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London, England, 1857-04-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APdIL 1 18r7

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l'rem the London Gazette of Last Night.

Leasing
Companies

Closing Prices
this day

Business
this day.'

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Manca 30,
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Pov. Prode-
rickCharles Cook, M.A. Prebendary of St. Paul's, aid one
of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools, to I” one of the
Chaplains in Or.linary to her Majesty.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the lion. and
Rev. Douglas Gordon, Rector of Groat Stanmore,
Bei', to be one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty.

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The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. William
Rogers, Incumbent of Saint Thomas', Charter House, to be
one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to her Dlijesty.
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FOREIGN-OFFLCE, MARCEL 26.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Donald M`Lachlan, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at
Sour dy.ya.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
William Lawless, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in
the Island of Martinique.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
James Crawford, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in the
Island of Guadeloupe.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
G. F. Crossthwaite, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at
Cologne.

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FOREIGN.OFFICE,ARM 31.
The Queen hal been pleased to approve of Air. George
W. Kimball as Consul in the Island of St. Helena for the
United States of America.

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WHITEHALL, MARCH 24.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing
the Right Honourable Sir Charles Wood, Bart., G.C.B. ;
Vice-Admiral the Right Hononrable Sir Maurice Fred rick
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral the Ho-
nourable Sir Richard Saunders Duudas, K.C.B. ; Rear-
Admiral Henry Eden; Captain Alexander Milne; and Sir
Robert Peel, Bart ; to be her Majesty's C ,rnmissioners for
executing the odice of Lord High Admiral of the said
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the
dominions, islands; and territories thereunto bslonginp-,.
COMMISSIONS- SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANT&

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Regiment of Royal London Militia—Ensign John Thos.
Henry Butt to be Lieutenant, vice Thos. Joseph Jones,
resigned ; Ensign Augustus Belle de Lasalle to be Lieute-
nant, vice Murdock W. Pollard Robertson, resigned ; En-
sign Jas. Cunningham to be Lieut., vice Jas. Duke Hill, re-
signed ; Ensign Augustus Henry Garland to be Lieut., vice
Augustus Charles Twentyman. resigned ; Frederick R.
Fortnum Keats, Gent., to be Ensign, vice J. T. H. Butt,
promoted.
Hertfordshire Militia. Thomas Byron Myers, to be
Lieutenant, vice Lieut. H. J. Toulmin, appointed to the
13th Light Dragoons.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
Ensign James John Pickford to be Lieutenant, vice Ser-
gison, resigned ; William Orme, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Pickford, promoted. •
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Eyre Ledgard,
Gent., to bo Ensign.
The Galloway Rifles—Ensign Lewis Aulley Hay to be
Lieutenant, vice John Underwood, appointed Quarter-
master.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, March 30, 1857.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the salvage services ren-
dered to the barque British Princqss by her Majesty's ship
Meander, on 29th Sept., 1856, will commence on Thurs-
day, the 9th April, 1857, in the Prize Branch of the De-
partment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi-
ralty, Somerset-house."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are re-
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
lesii e to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or
Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to
intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prizo Busi-
ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 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 such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in
each class :
Second class ...... £ll 19 5 I Sixth class
Third class
Fourth class 6 3 2 i Ninth class
Fifth class 3 8 5

£3 1 7
1 0 6
0 13 8

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
George Baskervalle, innkeeper, Talk-an-the-Hill, Staf-
fordshire.

BANKRUPTS.

