The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-20 00:00:00

TI EN SUN . - Minor, where it wouldbe easy to raise such a body amongst the tribes of Anatolia. Mr. JOHN M`GREGGOR (who rose amid so me confu sion) said, that if the house would not give him a hearing, he should move that the Chairman report progress. (Oh'.) In spite of the sneers which met hire from hon. gentlemen opposite (on the Ministerial benches), he wished t o express his opinions upon the question which had caused so much excitement throughout the country. He wished to saythat he had great confidence in the noble lard at the head of the Government, but that he had no confidence in the Cabinet which the noble lord had formed, for it was a Cabinet condemned alike by the country, by this house, and, with one exception by every public paper in the kingdom. (" Oh, oh !" and laughter.) With regard to what had been said of our officers, he would state his belief that there was no officer more deserving of our admiration than was Sir Colin Campbell for his conduct in the field ; and of the Duke of Cambridge he would also observe that there wag not in the whole course of history a record of more heroic conduct than that exhibited by his Royal Highness. He could not allow that, as to these two officers at least, there was any want of bravery or of military skill. (Hear, hear.) But then he came to the supplies sent out to our army, and on this subject he would express his belief that there was not a single house of respectability in London, in Liverpool, or Glasgow that would not be ashamed of the manner in which these supplies had been sent out. Every merchant sent out supplies in a satisfactory manner. Take, for example, the house of Green and Co. (Laughter.) Yes but not " green" in their experience and mode of conduct ing busizesa. The Admiralty were "green"—(laughter)— and the Commissariat wero " green." (Hear, hear, and laughter.) But he was referring to Messrs. Green and Co., the great shipowners, and if they examined into the sub ject they would find that all their cargoes were delivered in proper order and according to schedule, while, as to our own ships, nobody seemed to know where to find the arti cles which composed their cargoes. We had a new Go vernment. Yes ! But had we new men to carry out the views and the honest designs (as he believed them to be) of that Government? Nothing of the kind. They had found it a matter of ease and comfort to take the actual staff of blundering subordinates already in existence. Then they were threatened with a dissolution of Parliament. For his own part, he never could go to his constituents so comfort ably as he could now. But he believed that those members who had voted, or who should vote, in opposition to in quiry would, on going to their constituents, find themselves in a miserable position. (Cheers and laughter.) Speaking in the fall spirit of an independent member, he deplored the position of the noble lord, and deplored his choice of a Cabinet which, he repeated, did not possess the confidence of the country. Mr. RICH observed that the increase in the number of troops during the present year was 35,000, besides an ar rear of 5,000 voted last year, but who could not be raised on account of recruits not coming forward. He thought the allowance of 20,000 for casualties extremely low, as unhappily there had not been fewer than 30,000 during the past year in the Crimea. He thought it was a most seri ous subject, and requested to know the total number of the army. According to the vote, 40,000 men were to be raised. The casualties were put at 20,000, but he was sure 40,000 would be nearer the mark. Before the house came to a vote, it ought to be informed how the force was to be kept up. Mr. H. DRUMMOND said there would be no objection on the part of the house to vote certain sums which had been asked for. They had voted nearly the same sums last yea:—for instance, for the clothing, but the clothing never got there—(lau g ht er )— an d h e h a d heard no statement to explain how the clothes which they were going to pay for would also arrive at their destination. The house was going to vote a certain number of horses ; they had horses last year, but they had been starved to death. (Hear.) They were going to send out horses to the Crimea, but it had not been stated, either that night or at any other time whether any alteration had been made since that time twelve months which might show thehouse that they were not going to starve the horses again. He was of opinion that the house ought not to vote 9,000 horses to be starved to death—(hear)—and he asked what machinery had they now—what man had they who would say, " These things shall not be ; do your duty, or I will turn you out, every one of you ?" A man of strong mind and will was wanted, and not a twaddling red.-tapist who would starve the troops. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. NE WDEGATE hoped the committee would consi der that this was already the 19th of February, and would insist upon knowing whether means were being taken to provide the troops in the Crimea with clothing for sum mer. He should repe a t hi s ques ti on th a t d a y wee, and he hoped the Under-Secretary for the War Department would get up and say that this clothing was in progress; for it was surely time that it was being prepared. With respect to the cavalry, he had heard that they had no horses. If they wanted horses fit for immediate service, he hoped that they would not rely upon such horses as they could pur chase for 401., unless some limit was assigned to prepare them for the exposure they would have to undergo. If they were at once taken from the warm stables of England to the pickets in the Crimea, they would die like rotten sheep. He trusted that Government would take care that these horses should be immediately put through some course to prepare them for the service they would have to meet. He had been informed that some of the irregular cavalry in India had volunteered for service in Turkey. Why had these men not been made use of ? He trusted that Government would not reject this proposal, which would give them seasoned troops and seasoned horses for the ensuing campaign. He eulogised the conduct of the regimental officers, which had been as far before those of other nations as their men had been before the men of other nations. They had always won the victory, and they had only asked for one condition, namely, that they should be brought face to face with the enemy. Where, then, was the failure ? Were the duties of the transport service or of the commissariat performed by members of the aris tocracy ? Was the medical department in the hands of the aristocracy? The failure in the Crimea was due to the commissariat, to the miserable substitute for the transport service, and to the inefficient staff of medical officers. Now he (Mr. Newdegate) maintained that the gentlemen and noblemen of England engaged in the service of the country in regimental or in high commands had done their duty. (Hear, hear:) But those which were called the civil departments had lapsed into a miserable state of con fusion. There appeared to be amongst them no mind of sufficient calibre to rectify the evils engendered by a long period of peace. It was, in his opinion, those civil de partments, and not the aristocratic branches of the army, in which the failures had occurred or to which the cala mities in the Crimea were to be attributed. (Hear.) Mr. OP WAY said it was to the inaptitude of the gentle men who composed the important branches of the service that the failures were owing. He meant the staff of the army. (Hear.) There was in this conntry an establish ment ably conducted by professors of eminence, to which every officer in the army could have access by applying for it. They might there learn everything necessary to fit them for staff duties ; and he believed this establishment sent out annually 30 officers fitly qualified for every department of the army. Unfortunately, however, these officers were hardly ever appointed to staff situations— (hear) —and the consequence was, that the staff of the English army was so inefficient that it brought upon it the derision of every foreign officer who might come into contact with it. (Hear.) He had no objection to the vote, and he was surprised that the number of troops asked for was so small, if the Govern ment thought there was a chance of procuring more. He could not, however, help expressing his regret that, consi dering the deficiencies of the military system, the hon. gen tleman the Under Secretary of the 'War Department (Mr. F. Peel) should not have inaugurated his advent to the office by expressing his intention of introducing modifications into some parts of that system. For instance, the manner in which commissions were purchased in the service was a most ridiculous arrangement. Some steps had been taken in the right direction • but the system of the F renc h army ought to be carried out, by which a certain number of va cancies amongst the officers were filled up from the ranks. The result was, that every man who joined the ranks of the French army could rely upon it, that if he distinguished himself in battle, or in any other way, he was ce r t a i n o f being promoted t o the rank of officer, which was his right. He had suggested before that the cavalry from India should be employed in Turkey, but the proposition had been coldly received. Why did they not send for some regiments from India? There were the Sikh, Scinde, and Goorkab regiments, who were excellent soldiers and well-mounted, as every one who had seen the Arab horses upon which the cavalry in India were mounted would admit. He knew that in the campaign in Cabul and Affghanistan there were less casualties amongst these horses, which were never in stables but always picketed, than there were upon or dinary service in England. There was another point in the purchase system which deserved serious attention—viz., with reference to the pensions of widows of officers who fell not in active service, but who died in the service of their country from other causes. They had had to deplore the loss of several members of the house, some of whom had fallen in battle, some from sickness. What was the case with regard to one member of the house—an officer in the Guards. He must have paid some 8,0001. or 9,0001. for his commission. He did not mean to presume to enter into any family affairs, but he had a right to presume that that man was like the generality of officers, not a man of large fortune. Supposing he was a married man, and left children unprovided for, it was unjust that, this officer having died from sickness under ouch circumstances, his wife and family should have no provision from the State. The next thing he heard was that the eldest son of a peer, one of the richest men in England, was appointed to the - vacant commission without purchase. It was a monstrous injustice that a commission in the Guards, which ought to be the reward of distinguished merit, should, under these circumstances, have been obtained without any purchase money being paid by that officer, or at least some money being paid into the fund out of which the pensions were provided. Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, the hon. and gallant officer who began this discussion entered into an argument upon the general arrangements which her Majesty's Government have made with regard to the war. He stated his opinion thatlla this country, not being, as he con ce i ves , a m ilit ary engage —in ought n o t, w h en it em b ar k e d— or was compelled to - 7 -in war with Russia, to have attempted any opera tions with a y militar force, but ought to have confined it self entirely to naval operations ions by the fleet ; and he seemed to think that it to blockade the wouldßna have been sufficient to send a fleet fleet to blockade thealta:,4 n ports in the Baltic, and. another ports in the Black Sea, and .that by these mean s we Russian to should have b een a bl e t o coerce n the Russian Government compel the m t o acce d e t o the terms we might have thought fit to require. Now, I and most entirely differ from th e h on. t t gallant member upon that point. It is manifest, I thin everybody that the mere action of a naval force ne ver ° exercised such a coercion upon the Government o u f l t Russi a as to accomplish any dec isive or useful results. I ' d o n; entirely the assertion the hon. and gallant member has made, that the operations of the navy were attended by no result. He said that we had sent out a magnificent fleet to the Baltic, and that it same back without having done anything. I utterly deny that. (Hear.) In the first place, it destroyed that which was the beginning of a great naval position at Borearsund, intended to have been even on a greater scale than Cronstadt—and was this nothing to have accomplished ? Does the hon. and gallant member forget that in the Russian ports in the Baltic there were from 27 to 30 sail-of the-line, from 27 to 30 frigates, together wi th steamers and sm a ll er vessels in abundance ? And if wo had bot had a large and formidable naval power in the Baltic, you would have had the whole of this fleet scouring the teas — (hear)—ravaging your commerce, threatening your shores, and inflicting injury and disgrace on this country. (Hear.) I say, therefore, that it is unfair, unjust, and un true to assert that the fleet accomplished nothing, when it cooped up this formidable power during the whole of the season when it might have visited this country, which was thus kept free from that detriment it might otherwise have suffered from the escape even of a portion of the Russian fleet. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the military opera tions which we undertook, it ie plain that if you intended to bring R uss i a to terms you must strike a- blow some wMeneje.... Would the h on . an d ga ll an t mem b er h ave had us a vict army into C en t ra l R uss i a ? W e m i g h t have gained °'j there, and not have been a step nearer a decisive result. We adopted a different course, and endeavoured to strike a blow where it would be the most sensibly felt, and where it would be the greater if we succeeded. We undertook the war to defend Turkey against the aggres sion of Russia. We did not undertake it, as some have represented, because we preferred a Mahomedan to a Christian. We made war because it was to the interests of the world that the vast region under the sway of Tur key should not fall under the dominion of Russia. (Hear.) Where did that danger lie ? In the Black Sea. It was manifest that Austria had such an interest in protecting 1 Turkey from any formidable invasion by land that we might leave the protection of the land frontier of Turkey to the arms of Turkey (which did, in fact, for 12 months oppose a barrier to the inroads of Russia), and to the com bined forces of Turkey and Austria, should it become ab solutely necessary for that power to interfere. It is clear, then, that the great power of Russia as against Turkey lay in Sebastopol ; it was its great fleet that had the do minion of the Black Sea ; it was in that arsenal that its great fleet rested in security, and from which it could issue, as it were, with the promptitude of lightening, and sweep down upon Constantinople. At Sebastopol there was centered the great power of Russia ; and, if we de sired to strike an effectual blow at it, it was there that we must do it. (Hear, hear.) The difficulties attendant upon this expedition were greater than were anticipated when we undertook it. I will not now enter into a dis cussion as to whether these difficulties were increased by want of arrangement er bad management on the spot, Ho use and th th e e ervoi s of o m ug e h n t w to ho lo h o a k ve nwithotha thee indul genceon expe rience in the duties they were called upon suddenly to per form which might have enabled them to have discharged those duties with greater efficiency and success. The hon. and gallant member said that we have an academy here in which staff officers may learn their duties ; but it is well known that learning duties in an academy, and the actual Performance of them, are as different as any two things can well be. (Hear.) The armies on the Continent have a great advantage in this respect over the army of Eng land. On the Continent the great bulk of the armies are within the Government territory—they assemble in large bodies and are called together for great operations in the summer, and a mimic war teaches them the duties of a real campaign. Our army has not had that advantage, and the first instance in which anything of the kind took place was when, in small numbers, the troops assembled !at Chobham ; therefore we ought not to condemn too hastily men who have not had the opportunity of practising duties they were called upon to perform under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty. So much for the policy of her Ma jesty's Government in the conduct of the war, and, had we confined it to naval operations, it would have been perfect imbecility on our part to have done so ; and I contend that, having entered on military operations, that the point to which these operations have been directed was the point, and the only point, where an effectual blow could be struck at the adversary with whom we are engaged. (Cheers.) An hon. member has made a suggestion worthy of conside ration. He stated the hardships that fell on officers re turning to this country, suffering from wounds received in the service, being unable to receive that assistance from the hospitals which naval officers do. lam unable to say whether the military arrangements will, at present, permit of any such arrangement ; but the suggestion is one worthy of the consideration of the Government. (Hear, hear.) My lion. friend says that, when an officer has received a severe wound, the regulations of the service give him a gratuity of a year's pay, which is to enable him to receive such medical assistance as the condition of his wounds may re quire. My hon. friend the member for Lambeth, as usual, condemned the household troops ; he thought there was no use in having a body of men like these, created with higher pay and privileges than the rest of the army. We are often told that we ought to imitate the military orga nisation of foreign countries, and that the reason that our operations are not so successful is because we do not follow their example. Now, if there is one arrangement that prevails more than any other in foreign armies it is that of having some one corps entitled to greater privileges and distinction than the rest bf the army. To such an extent is this carried in the French service, that the Imperial Guard has been re-organised, it having of late years been abolished, and I lately had the pleasure of seeing 13,000 of these tine troops reviewed in the gardens of the Tuileries. Whether we take the Russian, the Austrian, Prussian, or French armies—in all these services there will be foun dC a body of troops corresponding with the brigade of Guards —and as to the manner in which these troops perform their duty—(cheers)—l can only say that if there is on any occasion a desperate resistance to be made, or a dis tinguished service to be performed, there is always a regi ment of the Guards to do it. (Cheers.) It has been ob jected by a noble lord (Seymour) that the Household Bri gade was only for show—that it could never be employed —that both men and horses were too heavy—does my noble friend forget the battle of Waterloo? (Hear, hear.) Does he forget that it was the weight of the men and the weight of the horses that this beautiful force overpowerd ererything that was opposed to them on the field of Wa terloo ? Does he forget that in the Peninsula the House hold Brigade was employed with great utility and success? They have not been sent to the Crimea because it is too distant, and the nature of the ground does not require troops of this particular description. The hon. member for Lambeth was sorry at not seeing in the estimates that consolidation of the departments which has been announced as desirable. The fact is, there is no con solidation of the departments which can supersede the necessity of having a great number of clerks for the examination and settlement of the accounts for the army and the militia, and others sent into the War-office; there fore, any hon. members who wished that, by placing all the civil departments under the Secretary of State for War (that they might avoid having establishments for the differ ent services, which, with their several branches, were to be placed under the control of the Seeretary for War), must not expect that when the arrangements are completed, that they will do away with the necessity of providing establishments for the discharge of the duties of the civil service. The hon. member for Inverness said that we be gan the war without any land transport service—he is mis taken in this—we began without any separate corps, we now propose to have one specially devoted to the land transport. It was under the commissariat, and great in convenience was found to arise from the combination of two services totally distinct—viz., that of procuring sup plies, and that of transporting to the place required ; but we had a large number of horses and mules at Varna spe cially providd for the land transport. It was not possible to carry them over to the Crimea when the troops went, and