The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-19 00:00:00

NATIONAL GALLERY.

Lord H. LENNOX asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer
whether Mr. Boxall, R.A., had been appointed to the post
of Director of the National Gallery, in the place of the late
Sir Charles Eastlake ; and if so, whether any and what
alterations had been made in the relations existing between
that officer and her Majesty's Government ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Mr.
Boxall had been appointed as successor to the office held
by the late Sir C. Eastlake, but the relations of that office
with the Treasury would remain as heretofore. The object
of his noble friend the First Lord of the Treasury had been
to secure the services of the most efficient gentleman,
especially as there was no positive requirement that the
gentleman nominated to such a post should be either a
painter or an architect. He knew that the appointment
was one that would have met with the approval of the late
talented director of the National Gallery.
Lord H. LENNOX asked whether the appointment was
for five years or for life ?

The 6HANCEELOR of the EXCHEQIAR said tLo
appointment was made under the usual circumstances, and
was for a certain number of years.

DEEP SEA FISHERIES.

Mr. E. CRAUFURD asked the Lord Advocate whether
was his intention to introduce any bill during the pre-

sent session founded on the recommendations contained in
the report of the Sea Fisheries Commission ?
The LORD ADVOCATE said in the present state of
matters he could not say what course would be adopted.A

CATTLE STATISTICS.
Colonel WILSON-PATTEN asked the President of
the Board of Trade when he would be able to lay upon the
table of the house information with respect to the num-
ber of cattle in the United Kingdom ?
Mr. M. GIBSON said the returns of cattle that had
been called for would bo made by about the sth of March.
No time would be lost in making the aggregate return,
which he hoped would b 3 laid on the table after the
Easter Recess. The returns, it must be borne in mind,
were purely voluntary. Ile could not say that the returns
would be continued for the future, as those about to be
produced were merely experimental, and until that experi-
ment had been fully tested, it was impossible to say what
would be done in the future.
Mr. GREGORY asked whether the Government in-
tended bringing in a bill with respect to the cattle disease
in Ireland.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said-such a bill had been
prepared, and immediately it had received the approbation
of the Irish Government it would be submitted to the
house.

SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN

IRELAND.

Mr. D. GRIFFITH askod if it was legal for a bill to re-
ceive the royal assent on a Sunday morning?
Sir G. GREY said there was no law preventing the
house sitting on Sundays. It might, in certain cases of
great urgency, become actually necessary.
CATTLE PLAGUE BILL.
The house then went into committee on this bill Olio
one brought forward by Mr. Hunt).

ELEFT SITTING .1

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

ALEXANDRIA? Feb. 18.
The Poonah left at six p.m., and the Mongolia
at four p.m. this day.
The former may be expected at Manilla on the
24th inst., and the latter at Southampton on the
3d March.
The Bengal arrived at Suez on the 14th inst.,
(three days early.)

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE JAVA.
QUEENSTOWN, Sunday.

The royal mail steamship Java, from New York
on the 7th inst., arrived here at 3.30 p.m. to-day
with 300 passengers and £363,200 in specie. She
landed 105 sacks of mails and nine passengers, and
proceeded for Liverpool at 4 p.m. All well. The
Java experienced severe north-easterly gales
throughout the passage.
NEW Yoiu Feb. 7 (9 a.m.)

The New York press universally express extreme
satisfaction at the Emperor Napoleon's announce-
ment of preparations for the withdrawal of the
French troops from Mexico, which they regard as
an augury of peace between France and the United
States.
In the Senate Mr. Sumner has delivered a speech
against the constitutional amendment making the
total number of the population the basis of repre-
sentation, excepting those deprived of the suffrage
on account of their colour. He considered a simple
act of Congress would better effect the desired
object, and submitted' a substitute declaring al
distinctions on account of colour abolished in the
late rebellious States. Mr. Sumner also reported
a bill from the Committee on Foreign Relations
authorising the appointment of a Minister to
Dominica.

The House of Representatives have passed a bill
extending the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau as
amended by the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs,
and confining its operations to those States in
which the privilege of Habeas Corpus remained
suspended on Feb. 1 of this year. The bill was
passed by 136 against 33 votes.
The Military Committee have voted to report a
bill creating the grade of general in the Federal
army.

A political movement is reported to be on foot in
Washington to inaugurate a new political party
comprising the Union Democrats and the Conser-
vative Republicans, to support the President's
policy as opposed to the Radical Republicans.
At San Domingo Mr. Seward had an interview
with President Baez, at which he stated unofficially
that the United States had been ready to recognise
the Dominican Republic since 1861. At that time,
however, Dominica had, by the choice of her people,
become a possession of Spain, and the United
States would not intervene in Dominica or any
other country to establish republican institutions by
force. If a Dominican Minister were now sent to
Washington he would be recognised.

General Weitzel was mustered out of the United
States service on the 31st ult.

The Spanish Consul, accompanied by one of
Mejia's officers, left Matamoras on the 31st ult. for
the city of Mexico on important business.

Despatches from the Rio Grande, published by the
Havana Diario de la Marina, assert positively that
Bagdad was seized, sacked, and defended by Fede-
ral coloured troops, led by Federal officers, some of
whose names it publishes.

The Supreme Court has re-affirmed the decision
of the lower courts in the case of the seizure of
champagne at San Francisco for under-valuation.
This settles all similar cases, involving a large
amount of money to French wine merchants.
New Orleans despatches report that there are
40,000 destitute persons in Alabama, who will re-
quire an expenditure of £2,000,000 yearly to relieve
their necessities.

The Fenian alarm has abated at Toronto.
Sweeney is said not be in Canada. O'Mahony's
bonds are reported to be selling freely throughout
the United States.