The Press.
London, England, 1855-02-24 00:00:00

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APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
APPOINTMENTS.
Rear-Admiral Henry Eden is appointed one of the Lords of
Admiralty, in the room of Roar-Admiral Hon. Richard Saunders
Hondas, C. 8., who is appointed to the command of the Baltic
fleet.
Captain—Sidney C. Decree to the Victory.
Lieutenants—His Serene Highness Victor F. F. E. G. A. C. F.
Prince of Hohenlohe Langenbourg to the tit. Jean D'Acre; John
P. Cheyue to the I'hmanix; Henry Harvey to the Hawke ; Hugh
M'Nicl Dyer to the Retribution; Charles J. Bullock to the Nep-
tune ; William H. Blake to the Edinburgh; Robert Sterne to
the Euryalus; Charles W. Mawthorp to the Exmouth; David
On to the Blenheim; John E. Commerell to the Weser; George
F. Day to the Recruit; Richard B. l'earae (Sag) to be Flag-
Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour; Charles S.
Fitton to the Vulture; Francis W. Bennett to the Himalaya;
•John D. M•Crea to the Hastings; Henry Berkeley to the Pene-
lope; F. W. Pym to the Neptune.
Surgeons—Harvey Morris to the Impregnable ; Patrick Mar-
tyn, M.D., to the Powerful; Hugh T. S. Beveridge to the Hawke.
Chaplains—David E. Doraville to the Tartar; Rev. Frederick
W. Smith to the Odin; Rev. W. S. Davis to the hospital at The-

rapis.
Masters—George B. F. Swain to the Majestic; George A.
Macfarlane to the Magiclenne; John Huntley to the Resistance.
Second Masters—Henry G. Swainson to the Cuckoo ; John A.
Allen to the Medusa.
Mate—James S. Tonkin to the Medusa.
Masters' Assistants—Richard Wellington to the Phoenix; C.
J. Layton to the James Watt; Frederick James to the Furyalus.
Payuiasters—Williana Hudson Ozzard to the Firefly; Robert
W. Warwick to the Merlin; George Tait to the Aretbusa.
Midshipmen—Francis Osbotuu to the Ajar; E. P. Pocock to
the Ariel; J. T. Swum to the James Watt; J. N. Crake to the
Oberon.
Clerks-in•Charge—Edward S. Cooke to the Tyne ; Richard D.
Hire to the Medusa; John Seldom to the Waver; Brice W.
White to the Recruit.
Clerks—Edward 0. Hayes to the Royal George; Charles
Fisher to the Rosamond; George F. °rigor to the Himalaya.
Acting Clerk—Henry M. 1). Wilson to the Penelope.
Clerks Assistants—George A. Rowe to the 1•;ile; R. R. Mar-
riott to the Pembroke; John Kiddie to the Phceuix; Henry B.
Robinson to the Excellent.
Naval Cadets—F. Edwards to the Royal George; F.R. Broom-
ilaw to the Pembroke; G. R. Keating to the Majestic; W. Izud
1 to the Cornwallis.

