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v igils ally watching every step, and with full power to ar rest a ny step inconsistent with economy. He thought that the c heck applied by the War-office to the Horse Guards ought to be applied by the War-office to the Ordnance.. That was a matter of private opinion ; he pledged no other member of the Government to it. A further division mig'nt be made, though there were difficulties in the wily. Let the Commander-in-Chief command the personnel of the army, and the Master-General of the Ordnance kinve the direction of the materiel. That would be a plain line of demarcation, and one that would tend to the sse-eater efficiency of the military service. (Hear.) But a ne was aware that opinion was not shared by many who had con sidered the subject. It was not indispensable tso that he had mentioned before, which he thought sound a,nd almost indisputable, that the check over the military expenditure now exercised by the Secretary at War can the Horse Guards, might be applied, with great VI - vantage to the publio service, to the Ordnance. (Hear.) Commissions were at present drawn up in the office, of the Secretary of State : he knew no reason why they should not be drawn up in the office of the Secretary at War, and counter signed by him. The commission of 1837 stated, that when arms were required, the commander-in-chief wrote to the Secretary at War, who wrote to the Home Secretary, and there the thing stopped. Properly, the Home Secretary ought to have taken the King's pleasure, who would have signed a warrant, and upon that warrant the arms would have been delivered. But King George the Fourth had a great aversion to immediately signing his name ; conse quently the Secretary of State ceased to send the warrants to him ; the applications were waste paper, and the arms were sent by private intimation to the office. But her present Majesty chose to sign whenever she was required to do ace; and, with the wish to identify herself with every portion of the public business, she had continued to sign (revery one of those warrants ; therefore they had ceased to be waste paper. The commission which sat before 18'37—he thought in 1834—had drawn up a draft report, hat which was not signed, taki g a different view from the commission of 1837 with regard to the Master-General re taining in his possession the command of the artillery ; but some of their recommendations had since been carried out, as regarded the identifying in some respects the regu lations of the artillery and of the line ; and there were others which might be carried nut with greater facility. 'With regard to the commissariat department, he was of opinion--keeping in view the general principle that the commander-in - chief should have the control over the per sonnet, and the Ordnancs-office over the materiel of the army—that the commissariat might be transferred to the latter, if the command of the artillery were transferred to the Horse Guards ; but than he would apply there also the financial check of the Secretary at War. (Hear, hear.) He had explained unreservedly his own opinions to the house, but he thought that whatever changes were made should be made stop by step. They ha l a system which, whatever its defects, gave practically, in emergencies like the present, very efficient results. It sometimes happened that gentlemen overrated the evils of a division of labour. What was really of importance was that there should be consentaneous action amongst different departments for thy production of a given result. If colleagues were animate,' with a firm desire to carry out the objects of the publi, service, it was possible to combine their action together seas to produce the same results as if they were under one head Since lie had been in office it had been the custern to meet periodically at the Home-office, Aran the Master General of the Ordnance, the Inspector of Fortificetions, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Commander-in-Chief, and him self, went carefully through the different changes made with regard to the home defences. Where colonial questions were treated of the same thing was done, with the addi tional presence of the Colonial Secretary. The Colonial Becretary was, to a certain extent, a war minister, for several of their foreign possessions were not colonies in the strict sense of the term, but rather colonial garrisons, such as Malta, Gibraltar, Bermuda, St. Helena, and Mauritius, - which were held for war purposes. No one ever thought of proposing to put the government of these colonies into the hands of the Secretary at War. Of the three secre taries of state the Foreign Secretary's office had the most onerous duties at Present ; the duties of the Home-office were increasing, and those of the Colonial Secretary alone wore likely to become much lighter. Where they trnste the responsibility of self government to the colonies, the administrative duties of the Colonial Secretary were almost entirely cut off. Some 15 or 16 years ago Canada gave more trouble and caused more anxiety in the breast of the Colonial Secretary than all the rest put. together. (Hear, hear.) There was no part of their colonial empire which now gave less trouble to, or con sumed less of the time of, the Colonial-office than Canada. As soon as they gave self-government to the Cape, to Aus tralia, and Van Diemen's La-ad, where they had now got rid of the greatest of all their difficulties, the convict ques tion, the same thing would happen. The Colonial Secre tary and the Secretary at War were unfit to direct the ope rations of war ; but practically they had experience as to bow the machinery worked under high pressure. They were sending out now a larger force—le would not say than ever left these shores—but it was a larger force than was sent out with the Duke of Wellington to Portugal, and was even a larger English force than went to Waterloo, and it left with far greater attention bestowed upon their efficiency and health than upon any previous force which left their shores. They did this also in an unprecedenteilly short space of time. All persons who saw the troops leav ing concurred in saying that troops never went forth in a higher state of efficiency, both as to appearance and spirit, than those who had recently left. (Hear.) They knew by experience, therefore , that all these diff eren t d epart . ments of the Gov ernmen t worked harmoniously together, and though he confessed it was his own wish to carry out the changes he had stated, he should look with alarm to the success of a motion which pledged them to put the whole of the machinery out of gear, and to substitute in a time of emergency for old arrangements which practically worked well, others which might possess a greater degree of theoretical perfection, but which were new and untried. The success of departments depended on an accurate know ledge of routine. In the public departments of this coun try they had some men of very great ability. (Hear, hear ) There were other% who, though not possessed of such great ability, were yet very useful from their long experience, and who, from having their minds constantly fixed on on object, were so - much master's of the details of business that their information and action on the subjects of their office was almost mechanical and involuntary. (Hear.) But if they Chang el the position of these men ; if they were asked to originate a now routine, if they were run off the rails, as it were, it would lead to complete con fusion. (Hear, hear.) His right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty organised a change in that depart ment of the largest and most important kind. He (Mr. S Herbert) asked him if he would have done that during a war period, or a time of pressure. He sail that it took years to get the different officers to accustom thernselve to the use of the new machinery, and that it woul , be impossible to attempt such a change (luring the pies sure of war, which taxed the energies of all the department: to the utmost. He thought the greatest credit was due to his hon. friend the member for Montrose and the house -generally for the support which they had given the Govern ment during the present emergency—(hear)—but he con fessed that if the present 'notion nece,sitated the immedi ate adoption of so large a change and so great a consolidation of departments, it would, militate most seriously. if feasible at all, which he doubted, against the efficiency of th, public service. (Hem-, hear.) Having expressed the opinions ha entertained himself, with entire unreserve, with respect to th e c h anges w hi c h h e thought should be, made at the proper time, he hoped the hon. gentleman would not press his motion on the present occasion. Lord SEYMOUR said he joined his right hon. friend who had just sat down in his liberal and well-considered views with respect to the improvement of departments. and he did not even object to the statement by which he qualified his argument, when he said that this was not the fitting time to effect it. He heard with no dissatisfaction an argument of that kind from a member of a cabinet by whom that plea had been treated with such scorn and con tempt (Hear, hear.) The office of Secretary at War was created in 1795, and in 1801 the colonies were transferred to him. At that time the Secretary of War had little to do with regard to the colonies ; they did not give the trouble 'which they did at a later period. He hoped his right hon. friend's prophecy with respect to the colonies would prove to be right; but seeing that they had forty colonies, with only one secretary to superintend and answer a ll the correspondence, and to make himself acquainted with the details which were brought under his notice, he thought that wits quite sufficient for one man, without his having also to be responsible for the management of a great war. Earl Grey, who had been Secretary at War, stated before the committee, when Se cretary