The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.—The Duke of Newcastle is appointed
Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, iri the room of the
Earl of Scarborough, deceased. The Right Hon. J.
ituart Wortley, Recorder of London, is appointed her
'Majesty's Solicitor-General. The Queen has appointed
Mr. Sergeant Kinglake (brother of the author of
Eothen") Recorder of Bristol, in the room of Sir A.
J. Cockburn, appointed Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas. Mr. Henry Davison, of the Inner Temple and
the Welsh and Chester circuit, is appointed a Puisne
Judge of the Supreme Court at Madras.

Tim ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.—
A large meeting of influential persons was held on Satur.
day last in Chester, the Marquis of Westminster in the
chair, for the purpose of taking steps for securing the
visit of the Royal Agricultural Society to that city in
the year 1858. Resolutions in furtherance of the object
in view were passed, and the necessary measures for
promoting the objects of the meeting duly taken.
The Bishop of Down and Connor has invited the Rev.
Dr. Cumming, the well-known Minister of the Scottish
Presbyterian Church, and lecturer against Popery, to
visit him in the episcopal palace, near Belles'. Dr.
Cumming has accepted the invitation, and undertaken to
give a course of lectures in that city.
CONSECRATION OF BISHOPS AT THE CHAPEL ROYAL.—
The Very Rev. Dr. Archibald Campbell Tait, Bishop
elect of the Diocese of London, was consecrated yester-
day morning by his Grace the Lord Primate, in the
Chapel Royal, Whitehall, occasion being taken at the
same time to ordain the Rev. H. Cotterill, M.A., to the
Colonial Bishopric of Graham's Town, in succession to
the Rev. Dr. Armstrong, deceased. -
Taa NEW BISHOP of LONDON.—The Lord Bishop of
London has appointed the following gentlemen to be his
chaplains :—The Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, M.A.,
Canon of Canterbury, Examining Chaplain • the Rev.
Frederick Blomfield, M.A., Rector of St. Andrew, Un.
dershaft ; the Rev. A. Ramsay Campbell, M.A., Rector
of Aston ; the Rev. Frederick Gell, M.A., Fellow of
Christ's College, Cambridge ; the Rev. Wm. Knight;
M.A., Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, Secretary
to the Church Missionary Society.
DEATH OF A FORMER DEAN OF SALISBEfRY.-012T
obituary columns have recorded the death, at Sonning,
Berkshire, of the Rev. Hugh Nicholas Pearson, D.D.,
in his 80th year. He graduated at St. John's College,
Oxford, in 1800, and took the higher degrees of B.D.
and D.D. as a "grand compounder" in 1821. In the
year 1807 the prize of 5001. given by the Rev. Claudius
Buchanan, D. D. (Vice-Provost of the College of Fort
William, Bengal), for the beat essay on missions in
Asia, was adjudged to Mr. Pearson, who printed the
work at the Oxford press in the next year under the
title of A Dissertation on the Propagation of Christianity
in Asia. He obtained the Deanery of Salisbury in
1823, and resigned it in 1846, and since that time has
been living in retirement at Sonning, where he died
last week, surviving by six years his successor in the
deanery, the Rev. F. Lear, B.D.
An original picture by Raphael, belonging to the
Royal Collection, has been lately rescued from oblivion
at Hampton Court. It seems (says the Athenceum) to be
the portrait of Raphael by his own hand, which was
described by Passavant in his tour in England as exist-
ing in Kensington Palace at the time of his visit. Since
that period many of the choicest pictures have been re-
moved to Hampton Court, in order to afford the public
a free enjoyment of them, and this appears to have been
overlooked in the transit. The words " Raffaello Urbi-
eus fee." are inscribed on a button of the painter's dress.
RAPHAEL' CARTOONS AT HAMPTON COllRT.—Hitherto,
these enormous works have been fixtures against the
wall, and so great was their size that in case of any sud-
den necessity it would have been impossible to get them
ont of the windows. Now, by means of very simple and
clever machinery, the cartoons can be slid down from
their usual level to touch the ground, moving as easily
with balanced weights as the sash of an ordinary win-
dow. In case need for artists to study, these massive
works can ched from the line in which they slide,
and be tur round in any direction best suitable to the
student. More than this, the cartoons themselves have
been fitted upon newirmade strainers, which may in an
instant, by unbuttoning, be detached from the frames ;
and the strainers are constructed with a joint in the
middle, so as to bend forward and fold the cartoon hori-
zontally, to facilitate the transport.
THE TURNER COLLECTION, MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE.—
The following pictures have been added to the Turner
Collection at Marlborough-house, and will be open to the
public to-day, the 24th :-471. Jason in search of the
Golden Fleece (1802). 477. The Goddess of Discord in
the Garden of the Hesperides (1806). 487. Ruin—Cattle
in water (about' 1311). 507. Scenes from Boccaccio
(1828). 508. Ulysses deriding Polyphemus (1829). 517.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedaego (1832). 519. Regu-
lus leaving Rome (1837). 555. The Visit to the Tomb
(1850).

