The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-12 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Woor.wica, AfAtteEtil.—Captain Horatio Thomas
Austie“. C.B. (1838), to the Victory flag-ship at
Portsmouth, • fur packet serrioe at Southampton,
in the room of Armar • Lowry Corr), promoted
to the rank of a-ar-Admiral. It will be recollected that
Captain Austin commanded the recent Arc'ic expedition,
and on the conclusion of the sittings of a committee ap-
pointed to report on the exertions of the officers of the
expedition on that ()maim., and the subs. quent' promo-
tions and appointments that were made, wa stated that
the late Board of Admiralty contemplated appointing
Captain Austin to be Superintendent of the Packet Ser-
vice at Southampton whenever a vacancy occurred, by
the promotion of Captain Corry to the rauk of Rear-
Admiral, Every officer of the royal'navy will bp grati-
fied to learn that the intention of the Board of Admiralty,
of which • Sir Francis Baring was First Lord, bag been
so honourably fulfilled by the new Board of Admiralty,
of which his Grace the Duke of Northumberland is First
Lord, and that good service is sure to be rewarded when
opportunity offers.
Lieutenants Lumley W. Peyton (1846), William Lam.
bard (1S48), and Edward Field (1852), to the .Blenheim,
60, acrow steam•-guardalup, of 450-horsepower, at Ports-
Andret.v..]?otighis, to "the Terrible
moutb.
tb6 Mediterranean'
statien.
steam-effriEg
ril`Farlane
aotgfei 6ener,
Assistant. Engineers—Daniel , to the Bien-
finial, and Thomas Langley, to the Fisgard flag-ship, at
Woolwich. -- - - -

SHEICR;EBB, MARCH 11.—Her Majesty's ship Diana,,
42, has been removed from Chatham to Loogreach, to
Corm one of the line of telegraphic signals, for comma_
nicating between the dockyards at this port, Chatham,
anti Woolwich.

Her Majesty's ship Royal George, 120 will shortly be
taken from this port to Chisholm, Labe made ready for
sea service.

Her Majesty's sh,lp North Star, Commander Pullen,
fitting at Chatham, will proceed to Deptford in the course
of ,ti few days to take in stores, prior to sailing for the
Arctic Regions.
The riggers of Chatham Dockyard are employed fit-
ting her Majesty's steam-sloop Barracouts.
Her MPjesty's ship Herald, fitting at Chathamp for
surveying service in the South Seas, will be out of tho
herds of the dockyard by the middle of April, and be
ready to sail for her destination with her tender, the
Torch, early in May.
Her Majesty's ship Waterloo, 120, flag of Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Joceline Percy, is complete in her
stores.

Her Majesty's Form steam-frigate Horatio, 24,
Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, is painted on the out-
side. She will be ready to leave the basin on the 18th
instant.

Her Mejristy's screw steam-frigate Amphion, 34, will
be taken into the fitting basin to be made ready for ser
vice on the Horatio's coming out.

