The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

LONDt WEDNED Y !No, MARCH H-4b7
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any, .oaptor, serving in the above-named ships,
are re-
quested to present the same
-at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, Or other person, who may
desh e to receive his share from the Collector of Customs. or
Inland Revenue within the
,United Itingdom, is required to
intimate the same by !otter to be addressed "On Prize Busi-
ness, to the Secretary of, the Axlmiralty, London," in which
letter.his ,own place of residence is 'to be-precisely stated,
as well as the place of the -nearest Collector of Customs
or of Inland. Revenue, from whom it would be convenient
to receive SuCit share of prize money. •
The following are the shares due to an individual in
each class ;
Clmmander £lO9 9 5 Seventh class£6 "9 4
'Third. class " '3o 3 8 Eighth class ~ .... 34 8
Fourth class l9 8 0 Ninth class ...... 2 3 1
Fifth. clais
Siith class • .9 14 0 I
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BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Charles George, -grocer, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset-
shire.

BANKRUPTS.
Maurice Meyer and Segismund Seckel, merchants, New-
gate-street, to surrender March-24, at eleven, and April
21, at twelve, at the Court. of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld,
official assignee ; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane, City.
William Joseph White and Lacy Bathurst, drapers, Re-
gent-street, March 20, at half-past twelve, and April
24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Reed,
Langford,
and Marsden, Friday•street, Cheapside.
Charles Robinson, masonic jewellers Strand, March 25,
at one, and May 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Flux, Iron-
monger`-lane. -
Benjamin Collis, draper, Bishops Stortford, March 19 at
one, and April 23,.at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Colonial:I-street-be:dings ; Mardon
and Prichard, Newgate-street. "-
Daniel Smith; apothecary, Harriet=itteeta. Sloane-street,
Chelsea, March 21, at one, and April 21, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court ; Nichols and Clark, Cook's-court,. Lincoln's-
inn.
Charles Healey, clothier, .Manchester, March 24 and
April 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Stead, Manchester.
William Wilson and Henry Wilson, bookbinders, Foley-
place, Portland-place, Middlesex, March 20, and April 24,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official
assignee, Aldermanbury ; Preston, Lincoln's-inn.
Robert Taylor, draper, Sunderland, March 20 and April
24, at eleven, at the-Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne • Sudlow
and Co., Bedford-row; Hodge and Haile, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
John Taylor, auctioneer, Sheffield, March 21 and April
25, at ten, at the Council-h :P., Brewin, offici d
assignee, Sheffield ; Hoole and Yeomans, Sheffield.
William.Tweedale, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyn, March
21 and April 'D.,' at twelve, at the'Maneht;ster District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Rowley and
Sons, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS,

Wm. M`Lachlan and Son, coachbuilders, Stirling.
Wm. Symington, commission agent, Glasgow.
PARTNERS HIPS DISSOLVED.
Norton, Simmons, and Ward, Sheffield, ironfounders ;
as far as regards T. Ward, jun.—H. and T. Crossley, Man-
chester-buildings, Holloway, and at •Greenwich, pawn-
brokers—Crossley end Son, Church-street. Deptford, cur-
riers—C. A. acid A. Gibbs,-Allsip-terrace, New-road, St.
Marylebone, artists in stained glass—Dowuing and Sons,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, surgeon dentists—Raper and Co.,
North Frodingham, Yorkshire, sodawater manufacturers
—J. Anderson and Sons, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Old
Broad-street, London merchants—Terrys and Cooper,
Sykes Colliery, lirighlington, Yorkshire—Sudbury,
Wright, and Co., Halstead, Essex, and elsewhere, engi-
neers—S. Goff and J. Roake, Henley-on-Thames, drapers
—Beadnell and Husband, Scarborough, jot ornament
Yu -1
°k a u frha
ir manufacturers—Socks,
ttraers—,,rnyt, ; as tarocks,Fr aanka rlieni.,ards F. B.
and .lerviB4o
Rhodes and C. and W. Carr, Bristol, Yorkshire, coal
Halifax,rvis—J.
miners—M. Smith and Co:, Swalvvell, Durham' -general
smiths— Chadwick and Slater, Bridlington, Yorkshire,
linendrapers—Hopewell and Norman, 13asford, Notting-
hamshire, joiners—J. Thompson, Son, and Co., Liverpool,
cornfaotors—E. and J. Livesey, Leyland, Lancashire,
nurserymen—J. A. Williams and Co ,Ne wport Monmouth-
shire, corn merchants—T. Robinson and J. E. Hutton,
West Hartlepool, commission agents—H. 'and M. H.
Brown, Coventry, auctioneers—Boardman and Sun, St.
Helen's, Lancashire, tailors—J. and I. Haslar, Great Bol-
ton, Lancashire, engravers—G. Barnes and Co., Lincoln's-
inn-Fields, wine merchants—H. and J. K. Parton, Maid-
stone, Kent, millers.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.
_ _

