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and M'Kenzie's Farm had been reinforced by two divi-
sions. (Laughter.) That was really the whole of the
despatch. (Oh, ob.)

Turkish troops could have been advantageously employed
in making the road. They were tried once, but they
failed owing to their soon becoming sickly and unable
to work.
By Sir John Pakington—He thonalit it would not
have been possible to have obtained hired labour for the
purpose from the surrounding countries. It was, as he
had before said,' quite impossible that men could be
spared from the army, even to perform so important a
duty as that of making the road.
By Colonel Lindsay—After the failure of the first fire
he advised with Lord Raglan as to the next step to be
taken ; and he (witness) recomMetided that the batteries
should be strengthened, and more ammunition should
be brought up. The increased strength of the batteries
was to be employed as soon as the fresh guns could be
got into their positions. This was ono reason why he
did not at that time think that it would be necessary to
winter in the Crimea. Had it not teen for the bad
weather and the state of the road, the batteries could
have been opened sooner than they were. If soldiers
had been euiployed in making :the road, they must have
been taken from other pressing duties of the siege ope-
rations.
By Lord Seymour—The whole of the military insti-
tutions connected with the troops in the field were in-
efficient.
Lord Seymour—What Edo you mean by military
institutions ?
Sir J. Burgoyne—For instance the engineers were de-
ficient, they required more sappers and more officers.
He thought some alterations in the organisation of the
different departments of the army would be desirable.
At this stage of the proceedings the room was cleared
on the subject of a question put to the witness by Colo-
nel Lindsay, relative to the communication of the Com-
mander-in-Chief with the officers of the army ; and the
doors were closed for about 20 minutes.
On the re-admission of the public,'
Lord Seymour called the attention of General Bur-
goyne to the evidence given by Genefal Bentinck, the
Duke of Cambridge, Captain Shakspear, and Captain
Wrottesley, as to the defective tools supplied to the army,
particularly the bill-hooks ; and inquired whether this
had come under the knowledge of the witness.
General Burgoyne replied that none of the cases re-
ferred to bad come under his personal-knowledge. He'
did not say that the tools alluded to were not bad ; they
might have been, but he never saw them. The tools
were suppliel by the Ordnance ; and it rested entirely
with the storekeeper to whom they were consigned
whether they should be retained, when sent in, or re-
jected. Some of the tools supplied to the Crimean army
came from Malta.
By Sir 3. Pakington—After the raising of the siege of
Silistria he was not consulted relative to the attack upon
Seba.topol. At that time he thought the strength of
the Allibd Forces was scarcely adequate to such an ope-
ration, whatever might be the resources of Russia.
Sir John Burgoyne afterwards went en to state, in
reply to the chairman, that be approved of the principle
on which the staff appointments were made. The ge-
neral staff was appointed at home ; but the personal
-tall of the Commander-in-Chief was selected by the
Cominander-in-Chief himself, and was composed of
officers whose merits or services entitled them to that
position. The staff of the Quartermaster-General apd
the Adjutant-General were also appointed by the Com-
mander-in-Chief, and he approved of that principle en-
tirely.
By Mr. Layard—He proceeded to Gallipoli before the
troops arrived ; and preparations were made for their
reception. It was usual to apportion one horse to every
two men in the land transport department ; but this
regulation was not carried out in the Crimea. Ammu-
nition, shot, and shells were brought up to the camp by
means of artillery horses. It was not advisable to de-
pend on that mode of transport.
By Lord Seymour—He went to Gallipoli to examine
the site for the encampment of the troops. He was with
the army throughout the whole of the winter. The
troops suffered very badly from overwork. He did not
think the troops suffered so much from want of food as
from want of fuel. He heard no complaints of a want
of clothing, though he saw numbers of the men very in-
sufficiently clothed.
This concluded the examination of General Burgoyne;
and there being no other witness in attendance, the
committee adjourned (about half-past two o'clock) until
to-morrow.

FRENCH ARMY AND STAFF.

CHESTER RACES.

In reply to Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, as to the commis-
sion sent over by the Duke of Newcastle to inquire into
the French Military Staff, &c.,
Mr. PEEL said he would make inquiry and state to
morrow or Thursday as to whether the report of that
commission had been received.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPB.)
GROSVENOR STAKES.

