The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-27 00:00:00

PROBABLE PEACE WITH PERSIA.

We believe we may state that official information
has reached our Government of the probability of
the Court of Teheran agreeing to our demands.
The Turkish Minister at that capital has sent a
despatch to his Government, informing them that,
having heard of the fall of Bushire, the Persian
Government " decided" to make peace upon the
English terms.

On its reaching Constantinople, this intelligence
was immediately forwarded, by telegraph, by Lord
Stratford, and its authenticity may be relied on.
We may therefore hope for a speedy settlement
of the Persian difficulty.
At the same.time we need hardly point out, after
our recent experience in the theory and practice of
peace-making, that there is a sufficient difference
between a determination to make peace and the
actual accomplishment of it to warrant us in not
being over sanguine.
The Court of Persia heard of our expedition, and
immediately afterwards of its success. On finding
the force to be less than was anticipated, and that
it is not yet advancing into the country, the Per-
sian mind may change. We do not anticipate this
—we only point it out. We ourselves think that
the c3pture of Bushire will probably be the begin-
ning- and the end of the Persian war.—Morning
Post.

THE MOVERS AND SECONDERS OP THE

ADDRESS.

People will have it that it is a practical joke of our
venerable jester, the Premier ; meant to show that he
looks upon the art of governing a score and a half millions
of men and women as the merest child-play: Why else,
it is naturally asked, should he fix on four persons, each
young enough to be his own grandson, and some of a still
remoter consanguinity l Who are they ? In the Peers,
the mover is the Earl ..f Cork, born the year before the
Reform Bill ; and how long ago that is none of us need
feel very antiquated at remembering with tolerable vivid.
ness. The seconder is Earl Cowper, Lady Palmerston's
orandson, five years younger than the other earl. In the
Commons, we have a brace of baronets—significant of
the democratic tendency of the session, to begin with.
One is Sir John Rarnsden, a couple of years the junior of
the coronetted Cork ; the other is Sir Andreis Agnew,
Rho is quite the Nestor of the quartett, being nearly
forty. Yet it is his nomination which seems to
stamp the whole affair with premeditated facetiousness.
Tne notion of Sir Andrew Agnew, son of the Sir Andrew
Agnew, being chosen by the Minister who patronises
polkas in the Parks on Sundays, and who snubbed the
Carneronian Pound Texts for lecturing him on such Pa.
ganised profligacy, is really too rich for chance, and must
have been designed. Besides, this Sir Andrew is not
that Andrew's offspring, in face and figure, as well as in*
name and blood. Now the apparition of such a person in
a court costume, silk stockings, knee breeches and
buckles, bag wio., cocked hat, sword, and so forth, would
assuredly surfeit her Majesty of all taste for private thea-
tricals for ever, as no stage comicality could possibly
come up to so ticklish a tableau, so side-split ing a spec-
tacle. Luckily for her Majesty's gravity, as well as
her health in her present situation, she won't open Par
harnent, and therefore won't see the Wigtown wonder
thus arrayed, as she would do white sitting on the throne
and he standing at the bar, in front of her " faithful
Commons."—Liverpool

LINCOLN'S-INN, Jan. 26.---The undermentioned
gentlemen were this day called to the degree of Bar-
rister-at-Law by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-inn,
viz, Thomas Waraker, E.g. ; John Edwards, Esq.;
John C alas Antrobug, E-q. ; E Iward Macnaghten,
E.q ; Edward Cutler, jun., E-q. ; Messing Thomas
Laxrun, Esq. ; Sydney Crawehay, E-q. ; Edward
Dwyer, Esq., and Theodore Lavalliere, Esq.
MIDDLE TEMPLE —BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.—Jan. 26.—
The undermentioned gentlemen core this day called to
the degree of the utter bar :—William Ritchie, Esq., of
Scone Perth, Van Die►ueu's Land (holder of the Student-
ship awarded by the Council of Legal Education, Hilary
Term, 1857), the sixth son of the late Thomas Ritchie,
lieutenant in her Majesty's navy ; Randal Francis
Tongue, of Aldridge, hear Walsall, the eldest son of
Edward Tongue, Esq., of Aldridge, in the county of
Stafford ; James William Branson, of Madras, the third
.311 of John Edward Branson, Esq., late of Madras,
deceased.