I. -Parson, Rye, Sussex, printer—first div. of 35., on
Wednesday next and three subsequent Wednesdays, at
Mr. Edwards's Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.•
W. H. Dee, Cambridge, plumber—second div. of 4id.,
on Wednesday next and three subsequent Wednesdays, at
Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-streeC
W. Semmons, Redruth, draper-61.A div. of 33.7 d., on
Wednesday next and three subsequent Wednesdays, at
Mr. Lee's, Aldermanbury.
T. and J. Gaukroger, Htilifax, cottonepinners—third
die. of 19-16(1., any Friday, at Mr. Hope's, Leeds.
is.Tutf.';•4l* Ftarktey;iwiepAleiLL_raercliant:=fi rat_ div. of
E. R. Sanderson, West KinnigirFe Lincolnshire,
seed-crusher—first div. of 7acil.,-y...ursday, at Mr.
Carrick's, Hull.
E. Blears, Kingston-upon-Hull, currier--first dir. of
3s: 6d., any Thursday, at Mr. Carrick's, Hull.
W. R. Lows, Wolverhampton, manufacturing chemist--
first div. of 55., any Thursday, at Mr. Christie s, Birming-
ham.
DIVIDENDS.
April 1, D. Shove, Croydon, tallowchandler.—April 1,
J. Oldham, Long-acre, carrier.—April 2, H. Barnes, Win-
chester, wine merchant.—April 2, W. Dent, Newcastle-
street, Strand, lead merchant.—March 31, Owen,
Strand, publisher.—March 31, W. Phillips, Wallingford,
builder.—April 1, E. Jenkins, Birmingham, draper.—
April 1, B. J. Hodder, Birmingham, grocer.—April zl, G.
Robarts, Stamford, draper.—April 21, J. H. Clarke, Lei-
cester, batter.—March 31, J. Constantine, Scout, Lanca-
shire, cottonspinner.—April 21, W. Tyson Liverpool, corn
dealer.—April 1, W. N. Andertou, Kingston-upon-Hull,
merchant.
CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
April 3, T. Cantrill, Rivers-terrace, KiIIg'S•CTOSS, railway
grease manufacturer. —April 1, E. Goddard, London-wall
and elsewhere, provision dealer.—April 2, J. Walker,
Arundel, scrivener.—April 2, G. Deeks, Peutbridge-villas,
Westbourne-grove, auctioneer.—April 1, H. A. Hope,
West street, Smithfield, and Oxford-r0a,41, Islington, hay
salesman.—April 1, W. Burch, Back-hill, Hatton-garden,
la.stmaker.—April 1, t;. Beresferd, Ports nouth-street, Lin-
coln's.inn-fields, and Wych-street. carver.—April 7, J.
Vernon, Low Walker, Northumberland, iron ship builder.
—Apri3, E. Crowther, Manchester, merchant.—April 1,
E. Von Dadelszen, Liverpool, metal broker.—April 2, J.
Gladstone, jun., Liverpool, ironfounder.—April 9, R. Davis
sen., Westbromwich, coalmaster.- April 2, W. Foster, Bir-
mingham, timber-merchant.—April 21, G. Ball, New Len-
ton, Nottinghamshire, plumber.—April 21, J. Morley,
Nottingham and Sneinton, joiner.—April 21, J. Wootton,
Leicester, builder.