Ephesus
Lord Alfred

Five ran.
PALATINE STAKES.

Lady Tatton
Instructress

Eight ran.
CHESTERFIELD STAKES.

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Courtenay

Eleven ran.

ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.
Handy, Punchbowl, Colycinthus, Goldhill, Dalkeitb,
Rowena filly, Romeo, Cimicina, Nabob, Joe Miller,
Whitelock, and Noisy. -

LATEST BETTING.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to lag Noisy (taken)
10 to 1 on the Field:

THE -LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Cornelius Kett.
right, Esq., to be President and Senior Member of the
Executive Council of the Virgin Islands.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 28.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, unto the Right Honourable Francis Graham sioon,
of Portana.n.square, in the county of Middlesex, Lord.
Mayor of the city of London, and the heirs male of his
body lawfully begotten.
tiVHITEHALL, APRIL 30.
• The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
John Stevenson, D.D., to the church and parish of Lady-
kirk, in the presbytery of Cbirnsido, and county of Ber-
wick, vacant by the death of the'Reverend William Alex-
ander Corkindale.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 27.
The Right Honourable 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 Despatch from,her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, en-
closing au Imperial Decree modifying the duty on raw
wool, as follows :
If imported direct in French vessels from countries be-
yond Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope, other than
Australia and Cape Colony, including Cape Town, viz. :
Unwashed, 10c. ; cold washed, in fleeces 20c., waste
10c. ; hot washed, in fleeces 30c., waste 15c. per kil. If
otherwise imported, the present rates of duty.
Wool from the neck, feet, and tail, alone will be con-
sidered as waste.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 27.
The Right Honourable 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 despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris,
enclosing a copy of. a French•lmperial Decree, removing
the export duty on slack lime.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 27.
The Right Honourable 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 despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Berlin,
stating that the Prussian coasting trade has been opened
to British and Dutch vessels.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 1.
'MEMORANDUM.
Horse-Guards, April 25, 1855.
In order to remove any doubt which may exist as to the
rank and precedence of the Officers of the Hon. East
India Company's Service, it is her Majesty's pleasure that
Officers of the Hon. East India Company s Service, whose
Commissions shall be signed by authorities duly deputed
to do so by her Majesty, shall have rank and precedence
with Officers of her Majesty's regular army, according to
the dates of their Commissions, in all parts of her Ma-
jesty's dominions or elsewhere.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 1_
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Henry Ellis White,
Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hampton,
promoted, May 1.
6th Dragoons,—Assistant-Surgeon William Richard
Grylls, from the 19th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Boate, who resigns, May 1.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant R. H. H. Jary to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Marr, who retires ; Cornet F.
T. Blunt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jary, May 1.
17th Light Dragons—Henry Marshall, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice Clevland, killed in action,
May 1.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain the
Honourable R. Monck, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieu-
tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Jolliffe, who retires,
May 1.
Scots Fusilier Guards--Willoughby Sandilands Rooke,
Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase,
May 1.
let Regiment of Foot—To be Lieutenants, without pur-
chase—Ensign W. Freeborn ' • Ensign C. H. Proby, vice
Fenwick, appointed to the 93d Foot, May L—To be En-
sign, without purchase—George Turner, Gent., May I.
4th Foot—Captain James Leathern, from half-pay York
Chassenrs, to be Captain (repaying the difference), vice
‘Velman, who exchanges ; Lieut. .P. B. Forster to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Leathern, who retires, May 1;
George M. Billington, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
in succession to Lieut. Hamilton, promoted, April 30 ;
Henry Arthur Grey Toddy Gent., to be Ensign without
purchase, May 1.
sth Foot—Edward Studley Lewis, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Colt, appointed to the 7th Foot,
May 1.
7th Foot—The Hon. Howard Moreton to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Hope, promoted, May 1.
Bth Foot.—Lieutenant J. B. Campbell to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Heat, deceased ; Ensign H. V.
Lillicrap to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Camp-
bell, Jan. 27.
9th Foot —W. H. Errington Ridsdale, Gent.,tobe
sign, without purchase, May 1.
11th Foot.—Ensign Edward Birch to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Finch, who retires; John Thomas Lyon
Cobham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Birch,
May 1.
14th Foot.—lver Mclver, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase; Lieutenant A. Cordon to be Adjutant, vice
Fairtlough, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, May 1.
15th Foot—Second Lieutenant Francis Ball, from the
Ceylon Rifle Regiment; to be Ensign, vice 014 field, pro-
moted, May 1.
16th Foot—Arthur Platt, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, May 1.
17th Foot—Henry Hollis Hewett, Esq., to bol. Pay-
17th
aster, vice Tel who retires on half-pay,
18th Foot—Ensign A. Cottee to be Lieutenant,Ywithont
purchase, May 1.
19th Foot—Assistant-Surreon Samuel Jvi?cseepahry_Biaiysfiealici„,
from the staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
pointed to the 6th Dragoons,
20th Foot—Lieut. A. B. WMarrayenln.etoi
virbe-Cra.pwtait,n.,4ll,y, pwuhro-
chase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant C 1
retires, May 1; Conroy F
whose appointment, by purchase,
purchase, vice Gethin,
We.' °Gent., to be Ensign, by
been cancelled, April 29; John
on the 29th March, h
Carden, Gent., to be Etanessdi An''pbryilP3uor;chwasiel,litieurce.eFss.ioGnotre.
Lieut. Warre-n
without purchase, vice Mason,
don, Gent., to ,bper.Emnsoign,
promoted, May 1.
21st Foot—Ensign T. EL. Green to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, May

