The Press.
London, England, 1855-08-11 00:00:00

TESTIMONIAL TO LORD RAGLAN.

THE friends and admirers of the late Commander-
in-Chief of the British forces in the Crimea, as early
as the month of June last year, came to the deter-
mination of getting up a testimonial commemorative
not merely of their own regard and admiration of
the hero, but also of the distinguished service4which
he bad rendered to his country. Foremost amongst
those who first showed themselves anxious worthily
to recognise the military as well as the civil merits
of or d Raglan were the veteran warriors of the
Peninsula and Waterloo, the Marquis of Anglesey
and the Marquis of Londonderry; and, although they
both died before any decisive steps were taken to
carry out their project, yet the sanction of their names
and their liberal subscriptions remained, and, inde-
pendently of the affectionate regard of every officer in
the service towards his lordship, had their due effect
in inducing others to come forward and subscribe libe-
rally to the testimonial-fund, which was originated
on the 27th of June, 1854, at a meeting held at the
residence of the Duke of Richmond, Holland-place.
The opinion of that meeting was, that the most suit.
able t stimonial they could present to his lordship was
the freehold estate adjoining Raglan Castle, and the
scene of one of the battles which Fairfax, at the
head (.f the parliamentary troops, fought against the
Cavaliers, and towards the purchase of that they
contributed 4,8001., which has been since invested in
Exchequer Bills. The recent death of his lordship
has stimulated the subscribers to the fund to further
exertions, and a large number of them, including
the Duke of Bedford, Lord Downes, Lord Ellesmere,
Lord Powis, Generals Pennyfather, Burgoyne,
Browne, Cator, &c., again met, under the presidency
of the Duke of Richmond, when, on the motion of
the Duke of Bedford, seconded by Sir George Tay-
lor, it was resolved that the entailment of a freehold
estate on the title of Lord Raglan or on his descend.
ants, would be the most desirable memorial of the
great public services and private worth of the late
peer, and that, the better to carry that object into
execution, it was resolved to open subscriptions at
the principal banks, and among agencies. The
proceedings then terminated in the usual way.

Tnz expenses of the late Exhibition of the Royal
Agricultural Society at Carlisle, will, according to the
local journals, be fully covered by the receipts. It
has hitherto been thought not so very bad if the re-
ceipts at the society's annual meetings fell below the
expenses not more than a thousand pounds.

THE PRESS.

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WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 10.
BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Langley Tudor, to be Colonel
in the Army, the rank being honorary only.
Captain James Stewart to be Major in the Army.
Brevet-Major Stewart to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army.
The undermentioned officers of the East India Com-
pany's Service, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of
honorary rank as follows :

To be Colonel—Lientenant•Colonel Patrick Hay.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Majors David Nisbett,
James Hunter, George Augustus Hayward Falconer,
Joseph t stridge.
To be Major—Captain Henry Maseall Conran.
The undermentioned officers to have a step of local rank
in Turkey while employed in the Irregular Cavalry, under
the command of Major-General Reatson :—Robert Yonng,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dr. Kalazdy to be Stuff-Surgeon
of the Second Class.

The undermentioned officer to have a step of local rank
in Turkey while employed in the Turkish Contingent:—
Cornet W. Stuart to be Lieutenant.

