The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-15 00:00:00

COMPENSATION TO THE PATENTEES OF
SCREW PROPELLERS.

Captain SCOBELL moved for a select committee to
inquire into the circumstances under which the
sum of 20,0001., voted by the House of Commons as a
reward or compensation to the patentees of the screw
propeller, as used in her Majesty's ships and vessels, has
been applied, and as to what persons have preferred
claims, either to the Admiralty, or other public depart-
ments, to share in the public grant in respect to their
patent rights, and to report thereon, This question was
mooted at the end of last session in the other house
by Lord Lyndhurst, which showed it was a grievance
requiring investigation. The question was, who had the
20,0001. granted by the Admiralty, and why was it so
paid ? He found that the five who shared the money
lad quarrelled. They were in a questionable posi-
tion when they obtained it, , and it had come before the
highest judicial authorities, who have decided the screws
used in the Navy were not those for which the money
was granted. The question then came to be considered
who had got the money ; that was a question well worth
considering, because parliament had granted it. Of that
there was no doubt. (Hear, hear.) Now the party
who had the money was Mr. Henry Currie, and he
would show it from his letter to the Admiralty. It must
be remembered that the vote was for the screw used in
the navy, but Mr. Currie had put all the five screws
together.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 7.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold
Drawing-rooms at St. James's Palace, at two o'clock, on
Saturday, 19th May next (to celebrate her Majesty's birth-
day), and Thursday, 14th June next. N.B.—The Knights
of the several Orders are to appear in their Collars at the
Drawing-room on the 19th of May next.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Henry
Mosley, M.A., Canon of Bi istol, to be one of the Chaplains
in Ordinary to her Majesty.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Henry
Howarth, B.D.,George's, Rector of St. Hanover-square,
to be one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to her Maj sty.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY- 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Howard Mail-
lard Clifton, Esq., M.D., to be a member of the Council of
the island of St. Christopher.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John
James Hughes, Esq., to be a member of the Council of St.
Vincent.

Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Colonel
Henry Keane Bloomfield to be a member of the Executive
Council of the colony of New South Wales.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 15.
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Ist Regiment of Life GuardsL.eutenant Richard Bate-
son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walsh, who retires ;
Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Wm. George Craven to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bateson, promoted.
6th Dragoons—Nathaniel Gould, Gent., to be Cornet,
without purchase.
16th Light Dragoons—Ensign James Paynton Pigott,
from the 77th Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Webster, appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons.
tat Regiment of Foot.—To be Captains, without pur-
chase—Lieutenants B. H. E. Muller, T. McKenne, o'. E.
Kirk, and H. H. Smart. To be Lieutenants, without pur-
chase—Ensign H. S. B. Watson ; Ensign R. B. Caton ;
Ensign J. A. Cumming ; Ensign and Adjutant J. Leggett ;
Ensign T. C. Brown ; Ensign Hon. T. O. W. Plunkett ;
Ensign G. Deane; Ensign J. H. Maxwell. To be Ensigns,
without purchase—Lieutenant John Tymon, from the
Clare Militia ; Ensign William Clefden Goldie, from the
Inverness Militia.
3d Foot—Brevet-Colonel J. Paterson to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase; Captain F. F. Maude to be
Major, without purchase, vice Paterson. To be Captains
without purchase.—Lieutenant Thomas Kains, vice
Maude ; Lieutenant P. H. P. Aplin ; Lieutenant P. J.
Dunbar; Lieutenant M. Walker, from the 30th Foot.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase.—Ensign T. A. Cox,
vice Kains ; Ensign H. T. Anley, vice Aplin ; Ensign R.
B. Hyndman, vice Dunbar; Ensign H. A. A. Breedon ;
Ensign B. J. Caldecott'; Ensign C. J. R. Tyler; Ensign
W. Henry ; Ensign G. G. &rifle. To be Ensigns, with-
out purchase.—Lieutenant Francis M. Astley, from the
West Norfolk Militia ; Ensign Francis Morley, from the
2d West York Light Infantry; Ensign Richard Black-
burn Leathern, from the West York Rifle Regiment of
Militia ; Eustace Greg, Gent.
sth Foot---Second Lieutenant Robert Moore to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires.
9th Foot—Arthur Francis Marshall, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase.
11th Foot—Henry Joseph Webb, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Grace, promoted in the 68th Foot.
12th Foot—Frederick Stephen Terry, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
14th Foot—Major John Watson to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice James Watson, who re-
tires upon full-pay; Brevet-Major Ralph Budd to be
Major, without purchase, vice John Watson; Lieutenant
William Heywood to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Budd; Ensign H. T. Vernede to be Lieutenant, without
purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase—John Mc-
Dougall, Gent., vice Vernede, promoted; James Octavius
Machell, Gent.
15th Foot—George Joseph Maunsell, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Cuthbert, promoted'
19.;h Foot—To be Ensigns, without purthase--Ensign
James Knox, from the 73d Foot ; Francis Edward Bid-
dulph, Gent.
20th Foot—Owen Tudor Burne, Gent. to'be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Patrickson, promoted.
22d Foot—Edward Cooper Wynne, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vide Jackson, promoted in the 19th
Foot.
23d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Audley
Charles Gosling, Gent.; Julius De Gorreguer Damage,
Gent.
Nth Foot—Henry Williamson Troup, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase.
28th Foot—To be Ensigns, without
.purchase—Charles
Thackeray, Gent. • Francis Edward Webb, Gent.
30th Foot—Charles Tyner, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Wilkie, appointed to the 38th Foot. •
32d Foot—Robert Trotter Knox, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bally, appointed to the 33d Foot.
34th Foot—Theodore G. B. Applegate, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
39th Foot—Frederick George Furlong Moore, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hyslop, appointed to
the 93d Foot.
48th Foot—Major G. M. Lys to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase; Captain A. A. Chapman to be Major,
without purchase, vice Lys. To be Captains, without
purchase—Lieutenant R. M. Hall, vice Chapman ; Lieu-
tenant B. E. C. Colthurst ; Lieutenant J. R. Lovett;
Lieutenant W. H. Knight, To be Lieutenants, without
purchase—Ensign R. Eyre, vice Hall; Ensign H. F.
Brooke, vice Colthurst ; Ensign D. J. Connor, vice Lovett;
Ensign J. Farquhar, vice Knight; Ensign W. Cumming.
51st Foot—Arthur Willoughby Crewe Read, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mitford, promoted.
56th Foot - Henry Hartley Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
58th Foot—George Marriner, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Griffiths, appointed to the 19th FJot.
59th Foot—Francis Kington Statham, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Ffinney, promoted.
60th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Deodatus
William Eaton to be Surgeon ; Assistant Staff Surgeon
Thomas John Murphy to be Assistant-Surgeon; Assistant
Staff Surgeon James Macartney to be Assistant-Surgeon.
62d Foot—Cecil Frederic Holder, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, in succession to Lieut. Womwell, promoted.
63d Foot—Charles Bunbury, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.