for the Colonies and Secretary at War, that it was perfectly impossible for him to exercise a constant super intendence over the military affairs of the country. (Hear, hear.) In former times, during the last war, he believed the Colonial Secretary had an under secretary who was a military man. At present there was nothing of the kind. He wanted to know if any assistance would be afforded to that officer in this respect, so that he might not labour under any disadvantage, as compared with the Secretary at War during the last war ? The real question after all was, had the present system worked well ? They had at one time the Duke of Wellington Prime Minister, Sir G. Murray Colonial Secretary, and Lord Hardinge Secretary at War, but even at that time, with all these military men in office, Lord Grey stated that the arrangements were so complicated that the system by no means worked well. The noble lord proceeded to quote official letters from the Governor of the Bahamas, complaining of the unhealthi nese of the officers' quarters, and also those of the men, and showing that bad health, and frequently mortality, resulted from this state of things, and yet in consequence of the press of business in the colonial department these letters went for a whole year without answer. At last a letter, signed James Stevens, admitted that the early portions of the correspondence had been lost, and that the delay in answering the remainder arose from the fact of the matter having had to pass through five departments. (Hear, hear.) It was this multiplicity of correspondence, and con e•gnent delay, of ;which they complained. (Hear.) In an °r case a question arose as t o th e repa i r o f b arrac k s i n -Llark's Island, and after a year's correspondence it was a see r ,_,rtai at ned that the island was not under the Board of ce at all. Another and a strong case of hardship dung from the present system wag connected with th a g n o P i . Pl , 7 _of, food to the troops in the West India slands e . medie 7e ( ite e en years there had been complaints from the Howick becamesub stitute Secretary at War he endeavournd to respondence a fe ra r salt provisions. There was no end of cor the change wasoenfiall the officers, aed it was a year before ected, and then it was found that the change was n ot effecter?, healthful but economical, and that (luring the nineteen h e e s ea rnight have been saved and health preserved had there prompt and efficient means of making a necessary change.a =our) would leave it tth (Hear, hear.) He (Lord Sey to say what troops were e Secretary for the Colonies for the places under his superintendence, but n he ce a s es sa o rY uld place the general civil administration H of () th C ishe rr to in the hands of the Secretary at War. however, that every member of the committee had say 'been deeply im pressed with the efficiency of eve r y one i n at War's department, and their only r the Secretary Was that they had not a little more to do. Althoughehgreedi presenut motion, nor it fitting necessary to divide the house on the would he assert that . the present w as a time i h, nor for to the im portant changes, still be thought that by transferring much good would be done both to the of the duty now performed in the Colonial -office Secretary at War, much service and the country. Sir J PAKINGTON thought that the hon. member for Montrose had done service to the house and the count ry b y introducing this subject. (Hear , hear.) He ag ree d in the spirit of much that hail fallen from the right hon. Seem- Lary at War, but did not think he had been successful in answering many of the points raised by the hon. member for Moatrose. The hon. member had adverted to the clothing system, and the system of purchasing cavalry horses, and other points, which from time to time had brought much scandal on the service, but the main point was the manner in which the several departments connected with the army were governed. (Hear, hear.) He (Sir J. Pakington) was not ashamed to express his approval of the report of the commission of 1837, signed by such names as Palmerston and J. Russell, although it would seem from the speech of the Secretary at War that neither of those noble lords was prepared now to carry out their own views s there expressed. They seemed to think that the present was not a time for making great changes, although that argument (lid not seem to have influenced them in other and very important matters. (Hear, hear.) Surely it would not be contended that the present was a satisfactory mode of carrying on any Government uepartm nt, or one that could produce efficiency. In the first place, they had an army governed by a Secretary of State for the Colonies. Then they had the Commander-in-Chief, and again they had the Master-General of the Ordnance. Where was the necessity for these distinctive offices in carrying on a public department which, like all others, would be much more satisfactorily conducted by one authority ? The noble lord (Seymour) had referred to matters which he (Sir J. Peking ton's) experience tended to confirm. When he was Secre tary for the Colonies, he recollected on one occasion re ceiving urgent representations as to the health of the troops employed on colonial service in different parts of the world. The soldiers it appeared were suffering from sickness caused by a deficiency in the commissariat, and when he sought to apply a remedy he found that he had to refer to one depart ment, which had to refer to another, and while these several departments were putting questions one to another, no remedy could be provided. He thought the right hon. gentleman had altogether failed in answering the argu -1 ments put forward in support of the motion ; on the contrary, what he had stated as an answer, tended to confirm those arguments. The right hon. gentleman said, "True, we have all these separate departments for the management of the army, but they are all acting har moniously together." If they were acting harmoniously now, it could not be forgotten that there had been discord between them, which discord might revive, and it was of the greatest importance to take meas u res in time to g u ard against the injury to the public service which must result should such discord occur whilst our army was in the field. (Hear, bear.) The right bon. gentleman said no sufficient ' reason had been adduced for creating a Secretary of State for the War Department. Now he (Sir J. Pakington) did not understand the motion to point to that conclusion. What the hon. member for Montrose did in his resolution was to urge the necessity of placing the department under one efficient officer. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Hume.) That was the hon. gentleman's object, and when the right hon. gentleman (Mr. S. Herbert) stated that the Queen's com .nantls were now conveyed sometimes through one officer sod sometimes through another, he certainly showed no reason why the Secretary of State for the Colonies should continue in the anomalous position of being also Secretary at War. The business of the colonial department alone ;vas more than enough for any one man without encum oering it with the duties which in no way belonged to it. In time of peace perhaps the Secretary for the Colo nies might continue to a..t as Secretary at War, but when he held the office he felt that should war take Place it would be impossible for the business of the two departments to be satisfactorily performed by the same person. They had been told that this was not the time to make any change. But the recommendation of the commission was made in time of peace, and then the ;hang° was not made because we were at peace, and now 't was to be deferred because we were entering upon war Depend upon it the public would not be satisfied that a question involving the efficient administration of so ins iortant a department should be thus trifled with. He loped the Government would seriously consider whethei it would be unwise at the present moment to organise a 'iew department, and if they should be of opinion that the working of such new department at first might be incon venient, and prejudice the service, then he would urge upon them to consider whether some change might not be made by which the colonial department might be relieved L - rom duties which it could not properly discharge. The noble lord hail thrown out a suggestion which he thought a good one—namely, to appoint a new secretary of state to transact the war business. The right hon. gentleman had ,net the case in a frank spirit ; for he admitted that the present system was bad, and ought to be changed, and he trusted the Government would act upon that admission, and effect the change as speedily as was prudent— (hear, hear)—and in that hope he would press upon the hon. member for Montrose not to press his motion. Mr. E. ELLICE also expressed a hope that his' hon. Friend would not divide ; for if he did he thought the Go vernment would be left in a minority. In the face of the almost general feeling of the house, it was impossible, he thought, in a rational country to permit the present confused administration of an important public depart ment to continue. But there was one influence which ap peared to be paramount with the Government—that of Sir Charles Trevelyan, of the Treasury. He had the highest respect for that gentleman, but he would urge the right hon. gentleman who was now adopting some of his views, to look back at the evidence he gave before the committee on the army and navy expenditure. The right hon. gen tleman would there see an instance of a public officer who had the faculty of making plenty of business if he could lot very readily despatch it. He recollected that Mr. Sheridan once said of Mr. 