The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1854.

f Gibaut. To be Ensign without purchase—William John
Lane Milligan, Gent., vice Caldwell, June 6.
76th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Hearne Lacy to be Cap-
tain, without purchase. To be Lieutenants without pur-
chase—Ensigns John Geddes, vice Lacy ; Henry Jeffery
Robinson. To to be Ensign without purchase—Gentleman
Cadet Clifton Gascoigne, from the Royal Military College,
vice Geddes June 6.
77th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Oriel Forster to be Cap-
tain, without purchase. To be Lieutenants without pur-
chase—Ensigns William Joseph Carden, vice Forster;
Francis Alder; Gentleman Cadet Charles Ernest Knight,
from the Royal Military College, vice Caiden, to be En-
sign, without purchase, June 6.
79th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Mackay to be Captain,
without purchase; Ensign Philip Percival, vice Mackay,
and Ensign Francis Charles Turner, to be Lieutenants,
without purchase ; Gentleman Cadet George Thomas Sco-
vell, from the Royal Military College, rice Percival, to be
Ensign, without purchase, June 6.
80th Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. John Howe Montague
Browne to be Captain, without purchase; Ensign Frede-
rick Brown Numa Craufurd, vice Browne, and Ensign
Horatio Pettus Batchelor, to be Lieutenants, without
purchase, June 6.
82d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Bruce to be Captain,
without purchase. To be Lieutenants without purchase—
Ensign James White, vice Bruce ; Ensign John Frederick
Pilkington, June 6.
85th Foot—Lieutenant James Brown Young to be Cap-
tain, witqout purchase- To be Lieutenants without pur-
chase—Ensign William Hallowes, vice Young ; Ensign
James Scott, June 6.

88th Foot—Lieutenant John Hardman Burke to be
Captain, without purchase. To be Lieutenants without
purchase—Ensign Arthur Dillon Maule, vice Burke ; En-
sign Richard Grace. Gentleman Cadet Henry Hooper
Day, from the Royal Military College, Tice Maule, to be
Ensign without purchase, June 6.
89th Foot—Lieutenant George Marshall Knipe to be
Captain, without purchase; Ensign John Longfield, vice
Knipe, and Ensign Francis Knatchbull, to be Lieutenants
without, purchase ; Mountifort Heyliger Trant Lloyd,
Gent., vice Longfield, to be Ensign wiehout purchase,
June 6.

vOth Foot—Lieutenant John Christopher Guise to be
Captain, without purchase; Ensign Henry Preston, vice
Guise, and Ensign Walter Blakeney Parsee, to be, Lieu-
tenants, without purchase, June 6.
92nd Foot—Lieutenant Alastair M'lan M'Donald, to be
Captain, without purchase. To be Lieutenants without
purchase—Ensign William Humphreys, vice McDonald;
Ensign John Thomas Evans, Juno 6.
93rd Eoot—Lieutenant William Gustavus Alexander
Middleton to be Captain, without purchase. To be Lieu-
tenants without purchase—Ensign Robert Crowe, vice
Middleton ; Ensign James Wemyss. To be Ensign without
purchase—Gentleman Cadet Edward Alfred Ball, from
the Royal Military College, vice Crowe, June 6.
95th Foot—Lieutenant Lionel Fraser to be -Captain,
without purchase. To be Lieutenants without purchase-
-1 Ensigns Frederick Henry Dymock, vice Fraser; Edmund
Davidson Smith. To be Ensign without purchase—Gentle-
' man Cadet Jonathan Benison, from the Royal Military
1 College, vice Dymock, June 6.
97th Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Richard Harenc to be
Captain without purchase. To be Lieutenants without
purchase —Ensign Ernest Randolph Mackesy, vice Harenc;
Ensign Edward Denno Nares. To be Ensign without
purchase —George Henry Hibbert Ware, Gent., vice
Mackesy, June 6.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Lempste r R. Elliot, to be Cap-
tain without purchase • Ensign William Henry Dowling
Reeves Wehnan, vice Elliot, and Ensign Henry Frederick
Winchelsea Ely, to be Lieutenants without purchase ;
Charles William Quin, Gent., vice Welman, to be Ensign
without purchase, June 6.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenants the Honourable William
Draper Mortimer Best and Charles Vernon Oxenden, to
be Captains without purchase ; Second Lieutenants
Thomas Harvey Bramston, vice Best, Claude Thomas
Bourchior, vice Oxenden, Honourable George Bar-
rington Lezfe ; Edward William Blackett, to be Lieu-
tenant without purchase, June 6.
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 2.
The following promotions, dated the 26th May, 1854,
have this day taken place consequent on the decease of
Vice-Admiral of the White Hyde Parker, C. 8.; Vice-
Admiral of the Blue Sir William Henry Dillon, Kt.,
K.C.H. to be Vice-Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral
ou the Reserved List Edward Wallis Hoare to he a Vice-
Admiral on the Reserved List; Rear-Admiral of the Red
John Coode, C. 8., to be Vice-Ad miral of the Blue ; Rear-
Admiral of the White Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., to be Rear-
Admiral of the Red ; Roar-Admiral of the Blue James
Hanway Plumridge to be Rear-Admiral of the White;
Captain Miiehael Seymour to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Charles Tot-
tenham, late of 2d Life Guards, to be Second Major, with-
out pay, June 1.

