The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-03 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, (TUNE I.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Henri
Boisselier as Consul at Birmingham, and of M. Jean Felix
Jules Blanchet as Consul at Leeds, for his Majesty the
Emperor of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Alfred
Watts as Consul in South Australia for his Majesty the
King of Sweden and Norway.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Heinrich Schabbel as Consul at Port Elizabeth for the Free
Hanseatic City of Lubeck.
DOWNING STREET, MAY 31.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Graham
Briggs, Esq., to be a member of tho Council of the Island
of Barbadoes ; Burdett Johnson, Esq., to be a member of
of the Executive Council of the Island of Montserrat ;
Thomas Sunderland, Esq., to be a member of the Legisla-
tive Council of the Colony of Hong Kong ; and William
Butler Ure MacPhail, Esq., to be a member of the Legis-
lative Council of the Island of Nevis.

JUNE 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Adderley,
Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of the
Bahama Islands, and John Winter, Esq., M.D., to be a
member of the Legislative Council of the Island of New-
foundland.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 2.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
Windham Thomas, Viscount Adaro to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Herbert Hay Langham, who retires ; the
Hon. Henry Edmund Butler to be Cornet and Sub-Lieu-

tenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Adare.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Percy Hughes Hewitt to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Francis Reid, who retires ;
Cornet Percy Richard Gay to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hewitt.
Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry,lV.
Devlin, appointed to the Staff.
Military Train—Ensign Edward Holberton, from 6th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice 'William Frederick Rudman, trans-
ferred to 20th Foot.

4th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Edward Ranulph De Barry
Barnett, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William
Harry Stone, who retires ; Ensign John Corse-Scott,
from 56th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Barnett.
6th Foot—Ensign Robert GrEeme to be Lieutenantrby pur-
chase, vice John Butler Mackenna, who retires-I
-Edward
Holberton, from Lieutenant, South Devon Militia, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice GrEeme • Gentleman Cadet
Henry Deering Thomas, from the Royal Military C 01...
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leg to lat• -Thisign, without purchase, vice Ho11;ortou,

to be transferred to the Military ritraiu ; Augustus

Joseph O'Malley Quin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice T homas -Wentworth Edwards, who retires.
11th Foot—Ensign Edward Reginald Mvnors Baskerville
to b Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Augustus
Eliot, who retires ; Martin Nepoan Gubbins, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Callwell, promoted.
19th Foot—Captain Stephen Weston Bent, from the late
sth West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Hugh
Francis Massy, who retires upon half-pay.
21st Foot—Ensign Francis John Webber to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice John James Rutherford, who retires ;
Charles Reginald Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Webber.
23d—Foot—Captain Charles Grantley C. Norton to bo
Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel E.
G. Bulwer, C. 8., promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-
Colonelcy, by purchase ; Lieutenant Frederick Gerard
to bo Captain, by purchase, vice Norton ; Lieutenant
Lorenzo George Lysons to be Captain, by purehase, vice
George Frederick Russell Colt, who retires ; Ensign
George Bentinck Luxford to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Gerard ; Ensign Howe James Knox to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Lysons; Robert Tankerville
Webber, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lux-
ford ; Walter Frederick James Cowan, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Knox.
26th Foot—Captain Thomas William Lawson, from the
74th Foot, to be Captain, vice Lockhart, who exchanges;
Ensign John Macfarlane, from the 61st Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Davies, transferred to the 61st Foot ; Gen-
tleman Cadet Edward Macklon Dougherty, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Charles Cecil Hazlerigg, who resigns.
28th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William
Roberts to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel Percy Archer Butler, who retires upon
half-pay ; Captain Simpson Hackett to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Roberts; Lieut.
Francis Brodigan to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Hackett ; Ensign Alfred Beere to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Brodigan ; Ensign John Marshman, from the
97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Henry Philips, who re-
tires; George Conner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Beere.
32d Foot—Captain Henry Charles Watson, from Paymas-
ter School of Musketry, to be Paymaster, vice Giddings,
Who retires upon half-pay.
36th Foot—Ensign Henry Thomas Cramer Roberts to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clements Moffat Bond,
who retires ; John Lewis Rose, Gent, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Quartermaster John Hobson
Wright, from the late Roberts;eth West India Regiment, to be
Quartermaster, vice Joseph Brookes, who retires upon
half-pay.
45th Foot—John Humfrey, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Reginald Garnett, promoted.
52d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Middleton Prendergast to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Legh Richmond Parry,
who retires ; Ensign Thomas Maubourg Bailie to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prendergast ;" Thomas
Dacres Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Bailie.
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Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Addison.
74th Foot—Capt. William Eliott Lockhart, from the 26th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Lawson, who exchanges.
83d Foot—Ensign James Mitchell Lyall to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Augustus Goring Bridger,.who retires ;
Booth Hay Metcalfe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Lyall.
94th Foot—Lieut. John Mackinlay to be Adjutant, vice
Lieut. P. R Anstruther, promoted.
97th Foot—Charles Jebb Arnold, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Marshman, transferred to the 28th Foot.
Ist West India Regiment--Lieutenant Thomas England,
from the late sth West India Regiment, to be Lieuten-
ant, vice William Fitz-William Smithwick, promoted ;
Ensign Charles Ramsay Gibb, from the 4th West India
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M. Nel-
son, who has retired.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robertson Gilchrist
Marshall, from the late sth West India Regiment, to be
Lieutenant, vice J. W. Turnbull, transferred to the Ist
Foot.
HALF-PAY.—Captain John Henry Prenderville, from the
late sth West India Regiment, to be Major, without
purchase.
CHAkPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Thomas Coney,
M.A., Chaplain of 4th Class, to be Chaplain of 3d Class.

