The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

INDEMNITY BILL.

The committee on this bill was postponed to Thurs-
day, at 12 o'clock.

STOCK IN TRADE BILL.

The committee on this bill was also postponed to
Thursday.

ROYAL ASSENT.

Shortly before 4 o'clock Sir A. Clifford, the Usher of
the Black Rod, appeared at the table, and summoned the
House to the House of Lords, to hear the Royal assent
given by commission to several public and private bill 3,
for which see our Lords' report.
The house then adjourned to six o'clock.

The house resumed at six o'clock, and was
(LEFT SITTING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 25.

The Queen has boen pleased to appoint John R. Parte-
low, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the Province of New
Brunswick.

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 26.

Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Emanuel
Bradbury, to be Captain, without purchase. To be Lieu-
tenants without purchase. -Cornet Walter C. Wingfield,
vice Bradbury; Cornet Joseph E. Edlmann.
4th Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant Henry Jen-
nings to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet William
Winstanley to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Booth, who
retires ; Cornet Frederick Augustus Weatherley to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable C. J. Keith,
promoted.

lst or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—The promo-
tion of Ensign and Lieutenant R. W. Hamilton to be
Lieutenant an Captain, to bear date the 18th instead of
the 19th June, 1855.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Tho-
mas Graham to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Haythorne, from the 98th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bell, appointed In-
specting Field Officer of a Recruiting District ; Brevet-
Major F. G. Urquhart, to be Major, without purchase, vice
Graham ; Ensign G. G. Stewart, to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Creagh, appointed to the 72d Foot.
13th Foot—Major A. E. F. Holcombe, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major P. R. Jennings,
to bo Major, without purchase, vice Holcombe. To be
Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant G. Fitzgerald
King, vice Jennings; Lieutenant M. Browne; Lieutenant
E. Boyd ; Lieutenant A. Bainbrigge. To be Lieutenants,
without purchase.—Eusign R. N. Clayton, vice King ;
Ensign H. E. Hall, vice Browne ; Ensign P. E. V. Gil-
bert, vice Boyd ; Ensign J. P. Miller, vice Bainbrigge;
Ensigns W. Haslett, Henry Gillett, W. Williams ; Ensign
T. T. Gould, from the Ceylon Regiment.
17th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Pearson Ward,
from the Ordnance Medical Department, to be Surgeon,
vice Simpson, deceased.
28th Foot—The Commission of Lieutenant E. S. R.
Smyth, as Adjutant, to bear date Ist June, in lieu of the
sth of that month,
as previously stated.
33th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Milligan, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires.
68th Font—Ensign H. J. R. Villiers-Stuart to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Smyth, deceased; Ensign
F. G. D. Watson, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Villiers-Stuart, whose promotion on the 12th May
has been cancelled. The promotion of Ensign Joseph
Thompson to a Lieutenantcy, without purchase, vice
Smyth, deceased, on the 15th of March, has been can-
celled.
72d Foot—Lieutenant J. F. N. Hewitt, from the Ist
West India Regiment to bo Lieutenant, without pur-
chase ; Lieutenant James Creagh, from the Ist Foot, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase.
86th Foot—Ensign J. W. Fry, from the Ist Foot, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Gould, promoted in the
31st Foot.

9Sth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Neil Henry Stewart,
M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Cowen, promoted on the Staff.
Rifle Brigade—Lieut. the Hon. H. W. Campbell, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Sidney Cave to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hewett, appointed to
the 72d Foot.
HOSPITAL STAFF.

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Surgeon Charles- Cowen, from the 98th Foot, to be Staff
Surgeon of the First Class.
BREVET. _ _

Brevet-Major Robert Miller Mundy, half-pay Royal Ar-
tillery, being attached to the Turkish Contingent, to have
the local rank of Lieut.-Col. in Turkey, while so employed.
Captain Roney, of the 96th Foot, attached to the British
Foreign Legion, to have the temporary substantive rank
of Major of the Ist or Jager Battalion.
Charles Duncan Cameron, Esq., attached to the Turkish
Army, to have the local rank of Captain in Turkey, while
so employed.
MEMORA.NDUSI.—The appointment of Captain William
Payn, of the 53d Foot, to be attached to the Turkish Con-
tingent, with the local rank of Major in Turkey, while so
employed, to bear date May 22.