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23d Foot-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-En-
signs T. F. Lewis and B. T. Griffith, May 1. To be En-
signs, without purchase-Edwin 'Merton, Gent., April
30 ; William D. Bloxsome, Gent., May 1.
24th Foot-Lieutenant Charles Petras Geneste, to be
Paymaster, vice Ferrier, deceased, May 1.
27th Foot-Ensign G. S. White to he Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Burke. appointed Paymaster of a De-
pot Battalion ; Robert. Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice White, May 1.
28th Foot-William Seaton, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, May I.
29th Foot-Ensign E. W. Kent: to be Lieutenant., by
purchase, vice Pery, who retires ; Ensign John Dane, from
the 9th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase ; Nathaniel
Polhill Ledgard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Kent, May 1. "
30th Foot-Lieutenant T. G. Peacocko, from the 84th
Foot, to be Lieutenant; Lieutenant Alexander Thomas
Ewens, from the Dorset Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, May 1.
39th Foot-Samuel Handy Holahan, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Palmer, promoted, May 1.
40th Foot-Captain J. E. D. MacCarthy, from the 94th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Gardiner, who exchanges, May 1.
To be Ensigns, without purchase-s-William Thomas
M'Grath, Gent., vice Armstrong, proMoted ; Henry Ross-
Lewin Morgan, Gent., vice Lloyd, promoted, May 1. •
42d Foot-Stair A. Agnew, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, in succession to Lieutenant Macpherson, promoted,
April 30; William Thomas Fraser, Gent.," to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Farquharson, promoted, May 1.
43d Foot-Captain H. B. H. Rocke, from the 96th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Hon. L. W. Miles, who exchanges;
Lieut. H. Wilmot to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hon.
H. W. C. Ward, who retires ; Ensign H. A. Brett to be
Lieutenant, by. purchase, vice Wilmot ; Henry Gorton,
Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brett-May 1.
45th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon George William Peake,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Allen,
who resigns, May L
46th Foot-Lieutenant Henry Charles Marsack from the
Leicester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, May 1.
47th Foot-Lieut. John Blake, from the 4th. or Royal
South Middlesex Militia, to he Ensign, Without purchase,
May 1.
48th, Foot-To be, Ensign, without purchase-Lodgede Montmorency. Prior, Gent., May 1.
49th Foot-Lieutenant C. E. Gibson to be Adjutant,
vice Earle, promoted, May 1.
51st Foot-Riland W. Oldham, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, May 2.
54th Foot-Captain William Ker Gray, from the
Northumberland Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
May 1.
55th Foot-Lieutenant T. M. Roxby to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Hannay, who retires ; Lieutenant Arthur
Fitzwalter Bigg Wither, from tho Hampshire Militia, to
be Ensign, without purchase, May 1.
56th Foot-To be Ensigns without purchase-Richard
Bedford Poulden, Gent., vice Campbell, promoted in the
33d Foot,- April 30 ; Charles John Hampten, Gent., vice
Daunt, promoted in the 39th Foot, May 1. To be
Quartermaster - Colour-Serjeant James M'Grath, vice
Dougherty, appointed to a Depot Battalion, May 1.
57th Foot-Major Henry J. Warre to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, March 9 ; Charles Frederick
Houghton, Gent., to be Ensign, withput purchase, vice
