The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-23 00:00:00

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Ln, F. . Hill. by Lore. nut
Es.sign E. B tiodand b, Colonel 11. l). Jones.
Ciwtain St. Pierrie took, I), Lord Wilton. • - -
Captain A,r C. Ho' ham, R.N., K.C.B , on his return from si special
mission to the States of the River Plate, and appoiwtment as Lien-
tenant-Governor of Victoria, by the Doke of Newcastle.
Captain Hunter, on return from to ei ;n service, by Lieutenant-
General Sir J. Wilson, K.C.R.
Mr. John K. James, by Lord G. Lennox, when he received the
Shr.
honour of knighthood.
Lieutenant C. Hope JOhnstone, by Lord Raglan.
Lieutenant W. G Kell, by Viscount Comberm re.
Rev. J. Kempe, on his preterment to the rectory of St. James's,
Westminster, by the FS shop of Loh(' n. St.
Lord Mark Kerr, Lieutenant-Colonel unattached, on promotion, by 20
the Earl of Elgin.
Mr: Laurie, of Maxwelton. by the Right Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce.
Cornet Sir George Leith, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrenson. 50
Ensign J. Le M. surfer, by Colonel H. D. Jones. .
Second-Lieutenant C. LEstrange, on obtaining his commission,
by the Master-General of the Ordnance. 31
Lieutenant E. Lloyd, on his return from British Kaffraria, by
Major-General Sir J. Dennis, K C B
Lieutenant J. INPGII, by ,tajor-General Wetherall.
Mr. L M. M acknizie, on his appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant,
by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ross. 22
Lieutenant H. A. Mallo,fk, on appointment to the Bengal Artillery, 25
by Lieutenant-General Sir A. Machine.
Sir John Majoribanks, by the Duke of Roxburgh.
Lieutenant Charles Mason, 48th Regiment Madras Native In- St.
fantry, on return from India, by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A N.
St.
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BRITISH RAILWAYS.

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RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
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Hood.
Lieutenant G. S. Maxwell, on appointment to the 20th Regiment,
by Major-General ,ir Thomas Wiltshire.
Lieutenant S. Maxwell, R A., by Lord Raglan.
The Lord Mayor, by Viscount Palmenton.
The Rev. Henry Melville, on be ng Appointed one of her Ma-
jesty's Chaplains in Ordinar3, by the Bisho of Loi.don.
Lieutenant H. Moller, Bengal Army, by s‘ir Charles Wood.
Major M• nine, by his brother, Colonel m onins.
Ensign J. R. Monckton, by Colonel H. D Jones.
The Rev. E. Graham Moon, chaplain to the Lord Mayor, by the
Lord Mayor,
Captain Joseph Moreland, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Colonel
Hon. Hei ry Fitzroy, M.P.
Mr. Mowbray, M.P., by Viscount Seaham, M.P.
Lieutenant Musgrave, by Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrenson.
im r. Marili Nelson, by the Earl of Glengall. St.
Lieutenant C. L. O'Grady, by the Inspector-General of Forti- 25
fications. •
Captain Edward Ottley, on appointment to the Royal Middlesex St.
Rifles, by Viscount Enfield. St.
Captain Leopold Paget, en his appointment to the Royal Horse 10
Artillery, by the Master •General. St.
Mr Augustus Paget, on appointment as Secretary to her Majesty's 10
Legation at the Hague, by the Earl of Clarendon. St.
Rear-Admiral Sir E. Parry, on his promotion and appointment as
Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, by Sir J. “raham. St.
Brevet Lieutenant-i3olonel D. Patton, on promotion end return St.
from the Cape of Good Hope, by Major-General Sir H. nwith, St.
G.C.B. St.