ERRATA.
For Thomas Smalls, Esq., to be Chief Paymaster to the
Turkish Contingent, read Thomas S,nales, Esq.,
To he Major-General—For Colonel John Drinkwater
Byers, Bengal Tnfantry, which appearel in the Ga:ette of
the 15th June, with the date of 7th May, read Colonel
John Drinkwater Syers,

ADMIRALTY, JuNn 20.
CORPS Or ROYAL MARINES.
BREVET.
With reference to her Majority's Order in Council, of

the 13th September, 1854, the following general officers,
who retired upon the full pay of their rank in the corps
previously to the above Order in Council, will hereafter
appear on the Retired List, viz.:—
General Walter Trenlenheere, 8.H.; General Nicolls ;
Lieut.-General Elias Lawrence, C.B. ; Lieut.-General
William H. Connolly ; Major-General John Wright,
K.H.; Major-General Wm. Fergusson.
And the following promotions have taken place to com-
plete the establishment of General Officers of the Royal
Marines, under the provisions of her Majesty's said Order
in Council, viz. :
BREVET.

To be Generals—Lieutenant-Generals George Jones and
George Beatty.
To be Lieutenant-Generals—Major-Generals Thomas
Adams Parke, C. 8., Sir John Owen, K.C.8., K.H.,
and Charles Menzies, K.H.
To be Major-Generals—Colonels John Rawlings Cory-
ton, Samuel Burdon Ellis, C. 8., Thomas Wearing, James
Irwin Willes, and Charles Compton Pratt.
The undermentioned officers who retired upon fnll•pay of
the Royal Marines previously to her Majesty's Order in
Council, 13th September, 1854, to be promoted to a step
of brevet rank, in order to place them in as favourable a
position as those of their rank who may hereafter obtain
retirement under the provisions of the said Order in
Council ; the rank in both cases being only honorary, viz. :
To be Generals.—Lieutenant-Generals Elias Lawrence,
C. 8., 'and William Hallett Connolly.
To bo Lieutenant-General—Major-General ,7ohn Wright,
K.H.

To be Major-Generals—Colonels Walter Powell, Abra-
ham Henry Gordon, John Montresor Pilcher, Thomas
Stevens, David Anderson Gibsone, Robert Mercer, John
Robyns, Joseph Walker, James Whylock, George Butt
Bury, David McAdam.

ADMIRALTY, JUNE 22.
CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.

Colonel Second Commandant Henry Ivatt Delacombo to
be Colonel-Commandant, vice Coryton, promoted.
Colonel Second Commandant John Ashmore to be Co-
lonel-Commandant, vice Ellis, promoted.
Colonel Second Commandant John Alexander Philips to
be Colonel Commandant, vice Wearing, promoted.

Brevet-Colonel Fortescue Graham to-be Colonel-Com-
mandant, vice Willes, promoted.
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Childs to be Colonel Second
Commandant, vice Pratt, promoted.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Evans to be Colonel Second
Commandant, vice Delacombe, promoted.
Brevet-Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley to be Colonel
Second Commandant and Deputy Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Tatton Brown to be Colonel
Second Commandant, vice Ashmore, promoted.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Augustus Parker to bo
Colonel Second Commandant, vice Philips, promoted.