circumstances arose that would not admit of their be ing sent afterwards. But the arrangement we are propos ing is not the creation for the first time of means of land transport, those means having already existed in the com missariat department ; it is the transferring them to a separate establishment, whose single duty it will be to look after that service and perform it correctly, and we think that great advantage will arise from such a concentration of the transport service in one particular department. An bon. gentleman also observed upon the calamity which be fell a great number of the horses, who died for want of forage, and he ascribed it to great neglect on the part of those whose duty it was to provide for them ; but the honourable gentleman, perhaps, is not aware that in the unfortunate hurricane in which the Prince was lost there was lost twenty days' forage for the animals belonging to the camp. In the transports wrecked in that storm was lost forage that would have supplied the animals in the camp for 20 days—(hear, hear)—and, of course, it was very difficult for a long time to replace it. Then came the bad ness and impracticability of the road, and there was great difficulty in bringing anything from the harbour up to the camp, which led to the consequence that, while their were abundant supplies of various kinds at that port, those in the camp for whom they were intended were left in a state of great suffering for the want of them. The hon. mem ber for Inverness asked a question as to what progress we had made in raising a foreign corps. He stated with great force that we urged in the early part of the session the great necessity of passing a bill to enable us to raise foreign troops, and that I especially entreated the house to consent to that bill in order that we might without loss of time enlist foreign troop: to go to the assistance of our own troops in the Crimea. It is perfectly true that hitherto we have not succeeded in acting upon that bill, and why ? (Hear.) I must tell the house the truth, however unplea sant it may to some to hear it; bat the reason why we have not succeeded has been the language—(cheers)—l am forced to say it—has been the language which was used in debates in this and the other House of Parliament, and which created such a feeling of resentment and indigna tion throughout the continent of Europe that those per sons who had before been prepared to take letters of ser vice to raise troops in Germany threw them up, and said that under the circumstances they were unable to raise a man. (Cheers.) The condition, also, which was imposed on the Government of not giving half-pay to the officers likewise tended to impede the execution of the plan. I undertake to say that if Parliament had not put in &clam., prohibiting the granting of half-pay to the officers, and if language of so insulting a kind had not been held with re gard to what were called " mercenary troops, Germans, Belgians, Heaven knows who"—(hear, hear)—thus raising the national feeling of the continent against us, by this time we should have had a very different story to tell. (Hear. hear.) This has not altered the feeling of the con tinent with regard to the cause in which we are engaged ; they still say that England is right and wish us success, but, after the language held with regard to these nationali ties, they dealare that they cannot take service under the Government. I should not have made this statement, which might be considered as a reproach to gentlemen in the two Houses of Parliament, but when I am asked for a reason lam forced to give it. (Hear.) Then, my hon. friend the member for Devonport asked a very rational question. He said, commissions are given to non-commis sioned officers, and those commissions involve considerable expense, and he asked whether any provision had been made to enable the gallant met on whom those rewards were conferred to defray the expenses attendant upon them. My hon. friend has not studied these estimates, certainly large in bulk ; but, if he will look to page 4, he will find that a sum of 5,0001. is proposed to be voted especially as a gratuity to these deserving men to enable them to meet the first expenses of their commissions. (Hear, hear.) And, in deed, as a proof that we ars not unmindful of the service, of non-commissioned officers—even those to whom com missions cannot be given—it will be seen that there is a long list of non-oommissioned officers to whom good service gratuities for life are to be given, amounting to 2,0001. or more, in the same part which contains the list of pensions to officers. The hon. gentleman opposite told us that that happens which I can easily believe—namely, that soldiers sent to the hospitals are frequently, by the loss of their knapsacks, rendered destitute of knives and forks, and those things which are really very essential to their com fort, and he added that difficulty has sometimes arisen in providing them at the hospitals. That evil was under stood, and orders were given to purchase a very large num ber of knives and forks at Marseilles specially for the ser vice of Scutari hospital, in order to furnish them to sol diers who might come unprovided with those necessary ar ticles for their daily use. The hon. member for Aylesbury certainly made some very proper remarks. He stated that it . was essential that a new supply of tents should be pro vided for the use of the army in the ensuing campaign. I can assure him that that shall be duly attended to, and I trust the tents will be of a sufficiently substantial descrip tlitoni s . quite true that serv ice They will not be old tnts ; they will be new tents, perfectly fit f or it tent much more for which they are destined. portable French have been provided with although it is far more portable, than that of the English, but, T e t e able, it is by no means so we ll adapted to pr o t ec t the from the inclemency of the weather ; it is a roost conveni ent f tent for light service ; it is only about three or four feuentarlm the is easily carried and put ground, it barely gurythe inferiority troops, eur t h h t a r t oo t hp model, es affords shelter at the sides, up ; but the French officers felt so of their tent as compared with that of o French General sent to France for tents considering that, in . the weather to which the French were exposed, their tent was an insufficient s helter, and that ours was a far better protection to the men. Th hon. gentleman also made a very good suggestion, far better than that which was made afterwards, with regard to the supply of light cavalry. It is p erfectl y tr ue as he sug gested, that in all probability light cavalry might be ob tained from Asia Nino; and I am quite sure if it could, it would be far better . - 1 point of economy and expenditure to obtain it thence, than to bring it from India, as the tran sport from that country would be tedious and expensive, _ LOI“ION, TUESDAY XVENX while probably the cavalry would not be found so well adapted to the nature of the country and that service in which it would be engaged as cavalry belonging almost to the country in which the operations were to be perform e d. As to transferring from India such officers as Major Outram and Major Edwardes, my right hon. friend the President of the Board of Control would probably have a word or two to say upon that point, because India is worth protecting as well as Sebastopol is worth attacking —(hear, hoar)—and those officers are occupying points of great importance in India ; and I apprehend that the Governor-General of Indig would not at all thank the Government at home if we deprived him of those able officers upon whose ability and services he counts in the event of circumstances arising which might require that India should be defended as well as the Crimea invaded. It is unnecessary for me to point out to you that many cir circumstances might arise in which it would be necessary that the Governor-General of India should have ample means to protect our territories in that quarter of the globe. The hon. member for East Surrey wishes to know what better machinery we have established for providing and sending out clothing and other things for the troops iu the Crimea. That is exactly one of the arrangements which her Majesty's Government have felt it their imperative duty to give their earnest attention to. We know the great im portance of seeing not only that things are sent, because abundance of things have been sent from this country, but also of making arrangements in which the things sent from this country shall reach the men and the horses for which they were intended. The defect has not been the want of things sent from this country, for forage, ammunition, horses, everything that could be required has be3n de spatched from this country ; and, whatever may now be thought upon the subject, I venture to say that when the matter comes to be looked into, it will be found that there never was sent from England so large a force in so short a time, so fully equipped, so well provided with everything necessary for the comfort of the officers and men, and for the service for which they were destined, as the army which was sent to the East in the course of the past year. The deficiencies arose from the want of arrangements for conveying to the men and to the horses the things that were sent for them. And I must say that there were great truth and great force in the observations which fell from the hon. member for NorthWarwickshire (Mr.Newdegate) in answer to the attack which have been made upon the aristocracy, along with whom I suppose we must include the gentry of this country ; for I believe the term " aris tocracy" includes the two. In reply to the charges that our army hai not been so successful as it ought to ha.Te been, in consequence of the great 'number of gentlemen who are officers in it, I think the hon. member made the most triumphant answer, by showing that where your system has broken down—that where evil has arisen from the want of capacity, of energy, of intelligence, or of the accurate and zealous performance of duty—it was not that the gentry, not that the aristocracy, not that the noblemen in the army were in fault, but persons belonging to other classes of the community. It is in the medical department, the commissariat department, and the trans port department, which nobody contends are filled with the sons of the aristocracy or the gentry. It is there that your system ha's broken down—it is there that the service has failed ; and this it is that has been the main cause of the suffering of which we are all complaining. (Hear.) Now, the hon. member for North Warwickshire also ex pressed hie hope that the new clothing for the army would be provided in time