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First Lord of the Admiralty, he would take the opportu nity of stating that he entirely acceded to the opinion ex pressed in that most interesting and valuable document which Sir G. Cockburn had left as a legacy to the country, that it was expedient that the First Lord of the Admiralty should be a member of the naval profession. He must say that he thought the noble lord opposite, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, would stand in a much stronger position in the Cabinet if he had on one side a distinguished officer like Sir W. Parker or Sir G. Seymour, and on the other such a man as Sir J. Burgoyne, Lord Seaton, or Sir H. Douglas, than he did at present with Sir C. Wood on one side and his shadow on the other. Lord PANMURE said he had one remark to make in reference to the Transport Board. The moment the war was concluded the Transport Board, as at present consti tuted, would cease to exist. It was wrong, however, to say that the Transport Board was not in communication with the War-office ; for, although in more immediate commu nication with the Admiralty, the head of that board trans acted business with the War Department every week. The Earl of ELLENBOROITGH said that, if a member of the Transport Board communicated with the Secretary for War and took his orders, he should like to know what, in fact, was the authority left to Captain Milne at the Admiralty ? Lord PANMURE replied that the head of the Trans port Board communicated to the War Department for the purpose of ascertaining the business which was to be trans acted. The official business was conducted between the Secretary of State and the Board of Admiralty in the usual manner. The Intestacy (Scotland) Bill went through committee. Their lordships adjourned at a quarter print 7 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEA.SER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir M. S. STEWART took the oaths and his seat for Renfrewahire, in place of Colonel Mure, resigned. Sir J. FERGUSSON took the oaths and his seat for Ayr. shire. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following bills were ordered to be considered :--Birmingham Water Bill, Medical Invalids General Life Assurance Society Bill, and the Plymouth and StonehouPe Gas Bill. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Ayr Harbour, Cromford and Hi g h P ea k R a il way, Glas gow and South-Western Railway, and Nottingham and Loughborough Road, The following bills wera considored and ordered to be read a third time :—Carmarthen And Cardigan Railway; East of Fife Railway ; Fife ani Kinross Railway ; Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Railway; Lyme Regis Roads ; Royal London Militia; Exeter and Exmouth Rail way. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. Hadfield, from Tor quay, for the abolition of church rates ; by Sir J. Shel ley, several petitions from Pimlico against church rates ; by Mr. Cranford, praying for some alterations in the Lord Advocate's Education Bill. Mr. W. LOCKHART presented two petitions unani mously adopted by the Commissioners of Supply of the counties of Lanark and Dumfries on the 30th of A pril, praying that the proprietors of lands and houses•in Scotland may be relieved from the injustice to which they are subjected in being called upon to pay a higher rate of property tax than the proprietors of England, or the owners of funded or other descriptions of property. CONSTITUTION FOR NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. LOWE gave notice that on the second reading of the above bill he would move that it be read a second time that day six months. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN IRELAND. Mr. M`MAHON asked the Chief Secretary for Ire land whether his attention had been called to the trial at the last Tyrone assizes of certain persons, belonging to two opposing political and religious parties, for riot and assault, and to the course pursued by the public prosecutor on that occasion ; and whether that course met with the approhal ion of the right hon. gentleman ? Mr. HORSMAN said he understood the ,question to refer to the system rather than that particular case. In that case the proceedings were not out of the usual order. He had communicated with the Attorney General, and he was of opinion such a practice should not be con tinued, and should not occur again. THE FOREIGN LEGION. In reply to Mr. EWART, Mr. PEEL said he was informed that between 3,000 and 4,000 men had been enlisted, and from the success attending the efforts of the recruiting agents a force of 10,000 men would be raised. Depots had been formed at Seliguland and at Shorncliff for their accommodation. ORDER OF MERIT. Lord ELCHO asked the First Lord of the Trea3ury when the new Order of Merit for service in the field would be instituted and distributed, and whether the delay was attributable to the neglect of any particular department ? . . Lord PALMERSTON said the only cause for delay was, that his noble friend at the head of the War De partment was anxious to have a report of the manner in which such orders were distributed in foreign coun tries, which rep'ort had not yet been received. SUMMER CLOTHING FOR THE TROOPS IN THE CRIMEA. In reply to Mr. BERESFORD, Mr. PEEL said an order had been sent to an eminent house in Vienna to prepare a large quantity of summer clothing for the troops, and he had no doubt they were by this time supplied with them. IRISH JUDGES. In reply to Mr. H. BRUCE, as to whether a large por tion of the Irish Judges were incapacitated by age or other infirmities from the regular discharge of their duties. Mr. UORSM A.N said the subject had been frequently under the consideration of the Government, and was still so. (Laughter.) HOLYHEAD HARBOUR. In reply to Sir R. BULKELEY, Sir C. WOOD said the report of the engineers had been already laid on the table, and the works to carry out the northern breakwater would be carried out as speedily as possible. A landing place was about to be opened there for the accommodation of railway passen gers. In reply to Lord NAAS, Sir C. WOOD said the depth of water would be from 25 to 35 feet, and the area of the whole works would cover 600 acres in extent. PLANS OF THE EARL OF DUNDONALD. In reply to Mr. FRENCH, LordPALMERSTON said the plans of Lord Dun donald were last autumn referred to a committee of mili tary and scientific men ; but the difficulty of the case seemed to increase as it was more looked into ; and really was not prepared to state what day the Govern ment could give a final answer on the subject. MR. LAYARD—THE LATE CAPTAIN CHRISTIE. Mr. FERGUS would ask the indulgence of the house while he proceeded to rescue the character of a gallant officer from great and unmerited obloquy. (Hear.) It had been stated in that house that the harbour of Balaklava had been entrusted to Captain Christie, an old man up wards of 70 years of age, who from infirmity was unable to leave his ship for six or seven days together without endan gering his life. The question wag then asked, such a man being in command of the harbour of Balaklava, who could wonder at the state in which it remained? Now what were the facts? Ile had known in close neighbourhood Captain Christie many years. He had never known that officer to have any physical complaint. He was 57 years of age when he left this country for Balaklava, and he was of vigorous and athletic constitution. Captain Christie was never in command of the harbour of Balaklava —he was in command of the transports outside tho harbour, and he was always where his duty called him. There was every allowance to Le made for a gentleman who was, with a single eye, conscien tiously engaged in making investigations for the good of the country, for any falseinformation he might collect; but that gentleman was bound, after making incorrect statements, when facts were explained, to give his statements full and proper contradiction and explanation. In Feb. last a letter was written to the gentleman who made the statement in question : " Sir, —I read with much regret your statements with regard to Captain Christie. A reference to the Admiralty books would easily show you that he entered the service in 1813, being then 12 years old. I shall not trouble yott with a detail of his services, but you will find he has al ways been accounted an energetic and painstaking officer. At Balakl xva, having been ordered outside the harbour, along with the transports, previous to the gale of the 14th of November, he saved the ship in which he was—the Melbourne—through his own exertions in cutting away the masts. He also 3 times sent in a lieutbnant to beg the senior naval officer to allow the Prince to go into harbour, as she had only one anchor; but th a t was re f use d , and she was lost. You will at once perceive that your statement has placed an active an meritorious officer, 57 years of age in the eyes of the country in the position of an i m b ec il e dotard. (Cries of hear.) Trusting to your known gene rosity of character I cannot doubt that you will pub licly correct a mistaken statement so publicly made. I am aura you will excuse the feelings of a sister,and the tres pass on your time, on behalf of an absent brother." (Che ers .) Now, he wished , not exactly to the question, to say that the statement with regard to the Prince transport was perfectly correct, and would have been confirmed by Captain Christie himself had he lived to take his trial by court-martial ; it would be confirmed by the right hon. gentleman who was at the time at the head of the Admi ralty. Another letter was written to the hon. gentleman by a brother of Captain Christie, which bore truth on the face of it. These letters were in the possession of the hon. gentleman more than ten weeks. The relatives of Captain Christie remained in suspense; but it was not suspense to Captain Christie—it was anguish. (Hear.) Capt. Chi istie was keenly alive to his professional position ; his reputation Was dearer t o hi m th an lir e . H e use d no exaggeration when he used that expression —that anguish and anxiety did for theegal!v.nt o ffi cer what years and active service could not and clone . Tim refutation of the error did not come, where neit down in the'midst of his duties, and had gone Re bg 4tu i t r slander nor praise could reach him. (Cheers ) h e recei , wa ()ask the Ilan. member for Aylesbury whether to them ? t hose letters, and what answer he had given terestMr. LA. areYat s A.D.. _l a really f ee l as h ame d when great in wars R take, is at its pitch, on n a ti whe n the excitement upon this amount of wh a t h as taken place in of tia the East, that the time e house should be taken up in u aitions of this k ind--lollq eb)—whieh involve persdnal erhap s I should say, one whether tla matters. I ask hon. menahees-.