The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

MARCII 2.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Pierre
Joseph Fran-lois Paul de Laya as Consul at Malta for his
Majesty the Emperor of the French.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 28.

,
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
George William Fox, Lord Kinnaird, K.T., to be Lieu-
tenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Perth, in the
room of Thomas Robert, Earl of Kinuoull, deceased.

. 'MAUCH 1.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert
Hall Baynes, 8.A., to the vicarage of St. Michael, in the
city of Coventry and diocese of Worcester, void by the
cession of the Rev. Ashby Blair Haslewood, B.A.
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 28.
MEMBERS RETURNED. TO PAnuAmEsT.--Borough of
Brecknock, the Earl of Brecknock; Northern Division. of
Lancaster, the Marquis orlitirtington-s- Borough of 2uu-
derland, John Candlish.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 2.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Edward Alfred Jee,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vica-Alexander Ilar-
grea,ves Brown, who retires.
7th Dragoon Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Wel-
lington Henry Stapleton, Vicount Combermere, from
half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, vice Fitzroy George
Smith, who retires upon temporary half-pay; Captain
Robert Clarke to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel Wellington Henry Stapleton, Viscount Comber-
mere, who retires • Lieutenant James John London
, McAdam to be daptain, by purchase, vice Clarke ;
Cornet Morris Bayntun Crosbie Yescombe to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice McAdam ; Leslie Trevor
Bishop, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Yes-
combe. _ _ _

19th hussars—Cornet Frederick Henry Huth, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Henry Edward Kensit deceased ; Gentleman
Cadet Lewis Archibald Charles Cook, from the Royal
Military College, to be Cornet, vice Huth.
21st Hussars—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Ebenezer John.
Hatchell to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice W. Harvard, pro-
muted on the Staff.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieut. Anson Swinton to be
Second Captain, vice James Sconce, seconded ; Lieut.
John Wm. Borradaile to be Second Captain, vice John.
Tasker, who resigns.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. George Philip Lucas, from
the Bengal Infantry General List, to be Lieutenant, vico
A. Bloomfield, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps.
7th Foot—Ensign Harry George Wakelyn Ford, from the
11th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Alfred Bligh Parnell,
deceased.
10th Foot—Lieutenant Spencer Edward Orr to be Captain,
without purchase, vico W. H. P. Gordon Bluett, seconded
on appointment as District Inspector of Musketry in
India.

11th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Stewart Grant
Baxter, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Ford, transferred to the 7th
Foot.

21st Foot—Ensign Cecil Bowes Robinson to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice George Vautier Lambe, who re-
tires ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Woolgar Griffith, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Robinson.

35th Foot—Liwtenant Richard Trimen to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Thomas Lloyd, seconded an ap-
pointment as District Inspector of Musketry in India;
Ensign Aylmer Peter Gerald Dowdall to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Trimen.
42d Foot—Ensign Cohn Spens to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice G. T. Maitland, transferred to the Bengal
Staff Corps ; Ensign Wm. King Suther, from the 99th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Spens.
51st Foot—Lieut. John Forbes Pinkey, from the Madras
Infantry General List, to be Lieutenant, vice A. W. C.
Read, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps.
73d Foot—Ensign George Edward Earle to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Clement Wolseley Featherstonhaugh,'
who retires ; Gentleman Cadet George Francis De Budo
Davidson, from the Royal Military College, to be En-.
sign, by purchase, vice Earle.
74th Foot—Ensign Richard Leigh to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieutenant F. N. Woodall, appointed
provisionally Lieutenant Assistant Instructor to the
Schools of Musketry.
99th Foot Gentleman Cadet Thomas Morris Jenkips,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Suther, transferred to the 42d Foot.
101st Foot—Lieut. Spencer Henry Mackay, from 39th.
Madras Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice A. J. C.
Birch, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 18
Ditto 3 Months. 12 2
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 521
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 22i
Ditto 3 Months. 25 50
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 121
Vienna — 10 60
, Trieste — 10 60
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid — 46}
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 25 62
Naples — 25 62k

11 19
12 2
12 21
25 GO
25 C2l
13 10t
25 30
25 55

25 55
121-1
10 65
10 65
29i
6 291
46
47
25 671
25 67i
25 70
25 70

President Johnson's Fo'doy.

The New York, Times summarises the late expo-
sitions of the President's policy to the four delega-
tions which recently waited on him at the White
House, and fully endorses his position. The bur-
den of his remarks to the Western delegation, and
through them to the country, was as to the neces-
sity of constantly keeping in mind the broad vital
principles which lie at the foundation of the Re-
publican political structure. They are the principles
by which he has constantly striven to guide his ac-
tion ; and they are the principles to which the action
of Congress, the action of parties, and the action
of all good citizens should always conform. If any
measure contravenes them—if any policy is anta-
gonistic with their spirit, such measure or policy
should be abandoned. For these principles--
though they may not all be based on absolute po-
litical truth—are, whether judged by reason or by
their results, the nearest approach to political per-
fection of any governmental principles which in any
nation have ever been established. Moreover, they
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gentlyl upheld by the vast majority of the people.
Whenever Whenever men would openly assail them, oas
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Those who think this course.
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negligent of the inevitable tendencies
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with the intelligent and practical character of Mr.
Johnson's reply to the negro delegation (which we
published last week). Such a question as that of
the position of the negro race in the American poli-
tical and social system can neither be viewed nor
settled upon purely abstract theoretical grounds.
The circumstances of the past cannot be wholly
ignored ; the incidents of the present cannot be
overlooked; the conditions of life and society, and
labour and development—the education, the senti-
meats, and even the prejudices of communities, must
be taken into the account. This is the philosophy
which President Johnson dwelt upon in his inter-
view with the negthoughoes ; and d
neon
mere
may, stigmatise such views as base
such considerations of expediency consti-
tuteeal life and
abstractionists
a fundamental element of our political
of all wise political action._____

Mrs. Bigelow, the wife of the U.S. Minister at
Paris, has been very seriously ill of late.
A son of John Slidell is employed in Erlanger
and Co.'s banking office, in Paris.
General Fitz John Porter is still in Paris on
business, connected with some of the Colorado Gold

Mines.
Mr. Murphy, the U. S. Consul-General at
Frankfort, has obtained leave of absence, and expects to
sail in the Germania from Hamburg on the 3d March
next. He will be absent about three months.
Over 140 Americans were present at the cele-
bration on Washington's birthday at Berlin. The meeting
was at Governor Wright's house, and was a very plea-
sant one.