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FLEISCHMANN, having renewed the UP Lease of his Hotel, in soliciting future favours and grate fully acknowledging the distinguished patronage he has the honour to possess, begs to announce that, in addition to his Family and Coffee-room business, he has opened a SECOND-CLASS COFFEE /ZOOM, the charges In which department will be strictly ccan mercial. LAST FEW DAYS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELELTSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. ' - • Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos eeseine distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the 'visitors no ono can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany,; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. • Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. Ile would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten the , it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring who:- ever its has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pre fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the heatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex• rose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible tor Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, ho would least have expected to have teen converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume ;—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 64 8 : —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum. who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendiclhumbug, offeredhim 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer wag refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very bad health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping-- does spirit-rapping gain or lose be this accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse went to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likele to be negotiated 3 Professor Anderson would believe not ; but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it to be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 8 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. Ho distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their séance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be hold in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual . ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England es genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual ugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being eontiuually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 22, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in he air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and • the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. • Act 3. Le Livre des Recueils Ghoisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verse; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport Wolf, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key In the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; er, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, ;andky, noyeau, or any other wine or spirit required ; finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of Spirit-rapping. lutroducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Erg land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comum, in which he who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The Horaological Evaporation ; or, the She :test Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered die-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. Private boxes, 11. 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' ''.,&' -,,, ,1rm.,r _,,a ,, .. -9 : . • ~, / ,.c.e..„ 4 „,., -- , -- , ---% .. ,, ,d0; ,, , .0 - -?,--.-. 6 iv.zqe-u----_, ) , w, ,?J, 2. ~m4„.l_, 1 . -7.0 1 ' -- -14', ' , -- 4> "`-' - . LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18 1855. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 31irr OCTOBER, 1855. rfinE COURT of DIRECTORS of tho EAST AL INDIA COIIPANT do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their Mouse in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th December next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. Lieutencit-Oolonels,.in each battalion, perform the duty of commanding the Battalion in the absence of their command. ing Officers, an•:l are teriged ACTING MAJORS, or MOUNTED OFFICE.IIS. " And, lazily, of the subortEuate Officers, or subalterns, the Lieutenants have the rank of Cnptain,.and the Ensigu that of Lieutenant. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 12TH DECEMBER, 1855. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY de Hereby Give Notice, " The rank of Lieuteaant-Colonel was . conferred upon the C.lptains of the Guards by Royal Warrant on the 30th of July, 1687 ; that of Captain on the Lieutenants, in a similar manner, on the 10th of July, 1691, when in camp at Gerpynes during the campaign in Holland ; and that of Lieutenant on the Ensigns on the 29th of July, 1815, in consideration of the distinguished conduct of the Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo. " Of - these extra ranks, the one which has had the most important influence on promotion is that of Lieutenant- Colonel, conferred in 1687—at a very early period in the history of a standing army ; at a time when only one-fifth of the army (as at present constituted) was in existence; and when no less than seventeen of the twenty-seven regi ments of which it was then composed consisted of regiments raised in 1685 by noblemen and gentlemen for the sup pression of Monmouth's rebellion, and which were after wards taken upon the establishment. " YOUR MismolaieLisTa conceive that it was the dolibe rate int , mtion of the Sovereign, as a mark of Royal State, to confer upon the Captains commanding Companies of his Guards,' whose special duty it was to command the Guard over the Royal Person, as also upon their subordinates, the privilege of increased rank which they at present enjoy, and whatever advantages might, naturally and necessarily accrae from it. That a Proprietor of East India Stock, John C. Whiteman, Esq., has siren notice of his intention 10 submit the following m'tton at the Q:larterly General Court of the said CompanY, appointed to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday, the 19th instant, viz : _ _ _ " That at the General Court of the East India Company, to beheld on Wednesday, the 9th of April, 1856, for the El"ction of Five Direc tors for the term of six years, it is expedient and just that some of the proprietors, heretofore Directors of the Company, who were not appointed to be D.rectors in 1854 when that body was ( y the opera ton of the Act 16 and 17 'Victoria, cap. 95) reduced from 30 men►- bers to 15, b then elected Directors, in lieu of those Directors whose term of office will expire on that day." That another Proprietor, Malcolm Lewin, Esq , has given notice of his intention to submit the following motion, viz , " That, in the opinion of this Court, the present system of Indian Government is unsnitable for its purposes ; thak, it assures neither efficiency, responsiblity, nor redress; that under it the grossest abuses are permitted to exist