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THE PRESS, FEBRUARY 6, 1858.

Rabat attWag 3itttiligtatt.

His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GENERAL COMMANDING-
ni-CIIIEF will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at
ono o'clock on Wednesday next.
Lista.-CoLoNst. PAULET SOMERSET has raised a
2nd battalion for the 7th Fusiliers, consisting of
1,00 men. The average height through the batta-
lion is 51t. 71in., and not a man has been enlisted
below the height of sft. 7in. We should be glad to
know why it is that, when Colonel Somerset can
successfully fix his standard at 511. 7in., the Govern-
ment is compelled to lower theirs to sft. 3in.
IRISH DRAGOON REGIMENTS.—The Dublin Gazette
contains a notification, received by the Earl of
Carlisle from the Waroffice, to the effect that of the
two additional regiments of cavalry to be raised,
one will be the sth Dragoons. The following is a
copy of a letter addressed by the Secretary of State
for War to his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief, dated, War-office, Feb. I.:—
sir,—l have the honour to acquaint your Royal High-
ness that her Majesty's Government have decided that
two additional cavalry regiments shall be raised forthwith
to meet the exigencies of her Majesty's service. Before
this occasion the Queen has been graciously pleased to
command that the order by which the sth Dragoons were
struck out of the list of her Majesty's forces in 1799
shall be cancelled. The Queen is desirous of thus wiping
away an unfortunate event now long gone by, and which it
is time to consign to oblivion; and her Majesty wishes by
this gracious act to give a public testimony of her sense
of the loyalty and attachment of her Irish people. When
your Royal Highness therefore takes her Majesty's
pleasure upon this increase to the army you will suggest
to her Majesty that the denomination of the two new
regiments shall be the sth Royal Irish Regiment of Dra-
goons and the 18th Dragoons. In communicating to the
army the restoration of the sth Dragoons to its place
among the cavalry regiments of the line, her Majesty's
Government trusts that your Royal Highness will duly
impress upon the Queen's forces this act of her Majesty's
grace and favour.---I have the honour to be, sir, your
Royal Highness's most obedient, humble servant,
PANMURE.
The 18th Light Dragoons (Hussars) were disbanded
in 1821, after a brilliant career in the Peninsula and
at Waterloo. It was also an Irish Regiment, and
was long known by the familiar name of Lord
Drogheda's Light Horse, the regiment having been
raised by the late venerable Marquis of Drogheda,
who did not long survive the breaking up of his
favourite corps. Many days, it may be safely pre•
dieted, will not pass over before men will be found
to recruit the ranks of the two new regiments of
Irish Dragoons. General the Hon. Henry Murray,
the present colonel in chief of the 14th Light Dra.
goons,was lieutenant-colonel commanding the 19th
Hussars at the period of their disbandment. The
late Marquis of Londonderry commanded the old
sth Dragoons when they were broken up nearly
sixty years ago. The sth and the Scotch Grays were
the only cavalry regiments who were permitted to
wear the bearskin cap as a distinguishing headdress,
the latter still retaining the uncomfortable honour.
Tim MONUMENT to commemorate the deeds of the
55th, or Westmoreland Regiment, in the Russian
war, which it was sometime ago decided to erect in
the parish church of Kendal, has now been placed
over the north-west door of that edifice. The colours
earned by the regiment in the war are to be raised
at the base of the memorial.

