The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-08 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

THE SUNDAY AT HOME. Edited by Thomas
Guthrie. —This is a well-written serial, something
in the style of " Good Words," though less general
in its character and less popularly attractive. It has
several interesting papers, among them anaccount of " The
Olive Tree" and " Sketches of the Cowgate," by the editor.
There is also a touching story of a mother's sorrow and
the blessing it brought her, under the title of " Clara
Linzell's Commentary."

CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED FAMILY PAPER.—This
old-established journal now appears in a new and
enlarged form, and from its attractive character, as well as
from the sound information to be found in it, we do not
wonder that it boasts of a very large circulation.
HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE GOSSIP contains a good
deal of solid instruction conveyed in a popular form.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments
in the Civil Service•

(From the Civil Service Gazette.)
THE POST OFFICE.—The postmastership of Kingstown.
is vacant. Salary £125, with an allowance of £l2O a year
for assistance, and an allowance of £5O a year for office ex-
penses. Poundage on stamps estimated at £25 a year, and
the incoming postmaster must not reckon on any advance
of emolument from this source. The office, with most of its
fittings, the cost of which may be considerable, to be pro-
Vided by the incoming postmaster. Mr. Fitzgibbon has been
promoted from the second to the first class of surveyor's
clerks. Mr. De Fraine has been promoted from the proba-
tionary clerks to the third class of clerks, Circulation Do-
• partment, London.
CUSTOMS.—Mr. Thos. Baker has been appointed an extra
clerk, London. Mr. Thomas G. Shield has been appointed
an extra clerk, London. Mr. Henry Ivins has been ap-
pointed to be a clerk, Newport.
INLAND REVENUE.—Mr. J. Bickerton Blackburn has been •
appointed a clerk in the secretary's office. Mr. Wm. Hurst
has been promoted from the fourth to the third class, soli-.
citor's office, in the room of T. G. Garwood, superannuated.
Mr. John Harris, surveying general examiner of tho
2nd class, has been promoted to be collector, Aylesbury
collection. Mr. Robert East surveying general examiner of
the 2d class, has been promoted to be collector of Galway
collection. Mr. John Bailey, collector, Reading collection,
has been appointed collector of Leeds collection. Mr. W-Ln.
Ritson, collector, Galway collection, has been appoitited
collector of Reading collection. Mr. J. Robertson, surveying
general examiner of the 2d class has been promoted to be
senior surveying general examiner of the 2nd class. Mr.
Thomas Nicholson, surveying general examiner of the 2nd
class, has been promoted to be surveying general examiner
Ist class. Mr. William Barnes, surveying general examiner
of the 3d class, has been promoted to be surveying general
examiner, 2d class. Mr. John Walton, surveying genend
examiner of the 3d class, has been promoted to be surveying
general examiner, 2d class. •
IRELAND.—Mr. John Daly has been promoted from the 2d
to the Ist class of clerks in the National Education Office,
in the room of Mr. H. V. Dunbar, deceased. Mr. Miles'
Fitzgerald has been promoted from the 3d to the 2d class of
clerks in the National Education Office. Mr. A. H. Fanning
has been. appointed to the 3d class.
THE EASL INDIES.—Lieut.-Col. E. J. Lake, commissioner
of the Jullundur division, has been appointed financial
commissioner of the Punjab. Mr. F. H. Cooper, C. 8., de-
puty commissioner of Delhi, has been appointed commis-
sioner and superintendent, vice Lieut.-Col. Lake, but to
continue to officiate as commissioner of the Lahore divi-
sion. Major A. L. Busk, deputy commissioner of the Kurnal,
has been appointed to officiate as commissioner of the Um-
balla division. Capt. J. R. G. G. Shortt, assistant commis-.
sioner, has been transferred from the Kohat to the Sealkote
district, Mr. W. H. Rattigan, extra assistant-commissioner,
has been tranferred from the Delhi to the Shahpoor dis-
trict. Mr. E. 0. Brien has been appointed assistant-com-
missioner of the third class, and posted to the Kurnal
trict.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

The market very quiet, and yesterday's prie!,s
barely maintained. Sales, 4,000 or 5,000 bales.

CRYSTAL PALACE.--The first rehearsal for the
great choral meeting of 5,000 voices, to be held at•the
Crystal Palace on the 10th of May next, under the direc-
tion of Mr. G. W. Martin, was held at Exeter Hall 'on
Saturday last. There was a very full attendance, repre-
sentatives from upwards of 130 schools being present—:the
whole of the anthems, choruses, and part-songs practised
being taken with great spirit.
THE LOCK-OUT IN THE IRON TRADE.—Yester.
day (Monday) there seemed a prospect that the lock-out in
the iron trade would not extend to Northumberland and
atanyra
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inconvenience,
as masters the
with the conduct of the North of England Executive in
withholding aid from the North Staffordshire men ; and
most of the employers in the district, it is stated, have
either withdrawn the notice they gave their men, or have
expressed their intention to do so. The smiths, erectors,
and strikers at Sir W. G. Armstrong and Co.'s works at
Elswick are out on strike. A large number of men are em-
ployed in these departments. Last week the men sent in a
notice for an advance, the strikers to the smiths 2s. a week,
and the smiths and erectors is. per week, which not being
granted they turned out when their notice expired.
AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL
TH