unchecked throughout our Indian ter ritories ; that the sole medium of placing our Indian Administration on an intelligible basis is a perfect transfer to the Crown, by which the Jumble of two authorities (being, as remects each other's powers, unknown quantities) will he abated, and the needless expense of the Leadenhall-street Establishment saved to the territorial revenues of India " JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTEIS, or 80 per cent. of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other 01.1-established offices, and Insurers are fni'y protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in additim to the accuwulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid loy the Office. Prospectuses may bo obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. " Such, then, being the relative and comparative consti tution of. the two Services, YOUR MAJESTY will at once perceive that the extra rank of the Guards has hitherto brought the Officers of that corps to the position of field and general officers more quickly than the average of the Officers of the Line could arrive at those ranks. During the late or Revolutionary war, Offieers of the Line rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel syith es great and often Treater oolerity than those of the Guards ; but, subse quently to its close, an enormous half-pay and other causes contributed greatly to retard the promotion of the Line— an effect„ however, which had been gradually wearing out, ' and had nearly disappeared, at the period when the Royal Commisitioners commenced their labours, in 1854. " IV. The Royal Warrant-6th October, 1854—its prin ciple—and the change effected by it. " Having made those introductory remarks, YOUR ME MORIALISTS now proceed to the consideration of the Royal Warrant. of the 6th October, 1854. " The seventh clause of tha Warrant rules thus : `THAT THE RANK OF FULL COLONEL BE GIVEN TO OFFI CERS AFTER SERVING FOR THREE YEARS WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, IN THE ACTUAL COMMAND OF REGIMENITS, OR FOR THE SAME PERIOD AS SECOND-LIEU TENANT-COLONELS,' &C., ' OR AS MOUNIED OFFICERS OF THE GUARDS, OR ON THE STAFF,' IN CERTAIN SPECIFIED SITUATIONS. nYSTERS.-BURNIIAAI RIVER NATIVES are the best. 1z11.7t - years old t four lotirs freni beds'. To he had only of J. Sweeting, Fish and Oyster Merchant, Cheapshle. BILLINGSGATE MARKET.-NOTICE IS lIEREISY GIVEN, That the Committee for the manage ment and control the several Markets in the City of London will meet at Guildhall on THURSOAY, the 2)th day et December inst., at One o'clock precisely, to Let the whole of the Stalls and Standings ha allingazate Market. The terms and conditions for letting may he ascertained upon applcation to the Clerk of the Market. Dated the third day of December, 1855. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. 11R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet :.: street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They f 0 perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or locay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain'ul , peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is .zuaranteed to restore articulation and r:astication. Decayed teeth rendered sound awl useful in mastication.-52, fleet-street. At h.ome from ten till flee. " The effect of the now system thus inaugurated may be stated, in contrast with the system whichit supersedes, as follows :—That, whereas °facers after attaining the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to which they are promoted regimen tally, rose, under the regulations in force previously to the Warrant, to the rank of Colonel and General byperiodi cal general brevets, and no one could pass over the head of ail:tether except in a case of distinguished merit ; this regulation is now rescinded, and it is ruled by YOUR MAJESTY'S Warrant that Lieutenant-Colonels having served three years is command of a regiment of the Line shall obtain the rank of Colonel, and then be eligible to be selected es General Officers ; and that Guardsmen, under a different system of promotion, shall count their three years from the date of their becoming Acting Majors or Mounted officers. THE GUARDS AND THE LINE. The following is the important document to which we have more than once drawn public atten tion. It is headed MEIiORIAL FROM THE COLONELS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONELS OF THE BRIGADE OF GUARDS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY,— " THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Colonels and Lieute nant-Colonels commanding the three Regiments of YOUR MAJESTY'S Guards, most respectfully submit for YOUR MAJESTY'S gracious consideration, this their bumble Me morial, which they feel it their duty to present to YOUR MAJESTY, in consequence of the operation. of YOUR MA JESTY'S Royal Warrant of the 6th of October, 1854, regu lating Promotion and Retirement in the Army, in so far as it affects the interests of the officers of the Brigade of Guards, who serve under their immediate Command. "I. The Royal Warrant 6th October, 1834, establishing a new system, of promotion in the higher ranks of th? army. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS respectfully remind YOUR MA JESTY that a war with Russia being imminent in the early period of last year, the attention of the military authorities was necessarily directed to the state of the higher ranks of the army ; and that YOUR MAJESTY was graciously pleased to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the several modes of promotion and retirement, and to report what changes it might be expedient or practicable to make in the existing system, with a view to the greater efficiency of the service : MEMORIALISTS would here freely admit that the principle thus adopted of making regimental service as Lieutenant-Colonel the base of future advancement is wise and sound, and that it is calculated to accelerate promo tion and give satisfaction to the army. But that part of the clause which they take exception to is the position therein assigned to the Officers of the Guards, as it will prove to be unjust in its operation both to those now serving and to the Brigade in general. " The Officers of the Guards make no quarrel with the Warrant that it deer not lay down the same rule of pro motion above the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel for both ser vices. They have for years, and with tenacity, maintained those privileges of their increased rank identified with the dignity of the Crown, which have been handed down to them by their predecessors, and which naturally have ren dered their promotion more rapid until the recent change of system,—but, while fully aware of these advantages, they have defended them in duty to a transmitted trust, and from an honourable esprit de corps, rather than from any selfish or unworthy motive ; and . `it had long been wished by the senior officers of the brigade that arrange ments might be made :which would have the effect of ac celerating the promotion of Line, and thereby render ing the service to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel more equal to both branches of the army. It was therefore no matter of surprise to them, or of complaint, that theß3yal Commissioners did not recommend that Captains and Lieu tenant-Colonels of the Guards hereafter to be promoted should obtain the rank of Colonel in three years. But it is matter both of saprise and complaint that, in adjusting, or assuming to adjust, an inequality, for which the will of the fount of honour and promotion in past times is solely responsible, the Royal Commissioners should have recom mended a principle of promotion by which, so far from equality being attained, the Officers of You a MAJESTT'S Brigade of Guards find their position depressed to a grade of absolute INFERIORITY to that of their comrades in the Line. "That this is actually the ease Yowl MEMORIALISTS will now proceed to demonstrate. 