The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-12 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

The election of Governor and Deputy-Governor of
the Bank of England took place yesterday,
The ballot boxes were opened at four o'clock, when
Janes Morris, Esq., was declared elected Governor,
and

Henry James Prescott, Esq., Deputy Governoi of
the Bank.

The usual oaths were then administered.
The election for directors takes place to-day, and
the following is the list of canditates, the new ones being
marked wi.h an asterisk: *Thomas Baing, ELq.;
*Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq.; Edward henry Chap-
man, Esq ; William Cotton, Esq.; John Weer Hanson,
E,q ; John Benjamin Heath, Esq.; Elliman Daniel
Hodgson, Esq.; Henry Launcelot ll,lland, Esq.; John
Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq.; Thomas Newman Hunt,
Esq.; Charles Frederick Huth, Esq ; Alfred Latham,
Esq.; *George Lyall, jun., Esq.; *Thomas Masterman,
q.; *Alexander Matheson, Esq.; Humphrey St. John
Mildmay, Esq.; Gtoige Warde Norman, Esq..; John
Horsley Palmer, Esq ; James Paulson, Esq ; Sir John
Henry Pelly, 8.. rt.; Thomas Charles Smith, Esq,; Wil-
liam Thompson, Esq., and Alderman; Thomas Matthias
Weguelin, Esq.; Francis Wilson, Esq.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE IRISH SQUADRON.

Her Majesty's ships St. Vincent, 120 guns, Captain
Sidney C. Dacres; Prince Regent, 90 guns, Captain W.
C. Martin ; Canopus, 84 guns, Captain Fairfax
Moresby. C. 8.; and the Amphion frigate of 36 guns,
Captain Williams, are ordered to prepare for sea, at
Cork. Sir Charles Napier was at Kingstown on the Bth
instant, with his flag flying on board the Dragon steam
frigate, Capt. Hall.
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The line of battle ships have completed provisions
and water for two months' consumption, and now await
orders.

Sir Charles Napier was in frequent communication
with Lord Clarendon, the Lord-Lieutenant, at the
Castle of Dublin.

PLY 31011TH, APRIL 9.—The Agincourt, ordinary
guard ship, has been removed from the jetty to the
Be!lona hulk, and will go to her moorings in a few
days.
The Nautilus, 10 gun brig, was commissioned as a
tender to the San Josef on Friday.
The troop-ship Apollo, Master Commander Pearn,
arrived at this port on Friday, having on board the
service companies of the 35th Regiment from the Mau-
ritius. A body of these soldiers were immediately
marched to the citadel.

The Havannah, 22, Captain Erskine, sailed on Thurs-
day with mails for Madeira, Cape of Good Hope, Sydney,
and New Zealand.

The first drill of the Royal Dockyard battalion for the
season took place on Thursday evening. It comprised
the whole of the officers, sergeants, and corporals, who
will continue their drill two nights per week during the
month. The whole of the battalion will commence drill
the beginning of next month, and continue two nights
weekly until the end of August. On account of their
age and infirmities, several of the officers have been per-
mitted to withdraw from the battalion.

A reduction is to be made in the number of sawyers
in this dockyard, by the superannuation of those who
are unfit for service. By order of the Admiralty, the
following arrangement is to be adopted by the superin-
tendents of her Majesty's dockyards, viz.:-1. To insert
for superannuation the names of those considered inca-
pable. 2. The last made topmen are to fall back to pit-
men. 8. The last made pitmen to labourers. Accord-
ing to the present arrangement of the board, no hired
artificer will be employed in the yard during the financial
year of 1848-9.
Mr. Hicks, master aailmaker, has been superannuated
on a persion of 1251. per annum; and John Hancock,
mate of the Sheerhulk, on 241. per annum.
The name of the Audacious, ordered to be built as a
screw vessel at this yard, is to be altered to the James
Watt.
The Albion is having her tanks put on board, and will
I'e masted to-morrow, and reported ready for commis-
sion. The Racer and America will be put out of dock
next spring tides.

