The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-15 00:00:00

DEPUTATIONS.

A deputation from the Society of Arts had an
interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, upon the
subject of the Artistic Copyright Bill now before the House
of Commons. The following gentlemen attended the depu-
tation :—Sir C. L. Eastlake, P.R.A., Mr. W. Hodgson
Barron, M.P., Mr. W. H. Heygate, M.P., Mr. J. H.
Robinson, A.E.R.A., Mr. E. M. Ward, R.A., Mr. L.
Haghe, Mr. James Fahey, Mr. W. M. Mayan, Mr. G. T.
Doo, R.A., Mr. Collingwood Smith, Mr. W. Hawes, Mr.
J. J. Jenkins, Secretary to the Society of Painters in Water-
colours; Mr. F. Joubert, Mr. J. Leighton, F.S. A., Mr. W.
Mulready, R.A., Mr. W. Tite, M.P., Mr. G. W. Hope, M. P.,
Sir E. Landseer, R.A., Mr.Westmacottt, R.A., Professor
of Sculpture; Mr. J. P. Knight, R.A., Mr. D. Maclise,
R.A., Mr. C. Marshall, R.A., Mr. J. R. Herbert, R.A., Mr.
S. Smirke, Mr. G. Godwin, F.R. S., Mr. W. J. Garnett, M.P.,
Mr. J. C. Horsley, A.R.A., Mr. F. W. Burton, R.H.A,,
Mr. A. Claudet, F.R.S., Mr. Matt. Noble, Mr. J. H. Foley,
R.A., Mr. Arthur Mills, M.P., Lord Henry Lennox, M.P.,
Mr. John Walter, M.P. ; Mr. F. Y. Hurlestone, President
of the Society of British Artists; Mr. Fred. Taylor, Presi-
dent of the Society of Painters in Water-colours; Mr. J.
Bonham Carter, M.P. ; Mr. H. Warren,. President of the
New Society of Painters in Water-colours; Nr. Matthew
H. Marsh, M.P., Mr. G. R. Ward, Mr. Edwin Field, Mr.
Charles Landseer, R.A. ; Mr. I'. Le Neve Foster, Secre-
tary to the Society of Arts ; and Mr. Alexander Redgrave,
Hon. Secretary to the Committee.

A deputation on the subject of the completion of
the Halifax and Quebec Railway had an interview with
the Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial-office in Downing-
street yesterday. The deputation was introduced by Mr.
R. W. Crawford, M.P., and comprised the following gen-
tlemen :—Mr. R. Gillespie, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., Mr.
George Carr Glyn, M.P., the Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam,
M.P., Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Horefall, M.P., Mr.
Turner M.P., Mr. Bazley,M.P., Mr. Garnett, M.P.; Mr.
Wesihead, M.P., fhb- Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Mr.
Gore Langton, ALE., Mr. H. B. Shericlau, M.P., Mr. H.
Ewing, M.P., Mr. Scbolefield, M.P., Mr. Whalley,
M.P., Mr. Buchanan, M.P., Mr. Dunlop, M.P., Mr.
D. Seymour, M.P., Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. Steel, M.P.,
Mr. K. D. Hodgson, M.P., Sir W. M. Farquhar, M.P., Mr.
Charles Franks (Governor of the Canada Company), Sir
Samuel Cunard, Messrs. Carter, Brooking, and Le Breton
(Bank of British North America), Mr. H. Wollaston
Blake, Mr. IV. Chapman, Mr. W. Evans, Mr. Henry
Wheeler (Chairman of the Northern Railway of Canada),
Mr. N. Gould, Mr. Hartridge, Mr. Sewell, Mr. Aggers,
Mr. 3. J. Cummins (Governor British American Land
Company), Mr. Bischoff, Messrs. Hazlett and Roche
(Canada Association), Mr. Giles, Mr. Bruton ' (Bristol
Chamber of Commerce), Mr. Weir, and Mr. Nelson.