Captain John Mitchell to 'be Lieuteliaii-C-Colonel, vice
Graham, promoted.
Captain Thomas Lemon to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Childs, promoted.
Captain Peter Trant Murray Payne to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Evans, promoted.
Captain George Elliot to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brown, promoted.
Captain Thomas Charles Cotton Moore to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Parker, promoted.
First Lieutenant Michael Spratt to bo Captain, vice
Mitchell, promoted.
First Lieutenant and Adjutant Julius Bunce to be Cap-
tain, vice Lemon, promoted.
First Lieutenant Thomas Page Casey to be Captain, vice
Payne, promoted.
First Lieutenant Henry Treffry Fox to be Captain, vice
Elliot, promoted.
First Lieutenant and Adjutant Edward La wes Pym to
be Captain, vice Moore, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Ardley Henry Falwasser Barnes to
be First Lieutenant, vice Spratt, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Henry Brasnell Tnson to be First
Lieutenant, vice Bunce, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Ciustavn3 Francis Munro to bo First
Lieutenant, vice Casey, rp..omoted.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Huntley Hill Walsh, to be
First Lieutenant, vice Fox, promoted.
Second Lieutenant Alexander Bassett Stephen Sharp to
be First Lieutenant, vice Pym, promoted.

LAW INTELLIGBNCE.-(THIS DAY.)

ROLLS COURT.
FRUER V. BOUQUET-JUDGMENT.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls gave judgment
to-day in this case, which came before him upon a ques
tion as to the construction of the will of the testator in
the cause, upon a point v, hich cannot arise again in con-
sequence of Lord St. Leonard's Act, namely, whether,
under the provisions of the will of the testator, his exe-
cutors took the residue that was undisposed of. Under
the old law it was clear the executors took it unless it was
shown from the will that it was disposed of, but the n ew law
had made a considerable alteration upon the subject. In
the present case the testator had given a legacy of 201.
each to the wives of the two executors, and it was argued
upon the part of the plaintiff that those legacies must be
looked upon as legacies to the executors themselves, and
that therefore they were entitled to nothing else, and
that the plaintiff, as the personal representative of the
testator, ought to have the benefit of the residue undis-
posed of. The testator died in 1818, and the suit claiming
the undisposed of residue was not instituted till 1854.
The executors had, therefore, been in the uninterrupted
possession of the residue that was undisposed of fcr
nearly 30 years, and it was rather too much to say that
that possession should now be disturbed. His Honour
must, therefore, treat the legacies given to the wives of
the executors as legacies really given to those ladies, and
not to their husbands, and, such being his opinion, he
must decline making any decree, and order the bill to be
dismissed, but without costs.

WHY ARE ROCKETS NOT USED AGAINST
THE RUSSIANS?

(Front the Liverpool Albion.)