Russell, promoted, May 1.
60th Foot-Quartermaster George Charlei Kelly to be
Ensign without purchase, and Adjutant, vice Dawson,
promoted, May 1.
62d Foot-Lieut. A. U. Wombwell to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Grylls, who retires, May 1.
63d Foot-Ensign G. W. Clutterbuck to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Magnay, promoted; Aubrey Pal-
grave Powys, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Clutterbuck, May 1.
65th Foot-Lieutenant Charles Blewitt to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Slegg, who retires ; Ensign C. J. Urqu-
hart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blewett, May 1.
66th Foot-John Wm. Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, May 1.
72(1 Foot-Ernest Henry, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, May 1.
73d Foot-To be Ensigns, without purchase-Jas. Knox,
Gent., vice Simpson, promoted in the 77th Foot, April 30;
Thos. Wm. Shore Miles; Gent., vice Young, promoted,
May 1.
7th Foot-Basil Henry Browne, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, May 1.
80th Foot-William Maclean, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, May 1.
84th Foot-Brevet-Major J. A. West to be Major with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Green, de-
ceased ; Lieutenant R. C. Stewart to be Captain, without
purchase, vice West ; Ensign E. H. Brackenbnry to be
Lieutenant without purchase, vice Stewart, May 7'.
85th Foot-To be Ensigns, without purchase--Finch
White, Gent., vice Goodricke, promoted in the 90th Foot,
April 30; Boles Reeves, Gent., vice Bell, appointed to the
18111 Feet, May 1.
88th Foot-John Irwin, Gent., to be Ensign without
purchase, May 1.
92d Foot.-To be Ensigns, without purchase-William
}Divert, Gent., April 30 ; Roderick M'Donald Campbell,
Gent., May 1.
93d Foot.-To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Lieu-
tenant G. R. Fenwick, from the Ist Foot ; Ensign W. G.
Alexander ; Ensign A. 0. Tabuteau, May 1.
94th Foot-Captain T. G. Gardiner, from the 40th Foot,
to be Captain, vice MacCarthy, who exchanges, May 1.
95th Foot-Lieutenant George Brown to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Davis, deceased ;
Ensign John Joseph Bacon to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Brown, April 6. To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase-Ensign William Fleming, from the county Dublin
Militia, April 28 • Ensign William R. Willans, from the
county Dublin Militia, April 29; John Nicholas, Gent.,
April 30 ; Alexander Fawcett, Gent.. May 1.
96th Foot,---Captain Hon. L. W. Miles, from the 43d
Foot, to be Captain, vice llocke, who exchanges, May 1.
Rifle Brigade-Win. Johnson, Gent. to be Ensign,
without purchase, April 29 ; George Mark Lycester Eger-
ton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession, to
Lieutenant Flower, who retires, April 33; Wm. Henry
Deedes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, May 1 ;
Lieut. W. J. M. Cunningbame to be Adjutant, vice
Brewster, promoted, May 1.
Ist West India Regiment-Major Frederick Augustus
Wetherell, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vies, Brevet-Colonel
Hughes, who retires, May 1.
St. Helena Regiment-Ensign E. C. Barnes to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hayes, who retires, May 1.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
Quartermaster Charles Hudson, to be Captain of a Divi-
sion, vice Coomb, who resigns, May 1.

STAFF.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Paschal,
from Major, on half-pay Unattached, to be Major of a Pro
visional Depot Battalion, vice Johnston, who exchanges.