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London, England, 1855-04-24 00:00:00

CHARITY COMMISSION.

Mr. A. PELLATT then rose to move for a series of
Trea-ury orders relating to the appointment of standing
counstl under this commission, and a variety of docu-
met,ts relative to information., petitions, memorial.,
briefs, and statements connected with the commission. In
doing so he disr-lai,ned any personal feeling towards
the Attorney General, and, after a few remarks expla
' natory of the object of his motion, he observed that the
question was one with which he, as a nor-legal gentle-
man, was not very intimately acquainted, and he must,
therefore, leave it to be dealt with by hon, gentlemen
more competent to understand it than he. But, at the
same time, the expense to the counrry which it involved
seemed to him to demand some investigation.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the motion of the
hon. gentleman-was as extraordinary as it was unprece-
dented, whilst the returns he might move for wire al-
ready on the table of the house, and wire cf an enor-
mously voluminous character. He did not think he
should be doing his duty unless he afforded more ex-
planation as to the nature of the information the hon.
gentleman required.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-
MITTEE.

EXAMINATION OF THE DUKE OF
NEWCASTLE.
(Continued from our Silt edition.)

His Grace the Duke of Newcast'e then went on to
state, in reply to Mr. Layard, that Lord Raglan, so long
as he was in this country, was 'consulted as to the ate
rangementi for land transport, ambulance waggons, and
all such matters. The ambulance waggons were selected
upon the best opinions of persons of experience, hut it
appeared they were not so well adapted, as was reported,
to the character of the country in the East. He did
not see by what means Captain Rossley could have ar-
rived at the opinion he had expressed on the committee,
that the army had left this country without all its ordi-
nary and requisite accessories. It was by no means
correct ; and he thought Captain Roselyn must have
hazieled this stetement from hearsay. If there bad
been an absolute want of transport, it was the duty of
Lord Raglan to have reported to me; and his lordsh'p
did for some time state that the army ea? scarcely in a
fit state to move, nor was the want supplied until a very
large number of ara'oae was procured from Omer Pacha.
During the siege of Silistria, at least a portion of the
army was unable to move ; but instantly the order
for the advance 'to Varna was issued means were
taken by the Commissary-General to provide proper
means of transport, and as soon as that was
supplied the army was then in a position to move upon
Silistria. He had received, whilst the army was in the
Crimea, an intimation from Lord Raglan that there was
a deficiency in land transport ; hut this was elicited in
reply to some representations which he (his grace) made
to the Commander-in-Chief relative to other defects
which he had heard existed. He bad received no other
reports on the subject from him. He had received no
official information of the fact that there was a de-
plorable want of transport means from Lord Raglan,
but he had heard of this from the Commissary-Grneral.
It was the duty of Mr. Filder to make th;s represen-
tation.
Mr. Layard—Were any steps taken in England to
remedy this state of things ?
The Duke of Newcastle—Not such as the sending out
of transport horses hence to the East ; but I organized
an entirely new transport corps, on a military spteni,
which I placed under the direction of Col. McMurdo.
Examination continued—He recommended the ap-
pointment of pensioners to the ambulance corps, because
there was a great objection on the part of Lord Raglan
that effective men should be taken out of the ranks for
that purpose. The appointment of Commissary-General
Filder was made with his (his grace's) perfect concur.
rence and that officer was recommended by Sir Charles
Trevelyan, as one of the best informed men in that de-
partment. In reference to the ambulance corps of pen-
si eiers which was again alluded to, his grace admitted
that they had brought themselves into great and de-
served disrepute by their misconduct as early as the
period when the army was at Varna.
In reply to a question as to the effective strength of
the army after the battle of Inkerman, his grace slated
that he thought the estimate of the Duke of Cambridge
of 13,500 was about correct. He imagined that at one
period the strength of the army must have been some-
where about 1,500 less than this; but he was running
some risk on this point in speaking from memory. Lord
Raglan was well informed with r spect to all releforce-
rnents sent out. He made suggestions at the commence-
ment of last year for the organisation of a Turkish con-
tingent, which was formed whilst he held office, and the
negotiations were carried on through the Foreign-office.
He had always been of opinion that it was of the greatest
importance that Turkish troops should be officered
recognised the importance
the the °
as far as possible with British superior officers, as
the men always fought better in the field. He
counnuoicatio
of a system of rapid steam
f n between this country
and the Crimea fur
a system throe the wants of the army if needed, as well as
for the pur
inte_
__nnpis.e of an expeditious and regular mode of
itaipana ;
anuAleastion between this country and Lord
made several attempts to organise such
and Oriental
stsea the instrumentality of the Peninsular
some cause or ott,n Company,
that thisl difffec ty would but they were all, from
er, abandoned• He hoped, however,
a very short time b be effectually superseded, in
telegraph from Ete
, the laying dOw
II of a submarine
would suable Lord RA rose the Black Sea, which
ti to
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Government day by day, and he believed that line would
be ere long compl-ted.
By General Peel—The defective state of the trenching
tools supplied to the troops was represented to him, anal
he wrote to the 01 &lance for some exp'anation of the
subject, which he considered by no means witisfactory.
It was, in fact, that they were chiefly old, and were not
improved on the Chobham plan. Lord Hardinge and
Lord Seaton, both of them approved of the siege of
Sebastopol, and not the contrary, as had been stated.
In reference to the statement of Sir De Lacy Evans, to
the effect that the war had been commenced under the
delusion that it would never be necessary to fire a shot,
and that consequently proper preparations were not
made, his grace denied that such was the case, and
expressed his surprise that such a statement should have
fallen from General Evans.
The committee adjourned shortly before 4 o'clock
until to-morrow.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 24.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Draw-
ing-Rooms at St. James's Palace, on the following days,
at two o'clock :