keiai Anglesey Militia— Thomas Love Duncombe Jones
Parry to be Capt., vice Richard Trygam Griffith, resigned;
Wm. Hugh Thomas, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Owen Lewis
Cope Williams, resigned, May 29,

Ist Regiment Derbyshire Militia—Thomas Peacb, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, June 1.

South Durham Regiment of Militia of the County of
Durham—Archibald Hamilton Cochrane, Esq., to be Cap-
tain, May 27.'

Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—Randal Howland
Roberts. Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, May 27.; John
Wingfield Malcolm, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, May
28.

Royal Barks Militia—Ensign Richard William Shackel
to be Lieutenant, May 27; George William Bacon, Gent.,
to be Ensign, May 26.
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu-
tenant Charles Sidney Bradley to be First Lieutenant, vice
Woolaley, resigned, Juue 1.
Brecknock Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia—Robert
Hallowell Carew, Esq., late 3Gth Regiment, to be Captain,
vice John Penry Williams, Esq., resigned, May 3').
2nd Regiment of the Duke of Lancastor's Own Militia—
Ensign Charles Garraway, to be Lieutenant, Jane 1; and
' John Pennefather, Gant., to be Lieutenant, June 2.
Royal Cumberland. Regiment of Militia—Frederiek
Brandreth, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wilson,
who retires, retaining his rank, May 24.
Royal Pembrokeshire Artillery Corps of Militia—Antony
Stokes, Esq. ; Charlesrook Wells, Esq., to be Captains ;
Owen Tucker Edwardes, Gent., to be First Lieutenant,
June 3.

Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Thomas Morse, Gent., to be Ensign, June 2.
West Essex Militia—Captain Robert Augustus Hankey
Hirst to be Major, vice Robins, resigned, May 30.
The Essex Rifles—Charles Edward Blair, Gent, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, April 16.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia—Charles Lewis Packe, Gent., to be Ensign,
May 27.