A deputation on the subject of Glass Duties had
an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. T. Milner
Gibson at the office of the Board of Trade :—From the
British Plate Glass Company, represented by Mr. Edward
Sullivan; from R. W. Swinburne and Co., represented by
Messrs. R. W. Swinburne, Nicholas Wood, and W. A.
Swinburne; from the Thames Plato Glass Company, repre-
sented by Messrs. Richard Hodgson, J. J. Thorne,
and George Gwilliam ; from the Union Plate Glass
Company, represented by Messrs. W. H. Petitjean and
Richard Yates ; from the Birmingham Plate Glass Com-
pany, represented by Messrs. Thomas Wood and 'A. Hog-
gins ; from the London and Manchester Plate Glass Com-
pany, represented by Messrs. Edward Coston, H. B. Jack-
son and W. Blinkhorn, jun. The deputation was accom-
panied by the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P. The same
deputation transacted business yesterday at the Foreign
Office, introduced by the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., Mr.
;r. A. Turner, M.P., Sir M,H. Ridley, M.P., the Right
Hon. W. E. Headlam, M.P., Mr. Henry Fenwick, M.P.,
Mr. James Farrar, M.P., Mr. Richard Hodgson, M.P.,
Mr. Gore Langton, M.P., and Mr. Robert Ingham, M.P.

Mr. Thwaites,Chairman of the Metropolitan Board
of Works, Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. Bristow, M.P.,
Mr. Pew, Mr. Hall, Mr. Freeman, Mr. le Breton, Mr.
Dermer, Mr. D'lffanger, Mr. Savage, and Mr. Pollard,
clerk of the Board, had an interview with Sir George C.
Lewis yesterday at the Home-office.

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Nicholas
Wood, Edward Potter, John Harrison, H. J. Morton, John
Lancaster, John Knowles, H. Cossham, and Hulton Chay-
tor, and accompanied by the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., Mr.
J. A. Turner, M.P., Sir M. W. Ridley, M.P., the Right
Hen. W. E. Headlam, M.P., Mr. Henry Fenwick, M.P.,
Mr. James Farrar, M.P., Mr. Richard Hodgson, M.P.,
Mr. Wentworth Beaumont, M.P., Mr. Gore Langton,
M.P., and Mr. Robert Ingham, M.P., transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office.

A deputation from Birmingham, on the subject of
Dealers in Old Metals Bill, had an interview with Sir
George C. Lewis on Thursday at the Home-office. The
deputation consisted of Mr. T. C.' Sneyd Kynnersley,
stipendiary magistrate, Mr. S. Thornton and Mr. W.
James, borough magistrates ; Mr. Alderman Smith, Mr.
Councillor Everitt, and Mr J. S. Wright. The deputa-
tion was introduced by Mr. R. Spooner, M.P.

Mr. Piggott had an interview with the Right
Hon. T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board
of Trade, on the subject of the submarine telegraph on the
new Ganglionic principle. Mr. Piggott was introduced by
the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P.

FROM. THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

BANKRUPTS.

Alexander Wickens and Samuel Palmer, commission
merchants, Mark-lane, to surrender June 27, at eleven, and
July 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Henry Hobson, pump manufacturer, Upper
Ground-street, Blackfriars-road, June 25, at eleven, and
July 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edward Cox, tailor, Warwick-street, Pimlico, June 25,
at three, and July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Ames, cattle salesman, Sible Hedingham, in the
county of Essex, Juno 24, at half-past twelve, and July
29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Platnauer, dealer in prints, Carpenter's-buildings,
London-wall, June 26, at three, and July 24, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Turner, jun., licensed victualler, Little Ormond-
street, June 27, at eleven, and July 24, at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
William Mellor, butcher, Alderley, Cheshire, June 19
and July 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Henry Wadeson Lupton, licensed victualler, Liverpool,
June 21 and July 15, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court, _

Thomas Holt, retailer of beer, Leeds, June 27 and July
26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court,
George Hartley, brewer, Sheffield, June 29 and July 27,
at ten, in the Council-hall, Sheffield.
Solomon Higgs, corndealer, Darby. end, Worcestershire,
June 24 and July 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.

Thomas Martin Heathorn, brewer, Stafford, June 28
and July 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Edward Richard Andrews, cattle dealer, Littleton-upon-
Severn, Gloucestershire, June 24 awl July 23, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court.

James Collier, top maker, Otley, Yorkshire, June 27 and
July 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
John Harkness Brown, draper, Liverpool, June 26 and
July 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Thomas Geddes, draper, Liverpool, June 26 and July
24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Samuel Langsdale, calenderer, Nottingham, June 27 and
July 18, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Robert Jerram, innkeeper, Nottingham, June 27 and
July 18, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
John Cusker, cotton waste dealer, Manchester, June 27
and July 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Thomas Taylor and Richard Banks, cotton manufac-
turers, Arlington-street-mills, Lancashire, June 26 and
July 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.