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NG, JANVARY 27, 1855.

the country at large, it would create the greatest possible I Government. (" Hear," and cheers.) And I must say that, ! 57th Faot—Lientenant Thomas William John Lloyd,
dissatisfaction, if this house presumed to refuse that inquiry, I whatever lial,i,ens - ~,l,ether this Government is reconstructed from the 59th Foot, to he Cs ptain, without purchase,
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hhune for the mismanagement that has oceurred in our army. things w.liell •li „ been existing for some twelve months will 53th Foot—Ensign Dawson Townley, to be Lieutenant,
The daily, or at least the weekly accounts that come from the I not be allowed to continue much longer, for it is a condition I without purchase, vice Page, promoted in the 41st Foot,
Crimea are so calamitous—the condition of the troops, if of things which I say sincerely, because I feel it deeply, is Jan. 26.
these accounts are to be credited is so alarming—the apparent unsound in p..int of policy, is unwise in point of principle— 60th Foot—Surgeon John Harry Ker Linos, from the
mismanagement of almost every department is so clear—the , that it will prove in the end degrading to yourselves and 56th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Voyes, promoted on the
plenty which the Secretary at War states to have gone detrimental to the best interests of this country. (" Hear," from this country, and which lies heaped in profusion at and cheers.)Staff, Jan. 26,
62d Foot —Captain Charles Fitz Roy Neynoe, from Balaklava—all this affords the strongest condemnation of the Mr. V. SMITH said—lie entirely put faith in the first ob- pay Unattached, to be Captain, Jan. 26 ; John Manners
half-
management of the war on the part of some persons. I say nervation of the right hon. gentleman who last spoke, that Kerr, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 25;
that, in such circumstances, it should have been the first it was not his desire, nor the desire of those about him, to Lorenzo G. Dundas, Gent.,
~to be Ensign, by purchase,
duty of the Government to ask for this inquiry, so that take Possession of office by any course they might take upon Jan. 26.
the country might be informed who were the parties to the present occasion ; for he could not see how any man in 63d Foot—Captain John Woodford, from half-pay Un-
blame for what has occurred. (Hear, hear,) I should fur- his senses could be so desperately ambitious, or cravingly attached, to be Captain, repaying the difference, Jan. 26.
tiler have thought that it was the interest of the Govern- hungry, as at the present moment to wish to occupy the 66th Foot—Ensign
Alfred Trigge to be Lieutenant, by
ment, for the sake of, and in justice to, those commanders ministerial Bench.hear," and laughter.) The purchase, vice Paget, promoted, Jan. 26.
who, in their absence, behind their backs, without the right hon. gentleman had divided the question into two 68th Foot—Captain James Spratt, from the 93rd Foot,
means of answering the charges that are brought against parts—one, concerning a censure or vote of want of con- to be Captain, without purchase, Jan. 26; Francis Gordon
them, have been censured indiscriminately for the want fidence with respect to the Government ; and the other Diggs Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 2s.
of that information which might have furnished the relating to the necessity of the proposed inquiry, 71st Foot—Lieutenant C. J. H. Howard, from the Ist
house with a defence of their characters, not to have re- With respect to a question of confidence or no con- or King's Own Staffordshire Militia, to be Ensign, with-
sisted this inquiry. I should further have thought that, fidence in the present Administration, he should be prepared out purchase, Dec. 31; Frederick Harding Amnon Firismil..
in justice to the ,country, which from ono end of it to the to vote quite at his ease, for he could not imagine any ono ton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 25 ; William
other is now demanding inqujry--(hear, hear) -the last thing possessing such an amount of credulity as to have. confidence Mark Miller Forteseue, Gent., to be Ensign, Witheuepur.
the House of Commons would have done would have been to in the Administration as it now existed, if, indeed, it could chase, Jan. 26. .
resist such inquiry, to increase the existing dissatisfaction— be said to exist at all. (Laughter.) He had /given an inde- 74th Foot—Captain Adam Campbell, from the 94th
(hear, hear)—and that they would rather have quickened the pendent though critical support to the Administration hi- Foot, to be Captain, vice philpot, appointed to the 11th
hands of the Government in the due and proper prosecution therto, placing his confidence in three of its members most Foot • Ensign Colin Hugh Thomson, from the 29th Foot,
of the inquiry. These are reasons which, to my mind, are particularly— Lord Landsdowne, to whom he owed every to be 'Ensign vice wooden, promoted, Jan. 26.
absolutely irresistible in favour of some inquiry, unless the species of allegiance, and for whom he entertained the highest 77th Foot—Lieutenant W. B. C. A. parker, from the
objections taken to such inquiry by the right hon. baronet possible admiration as a statesman—(hear, hear)—the noble 78th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase ; Lieutenant.
(Sir G. Grey) and by my right hon, friend the Secretary at lord the member for London, and the noble lord the Home Henry Alfred Macdonald, from the 16th Foot, to be Cap-
War could prevail—namely, first, that an inquiry of this Secretary. The noble lord, the member for London, had now tarn, without purchase, Jan. 26.
kind would be seriously detrimental to the public interests ; withdrawn from that Administration, and, excepting Lord 88th Foot—Lieutenant John Edward Riley to be Cap*
and, secondly, that it implies a censure upon the Govern- Lansdowne, his remaining confidence was due and given to tarn, without purchase, Jan. 26.
mint, which, if the house is prepared to cast such censure, the noble lord the Homo Secretary with the utmost hilarity. 89th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Ifeyeeck to be Captain,
ought to be conveyed by a direct motion. Allow me to refer (Laughter.) But what did that noble lord say f Why, only without purchase; Marcia Antonius Waters, Gent., to be
briefly to both those points. The only real argument, the let the house give confidence to the Minister to-night, Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26. only strong objection, which has been urged against this mo- and to-morrow they would make a fresh Administration alto- 90th Foot—Lieutenant G. J. Wolseley to be Captain,
tion is that it maybe detrimental to the public interests, Now, gether, (" Hear," and laughter.) The noble lord said that without purchase, vice Purnell, promoted; Ensign perey
observe what is the nature of the inquiry which is asked for, the Administration was under re-composition, but the Secro- 'ruling Deverill to be Lientenant without pirehase, vice
Tt is an inquiry into tho condition of the army before Sebas- tary for the Colonies _ _ . . .
. ..

