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ave gone through it carefully, that he had any confidence I in taking Sweaborg with a fleet alone. All he said was, if a certain additional force, which he pointed out, were en trusted to him, he was confident success would follow. I think I have answered the statement of the right hon. gentleman. (Hear, hear,) But, supposing Sir C. Napier had submitted a plan for taking Sweaborg, he was acting in alliance with the French, and it was necessary for him in the operations in the Baltic, to have the concurrence of 1 the French admiral. (Hear.) The council of war that was held unanimously decided that no operations in t heßalt could be undertaken with the resources they had, a fter the taking of Bomarsund. I may state to the house that after the taking of Bomarsund, the French marshal, Baraguay d'Hilliers, being there, the Frenc h general t of eng ine ers, Niel, being there, and the Frenc h admiral being there, they e, took into their consideration General . Jones's report . on some plan of military co-operation which he ha d submitted for the taking of Sweaborg. The French marshal, the French general of engineers, and the French admiral con demnecl that plan. It was, therefore, out of the questieu. It required the co-operation of the French soldiers. The French marshal condemned the plan, and would not allow his soldiers to be used for any such purpose, as he believed they would certainly be defeated, or at least that great loss would ensue. Well, after the French military force had gone, and when General Jones's plan was entirely out of the question, out came an order from the English Govern ment, ordering Sir C. Napier to call a council of war to take it into consideration. Why, the means of carrying it into effect were absent—the French army was gone ; and what seems so very strang e is this—that the Government in England should have b een so ill-informed of the move ments of the French army, that after it had left the Baltic, and when General Jones's plan, therefore, was no longer practicable, they should have ordered Sir C. Napier to call a council of war to take into consideration that very plan. That council was not—it could not be—held. Another council of war, subsequently ordered, sots held, at which the French and English admirals were present. They de aided that no operations with the fleet alone could be un dertaken against Sweaborg, and that, indeed, it would not be advisable at that season to engage in any operations at all against any fortified place on the Russian coast. Now what is remarkable is, that the two generals of engineers reported how Sweaborg was to be taken ; but I want to ask the gallant naval officers in this house whether it is reasonable that these generals should be allowed to control the conduct of admirals—whether they are fit persons to judge how admirals shall place their ships or carry on naval operations? But what made this particular case still more difficult to poor Sir C. Napier was this—that the two generals were diametrically opposed to each other, and there was no person who so condemned the plan of Gen. Jones as Gen. Niel. It is also a remarkable feature about the case that Gen. Jones's plan, which may be called the military plan, was condemned by the French officers of the military service as well as by the French admiral ; while General Niel's plan, which was the plan for taking Sweaborg by ships alone, was condemned by the French admiral. So we have the sailor's plan condemned by the highest naval authority, the French admiral ; and the sol dier's plan condemned by the highest military authority, the French marshal ; while poor Sir C. Napier was cen sured by the Government because he did not, somehow or other, go in and take Sweaborg. (Laughter.) I am con vinced that Sir C. Napier has not been fairly treated. (Hear.) If he had permitted himself to be goaded into some desperate enterprise, such as the attacking of a strong for tress like Sweaborg with a fleet alone, we should have had a greater disaster in the Baltic than, perhaps, any that has been even contemplated at Sebastopol. (Hear.) I think that Sir C. Napier has as well deserved the thanks of this house for his conduct in the Baltic as Admiral Dundas has for his conduct in the Black Sea. (Cheers.) Ido say that $ sic gallant officer, finding everybody complimented, every body eulogised, and knowing that he has done his duty to his country to the best of his ability, has a right to com plain that something like a reflection has been cast, not only upon him, but also upon the officers who served under him. Ido hope that he may still receive that justice to which he is fairly entitled. I trust that we may have this correspondence in full, and it is my firm persuasion, unable .as I now am to go through these papers, that if they be placed fairly before the public, and in the hands of hon. members, an opinion will be formed that Sir C. Napierhas done his duty, but that the Government, disappointed in the success of the Baltic expedition, have endeavoured to make it appear that it leas the fault of their admiral. Admiral BERKELEY said he coulilnot regard the posi tion in which he stood with anything like a comfortable feeling. (A laugh.) Hon. gentlemen might laugh, but if they would wait a moment he would tell them why. He bad long enjoyed the friendship of Sir C. Napier, which had been cemented by their services together. He had constantly been under the command of Sir Charles Napier, had formed the highest opinion of his talents and of his energy, and had always esteemed him as a friend. (Hear, hear.) 'He considered, therefore, that he was placed in a p a inful p o siti on , *h en his duty, as one of the lords of the Admiralty, compelled him to stand up and find fault with and condemn the friend whom he would so willingly have supported. (Hear.) The hon. and learned gentleman who spoke list had been arguing upon private documents and public documents, and he (Admiral Berkeley) might also have provided himself with such documents if he had conceived it possible that private letters would have been brought forward without the con sent of their writers. (Hear.) Besides that, he had looked upon the motion more in the light of an attack upon the late First Lord of the Admiralty than on the board generally. As the friend of Sir C. Napier ho had been consulted by the late First Lord of the Admiralty, not only with re spect to the public letters but to the private letters ad dressed to Sir C. Napier, and he had told that gallant officer over and over again that if any fault should be found with hiss in the house or out of it for not attacking Swea berg or Cronstadt he would stand up as his defender. Could it be possible, then, that having a knowledge of both the public and private letters addressed to Sir C. Napier, he should be likely to consent to anything like a censure on his gallant friend's conduct? (Hear.) He denied that the Board of Admiralty ever censured the conduct or manage. ment of the fleet before Cronstadt or Sweaborg. (Hear.) The case lay almost in a nutshell. It was this. Sir Charles Napier, who could use his pen as well as his sword, found that there existed a strong feeling in the country because nothing had been attempted against the two fortresses he had named, and he then suddenly changed the tone of his correspondence with the Admiralty, and endeavoured to throw upon them that responsibility which he ought to have borne himself. (Hear, and oh, oh.) He was sorry to say that he had received the memorial which had been placed in the hands of many other hen. members, which contained a very unjust attack on two individuals, and he must say lie little expected such an attack from an indivi dual who must have known what their conduct had been. Sir C. Napier said in that paper, " Your petitioner has been informed that there worn two candidates for the command who had seats at the Admiralty. One was refused the com mand, the other was not. Surely they cannot be impartial judges of the conduct ofyour petitioner." When he (Admiral Berkeley) was a candidate for the office along with Sir C. Napier himself, Sir J. Graham knowing his (Admiral Berke ley's) anxiety to go to the Baltic, put this straightforward question to him, "Do yon think Sir Charles Napier is a proper man to go to the Baltic !" Did he (Admiral Berke ley) say that he was a fitter person himself ? No ;he told Sir James Graham that if Sir Charles Napier went he should be too happy to go second under him. (Cheers.) The other admiral to whom Sir Charles Napier referred (Admiral Dundas) had been appointed to the command. When he (Admiral Berkeley) applied for that command, Sir James Graham told him that he could not go, as his services were required at the Admiralty, and Admiral Dundas, who never applied at all, was chosen by his right hon friend, at his (Admiral Berkeley's) request. (Cheers.) There was no pleasing some parties. If individuals thought fit to find fault with a general or an admiral, the board or theliGovernment were immediately condemned for not re calling such person, without giving them an opportunity of defending themselves ; and now, forsooth, because the Ad miralty did not think fit to employ Sir Charles Napier again they were to be held up to public scorn. (Hear, hear.) Still professing the friendship which he had for merly entertained for Sir Charles N;lpier, but which had been violated, he must say that—whether the paper was granted or not—whether the case should be gone into here after or not—the worst thing that Sir Charles Napier could do for his character as au officer fit to command a fleet was to stir up this question, for the more he did so the worse it would be for him. (Cheers ) Mr. WHITESIDE said if the house acted oath° doctrine laid clown by the right hon. baronet (Sir James Graham), there was no act of injustice, oppression, or iniquity tbat. could not be perpetrated upon any officer in her Majesty's service. It was said that the papers ought not to have been referred to. But what was Sir C. Napier to do? He felt that he had been insulted and aggrieved, and submitted his case to the house. And why? He had asked the Ad miralty for an inquiry, but it was refused ; he then applied for a court-martial. but it was denied him ; he then ap plied to the Prime Minister, who had been slumbering on his seat during half the debate—(laughter)----but the noble lord, saying something complimentary, refused to afford him any redress. What was the complaint of Sir Charles Napier? The gallant admiral was selected by the Ad miralty to command a most magnificent fleet on a great occasion. Up to August he was covered with praises by the Admiralty, and the same system of panegyric was con tinued until the 25th of September, when he sent an ela borate document, which had not been read, pointing out two modes of discharging his duty. Now, how did it happen that the board then tinned round and found it im possible to express any satisfaction with Sir C. Napier for • the decision to which he came on a matter which properly , belonged to him to determine. What was the conduct of the gallant admiral? He respectfully submitted to the Admiralty that the judgment which he had originally formed was right, and that their construction of it was - misunderstood, or perverted. On the 10th Oct. ho asked • thew to withdraw certain insulting observations which had been addressed to him, but they refused to do so. And it now seemed that ho was not to get redress anywhere. The right hon. gentleman (Sir J. Graham) was not so very particular about the production of documents on . a former occasion, when the conduct of ono of his tolitical opponents was called in question. (Hear, hear.) 