The MINISTRY, as it stood at the meeting of Parliament on the 3rd February, and at the meeting of the new Parliament on the 30th April, 1857. First Lord of the Treasury President of the Council Home Secretary Foreign Secretary. Colonial Secretary. Chancellor of the Exchequer IN THE CABINET. First Lord of the Admiralty Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston. Right Hon. Sir George Grey, bt. Right Hon. Earl of Clarendon. Right Hon. Henry Labouchere. Right Hon. Lord Paninure. Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, bt. Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, bt. NOT IN THE CABINET. General Commanding-in-Chief. Judge-Advocate-General. Chief Commissioner of the Poor Law. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge. Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, bt. Right Hon. Jas. Archibald Stuart Wortley. Vice-President of the Committee of Privy Right Hon. William Francis Cowper. Council for Education. Lord Steward Lord Chamberlain Mistress of the Robes SCOTLAND. Right Hon. James Moncreiff. IRELAND. Right Hon. Earl of Carlisle. Right Hon. Maziere Brady. Right Hon. Edward Horsman. Right Hon. John David Fitzgerald. QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD. Right Hon. Earl Spencer. Most Hon. Marquess of Breadalbane. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TOOK PLACE DURING THE YEAR. Sir Henry Singer Keating, knt., to be Solicitor-General, vice Right Hon. J. S. Wortley, resigned. The Right Hon. Henry Arthur Herbert to be Chief Secretary for Ireland, vice the Right Hon. Edward Horsman, resigned. Henry George Hughes, esq., to be Solicitor-General for Ireland, vice J. Christian, esq, made a Judge. The Earl of St. Germans to be Lord Steward of the Household, vice Earl Spencer, deceased. SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1857, ENGLAND. Sir George Robert Osborne, of Chicksands Priory, bart. Sir John Hen. Pelly, of Warnham Ct., Horsham, Sussex, bt. Sir Henry Onslow, of Hengar, bart. Chas. Featherstonhaugh, of Staffield Hall, esq. Wm. Hatfield de Rodes, of Barlborough Castle, esq. Sir Massey Lopes, of Maristow, bart. Hastings Nathaniel Middleton, of Bradford Peverell, near William Beckwith, of Silksworth House, esq. John Fras. Wright, of Kelvedon Hall, esq. Richard Rogers Coxwell Rogers, of Dowdeswell, near Robert Biddulph, of Ledbury, esq. William Reid, of the Node, Codicote, esq. John Savage, of St. Leonard's, West Malling, esq. Charles Towneley, of Towneley, esq. Edward Chatterton Middleton, of Loughborough, esq. Andrew Fountaine, of Norford, esq. Wm. Harcourt Isham Mack worth Dolben, of Finedon Hall, esq. Richard Milward, of Thurgarton Priory, esq. Ayscough Smith, of Braunston, esq. Sir William Curtis, of Cainham Court, bart. Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, of Cleveland Court, bart. Hon. Edward Swynfen Jervis, of Little Aston, near Lich- Wm. Chas. Humphreys, of Elm Lodge, Burlesdon, near John Geo. Weller Poley, of Boxted Hall, esq. Hy. Spencer Lucy, of Charlcote House, esq. Rd. Luther Watson, of Ecclerigg, Windermere, esq. ELECTED BY THE LIVERY OF LONDON. London and Middlesex. William Lawrence, esq., Ald. WALES. John Thomas Roberts, of Ucheldre, esq. Jas. Price Wm. Swynne Holford, of Buckland, esq. Jno. Propert, of Blaenpistill, near Cardigan, esq. Evan Williams, of Duffrynfrwd, esq. Jno. Nanney, of Maesyneuadd, esq. Sir Jno. Jas. Hamilton, of Fishguard, bart. IRELAND. Robert Grimshaw, Whitehouse, Belfast, esq. Theophilus Clemens, Rakenny, Tullyvin, esq. Fran. McNamara Calcutt, St. Catharine's, Ennistymon, esq. Sir Fred. Heygate, Ballarina, Newtown Limavady, bart. Francis Brodigan, Peltown House, Drogheda, esq. Peter Sarsfield Conign, Kelleen Farm, Galway, esq. Harvey Lewis, Kilcullen, esq. Michael Den Keatinge, Woodsgift, Freshford, esq. John Lucas, Mount Lucus, Philipstown, esq. Capt. Michael Gavin, Barrington Street, Limerick. Matthew O'Reilly Dease, Charleville, Dunleer, esq. John A. Farrell, Moynalty, esq. Plunkett Kenny, Moyles, Inniskean, esq. Hon. James Butler, Lamberton Park, Maryborough. Edward J. P. Lalor, Long Orchard, Templemore, esq. William Fitzgerald, Newpark, Waterford, esq. Thomas Acton, Westacton, Rathdrum, esq. BIRTHS. 