The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

LORD P.,9 LMERSTON AT TIVERTON.

GREAT WESTERIr RAILWAY.
EASTER .
Cheap Excursion to Cirences ter, StPud,HOtEDAY4 Gloucester, and Chelten-
ham..-..A T, ain will leave raddingtla at 7.30 a.m. on Sunday,
April 12, returning the same evening from Cheltenham at G•3O ;
Gloucester, G5O ; Stroud, 7.20 ; and (ire:wester at 7.30. Fares :
Cirencester and Stroud, Gloucester It.d Cheltenham, lOs. and tis.
No luggage allowed, Tickets not traiifersble.

GREAT' WESTERN -RAILWAY. -
• EASTER FIOADAYS.
Cheap Excursion to Chlppenham, Itith, and Brlstrl.—On Satur-
day, April 11, a Train will leave Paqngton at 6.30 p.m., returninT
on the following Tuesday from Briato at 7.30 a in., Bath 8 a.m., and Chippenham at 8.30 a.tn. Fares—Bistol, ►os. and 6s. ;'Bath and
Chippenham, 95. and ss. A small if ' only allowed. Tickets not
transferable.

GREAT -WESTE,IN RAILWAY.
EASTER HOLIDAYS.
RETURN TICKETS issued on TIURSDAY, the 9,th April, and
inrei mediate days; will' lie alraflablf
.up to rid including Tuesday,
the Ilth.
On the Bristol and Exeter and Setth Devon Railways tickets are
not available on Sundays, ,
On (food Friday.the trains'wlllrui as on Sundays, w:th the addi-
tion of the 10 rt,m. Down Day Mill from Paddington, and the In
a.m. Up Day Mail from Briitol, waol will run as usual, except the
Branch Trains between Maidenherfl and Wycombe; heading and
Basingstoke; bettveen Chippenlmtn, Salisbury, and Weymouth,
otwooeitr and -Tloroford I and urOth.c....atio.th W nlca 14irte,_
1T REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
a.
EASER
Cheap Excursion to Oxford, BanbHOLIDAYS.ury, Leamington, Warwick,
Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednestinry, Bilston, and Wolver-
hampton. —A Train will leave Paddington on Sunday, April 12th, at
7'4's a.m., returning the _samo evening at 6'30 p m. from Wolver-
hampton, and intermediate Stations as per band bills. Fares
Oxford, Gs. 6d. and. 45.; Banbury, Bs. and. 55.; Leamington end Warwick, 10s. 6d. and Cs. ; Birmingham, 12s. and 78.; Handswortb, West Bromwich, edriesbury, and Bilston, 12s. Gd. :IA 7s. 6d.;
and Wolverhampton, 139. and Bs. No luggage ellovved. Tickets not
transferable.

GREAT WESTERN, RAILWAY..--
EAsTR 110J.IDAYS.
An Excursion Train will leave Paddington on Monday, April 13th,
at 8 a.m. for Leamington, Warwick, Birmingham, West Bromwich,
Wednesbury, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury,
Chester, Birkenhead, and Liverpool, returning on satuday the 18th
from Liverpool (Landing Btar-,e) at 8 a and intermediate Stations
as per hand bills. Fares :—Leonairigton and v% arwick, 18s. and 81.;
Birmingham, 208. and 9s. 6d.; West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and
Bilston, 21s. 6d. and lOs ; Wolverhampton, 225. Cd. ; and
Wellington and Shrewslanry, 275. 6d. and 133.. Chester, 335. and
15s. ; Birkenhead and Liverpool, 375. and 17s 'Children under 12,
half price. T;ckets not tansierable, and only available for the
Excursion Train.

R T-UNI 0 N OP LONDON.
SUBSCR IPTION CLOSES TP-11ORROW, 31st Inst.
Prizeholdera select from the public exhibltiols. Every Subscriber
of ONE GUINEA will have, besides the chance of a Prize, TWO
PRINTS—" THE CLEMENCY of CCEUR-DE-LION," by H. C.
Shenton, from the Histo•ical Pleura by John Cross, which gained
the Government premium of 3001. ; and " THE PIPER," by E.
Goodall, after F. Goodall, A ILA.
GEORGE GODWIN,t honorary
LEWIS ,POCOCY, j- Secretaries.

444, West Strand.