'V. The questions at issue are- 1 . Have the Royal ommissioners, in recommending the starting point for e rank of Colonel to be fixed at the position of Lieute rutnt-Colonel in the Line, and of Acting Major (or Mounted Officer) in the Guards, acted fairly to the Guards 2. Have existing interests been carefully protected ? " That the Commission was composed of officers of high rank in the army, and of gentlemen who had been con nected with the military administration of the country ; and that the several branches of the service were each re presented by an officer of rank : " That the Commissioners, having before them the pro oeeding and Report of the Royal Commission of 1840 thought it unnecessary to call for fresh evidence; that, after an examination of numerous returns and lengthened discussions, they completed their Report en the 17th of June, 1851 ; and that on the 6th of October ultimo YOUR MAJESTY'S Warrant was issued, embodying their recom mendations, and establishing a new system of promotion above the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. " In the statement which YOUR MEMORIALISTS are about to offer for YOUR MAJESTY'S consideration, they pro pose to confine themselves to explaining, as concisely a s possible, the position in which YOUR MAJESTY'S Brigade of Guards will be planed by the unavoidable effect and operation of the provisions of the new Royal Warrant. "YOUR MEMORIALISTS are aware that the Guards en joy some advantages in being quartered in London, and by exemption from Colonial Service.; but these are totally distinct from the question of Promotion, and rest upon the merits of the position of the Brigade as the Guards of the Sovereign. " YOuR MEMORIALISTS would premise that the Officers of the Guards are not for one moment disposed to take ex ception to any alteration in the system of promotion in the army which is Calculated to accelerate the promotion o their comrades of the Line, and to put it more upon an equality with what has hitherto been their oven —although the result of any alteration which has that effect must necessarily be to bring into the higher ranks a much larger number of Officers of the Line and Ordnance corpse:sf eqnal service with themselves, and thereby indirectly to render their position less advantageous than it has hitherto been. Had this been the extent of the influence exerted by the Royal Warrant upon the prospects of the Guards, the pre sent Memorial would never have been presented to YOUR MAJESTY. " 11. The subject of inquiry --Whether the Officers of the Guards will reach the position of Command as quickly as the Officers of the Line, or the reverse, under the system inaugurated by the Royal Warrant 6th October, 1851. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS would here observe that the point to which the hopes of all soldiers are directed is that of COMMAND, and that the rank which is the object of military ambition is that of GENERAL. The subject of in quiry is therefore this—Whether the Officers of the Guards will have a fair, or indeed any, chance of arriving at the position of General as quickly as the great body of the Officers of the Line, under the new regulation. "YOUR MEMORIALISTS may at once state that, after a careful examination of the subject, they conceive that great (although, they believe, uninteational) injustice has been done to the Brigade of Guards by the recent Warrant. The Brigade of Guards has unquestionably enjoyed more rapid promotion hitherto than other branches of the ser vice ; but henceforward, in the race of competition fer the ranks of Colonel and General, it must enter the lists upon unequal terms; and in the observations which they submit for YOUR MAJESTY'S consideration they will endeavour to show that the new Warrant COMPLETELY REVERSES THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE GUARDS. "111. The Constitution of the Brigade of Guards and of the Line compared. " In order that these observations may be clearly under stood, YOUR MEMORIALISTS propose briefly to explain and point out in what manner the rank of the Guards differs from that of the rest of the Army, also when the increased rank was conferred upon the Brigade, and what has hither to been the influence of that increased rank upon their promotion. "A Regiment of the Infantry of the Line is officered by one Lieutenant-Colonel, two Majors, as many Captains as companies, and Lieutenants and Ensigns in proportion; and a Cavalry Regiment is similarly organised, with the sole difference that there is only one Major. "The Brigade of Guards is composed of three regiments —the first, the Grenadier Guards, consisting of three bat talions—the Coldstreams and Scots Fusilier Guards, of two battalions each—in all seven battalions; each batta lion being virtually, in itself, a regiment. " Each of the three regiments of Guards-- the Grena diers, the Coldstream, and the Scots Fusiliers—is com manded by an officer who is styled (in the Guards), a Regi. mental Lieutenant-Colonel, who is a Colonel in the army, and is, as it were, a Brigadier commanding the three (or two) battalions, and who arrives at that position, on an average, in 36 years' service. " Each Battalion of a Regiment of Guards is commanded by an officer denominated (in the Guards) a Regimental Major, but who is ex officio a full Colonel in the army, and who obtains his Battaiion in about 29 or 30 years' service. " Each Company, again, in a Battalion of Guards, is commanded by an officer who is styled Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel, and has the , substantive of tiveravionke cctta of p ln Lieutenant- C o l o nelwia in the army. r 0 two " YOUR MEMORIALISTS venture to submit to YOUR MA JESTY their decided opinion that these questions must be answered in the negative ; and, i n support of that opinion they undertake to demonstrate the two following proposi tions "1. That the fixing of th e s t ar ti n g point for the rank of Colonel at the p os iti on o f Acting Major in th e Guards will be most detrimental to the interests of the Officers of the Guards in all future times, inas much as the greater part of the army will hencefor ward necessarily arrive at that rank with less service, and as younger men, than the Officers of the Guards. " 2. That the system of promotion recommended by the Royal Commissioners, and now adopted, with respect to the Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels of the Guards existing as such at the period when the Report was issued, must press at once, and has already pressed in