-1, gallant gentleman in particular — gentlemen are be ' renew to-night the unseemly scene which sy intend to took place the other night ? (Oh, oh.) Those hon. on the house great discredit. (Oh, eh ' a nd langlater I"ing iv g gaining ground in this country. .) ) There a feelin g up in ibis country that the Question.") The question is the adjournment of ( Crie s tlioisf house. I say, a feeling is rising time of this house is taken up an d t rifled with, and that this house is made the arena of personal altercation. That feeling is ga i n ing ground, and I warn hon. and gallant gentlemen opposite—(laughter) —that that feelin g way gain a groun d t oo w ide and too vast in the country. Now, sir, I will answer the question which the hon. member h as put to me , althoug h the proceeding is not quite regular, fur if the hon member had spoken to me before he raised this cinest• 11 I would hityn purl' lux raga_ informatics as would have enabled him to place it in different terms be fore the house. He has, no doubt, Imintentionally, mis (lowa Imy speech alto o o , -ther. I ha,v- referred to three or four newspapers in this house—if I may be allowed to refer to newspapers in this house—and Ihave compared their reports. I do not pretend to recollect the exact words I used, but referring to the Morning Herald, the piper that has attacked me the most, I am represented to say that Captain Christie was about 70 years of age—other papers make me say upwards of 70 years. I will read from the Times what I said : " Who is at the head of the transports at Balaklava ? Captain Christie, an old gent'eman upwards of 70 years of age, a gallant gentleman no doubt, but he cannot leave his ship after dark for fear of a catarrh, which might en danger his existence. I know he is often five or six days without being able to land at Balaklava. Are you then surprised at the state in which Balaklava was ?" During the time I was at Balaklava, on board the Agamem non, I had almost daily opportunities of seeing Captain Christie. Against his private character I have nothing whatever to say. He appeared to me to be a man about 70 years of age, and I had frequently heard a high autho- 1 rity say he was not a man competent to fill the position he held. That opinion I formed myself strongly. I had a right to form it. At that time the existence of thousands was dependent on those who were placed .t the heads of de partments ; and I, as a member of parliament and an En glishman, had a perfect right to express my opinion to the country of any man at the head of any of those depart mentg. There is no one impartial man, or one not wishing to make politi ca l ca pit a l ou t o f s uch matters, could venture to say that anything more was to be inferred from my re marks than that Captain Christie was an old man—too old to be at the head of his department. I did not know whether he was 60 or 70 years of age. By his appearance I was justified in saying he was about that age, as I might express my opinion of the age of any man in this house, and be mistaken. A few days after I received a letter from Capt. Christie's brother. Now, no one is more ready in this, house to atone for an error—if I have reason to believe it to be an error—(oh, oh)—than I am. When a gentle man out of doors addresses an unseemly and unbecoming letter to a member of parliament, and publishes that letter in the newspapers ' I apprehend, then, the duty of a mem ber of parliament ceases. Now, what was the letter ? It opened with a statement contrary to fact : ' If your speech has been correctly reported, I have to inform you that you have stated what is contrary to fact, and have thereby done what you can to injure an absent man." It may be in the recollection of the house there was a change of Ministry going on, and great excitemont in the country, and I had not an opportunity of making a state ment in the house ; and, after receiving such a letter, I very much doubt whether I should have made any state ment; and when I saw that letter published in the news papers, I might fairly have considered myself as relieved from any further notice of it. I believe I did afterwards receive a letter, whether from that same gentleman or another I cannot say, but I remember I did write an answer to it, and received a reply from the gentleman to whom it was addressed, to say that he was the peison who tad written to me. I have looked among my papers, but am sorry to say I cannot find the letter. Some time after wards I received a letter from Captain Christie—that letter was written under a misconception of facts. No_doubt he was informed I said be was 70 years of age. I never said it—(hear)—the only thing I said was he was unable to un dergo exposure on account of the state of his health. The moment I received that letter I wrote a reply, directed, as he wished, to his agent , J. H. Same:— " 9, Little Ryder-street, April 17, 1855. "Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of yOur note, dated Balaklava, 26th March. I had already received a communication from your brother on the subject of your age. Had that communication been worded in a becoming manner, I should have at once acknowledged my error in the House of Commons ; but, as it was not so worded, and as your brother thought fit to publish it in a newspaper, I did not consider it incumbent upon me to take any notice of it. With regard to your suffering from disease—such a statement was not made by me. I argued that a man of your age could not perform the duties imposed upon an officer in your position, without running the risk of injury to his health. " With regard to your management of the harbour and the shipping in it, that is now the subject of par iawentary inquiry, and I have no doubt that if you will inform Mr. Roebuck of your arrival in England, he will summon you before the committee, and you will then have an opportu nity of clearing yourself from any imputation that may have been thrown upon you. " I ani, sir, your obedient servant." _ " Captain Christie." I sent ft to the address in question, lint whether it was forwarded to Captain Christie, or not, I cannot say ; nor do I know what became of the letter. Now, sir, with re gard to Captain Christie's position in the harbour of Ba laklava, I may, perhaps, be allowel to refer to the evi dence taken before the committee. There is considerable doubt on the subject. The evidence of the witnesses clashes with regard to hi's powers. I Myself formed my opinion from what I saw. I have a right to do so, and to express that opinion. I have refrained from giving any personal opinion on the evidence, leaving that task to the commit tee ; but if I can ask hon. gentlemen for any justice or fair play, I would ask them whether there is one word in the extract which authorised a court-martial to be held on Captain Christie. (Hoar.) Because I said a man was 70 years of age, is that a reason for trying him by court-mar tial ? And now I actually find myself charged with the murder of Captain Christie. The right hon. gentleman behind me (Sir J. Graham), when in the committee-room the other day, in a tone and manner that no one could mistake, and I appeal to the other members to confirm me, when answering a question, turned to me and said, " Cap tain Christie is dead—a broken-hearted man." (Hear.) Yes, it was well said by a right. hon. gentleman opposite, if you would trust a bad case to good hands, go there. (Hear, and laughter.) Who was responsible for Capt. Christie's trial ? What did the right hon. gentleman tell the com mittee that Captain Christie was put on his trial for ? Because I said he was an old man ? No, but because the right hon. gentleman at the head of the Admiralty thought he might be considered guilty of causing the loss of the Prince and_of landing Turkish troops at Balaklava which ought to have been landed at Eupatoria. In what I may have said about the loss of the Prince, I always felt sure that Captain Christie had nothing to do with it. I was there the day after the loss of the Prince, and I was told by everybody that the Prince could not come into Bala klava. Now, with regard to landing the troops at Bala klava instead of at Eupatoria, until the right hon. gentle man said so before the committee, I never heard a word about it. Captain Christie was sent to be tried on those two issues. I never raised them. If Captain Christie has been an ill-treated man, who ill-treated him ? It was the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir James Graham) who first listened to those matters which must have come from other sources, and not from imputations I cast upon him. I may be mistaken as to Captain Christie's age. (Laughter.) I remember a remarkable mistake as to ages, and I will ap peal to the right hon. gentleman who corrected that mis take. In 1843, when a revolution broke out in Servia, Lord Aberdeen who was then Minister fur Foreign Affairs, jus tified to a certain extent the non-interference of this coun- try, and the carrying out of the Russian policy, on the ground that the Prince Stirbey, who was then on the throne, was too young a man, who had been taken from obscurity, and who had no claim to his position. The riglst hori. gen tleman then pointed out that this young man was 40 years of age. The