•
Second Lieutenant H. Percival, on obtaining his commission in St.
the Royal Artillery, by the Master-General of the Ordnance. 12
The Earl of Perth and Melfort on restoration, by Lord Willoughby
de Eresby. 50
Mr. R. N. Phillirs, on his appointment to the Lieutenancy of Lon- 164
don, by the Lord Mayor. NI
Dr. Pickford, on appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant to the County St.
of Sussex, by the Duke of Richmond. 19i
Lieutenant FL R. Poole, on appointment to Royal Anglesey Light
Infantry (Militia), by Field Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey. 14
Major the Hon. H. L. Powys, on return from India and promotion, 50
by Lord Lilford. 20
Captain M. Quin, R,N., on paying off her Majesty's ship Ajax, by 114.
Sir J. Graham. 10
Mr. A. Redgrave, by Viscount Palmerston. St.
The Registrar of the Privy Council, on his appointment, by the
St.
Lord President.
Colonel Lord Rokeby, Scots Fusilier Guards, on promotion to the 20
Lieutenant• Colonelcy of the regiment, by his Royal Highness the 10
Duke of Cambridge. 12,
Colonel Rose, C. 8., Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople, on his St.
return, by the Earl of Clarendon.
Mr. Carpenter Rowe,- on his appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant 50
40
for Cornwall, by Sir W. Molesworth.
Brevet-Major Lord Alexander lt,.ssell, on promotion and return 25
from the Cape of Good Hope, by General Sir A. Barnard. 25
Captain Shernon, on his marriage, by Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. St.
Mr. Montague Smith, on his appoidtment as Queen's Counsel, by
8/ 2s
the Lord Chancellor.
Deputy-Assistant Commissary General Smith, by the Chancellor S
St.
t.
of the Exchequer.
Sir William Bowyer Smith, M.P., on succeeding to the Baronetcy, 50
by lord Burghley. 25
Lieutenant William Meredyth Somerville, by the Inspector-Gene-
Lieutenant too
ral of Fortifications. St.
1 Colonel Stanhope, Grenadier Guards, on promotion, by Viscount

Hardinge.
Ensign C. 8, Thompson, by Colonel H. D. Jones.
Ensign A. H. Tucker, by Colonel H. E. Roldinson.
Lieutenant C. J. Tyler, R.A., by the Master-General of the Ord
tance.
Mr Sheriff Wallis, by 'Viscount Palmerston.
Captain J R. L. Walmisley, on promotion, by Lieutenant-Colonel
the Hon. H. Fitzroy, M.P.
Second Lieutenant A. Walsham, Royal Artillery, on obtaining his
commission, by the Master-General of the Oranance.
Lieutenant B E. Ward, tar Viscount Hardinge.
Captain T. P. Waterman, by Sir C Wood.
Second Lieutenant W. H Watson, Royal Artillery, on obtaining
his commission, by the Master-General of the Ordnance.
Ensigii J. L. Watts, by ()lone) H. D. Jones.
The Rev. Augustus Wetherell, by his father, Major-General
Wetherell.
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Wire, by Viscount Palmerston.
Mr. P. E. Wodehouse, Governor of British Guiana, by the Duke of
Newcastle.
Mr. H. Drummond Wolff, on his marriage, by the Right Hon
Spencer H. Walpole.
Lieutenant J. Wreford, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Wilton.
Major-General Yorke, on his return from the Cape of Good Hope,
by Viscount II rdinge
Ihe following noblemen and gentlemen were also present at the
Levee:—
Duzes.—Leede, Hamilton, Roxbarghe.
MARQUISSES.—Camden, Exeter, Stafford, Kildare, Winchester.
Salisbury.
&treas.—Clare, Fowls, Hardwicke, Gifford, Fingal', Annesley,
Clanaarty. Romney, Cawdor, Lanesborough, Grey, Lonsdale, Shel-
bourne, Desert, Dert y.. - -
Visconerrs. —Neville, Jocelyn. Elmley. Torrington, Somerton,
Chelsea, ileaham, Castlerosse, at P., Mandeville, Emlyn.
finmoes.—Down and Connor, London, Chichester.