with a prompt 10id to 1144, rather blackish to back-
WI leaf 111 d to is aid, and strong to Pekoe flavour
lald to 2s 6d per lb. There has been more activity in the
market for Green, and prices are well. supported, medium
sorts selling the most freely.
TALLOW.—For consumption. and on speculation pur-
chases have been on a limited scale during the week, and
prices continue unsteady. The closing pricefor a first sort
P.Y. Candle on the spot 61s to 61s 3d, and 62s 3d to 62s Gd
August delivery. Of home melted production increases, and
dealers not being match inclined to operate, there are
sellers at 58s 6d to 59s cash. In other sorts of tallow trans-
actions limited. Australian mutton at 55s to (0s ; beef 53s
to 563 ; and South America, 55s to 60s per cwt. There is
a greater stock than last year by 13,000 casks, and delive-
ries show a decrease of 11,000, still prices rule above that
time. The market has reacted, there being strong buyers, but
few sellers, and prices have jumped up considerably, Y. C.
on the spot 63s to 63s Gd, and 61s to 66s 6d forward, the
latter price having been paid for the last three months.
OILS.—The demand for Rape Oil has been restricted,
and prices since our last have declined. Brown has
found buyers to a moderate extent only brown
selling at 40s 6d to 41s, and reffned 42s 6d to 435.
Linseed Oil has moved off with heaviness at 37s per cwt,
and 37s 6d to 38s for future delivery. To-day 80
casks Cochin Cocoa Nut were taken at 49s per cwt,
48e 6d bid.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY.
Amsterdam..... ...... . 11 16 Gibraltar
Ditto, three months .. 11 174 Leghorn 30 4234
Rotterdam .....••• •• •• 11 1714 Genoa •• •• •• •....... 25 42
Antwerp .............. 25 22 ................

Brussels . , 25 2214
Ilamburgh .. 13 6%

Altona
Paris • •
Ditto. three months 25 40
Marseilles......
Bourdeaux ............
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 119

Berlin ••••••••••••.•••
Vienna •• •• •• •••• 13 38
Trieste •••••••••••••••• 13 40

(Venice
Naples ....

Petersburg?... .........

Palermo •............. 127
Messina
Lisbon •• .• •• •• •• •• ••
Oporto . ....... ........ 53%
Rio Janeiro ......
'Buenos Ayres... ......

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Yew Yeti, 60 days' sight
IPhiladelphla ..• •• •• ••
PRICES OF BULLION, PER 07

CadiZ•• •• •• •••• • 00000 •• bO%

Barcelona...—.
Seville ................

Foreign Gold In Bars 17 9

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M. KOSSUTH AT SBEFFIELD.

Yesterday (Monday) a public demonstration was male
at Sheffield in favour of the nationality of Poland. The
proceeding originated with the Polish and Hungarian
exiles and their friends, and it was publicly announced
that M. Kossuth would arrive by railway from London
at 12 o'clock, proceedfrom the station to Paradise-square,
there address an open-air meeting, and that another
meeting would be held in the Music-hall in the evening,
at which the Hungarian patriot would also speak. M.
Kossuth, however, arrived at a quarter-past 9 by a
train from Peterborough, to which place he, had tra-
velled the previous evening, in order to insure the cer-
tainty of his appearance in Sheffield at the time
announced. M. Kossuth and his friends proceeded from
the station' in carriages to the residence of Mr. Alder-
man Sally, at Low-fields, and after breakfasting there
returned to the station at 12 o'clock. Before that hour
a concourse of people, to the number of many thou-
sands, had assembled around the entrance to the sta-
tion. On M. Kossuth appearing, he was received with
most enthusiastic plaudits.

After Alderman SOLLY had introduced M. Kossuth,
Mr. R. LEADER, jun., moved the following resolu-
tion :

"That this meeting dthfires to convey to his Excellency
M. Louis Kossuth its hearty and sincere welcome to the
town of Sheffield ; and to express their high admiration
of his patriotic conduct, as Governor of Hungary, during
the late struggle for freedom, and to assure him of its deep
sympathy with him in his exile."
Mr. Councillor BROADBENT seconded the resolution.

Mr. A. KATZANOWSKI (a Polish refugee) had great
pleasure in expressing on behalf of the Polish exiles in
Sheffield their warmest feelings of sympathy with the
noble Chief of Hungary, under whom they had had the
greatest pleasure in fighting against the enemies of their
country and of his country, an against the enemies of
all human kind. On behalf of the Polish exiles, he
supported the warm welcome which had been given to
Kossuth.