To the ELECTORS of MARYLEBONE.--
E GENTLEMEN,-o_l behalf of my brother, Lord Ebrlngton, I
beg ' ) thank you for the great honor^ you have conferred upon
him in aga'n electing him.
He will receive this day by telegraph the beatifying assurance
tbat those who supported him on a former oocasion have not de-
serted him now, awl that tiro e who differed ~•arn him feel so much
sympathy for his sufferings that they have reCzained from taking
any advantage of his unavoida)le ahsence.
I am sure that as soon as he receir--1 the gratifying intelligence
of his re-election he will immediately write to express his ovl.l
thanks for the honour you have done him.
I have the honour to be,
•
Gentlemen,
tour obedient hu Able servant.
• JOHN WILLIAM FOETESCUE.
17, Grosvenor-square, March 27, 1857.

BETTS'S PATENT tRANDY has ever since
its Introduction o the public been reconiied, th by sietific
men and the trdade, ast the best article 'ever manubfaocturedc inn tpts
c nintry. Its claims to such pre-eminence are based upon its unri-
valled purity, and its el^ser assimilation than any other to the
flavour of the finest Champagne Brandy.
There has been no Brandy made from wine in France, either in the
present year or in the preceding one. Owing to the successive failures
of their vintages, the French wine grower gets a higher price for his
wine, cmsumed as such, than ho can realise by{ts being distilled
HWY Brandy ; and forasmuch as the foreign Brandy of recent impel*-
, tations is but the product of British grain and beetroot spirits, the
preVige hitherto exclusively enjoyedtby French Brandy as having
been distille I from a particular French wine no longer exists, and is
no longer worthily assignable to it now that it is bunglingly made
from other materials. The supply of wine for distillation into Brandy
having failerl,rthe French distdler is conStrainei to recur to a manu-
facture In which he needs the Quarter of a century's experience
which has bee" ~...-er,teed upon that of liE TAN" PA TENT
BRANDY, to render his ammo
not had it. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge
that their PATENT BRANDY Is superior to any now made abroad.
It is to the interest of the public' and the Messrs Betts that
these facts should be widely sprad, for recent importations are of
a quality so inferior as to di grace the name they bear, and are
twice the price of BETTS'S PA LENT BRANDY, which is supplied
by the trade, in capsuled bottles, to private families in any quan-
tity, down to the single, bottle. Excise regulations prevent i•-i
sale rom the Distillery, 7, Smithtield-bars, St. John-street, in
any lens quantity than two gallons.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828.
The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re-
commendation is required.
()urine' the past month the following number received the benefits
,f this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal
ppl icati on :

Week ending 7th February
Ditto 14th February .. •• • • 2,351
Ditto 21st February .... • • 2,650
Ditto 28th February :• •

in ••• • • • 9,986
of whilh 3,379 were new Total caseFebruars, the remainder (still under treat-
ment) having been admitted precious]!.
The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the
patients.

lie.:Ny expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exton•
sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid o
the public.

The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors,
yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annuel
mend Meeting in January, A Board is held every Thursday, at
4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chaittnan), to conduct the bustnens,
when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at
ill times desirous of receiving suggestions or giVing explanation.
, N
The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun•
tesrY contributions and legaciu-. which fire received by the 1 reasurer,
lohn Masterman, Esq., M.p icholas.lane; also by Messrs. Coutts
and Co. ; Drummond and Co.: nerries and Co.; Ranso n and Co;;
Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ;
Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams.
Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber-
ners-street ; Mastorman and Co.; and at the Hospital.
Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received.
By order. 3. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman.