matter involved a question of great interest, but was Lord Aberdeen attacked or accused on account of the mistake. But, when I make a mistake, you attack me as if compelled to do so by political or party reasons. I admit the mistake ab.,ut the age.; but if you think that by crushing me—a poor man, a man of no weight in thi s house --you may succeed, but you will not crush the cause with which I am identified. (Hear.) You arehero to shout me down because I attack a system by which you hon. and gallant members sit in the house, and rise in the ranks of the aimy without encounteiiug the dangers and lighting th, battles of your country. (Oh, oh, and cheers.) You mayhunt me down, but the country will not stand it. (Oh.) Hon. gentlemen may repeat their cries, but I warn them again that sooner or later—(Here the close of the sentence was drowned in cries of " Oh.") pow, sir, with regard to Captain Christie, no man can be more grieved than I am at his death. If I could have done anything to save him I should gladly have done it, quite as readily as if he was my nearest and dearest relative. But I contend I had a right to say, as a Member of Parliament, he was incompe tent to hold his position if I thought so; and I say a member . of Parliament has no right to be exposed to attacks, as I have been more than once, for doing his duty —for the country will believe that such attacks are only made for party purposes. (Oh, oh, and cheers.) Mr. FERGUS, in explanation, said the hon. gentleman had totally misunderstood his question. The letter he re ferred to was not a letter from Capt. Chliatie, bat a let ter from Mrs. Boswell, Capt. Christie's sister, forwarded by himself to the hon. gentleman on the 28th February. Sir J. PAKINGTON —As a member of the Sebastopol committee, I feel bound to take some notice of the evidence given by the right lion. gentleman (Sir T. Grah..rn). I must say I never heard a more unfair representation of that evidence than that which has been given by the hon. member for Aylesbury. I heard the sight hon. gentleman allude to the then supposed death of capt. Christie, for it had not then been ascertained', and the right lion, gen tleman with a depth of feeling which I think did him honour, said he believed at that moment that Captaiu Christie was dead of a broken heart. I heard no more from the right hon. gentleman than what a man of good feeling-could have said who was giving evideuco with re ference to Capt. Christie at a moment of such melancholy interest. I cannot refrain from adding my very deep re gret at the course the hon. member for Aylesbury has taken on this subject. He says this matter is brought forward for party purpose. and that there i s a n en d eavour t o crus h him. Let me tell him that if he is crushed he will have crushed himself. (Cheers.) He will crush himself, as any man will crush himself, who brings forward these loose charges against public servants under circumstances which prevent him from substantiating those charges. The hon. gentleman is a man of great ability. He is a man able to do good service, and I hope he wall do good service ; but if anything will prevent his rendering good service, it will be the want of precision and' the want of care with which he ventures upon these charges. How dues this matter stand now about Captain Christie ? To an officer, profes sional character is everything. The hon. gentleman comes down, and says, in reference to an officer, he is 70 years of age, and tao old for service, being unable to leave his ves sel for sixl%r seven clays at a time for fear of catching a catarrh, and that he is unable to perform the public ser vice. lie then receives letters both from the sister and from the brother of Captain Christie. He receives that touching letter, which has been read by the hon. gentle man who so ably brought forward this matter. He re ceives a letter also from the brother. Last of all, he re ceives a letter from Capt. Christie himsel —after receiving which, I confess, I should have thought that no man of honour would have done less than acknowledge his error. (Hear.) I regret the bon gentleman did not feel, after receiving that letter, pointing out and correcting the errors into which he had fallen, that his only course was to have frankly acknowledged in the house the errors into which he had fallen. (Hoar.) I take the course lam now taking with great regret—l speak without any hostile feeling in the matter—but I am sure hon. members will agree with me in saying that the hon. Member will best consult his own public character by not makieg any such charges as those in future. (Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT—I am afraid that the discussions which have recently taken place in this house have to some extent tinged its character. I have been a member of this house for some years. and I have he iial several al tercetious of ono ' kinisand another, but I have never heard any altercation before to night which bore to me the character of an un generous treatment of one of the members. (Ob.) The hon. member (!Sr. Layard) seems to me, in the lint place, to breve committed no fault—(ol)—and with regard to the subsequent conduct of these transactions, he appears to ,ne to have done just that which any ouo of us would if. he etateesel.',esr Uava done under the (N o, n o) I iaoetntto ° same c irc um stances. want to ivi honourable members whether any member ment of which L© i s the and to be charged with some grave offence i that a certain person at the head of departmenthim is about 70 years of age, I much too old to manage the depart- is the head ! I colaisi point to two mem- here of this house, and both in the prqp. s i4 n ,f w hi c h C sp+ain Christie was a r, and 1 will nn.!e, A:3 to say that the ar.n who lo,ks tim young.st :f the two is five years oiler than the other. Any number of members of this house would take the younger man to be the elder of the two. Such a mistake one of us might easily 'hake. The hon. member for .ylesbury has seen Captain Christie,and we have not, The hon. member's opinion was that Capt. Christie was a man about 70 years of age. He made that statement. He was making a speech in the house—he was excited by what he had seen at Balaklava, and we were excited by what we had heard from the seat of war. But what was the conduct of the hon. gentleman afterwards ? At the very moment when Le received a letter from Cap tain Christie he wrote to that officer's agent in the most frank term% What would havetbeen thought of the hon. member if he had come down to this house, and asked the house to notice particularly the fact that he had said an officer was 70 years of age, but had since had a letter from that ofiller, stating that he was not more than 60? There would have been laughter from both sides of the house, and that, would be the end of the affair. (Hear.) My, own opinion is, that the hon.. member for Aylesbury has only done that which a , y man may do, and rightly do, who feels that at the head of a public department is a man who is incompetent to fulfil his duty. And when a man does that —for no one charges the hon. member with hav ing personal hostility to Captain Christie—if he has made his statement in fulfilment of his public duty, what is to become of us members of this house if there is to be a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly hunt in this house on a motion for adjourning the debate. Every one after this discussion will come to the conclusion that the house is treating the hon. member with rather less of that genero 7 sity and fairness which are the usual characteristics of the house, and it is for that purpose I have risen to make these few observations. Sir J. GRAHAM—Sir, I am extremely anxious that this discussion, which is of a most painful character, should not be unnecessarily prolonged. But I must say it is not the character alone of the hon. member for Aylesbury that is concerned ; a debt of justice is due to the memory of a gallant man. (Hear, hear.) And, sir, I beg leave to state that no transaction has for a long time given me such acute and deep pain as this very transaction we are now die cussing, for though it is no longer possible to render a tribute of justice, which might soothe the feelings of a gallant man now no more; still there is a debt of justice due to those relatives who feel the greatest interest in all that happens. Sir, I alone am responsible for the ori gival appointment of Captain Christie. He was unknown to me except by reputation. He bore a high and spot less character in his gallant profession ; he had served well and honourably, and he was recommended to me as fully competent for the situation to which I appointed him. I believe the first serious question raised with re spect to his competency was raised in this house by the honourable member for Aylesbury. Certainly, sir, I shall not attempt to give evidence as to the precise words used by the honourable member on that occasion ; but it will be in the recollection of the house that the allusions to Captain Christie by the hon. member were very disparaging—namely, that he was an old man, a sickly man—(uo, and cheers)—and as such was unfit for his duty. (No.) I certainly understood the hon. member to say he was so liable to catarrh as to be, unable to leave his ship for many days consecutively; and I leave it to the house to judge whether the tone and substance of what the hon. member said did not leave an impression that 2411 unfit person had been appointed at a crisis of public affairs to fill a most important situation? I have said this matter deeply grieved me. I had heard too much clamour with regard to this officer, and I ordered inquiry to bo instituted after that debate by the Com mander-in-Chief on the naval .station whether, in his ' opinion Captain Christie had effectually and well dis charged the duties of the station to, which he had been appointed. Two faults, and only two, to the best of my recollection, were alleged with respect to the manner Captain Christie had conducted his duties. The first re