The resolution was carried unanimously, and with
hearty acclamation.
M. KOSSUTH, who was received with protracted
cheering, said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, whatever
may have befallen a man in the vicissitudes of life, he
who can boast of the sympathies of a free, noble-minded
people, may well boast of having yet saved much in the
shipwreck. (Cheers.) Your welcome and the assur-
ance of your sympathies would be dear to my heart at
any time. It is doubly dear on the present occasion,
because the general situation of Europe is such that
popular sympathies may soon . become a great power on
earth ; and secondly, because you afford me an occasion
to experience that that mighty outburst of popular sym-
pathy in which Sheffield so cordially has joined, on my
first arrival in England, two and a half years ago, has
not been a passing emotion, nor has the deep political
meaning of those demonstrations been a mere flattering
dream. Since that time I have grown old by sorrow
and with cares-; but the burning aspiration of my heart,
bent day and night on one and the same object, has but
drawn intensity from its own flame, and this shattered
bodily frame must and will obey when the moment
to action shall call. And that moment draws
near, gentlemen. It is high time for the people
to watch. High time, gentlemen. What two and
a half years ago might have been but an object for
sympathy, has become a concern of immediate English
interest. What yesterday might have been a mere
generosity is but self-preservation to-day. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, wherever I go, and whomever I happen to
hear speaking about the war, I meet but with the opi-
nion that Russia has grown dangerous to the freedom
of Europe, and that she must be checked in her en-
croachments upon the independence of nations. So far,
all is well ; in England, there appears to be a universal
a reeinent upon'the subject. (Cheers.) But when we
look to the diplomatic despatches, and to certain nasty
protocols, manufactured by scores—this great object of
the little statesmen of our sickly age ; or, when we lis-
ten to the interpellations, declarations. and orations in
a certain place, we are astonished to sea what pains there
are taken to couch the plain truth under unmeaning
generalities ; we are astonished to see with what anxi-
ous solicitude some politicians are shunning to define
what they meant by the "freedom of Europe," which
they pretend to be so tenderly careful of, and in what
manner they mean to check that power of Russia which
they profess to be dangerous to Europe. I would warn
the people of England, that if they let this shuffling go
on thus for a while, without impressing a true English
stamp upon England's policy, it will discover with hor-
ror that its gallant brethren and sons have shed their
blood, and it has been made to pay its millions, for an
aim just contrary to what it has meant to fight and to
pay for. You will have meant to fight for the independ-
ence and liberties of Europe, and you shall discover that
you have fought for securing oppression over , many a
nation on the continent. Yes, gentlemen, you may
expect, in reward of your blood and sacrifices, a
miserable paper treaty, good for the cheesemoiigers
—(laughter)—and at the utmost despotism a little tired,
until it gets restored by an afternoon nap —(laughter)—
but in its stead Austrian despotism made a great deal
stronger and more secure. (" Crush both.") Now, I
ask you, do you hate Russian despotism ? (Loud cries
of " yes.") You do. Again, I ask you, do you like
Austrian despotism ? (Loud cries of " no, no." Do
you like that despotism which quartered Poland, assas-
sinated Hungary, and murdered Italy ? Do you like
that despotism! (Prolonged cries of "no.") No, you
don't. Well, if you don't like it, let the mighty word
of [the people of England be lawfully told up to the
heavens, and down to Westminster Hall, because danger
is knocking at your doors. England is' about to be
married to Austrian despotism—England is about to
pledge that your blood shall be shed, and your money
shall be spent to make Austrian despotism sure. Gentle-
men, if you will consider the origin, the progress, anal
the rational issue of the present war, you will come to
the following conclusions :—lt is the partition of Poland
by which Russia has grown dangerous to the world. It
Ls the partition of Poland which brought Russia down
to the Danubian principalities, and hence to my own
Hungary, and it is the oppression of Hungary by
Russian interference which was the stepping-stone to
the present ambitious daring of the Czar. Every child
in Europe is a ware of these facts. (Cheers.) Had
England not neglected her duty in those former
instances, had England not allowed the spoliation of
Poland, had it protested against Russian interference in
Hungary, instead of having encouraged it—yes, en-
couraged by declaring solemnly, officially, that" England
has no opinion to express on the matter"— you would
have been spared the dangers and sacrifices of the pre-