On Friday evening, after the election, Lord Pal-
merston attended. a banquet to celebrate the re-
opening of the Athenmum.
The CHAIRMAN (Mr. F. Hole) proposed "The
Health- of her Majesty's Ministers," which was
drunk with enthusiasm.
Lord PALMERSTON, on rising fo respond to the
toast, was greeted with loud cheers. His lordship
said—Mr. Hole and gentlemen—l beg for myself
and colleagues to return you our heartfelt thanks
for the honour you have done us in drinking our
healthe, and for the en'husiastic manner in which
it has been received. For my colleagues 1 return
thanks for the way in which they, as public men, •
are thanked bycommunities with which theyare not
personally acquainted, but who please to approve of
the public conduct we have jointly pureued. For
myself, gentlemen, I really, without any affectation,
must say that it is impossible for me adequately to
express the thankfulness, the gratification, and the
pride which I feel at the reception which I have
met with at your hands. (Cheers.) I haVe had the
honour now for, I believe, rather more than 20
years to represent this town in Parliament, and in
that period I may justly hope and flatter myself that
I have made not only acquaintances
.and friends,
but that there are many of those whom I have the
honour of addressing on the present occasion who
entertain for me those feelings of friendship and
regard which I am proud to say I feel for them.
(Cheer.%) At all tames, therefore, it must be highly
gratifying to me to visit the town from which I
have received so many marks of good-will, and to
return to it reotieing renewed proofs of confidence
in the public course which it has been my fortune'
to. pursue ; but, gentlemen, this is a most pecu-
liar moment, an appeal having been made to the
country on a question of- great national import-
ance. I look upon the reception -you have been
kind enough to give me, not only as a proof of
your personal feeling towards myself and colleagues,
but as your appreciation of that expression of na-
tional feeling—(cheers)—which has passed over the
whole surface of the laud, from north, to south and
from east to west, upon the question on which the
,people of this country have felt that the national
interests, the national rights, and the national dig-
nity were concerned. (Cheers.) There are many
people--some few at home, and a great many abroad
—who totally misunderstand the character of the
British nation. (Hear.) They think party diffe-
rences are carried to all possible extremities, and
especially in foreign countaies they imagine that
those who differ on internal questions, that those
who rank themselves in opposing parties, will also
differ when questions arise which involve matters
cf difference between England as a country and any
other foreign State. Now, I should think that
what has happened in the last two years ought to
undeceive them on that point. The spectacle
which this country exhibited on the breaking out
of the war wilt Russia was, indeed, calculated to
make every Englishman still more proud of his
country ; all party differences were laid aside ; men
of all shades of opinion—I say of all shades of opi-
nion, though there are a small party which I must
except—(laughter and ironical cheers)—but that was
an opinion very much in the shade, and when I nay
that I really don't mean to dispute the honesty and
sincerity of those respectable gentlemen who were
few in numbers, and whose opinions were confined
very much to their own family circles—(laughter)—
but I say, with these exceptions, the whole British
nation united as one man, and supported the Govern-
ment charged with the conduct of the war, for every
man felt that quarrel was his own, and that his per-
sonal as well as the national interests of the country
were concerned. Well, that spectacle struck deep into
the minds of foreign countries, and had a powerful
effect in bringing that war to a speedy and successful
conclusion; and not only that war, but in bringing
the treatyresultingfrom it toacompleteacdsuccessful
execution, for when foreign governments saw the
expression of public opinion which the people of this
country pursued throughout-PiTlfe,nl had occasion
to allude in a passing and tranAentrmanner in what
I had to address to the Terilile oMauchester and
the people of London—when they saw the great
commercial communities of this country, who might
be supposed to be deeply interested in the mainten-
ance of peace, and in putting an end to the mean 4
by whi,.h inight be supposed to be endangered
—.r say when foreign governments saw these men
standing up in defence of the national rights and to
obtain the execution of the stipulations contracted
for, depend upon it that spectacle had the most
powerful influence inputting an end to the difficul-
ties which threatened for a time to put an end to
the exertions we had made for the conclusion of
that treaty of peace. I say, gentlemen, upon the
present occasion the British nation has exhibited
as honourable a spectacle as on the occasion
to which I have already referred—for I am ad-
dressing men who, perhaps, have entertained a
difference of opinion upon many questions, but.
from one end of the land to the other the common
feeling has marched in common with that feeling
for our country which belongs to us all. I have
had the honour of receivingaddresses in great num-
bers from many of the largest cities and commer-
cial communities—addressee which I have not the
vanity to take to myself, but which were the ex-
