The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

The New Law Officers of the Crown.

Sir Roundell Palmer, Q.C., M.P. for Richmond,
Yorksiiire, who has been appointed Attorney-Gene-
ral in ,the room of Sir William Atherton, is the
second se,n of the late Rev. liraliam Jocelyn Pal-
mer, 8.D., of Mixbury, Oxfordshire, by the youngest
daughter of the Rev. William Roundell, of Gled-
stanes, York. He was born in 1812, and was edu-
cated at Winchester, where he gave
high promise
of his future honours in scholarship. He obtained
a scholarship at Trinity College, Oxford, and in
1831 obtained the Latin verse prize for the poem.
" Nurnantia.;" in 1832, the Ireland University
Scholarship, end the Newdigate English poem
" Stain ;" in 1834, a first-class in " Liter's humani-
oribus ;" in 1833, a fellowship at Magdalen, and
the Latin essay "De jure clientelve apud Ru-
manes ;" and in 1836, the Eldon law scholar-
ship. Such a brilliant university career has
rarely been known. Mr. Palmer was called to
the bar by the Society of Lincoln's-inn, June 9,
1837, and speedily obtained a very large Chancery
practice. In 1848 he was appointed Queen's Coun-
sel, and is now one of the leaders of the Chancery
bar. In 1832 he was appointed deputy high
steward of the University of Oxford, of which he
is one of the greatest living ornaments.

In 1847 Mr. Palmer obtained a seat in the House
of Commons for Plymouth, in the Liberal-Conser-
vative interest, and retained it till 1852, when his
vote against the Papal Aggression Bill, which he
joined with Mr. Gladstone, Sir J. Graham, &c., in
opposing, caused him to be displaced by a severer
Protestant, Mr. R. P. Collier, the new Solicitor-
General. He regained his seat in 1853, and
held it till 1857. In Parliament he took a high
position at once by his ability, his unforensic
style of speaking, his earnestness, and his evi-
dent religious principles of action. Latterly Mr.
Palmer seemed to approximate more nearly to
the Conservative side of the house than Mr. Glad-
stone and the Peelites generally. But in 1862, on
the appointment of Sir R. Bethell to the Chancel-
lorship, and the promotion of Sir W. Atherton to
the Attorney-Generalship, Lord Palmerston secured
the services of Mr. Palmer as Solicitor-General, who
was then out of Parliamant. He obtained a seat
For Richmond by the friendly resignation of Mr.
Henry Rich. Last session he conducted the chief
legal business of the Government in the house, and
this year he took the leading part as counsel for the
Crown in the Alexandra case.

Sir Roundell married in 1848 Lady Laura Walde-
grave, second daughter of the late Earl Waldegrave,
and sister of the Lord Bishop of Carlisle. He is a
High Churchman, in favour of church rates, against
the ballot, and earned a high reputation by his
energetic and eloquent speeches in opposition to
marriage with a sister-in-law. His " Book of
Praise" is a unique and most valuable repertory of
devotional poetry.

Mr. Robert Porrett Collier, Q.C., M.P. for Ply-
mouth, who has been appointed Solicitor-General in
the room of Sir Roundell Palmer, is the son of Mr.
John Collier, M.P. for Plymouth from 1832 to 1841,
by Emma, daughter of Me. Porrett, of North
Hill, Devon. Ho was born in 1817, and graduated
at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1841, without
taking honours. He was called to the bar by the
Inner Temple, January 27,1843, and soon obtained
a large practice on the Western Circuit. He was
for a time Recorder of Penzance. In 1854 be was
appointed a Q.C., with a patent of precedence ; in
1859, Judge-Advocate of the Fleet and counsel to
the Admiralty, in th© room of Sir William
Atherton.

In 1852 he was returned for Plymouth to the
House of Commons, in opposition to his present
chief, Sir R. Palmer. He has taken an active part
in advocating the abolition of church rates and
supporting marriage with a sister-in-law ; he earned
the favour of the Whig Ministry by supporting the
Conspiracy to Murder Bill (1858) against his Ra-
dical friends, and generally has rendered himself
eligible for high legal preferment. He, of course,
supports the ballot. In 1844 he married Isabella,
daughter of Mr. W. R. Rose, of Woolwich.

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

Only a moderate supply of English wheat was received
fresh up to this morning's market. The demand for all
qualities, however, was in a sluggish state, yet prices were
unaltered from Monday last.

With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. In
all descriptions, sales progressed slowly, at late rates.
Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at previous
currencies. _ _ _

The supply of barley was moderately large. The demand
for all descriptions ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the
currency.
The malt trade was dull, and prices had a downward
tendency.

The supply of oats was moderate. All descriptions moved
off slowly, at late rates.
For beans and peas the trade was in a sluggish state, on
former terms.

In the demand for flour no activity vas observed, yet prices
ruled stationary.

ARRIVALS THIS VICEIC.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout.
English.— 1,240 1,780 1 1,120 lllO I 1120
Irish — 1350 --
Foreign.— 12,110 1,740 9020 230 alcs.
130 brls.