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LONDON, SA7URDAY, JUNE 3, 1865.

The public will learn with satisfaction that ano-
ther Prince has been added to
our Royal Family.
This auspicious event took place somewhat unex-
pectedly, and it is gratifying to know that her
Royal highness is progressing favourably. All
that appertains to the happiness of the Prince and
Princess possesses great attraction for the nation,
for, besides the feeling of loyalty which is deeply
rooted in the heart of the nation, a particular in-
terest is felt for the young Princess who has so re-
cently come among us that amounts to an indi-
vidual attachment. Since her arrival on our
shores the Princess ALEXANDRA has endeared
herself to the people of the land of her
adoption by her numerous engaging qualities, and
they have truly sympathised with her and followed
her steps through the lights and shades of existence

with admiration, affection, and hope. It must be
borne in mind that this young Princess has beeir.

placed in difficult circumstances, for, in consequence
of the retirement of her MAJESTY, much has devolved
upon the bride of the heir-apparent that otherwise
would have been spared her, and in these trying
circumstances she has displayed a judgment, a dis-
cernment that have guided her serenely on. The
Prince of WALES has also shown himself truly
anxious to do his utmost to meet the requirements
of his high position, and scarcely a day passes in
which something is not recorded of his exertions in
various quarters. He goes about, too, in an un-
affected and unartificial manner, and whether he
appears in the House of Lords or lends his assist-
ance to inaugurate exhibitions for the working
classes, he is alike free from affectation and hauteur.
We all know that life is not all sunshine, and that
the highest position, the greatest wealth, and the
most favourable circumstances cannot secure
the rich more than the poor from the
dark days of disappointment and the bitter
hours of trial. Domestic happiness is a surer
resource under such evils than any of the grandeurs
of state and the pomp of power. The best wishes
of the nation will attend the Princess, and the
prayers of the people will be offered up to the Giver
of all good things, that He may bestow length of
days and happiness upon these young heirs of our
Royal Family, who give the promise of perpetuating
the line to the limits of a remote posterity. In
these days we have more cause than ever to desire
the continuance of an hereditary monarchy, and the
events which have occurred across the Atlantic have
shown unmistakably that they who put their
faith and place their reliance in forms instead of
facts will meet with nothing but failure and re-
verses. The English Constitution still maintains
its proud pre-eminencd among the nations of the
world, and the benefits and blessings that accrue
from a fixed style of government cannot be too
highly appreciated. It is an additional satisfaction
when the representatives of the royal race possess
those qualities which render them beloved and re-
spected by all classes of the community.