Robert Clinch, livery stable keeper, Salisbury, to sur-
render, April 15, at half-past one, and May 12, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Bothamley and Freeman, Coleman-street; Kelsey, Salis-
bury.
Henry Faithfull, shipowner, Black% all, April 17, at
one, and May 12 , at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Basiagball-street ; Lawrance,
Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Jonathan Hanbury, grocer, Brenchley, Kent. April 20,
at half-past twelve, and May 18, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers ; Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane.
John Timmis, timber merchant, Lelleshall, Shropshire,
April 17, at half-past eleven, and May 1, at half-past
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Knight, Birmingham.
John Richards, draper, Aberystwith, April 20, at eleven,
and May 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Britten and Sons, Bristol.
Henry Mundy, ironmonger, Gloucester, April 17, at
eleven, and May 12, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Son,
Bristol.
Sarah Roach, carrier, Merthyr Tydvil, April 17, at
eleven, and May 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District
eleven,t
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and as-
signee,arwick, Leeds.
John Hanson and James Walker, coachbui Merit, Sheffield.
April 18, at ten, and May 9, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield; Smith and
Burdekin, Sheffield.
Richard Jones, flannel manufacturer, Newtown, Mont-
gomeryshire, April 15, at eleven, and May 11; at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee,
Liverpool ; Jones. Montgomeryshire.
John Stewart, ironfounder, Preston, April 6 and 28, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fra=er, official
assignee, Manchester; Ascroft, Preston ; Cobbott and
Wheeler, Manchester.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

Most of the supply of English wheat in to-day's market
was the refuse of Monday, but its general quality was by
no means first-rate. The attendance of millers was small,
and the demand for home-grown wheats ruled heavy, at
Monday's currency.
We wore well supplied with foreign wheat, which
changed hands slowly, at barely stationary prices. Float-
ing cargoes of grain supported previous rates.
There was very little doing either in barley or malt, at
about stationary prices.
There was very little inquiry for oats, at the late decline
in value.
Beans, peas, and flour were almost nominal in value.
ARRIVALS MIS WEER.
Wheat. Barley. I Milt. I Oats.
2,570 I 1,430 I 3,750 20

Flour.
1,160

English...
Irish ......

Foreign...

3,020 1 20,930

2500 brit.3l,lBo 140 scks.

BOROUGH HOP.
There is a moderate demand for most kinds of hops, at
late rates.

WHITECHAPEL.

The trade generally ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from
3s 4d to 4s 64 ; mutton. 3s 8d to 4s 84 ; veal, 4s tad to 5,9
2d; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs by the carcase.

THE .RETURIV FOR BURY.

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Mr. Thomas Wrigley, chaf.-man of Mr. Philips's Committee,
has addressed the following letter to the Editor of the times
" Sir,—l see that in your comments upon the elections,
and also in your analysis of Min.'sterial gains and losses, you
treat the return of Mr. Philips al6, a casualty' in respect of
the Government, and you classify' him under the head of
' Conservative.'
" When I tell you that Mr. Philips is a son of the late Mr.
Robert Philips, of the Park, near Mane. hester, and the brother
of Mr. Mark Philips, who so long represt-itted Manchester, and
who might have retained that position to the present time
had he chosen so to do, you will form son.'e idea of the stock
from which our present member springs.
" The truth is, that Mr. F. Peel was the representative
not of the town and people of Bury, but of a coalition' nu-
merically small, but very powerful in point of wealth and in-
fluence, composed of all the Tories or Conserr.i.tives in the
place and a small section of the Liberals, who, it' 1852, took
the town by surprise and possessed themselves of • the repre-
sentation. Mr. Robert Needham Philips is returved by the
Liberal interest, I may say by the whole town, on ,what you
would designate advanced' Liberal principles. He g,'es into
Parliament unfettered by any trammels as to supportit, g this
or that Government, and while he will give to Lord Palmer-
ston or any other Minister, where the interests, dignity, or
honour of the country are in danger, an earnest support, be
is essentially an independent member, prepared to act against
any Government which refuses (as in the case of Lord Palmer-
ston upon Mr. Locke King's motion) to concede those pro-
gressive reforms which are essential to a true representation
of the people.
"The electors and inhabitants of Buryhave adopted a course
which, I trust, will be followed by all the Lancashire bo-
roughs, and all popular constituencies—in determining not to
allow their borough to be made the sport of Ministerial
tactics. They say that a town with 30,000 inhabitants ought
not to be a packet borough in support of Government, in
utter disregard of the opinions of the constituency upon the
great questions that come before Parliament. They consider
that in permitting these popular constituencies to be absorbed
by Ministerial candidates, so fax from adding force to the
opinions of the people, its direct tendency is to smother their
voice, and to deprive the House of Commons of that liberal
and independent element so essential to force on those mea-
sures of reform, political and administrative, which the coun-
try has a right to expect, but which no Government seems
disposed voluntarily to initiate.
" I have thought it necessary thus briefly to explain the
motives which have actuated this constituency in substitut-
ing Mr. Philips for Mr. Peel ; they are actuated by no per-
sonal disrespect to the latter, but they prefer to be repre-
sented by a gentleman who can take au independent position,
whose political opinions are in harmony with their own, and
who, from his residence among them, and his kindred pur-
suits as a British merchant,
may be naturally supposed to
sympathise
with them in all that affects the commercial pros-
. perity of the country at large."