topol, and into the conduct of those departments of the Go-
vernment whose duty it has been to minister to the wants of
that army. It is not such a searching, roving inquiry as has
been alluded to by my right hon, friend, which is to continue
hanging over the heads of our generals and admirals during
the time that the inquiry is going on. It is an inquiry into
the past, and into the conduct of those departments to which
the interests of the army have been intrusted, with the view
of ascertaining why the wants of that army have not been
properly ministered to. Now, how can such an inquiry be
detrimental to the public interests ? Being a retrospective in-
quiry, with reference to a state of things which is appalling
the country at this moment, it is precisely similar to the in-
quiry which was instituted at the time of the Walcheren ex-

Colonel SIBTHORP regretted that the right hon. gentle.
man who lately spoke from the Opposition benches had dis-
played so much of the suavitur in modo, and so little of the
fortiter in, re. " Fine words buttered no parsnips." Ho was
one who chose to use plain terms. It was small concern to him
how the Ministers were driven from office, whether by a vote of
want of confidence, or by a vote of stigma, for with one or
two exceptions; including the noble lord the Home Secre-
tary, he cared not how soon they were turned right
about face, and marched from the Treasury Bench. Ho re-
garded the sufferings of the finest army that ever went out of
England with sorrow, and those sufferings had arisen from
the want of care, management, knowledge, and energy on
the part of the Ministers. As the noble lord the member for
London had retired behind the scenes, he would not say a
word against him, except that ho had retired, probably, be.
cause " conscience makes cowards of us all." (Laughter.)
He only hoped that the Government would be constructed in
such a manner as would enable it to do its duty to the
country.
Mr. STAFFORD moved that the debate be adjourned
until Monday.
Lord PALMERSTON said ho had hoped that the debate-
would have been concluded this evening, but if it were thought
by a considerable portion of the house that, looking to the
importance of the subject, there should be an adjournment of
it till Monday, he should certainly not oppose the proposi-
tion. Ho hoped, however, that the housa would feel that it
was really incumbent upon it to pronounce an opinion on this
motion not later than Monday—(hear)—and upon that dis-
tinct understanding lie should have no objection to agree to
the adjournment of the debate to that day.
The debate was then adjourned until Monday.
THE LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE.
On the motion of Mr. WALPOLE, a standing committee of
16 members was appointed to assist the Speaker in the direc-
tion of the library, and to whom shall be referred all matters
relating thereto :—Mr.' Wilson Patten, Lord John Russell,
Mr. Goulburn, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Napier,
Sir James Graham, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Disraeli, Sir
J. Young, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Macaulay, Lord Naas,
Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Heathcote, Sir Thomas
Acland, and Mr. Walpole.
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN INDIA.
On the motion of Sir C. WOOD, a copy .of report was
ordered of examination for adthission of assistant-surgeons in
the service of the East India Company.
BULLION RETURNS.
On the motion of Mr. HANKEY, an address was agreed to
for a return of the amount of bullion purchased and sold by the
Bank of England, distinguishing gold from silver and bar gold
from foreign gold coin, in each month, from the 31st day of
December, 1853, to the 31st day of December, 1854; also
the excess of payments to or of receipts from the public of
British gold coin ; and also the amount received from the
Mint during tho same period (in continuation of Parliamen-
tary paper No. 102 of Session 1854).
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
Mr. SOTHERON obtained leave to bring in a bill to con-
solidate and amend the law relating to friendly sooieties.
NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
Mr. WILSON gave notice that on Monday, in committee of
the whole house on newspaper stamps and postage duties,
he would move the following resolutions :—That it is expe-
dient to repeal the exemption of newspapers from postage
duty, and to charge on .P.L.Geti bow,. ana
papers transmitted by post rates of postage not exceeding one
penny for every four ounces In weight, and for any fractional
part of four ounces. That it is expedient to alter and amend
tho laws relating to the stamp duties on newspapers, the
printing and publishing of newspapers, and registration and
giving seeprlties in connection therewith, and the regulation
of the duties of postage on printed papers.
The house then adjourned at a quarter before 12 o'clock.

ins, on the contr, stated that he no-
thing to do with the re-constructioarn oyf
the Cabinet, andha that
he defended it as it stood at present. Then whom was the
House to give confidence to ? Who was the leader of the
Commons at the present moment, and who the War Minister
(Hoar, hear.) Those were most important to know, and if
any Minister had risen and said that the noble lord the member
for Tiverton was now the War Minister, that announcement
no doubt would influence many votes with respect to the pro •
sent motion. Ho entirely concurred in the proposition made
by the noble lord the member for London that the noble
member should be made War Minister ; but he was afraid
that the proposition might new come too late,--and the art
of doing things too late might be called an attribute of the I
present Administration.

