the hustings. The noble lord was loudly and enthusiastically cheered as he took his place on the hust ings. The proceedings having been opened in the usual man ner, The MAYOR inquired whether any elector had a can didate to propose ? Mr. W. H. GAMBLEN said he had great pleasure in proposing a candidate whom he believed to be a fit and proper person to represent the borough in the new Par liament, viz., Mr. John Heathcoat. Mr. W. T. HAWKE seconded the nomination. Mr. F. HOLE said he rose to nominate for the choice of the electors the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord had represented them for 23 years, and during that time he bad done good ser vice to the borough and the country. He was known wherever the name of England was known as the first statesman of Europe, and it was an honour and pride to any constituency to return him as their representative. [Lady Palmerston here drove up, and took a seat in a window opposite the hustings. Her ladyship was loudly cheered as she appeared at the window.] Ths noble lord now solicited a renewal of that kind confidence extended to him on former occasions. He (Mr. Hole) had can vassed for the noble lord, and he was happy to say that his lordship stood higher than ever in the public estima tion. (Hear, hear.) The country had pronounced in favour of Lord Palmerston, for they considered him to be the only man to represent them at the present mo ment. Believing fully and cordially that Lord Palmer ston was essentially the man for the occasion, and the only statesman who was able to sway the destinies of this great empire, he cordially recommended him as a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament. Mr. WZRE seconded the nomination. The MAYOR having inquired whether any elector had any other candidate to propose, and no one coming for ward, his worship declared that Lord Palmerston and Mr. Heathcoat had been duly elected to serve as bur gesses in the coming Parliament. (Loud cheers.) Mr. HEATHCOAT returned thanks, and observed that, although five and twenty years had elapsed since he was first returned as one of the members of Tiverton, he had nothing to add to the professions he then made. (Hear, hear.) He believed he had acted up to those profession-, and it was his intention to return to Parliament and follow the same course which he pursued fur the last quarter of a century. (Loud cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON then came forward, and was re ceived with loud cheers. The noble lord spoke as fol lows :—Gentlemen, before I begin to thank you for the honour you have done me, I must beg another favour at your hands, and that is that you will allow me to address you with my bat on. (A voice—" To be sure.") I have two reasons for making this request: The first is, that I may be your true representative, for I find that you all have your hats on this cold day; and, in the next place, I am sure you would not wish your representative to be disabled by a bad cold in his head, and thus prevented from doing his duty towards you. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, I will in the first place say a few words as to the opponent who appeared the other day in the field. There is an old and good maxim—you should say " no. thing but good of the dead;" and not only upon that ac count, but from my own feelings, I must do-justice to that opponent by saying that he behaved in a very handsome manner. When finding that he had no chance of success, be determined not to put you or us to any further trou ble. He no doubt was misled by statements utterly without foundation, and ho acted like a gentleman in withdrawing at the earliest moment he found that his expectations were not likely to be realised. Now, gentle men, I cannot sufficiently thank you for the honour you have done me in renewing on this occasion that confi dence which I have for so many years, and at such re peated elections, received at you: hands ; and I can as sure you that that honour is, in my opinion, greatly en_ hanced by finding myself associated with that most respectable colleague Mr. Heathcoat, a man who stands eminently high in the estimation of all who know him, not merely within range of the neighbourhood of his re sidence, but among all those who have come in contact with him in his public capacity. Gentlemen, it is per . fectly true, as Mr. Hole, who did me the honour to pro. pose me, stated, that I did receive from some very largo and influential communities proposals that I should stand as candidate to represent them in the ensuing Par liament. I felt, as you may believe, greatly gratified and flattered by that testimony of goodwill and approbation from communities so important and influential ; but my answer was that I was wedded to Tiverton—that I would not pronounce the divorce, and that I had no reason to think my friends here wished to dispense with my future services. (" No, no," and cheers.) Well, gentlemen, the occasion on which I have now the honour to represent you is one which concerns, not merely myself as an individual, which concerns not merely the Govern . ment of which I ace a member, but which, in my opi- Men, involves a question of high and national import ance—no less a question than the honour, dignity, inte rests, and fair fame of the country. (Cheers.) The na tion is called upon to choose which set of men shall for the future be charged with the conduct of its affairs ; whether that Administration which for the last two or three years has conducted the interests of the country shall be continued, or whether an Administration shall be formed out of those (I must again repeat the expres sion, however objectionable it may be received elsewhere) hitherto discordant elements which, by accident or de. sign, I care not which, found themselves united in the same lobby to pronounce a censure upon the existing Administration. (Hear.) Gentlemen, combination has been denied —concurrence is matter of fact. (Cheers.) It slid so happen that the leaders of different parties did find them, , elves united to support a motion of censure upon the Government, and no man will venture to deny that they did believe that the carrying of that resolution would be followed by the resignation of the present Go_ verument and the formation of another out of those who had joined to overthrow it. (Hear.) But we took a dif ferent course. We believed that the Administration of the day, whether it did or did not possess the confidence of the majority of the House of Commons, did possess the confidence and goodwill of the people of the United Kingdom. (Hear.) That opinion has been confirmed from a great variety of quarters. I gave had the honour of receiving addresses from a great number of large com mercial and other to Nils, signed, as those who presented them to me toll me, by men of all ranks, from the highest to the l owest—by men of all parties—Conservat.ves and Whigs. T or i es and Radicals, expressing their regret and surprise at the resolution which the majority of the House of Commons had adopted, and expressing their continued confidence in the Administration of the day. (Hear, hear.) Tuese addresses were not only highly gratifying to the Government, but I ttiuk they did hon our to the national feeling- of the country, because they are a proof that party censideratiens and distinctions were forgotten when a ease had arise n in which the in terests of England were concerned ; and th at the Caine noble spirit which actuated the peopl e of this county and which obliterated all party considerati ons and diffe rences during the war with Russia—that the sam e noble spirit—that same plain, straightforward, and practical good sense which distinguishes so eminently the p eople of this United Kingdom, 10 - 1 them 311 to see that the real question at issue was, whether the honour and interests of the country should bo maintained, or whether they should be sacrificed for the purpose of transferring power from the hands of one set of men to another. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, the Administration of which I have the honour to be the bead, was formed at a moment of gr.:at national difficulty. As far as I was concerned—ft nd certainly but a short time before I was called upon by my Sovereign to forth an Administration—l had not the slightest idea that the task would have been imposed upon me. There were others in the State who had great parties at their back—l stood comparatively alone, and therefdre had no reason to suppose thatany combir.a• tion of circumstances would ariso to lead ate to be called upon to perform the duties which fill to my lot as First Minister of the Crown. Under these circumstances I endeavoured to surround myself with men of similar opi nions with my own—by men upon whose integrity and and verbal instructions of the Government, who acts with greater powers, who goes over Lir a special purpose, who does not supersede the local agent, but who, by virtue of the right he carries, may accomplish the peace ful purpose for which he has gone out. That is the case with Lord Elgin. It is in point with the mission of Lord John Russell to Vienna, who did not supersede Lord Westmoreland, our Minister there. It is in point with the mission of Lord Clarendon to Paris, who• did not supersede Lord Cowley, who was our ambassador at that court. Well, gentlemen, I think I am justified in saying it was an unfortunate determination on the part of those who took up Mr. Cobien's motion to make that a ques tion between party and the Administration. I entirely believe that Mr. Cobden gave his notice without previ ous