THE NEWLY RAISED SECOND BATTALION OF THE 2D
REGIMENT OF FOOT will proceed to Malta to replace
the 71st Light Infantry, gone on to Bombay.
REAR- ADMIRAL SIR S. LUSHINOTON, K.C.8., bas been
appointed to the command of the Brazilian station,
in the room of Vice-Admiral Wallis. Mr. A. W. L.
Browne is appointed mate to the Raccoon.
UPWARDS of 60,000 men (says the United Service
Gazette) are required to complete the several regi-
ments of the hoe to their lull establishment. It
seems evident that some more active measures must
be adopted to obtain recruits than those usually sanc-
tioned. Information has been received at the Horse
Guards that upwards of 6,000 sick and wounded
soldiers will shortly be on their passage to England
from India. Volunteering from the militia to the
line appears to be almost a failure. Recruiting
parties were sent to Aldershott, to enlist 3,000 men,
but only 600 were obtained.
THE ANNUAL DINNER of the corps of Royal Engineers
took place on Monday at the Freemasons' Tavern.
The chair was filled by Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8.,
Inspector-General of Fortifications, and the officers
present included Lieutenant-General Sir Charles
P_aaley, K.C.8., Major-Generals Sir Harry D. Jones,
Governor of Sandhurst ; Lewes, C. 8.;
Blanchard, C.B. ; Colonel Sandham, director of the
field establishment at Chatham ; Colonel Walpole,
Lieutenant-Colonels Frome, Yolland, Yorke, Dawson,
Wynne, Owen, C. 8., Montague; Majors Keane, De
Vane, Ewart, Jervolq, Nugent, Ravenhill ; Captains
Scott, Grant, West= :cots, Vetch, Engineer t) Ad-
miralty Harbour Works, Hawkins, Hon. G. NVrottes-

ley, Fowke, &o. The only guests were Colonel Kleb-
mikoff, of the Russian Engineers, and Mr. W. H.
Marriott, of the house of Cox and Co., the paymasters
of the corps.
LIEUTENANT•G£NERAL THOMAS ASHDURNHAM, who
was originally appointed to the command of the ex•
pedition to China, and was thence transferred to
India, arrived in London on the 29th ult. by the
overland mail from Calcutta.

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that the old constitutional rule and principle by 'tallish
majorities alone shall decide in party elections shall not
be violated.

Mr. EDMONDS proposed a resolution adopting the
scheme of the London committee.

Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P., seconded the resolution,
and made a good speech.
The resolution was supported at length oy Mr. J.
S. WRIGHT and others, and was eventually carried.
The meeting closed with adopting a petition to
Parliament urging immediate and extensive reforms

SEVERAL OTHER REFORM MEETINGS have been held
this week at Norwich, Gateshead, and Oldham.
The most important meeting was that at Norwich.
on which occasion the sitting members addressed
the audience. Mr. Schneider, M.P., said he should
only support the measure of Reform to be proposed.
by Lord Palmerston if it were " a real and substan-
tial measure of reform," which the hon. member pre-
sently defined as a 51. franchise for cities and
boroughs, and a 101. franchise for counties. Mr.
Schneider touched upon one or two other points,
such as the ballot and church-rates, upon which he
expressed grave doubts as to the amount of reliance
to be placed in Lord Palmerston for the abolition of
the one or the establishment of the other. • Lord
Bury, M.P., expressed precisely similar opinions.
Both at Gateshead and Oldham resolutions
embodying similar sentiments were carried.
At Manchester, on Monday evening, a new Reform
Association was inaugurated. Mr. George Wilson
attended.

A REFORM MEETING was also held at Holmfirth on
Thursday week, in order to petition Parliament in
favour of an extended measure of reform. A resolu-
tion declaring " that nothing less than household
suffrage would be acceptable to the people " was
carried with some little opposition ; an amendment
having been put to the meeting in favour of " man-
hood sufferage." Not more than ten persons de-
clared for it; but it was stated by the supporters of
the resolution that they steadfastly believed in the
right of manhood suffrage, but they would accept
household suffrage for the present. Resolutions,
embodying the ballot, triennial parliaments, and an
equal division of electoral districts, were carried
amidst much cheering. It was also resolved that a
petition embracing the resolutions be signed by the
chairman on behalf of the meeting; and that
another, of a similar character, be signed by the in-
habitants generally ; and that Lord Goderich be
requested to present both petitions to Parliament.

IRISH LAW APPOINTMENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF " THE PRESS."