The comparative non-employment in the present
struggle of an instrument of aggression as potent as the
rocket has excited considerable surprise among those
acquainted with its powers, and with the results of the
use made of them in former wars. The prejudice which
the late Duke of Wellington entertained against rockets,
founded, it is believed, on no better objection than the
unsatisfactory result of the first experiments in the
Peninsula, is the only reason we have been able to dis-
cover for the neglect they have experienced in more re-
cent times. The Duke's prejudice did not prevent their
doing good service even in the last war, in those instances
in which they were employed. They were used in the
attack on Boulogne, when the town was observed to be
on fire half an hour after the first rocket had been dis-
charged, and the extent of the devastation committed by
their agency was very considerable. In the following
year they were used with great effect in the attack on
Copenhagen, and subsequeptly at the battle of Leipeic,
where th©y made frightful' havoc in the ranks of the
enemy. Rackets, indeed, possess advantages, as wea-
pons of offence, which no other projectiles can lay claim
to; Not the least of these is the absence of any recoil
a pectili -lit.; which is a consequence of the principle on
which they ere made, and which enables them to be fired
from a small beat, ; while shells, if used in naval attacks,
can be fired only from large and strong -ships, owing
to the force of the recoil. Rockets require neither.
cannon nor mortars to project them, since they
carry their propulsive power within ; and, consequently,
can not only be made of much larger dimensions than
any available shot or shell, but can be fired from places
altogether inacce,siole to artillery. To these great ad-
vantages may l e added, visibility of flight, and the
power of scattering the devastating effects of fire where-
ever they terminate their hissing course. The most re-
cent occasions, we believe, on which these terrible agents
of destruction were fully brought into requlsition was
when the squadron of Sir Charles liotham, i❑ c mjunc-
tion with a French naval force under Captain (now
Adrairsl) Traouart, in 1846, destroyed the supposed
impregnable batteries of Rorns at Punta Obligado, or
rather San Lorenzo, dominating the river Parana from
an immense elevation. Sir Charles, than whom there is
no more gallant or skilful officer in the service, on the
outbreak of hostilities with Russia, was understood to
be a candidate for a command in the Black Sea ; but the
appointment sought being given to Sir E. Lyons, the
gallant admiral who had recently returned from his
eminently successful mission to Paraguay, received that
of Governor of Victoria. Had he obtained a naval
command, he would probably have repeated the effect
at Sebastopol, and more especially perhaps at Odessa,
of the projectiles he found of such incalculable service in
the actions referred to, of which a very spirited account
will be found in the interesting work on Brazil, the
River Plate, and Falkland Islands (Longman), by Mr.
Hadfield, who is now at Constantinople, as agent for
the Liverpool Underwriters and Manager of the Com-
mercial Transport Corps in the East. Mr. Hadfield's au-
thorities for the daring exploits he records, including the
picking off of Rosas' menfrom their guns as theyswarmed
out on the ramparts, without their being able to return
one effective shot, are Sir W. Gore Ouseley, our able Am-
bassador in the Plate at the time, at whose instance the
expedition was undertaken, and Captain Makinnon,
who directed the whole operations of the rocket brigade.
As there is a rather remarkable analogy between the
fortresses of the redoubtable tyrant on the Parana and
of the Crimean stronghold of the Czar, as regards their
positions, and the manner of defence, and also as to the
attack upon them being made by the two great Western
Allies now assailing Sebastopol, the account referred to
will be read with considerable interest at the present
moment, when every suggestion tending to the discom-
fiture of Russia is of the first importance. The banks of
the Parana at San Lorenzo are excessively lofty, so much
so that it was impossible to bring the guns of the British
and French steamers to bear on the powerful battery
which Rosas had constructed there, whilst the vessels
were fully exposed to its fire in passing down the river,
on their return, after having forced the three strong
chains placed across the current, and destroyed the ten-
fire-ships at Obligardo. The great height of the almost
perpendicular banks made the position apparently as
difficult of attack by as naval force as even the north
forts of Sebastopol would be, where the altitude of the
citadel, according to Sir Howard Douglas, and according,
also, to the more recent corroboration of Mr. Danby Sey-
mour, M.P., renders it unassailable by heavy metal from
the sea. But the fire of round shot, grape, and musketry
which Rosas opened on the steamers as they came off the
point crowned by his battery was speedily silenced by a
small rocket-brigade, most unexpectedly operating from a
little island in the river. The combined squadrons escaped
with a very trifling damage, and the rocket-brigade did
not lose a single man; whilst the loss to the Argentine army
was very great. Mr. Hadfield ascended the• Parana as
high as Corrientes, and was thus enabled to estimate
the difficulties which were so successfully overcome.
Judging of the effect of rockets, as tested by such a
comparatively small battery as was brought into opera-
tion at San Lorenzo, what might not be achieved by
their agency elsewhere now ? Only six tubes were used,
the fire from which was equal in rapidity to acontinuous
discharge from the guns of two 80-gun ships, throwing
at one period of the attack forty rockets per minute.
So rapidly, indeed, and with such terrific effect, were
the hissing missiles projected among the soldiers of
Rosas that, as already stated, they were unable to stand
to their guns, and were much cut up, flying into the
open country in the rear, though a cordon of Guachos,
the Cossacks of South America, were employed to pre-
vent the retreat of the infantry ; but the horses became
perfectly unmanageable under the rocket fire—a power-
ful consideration considering the Russian strength in
cavalry. Since then rockets have been much improved,
their aim rendered more certain, and the " back fire "
diminished. They are now, in fact, as destructive and as
easily controlled as the Paixans guns, with which the
Russians wrought such murderous results at Sinope.
But the employment of these some of our French and
English artillery authorities (Sir Howard Douglas
among the number) condemn as being too devastating
for use among Christian or civilised nations. We be-
lieve that the affair at Petropaulovski has been the occa-
sion of some remarks being addressed to the Home
Government by Sir C. Hotham, from Melbourne, calling
attention to the desirability of having recourse to
rockets in the southern seas, and citing his own experi-
ence in the Parana as to their extreme efficiency against
an enemy who are confessedly strong in artillery, as was
Rosas in 1845-6.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Juriz 25.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.