to be of use for the ensuing campaign. I can assure the hon. gentleman and this House that no efforts shall be omitted to secure the promptest despatch of that clothing ; and I entertain not the slightest doubt that it will arrive of the proper quality and in due time. I believe that I have now touched upon most of the re marks which have been made during the discussion. No body disputes the importance of having a large and effec tive army. I don't apprehend that any hon. member objects to the amount of force that we propose, or to the extent of the other means required to make that force effective. I trust that between this and the openingof the next campaign the Government will be able to organise a sufficient army of reserve to give it the power of putting into the field a force sufficient to cope with whatever diffi culties it may have to contend. And lam perfectly satis fied, if that army shall be called upon to vindicate the honour of England, and maintain its interests by the con tinuance of the war, that the country will find that the duty required of it will be well performed—that the ex perience of the last few months will have enabled us to correct those faults and errors which have unfortunately been committed, and that by the various instrumentalities which the Government are setting to work to reorganise and rearrange the different departments of the service, we shall be able to send into the field an army of which the country will be proud, and whose achievements will, I trust, deserve the thaaks and acknowledgments of Parlia ment. Colonel SIBTHORP said that when he heard from the noble lord at the head of the Government that a noble lord who had been sufficiently condemned and convicted by the country was to be sent to Vienna to patch up a sort of peace, he could not help expressing a fear that that peace would not be creditable or honourable to the country. He was very glad that that noble lord had retired, and he hope I to God be never would come forth again. (A. laugh.) The noble lord the member for Tiverton had seemed to threaten hon. members behind him with a dissolution of Parliament. Well, he (Colonel Sibthorp) did not care if there were. Old birds were not to be caught with chaff—(a laugh)—and that threat would not induce him to vote with the noble lord. The former Government had not done their duty, and although he hoped that the present Government lvould do theirs, he could not help entertain. ing some apprehensions, seeing that it was composed of nearly the same members as the late Administration. After a few words from Mr. PIGOTT, Mr. BARROW wished to know whether steps had been taken to provide the 10th Hussars, now on their way from India, with clothing suitable to th e climate of the Crimea, and also with tents for themselves and their horses Mr. PEEL said the regiment in question was not pro ceeding directly to the Crimea, but would remain in India antil the winter was past. - . - Mr. J. BALL denied that the hon. member for Ayles bury (Mr. Layard) had imputed to any one class or rank of the army an inferior desire to perform their duty. What he did say, and what the country believed, was that the public affairs would not be properly administered until steps were taken to put in responsible and arduous positions men of ability and energy, in whatever rank they might be found. He regretted, however, to see that the Government had shown no disposition to recognise this necessity, and had taken no, better steps to remedy the proved deficiency of ability in many departments of the army in the Crimea than by sending out commissioners. For instance, the cor respondence with respect to the supply of roasted coffee to the troops which had been laid on the table of the house, had quite sufficiently shown the deficiencies of Commissary General Filder, upon whom the well-being of the army in great measure depended, and yet it did not appear that any steps had been taken for his removal. He particularly ob jected to the conducting of business by moans of private correspondence, which threw difficulties in the way of the obtaining information by Parliament. Colonel KNOX suggested, upon the best authority, that it would he inconvenient to enlist men for varying periods. He should at the proper time put a question, which he had previously put without obtaining an answer, upon the subject of money transmitted by soldiers in the East to their families. Mr. J. WILSON explained that when the coffee was first sent cut it was not sent as rations, but as special com fort. As soon as practicable after it was ordered to be issued as a ration, it was issued ready roasted. During the Kafir war coffee was issued to the men in a green state, because in that state it was found to keep better than if roasted. It was also the practice of the French to send the coffee to the Crimea unroasted. The private letters to which the hon. member (Mr. Ball) had referred were supplementary to, and not instead of, public documents. Colonel NORTH complained that areturn he had moved for on the subject of the coffee had not been made exactly as required. The reply to Mr. Collier's offer to supply roasted coffee, sent by Sir Charles Trevelyan, was, in his opinion, couched in insolent and disrespectful terms. He should like to know the reasons which induced the Go vernment to decline Mr. Collier's offer to assist in grinding the coffee for our soldiers in the Crimea. If the French had a complete apparatus, as he bad been informed they had, for grinding and roasting their coffee in the camp, he would ask why it was that the English army had not the same facilities? (Hear.) It was perfectly disgraceful that we were not placed on a similar footing with the French in this respect. Colonel BOLDER° bore additional testimony to the bad state both of the coffee and the porter in the English camp, from the communications he had received from the Crimea. Mr. WILSON contended that Sir Charles Trevelyan was perfectly justified, under the circumstances ) in declining Mr. Oolliel's offer to assist in grinding the coffee, he having, at that time, every reason to believe that there was no necessity for such assistance. Some further conversation ensued on the subject of the unroasted coffee, in which Mr. Walpole, Mr. Wilson, and Colonel North took part, and the vote was agreed to. The next vote of 7,353,801/., for defraying the charge of of her Majesty's land forces, was then agreed to without discussion. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES. The house then went into committee on the proposal of the Government with res i teet to the alteration of the stamp duties on newspapers, and the following resolutions were agreed to Thai - it is expedient is) repeal the exeraption of newspapers from postage duty, and to charge on newspapers and printed books and papers transmitted by post rates of postage not exceeding one penny for every four ounces in weight, and for any fractional part of four ounces. That it is expedient to alter and amend the laws relating to the stamp duties on newspapers, the printing and publishing of newspapers, and registration and giving securities in connection therewith, and the regulation of duties of post age on printed papers. SUPPLY.—REPORT. - - Mr. BOUVERIE brought up --- tiereport on the votes passed on Friday. Agreed to. MARINE FORCES, Leave was given to bring in a bill for the regulation of her Majesty's marine forces. CONSOLIDATED FUND (2,000,0001.) BILL. This bill was read a second time. INTRAMURAL BURIALS (IRELAND) &c. Sir J. YOUNG obtained leave to bring in a bill on this subject ; also one to amend the Irish poor-laws. PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. SOTHERON moved that the Board of Trade should present to the house a report on private bills for harbours, die., the same as with respect to railway bills. Agreed to. The house adjourned at 20 minutes to 2 o'clock. [ADVERTISEMINT.]—Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, and. Prostrate Gland, and their connection with the Ganglionic or Great Central System of Nerves ; being a reprint (considerably enlarged) of a series of papers bear ing upon the more important and prominent symptoms, and the most successful mode of practice in the treat ment of diseases of those organs—in the press, and will be speedily published, by Dr. Denis Cronin, 35, Bruton street, Berkeley-square. [ADTERTISEMENT.J—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills wonderful Remedies for the Cure of Bad Legs.—Mr. Slater, of Stone, states, in a letter to Professor Hollo way, that he has seen many cures effected by his in valuable ointment and pills. One in particular he men tions as mobt extraordinary, that of a stonemason, working on the new Catholic Chapel in that town, whose foot and ankle were one complete mass of sores, the worst he ever beheld ; but, by the application of the remedies for a short time, it was really astonishing to see the rapid cure these valuable medicines perfected, as his foot is soundly and permanently healed. Sold by all vendors of medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, Loudon, an d 80, Maiden lane, New York, 14 t% Vetution. SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. EMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANciLLoa. took hie seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE appeared in the house for the first time since his return from the Crimea. His Royal Highness appeared in excellent health, and shook hands with several peers. ARMY SERVICE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord PANMURE moved the second reading of this bill. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said be was some what surprised that the noble lord should have simply moved the second reading of this bill. He had thought that he would have entered somewhat into detail with respect to the present state of the army. At the same time, under the present state of the country and of our army, he was not disposed to offer any opposition to the measure. It was true it WWI a very strong measure, and therefore one which required the greatest consideration before the house was called upon to agree to it. It appeared to him to be a matter of the deepest consideration whe ther they ought to make so great an alteration in our system of recruitment without limiting the period which the proposed measure was to continue in operation. (Hear, hear.) He would suggest that the bill should be limited to three years. Looking at the army esti mates, he confessed to feel the greatest alarm when he observed the number of recruits which it was stated the Government would have to obtain in the present year. That number was 60,000. He found also that the increase of the establishment proposed this year was 35,869. He was also surprised to find that no provision whatsoever was maths for the casualties to be expected during the year. The natural casualties were estimated at twelve thousand. He would strongly recommend that the Lord Lieutenants of the different counties should write to their deputies and take the requirements of the country ; and he also re commended that a quota of the militia should also be drawn from the Peor-law unions; and added to this, he hoped and trusted that all persons would exert them selves to increase the number of the militia. It was a subject to him of the deepest regret that our military institutions were utterly inadequate to the support of the army of the strength of that which we had originally sent to the Crimea. He also looked with great regret at the conduct of the war. It was painful to consider that when the Turks were fighting at Silistria our troops were doing nothing whatever at Varna ; and while our troops were fighting in the Crimea, the Turkish soldiers were doing nothing in the neighbour hood of the Danube or anywhere else. This state of things indicated an utter want of system and arrange ment, for which some party or other was to be blamed. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS.—{THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. C. BRUCE a new writ was or dered for the county of Stirling, in the room of Mr. Forbes, deceased. PRIVATE BILLS. The following bills were read a second time and or dered to be committed:—Manchester Improvement Bill, Birkenhead Dock Trustees' Bill, Liverpool Corporation Water Bill. On the motion for the second reading of the Liverpool Improvement Bill, Mr. M. GIBSON expressed a hope that a clause would be introduced into this bill, the object of which was to mortgage the town dues of Liverpool, with the view of providing that it should not interfere with any future general legislation on the subject of the local charges on shipping. Mr. HADFIELD also urged the Board of Trade to keep their eyes upon this bill. The town dues of Liver pool were principally paid by the manufacturers of Lan cashire and Yorkshire, without their receiving any bene fit in return. lie should therefore move that the bill be read a second time that day six months, unless be had some assurance that it would not prejudice future legis lation. Mr. CARDWELL said the bill would contain such a clause ; and if it received the Royal assent, the commis sioners acting under the bill would not be allowed to pledge the dues charged on shipping without the con sent of the Board of Trade. That consent certainly would not be given until the opinion of Parliament bad been taken upon the general question of whether the local charge en shipping should be continued or not. Mr. LIDDELL supported the bill, and insisted that the corporation of Liverpool were entitled to the dues as an immemorial right. Mr. BRIGHT said there was no desire to oppose the second reading of the bill ; all that was wanted was a pledge that it should not interfere with any future legislation on the general subject of local charges on shipping. Mr. HA.DFIELD said after the intimation of the right hon. the President of the Board of Trade he would not press his amendment. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Sir J. WALMSLEY presented a petition from Paisley, in favour of the vigorous prosecution of the war, and praying that efforts might be made to re-establish the oppressed nationalities of Poland and Hungary. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS presented a petition from Finsbury, praying for the repeal of the newspaper stain p. Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from various City boards, in favour of Lord Brougham's Registration of Bills of Exchange Bill, and against Mr. Keating's bill on the same subject. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Wolver hampton praying that the sale of spiritous liquors may be totally prohibited. Lord GODERICH presented a petition from Notting hill, praying for an inquiry into the state of the army in the Crimea. Mr. C. BERKLEY presented a similar petition from Cheltenham, and also pfaying that the house would in terefere to re-establish tha nationality of Poland. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a poor wo man, named Charlotte Jones, at present confined in the Glantorganskire county gaol, stating that, in the year 1850, she was charged by a woman with slander. She denied the charge ; but, nevertheless, she was cited before the Consistory Court of the diocese of Llandaff, thereby putting her to great expense, which she was unable to pay, as she was the mother of 14 children, and her husband was only in the receipt of 15s. a-week. She offered to make a recanta tion even of words which she had never spoken, but that was not sufficient, and she was put to an expense of be tween 71. and 81. Being unable to pay the money, she had been incarcerated, and she now prayed that the juris diction of Ecclesiastical Courts in such cases might be abolished, and that the house would take steps t• release her from prison. WINE DUTIES. Mr. OLIVEIRA postponed his motion in the sub. ject of the Wine Duties until a future day. TRADE WITH RUSSIA. Lord DUNCAN asked the honourable and learned member for Plymouth whether be intended to bring forward his motion to-night relative to the trade with Russia. Mr. COLLIER replied yes ; if he could: bring it on at a reasonable time. FACTORY LABOUR. - - - Mr. I. BUTT wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any commission had been issued to inquire into the employment of women and children in bleaching establishments in England and Ireland. If so, when the report of the commission would be obtained ; and whether it was intended to lay it on the table of the house Sir G. GREY said such a commission bad been appointed, but its labours were not yet terminated. BALAKLAVA RAILWAY. Mr. LOCKE wished to ask whether any report had been received from the engineers cent out to construct the railway at Balaklava, stating the progress which had been already made, and the time that would be ne cessary for completing the railway 3 Also, whether any common stone road existed between Balaklava and the extremity of the lines, capable of serving the wants of the army ; and, if not, whether any orders had been given for the construction of such a road Lord PALMERSTON said accounts had been re ceived of the arrival of the engineers and workmen who were sent out to lay down the railway. On the 6th of February they had begun their operations, and at that date they were in Balaklava. 15 miles of rails, together with all the other things necessary for laying down the railway, which had begun with every prospect of success. He apprehended there was no other road but the one which bad hitherto existed, and which was liable to be constantly interrupted by frost or rain. Mr.„ LOCKE reminied the noble lord that he had not answered the question as to what length of time it would take to complete it. Lord PALMERSTON said the Government had re ceived no report whatever upon that point. MAYNOOTH. Mr. SPOONER wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury when the report of the commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the system of education carried on at Cho College of Maynooth will be presented to Par ljareent. Also, whether it be true that a copy of the evidenon taken before that commission has been for warde 3 to Dr. Cullen ; and, if so, when and by whose author ity it was so forwarded. Lord. PALMERSTON was sorry to say he was un able to answer the first question, but he was wholly ignora at of the matter to which the second referred. Mr. SPOONER.—Perhaps the noblePord will make inquiry , about the report, because it is very important. RAJAH BROOKE. Mr. ]ORUMMOND wished to ask the First Lord of the Tres miry, whether, in any papers about to be laid before P ornament, it will appear by what means Mr. Napier, a former Lioutenaut-Governor of Labuan, dis missed by Earl Grey for misconduct in his office, was enabled on the 28th of June to write to the Sultan __ Bo rneo, enumerating the points of inquiry into :4ir James Brooke's conduct, directed by Lord Clare.ndon in his despatch of the 21st of that same month. And whether the Government will institute an inquiry- -mat a view to discover the clerk or clerks in the Fogeign-office who must have betrayed the confidence G i _FEBRITARY to 4 reposed in them, or whether it will be necessary to niov. , for a committee of this house to inquire into these facts. Lord PALMERSTON confessed his inability to an swer either questitn. SERJEANTS IN THE ARMY. Mr. PELLATT wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether serjeants, the only rank in the British army whose pay is not increased by length of service, however meritorious, and who by promotion from corporals to serjeants are deprived of good conduct money to which they were entitled, the Government in tended to allow serjeants while serving the same increase of pay as is now given to corporate, namely, one penny per day for every term of five years' meritorious service, with corresponding retiring pensions ; also, whether reasonable pensions would be allowed to th• widows of serjeants Mr. F. PEEL reminded the hon. member that the position of serjeant was considered equivalent to the position of a corporal or private in the receipt of good service pay, and therefore it had never been the practice to grant an increase of pay on the promotion. Qth root—John MTlermid Allardice, Ont., to be En. sigu, without purchase, Fab. 20. 02d foot—Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel J. E. W. Inglis to be Lio,mtenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Markham, promoted to be Major-General ; Captain James Dodington Carmichael to be Major, without purchase, vice Inglis ; Lieutenant Robert Stacy Coils to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Carmichael ; Ensign A. D. Kirkwood to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Coils, Feb. 20. 33d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Ensign Birchall George Graham, from the Royal Berke Feb. 18 ; Frederick William Benwell, Gent., Feb. 19 ; George Augustus Vaughan, Gent., Feb. 20. 34th Foot—James Lindsay Stack, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 38th Foot.—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign A. A. Wilkie, from the 30th Foot, Feb. 18 ; Alexander Walker, Gent., Feb. 19 ; Robert Charles Franks, Gent., Feb. 20. 39th Foot.—To be Ensigns, without purchase.—William Osborne Smith, Gent , Feb. 19 ; Arthur Robert Nutcombe Gould, Gent., Feb. 20. 