Loans.—Shaftesbury, Durham, Lyttleton, Ciarina. GeOrge Gordon
Lennox, tuffe in, De Ros, Colville, Hcnniker, Bateman, Gleneig,
Mahon De Tabey. Stanley of Alderley, Dudley Stuart, Clau I Hamil-
ton. Ossuiston, Alfred Hervey, Wodehouse, Lovaine, Burghley,
Camoys.
Worm Horrotraaar.z.s.—ttir Henry Bulwer,G.C.B., Joseph Napier,
W. G. Hayter, M.P., Sir John Young, M.P., M. J. Baines,.M.P.,
Henry Labouchere, M.P., spencer H. Walpole, M.P., B. Disraeli,
C. Cardwell, Henry Corry, M.P., Sir George Grey, Sir Thomas Free-
mantle, J. W. Henley, E. Strutt, M.P., Sir John Pakington, M.P.
HONOURABLES. -Captain Duncomhe, R N , M.P., Jacob Astley,
Henry T. Liddell, M.P., Richard C veridiih, Charles Hardinge, Cap-
tain Vivian, Hallyburton Campbell, Thomas Edward Stono', Jerald
Ponsont y, Sir William Temple, K.C.13., George Waldegrave, Captain
Mo ckton, Stuart Knox 111 P , Frederick Byron, Henry Fitzroy, Al-
gernon Fgerton, Frederick Chichester, Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., W.
0. S' a ley, M.P , Thomas Bruce. ' S..
BARONETS. —Robert Gore Booth, M.P., Hugh Hume Campbell. .10
William Heathcot', M.P., Robert Ferguson, John B. Johnstone,
M.P., John F. Davis, James Carnegie. 'l'. Dyke Leland, M.P., Denis St.
Le Merchant, Alexander Spearm in, George Staunton, Robert Inglis, 25
Wi II JO iltio, nenjanun Hara, 31. P , Koriert Prate, M.Y.,
Thomas Gladstone, William Gordon, Percyvall H. Dyke, Paul Hun-
ter, Watkin Williams Wynn, James Weir Nogg, John P. Boi-
leau, James John Hamilton.
Sias.—James South, Fitzroy Kelly, James Emmerson Tennent,
Charles Na der, George Edmund Hodgkinson, George Nicholls,
K.C.8., Henry Meux, Richard Mayne, K C.B.,Ersktne Perry, Henry
Holland, John Kirkland, William Cuttitt, Gilbert iftathcote, M.P.,
George Brooke Pechell, M.P., Thomas Redington, Benjamin Out-
ram, C.B.
The Dean of Jersey.
QUEEN'S COUNSEL.—Frederle Calvert, Rolt, Teed, W. H. Watson,
William H. James.
ARCEIDEACON.—Lane Freer.
ALDERMEN.—Moon, Sir Elkannah Armitage, Watkins.
REVEREND DOCTORS.—John F. H. English, Sketchley, Parish,
Goodford.
REVEREND9.—John Godfrey Angley, John Jeasopp, Seymour Ne-
ville, Henry Mackenzie, Stephen Reed Cattley, William S. 0. Sautoy,
W. M. Wright, Richard Harvey, John Barlow.
Docioas.—Ferguson, Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Maddock, Rutt-
ledge, M`Cani, Michael Faraday.
PROFESSOR.—Owen.
meameeras.—Macleod of MacLeod, Marshall, Biddulph, G. W.
Hope, William Law, Payne, William Rose, Matheson, M P. John H.