sent war, without the spending of one English shilling,
without the shedding of one drop of English blood.
(Cheers.) And is Turkey necessary to Europe's security,
and is Turkey to be maintained, and is Russia to ba
checked ? Then either there is no sincerity in the profes-
sion, or no political meaning in the design without Po-
land reconstructed an independent nation, and Hungary
independent and free. (Cheers,) Let whoever reflects
upon the nature of the evil and its remedy—the name
of Poland and the name of Hungary must be present to
his mind. Gentlemen, there are strange anomalies to be
met with here in your England. Who is the humble in•
dividual who has the honour of speaking now to you
Humble and unpretending as I am—still, by what I have
done, and by what I have been, and by what I am, I
certainly ans a living pretest against Russian encroach-
ment and Austrian despotism. (Cheers,) And who is
Francis Joseph of Austria ? He is the man who holds
in his bloody hands one of the quartered limbs of Poland.
He is the man who betrayed every province of his em-
pire by holding up before their eyes the solemn promise
of a constitution, and then abolishing every letter of it.
He is the man who attacked the laws and existence of
Hungary by conspiracy and by arms—who spread fire
and death and desolation over the land, and called in the
forces of a foreign despot to subjugate it. He is the man
who raised scaffolds by hundreds, and immolated upon
them patriots by thousands. He is the man who mur-
dered Hungary and Italy. (Cheers.) Now the world has
seen the millions of the people of England cheering my
humble self, and cursing Francis Joseph of Austria
sometimes—as with the honest draymen of Barclay and
Perkins—(cheers and laughter)—there has been even
something more than a curse—the world has seen mayors
and aldermen, and corporations and delegations, and
societies and whole communities, and the people of
England, expressing, in some one hundred and twenty
addresses, their approbation of my course of resistance
to Austrian aggression, and their sympathy for my
ountry's wrongs, bidding me to be of good cheer, and to
trust that the day of retribution will come (Loud cheers).
It is the people whose shillings and pence make up the
millions of the Treasury of England, by which England
is held up, and England's battles fought, and England's
policy carried out ; and it is the people which furnishes
those stout arms and brave hearts, who fight England's
battles by land and by sea, and who bleed and die for
England's honour and England's interest. (Loud cheers.)
If that be the case, then I am of opinion that if the peo-
ple of England be England, if it be the people which
have to pay and to bleed, the people's voice should be
heard, and should be respected in the decision of what is
England's will. If that be not the case, then you are
no constitutional people ; your constitution is despotism
in disguise. (Hear, hear.) Yet, if Ibe not mistaken,
there is, in the declaration of war, something about pro-
claiming in conformity with the people's will. There-
fore, I say, it is high time for England, it is high time
for the world to know, what is the people's will about
this war. Gentlemen, you should insist upon a serious
issue for your sacrifices. You should insist that no power
shall be left to despotism and despots to drive you to
new wars, by encroaching upon the freedom, the rights,
and the independence of nations. You should insist to
attain by your present sacrifices a true and lasting peace.
Now, neither of these aims can be attained without
Poland, Hungary, and Italy be restored to their national
rights, and especially Russia's overwhelming power can•
not be reduced without Poland being reconstructed an
independent nation with its national territory ; nor can
the integrity and independence of Turkey be secured
without a free and independent Hungary. All these
aims would be subverted by England taking despotic
Austria for her ally. (Cheers.) Then you would fight
for Austrian despotism, and not for freedom. That
cannot, that would not suit you. (Cheers.) Therefore,
if you agree with me that the honour, the interests, and
the sympathies of the people of England are all for the
oppressed, and not for the oppressors, pronounce your
will protest against • marrying England to despotic
Austria. (Cheers.) Sign petitions, and do all that you
lawfully can do, for freedom, and against serving oppres-
sion on the Continent. Then happen what may, at least
the world will know that it is not the people of England
which Austrian despotism shall have gained for an ally
by its Vienna protocols. And it will be remembered
that men are passing but the people rests. This; evening
I shall have a more explanatory speech on the ~;uljtet.
I hope the press will nut refuse to give pu)lietty to it.
(Cheers.) That will be but fair play. Read it if you
please. And with these I will but say in conclusion—
that I was very glad to meet you ; that I thank you sin-
cerely for the honour ttAd J4indnees you have done me;