individual instances, with peculiar, unjust, and cruel se 0 f established breach h ty on those of ffaith on. the part of the authorities, and is directly opposed t o an d at var i ance w ith th e pr i nc i ple of respect for vested. interests which the Report recog nises and affirms, and on whi c h it professes fundamen tally to proceed. "And as the result, on th e b as i s o f thi s demon stration, YOUR MEMO RIALISTS will furt h er, and lastly, in vite YOUR MAJESTY'S assent to t hi s conc l us i on, see i ng that the effect of the rec ommen d a ti on o f th e Royal Com missioners has been to inflict an injustice on the Brig a de of Guards, both as respects existi ng vested r i g ht s an d th e f u ture prospects of the Brigad e , w hi c h it i s i mposs ib le to su ppose that they could have cont emp l a t e d or f oreseen — an injustice not confined to a moment of time or a single gene ration of officers, but sweeping in extent and per manen t in operation,tl so as completely to subv er t an d c h ange the pros pectat branch of the service—th e s t a t e o f t hi ngs thus is one to be depreoated, and such as to call im peratively for reconsideration and redress. " FIRST PROPOSITION :—THAT THE FIXING OF THE STARTING POINT FOR THE RANK OF COLONEL AT THE POSITION OF ACTING MAJOR IN THE GUARDS WILL BE MOST DETRIMENTAL TO THE INTERESTS OF THE OFFI CERS OF THE GUARDS IN ALL FUTURE TIMES, INAS MUCH AS THE GREATER PART OF THE ARMY WILL HENCEFORWARD NECESSARILY ARRIVE AT THAT RANK WITH LESS SERVICE, AND AS YOUNGER MEN, THAN TH E OFFICERS OF THE GUARDS. "The proof of this proposition evidently depe n d s upon th e results of an inquiry wit h the view of ascertaining the compara tive length of service in which the respective posi tions of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Line and Acting Major of the Guards are attainable. "And here, at the outset, YOUR MEMORIALISTS admit that it seems clear, by ?Chums which appear in the Appen dix to the Report of the Royal Commissioners, that the Commissioners —although they did not enter minutely into the details of the question, er take any evidence upon the subject—did still undoubtedly consider that the periods at which the respective positions of the command of a Regi ment of the Line and Acting Major of the Guards are at tainable are so nearly upon an equality as to render the arrangement they recommend equitable. A little further investigation would most probably have induced a very different conclusion. "i. Comparative length of service in which the positions of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Line and Acting Major of the Guards—that is, the respective starting points for the Line and the Guards —are attainable, ascer tained to be considerably longer in the Guards than in the Line. "In considering this question, Yowl MEXORIALIBTS respectfully remind YOU MAJMY that by the osta7 --- bliehed rule of the sertiee, origireetiog in the reign of Charles IL, purchase is the means of obtaining promotion to the rank of Lieute nan t-C o l one l, a nd nog -purchase is the exception, although (in consequence o f improvement-in the military system) a coneider a bl e ode ; and every officer who is not prepared to give the p r i c e fi xe d by regulations must permit a junior officer to purchase over him. In the Guards, except in time of war, purchase'is all bat univer sal ; in the Liue, from various circumstances, promotion without purchase is of frequent occurrence. The effect of the system of purchase, as is shown to some extent by the Returns in the Appendix, is to render proraotion to the Ralik of Lieutenant-Colonel more rapid than if it was ob tained without Purchase. "These observations premised, Youn MEMORIALISTS proceed to a comparison of the length of service in which the respective positions of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Line and Acting Major of the Guards are attainable. " YOUR MAJESTY will readily perceive that it is abso lutely necessary to fix upon some period for the purpose of making this comparison, and YOUR MEMORIALISTS there foie select the 20th of June, 1854, the day uppon which the Brevet came out, and which may be considered the last of the old system, inasmuch as the war, the Brevet (an unusual one, in its so rapidly succeeding the former one), and the late augmentations have created an exceptional state of things. "It will appear evident that the comparison here in view can only rest and depend upon minute and nominal Re turns, giving the dates of appointments, and the length of every officer's service on arriving at the prescribed posi tion,—thus furnishing the data from which the required inferences are to be drawn ; and apart from which Re turns and data, mere assertions (especially by an interested party) cannot be viewed without jealousy and distrust. " A series of such Returns—which have been prepared with the utmost care and accuraey—whieh comprise, YOUR MEMORIALISTS believe, every item of information requi site to support and elucidate their assertions, and by which those assertions may be checked and scrutinised at every stage of their exposition, will be found in the Ap. pendix to this Memorial ; and to these, and such others as are elsewhere referred to in the succeeding pages, they re spectfully and confidently invite YOUR MAJESTY'S atten tion. " The results they furnish are briefly as follows : "On the 20th June, 1834, the period selected for the purpose of this comparison, there were serving 151 Lieu tenant-Colonels of the Line and 13 Acting Majors of the Guards. _ _ _ " The average service of the 154 Lieutenant-Colonels of the Line on obtaining their Lieutenant-Colonelcies was twenty-two years and ten mouths; while the average ser vice of the Acting Majors—the average number of years it had taken them to become mounted—it was twenty-four years and eleven months. "It therefore appears so far—at the first blush (as it were) of inquiry—that the Guards arc two years longer in arriving at their starting-point than the Line. " Yourt MEIXORIALISTS believe that it is an universally admitted principle that averages must not, as a matter of course, be received as evidence of a just result, but that they require to be tested by strict scrutiny and careful analysis ; and, therefore, in this case, in order to arrive at a clear perception of its working, inquiry must be made to ascertain the longest and shortest periods of ser vice, and the numbers promoted in each individual year of service, which it has taken officers to arrive at that posi tion from which they are to count the three years' service. If there was little variation in the different lengths of ser vice from which the two averages aro drawn, then a fair conclusion would be arrived at ; bnt it will be found that .[PRICE 4D. STAMPED 51.).` under twenty-seven years, whilst a great ntinibcr . „f Of of the Line will attain it in periods varying-frQrn twenty to twentY•i3ii yeais ; and, as the Ecturns wilt show, GUARDSMEN WILL BE DISTANCED BY NEARLY ALL LINES MEN WHO ARE PURNIOtfig. " Inquiry whether there is any chance of flea compara . " tiie positions of the Guards and the Line being apProx'- mated. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS now propose briefly to consider what the effect of the Royal Warrant may be in accele rating promotion in both services, anti whether there is any chance of the comparative positions being brought nearer together. " And, first, as to the Guards : —YOUR MENtOnALISTS can perceive nothing that has a tendency to render the general promotion snore rapid. In the higher ranks of Regimental Lientenant-Colonel and Regimental Major pur ohase has been abolished, and the system in force previ ously to 1804 has been partially reverted to ; and, as the greater the sum involved the greater must be the tendency to realise it, officers sv!ll probably not be so ready to vacate their commands. Appointments to the Staff cannot bo so frequent as to produce any sensible effect; exchange will only benefit the individual who exchanges ; and full-pay retirement is not likely to be accepted by the class of offi cers who usually serve in the Guards. In short, YOUR MEMORIALISTS do 'not anticipate that there will be any permanent acceleration of promotion at all, much less suf ficient to bring the service or an Acting Major to an equa lity with that of a Lieutenant-rolonel of the Line. " With regard to the Line, their comparative position is likely to be still more advantageous than has been shown. Staff situations will be filled up from fall pay, and the re tirement on full pay has been increased front 28,0001. to 60,0001. a year. ' ' • " YOUR MAJESTY was also graciously pleased to Order on the 12th December ultimo that, in the case of Majors wlin are Lieutenant-Colonels by Brevet, the time they aro in command of the regiment shall count towards the rank of full Colonel. In the line it frequently happens that Majors are Brevet Lieutenant-Colonels —they may there fore attain the rank of Colonel very aeon after, or even before, they, become Regimental Lieutenant-Colonels, as was the case with Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis, of the 91th, who became Regimental Lieutenant-Colonel on the 29th December, 1854, but was made Colonel on the 28th No vember, 1854 ; but, as it is totally exceptional, from the constitution of the force, that a Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, not an Acting Major, should command a Batta lion in the Guards; the general tendency of this Regula tion will be to increase the comparatively disadvantageous position of the Officers of that corps. " There is, however , another r egu l a ti on l a t e ly i ssue d, on the Ist of May, 1855, to which YOUR MEMORIALISTS in vite YOUR MAJESTY'S attention, which, though it applies to rank obtained for service in the field, yet is neverthe less contrary to the principle laid down, viz., that respon sible command shall be the base from which the two highest ranks are to . spring ; and, independently of this departure from that principle, it must be noticed here as having an important effect upon the comparative position of the two services. This regulation provides that ' The Rank of Colonel is to be given to Officers tho obtain the Rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel for service in the field after six years' service with that rank, and may at once have the option of a step of substantive rank, ctc: From the na ture of the rank in the Guards, as before explained, it evident that, unless in a case of extraordinary exception, this rule cannot benefit the offieera of the Guards ; fcr while one step of Brevet Rank will enable an Officer of the Line to commence the six years' service, the Of f icer of the Guards most of necessity obtain two steps of Brevet Rank in order to become a Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel ; and while Youn MEMORIALISTS feel satisfaction that their comrades of the Line should receive every reward which can be conferred upon them for their distinguished con duct, yet they cannot but feel most strongly that the po sition.assigned to the Officers of the Guards by the provi sions of the Warrant almost totally precludes them, however distinguished, from competing with those who benefit by this rule ; while even in the corps to which they themselves belong the rule acts in an anomalous manner. the average period in which the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel was attained by the 151 Lieutenant-Colonels of the Line is taken from periods of service varying from ten years, the shortest, to 44 years, the longest, embracing a period of 35 years; while the average service in which the 13 Acting Majors of the Guards obtained that position is derived from periods of service varying from 21 years, the shortest, to 27 years, the longest, or a period of only seven years as contrasted with the 35 years of the Line. "The result of this is, that no less than 63 Lieutenant- Colonels of the Line have obtained that rank in periods of service shorter than the shortest period of the services from which the average of the Acting Majors of the Guards has been drawn—that is, under 21 years' service; in other words every one of these 63 Lieutenant-Colonels of the Line, had he attained that rank after the promulgation of the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, would have at tained the starting-point for the Line, and started on his three years' service for the rank of Colonel, before any one of the 13 Acting Majors could have reached the starting - point for the Guards. It is therefore evident that, accord ing to the operation of the system as thus shown forth, two•fjths of the army would become Colonels in periods of service shorter than would be possible for Guardsmen even in the most favourable nireurnstances; while, taking 24 years as about the average'time from whish the GuaMs will commence their three years' service, two-thirds of the army will pass over their heads. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS also invite YOUR MAJESTY'S attention to this further consideration, already noticed, that, by the established rule of the service, purchase is the "YOUR MEMORIALISTS beg to submit to YOUR MAJESTY the following ease as an illustration :—Captain Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, of the Grenadiei Guards, being a Brevet Major, was promoted to BrevekLientenant- Colonel for distinguished service on the 12th Dec., 1854, and in six years will become a Fall Colonel. Capt. Mait land, of the same regiment, being a Brevet Major for dis tinguished service in 1848, was promoted to Captain and Lieutenant-Colenel on the 28th of Sept., 1854; was des• perately wounded at Inkerman, and would, in ordinary circumstances, be about ten years before he can become a Colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel Maitland was on the Staff of the Army, and if he had not been previously promoted in his own regiment, ho being at the time a Brevet Major would, like others on the Staff, have obtained another stop of Brevet rank for distinguished service; and then he would not, as he is now, be placed in an inferior position to a junior Officer. It therefor) appears that the Officer holding the inferior or Brevet rank will become Colonel in six years, while the Officer holding the superior or sub stantive rank will bo not less than ten years. It would have been better for the interests of Lieutenant-Colonel Maitland if he had not been promoted in his regiment. This is therefore an additionalinstance in