THE EAST INDIA COMMAND.—Rear-Admiral Sir
Francis Augustus Collier, C. 8., K.C.H., is at Ports-
mouth, superintending the orders for fitting out his flag-
ship, the Hastings, 72 guns, which was put in commission
yesterday. Mr. Price, senior clerk in the Commander-
in-Chief's office at Portsmouth, is selected by Sir Francis
as his secretary.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.--There were present
yesterday evening, at her Majesty's Theatre, the Duke
and Duchess of Leeds and Miss Lane Fox, the Duke of
Devonshire, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose and
Lady Rachel Russell, the Marquis of Donegal, the Mar.
quis and Marchioness of Ely and Lady Catherine Loftus,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess
Granville, the Countess of Tankerville, the Earl of
Pembroke, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Munster,
the Prince Louis Napoleon, the Prince Galitzen, the
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Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburton and the Misses
Erskine, who occupied her Majesty the Queen Dowa-
ger's box, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, Viscount
Anson, Lady Hope Vere, Lord and Lady Templemore,
Lord Rendlesham and the Misses Duff, Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, Lady C. Howard, Lord Sandys, Lord
Ernest Bruce, Lord Southampton, Lord William Len-
nox, Lord Elphinstone, Lord Norreys, Lady Dawson,
Lord Belfast, Lady Fremantle, the Duke de Melfort,
Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, his Excellency the Hanove-
rian Minister, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, his
Excellency the Sardinian Minister, Count de Berke,
Count Lowenhoupt, the Baron Nicholay, his Excellency
the Baron Hugel, &c.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT•GARDEN.—Her
Majesty's box was occupied last evening by her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent. The suite of her Royal
highness included Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Fanny
Howard, Lord James Murray, and Sir George Couper,
B irt. Among the visitors were his Royal Highness the
Prince of Syracuse, her Royal Highness Princess Mary
of Baden and the Marquis of Douglas, the Duchess of
Beaufort, the Duke de Melfort, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Ailesbury, the Earl of Wilton, the Countess
of Cardigan and Lady Augusta Baring, the Countess
Dowager of Essex and Miss Johnstone, Viscount Ex-
mouth, Viscount Nevill, Viscount Templetown, Vis-
count Dupplin, Lady Blanche Somerset, Lord Wil-
loughby, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady Jervis,
Lady Webster, Lady Quentin and the Misses Quentin,
Lady Harriet Baring, Viscount and Viscountess Dillon,
Lord Ossulston, Sir F. Booth, Bart., Sir John Walsh
Bare, Sir W. P. De Bathe, Bart., Captain De Bathe,
Sir John Kynaston, Bart., Sir William Abdy, Bart.,
Lady Lyndhurst and Miss Copley, Lord Suffield, Lord
Foley and the Honcurable Miss Foley, Lord and Lady
I3eauvale, the Honourable Bowes Lyon, Honourable
John Fortescue, Honourable Henry Stanhope, Honourable
E. Coke, Honourable Deleval Astley, Honourable Stuart
Wortley, Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashburn-
ham, Sir John and the Misses Burgoyne, Sir John and
Lady Wilson, Lady Morgan, Miss Burdett Coutts, and
Lady Hannah Loftus, &c.
" GOD SAVE THE QUEEN."—After the perform.
ance of " I Due Foscari," at her Majesty's Theatre last
night, " God save the Queen" was sung by the whole
strength of the establishment. The first and last verses
were well given, the latter by Mdlle. Cruvelli, who was
encored. On Saturday a similar display of loyalty was
made, at the call of the audience, at the Royal Italian
Opera, Covent-garden; and on Monday night a body of
special constables, having finished their duties for the
day, entered the Strand Theatre, and called for the na-
tional anthem, which was given by the entire strength
of the miniature operatic company of that establishment
with very good effect. Not content with this, a call was
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gine back to the place of the accident. The boy was
picked up and brought to his distressed parent. He was
much hurt by the fall, but the carriages had not passed
over him. We have, however, since heard that be is
dead.—Last night, shortly before eleven o'clock, an ac-
cident occurred on the Newcastle line. A number of
men were at work behind Spittal, when a quantity of
earth suddenly fell, and covered John O'Neil, an Irish-
man,Ltsky Advertiser.sTEm.—Te town council
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and the commissioners for paving and lighting for this
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city have, with one exception (that of Mr. Benbow).
declared against the London centralisation, and that mo-
nopolising spirit of the Government, which takes all
power from the local rate-payers over their own affairs,
and leaves them nothing but the pleasure of paying for
any scheme which a board of strange commissioners may
adopt. As the only journal in Herefoidshire which has
resisted this tyrannical system, it cannot but be gratify-
ing to us to hear such sentiments at length enunciated
from the council•room of the city of Hereford, and we
allude to the fact, not from any feeling of vanity or self-
laudation, but merely as affording another proof of the
duty of advocating right principles even under the most
discouraging circumstances.—Hereford Journal.
Emile Prudent, the celebrated pianist, has arrived
in London, and will make his first appearance at tho
Royal Italian Opera, at the concert, on Tuesday, oaf,
18th inst. Madame Boulanger Kunze, the vocalist, is
among the last arrivals. London will soon swarm with
artistes, vocal and instrumental; it is to be hoped they
may all find opportunities of exhibiting their talents.—
Musical World.
DEATH OF THE HON. thESAR TOLLENIACRE.—
This gentleman died last week at Divan, in France, in
his 'fifty-first year. He was brother to the Earl of
Dysart.