pression of the national feeling upon subjects in
which they felt the national interest and the na-
tional honour were Concerned ; but the other day,
gentlemen, I had the honour to receive a deputa-
tion from Bristol, a similar one from Liverpool,
and from Manchester, expressing regret and sur-
prise at what had happened in the House of Com-
mons to the Governnasnt, and of their determination
to support it. One of these gentlemen said lam a
Liberal, but my friend who comes with me is a
Conservative, and • this address from Bristol
has received 2,000 signatures, and •includes
every class of society and every shade of po-
litical opinions. (Cheers.) The same happened
in Liverpool, and those who were. kind enough to
bring me an address said it was exhibited only for
two or three hours, but it contained 940 signatures,
including all those largely concerned in the cam-
mercial and trading interests of the town, and who
have the greatest interest in avoiding what is cal-
culated to interrupt the peaceful relations of the
country. I say these things make one more proud
than ever of the country in which it is our lot to
be born, and these things teach an instructive lesson
to public men, because they show that where there
is a rightful cause, and where the nation is called
upon to vindicate its rights and assert its dignity,
the Government is sure to have the support of the
people ; but also it is a warning that these feelings
and this enthusiasm and noble spirit are not to be
trifled with ; and that if the Government were to
involve the country needlessly in hostilities the
Government would undoubtedly suffer the penalty
of its folly. (Cheers.) It was my good or ill fortune,
while I held the department of the Foreign-office, to
have many difficult things to deal with. I have
been accused of being the firebrand of Europe, and
one statesman of Europe even said that I was a
European calamity. (Laughter and cheers.) I was
accused of exciting revolution everywhere, and dis-
turbing the peaceful state of Europe. Now, gentle-
men, what I did, and what the Government of
which I was the organ did, was to encourage and
suppOrt, as far as we could_with propriety, those
nations who endeavoured to improve their institu-
tions---(cheers)--and to obtain for themselves the
blessings of that Parliamentary government which
we in England have so long enjoyed. I did'nt in-
cite the people or encourage the nations to seek for
internal changes which could not be reasonably ac-
complished ; but when they were possible "of- ac-
complishment then we said, " Here is our hand ;
vie will lead you, and trust you may reach the
goal which you are honourably striving to obtain."
We had a great deal to do with the inde-
pendence of Belgium, in which we were opposed
by a distinguished member of the House of
Commons, who was adverse to what we were
about, and who characterised it as an experiment
of the "noble lord"—meaning me. (Laughter.)
But, gentlemen, this independent monarchy, unlike
many experimental farms which we witness—
(laughter)—turned out a very successful undertak-
ing, and that people have now a King of their own
choice, and enjoy a degree of political liberty and
happiness which few of the nations on the conti-
nent have had an opportunity to share. Well, then
again in Spain we took part with the people against
the pretender, who had inscribed despotism on his
banner, and supported the Queen, who had freedom
and the constitution inscribed on her flag, and
though we succeeded, and though Spain has not
carried into practice those great principles, yet still
she has a Parliament, and where the forms of free-
dom exist depend upon it, gentlemen, sooner or
later the substance will follow. (Cheers.) Well,
then, in Portugal we supported the Queen against
her usurping uncle, who had the support of manyin
this country who ought not to have supported his
cause, and Portugal, lam happy to say, is in a greater
degree enjoying the practical application of Parlia-
mentary government. Well, then, gentlemen, all
these things being accomplished without engaging
this country in war, yet those who contributed in
this country to these happy results are by some
gentlemen called the firebrands—the great calami-

LORDS MALMESBIIRY AND PALMER-

STON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR, —I am desired by Lord Palmerston to re-
quest that you wall be good enough,toinsert in The
bun the enclosed reply to Lord Malmesbury's lei ;ter
of the 25th inst.
I remain, sir, your obedient servant;
C. G. BARRINGTONr.
Downing-street, March 25.

" "My dear Lord Malmesbur, 94, Piccadilly, March 24 5.
•
y,—l have received this
evening your letter of this day. I have neither te
Apr inclination to renew the China debate. I 'time
used a right which I do not deem myself deprived 0 1 by
my official position, to express publicly m 9 °Pi Laill
the conduct of publ c men on an occasion of no -.Mil
t I :r &,,
public importance, and I have nothing to retract
qualify.—Yours faithfully,

"The Earl of Malmeabury."

" PALUERSTO N.

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ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL PADDINGTON.—Miss brig.htin -
gale visited this institution on Saturday, the 211 t inst. ,
and after inspecting the various department 3 very
minutely expressed herself in the highest t;erms of the
superiority of the arrangements, its good or( ter and
cleanliness, and especially of the great attention . paid to
the domestic comfort of the patients.