'Whitbread that he was so indus trious that it was a pity he had so many dray horses, be cause if he had not he would draw all his drays himself. (A. laugh.) Sir Charles Trevelyan seemed equally indus trious, and was anxious to add to the business of one department the whole of the emigration business of the country. For his own part, he always looked with suspi cion upon a man who proposed to do by a public depart ment that which the public out of doors could do much better for themselves. The incompatibility of the duties of the war department being united with those of the Colonial Secretary was shown the other day when but for Mr. Guthrie's letter the troops would have been sent out without the necessary ambulances and field hospitals. It was due, however, to the Duke of Newcastle to say, that the moment his attention was called to the subject they were provided. The clothing of the army was under a board of general officers ; the arms under one authority, the commissariat under another ; in short, the details of the service depended upon so many lifferent parties that in no other country in the world would such a system be tolerated. What they wanted by this motion was to take from any Secretary of State the ?ray of providing for another department than his own. They wanted to have one au hority to whom the Colonial Secretary, the Home Secretary, and the Foreign Secre tary, when troops were required for the service of either lepartment, should apply, and that all the military an horities should report to one head. With regard to the xpe lition sent out to the East, they had the consolation of knowing that it was commanded by one of the best sfficers in the service —(cheers)—and at the same time one if the best practical men of business in this or any other eountry. (Cheers.) They might depend, therefore, that 'here would be no division of authority when that noble lord (Raglan) commanded, and that the ordnance, commis etriat, and medical department, and everything else con wet d with the force, would be looked to by himself. Hear.) And as that was the best mode of carrying on the Military department abroad he and his hon friend (Mr. :lame) de:ired to see the same principle at home. Colonel KNOX hoped the ordnance would be placed ;rider the sane management as the rest of the army. believed that it was necessary that the whole army should he under one head, and it never would be in a state of efficiency until that was the case He thought that as we were embarking troops for foreign service, it was rather tate for the Government not to have made up their minds is to what description of arms the troops should have. There were two sorts of arms in use by the troops and se veral kinds of ammunition, whereas there ought to be one uniform kind of arms and ammunition. As regarded the Sfinie rifles, he was told that they required with the balls and ammunition a certain quantity of grease ; and in a hot cli mate, with 60 rounds of cartridges, the requisite quantity of grease would be diminished; and after firing a few rounds the rifles would become inefficient, in consequence if the want of grease, without which the balls could not se forced down. This was a matter that required atten tion. Colonel MAULE said there were only two kinds of arms , arriecl by the troops, the smooth bore musket and the Ntinie rifle, and only two corresponding sorts of ammuni tion. As to the difficulty of load,ing the Minie, he was fissured by Colonel Hay that to a man accustomed to using the rifle there was no difficulty in forcing the ball down. Lord J. RUSSELL said—Sir, I confess that my opinion as to the general evils of the present ptate of the War De nartment is not very much altered flora what it was when the subject was inquired into some time ago. As to the re medywhich was then proposed, I have some doubts certainly with regard to a part of the authority which it was suggested should be given to the Secretary at War. I think that other arrangements might, perhaps, be better for the attainment of the object we have in view. At all events, I consider it is very clear from what has happened at various times—with respect more particularly to the Ordnance department, and the difficulty of making arrangements for the health of the troops—that a more efficient and more direct authority is required. My right hon. friend has stated that he thinks the Ordnance ought to be more connected with the Secre- i tary at War than it now is—that as the Secretary at War checks all the expenditure of the Commander-in-Chief, so he ought also to check the expenditure of the Ordnance. I believe, if this were done, it would not only serve as a check, but the operations of the Ordnance department would be much facilitated and made more effective than they now are. It has been asked why it was that the re port of 1837 was not carried into effect. The first consider ation of that report came naturally before Lord Melbourne, who was then the head of the Government, and he imrne . . . . iistely entered into a cprrespondenca with the Duke of Wellington on the subject. The Duke of Wellington wrote two or three letters to Lord Melbourne, who found that those letters contained many objections to the report. They were chiefly objections of a constitutional nature, as relating to the functions of the Secretary-at-war. His grace thought that certain things could only be done by the Secretary -at- War—that- he was the proper person to take her Majesty's pleasure, and to give directions to the Commander in-Chief. These objections, proceeding from so high an authority, and being enforced by able arguments, induced Lord Mel bourne to think it better at that time not to take steps to carry out the report. I quiteconcurred inLerd Melbourne's Opinion, and would not have liked to be a party to enforc e the new arrangement against the authority of the Duke of Wellington, who, on this point, entertained very decided objections. With respect to the arrangement now proposed my right hon. friend has explained the great difficulty and inconvenience that would arise from attempting to carry into effect a new organisation of the departments at a mo ment when they are all required to make the utmost exer tions in the preparation of this expedition. But there is one suggestion which has been made in this house that has already been taken into consideration, viz., the suggestion that there should be, and especially in time of war, not only an Under Secretary of State f r the Colonial Depart ment, but that there should be a military secretary attach ed to the office of my noble friend the noble duke at the head of the war and colonial departments. That suggestion has already been taken into consideration, and will, I trust, in a very short time be adopted. I believe it is necessary that some arrangement of that kind should be made to enable the noble duke to carry into effect the preparations in which he has been so busily engaged. My noble friend, having charge of the War and Colonial Departments, has paid the utmost attention to all the arrangements which are necessary at this moment. Instead of its being a great public convenience I believe it would be a great pub lic inconvenience, if the carrying out of these arrange ments were to be transferred to any other department; but I quite agree with the hon. member for Montrose, that better arrangements are required, and I am sure that the hon. gentleman and the house will feel satisfied after the speech of my right hon. friend the Secretary at War, that no want of attention will he shown to this subject. Mr. HUME said that, after the statements which had been made to the house on the part of the Government, he would not at present persevere any farther with his motion. The motion was then withdrawn. USTINGS EXPENSES. M. HUME said that he was sorry to trouble thehouse, but he had now another question to bring before its notice. (A. laugh.) He woul.l move for leave to bring in a bill to charge the expenses of hustings at elections upon counties and boroughs in lieu of the candidates. The motion having been sec on ded by Mr. WILLIAMS, Lord J. RUSSELL stated that he saw no objection THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDJAMEVENING, MAFRCH 3, 1854. to the introduction of the bill, and leave was accordingly birb given. bits On the motion of Mr. HUME, the following returns were 1 ordered :—Copies of the report and evidence, from a com mittee in 1819, appointed to inquire into the cost of mus kets. Of the petition of the gun-lock makers in 1852 re specting Minie rifles. Of the advertisement for tenders for the materials of 20,000 muskets in September, 1853, and of the tenders sent in, stating the names of the persons tendering, whether aceepted or rejected. Of any contract in October, 1853, with Brazier and Sons for 20,000 mus kets, stating the time for executing the contract, and whether executed. AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION. On the motion of Mr. RUSSELL, in the absence of Mr. Butt, the following returns were ordered :—Returns of the depots established by the Colonial Land Emigration Commissioners for the purpose of sending emigrants to the Australian colonies with free passages, with the date of the establishment of each. Of the total expense of maintaining each depot in each year since its establish ment, and of the number and salaries of the persons em ployed in each. Of the sum expended in each year in. paying the expenses of the transmission of emigrants from Ireland to each depot. And of the total number of emigrants in each year who have been sent with free pas. sages from each depot, and of the number of such emi grants who have been Irish. MANUFACTURE OF SMALL ARMS. On the motion of Colonel MAIILE, Mr. Walpole, Colonel Hanle, Mr. Mentz, Colonel Boldero, Mr. Newde gate, Mr. Monsell, Lord Paget, Colonel Dunne, and Mr. Hardinge were nominated members of the select com mittee on small arms. On the name of Mr. George Dundas being proposed, Mr. MUNTZ objected that by the proposed constitution of the committee the interests of the London gunmakers would not be fairly represented. He preferred, therefore, to omit the name of Mr. George Dundas, with a view of substituting for it that of Lord Dudley Stuart. After a few words from Mr. HUME in support of the motion, the house divided, when there appeared for re taining the name of Mr. Dundas, Ayes 74 Noes 25 Majority in favour of the original motion —49 The name of Mr. Dundas was then added to the list, as were also those of Mr. Geach, Viscount Jocelyn, Colonel Lindsay, and the Judge Advocate. THE COASTING TRADE BILL. This bill was read a second time. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, snd the house adjourned at half-past eleven o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAR CH 2. SMALL ARMS. Mr. Walpole, Colonel Maule, Mr. Muntz, Colonel Boldero, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Monsell, Lord Paget, and Colonel Dunne, nominated members of the select committee. Motion ma to and question put, " That Mr. George Dundas be one other member of the said committee :"—The house divided; ayes 74, noes 25. AYES-74. Bailey, Fir J. Hamilton, G. A. Ponsonby, A. Barnes, T. Ilaq key, T. Ricardo, 0. tier hick, G. Ilerbe..t, S. Rice, E. erkeley, Hon. C. Heyworth, L. R chardson, J. Blackett, J. F. B. Howard, Lord Russell, F. C. Ca r, Cot. J. H. Jolliffe, Sir W. Russell, F. W. Brand, H. B. W. Jones, D. Sawle, C. race, Lord E. Keogh. W. Seymour, Lord Cairns, H. Lee, W. Stafford, Marquis Campbell, Sir A. Lennox, Lord A. Strut, E. Cardwell, E. Lidct 11, H. G. Thornely, T. Cecil, Lord R. Lindsay, Col. J. Vernon, G. i 7 ockburn, Sir A. J. E. Macgregor, Jas. Vivian, H. H. t' wan, C. Mandeville, Via. Waddington, H. Dalrymple, Viscount Maule, Lieut.-Col. L. Watkins, Col. Davie, sir El. B. F. Milner, W. Whatman, J. Bullies, F. Michell, Dr. W. Whit bread, S. Emlyn, Vis. Molesworth, Sir W. Wilkinson, W. Fitzroy, Hon. B. Mowbray, J. Wilson, J Forster, C. Na.) , er, J. Wood, Sir C. Fox, it. . Oakes, J. Wrightson, W. 4ladstone, W. Paget, Lord A. Young, Sir J. iloderich, Viscount. Palmer, Rohert 41aullairn, 11. Palmerston, Viact. Graham, Sir J. Percy, I. Hale, it, "%inn, T. TELLERS. Hayter, W. 3lulgrave, Earl of SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. Alcock, T. ►nderson, Sir J. Ball, E. Barrow, W. Craufurd, E. H. J. Crossley - , F, Davison, U. Duncan, G. Vorster, J. ileach, C. NOES-75. Grogan, Edward Pellatt,A. Henley, J. Scohell, Capt. G. Kendall. N. Thompson, G. Kershaw, J. Vance, J. Kirk, W. Williams, W. Laslett, W. Liddell, H. T. Mitchell, T. Morris, D. Murrough, J. TELLERS. The Earl of HARROWBY laid on the table a bill for putting bills of sale on the same footing as warrants of attorney. The bill was read a first time. The Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from Yorkshire in favour of the closing of public houses on Sunday. Hume, J. duntz, G. CONSOLIDATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAW. Lord ST. LEONARDS asked the Lord Chancellor what the Government proposed to do in regard to the Criminal Law Amendment and Consolidation Bills. The LORD CHANCELLOR was understood to re ply that if the noble and learned lord had been present in the house the other evening he would have heard what the Government thought it expedient and just to do upon that subject. A discussion then ensued with respect to the compo sition of the committee to which the Irish Land Bills were referred, in the course of which the Lord Chancel lor said his other duties would prevent his attendance on the committee, and Lord St. Leonards intimated that he should be happy to give his advice and assistance to the members in any points of law which might arise. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. COUNTY COURTS. - Lord BROUGHAM said it appeared that the finan cial statement of the Government was to be made in the other house on Monday, and he wished to know whether the Lord Chancellor had received any report from the County Court Commissioners as to the pro priety of paying the judges and officers of the county courts out of the consolidated fund, instead of, as at pre sent, by fees exacted from the suitors ? The LORD 'CHANCELLOR said he had not re ceived such a report, but as soon as he did he should give it his best attention. THE REFORM BILL. CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 2. The Earl of DERBY inquired whether it was true that the Government intended to postpone their Reform Bill ? If so, for how long ? and whether it was to be con sidered as a postponement, or an abandonment of the measure for the present session ? The Earl of ABERDEEN replied that the second reading of the bill now iito,d for the 13th day of the present - month, by which time it would have been, for the period of a month, before the country. This would give an ample opportunity for the country to form an opinion upon it ; and whatever views the noble earl might entertain with respect fo it, the Government had no reason to be dissatisfied with the opinion which the country had already expressed upon the measure. He believed it had found the favour of the country, and that the country considered it a just liberal, honest, and fair measure. (Cheers.) The Government, however, thought it proper before proceeding with it to make every pro vision for the large army which would be required for the impending war. He had to state in answer to the noble earl that his noble colleague while in the house, who had charge of the bill, would to-night postpone the second reading until the 27th of April. On that day it was the intention of his noble friend to proceed with the measure. [LEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed :—Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worces tershire Junction Railway ; Islington Cattle Market ; Kensington Improvement ; Londonderry Port and Har bour ; Devonport and Keyham Tunnel (No. 2) ; Glasgow Bridges. was calculated to injure the cause of reform, for the coming struggle would demand all the time and energy of , Parliament, without its attention being directed to sub jects of a purely social character. (Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore, the Government would not even pledge themselves to proceed with the measure this session, but keep their hands open and free to deal with those mo mentous events which seemed to him in the future. (Hear, hear.) Tho country, he was convinced, was content to leave its honour in the safe-keeping of the present Parliament; and since there was no immediate ne cessity for pressing the Reform Bill, ho was glad that it was about to be postponed. (Hear, hear.) Colonel SIBTHORPE hoped this was the last they should hear of this rag of reform. (A laugh.) It was clear the true reason for giving it was that the Government was afraid to go to the country upon it, and he really was not surprised that it was to be abandoned—he hoped finally and for ever. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PHINN added his weed of praise to the noble lord for the course he was about to take. He had the fullest confidence in the sincerity of the noble lord's aspirations in favour of Parliamentary reform, but the noble lord, bold as he was represented to be could not control circumstances, and hence the noble lord, in the existing aspect of foreign affairs, had no alternative but to postpone this question. The whole energies of the house would have to be directed towards meeting the approaching war, and until the struggle had been brought to a successful issue, it would not be fit ting to go on with measures of organic reform. (Hear, hear.) Nor was there the least necessity for a dissolution, and he thought, therefore, the noble lord had pursued a wise and judicious eourse. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON did not, of course, object to the postponement of the Reform Bill, but he did most decidedly complain of the com.uct of her Majesty's Government in bringing it in. (Loud cheers.) It had thrown the country into a state of great agitation, and if there had been no intention to persevere with the bill it should never have been introduced. (Hear.) The course now proposed was humiliating and discreditable to the Government, for circumstances were not different now to what they were when the measure was brought forward, and the policy which had been pursued was in the highest degree impolitic. (Cheers.) The noble lord must have known that the existing state of things was approaching when he moved for leave to introduce the bill, for it was the resolution of the Government which had brought on the war, and Ministers could have no ex cuse for trifling with the country in the manner they had done thus early this session. (Cheers.) Mr. HUME did not believe that this measure had been brought forward merely as a sham. He was satisfied Govern ment was sincere in proposing it, but circumstances were against them, and they had no alternative but to postpone it. But there were members for the present Government who advocated reform in public, but opposed it in private ; now such ministers, if they wished to preserve a character for honour and integrity, should at once retire, and allow those of their colleagues, who really were sincere, to take the sense of the house upon the measure when the proper time of doing so arrived. (Cheers.) Sir G. GREY denounced the tone which had been adopted by the honourable baronet, the member for Droitwich, and called upon the honourable baronet to take the opinion of the house upon the sentiments he ex pressed, if he was really sincere in them. (Hear, hear.) For his part, however, he thought credit was done to the Government for having so long and so strenuously endea voured to preserve peace ; but now that war appeared in evitable, he was satisfied that the destinies of the country might still be left in their hands with safety. (Cheers.) Mr. DISRAELI could not appreciate the reasons which had been assigned for this motion, which of course he did not intend to oppose. The house had voted the supplies with the utmost alacrity —an alacrity, indeed, which the Government could have had no right to expect ; and if any miscalculation had taken place upon that head, it must have been in favour of proceeding with, rather than postponing, the measure of Parliamentary reform ; but the second reason assigned for the delay was still more unsatis factory. It was said the Government were negotiating with the Emperor of Russia for terms of peace. Why, they were doing that when the bill was introduced ; aed this second reading, therefore, could hardly be said to hold good. (Hear.) Under all the circumstances of the case, he thought the noble lord would have acted with more wisdom, certainly with more discretion, if he had stated at the opening of the session that the state of our foreign relations would not adroit of his proposing his reform measure so early as ho ceuld have wished- if, in fact, he could possibly do it at all this session— (hoar)—but the noble lord had preferred disclosing the nature of his reform scheme, and then asking permission to postpone its consideration. (Hear, hear.) Now it was not fair to be constantly laying siege upon the constitution in the manner which had characterised the noble lord's political career, and he hoped in future the noble lord would be a little more discreet in his movements. At present there was a prospect of a long and vigorous war, and this should not have been the time for proposing an extensive measure of Parliamentary reform. (LEFT SPEAKING.) 