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Miss CATHERINE HATES AND HER GOLD ER00011.—...
On Wednesday last, as Miss Hayes was leaving London
for Brighton, between the station and the carriage, she
had the misfortune to lose a gold brooch, formed in the
shape of Erin's harp, handsomely studded with diamonds,
presented to her by the inhabitants of Victoria, South
Australia, during her recent visit to that capital. On
her arrival in Brighton she immediately telegraphed to
London announcing her loss. A gentleman happened
fortunately to be the finder, who instantly delivered it to
the cantatrice, declining to receive any reward but the
cost of the advertisements. We hope the fair vocalist of
many climes will favour the honest finder with a pretty
epistle and her autograph, which will soon be valuable if
all (notes) are true.
Limxiticx AND ENNIS RAILWAY.—The deed of con-
tract was signed on Tuesday by Mr. Dargan, the con-
tractor. The spirit of progress is making way in our
county.— Clare Journal.
THE SOUTH DURHAM AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY.—A meeting of provisional directors and gen-
tlemen interested in the proposed "South Durham and
Lancashire Junction Railway" was held on Tuesday last
at Kirkby Stephen, when John Wakefield, Esq., was
elected chairman, and Henry Pease, Esq., deputy-chair-
man. There were gentlemen present from Kendal,
Kirkby Stephen, Barnard Castle, Darlington, Middles.
borough, &c., and it was unanimously resolved to pro-
secute the undertaking with the utmost vigour. We
understand. that 30,0001. was subscribed in the room,
and that among the subscriptions were the following :
John Wakefield, Esq., 5,0001. ; Jos. Pease, 5,001/. ;
Matthew Thompson, Esq., 5,000/. ; Bouch, Esq.,
C.E , 5.0001. ; Isaac Wilson, Esq., 2,500/. ; Henry
Pease, Esq., 3,0001. ; John Whitwell, Esq., 1,000/. ;
J. J. Wilson, Esq., 1,000/.—Westmoreland Gazette.
LEWES AND UOKFIELD RAILWAY.—OS Thursday last
the committee of the directors, including the chairman,
R. W. Blencowe, Esq., Sir H. Shiffner, Bart., Sir C.
Blunt, Bart., A. Donovan, Esq., J. Ellman, Esq., E.
Barchard, Esq., and B. Godlee, Lg., had an interview
with the directors of the Brighton Railway Company,
by whom they were most courteously received. The ob-
ject of the interview was to obtain from the Brighton
Railway Company a guarantee of 4 per cent. upon the
estimated outlay of constructing the above railway. The
plans were carefully gone through, and the object of the
interview at once acceded to, so that the new project is
now placed upon a safe, satisfactory, and remunerative
basis to the shareholders.—Sussex Express.
THE COLLISION ON THE NEWPORT AND HEREPORD
RAILWAY. —The inquest on the bodies of Mr. Hands and
Mr. Hicks, who met their deaths by the collision near
Nantyderry on the 12th inst., was resumed on Friday
and Saturday at Abergavenny—evidence being tendered
to disprove the changes of neglect made against the com-
pany, and Mr. Humphreys cross-examining the witnesses
with the view of showing that on a line ever so properly
made and kept, an engine run on the curve described,
with a broken spring, at 25 miles an hour, must neces-
sarily run off. The inquest wes then adjourned until
Wednesday next, and will probably occupy two or three