Sir,—With reference to " The Irish law appoint-
ments," the following circumstances have not yet

been brought before the public.
Mr. Hatchell was appointed Chief Commissioner
of the Insolvent Court on the death of Mr. Baldwin
at Midsummer, 1854, the salary being 2,0001. per
annum ; and he retired from office on his full salary
for life on the Ist November, 1857, under the pro-
visions of " The Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act,
1857," having served threeyears and a quarter for an
annuity of 2,0001. The above Act dissolved equally
the old Courts of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, and
constituted a new court, uniting both, and appointed
Mr. Macan and Mr. Plunket, the former Commis-
sioners of Bankruptcy, the judges of the new court,
at a salary of 2,0001. per annum each, their previous
salaries being 1,5001. each.
Respecting the retirement of these judges, it is
specially enacted that if either of them retire before
the Ist November, 1864, he shall only be entitled to
an annuity not exceeding two-thirds of his former
salary, or 1,0001. per annum as a maximum ; and
after that period to a like allowance on the increased
salary, or 1,500/. per annum as a maximum.
Mr. Macan has been already upwards of twenty
years serving the public as a Commissioner of
Bankruptcy, his appointment dating from the Ist
September, 1836 ; and for this long period of faithful
and efficient discharge of onerous duties he will
obtain, if compelled by illness or other causes to
resign before the end or 1864, only one-half the
annuity granted to Mr. Hatchell. And the same
remarks apply with nearly equal force to Mr.
Plunket—a son, moreover, of the late illustrious
Irish Chancellor.

Wherefore this distinction between public ser-
vants ?—I am, sir, your obedient servant,
A CONSTANT READER.

Dublin, Jan. 28, 1858.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY bus granted a sum of money
to Mr. Robert Mallet, from the Government Grant
Fund, to enable that gentleman to make researches
into the phenomena of the recent earthquake in
Italy. Mr. Mallet, who is provided with letters to
tho Neapolitan Government, including some docu-
ments of importance from Cardinal Wiseman, left
London on Tuesday week for the woe of the late
disasters.

