The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-23 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1855.

GREAT WgSTERN_ COALS.—Best, 245. ;
Seconds, 225. per ton. The Great Western Railway Com-
pany can now execute orders for Itualion Coals, equal to th, finest
' P,t.. tin Co dsiat'24s. per ton, and for excellent and economic it Vron
( partly Cannel), at Vs. per ton. Cash prices within,4 miles
Or the Paddington Station. Address to the Superintendent, Great
Western Railway, Paddington.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH PUBLIC' DRAW-
ING—fiIe t ONSERVATIVE TAND SOCIBTY.—At the
Elt-veno Quarterly leetill; of the Members, at Exeter Hall, on
IVEDNESDAY, June 27th, at Three o'clock;
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Viscount I:ANELAGII in the Chair ;
a Public Drawing for One Hundred Hight. 0, Choice on the valuable
estates ci the Society w 11 take place, and fifty shares will be added
to the rogisier by seniority or date or mymbershiP. Shores taken up
to the time of the drawing will be inclade.i therein. Numbers drawn
will lose their privi:eg if the subscriptions be in errear. First. cost
of a since share, 12i Gd., inctuding tees. Subsequent Payments, Ss.
per month, arid Is. :or quarterage.
Norimk-street, Strand, London.
CHARLES LEWIS GRIM; EISEN, Secietary.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
lIENRY FREDIF.RICK STEPII moll, Esq.. Chairman.
ROBERT Itiniampu, Esq„ Deputy-Chairman.
ADVANTAGES The lowest rites of Pr,mlum on the Mutual System.
The whole of the Pro'd;S divided amen; the Assured every Fifth
Ye
No eharze for l?elicy Stamps, nor.tor Service in the Yosmanry or
Militia Corps.
Numher of Policies in free, 7,600.
The Assurance Fund amounts to 1,432,5221. Income u;wards of
230,000/. per a:mtrn.
The sum of 397,0.0/. was added to Policies at the last Division,
which produced an average Bonus of G7l. per cent. on the Fre-
mlums.pAid. . •

For particulars apply to
AL E NAN Dlt It MAC DONALD, Secretary,
6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.

OiNDO3`.4- AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
S W. 4.1".., ricr,"—T:mdm Ito authotise an extension of th'
thester and Holyhead It ailwast to the new harbour nt Holyhead
having hen withdrawn, and North -taffor&bire Amalgam ttion
and Worce,t,r and Ilereford hill s i.aving.ileen r.-jeced by theCotn•
mons' Committee, the only •measutes remaining for considerat on at
the adj urned Special tieneral Aleeting on the :Mill instant are—
The l'aoston Station Bill,
Improvemmt of L'ommuni.atinn with Ireland 8i8,.. .
Stockport and Risley Bill.
By order, H. !TOOTH,
C. E. ATE WART, Secretaries. •
Euston Stat'on, London, May 2!, 1855.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY of
CA NA D I.—Notice is hereby That a CALL of 21. 10s.
per share on each and every e;are of the k serie4 of the char• s of
this compani has he •n made. and will be due and payable on Mon-
day, the 11th day of June, 1855
A CALL of la will also be due and payable on each of the Certi-
ficates exchangeable for Company's Debe lures, and ID/. on each of
the Certificates exchangeable for the Debentures of the I'r4vince of
Canada.

Six per cent. intere.it will be, charged on the Calls as long as they
remain in arrear.

A Coll Let ter will be sent to each sharehn7der for the payment of
the tT'all on his stares. Tho Debenture Certidcates most be presented
at the Bankers, in order that the payment of the Call may be marked
upon them.

Holders have the option of paying up in full on their shares and
debentures. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum is paid on
all sums ,Itceived in advance of Calls on either shares or debentures.

All payments to be made at the Banking Rouse of Messrs. Glyn
Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
By order of the Board.
WILLIAM Cli ATNIA.A.N, Secretary.
Offices of the Company, 21, Old liroad-street,
• -''.london, 15th May, 1155.

STORTING INTELLIGENCE.

:-.TA VAL AND MILITARY IN BIALIGEIVIL

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The block-ships at .Spithead are at length orderal to
sea. The Hawk, 60, Captain Ommanney, is ordered to
the Humber; the Pembroke, GO, Captain 'Seyraotr, is
ordered to Dundee ; and Rear-Admiral Baynes, in the
paddle•frigate Retribution, 28, Captain Fisher, takes
the other three (Cornwallis, 60, Captain Wellcsfey ;
Hastings, 60, Captain Catlin ; and Russell, 60, Ceptain
Francis Scott) to the Nore. They will sail as awn as
their crews can be paid advance. Lieutenant Howard,
of the Russell (who was Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral
Price, of the President, and wounded in the affair of
Petropaulovski), has been obliged to leave that ship and
go to Haslar Hospital, his wound having broken out
iifresh. The Odin, 16, paddle-frigate, Captain Willcox,
and the Rosamond, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton,
wilt leave Portsmouth about Saturday for the Black Sea
with the six mortars belonging to the mortar-vessels
Hardy, Growler, Firm, Plainer, Blazer, and Boxer,
which vessels they wilt convoy out. The City of Nor-
wich steam-transport, Captain Oliver, arrived at Spit-
head at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon from the Crimea
with 100 invalid soldiers ; she had four deaths on the
passage. She sailed from Gibraltar on the 9th inst.
All previous sailings and nitelli4ence respecting her were
fully reported in the Sun of Saturday last. Captain
Egerton, of the Rifles, and Dr. Hudson have come home
in her in charge of the invalids. •

The City of Montreal, which arrived at Liverpool
from the United States on Saturday, has on board a
cargo of ice for the hospitals at Scutari, whither she will
proceed without loss of time.