days more.
FIRE AT TRINITY CHURCH, MARYLEBONE.—Yesterday
morning, during Divine service, a fire, though not of a
serious character, broke out in the above church. It ap-
pears that a number of bandies of firewood had become
ignited in the furnace-room on the basement of the
sacred edifice. This room was under and between the
side and middle aisles, at the north end of the building.
The engines of the parish, several of the London
Brigade, and that of the West of England Office were
promptly sent for, and they as promptly attended ; but,
fortetnately, the fire was extinguished during the inter-
val, the damage being confined to the destruction of 12
or 14 bundles of wood, and the splitting of the large
stone over the hot-air flue. From the inquiries made it
was ascertained that the fire was occasioned by the over-
heating of the hot-air flue.
FIRE IN BEDFORDBUILL—Yesterday afternoon, about
four o'clock, considerable alarm was created in the im
mediate neighbourhood of Bedfordbury, Chendos-street
Covent-garden, owing to a fire breaking out in the pre:
inises belonging to Mr. Rooeelkake, hair-dresser, carry
ing on busmen at No. 24, in the first-named street
The flames originated in the ground floor, and when
discovered the back rooms and the whole of the bedding
were in flames. The engines of the London Brigade,
from Chandos-street and other stations, were quickly in
attendance, and owing to the combined exertions of the
firemen and neighbours they succeeded in subduing the
fire, but not, however, until considerable damage was
done to the building and its contents. Unfortunately
the sufferer was uninsured.
THE MONSTER WROUGHT IRON GUN.—We look for-
ward to the trials of Shoeburyness with guns of vari-
ous calibre, ending with the large wrought iron gun,
against the floating battery Trusty, with considerable
intereet. It is reported that several officers and
men have volunteered to remain on board to signal
the effect of the shot. This may be true as re-
gards the guns of less calibre, but we venture to
assert that when the time arrives for trying an arm
of so formidable a nature as the monster gun no
one having a care for his safety will dare to remain in
so critical a position. Had the Mersey Forge gun been
an untried weapon there might have been found men
sufficiently incredulous of its power to brave the danger,
but when it has been ascertained that at point blank, and
with a charge of 501 b., it can project a 2801 b. solid shot
6,080 yards, and that it shivers a wrought-iron plate of
the same strength as those protecting the floating batteries
as if it were a square of glass, there is reason sufficient
to make them pause before incurring any risk. To test
the power of the monster gun against the floating bat-
teries ie a judicious step. It will show scientific men
how far such batteries may be trusted in the day of
danger, and it will teach the nation tho value of this
splendid weapon, for which it is indebted to the
skill and enterprise of Liverpool, and the facilities
on the banks of the Mersey for working large masses
of wrcu;ht iron. If the result is what we expect
it will be, and the worth of the monster gun is made
apparent by the destruction of the Trusty, it will be
military establishments shall not be set on a g
by a question for the immediate consideration of Govern-
ment whether the effective strength of our naval and
iron guns, making our offensive power so formidable
that no nation she dare to addition
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LATEST NEWS.

VIENNA, SUNDAY, Nov. 23, 1 P.M.
According to telegraphic advices from Constan-
inople, Aali Pasha was only 24 hours in office.
He and Redschid Pasha, could not agree.

MARRID, Nov. 20.

The Ministry of Finance is actively employed
in producing a statement of the new financial
plans of M. Borsallana.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21.
The Grand Duke Nicholas has a son.

The Vienna correspondent of the Times (second
edition) says—
" Almost all the organs of the foreign press
speak of the Frontier Question as a matter which
is on the point of being satisfactorily settled ;
but it is not clear to me what is meant. Russia
(and the news is authentic) still insists on re-
taining possession of Bolgrad, and the policy
of France is just as equivocal now as it was
ten days or a fortnight since. It is well
known to me that M. de Persigny, on
his return to England, gave tranquilising
assurances to the British Government, but
any change of measures in France must be preceded
by a change of men. M. de Walewski still insists
on a resumption of the Conferences, but Austria
positively refuses, and will continue to refuse, to
aecede to the wishes of the French Government
until France, England, Austria, and Turkey have
come to a complete understanding in regard to
Bolgrad and the Isle of Serpents. When the Four
Powers are able to agree the Conference will
meet to settle certain matters connected with the
Treaty of Peace, but you may be sure that the
Emperor of Austria will not again permit his
representative to share in a discussion on any
matter which is foreign to the Oriental question.
The illustrious descendant of the Hapsburgs does
not seem to think that the establishment of a
permanent Areopagus in France would conduce to
the welfare of Europe !
" There are at present several foreign finan-
ciers cf note in this city, among others Messrs.
F. and A. G. Baring, of London, and Mr. W.
Borski, who is at the head of the firstßussian house
in Amsterdam. It is related that the three gen-
tlemen 'are endeavouring to persuade the Vienna
bankers to take a share in the Russian railroads,
but it is difficult to believe that such can be
the case. The Austrians are not particularly re-
markable for their patriotism, but still they will
not assist Russia in the construction of roadswhich
would enable her to march half a million of soldiers
across the frontier in somewhat less time than she
now could 50,000. It is asked here whether the
Barings and Hopes are considered good patriots
in England, but naturally no direct answer
can be given to such a ticklish question. The
Augsburg Gazette learns from Poland that,
if the projected Russian railroads, had been
completed when the late war broke out, " the
immense superiority of Russia would at once have
been seen." The correspondent does not deny
that Russia is so impatient to have her railroads
completed in order that she may use them for
military purposes. One of the most important
reforms in Russia is the abolition of the military
colonies. According to a correspondent of the
Gazette de Cologne the Russian military colonist
was a slave, who rose, worked, eat, prayed, and
retired to rest at the sound of the trumpet or
drum. As Hereditary Prince, Alexander saw the
evils of a system which he bas now put an end
to by means of two ukases. Three steam-
sloops, fitted with screws, are to be built
at Nicolaieff, in 1857. General Prince Barya-
tinski, the new Stadtholder of the Russian
possessions in the Caucasus, who is on his
way to Tiflis, reached Astrakhan on the 19th of
October. The Prince took such a roundabout road
in order that he might be able to inspect the Cas-
pian fleet, which has been greatly reinforced, and
is likely to be of the very highest importance
" should certain events occur in Persia." After
passing a few days at Astrakhan, Prince Barya-
tinski went on board the steamer Tonki, which
conveyed him to the fortress of Petroff."

