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
Lord Chancellor

President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal

Home Secretary

Foreign Secretary.

Colonial Secretary.
War Secretary.

Chancellor of the Exchequer

IN THE CABINET.

First Lord of the Admiralty
President of the Board of Control.
President of the Board of Trade
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Postmaster General

Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston.
Right Hon. Lord Cranworth.
Right Hon. Earl Granville.
Right Hon. Earl of Harrowby.

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.
Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith.
Right Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley.
Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines.
His Grace the Duke of Argyll.
Most Hon. Marquess of Lansdowne.

NOT IN THE CABINET.

General Commanding-in-Chief.
Paymaster of the Forces and Vice-Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade
First Commissioner of Works and Public
Buildings
Attorney-General.
Solicitor-General

Judge-Advocate-General.

Chief Commissioner of the Poor Law.
President of the Board of Health.

H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge.
Right Hon. Robert Lowe.

Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, bt.
Sir Richard Bethell, knt.

Right Hon. Jas. Archibald Stuart Wortley.
Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers.
Right Hon. Edward Pleydell Bouverie.
Right Hon. William Monsell.

Vice-President of the Committee of Privy Right Hon. William Francis Cowper.

Council for Education.

Lord Steward

Lord Chamberlain
Master of the Horse

Mistress of the Robes

SCOTLAND.

Right Hon. James Moncreiff.
Edward Francis Maitland, esq.

IRELAND.

Right Hon. Earl of Carlisle.

Right Hon. Maziere Brady.

Right Hon. Edward Horsman.

Right Hon. John David Fitzgerald.
Jonathan Christian, esq.

QUEEN'S HOUSEHOLD.

Right Hon. Earl Spencer.

Most Hon. Marquess of Breadalbane.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington.
Duchess of Sutherland.

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.
Richard Benyon, of Englefield Park, Reading, esq.
Philip Wroughton, of Ibstone, esq.

Sir John Hen. Pelly, of Warnham Ct., Horsham, Sussex, bt.
Wm. Atkinson, of Ashton Hayes, near Kelsall, esq.

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
Dorchester, esq.

William Beckwith, of Silksworth House, esq.

John Fras. Wright, of Kelvedon Hall, esq.

Richard Rogers Coxwell Rogers, of Dowdeswell, near
Cheltenham, esq.

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.
George Knollis Jarvis, of Doddington Hall, esq.
Thomas Gratrex, of Court St. Lawrence, csq.

Andrew Fountaine, of Norford, esq.

Wm. Harcourt Isham Mack worth Dolben, of Finedon Hall, esq.
Wm. Henry Charlton, of Hesleyside, esq.

Richard Milward, of Thurgarton Priory, esq.
Viscount Dillon, of Dytchley.

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-
field.

Wm. Chas. Humphreys, of Elm Lodge, Burlesdon, near
Southampton, esq.

John Geo. Weller Poley, of Boxted Hall, esq.
John Labouchere, of Broome Hall, Dorking, esq.
Richard Curteis Pomfret, of Rye, esq.

Hy. Spencer Lucy, of Charlcote House, esq.

Rd. Luther Watson, of Ecclerigg, Windermere, esq.
Alfred Morrison, of Fonthill, Giffard, esq.
Edward Vincent Wheeler, of Kyre House, esq.
Sir Joseph Radcliffe, of Rudding Park, bart.

ELECTED BY THE LIVERY OF LONDON.

London and Middlesex.

William Lawrence, esq., Ald.
William Fernley Allen, esq.

WALES.

John Thomas Roberts, of Ucheldre, esq.

Jas. Price Wm. Swynne Holford, of Buckland, esq.
Jas. Edwards, of Benarth, esq., M.D.
Chas. Morgan, of Alltygog, esq.

Jno. Propert, of Blaenpistill, near Cardigan, esq.
Jno. Edw. Madocks, of Glan-y-wern, Denbigh, esq.
Rob. Wills, of Plasbellin, esq.

Evan Williams, of Duffrynfrwd, esq.
Maurice Jones, of Fronfraith, esq.

Jno. Nanney, of Maesyneuadd, esq.

Sir Jno. Jas. Hamilton, of Fishguard, bart.
Thos. Evelyn, of Corton, esq.

IRELAND.

Robert Grimshaw, Whitehouse, Belfast, esq.
George Dunbar, The Palace, Armagh, esq.
Arthur Kavanagh, Borris House, Kilkenny, esq.
John Legg, Glin Park, Carrickfergus, esq.

Theophilus Clemens, Rakenny, Tullyvin, esq.

Fran. McNamara Calcutt, St. Catharine's, Ennistymon, esq.
John Wallis, Drishane Castle, Millstreet, esq.
John Nicholas Murphy, Clifton, Cork, esq.

Sir Fred. Heygate, Ballarina, Newtown Limavady, bart.
John Andrews, Comber, esq.

Francis Brodigan, Peltown House, Drogheda, esq.
Hon. Richard Gilbert Talbot, Ballinclea House.
Hon. Geo. Handcock, Merrion Square, Dublin.
Hon. Major Crichton, Knockballymore, Clones.
James Galbraith, Cappard, Gort, esq.

Peter Sarsfield Conign, Kelleen Farm, Galway, esq.
Edward Hussey, Dingle, esq.

Harvey Lewis, Kilcullen, esq.

Michael Den Keatinge, Woodsgift, Freshford, esq.
James Sullivan, Coal Market, esq.

John Lucas, Mount Lucus, Philipstown, esq.
William Richard Ormsby Gore, Derrycarne, esq.
Major George Gavin, Kilpeacon, Limerick.

Capt. Michael Gavin, Barrington Street, Limerick.
William Edward Scott, Hillsborough, Londonderry, esq.
George Evers, Minard, Newtownforbes, esq.

Matthew O'Reilly Dease, Charleville, Dunleer, esq.
Capt. Fitzgerald Higgins, Westport.

John A. Farrell, Moynalty, esq.

Plunkett Kenny, Moyles, Inniskean, esq.

Hon. James Butler, Lamberton Park, Maryborough.
John Talbot, Mount Talbot, Athleague, esq.
John Wingfield King, Fortland Easky, esq.

Edward J. P. Lalor, Long Orchard, Templemore, esq.
William F. Black, Leslop, Omagh, esq.
Thomas Garde, Garryduff, Youghal, esq.

William Fitzgerald, Newpark, Waterford, esq.
Howard Fetherstonhaugh, Bracklyn, esq.
Percy L. Harvey, Kyle, Wexford, esq.

Thomas Acton, Westacton, Rathdrum, esq.

BIRTHS.

BIRTHS.