6iith Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Edmund
Whitney Fetherstone Gent, vice Hughes, promoted ;
Charles Clavering Wardell, Gent., vice Duesbury pro-
moted.
72d Foot—Courtney William Bruce, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Upton.
73d Foot—George Pinckney, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Knox, appointed to-19th Foot.
77th Foot—Nathaniel Ford Peach, 'Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Pigott, appointed to the 16th Light
Dragoons ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward James Franklyn,
from the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Macartney, deceased.
80th' Foot—Samuel George Huskisson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice St. Leger, promoted.
84th Foot,—John Bowdler Macleman, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Woolhouse, promoted.
85th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Armstrong, from
the 75th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Clerihew, promoted on
the Staff. •
92d Foot—John Crossland Hay, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Farquharson, promoted.
94th Foot—Robert Winield Cox, Gent., to be Ensign
without purchase, vice Gaskell. promoted.
95th Foot—Charles James Holbrook, Gent., to be En- .
sign, without purchase.
.3d West India Regiment—Captain Edward Conran to
be Major, by purchase, vice Wetberall, promoted in the Ist
West India Regiment ; Lieutenant F. G. N. Clarke to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Conran ; Ensign Henry Row-
land to ba Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clarke.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
Serjeant Andrew Henry, from the Royal Artillery, to
be Quartermaster of Brigade, vice Soady, who resigns.
STAFF.
Captain John William Percy, of the 9th Foot, to be
Assistant-Adjutant of a Provisional Depot Battalion, vice
Welman, appointed Adjutant.
BREVET.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Watson, Retired Full-pay of
the 14th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being
honorary only.
Charles Sheffield Dickson, Esq., to be Colonel, with tem-
porary rank, while employed on a particular service.
The following officers having been selected to serve in
the Force under the command of Major-Ganeral Beatson,
to have the local rank of Veterinary Surgeon in Turkey
while so employed :—.Henry Bath, Gent. ; John Hum-
phreys Lane, Gent.
The following officer having been selected to serve as