In reference to the subject of Neuchatel, the
Berlin correspondent of the Times (second edition)

says :

" Herr von Sydo w, the representative of Prussia
at Berne, had an audience of the President of the
Confederation on the 17th instant, and on the
following day delivered in to him the Prussian
despatch, demanding the liberation of the prison-
ers as a preliminary to all negotiations."

THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES.
The Bourse Gazette of Berlin contains the fol-
lowing :—" According to accounts from Galatz of
the 4th, the European Commission of the Danube
was officially opened on that day under the provi-
sional presidency of the Prussian Commissioner
Bitter. At that meeting, the Turkish Commis-
sioner Omer Paella was appointed president in his
quality of repre:,entative of the Sultan, sovereign
of Moldavia. It was decided, on the proposal of
the French commissioner, that a French gun-boat
stationed at Galatz should proceed to the banks of
Aljani, at the mouth of the Sulina, and that the
Turkish war-steamer off Salina should leave for
the same spot, to render the river once more
navigable, and remove the obstructions which
exist."

FRANCE.

PARIS, SUNDAY.

The Phare, of Cherbourg, says :—" One of the
vessels of the Russian division now anchored iu
our roadstead, the screw frigate the Polkan, has
been taken into the military port iu order to have
her bottom examined, and to undergo repairs.
She is a magnificent vessel, and any maritime
power might Ise proud of her. Ten subaltern
officers of the division have left for Paris, where,
it is said, they are to be presented to the Emperor
by the Count de Kisseleff, the Russian ambas-
sador. A grand dinner and ball have been given
to the officers of the squadron by the maritime
prefect ; and the general commanding the depart-
ment has also given a dinner and a soirée in their
honour. An aide-de-camp of the Grand Duke
Constantine and the Consul-General of Russia
have arrived here.
A terrible tempest has caused much damage at
Ostend. The sea has broken its barriers, and
threatens the town.
The Momiteur confirms the composition of the
new Turkish Ministry, as already given. The
English and French policy at Constantinople is
again united. The French journals ask how is it
Ali Pacha is the Minister of Foreign Affairs ?
The Fresse contains a startling announcement.
In the course of a description of the intentions at-
tributed to the English Government in the Persian
Gulf, which comprise the occupation of the island
of Karrak, our contemporary remarks :
,6 Karrak, it has been forgotten, belongs to
France in virtue of a treaty concluded in 1769
between M. Pyrault, our consul at Bassora, and
Kerins Khan, probably the wisest of the sovereigns
who have reigned over Persia in modern times.
This treaty is doubtless but little known ' • but that
consideration does not diininis'i its importance,
since no ulterior convention has abolished or modi-
fied it,"

M. Emile Girardin is, it is said, about to dispose
of the 47 shares out of 100 which he holds of the
journal La Presse. The future purchaser is a well-
known rich capitalist, and the price to be paid is
850,000 f. (31,000/.).
The same capitalist was disposed to purchase the
Patrie, but the price demanded was the capital of
the profits derived from the paper, which are said
to be 240,000 f. (6,0001.).
The Council of the Bank of France met yesterday
at the Finance-office, for the purpose of obtaining
an anthorißation to increase the capital of the Bank.