THE ANCIENT Cuunou AT DOVER.—It is officially
announced that there is no intention to disturb, for the
present, the ruins of the ancient church at Dover Castle.

MR. DISRAELI AT AYLESBURY.

The nomination of three representatives for the county
of Buckingham took place yesterday in the County-ball,
Aylesbury. As it was well understood beforehand that
there would be no opposition to the return of the three for-
mer members, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Dn Pre, and Mr. Caven-
dish, there was on this occasion an absence of all that ex-
citement which generally accompanies a contested election,
but, nevertheless, a considerable number of persons from
the surrounding dictricts flocked into Aylesbury, anxious to
witness the proceedings of the nomination and hear the ad-
dress of the great chief of t habits Parliamentary Opposition.
Among these assembled in the hall were Mr. P. D. P. Dun-
combe, Col. Ilanmer, Mr. Acton Tindal; Sir 11. Verney,
_ _

M.P., Mr. C. Tower, Dr. Lee, Mr. W. Lowndes, Hon. W.
G. Cavendish, Mr. T. T. Bernard, M.P., Mr. R. B. Har-
vey, Mr. J. Newman, Mr. W. L. Ward, under-sheriff.
The business of the election was opened very punctually
at 10 o'clock, and tha requisite legal preliminaries having
been gone through,

Mr:P. DUNCOMBE proposed Mr. Caledon George Du Pre,
who, ho said, had represented the county for 18 years, and
whose consistent and in•tependent conduct entitled him to
a renewal of the confidence of the electors. (Applause.)

Mr. R. B. HARVEY seconded the nomination.

Sir H. VERNEY proposed Mr. Charles Compton Caven-
dish, and the nomination was seconded by Mr. C. TOWER.
Col. ITANSIER proposed Mr. Benjamin Disraeli—(cheers
and hisses) —observing that the high attainments and great
qualifications of the right hon. gentleman had raised him
to the high honour of sitting at the councils of his Sove-
reign.

Mr. J. NEWMAN seconded the nomination.

As no other c►ndidate was proposed,
The limit SHERIFF declared, amid general applause,
that the choice of the electors had fallen on Mr. Disraeli,
Mr. Du Pre, and Mr. Cavendish.
Mr. DU PRE expressed his acknowledgments for his re-
election, and said he hoped that none of his votes—not
even the last vote he had given--were deserving the cen-
sure of his constituents. (Cheers, and slight disapproba-
tion.) He could not conceal from his constituents that
ho did not find himself a member of an united Opposi-
tion. Various causes had produced strife and schism in
their ranks, which time might repair, but their principles
wore unchanged and unchangeable. For his own part,
,he would strenuously rasist all hasty and ill-considered
changes in the constitution. Many of his friends ap-
peared somewhat dazzled by the popularity of the Minister
who now guided the helm of the State, and some of them
seemed impsticnt to offer him allegiance and to pro-
claim themselves his devoted followers; but the policy
of that noble lord was too uncertain and indefinite,
and the composition of his Government was too
unsatisfactory, to justify him (lir. Dupre) in pledging