lated to the discretion exercised by him with refer ence to the transports outside the harbour on the 14th of November, the day of the heavy storm, and incidentally another question arose, which the right hon. baronet alluded to, whether Captain Christie had not m a d e a serious mistake with reference to ordering a portion of the Turkish troops bound from Varna to the Crimea, to go to Balaklava instead of Ennatoria. Having received an answer and an inquiry, instead of handing Capt. Christie over to the committee on `which the hon. member sits, I thought it more just, and on the whole better, to submit the conduct of a gallant officer to the cn stitnted tribunal of his brother officers, that they should investigate 113% charges and pronounce an opinion on Captain Christie's conduct. This, I thought, would be better than to submit Captain Christie to the ordeal the hon. member wished him to susteio. For that I am respon sible. I did not wish Captain Chi istie to return to England to be examined, but that he should be tried by court martial. Hero is the point. I had reason to believe that the bitter and cruel suspense in which Capt. Christie was placed—finding himself superseded and ordered to be tried by court martial, coupled with the statement made in that house so disparaging to him, broke the heart of a gallant man ; and when in the committee I said I did believe that Capt. Christie's death was in consequence of the circum stances I have stated The hon. member says when he re ceived a letter from Capt. Christie's brother, stating cir cumstances so minute as to prove the errors into which he had fallen, that he had not answered that letter. And what is his allegation ? Why, that when he received a letter from Capt. Christie's brother, who was on the spot, correcting two errors as contrary to fact, and injirious to the character of an absent man—he found that letter couched in terms so offensive as to preclude him from doing justice to that absent man. Now, I appeal to this house to say if that is not a dangerous doctrine to put forward, coupled with the facts of the case. It is a doctrine the honourable member on reflection will not, I feel assured, adhere te. (Hear, hear.) With respect to what fell from me on the committee, I sincerely thank the right honourable gentleman (Sir J. Pakington) tor doing me justice. I brought charges against no one. I felt regret for what was demanded of me. I said, and looked steadily at the hon. member, that Captain Christie died a broken-hi arted man. I considered that what the hon. mem ber said in the house of Captain Christie was unjust to a gentleman. I believe the statement had the worst effect on the health of a gallant officer, and I do think that the lesson ought not to be thrown away with reference to future charges; that allegations against the character of absent men ought not to be brought forward on light grounds, and that when errors are proved to have been committed, there will be no hesitation in frankly acknowledging them. Mr. ROEBUCK—As chairman of the Sebastopol com mittee, I hope the house will excuse me if I say a few words on the subject. I think there is something peculiar in the expressions used by the right bon. gentleman the member for Carlisle. The charge against the hon. member for Ayles bury is that in his opinion Captain Christie was about 70 years of age, and in his opinion incapable of performing his duty. Hereupon the right hon. gentleman the member for Carlisle thought it within the scope of his daty to desire an inquiry by court-martial to be held into Capt. Christie's conduct. During that inquiry two circumstances came to the knowledge of the right hon. baronet, which caused him to order a court-martial. These two circumstances were not mentioned by the hon. member for Aylesbury. The first was, that Capt. Christie by his conduct conduced to the less of the Prince. The second was, that instead of sending troops to Enpatoria he sent them to Balaklava. These two cir cumstances were, in the opinion of the right hon. baronet, so grave that he superseded Capt. Christie and ordered a court-martial. Then the right hon. baronet tells us that in giving his evidence before the committee, he did fix his eye on the hon. member for Aylesbury, proving thereby that the right hon. baronet the member for Droitwich is mis takee. Sitting there wholly unconcerned he thought, and I thought, that the right hon. baronet was merely giving effect to his statement of a fact, but the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle now says that he gave a siguficant statement, and that he intended to convey to the hail, member for Aylesbury that Captain Christie had died of a broken heart in consequence of the conduct of the hon. member for Aylesbury. If Captain Christie died of a broken heart, what broke his heart? Because he was su perseded and ordered to be tried by'a court-martial. What caused him to be superseded and to be tried by a court martial? The right hon. baronet has told us. The cir cumstances that led to his being superseded, and to his trial, by court-martial, did not ails° out of the state ment of the hon. member for Aylesbury. The statement was that he was an old man. I never heard that such a statement could ever be considered a charge. If it is a charge, it i 3 one to which I hope we nay all he liable. But it is surely becoming the generosity of the house, before' visiting any meffiber with its displea sure, to consider well the cause of displeasure. What is the accusation against the hon. member for Aylesbury ? He said that Captain Christie was 70 years old— decrepid—or if he did not say decrepid, he implied it, and that from his age ho was incapable of performing his'duty. Judging of the man from his appearance, the hon. member for Aylesbury said that he was 70 years old, and also, judg ing from appearances, that he was unfit to perform the duties of the office imposed upon him. That is the sum total of what the hon. member said. ' Then the hon. mem ber says that the hon. member for Aylesbury received let ters and did not answer them. He has told you that of the letter from the sister of Captain Christie he is wholly ignorant. (Cries of no.) The hon. member tells me so. Of the letter which he received from the brother of Capt. Christie he has told you that he conceived the opening sen tence of it to be so discourteous and disparaging that he thought it (lid not merit an answer. To the letter of Captain Christie himself • the hon. member did send an answer, admitting that he had been inaccurate about the age of Captain Christie, but that he was not prepared to retract the opinion which he had formed of being in capable to perform his duty. Is this, then, a statement, which calls on the house to visitthe hon. member with that sort of displeasure which it has manifested to-night—a dis pleasure which could not have been more severe if the hen. member had been guilty of some dishonourable act. Hon. members may dissent from the opinion that a statement about age is not dishonourable, but that'does not meet any view of what is dishonourable. It appears to me that Capt. Christie was deeply wounded from what occurred, but for what occurred I hold the right hon. baronet the member for Carlisle responsible, and not the hon. member for Aylesbury. His being superseded, and being ordered to be 'tried by a court-martial were the two events that cut to the heart of Captain Christie, and for those two events the sight hon. baronet is responsible. One point has been omitted, but I think it due to the honourable member to make the statement on his behalf. The right honourable gentleman said that he was unwilling to subject Captain Christie to the ordeal which the hon. member desired. There have been both nobletnen and gentlemen before that committee—the honourable member for Aylesbury was brought into contact with them, I use that term—and. carefully abstained from putting questions to those gentle men. The right hon. gentleman the member for Droitwich will bear me out when I say that the hon. gentleman need not have been afraid of that ordeal. It is 'an ordeal which the right hon. baronet has gone through himself, and I think he has not suffered materially from it. (Hear.) Admiral BERKELEY thought he might be considered as good a judge of the character of Captain Christie and of his professional abilities as the hon. gentleman ; and he felt bound to say, though the right hen letronet the mem ber for Carlisle had taken the responsibility of the appoint ment, that he shared the responsibility, for the right. hon. baronet had consulted the board before making it. No than more desired a court-martial than Captain Christie himself. It ought not-to be said that the right hod. ba ronet, in carrying out the rules of the service, was in any way thecense of the death of the gallant officer in questi n. • Rather let it be said of those who malignantly attacked a man behind his back. Why had not the hon. member, when called upon by that touching letter of Captain Christie's sister, done that which every honourable man would have done, answered the letter- and relieved h(r mind ? The efficiency of the service was what the Admiralty locked to in their appointments, and he must say an unprejudiced from the appearance of c pe a r p s t o ,, n in w e ou h l r i i l s t h ie a , v t e h s a a t ic h l e j u n 'a d s gi r n e g ther 45 than 70. Mr OTWAY said he had no doubt the hon. !somber for Aylesbury p t a in Christie'! b bad duties, rivedh tend i3in h fctruso wayAti orr in w as to the naturetbyet ha Ca been performed, from military authorities on the spot. He trusted the hon. member would not be deterred from ex posing the Monstrous abuses is our military system, fear lie was quite sure the country seoril-1 -uppprt him, :re' would 1 ull.irel'ily Le ef hie tp' !leer. lie b ~., eis •ri on t:, lee e t ireceeler, to pets., nuesr ien t i The Fie.t, L o ot of La , ['WO. suiy. (A laugh 4 A transport had sailed the other day, haeiug on board 300 or 400 Poles, armed and equipped by this country for