41st Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase— Ensign Thos. F. Boddington, from the Royal North Gloucester Militia, Feb. 18 ; Augustus Dixon, Gent., Feb. 19 ; Guildford Macray Onslow, Gent., Feb. 20. 42d Foot—Murdoch Macleod, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 44th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Elliott Ar thur Raymond, Gent., Feb. 18 ; James Kay, Gent., Feb. 19 ; Azini Salvator Birch, Gent., Feb. 20. 50th Foot—Thomas Turner Murphy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 51st Foot—Captain James Brown Young, from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, vice Marshall, appointed to the 92d Foot, Feb. 20. 61st Foot—Lieutenant 11. G. A. Vicars to be Adjutant, vice Reid, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Feb. 20. 68th Foot—Lieutenant Harbert Vaughan to be Captain, by purchase, Vico Croft, who retires, Feb. 20. 70th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Bellers to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Mitchell, who retires ; Ensign A. C. H. Tovey . to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bellers, Feb. 20. 73d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Grey, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Poole, promoted to the Staff, Feb. 20. 77th Foot—Charles B. Knowles, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, Feb. 20. 82:d Foot—Lieutenant S. Slater to be Captain, with"ut purchase, vice Collings, deceased ;. Ensign Edward Percy Thompson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Slater, Jan. 31 ; Ensign P. Thorp Dickson to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Thompson, whose promotion on the 2d February, 1855, has been cancelled, Feb. 2. 85th Foot—Captain R. C. Bruce, from the 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice Young, appointed to the 51st Foot ; Lieut. W. Ashe to be Adjutant, vice Rooper, promoted, Feb. 20. gl6th Foot—Lieutenant C. Darby to be Captain, without purchase, vice C. G. Butler, deceased ; Ensign C. Fraser to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Darby, Dec. 19 ; En sign J. Creagh, from the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fraser, Feb. 20. 90th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign H. J. Haydock, from the 85th Foot ; Ensign H. Holyoako Goodricke, from the 85th Foot, Feb. 2 I. 92d Foot—Captain J. G. Don Marshall, from the 51st Foot, to be Captain, vice Bruce, appointed to the 85th Foot, Feb. 20. 95th Foot—Ensign John Henry Waterfall, from the 20th Foot, to be Ensign, Feb. 20. Rifle Brigade--To be Lieutenants without purchase—En signs James Singer and Richard Tryon, Feb. 20. To be En signs without purchase—Watson Stott, Gent., Feb. 17 ; Charles George Slade, Gent., Feb. 18 ; Freeman Frederick Thomas, Gent., Feb. 19. To be Ensign by pu rc h a s e —Walter Richard Lascelles, Gent., Feb. 20. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Hope, from half-pay Recruiting District, to bo Lieutenant, vice Mauders, appointed Paymaster of the 6th Dragoon Guards ; Ensign D. B. Davy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hope, who retires, Feb. 20. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. To be Quartermasters of Brigades—Edward Poitier, Gent., Jan. 28 ; Alexander Watson, Gent., Feb. 11 ; John Sewell, Gent., Feb. 12 ; Thomas Soady, Gent., Feb. 13. BREVET. The following promotions to take place consequent on the death of the undermentioned officers, viz. General the Honourable T. E. Capel, died 3d Feb. General the Honourable Sir Patrick Stuart, G.C.M.G., died 7th Feb. General W. C. Eustace, C. 8., died 9th Feb. Lieutenant-General Sir John Grey, K.C.8., t• be General, Feb. 20. Major-General the Honourable John Finch, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-General, Feb. 20. Colonel the Honourable Arthur Upton, Coldstream Guards, to be Major-General, Feb. 20. Lieutenant-Colonel Corbet Cotton, half-pay Unattached As sistant-Adjutaut-General, on the Staff, to bo Colonel, Feb. 20, Major William R. Preston, 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, Feb. 20. Captain John James Grant, Commandant of the Ambulanco Corps, to be Major, Feb. 20. HOSPITAL STAFF. —To be Staff-Surgeons of the Second Class —Assistant-Surgeon Wellington Poole, from the 73d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Jenkin Homfray Llewelyn from the 7th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 9 ; Surgeon James Stewart, from 18th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon St. George Williams, of the Madras Service of the East India Company, to be Acting Surgeon, Feb. 20. MISMORANDA.—The surname of the Ensign appointed to the 13th Foot on the 13th of February, 1855, is spelt Bond and not Bonde, as previously. stated. The Christian names of En sign Bayntum of the 57th Foot are Charles Bathurst. The removal of Lieutenant Richard Clancy from the 98th to the 88th Regiment, as stated in the Gazette of the 9th February, 1855, has been cancelled. The promotion of Second Lieu tenant G. Mann Parsons, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to a Lieutenantcy in the 30th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the 9th inst., has been cancelled. The Christian names of Ensign Milligan, 68th Foot, aro Harry Robert. For Captain R. D. Barrett, of the 19th Foot, to be Assis tant-Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, read, Captain Richard Barrett, &c. Errata in the Gazette of the 9th Feb., 1855. For Assistant-Surgeon Robert Wilson, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon in the 6th Dragoons, vice M'Grigor, promoted on the Staff, read, Assistant-Surgeon Robert Wil son, die., vice Mouat, promoted on the Staff. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 19. ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. Second Captain Stapylton Robinson to be Captain, vice Lefroy, seconded, Jan. 26. First Lieutenant, George Allix Wilkinson to be Second Captain, vice Robinson, Jan. 26. Second Lieutenant, Wm. Rooke to be First Lieutenant, vice Wilkinson, Jan. 26. Brevet Colonel Wm. Fraser to be Colonel, vice Furneaux, retired, Feb. 7. Captain Charles James Wright to be Lieutenant-Colonel, ♦ice Fraser, Feb. 7. Second Captain Michael Anthony Shrapnel Bid.dulph to be Captain, vice Wright, Feb. 7. First Lieutenant William Windham Augustus Lukin to be Second Captain, vice Biddulph, Feb. 7. Second Lieutenant Sidney Augustus Bazalgotte, to be First Lieutenant, vice Lukin, Feb. 7. Brevet-Colonel Charles Gostling to bo Colonel, vice R. G. B. Wilson, retired, Fob. 7. Captain George Augustus Frederick Do Rinzy to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Gestling, Feb. 7. Second Captain Henry Arthur Vernon to be Captain, vice De Rinzy, Feb. 7. First Lieutenant Charles Edmund Walcott to bo Second Captain, vice Vernon, Feb. 7. Second Lieutenant Charles Donuithorne Bevan to be First Lieutenant, vice Walcott, Feb. 7. Second Captain Charles George Arbuthnot to be Adjutant, vice Phelips, retired upon half-pay, June 24, 1854. Second Captain Charles Henry Smith to be Adjutant, vice Green, promoted, June 29, 1854. Second Captain Archibald Motteux Calvert to be Adju tant, vice Williams, promoted, July 5, 1854. Second Captain O'Brien Bellingham Woolsey to bo Adju tant, vice Cannon, promoted, July 10, 1854. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Stafford—The Right Honourable Thomas George, Earl of Lichfield, to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. Pi. Ist Regiment of -King's Own Staffordshire Militia—John Philip Dyott, Esq., to be Captain, vice Challiuor, resigned, Feb. 14 ; Henry Alexander Graham, Gent, to be Lieutenant, vice Neve, resigned, Feb. 14. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia —Ensign Arthur Charles Nelson Goldney to be Lieutenant, vice Barnard, resigned; George H. Lynch, Gent., to be En sign, vice Goolden, promoted, Feb. 14. Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain Sir Velters Cornewall, Bart., to be Major, vice Major Sir John Walsham, Bart., who retires, retaining his rank, Feb. 0. West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Win. Julius Marshall, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 15. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Fred. Schlotel, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 12. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Ensign Percy Charles Smyth to be Lieutenant, vice Cholmondeley, promoted, Feb. 12. West York Rifl• Regiment of Militia.—Frederic James Stanger Whiteside, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 30 ; Edward John Cooke, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 3 ; Arthur Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 13. 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—Lieu tenant Thomas Marshall to be Captain, vice Baxter, resigned ; Ensign Robert John Bell to be Lieutenant, vice Marshall, Promoted ; William Augustus Tighe, Gent., to be Ensign ; Andrew James Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 1. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—John Douglas Willan, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 8 ; Arthur Francis Marshall, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Feb. 13. stb Regiment of West York Militia—Edwin Hewgill, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 2 ; Charles Masterman Smyth, Gent., to be Ensign, Fob. 13. 6th Regiment of West York Militia—William Gillmoro, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 1 ; Edward Francis Boultbee, Esq., to be Captain ; Henry James Noyes, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 6. East York Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Henry Baines to be Captain, vice Hildyard, resigned ; Ensign Jonathan Wynyard Haynes to be Lieutenant, vice Baines, promoted, Feb. 14 ; William Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign, in aug mentation, Feb. 12 ; William Kerr, late 28th Regiment, to be Ensign, in augmentation, Feb. 13. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Octavius Gibbon, Esq., to be Captain, vice Tupper, who retires, re taining his rank. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—The Honourable Henry Leslie Pepys to be Ensign, Feb. 14. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Marston, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 14. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia--Charles Bury Cradock, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 16 ; William John Chambers Martin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 17. Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshir6 Militia—Fleming Malcolm Martin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Waters, resigned, Feb. 10. Hertfordshire Militia—John Rico Newbold, Gent. to bo Ensign, Feb. 17. Edinburgh, or Mid Lothian Regiment of Militia—Ensign Fowler Kemp to be Lieutenant, vice Hunter, resigned, Feb. 9. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia--Ensign Azim Salvator Birch to be Lieutenant, vice Holloway, promoted ; Ensign William Constable Brown Constable to be Lieutenant, vice Field, appointed to the 49th Regiment of the Line, Feb. 17. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the (gazette of the 13th February, 1855.] Oxfordshire Regimeni of Militia - Frederic William Moore, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Graham, r.2signed, Feb. 10. MEMORANDUM. Ist Rifles Regiment Royal Cornwall Rangers----The appoint ment of Glanville Gregor, Gent-, to a Second Lieutenancy, 22d Sept., 1846, has been cancelled. The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 13th Fob. ; Royal North Lincoln Militia.—Honry Auguatua Burton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 30. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Edward Wright, draper, Welwiek, Holderness, East Riding of the County of York. BANKRUPTS. Stephen Grantham, commission agent, Connaught•terrace, Middlesex, to surrender, March 1, at eleven, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, BARNSTAPLE ELECTION. Mr. WALPOLE brought up the report of the Gene ral Committee of Elections, norAinating the following members to try the merits of the Barnstaple Election Committee, viz., Mr. Geo. Butt (chairman), Sir John Hamner, Marquis of Blaudford, Mr. Danby Seymour, Lord Loraine. PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. Lord PALMERSTON appealed to the noble lord the member for Huddersfield to postpone his motion on the subject of promotions in the army until some future day, as his right hon. friend the Secretary of State for the Colonies, who was anxious to be present at the de bate, was prevented by indisposition from being in his place. Lord GODERICH had no alternative under the cir cumstances but to accede to the request of the noble lord, but could not the noble lord give him a day to bring in the motion Lord PALMERSTON said the noble lord had better put his notice for Thursday the Ist of, March, when he would stand quite as well, if not better, than he did to-day. THE BALTIC FLEET. Mr. F. SCOTT gave notice that on an early day he should move for copies of all despatches and correspon- dence which had passed between the Admiralty and the late commander of the Baltic fleet. TENANTS' COMPOSITION (IRELAND) BILL. Sergeant SHEE moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide compensation for improving tenants, and to amend the laws relating to leasing powers in Ireland ; and in doing so, pointed out the burdens and injustice under which tenants in Ireland were labouring, in con sequence of the present state of the law, and the necessity for legislative interference, to provide a remedy which should place the tenantry in the sister kingdom on an equal footing with that class in this country, and which should secure the tenantry from summary conviction af ter making these improvements, and the positive confis cation of the improvements themselves. The learned Sergeant then, at great length, recounted the different abortive attempts made at different times to legislate on this subject, and after stating that he intended to adopt the basis of his bill " the Leasing Powers Bill," which was sent down from the House of Lords on a former occasion, with the addition, however, of 80N20 subsequent amendments, the "Tenants Improvement Compensation Bill," with the omission, in the latter, of two clauses only ; he concluded by observing that the Irish mem bers were pledged to support no Government which did not manifest a desire to settle the much vexed land question. Sir J. YOUNG said he was happy to state on the part of the Government that no opposition would be offered to the bill proposed by the hon. member. Leave was given to bring in the bill. [LEFT BITTING.] WEST INDIA. DOCK BILL.—We have been requested to state that Mr. Benjamin Oliveira, M.P., voted in the majority against this bill. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, Fan. 21. Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its en. closures, of which the following are copies, addressed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G. C. B. Before Sebastopol, Feb. 6, 1855. My Lord Duke,— I mentioned to your Grace on Saturday that the weather had broken. The frost was very severe on that night, and the thermometer down at thirteen, and the wind was very high and piercingly cold. Sunday was rather milder, and yesterday was fine. To day the glass has fallen, and there is every appearance of rain. I am happy to state that the medical officers considerl that the general condition of the men has improved, although ap parently there is no diminution in the number of the sick. The enemy has made no movement of importance, but great convoys of waggons have been observed to go into Se bastopol laden either with ammunition or provisions. I enclose the casualties to the 4th instant. Lieutenant-Colonel Colliugwood Dickson, of the Royal Artillery, an excellent officer, whom I have bolero had occa sion to bring to your notice, was slightly wounded on the 4th instant, when making a reconnaissance in company with some French officers.—l have, &c., RAGLAN. His Graco the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &c. &c. Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM 26TH OF JAN. TO 4TH OF FEBRUARY 1855, INCLUSIVE. Royal Artillery-1 officer, wounded Ist Regiment of Foot-2 rank and file, wounded 7th Regiment-1 rank and file, killed 30th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded 44th Regiment —1 rank and file, killed 49th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded 97th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 sergeant, wounded Total-2 rank and file, killed ; 1 officer, 1 ser geant, 5 rank and file, wounded J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 2. RETURN OF OFFICERS WOUNDED FROM THE 2D TO 4ru FEBRUARY, 1855. WOUNDED. FEB. 4. Royal Artillery. Captain and Lieutenant• Colonel C. Dickson, sliglitly. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM 29TH JANUARY TO 4TH FEBRUARY, 1855, IN CLUSIVE. KILLED. Fits. 1. 44th Regiment or Foot, Private Thomas Greenfield FEB. 3. 30th Regiment of Foot. Lance-Corporal Charles Douglas J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFI CERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM THE 26TH JANUARY TO THE 4TH FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLU SIVE. JAN. 26. 7th Regiment of Foot. Private Thomas Kelly, severely JAN. 27. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Seijeant George Yoke, severely JAN. 29. 49th Regiment of Foot. Private Owen Morrison, slightly JAN. 30. 97th Regiment of Foot. Private John Mullaly, slightly FEB. 4. Ist Royal Regiment. Private Bryan Silk, severely Private Peter Mc Oweeney, severely J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjntant-General. WHITEHALL, FEB. 19. Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint, Thomas Cleghorn, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or Sheriffdom of Argyll, in the room of Edward Francis Maitland, Esq., resigned. WAR OFFICE, Fn. 20. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Augustus William Travers, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Fitz gerald, promoted, Feb. 19 ; Lawford Andrews Richardson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sir E. S. Hutchinson, promoted, Feb. 20. 7th Dragoon Guards—John Lorn Stewart, Gent., to bo Cornet, by purchase, vice Withington, promoted, Feb. 20. 2nd Dragoons—To bo Cornets, without purchase—Troop- Seijeant-Major Samuel Leggie, Feb. 19; Cornet John Lorn Stewart, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, Feb. 20. Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Edward White, Gent., to be Solicitor, vice Parkinson, deceased, Feb. 20. Coldstream Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. G. F. Upton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice the Hon. A. Upton, promoted to be Major-General ; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Lord Francis Paulet to be Major, without purchase, vice Upton ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major the Honourable Arthur Edward Harding° to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Lord F. Paulet, Feb. 20. Ist Regiment of Foot—George Gilbert Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 9th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Charles J. R. Bedford, Gent., vice Vibart, promoted, Feb. 19 ; Henry Gipps, Gent., Feb. 21. 10th Foot—Brevet-Colonel S. J. Cotton, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutena n t-C o l one l, v i ce Brevet-Colonel Welles ley, who exchanges, Dee. 14, 1854. 14th Foot--George Money Bright, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 17th Foot—Win. Presgrave, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. _ . . 18th Foot—Ensign F. Feathley to be Lieutenant, with out purchase ; Richard Wm. Erskine Dawson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20 ; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Crawford, M.D., from the 51st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Stewart, appointed to the Staff, Feb. 9. 19th Foot—Ensign A. W. Kirby to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jackson, deceased, Feb 14 ; Walter William Young, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 2lith Foot—Lieutenant W. D. S. Dickins to bo Captain by purchase, vice Lutyens, whose promotion by purchase on .Jan. 19 has been cancelled, Feb. 20 ; Frederick Lockwood Edridgo, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Feb. 19 ; Wil liam David Nunn, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Feb. 20. 21st Foot—Ensign Thomas Vauxden to he Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Beauniont, appointed to the Seots Fusilier Guards ; Edmund Prideaux Chichester, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Vauxden, Feb. 20. 22d Foot—Brevet-Colonel W. H. C. Wellesley, from the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Cotton, who exchanges, Dec. 14. 