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FEBRUARY 6, 1858.
THE PRESS, 135
Rabat an ptitt- ar11! 3itttiligtatt. ley, Fowke, Sce. The only guests were Colonel Kleb. that the old constitutional rule and principle by whish
mikoff, of the Russian Engineers, and Mr. W. H. majorities alone shall decide in party elections shall not
Marriott, of the house of Cox and Co., the paymasters be violated.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GENERAL COMMANDING- of the corps. Mr. EDMONDS proposed a resolution adopting the
IN-Cluse will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THOMAS ASHBURN/IAM, who scheme of the London committee.
.. Mr. SCIIOLEFIELD, M.P., seconded the resolution,
was originally appointed to the command of the ex-
ono o'clock on Wednesday next.
pedition to China, and was themes transferred to and made a good speech.
Lintrr.-CoLosten PAULET SOMERSET has raised a India, arrived in London on the 29th ult. by the The resolution was supported at length oy Mr. J.
2nd battalion for the 7th Fusiliers, consisting of overland mail from Calcutta. S. WRIGHT and others, and was eventually carried.
1,0(1 men. The average height through the batta- The meeting closed with adopting a petition to
lion is 51t. 71in., and not a man has been enlisted REFORM MEETINGS. Parliament urging immediate and extensive reforms
below the height of sft. 7in. We should be glad to A REFORM demonstration took place in the Birming- --,
know why it is that, when Colonel Somerset can ham Town•hall on Tuesday, with the Mayor of the SEVERAL OTHER REFORM MEETINGS have been held
successfully fix his standard at 511. the Govern-
this week at Norwich, Gateshead, and Oldham.
went is compelled to lower theirs to sft. 3in. Borough in the chair. The hall was crowded. The
The most important meeting was that at Norwich,
Irwin DaaoooN REGIMENTS.—The Dublin Gazette Chairman, after a few prefatory observations, intro- on which occasion the sitting members addressed
contains a notification, received by the Earl of duced Mr. Edmonds, Cleric of the Pease, who read the audience. Mr. Schneider, M.P., said he should
Carlisle from the War•office, to the effect that of the a letter from Mr. J. Bright, M.P in reply to a only support the measure of eform to be proposed.
two additional regiments of cavalry to be raised, , ',
one will be the Stn Dragoons. The following is a circular of the society. Mr. Bright observed : by Lord Palmerston if it were " a real and substan-
tial measure of reform," which the hon. member pre-
copy of a letter addressed by the Secretary of State Twenty-five years ago the Tory party, and the Whigs gently defined as a Si. franchise for cities and
for War to his Royal Highness the General almost as much so, were greatly afraid of an extension of boroughs, and a 101. franchise for counties. Mr.
Commanding-in-Chief, dated, War-office, Feb. I.: the suffrage : now very few persons of any intelligence, Schneider touched upon one or two other points,
positions made some time ago by the Governments of Lord
even among the Conservatives, are afraid of it. The pro-
Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint your Royal High- such as the ballot and church-rates, upon which be
ness that her Majesty's Government have decided that John Russell and Lord Aberdeen showed clearly that expressed grave doubts as to the amount of reliance
two additional cavalry regiments shall be raised forthwith franchise extension is no longer the dread of the ariato- to be placed in Lord Palmerston for the abolition of
to meet the exigencies of her Majesty's service. Before cratic and ruling class; and it is not unlikely that Lord the one or the establishment of the other. • Lord
this occasion the Queen has been graciously pleased to Palmerston, if he produce a Reform Bill, will go a long Bury, M.P., expressed precisely similar (minions.
command that the order by which the sth Dragoons were way in the direction in which we wish to go, so far as the Both at Gateshead and Oldham resolutions
struck out of the list of her Majesty's forces in 1799 franchise is concerned. We can easily understand this. embodying similar sentiments were carried.
shall be cancelled. The Queen is desirous of thus wiping The franchise itself gives no real power unless accum•
away an unfortunate event now long gone by, and which it At Manchester, on Monday evening, a new Reform
panied by the right, on the part of all the possessors of it,
is time to consign to oblivion; and Majesty wishes by Association was inaugurated. Mr. George Wilson
to elect something like an equal number of represents-
this gracious act to give a publie testimony of her sense tives. I could easily frame a bill which would give attended.
of the loyalty and attachment of her Irish people. When universal suffrage in its widest sense, and which would
A REFORM MEETING was also held at Holmfirth on
your Royal Highness therefore takes her Majesty's confirm more strongly than ever the supremacy of the Thursday week, in order to petition Parliament in
pleasure upon this increase to the army you will suggest English oligarchy over the English people. If your great favour of an extended measure of reform. A resolu-
te her Majesty that the denomination of the two new city, with its great constituency, is only to send two men tion declaring " that nothing less than household