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The Wasdale, for Antigua, and Emanuel Boutcher, for Grenada, in proceeding down the river yesterday after noon, drifted foul of each other • the former lost bulw ar k s , &c., and the latter had to cut away her jibboom to get clear. The William Panton, for Newfoundland, at anchor off the Rock, was run into by an inward-bound ship in tow of a steamer, last night, and lost bowsprit, cut-water, figure head, &c., and had her bow damaged. The Florence, for Teneriffe, has put back. The Frances Ann has arrived from Holyhead with wrecked goods, ex-Olinda. BERWICK, March 2.—The Simlax, of Exeter, Grange. mouth to Havre. is on the Fern Islands, and likely to be come a wreck ; cargo and stores expected to be saved. TONNING, Feb. 25. The Eider Pilot Galliot, hauled out of the harbour yesterday, and sailed for her st4ion at the mouth of the Eider, but her reaching it is doubtful until the weather improves. KIRKWALL, Feb. 27.—The Jane, schooner, of Montrose, from Sunderland to Kirkwall, went on shore in Deersound, Feb. 25, in a gale from N.N.W.; she is expected to b e go t off without much dam a ge, after lightening. CUXHAVEN, Feb. 26.—The Caledonia steamer dragged her anchors during the night, and came in contact with the English schooners Jane and Azorian. The latter was to tally disrnasted and severely injured, and the former re ceived considerable damage ; both have come into the har bour. The Caledonia subsequently dragged again, and came in contact with the English brig Isabella, and has proceeded up the river with considerable injury. The Isabella has also received damage. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 27. The Vrouw Maria, Harlingen to London, lost anchors and chains in the Zuyder Zee, was driven over the bank during a gale, has put into Wor kum, and must discharge. 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These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's oint ment) at Prosessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine-venders through the world. PETITIONS, Several petitions were presented against the opening of public houses on Sundays. Mr. J. 0. STANLEY presented a petition from Chester in favour of the establishment of reformatory schools. Mr. PHINN presented a petition from 1,300 inhabi tants of Bath against the Oaths Bill, in the prayer of which he did not concur. Also a petition from Liverpool, praying for the repeal of the tax on stage carriages. REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITIES Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that, on Friday next, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to make further provision for the good government of the University of Oxford. CONTROVERED ELECTIONS. Mr. LIDDELL gave notice that, on an early day, he should move a resolution to the effect that controverted election petitions ought to be tried by a tribunal not com posed of members of the house. GRAVEYARDS. Mr. PELLATT asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether proprietors of private burial grounds recently closed by the peremptory orders of the Government, are entitled to compensation, and, if not, what are the reasons for refusal. Lord PALMERSTON said the closed graveyards were public nuisances, and therefore the parties interested in them were not entitled to compensation. In reply to a question from Mr. DIINCOMBE, Lord PALMERSTON said it was at present under con sideration whether building upon closed burial grounds bo prohibited. No bodies, however, could be removed, as he was advised, without the consent of the nearest sur viving relative. MENAI STRAITS. Mr. STANLEY asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, if the attention of the Admiralty had been called to the erection of stone weirs for the purpose of making oyster beds within the tidal stream of the Menai Straits, thereby causing obstruction to the free navigation of the Straits. If any naval officer had been sent down to report upon the same, and if any report had been made to have it presented to the house? Sir J. GRAHAM replied that the attention of the Ad miralty had been called to the subject, and a survey had been ordered, which would be acted upon when reported. SHIP WRECKS. Mr. SANDARS asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what orders were issued to the captains of her Majesty's vessels in respect to the assistance to be rendered to Bri tish vessels in distress at bea ; and whether the masters or seamen who do render assistance to such vessels were allowed to make any charge beyond the expenses incurred by them in rendering that assistance ? Sir J. GRAHAM replied in the negative ; except in special cases which were specified by the issued orders of the Board of Admiralty no additional charges could be made. POSTPONEMENT OF THE REFORM BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL said—ln rising to move that an order of the day should be read for the purpose of postpone ment, he wished to take the unusual course of ex plaining his reasons for doing so. At the opening of Parlia ment her Majesty was graciously pleased to recommend a further amendment in the law relating to the representa tion of the people to the consideration of Parliament, and on the 13th of February he moved for leave to bring in such a measure. (Hear, hear.) The 13th of March was fixed for the second reading of the bill, and soon after an hon. baronet gave notice of his intention to move as an amendment that the present was an inop portune moment for proceeding with such a measure. He could not tell what the motive of the hon. baronet really could be in giving notice of such an amendment—(hear, hear) but in the existing state of affairs, the Govern ment thought it right to consider the expediency of a postponement, and it appeared to them that their were two good reasons for taking that course. (Hear, hear.) The first was the state of public business, and the second was the present state of our foreign relations. (Hear, hear.) The house had already voted the estimates for the two services, and as early as Monday next, it would be the duty of his right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to submit the means by which it was proposed to raise those estimates to the consideration of the house. It was obvious, therefore, that the exigencies of public business would preclude his moving the second reading of the new Reform Bill within a week after • the financial statement of his hon. friend, but there was yet a stronger reason than that for postponing the consideration of the bill. The house was familiar with the existing aspect of our foreign relations, it was in possession of all the negotiations which had been carried on for securing the peace of Europe, but up to this moment all these negociations _had failed in their purpose, and a final demand had been made by France and England upon Russia, that if she did not immediately evacuate the principalities, or at least within a time specified in the demand it would be taken as a declaration of war. (Hear, hear.) The answer to that demand might be expected by the end of the month, and of course if it should happen to be in the negative, which was not at all improbable—(hear, hear)—it would then be the duty of Ministers to oome to Parliament with a message that her Majesty was no longer at peace with all the continental powers of Europe. (Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances the Government thought it advisable to postpone the second reading of the Reform Bill until the 27th of April ; for, in the meantime, the bills for reforming the representation of the people of Scotland and Ireland would be brought in, and the house would be in the best possible position for discussing the whole question, or the amend ment of which notice had already been given, should it then be necessary. (Hear.) He had therefore only now to move that the order of the day for the second reading of the bill be read, for the purpose of being postponed. Sir J. V. SHELLEY was greatly disappointed at this announcement—it was bamboozling the reformers of Eng land, and the noble lord would have acted more wisely if he had gone to the country upon the measure if it had been negatived in the second reading, which appeared to him to be the main reason for the postponement. The reformers of England would in future have no faith in the noble lord, but that there might be no further disappointment, he called upon the noble lord to state positively whether he intended to proceed with the bill after Easter, or was it to be thrown over until the next session. (Hear, hear.) Sir E. DERING wished to say a word or two, as he had been referred to by the noble lord. In giving notice of his amendment, he had no wish or intention to throw difficulties in the way of the 3overnmnt, but the present, he thought, was not the proper time for proposing so e x tensive a measure. (Hon., hear.) No one , was more ardently in favour of an efficient measure of Parliamentary reform than himself ; _ but while war was impending over the country, it would not be fitting to raise dissensions upon a purely domestic topic. (Hear, hear.) It would, therefore, be his duty to move the amendment of which he had given notice when the motion was made for the second reading of the Reform Bill on the 27th of April. (Hear, hear.) Lord. A. LENNOX said ho looked upon the speech of tht.! ilo iio :ord tho I**,l the oity i L0nd.771, a filo funeral oration of reform, in which the noble lord the member for Tiverton played the part of mute. (A laugh.) Mr, LABOUCHEBE did not think the postponement . THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 3. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry James Bath, as Consul, at Swansea, for the Republic of Chili. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 1. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARMA. WENT. County of Louth—Chichester—Samuel Fortescue, Esq., of Red House, in the said county, one of the Lorda Com missioners of her Majesty's Treasury. EXCHEQUER BILLS. Notice is hereby given, that in the Exchequer Bills about to be issued, on the 10th instant, an error, committed by the engraver in the date of such bills, will be corrected in red, by the substitution of 1854, for 1853. MONTEAGLE. Exchequer, March 3. Comptroller-General. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARINE DEPARTMENT, FEB. 28. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Elsinor, trans mitting copy of a notice, issued by the Danish Marine Board (a translation of which is subjoined) relative to a new mark placed on the west coast of Fyen. (Copy.) NOTICE TO MARINERS. ;Translation.) For the guidance of vessels passing through the Little Belt, a mark, in form of a Tower, 20 feet high from the ground, and 40 feet above the level of the water, has been placed on tho west coast of Fyen, a mile (2t miles Eng lish) north of Assens, in 50° 18' 25" N. lat., and 9° 53' 48" E. long. of Greenwich, Kjerte Church in a line with Sand ager Church. It will be kept white, and is furnished with a red " bal loon" on the top. Marine Board, Feb. 11, 1854. (Signed) STEENE BILLE. SonrsoN. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 2. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through. the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Let ter from the Agent in this country of the King of the Sand wich Islands, enclosing the subjoined Notification respect ing the increase in the duties to be levied on the importa tion of c Irtain kinds of merchandise into those Islands. AN ACT TO INCREASE THE IMPORT DUTIES ON CERTAIN RINDS OF MERCHANDISE. Approved May 24,'t853. Be it enacted by the King, the Nobles, and the Represen tatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council assembled : Section 1. That there shall be levied on all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into this Kingdom, from any port in China or the Phillipine Islands, a duty of fifteen per cent ad valorem, upon the invoice cost thereof; provided, however, that not more than five per cent. duty shall be levied on the article of rice, and further provided that this shall not be construed into a repeal of any part of "An Act leving specific duties on sugar, syrups of sugar and coffee," passed June 6, 1852. Section 2. The increase of duties provided for in the first section of this act shall not affect goods, wares or mer chandise, which are the growth or manufacture of any foreign country having a treaty with this Kingdom. Section 3. In order to prove that any goods, wares, or merchandise, imported into this Kingdom, from any of the ports of China or the Phillipine Islands, are the growth or manufacture of some other country having a treaty with this Kingdom, it shall be necessary for the person entering the same at the Custom House, to present to the Col lector of Customs a certificate to th it effect from the resi dent Hawaiian Consul, or in default of such Consul, from the Consul or Commercial Agent of such country, at the port in China or the Phillipine Islands from whence such goods, wares, or merchandise shall have been brought to this kingdom; and the person entering the same at the Custom-house shall make oath that such goods, wares, or merchandise aro not the growth or manufacture of China or the Phillipine Islands, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Section 4. This act shall take effect at the expiration of six months from the date of its publication in the Poly nesian newspaper. WAR-OFFICE, MARcEr 3. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William Inglis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bell, who retires ; Cornet Richard Temple Godman to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Inglis, March 3. 2nd Dragoons—Captain George Augustus Fibaier Suli van to be Major, without purchase, vice Macleod, deceased; Lieutenant Frederick Philips to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Sulivan ; C orne t R o b ert Scott Hunter, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Philips, Feb. 17. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guard—Lieutenant and Captain Poulett G. Henry Somerset to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Clitherow, who re tires ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Honourable Henry William John Byng to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Somerset; the Honourable William Arthur Amherst to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Byng, March 3. • Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel George Wil liam Fordyce, from half-pay 13th Foot, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice the Honourable Alexander Nelson Hood, who exchanges; Francis Bramley Baker, Gent., to be Assistant-S urgeon , March 3. Ist Foot—Francis Gore Currie. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Otney, promoted in the 7th Foot, March 3. 7th Foot— Ensign Philip George Coney, from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hunt, who re tires ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Honourable Alfred Henry Crofton, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Gerald, pr o . moted, March 3. 10th Foot—Ensign George William Graham, from the 90th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Peard, who retires, March 3. 12th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. Maur, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Rumley, who exchanges, March 3. 17th Foot—Ensign William Dalrymple Tompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mylius, who retires ; Ed ward John Lees, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchae,, vice Tompaon, March 3. 18th Foot—Captain John Lawrie, from the 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Wood, who exchanges, March 3 ; En sign William James Hales to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Sargent, promoted, May 25, 1853 ; Ensign Tho. mas Esmonde to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hales, whose promotion witaout purchase on the 7th June, 1853, has been cancelled, June 7, 1853; Lieutenant Joseph George Wilkinson to be Adjutant, vice Sargent, promoted, Mar,- h 3 19th Foot—Assistant -Surgeon Thomas Longmore to be Surgeon, vice Odell, promoted on the staff, March 3. 20th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Claim Edward Howard to be Surgeon, vice Alexander, promoted on the staff, March 3. 27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Randal Rumley, from the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice St. Maur, who exchanges, March 3. 35th Foot—Ensign Charles Robert Tennant to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Wright, who retires; Thomas Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tennant, March 3. 40th Foot—Cornet Alexander Bower St. Clair, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Stephens, promoted, March 3. 47th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Walter Weld, from the 49th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Battersby, pro moted on the Staff, March 3. 48th Foot—Ensign the Hon. Robert John Handcock to be Lieuten-tut, by purchase, vice Noel, who retires ; John Godfrey Day, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Handcock, March 3. 49th Foot—Ensign Walter Robert Corbet to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Bond, who retires ; William Young, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Corbet, March 3. 50th Foot—Major Richard Waddy to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase ; Captain John Olaus Moller to be Major, without purchase, vice Waddy ; Lieutenant Richard Moore Barnes to be Captain, without purchase, vice Moller ; Ensign John Thompson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Barnes ; Gentleman Cadet Frede rick Leycester Barwell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thompson, March 3. 53d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Nedham, from the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Peel, appointed Paymaster, March 3. 60th Foot—First Lieutenant Henry Francis Williams, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sotheby, who retires ; Second Lieutenant Rowley Willes Hinxman, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams; James Durham Dundas, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hinxman, March 3. 77th Foot—Lieutenant William Rickman, to be Adju tant, vice St. George, who resigns the Adjutancy only March' 3. 