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having attained that end, sir, I shall certainly have at-
tained the great end and object of my life. (The
hon. gentleman resumed his seat amid vociferous
applause.)
Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting and
moved resolutions approving the, principles of the asso-
ciation, which were unanimously adopted. A petition
in favour of direct taxation was prepared, which; after
obtaining the signatures of the inhabitants, is to be in-
trusted to the care of Mr. J. C. E wart.
Votes of thanks having been voted to the chairman
and Mr. Roebuck, the meeting separated.

From the Landon Gazette of Last Night.

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 22.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Major-General Robert John Hussey
Vivian, of the Madras Army, late serving with the local
rank of Lieutenant-General while in the command of the
Turkish Contingent, to be an Ordinary Member of the
Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com-
manders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and
of John George Shaw Lefevre, Esq., C. 8., Clerk of the
Parliaments, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Divi-
sion of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the
Most Honourable Order.
Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to give
orders for the appointment of Cola Augustus Halifax
Ferryman, of the 89th Regiment, and of Lieut.-Colonel
William Lenox Ingall, of the 62d Regiment, to be Ordi-
nary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class.
or Companions of the said Most Honourable order ; and
of Henry William Gordon, Esq., Principal Storekeeper to
the Army lately serving in the East, to be an Ordinary
Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Com-
panions of the said Most Honourable Order.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. I.
The Queen hss been graciously pleased to appoint Henry
Woodfall Crowe, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Hel-
singfors.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 21. •
The Queen bas been graciously pleased to appoint Lord
Napier, now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Con-
stantinople, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Hilary Term, 20th Victoria, Jan. 23.
This Court will, on Monday, the 2d, Tuesday, the 3d,
Monday, the 9th, and Tuesday, the ICth, days of February
next, bold sittings, and will proceed with the cases remain-
ing unheard at the end of the term, in the new trial, spe-
cial, and Crown papers. The Court will also hold a sitting
on Tuesday, the 24th day of February next, for the purpose
of giving judgments only. By the Court.
WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JAN. 23.
Royal Artillery—The undermentioned Gentlemen
Cadets to be Lieutenants :—Edwin Wm. Sandys, Allan
May, John Minton Maunsel, George Lloyd Engstrom,
Conway Richard Reeves, Michael John Sexton, and Wm.
Scott.
Royal Engineers—The undermentioned Gentleman
Cadets to be Lieutenants :—Henry Darby Crozier, Henry
Spencer Palmer, Robert Barton, Robert Owen Jones,
Valentine Gardner Clayton, and Henry Cooper Seddon.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANT.
County of Glamorgan—The Hon. Wyndham Henry
Windham Quin to be Deputy-Lieutenant.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house,. Jan. 22.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the Greek vessel San
Spiridione and the Russian vessel Sloviano, captured on
the 2qh and 29th May, 1855, by her Majesty's ship Curlew.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the
registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that
the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that
officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the
said Court.
Agents and all 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, are requested, with as little delay as possi-
ble, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual do-
cuments, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
house."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.