H Foley, M.P., Henry Whitmore, M.P., De Burgh Frederick Peel,
M.P., Brotherton, M.P., R. Osborne, ,M.P., Sotheron, E. Chadwick
C. 8., Bentey, Merivale, Francis Lloyd, Rich, M.P., Vernon Heath,
Greene, M P., Pugh, M.P., John O'Connell, M.P., D.L., Duff, M.P.,
Francis Bennoch, Fitz French, t'l.P., Henry D. Erskine, Pusey, Edgar
Bowring, E. C. Egerton. M.P., Edward Porter, Augustus Stafford,
George Repton, M.P., H. G. Liddell, George Dundas, M.P., Mas-
ters Smith, M.P., James Booth, Clarity, .P., Monsen, NI P.,
Henry Cole, C. 8., Hawes. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., Monckton Milnes
M.P., Mundy, M.P., George S inders, M.P., white cocper, Grave
Sawle, M.P., Jolliffe, Tufnell, Toker, Edmond Wodehouse, Robertson,
DI P., Wyndham, Rothery, Pearson, Bentinck, Joseph ti aynes,
Wyndham Goold, M.P Heathcote, M.P., Judd, Watt, Edward Rice,
M.P., Pollard Urquhart, gumming Bruce, M.P., Montgomery, Crau-
ford, M P., Egerton Harcourt, Pakington, James Bontein, Whiteside,
ALP , Sanders, Kennedy Erskine, Algernon . est, George D. Ramsay,
Victor Houlton. 1. F. Campbell, H. Hussey Vivian, Gordon Whit-
bread, NI liner, Francis Cavfmdish, Booker, aI.P , M. wyvill, M P.,
Bowyer, M.P., Stanley, Samuel Platt, De Horsey, Gurdon Rebow,
Alfred Seymour, Packe, M.P., Percy, William Knatehboll, M.P.,
Merriman, Watson Taylor, Grenville Berkeley, M.P., Lowe, Francis
Scully, M.P., R. Palmer, M.P., Nounille Rudge, W. Jones Loyd.
ADMIRALS. —P. Wallis, Hotta C liter, kes, Walcott, M.P., Sir 5
George Westphal, Bowies, Sir Cherie, Sullivan, Bart., Sharpe, Sir 10
John Ross, Sir Georg,: O.tle, Earl of Dundonald. St.
CAPTAINS (Royal Navy).—Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., St. 5
Moorsom, M.P., Berkeley Maxwell, Crispin, E. Ommanney, Sir
George Otway, Sir Thomas Hastings, C. 8., H. B. oung, Thomas
Hope, Nias. CAI Cuppage, Anson, Hon. Edward Thornton 5
Wodehouse, Hand, Thomas Sparks Thompson, Richard Henry Stop-
ford, W. A. R. Hamilton, Milne, W. H. Hall. Sir Bu tin Mac, tamers. St.
Lord Frederick liallyburton, Robert F Stopford, Edward Stanley.
COMMANDERS.—r•ir W. Cunningham Dal y ell, a t., Frederick St.
Cam..b li, I,ladstane. M .P., P. H. Dyke, M.P., Richard I loyd.
GENERALs.—/lon. Henry Murray, C. 8., Sir Willoughby Cotton, St.
G.C.8,, Sir Alexaniler Woodford, Sir George Pollock, G C. 8., Power,
Freeth, Sir James Dennis, K.C.ii., Visco nt Hardinge, G C. 8., Lord 10
Seaton, Sir William R Clayton, Wetherell, air George Brown, Sir 10
C. Smith. IC C. 8., Lot d Raglan, Sir George Bowles. 6
COLONELS.—Thomas Aleock, Lawrenson, Wilson Patton, MP.,
Prandiing, Malcolm. Ridl y, White, C. 8., Arthur Torrens, Hugh
Bailie Monins, Sandham,Peel, Alves,Ta' 'or, M.P., Dixon, M eyrick, 20
W. Watkins, Hon. W. P. Talbot', Hole. C. Grantham sco t, Gawler, 50
Lord George, Paget, H. R. Hartley, aulllvan, Wnydham. Harry
Jones, Earl of Cardigan, Lloyd Watkins, M.P., Henry E. Robinson, St
Pringle Taylor, W. Byre, C. 8., Matson, Airey, Morse Cooper, St
Saunderson, Weymouth, Bush, Greville, M.P., Jones, V. Harcourt,
St
Garrett, Parker.