Wednesday, 2(1 May next.
Saturday, 19th May next, to celebrate her Majesty's
Birth-day.
N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to appear in
their Collars, at the Drawing-room on the 19th of May
next.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 24.
Notice is hereby given, that her M ij-sty will hold a
Levee at St. James's Palace, on Friday the 11th May next,
at two o'clock.

Lieutenant Robert J. Hughes, 98th Foot.
Lieutenant G. M. Paley, Royal Artillery.
Lieutenant David P. Brown, 7th Light Dragoons.
Lieutenant George Sullivan, 60th Foot.
Lieutenant Robert coke Glover, 43d Foot.
Lieutenant Francis J. Connell, 30th Foot.
Sir John Stuart, late Lieutenant.
G. H. Robeson, Esq., late Lieutenant Ist West India
Regiment.
John Wm. Nelson, Esq., late Austrian Cavalry.
Wellington Guernsey, Esq.
Henry St. Leger, Esq.
UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Frederick Paul Haines, 21st Foot, to have the substantive
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain and Brevet-Lieu-
tenant-George Wynell Mayow, Unattached, to have the
substantive rank of Major, April 24.

MEMORANDA..
The commissions, as Lieutenant-Colonel, of the under-
mentioned officers to be ante-dated to the 12th of Dezem-
ber. 1854. but noi, to carry hack pay • viz. :—Lieutenant-
Colonels George V. Maxwell, 4.iBtb Foot ; Robert Julian
Baumgartner, 28th Foot ; C. W. D. Staveley, 44th Foot, ;
Richard C. H. Taylor, 79th Foot ; Alexander S. Leith
Hay, 93d Foot ; Julius Edmund Goo.lwyn, 41st Foot ;
John Lucas Wilton, 30th Foot.
The coromiAsions as Major of the undermentioned offi-
cers to be ante-dated to 12th December, 1854, but not to
carry back pay ; viz.:—
Major Edward J. Veey Brown, 88th Foot.
Major Henry Hardinge, Rifle Brigade.
111..j0r Frederick Mills, 7th Foot.

BREVET.
To BE LIEUTENANT•COLONELS IN TIM ARMY.
Commissions to be dated nth December.

Major William C. Forrest, 4th Dragoon Guards.
Major Thomas Banbury Gough. 33J Foot.
Brevet-Major George Calv..rt Clark, 2d Dragoons.
Major Charles F. Fordyce, 47th Foot.
Majur Robert Wardlaw, Ist Dragoons.
Major Frederick A,nelius Whimper. 55th Foot.
Major Frederick. C. Evelegh, 20th Foot.
Major G. A. Hiner Sulivan, 2d Dragoons.
Major Charles Cameron Shute, 6th Dragoons.
Major Honourable James Pierce Maxwell, 50th Foot.
Major Alexander Cameron, 42d Foot.
Major Thomas Heyland, 05th Foot.
Brevet-Major George Erskine, 33d Foot.
Brevet-Major Thomas Scott Hawkins, Ist Foot.
Major Edmund Peel, 11th Light Dragoons.
Major Honourable James Lyon Browne, 21st Foot, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, April 24.
Major John C. Macpherson, on retired full pay, 42,1
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank
being honorary only, April 24. .
Captain John W. Thomas, of the 40th Foot, to be Major
in the Army, Dec. 3.

To BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to be dated Dec. 12, 1854.
Captain Archibald C. Campbell, 42d Foot.
Captain Percy Archer Butler, 28th Foot.
Captain George John Brown, 4th Light Dragoons.
• Captain G. Nicolls Harrison, 6341 Foot.
Captain Andrew Hunt, 79th Foot
Captain Andrew Browne, 41th Foot.
Captain Alfred Tipping, Grenadier Guards
Captain William Harry, Earl of Errol, Rifle Brigade
Captain John Edward Lewis, 68th Foot
Captain Edward Bayley, 88th Foot
Captain Robert Warden, 19th Foot
Captain F. Rowland Forster, 4th Dragoon Guards
Captain .1 ames Villiors, 47th Foot
Captain John Anstruther Macgowan, 91a Foot
Captain J. Steadman H. Farrer, 38th Foot
Captain Vincent Wing, 951 h Foot
Captain W. de Cardonnel Elmsall, lst Dragoons
Captain James Rose, 30th Foot
Captain Thomas Henry Somerville, 68th Foot.
Captain W. H. Beaumont de Horsey, Grenadier
Guards.
Captain G. W. Alexander Higginson, Grenadier
Guards.
Captain Bartholomew O'Brien, 77th Foot.
Captain J. Cowell Bartley, 4th Foot.
Captain Thomas H. Pakenharn, 31th Foot.
Captain George Thomas Francis Shuckburgh, Scots Fu-
silier Guards.
Captain Hugh FitzHarclinge Drummond, Scots Fusilier
Guards.
Captain George Harry Smith Willis, 77th Foot.
Captain J. Dugdale Astley, Scots Fusilier Guards.
Captain Edward Tomkinson, Bth Light Dragoons.
Captain W. Pollexfen Radcliffe, 211th Foot.
Captain John Flynde King, 49th F ot.
Captain iiobert White, 17th Light Dragoons.
Captain John Thomas Dalyell, 21st Foot
Captain Reginald Y Shipley, 7th Foot.
Captain G. Neeld, Boldero, 21st Foot.
Captain R. Lockhart Ross. 9311 Foot.
Captain H. Water Meredithf 41st Foot.
Captain G. Le Fevre Dickson, 30th Foot.
Captain Robert George Manley, Gth Dragoons.
Captain Charles Baring, Coldstream Guards.
Captain Augustus L. Marsh, 55th Foot.
Captain Henry Armytago, Coldstream Guards.
Captain Edwin Adolphus Cook, 11th Light Dragoons.
Captain Paget Bayly, 30th Foot.
Captain William Inglis, sth Dragoon Guards.
Captain Philip S. Crawley, Coldstream Guards.
To BE 3/IAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to be dated April 21.

Captain Julius A. R. Raines, 95th Foot.
Captain William Gordon Came. on, Grenadier Guards.
Captain William Rickman, 77th Foot.
Ciptain Charles Richard Butler, 20th Foot.
Captain Stephen Retnnant Chapman, 20th Foot.
ROYAE ARTILLERY.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to be dated Dec. 12, 1854.

Captain G. B. Shakespear.
Captain P. G. Pipon.
Captain the Hon. W. C. Yelverton.
Captain M. A. S. Biddulph.
Captain J. F. L. Badtieley.
Second Captain John George itoothb.r.
oueouit Captain Germie Barstow.
Second Captain G. Le M. Tuppor.
Second Captain John Singleton.
•
Second Captain C. H. Ingilby.
ROYAL ENGIVEERS.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Commissions to hear date 24th April, 1 55.
Brevet-Major John W. G.,rdon.
Brevet• Major Frederick E Chapman.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
CommiAsions to bear date 24th April, 1855.

Captain E. F. Bourchier.
Captain Edward Stanton.
ME VORANDA.

The appointment of Serjeant .I:,hn McQueen to an En-
signcy, without purchase, in the 9th Foot, to bear (late
sth November, 1854, in lieu of 15th February, 1855, as
previously stated.
The promotion of Ensign W. H. Borland to a Li3ute-
nantcy without purchase, in the 9th Foot, to bear date 7th
March, 1855, is lieu of 9th March, 1855, as previously
stated.