The Pioneer screw-steamer Las been elia#led ai
Liverpool as a store-ship,lL,

ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN AT PORTSMOUTH.
At a quarter to five - o'clock yesterday afternoon, her
Majesty, the Prince Albert, the Royal children, and
court, arrived at the Royal Clarence yard. The Queen
was received by the C unmanderio-Chiel, Vice-Admiral
Sir II -alias Cochrane and ftig lieutenant ; the Lieute-
' nant-Govtrnor, Major-General Ereton, and staff ; the
Rear-Admiral-Superintendent Fansliawe Marlin and flag
lieutenant ; Captain Superintendent Smith, of Basler;
Master-Attendant Davies. &c.- On leaving the Clarence
pier the Fairy, tender, Captain Denman, steamed very
slowly, evidently with a desire lot her Majesty and the
Prince to look at the Royal yacht lying alongside the
dockyard jetty, rna,ted, and the pendant flying, looking
exceedingly handsome. The ships in harbour were
dresed, mat.ned yards, and saluted. The Platform
flattery took rip the firing as sbon as the Fairy was
perceived erner,ing from the harbour's mouth ; after
which the squadron at Spithead poured forth a Royal
welcome, anti, with manned yards ant ships covered'
with hunting, cheered their Sovereign out of hearing.
The 80th Regiment furnished the guard of honour,
attended by their exceEent'band.

Honourable William Henry Curzon to he Captain -; Thomas
Greenwood, Esq., to be Captain • James Ashton, Esq.,
to be Captain; Edward Barlow, Gent., to be Lieutenant;
John Satterthwaite, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William
Frederick Pearse, Gent., to be Lieutenant`; Thomas
Acres Ogle, Gent., to be Ensign ; Richard Trafford White-
head, Esq., to be Surgeon. .
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
• appeared in the Gazette of the 3•t April.]
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Adjutant
William Hartshorn to servo with the rank of Captain.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Ensign John George Slade to be Lieutenant, vice Blake,
appointed to 47th Regiment.
The Galloway Rifles—Septinsus Parrot, Esq., to be En-
sign.

West Essex Militia—Captain Champion Russell to be
Major, vice Elwes,.resigned ; Lieutenant Edward Brett to
be Captain, vice Russell, promoted ; Ensign Arthur H.
M`lienna to be Lieutenant, vice Brett, promoted.
Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia—Assistant-Surgeon
John Bell, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Thomas Smith Mac-
call, M.D., resigned.
Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Tom Brook, Esq., to be
Captain, vice Lewis, resigned.
Ist Durham Regiment of Militia—Compton Legge,
Gent., and Henry Edward Harrison, Gent., to be Ensigns.
Royal Barks Militia—Robert Tebbott, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Morris, promoted toa commission in the line.
West York gine Regiment of Militio—Lieutenant Ed-
ware Muscroft to be Captain, vice Maude, who retires ;
Ensign Edward Mason to be Lieutenant, vice Muscroft,
promoted; George William Adair, Gent., to bo Ensign;
John Lambert Reid, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hill, re-
ired.

ad Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia
Edward Lan&len, Gent., to be Ensign ; John Geo. Smyth
Wilicocks, Gent., to be Ensign.
sth Regiment of West York Lynam,
Gent., to be Lieutenant.

The following appointment is substituted for that which

appeare:fin:ihe Gazette of the Bth May ipstant:l

2d Regiment (Light Intintry) of West York Militia.—
Henry Charles Chawner, Gent., to. be Ensign.
[The following appnntment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 27th April last.]
Ist Durivm Regiment of Militia—Surtees Smith, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Craw Shay, resigned.
Ist Regiment of the-Royal Surrey Militia—Liont. Rasch,
retired.

BANKIZUPTCY ANNULLED.
Henry Holland, merchant. Liverpool.
BANKRUPTS.

Alfred Dixon Toovey and Joseph Wyatt, wholesale sta-
tioners. Aldermanbury, to surrender, May 31, at eleven,
and July 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklaters, Sise-lane.
Thomas Sophton, licensed victualler, Prescott, Juno 1
and 28, at
ffi eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
Oci al assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Son, Liverpool;
Marsh, St. Helens.
David Hughes, draper, Bell, Merionethshire, June 24
and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan
official assignee, Liverpool ; Sale, Worthington, and Ship-
man, Manchester; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
Henry Thompson, tailor. Ilkestone, Derbyshire, June 5
and July 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Wilkinson, official assignee, Nottingham ; Smith; Not-
tingham ; Rushworth, Birmingham.
• Richard Hart, spirit merchant, West Hartlepool, June
1, at eleven, and July 13. at twelve, at the Newcastle Dis-
trict Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle; Hodge
and Hale, Newcastle.