any uniform or cordial support to the-noble lord. At the
same time he would offer no factious opposition to Lord
Palmerston, but would give all the measures of his Govern-
ment full and fair consideration. That noble lord had
many claims upon the gratitude of the country. He had
certainly accepted tin; reins of Government at a time when
it was difficult to And a person to undertake the duty; and,
aided by the intrepidity of the British army, and the en-
thusiastic feeling of the British people, he ha•l carried the
country through a glorious war to a successful peace.
(Cheers.) He also honoured the noble lord for enforcing the
conditions of the treaty, for when our late enemy was dis-
posed to evade its terms, and when out most powerful ally
showed no alacrity to enforce them, the noble lord, as was
said of Pitt,
" Stood to his country's honour fast,
" A nd nail'd his colours to the mast."

(Cheers.) They were in complete darkness as to what
would be the policy of the Government in the new
Parliament. He did not know whether that policy
would be Conservative or otherwise, but he sincerely
trusted that the measures of reform in their institutions

which were required by the country wOuld not be post-

posed by perpetual cries for Parliamentary reform. He
was anxious that provision should be made for the eaten-

sion of eduoation, and to see reforms effected in the law,
an alteration in the law of settlement, a reform of the mi-

litary establishments, and more salutary regulations
a 'opted with regard to beerhouses. He also thought the
Legislature ought, to take each measures as would secure the
abolition of the income tax at least in 1860. (Cheers.)
Mr. CAVENDISH briefly returned thanks, and declared
his continued adherence to those Liberal principles which
he professed wheti he became the representative of the

county 10 years ap. In answer to a question, he declined
to support the ballot.
Mr; DISRAELI then tiame forward, and was greeted with
loud cheers, on the subsidence of which " One cheer more"
was demanded, and heartily rendered. He said Gentle-

men,—l beg to return youmy thanks for the great honour
you have done me in returning me for the fourth time to
Parliament as your representative. You know how much I
appreciate that hono'nr. I think it the greatest which I
shall probably ever be able to possess. I do not pretend for
a moment that I deserve it, but I assure you I will, as
heretofore, endeavour to merit it. I cannot pretend to
disguise that I am also very much satisfied with the very
good-humoured and calm manner in which the proceedings
of this day have been conducted. You have sent me to
Parliament with two colleagues whom, political considera-
tions apart—and we need not al ways d well on them—l find
extremely satisfactory; and whether it be Mr. Dupre or Mr.
Cavendish, whenever the interests of Bnckinghamsbire aro
concerned, I find in them invariably the same sympathy and
support; and though I cannot pretend to conceal that in
this as in every other instance I should be very happy to
see members returned who agree with me in political opin-
ions, yet I can tell you that it is a ♦ery great satisfaction to
have to deal with colleagues between whom and yourselves
there is great mutual confidence and reliance, which never
fails'you whenever the affairs of the place which they repre-
sent come into questioninthe Housoof Commons. (Cheers.)
know that on occasions like the present you expect from