pedition. (Some cries of " No, no," from the Ministerial
benches.) Yes, with the exception that the Walcheren inquiry
was made by a committee of the whole house, or rather in the
house—(hear)—instead of being conducted—like the inquiry
now proposed—by a select committee. When I said that the
Walcheren inquiry was similar to that now proposed, I meant
with respect to its retrospective operation. (Hear.) I have
heard it objected that this inquiry would be prosecuted into
the affairs of the expedition while it is in progress ; but I deny
entirely that this is the object of the inquiry now sought ;
and, if such had been the object of the inquiry, I conceive
that the Government ought to have limited it to the past, and
I venture to say that this house would almost unanimously
have supported them in such &limitation. (Hear.) It is also
objected that the inquiry is to be prosecuted before a select
committee, instead of before a committee of the whole house;
or, in fact, before the house itself ; but are hon. gentlemen
aware of the immense difficulties which occurred before, and
which would occur again, if you were to prosecute an inquiry
of this description before the whole house ? Are they aware
that the reporters were excluded from the house during the
whole of the Walcheren inquiry, because of the danger that
might arise to the public interests from the publication of
the proceedings ? Do they recollect that the evidence pro-
duced before that committee found its way into the papers,
and that serious riots took place in consequence of the exclu-
sion of the reporters I think the house must see that it
would be infinitely preferable to have a select committee in-
quiring into this matter, with the power of closing their doors
while the inquiry is in progress, and then furnishing the house
with the necessary information to enable them to form a
judgment upon-the subject. It seems to me that the inquiry
which was directed by a majority adverse to the Government
at the time of the Walcheren expedition is the strongest pos-
sible precedent for granting the inquiry which is now de-
manded ; ant, indeed, until you grant that inquiry, I know
not how this house will obtain the information which they
ought to possess with regard to the prosecution of the war.
',tut it has been said by my right hon. friend, " You will
hamper the generals and those who have the conduct of the
war if you grant this inquiry," Why, I appeal to the house
whether anything can be worse than what is taking place
at present with reference to those generals ? You have
anonymous letters written, charging the generals with mis-
conduct, with incapacity, with want of knowledge of their
military duties, when they themselves are at a distance of
3,000 miles,—when they have no friends here with sufficient
information to justify their conduct —(hear, hear)—and when
this house, if it should adopt the plea set up in opposition
to the motion, would in fact deprive those generals of their
only moans of defence. (Hear, hear.) For these reasons,
therefore, instead of this motion being detrimental to the
public service, it would, I firmly believe, be rather con-
ducive to its interest than otherwise, although I admit that
by inquiries of this description considerable difficulties
must be placed in the way of those who have the management
of public affairs. We have, however, to balance two sets of
inconveniences— the inconvenience of interfering with the
conduct of public affairs to a certain extent, and the still
greater inconvenience of refusing to the house and the coun-
try that information which they justly demand, when they
find the finest army that was ever sent out from their shores
reduced from 54,000 to some 20,000 men, or as some ac-
counts state, which I would fain hope aro incorrect, to
14,000 effective men. (Hear.) This, then, being my answer
to the first objection, let us see whether the second objection
ought to prevent us from voting for this committee. That
objection is, that the motion involves a censcre upon the
Government, and that if censure is intended to be cast upon
the Government, it ought to bo a direct motion. I must
frankly avow—although I believe the same view is not taken
by a majority in this house—that I do not vote for the pre-
sent motion in the strict sense of-a censure upon the Govern-
ment. On the contrary I look upon the motion as a propo
sition for inquiry, in order that the blame may be fixed upon
the proper persons, as soon as information is rendered to this
house. My argument would be that, seeing that so much
damage has happened to your troops—seeing that they are
in want of all the necessaries that would enable them to per-
form their military service—seeing that they have neither