The Christian names of Ensign Hamilton, 51st Foot,
are Charles Leslie Baillie.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 30th alt.—Staff.—For
Brevet.-Lieut.-Colonel Henry B. Harvey, from hail* pay
unattached, to be Major of a Depot B ittalion, •ice White,
appointed to the Staff in Ireland ; read, vice White, who
exchanges.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 24.
GENERAL ORDER.
llorae tivaids, Feb. 23, 1855.
The Queen having signified her intenti n to confer a
medal for service in the Crimea upon the officers and men,
with clasps for the battles of the Alma and of Ink.-Trnan.
and being further pleased to command that a clasp shall
also be conferred upon those who were engaged in the
action at Balaklava, the General Commanding•in-Chief
desires that her Majesty's gracious intentions shall be made
known to the army by General Order.

Field-Marshal Lori Rlglan has been requested to for-
ward lists of those entitled to rec,..iive this el Lap, with a
view to the same being affixed to the medal for the
Crimea.
By command of the Right Honourable
GENERAL VISCOUNT HARDINGE,
Commanding-in-Chief,
G. A.'WETHERALL,
A(,,intqnt -Genet al.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.

Second West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry
—Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, Baronet, to be Cor-
net, April 17.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 23d March last.]
3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Lieutenant John Henry Mainwaring, to be Captain, vice
McAdam, promoted, March 20.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 10th April instant.]
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Bryan Eyre Coote
Comber, Gent., to be Ensign, April 3.
MEMORANDUM. —That Lieut.-Colonel Charles John
Branisling, who retires from the 2,1 Regiment of West
York (Light Infantry) Militia, is allowed by her Majesty
to retain the rank of Lieut.-Colonel.
__..... . .

Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirksbire Militia—Anthony
Blake, Esq., to be Ersign, vice Bendall, retired, April 13.
76th Militia, or Inverness-shire Regiment of Highland
Light Infantry.—To be Lieutenants—James Andrew Ma-
cro, Gent., March 27; Norman Alexander MacLeod, Gent ,
and Donald Cohn Cameron, Gent., April 12.
The Galloway Rifles—The Right Hon. Alan Plantagenet
Lord Garlies to be Captain ; Ensign Thomas Hugh Vans
Dalrymple Hay to he Lieutenant, April 16.
Aberdeenshire Royal Regiment of Militia—John Ram-
say, Esq., to be Captain ; James Power Boyd, Esq., to be
Lieutenant ; John Turner, Esq., to be Lieutenant; John
Hunter, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Isaac W. Horne, Esq.,
to be Lieutenant ; Gersham Herrick, Esq., to be Lieute-
nant; Wiliam Marshall Priest., Gent., to be Ensign ; Ste-
phen Balfour, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Will,
promoted, March 26.
Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign
George Kerr Hallett to be Lieutenant, April l 3 ; William
Atliff, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 14 ; Charles Thom-
son, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, April 16.
Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment George Digby
Wingfield, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Nicholas William
Butler, Geut., to be Ensign, April 11.
Forfar an.t Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery—
James Anderson, Gent., to beSecond Lieutenant. April 12.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Car-
rington Jones, Gent., to he Lieutenant, vice Graham,
whose appointment has been cancelled, March 26.
2d Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Lieutenant John
.Knight Fitz Herbert to bo Captain ; Edward Ward Fox,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Herbert, April 21. To
be Ensigns—Bernard Lucas, Gent. ; Felix Garmston
Goodwin, Gent. ; William Davis, Gent. ; Frederick Hal-
brook Peat, Gent. ; Edward Brabant, Gent.; William
Stephen Henry Duulevie, Gent., April 21.

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Stepben Cuwperthwaite, bobbin turner, Manningham,
Bradford.
Ezekiel Meade, tavern-keeper, Bristol.
BANKRUPTS.
- • -

John Appleton, flour dealer, Stoke Newington-road,
Middlesex, to surrender, May 4, at half-past sloven, and
June 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Heath, Finsbury.
Daniel Cutter and Thomas Hunter, tailors, Regent-
street, May 4, at twelve, and June 1, at hal--past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee,
Alderrnanbury ; Ford and Lloyd, Bloomsbury-square.
Joseph Webb, hotel-keeper, Scarborough, May 4 and
25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds ; Dimmock and Burbey, Cannon-
street ; Preaoa, Bond-street, Leeds.
Martin Brown and Robert Ingham, power-loom cloth
manufacturers, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, May 9 and June
6, it twelve, at the Ilaireheatec Dietriot Court, flaw,