'he," th lsa ey Pers now moved for were not private papers, nor could in any way affect the public service, f or th e y were'L dated from the 20th Dec And what was the objec tion to their production 7 The . right hon. gentleman (Sir C. Wood) said th ei r production by the Government wo u ld be injuriou s to the s ar a ublic interest-- Sir C. WOOD on Sweaborg, and service. thetr he papers disclosed a plan of attack tot e public . production might be detrimental Mr. WHITESIDE said the terms of the motion excluded all papers containing plans of operations (Hear, hear.) la to the understandine The papers asked for were esse ntial of the case of Sir C. Napier. the G„ ernment expected men to win victories and gain trio rn P lui they must treat their officers prop erl y; and the y coul d hardly Stipp that gallant spirit would enter the Bo o r s • men of high and tilo when they were injured, they were to be denied the smylacleleisfi modicum of justice. (Hear, hear.) Mr. COWPER said there . w. tt e e s n t a h after same ert he objecti on 2 oto the production of the letters wr i tten before l)ecera• bar as to the production of t h ose wri tte n that d ate —because in the latter letters the previous letters were re •d •- cited, and matters were rep roduced w h• hear ) was Hlc h n ot es e thou c able to lay before the world. (Hear, • ght the hon. and learned gentleman had broken public con d deuce in producing the statements o f engineer officers as to the capability of attacking the fortre , ,ses — Mr. MALIN'S said he had not referred! to the details of any plan. sir. COWPER said the honourable and learned gentle man had referred to the opinions of General Jones null General Niel, and h e wou ld appeal to the house whether such statements ought to have been produced at the Pre sent moment. Now with respect to the alleged dismissal of Sir C. Napier. It was quite clear that the order which hail been given was not JA dismissal, but the terminati of his command of a fleet which, as a fleet, had cowed to exist. (Hear.) The curt terms in which the communication was conveyed wore exactly according to precedent ; and when Sir Graham Moore returned from the Baltic in 1814, precisely the same words were addressed to him. (Heir.) The Admiralty ought to be the judges of the officers acting under their command ; and in this case there was every reason why the board should have looked with a favour able eye upon the officer whom they had selected, It was iimmisimm•Noi° obvious that if they were not able to praise Sir Charles Napier very highly it was not because they were not disposed to do full justice to him. At the dinner at the Mansion-house, Sir C. Napier stated that he had been sent to the Baltic without pi ots and without proper char Now, there were nearly a hundred persons. in the fleet who had been more or less pilots, and in the flag -ship there were no less than seven pilots. (Hear.) As to the charts, they were so accurate that the gallant admiral had himself in his despatches borne testimony to their accuracy. They were the best charts which the Government could procure, and were, in fact, the best charts in existence. (Hear.) So far as ho knew, Sir Charles Napier had but one enemy is the world, and that enemy was himself--(hear, hear)—and he had done so much to destroy his reputation, that the reputation of no other man could have survived it. (Hear.) Mr. MURROUGH said when!it was stated that Sir C. Napier had in his fleet a large number of pilots and a sufficient supply of charts, it ought, in justice to the gal lant admiral, to have been added, that the pilots were so utterly unacquainted with the navi,,,o.aton they had to superintend that they were dismissed, and that the charts provided by the Government were so faulty that a great part of them were sent home, and those which were used by the officers were obtained by themselves and purchased at their own expense. The country had come to the con clusion that it was a matter of convenience to the Govern ment to remove Admiral Dundas from one position and put him in another, and the only way to do that was to get rid of Sir Charles Napier. (This observation was re ceived with loud laughter, called forth by the honourable member having fallen into the error of supposing that the • Admiral Dundas who had been appointed to the command of the Baltic fleet is the officer who recently returned from • the Black Sea. Mr. Murrough was not at first aware of the cause of the laughter ; but, when it was explained to him, he consoled himself with the remark, " At least, it is • one of the family.") He thought that the least the house could do was to grant the papers which had been asked • for. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL 'said the case, as pre sented to the house, seemed to him to lie in a very narrow compass. The hon. and learned member for Wallingford (Mr. Melina) grounded it upon the fact that Sir Charles Napier had been dismissed and censured, and said it was dne, as'a matter of justice to the character of that dis tinguished officer, that the correspondence which h a d taken place since a certain period should be brought before the house. The foundation of the case was Sir C. Napier's having been dismissed or censured, or both. Now, as he (the Attorney-General) understood the facts—and not having seen the statement of the gallant admiral he had had no means of becoming acquainted with them except from this discussion—Sir C. Napier, upon his return to this country, instead of being continued in his command, received from the Admiralty an order to haul down his flag. That was called a dismissal ; and further it was said that the letter implied a censure upon the gallant officer. In the first place, he apprehended that this was no dismissal of Sir Charles Napier—(hear)—that his com mand had terminated in the ordinary course of things. The fleet which he had commanded had been called home and dispersed. It had ceased to be a fleet, and with the termination of its existence as a fleet terminated also, in the natural course of things, and according to the universal practice of the Admiralty, the eornmand of the officer who had been at its head. He received a letter, which it might be was rather curt than courteous, but which it appeared to him (the Attorney-General) was in the usual form in which the Admiralty called upon an officer to haul down his flag. It was clear, therefore, that the facts did not constitute a dismissal, and that the letter did not amount to a censure. But suppose the gallant admiral had been dismissed, was the executive Government of this country, acting on behalf of the Crown, to be told that if it ceased to have full confidence in the capacity of an officer it was not justified in recalling him? (Hear, hear.) What could be more difficult or more delicate than to determine whether an officer was entitled to the full confidence of the authority which employed him? Surely it was within the province and within the duty of the Board of Admiralty, at any time if it thought proper, to recall an officer; and though the recall might imply a cer tain amount of distrust, it might not imply a want of con fidence, it did not necessarily involve a censure. He ap prehended that an officer who was recalled was not war ranted in demanding an inquiry or a court-martial. The recall amounted to nothing more than an expression that the Government had no confidence, not in his courage, that might be undoubted—not in his qualities as a see man, those might be unquestioned—but in his discretion, in his energy, or in some one or other of those qualities which went to constitute a great commander, and in which a man might be to a certain extent deficient, and yet might be a most distinguished and meritorious officer. Here it did not amount to that. The g allant o ffi cer was not recalled ; his command terminate d with his fleet and it must be in the sole province of the executive to say whether er not a command should be continued to an officer. (Hear, hear.) As for censure, the letter contains none, and the hon. and learned gentleman who made this motion had himself read a letter in which the Admiralty expressed their satisfaction with Sir C. Napier. Of what, then, did he complain? Why, that he was not again sent to the Baltic. (Hear) It was said that the papers now asked for involved nothing the publication of which would be detrimental to the public service. He (the Attorney-General) was informed that this was a complete mistake. Sir Charles Napier, thinking that his merits had not been sufficiently recognised, entered into a discussion of the subject, and a correspondence ensued, in which he was told that the question whether or not the attack upon Sweaborg ought to have been made was fully gone into ; and the house was told, both by the late and by the present First Lord of the Admiralty, that this correspondence went into details the publication of which would be most pre judicial to the public service. (Hear, hear.) Those who supported this motion having failed to make out that Sir Charles had been