communication with other persons. But when it was announced—when the words of that motion were placed upon the paper of the house—then every man mighthave exercised his judgment as to the effect of the resolution if carried, and I am surprised that some men, well versed in Parliamentary lore, should, knowing the effect of Parliamentary divisions, bate allowed themselves to be lieve that they were only acting the part of jurymen met to decide upon a fact that had taken place at the other end of the globe, and the result of the vote would 'have no political effect on domestic affairs at home. Why, if the House of Commons had been sitting as a jury upon Sir J. Bowring, who ever heard of a jury pro ceeding to try a man 18,000 miles off without his having the slightest conception that he was put upon his trial, and without an opportunity to instruct counsel to defend him. I say such a tribunal would be more like the secret tribunals of the middle ages, and would have nothing in common with the practices of the British con stitution. (Hear, hear.) Nevertheless, I am bound to believe that there were some men of Liberal principles who honestly mistook the nature and effect of the vote they were giving, and who, not meaning to withdraw their general confidence from the Government, voted in a majority, the Of ct and intention of which was to turn the Government out of office. (Hear.) Well, I say that was an ill-chosen motion. Perfectly fair it is, ia the conflict of political parties, for any set of men, no matter how much they may differ, yet if they can agree to a course of future policy, to take advantage of any fair op portunity to disludge their rivals, and place themselves in the seats of power. Ido not blame that, for it is in accordance with our political constitution ; but I say that they are bound to communicate with each other so as to ascertain that there are no obstacles to forming a Goveinment in the plies of that which theyamean to turn out. But if they are agreed in that—if they can form an efficient Administration—what is the fair and proper course for them to pursue t • They should propose a vete of no confidence in the Government of the day. They should fairly put to the country the choice of one party or another ; but it is not fair, or in accordance with the British constitution, or spirit and feeling of the Bri tish nation, to take as a trial of strength a question in which one party is to be arrayed against the honour and dignity of the country, and the other is called upon to maintain that honour and uphold that dignity. (Hear, hear.) That was the nature of the question on which the recent division took place. The resolution was that the proceedings in Canton were unjustifiable, and that as we (the Government) had approved them our course was slso unjustifiable, and that we ought no longer to wield the power, of the State. The voice of the people rises against that decision, and against the principle on which it was founded. (Cheers.) It went like an electric spark from -one end of the land to the other. It was no result of intrigue on the part of the Govern ment ; but when the merits of the question came to be sifted and exunined, the nature of the people of Eng land, whatever their party politics might have been, in dignantly repudiated the resoluthin of the majority of the House of Commons, and said that was not a suffi cient peg on which to hang a resolution which was to change the hands in which power was to be placed. (Loud cheers.) And now let us see what must have been the necessary- consequence of that vote if the party who joined in it bad acceded to power, and if their conduct was to be consistent with their vote. Why, of course, if the proceedings of Sir J. Bowring and Admiral Sir M. Seymour were unjustifiable, the Government that came in must have apologiied to Yeh for the unjustifiable con duct of our officers ; they must also have given him com pensation for the batteries anti forts which our sailors had destroyed, and they must have paid fur the expense which his resistance incurred. What, then, would have been the degrading and humiliating position in which the country would have been placed I We would have been acquiescing in the violation of our treaty rights, and en treating forgiveness from a man who offered rewards for the heads of our fellow -countrymen, who had obtained the murder of many of them already, who bad encouraged kidnapping for the purpose of assassination, who had published an edict, stating that he had taken secret measures to procure the extermination of our hated race, who bad shown what those measures were by compelling an unfortunate Chinese baker to poison the bread to be eaten by the British community, and whose diabolical attempt nothing but the merciful intervention of Provi dence frustrated. Marvellou s , indeed, it was th a t nothi ng but. illness sup ervened, andthst the whole of those doomed Europeans were not swept off in a single day. I say, that if a Government had come in and acted on that policy, it would have been swept away by the indignation of the people, and would have been consigned to perpe tual infamy for a course which no honourable or honest man could have approved. But we are told that they would not have pursued that course, but that they would have continued the war. Then what becomes of the poli tical consistency of men who one day form a resolution to condemn the policy and subvert the Government, and who tell you the next, without hesitation, that if their object had been accomplished, and it they had coma into power, they would not have pursued their - own avowed policy, but would follow that which they had already pronounced unjustifiable, because they found it in opera. ton. Well, then, I say that to-day and to-morrow will be days on which a large portion of the people wiil pro. nounce their verdict upon the question which we have deemed it our duty to put to them. You have a ready pronounced your verdict, and the accounts we receive from all parts of the . country lead us, without hesitation, to believe that a large majority of the elec.ors of Eng land will pronounce a verdict in accordance with that which has done honour to yourselves. Well, but we are asked by many what is to be our future policy, and what are the grounds upon which the Government recommends itself to the approbation and support of the country. I have already told you, with regard to our foreign rela tions, and such as our policy has been in that respect, it shall continue to be. It shall continue to be peace with all nations as far as peace can be maintained without dis paragement to the. dignity and honour of the country, and without any diminution of the rights of the country on the aggregate or on the part of our fellow -countryme n engaged in foreign lands. Now, with regard to our do magic policy. There are many here, as elsewhere, who expect from the Government dietinc-, pledges on the ques tion of reform. Those who know what is the position of men in office, but more especially what is the position of the head of the Government, must see and feel that I should be acting a very unbecousieg part if I were to per sonata the character of a young candidate appearing for the first time on the hustingsand endeavouring by clap -trap pledges to enlist stray votes, and going headlong to any• thing which one or two persons might tell him would in crease the majority which he is endeavouring to mains taro. It is the duty of the Government of this country to look at the interests of the country at large, for a Government worthy of its position must feel that no na tion can stand still--that England is not China, and that the people of England cannot continue to be in precisely the same situation in regard to their institutions from year to year and from century to century. (Cheers.) We are a progressive people, and therefore progr ssive im provements in all our institutions must be, and ought to be, the guiding principle of any Government that wishes t o maintain itself in the confidence and affection of tho people. (Cheers.) I believe our institutions in the main t o be the best ot aby country on the face of the eartb. I make no exception. I believe them to be the best. I do not eay on that account they are not to be improved. All human institutions must necessarily beimperfect, and some of the branches of ours aresusceptit le of much ame lioration ; and the Government that shuts its eyes to facts and circumstancet, and maintains things as they are be cause they are so is a Government on which the lessons of experience arid the instructions of men are utterly thrown away. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I /MI sure you will see it would be unbecoming of me to enter into de tailed pledges, and to hold out promises with reference to subjects on which some of you feel an interest; and therefore, however I may disappoint the expectations of some, it is my duty to do so, and that duty, like other duties, .I feel it imperatively necessary to perform. Eso norny, no doubt, is a duty deeply interesting to the peo. ple of this country. A Government that launches into lavish expenditure without necessity would not deserve nor receive the support of the Parliament or the country. But there are great interests which meat be cared for. (Hear.) We do not, like contieental countries, maintain large naval and military establishments in time of peace, but we ought to have the foundation on which arma ments may be created when times of danger arise. (Hear.) Our army and navy, although small in time of peace, should be so organised, more especially with regard to the scientific branches and professional education, that we should be able, if the country' were threatened with danger, rapidly to raise an amount of force which would place us in safety from attack. That is the limit beyond which this Government will not endeavour to go. We will endeavour to prepare such establishments as will be sufficient for the necessary service of the country tta m ahuc a edk y det ode b foeericapableof those successfullyi at yo expansion ogaroegreeosinatitwhereourdutydanger enneamvayi a e n r d sen d a es le tr w oy n e le d i , , w if ou a l t d " deprive us of all our naval superiority, and leave us open to any amount of invasion by . an enemy with superior military force. These are the principles upon which we propose to conduct the Government of the country. We believe those principles will meet the support of the peoplo of Euglaiid and of the Parliament which the peoplo of England may. return. (Cheers.) Whenever that confidence is wiseidrawri—if the course which wu pursue should cease to be in accordance with the feel ings and wishes of -the people of England, you will not find any grounds fur that which in the apprehension of Mr. Cobden you will find; viz, a dictatorship. He knows, and you know, that the breath which made us to-day can unmake us to-morrow, and that, standing upon the wod K arh ai withdrawnnit kna d l doaa: vlyoe T V fnro h gonu e rona n r ws u dictatorship e(a a bi t asu ap probatio n ertedw.ou niushit daredwo upbool power den a eevd n :e d : approb a ti on and confidence of the people, of the United will e t s r deserving ngufioodt of thorn, b n to c h e we i a t h r ) will an b t h e e rvoices , ability I could count ; and I must say, in justice to my colleagues, that if success has attended our councils— that if our exertions have been crowned with satisfactory results, I claim to myself no exclusive merit for that. The credit attaches equally to all the members of the Government, for all contributed to the utmost of their power in theirdifferent departments, with unanimity which could not be exceeded, and which has not been always equalled, to perform the service of the country—to bring that war to a successful issue, and to bring that peace to a satisfactory result. (Loud cheers.) It is well known that by co-operation with our gallant and noble allies —France, Sardinia; and Turkey —we did not succeed in bringing to a speedy conclusion that war which many, when it commenced, believed would last for many years to come. (Hear.) We obtained for this country a peace which in its results accomplished, beyond the expectation of many, those objects for which the war hand been undertaken. (Hear, hear.) And when that peace came . to be carried into execution, we stood firmly upon the rights which the treaty had given us, and we did not permit any equivocation or stratagem to deprive us of some of the most important stipulations which that treaty contained. (Cheers. It has been laid to my charge that the policy which I have pursued has been " turbulent and aggressive." (Laughter.) Why, if the policy which led to the war with Russia was "turbulent and aggressive," I know not the meaning of the words ; but the charge, if true, would be shared by all those who have taken a part in public life, and by the whole of the British nation. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, during the many years in which it was my lot to conduct the foreign rela tions of the country, we escaped any war. (Hear, bear.) We, no doubt, had many difficulties to encdunter during that period. Many questions arose out of which war might have arisen, but out of which no war did arise, and we maintained the dignity and interest of the coun try and preserved peace. We did no small service dur ing that period to the progress of civilisation and civil and religious liberty in Europe. (Hear.) We succeeded in establishing the independence of Belgium with a free constitution. We succeeded in assisting the people of Spain and Portugal in establishing free Parliamentary Govern ment in these two countries, and then, forsooth, we are to be told that we are the friends and champions of des potism, and that we are adverse to the spread of fres and constitutional principles. Why, gentlemen, we wish to be at peace with all the great Powers of Europe, whether their form of Government be monarchical, de spotic, or constitutional. (Hear, hear.) These are questions which concern the people of the respective States ; that which concerns us—that which concerns you is, whether they be free or enslaved, they should be in friendly relations with this country—that our commercial intereourse shall not be interrupted, and that we shall be as free with regard to tariffs as the prejudices of these different countries may permit. (Hear.) Then came the China question. (Hear, hear.) I I have stated elsewhere, and I think I do ample justice to the Opposition when I say that they behaved during the whole of the war with Russia in accordance with the feeling and spirit of the country. It would be unjust if I were not to make that admission. But in the begin ning of the last session "a change came o'er the spirit of the dream," and from some cause or other hopes and expectations appeared to be entertained, that upon some question or another the Government might be put in a minority, and power transferred to other hands. Well, first it was supposed that we meant to persist in keeping up the " war niilepence" of the income-tax duty. Dis appointment followed that expectation. (Hear.) That question slipped out of their.hands, (Hear.) But there were other points which they thought likely to afford an opportunity for a political triumph. One after the other failed. Then came the outbreak in China, and that cir cumstance, most unfortunately for those who took it up, was adopted as a party question on which to try the strength of respective parties. But what was that ques tion I Why, unexpectedly to the Government at home, independently of any orders from them, and not in con sequence of any act of ours, a collision arose between our officers, civil and naval, and that insolent barbarian Yeb, , who unites in his person all the insolence, cruelty, and perfidy ever collected in one single man. (Loud cheers.) He began, after long-continued neglect, and the violation of treaty engagements, by an outrageous attack upon the British flag. It was the duty of our officers on the spot to resent it, and demand an apology for the past and a guarantee from similar outrages for the future. (Hear.) They were unable .to accomplish this, or to ob tain any concession from the Chinese Minister. We have heard a great deal of technical argument about registers, colonial orders, and imperial laws, but the question sub mitted to Parliament was broad and simple. Here was a vessel with the British flag flying, with a British realm , ter, British subjects on board, and commanded by a British subject—a man from Belfa-t violently as saulted by a Chinese force, her entire crew taken away, with the exception of two men whom the Chinese autho rities, at the request of the commander, left on board to take charge of her ; and the only pretence set up for this outrage was—not that any one of those 12 men who formed the crew had committed any offence, but that one old man was the father of a son who in some part of China, and not at Canton, was believed to be a pirate, (Laughter.) Then there was a quibble raised, and it was said that when they boarded the vessel leo British subject was on board ; but the master of the lorcha was at breakfast in another ship not 50 yards off, whither he had gone to take leave of a friend whose vessel was about to sail for Hong Kong. Moreover, before the Chinese left the Arrow, the commander came on board, and it was specially at his entreaty that two out . of the 12 men who formed the crew were left in the vessel. It is therefore preposterous for the Chinese to say that they did not know it was a British vessel. Why, the vessel had been lying for 10 or 12 days in the Canton river, as a British vessel ; and it was distinctly as a British vessel she was boarded, and her crew taken out of her. This was a violation of our treaty ; and what did our officials do in consequence/ They began by reprisals; they took a junk, and the Chinese Commissioner snapped his fingers at them, and said, "You think you have got a Govern• relent vessel, but it is only a merchant vessel, and I don' t care a sixpence about it." (Hear.) Our officials then pro. ceeded to disarm the forts, but allowing an interval be tween each successful operation, they stopped to afford the Commissioner se opportunity of doing that which in reason and justice he should have done before. (Hear.) Notwithstanding all that has been said about cruelty, I say that never were the rights of a nation enforced with more forbearance and absence from uneeceesery violence than they were by Sir Michael Seymour--a man well known for his humanity and moderation, and one utterly incapable of abusing the power with which he was en trusted. (Hear, hear.) Again we have been told that officers abroad ought not to involve the country in war without distinct orders from the Government, and that the Government ought not to act without first appealing to Parliament. But will any one tell me that officers at the other extremity of the globe, when a violent outrage is committed on the honour of their country, are to re main with their arms folded till they can send home for orders and receive instructions / Why, months would elapse between insult and resentment, and