We are glad to find, from Mr: GLADSTONE'S
remarks last evening, that the enlargement of the
National Gallery on its present site is really
under consideration. On the vote being proposed
for the completion of the necessary sum for its
maintenance, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
stated that the Government thought it desirable to
give effect to the vote of last year, and, therefore,
they were occupied in the consideration of plans for
the enlargement. It is not very wonderful, con-
sidering the strong reluctance manifested in official
quarters to adopt the most rational scheme as yet
proposed, that hon. members should have exhibited
some degree of anxiety respecting the production of
the plans. Mr. GLADSTONE, who professed the
greatest amiability on the subject, declared that the
Government were especially anxious to be as prompt
as possible, and that he believed the plans would
be forthcoming immediately after the holidays.
Still the House was not fully satisfied, and on the
motion of Mr. SEYMOUR, who declared the vote too
important to be hurriedly taken, the Chairman
reported progress-, and the matter stood over. The
same doubtful and dissatisfied feeling was shown
on Thursday night, when the vote of £lOO,OOO for
the Science and Art Department of the United
Kingdom was taken. There was plenty of
room for criticism in the details, and
there was no lack of critics. The amount of
the votes under several heads was objected to, and
the South Kensington arrangements gave rise to a
good deal of discussion. On Mr. POTTER'S motion
for the reduction of the vote for schools of science
and art, Mr. BRUCE contended that these schools
were productive of great advantage to students ;
and certainly, if they have any effect in spreading
the knowledge of art throughout the country, it is
not worth while by a petty saving to interfere with
the students. It was objected that many of a rank
well able to pay for other instruction availed them-
selves
of these schools ; but it must be remembered
that it is not only the cheapness of the instruction
that is an inducement, but the accuracy of it ; and
it would be very unfair to the poor governess, the
young art-workman, or the many members of the
toiling classes who wish to improve their knowledge
of this valuable art, to raise the fees which they
already have to pay so as to suit the incomes of
amateurs who require more thorough instruction
than can usually be obtained from fashionable
teachers. As for the advantage conferred on our
artisans by the collection of works illus-
trating their own trade, they are perfectly
true ; but Mr. BRUCE, in commenting upon
them forgot that the argument did not support-the
South Kensington theory. The anxiety which, he
says, has been manifested by working men in other
parts of the town to transfer part of the Kensington
treasures to different local museums is of itself a
strong proof of the inaccessibility and inconvenience
of the Kensington depot. Alderman LAWRENCE
observed that the feeling of the committee on the
subject was that the distance of South Kensington
was too great from those parts where the mass of
the working population lived for them to have much
advantage from the museum. There was a strong
feeling, he said, among the artizans of the metropolis
against the centralisation of these collections in so
inaccessible a place. Mr. Cox, speaking upon the
same subject, remarked that persons of this class
could not afford to lose the half day's labour which
must be sacrificed to get to and from Kensington.
Other members supported this view, and although
some single voices were raised in favour of the more
fashionable locality, and the Government succeeded
in obtaining all the votes, yet the feeling of the
house was unmistakably expressed on the popular
and common-sense view of the question.

Certainly the internal affairs of Prussia are not
proceeding at allin accordance with the wishes or de-
sires of Herr VON BISRARK, and the summary of
events in the Chamber of Deputies may be briefly
characterised as defeats of the Ministerial measures,
and rebuffs to the Government. The last news is
that the Bill for the increase of the Prussian Navy
came on for discussion, and Herr BISMARK took
great pains to set forth the merits of
his cause. He said that it was false to
assert that the Government had entered into nego-

tiations with Denmark for the surrender of North
Schleswig, and, of course, proceeded to blame every
one else connected with the affair. The Duke of
AUGUSTENBERG is the guilty party now it would
seem, and really if the issues of this matter were not
so serious, it would be almost ludicrous to watch
the turn of the affair. As it is, however, we can
but lament that a great Power like Prussia should
lend herself to such base subterfuges, and
resort to such underhand means of gain-
ing her object—an object, moreover, which draws
down upon her the contempt of all honest and
honourable persons in every land. Herr BISMARK
declares, with curt and characteristic impertinence,
that if the Duchies agree to these conditions, " it is
indifferent to us what constitution they give them-
selves." This means, virtually, that if they consent
to sap the foundations of their rights, and allow
the well-springs of their liberties to be choked
may be honoured by
up, that a prophet