fuel nor food, nor clothing, nor shelter, nor ammunition—
not,
because these things are not at Balaklava, but becaus`e
your agents and officers have not the means of carrying
them up to the spots where they are required—l feel
it impossible to refuse an inquiry which would enable us t•
ascertain who is to blame, and in prosecuting such inquiry I
do not necessarily impugn either this or that man's character.
I say further, however, that if the Government are to leave
the question upon the present state of our information,
gleaned as it must be from the public organs, and if they will
not furnish us with that information which would enable us
to judge more accurately, we must then bestow our censure
where prima facie it seems to be deserved—namely, upon the
publis departments which have the oonduct of the war.
Prima facie the heads of those departments are responsible
for the whole of the business transacted by, through, or under
them, and it is for them to discharge themselves of that re-
sponsibility by showing that they have done all that they could
do in this country towards securing the proper conduct of
affairs, and towards ascertaining who were the parties who
have been blameable, and that having ascertained the fact
they have recalled the blameable persons from the positions
which they have occupied. I think, then, the objection that
the inquiry would be detrimental to the public interests is
not so strong as the countervailing objection that if you re-
fuse inquiry you are denying to this house, and to the people
whose representatives you are, that information which is im-
peratively demanded, and which, I must say, is imperatively
needed. (Hear, hear.) I also conceive that the objection
taken to the motion, on the ground that it involves a con•
sure upon the Government, does not strictly apply; for
although blame undoubtedly attaches somewhere, you
would not specify the particular individuals to whom such
blame attached until a proper and sufficient inquiry had been
instituted. These, then, are the reasons which will induce
me to vote for the appointment of the committee. It has
been said indirectly—and, no doubt, it is felt in many quar-
ters —that, if this motion should be carried, it will lead to a
change in the Government. Ono word I should like to say
upon that subject. In my view of the Government of this
country, nothing is more disastrous than constant and fre-
quently recurring changes. For the stability of the Govern-
ment, it is important that the same hand should carry it on
continuously, as long as they are able to do so in unity among
themselves and for the benefit of the public service. I have
always held, and I still hold, that, as Conservatives—at least,
as right-minded Conservatives—our first duty is not unneces-
sarily to hamper the executive Government. That is a duty
which I think we ought to impose upon ourselves, and a duty
which I believe is felt by most of the gentlemen sitting on this
side the house. But there arc times when we may think that
a Government is either wrong in principle, or that public
affairs have been so misconducted that some step may fairly
be taken, oven by those who are willing to strengthen the
hands of the Executive, lest they should be implicated in the
responsibility of measures which they feel iu reason they
aro bound to condemn. This consideration undoubtedly
leads us to the question—supposing the Government is dis-
placed how is it to be re-formed ? Is it to be reconstructed
from members of its own body, or is a now Government to
be formed ? (Hear, hear.) I know that I tread upon
delicate ground in touching ' upon this subject, but
the reason why I regret most of all the retirement of the
noble lord from the Government is the enormous difficulty
which the Government find in the way of their reconstruction.
(" Hear," and a laugh.) Ido not hesitate to say that recon-
struction is tho best thing that could have happened if it had
happened before the Government met Parliament—(" Hear,"
and laughter) - but, in such reconstruction, it would be ne-
cessary for you to consider how you could have suited the
places to thc men who were to fill them, rather than how you
could fit the men, however ill-qualified they might be, to the
places., (A laugh.) There is another thing of which I cannot
lose sight, and which has been apparent for the last year or
two. I cannot conceal from myself that the experiment of
what is called a "coalition" has again failed, as it always has
failed in this country—(" hear," and a laugh)—not from want
of ability, not from want of principle, not from want of integrity
of character in the men who compose the Government, but it
has failed because—as anybody must have noticed who has
watched the course and the measures of tho Government—