either dismissed or censured, he asked what there was in the position in which the gallant officer stood in relation to the Admiralty arhich could justify the production of documents which could not be produced without detriment to the public service ? Had he in any letter or despatch from the Admiralty been censured for want of courage, of conduct, or of adorn regard to the duty he had to perform, he would have been entitled to an in , quiry, and if be could not obtain it in the ordinary way be would have had a right, as every Englishman had, to .appeal to the great inquest of the country. As it was, ho thought that no case had been made out for the production of these documents. Lord PALMERSTON- Sir, I confess that this discus sion has been a source of great regret to me, and I think it a bad example. (Hear.) Hon. members, who feel themselves called upon to vindicate the character of a pro fessional man in this house, have in doing so read in the course of their speeches documents which they call upon the house to determine whether they shall be produced or not. It is a sort of begging the question, which I think is not the proper way of conducting a discussion in this house. With regard to the motion, I think the house has come pretty well to the conclusion that there are good reasons why these documents which are called for should not be produced. I shall undoubtedly give my vote against the motion of the hon. and learned member (Mr. Malins). I think the hon. and learned gentleman has made a mistake in point of discretion, and in regard to the course which he has thought fit to pursue. Another hon. and learned gen tleman has made a mistake of a different kind, and, led away by the similarity of their names, has concluded th a t the Admiral Dundas who is goi ng t o the Baltic is the same Admiral Dundas, or a relative of the same Ad m i ra l D un d as, who commanded the fleet in the Black Sea. (Laughter.) The hon. and learned gentleman perhaps is not aware that in this country, and especially in the northern parts of it, there are many persons who bear the same name who are not the same persons, and, in fact, no relations. (Laughter.) I have had the pleasure and the honour of a long acquaintance with the gallant admiral, Sir Charles Napier, who is the subject of discussion, and admiring, as I do, his professional and personal character, it would have been a matter of sincere regret to me if he had been in the position of a mart who had been censured and dismissed for conduct pursued in an important command. I think it has been clearly established that he has been neither ono nor the other —that he has been neither censured nor dismissed. (Hear, hear.) Sir, the hon. and learned mem ber quoted opinions expressed by me in a different room to this—(laughter)—on the professional merits and distin guished qualities of my gallant friend, for so I must call him. I retract nettling of those opinions, and I am proud to say that I think the courage, professional skill, and ability of my gallant friend, stand an high now as they did at the moment when I made those observations. (Hear, hoar.) It has been my fortune upon former occasions to profit in an official capacity by the invaluable services of Sir Charles .Napiee. He has rendered a most important service by the able and distinguished manner in which ho has performed his duty upon this occasion ; and it is only duo to him to say that nothing had occurred, in my opinion, in the course of list year which sullies or diminishes that high character. (Hear, hear.) Sir Charles Napier has rendered important services in the command of the Baltic fleet. He showed greet skill and ability in conducting that fleet through a most in tricate and dangerous navigation. He brought back that magnificent fleet without any injury from a sea in which a man of less skill and less judgment might perhaps have sus tained a serious and great disaster. He has secured the country against all those evils which might have arisen if the Baltic fleet of Russia had been permitted—either the whole or part of it—to quit its ports and scour the seas. I shall only repeat that the motion which is now made is one which, in my opinion, the house ought by no means to agree to ; but I wish it to be distinctly understood that in negativing the motion I do not in the slightest degree im pugn the character of Sir Charles Napier. I think his character stands as high now as ever, and that he will always rank amongst the most distinguished men of his profession. (Hear.) Sir J. WALSH, amidst the impatient interruptions of the house, said that in his opinion the re su lt o f th e d e b ate must be highly gratifying to Sir C. Napier, who had been placed in a situation of great hardship. He had displayed the highest moral courage, which he was afraid her Ma jesty's Ministers had not done, in standing by and acting upon his own:opinions. Under this impression, he trusted that the hon. and learned member would not press his motion to a division. Mr. MALINS, in reply, said the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government had made a statement which must have taken the house by surprise, that he thought as highly of Sir Charles Napier as ever he did, and that he would repeat the opinions which he had expressed on a former occasion, and that the country was under great ob ligations to Sir C. Napier for the services which he had performed in the Baltic Now, whether he (Mr. Malins) was right or not that "Sir Charles Napier was dismissed in October, he supposed that there was no doubt that he was now dismissed. Sir C. Napier was a party to one signal victory, the taking of Bomarsund, and if the noble lord was correct he was entitled to the thanks of Parliament. He(Mr. Malins) had been taunted with being a lawyer, and an equity lawyer. It was not as a lawyer that he had brought forward this motion, but as a member of Parliament. He came to the house as a representative of the people, and it was net to be supposed that because he spoke from briefs 1) ; the morning that he spol.e from briefs in the evening been said that h because he con ''''°eredlitehabtt ° a ug g h re t at th a e nd mot distinguished treated in an u nw or th y officer had been worthy and undignified manner. It had letters, the the object of thec'enieone procl e u h?..d set a bad example in reading private . of which formed, in point of fact, lon. He deprecated , however, the adoption of a principle which should forbid, in the case of a distinguished officer, the ling of correiveendence which eisrheir not overstepp ed and contended that, tend to vindicate, h h in the peeent instance I of prudence and discretion, .had heard e u ed r i t o h r e s ef boun ds fect effects from the Government as to thAeft4prrobvwaelFlaetteiptiphj further cones ( on public interests of the production oft fehee. I fence he had moved for, he should on " it hie duty to withdraw the motion. The motion a - as the n withdrawn. The house then went i nto committee o n the Purch asers Protection against Judgments Bill, and the various clauses were agreed to. The Tea Duties Decline Suspension Bill was read, a third time and passed. the house adjourned at half - The other orders of the day were then past twelie o'e!cic cy , spo . sed of, an 4 . 1.5 THE SUN, LONDON, _FRIDAY _EVENING, MARCH 9, 1855; • . t !if 4. only be discharged two or three times in a minute, but to day he had seen Sharp's breech-loading rifle fired off 21 times in a minute and a half, 14 times in a minute, and 40 times in five minutes and live se,•onds. It had been approved of by some of the highest military autho rities in this country, and under these circumstances, be (lid. most earnestly trust that Sharp's breech-loading Rifle would have a fair trial at the hands of the Board of Ordnance. He also urged upon the attention of the Government Adams' improved pistol, which was worth two of Colt's. SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Colonel E. KNOX had been a witness of the experi• went to-day, and so satisfied was he of its simplicity and importance, that he had no hesitation in urging the Go vernment to give it a trial. It was the best adapted weapon for cavalry in existence. Mr. MONSELL admitted the importance of introducing into the army with the least possible delay a breech loading rifle, and why it had not already been in troduced was simply owing to the anxiety of the Go vernment to obtain the best weapon. (Hear, hear.) Last year as intimation was conveyed to the principal gun manufacturers of the country that the Government were disposed to introduce into the army a breech-loading car bine, and they were requested to send in their inventions for the purpose of being tested at Woolwich. (Hear, hear.) Accordingly a large number were sent in, in cluding Sharp's carbine, and these had been fully tested by a committee of military officers. That committee had not yet decided which was the best, but the moment it was decided on no time would be lost in having a largo number manufactured for immediate introduction into the army. He believed at present the choice lay between Sharp's carbine and another of an equally valuable and im portant character invented by a Monsieur Lenroi. Mr. DIINDAS attributed the delay to the system of governing by boards ; if the matter had been left to the decision of one man the best weapon would long ago have been found out. _ _ PETITIONS. Lord SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from Bath, signed by 1,543 persons, praying the intervention of England in support of the restoration of Poland. TICKETS OF LEAVE. (Signed) Captain Commanding Naval Brigade. Bear-Admiral Sir Edmd. Lyons, G.C.B. Commander-in-Chief. Lord ST. LEONARDS wished to inquire whether her IVlajesty's Government have adopted any new scheme for granting tickets of leave to convicts. The noble lord called the attention of their lordships to the question in volved. When it was determined to abolish transportation as a general punishment, the question to be solved was, what was to be the substitute for transporation ? It was proposed in respect to convicts sentenced t ) seven or ten )ears, to introduce a system of penal servitude. Power wae, therefore, given to the magistrates, whenever they thought proper, to grant licences to those sentenced to transportation in the shape of tickets of leave, by which the convict was permitted to go to certain