regiments shall be the sth Royal Irish Regiment of Dra- to Parliament, whilst an equal population and property in suffrage would be acceptable to the people " was
goons and the 18th Dragoons. In communicating to the some other part or parts of the kingdom is to send twenty carried with some little opposition ;an amendment
army the restoration of the sth Dragoons to its place men to Parliament, then I say your extended franchise is having been put to the meeting in favour of " man-
among the cavalry regiments of the line, her Majesty's of little avail. The man who can merely shout at the
Government trusts that your Royal Highness will duly hustings, or contribute to the show of hands, is in reality hood sufferage." Not more than ten persons de-
impress upon the Queen's forces this act of her Majesty's dared for it ; but it was stated by the supporters of
in almost as good a position as the man who votes, if the
grace and favour.—l have the honour to be, sir, your the. resolution that they steadfastly believed in the
value of votes is rendered so unequal, or is nearly de-
Royal Highness's most obedient, humble servant, stroyed by the unequal distribution of representatives right of manhood suffrage, but they would accept
PANMURE. among the whole body of electors. The Government and household suffrage for the present. Resolutions,
The 18th Light Dragoons (Hussars) were disbanded the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to embodying the ballot, triennial parliaments, and an
in 1821, after a brilliant career in the Peninsula and a large increase of electors, and men who have not con- equal division of electoral districts, were carried
at Waterloo. It was also an Irish Regiment, and sidered the subject fully will imagine they have gained amidst much cheering. It was also resolved that a
was long known by the familiar name of Lord much by the concession. Lord Jobn Russell, in his many petition embracing the resolutions be signed by the
Drogheda's Light Horse, the regiment having been speeches ona further
ht mlfetasoure oxfttftoormolgethneeraflly, ihfinseot. chairman on behalf of the meeting; and that
eauedarte, confineslttill ,
raised by the late venerable Marquis of Drogheda,aitnweouled hanve added largelyrane
to' another, of a similar character, be signed by the in-
who did not long survive the breaking up of his habitants generally; and that Lord Goderich be
the number of electors throughout the kingdom, would
favourite corps. Many days, it may be safely pre• have done absolutely nothing to lessen the power of the requested to present both petitions to Parliament.
dieted, will not pass over before men will be found order to which he belongs, and to increase that of the
to recruit the ranks of the two new regiments of nation as distinguished from its privileged and aristocratic
IRISII LAW APPOINTMENTS.
Irish Dragoons. General the Hon. Henry Murray, class. It is not a matter of opinion or of any doubt that
TO THE EDITOR OF "THE PRESS."
the present colonel in chief of the 14th Light Dra. lam discussing. It is a question of fact and of arithme-
goons,was lieutenant-colonel commanding the 18th tic, and therefore I wish to urge it strongly upon your Sir,—With reference to " The Irish law appoint-
Hussars at the period of their disbandment. The .attention.th The contest of the question of Reform will be ments," the following circumstances have not yet •
di t 'billion of the seats. Will the great borough been brought before the public.
late Marquis of Londonderry commanded the old lonf thee Towerari
Hamlets, with its half million of populatiou, Mr. Hatchell was appointed Chief Commissioner
sth Dragoons when they were broken up nearly be content to return only two members to Parliament ? of the Insolvent Court on the death of Mr. Baldwin
sixty years ago. The sth and the Scotch Grays were Will Finsbury, will Marylebone, will Lambeth, and the at Midsummer, 1854, the salary being 2,0001. per
the only cavalry regiments who were permitted to other London boroughs? Will Glasgow and Manchester,
wear the bearskin cap as a distinguishing headdress, and Liverpool and Birmingham, and other leading cities annum ; and he retired from office on his full salary
for life on the Ist November, 1857, under the pro-
the latter still retaining the uncomfortable honour. of the United Kingdom, be content to dwarf themselves
visions of "The Irish Bankrupt and Insolvent Act,
TILE MONUMENT to commemorate the deeds of the politically to the size of boroughs whose whole population
1857," having served threeyears and a quarter for an
55th, or Westmoreland Regiment, in the Russian would scarcely people one of their inferior streets? Shall
war, which it was sometime ago decided to erect in it be admitted that the more
hlf together—the annuity of 2,0001. The above Act dissolved equally
the parish church of Kendal, has now been placed .more they are industrious, s i uln,iennteleloignienet, and powerful the old Courts of Bankruptcy and Insolvency, and
over the north-west door of that edifice. The colours 3. n every other respect—the less shall be their iu uence constituted a new court, uniting both, and appointed
in the government of their country? Mr. Macan and Mr. Plunket, the former Commis-
atcarried by the regiment in the war are to be raised