79th Foot—Ensign James Herbert Freme, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Webster, who retires; James Bell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Freme, March 3. 80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Nelson Irwin, from the 27th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice. Taylor,-promoted on the Staff, March 3. 82nd Foot—Captain John Joseph Wood, from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vico Lawrie, who exchanges, March 3. 84th Foot—Lieutenant Campbell Barber Browne, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wolseley, appointed to the 90th Foot, March 3. 90th Foot—Robert Henry Evans, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice G. W. Graham, appointed to the 10th Foot, March 3. 91th Foot—Second Lieutenant George Lake Hedley, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Ensign, vice King, appointed to the Ceylon Rifl e Regiment, M arc h 3. 97th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Ibbotson, from half-pay 103rd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ferris, promoted with out purchase to an Unattached Company, March 3; Ensign Matthew Brinkley, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ibb, tson, who retires, March 3 : Nutcombe Quicke, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Brinkley, March 3. Ceylon Rifle Regiment Ensign Edward Hammond King, from the 94th Foot, to be Second Lieutenent, by purchase, vice Hedley, appointed to the 94th Foot, March 3. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Major Percy Hill, from half-pay of the Regiment to be Major, vice McDougall, who exchanges, March 3. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Walter Prosser, from Major and Superintendent of Studies, to be Lieutenant-Governor, vice Taylor , deceased, Jan. 9; Major Patrick Leonard M`Dou ga ll, from the Royal anadian Rifle Regiment, to be Major and Superin tendent of Studies, vice Prosser, March 3. UNATTACHED.—Captain John Johnston, from the 66th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, March 3. HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Staff-Surgeons of the First Class—Surgeon Robert Battersby, from the 47th Foot ; Surgeon John Robert Taylor, from the 80th Foot ; Sur geon William Odell, M.D., from the 19th Foot ; Surgeon Thomas Alexander, from the 20th Foot, March 3. To be Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Lewins, M.D., from the 63d Foot; Assistant-Sur geon Wm. Maclise, from the 90th Foot, vice Howard, ap pointed to the 20th Foot, March 3. . To be Assistant-Surgeons—Henry Thos. Sylvester, M.D, James Balfour Cockburn, M.D. ; George Lawson, Genl March 3. MEMOR \NDUM.—The promotions of the undermentioned officers, which appeared in the Gazette of the 2d Septem ber, 1853, have been ante-dated to Ist July, 1853 ; viz. ;- 2d Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Oliver Robinson, Captain Robert Holdsworth, Lieut. John Croome. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 24. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenants Edward Lawes Pym to be Adjutant, vice Kennedy, promoted; Thomas Quin Meade to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice Elliott, promoted ; George Stephen Digby to be Ad jutant, vice Barnard, promoted ; William James Dunn to be Adjutant, vice Allen, promoted. Second Lieutenants Frederick Augustus Foster to be First Lieutenant, vice Jones, promoted ; Henry Freeland to be First Lieutenant, vice Jolliffe, promoted ; Philip Harington to be First Lieutenant, vice Kennedy, promoted ; Francis Worgan Festing, to be First Lieutenant, vice Boyle, promoted ; William Addis Delacombe to be First Lieutenant, vice Little, promoted ; Henry Eyre Wyatt Lane, to be First Lieutenant, vice Elliott, promoted ; William Frederick Portlock Scott Dadson to be First Lieu tenant, vice M'Arthur, promoted ; Charles Frederick Short to be First Lieutenant, vice Gwyn, promoted ; Francis Lean to be First Lieutenant, vice Barnard, pro moted; Alexander Tait to be First Lieutenant, vice Davies, promoted; John Blackwood Colwell to be First Lieutenant, vice Allen, promoted ; Henry Swale to be First Lieutenant, vice de Conroy, promoted; Cuthbert Tetherstone Daly to be First Lieutenant; William San ders to be First Lieutenant ; Edward Congreve Langley Durnford to be First Lieutenant ; Edward Gladstone to be First Lieutenant ; Ussher L. Morris to be First Lieutenant; Joseph George Shanks to be First Lieutenant ; Arthur Charles Joshua McMeekan to be First Lieutenant ; George Frederick Walker to be First Lieutenant ; William Pit man to be First Lieutenant ; Henry Laws Harrison to be First Lieutenant ; Thomas Herbert Alexander Erotism to be First Lieutenant ; Henry Day Rybot to be First Lieu tenant; Geoffrey Mairis to be First Lieutenant; Charles Sidney Williams to be First Lieutenant; Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell to be First Lieutenant; John Maitland Lennox to be First Lieutenant ; Thomas Bent to be First Lieutenant ; John William Henry Chafyn Grove Morris to be First Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Devon—Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Robert Porrett Collier, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 28. Devon Militia Artillery—Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey to be Second Lieutenant, Dec. 27 ; Second Lieutenant Brent to be First Lieutenant, vice Stevens, resigned ; Henry Charles Devon to be Second Lieutenant, vice Brent, promoted, Jan. 28. Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Henry Arundell Mar tyn Farrant to be Ensign, Feb. 3. Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion— Henry Barron Rodway to be Captain, vice Addington, resigned, December 21. West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—The Right Honourable George Viscount Torrington to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Moneypenny, deceased, Feb. 27. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Drummond Bond Win grove, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 27. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia —Charles Goolden, Gent., to be Ensign, March 2. Hampshire Militia Artillery—Charles Starke, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 13. Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Thomas Willis Fleming to be Captain, vice Shrapnell, appointed Barrack Master at Isle aux Noix, Feb. 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gen tlemen to be Commissioners to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery : Charles Anthony Branson, Sheffield. Charles Thomas Jenkinson, Lombard-street. Edward John Cox Davies, Crickhowell, Brecon. William Denis Moore, Exeter. George Batchelor, Newport, .Monmouthshire. William Harris, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn. Henry Dyte, King's Bench-walk, Temple. Jobn Champley Rutter, Ely-place, Holborn. Thomas Bisgood, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn. J.l.mes George Dobinson, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Jacob Michael, Red Lion-square and Old Jewry. NE Charles Fiddey, Paper-buildings, Inner-temple. Robert Bristow Berridge, Leicester. William Stuart, Wolverhampton. James Street, Manchester. George Bradley, Castloford, Yorkshire. Thomas Forster, Brampton, Cumberland. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday ISSUE DEPT Notes issued ...• .... 29,515,460 ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the 25th day of February, 1854. 'AICT7dENT. X Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other tecuri ties .. .. .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,515,460 Silver bu11i0n........ - £29,515,460 £29,515,40 M. 31.4.1t81L1LL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 2d day of March, 1854. BANKING DEPARTMENT. / A Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ........ .. .. .... 3,3e13,249 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of .. Government securities (lncludg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... ,• .• • . 1 1,757,704 Other securities...—. 13,247,442 Notes ........ Gold and silver coin „ 770,705 National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,722,343 Other deposits ...... 11,830,574 Seven Day and other Bills.. . 1,102,638 433,591,80 G 1 £33,591,806 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 2d day of March, 1854. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 28th day of Feb., 1854, is 245. lid, per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Sorton Parry, bookseller, Leadenhall-street. BANK. Robert Mulock Wright an ß d Joseph Smith Anstie, dry salters, Broken Wharf, Upper Thames-street, to surrender, March 8, at two, and April 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ni c h o l son, o ffi c i a l assignee, Basinghall street ; Whittington, Dean-street, Finsbury. Isaac Blackburn and William Sigismund Stiebel, iron founders, Leeds ' March 17 and April 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Taylor, Bradford ; Blackburn, Leeds. Charles Hensley, surgeon, Broad-street, Golden-square, Match 14, at one, and April 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Preston, Austin-friars. Henry Endacott, innkeeper, Okehampton, Devon, March 14, and April 19, at one, at tha Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Fryer, Exeter. Joseph. Horne, dealer and chapman, Leeds, March 23, and April 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Middleton, Leeds. Job Eggleston, licensed victualler, St. Albans, Hertford, March 14, and April 10, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Buchanan, Basing. hall-street. Josiah Brad well, butcher, Manchester, March 17. an d 2 4 ),Li au Coati. Hernaman; official assignee, Manchester ; Heath, Man. cheater. JULIO, Mitchell Lawton, Manchester, woollen and Au. tian warehouseman, 15th March and sth April, at tweilse, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assign Manchester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Mancheir ter. Alfred Eyre, merchant, Norland-square, Notting-hil t, Middlesex, March 14, at twelve, and April 11, at half-pat ►b twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, officit a assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Dimmock and Burb3 ?s, Sufbalk-lano. Robert Nodes Newton and Thomas Godfrey Payne, g; engineers, New Park-street, Southwark, March 14, ; two, and April 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptc: r. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Lindsay and Maw] Up Basinghall:street. David Howell, builder, Serjeant's-inn, Fleet-stree E j March 16, at one, and April 13, at half-past eleven, at th Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Charlton, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-square. John Whitney, currier and leather dealer, Birkenhead, March 14, and April 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District. Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Liverpool. Thomas Tebbut, merchant, Manchester, March 23rd and, April 27th, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Norris, Man- , chester. James Dowell, chemist and druggist, Birmingham, March 21, and April 11, 'at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. PRIZE MONEY. LONDON, Feb. 24. Notice is hereby given to Captain T. L. Massie, and tb officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Cleopatra, w 1 iv are entitled to share in the bounty money awarded for tl to destruction of piratical junks in the China Seas on the 25' 1 and 26th days of June, 1851, that the distribution there of will be made on the 24th of March next, at No. 1, Jame s street, Adelphi, and when the list will be re-called eves 7 Tuesday and Friday according to act of Parliament. Captain Second class Third class Fourth class Fifth class Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class Ninth class . Tenth class . £7O 13 2 14 4 11. 11 7 11 616 9 n 19 9 3 8 4 2 5 7 1 2 91 0 14 3 0 8 7 Woodhead and Co., Agents. * And not 31. 12s. 93d., as before advertised. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This DAT. Amsterdam 11 1334 Gibraltar Ditto, three months .. 11 15% Leghorn 30 623 c, Rotterdam .. .... 11 15% Genoa 25 55 Antwerp .............. 25 20 Milan ................ Brussels •• •• •..• ••.•.• 25 20 Venice •••••••••• •• •• •• Hamburgh •• .• ••••• • • • 13 4% Naples •.•••••••• •• •• •• 42 Altona ••••.••• • • •• • • • • Palermo •••••• • • • 00000 12 , Paris.. Ditto, three months .. 25 30 ,Lisbon ................ 533 Marseilles... •..•••• •• • • 25 3238 Oporto .. ••.••••• .• • • • • 53% Bourdeanx ........ Rio Janeiro ............ Frankfort-on-Maine 118341Buenos Ayres 8er1tn................ New York, 60 days' sight -- Vienna .. 13 2S Philadelphia .......... Trieste •• .. 13 30 PRICES or sux.ttox, vas os. Petersburgh Madrid ................ 49R, Portugal Gold COl2l .. 0 o o Cadiz.. 8arce10na......„„ New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Sevilla •• .• ••••a••• • • •• Silver in bars •• •• .• 0 0 0 THE FIRE IN MANCHESTER. CORRECT LIST OF THE CONCERNED IN Ti] MANCHESTER. INSURANCE OFFICES E FIRE AT RYLANDS, , Sun. £30,000 West of England 13,000 Phoenix lO,OOO Royal Exchange Royal Alliance Atlas County 5,000 Guardian London 5,000 Scottish Union 5,00C Monarch General North British Anchor 2,00C Equitable Fire Co 2,000 Manchester Lancashire £115,700. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.-THIIRSDAY. THE DEEBT.--The report from Liverpool that 7 to 71 I had been offered on the field was, at first, received a t "The Corner" with a strong degree of distrust.; but a the course of the afternoon the fact of Autocrat's retro . gression to that point was evidenced by two bets of 301 7 to 100 each being laid against him, coupled with King Toni. At the same time, the highest odds offered : against the latter separately were 13 to 2. At half se. point more some money would have been invested. 350% to 25 taken about Dervish, 1,000 to 50 Acrobat, and the.. same about Wild Huntsman, 300 to 10 Marsyas, 875 to. 25 Neville, and 1,000 to 25 Bessus. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAIKES.-450 to 50 taken about.. Red Lion. THE Two THousAYD.-150 to 50 taken about Ruby. Nothing done on either the Metropolitan or the Gm Northern. The room was only thinly attended. CLOSING PRICES. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9to 1 agst Red Lion (taken). CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). • 2,000 GUINEAS. 3to 1 agst Ruby (taken). DERBY. 13 to 2 agst King Tom (take 7to 1). 14 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 20 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 30 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). 35 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 40 to 1 agst Bessus (taken). 3to 1 agst Autocrat and King Tom coupled:. (taken). RACING FIXT" MA: Doncaster Spring 7 Salisbury Coventry Spring 14 Warwick Spring 21 AP. Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring 6 Cheltenham Spring 12 Newmarket Craven 17 RES FOR 1854. ,CH. Catterick 27 ' Northampton 29 i Abergavenny .. 30.1 Catterick Bridge lEb Abergavenny .... 2Ol York Spring 25z Malton 27T COUNTRY MARKETS. DERBY SMITHFIELD—FEB. 28. The market to-day was well supplied with fat beasts, and the demand for beef was again brisk. The quantity - of sheep on sale was large , and in good conditi on , bringini: high prices. Fat and store calves more plentiful. Ths number of English pigs limited, but that of Irish largo. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to bid mutton, 7d to 7id ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 7d to Od per lb. ; pigs, 9s 9d to lOs per score ; rough fat, 6s 3d to Os Od per 141 b.; hides, lid to 3d per lb; calf-skins, 3d to 44 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—MARCH I. The supply of grain in the market to-day was large.. A good demand for seed and otherwise. Sales quick, and. considerably up for all sorts. Wheat on the top 4s Od, and the average 2s 10d, up. Barley on the top ss, and the. average 2s 6d, up. Oai on the top is 4d, and the average 2s, up. Beans on ti to top ls, and the average 7d, np. Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 776 qrs sold 593 qrs Barley 675 qrs so ld 5 49 qrs Oats lBB4 grit sold 1348 qrs Beans 359 qrs sold 298 qra Top of Wheat ..... . ...... .... ..... ........ 634 lb 90s Od - Barley sBi lb 484 Od Oats --Beans Average of whoat £3 16 3 o.l2the Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oat Ditto of Beans . ................ NEWARIC—MAncs 1. A full attendance of farmers, and good supplies of grain of every description. Wheat the same as last week. Bar ley was rather higher. Prices :—Wheat, white, 886 Od to 93s Od ; red, 821 Oct to 84s Od. Barley, malting, 36. Od to 40s Od ; grinding, 364 Od to 37 1 Od. O a t s, o ld , 32 s O d to 36 6 Od ; now, 214 Od to 30s Od. Beans, 48. Od to 626 Od. Peas, ON Od to 00s Od. Malt, 66s Od to 70s Od. Tares, 64s Od to 6810 - BOSTON-31AacH 1. At this day's market there was a moderate show o f wheat on offer, the demand for which ruled heavy, at prices in some instances a trifle under those of last week. All descriptions of spring corn experienced a slow inq u i ry at declining prices. Prices :—Wheat, red, 70s Od to SOs Od; white, gO s Od 83s Od . extra, 85s Od. Barley, 32s Od to 40s Od. O ak . 21s to 325. Beans, 40 8 Od to 48s Od. Peas, 503 pd t o 53 per qr. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the let inst., at Woo Won, Somerset, the wife of Henry Hobhouse, Esq- On the 2d inst., at Wellesley-place, Green-lanes, Totten ham, the wife of Henry Oakley, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. . - --- On the 28th Tilt., at Bolney-court, Ilenlepon-Thames, Mrs. Hodges. On the Ist inst., at One Ash, Rochdale, the wife of John Bright, M.P. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at the parish church, Cheltenham Grismond Philipps, Esq., of Cwmgwilley, Carmarthen shire, formerly Captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, to Mary Anne, second daughter of the late Major Bowen. On the 2d inst., at St. P ancras Ch urc h , Ch ar l es Creed, Esq., 38, Duke•sreet, St. James's, to Louisa Dorothea, second daughter of the Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron. DIED. On the 26th nit., at Otterbourn, aged 59, William Crawley Yonge, Esq., late of the 52d Regiment, youngest son of the late Rev. Duke Yonge, of Cornwood. On the 27th ult., Mrs. Haybittle, wife of Mr. Daniel Haybittle, late of St. Bride's, Fleet-street. The deceafed had been matron of the Strand Union Workhouse ever since its formation, and filled the like situation to the parish of St. Clement Danes for many years previously. On the Ist inst., Mary More Morgan, aged 18, daughter f Mr. R. Morgan, of Warwick-villas, Paddington. On the Ist inst., at York-chambers, St. James's-street, Lieutenant -Colonel Tanfield Vachell, aged 80. LorD6r: PrintA L•ad VOLNG, of: No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The San Officio, Np. lig, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middle:* Friday, March 1864. Colo the 1 ..cio has 11110 (Lucie Augar School per Ib. doz. ; lb. ; Blscul viz.. Cuddy Jellies Dishes Purse N( reprem plain. CAU' public I /alio« U. nu obvious No C Loud •4, 6.5, s Loud, an( Brads Shen, Colon Merc.: Shoe 91 IMP( •xchani without price, U - The: oa Satn ♦ nei ing fall way be A hal Oa appl ON TN CI INuatra New L tics/mil znercuil lewed prevent PERRY street, L row, an( don, 146 Row Ch FLIT' Organs, 1 FAIT dalgenee :mental tnespui FLIT the prim their tre Intl. FAIT Simple a P.U.T In. cam aaklact e THE IR tread. per bott remedy. symptom bottle. per box chronic 1 A n ton in meat on are in don. Imo kieven 1 ON TIE INFE Just ru S Yards; Orion LI climates twenty Debility 'Urinary ings, on conclitioi amr. at 1 F Con T 1 aail CEL DWI( •—.-- DIIR BP ILLG na of LEC! DI LECI UN DES( and E SU V.TgE of the &forte Natio now E each Metro Waft Ove Piano 'Warm Sorrol Love, P