MAJOBS.—Hon. Richard Rowley, William Elsey, Macdonald, 1(
Chambre. St
CAPTAINS.—Edward Neville, Howard, Shea, H.C.S., Shuckburgh 2(
Smyth, Arthur Pack, A. Cooper, Lowther. W. J. Eastwick, Benson, it
Astley, 'Tudway, C.R.Simpson, Morris, Hensler, Qi
Haygarth, Stuart Farquharson, R. Charterls, Owen, Fielden, Hogg,
Thomson. James Daniell. ,
LIEUTENAN'TS.—LearmOnth, H. Bramston, Disbrowe, Philip Bar- Si
ris, W. Pulteney Scott, E. G. B. Thomas, C. M. Walmsley, John 51
Feetham Thomson.

The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Ladies and St.
Gentlemen in Waiting, returned to Buckingham Palace,
after the Levee, escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse 50
Guards.
-ICI

SOUTH SEA STOCKS.—A statement has just been 12;
printed of the results of the act of last session for 25'
paying off the South Sea and other stocks. From this
it appears that with regard to the various petty 10
Stocks known as Old and New South Sea Annui- o 6
ties, Three per Cents., 1751, and Three per Cents.,
1726, amounting together to 5,901,9551. 17s. 10d., 112
the proportion exchanged for new stocks, &c., was st.
1,505,7061. 15s. 7d., this total being composed of St,
115,560/. 3s. Bd. Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1,388,246/.
lls. 11d. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., and 5,200/. Ex-
chequer-bonds, leaving the rest to be paid in cash, of
which 2,020,5451. Bs. 7d. remains to be discharged. As
respects the capital stock of the South Sea Company, its
amount is stated to have been 3,662,784/. Bs. 6d., the
whole of which is now paid off. The account likewise
shows that 1,129,190/. 4s. 2d. Consols, 433,796/. 13s.
7d.
Reduced, and 408,900/. Exchequer-bills were
voluntarily:ofl per
that the new
exchanged for 143,2811. Os. sd. Three-and-
.ja Cents., 1,523,624/. 4s. 2d. Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., and 412,100/. Exchequer-bonds. It there•
fore
securities created are 258,8411.
4s. ld. Three-an -ind 418300/. Eacha follows
r
Two- s
d-a-Half per Cents., 2,911,8701. 16s.
id. and-a-Half per Cents., e-

quer-bonds.
THE NEW CAMP.—It is confidently stated that the
new camp will be formed early in May next. Beyond
one or two line regiments, it will be almost entirely
composed of militia, which force, it is said, will be mus-
tered to the extent of 30,000 or 32,000 men. The open
downs in the neighbourhood of the Military College of
Sandhurst is, according to present arrangement, the
locality fixed upon ; and, from all we have heard of the
nature of the ground, the choice appears more judicious
than that made last year. Drilling up the men, and
getting the smartest young fellows to volunteer for
regular service in the East, is said to be the immediate
object which the authorities have in view.
THE PRESTON STRIKE.—We understand that nearly
twenty of the millowners have now taken the men in at
- the prices they contended for.—.llerattl.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 185 4.

rSSION.

" It is much to have to. refer twice in the same
week to the proceedings of the Peace Society.