and I pray God that Ile may bless you and yours, and
reward your country by the blessings of a lasting true
freedom, glory, and prosperity, for the good it may do
to the nations who suffer from oppression and despotism.
(Immense cheering )
The meeting was then addressed by several speakers,
and

Mr. WOSTENHOLM read the petition, which was to be
signed by the chairman, and sent to Earl Fit:zwilliam for
presentation to the House of Lords, and to Mr. Roebuck
for presentation to the House of CoMmons. It was as
follows :

"That, until the commencement of the 18th century,
Poland formed the bulwark of European freedom, present-
ing, as she oft. times did, a barrier to the incursions of the
Moslem hordes which else would have overrun the whole
of central Europe. That it was only on thO contraction of
this nation and the consequent decline of her power, that
Russia was enabled and dared to assume an attitude and
policy inimical to the interest, progress, and freedom of
Europe. _ _ _

" That the compact entered into betwixt Russia, Austria,
and Prussia, for the dismemberment and partitionment of
that country, was an unprovoked aggression, a foul rob-
bery, and a glaring violation of the law of nations.
"That your petitioners regard it as a strange phenome-
non that 23,000,000 of the bravest people of rope should
thus quietly have been allowed to be dragged under the iron
rule of three despotic Powers, and their fruitful territory
divided and annexed without the active interference of the
Western Powers. Believing that those Powers had exercised
their proper influence this unjust spoliation could never
have been perpetrated.
" Your petitioners believe that these 23,000,000 of peo-
ple, confident in the support and assistance which they feel
they have a right expect, are prepared to avail themselves
of the present war to make a great and successful effort for
the restoration of that nationality the suppression of which
they have had so deeply to deplore.
" Your petitioners, therefore, urge upon your hon.
house, that, as England, France, and Turkey are at war
with Russia, the most powerful of Poland's oppressors,
who holds in serfdom, subject to the most cruel ,nd grind-
ing tyranny and despotism, 19,000,000 of its people, the
present is a most opportune time to give that aid and as-
sistance which, as Englishmen, we are bound to render to
the oppressed.
"Your petitioners would submit to your hon. house how
much more advantageous it would be to have in alliance
with us, as an independent Poland, proverbial throughout
her history for maintaining her faith and treaties inviolate,
than to have compacts with tottering despotism, whose in•
cerity have been so often proved. _

" Your petitioners would, therefore, earnestly urge upon
your hon. house that assistance shall be rendered to Poland,
to enable her to re-establish her national independence,
and that the present war shall not be terminated until
that object is fully and irrevocably secured, and your peti-
tioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray," &c.

It was put to the vote and carried unanimously.
Mr. HARVEY moved, and Mr. IVOSTENHOLIII seconded,
the appointment of a committee to receive subscriptions
and apply them in conjunction with the Polish commit-
tee in London.

The CHAIRMAN, in replying to the usual vote of thanks
for presiding, thanked them for the assurance they had
given that nothing they could do for the oppressed peo-
ple of Poland and Hungary would remain undone.
The meeting broke up about two o'clock, with three
cheers for Kossuth.