THE LONDON GAZETTE OE LAST NIGHT.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 24.
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 de-
spatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Morocco,
reporting the following concessions in favour of commerce,
viz.:—

1. A reduction of 30 ekeats in the expert dity on
washed wool, which will now be 90 okeats per 1001 b.; aid
of 20 okeats in that on uneleaned wool, which will now be
60 okeats per 1001bs.
2. A reduction of 10 okeats in the export duty on olive
oil, which will now be 60 okeats for 100 lb.
3. Permission for the trams of Shedna, Haha, and Een
Toja to bring skins, the produce of those provinces, to the
Mogador market, on payment of one okeat per skin to
Government.

4. Permission to sell calf-skins on payment of 40 okeats
per 1001 b.

Wolseley, Jan. 26.
9lth Foot—Captain Francis Barry Drew, from the 11th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, appointed to the 74th
Foot ; Lieutenant A. C. Elliot, from the 18th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Coast, appointed Paymaster of the
Rifle Brigade, Jan. 26. To be Ensigns, without purchase
—Ensign Poltimor• Ridgway, from the 58th Foot, Jan.
25 ; Francis Hamilton Elliot, Gent., Jan. 26.
Rifle Brigade—Hector Stewart Vandeleur, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 26.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Scott to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Harper, who retires
upon fall pay; Ensign Milner Burleigh to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Scott, Jan. 26.