28th - Foot—Morroi Guard, Gout., to in Eusigu, without purchase, Feb 20. Colctsian.stret,t.bktil , llass 1 34akeV, 'MIMI ""- Limo-street, City. Matthew John Goff, bookseller and stationer, If) March 2 and 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrur; , official assignee, Aldermanbury; Kightley, Holborli'4 Victor Hauer, merchant, St. Martin's-le-Graup.) and March 26th, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ni assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence, Plows, and vw Jewry-chambers. Richard Ashby, baker, Lambeth, March 21 twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwars', blame, Basinghall-street ; Moss, Gracechurcb-etree. ° James Bishop, builder, Caroline-place, City-041'o at half-past one, and April 3, at half-past elegy Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, street ; Wright, Chancery-lane , William Johnson, grocer and drOper, DeePilli' shire, March 2, at twelve, and April 3, at 0 1 ° 164 ' si C .to o ra u ede r ,t t ; of F. B al a k n e k i r ., up s t t c . y iau J r o s h e n h s u sn re , li offi ya ci i a .d l . assignee' Bankruptcy. Edwards, Harrison, baker, 12, Clyde-terrace, ) ll -s Islington,tre v,G, March a.rd sa 3 zd a o n rffi d . cHi3lol,leazrastyi g, one, nreee,n c a s ah t uvare t 1i b : 0 4 4 .0 Fenchurch-st sti John Bailey reet. Sergeant, wine merchant, port. 2, at eleven, and April 5, at two, a t the Court of Pi Johnson, official assignee, Basing'hall s treet; 14°16' , and April 17, at N lane. norl o Thomas Bell, alkali manufacturer, Jarrow , O.l 8 t 7 ~0 3. 5t14 G eleven, at the oves,stle-u0 11. 10 0.101 1 01 0 0 THE DECEMBER AUSTRALIAN ) .1 , 'e h P/ of despatching first-class clipper fo ) .? 'cif; mails for Australia bids fair tol 3 ' 6 0 .17 . f as, by the arrival of the Eleauti r osilii i3' P' ' from Islay, we learn that her 5t . ,,f0 ° , 11 passed the Black Ball clipper I ' . 'l l lo l M‘Donnell, on the 29th Decsolv — a li 28 W. She was at that time O f /4 considering the very unfavourable 0 0 0 . sil e " * l, 4 l ] the time of her starting, must b e ng s o "iss A capital way. She was likely to Cri th. aa c a - o y next day (the 30th December). 1 - 6 41 ,4 °- er, to Australia yet made, the Yell/e" i 0 be day from Liverpool, and from b ef are entertained of her l an ding h e r time— 65 days. B/RT OS. On the 19th inst , at No. 2, gortf b r 4 W the wife of Captain . J. W. 3slfotir,l;re, ;11°i, On the 19th inst ,at Ladbrolor'qu .0 0. / wife of R. Whitworth , b o ister h, Esq., * 0 ltu ir Or A DAUGOS . Doe , On the 18th inst , at 9. Ton wife of Maurice . Davis, DI C I'' 3131. Or ♦ SOO. ..4101,10 00 4 Mdflfll-gp.. viestiA ~,,,, f, 4 On the 17th in et ., t St. Nic°"l,o'o3°"'frot t Futon,Durh Es t q . , G an d sister ill Ti e: Esq., of Ver.tilaarn-buildintgus; coaatsoftoololi Bullock, late of Windleshan3, in, gale , f Al). 1 On the 6th inst.. at St. Peterg, ,Ici., oof Esq., eldest son of -Joseph allib?Anught,9l. 94'' Durham, o eorglaug, its O . chugs t 9l. Rutland. beth , -- z o toil' I! , ------" _. Eoi Charles v Robertson, a t s h o e n Lu O sh n i t n he 18th in s 31 * Tigi ' eide'lt• 1 1... n th g e to l :l l B , 7 :B til. a ß in i r . t s ne .: . : S.l: 3 ' f a' r tg . eS , r dtu b 6ks o :a li : di;e vir tigPtgl:b el; ':;;;;lo.:‘ Pli n ' I s o of ' l ane , Tower street, and of Oak -lodge, 61. Forst, 91114 A _On the 17th inst., park, rgo 71. ~0 1 0001 berland-place, Regent's age" f•out.'uos On the 13th inst ,at Cbiehester4 for 0 late of the 11th 'Hussars, and '• . AO Sussex. 1 )3 e e On the 11th inst. , at Genoa, g dsori v of Guernsey, 1--„, __ --- . f o ---- 0 , ------ ovri l l ') LONDON : Printed and Published bY oi4i , 0- eth oi of No. 112, St ran d, Printer, 3 , l Yz : bil .I, iii Strand, in the Precinet 01 i ll. S P 180 blitldiCeen, TueideY, rot 41071" ------ .0.--i t ' v, nun .n.piii 14, at. eleven, a 4 .... ." - ~,, - ' -9, 1 „, trict Court. Baker, offi c ial assignee, '''' ,3sl., J " 1 Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-TYne'de, yr Robert Jacob Hills, tailor and draper, 11 , 1 a t the , , 4 114 March 3, at eleven, and April 13, at twe l ve , 1 t ID Bankruptcy. Cadman, rence, Smith, and Fawdon, Bread-street, C. 1 .',„ 1 ,0 0 0' ' e i t'' , ,ie Thomas Salmon, ironmonger, Kettering, . 1 e u , A tbe A , i ;vith , ' , ol official assignee , A ld % o sitte• Co 114 March 7, at half-past one, and April 4, at ' ln so l e , 1 17 Iti t ,,NZ Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, A, Lkli 11,, Turner, Aldennaubury. "N a else". , F A ...leer, 9 °' lit John Williams, jun., draper and IP - A 0, 6 , t,tsb, narvonshire, March 2 and 23, at ele vei liverr i W,L I 4 District Court. Turner, official assigne e ) 6 ,p int° 1) 1' son and Collins, Liverpool. _We Act Or 'Z John Roper and William Mitchell, W0 . ... , ' - d s Do d o U;, 81 ley, March 9 and 30, at eleven, at the T h e er betl - 4 / 3 4 Young, official assignee, Leeds ; We 3 4 l I•egr o 'b, .', off ez ' Bingley and Keighley; Bond and 8ar";„,.. ( - Cll g uiet ' 'ro t John Dancaster, plumber, Saint '!„:"ter r,„ : St' 1 14 „3'; Feb. 26, and March 29, at one, at the nver w ' :, s 'vers Hirtz ter. ell. official assignee, Exeter ; CarCara' a .ws „ ' 'it 4 I Exeecl, o l I,ktilt Sarah Ratcliffe, Benjamin Rateliff4 tt_ e j l ,l * 00 , . Si lt manufacturers, Halifax, March 9 ancl o i iP• Ih o Ll Leeds District Court. Young, 0 1 ° AO t• , 'ille - 1 Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax Drs . sf:„,,O, . t kiti Antoni Forrer, jeweller, Regent-street, '4‘,.. and April 13, at eleven, at the Court Teitt a ,',lll ol : l l , o , 431, nau, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Jeans, lit" Joseph Edwards and Edward 111 1. ( eter,,o ' Truro, March 2 and 22, at one, at the •""", Iv" 11 i I Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stolce'' ssr OPz . . Exeter. ~,.,. 0400 1, I' , and James Cartwright, factor, Birmingham' ' 1 i'' Ct to twelve, at the Birmingham District CO u l e o 9 ,o ! k ; „c . t assignee, Birmingham ; Francis, Birm'l „„ A iel ' Il t i t N; George Porteous Roby, fislimonger ,l/I 'f ,%t I March 5 and April 2, at the Binning "10 Vet • Itt k tt. Bittleston, official assignee, Birminghao; '' is the Di Hodgson, Birmingham. builtl e tti l ' ' (._• 4 Joseph Clever and Caleb Stanger, •••_., 3, •, - 4 0, 11.%.7. 1 Middlesex, Feb. 27, at eleven, and Apri l atT, A V;"„) Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, ntli c ',74- 6 0 , rig Stone, Tounson, and Morris, Moorgate-st,t,-o . "" David Lloyd Williams, civil eng ineer, 7 0 f 401 ~ March 2 and April 4, at the . I .', ° ..,, w ;erfo P iell 1 1 11 1 / 4 t l Graham, official assignee ; Weeks, Pluqo po ti6 , 'hp,'" Francis Behrens, merchant, Binning' -t, i tk'"J' _:esPO4 N ti• April 2, at ha:f-past ten, at the Bit . .. 01) . ft j e 'Dim' Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingbna", dir til l 'ke,' Birmingham. DO" lam Richard Brawn, lime burner. Stafford , _,, , t• ri .tt twelve, at the Birmingham District CO P ', d ' A lolt ,' , he' assignee, Birmingham; Barnett and ' At ' !lit he ' kr tli ''' James, Birmingham. co.- 1,,,,,1)t1 William Randall Barrett, ironmonger„., , ,,,pl i f t' , i,, -, C March 7, and April 3, at twelve, at the " n , V • il li k: t c:tar, Stausfeld, oflitcial assignee ; Morris, St 4 " - ' Iti l tiß on . Morris, Moorgate-street-chambers. t' it . I :' , t,t, Charles Henry Harben, cheesemong er, ie fel: t he ili t i t, loway, March 1, at two, and April 13, at : 't4,,,, 4 1er ".L th of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assigne e ? T at l, ° th . 0 t la A Goole, Lime-street, City. 11 0 a 4 l ' , k ' z i k po 41 ' , rri ' 4 il l SCOTCH SEQUESTRA. i, t,I, „ % G. and W. Porter, brick builders, Glask / u i v' t fli Thomas rinHood, upholsterer, Airdrie. , ~ rn ' ll4 John Br ey . , senior, Garroch, Glasgo" 611 f, kmthiik '0 . ----- j ... , o, COITRSE OF EXCHANGE. ---1 , /,.' , 0! 4 Amsterdam .. ..... II 16 % Gib ra ltar .• :Xi, , I NN, Ditto, three months .. I t 18 I Legtorn •• ~.. l o 41 .14. t, Rotterdam ............ 11 18 1 Genoa ••• • ' ~.1.; , or 'I), '..t., Antwerp .............. 25 12%! Milan .. •• '',.../ . , 1 or 1 11t, k ; Brussels .............. 25 31ye,1 Venice.. •• , ~, „., u 1,0,,,,,,Rl ilamburgh .... „. l3 6% Naples •• •• '.' ~ 1/'ILCuli Altona ........ „, .. ..... Palermo • • ''.,,,.., .N . o' • • 25 12% ?Jessina ••"...',..,. '-•-„,,,,.. Ditto, three mouths .. 25 35 Lisbon ...•••„.:," ' Marseilles ....... „ ... 25 35 Oporto • • ••• •.' .2' Bourdeaux .. ........ ..... Rio Jan eiro.•:,,•4 t, Fiankfort-on Maine .. i 18% Buenos Air i t i OP; ' OV. Berlin ...........• •• •• - New York,. „., Ad . Vienna ................ 12 50 Philad elP t i ' ee i t t ast ly ht . d ° l o.o : lo I,Al :' t ti l, /1 Trie5te.........• •• .... 12 52 rare 11 P. P .. , in , oo . co l. h . 1 ,, Petersburg ............ 35% FOre 0 , G o ld 0 11, . i Madrid ... .. .. .. ...... 49% Portal+ Do ors ..:,. ''l e , Cadiz ......... - v' t ,he i Barcelona .. .• .••• • • •• -1, bars • ' ,vee r Seville. .... - - strver ,II• ee 1 1, ii js .of,g. , i 4 et COUNTRY 4114 -- .\ 4 ..„ 10 „ 16. s . t , N. for M i e n i f t e w ri h or ea s t. %." air n were PrealSeCi":°' ktt to-day imiyLbtf r S e l 1 1 y a ig 1? - - t :iil 0 d las ' . , t lt unaltered au e w f 1.1 " ISn I t I A 41 4 k ,,,i terial influence upon the tradf• ~ , ;t,, Wheat, white, old, per s. C. .. per 4 1. "..... ,' }, IC° , scription 0 f iq ur grain, Iv : lai n :: , nW thee " i i 1. .tacoell S r l i qr. 56 si Os.s, i w irider:„, b k 4l: t ts New.... 56 81 re' s '' wi l ite•••• „. ' e t 7 t !,l,: t ' red, old 32 74 B o ilisir ::,./ 1, (4,1j.te ne w fa 74 .1 't t lt , Dusl. ‘ ;'''. , , 't,,,4nt, Barley 27 3 , Ties " 0 ,.:, ktt Chevalier 29 37 N ano ' geri l o,... t ' l . id I t AtaNt , Grinding . 23 .10 xi,- - 0 ati, Malt 70 74 l little basin tbraei vi pots, Chevalier .... 72 7 6 e ?bird; .....- 1 6, d Ol I N 1,,, ,,, COLCHESTER - R - l rill 'a el osi l 0 1 . A small supply of wheat, but the iat .ba "jf 0 11 ; l e r so, and only a limited business resultsa,,,,A ov o urire under last week's currency. Bat Cori 0 ' , p ick Beans and peas are without anY„,.., 102 ' 0 ° t 0 . ) +, 1 0 4 lete e Prices to-day were as follow :- v"_ 9 3,4 5 1 . is : 14 k Ivel red, 66s to 72s ; barley, 30s to 35s ; e_ i i , 0 0 th..el l Mazagan, 38s to 40s ; middle and 1 51 "'" , . t ,gt)t white, 48s to 501 ; grey, 381 to 400. - he tar o'4 4 , 1. Official Statement of the Quantities o , l l r o oo l ‘, tiara in the port of London, from 41 2 V, ° 0 0 0 : itlpld the 11th to the 17th Feb., both i e' lll . l lit s.l or I ' l 4 0 I / ' 4 44 11 e ) , i t 0::: ' 1 , 1 % a Colchester „,, ,e l t°l o z Harwich ...... \\...., Leigh - Malden 427 22 0 ' -- rr, 0 k i 0 r, 0 ; KIRKCAL Ce DY-I°' 0 i 0 0 0 Ytt l \k l / 4 : 1 Wheat. 1 Berlel. 0.1 5 a• t I First Second Third 6os Od I 291 Od 4 X P • 0 I\ 1 ~ , t i COAL MARKET.-1'- o f v 0 0 ' I \ Prices of Coal per ton at the 0100 0 „Ai .''' ' _4‘ ; 7/./.. 1 ' Wallsend, &c. s. d. 5tew5r°,:...:::'...,,,,,:::0 ? 43 k N N Marton 22 6 CassoP ' O l, l , ~,, , 4 0 in h. Wharncliffe "4 0 Hartlirjftr./4' ,ty7, Bell's Primrose 24 o,llett O .. 0 ',,./,/ k tt Hetton 25 1 Tees Hetton Lyons Main 24 0 Whit" - Pensher 23 3 Sout h il lt"i .ttt.l Plumme r 24 0 !/...s a sl. '', ';''',ek,\' ~,e._. ~-~-- -- P. 1, 0 Seo , L' eh ar;i 4'1,6 1 ;,;/ )04\ i" It htst , k,tt t - e " 41, 7, r t te i t "