PROMOTIONS.
Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-
Colonel. Peter brames Nolloth to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Fart
Lieutenant and Quartermaster W. E. Farmer to be Captain;
Second Lieutenant .1. R. /dwell to be First Lieutenant.
Second blaster—David Batt to be Master.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday,• February 20.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.—EDWARD WRIGHT, Weiwiek,
East Riding of Yorkshire, draper.
BANKRUPTS--STEPHEN GRANTHAM, Islington, dealer in
hay—Joan kiramor, Caroline-place, Citproad, builder—Wm.
JOHNSON, Beeping, Lino 'Malin:, grocer—JOHN BAILEY SER-
GEANT, Portsmouth, wine merchant—Vicaon BAUER, Lilypot-
lane, St. Martin's-le Grand, meretiant—MATTHEW JOHN Gorr,
Queen'tpereseeut, Kentish-town, toyman RICHARD AKHRY,
/delina-plitee, Lambeth, baker WILLIAM HARRISON, Clyde-
terrace, Caledonian-road, baker—RasEra JACOB HILLS, Ryde,
Isle of Wight, tailor—Aaroal FORRER, Regent-street, jeweller
CHARLES HENRY HARDEN, Goulston-street, Whit/inhaled,
wholesale cheesemouger—WlLLlAM RANDALL BARRETT, Folk-
stone, Kent, ironmonger—JOSEPH CLEVER and CALEB STANGER,
Kent-wharf, liaggerstone, builders—DAVlD LLOYD WILLIAMS,
Cannon.street.ehambers, City, civil engineer—THOMAS SALMON,
Kettering, Northamptonshire, ironmonger_RlCHAlD BRAWN,
Rushall, Staffordshire, limo blinker—FRANCIS BEHP.ENS, Bir-
mingham, general merchant—JAMES CARTWRIGHT, Birmingham,
factor—GEORGE PORTEOUS ROBY, LeanlkOfnOß Priors, Warwick-
shire, fishmonger—dosser' EDWARDS and EDWARD EDWARDS,
Truro, Cornwall, jewellers—JOHN BANCASTER, St, Mary Church,
Devonshire, plumber—JOHN ROPZR and WILLIAM MITCHELL,
• Keighley, Yorkshire, worsted spinners—SAßAH RATCLIFFE, BEN-
JAMIN RATCLIFFE, and JAMES RATCLIFFE, BOX4Fee-1111118, York-
, shire, manufacturers—Jams WILLIAms, jun ~ Tslysarn, Carnar-
voushire, Graper--THOMAS BELL, Jarrow, Durham, alkali
fatitnrer.
SCOTCH BEQUESTItATIONB.—ALTIANDER WILSON, Bells,
haugh Govan and Glasgow, dyer—ANDREW CHRISTIE, Glasgow
watch material dealer—GEoßos PORTER and W. PORTER, Glas-
gow, brick builders—TiromAs HOOD, Airdrie, upholsterer—JOHN
BRINKLEY, Garroch, near Glasgow, flint miller.
Friday, February 23.
BANKRUPTS.—JAS. rirstr.Eß, Wapping, sail-maker—Ono.
CUMMING STEWART, Hackney-rOsli,Jraper—SlMON OATES, Cam-
bridge, builder—JAxEs HoWELL,Judd.street, Brunswick-square,
builder—THOMAS SALMON, Kettering, Northampton, ironmonger
—JAMES KING, Birmingham, licensed victualler—JANE MARY
BENTLEY, Dudley, grocer—WILLIAM BOWLER, Lambeth, timber
merchant--JOHN CLENCH, Exeter, timber dealer—Lure CAU ZI E,
Bute-rood, Cardiff, hotel-keeper—JOHN Moons, Skircoat,
Halifax, brewer—HAYhoN SOUNDS, Lincoln, wheelwright—Jona
HENRY CHEETHAM, Nottingham, lace manufacturer—DANisr.
HIAnN, Cheltenham, linendraper and lacoman GEOROE
COOPER Rouen, Dovercourt, Essex, baker—GEORGE RICHARD
BLACKWELL, Cheltenham, marble mason—JAMES TWINER,
Hedge-row, Islington, draper—WILLIAM HANDLZ. Cheltenham,
miller`—WILLIAM WESTMORE COWHERD KIRKHAM, Manchester,
money scrivener—RALPH PICKSTONE and AMBROSE MAYALL,
Ashtokl-under-14110, Lancaster, cotton-spinners.
SCOTCH SEQU ESTRATIONS.—JOHN CAMPBELL and Sous,
Bowiled, Renfrawshire, bleachers—JOHN CsYrIMALL, Glasgow,
tailor—ROHN= CAM, Glagow, InerChiSlß

SATURDAY,

Ob Ulan!.
DEATH OF JOSEPH HUME, M.P.
WE regret to announce the death of that vetersu
politician, Mr. Joseph Hume, who expired on Tues-
day last, at his seat, Burnley-hall, Norfolk, in the