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Muoh activity is visible in Portsmouth Dockyard
early and late just now, Workmen being eniploy ad
from 5 o'clock its the-moining until 10 at night iu
getting ready the steamships 'Assistance,
aud Sidon, for the embatkation-of the troops men-
tioned in The -Sun of :Monday as on ler orders for
China -A large awl able body of m. -e f. the ordi-
nary flagship St. Vincent, Capt. Elliot', and the
Blenheim, 60, Capt. the Hon. 'F: T. Pelham, C. 8.,
are riggingrand fitting out t!tese The ,Sidott
has topgallantmasts pointed, and, is marly ready
for the pendant. . The Transit has F een already.
coinnqiisibned by Commander E liiS •Chambers. A
squadron of steam gunboats are also ordered to b.e,
equipped to accompany the larger vessels, which
will. convoy them out. It has beenrumoured also
• that two blockehips (60-gun screw two-deckers)
will form part of the China reinforcements.
His Royal Highness the Gener,ll .Cornmandine-.
in-Chief will hold a levee at 1 o'clock on Saturday
next.
The Commander-in-Chief has appointed Lieut.-
Col. Crofton, • late Commandant of the - Osma:nli
Horse Artillery, to the command of the Royal Ar-
tillery in North Britain ; and he Will reliove:•Col.
Wards on:the Ist of April. .. •
The 84th (York and Lancastex) Reigitneirt having
been ordered to proceed to China, directions IsaVe
been received at the depot that corps-(Chatham)
for t he:whole
,of the_officers belon&.g to that rogi-
• ment,'netw. in thii country, to join their regiment
immediately. The service companies of the 84th
are at Rangoon: ,
-
The Dolphin brigantine, Lieut Webber, left
Spithead yesterday afternoon forChatbain ' to, be,
paid off. She brought home from' the Coast of
Africa squadron the following office rs :—,Mr. Hew y,
surgeon of her Majesty's steamer Prometheus ; Mr.
Kirkham, second master, of her Majesty's steamer
Myrmidon ; Mr. Spears, paymaster of her Ma-
jesty's steamer Childers ; Mr. Clark, engineer, of
the Myrnatidon ; Mr. Erskine, engineer, of her
Majesty's steamer Firefly ; and Mr. Goodall, of Cie
War Department ; also 17 invalids, whom - she
landed at Portsmouth. The- Dolphin has &en
very healthy during the whole time 'of her commis-
sloe, and has not lost a hand from sickness of any
kind:
The screw sloop Plumper, 11, C tp'ain Richards,
received her crew yesterday at Poi t.in arth, and
has gone o Spithead to await further orders. .
The Dauntless, 34, Captain Ryder, will be paid
off at Portsmouth on Friday next. _
The Nimrod, 6, new screw despatch vessel, Com-
mander Dew, returned to Portsmouth yesterday
after a cruise in the Channel. She goes to China. •
The screw. steam-ship Colossus,..BO, Captain
Thomas L. Thompson, sailed from Plymouth on
Monday for Lisbon.
• The jri,, 26, from Portland, arrived at Piy-
mouth on M-nday.
Instruct ores have been receiVed at - Woolwich
from the Commander-in-Chief ordering four- com-
panies of the Royal Artillery to be held io readi-
ness for immediate embark ttion after the wrival of
the next mail from China, due about the 16th inst.
Toe companies thus under orders are—Captain
Scudamore Lono,den's ,No. 5 of the 13th battalion,
Captain .•'iddleton's No. 6 of the 13th halt lion,
Captain Knox's No. 4 of the 9th bat' (eine, and
Brevet-Major. Barstow's No. 6 of the 10th batta-
lion. Orders have been issued to .employ extra
hands in the clothing department, ' so as to distri
Lute to the troops under orders for foreign service
the new uniforms intended for the f rthcoming
year, and to admit of the old tudcs being eon-,
verted into fatigue jackets for service., Captain
Frkleriek Hugh Chancellor's company, No. 1 of
the 14th battalion, are ordered to proceed to Shoe-
'buryness, on Tuesday next, to relieve Major Koox's
company, under orders for Chins.' The remaining
three companies are stationed at head quarters,
Woelwich. A garrison order has •been promulgated
-at Woolwich, commanding the officers and men in-
discriminately to permit the growth-of the mou-
stache on the upper lip, extending within two
inches of the whisker on either side of the face, and
uo portion of the beard to be retained either on or
under the chin.
Lieut.-Colonel John Henry Lefr3y, Royal Ar-
tillery, 4th battalion, at Woolwich, has been ap-
of the Rev. G. R.
to the War Department • -