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INNER TEMPLE, January 26.—The undermentioned
gentlemen were this day calledto the bar by the Hon*
S rciety of the lener Temple :—Allred George Marten,
n, Esq.,
E-q. (certificate of Hoeour), 8.A.., S.C.L TliornaS
S C.L. ; Alexander Neil, Esq., B A. ; Richard
Themes Tidstvell, Esq., B.A. ; T
e aseee Croonie, Esq..
M.A , an R ,per Wester, Esq., B.A.
GRAY'S-INN, January 26 —At a Pension of the Hon.
Society, f Gray's-ian, holden this day, Charles Kennedy,Eq., 8.A., was called to the degree of barrister-at-leen
Beirdyshe, E.g., M.A. ; Yemen Lushineto
TUE TEA. TRADE, Jau. 26 —Tee deliveries in Loudon
eetimeted for the week were 594,5781 b, being a decrease
of 48,2491 h. compared with the previous statement.
Tne mining news from California is favourable. There
had been large arrivals of merchandise at San Francisco,
and the markets were overstocked and dull.
A further sum of 100,000/. in geld was taken from
the Bank yesterday for exportation to the Continent ia
payment for silver.
The Hamburg letters mention that the rate of discount
bee receded to 5e per cent., and that the exchange has
a favourable appearance.
The performance of Schiller's drama of " William Tell"
hae been prohibited, for the preeent, at the Theatre
Royal at Munich.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—" Elijah " will be per:
orrned at Exeter-halt on Friday next, and "Athena
and the "S abat Mater" on the following Friday, these
being the last engagements of Madame Gera Novelle
prior to a professional tour in Germany.
The Governor of Ohio in hi• message states that the
receipts of the State for the year were 3,538,353 dols.,
and the expenditure 3,189,600 dub., being less by
380,665 dole. than the year preceding, and leaving a
balance in the Treasury of 579,353/.
ARMITAGE, THE CRICKETER.—Our cricketing readers
will learn with much regret the announcement of the
death of this much-respected cricketer, who expired on
Monday, the 12th inst., at Yorkshire, at the early age of
32, Re has left a widow and one son seven years
of age.
VV Rug IN THE CHANNEL.—LIVERPOOL, Monday.--
The ship ashore in Rhos Bay, reported yesterday, wag
not the Tonawanda, from Philadelphia (which has since
arrived), but the Marian, for Antigua, owned by the
present Mayor of Liverpool. She is iu a dangerous
position, but two of the moat powerful steam-tugs be-
longing to the port have gone to her assistance, and
hopes are entertained that she will be got off.
MEETING OF THE MANCHESTER PARTY..—At the annual
meeting of the Manchester party a deputation is to be
present from the Ballot Society, London, including Mr.
Whitehurst and other gentlemen. A letter from Mr.
Bright, dated from Cannes, is also to be read. The hon.
gentleman is now at Nice.
THE Loss OF THE TYNE.—SOLiTHAMPTON, Monday.--
Another steam-tug, with a second batch of the men from
the Tyne, arrived in the docks this morning. The Col-
lector of Customs had an interview with the borough
megistrates this morning relative to the official inquiry
into the circumstances attendant upon the stranding of
the Tyne, which was fixed to commence on Thursday
mornine, at 11 o'clock, at the Town-ball.
COMMUNICATION WITH NEWFOUNDLAND.—The Cork
Reporter announces that Mr. John Shea, J.P., has been
n Ireland on behalf of the Government appointed agent i
of Newfoundland to negotiate with some of the principal
shipowners a system of direct steam communication
monthly between Great
Britain and that Colony.
A gold medal has been graciously conferred by his
Majesty the King of the Belgians on Mr. Robert Bell,
"in consideration
of his valuable literary labours." This
ecegnition of the service of an English writer is one of
r
many proofs which his Majesty has given of the great
interest
be takes in the progress of our literature.--
Literary Gazette.
The New York Board of Councillors had resolved to
give an
official welcome to the officers of her Majesty's
ship Retribution, in the event of their arriving there.
One red-hot Republican councillor opposed the motion
on the ground that he did not like the idea of paying
honour to Queen Victoria. The officers of the Brooklyn
navy yard are preparing to give the Britishers a warm
reception. The press, too, is unanimous in expressing
friendly sentiments towards this country for its recep-
tion of Captain Hartstein.
THE CONVICT AGAR. —lt is said, upon good authority,
that it it the intention of the Government to grant Agar,
the approver, a pardon on the condition that he shall
leave this country, and it will be void if he returns to
England. This proceeding, it is understood, is not
taken on account of his having given evidence to convict
his companions in the bullion robbery, but it is owing to
the belief from inquiries that have been made and a
variety of facts that have come to the knowledge of the
authorities, that he really was not guilty of the forgery
for which he was convicted and sentenced to transports;
tion for life, and that the transaction was a "plant
upon him for the purpose of getting him out of the Was'
THE POSTAL DIVISIONS.—WouId it not be useful to
mark either on or close to the name of each street the
letter of the district to which it belongs? Many of the
names of the London streets might be renovated with
advantage at the same time, for in some instances the
letters seem to have dropped, and in others they are s°
weatherbeaten that it requires young and sharp eyes to
decipher then, with comfort even in the daytime. At
night it is a hopeless task, for often the gas lamps art
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so arranged that nut even a faint ray is shed upon t"
etreeternark ; and this circumstance is just as inconee:
In
nient tor cab as foot passengers. Might it not be 'se
Biel, to devise some s rt of lamp which would show'?"
ep toe name of the street, and at the same time illumi-
nate the footpath 7—The Builder.

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