James Black Gray, Edward Beachcroft, Devon, Au-
heron and Edward William Molyneux Herbert, were
this day admitted fellows of St. John's College on
three years' probation.

At the smile time William Henry Smith, Charles Al.
leyne Summers Austin, and William Holding were ad-
nutted scholars of the same college.
The installation of the Rev. George H. Liddell, Dean
of Christ Church, will take place on Saturday next.

CAMBRIDGE, -.TurrrE 25.
ELECTION OF LADY MARGARET PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY.
The Lord Chancellor has given notice that the election
of Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity will take place
on Friday next, the 29th inst. at 12 o'clock, in the Se-
nate House. There are already several gentlemen named
as candidate for the appointment.
The Vice Chancellor has further given notice thatn o
elector who is not present at the commencement of the
proceedings to hear the requisite documents read, and
to take the prescribed oath, will be entitled to vote.

ICEBERGS IN THE ATLANTIC.—On the 15th of June,
while the Lombard, from New Orleans, was on her pas-
sage to Liverpool, while in lat. 43 N., long. 43 W., at
noon, she saw two large icebergs and ono small one ;
and on the following day, while in lat. 45 N., long. 44
W., sbe saw a small iceberg.
ROYAL 'MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.—Yesterday
his Royal Highness Prince Albert inaugurated at Epsom
this institution, as an asylum for aged and decayed mem-
bers of the medical profession, and for their widows ;
also as a seminary for the education of their children.
There was a large attendance of visitors present, but by
some mismanagement a large portion of them—all in-
' vited—was denied admittance into the hall in which the
ceremony took place.
THE WEST INDlES.—Advises from Kingston (Jamaica)
of the 30th of May contain later news from the other
West India Islands. The usual spring storing and rains
had be-n very destructive 6t the north silo of Jamaica.
Several estates in the neighbourhood of Ti clammy were
entirely flooded. The town of Rio Buano hall a narrow
escape from ruin. At St. Vincent, Demerara, Tobago,
and other places the weather was unfavourable to the
maturing of the sugar cane. In St. Lucia it was feared
that the colonial import system would be disturbed by a
free intercourse with Grenada.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING% JUNE 26, 1856.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.)

REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to ask the Attorney-
General whether, under the provisions of the Act 22
Geo. 111., c. 45, a new writought not to be issued for the
City of London, in the room of Baron Rothschild, who
had since election entered into a. contract for the public
service, a copy of which had been laid before that house?
He thought from the information he bad received he
should be justified in moving for a new writ for the City
of London, as Baron Rothschild had entered into a con-
tract for the public service.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the question was
one for the house to answer, and not for him. At the
same time he felt bound to say that if the hon. member
wished for his professional opinion he conk: have it on
the usual terms. (Hear and laughter.)
Mr. MALINS wished to ask the right hon. gentleman
the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, from the state-
ment he made on Friday night, be believed the hon.
member for Tynemouth to be interested in shipping con-
tracts I

Sir C. WOOD said the statement he made was that,
as far as he knew, the hon. gentleman the member for
Tynemouth, though he had given up his interest in those
contracts before he entered the house, must have been
aware of most of the circumstances attending them.
(Hear, hear.)