your members some account of their stewardship. Ido not
wish at all to evade that subject. A law was passed which
much changed the manner in which elections used to be
carried on in this country. I know that some are dissatis-
fied with that change, but lam not. Instead of the noise
and nonsense which characterised former days it is better
that between electors and elected there should be opportu-
nities of frank communications. (Cheers.) I sea before me
many men on both sides perfectly competent to form an
opinion on publicaffairs—who read the journals of the day,
and think over what they read ; and I think they have a
right to expect from me on an occasion like the present that
I should communicate with them without reserve, and that
instead of taking refuge, as in old days candidates were too
much accustomed to do, in some claptrap of the moment, I
should address you with the same seriousness as it I were
addressing the House of Commons. (Applause.) It is in
that spirit that I shall make a few observations this day.
I cannot suppose that everyone in this hall will agree with
me—for there are two great parties in the country repre-
sented here—while I advert to the past, and in some de-
gree to the future ; but, as I hope I shall speak with tem-
per and say nothing I do not believe to be true, I am sure
I shall receive forbearance and a fair hearing on all sides.
(Applause.) I have to give you an account of my steward-
ship, and also to hold out to you the course which I shall
probably feel it to be my duty to pursue hereafter. (Hear.)
When I last had the honour of addressing you I was in the
responsible position of a Minister of the Crown, and I think
I told you that, if returned to Parliament, I would endea-
vour to introduce, with my colleagues, measures which, in
my opinion, would be for the advantage of the commu-
nity,—measures which I considered would bring the
greatest happiness to the greatest number. (" That's
right.") lam not conscious that I did not en-
deavour to fulfil that pledge. Now that the heat
of party is past I may advert to what I at-
tempted to do in fulfilment of that pledge. (Hear.) The
Government, at the head of which was the Earl of Der by
—(we may be permitted to allude to a subject which at the
time it was impossible to treat with the frankness we
are now at liberty to do)— the Government of the Earl
of Derby acceded to office when the position of the country
was of a much more critical nature than was generally
supposed at the time. Our relations with the Republic of
France were of a character to be described even as menac-
ing, and at the same time there was a feeling in England
that the defences of the country were in a most unsatisfac-
tory condition ; and we had, therefore, to endeavour to get
our relations with one who afterwards became our great
and much-cherished ally in a satisfactory state, and yet at
the same time to make the people of this country feel as-
sured that England was no longer in that neglected state
with respect to her defences which it is now universally ac-
knowledged she then was. Gentlemen will recollect we came
into office on this issue—whether it were possible or not to
raise the great militia force of this country on the volun-
tary principle. The Whig Government were of opinion
that that was totally impossible, and sooner than attempt
it they relinquished office. We were of a different=
opvie
nion, and I appeal to you whether the'result did not prove
)AciNt, be;
I:c:i.ency and
that our opinion was the correct one.
b(yCh;_ffie
one-fourth
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was anything more successful than the Militlst
which we raised a [force distinguished
patriotism at a cost not exceeding
per annum. That was our first measure. (
We found the defences of our country, our naval as well as
the land foices, in an unsatisfactory state, and England
was alarmed lest she should be invaded. We had no
Channel fleet ; when Lord Derby's Firs; Lord of the Ad-
miralty, the Duke of Northumberland, was a spectacle
of which every Englishman was proud. We found the
Ordnance of the country in a state almost impossible to
be credited at the present moment, though history may
hear.) When we acceded to office
describe it. (Hear,
there were not 50 field-pieces in the country fit for use. It
is a remarkable fact, but true, that at the funeral of the
Duke of Wellington—it being customary that when a Field-
lifarsh.l is buried with public military honours 17 field-
pieces should attend his funeral—not 17 gun-carriages
were to be found in the country adequate for the purpose.
(Sensation.) Well, we left the Ordnance with 200 field-
pieces, and the artillery corps in the most excellent condi-
tion. (Cheers.) Those were our measures for the de-
fence o f the country ; but so successful were our negotia-
tions w ith the Republic of France that these preparations,
made in. some anticipation or fear of an invasion from
France, served to strengthen and protect us in the war
which a ft erwards ensued with Russia, when France becana•
our effii ;lent ally. (Great applause.) Let me, also, very
briefly t ell you what took place with respect to Fiance.
When ev e came into office the utmost jealousy existed be-
cause the. refugees from every nation of the world, stirred
up by the revolutions of 1848, were in our inviolate island,
ever safe snd free. We had demands made on us by the
head of tb et French Repulic, and also by the Emperor of
Austria, I er deliver up those refugees who were political
criminals i er their own country, many of them being dan-
gerous cha ratters. But did we deliver them up ? On the
contrary, we said that, so long as they remained in this
country al id acted in deference to the laws, we would pro-
tact thew (Loud cheers.) Not only this, but Switzer-
! land, wl ,tiele at that time was also a country ty which