The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-03 00:00:00

LONDON GAZriTIE.-TIIIS EVENING.

FOREIGN OFFICE, July 25, 1867.
'The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
William Graham Sandford, Esq., now a Third Secretary,
to be a Second Secretary in Her Majesty's Diplomatic
Service.
INDIA OFFICE, AUG. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robt. Spankie,
Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, to be a Judge of the
High Court of the North-Western Provinces.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 30.
Commander Charles Keats Jackson has been this day
promoted to boa Retired Captain, under the provisions of
her Majesty's Orders in Council of lst August 1860, 9th
July, 1864, and 21th March, 186
AUGUST 1.
Commander Charles Spry Norman has been thiA day
promoted to be a Retired Captain, under the provisions of
tier Majesty's Orders in Council of lst August, 1860, 9th
July, 1861, and 24th March, 1866.

IMR. BRIGIIT AND TIIE REPRESENTATION OF MI-
NORITIES.—The following letter from Mr. J. Bright, 31. P.,
addressed to a leading member of the Liberal party in Bir-
mingham, was received on Wednesday afternoon:—"My
dear sir,—You see the vote in the Lords. It partially dis-
franchises Birmingham. Instead of your having three
voices, or two, in a groat division on a great principle, you
aro now to have only one. Your future Tory member will
pair with me or with Mr. Dixon, andthero will be left only
one vote for your great community. Birmingham is now
to be reduced to the position and weight of Arundel or
Caine in a great Parliamentary diviion, and this in the
year of Reform and extension of popular power! You
will see that certain of the Whig peers have joined this
childish or nefarious scheme. It is not the less danger-
ous on that account. I hope you will take some steps to
counteract this proposition. Tho great towns should
send deputations up to London to urge the Government
to maintain the integrity of the bill. Ido not think
Mr. Disraeli wishes to injure the bill He spoke ear-
nestly against this scheme in tho house, and I hope he
will adhere to his own view on so grave a matter. You
should not for a moment dream of consenting to the auda-
cious proposal to destroy the political weight pnd force of
your borough.—l am, sincerely yours, JOHN BRIGHT.--
Manchester, Jnly 81, 1837." The Birmingham Post under-
stands that, recognising the vital importance of the ques-
tion to Birmingham, and the necessity for vigorous and
prompt action, certain members of. the Reform League
would confer with the chairman and secretary of the Bir-
mingham Liberal Association yesterday, with a view to
appointing a deputation to wait upon the Chancellor of
the Exchequer.
A meeting of the Trades' Union Commissioners
was held on Thursday, at 1, Park-prospect, Great Queen-..
street, Westminster. Present :—The Right Hon Sir Wil-
liam Erlo (chairman), the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Elcho,
M.P., the Right Hon. Sir Edmund W. Head, ,
K. Mr.
Herman Merivale, C. 8., Mr. J. A. Roebuck, Q.
Mathews.
C., M.P.
Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., and Mr. William
Mr. J. U. Patteson, secretary to the Commission, was also
present.
THE CIVIL. SERVICE. APPOINTMENTS. Mr.
Richard William M'nertuott, having been first in a com-
petition of two candidates, to ba clerk in the Income Tax
Office, Dublin; Messrs. William Henry Penning, Charles
Edward Fox Strangways, Horace Bolingbroke Woodward,
James Lilley Warren, William Herbert D !lion, Robert
Ru=sell, and Harriman Malcolm Skae, to b 3 assistant geo-
logists in the Geological Survey; Mr. Richard Sinerdon
Eales to be writer in the Customs ; Messrs. John Flanagan
and John Macdonald to be assistants of Excise ; Mr. John
Brown to be clerk in the Post-office at Stirling ; Mr James
Petrie, having been first in a competition of three midi.
dates, to be clerk in the Custom ii pt laildtlle§berough,