ELECTION INTEL, IGENCE.
BURY (LANCASHIRE).
Viscount Duncan bad a personal meeting with the
constituency at the Red Lien, Bury, on Wednesday
night, and experienced a most enthusiastic reception.A
section of toe Liberal party had previously split off from
the main body, and'have been getting up a requisition
to 'Mr. Frederick Peel. 'At the head of this party is
Mr. Richard Ashton, who had at one time consented to
come forward in the Liberal. interest, and would un-
doubtedly have been elected without opposition." Mr.
'Ashton has issued en address on behalf ot Mr. Peel. but
it is understood that Mr. Peel gives no premise to stand
until he has seen the requisition.
The meeting at the Red Lion to receive Lord Darman
was very crowded, and highly influential. Mr. John
Grundy, of Outwood-lodge, presided, and among the
gentlemen present were Mr. Edward Grundy, of Park-
hills, Mr. Samuel Grundy, Lark-hills, Mr. Thomas
Grundy, Mr. Thomas Wrigley, and Mraßobert Philips,
(who had also been earnestly requested to become a
candidate).
The CHAIRMAN introduced Lord Duncan.in a speech
of considerable length, and after a few words from Mr.
R. PHILIPS (a friend and relative of his Lordship),
Lord Duncan (who was enthusiastically received)
proceeded to explain why he came forward to obtain the
suffreges of the electors of Bury. and why it was he
meant to remain there. He would say, and he fetid it
advisedly, that he had a certain seat at Bath, and that if
he were to poll that constituency again be believed he
should have two. thirds of the entire votes of the elec-
tore. Daring the last session of Parliament he had
Takeo en etteive part in coming the repeal of the win-
dow-tex—(Appleuse)—and tlte electors of Bath were
net the geelemen to be ungrateful to him on that ac-
count. The constituency ot Bath, however, would no
doubt ...he ably xe.Feaentedet- lertified by an ievitetion
from a deputation from-- the electors of Bury, of which
the chairman wee a member, and fortified else by the
knowledge that to a very great extent his rrinoiples
were in unison with theirs, he had ventured to stand
forward as a fitting person to represent them in
Parliament.—(Cheers.) These were ticklish times,
and there never, was a period at which the
electors of Bury ought to be more on their
guard with respect to the gentlemen whom they
might select. Should they get hold of a slippery
gentleman on the subject if free trade, sod should
he, when ho went to Parliament, not go quite so fir as
their old and tried friend, Mr. Walker, what would they
hear? 'Why, it would iternedively be trumpeted forth
from the Treasury bench, " Lock at the electors of
Bury; they have altered their opinions."—(Cheers.) It
would be said, " They have tired of free trade; they are
for a reversal of our present policy."—(Hear, hear.)
He was happy to inform teem that in 1838, the very
first year atter he entered Parliament, ho was a
porter of Mr. Villiers in one of his fret-trade motions,
and he bed supported all the subsequent motions for free
trade. He had been asked what free trade had done tor
the country. He thought any gentleman standing in the
county of Lancaster, if he would only make use of his
eyes, would very readily answer that question. Let
them first consider this,—than in the last year there was
AD excess of income over expenditure of no leis than
2,756.000/. He trusted they would not seo this excerot frit-
tered away upon what were termed "national defences."
—(Hear, beer.) Be trusted they would aeo that money
legitimately used in alleviating the burdens of the people.
He could not furget'nl6o that the effects tif free thud()
had been to liberate us within the last few years from part
of the scampduties. from the brick duties, from duties
on sugar,
coffee, timber, nem lass, though not least,
that it was owing to the surplus of oar revenue derived
from the Customs, and mainly owing to free .3
traw*, that
he was enabled in the last session of Parliament to
the repeal of the odious window duty:—( I carry
suse.)
Now, what he wished the peop'e to understa iPP, ehohgle
on believed they ueder,E„.d it as
well
as he did, war,
that the tuesstle had been beet‘fitd by free
him esk, was there any one thero who thought
trade. ...et
charged too little fur his bread? therelought he Kati
gentleman was a very groat curio i was,
such
a
Purest)) should very much like tbity,
tY'
a"
he
(4)11
laughter.) He had clever found to tee him-oinch
such,• even in the agri-
cultural districts. Let them not forget toes since 1546
10.000,000 quitters of grain had been imported into this
country. Had any of them had tet much to eat during
that tone?—(Great top !
they would not , Pause.) But for that free trade
Only not have had the' 10 000,000
quarters of food, but the • h
inhabitants of the manu-
facturing disttiota would have been deprived of that
labour through whi •
ch the payments had been
made for it. We could not a for thisfood wit • • h
nothing. We paid for it
with what we had—our
manufactures; and he thought tbo working men of
Englaed ktiew that when maaufactures were flourishing
wages were in the ascendant.—(hear, hear.) Consider
for a moment how free trade had aced in the agricul-
tural districts. They had heard a good deal about the
suffering there. Now, be was an agriculturist himself,
and he was, therefore, behiad the scenes —(A hingpo
He was aware of this fact, that since the passing of the
free trade measures the burdens of the counties—the
burden of the county eves, and the poor-rate, which in
1849 was 3,500,0004, had diminished to 2,200,000/, re-
lieving them of about a million of taxasion.—(hear.)
They had heard a good deal of the sufferings of the
agriculturists, but was. there any one in that room en-
gaged in trade who found that Ihe trade he was engaged
in veal always flourishing? Re feared the courage was
lacking, and that no Minister would be bold enough to
come forward with a downright honest motion to reverse
the system of free trade.—(Hear.) He was afraid they
would have, on the contrary, a long talk shoat, " Ob.
I don't want protection; far from it; all I want is a
little—elight—fixed duty, of ss. a quarter. upon corn."—
(Laughter.) The Noble Lord proceeded to point out
what the effects of a ss. duty on core would be, and
then, leaving the question of free trade, remarked next
upon the anomalies in our representative system, ex-
pressing his opinion in favour ot the ballot, financial re-
form, a large and not a horccePathic extension of the
suffrage, and a general se stern or seen's! education. Ho
Dissenters to pay
of forcing
denounced the principle of to procure'
ehureh-ratee, and recounted_ohoidsse
and
better management of the W
.Forests, and to
Aegean stable, stating his be-
get to the boaorn of that
lief that if those estwes were well. managed the revenue
to maintain the no al • -
would be amplitsurdcient
of y
Family,
without a single sixtonce taxation. After a few re-
y end naval °stabil
marks "P"' "r luiciejidarb thanking those shments, the
Noble Lord concluded by
which present for the
enthusiastic manner they bad received him.
He had fought several battles in the course of his life,
in which he had never been worsted; and he bad always
spade it his practice, as he should now, to be the first in .
the field, and the last to quit it.—(Great cheering.)
After a few questions it was moved by' tz Mr.
of Leek-hills, and seconded by Mr. ALCQCK, of Hudoar,
that Lord Duncan was a fit and proper candidate to re-
present Bury in Parliament, anti carried, with only one
dissentient, amid enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. Ashtou, in his address on behalf of Mr. FrederiCk
Peel, says—
" There has been for some time past a strong feeling
among various sections of the constituency, that to return
Mr. reel as Member for this borough would be a graceful
acknowledgment of the services rendered to the community
by, hit illustritps father, a striking declaration of our strong
convictions in iav-Our of thole free trade yo icy With which th'at
great stateman's name will be ever identified, and the means
of uniting all parties, and argdips the turmoil of aMA