Samuel Clay, 'manufacturer, Wakefield, Yorkshire,
June 18, at twelve, and July 16, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Westmor-
land and Taylor, Wakefield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.

Alfred Cheadle and Frederic Cheadle, drapers, Stone,
Staffordshire, June 2, and 29, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Weaver and Hinds, Stafford ; Motteram and
Knight, Birmingham.
Harriet Townsend, poulterer, Charles-street, Westmin-
ster, May 26, and June 30, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers ; Shaw, Farnival's-
inn.

Henry Thomas, saddler, Walsall, Staffordshire, June 2,
and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wilkinson,
jun., Walsall ; James, Birmingham.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Hewitt, baker, Glasgow; creditors meet
May 28, in the Globe Hotel, there.
Captain John M'Gregor Drummond, Crieff, now de-
ceased ; May 20, in the Drummond Arms Hotel, there.
Grant and Company, merchants, Banff; May 31, in the
Fife Arms Hotel, there.

Alexander Peden, jun., ironmonger, Newmil os, Ayrshire,
nor deceased; June 1, in the Globe Hotel, Kilmarnock.

THE GIVIL

( From last Night's Gazette.)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of
May, 1855.
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Isiesent—The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

Whereas it is expedient to make provision for testing
according to fixed rules, the qualifications of the youn
men who may from time to time be proposed to be ap-
pointed to the junior situations in any of her Majesty's
civil establishments.

and you,
consenttherefore,of
her her
privllylacj
ensutynPcilb,ydaond withthoide the
r,a adndivicties
hereby ordered, that the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan,
Assistant-Controller-General of the Exchequer; John
George Shaw Lefevre, Esq., Companion of the Bath, Clerk-
Assistant to the House of Lords ; and Edward Romilly,
Esq., Chairman of the Board of Audit • or such other per-
sons as her Majesty may from time to time approve in the
stead of them or auy of them, Phan be Commissioners for
conducting the examination of tho young men so proposed
to be appointed to any of the junior situations in the civil
establishments as aforesaid, and shall bold their offices
during the pleasure of her Majesty, and shall have power,
subject to the approval of the Commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury, to appoint from time to time Ruch assis-
tant-examiners and others as may be required to assist
them in the performance of the duties hereinafter assigned
to them.
Anti it is hereby ordered that the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury do prepare and submit to Parliament
an estimate for the remuneration of a secretary to the said
commissioners, and of such examiners and others as may
be required to assist in the performance of their duties.
And it is hereby ordered that all such young men as may
be proposed to be appointed to any junior situation in any
department of the civil service shall, before they are ad-
mitted to probation, be examined by, or under the direc-
tions of, the said Commissioners; anti shall receive from
them a certificate of qualification for such situation.

And it shall be the duty of the Commissioners, in respect
of every such candidai;:), before granting any such certifi-
cate as aforesaid-
- 1. To ascertain that the candidate is within th 3 limits of
age prescribed in the department to which he desires to be
admitted.

- 2. To ascertain that the candidate is free from any phy-
sical defect or disease which world be likely, to interfere
with the proper discharge of his duties.
3. To ascertain that the character o: the candidate is
such as to qualify him for public employn:ont ; and '
4. To ascertain that the candidate poasesse:: the requisite
knowledge and ability for the proper discharge Di' his offi-
cial duties. •

The rules applicable to each department under each of
the above heads sliculd be settled, tritit the assistance of
the Commissioners, according to the discretion of the chief
authorities of the departmca ; but, except that candidates
fer admission to any of the junior situations in any branch
of the civil service will be required td obtain certificates of
qualification as aforesaid, such examining Board shall not
make any alteration in respect to the nomination or ap-
pointment of candidates by those who are or 'may be
charged with the duty,of nomination and appointment.
After the candidate has passed his examination and re-
ceived his certificate of qualification from the commis-
sioners he shall efiter on a period of probation, daring
which his conduct and capacity in the transaction of foul-
ness shall be subjected to such tests as may be determined
by the chief of the department for which he is intended ;
and he shall not be finally appointed to the public service,
unless upon satisfactory proofs of his fitness being furnished
to the chief of the department, after six months' probation.
And it is lastly hereby ordered, that in case the chief of
any department considers it desirable to appoint to any
situation for which there are no prescribed limits of age a
person of mature age braving acquired special qualifications
for the appointment in other pursuits, such person shall
not in virtue of this order be required to obtain any certi-
ficate from the said commissioners in order to obtaining
such appointment ; but the chief of the department shall
cause the appointment of any person not previously exa-
mined to be formally recorded as having been made on
account of special qualifications.
WILLIAM L. BATHURST.