service against Russia. He wished to know whether they were .to. be incorporated in a foreign Turkish legion, or whether they were to form a part of a legion of their own countrymen under their own national flag and officers. He believed that if the Polish standard was hoisted numbers of Poles in the Russian service would desert to it. He wished the noble lord would make up his mind to the raising of a Polish legion, and not hang back, waiting on Austria. (Rear.) THE WOOLWICH ACADEMY. Mr. NAPIER called attention to the circumstances con nected with the recent nominations to the practical class at Woolwich, and made particular allusion to the treat 'meat experienced in this matter by seven students of Trinity College, _Dublin, who, having reason to suppose that they should obtain appointments in the Woolwich Academy in the event of their passing an examination in the science of military engineering in the Dublin Univer ' sity, did pass the examination in a very creditable manner, and yet were, refused appoietments. The provost of the university had correspon.leil with the Board of Ordnance, but no redress was to be had. Lord PALMERSTON interposed with his answer to the question put by the hon. member for Stafford. There were a certain number of prisoners, Poles and Russians, taken in'the Baltic. The Poles showed a great desire to join a Polish corps, now forming, in the Turkish service, under the command of a Pole, Colonel Czartarowski. They were sent out at the expense of the British Government, and furnished with arms. They were enrolled in the Turkish service, in a corps called by a name which signified that they were not a part of the regular army, and their banner was the cross and the cresCant combined. With these Poles a certain number of persons of the Polish emigration went out desirous of the same service. Every man of these went of his own accord, and it rested with the Turkish Go vernment to determine where they should be employed. Mr. MONSELL, in answer to the right hon. gentleman the member for the University of Dublin, said that the appointments in question were not in the hands of the board, I;ut in those of the Lieutenant-General of the Ord nance. There were two points to lie considered, which the hon. and learned gentleman had mixed up—first, whether the principle of nomination was a good one; next, whether the existing principle had or had not been fairly carried out. He did not wish to express any opinion ou the first point. With respect to the second, he believed that it had been fairly acted upon at Woolwich, where, though every care was taken that the young men should be fit for the service, merit was not the ground of nomination. He ex• I pressed no opinion as to whether the principle of nominee 1 tion was a good or bad one, but he did not think that it had been unfairly applied in the present instance. 1 Mr. WHITE SIDE said that it seemed to be the custom now to fall back on the system for any abuses that might arise. Mr. H. VERNON bore testimony to the zeal which the Clerk of the Ordnance had manifested in his endeavours to introduce reforms into the department of which be was at the head. Mr. V. SCULLY said it was a curious thing that when hon. gentlemen were out of office everything appeared to them to be done by favour and nothing by merit. After a few words from Colonel DUNNE, The motion for the adjournment of the house until Mon day was agreed to. ' EDUCATION f6COTLAND) BILL. The adjourned debate upon the question that the house should go into committee upon this bill was resumed by The Earl of DALKEITH, who supported the resolution, and objected to the Lord Advocate's bill that it did not make sufficient provision for the religions instruction of the young. Mr. COWAN opposed the resolution, and dilated at some length upon the inefficiency of clerical superinten dence of schools, as shown in the impunity with which schoolmasters of the - list generation committed all sorts of immoralities. He contrasted this with the vigilant care with which the inspectors watched over the ability and aptitude of the teachers, showing the superiority of their system. He defended the absence of religious tests from the bill, on the ground that the religious feelings of the people 'were sufficient to secure the religious principle, while the separation of the Church into sects, chiefly arising from the tyranny of a majority, rendered it, impos sible to agree upon any test that would meet the views of all p irties. Sir G. MONTGOMERY opposed the bill on the grounds that it provided no smithy for religious teaching, and would break up a system that worked well. Mr. MACKIE spoke in favour of the amendment, and against the bill. Lard DUNCAN reminded the house that they were no: discussing the second reading of the bill, but whether it should be divided—in other words, cut to pieces. He read official returns showing the vast number cf criminals utterly ignorant even of reading, and asked whether edu cation could be in a satisfactory state under the existing system. The object of this bill was not to exclude but to secure religious teaching, by removing the obstacle opposed by sectarian differences, while it left the parochial schools as much as possible upon their present footing. Sir A. CAMPBELL said, the question being whether the present system should be abolished, it should be shown that the parochial schools were on a faulty system, and that the new schools would be upon a better system, which had not been done. Mr. POLLARD-URQUHART supported the bill, which he considered was urgently required by the present cir cumstances of Scotland. Mr. SHOLLETT opposed the bill, because it contained no adequate security for the maintenance of the religious character of the schools, and for religious instruction there. He should vote, he said, for the amendment. Mr. BOWYER noticed the operation of the bill upon Roman Catholics and non-Presbyterians by the omission of the denominational clause. The former, especially, could not separate religious from secular education, so that the bill would be exclueively Presbyterian. Mr. SCOTT disputed tLe statistical data upon which the Lord Advocate had founded his argument in favour of the bill, and called upon English members not to aid in ' the overthrow of an aficient system, providing a sound ' and cheap education, in favour of a new-fangled and un ' tried one, which would supersede local control and dry up : the sources of private support. I Lord ELCHO, after appealing to Mr. Stirling's bill as , an admission that further means of education were required for the people of Scotland, called the attention of English members to the bearing and effect of the amendment, which was an attempt, he said, by a side-wind to get rid of the vote of that hous3 on the principle of the bill, which sought to banish the evils of a denominational education and to diffuse the benefits of a united education. He ad mitted that this advantage ought net to be purchased by rudely overthrowing the parochial schools, which this bill did not do. The effect of the amendment he proceeded to show would be fatal to the principle of this measure, and he replied to the arguments urged in its support. Mr. BLACKBURN thought that as the bill, by the con fession of the Lord-Advocate, was to carry out two objects, it would be much more convenient and beneficial to divide it into two bills. The existing system, under which the schools depended upon the Church, had been, he observed, most successful, and no party in Scotland asked for this measure. Mr. LAING pointed out the incompatibility of the amendment with the principle of the bill, which was to sever the intimate connexion between the Established Church of Scotland, which had ceased to be the church of the nation, and the parochial schools .An urgent practical necessity arose for • chools to meet the wants of the country, and, as it was impossible to adhere to the old system, the bill very properly excluded a test and the control of the presytery in the new schools, but, being founded upon a compromise, it did not apply to the parochial schools under the old system. 'rho LORD-ADVOCATE made a few observations in reply to objections to thebill and upon the questions raised by the amendment, dwelling upon the mischievous results of cutting the bill in two. He denied that the parochial schools belonged to the Established Church of Scotland ; they belonged to the nation. His proposition was this— that Scotland being the only part of the United Kingdom ripe for a common -system of education, it should be built upon the footing of a common faith. Mr. Sergeant SHEN.; insisted that the noble lord at the head of the Government' should pledge the Government to give a larger educational grant to the Roman Catholics be fore he would agree to Ruppert the bill. Lord PALMERSTON said the bill did not prejudice the case of the Roman Catholics. But the learned gentle man wished the Government to pledge themselves to do give a l arger e d uca ti ona l gran t. wasd, to was a matt er f or th e commit tee and had n o thi ng t o d o w ith th e bill. something AllL of e il Pc J oi . tvily M dn iCnr A soa N 3en ' N I n E i anl lt ' S appealed to the hon, member for Sheffield to withdraw his motion for the adjournment. Mr. HADFIELD withdrew his motion accordingly, but proceeded on vollintary grounds to argue against the bill. The house then divided— Ayes - 149 Noes 142 Majority in favour of Governments.. —7 The result of the decision was received with immense. cheering on the opposition benches. The house went into committee pro formes. The LORD ADVOCATE stated that he would not pro ceed further with the bill before the Whitsun holidays. The CHAIRMAN accordingly reported progress, The house having resumed, went into committee on the Militia Bill (No. 2). - On clause 5, • , Sir J. TROLLOPS moved, as an addition to the clause, that "Extra-parochial places within burghs should berated with respect to expenditure under this act in the same manner as such places aro rated in reepectof county rates." —Agreed to. The bill then passed through committee. The Weights and Measures Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the Court of Session (Scotland) Bill was road a second time. The Places of Religious Worship Registration Bill wont through committee pro forma. The Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill was road a se cond time. The house adjourned at five minutes past one o'clock. Mr. CALEDON paired for the Scotch Education Bill with Sir S. BIGNOLD against. Mr. DENT paired for the Scotch Education Bill with LDr.l CHELSEA against. Mr. 0. BIGGINS paired for Sir W. Clay's Bill to abolish Church -rates with Lord BECTIVE against. Mr. ANTROBUS paired for Sir W. Clay's Bill with Mr. GODDARD against. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t s. d.' Davison's West Hartley 18 3 Elasting's Hartley lB 0 17 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton lB 3 Long,ridge's Wst Hartley 18 3 North Percy Hartley l7 Tanfield Moor l5 9 Muffleld Moor Butes 15 9 Walker Primrose l5 Grey's West Hartley _37 3 Wylam 16 Et Wailsend, Acorn Close lB Gosforth lB 0 Harton lB 0 Heaton hedley 17 9 Lawson 17 Riddell l7 9 Wharneliffe l7 9 ET.-MAY 19. ,be close of the market. Wallsend, 8. d. Edon Main 19 0 Lambtan Primrose •l9 0 Belmont 18 6 Framwellgate 19 0 Hetton 2O 0 Haswell 20 0 Kepler Grange ...... 19 0 I bton .................. 19 6 Iletton Lyons Main 19 0 Plummer l9 0 Russell's lletton l9 6 Stewart's . EO 0 Caradoc ............. l9 3 Hough Hall. l9 0 Kelloo. l9 3 South Kenos, l9 U Pees 20 'Whitworth l6 6 Derwentwater Hartloy 18 3 Ships Rt market,,, 124 J 5y1d..,..ti„,111 T!! E LOYDOINT OAZET'TE OF LAST NIGHT, BUCIiI.gGII.IM PAL IC3, MAY 15. This day bad audience of her Majesty ; His Excellency the Count Wale wski, Ambassador from the Emperor of the French, to deliver his letter , of recall; To whom he was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., li,er Majesty's ,Seeret.try of State for Foreign Affaiis, and conducted by Major-General the Honourable Sir Ed ward Cast, Kali , lwr Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. DOWNING-STREET, MAT 15. The Queen has been pleased to constitute the Island of Labuan and its dependencies to be a Bishop's See and Diocese, to be called the Bisho ,, ric of Labuau, and to ap p.iot the Reverend Francis Thomas M`Douksll, D.0.L., to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See. WHITEHALL, MAY 15. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Field- Marshal the Right Honourable 1- itzß,y James Henry, Lord Raglan, G.C.8., and Vice-Admiral James Whit! y Deans Duudas, C. 8., hei Majesty's royal license and per mission that they may respectively accept and wear tha Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the First Class, which the Sultan bath been pleased to confer upon them as a mark of his Imperial Majesty's approbation of their dis tinguished services before the enemy dining the pres , nt war ; and that they may eujoy all the right,iand privileges therieunto belonging. WHITEHALL, MAY 17. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Lieutenant-General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, G.C.8., Lieutenrent-General 3ir George Brown, and Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., her Majesty's kiyal Licence and Permission that they may severally accept and wear the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the First Class, which the Sultan hath been pleased to confer upon them as a mark of his Imperial Ma jesty's approbation of their distinguished services before the enemy during the present war, and that they may en joy all the rights and privileges thereunto belonging. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 17. The Qneen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Arrott o.s . Consul at Dublin for the United States of America. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 15. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA- MENT. County of Renfrew.—Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, of Greenock and Blackhall, Bart., in the room of Colonel William Mure, who has aCcaptedthe office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, MAI 18. Ist Regiment of Dragoons —Lieutenant St. John Wil liam Chiverton Charlton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sykes, who retires ; Cornet John Glas Sandeman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charlton. 12th Light Deagoons—Charles Talbot Goff, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blunt, promoted. Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel his Sarene High ness Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe Weimar to be C.ptain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Reeve, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Wm Francis Forbes to he Lieutenant and, Captain, by purchase, vice Prince William A. E. of Saxe Weimar. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign J. J. Heywood to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Anthony Gardner, Gent, to-be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Smith, promoted. 6th - Itoot—John Thomson Bowers, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. Bth Foot—Frederic Anderson Stebbing, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lillicrap, promoted. ' 23d Foot—Lieutenant W. H. Poole to be Captain; by purchase, vice Vane, whose promotion by purchase his been cancelled- • Fre lerick Woollast on H u tt on t o b e En sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant . Poole, promoted. - 24th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Troup are Robert Henry Williamson. 30th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase— Ensign William Kerr, vice Walker, prouloted to the 3d Foot ; Ensign C. J. P. Clarkson. To be Ensign, without purchaseL-Lieutenant Henry F. Aforewood, from the Duke of Lancaster's Own Rifle Regiment of Militia. 34th Foot—Richard Lewes Dashwood, Gent., to be: Ensign, without purchase. 491 - Foot--Lieut. Thony:s P. St. G. Armstrong to be Captain, without purchase, vice CorbA, deceased ; Ensign J. T. Cooke to Ira Lieutenant, - without purchase, vice Armstrong; Edmund Douglas Creasman, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Fitzprald,•whose promotion by purchase on the 10th Nov., 1654 has been cancelled. 51st Foot—Serjeant William Clement; from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Ehsign, without purchase, and Ad jutant, vice Sheaffe, promoted. .56th Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on the Ist May, is 11..sinptun, and not Hampton, as previously stated. 68th Foot—Samuel Black Noble, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cave, whose appointment. has been 'cancelled. 89th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Mac kenzie appointed on the 11th M a y, 1853, i s W a l ler, and not Walter as previously stated. 93d Foot—Ensign Waller Scott Mackenzie, from the 89th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 98th Foot—Lieutenant Molyneux Batt to be Captain, without purchase, vice Smyth, deceased. Rifle Brigade—To be Ensigns, without purchase—The Hon. Alan Joseph Pennington and Hugh Lawton, Gent. Ceylon Rifles—Constantine Hayward Read to be En sign, without purchase, vice Hobbs, promoted in the 99th Fuot. . UNATTACHED. Captain Wm. Waster, from the lst Foot, to be Major, without purchase. BREVET. The following promotions to take place consequent on the death of the undermentioned officers:— General ti. fluskisson, died Dec. 30, 1854 ; General Viscount O'Neill, died Fob. 12, 1855 ; General Samuel Brown, died March 1, 1855 : Lieutenant-General Thomas Evans, U.E., 81st Foot, to be General. The following promotions to take place consequent upon the decease of the undermentioned otilcers : • Lieut.-General A. ➢laclachlan, died Dec. 29, 1854; Lieut.-General Sir T. H. Browne, died March 11, 18'55; Lieut.-Geneial John Duffy, 0.13., died Mareh 17, 1855; Major-General James Lindsay to be Lieut.-General. The following promotions to take place consequent upon the decease of the undermentioned officers : General Samuel Brown, died Ist March, 1855. General Pinson Bonham; died April, is 5. Major• General J. G. Baumgardt, died 7th May, 1855: Colonel Ambrose Lane, half-pay 44th Foot, to be Major- General. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Bates, 98th Foot, to beColonel. Major William Fenwick, 10th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel•. Captain Edmund John Cruice, Unattached Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. MEMORANDUM.-ThQ Christian names of Major White, Madras Infantry, who obtiiiiied his promotion by brevet, in the Gazette of the 6th Feb., 1855, are Henry Puget, and not Henry Paget. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Dugald Stewart Miller, EA., late C a pt a i n i n th e R oya l F us ili ers, t o b e Ad jutant. 2.1 Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Legge, the younger, Esq., to he Paymaster. Oxfordshire R-giment of Militia—William Nicol Ralph, Gent., (lately G.ptain in-th e 2d Q uee n' s R o y a l R eg i men t) , to be Quarternn vice Holloway, resigned. Royal North Lincoln Militia—Michael Moriarty, Gent., to be Quartermaster. • COMMISSIONS SIGNED, BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Royal North Lincoln Militia—James Sisson Cooper, Gent., to be Ensign ; Lovick Emilius Cooper, Gent., to be Ensign. Ro) n 1 South Lincoln Militia—Robert Trudd, Gent., to be Ensign. _ , Ist Royal Lanark Militia—David William Mathie, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Fotheringliatn, retired. iThe following notice of appointment in this regiment is substituted for that which appeased in the Gazette of 20th March.] Captain and Brevet-Major James Hunter, of the 53d Bengal Native Infantry, to be Captain, vice Allman, re• signed. . _ - Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Willi ilia Longhorn I{azelrigge La Hunt Wilson to be Lieutenant ; Ensign William Evans to be Lieutenant ; William Shep herd Brudenell Whitworth, Gent., to be Ensign, vice William Longhorn Hazlerigge Le Hunt Wilson, promoted. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militi a — K ennet h Kemeys Tynte Maer, cent., to be Ensign; Francis John Shortis, Gent., to be Ensign. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Frederick Walter Aston, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brinekman, resigned. lit or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militi a —R o b ert Welsh Coates, Gent., to be Ensign. The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Francis Blake to be Captain, vice Captain William Ker Groy, resigned. Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia Rifles—Win. Henry Ralston, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Ensign George Parker, from the sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Lieutenant, vice Vize, resigned. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the Bth MEly instant.] Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— William Philip Allington Jones, Gent., to ba Ensign. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Ist May instant.] Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regi ment of Militia Artillery—Alexander Hepburn Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS. Elizabeth Whitaker, plumber, Itomford, Es sex , t o sur render June 5, at th ree , and -rne 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Leigh, George-street, Man sion -house, city. James Tomlinson, timb3r merchant, Nottingham, May 29, and July 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Freeth, Rawson, and Browne, Nottingham. Harriet Townsend J peultere St. James's, M a y 26 and une 30, at two, an at the os-street Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall cham bers ; Shaw, Ftirnivers-inn. William Totnkys, plum her, Wolverhampton, M a y 3 a n d July at half-pa s t t en , at tho Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, birminghain ; Price and Stuart, Wolverhampton; William Peter Grant, bookseller, Cambridge, May 26, at half-past two, and Juno 30, at one, at the Court of Bank, uptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wheeler, Furnival's-inti. John Walker Cash, fancy stationer, Russell-street, Man chester, May 28, et eleven, and June 28, at one, at the Court of Benkruticy. Johnson, official z.ssignee, Basing hall -street ; Catlin, Ely-place. John Biddl e , g l ove manufacturer, Leicester, May 29 and July 10, at ten in the forenoon, at the Birming ham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Notting ham ; Spooner, Leicester; Motteram and Knight, Bin mingliarn, John Lowe, fishmonger, Northampton-place, Holloway roatt, May 23, at half-past twelve, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfold, official assignee ; Stopher, Cheapside. Thomas Hitt, currier' and leather cutter, Exeter, May 25, and June 21, at one, at the Exeter Distsiet Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, kxoter. Thomas John, Aberdare,Glamorganshi t e, butcher, grocer, and draper, Juno 1, and July 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District G.urt.' Miller; official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and (Ailing, Bristol. George Campion Postans, grocer, Newmarket, May 30 at two, and June 29 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Aldridge and Bromley, Gray's inn ; Kitchener, Newmarket. Sarah Frampton, butcher, Wimborne Minster, Dorset shire, May 26, at half-past one, NA Jove Aat half-pas' t sr r•vrt. 131.tc:. I.‘ s ofri OA Thout4 Evaus Pal tm id a and &Lmuel Partridge, screw bolt manufacturers, D Lrleston, Stafforiabire, May 30, and July 4, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Diitric:. Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knight, Bi,iningham. John Eth9ridge and George Monck Berkley Michell, in surance brokers, Liverpool, M-,y 30, at twelve, and Juno 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Littledale and Bardawell, Li verpool. John Noble, shipwright, Liverpool,' May 30 and June 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Cow t. Caz!nOve, official assignee, Liverpool; Feu icke nd Aspinall,- Li ve, pool. George G Healey, timber merchant, Preston, June 8, and 22, at twelve, at the Manchester. Distlict Court. Heine mann, official assignee, Mauche.ter ; Chapman and Riberts, Manche ter. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Spencer Perceval Plumer, merchant, New City Cham bers, city. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Janies iI. Johnston, merchant, Lerwick—Creditors meet in the Sheriff Court Room there, 28th fitay, twelve o'clock. David Macdonald, farmer, cattle dealer and 'grazier, Lassintulloch, Rannoch, Perthshire--Creditors meet in the Salut ition Hotel, Perth, 26th May, one o'clock. Andrew Galloway, cabinetmaker and upholsterer, Glas gow—Creditors meet in the Globe Hotel, George:square, Glasgow, 28th May, twelve o'clock. BANK OF An Account purstiaot to the Act the Week ending on Saturd ISSUE DEP . Notes issued 29,336,510 NGLAND, rth and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for iy the 12th day of May, 1855. IRTMENT. £29,336,510 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 45,33 1,510 Silver bu11i0n........ - Dated the 17th day of May, 185 BANKING DE' Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .:. 3,165,785 Public deposits titt chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,733,903 Other deposits ...... 12,205,267 Seven Day and other Bills ........ . 1,023,1401 £29,336,510 [. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. :PARTMENT. Government seenr; ties (Includg.Dead Weight - .£33,686,040 Annuity) ..:.. 11,016,374 Other securities.-- . 12,513 8 ,, 0 N,,tes • • .......... 9,417,175 Gold and silver coin .. 7,-8,691 Dated the 17th day of May, 18. 43306,940 ►I. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the Week ending Mayls, 1853.: exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon ' on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British Possessions in America 2ls. 2d. " • Maui itius cc " - East Indies 2ls. The average price of the three foregoing descriptions of Sugar, boniputed as above, is 225: 84d. per cwt. OFFICIAL DESPATCH PROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. (Prom a Supplement to Tuesday's Cazette.) WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 18. Lord Panmure has' this day - received a despatch La l icl its ehelOsures, of which- the following are copies, a !dressed 'to his lordship by .Field , Marshal the Lord .Raglan; G.C.B. - Before.,Sebastopol, May 5. My Lord,—Since I wrote to your lord,lip on the ltt instant 'nothing of importance has arWl ; the enemy still appear to be collecting troops upon the Wet ground on the opposite side of the 'Pullen:lva, in the neighbourhood of Sebistopll, and convoys are constantly seen moving in • that direction. The fire from the place upon our trenches has not been heavy ; but, notwithstanding. I have some casualties to report to you, as shown in the accomp,nyin4 returns ; and I have to lament the death of three promising young officers. Liinitenants Carter of the Royal Engineers, Curtis of the 46th, and White of th 3 62,1 Regiments. Ou the night of the Ist instaht the French attacked a kind of counterguard which the Russians had established in front of the central bastion. The operation was quite successful, and the enemy were driven out with great loss, leaving behind them nine small mortars. Our Allies have remained in the work, notwithstanding the heavy firn to which they have been exposed, and have established themselves therein, frus trating the efforts made by their adversaries to dispossess them of it on the following day, when a vigorous sortie was repulsed, and the Russians were again great sufferers: The, conduct of the French troops was very brilliant. I have, &0., . . The Lord Panmare, &o. &c. RAGLAN. • Enclosure 1. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM THE 30TII APRIL; TO THE 3n HAY, 1855. Ist Battalion, Ist Rogiment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 2d Battalion, Ist Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank and file, wounded. 4th Foot 1 rank and file, wounded. 7th Foot-1 rank and file, killed; 2 rank and file, wounded. 19th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 23,1 Foot-1 rank and file, wouficled. 28th Foot-2 rank and file, killed; 3 rank and file, wounded. 30th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 31th Foot-6 rank and fila, wounded. 38th Foot-1 rank and tile, wounded. 39th Foot-1 rs:uk and file, a ounded. 41st Foot-1 serjeant, 1 rank and file, wounded. 44th Foot —4 rank and file, wounded. 46th Foot-1 officer, killed. 47th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 55th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 62d Foot-1 officer, 1. rank and file, killed. 77th Foot-1 drummer, killed ; 1 serjeant, wounded. 88th Foot-1 rank and file, wounded. 89th. Foot-1 serjeant, 2 rank and file, wound. d. 90th Foot-2 rank and file, wounded. 97th Foot-1 rank and file, killed. 2€l' Battalion Rifle Brig ade—l-serjeant, 1 rank and file, wounded. Royal En ,, ineers and Royal Sappers and Miners-1 officer, killed; 1 serjeant, wounded. Total-3 officers, ldrurnmer, 6 rank ant file, killed; 5 serjeants, 32 rank and file, wounded. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. Enclosure 2. NOMINAL RETURN OF OFFICERS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED FROM THE 30TH APRIL TO THE 3D MAY, 18 INCLUSIVE. KILL D. MAT 2. 46th Regiment of Foot. ' Lieutenant F. J. Curtis. Royal Engineers Lieutenant J. FL S Carter. MAY 3. 621 R.Timent of Foot. Lieutenant G. J. White. J. B. BUCKgALL ETCOURT, Ailjutnut-Gigneral. Enclosure 3. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM TUB 30Ta APRIL TO THE 3D MAY, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. APRIL 30. 2d Battalion Ist Foot. • ' Private Amos Pipler. G2d Regiment of Foot. Private Patrick Lynch. • 97th Regiment of Foot. Private-El ward Corbett. MAY 1. 7th Regiment of Foot, Private Michael Murphy. 