which the action of the Warrant will work with unnecessary harslineso on the interests of the Guards. "YOUR MEMORIALISTS also venture to point out to Youa MAJESTY what appears to them to be an inconsis tency in the provisions of the Royal Warrant, the effect of which must most serionslyinj are the future prospects of th e Ensigns and Lieutenants of the Guards. It is ruled that no Officer can attain the rank of Captain until he has com pleted two years' service, under which regulation no less than nineteen Officers from Regiments of the Line have al ready been appointed to the rank of Lieutenant and Captain mode by which promotion is to be attained, and non-pur chase the exception ; and that officers who are unable or unwilling to pay the regulated price must permit junior officers to purchase over their heads. It would be mani festly unfair, where 10 large a proportion in one service (only) are non-purchasers, to compare those who purchased their rank with these who did not do so. In many in stances it would be comparing Officers who have been pur chased ever with those who have obtained promotion with out that drawback; and therefore for a just appreciation of the merits of this question the comparison should be restricted to those officers who have purchased the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in both services—which in the Guards is almost invariably the case except in time of war. " Applying, therefore, this further check and rectifica tion to the averages above stated, it appears that of the 154 Lieutenant-Colonels of the Line serving on the 20th of June, 1854, 61 obtained that rank without purchase and 93 by purchase. "Discarding, then, the 61 Lieutenant-Colonels who oh in the Guards. YOUR MEMORIALISTS are nr4st anxious that YOUR MAJESTY should understand that they do not cons plain of this rule, and that they only notice it to show still further the injurious effects of the provision which regulates the promotion of Officers of the Guards to the rank of Colonel. The augmentations and the casualties iecidental to war have accelerated the promotion of all ranks in both services. But, although there aro two or three Regiments of the Line which have at present no subalterns eligible for the rank of Captain, and Ro doubt there will bo a few others, yet it is evident that such a circumstance will only occasionally occur, and even then it cannot be so frequent as to have any very important effect. The reason of this will he at once seen. The establishment of Ensigns and Lieutenants in the Guards is eight to a Battalion, while in a Regiment of the Line at the commencement of the war there were twenty subalterns ; and the result was that the casualties and promotions very rapidly worked out in the smaller number all those who had been two years in the service, and for a considerable time the Ensigns of the Guards must still have Officers from other corps appointed to the rank above them ; though the effect on the Line has notbeen to the same extent, yet the Officers are not subject to the same restriction as the Guards after attain ing the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS therefore humbly request YOUR MAJESTY to recollect that, while one rule regulates pro motion to the rank of Captain in both services, in the higher ranks a separate role is applied to either branch of the service for the rank of Colonel; that while in the one ease the relative rank is strictly insisted on and adhered to, in the other it is indirectly set aside ; and that the impor tation of a large number of Officers above the junior ranks, combined with the restriction after becoming Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels, must naturally prejudice their comparative advance ; and YOUR MEMORIALISTS respect fully submit that the practical operation of the system in this particular is to give the Guards all the disadvantages of the relative rank is the junior grade, and at the same time to withhold from them the advantages of the relative rank in the superior grade, and that this forms an addi tional reason why the provision regulating the promotion of the Guards to the rank of Colonel should be considered. "In elosing this branch of the inquiry YOUR MEMO RIALISTS are fully aware that in consequence of the rapid promotion caused by the Loss of Officers in action and by the Climate of the East, there will be some Officers who will arrive at the position of Acting Major in a shorter period than is estimated in this Memorial; but this will be the result of an exceptional state of things, brought on by special circumstances, and temporary in its operation. " TOUR MEMORIALISTS, assuming that they have made good the preceding Proposition, to the effect that the sys tem now inaugurated by the Report of the Commissioners and the Warrant 6th October, 1851, is detrimental, and even disastrous, to the interests of the Brigade of Guards generally, they now proceed to invite YOUR MAJESTY'S attention to the following additional Proposition, viz.:— " SECOND PROPOSITION : —THAT THE SYSTEM OF PRO MOTION RECOMMENDED BY THE ROYAL COMMISSION. ERS, AND NOW ADOPTED, WITH RESPECT TO THE CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANT -COLONELS OF THE GUARDS EXISTING AS SUCH AT THE PERIOD WHEN THE REPORT WAS ISSUED, MUST PRESS AT ONCE, AND HAS ALREADY PRESSED, IN INDIVIDUAL IN STANCES, WITH PECULIAR, lINJUST, AND CRUEL SEV ERITY ON THOSE OFFICERS ; AND THAT IT AMOUNTS TO A BREACH OF FAITH ON THE PART OF THE AUTHORITIES, AND IS DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO AND AT VARIANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF RESPECT FOR VESTED INTERESTS WHICH THE REPORT RE COGNISES AND AFFIRMS, AND ON WHICH IT PRO FESSES FUNDAMENTALLY TO PROCEED. " In proof of this proposition YOUR MEMORIALISTS have simply to quote the Report of the Royal Commission, completed on the 17th of June, 1854. " The Commissioners in that Report distinctly acknow- C U S the claims of vented bitOnitS, and state WIiAT iF Wind their Lieutenant-Coloneloies without purchase, the average service of those 93 who obtained the rank, by pur chase anwunted only (as by the Returns referred to) to twenty-one years and seven months ; whereas the 13 Acting .Aliajors of the Guards (who had all purchased) obtained that rank, as above shown, in an average of twenty-four years of eleven months. " The fact thus stands out, that, when those who have obtained their promotion by purchase are compared toge ther, THE GUARDS ABA UPON THE AVERAGE THREE TEARS AND FOUR MONTHS LONGER IN REACHING THEIR START ING POINT FOR THE RANK OF COLONEL THAN THE OFFICERS OF TEE LINE. " The result of this state of things will therefore be, that while on the one hand it will be almost impossible, except in a period of War, for Gnardimen to obtain the rank of Colonel, at the soonest under twenty-four years, the Officers of the Line will, on the other, have frequent and constant opportunities of doing so in from twenty to twenty-feur years. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS trust they have clearly shown the comparative length of service between the Guards and the Line to the respective starting-points of Lieutenant- Colonel and Acting Major, as derived from a comparison of the twe services as they stool on the 20th of June, 1854. " You& MEMORIALISTS do not wish, however, that this question should rest upon one particular date; and they are therefore perfectly ready (if called upon) to enter into the case either upon any other date, or for a period of five, tea, or fifteen years, and to submit it to the most severe and thorough investigation. " ii. Effect of the disparity thus ascertained on the future promotion of the Gna/rds, viz., that Guardsmen will be distanced in the race by nearly all Linesmen who are purchasers. " Having thus ascertained the comparative length of service of the Guards and the Line up to the respective starting-points, YOUR MEMORIALISTS propose now to in quire, judging from past experience and the chances of promotion created by the Warrant, what will be the effect of the new system upon the professional prospects of the Officers of the Guards. " Hitherto the race for rank has been up to the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel, that being the highest purchaseable rank, after which the promotion to the ranks of Colonel and General proceeded in regular course by periodical Brevets. The rank of Colonel is now for the first time made (virtu ally) purchaseable in the Line, being consequent, under fixed regulations, upon the purchaseable rank of Lieutenant - Colonel. This rank is now attainable by the Line in three years—by Captains and Lientenant-Colonels of the Guards, who hold that rank on the 20th June, 1854, in six years (as recommended in the Report of the Commission, and fixed by the General Order of the 23d November, 1834, an d which will be hereafter notioed)—and, as will be shown, by those promoted subsequently to that date, in eleven or twe've years after becoming Lieutenant-Colonels. To prove this it is only necessary for YOUR MEMO RIALISTS to show the length of time which it takes officers of the Guards, from their first commission in the Brigade, to obtain the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and the number of years that it takes them to beoome Acting Majors after they obtain that rank. Referring again to the returns supplied, the average period of the former will be found to be nearly fifteen, and the latter nine years, and, count ing the three years which qualify for the grade of Colonel, it will take altogether from eleven to twelve years to obtain that rank after becoming a Lieutenant-Colonel. yo"ulrßomurA MAJESTY " will th be impossible, erctforerespect u fu n l l l e y n su in bm a submit to ezeptional state of things, for an Offi cer of the Guards to attain the rank of Colonel, on w hich a soldier's ambition E ST 3f v that iALis it Ts must now be And, under twenty-fyux years, and rarely / ,. . -C e- ~' THIS' ( i .e., THE NEW) ' SYSTEM` 'RE AT ONCE gUE. f / / 1 11 TED FOR THAT WHICH HIS EN , HITHERTO fT - CE. .-- i.. WITHOUT ADOPTING SOME. MEANS TO PROTECT -THE IN It- ,- '' "." //I C, '' - ‘7 a: - ..- RESTS OF THOSE IWROSE PROSpEcTF; wouLD Bp, ATTEciER Y ' ':'. BY THE CIIANCE, MUCH INJUSTICE WOULD RH INFLICTED , .. ' . ' ON MANY OFFICERS WAG HAVE RELIED ON ' , 1641,E coN- TINUANC:L' CF THE PRESENT REOULATIONS. 7- And they:. • ald, ' fit .: a liberal view ought to U taken, of the elithnslof _ ‘i these Qu''l c 0 ..; . , an,ri that, in intro4nein7 a vb,a w i t w hi c h th e , p u bli c goo q requires, THY OUGHT Ti) BE 'CAREFULLY PRO. 4,1111 _ TECTED FROM INJURY AND FROM HAVING: THEIR JUST .........,....... EX PE;ITAT TONS DISAPPOINTED.' They then ' recinximend a t numb. general Brevet, and that the new regrthAfions for pitozotich t . r r i ng „f r , 0 I'ls ran' of eo'ond ' SHOULD NOT APPLY TO EXISTING iit,h ow LIEUTENANT-COLONELS OR MAJORS, INCLUDING CAP. = ~,,. !TAINS AND LIEUTENANT-COLONELS OF THE GUARDS. This YOUR MEMORIALISTS presume' can mean-nothing else than that all Lieutenant , Colonels and' Majors, in • eluding Move of Cite 6' dards, existing as - such on the 11th June, HA should be promoted, in turn, as Fial-Officers, • and should not' be p:;ssed over by others under the n - ew regulations. " YOUR MEMORIA mars fully:admit that n.thing can be more fair, straightforward, or:intelligible than the views and intentions thus set, forth. - "But the succeeding PNragraph in the Reporb contradicts the previous one, just quoted ; for it proceeds to say, ' Mc ts us same regard to vested interests promp to recommend tat the existing Captains and' Lieutenant-Colonels (not being mounted Officers) SHOULD SERVE SIX YEARS IN COM MAND OF A COMPANY BEFORE THEY OBTAIN THE RANK OF COLONEL,'-the reason assigned for this regulation being that ' the duties they per are of a less responsibl e na . tare,' and that L—but for this provision—theta would be ' ultimately" an undue proportion of Guards Generals' "YOUR MEMORIALISTS respectfully submit that, ifjus tice requires that vested interests should be respected, the principle must he of universal application, and those inte rest,* must be maintained in their integrity and without compromise under whatever circumstances ; so that the prospects of men who have embarked their fortunes on the public faith shall not be injured or disappointed. "YOUR MEMORIALISTS humbly request YOUR MAJESTY to consider what these vested interests are. " It has been shown that up to the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel purchase is the rule of the service, and that pro motion to higher rank has hitherto proceeded by periadical general Brevets. " The system of promotion above the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel has now been altered, in the manner which has been above explained, but with a provision that existing vested rights aro to be respected. It therefore follows that a?t those who became Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels pre viously to 1-', e 17th June, 18.34, leave a road right.to ..wect that they sha'l rise to the rank of Colonel in their p'ace en t'ce list, without having offcers junior in rani: to themselves put over their heads. " Moreover, the vested interests of these officers are ren dered still stronger and more important by their having been acquired under arrangements fixed by authority, and at prices higher than those paid for the equivalent rank in the other branch of the service ; or, in the words of the Commissioners in their Report, ' THEY HOLD THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, THEIR COMMISSIONS BEING EXCHANGEABLE WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONELCIES OF THE LINE, ON WHICH ACCOUNT THE REGULATED PRICE OF SUCH COMMISSIONS HAS BEEN FIXED AND PAID FOR BY THEM Al A HIGHER RATE."' ough the Itepart of .the Royal Commission alludes onlyt o he rank of Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, that being the most important from its having been already ob tained, yet every Officer who entered or exchanged into the Guards previously to the 20th June, 1854, has a vested iuterest. The principle adopted will have the effect of comparatively accelerating the promotion of the Line and retarding that of the Guards. Therefore, these Officers?, having embarked their services and fortunes according to established system of the Service, have, in strict justice and equity, a claim to have their interests respected. " Snob, then, being the vested interests in question-- the protection and maintenance of which are dwelt upon and prescribed as a sacred duty in the earlier portion of the 52d section of the Report of the Royal Commissioners —YOUR MEMORIALISTS feel it their duty to submit to YOUR MAJESTY that, through the regulation recommended, in direct contradiction to it, in a subsequent part of the same section, and since established by the General Order of the 23d November, those vested interests have been, and are, day by day, and before their eyes, sacrificed and set aside, insomuch that the Officers of the Guards do not enjoythe same privilege of immunity and protection which has been accorded to the greater part of their comrades of the Line, both classes of officers having, nevertheless, be come Lieutenant-Colonels under faith of the same arrange. ments, and in confognity with the same regulations. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS beg to lay before YOUR MA JESTY the names of three or four Officers who have already inffi3red by this disregard of their vested rights, and by this ex post facto regulation, which will suffice to show the effect produced. The first promotions consequent upon the Warrant appeared on the 28th November, 1854, sines whieh Colonel Scott, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and Colonel Gordon, of the Grenadier Guards, have each seen 'THIRTY-FOUR ()filters (excluding Ordnance) JUNIOR TO THEMSELVES PASS OVER THEIR HEADS,--Lieutenant- Colonel Tyrwhitt, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, has already had THIRTY-ONE JUNIORS placed above him,,+—and there are others who have not yet been passed over by so many, but who will equally, and to a greater extent, suffer as Lieutenant-Colonels of the Line successively complete the three years' service to the rank of Colonel. In the last few weeks also the injury inflicted upon these vested interests has been very much enhanced.. Till recently the Officers of the Guards had to talcs their chance with the ordinary number of Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army, but now no less than forty-six Regiments have Seccnd Lieutenant- Colonels already added to them, the whole of whom, if not reduced, will become Colonels in three years, and will be promoted over, and must necessarily still further im pede the progress of, all those promoted to Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels in the three years preceding the 17th of June, 1854, and who by the terms of the Report have every claim to protection. ". YOUR MEMORIALISTS respectfully affirm that, through not allowing the Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels of the Guards, existing as such on the 17th June, 1854, to take their turn of promotion with the Line, but prescribing to them a probation of six years' service before they shall be eligible to the rank of Colonel, those officers have been ar bitrarily arrested in their progress, while the progress of their more fortunate competitors have been unchecked and unlimited. The offieers in question have, in a word, been fettered and bound, and unjustly retarded,- while, in con sequence of the retrospective action of the Warrant, officer after officer of the Line, junior to them in rank, has been promoted over their heads to their preju2ice. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS trust that YOUR MAJESTY will not think they use too strong language in characterising the course of proceeding thus adopted and illustrated as amounting to A BREACH OF FAITH towards these who had. risen to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel previously to the 17th June, 1854, and who have invested their money in purchase of their promotion under the established rules of the service : —While, at the same time, they would repeat, in so characterising it, they feel convinced--giving due weight to the profession of regard for vested interests on which the report proceeds, and to the personal character of the Royal Commissioners —that this breach of faith is at tributable simply to an oversight, resulting from inadver tence and ignorance of facts, which, had they been before the Commissioners, would, they entertain no doubt, have induced them to recommend a more equitable system of promotion as applicable to those officers of the Brigade . whose interests they now bri ng under YOUR MAJESTY'S notice. " YOUR MEIiORIAT,ISTS are aware that it has been urged that it would be unfair and inconvenient to have so large a number of officers of the Guards in the higher ranks of the army as would be the case unless the new arrangement was carried cut ; but admitting, for the sake of argument, the supposed inconvenience, it is clear that great alterations for the benefit of the service cannot be effected all at once, nor without the state paying heavily for it for a time. ]OUR MEMORIALTSTS respectfully beg to state their °envie tion that every officer of the army, be he Linesman orbs he Guards»um, who was field-officer previously to the 17th .Tune, 1854, has a vested right to become a Colonel and a General in his turn, if he has complied with the regula tions ; and ought not (except in cases of distinguished ser- vice) to be passed over by his juniors. They also admit that there would be a greater number of Generals from the Guards for some years ; but as that increase, caused bye= isting interests, would bo temporary, it ought to be con sidered of a supernumerary c haracter, and not interfere with the progress of others to the rank of General. " YOUR MEMORIALISTS humbly lay before Youß MA JESTY this result of the inquiry into the prospects of the Officers of YOUR MAJESTY'S Brigade of Guards as affected by the Royal Warrant of the Gth October, 1854 ; and they venture to submit that the propositions which they under• took to establish have been amply demonstrated. " It would be uselees to attempt to conceal from Youß MAJESTY that the Officers of the Guards feel most deeply that the interests of theirl3rigade have not been adequately dealt with by the Royal Commissioners. They have to re gret that neither the military authorities nor the Royal Commissioners have ever entered minutely into the bear• ings of the question, in communication with those most in terested, or made such inquiries as might have preserved them from incurring the responsibility of—what YOug, MAJESTY'S Guards are convinced has been unintentional —injustice. The Officers of the Brigade of Guards brought the subject under the notice of the military authorities through their Commanding Officer two months before the Warrant was submitted to Youn MAJESTY, and solicited i nqu i r y, with a view to a fair adjustment—but, although the Commander-in• Chief himself has admitted the injus tice done to the Guards, yet no notice has been taken of their application, and their claims have been treated with apparent indifference. `` YOUR MEMORIALISTS Conceive they would be doing an * ~ The relative prices of commission (Army Rank) iu th Guards And in the Line aro as follows : Lieut.-Colon e l. Captain. Lieutenant .0. £ £ 2,050 ...... 1,.. 00200 1,800 ...... , GuarC,s Lino 4,800 4,500 t Or4o,uce, noleos thau,FaTY•rlVZ 9faconi. 14 .11.1 ... ~ ~~ the ex. rer• rise ism yell Lion dull ' TO. and ivod 'rola last The hies 118 s; ear/ was• Oa aid. .ic !It • 1 ro• • ,2 , '';'. 4 4 . ~~.,~ F