Memoranda Acting Assistant-Surgeons Frederick
Wilkinson and Welter Acton have been permitted to re-
sign their respective appointments in the Army Medical
Department. Mr. Wilkinson, from the 26th June, and
Mr. Acton, from the Ist May, they having been transferred
to the Irregular Cavalry under the command of Major-
General Beatson. The surname of the officer appointed in
succession to Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, W. 1).
Fowler, appointed to the B.2nd Foot, is Graves, and not
Groves, as previously stated. The Christian names of
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Orton are Thomas Jerram, and
not Thomas Tetram, as previously stated.
The appointments of the undermentioned Assistant-
Surgeons have been antedated :
Blacnamant, W., 4th Dragoon Guards ; Lynch, A. H. F.,
7th Light Dragoons ; Hulseberg, J. W., Bth Light Dra-
goons; Day, W H., 3rd Foot ; Hale, T. E., 7th Foot;
Johnston, J. C., 9th Foot ; Macfadin, F. H., Ilth Foot ;
Hyde, J. W., 14th Foot ; Ryan. E. C., 18th Foot; Philip,
J. R., 18th Foot; Semple, A., 18th Foot; Madden, C. D.,
20th Foot ; fieddall, J. V., b3rd Foot ; Wrench, E. W.,
34th Foot; Sparke, G. W., 39th Foot; Macauley, R. W ,
40th Foot; Bourke, G. T., 51st Foot ; Macartney, J., 60th
Foot ; Alder, S., 62nd Foot ; Randal, H. L., 62nd Foot ;
Roe, W. C., 89th Foot; Reid, I). A., 90th Foot ; Nelson,
C. R., 90th Foot ; Frank, P., 91st Foot ; Gordon, W., 91st
Foot; Griffin, M. J., Staff; Ferguson, W., Staff; Finlay,
G. H., Staff; Longhurst, A. E., Staff ; Corbett, A. P. M.,
Staff ; Marston, J. A., Staff; Mines, T., Staff; Lynch,
W. E., Staff; Sherlock, H., Staff; Corbett, W. H., Staff;
Ramsay. W., Staff; Dickerson, S. H., Stag; Hine, D. 8.,
Staff; Skeen, W., Staff.
BRITISH FOREIGN LEGION.

Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis
Pamer to have the Substantive Rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel.
To be Lieutenant•Colonels—Major Augustus F. Schroer ;
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Kent
Murray.
Ist Light Dragoons—Charles Perceval, Esq., to be
Major-Commandant; Fairfax Cartwright, Esq.
To be Captains—Charles Delorme and John C. Hunt.
To be Lieutenant—A. Lohenhofer.
To be Comets—Hermann Von Dettmar and Clavering
Redman.
2np Light Dragoons—John Elphinstone Fleming to be
Major-Commandant; A. Yates to be Major; George Von
Linsingin to be Captain; Lorentz G. Lorch to be Lieute
nant ; Christian Johannson to be Cornet; August
Murray to Paymaster.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Sulzberger to be Colonel in
the Army, without temporary rank, while serving in the
British Swiss Legion.
BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION.
James Hudson, Esq., to have the honorary rank of
Colonel, while employed as Military Agent for the Italian
Legion.

Etse gol.

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenant-General—Sir J. K.C.8., of the Royal
Marines, to receive the good-service pension.
Lieutenants—C. S. S. Stanhope, to the Havannah ; J.
H. Thomas, to the President; W. H. Cumming, to the
Hogue ; J. B. Butler, to the Indefatigable.
Paymaster—Edward Faulkner, to the Havannah.
Surgeons—James Aitchison, to the Havannah ; Andrew
Moffatt, to the Siren ; Charles M'Shane, to the Alecto.
Assistant•Surgeon-James Wallace, to the Waterloo.
Chaplains—Rev. H. Gleason, to the Imperieuse ; Rev.
C. E. Mallard, to the Royal Albert; Rev. J. L. Moore, to
the Illustrious.

Naval Instrnctors—O. Foster, to the London; J. Ste-
phen, to the Rodney.
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Mates—G. S. Graves, W. T. F. Mndge, F. F. Wadding-
ton, J. F. St. G. M'Donnell, H. W. Fox, S. Curtis, T. M.
Kelsall, J. H. Thomas, W. H. Cumming, A. J. Kennedy,
J. B. Butler, G. Parsons, to the rank of Lieutenants.

HALF the capital of the new company of French
" clippers" (Admiral Casy's end Rothschild's com-
pany), which was started to rival the English boats,
is subscribed by English people.
THE Municipal Commission of Lyons, in its last
sitting, voted a sum of 10,000 f. for the soldiers and
sailors wounded in the CriMea.

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Ow's° to the fierce competition which is going on
between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company
and the East Lancashire Company, the fare from
Liverpool to Southport and back is only one shilling.
Placards have been extensively issued by both com-
panies, each asserting that their lines respectively are
the shortest. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company
announce that "the shortest and only direct route to
Southport is via Waterloo and Crosby ;" whilst the
East Lancashire Company state theirs is "the only
direct line to Southport—nine trains per day."