the purpose for which redress had been demanded would be defeated by the apathy and want of exertion which would have ensued in the long interval. Let us suppose a case simi lar to that which caused the former Chinese war. Sup pose the Chinese had taken 12 British merchants, and threatened to starve them if they did not do that which they were called upon to do, was our admiral or super intendent to leave those men in prison till they could write home to England and ask whether they should take necessary steps to relieve them 1 Woy, the men would have ceased to exist, and the answer of the Chinese governor would be—" I am very sorry, but three months ago these men died from their sufferings in prison." {Hear.) This is the doctrine of those who condemn British officers in vindicating the honour of the country and the rights of their fellow-subjects without writing home for instructions. Then, again, as to the authority of Government to undertake operations. Why, no doubt, if Parliament is sitting, communication is made to Parliament ; if it is not sitting, and the occasion is adequate, Parliament should be called together to be made acquainted with the circumstances which have arisen: But, again, these hostilities cannot, properly speaking, be described as " war with China." We are z.ot yet at war with the Chinese. We do not know that the act of this local authority will be adopted by the Imperial Government. On the contrary, we are in formed that at the other ports—Shanghai, Wharnpoa, Foo-choo-foo, and Arney—the Chinese authorities have said that this local collision at Canton should not inter rupt the good relations existing between the two countries, a ndthat th ere was nu reason why our commercial rela• tions should be at all disturbed. We therefore do not yet know that the Chinese Government has made this at Cause of war. We hope they are too well inf;Jrnied a'J to the true nature of the violence committed upon ue, and of the dan ger to China of a conflict with E, to make this affair o f the Arrow a nglandnational quarrel. But we are told that we have adopted the resolution of the House of Commons, and that we have superseded Sir J. Bewring and Lord Elgin. No such thin fectly natural, and i t is in accordance g. It is peel with the general practice in cases of important difficulties, that al.hough you have an agent on the spot in which you place confi dence, and whose conduct you approve, and in order to give greater weight to your negotiations, you send from home some officer of high rank charged with the direct and raised not in vain, to transfer that power to worthier hands. (Cheers.) So the people need be under no appre hension that in giving us the power they are placing it out of their own command ; for if we lose their confi dence, the same voice that raised us to power will be as decisive against us as I trust it;will:now be for us. (Cheers.) It will be for the people of the country to determine whether there were among the ranks of the Opposition elements out of which an :efficient Administration could have been formed. It is, of course, more convenient for the Government to have no united band in oppositio❑ to it—it smooths the path through a session—but Ido not say it is not in accordance with the constitution that there should be oat of office, and opposed to office, a body of men comprising the elements of another Admi nistration, capable of commanding the respect, and, if they act propeily, the confidence of the country. (Hear.) I doubt whether these elements at present exist. lam led to doubt whether there is not more foundation than may at first sight appear for the disclaimers we have heard of coalitions and combinations. (Hear.) lam in clined to doubt whether there are not differences— united, indeed, on a recent occasion—hut differences which lie deeper than the surface, which will prevent that combination in office which has been shown in op position. It will be for the future to show in what de gree that may be the case. In the meantime, I can only return you my sincere and heartfelt thanks for the honour you have conferred upon me this day. (Cheers.) I trust I am not overstepping the truth when I say that I accept this honour, not simply as a mark of the confi dence which you are pleased to repose in an old friend, but also as a mark of the estimation in which you hold the Government with respect to the great questions sub mitted to the people of England. (Cheers.) I again re turn you my sincere thanks, and I wish you all every degree of happiness and prosperity. (The noble lord concluded amid loud and enthusiastic cheers.) A vote of thanks having been passed to the Mayor for presiding, three hearty cheers were given for Lord Pal merston, and the proceedings terminated. KING'S LYNN. The nomination took place yesterday at the Guildhall; the Mayor (Mr. R. Cook) presiding as returning officer. The fine old hall was well filled, and the late members, Lord Stanley and Mr. J. H. Gurney, were loudly cheered on making their appearance on the platform. Mr. R. BAUGH nominated Lord Stanley, and Mr. W. MOTSE seconded the domination. Mr. P. WILSON proposed Mr. J. H. Gurney, and Mr. W. LETPINGO (Deputy-Mayor) seconded the nomination. No other gentleman being proposed, The MAYOR declared Lord Stanley and Mr. Gurney duly elected. Lord STANMIT, who was received with loud cheers, said he had heard the present dissolution described by, some speakers as a "penal" one, but he had not found it so. He did not venture to speak for others, but so far as he was concerned it was no penalty, but a pleasure to him to meet his constituents. The first subject to which he would refer was that which was freshest in the minds of al{ present, and the immediate occasion of the disso lution—he meant that vote on the Chinese policy of the Governmeht which resulted in Ministers being left in a minority. On the subject of that vote the most extra ordinary and the most reckless assertions had been made that ever were uttered even by politicians going to the country without a cry. A charge had been made of fac tious combination against the Government, but the only combination was that men of alt politics and all shades of opinion agreed independently in following the dictates of their own judgments, and expressing disappro va l o f the poi : 0 y pursu e d at danton. Who were the conspira tors I Of Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Walpole, and Sir J. Pak ington he wool) say nothing, because it was one of the duties of the leaders of an organised Parliamentary Oppo sition to avail themselves of any fair occasion to criticise the policy of the Government. But when on that me morable Tuesday evening he walked into the lobby with the majority, it seemed to him, after his eight years' Parliamentary experience, that he had never witnessed a division in which so great a moral and intellectual preponderance was exhibited on one side. There was Lord John Russell, the man of the first Reform Bill, the historical representative of Liberalism, a man whose name would be linked with the history of 39 event ful years, and who would be remembered when those who now vilified him were forgotten. There was Sir Francis Baring, a Liberal also, a man whom party spirit bad never accused of a single deviation from the strictest principles of political honour. There was Mr. Gladstone, whose marvellous abilities had been rather hindered, so far as success in party conflict was concerned by a scrupulous sense of right and a passionate love of justice. There was Mr. Cobden, a man from whom many might differ in regard to some of his opinions, but who hesitated not tocast to the winds a popularity earned by his own exertions, and to stand forth alone, against the will of an entire people, when his conscientious con victions (cal! them right or wrong, as they would) led him to oppose the Russian war. There was with the ma jority also, if he might refer for a moment to the other branch of the Legislature, Lord Lyndhurst, who spoke only with that weight which a perfect mastery of law conferred, not only with that power of argumentative eloquence which for 50 years had commanded the atten tion of every audience which he had addressed, but who spoke also with that freedom which belonged to one whose age left him nothing to hope or to fear, and one who, being detached trona the politics of the present day, could criticise those politica with the impartiality of one living in another century and another country. (Cheers.) He should not enter into the details of the legal dispute which took place with reference to the proceedings at Canton, because the question of the alleged British ves sel had really little or nothing to do with the quarrel which bad ensued. The war with China was an unjust one, because we had picked a quarrel to enforce a claim in itself of very small value, and which, if it were en forced at all, we might probably have secured by nego tiations in common with other countries. It was a cow ardly war, because it was a war in which the strength, military knowledge, and skill of the two parties were 80 unequally matched that a battle was not that snan•like trial of strength between equal fotcee which took place when European nations met one another, but a mere but chery and a mere seambles. Th t war with China was also an impolitic one, even admitting that that which was unjust could be expedient in the long run, which he did not believe, because partot the cost must necessarily' be paid in the increased price to the consumer of one of the few luxuries of the poor man. It was impoli tic, because, our otject being