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24 1855.

fficial assignee, Manchester; Radcliffe, Blackburn ; Hall,
Acci ingt,

ATlllGregory, license:l victualler, Liverpool, May 9 and
28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official as.,ign...e. Liverpool ; Payne, Liverpool.
Daniel Harris, bookseller and stationer, Upper Hollo-
way, May 4, at eleven, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee; Diun, Doc-
ters'-comtnons. _

William Alfred Putnam, glass and china dealer, Strand,
May 4, at twelve, and June 7, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-build-
ings; McDuff, Holborn ; Lock, Chelsea.
Edward Pritchard, clothier, Monmouth, May 7 and 29,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
assignee, Bristol; Nicholas, Monmouth ; Bevau and Gir-
ling, Bristol.
Samuel Oldfield, John Allan, and John Sinclair Cott-
zeta, merchants, Huddersfield, May 4 and June 15, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Betty Worsley and James Heys, cotton manufacturers,
Heir-1)81mm, L mcashire, May 11 and June 7, at twelve, :4
the Manchester District Court Hernaman, official asAg-
nee, Manchester; Cobbitt and Wheeler, Manchester.
Josiah Snibso:r, Thomas Snibson, and. t% Mimi] Snibson,
wholesale gro era and drysalters, Manchester, May 10 and
May 25, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Manchester • Atherton, Manchester.
James Lamb, Edward Lewis, and William Thomas
ceulent manufacturers, Wouldhanr, Kent, and
Kingsland-road, trading under the firm or style of Thomas
Freer (ant not Fuen, as advertised in the Gazette of the
13,h inst.), and Co., Ap7i.l 2.1, at half-past one, and June
16, at twelve. at tiro Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, offi-
cial assignee, Guildhall Chambers; Lawrance, Plews, and
Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Shields, grocer and spirit merchant, Dunferm-
line; creditors meet May 9, at Turnbull's Commercial
Hotel, Dunfermline.
James Cormie, smith and machine maker, Glasgow
May 7, at the Glob, Hotel, Glasgow.
J. and J. I:Donald, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow ;
May 1, at Grab am's London Temperance Hotel, Glasgow.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Trus DAY.

Amsterdam

.... 11 19

Glbra,tar ..•• •• •• ••

Ditto, three months .. 12 1
Rotterdam ............ 12 1

gt orn .. •• • • .... . 30 22%
Genoa ...... ••...... 25 57%

Antwerp ............. 25 474
Brussels .............. 25 47$y

25.7

i i atTlbtlrgh • • .• • • • • • •
Paris ...... ..

13 9

Ditto, three months .. 25 50 -
Marseilles ............. 25 52 Yi
Bourde.+us
ankfort•on aine •.. 11914
Berlin • • • • • •••• • • • • • •
Vienna . • • .... 12 45
Trieste .... • • • • .... 12 4$
Petersburg
Madrid ............ 49 34
Cadiz .
Barcelona •.•4•• • • • ••
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RACING FIXT I

Chester Spring 1
Newmarket S S 8
Lothians and Edinboro' 8
Plymouth Spring 9
Shrewsbury lO
Bath l5
JU.
Ascot 5
Hampton l3
Newton 13
Beverley 2O
Bibury 2O

ilan . • .. .. • • • .
Venice .. .. • • ..

Naples
Palermo ..... 131%
Messina .. ... 1304

Lisbon ..........•• • 531,E
Oporto .............• •• 53%
Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ....
Buenos Ayres.... •.....
New York,6o days' sight
Philad,lphla ..........
PRICES OF BULIICN, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in BArs £3 17 9
l'ortuval Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
\lex'can Dot Jars .... 0 4 80%
New Dollars ...... 0 0 •
Ativer in bars • . 0 5 034

JU
Newmarket
Carlisle
Worcester 5
Lancaster
Liverpool ll
Odiham 13
Stamford l7
AUG
North Staffordshire ....
B ighton
Airdrie
Brighton Club 10
Woiverhampton ...13
Reads g l4
Egham l4

SEPTE
Warwick
Doncasrer 11
Pont-tract 17
Lieifield l7
Leicester l9
OCTO
Chester
Wrexham
Redford 4
Newmarket S 0
Royal Caledonian Hunt..lo
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Liverpool