districts in dicated in these licences, such districts to be limited to the United Kingdom and the ChSemel Islands. The noble lord then entered into a statement to show that the system was fraught with the utmost danger. The noble lord said he had already stated in this house the cruelty exercised towards those persons who had re ceived tickets of leave, by following up these per sons by policemen in plain clothes, ; and there fore it was a mockery to say that that un f atunate individual had received any benefit from the system as at present pursued The noble lord then re ferred to the statistics of crime, and contended that the results had been anything but favourable. After having adduced several cases in which the most lamentable re sults followed the discharge of those persons, he sub mitted that there had not been sufficient care taken in granting tickets of leave. Earl GRENVILLE said the Government regretted as much as the noble lord the working of the ticket of ' leave system. With regardto whether the Government had any new scheme, he regretted that he could not give an answer that would be satisfactory to the noble and learned lord. He had brought down a report, with the intention of reading some portions of it to their lordships ; but he thought it would oc cupy too much time if be were now to do so. Some of the statements made by the noble lord, he must say, were exaggerated, and, with respect to the watching of persons by the police after they had received tickets of leave, he begged to inform the noble and learned lord that only one case bad been reported to the Home Office, and he did not think that he would wish the Government to act upon this one single case. He begged to inform the noble and learned lord that Sir G. Grey intended to collect materials with re spect to this question, and, when he had done so, they would be laid before their lordships.. Earl GREY rose, and was LEFT SPEAKING. (Enclosure No. 2.) Camp, Naval Brigade, Feb. 18. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that the enemy still continues strengthening his works. I am happy to say that there have been no casualties this week, and that the brigade is remarkably healthy. We have only 27 men in the sick list, victualling 999 men and officers. All symptoms of scurvy have disappeared ; and I am informed by the medical officer in charge that be considers this as principally owing to the liberal supply of oranges issued to the brigade.—l have, Sze., (Signed) S. LUSRINGTON, Captain, Commanding Naval Brigade. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., &c. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, Feb. 24. Sir ' —I have the honour to report, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that no attack has taken place at Eupatoria since that of the 17th inst.. which, as their lordship will perceive by the enclosed copy of a letter from Colonel Simmons to me, was more serious than was at first supposed. Her Majesty's ships are in eli gible position for assisting in the repulse of any future at tack. The weather, which for the last few days has' been very severe, is now remarkably fine. I am, Lie., (Signed) E. LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty, London. (Enclosure No. 1.) Eupatoria, Feb. 20, 1855, 9 p.m. Sir,—The bearer is an aide-de-camp of the Seraskier, bearing despatches from Omer Pasha to his Government. His Highness would be much obliged to you if you would kindly order him a passage to Constantinople by the first opportunity. The position is much stronger here than it was ; in fact, I should say doubly so, and nearly twice as many guns mounted as on the 17th Col. DUNNE wished to know if any report had been received upon the carbine of Mr. Sharp. There was no doubt that a breech-loading carbine was the best that could be adopted in cavalry regiments, but they were generally attended with the inconvenience of generating too much gas, which could not escape in suffi cient time to admit of its being hurriedly loaded. Mr. MONSELL said Mr. Sharp's carbine had been favourably reported amongst others, and in a very short time the best of these would be selected. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. RIFLE CORPS. Mr. WILLIAMS again urged upon the Government the expediency of sanctioning the establishment of volunteer rifle corps. He believed offers to form such corps had been already made to the Home-office, and he thought they ought not only to be accepted, but encouraged. Lord PALMERSTON said ho received repeated offers of the kind while he was at the Home•ofce CbAtt, consider ing that they came from civilians engaged in trade, and living in inland localities, he did not think it worth while to put the country to the expense of sanctioning the formation of such rifles corps. The subject then dropped, and the house went into com mittee of supply on the That affair was pretty sharp, and the Russians lost a great many men : we have interred 453, and there can be no doubt they carried off and buried many more who were killed at long ranges by our artillery. They also left nearly 300 dead horses on the field. Our loss was 87 killed, 277 wound° I, Turks; 4 killed and 9 wounded, French ; and 13 killed, 11 wounded, of the p ,pulation ; besides 79 korses killed and 18 wounded. Our field battery had 19 men (Turks) killed, and every gun (six) disabled. The Turks behaved very well. Selim Pasha, the Egyp tian, who was killed, was a great loss, but his place is well supplied by Suiiman Pasha, who was wounded. Omer Pasha was most gratified for the promptitude with which you sent up ships after hearing of the attack. The exertions of the officers aad men of your fleet in disembark. ing troops, &c., here are beyond all praise ; but, unfortu nately, the weather during the last week or ten days has not been propitious, and consequently transports have been detained longer they otherwise would.—l am, &c , (Signed) J. N. SIMMONS, Royal Engineers, attached to Omer Pacha's Staff. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., &c. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill was read a second time and ordered to bo committed. PETITIONS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the inha bitants of Islington praying for an alteration in the licens ing system. Mr. J. BALL and several other hon. members presented petitions, praying for the repeal of the newspaper stamp. Mr HORSFALL presented three similar petitions—one from the reporters of the Liverpool newspapers, another from the letter-press printers, and the third from the in habitants of Liverpool generally. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Selby, in York shire, praying for the closing of public-houses on Sundays. Mr. GLADSTONE presented a p3tition from some of the Manchester newspapers in favour of the bill for the re peal of the newspaper stamp. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a similar petition from the Manchester Examiner. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from Lord Dundonald stating that he had discovered a secret by which he could destroy the enemy, his fleet, and his for tresses, and praying that ho might have an opportunity of testing his invention. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, a new writ was or dered for Tamworth, in the room of Sir R. Peel, who since his election had accepted the office of a Lord of the Admi ralty. REFORM OF THE ARMY. Colonel REED gave notice that on Monday he should ask the First Lord of the Treasury if the Government contemplated bringing in any measure for the reform of abuses in the army, ant, if so, when might it be expected ? THE INVESTIGATOR. Mr. F. FRENCH gave notice that, on Monday, ho would ask whether it was true that the crew of the Investigator, which had recently been engaged in attempting to explore the North-West Passage, having lost all their clothes, had only received 31. per man as compensation? LONDON AND SOTTH-WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. DEB DES it was agreed that the London and South-Western Railway Bill, read a second time on the Bth of this instant March, he referred to the Committee of Selection; and that it be an instruction to the said committee to refer the said bill to a committee of live members, consisting, as far as may be, of the same members as the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill referred to in the session of 1853. RAILWAY AND CANAL BILLS. Mr. STRUTT moved that the Board of Trade do pre sent to the house, a report upon the Railway and Canal Bills of this session, in conformity with the recommendation contained in the fifth report of the Select Committee on Railway and Canal Bills of the Session of 1853. Agreed to. LORD LUCAN. On the motion that the house at its rising should adjourn -until Monday next, Lord ELCHO asked the hon. member for Bristol whether he intended to proceed with his motion for a com mittee to inquire into the conduct of Lord Lucan and the disastrous charge at Balaklava. He asked this question be cause since notice had been given of the motion Lord Lucan had demanded a Court-martial, and he thought the hon. member would see the expediency of postponing the mo tion pending this inquiry, should it take place. Mr. H. BERKLEY consented to postpone his motion for the present, but he should still feel himself at liberty to bring it on should he deem it necessary to do so. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. DISRAELI said it would be for the convenience of both sides if the Government would settle at what hour public business should commence every day. Hitherto it had been half-past four, but of late the time had varied from half-past four to five. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his noble friend at the head of the Government would answer the question on some future occasion. Lord PALMERSTON, who came in subsequently to the above question, stated that it would be for the convenience of the Government if it was understood that in future public business should commence at half-past four o'clock. NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL. Sir H. - WILLOUGHBY wished to know if it was the intention of the Government to proceed with this bill, and if so, when? The CHANCELDOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was. Mr. RICARDO pressed the right hon. gentleman to fix a day for the second reading. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that he should bo prepared to move the second reading on Mon day, the 10th inst. EXCHEQUER BALANCES. Mr. M`GREGOR moved as an amendment to the ques tion " that the Speaker do leave the chair," that the fol lowing returns be ordered, namely :—Returns of the ba lances at the credit of the Exchequer on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th clay of February, 1855 : Of the amount of the Treasury Deficiency Bills at the Bank of England on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855: Of the number and amount of Exchequer bills outstanding on the 24th clay of February, Ijsl, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the interest per cent. per day, and when payable : Of the number and amount of Trea sury bonds outstanding on the 24th day of February, 1851, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating tho dates. 1 when signed, when payable, and the rate of interest :• Of the amount of the capital of the Bank of England on the 24th clay of February, 1854, and on the 21th day of February, 1855, stating the details of the said capital as to how invested, and if in Government Securities, showing the value per cent, of such securities on the above dates, and also the value per cent. of other than Government Securi ties held as capital by the Bank ofEngland on the samedates. Of the amount of the sum called the Rest in the Bank of England on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the particulars iu de tail of the amount of the said Rest, whether consisting of bank capital, profits, Government and other securities, specie, and Bank notes. Of the amount of other than Government securities held by the Bank of England on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 1855, stating the particulars of such securities, whether on real estate, mines, foundries, bonds, bills of exchange, or moneys, and how convertible and payable : of the amount of notes of the Bank of England on the 24th day of Feb ruary, 1854, and on the 21th day of February, 1855, stating the amount in 'circulation, and the amount held on those days by the Bank ; distinguishing separately the amount issued on acccount of the Bank capital, and on account of the bullion in the Bank : Aud, of the amount of moneys due as deposits in the savings' banks of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, separately, on the 24th day of February, 1854, and on the 24th day of February, 185, stating in what securities the said deposits are invested, whether in the Funds, Treasury Bonds, or other and wh a t secur iti es . Mr. WILSON said the returns could not be granted. The amendment was withdrawn. BREECH-LOADING ARMS. Mr. MAGUIRE brought under the notice of the house certain improvements in the manufacture of breech-load ing fire-arms, acct urge Z the importance of adopting such improvements in the British service. He parti cularly referred to Sharp's breech-loading rifle. The inventor of that arm was a few years ago a humble me chanic in America, but he introduced his invention to the American Government, and having been thoroughly tested and found to be the best weapon of the description in ex istence, it was now universally adopted in the American army. It was brought under the notice of the authorities at Woolwich, in May last, but although Dials and experi ments had since been made to test the value of the rifle no intimation whate - . er of the result had been communicated ' to those who wore the most interested in it. To-day the weapon had been tested at Lord Ranelagh's at Fulham, and ho would tell the house the result of the experiment. 1 The great advantage of the weapon was, that it could be loaded at the breech with only three movements, whereas the ordinary tale reviled eye, The minis Title could , 1 1 1 Enclosure No. 1. I nant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9. -To be Lieute- on the Bth November in the Harbinger. Ne at firol 400 Camp, Naval Brigade, Feb. 11, 1855. Emits, without pu t ehase.—E ns i gns R. E. B roo k es , E. J. outside the harlatur, :and on going in th ere were ! Lot Sir,—ln continuation of our proceedings, I have the ho- Dumaresque, A. Whitten, and J. S. Churehill, March 9. GO vessels lying in the harb..ur The harbour could t ir4 nour to inform you that we have been employed this week 47th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Richard T. Far- contained many more. They had a cargo of vegeta'., e , in carrying shot into the batteries. , Tile enemy continues yen to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9.' augmenting his defences and firing on our working parties To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensigns J. M. days they a ssians on the town. The ga r b , during the day. Several ineffectual sorties have been Straton, T. Young, 0. O. De Lanc3, W. C. R. Mylius, of al advance of the R.O ' . w ithin t ' Two after got u order to move, in consequiai made on the French during the past week. March 9. • busts I have also been getting up slops and provisions, and 48th Foot—Captain G. L. D. Arniel from half-pay un- Shaftesbury, laden with gunpowder, was lymgombus harbour ; but, another filled with the same c ~ _ a t have a supply for seven days of the latter in our store attached, to he Captain, without purchase, vice Du Bor- was outside. Saw then captain of the Resolute 0 °,,,,,i 0r.7. tents. diets, whose appointment, as stated in the Gazette of the before the hurricane. His vessel bad then been I have much pleasure in informing you of the healthy 2d February, 1855 has been cancelled, March 10. state of the brigade, having only 44 in the sick list, no seri- 49th Foot—To 'be Lieutenants, without purchase--En- outsidethe g aletihnee reased, harbour.h he ,s T h b o e u id captain either ( p C u a t p t o u . Lewis) to s 0 1 : rs ous cases, and victualling 998. . signs Charles John Cramer Roberts, from the 3M Font ; I have, &0., C. W. Chaplin, from the 56th Foot% H. J. Davies ; H. into the harbour, for lit was dangerous chored. Knew nothlna of where Cap S. LUSHINGTON. G. Rocvers • W. Madan • F. Powell, March 9. . hr" The br meter was low. but Ka yer gerolis ta w in he" Ch b r els:citric! 50thFoa—Major John Lucas Wilton to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, March 9. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns E. Leach, J. Lamb, F. Falk ner, E. J. Miller, March 9. 55th Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Henry C. B. Daubeney, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Palms Spread Morgan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 9. 57th Foot—To be Lieutenants, witbout purchase—En signs D'Arcy Curwen, H. D. M. Shute, C. G. Clarke, March 9. LBth Foot—Wm. Dunn Bond, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, who retires, March 9. 62d Foot—Major Robert Ambrose Shearman to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9. To be Lieutenant, without purchase—Ensigns W. Dying, T. A. F. Duff, and J. J. Rowan, March 9. TO be Ensign, with out purchase—Conrad Sawyer, Gent., March 9. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Hall, wharfinger, Purfleet Wharf, Camden Town. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Adams, licensed victualler, New.court, Goswell street, to surrender March 19 and April 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basioghall street ; Laurance, Flews, and Boyer. Robert Fowler, pork butcher, B tyford, Somerset, March 20 and April 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. at that time. Jairomete- ' taro apparent indications of the approach o f a 6 ;0 After the gale the /arbour. was encumbered ci) the - wrecks and portions of the cargoes of esil that had suffered. The Harbinger remain ed aboat weeks in the harbour after the storm. Capt. Cb u ri n i g :e and the transport staff came on board the illir" 1 " 0 1 after the storto, in coutiequence of his own vessel 1 0 . 11 11/ been damaged. When discharged, the cargo, "P!„1 5 oi the patatles, was qtite rotten: Some of the u - oi g t potatoes when taken an at Constantinople were if°, 4 bad. He did not think there War , room in the barrio for the whole of the 'vessels off Balaklava dori lv ° l o storm. At the same time the anchorage he We' very The dangerous. tiny committee adjourned at a quarter to bur twelve o'clock on Monday. , i • tell" It will have been seen, from our Parliamentari no gence of last evening, that a message bal been se t J' the House of Lords, asking' permission fur the St e t P hi once cf the Duke of CambriAge the Earl of Luca Earl E“rl of Cardigan, and Lord flardin ,, e on thi, COo'l to give evidence. The reply to the message will ill ' probability be returned this evening. George Major, builder, Swindon, Wilts, March 20 and April 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. official assignee, Bristol; Brown, Swindon; Prideaux, Bristol. Edward Burnell, baker, Houndaditch, March 15, at one, and April 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; G. and E. Hil leary, Fenchurch buildings, Fenchurch-street. Edward Carrington, grocer, Birmingham, March 24, and April 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittlesten, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. John Balkwill, boot-maker, Exeter, March 19 and April 19, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter. John Dixon Parry, brewer, Sutton, near St. Helen's, Lancivhire, March 23 and April 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liver pool ; Payne, Liverpool. Josiah Ga►fatt, tailor, Northwich, Cheshire. March 20 and April il, at eleven, at the Liverpool DiAr et Court. Horgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Liuklaters, Sise-lane, London ; Palgrave, Liverpool. Thomas Hall, bobbin manufacturer, 01 +ham, Lancashire, March 19 and April 16, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester. Patrick Shauley, boot and shoe dealer, Manchester, March z 0 and Ap►il 17, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Rowley and Son, Manchester. William Riley, James Lupton, Robert Halstead, and John Haworth, cloth manufacturers, Burnley, March 29 and April 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinsons and Last, Manchester. George Hutchison, timber-merchant, Palace-row, New road, March 20 at half-past two, and April 24 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Taylor, South-street,Fint-bury-square. Samuel Perkes (trading under the style of S. Perkes and Co.), engineer, Earl-street, Blackfriars, March 20 and April 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee • Indermaur, Devonshire-terrace, High street, Mai ylebone. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William York, builder, Glasgow James Sutherland, distiller, Inverness. Joseph Littlefair, tailor anti clothier, Glasgow. Henry Glass, manufacturer, Kirkaldy. BANK OF ] 4n Account pursuant to the Act 1 the Week ending on Saturda; ENGLAND, 'th and Bth Victoria, cap, 82, fcr 1• the 31 day of Mardi, 1855. =KENT. NOTTINGHAM RACES. ISSUE DEP, A Notes issued ........ 26,512,935 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,90 P Gold coin and bullion 0,512,985 Silverbullion........ - £26,512,%5 X 26,512,985 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ;55. Dated the Bth day of March, l& RANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Best .......... 3,1,34,524 Public deposits tin eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and PAJLTMENT. Government securities (ineludg.llead Weight Annuity) .......:.. 11;26,463 Other securittos ...... 15,0'2,782 ti‘ les . .......... 7,414 736 Gold and silver coin,. 676,849 Dividend Aecoluits) 5, 0 33,184 Other depoilis ...... 10,607,057 seven Day and other Bills . 913,059 £31,730,824 £34 73',224 M. SIAIISUALL, Chief Uashier. Dated the 9th day of March, I PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar coo.: puted from the returns made iu the week ending the 6tb March, 1855. is 2is ltd per hundredweight exclusive of the duties of Customs p.id or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Tlll3 DAY. Amsterdam ........ 11 16 1 ,4 Gibra' tar ~ Ditto, three months .. 1 i l 8 t L. IV orn lotterdam ............ 11 18!,4 Genoa ........•..... 25 52% Intwerp 25 37% A.tlan ...... • • .. •• irussels 25 37% Venice .......... amburgh .......... 13 6% Naples .• •• ..... 43% Altotta ............ Palermo ........ • • Pari5........ .. • • .... 25 15 Messina ..... 131 Ditto, three months 25 42% Lisbon Marseiles ....... 25 45 Oporto .. ............ 53N i tourdeaux Rio Janeiro ankfort•on Maine •• .. 118% Buclios Ayres.. ................ New York, 6o days' sight Vienna ..........•• •• 12740 Philadelphia .. Trieste.... ........ .. 12 45 PRICES OF BULIICN, PER OZ. Petersburg ............ 35% Foreign Go1•t in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid ............... 49% •. Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 acliz •••.••• •• iarcelona ............ 9w Dollars 0 0 •• ......... 'Silver in bars • 0 5 114, ARMY BEFOR/? SEBASTOPOL CUM- MITTEE.-(T.EIS DAY.) (Continued from our first edition. ) The Rev. E. G. Parker, chaplain of the Ist Division of the Army, was next called. He stated that he arrived in the Crimea at the beginning of December. A great ,teal of sickness prevailed when he got there. The medical attendance was good, as far as the professional gentlemen were concerned ; but there was a great defi ciency of medicines. In the h:)spita's the men had fresh meat every day. He often heard the medical men ay they wished to administer opium and other medicines, but that they could not obtain them. The medical men attended assiduously to their duties until they became invalided themselves. If he had not been for some time in South America, where he had been a great deal amongst yellow fever, he' questioned whether he should have been able to withstand the effluvia in the hospi tal tents. He often had to retire from them, and one of his brother clergymen bad to be carried out. When a man died he was wrapped up in his blanket and carried to the grave, and sometimes the body was buried ; but this was not always observed, as a practice prevailed of digging up the bodies to steal the blankets. Th ere were niany wilt dogs about the camp, but it was more pro bable that they fed upon the dead horses, and did not crateh up the bodies of the dead. The exertions made ) . 5 , the officers of the Guards were such as to make those egiments more comfortable than other portions of the army. There were 8 other chaplains besides himself, but lie was the only one who could bear the duty they had to perform. He hail only done so with much difficulty, and was at length obliged himself to yield. He had a norse for his use and an allowance for forage, but he could scarcely get any hay. They had a tent to them 'elves. He thought the hospital tents were not at all ulapted for the purpose. He went into the Turkish ',ants and found them very much better than the Eng lA. Scurvy, dysentery, and diarrhoea were the diseases (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH .) INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Helmet Kennyside Hero Whitelock Miss Allen Falcon Swill Parcel Five ran. CASTLE STAKES. Leybonrr a Whitelock Poor Maria F.,nr ran. HURDLE RACE. Tom Gurney Warwick Star of England , f the camp-- - broughl'about by cold, salt meat, and xposure to the weather. The men complained that the inroasted coffee aggravated their maladies, and some of the officers bought chests of tea for their use. Lime luice was also supplied to them to prevent scurvy. When he was in the Crimea a medical commission had arrived there, and were taking evidence. The hospital at Bala flay& was very much crowded. There was a depot of oedicines at Balaklava when he arrived. What it ;ontained be could not tell. He thought he was there !tiring the very worst part of the bad weather. rhe troops were, generally speaking, very badly off for but were never entirely without it. The snow on she ground of course increased the difficulty of finding 'outs and brushwood for fuel. He thought the sickness .nd mortality which prevailed w.rs in a great degree attributable to the want of a good supply of fuel. The cam clothing was not supplied to the Ist Division intil within a day or two of the time he left, and then t was not complete. The commissariat department r the Ist Division was very fairly administered. l'hers was never a deficiency of ration.. The hospital darquees were lined, but the tents were not. He was attended himself by the medical staff, and was reated with the greatest kindnesi by them and the offl- Trs generally. Never saw Lord Raglan or any member f his staff in the hospital tents. He had made repre entations as to the crowded state of the hospitals to the edjutant General and Quartermaster-General, but they vere not attended to. Some huts were being raised vhen he left. It was his opinion that when tho hot .feather came on Ba'aklava would be a most unhealthy lace, and a plague would be very likely to break out. ilia only remedy he could for the present suggest was 'e burning with fume all those bodies which were un nried. lie should think Balaklava, at the best of Imes, was not a very healthy place in summer. Nothing .1 the shape of waterproof was used in the hospital lilts. The men lay in their blankets in the tents, and ; ) e water might have penetrated to them bad he not ;Aken precautions to see that the ditches round the mar gees were cleared nut by the orderlies. He came away the 16th January. The officers of battalions and , articular regiments were very rittenlive in visiting the , r , pitals, and paid for condirts for the invalids at their wn expense.__ _ _ FOREST PLATE. Captain Bellacett, of the Harbinger, was next called. t af! *Ad that, he atriyed et the harlypr of B g h t ig aira _ Seven ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE' ~••••"' ~..'"' TATTERSALL'S.—TnessDAT' 0 , 10 . , be The room was very thinly a tt en d e d, mos t . of a t h ti makers who started en the " s p r i ng circuit"; t ,, 0' ) ; ginning of the week havin g gene "t o 05.5 c 0u1y Nottingham meeting, after re new i ng wi th an e' Tat amount of success their practice at Coventry c' n and at Liverpool on Wednesday. at • The subjoined list co m p r i ses a ll the bets tb" laid in the course of the afternoon : GREAT METROPOLITAN. - 100 to 10 agst Fandango (taken) 100 to 10 agst Pharsalus (taken) 200 to 16 agst Paletot (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 41 agst Marc Antony (taken) 0 260 to 5 agst Weathercock Os 1/11i Marc Antony is gone into the DaneburY be prepared for this event. ,ie ote, THE DERBY. 150 to 25 agst St. Hubert (taken and offered) 600 to 50 agst Givenlus Duriens * 531 625 to 25 agst Oulston (taken) 2000 to 30 apt Sir George (taken) /10,V NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING • " de- A The TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs eac h, wit h hod 8 e rt three-yr-olds and upward s . O ne m ile ea" 0 ) 1 12 subs. f friti c) l Mr. Wood's Lady V ernon , 5 yrs, B s t . 10 1 b ("7c o nle' r ) Mr. T. Taylor's Bl ac k Pepper, 3yrs, 6-t 71 , 1 ' ') Mr. T. Parr's Wantage, 3. y rs, 6a - t. 91b (°' (iS r° l3 l2l 4 , Mr. :Edwards 's Small Parce l, yrs Bst llb Betting.- Even on L a d y Vernon', 3 V A l tesg - t , Pepper. W on eas il y b y half a length. "i 0 a half between th e second and third, an d t ' 3 ' l the third and fou r th. P ace good throt4b ll- c 1), FAI b9 I The GRAND STAND H ANDICAP of 5 80' 1 , 3 e fC,,..,'" 1 I added, the second to Sav e hi s stake (i - ,A11); Mr. Mathers's Eva, 4 yrs. Bst 2lb Mr. T. Bancroft's Helmet, 4 - yrs, • (!)clu a g e 4 ll ) ' Mr. Blythe's Poor Maria, 3 y rs , E st 71b f () , Mr. C ates's Massa Mungo, aged, Bst 2 1 b* , 7 the r i . o9„ • Betting-5 to 4 agst Eva, 3to 1 agst ° qt r made all the running ; Helmet, who was A - 0 0 41 ,0 second place at the distance, and a good set t Sleep h e was beaten, however, by half a length. T hr. tbir ° between the second and third and between th e ill fourth. CO' J‘ j Th The Nottingham Spring H an di ca p of 10 sece fiec or pc and 3 only if declared, wi th 50 added. e 0 0 , r zJ ' ; save his stake. Ext ra we i g ht for cert alll dee' s if o One mile aud a half. 45 subs., 15 cf w h llde r pl M r. J. Dawson's J.. ck Leeming, aged, 7st 91b i k elio rlol Mr. T. V. Turner's Miss Allen, 4 yrs , 7st tv (r , Mr. Mather's Whitelock, 4 yrs, 6st 81b ****** se , e The following also ran :—Sylvia, Black St '2l Betting-5 to 2 ap t Jack Lenliog, 'fog', tM Whitelock, 4 to 1 each e a k Tst Black Swan enu hpt wee" Won easily by a length; same distance "'" 01 1,1 second and third ; bad fourth. with s') The L the John Stakes o f 5 so y a e ach, WI lib. 9 , for two-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, ners extra. The second to says his s ea re half a mile. 23 subs. ( Mr. T. Parr's Coroner, Bst 71b ................ ••0416 1 ' Mr. Scadlock's Garnet, Bst 41b - P 1 ) 1 1 ) . Ael al 1 Mr. T. Taylor's fby Slane—Ostrogoth's '10" ) (A 09 fillies, Bst;e, (Ob e i t ° Mr. Brown's Sister to Broughton, Est 411)..i‘ b , Y d The following also ran : —Keepsake, She ld. Buccleuch, Frederick, Knighton, St. Al'l 3 ! ty s ila Betting-5 to 2 apt Bold Bucclo lo 4 l o l°lfr Sister to Br iughton, sto 1 ag st Garnet, v ecl‘ Arnaud. A fine race; won b 3, a head ;a " second and third, good fourth. The Park Stakes did not fill. 6. 5, , ' ol ll° ETI ) 1 1 LIVERPOOL SPRING ,i o ve Additional Particul ars o f th e G r and P A rr ,.. ° ill )1 W A Chase.—Betting at starting :Bto 1 art 12 if 1 7 P 0 j agst Miss Mowbray, 6 to 1 apt Danger° ll V 5" t ,1 0 ,, Needwooi, 15 to 1 apt lastion, 20 to '3 tigl e ll',"; Little Charley, and Maurice Daley, 100 14 ; „, and Garland. The winner. who was not t ole ° VI. ket," ran well up in front throughout. " j ;rziel er 0 1 ; led over the last flight of hurdles, , second, and Wanderer, in close attA .. .m - beAl:cio Half-way up the distance Maurice 17. sn Wanderer headed Free Trader. Al' e t . race in, the latter was beaten by two - 1e , n lift",; ( 1 , „"1 third. Janus was fourth, and Danier°,ll;3o°V,t hind them at long intervals came Buret o' e an d fe ll b e Nugget. Garland, B oun d away , • ,1)1• 10 ' 4 0, 1o t walked in, in the ord er name d. Mice • 5n 4 1er r , 1 ,4 1 Beecher's Brook the seco n d ti ne roue°, "j s . O t verely injured that s he di e d soon afterOr be ifr o r , 4 was unhurt. In going up t o th e brook ' d t hre J oA cb'e the middle of the ruck. Pimpern, who M he ldr e 10 mishaps early in the r ace , was pu ll e d tlP: F ee ° 'jP" r 'l the stand the first time. Peter fell at tu e n d,' oll oV beyond Beecher's Brook the first time Y 0 , 1 Charley and Needw oo d f e ll soon a f t er 10- ro lf b e 9 6 Brook the second ti me . H a lf- an d-Ile' 1/ On the course 1,000 t o 20 was taken "" ton for the Chester Cup. COUNTEY 4CA.Rii° ;' to'fi: DERBY SMITHFIELD.—gi k ''t bef j 'fen' 0 f 1) 1 bet There was but a moderate supply' of, - ''„ ( 1 or 01 3. t ioo' there being none from the North of .Evg'‘`"Tbe The best sorts were scarce and well 50h " f, - w ere sheep was fully an average one, wittou,„ a. - too #,J I The supply of pigs large. Fat and atol l 1 r f • f, 0 0 numerous, and lower in price. ..„130„ A to,, toj The following were the quotations • Da l, I," 6. tr mutton, 7d Co 7,d ; lamb, Od to Od ; c 7,.b ~ lb. ; pigs, 9s Gd to 9s 9d per score ; r° 111•°10" per 141 b. ; hides, 36d to 4id per lb ; per lb. t --- - BiBT/13. Jo „.,00 OF • SON. ~ / CO.- On the 7th inst., at Seuthsea, the 19 11° ' Gro ff P. Brenton von Donop, of H.M.S. 'Vulcan. p e O n ru n the ddo c 7 k t h e . i E r i t s s t q .., , Ch OP • DAUGHTXB• e wit . . 0f at of H Co are m f p ° to rd ni s Par treekt : lll". ---... ili' • On the 6th inst., at S A L B L R uk i e' ll e g l) Ci el r o 7; l*Tit3' T .c y lstii i i : liams, Esq., to Sarah , youngest daugbtel 10, o° Revell, Rs+, of Chelsea' Hospital•. i p 4., ° ,. f , / 1 4r til On the 7th inst., Henry L. Raton ° ',,t' lie sv "„tte , .., ton-street, Gordon square, second can to - fignr''' Ow' / Esq. of Bedford-place, Russell- s quare, f Ante t°l l„/ daughter of the late N. Raphael, EQ. , ° __..---- joil ° .D IS D. .11tr ee ‘ t. Barn Ozer° of On the 7th inst., at his residenee, In fair er ' of 'd. Hollins, Esq., A.R.A. g o v nbus, s onltir On the 16th ult., in the Crimea, 0 1 --- wag Ce" Franklin Knight Kirby, 93 1 Flighlantl,,ar.stbp 0 , ,00 late Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Cox . 0 -` 511°"1. ham, aged 19. DO W Il ef ‘ On the 16th ult., on board the Croostle, o f the . a Monsell, vicar of Eghano, aged 18. , ~,,t du n g - pe e Bewley Monsen, 19th Regiment, eldest on ' mo d:: On the 7th inst. at Clifton, Mary . e'''' d ihsoto , / late Rev. Sir J. G. Thomas, Bait., of J3O .nrtfO° —_.-------------, .f - 1 01 .... TI DDIJ LONDON: Printed and Published by Dl' nd i g e, ~,1 ~, at - f()1' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, et. -.'"' tbe Strand, in the Precinct of the n i .c. i 112' =Om, iridiri Marcia PI Pr' ..._ _ _. _ . _ ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. On the question that 1,3,7,500/. be voted for the expense of works, buildings, and repairs, Lord SEYMOUR complained that the vote was exces sively high, considering the large Ordnance exp:nditure which must take place this year abroad. He asked for some explanation relative to the establishment of barracks at Aldershot. he wanted to know what was its object, and whether it was to be of a temporary or permanent character. He should also like to know what number of men the build ing would accommodate. Mr. MONSELL said the barracks would be partly tem porary and partly permanent. The temporary barracks were required for the immediate accommodation of troops and the militia, so as to obviate the necessity of resorting to the demoralising system o>i billeting. (Hear, hear.) Besides, it would give the troops the advantage of being drilled in large masses. It was believed that these barracks, which would be built partly at Aldershot and partly at the curragb. of Kildare, would accommodate 50,000. The permanent barracks to be erected at Alder shot would be sufficient to lodge 20,000 men. The tempo rary barracks at Aldershot would have 20,000 men allotted to them, and those at the Curragh of Kildare 10,000. Mr. E. ELLICE had seldom heard a more alarming statement than that just made by the hon. member. War was an exceptional stale of things, and not the normal state of things which we bad to provide for in this country, and that being so, he thought this barrack scheme was far more extensive than was absolutely necessary. (LEFT SPEARING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ADMIRALTY, MARCH 8. Despatches, ;1;1:Icli the following are copies, have been received from Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart , G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK BY THE RUSSIANS ON EUPATORIA. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, Sin, February 20, 1855. I have the honour to enclose, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies of two letters which I have received from Captain. Hastin g s, of the Curacoa, Senior Officer at Eupatoria, reporting an unsuccessful attack made upon that place, at daybreak, on the 17th inst., by a large Rus sian force of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, and enclosing a letter from Omer Pasha, expressing warm acknowledg ments for the great services rendered by her Majesty's ships Curacoa, Valorous, Furious, and Viper, as well as his Highness's thanks for the reinforcements of steamers which I had sent to him on hearing that the enemy was still in force in his neighbourhood. . . 2. Captain Hastings appears tohave conducted his share of the defeneo with his accustomed zeal and ability, and to have been well and effectively seconded by Captains Buckle and Loring and Lieutenant Brock, and the officers, sea men, and marines of all her Majesty's ships present on that occasion. 3. Colonel Simmons, of the Royal Engineers, who is attached to Omer Pasha's Staff, estimates the attacking force at 40,000 of all arms, and ho states that as many as sixty guns, some of them 32-pounders, played upon the place at one time. 4. I understand that at nine o'clock the enemy's in fantry formed under the shelter of a wall, at 350 yards from the place, and advanced to the attack, but were re pulsed with considerable loss, and soon afterwards retired, leaving nearly two hundred dead on the nearest spot, and removing the rest of their dead from the more distant parts of the field. 5. Omer Pasha's army appears, from the latest and most authentic accounts, to have had nearly a hundred men killed and about two hundred and fifty wounded, and to have had eighty artillery horses killed, and some guns much damaged. 6. The Banshee has brought me a report from Captain Hastings up to neon 'yesterday, at which time the enemy remained encamped about five miles from Enpatoria, with his left leaning on the Putrid Lake Sasik ; whilst Omtr Pasha, with the garrison, having been reinforced after the battle by further Turkish troops, brought over from Varna in British transports, as well as by the Dauntless, Curlew, Arrow, and Lynx, sent by ree from hence, and by two French steamers sent by Admiral Bruat, awaited an attack with, confidence in a favourable result.—l am, &e., ED. LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Enclosure No. 1. Her Majesty's ship Caracoa, Eupatoria, Feb. 17, 1855. Sir,-- I have the honour to acquaint your Excellency that, this morning about, 6 . 30 a.m., the Russians in consi derable force attacked the Turkish troops which are en camped at this place under the command of his Highness Omer Pacha. The ships under my command at this anchorage, which are narnekin the margin,* immediately proceeded under steam to close the flanking position of the Turkish en trenchmonts,—Valorous and Viper taking the loft flank, and Curacoa. and Furious the right. About half an hour after the commencement of the attack, I received from his Highness O►ner Pacha, a request to strengthen as much as possible the right flank, as the enemy were pressing their attack upon that point. The Viper was immediately recalled, and from her light draught of water was enabled to effect good service, as also the three other ships in their respective positions. The conduct of the captains, officers, seamen, and ma rines under my command on this occasion deserves your Excellency's approbation. —I have, &c., (Signed) G. F. HASTINGS, Captain. P.S.—The French and Turkish vessels also did good service in their respective positions which they took up. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H., &c. * Her Majesty's ships Valorous, Furious, and Viper. Enclosure No. 2. Her Majesty's Ship Curacoa, Eupatoria, February 18, 1855. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your memorandum of yesterday's date, relative to my re port of the Russians having attacked this place on the 17th inst., as communi ca t e d by the steam-transport Queen of the South, and beg to inform you that the reinforce ment of vessels mentioned therein have duly arrived here; and that I immediately informed his Highness Omer Pasha of the reinforcement being sent to his support, who begged me to offer to your Excellency his warmest thanks. In the late attack the Turks suffered a loss of 83 men killed, 250 wounded, and 78 horses killed. The loss on the part of the Russians cannot be ascertained. No further attack has been made ; but the Russians still remain in force about five miles from Eupatoria, and large reinforcements, both of men and waggons, are daily arriving, from the road to Simpheropol. If the Arrow's services could be spared she would be of great assistance here.—l have, &c., (Signed) G. F. HASTINGS, Captain. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., &c., &o. Enclosure No. 3. Quartier-General d'Eups.toria, 17' Fevrier, 1855. MONSIEUR LE CAPITAINE,—Pendant l'attaq*e clue les Russes out tentee ce matiu sur la ville d'Eupatoria avec des forces considerables, l'escadre do la marine de sa Ma juste Britannique qui se trouvait Mans la rade sous votre commandement, a beaucoup contribuo par les dispositions quo vous avez prises, par lour prompts execution et par la justesse du tir de votre artillerie , <L rewire infruz.tueux les efforts de l'eunemi et It assurer le succes de la journee. En vous transmetLnt mes vives remerciments jo VOUI prio d'être aupres de vos officiers et marins l'interpreto do mos sentiments d'estime et de reconnaissance. Recevez, Monsieur le Capitaine, les assurances de ma consideration tres•distinguee. Lo Generalissimo de l'armee Ottomane. (Signe) OMER, A l'Honorable Capitaine Hastings, R.N., Officier Superieur a Eupatoria, a bout Curacoa. OCCURRENCES IN NAVAL BRIGADE. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, Feb. 20, 1855. Sir,—ln continuation of my letter of the 7th instant, No. 103, I enclose, for the information of the Lords Com missionors of tho Admiralty, two letters from Captain Lushington, detailing the proceedings of the Naval Bri gade since that date, and reporting their extraordinary good health.—l have, &c., ED. LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in -Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London, WHITEHALL, MARCH 5. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , granting to the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., the offices of Chancel lor and Urder Treasurer of her Majesty's Exchequer. WHITEHALL, MARCH 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. ; the . Right Honourable Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart. ; Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck ; Adam Duncan Haldane, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Dun can) ; and Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Esq. ;—to be Commissioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Her mann Von Ronn as Consul at Port Elizabeth fur the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 8. _ The Queen has been pleased to appoint Theodore Walrond Fuller, Esq., to be a Stipendiary Magistrate in the Island of Trinidad ; and Captain John McCourt, to be a Member of the Fxecutive and Legislative Councils of her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 7. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PABLIA, MENT County of Stirling—Peter Blackburn, of Killearn, Esq. in the room of William Forbes, Esq., dezeased. ,Borough of Stroud—Edward Horsmau, Esq., Chief Sec retary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 9. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet W. R Rich arils to be Lieutenants, by purchase, vice Sir E. H. Hut chinson, Bart., whose promotimn by purchase, on the 13th Feb., has been cancelled ; Frederick Drummond Hibbert, Gent., to be Cornet, without p urc h ase —M arc h 9. 6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant T. C. N. Norbury to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires ; Cornet T. Bott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nor bury—March 9. Ist Dragoons—Cornet F. T. Hallifax, from the 9th Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase, March 9. 3d Light Dragoons—Cornet A. E. Mansel to be Lien• tenant, by purchase, vice Slade, promoted in the 6th Dragoons, March 9. 6th Dragoons—Lieutenant W. H. Slade, from the 3 l Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Peel, who retires, March 9. 7th Light Dragoons—Regimental Serjeaat-Major George Haynes to be Riding Master, March 9. 9th Light "moon s—God frey Thomas Frallifax. Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gordon promoted, March 9. 10th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Fraser, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Webster, deceasel, March 9. Ist Regiment of Font Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Montgomery to be Lieutenant• Colonel, without pur chase, March 9. 4th Foot — Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Sadlier to he Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns Thomas Bur ridge, E. C. George, J. J. Grinlinton, March 9. 7th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel T. St. Vincent H. C. Tronbridge to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur chase, March 9. To be Lieutenant, without purchase— Ensigns A. Bennett, W. L. L. G. Wright, C. H. Malan, F. G. Beauchamp, March 9. To be Ensign, without purchase—Wm. Pryce Browne, Gent.-, March 9. 9th Foot—Major Charles Elmhirst to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign W. H. Burland ; Ensign J. H. Cum ming, March 9. 14th Foot — Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James Watson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. To be Lieu tenants, without purchase—Ensign J. D. Bradley ; Ensign R. Harman • Ensign H. W. H e t t en . T o b e E ns i gn, without purchase—Serjeant-Major John Glancy, March 9. 17th Foot—Major Arthur Lowry Cole to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, March 9. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns A. EL Utterson, J. Lee, W. Robinson, March 9. To be Ensign, without purchase— Lieutenant Frederick Maycock, from the Cambridge Mi litia, March 9. 18th Foot—Brevet -Lieutenant-C, lonel Clement Alex ander Edwards to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur chase, March 9. To be Lieutenants, without purchase— Ensigns E. L. Dillon, A. T. Frederick. C. Hothatn March 0 To be Ensign, without purchase—Lieutenant John Mother well, from the 3d Royal Lancashire Militia, March 9. 19th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tinett to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9. To be Lieutenants. without tputchase Ensigns H. J. Browne, R. Molesworth, J. R. Dalton, E. St.' J. Griffiths, March 9. 20th Foot Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh D. Crofter to be Lieuteumt-bolmel, without purchase, March 9. T( be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieutenant Barrington. G. Dashwood, from the 36th Foot; Ensign P. Geraghty Ensign J. T. V. Kirkby. To bo Ensign, without pur chase—Charles Gustavus Rochfort, Gent. March 3. 21st Foot — Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. S.. Lord West to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Lieu tenant Henry King to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hon W. G. Boyle, appointed to the Coldstream Guards. March 9. 23d Foot — Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry William Banbury to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign the Honourabb Nathaniel Fiennes, Ensign J. Lawrence, March 9. 28th Foot—Major Robert Julian Baumgartner to b , L i eutenant-Colonel without purchase, March 9. To Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns F. C. Irwin, J Twaites, March 9. 30th ' Foot — Brevet - Lieutenant-Colonel James Brodie Patullo to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase March 9. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign M. B. Field, J. Moon, F. St. George Smyth, N. W. Massey, March 9. 33d Foot—Major John Douglas Johnstone to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9. To b, Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns J. Thompson and G. T. Worthington, March 9. To be Ensign, without purchase—Ensign W. Bally, froth the 32d Foot, March 9. 34th Foot --Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Richard D. Kelly to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Er:- sign Robert Reay to be Lieutenant, without purchase, March 9. 36th Foot—Ensign Richard B. Lloyd - to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Dashwood, appointed to the 20t! Foot, March 9. 38th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant•Colonel James Pattour Sparks to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign an. Adjutant John Evans; Ensigns W. D. Bayly, and W. Hume, March 9. To be Adjutant—Ensign John Evans vice Berwick, promoted, March 8. 39th Foot—Lieutenant T. C. Baird, to 'ee Capt..in without purchase, vice Greenham, dece a s e d, Feb, 1: ; Frederick Standish Hore, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 9. - 41st Foot—Major Julius Edmund Goodwyn to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, without purchase; Captain Robert Car, Barnard to be Major, by purchase, vice Maydwell, ap pointed to a Depot Battalion. To be Lieutenants, with out purchase—Lieutenant E. J. Laughlin, from the 2, West India Regiment ; Ensigns James Baird ; John Me Kay, from the School of Musketry at Hythe ; W. J Johnson ; H. E. Byam ; A. H. Wavell ; A. H. Hall ; J. King, March 9. 42d Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Tulloch, to be Lieutenant Colonel ; Lieutenant J. G. Campbell t. be Captain, by purchase, vice Rollo, promoted, March To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensigns Wain). Lawson and W. Baird, March 9. To be Ensign withou purchase Ensign William Pemberton Hesketh, from tle Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifles Militia, March 9. 44th Foot.—Major Charles William Dunbar St .valey t( ba Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 9. T. be Lieutenants, without purchase.—Ensigns J. J. Ken (tall and T. 0. loworth, March 9. 16th Foot,—/Aajoz Alonador Maxwell to b e Lieu* BL 1111 t Court of I tAL (-(n i'allY of the Bat be heid o rAa, that* elect 1G en tt another G kiZaY t the 10th April nt ! t toon, for the ii Year ensuing, itte * . Lou 4 will be cot 4.11,.11eet a nd during ti for the ElectionG Iht Qu Arterly et tttlon of the Twenty !ti over. 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