The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-25 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1856.

from some wandering tourist it is paid into a
bank, or exchanged, the first convenient oppor-
tunity. Now, human nature is the sauce at either
side of the Tweed, or of the Channel. You will
not find men acting differently because taey pass
a geographical boundary ; and when the superior
convenience of the 1/. note is ascertained, it will
be preferred in England as well as in Scotland
and Ireland. Besides, there would be the less
chance ,of a run when every man knew that, as
a British citizen, he was himself responsible, and
that both his property and future labour was
mortgaged for its liquidation. He would, in
fact, feel himself a partner in the Grand National
Bank by which the note was issued, and bound to
the utmost of his ability to sustain its credit.
Let us, then, have a truly national bank and
national 1/. note, and the burdens and expenses
of the war will speedily be forgotten or rather
recovered, and the welfare and prosperity of the
industrial population placed on a firm foundation.

REVIEW OF THE FLEET.

(BY ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRLPH.)

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, 1 r.m.

Tlie steam gun-boats, led by the royal yachts
and a ship of the line, are steaming through these
roads to the westward.

THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY.

The assembling of the Board of General Officers, ap-
pointed by a Royal warrant to inquire into the state-
ments affecting certain officers returned from the
C,imea, coqtained is the report and evidence laid before
Parliament by Sir J. M`Neil and Colonel Tulloch,
was expected to have taken place to-day, in the western
end of the dining-hall of Chelsea Hospital. On applying
at the Hospital we found that this was to have been the
day for the assembling of the Board of General Officers
to arrange the necessary preliminaries of the inquiry,
but that in consequence of the continued illness of Lord
Seaton, the opening of the court had been indefinitely
postponed. We believe we are correct in stating that
his lordship's health is such as to preclude the possi-
bility of his taking part in the proceedings of the board,
and that in order to prevent further delay, at which the
public feel rather indignant, the Government have de-
termined on appointing another general officer to take
the place of the noble lord. The public also complain,
and justly, at the Government not fixing the day and
hour at which the inquiry should commence, instead of
leaving the matter, as at present, in doubt.

King of Sweden, and on freight specie value 1,5351.,
and a cargo of fruit, wine, and general merchandise.
On the 20th inst., off V iana, passed the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Sul-
tan, steering to the southward.
Heavy rains had fallen at Lisbon, which had
done much injury to agricultural operations in the
valley of Santarem.
The Lisbon exchanges for three months are
quoted as follows :—London, 542 ; Paris, 519 ;
Amsterdam, 431 to 4n ;Hamburg, 49i ; and
Genoa, 517. On London bills were less abundant
with money over at 542, in consequence of the
Board of Public Credit having taken at that rate
on dividend account. The continental rates were
nominal, with a little done on Paris and Ham-
burg ; Three per Cent. Stock, ex-dividend quoted,
coupons, 412 to 42 ; registered, 42 to 422. Bank
of Portugal Shares, 500 to 505 mil reis. Bank of
Oporto Shares, 16 to 17h per cent. prem.