1857. JANUARY. BIRTHS. son. At Cumner Vicarage, Berks, the Hon. Mrs. Charles F. O. Spencer, a dau. 13. At Clovelly Court, the seat of her father, Lady Drummond, a son. 14. At the Lodge, Kandy, the lady of Sir William Carpenter Rowe, Chief Justice of Ceylon, a son. 15. In Park-st., the lady of Col. Cartwright, Grenadier Guards, a dau. At Dundas Castle, N.B., Mrs. Adam Dundas, a son. 16. At Mootcharee, Bengal, the lady of H. Campbell Raikes, esq., Bengal Civ. Serv., a dau. 17. At Drayton Villa, Leamington, the lady of the Col. Wm. Hy. Vicars, a dau. 17. In Eaton-square, the lady of D. Jones, esq., M.P., of Pantglas, a son. 18. In Cambridge-st., Hyde Parksquare, the Hon. Mrs. W. Knox Wigram, a son. At Maretimo, near Dublin, the Marchioness of Kildare, a son. 19. At Blithfield, Staffordshire, the Lady Bagot, a son. 21. In Eccleston-square, the lady of Capt. Curtis, late 12th Lancers, a son. 22. At Grafton Lodge, Salop, the lady of Capt. G. Kenyon, R. N., a dau. 25. In Wilton-crescent, the lady of Hy. Lowther, esq., M.P., a son. 26. The Dowager Lady Blake, a son. At St. Andrew's Parsonage, Red River, in the Diocese of Rupert's Land, the lady of the Ven. Archd. Hunter, M.A., a son. In Grosvenor-place, the lady of R. B. Sheridan, esq., M.P., a son. At Warley Barracks, Essex, the wife of Lieut. -Col. Hay, a dau. 27. In Charles-st., the lady of Col. T. Wood, a son. 29. At Galatz, the wife of Maj. Stokes, R.E., Her Majesty's Commissioner on the Danube, a dau. 30. At Cole Horton Hall, Leicestershire, the lady of Sir George Beaumont, bart., a dau. 7. In St. James's-square, Lady Lyttel ton, a son. In Belgrave-square, the lady of the Hon. W. H. Wyndham Quin, a son. 8. At Ness Castle, near Inverness, Lady Saltoun, a dau. At Knocklofty House, Clonmel, the Countess of Donoughmore, a dau. 10. At Edinburgh, Lady Leith, a dau. At Clifton House, Winchester, the lady of Col. Norcott, C. B., a dau. At Oxford, the lady of Dr. Bulley, President of Magdalen, a son. BIRTHS. 11. At St. Andries, Lady Acland Hood, a dau. At West Ashling, near Chichester, the lady of Col. William Napier, a dau. 12. In Grosvenor-place, Lady Skipworth, a son. 13. At Hongkong, the lady of H. S. Parkes, esq., H. B. M.'s Consul, a dau. In the Close, Salisbury, the lady of the Rev. John Ellis, M.A., Head Master of the Cathedral School, a dau. 14. In Charles-st., Berkeley-square, the Lady Emily Kingscote, a son. 16. At Ayott St. Lawrence, Lady Emily Cavendish, a dau. 17. At Vaage, in Norway, the lady of E. J. Blackwell, esq., of Ampney Park, Gloucestershire, a dau. 19. At the Rectory, Clapham, the lady of the Rev. W. H. Wentworth A. Bowyer, a dau. In Carlton House-terrace, the lady of the Count of Bernstorff, Prussian Ambassador, a dau. 21. In Wilton-st., Belgrave-square, the Hon. Mrs. Rowland Winn, a dau. 22. The lady of the Rev. Baden Powell, a son. In Eaton-square, Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh, of Bracklyn Castle, Ireland, a son. 23. At Westfield, Cramond, N.B., Mrs. George W. Balfour, a dau. At Berry Hill, Notts, the Lady of Sir Edward Walker, a dau. 24. At Halifax, Nova Scotia, the lady of Lieut.-Col. Robinson, R. E., a son. 25. At Waltham Abbey, the lady of Lieut. Col. Ask with, R. A., a dau. In Park-st., Grosvenor-square, the Lady Elinor Cavendish, a son. 26. At Chaddington Rectory, Lady Emma Cust, a son. At Chelsea, the lady of Col. Clark, Com. Royal Military Asylum, a son. At the Grange, Farnham, the lady of Lieut.-Col. Clark Kennedy, C.B., Assist. -Qrmast. Gen. at Aldershott, a son. 27. At Eagle Lodge, Old Brompton, Mrs. Tom Taylor, a dau. 28. At Berrington Hall, Hereford, the Lady Rodney, a son. 2. In Conduit-st., the Countess of Macclesfield, a son. 4. In Eaton-place, the Countess of Ducie, a son. 7. At Hawstead House, near Bury St. Edmunds, the lady of H. C. Metcalfe, esq. (late 91st Regt.), a dau. 8. At Cudalore, Presidency of Madras, the lady of J. Murray Grant, esq., Native Infantry, a dau. At Cirencester, Lady Gifford, a son. 9. In Lowndes-st., the lady of Col. Goulburn, Grenadier Guards, a dau. In Charles-st., Lowndes-sq., the Lady Anne Sherson, a dau. At Southsea, the lady of Capt. Harris, R. N., of H.M.S. Illustrious, a dau. 10. At Blackheath, the lady of Cap. G. A. Halsted, R. N., a dau. At Hulland Hall, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, the lady of J. Wright, esq., a son. 14. At 29, Upper Brook-st., the lady of D. C. Majoribanks, esq., M.P., a dau. 15. The lady of E. Whitby, esq., of Cresswell Hall, Staffordshire, a son. At St. Leonards-on-Sea, the lady of Lieut. -Col. Shakespear, a dau, 17. At Kingston Grove, Oxon, the Hon. Mrs. Caulfield Pratt, a son. 19. In Hill-st., the Hon. Mrs. Hy. Wentworth Foley, a son. 21. The Viscountess Somerton, a dau. 22. At Fort George, N.B., the lady of Lieut. Sir Lionel Smith, bart., 71st Regt., a son. At Agra, the lady of the Hon. Robert A. J. Drummond, Bengal Civ. Serv., a son. 24. At Government House, St. Christopher, the Hon. Mrs. Hercules Robinson, a dau. 25. At Cleveland House, Prestbury, Glouc., the lady of the Rev. Morton Shaw, Rector of Rougham, Suffolk, a dau. At Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand, the lady of Charles Obins Torlesse, esq., a son. 27. In Lowndes-st., the Hon. Mrs. H. Spencer Law, a dau. 28. In Park-st., Grosvenor-square, the lady of Col. Newton, Coldstream Guards, |