28th Regiment of Foot. Private Francis Chiverton. Private John Edward. MAY 2. 77th Regiment of Foot. Drunimer Owen Bennett. J. B. BUCKNALL E - iTCOURT, Adj utant-General. Enclosure 4. NOMINAL RETURN OF NON;COIIIMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUN uED FROM THE 30TH APRIL, TO THE 3D MAY, 1855, INCLU SIVE. • . WOUNDED. APRIL 30. 4th Regiment of Foot. • Private William Robertson, slightly. 7th Regiment of Foot. Private Peterlforga,n, Severely. Private George Wardell, severely. 30th Regiment of Foot. Private Charles Holborn, slightly. • 41st Regiment of Foot. Serjeant George Corfield, severely. Private Patrick Keary, severely: 89th Regiment of Foot. Sergeant James Carrut hers, severely. Private William Atkisop, severely. Private Thomas Broadbent, severely. 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. Private Joseph Bolter, slightly. MAY 1. 28th Regiment of Foot. Corporal Bernard Carr, slightly. Private Tuoinas Smith, severely. .Private Matthew Thomas, slightly. 39th Regiment of Foot. Private Quill Daniell, slightly. 4 tth Regiment of Foot.' ' Corporal Patrick Trodan, dangerously. Private John Kelly, dangerously. Private Edward 'railer slightly. 2a Battalion Rifle Brigade. Serjeant William Brodd, dangerously. MAY 2. tat Batts-H . ou, Ist Foot. Private Thomas Ryu.4in, slightly. 34th Regiment of Foot. Lance Corporal Richard Carr, dangerously. 3''th Regiment of Foot. Corporal John Williame, severely. 411 h Reginieht of Foot. Private William Minefield, slightly. 47th ReginiPnt of Foot. Private Charles Ryan, 'severely 9 th Regiment of Foot. Private Tholoas Foi.dy, severely MAT 241 Battalion, Ist Foot. Private John Gough, slightly tith.P 0, n lli,_i :-,, so-tr,l, 2i3 Regiment of,Fu:o.t. Private Hairy Ball, severtly 34th Regiment of Foot. Private Richard Tremble, dangeroroususly Private losi:kh Worstall, dangely Private Michael Todd, dangerously Private Joseph Robinson, slightly Private Patrick Short, slightly 55th Regiment of Foot. Private John Grordon, severely 77th Rig of Foot. Serjeant William Secr"att, severely 88th Regiment uf Foot. Private 11,1,,11133 001113 U, HlightlY • 9Jth Re irnent of Foot. Private David Murdoch, d Miners dangero.sly . , Royal Sai,pers an. ilip BMormt, slightly ,„., /j a, Serjeaut Yu .T. . BUCKN A 1., , OVA ; Gal. Adjutantr ene Elia SII re 5. . - T AE ..-, Da Al A RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN . ! OP NAVAL BRIGADE. BEFORE SEH 401, I S ' 9°. A STOY OI ! IN THE WEEK END IN MAY G The Military WOUNDED. Pierce Butler, A. 8., Qoen, slightlY Total -1 wounded. Coin mauderin-Chipf. _O.. seccr:itS,atTrayiEtiPtcoHolßlta:iii;Lui j-UdioSurgild slENaavGgailltirio, . ----"". ---..".------- COUNTRY VA li.g .-----o- ---- ,„ 4 rs ae ifici b ill i ceti'l There was a fair attendance to-day. hilt the .l e upo i r ° 51 1 LIVERPOOL---bIAT 1)4. to be dull. Indian corn was the only a rt icl e pe r 4 t ? ty o t an improvement could be Made - l iame Y. ' fair' clu; D c oro' 6d per 4801 b having been' leal:s'll ii , i* ' ' for 'n i " ot ti ' American white, 51s for yellow, and Sig far floor , ,1 but the' business was tot so active. SW e" e rices; barley, and beans hardly supported Tuesd* ° ' l. • very few transactions resulted. ------ / 10 1 • if - 13. WAKEFIELD- -;77-A l 1301 - ill articles• e fier S . 1 3 We have a moderate supply-of 811 E : ere k g O IC I recently bought rather freely of wher‘" lo t wee - ' gi sow desztand an advance of is per qr. fro" 'd e creio e 'o4 loo b a rl sera'' checks business. The de mand fore to shelling, the sale s and other articles low at previous pr without alters.ices. Bons fully° a. --- ° I6J • EXETER-31.AT 1 6 - note ,' froni do , Os • ConN.-In our" market' Wheat unlY b e ,;I•grinailij to ' °' t o o: os P th e i a l .., oos Maltingodtobcaorlseoyd.4s Od t°l•43 6 ',... as, ($ Od to Os OL . Oats, 39 lit ' l to '3s 8 Pua al 00' o F A LO TT O L R E ..- - F p in ri e na , s e 7 b a e O e s f l , to 58s Od ; s ee°ll ' ds 554 10 811 ,1 ° ri d Od per sack. ...mil _O.- 13/. this to 151. ; butchers'ic°asl6vdetr, to i s (l. Y f ia inli o ijplt calves 003 to 003 each. Sheep, 6id to 4 ` to P's e'l Per lb. 7id per lb. Store hogs, large size, 41 h rest, 0 25s to 40s ; small, 003 to 00s. lt e l ig ,ore. Pork carcases from 9s 6d to 10s Od Fel B -....... Ill' r --7----- ISIAT 15' a to INVERNESS.- Os '0 4 0 ,1 n 1 t° CORN.-Wheat, white, per qr.,-721 -` noc „, ley, chevalier, 31s Od to 32a 0,1; ditto, co 0: OF 30s Od. Oats, 28s Od to 293 6 , 1. ~ ~ 0 a to 2 , 5 L 16 , 6 01 e4score ~,c, _et 0,, I Li to MEAL.-Oatmeal, per blip. bat "L'IS o s d 6 ,1 to second , ON Od to Os Oct ; barlerne3l7 sto ve ° l3 4Ss o 'll peasemeal, 16s Bd to 2N Od; bran , P er o ait ' t°7 j a i l' $l Ist flour, per 2801 b, 57a Od to 608 0,1; ,ib iipper,„bi p ,h ON Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of l' b gleirol I. °'' to Os 0,1 •, ditto second, N Od. to Os 01 ; t our, "' to 003 Od'; peaaemeal, is 10d to Os O o d ;,,l i s co ait. 3s 6d 'credit ; 2d ditto, 2a 6d cash, ,s et l -.--- ... v i s, . oc k I, . , steady ado, BRISTOL SUGAIL'°' „,ideoblitgo,ool of Abemsiuncehssbtertatnesrametaerdk,eatttoh-icl,zahye,randlic°' P6vcorPl33 to . . gates which last week i . vel vo li tt i e t and manufac t u r e r s hal;l:h:eibni 6. able t ob" a all' -.0 ,- • COURSE uF E Kell AN - .-,- ....'".. 11/ $6 O ill. I rP " 1° r ro d , am thre . e .. n . se . u . th . s: .. .. 1 12 2 t:1 o u e f o r. . : . .• :: *. :: .. : 4 'i smstereAm . I I 18 tiibra ,••••• " .• •'" • , Antwerp a , ~ ~ ........ . 2f , 4234 34 ..flan • • ";•,••••"..... ill russets ~........ .. 25 42% Venice •• " ......'..,. 0 1, NI a D r i s t e t i o l:e t s hr . I lainburgli ~ ~, •• 13 8 Naples '• . • ••''',..' 01 7 ' Alton,. ...... '' ''' '• /we nn° • • • " ~•••• ~ 5 ,4 Paris. three .... 2 25 3 45 4 o r• p is o b r f o ;: ...• ..:::: .....' ;" 5 -- - . .. - .... 25 20 31e,sin ...." ~" / 5 Vienna ....... . •• •• • • Bourdeaux . ..,:•• _ I iiio •litnelfor•e's. ...: 6 • 4 ' 13 i , F. ankfurt- du Maine :: ... 119 ' fille r "' ' A I 60 cia9 6 ,/ , of-, • '-terlin ~ ~ ,„ ...... • __ Neva Yor-1, .. . c . ', fo- i 7 - rrieste .... ....:- - - ... 12 5, 1 ,4 ' PAP'5,9.„1., 10 13 , 0 4 1 1, Petersburg ........... 35% Forego 7,0 0.0 •.0 0 0, Madrid ,„„ ~ •• ' 48% Portugal ,1 0 , 8 01 •'' • o ii 17 Cad:2 • . 77 .7.. 50 3 ' leVe° -114fi ' ' ' .. CI • •••••••• Olarcelona .... •__ New' P ° r s .' 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IS Brazil ....•• .• •.::.••M 9th of • theln°, l „ l . b ".:,, 7 S, • dith_...lo.)ttii Belgium .: : 11 ... .......11 17th of . t . b! . -,... riror;;;.tlyfoo, Buenos Ay re „,-,, ~ .....3 . 1 9th of the inn,l••• yor i.a ,, 1 Cape of Good Hope .. N .„01 0 Cape of Good Hope ..N Ceylon (see India) ' tai ' Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the Month Seu t r - • 0. 4 Ceylon ........ • ••tc i te nth 09 4 Channel 151e5....". „N Plon.,Vire,Bciri-•,,,.• 0 01 09 1 1 :•4reytown Ch i l i •• ••• .•........m 2ar 17th of niO nt' `.- ...1 Al China ... . Once a month •• • • irv etS;too , ol o, Constantinople . . • '8,13, il•als,'"• 2 ' ° ' l• ad' •• I c al' 1 Censtantlnople .„ • • • „ Ott: St. 20th of In" over 0. 1, 1 .0 4,:ont. of Europe t it 1 .1 ,-, , Twic‘, daily •• ~ I • Egypt . (see ' , Ala) i poste' ; 41 )0'1 I S Creme .... ~, .. 31 & N Twlee daily ••.. • • tiotp: 0 .ranee „„„.. „ im L 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of "' 4 01', 1 @recce (see India) i p a de''' ~. / 0 0 llamburgh .........• 1. Tuesday & Edda: !..', O (1-,5tf,P..1_,,,, I. tlavannah ...... • - •i '2nd of the 1110 V t:. s 0 .,.,• 10 , ne t 011 Holland .... • . ii" ' , A wl' 1 ........ .4412nd Bcl7tli of 1110",,oction", ' ~,i 1 6 - - " - ....Id, imily ~ • • - .. •• ! • ~,,,,,, __ .. Honduran .. , ~.. NI I ith of the in nate; -;;;;,,,, r 110,...,i ,61 India tvlasout!;am.pt.)Mll 4th , 200 of i n.:,; over ••..,• ? t o ' India (via Marseilles all 9th& Vsfh am° ' I va ver"i •• sof (Oman Isles (see Ind•a)l7, 7, &27 of 11101:10,,,ype I to o e Ireland 1 4 & :,.• iTwiet. aady. • • ~. • .IsiEwils.',:),Pp!o.ol,l I Lisbon., „ „ „ ,„ . ‘ .Ist 17,1' ,the 17 27 o' . f f r k3otill i* ,1, . %-ladeira „..,. .. . Militil of no" '. I oyerro weir. ~...... . •rd o • month - • Malta (see India; • m Pi' ." I italta --••• •• - . • 8. la &280,m u n , 0 , Mauritius (see India ~,, i t"'' M,uritius .... „ „ 5 140 ut the filon'' fostls"--- .• i 0 a Melic° •.••• , • • .. -3; Ind of the month. pac e • r • p ' o cer Nulne , • . ....„ .. 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CBtelarruytio):l:::otiailiftooll" 9 i ite aide O s o l m o l i v n th . i:e ay l i s o t r h , E in s s ci t .. . , - at Chettle L'ag e ' a the On the 16th inst at Manor-platoy $' dot I° i or A veuawrO• ife 0 ttl . , 0 me n ,o, o r On the 10th inst., at GraVeSOnaf ilibliSb'of•in 5 Swetenham, of theßengil Invalid E t , ivio , Se i.o o o 0 On the 16th inst., at 'Victoria C'?., t ji:epP e , ill , B w i joo f e r (I,,l: o tt f Ehi i l :eeq . : : Bt h , hho u: ni i n e : h s .t u u: u I,M.D . , o f 0 1 0 0, of o rf sell-sq 'tare. t he fp cor to oo Smith. -------- 'irLts:teran-PiEggeto:2:3' grg' jolot: S. .!, ela BdEeaooos r O ugganng u e, h. t:tt t oht,h h efeeE e 11 1 :6 4 .ft, t ,h hhaiigemiiniuns,.19:tv.g,ah3aviiirtti:Pil:_ihdoBEirnesrocieflem.:bit;:ay!ude-:!FliD;.:141:gr::Y:"::::0ft;;;:°1:; f _. _ c,p)a.•,...tre1l 01, a s o:: :o : r t ac h n a be e st t jth h . } : er i r :. , vo l E e tf : h l r% (l l7fl .C a u . g 2d h t' daughter Bombay bya W. tv...t.roop 0 1 : 1 jot Es F' ~,, r, iir e a 0 f 4„ til e i Hall, Much Wen k Shropshire 0 , ~,-.,- sor ois in g ge o r • ( I s l 4 a o t t u i h g t h hte i rof the late .. 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Mr. (Alai les Bello' i fetil f pf , culosbire, aged 78. s.atiOli' icol On the slt Feb , at 111clbourne, la ~ , a CIO Rowe, late Fellow' of Trin. Cul. Cato, ' in blelbourne University. 11 ° 0 Oil --- 0 by Striti) to;1;o1. LONDON : Printed and Published u, go olgoor othro. 112, St•rand, Printer, at Vi 4 0 the --, Strand, in the-PM:lila Of the 5a,...501t , , • 1' Iditkilelo, Oaturaay, XIV 1 9, lilvv. • .. • ,~ et,