The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

THE LORD PRESIDENT.

The Earl Granville, as Lord President of the Coun•
cil, last evening entertained the following members of
the House of Peers, supporters of the Government, at
his mansion in Bruton-street :—The Earl of Cork,
mover of the Address ; H.R.H. the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis Towns.
hend, the Earl Harrowby, the Earl of Yarborough,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl Spencer,
the Earl Airlie, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Earl of
Shelburne, the Earl of Abingdon, the Earl of Clarendon,
Lord Lilford, Lord Ward, Lord Byron, Viscount Falk-
land, Lord Brougham, Lord Glouelg, Lord Stanley of
Alderley, Lord Panmure, Viscount Enfield, Lord Mont-
eagle, Viscount Sydney, the Earl of Bessborough, Lord
Overstone, Lord de Tabley, Viscount Torrington, and
Lord Camoys. The Countess Granville received a large
party of the aristocracy in the evening.

The Earl of Derby, as Leader of the Opposition, gave
a banquet last evening at his mansion in St. James's-
square to a party of peers, supporters of the noble earl's
policy. The guests included the Duke of Beaufort, the
Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Mar-
quis of Bath, the Earl of Carnarvon, the Earl of Sand-
wich, the Earl of Eglinton, the Earl of Lucan, the Earl
of Malmesbury, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Win-
chilsea, the Earl of Hard wicke, the Earl of Strad broke,
the Earl Delawarr, the Earl Nelson, the Earl of Wilton,
Lord Colchester, and Lord Redesdale.

The Right Hon. R. Disraeli received to dinner, at his
residence, Grosvenor-gate, a party of members of the
House of Commons. There were present—The Earl of
March, the Marquis of Chandos, Lord Burghley, Ti -
oount Barrington, Y:scount Galway, Lord Stanley, Lord
Ossulgen, Lord Lovaine, Lord Elmley, Lord R. Cecil,
Lord A. Tempest, Colonel the Hon. J. Lindsay, the
Hon. H. Cole, the Hon. H. Lowther, the Hon. H. Lid-
dell, the Right Hon. C. Forester, the Right Hon. Sir
J. Trollope, the Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, the Right
Win. S. Walpole, the Right lion. C. N. Hamilton, the
lion. 0. Dunconibe, the Hon. C. Hanbury, Sir W. B.
Staijtb, Sir W. W. Wynn, Sir J. Fergusson, Sir J. Y.
Buller, Sir A. I. Campbell, Sir W. H. Jolliffe, Sir H.
Meux, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Mr. Palmer, of Berk-
shire, Mr. Miles, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. E.
Egerton, Cidonel Somerset, Camel Buck, Mr. Leslie,
Mr. Gore Langton, Mr. Palk, Mr. George Alexander
Hamilton, Mr. Mundy, Mr. Bailie Cochrane, Mr. Pea-
cocks, and Mr. Hardy. The Marquis of Granby, and
the Right Hon. Lord John Manners were prevented
waiting on Mr. Disraeli by the lamented death of his
Grace the Duke of Rutland, K.G. The Hon. Eliot
Yorke, Sir John Walsh, Mr. Ker Seymer, and Colonel
North were prevented by indisposition.

Admiral Peter Richards, who has long been one of the
most efficient Lords of the Admiralty, bas been appointed
We have much pleasure in announcing that Rear-
Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. Admiral Richards
was First Taientenant of the Queen Charlotte at Algiers,
and has won his way to his present high station solely
by his unwearied assiduity and his steadfast honesty of
purpose.
The Bishop of London has appointed the Rev. Hamp-
den Gurney, Rector of St. Mary's, Marylebone, to the
Honorary Canonry in St. Paul's Cathedral, vacated by
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will hold his receptions at London-house on Tuesdays,
instead of Fridays, as heretofore.

CUSTOMS STATISTICS OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL,
Monday.—The bill of entry of this morning publishes an
account showiug tha approximate value of free goods
imported into Liverpool during the past year as follows :
—Quarter ending March 31, 9,335,1521. ; do. June 30,
14,358,320/. ; do. Sept. 30, 7,969,3931. ; do. Dec. 31
6,022,579/. ; total, 37,685,444/.