The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-28 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 28.

The fcllowing promotions, dated the 22d instant, con-
sequent on the death of Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles
Sullivan, Bart,, on the 21st instant, have this day taken
place :
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir James Stirling, Kt., to be
Admiral of the Blue.

Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Henry Ducie Chads,
K,C.B. to be Nice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue George Wm. Conway Courte-
nay to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral the Hon. George John Cavendish, on the
Reserved List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Charles Talbot, K.C.8., to bo
Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White John Jervis Tucker to be
Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Robert Spencer Robinson to
be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Sir Robert Hagan, Kt., to be Rear-Admiral on
the Reserved List.
Captain George Ramsay, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.
Retired Vice-Admirals Edward Barnard, William Bate-
man Dashwood, Martin White, Charles George Rodney
Phillott, and William Wolrige to have the rank and title
of Retired Admirals ; and Retired Rear-Admiral John
Wilson the rank and title of Retired Vice-Admiral, under
Order in Council of 7th May, 1851.

BANKRUPTS.
That portion of the " Gazette" containing the bankrupts
had not at rived when we went to press.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Turs DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 164 11 161
Antwerp.. . ... 25 37} 25 424
Brussels — 25 374 2.5 421
Hamburgh — 13 61 13 7
Paris
Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 371 25 421
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119
Vienna
Trieste
Petereburgh — 341 35
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn — 25 55 26 60
Milan — 25 521 25 571
Genoa — 25 521 25 571
Naples
Palermo .. 119 114
Messina — 119 1191
Lisbon — 521 521
Oporto — 521 521
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)
3 14 6 South American Doubloons

LIIERATtI.RE.

The Public Life of Lord Macaulay. By tho Rey.
Frederick Ar .(,Id, B.A. Tinsley Brothers, Catherine.

street, Strand.

Without pretending to be a complete biography of Lord
Macaula, , the work before us conveys a good idea of that
aspect of his character which, exposed to public view, is
nevertheless fading from men's memories, or of which the
latter and comparatively recent portion is alone remem-
bered with distinctness. It is in fact a record of his acts
and opinions; it relates the impression he produced on his
cotemporaries ; and it touches on the many important
events in whieh he took a prominent part. The writer also
displays considerable impartiality; he does not suppress
adverse judgments; and the reader is thus to some extent
enabled to form an estimate for himself.

Born at Rothley Temple, October 25, and of Scotch
descent, Macaulay showed early indications of no ordinary
capacity. At the age of 13, greatly impressed with Napo-
leon's Russian campaign, he wrote a poem called " Mos-
cow." As a schoolboy he is described as being "rather
largely built than otherwise, but not fond of the ordinary
physical spouts of boys; with a disproportionately large
head, slouching or stooping shoulders, and a whitish
or pallid complexion; incessantly reading or writing, and
often reading or repeating poetry in his walks with his
companions ;" and a naiad friend of a poetical turn de-
scribed him a few years later as

Little graced
With aught of manly beauty—short, obese,
Rough-featured, coarse complexion, with lank hair
And small grey eyes . . . . his voice abrupt,
Unmusical.

A writerinanAmericanpaper pictures him when speaking
on the Reform 13111 as "a little man of small voice, affected
utterance, and hissing like a serpent." Nevertheless, "these
spasmodic symptoms gradually wore off as the fire of argument
kindled up his soul, and the more proper shapes of human
speech by equal degrees formed upon his tongue and flowed
from his lips." At 18 he went to Cambridge, where he took
high rank and obtained the Chancellor's gold medal for the
best English poem, the subject being Pompeii. In 1821 he
gained a Craven scholarship of £5O a year, produced another
prize poem on "Evening," and contributed articles to
Knight's Quarterly Magazine, on " The Athenian Orators,"
and " Italian Poets." His first appearance in London was
at Freemasons' Hall, in 1824, when he made an anti-
slavery speech which attracted some attention, and in the
same year he was elected Fellow of Trinity, In 1826 he
was called to the bar, and went the Northern circuit,
though apparently without obtaining any business. But
his career may be considered to have really commenced in
1825, when he joined the Edinburgh Review, and contri-
buted the first of those essays which have given him a
foremast place among English writers. In 1830 he took
his seat in the House as member for Caine, his maiden
speech being on the question of the admission of the Jews.
Shortly after this commenced the famous Reform Bill
agitation. "Unparalleled scenes were then witnessed in
the two Houses. Noble lords were shaking their fists in
each others' faces, and Sir Robert Peel had to be dragged
down to his seat by his friends." And it was now that
Macaulay gained his great reputation as an orator, oven his
bitterest opponents admitting his power. As a specimen of
cotemporary criticism we give from the Noctes Ambro-