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The destruction of the old seamen's hospital
Dreadnought is progressing rapidly at Woolwich.
Yesterday morning Mr. Slornan, the dockyard
auctioneer, held his first sale by auction of the old
timbers, which met with ready purchasers, 85 lots
being speedily brought to the hammer, and rea-
lising the sum of 3801. The shipwright department
have calculated the value of copper to be got from
the demolished vessel will exceed 2,0001.
An agent of M. Pauvene, who professes by che-
mical ingredients to convert iron into steel, paid a
visit to Woolwich dockyard yest.rct.y morning,
under the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty, and is about to make arrangements
to demonstrate the advantage of his invention,
which he has secured by patent. The transmutation
of the metal is to be effected in the short space of
five hours, and will consist of three classe.i—
namely, ordinary, cast, and shear steel. ~
On Monday evening 264 volunteers arrived at
the Provisional Battalion Char? am, con- ist in 4 of
46 men from the 14th to the 35th Regiment; 45
from the 28th to the 61st Regiment, 70 from the
39 h to the 64th Regiment, 60 from the 47th lo
the 81st and 84th Regiments, and 43 from the 65th
to the 78th Highlanders and 83d Regiment.
Tire following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieut. W. H. Phipps, to the Himalaya ; Lieut.
H. A. Reilly, to the Transit ; Lieut. J. Burgess,
to the Ajax ; Lieut. W. E. Stone (add,tional), to
the Victory ; F. S. Vandermeulin, G. R. Donkin,
A. Jephson, R. 0. B. Fitzroy, midshipmen, to the
Sanspareil ; B. Shattock and C. E. Pearce, mid-
shipmen, to the Calcutta, for disposal ; G. J. W.
Prowse, naval cadet, to the Victory, for disposal ;
J. T. N. Bremner, surgeon, to -the Himalaya ; J.
Barclay, surgeon,•to the Transit ; J. B. Patterson,
surgeon, to the Amphitrite ; F. Piercy, acting as-
sistant-surgeon, to the Transit ; W. H. Lloyd and
W P. J. Purcell, acting assistant-surgeons, to the
Calcutta ; H. Harken, assistant-surgeon, to Green-
wich Hospit il; and C. Keenan, assistaut-surgeo n,
to the Edinburgh.

NECESSITY FOB TRIENNIAL

PARLIAMENTS.

(Front the Daily News.)
Seven years is the sixth part of the average (lure,
ton of human life in England. Before a man can
become an elector ho must have c •mpleted his 21st
year. On au average, then, no elector can calcu-
late upon exercising his right of suffrage more than
three times in his life under a system of Septennial
Parliaments.
In the course of less than seven years Louis
Philippe was driven from his throne, the republic
which succeeded. himoverturned by the coup d'etat,
and Napoleon 111., as a principal party to the war
against Russia, recognised.as one of the arbiters of
the destinies of Europe.
Seven years is necessarily an important part of
the life of the indiiidual ; it may be an important
pad of the life of a nation—of a system of nations.
These facts ought to be present to the mind of
every elector when ho gives his vote at the impend-
ing general election. Ho and his fellow-electors
are, in fact, entrusting the fortunes of the country
to some GOO individuals for seven years—for a period
of a length that has ere now proved sufficient to
uproot a dynasty, and change thetwbole character
of a national government. A bare majority of that
six hundred, by acting steadily in concert, may bid
defiance to every wish either of the Crown or the
people, to put an end to their lease of delegated
power. For seven long years they may with im-
punity uphold a corrupt or oppressive Administra-
tion, and legislate for the exclusive advantage of
their caste, their families, and themselves.
It is madness in any people to tempt the virtue
of a small number of their fellow-citizens by invest-
ing them with such powers to promote selfish
s taster interests for such a lengthened period.
Mischief may be done in the lapse of .seven years
that can never he undone. The l eople may be
goaded to madness by the persistence of a faction
in misgovernment and iniquitous legislation, and
civil commotion provoked, before which our best
and most venerated institutiens may crumble
away.
The first Septennial Parliament• was at once the
consequence awl the instrument of a coup d'etat.
A parliament voted the prolongation of its own ex-
istence in older to give security to that dynasty
whose right to the crown rests exclusively upon a
parliamentary title. The importance of the object
to be attained, no ono at this time of day will deny.
Whether such an extreme 'measure required to be
resorted to for its attainment, or whether under any
circutnstances it be allowable to do evil that goud
may come, may be questioned. But it is certain
that the state of things which was alleged to render