the base of the memorial. With regard to the ballot, Mr. Bright said : sioners of Bankruptcy, the judges of the new court,
of ,
THE NEWLY RAISED SECOND BATTALION OF THE 2D The ballot is not so much a principle as a convenience. at a salary
salaries being 2
1000/. per annum each, their previous
,500/. each.
REGIMENT or Foci will proceed to Malta to replace It does not bestow the franchise ;it only guarantees that
Respecting the retirement of these judges, it is
the 71st Light Infantry, gone on to Bombay. which the law has already conferred. A voter goes to the
specially enacted that if either of them retire before
REAR- ADMIRAI SIR S. LUSHINGTON, K.C.8., bas been poll in
ha cab,t tbecausete itisessier and sometimes saferfor
through an' excited crowd on foot, the Ist November, 1864, he shall only be entitled to
appointed to the command of the Brazilian station, him,h
tshaonuldehaernuogebe allowe to vote by ballot to shelter an annuity not exceeding two-thirds of his former
in the room of Vice-Admiral Wallis. Mr. A. W. L. him from the more serious annoyances he may be, and is salary, or 1,0001. per annum as a maximum ; and
Browne is appointed mate to the Raccoon. now, often subjected to from the importunity or the after that period to a like allowance on the increased
UPWARDS of 60,000 men (says the United Service threats of his landlord, his creditor, or his customer? salary, or 1,5001. per annum as a maximum.
Gazette) are required to complete the several regt• When the 200 men now in the House of Commons who Mr. Macan has been already upwards of twenty
ments of the line to their full establishment. It are obliged to support the ballot, or when 100 of them, or years serving the public as a Commissioner of
seems evident that some more active measures must when fifty of' them, are in earnest, and tell the Government
Bankruptcy, his appointment dating from the Ist
be adopted to obtain recruits than those usually sane- they are resolved to have it, and t that they
tb lwilldlseavfe any
th
September, 1836 ; and for this 100 period of faithful
tioned. Information has been received at the Horse Govleisrumeeesnt thattbew'll notgrsainde itof in the
house,e
lan
then, and and efficient discharge of onerous duties he will
Guards that upwards of 6,MX) sick and wounded
Philistines
noetntill opposite the ballot be conceded'. I obtain, if compelled by illness or other causes to
soldiers will shortly be on their passage to England probably not till then, will the ballot be conceded. I obtain, if compelled by illness or other causes to
soldiers wilL shortly be on their passage to England dread to think of the consequences of the wide extension resign before the end of 1864, only one-half the
from India. Volunteering from the militia to the of the suffrage in our manufacturing districts, should it be annuity granted to Mr. Hatchell. And the same
line appears to be almost a failure. Recruiting obtained without the ballot; it will tempt employers of remarks apply with nearly equal force to Mr.
parties were sent to Aldershott, to enlist 3,000 men, labour to a hateful tyranny, and it will doom multitudes of Plunket—a son, moreover, of the late illustrious
but only 600 were obtained, the employed, I fear, to a not less hateful condition of politi- Irish Chancellor.
THE ANNUAL DINNER of the corps of Royal Engineers Wherefore this distinction between public ser-
cal degradation.
took place on Monday at the Freemasons' Tavern. In conclusion, Mr. Bright warned his hearers against
vents ?—I am, sir, your obedient servant,
The chair was filled by Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., the pitfalls in their path : A CONSTANT READER.
Inspector-General of Fortifications, and the officers Your cause is not in the hands of friends. Your forces Dublin, Jan. 28, 1858.
present included Lieutenant-General Sir Charles in the parliamentary field are commanded by men taken
Pasley, K.C.8., Major-Generals Sir Harry D. Jones, from or chosen by your constant and natural opponents, THE ROYAL SOCIETY has granted a sum of money
K-C.B.owe...Governor of Sandhurst ; Lewes, C.B. ; and they lead them not for your purpose but for their ow.
Blanch
ard, C.B. ;Colonel Sandham, director of the I beseech you to watch well what is proposed, and what is to Mr. Robert Mallet, from the Government Grant
Fund, to enable that gentleman to make researches
done, be the nature great or small ; let it be honest in
field establishment at Chatham ; Colonel Walpole, into the phenomena of the recent earthquake in
p t. Include as many as you can in the right of the
Lieutenant-Colonels Frome, Yolland, Yorke, Dawson, fervenrcyhise ,• insist upon such of
o Commove fairly
distribution seats, as shall Italy. Mr. Mallet, who is provided with letters to
Wynne, Owen, C. 8., Montague ; Majors Keane, De a
the Housey to the industry, the
the Neapolitan Government, including some docu-
Verie, Ewart, Jervo;s, Nugent, Ravenhill ;Captainsa t
giveproperty, the intelligence, and the population of the ments of importance from Cardinal Wiseman, left
Scott, Grant, Wesim
.cott, Vetch, Engineer t i Ad- country; demand the ballot, and as the undeniable right of London on Tuesday week for the woo of the late
miralty Harbour Works, Hawkins, Hon. G. Wrottes- every man who is called to the poll, and take special care disasters.
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