WEES.—The following steamers are due at
Liverpool this week with the American and Canadian mails,
viz. :—the North American, Etna, and Europa. The two
first steamers, with dates respectively from Portland and
New York, to the 25th ult., may be expected, the former
off Greencastle, and the latter off Crookhaven or Queen's_
town, in the course of to-morrow (Wednesday). On
Saturday next the Cunard steamer Europa, with dates
from Boston to March 1, and Halifax early on the morn-
ing of the 2d, may be expected to reach Crookhaven or
Queenstown.

l‘'wlAs L—A Parliamentary return issued yesterday
England during 1864 was 40,099,857 bushels.
During 1863 it was 37,453,842 bushels, and_ during 1862
and 1861
I was 35,424,061, and 34,942,918 bushels respeo-
shoT. that the quantity of malt used in the brewing of
beer for sale in
tively.
In Scotland the number of bushels were 1,541,138
during 1861; 1,635,777 during 1862; 1,838,257 d
urill
1863 ; and 2,021,424 during 1864. In Ireland the number
of bushels were 2,867,354 during 1861; 2,336,379 during
1862 ; 2,412,710 during 1863 ; and 2,597,005 during 1864.
,THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL—A return made to
Parliament of the receipts and payments of the
Duchy of Cornwall shows that during the year ending
Dec.3l last, the receipts, including the balance of £5,030
from the previous year, amounted to £73,441. The prin-
cipal items of outlay were £50,000 to the treasurer of the
household of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ;
£5,010 for taxes, £BOB for improvements, and the balance
for the expenses of management. The balance carried
forward to the present year amounts to £7,742.

MALT AND BARLEY.—A return made to Parlia-
ment yesterday shows that 2,067,388 quarters of
barley were imported into the United Kingdom during
1863, and during 1864 there were 1,377,981 quarters im-
ported. In England during 1863 there were 42,087,482
bushels of malt charged with duty, amounting to £5,708,114,
and in 1864 there were 43,975,530 bushels charged with
£5,964,180 duty. In Scotland, in 1863, the figures were
1,947,414 bushels, producing £262,828 duty, and in 1861
2,017,242 bushels, producing £272,292. In Ireland
2,234,947 bushels of malt produced £302,784 during 1863,
and during last year 2,551,350 bushels produced £345,889.

CITE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY REVIEW
contains but few articles this month in number, but
in quality. The first, by
these amply make up
Captain Knollys, is a review
of - ,‘ Wellington's
First Peninsular Campaign in Portugal," which is
treated in a soldier-like manner; " White Slaves
and Barbary Corsairs," gives a glowing account of the savage cruelties inflicted by the Moors
and Arabs of times gone by. It records the chastisement inflicted upon them by Blake, and the release of Christian slaves so lon
kept in captivity. The appellation of "Buccaneer," by which the pirates of the West Indies were distinguished
and celebrated for their daring, is derived from a curious
circumstance. It appears that the American Indians had
a mode of curing the flesh of cattle, which, when cured,
they called " buccan." This the French colonial settlers
converted into the verb "buccaneer," to dry red without
salt; and this food becoming the usual sea provisions of them
sea robbers, they obtained the name of "buccaneers." .
Some interesting anecdotes are narrated in this
article, among others that of Cervantes being cap-
tured and led into slavery by the Algerines--
his subsequent attempt at escape, and magnanimous con.- •
duct to save his comrades when betrayed. "Fortification,
and its Uses," we recommend to the study of our gallant
volunteers as an excellent treatise on the art of defence,
and, in case of invasion; indeed it will be found of very
great service to soldiers in general, though it is spcially
intended for the volunteer& It will be continued in ano- •
ther number. The article on " Dumouriez as a soldier of
the Revolution" is finished, and does justice to that cele-
brated soldier, a Royalist at heart, though a renegade to the
Revolution. This indecision was his ruin, like that of less
heroic characters. "Celebrated Trials" records that of
Governor Wall, who tempted his fate by his needless vas-
ciliation, after having so long escaped. The counsel con-
cerned at his trial Were eminent men in their time, the
Attorney-General being Mr. Law, afterwards Lord Ellen-
borough,
the Solicitor-General, the Hon. Spencer Percival,
afterwards Prime Minister, assassinated by Bellingham,
Mr. Abbott, Lord Tenterden, and others of repute.
THE BOYS' OWN MAGAZINE. THE BOYS'
MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Beeton.—These two jour-
nals keep up their character, and are likely to afford
great delight to their young readers.