Messrs. Sturge, Pease, and Co., have at length
succeeded in obtaining an interview with the Czar,
who appears to have received them much in the
same way as the candidate for a borough would
receive a select batch of free and independent
electors. There was plenty of flummery, plenty
of hand-shaking, plenty of civility; but very little
in the way of substantial satisfaction. _Nothing
more could have been expected. Fanaticism of
any kind is not without its element of respectabi-
lity. Whether it be the poor Hindoo who casts
himself under the car of Juggernaut, or the Roman
devotee who may be seen literally " shinning"
on bare knees up a long flight of stone-steps,
or the howling or dancing Dervishes of Con-
stantinople, who yell or reel their way, as the case
may be, into the bowers of eternal bliss, there
is always something respectable about honest
fanaticism. We should not, however, lose sight of
the fact that madness of this kind has its ridiculous
and its mischievous side. Nothing could well be
more ludicrous than an attempt on the part of three
Quaker gentlemen to stop the aggressive career of
a half-mad Emperor by civil speeches and ethical
points. It would have been just as much to the
purpose had Lord Hardinge despatched, in place
of the Guards who left London yesterday morning,
three elderly ladies, with three little squirts, to
extinguish the fire of the Russian batteries on the
Danube by an animated trickle from their hydro-
static ordnance. There was no question of the
sublime—the whole proceeding was purely ridicu-
lous. When the Sabine women let down their back
hair and rushed in between the rival armies, we
could have sympathised with their feelings, and
certainly, had we been present, we should have
grounded arms, and owned the power of the inter-
vention. There was the case of the poor Arch-
bishop of Paris, too, at the June Barricades. We
must not, however, lose sight of the important dis-
tinction that the priest advanced into the heat of
the fire. Cannon were roaring and bullets hissing
about his ears when he stepped forward to still the
unholy fray. Now, when we see the three Quakers
who have gone to St. Petersburg give such an evi-
dence of sincerity as this—when they have fallen
victims to their righteous zeal, and their three bodies
are brought home to us in three casks of ruin—we
promise them that we will shed salt tears over their
untimely fate. Meanwhile, we must be pardoned
for remembering that their martyrdom hitherto has
bees confined to a cold and tedious journey, at an
inclement season of the year, with a comfortable
hotel, French cookery, and an Emperor at the end
of it. How many are there among our country-
men who would not, with the greatest alacrity, un-
dergo similar toils for a similar result ? Half-an-
hour's interview with a real Emperor—the consi-
deration accorded to apostles—honeyed words from
the Empress, and a world of fine things beside I
Were ever broad-brims, stiff collars, and unstarched
collars, so honoured since Penn was a little boy ?
It is impossible, in conscience, to say otherwise of
these missionaries than that, if they do hold com-
missions in the army of martyrs, at least they are
unattached.
We said, however, that this species of fanaticism
is mischievous as well as ridiculous. Every prin-
ciple is mischievous which leads men to place reli-
ance on visionary hopes and feelings. If a man,
in burglarious times, were to fasten his doors with
long sixes, in place of iron bolts, relying on the
special interposition of Providence, he would in all
probability see cause to regret that in the exercise
of his discretion he had adopted such a course.
Providence has endowed man with prudence and
foresight that those qualities may be called into
action as occasion may arise. Would any but a
madman shut his eyes wilfully before crossing the
road at Charing-cross, and rely upon some meta-
physical protection ? The mind has its senses as
well as the body, and we may not with impunity-
neglect the laws of our nature. If the pure insan-
ity of these peace-praters were to become general,
the probability is that ere six months were out this
island would be covered with ashes, and the name
of Englishman be blotted out from the records of
history. Nothing but the absurd ininority in which
the peace agitators stand could prevent their move-
ment from being one of the most dangerous descrip-
tion. They can do no harm, only because they are
too few. Meanwhile it is a satisfaction to know,
that although Europe is to be involved in a san-
guinary war, and that the peace mission has been
ineffectual to avert such a calamity from our heads,
yet that Mr. Sturge's health has been sensibly
benefited by the trip. That information is very
gratifying indeed,—quite a set-off against much
prospective calamity. To conclude, we would ask
as many of our readers as have ever visited Epsom
on the Derby-day if they ever saw the great race
contested without the occurrence of the following
phenomena ? Expectation is trained to the highest
point, and necks to their extremest length ; a mur-
mur runs that Purple and Black Jacket is round-
ing the corner first. The spectators hold their
breath, and the policemen clinch their truncheons,
when a couple of curs squeeze on to the course be-
tween the legs of the crowd, and entertain them
with the spectacle of their friendly contest in speed.
We sadly fear that the peace deputies are like those
little dogs ; but the Czar will yet engage in a con-
test more serious than that of the Derby-day,
although they have done all that little dogs can do
to throw ridicule on the approaching strife.—Tinies.