78th year of his age.
Mr. Hume was born in Montrose, in January, 1777.
He was a younger member of a large family. On
the death of his father (who was the master of a
vessel trading from Montrose), which happened iu
his infancy, Joseph Hume was placed by his mother
in a school where the then superior Scotch system
and extent of education qualified him for a proles.
sional training. After his apprenticeship to a sur.
geon in Montrose, he went through the regular
course of study at the University of Edinburgh, and
was admitted a member of the College of Surgeons
in 1798. He began his professional career as a naval
surgeon in the East India Company. In three years
he was on the medical establishment of Bengal.
He very speedily discovered the defects of the
service, and particularly those which resulted from
the want of knowledge among the company's servants
of the native languages, of which he soon made him.
self master.
In 1800, in the Mahratta war, his knowledge of
the dialects of India enabled him to join the office of
interpreter to that of surgeon. His energy and inde-
fatigable perseverance enabled him at the same time
to discharge with efficiency the duties of paymaster,
postmaster, and commissariat officer. At one time
he had the medical charge of no less than six regi-
ments ; and it is stated that he was never known to
neglect any duty which he undertook.
His power of communicating with the natives gave
him a command of assistance which few other Eng-
lishmen could obtain. He terminated his connection
with India in 1808, returning from that country with
a sonsiderable fortune.
After about two years spent in travelling during
the war in Spain, .Portugal, in the Mediterranean,
and along its coasts and islands, he returned to Eng-
land, and commenced his parliamentary career in
1811, as member for Weymouth.
From 1812 to 1818 Mr. Hume was out of Parlia-
ment. During those six years he laboured (as a
proprietor of East India Stock) to correct what he
c )nsidered to be the errors and to reform the abuses
of our Indian system. He was elected member for
Montrose in 1818, and continued to represent the
Montrose boroughs until his election for Middlesex
in 1830, from which time, with the exception of one
session, (when he represented Kilkenny, till 1842
he sat for that county. In 184:2, and front thence
to the present time, he has represented his birth-
place, Montrose.
Respecting the political career of Mr. Hume, the
Daily News remarks
No sooner had he got into the house of Commons than
he commenced his crusade against financial abuses. lie
commenced it almost single-handed ; and for a long time
he could number only six supporters in the House of Com-
moas—Ricardo, Moore, Creevey, and three others. But
he was neither to be dismayed nor put down. Nature had
not made him an orator, and the glib speakers of the
house, and turners of sparkling paragraphs in the papers,
attempted to laugh him into silence. Authority attempted
to scowl him down. All in vain ; he stuck to his point;
his minorities increased, and at last they became majori-
ties. Mr. Hume has taught the House of Commons to
exercise in reality its functions as auditor of the national
accounts. This is the great triumph of his long and well-
spent life. In his advocacy of religious toleration, of par-
liamentary reform, of universal and unsectarian education,
he had many colleagues—some of more dazzling and soar-
ing genius; but as a financial reformer, he stands alone
and unrivalled.

We regret to announce the death of LADY COL-
BORNE, widow of the late peer, whom she has sur-
vived only a few months. Her ladyship expired on
Saturday morning, at her house in Hill-street, Berke
ley-square, after a short illness. The deceased was
eldest daughter of the late Right Hon. Thomas
Steele, and was married to the late fir' Cun olbolBlB,
rne,
brother of Sir MW. Ridley, Bart., Je,
and leaves issue three unmarried daughters.

A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE occurred at the Paris
Bourse on
_Saturday last. A well.known ex-agent
de change, who had got early information of the
Emperor's intention to go to the Crimes, sold largely,
and made no secret of the fact that he did so in con-
sequence of his belief in the journey. While speak-
ing to a friend on the subject, a police agent came
up, and asked the gentleman in question who had
given bim the information; and upon his refusing to
give his authority, a prod* verbal was at once drawn
up, and the gentleman is to be prosecuted for propa-
gating fausses nouvelles.
AMONG the passengers by the Tagus,
which left
Southampton on Tuesday with the India mail, was
Major-General Simpson, the chief of the staff of the
English army in the Crimea.
Sul JOHN FORBES has resigned the appointment
the civil hospital at Smyrna. ,

Fl63lltlAllY 24, 1855.