REVET.
Major-General Sir Henry Somerset, K.C.8., to have the
local rank of Lieutenant-General while serving on the
Staff of the Army in the East Indies Jan. 26.
Brevet-Colonel William Freke Williams, half-pay Un-
attached, and Brevet-Colonel Randal Burnley, Lieutenant.
Colonel of the Provisional Depot Battalion at Parkhurst
Barracks, to have the local rank of Brigadier-General
while employed upon the Staff of the Army at Malta, Jan. 26.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain John Woodford, of the 63d Foot.
Captain Charles Fitzßoy Neynoe, 'of the 62d Foot.
Captain Michael Goold Adams, half-pay Unattached,
employed cm a special service
Captain John Harpur, on retired full-pay of the 28.
West India Regiment, the'rank being honorary only. ~I
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Brevet-Major B. P. Browne, of the 49th Foot, Deo. 11.
Brevet-Major John Woodford, of the 63d Foot, Dec.ll.
Brevet-Major Charles Fitzßoy Neynoe, of the 62d Foot,
Dec. 20.
TO BE COLONEL IN THE ARMY, THE RANK BEING
HONORARY ONLY.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William Slater, retired full-
pay from a Provisional Depot Battalion, Dec. 26.
STAFF.
TO BE PAYMASTERS OP DEPOT BATTALIONS.
Paymaster John Wheatley, from 42d Foot, Jan. 26.
Paymaster Alexander Fair, fro-a ;.9th Foot, Jan. 26.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
TO BE SURGEONS OF THE FIRST CLASS.
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Francis Sievwright,
from half-pay, vice Dartnell, promoted, Jan. 26.
Surgeon Charles Robert Boyes, M.D., from the 60th
Foot, vice Thom, deceased, Jan. 26.
Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Henry Browne Fisher, of the
S2d Foot, has been superseded, Jan. 2G.
Assistant-Staff-Surgeon John Collis Browne, M.D.,
from half-pay, to be Assistant-Staff-Surgeon, vice Webb,
promoted, in the 51st Foot, Jan. 26.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 23.
The following promotions, dated the 21d instant, have
this day taken place, consequent on the decease, on the •
20th instant, of Rear-Admiral of the White Sir John
Hill : -.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue William James Hope John-
atone to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Honourable Frederick William Grey, C. 8., to
be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
Retired Captain Charles Gordon has been promoted to
the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed
in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1846, but without
increase of half-pay.

BANKRUPTS.
William Nehemiah Persson, millwright and engineer,
Southwark, to surrender, Feb. 8, at two, and March 8, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings; Stevens and Satchel!, Cheap.
side.

George Hall, upholsterer, Brightol, Feb. 3 and March
17, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater, Sias-
lane.

SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY IN THE CHINESE
SEAS.
This Gazette contains despatches and enclosures from
Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, Commander-in-Chief of
her Majesty's ships on the East India and China station,
giving an account of the measures adopted to represspiracy
in the neighbourhood of Hong Kong.

WAR•OFFICE, JIN. 26.
Ist Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase
—George Deane, Gent., Jan. 25 ; John Heron Maxwell,
Gent., Jan. 26.
4th Foot—Henry Arthur Blake, Gent., to be Ensign
without purchase, Jan. 26.
7th Foot—Henry Kerr, Gent., to be Ensign without
purchase, Jan. 26.