to secure more general and free intercourse wish China, the Chinese people must differ very much from the rest of the world if attacking their Lefts and bombarding their towns was the way to bring about that cornmauication. The war was an hive. litic one, because theobjt et of anenlarged intercourse with China must necessarily and certainly haVe been attained in the peaceful progress of trade. In his belief the Chi nese war was commercially, politically, and diplomati cally a blunder and mistake. (An Elector—" It is no thing of the kind.") He. said nothing but what he be• lieved to be the truth, and as he had not Token upon the subject in Parliament, he would before leaving the question do what he considered an act of justice. He thought the public bad been rather hard upon Sir John Bowring. He did not believe that Sir John Bowring would have taken the course he pursued and introduced the demand of right of entry into Canton, and been pre pared to enforce it, unless some intimation had been con veyed to him that the Gevernment would support him in what he was doing ; and it was fair to the Govern ment to say that they had transferred to themselves the responsibility of Sir John Bo wring's acts. With regard to foreign policy he wished to see England always strong and united for defence, but he bad no wish to see her armed and ready for aggression. With regard to Parlia mentary Reform, be considered that some extension of the suffrage and some equalisation of the representation were necessary, but he had voted against Mr. Locke King's recent motion because he thought that the ques tion of Parliamentary reform ought to be considered in its entirety, and not in a fragmentary manner. With regard t., the finances of the country he did not entertain apprehension. There was a hopeful elasticity in British commerce, and the demand was increasing from India and the Australian col miss, which took halt of our exports. As to the question what taxes should be abolished, the noble lord observed that it wasimpossible to give pledges long in advance, but he expressed himself opposed to the paper duty and the tax on insurances, and in favour of a revision of the tariff. With respect to the income tax, he said he thought the country should have an opportu nity of expressing an opinion upon it in 1860, and if it was then to cease, and some other tax must be found for it, the substitute, he thought, might be an extended 1 house tax fairly laid, not on calculations of what houses I let for, but on an estimate of their value. On the subject of economy in the public expenditure, all were for eco nomy in the abstract, but few in fact. A large standing army in time of peace would be a gigantic job —a godsend to the Secretary Gf the Treasury, and a dead loss to the nation. He did not wish to leave the country defenceless, but he thought, on the whole, the standard maintained before the late war would be a tolerably fair one in future, and that militia forces might be established in some of the colonies. Tile noble 1 ird then expressed himself in favour of reform in the laws relating to the transfer of land ; a system of criminal and judicial statistics, as in France; t abolitioneeB s i a t ofyreform Churchof s or ne in' rates. the es. measure the consolidatio n o f the statute law, a change in the ec clesiastical co ur t s, an improved system of t es t amen t ary jurisdiction, laws on marria ge an d di vorce, competiti ve rxeminations for the civil service, and the H o e n a nationalialso called education 'attention to the n ; and, in conclusion, he declared that, reviewing his poli. tical career, he could say that he had sought to do pi , - Lice and feared to do wrong ; be had no other end, and he had known no other fear. (His Lordship resumed his seat amid loud cheering.) Mr. J. H. GURNEY, who was also received with cheers, next addressed the electors. Thanks to the Mayor then closed the proceedings. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1857. But I think you will allow me to state, which I will do very shortly, the true nature of this contest. It is not upon the Canton question you have to decide. (Cheers.) I'll tell you what you have to decide. You have to decide between myself • and my honourable friend, Mr. Hadfield, on one side, representing advance in goTernment, and my honourable and learned friend on my right—(cheers and hooting)—who is op posed to that. (Cheers.) That is the real distinction between us. It is not whether Mr. Hadfield and I have given one wrong vote—not a wrong vote in my opinion —but it is, are you to be fairly and faithfully represented in the coming Hobse of Parliament ? (" We'd soon settle it if we could.") I have no doubt if the suffrage were in the hands of the persons I now see before me, the show of hands would determine what you would do. But you know, gentlemen, that the suffrage is restricted —it is in a few hands at present. ("But we are too many for him, though.") But still I am confident that even with these few hands we shalt be successful. And I will tell you why. The few hands in which the suf frage is are Englishmen. (Cheers.) They will not dis card and forget hcnest and long service—they will not put aside tried men for an untried man. I have nothing to say against my learned friend—for friend I shall call him, and in social life such I consider him ; but I and he, each forming our opinions, have come to an honest conclusion—he takes one side in politics, I take another. (Cheers.) I meet him fairly. Hear him, give him every liberty, and, when you have done so, decide be tween es. (Cheers.) He is a gentleman--I hope I am. (Cheers.) Treat him fairly as you treat me, and—fairly beat him. (Loud cheers and laughter) This I take to be the proper way to maintain our contest. Into it no personal rancour ought to enter. No allusion of a per sonal description ought to be indulged in. (Applause.) Political opinions are fair game. A public man—and be is now a public man—you have a right also to discuss all principles. (Cheers.) You have a right also to discuss the opinions of his friends ; and I say to my hon, and learned friend that I believe him to be what he was in 1852. He was then a Conservative—l believe him to be so now. (Cheers.) I see him surrounded by the same friends—(Mr. Overend—" And by many of yours also")—out then, mind you, Lord Derby was in power. I have lived to see great changes, and in no people greater changes than in the party to which my hon. and learned friend belongs. ("It's wheel about and turn about with 'em.") (Laughter.) I think that is very near a❑ accurate statement. When I first entered political life, I found them rabid against Catholic emancipation, ♦ehement against Parliamentary reform ; I found them crying their lungs to pieces in favour of the corn laws and against free trade. I have seen all these things car ' ried in spite of them ; and now there are other things that we desire, which they in their hearts object to, and we will carry them in spite of them again. We think that we have not yet attained to anything like perfection. Ours is an onward course ; change has no terror for us. We do not stick in the ancient ways because they are ancient (Hear, hear, and cheers) We are not Con servative, but Liberal. And depend upon it, if you send my learned friend to Parliament, that, though he may he a Palmeretonian on one question, he will be a Coeserva tive on all else. (Cheers.) Now, I say that before him. I know what I say is true ; and what I believe true I will say before him as I would say it behind his back. (Cheers.) We can afford to be honest opponents. I know the character of my learned friend. I believe him to be a thoroughly honest gentleman—(great cheering from the Conservatives)—very much mistaken in his political views. (Cheers and laughter.) And depend upon it, that if he can persuade you to vote for and send him to Parliament, you would be very much mis taken too. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I will not occupy your time, for you are in an uncomfortable position. —(" Go on ")—but I appeal to my past life. Have I ever deceived the people of England ? (" No," and cheers.) I have ever been a friend of freedom—(cheers) —religious and civil. I have aided every great change and improvement that has taken place since I have been in public life, and every one of them that party (pointing to the Conservatives) has opposed. (Cheers ) To that party I am opposed now, and I believe I shall be to my dying day. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I throw myself with confidence again upon the people of Sheffield. I appeal to my life past in the service of my country, and I ask you to re-elect me. (Cheers.) Mr. HAI/FOLD briefly addressed the electors. Mr. °FELON]) next addressed the electors. On the show of hands being taken there was an over whelming majority in favour of Messrs. Roebuck and Hadfield, and a poll was demanded for Mr. Overend. from the authority of the gentleman who was instrumen tal in establishing the ballot in that country. From the, success wnicb bad there attended the experiment he spoke very strongly in its favour. After dwelling upon the energy, determination, and perseverance which were required to accompl•sh any reform, Mr, Cobden pledged his word that in the event of his being returned for Huddersfield he would never remain quies cent or allow his principles to go to sleep. He concluded by calling upon the electors to give him their aid and assistance, and by stating that if they did their duty be should have the honour of next addressing them as their representative. (Loud_ cheers and uproar.) . , The show of hands was then taken, and the returning officer declared it to be in favour of Mr. Cobden. , Great cheering followed the announcement. Mr. CROSIAND demanded a poll for Mr. Ahroyd. The poll takes place to-day. (NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT.) The nomination fur this borough took place yesterday. Mr. R. W. Kennard, the late member for the borough, was proposed by Mr. F. PETHS, and seconded by Mr. J. ELDRIDGE. Captain Mangles, of the Southampton Dock and West India Mail Packet Companies, was proposed by Mr. Puma, and seconded by Mr. R. T. DRAPER. Mr. Charles Buxton was proposed by Dr. WOTELL, and seconded by Mr. C. CoWDEROY. _ _ Mr. Alderman Rose, of London, was proposed by Mr. C. W. ESTCOURT. All the candidates having addressed the meeting, The MAYOR called for a show of hands, which was decided to be in favour/of Captain Mangles and Mr. Buxton. A poll was demanded on behalf of the other candidates, and fixed for to-day. From the London Gazette of Last Night. WAR-OFFICE, MABCI 27. The Queen has been g raciously pleased to giie orders for the appointment of th e Right Hon. Thos. Wyse, C. 8., her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Greece, to be an Ordinary Member of the Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Most Hon ourable Order of the Bath, and of John Hay Drummond Hay, Esq., her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires to the Sultan of Morocco, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi sion of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order. SHEFFIELD. The nomination took place yesterday in the Corn Ex hangs, in the presence of an assemblage of upwards of 20,000 peo`ele. Mr, J, W, y, Smith, the Mayor, presided. Mr. W. FISHER proposed, and Mr. R, LEADER, .P".) seconded Mr. J. A. Roeb uc k. Alderman H. E. Hoomc proposed, and Mr, G. WOl3. TENZIOLII (the Master Cutler) seconded the nominaticn of Mr. Georg e Hadfield. , Mr. W. F. DIXON proposed, and Mr. E. VICKERS seconded, Mr. Wrn. Overend, Q.C. Mr. ROEBIJOIt was received with loud and protracted cheering. He said—l am quite sure that every man here will give me a fair hearing, and I hope you will give everybody else a fair hearing. — (Cheers.) Well, then, the real business of this day will be your show of hands. Any speech I can make cannot reach one•tenth part bf the people I see before me. Therefore it would only be wasting my time -and yenta by 'attempting to addrdss you. Gentlemen, I have not kept my opinion hidden under a bushel ; you know what they are, and you do not wait until to-day to have them explained. (Hear.) . HUDDERSFIELD. The nomination for this borough took place yesterday. The candidates proposed were Mr. W. Akroyd and Mr. R. Cobden. Mr. T. B. CEOSLAND proposed Mr. W. Akroyd ; and Mr. J. HAIGH seconded the nomination. Mr. W. WILLIAMS proposed Mr. Cobden, and Mr. W. MELLOR seconded the nomination. Mr. AILROYD having addeessed the meeting, Mr. COBDEN rose and was very warmly applauded. He spoke for upwards of an hour. He commenced by saying that, although his friends had unduly alarmed themselves about his state of health, he was not in the best possible condition for addressing such a large audi ence lsaignhde : as uf he thhi es s a mq w :en b sit e fio f o o lnd r e oofb h ip i er m ci ico h inp a sl ii t o g overworked himself andth r epresentative I t i a g t e i d , o. of a up y ud Huddersfield, e o r r a t heaor, him ( Mr. have lost r io o s s : h ( C li o e h a d r e . ) He y tn s. ed to M ) was not going into the question of the Russian war ; but he begged to remind his hearers that he had never offered any opposition to the Government in carrying on that war, or to the House of Commons in voting the money which was required. The money had been raised without any opposition from him ; the taxes had been laid on, and he had never divided the house upon the subject. (A. laugh.) It was well known that the Government spent all the money as fast as they could, and they did not makea very good use of it. The result of that war he honestly believed had not been to make any human being on the face of the earth either happier, or wiser, or better. (A. Voice—" Some a deal wiser than they were.") He was attending a meeting at Paddock the other day, and upon somebody raising a cry of " the Russian war," a working man, whom he now saw before him, got up and said, "We are not going to war again, I hope ; we want something doing in the time of peace." (Applause and laughter.) There was another question which had been thrown in his face ; the question of the Chinese war. At all events this country did cot expect to get either honour or glory out of that war. There was something to be got, if the Government had known how to go about it, in fair stand-up fight with such an enemy as Russia, but they managed so to conduct that war that precious little share of either honour or glory fell to our share in it. But in this Chinese war, if this oountry did its, utmost, they would get no more honour or glory in the eyes of the world ; than if they were to go into a sheep market and fire all their cannon and musketry against so many sheep. 'But he wai, told he was in favour of dishonouring the English flag. He had faith in the power and might of Englishmen to defend their flag against all corners in a just cause. (Applause.) All the world in arms could not disgrace the British flag if it had right and justice on its side. (Cheers.) The only men who could dishonour the flag of this country were those who were entrusted with power abroad, and who committed the country to an inglorious and unjust ' aggression upon a defenceless people. (Applause and disapprobation.) It had ben said by his opponent that, with regard to the Chinese war, the wisest heads in England differed as to the legality of our proceedings. Mr. Akroyd had said truly that Lord Lyndhurst, the highest legal authority in Eng land, was on one side, and the Attorney (not the Solici tor) General was on .he other. Yes, but one man was a man of 80 years of age, crowned with laurels, and who had nothing to hope for from the patronage of the Go vernmeut ; the other was a man in the Government, and the crowning hope of his ambition was some day to be made Lord Chancellor. But, if the wisest lawyers in England had differed as to the right and justice of this country on the China question, was it consistent with right and justice that our representative abroad should have taken the law into his own hands—(applause)—and, without giving opportunity to either the Queen or Par liament to have a voice in the matter, commenced at once, upon such doubtful grounds as these, acts of hosti lity and outrage against a commercial city, covering the site of that city with ruins, inflicting untold mi-chief upon innocent men, women, and children ? Why, a wan was not allowed to be convicted in England, even upon a charge of petty larceny, without the judge first toiling the jury, ' If you have any doubt upon the question, give the doubt in favour of the accused." (A. Voice, We have none," and applause.) Mr. Cobden next re marked that he believed the vote given upon the motion which he had brought forward was one of the moat honourable acts which the British Parliament ever ac complished. (Hear, and cries of "No, no 1") It was a motion made without concert, without previous com munication ; and, whatever might be alleged against others who had voted on that question, it was a very curious fact that no one had ever accused the mover with having any sinister or dishonest object. (Cries of "No, no I" and " Yes, yes 1") He challenged those gentlemen who said "No" to produce any responsible person, or writer of any authority, who had publicly stated that he was a party to the " conspiracy." Mr. Cobden then reiterated the assertion which he had made in a previous address—that if Lord Palmerston had announced the intention of the Government to send out an ambassador to China the division in the 4.llouse of Commons would never have taken place, and that Lord Palmerston had intentionally avoided doing so, in order that he might have a pretence of dissolving Par. 'lament upon some cry about China, well knowing that he had no domestic policy with which to go to the coun try, and knowing that he had no credit with Reformers. (" Hear," "No 1" and applause.) The hon. gentleman next reminded the assembly that the electors of Hudders• field were about to select a candidate to represent theca in Parliament for seven years, and he hoped that the China question would be all settled and pretty nearly forgotten in less than two years. He believed that the electors of Huddersfield would think about somethii:'g else in choosing their representative. His friend Mr. Akroydl had told them in rather a misty and hazy man uer what his politics were, but unfortunately he (Mr. Cobden) could not put himself behind a veil like that. Elis politics were known by his votes, and he did not come there to make a new profession of faith, or to tell them that he was going to alter his opinion in any rL spect. He then glanced at several of the most impori: - ant measures which he had advocated since the repeal of the corn laws, enumerating the imposition of a tax upon the succession to real property, the abolition of the adver tisement duty and the stamp upon newspapers ; and several measures which he had supported by his vote, and sometimes by his voice, some of which had been successful, and the remainder he would still continue to fight for. He expressed his well known opinions in favour of household suffrage and the ballot, taking the opportunity to contradict the erroneous statement that the ballot in Melbourne was permissive, and not com pulsory, On this latter subject he said that he spoke FOREIGN-OFFICE, 31Auog 24. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Warlaru as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of Greece. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Commis sioner Des!;nate of the Civil Court of the Colony of Wes tern Australia (Michael Barry, Esq.), and Samuel P. Phillips, and Edward Hamersley, Esqs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of the said Colony. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James Leith, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Tobago. CRO WN-OFFICE, MARCH 26: MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TETE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Westminster—Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, G.C.8., and Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart. MARCH 27. Borough of Marylebone—The Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, of Llanover ' in the county of Monmouth, Bart./and the Hon. Hugh Fortescue, commonly called Viscount Ebrington, of Castle-bill, in the county of Devon. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 27. _ _ let Regiment of Life Guards—To be Cornets and Sub- Lieutenants, by purchase—John Henry Reginald, Lord Earlsfort, vice the Hon. Cecil Dnncombe, promoted ; Her bert Hay Longhorn, Gent., vice Viscount Powerscourt, promoted. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Cornet the Hon. Geoffrey R. Clegg Hill to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baillie, who retires. • 2d Dragoon Guards—Paymaster Frederick Windham Lukin, from the 2d Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice King, who exchanges. 2d Dragoons—Paymaster John Henry King, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Lukin, who exchanges. 3d Light Dragoons--Lieutenant Jahn Norcliffe Preston to be Captain, by purchase, vice Draper, who retires. 11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Robert Dunmore Napier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dungate, whe retires ; R. R. Harrison Dungate, Gent., to be Riding Master. Military Tretin—Paymaster Benjamin Robert James, from the Land Transport Coips, to be Paymaster. Royal Artillery—Second Captain John Lowrance Bol ton to be Captain, vice Flint, deceased ; Lieutenant Augustus William Johnson to be Second Captain, vice Bolton. _ _ The dates of the promotion of the undermentioned officers to be altered as follows :—Captain W. B. Saun ders to 13th January, 1857; Second Captain C. B. Le Meander to 13th January, 1857 ; Captain C. H. Smith to 24th January, 1857; Second Captain H. S. Elliott to 24th January, 1857; Captain H. T. Fitz Hugh to 21st February, 1857 ; Captain W. N. Hardy to 21st February, 1857; Second Captain H. P. P. Phelips to 21st February, 1857. Royal Engineers.—Second Captain Andrew Clarke, on the Supernumerary List, to be Captain; Brevet-Major Francis Da Cain to be Captain, vice Penrice, resigned ; Lieut. G. Neville to be Second Captain, vice Da Cane. 9th Foot—Lieut. A. G. Douglas to be Instructor of Musketry. 23d Foot—Lieut.-Col. R. Pratt, from half-pay 41st Foot, to be Lieut.-Col. ; Captain C. G. C. Norton, from half-pay 233 Foot, to tta Captain. vice F. Sayer, who exchange,.; Ensign Frederick Wollaston Hutton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Griffith, who retires ; George Frederic Rus sell Colt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, ♦ice Hutton ; Ensign Charles Jacquet to be allowed to retire from the army, her Majesty having no further use for his services. 39th Foot—Captain Thomas Adams, from the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Foster, who exchanges. 40th Foot—Ensign Henry Ross-Lewin Morgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cook, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 25th May, 1855, has been cancelled. 66th Foot—Thomas Gambell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shortt, promoted. 72d Foot—Herbert Barron, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Burnet, 'who retires. 78th Foot—Captain Frederick Wilmot Foster, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges. 81st Foot—Lieutenant Walter Musgrave to be Adjutant, vice Wilkinson, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 92d Foot—Lieutenant William David Inverarity to be Captain, by purchase, vice D. P. Campbell, who retires. 97th Foot-'Ensign Robert Cecil Kearney has been per mitted to resign his Commission. STAFF. Brevet-Colonel Honourable W. L. Pakenham, C. 8., upon half-pay Unattached, as Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Deputy-Adjutant-General to the Troops proceeding on a particular service. Brevet-Colonel E. R. Wetherall, C. 8., upon half-pay Unattached, as Major, to be Deputy-Quartermaster- General to the Troops proceeding on a particular service. Brevet-Colonel Studholtne Brownrigge, C. 8., upon half pay Unattached, as a Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Deputy- Quartermaster -General to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Brevet-Colonel Wetherall, appointed Deputy-Quarter master-General to the Forces employed on a particular service. _ _ _ HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy-Inspector-Gen,:ral of Hospitals—.A. Gordon, M.D., C. 8., from half-pay, to be Deputy-Inspector-Gene r,l of Hospitals. T. C. Beale, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces. BREVET. The undermentioned Officer having completed three years' actual ser vice on the Bth March, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851 : Lieutenant-Colonel Ft. Waddy, C.B. 50th Foot. The undermentioned officers having completed three years' service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, according to the provisions of the Royal Warrant` of 3d November, 1854, to be Colonels in the Army, viz.:--- Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Ormsby, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel H. Servants, Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel St. Aubyn Molesworth, retired full pay of the Royal Engineers, to be Colonel, in consequence of the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Wilkinson, of the Royal Engineers, who stood below him on the effective strength of the corps when he retired. Brevet-Major W. Cartan and Brevet-Major A. Donelan, on retired full-pay (Staff officers of Pensioners), to be Lieu tenant-Colonels in tha Army, the rank being honorary on Th ly. e undermentioned Cadets of the East India Com pany's Service to have the local and temporary rank of En sign during the period of their being placed under the com mand of Col. Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for Field Instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining. Isaac Pratt -Westmorland, Gent. Arthur Charles Padday, Gent. Thomas Freeman Dowden, Gent. Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John, Gant. Augustus Le Mesurier, Gent. David Henry Trail, Gent. Arthur Herbert Bagge, Gent. William Coninghatn, Gent. Frank Robertson, Gent. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 25. The promotions, dated the 19th inst., conse quent on the death of Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart., on the 18th inst., have this day taken place : Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. George Anson Lord Byron, on the Reserved Half-Hay List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same list.' Rear-Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Edmund, Lord Lyons, G.C.B. (holding the temporary rank of Ad miral), to be Vice-Admiral of the Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir S. Lu4hington, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain 11. D. Trotter, Captain Sir G. Back, Captain Wm. Hillyar, To be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List. Captain Henry John Codrington, C. 8., to be Rear-Ad miral of the Blue. Captain James Barney and Captain James M organ have also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admirals on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Sept. 1,1846, with out increase of pay. WHITEHALL,. MARCH 26. Tho Lord Chancellor has appointed William Robinson, of No. 32, Charterhouse, Gentleman, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Ck'aneery. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Blyton, clothier, York-terrace, Ratcliffe, Mid dlesex. ------- BANKRUPTS. John Msrahall, coal merchant, Friar-street, &c. , to sur render, April 18, at half-past ten, a nd May 8, at half-past coLle, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, oc i a l assignee, Basingtiall-street; Linklitt e rs and Ila ckwood, S ffi ise. lane. George Lashmar, & led crusher, Brighton, April 7, at two, and May 5, at ha If-past one, at tha Court of Bank ruptcy. Stausfeld, official assigned. , Preston; . John Stewart, ironfourrder, Preston, April 6 and 28, at hi F te r c a h se al r l th ro c a i l l at the Court of ' twelve, at the Manchester District Court. assignee, Manchester; R. and W. Ascroft Clobtett and Wheeler, Manchester. Benjamin Slnith, licensed victualler, Iv April I.), and May fi, at one,Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbnry ; Cox and Sons, Siee• lane. William Dickens Eves,ivictualler and beer seller Hollo way, Middlesex, April 4, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingiull street ; Elsrd, Trafalgar-square. Andrew Hind, tea dealer, Pleasant-row, Pentonville, April 7, at two, and Hay 5, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Willoughby, Cox, and Lord, Clifford's-inn. Thomas Dillon, boot and shoemaker, Halifax, April 20 and May 11, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Brierley, Halifax. Thomas Brooke Wavell, bill broker and commission agent, Adams-court, Old Broad-street, April 20, at twelve, and May 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Stubbs, Moorgate street. Joseph Skinner, auctioneer, Great Jam es - s t ree t , B e d ford row, April 17, aetwelve, and May 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Al dermanbury ; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Ohl Jewry chambers. Benjamin Hornby, hotel keeper, Hoylake, Cheshire, Aptil 8 and May 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Smith, Liverpool. Hillyard Nichols, corn merchant, Bedford, April 17, at eleven, and May 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carmen, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Linklatera and Hack wood, Sise-lane. John Jones Roberts, metal broker, Liverpool, April 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Fletcher and Hull, Liver pool. _ James Long, rag merchant, Kent-street, Portsea, April 7, at eleven, and May 7, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Colemau-street-buildings ; Linklaters and Rackwood, Solomon Solomon, tailor, Strand, April 7, a t h a lf-p as t one, and May 5, at.half-p a s t eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Oldknow, Guildford place, Russell-square. _ James Stevens Tripp, commission agent, Lombard street chambers, Clement's-lane, April 8, at two, and May 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; J. and J. H. Linklaters and Hackwood, Size lane. William Jeffcoatt, baker, King's Heath, Worcestershire, April 6 and 27, at half-past ten, at the Birmingh am Dis trict Court. Christie, o ffi cial assignee, Birmingham Smith, Birmingham. James Smitb, marine store dealer, Walsall, April 9, at ten, and April 30, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Duignan and Hemmant, Walsall; Hodgson and Allen; • Birmingham. Jonathan Wright, shoemaker, Burnley, Lancashire) April 20, and May 11, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Al coc k and Holmes, Burnley ; S a le, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Ed ward Watmough, draper, Manchester, April 11 and May 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Her naman, official assignee, Manchester; Lee, St. Paul's churchyard, London ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Charles James, victualler, Leicester, April 7, and 28, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Inglesant, Loughborough. William Mee, fancy hosier, Leicester, April 7, and May 12, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Middle-pavement, Nottingham; Stone and Paget, Leicester; James, Birmingham. BANK OF ] An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday 188IIE DEP, Notes lamed .......• 24,065,1601 424,065,160 ENGLAND. 7th And Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the 21st day of March, 1867. kIiTMENT. Dated the 26th day of March, i X Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,590,160 Silver bu11i0n........ - £24,065,160 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 857. BANKING DE: Proprietors' capital .. 14,563,000 Rest .......... 3,813,985 Public deposit: (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 8,906,791 Other deposits ...... 9,902,845 Seven Day and other Bills ........ 630,966 :AITMENT. Governmentsecnrities (Includg.DeadWeight Annuity) .......... 11,646,013 Other securities...... 19 998,712 Notes • • .... •....... - 8,44 ,720 Gold endeavor coin.. 782,137 £37,857,587 437,857,58 T r. MARSHALL, Chief Cukor. 157. Dated the 25th day of March, 11 AVERAGE PRICE Or SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, COM.' puted from the returns made in the week ending March 24, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d.. From the British Possessions in America 37 41 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius-- Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 2B 9 ♦verage of the above descriptions. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-3URcH 27. There was a better attendance of country millers at our market to-day than was looked for, but they were buyers o wheat only, in quantity, at a reduction on last Tuesday's prices, which holders would not concede to ; consequently, the general business was quite in retail, at much the same prices as were paid on Tuesday for wheat and the other lead. jug Etrticlos of tko trade. WAKEFIELD—MARea 27. The wheat trade was dull, at is decline on fine sorts, and is to 2s on inferior. Fine English barley was scarce , and prices were in favour of the purchase r s. Oth er t orts not much inquired for, and rather lower. Bean ,; Cats, and shelling sold slowly, and were somewhat cheaper. EXETER—AfARoa 27. CORN.—Wheat, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; barley, 4s 9d to ss; grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od to 3 1 6d. Beans, Os Oto 0 Od. Peas, 008 Od to 00s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 42s Od to —a Od ; seconds, 4es Od to —1 Od per sack. CATTLE. —There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 103 6d to 113 per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to 10s per score ; fat calves, —(1 to 7d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and calve., 121. to 161. us ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearine calves —s to s each. sheep, ewes and lambs, 0/. Os to 01. Os per couple; ewes, 7d to 7 1 d; wethers, 7,id 8,1; lambs, —to Od per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —3; second size, —s to —s ; slips, to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4d per lb. Pork carcases from 10s 6d to 11s Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR-MA 27. The market continues extremely quiet, both for raw and refined —indeed the transactions since our last are too trifling to report upon them. Importers, however, still show much firmness, and it is impossible to purchase on easier terms, but as soon as the new duties are in operation we look for rather higher prices. Run continues in good demand, and as high as Ss per gallon proof has been paid for Demerara, GOAL MARKET.—MARcLE 27. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market. Ilolywell, 18s.—Zhips at market, 3; sold, 3. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDAY. Amsterdam.-- ..... 11 18% Gibraltar Ditto, three months .. 11 18N Leghorn .. •• ••• 29 43 Rotterdam ............ 11 18% Genoa 25 75 .. Antwerp ............ 25 50 Milan •••••••• ...... Brussels .• •••• •• •• •••• 25 50 Venice.. •• •• •••• •....• llamburgh •••• •• •• •••• 13 8% Naples •••••••• 43 Altona •• Palermo .... l3O 25 27% Messina ... . . 13014 Ditto, three months .. 25 72% Lisbon • 523 Marseilles 25 72% Oporto ....•• .• ..•• •• •• 62 Bourdeaux Rio Janeiro...... •• Frankfort-on-Maine •• Berlin New York,6o days' sight V rr i r ,,s q::: .• .•• 1 0°131732909: Buenos Philadelphia pair E AY r o s:: BULLION,.I .. OZ. I Foreign Gold in Bars 43 17 10 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 adiz ••• . • ...,.. 60 Mexican Dollars •• • • 0 5 1 cA P Petersburg Barcelona ............ New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Seville.. •• Silver in bars 0 b lx LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been dull to-day, and prices closed flat. Eastern Counties, 11—London and North Western, 1041 Caledonian, 34i—Midland, 821--Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011—South Eastern, 221 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 9- North British, 11 ex d.—Lancaster and Preston, 35t prem.— Great Western of Canada, new, 3t die.— Bank of Liver• pool, 24. We understand that the legal expenses incurred in the prosecution and defence of the Knightsbridge Churches case amount to very little less than 5,000/.1 BIRTHS, OF A SON. On the 25th inst., at 74, Brewer-street, Woolwich, the lady of Lieut,-Col. Congdon, R.M. Light Infantry. On the 27th inst., at 4, Glecester-ereseent no Es rth, w est , bourne terrace, the wife of John Henry James, q. OF A DAUGUTOO. the wife of th e H on. R. Nottingham-place, R egen t' s - par k i On tho 25th inst., at Devonpo rt, Haudeock. Esq., barri s t er - a t-i aw . On the 27th iust , at 33, the wife of W. Wellington Cooper, MARRIED. O n n e the 26th inst. , at Willesden Chumis, William Lane dow to Caroline, on l y daughter of the late Beale, Charles Geach, Esq., M. P. On the 25th inst., Adolf Landauer, Esq., of Vienna, to Ellen Henrietta, only daughter of S. B. Worms, Esq., of Park-ereseont, Forthtud-place, Loudon. DIED. On the 26th inat., at Brympton, Jane, Dowager Countess of Westmoriaud. On the 26th inst., at 27, Hereford square, Old Brompton, George P. Whitfield., Esq., aged 72. On the 26th inst., at 1, Blandford-square, John Baily, Esq., aged 85 . On the 24th inst., the Lady Caroline Graham, the second daughter of James, third and late Duke of Montrose. On the 26th lust., the Rev. John Bluck, rector of Walso ken, Norfolk, ag,d 70. On the 23d inst., at Field-place, St. John-street-road, Mr. Richard Fay Tipping, aged 44. On the 18th inst., at Dalbury Rectory, the Rev. Charles Evelyn Co, ton, aged 75. On the 21st inst., at Oaklauds, East Tytherley, Hants, the residence of his son, William Cooke, M.D., F.It.C.S., late. of Durham, aged 80. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. of No,, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middleacx, Saturday, March 28, HUT.