Archibald Nevison, hosier, Darlington, Feb. 3 at two,
and March 17, at ono, at the C. nrt of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rosooe,
King-street ; Mewburn, Darlington.
William Ludlow Palin, licensed victualler, Putney, -
Feb. 3, at one and March 17, at half-past one, at the
Court of Banireptey. Nicholson, official assignee, Bs.
singhall-street ; Shineff and Son, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Samuel Glover Fairbrother, printer, Bow-street, Feb.
6, at eleven, and March 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of
lotto-roie. Bank-ruptey. Stanafeld, official assignee W assignee • Wei, Char
•
John Rickard West, dealer in bard wood, per`SAW
Mills, Canal-road, Kingsland, Middlesex, Feb. 3, atone,"'
and March 10, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank: -
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-ohambers;
Stevens and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside.
David Enoch Davies, grocer, Pontypridd, Glamorgan.,
shire, Feb. 7 and March 6, at eleven at the Bride' District
Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan and
Girling, Bristol.
Geerge Smith, hat and cap manufacturer, Southwark,
Feb. 10, at eleven, and March 16, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Jones, Sise-lane.
George Ward, victualler, Bristol, Feb. 6 and March 2
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol ; William Bevan and Girling, Bristol.
Henry Phillips, corn chandler and corn dealer, Bethnal.
green-road, Middlesex, Feb. 9, at eleven, and March 9, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Stevens and Satchell, Queen.
street, Cheapside; Wittey and Son, Colchester.
Rickard Beck, watch and clock maker, Blackman-street,
Southwark, Feb. 6, at twelve, and March 6, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Crafter,
Blackfriars-read.
Joseph Bradford, licensed victualler, Coventry, Feb. 2,
and Marsh 2, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court
Bittleston, official assignee Birmingham ; Dawes, Coven.
try; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
Walter Milligan, William Gandy, and George Gandy,
merchants, Bradford, Feb. 16, and March 16, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds.;
Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.
John Waidson, innkeeper, Montgomery, Feb. 7 and
March 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Yearsley; Welsh-
pool, Montgomeryshire ; Rogerson and Peacock, Liverpool.
Richard Collard, coach proprietor, Devonport, Feb. 5,
and March 5, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Beer and Rundle,
Devonport:___

- 9th Foot—Henry George Hunt Grubbe, Gent., to be
Ensign without purchase, Jan. 26.
11th Foot—Captain Philip Philpot, from the 74th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Drew, appointed to the 94th
Foot, Jan. 26.

John. William Shaw, passenger broker, Liverpool, Feb.
7, and March 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool.
Samuel Garrett and Henry Buckley, innkeepers, Sand
Mill, near Mottram, in Longdendale, Cheshire, Feb. 7 and
March 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington,
and Shipman, Manchester.

14th Foot—Captain Martin Petrie, from the Royal
Newfoundland Companies, to be Captain ; Arthur Molony,
Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26.
17th Foot--To be Ensigns, without purchase—Serjeant-
Major John Lee, Jan. 24 ; Francis Hartwell, Geet., Jan.
25 ; George Daniel Webber, Gent., Jan. 26.
18th Foot—Lieutenant G. A. Elliot to be Captain,
without purchase; Robert Isaac Adamson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26.
19th Foot—Robert Conolly Martin, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, Jan. 26.
20th Foot—Edward Augustus Patrickson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26.
23d Foot—Lieutenant Geo. Phipps Prevost, from the
30th Foot, to be Lieutenant; Francis M. Hall Dare, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, Jau. 26.
28th Foot—Lieutenant William Gordon Shuto to be
Captain, without purchase ; James William Kingsley,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26.
30th Foot—Lieutenant A. H. Williamson to be Cap-
tain, without purchase ; Lieutenant J. C. N. Stevenson to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Stevenson, who retires ; Ensign Henry L'Estrange Her-
ring, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Provost, appointed to the 231 Foot;
Ensign H. D. Erskine to be Lieutenant, by bityipeusrcmhiatshe:
vice J. C. N. Stevenson, Jan. 26; Serjso
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vie.; Erskine, Jan.
25 ; Thomas Elwyn, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, Jan. 26.
33d Foot—Richard Raecliffe Twining, Gant., to be
Ensign, by purchase, Jan. 25 ; Lestock Reid Forbes,
thin A. G. fme, from the 70th Foot,
Ge3nitt.h, tFooboet—Ecnasipgn, without gurehase, Jan. 26.
to be Captain, ; Henry Lampeu, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice
without purchase,
35th Foot—Ensign A. J. Revell to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, Jan. 26.
Spratt, promoted in the 93d Foot,
Jan. 26.
38th Foot—Lieutenant J. C. Vaughan to be Captain,
without purchase; Robert Johnston Stansfeld, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 26.
39th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Lieutenant
Henry Lionel Nicholls, from the 2d Somerset Militia, Jan.
24; Thomas Reginald Gossoliu, Gent., Jan. 25; Francis
Henry Chambers, Gent., Jay. 26.
41st Foot—Lieutenant Edward Every to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hunt, deceased, Jan. 11 ; Brevet-
Major James Conolly, from half-pay nnattachel, to be
Captain, without purchase; Lieutenant G. H. Page, from
the 58th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Jan.
26 ; Ensign R. E. Mande to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Every, Jan. 11.
49th Foot—Captain Lachlan Hector Gilbert Maclean to
be Major, without purchase, vice Glazbrook, whose promo-
tion on the 22d *December has been cancelled, Dec.' 22 ;
Brevet-Major James Wells Armstrong to bo Major, with-
out purchase, vice Maclean, whose promotion on tho 29th
December has been cancelled, Doc. 29. To be Captains
without purchase —Lieutenant Fanshaw William Gust-
ling, vice Glazbrook, died of his wounds, December 19 ;
Lieutenant Edward Le Marchani, vice Armstrong, Dec.
29 ; Lieutenant William Watts Corban, vice Gostling,
whose promotion on the 29th December has been cancelled,
Dec. 29; Brevet-Major B. P. Browne, from half-pay Un-
attached, repaying the difference, Jan. 26. To be Lieu-
tenants without purchase—Ensign Thomas Fox Eustace,
vice Lo Merchant ; Ensign Harry Denham T. Savary, vice
Corban, Dec. 29. To be Ensigns without purchase—
Robert Francis Burrowes Gent., rice Savary, promoted,
Jan. 25; Robert Spratt, Gent., Jan. 26.
50th Foot—Captain Edward Joseph Thackwell, from
the 48th Foot, to be Captain, Jan. 26.
55th Foot—Arthur Sibley Young, Gent, 49 be Ensign,
Without purchase, Jan, 26,

there was not ono mind pervading them (hear, heai);---13ese
there was a difference of opinion which was sadly detrimental
to the public interests. (" Hear," and cheers.) That
difference has manifested itself upon almost every greatques-
Con ; it has manifested itself signally upon the question now
before us—the question of the war. (Hear, hear.) We
have had Ministers in the two houses using very different
language—(checrs)—and, since there comes to bo a question
of reconstruction, I may say I hope that If you do recon-
struct yourselves you will take care that, at any rate, in fu-
ture there shall be fixed plans, steady views, perfect consist-
ency, and unity of purpose. (Cheers and laughter.) Without
that the Government of this country cannot go on, and,
whatever may he the injury done by a committee of in-
quiry, a far greater injury will result from continuing
Government with discordant opinions. (Hear.) The noble
member for the city of London (Lord J. Russell) in his
memoirs of the great Whig leader of whom ho was always
proud, and justly proud, to be a follower, has made some
remarks upon what a coalition Government is, and upon its
want of success when Mr. Fox joined Lord North. Ile says,
in his " Memoirs of Mr. Fox," that when that coalition
Government was formed, its members, by their own con-
duct, pronounced its condemnation. He tells us that
Mr. Fox said, " Unless it meets with complete suc-
cess there is nothing to justify it ;" and ho adds that
General Fitzpatrick remarked that, " Unless it was
followed by really good government, nothing could justify
it ;" and then he gives us his own opinion. " The want of
this success was therefore its condemnation." Whether or
not these remarks are applicable to the Government which
wo have seen during the last two years history no doubt
hereafter judge. I think its judgment will be against the