The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

CASE OF MR. KENNEDY.

Sir. J. SHELLEY rose to move fur a select com-
mittee to inquire into and consider the grounds and jus-
tification of the removal of the Right Hon. Thomas
Kennedy from the office of Woods, Forests, and Land
Revenues of the Crown. He should treat this
case as if there had been no answer to a re-
cent question on this subject. He complained that
Mr. Kennedy had been improperly dismissed from
his office, and reflections thereby cast upon his character
and reputation. He might state, however, in passing,
that the position in which Mr. Kennedy had recently
stood reflected no credit upon the Exchequer, for it
appeared that he had been allowed to receive a large
salary to superintend a manor that produced no more
than 4/. a-year to the country. Early last session a
committee sat upon the Woods and Forests, but that
committee did not go into the case of Mr. Kennedy, and
there was no chance of doing justice to Mr. Kennedy
unless his case was especially inquired into. Mr. Kennedy
had been dismissed not from maladministration or
incompetency, but because his action in office was too
independent for certain members of the Government.
At his dismissal the office was offered to Ce]. Romilly,
the brother-in-law of Mr. Kennedy, but, of course, that
gentleman very properly rejected it, and nothing was
heard of the matter until just before Christmas, when
it was reported that Lord Courtney had been removed
from the Poor Law Board to this office in the Woods
and Forests. He put a question to the Government
relative to that report, and received an evasive answer
from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whom he dis-
tinctly informed that he had taken up the case
upon public grounds, knowing very little per-
sonally of Mr. Kennedy himself, and the
right hen. gentleman told him that the Government
would have some difficulty in filling up the vacancy if he
proceeded with his motion.
Mr. GLADSTONE said he bad no recollection what-
ever of the circumstance.

Sir J. V. SHELLEY said he was prepared to swear
to it. (A. laugh.) The immediate objection to Mr.
Kennedy was, that he promised a straightforward course
in the management of the National Forests, and pre-
ferred that which was most conducive to the public
good to bending to the wish of the Minister. (Hear,
hear.) The whole of this subject was considered
of so ranch importance, that it was mentioned in
connection with her Majesty's Speech on the Bth of
August, and the Board of Woods and Forests was con-
sequently reconstructed ; and the whole of the Woods
and Forests, with the exception of Windsor, was placed
under Mr. Kennedy's care. He felt the difficulties he
had to contend with, but he felt that he bad only one
honest, straightforward course to pursue. But in the
evidence before the committee Mr. Kennedy complained
that a difficulty met him at once—that amongst the
whole of the clerks there was no one who was ac-
Tiainted with rural affairs. Now, he felt that before
he could go further it was necessary to make some alte-
ration in this respect. He then proceeded to make a
personal inspection of Chobwall Wood, Durham, which
had been reported to be in a much neglected condition.
He found matters were such that he was disposed to be
of a different opinion, but he at once deemed it neces-
sary to have some support to this opinion, and he accor-
dingly appealed to a Mr. Brown, a gentleman well
known in connection with different agricultural associa-
tions, but that gentleman, although holding so high a
position, had been termed a common Scotch gardener.
[LEFT SPEAK Is G.]

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, FEB. 26.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees
at St. James's Palace, on the following days, at two
o'clock :

Wednesday the 7th of March next.
Wednesday the 14th of March next.

REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED AT THE QUEEN'S LEVEES

AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE.
The noblemen and gentlemen, who purpose to attend
her Majesty's Levees, at St. James's Palace, are requested
to bring with them two large cards, with their names
clearly written thereon, one to be left with the Queen's
Page in attendance in the ante-room, and the other to be
delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the
name to her Majesty.
Those gentlemen who are to be presented are hereby in-
formed, it is absolutely necessary that their names,
with the name of the nobleman or gentleman who is
to present them, should be delivered at the Lord Cham-
berlain's Office, before twelve o'clock on the Monday
previous to each Levee, or upon any earlier clay between
the hours of eleven and four, in order that they may be
submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Ma-
jesty's command that no presentation shall be made at
the levees but iu conformity with the above regulations.
It is particularly requested, that in every case the names
be very distinctly wiitten upon the cards to be delivered to
the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no diffi-
culty in announcing them to the Queen.
The state apartments will not be open for the reception
of company coining to court until half-past one o'clock.

Notice is hereby given, that all persons having petitions
or addresses to present to her Majesty at the levees, are to
send a card (having on it their names, a statement of the
object of such petitions or addresses, and the names of the
persons from whom they come) to the Lord Chamberlain's
Office, before twelve o'clock, on the Monday previous to
each levee ; and that two other cards, having on them pre-
cisely what is written upon that sent to the Lord Cham-
berlain's Office, are to be taken to the levees ; one of the
two cards to be delivered to the Page in the Ante-roots,
and the other to the Lord Chamberlain, who will read its
contents to her Majesty ; and, on these occasions, no
other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty.
A deputation to present an address is not to exceed
four persons.

WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 27.
Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and its
enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressed to
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by Field-Marshal the
Lord Raglan, G.C.B.

Before Sebastopol, Feb. 13, 1855.
My Lord Duke,—l mentioned to your grace in my de-
spatch of the 10th inst. that there had been a return of
bad weather, and that the country was again saturated
with wet.

On Sunday it rained or snowed from morning till night,
and the wind was very high, and though it was fine yes-
terday, still the ground was in a worse state than I had
seen it for some time.

The enemy has made no movement.
Major-General Jones, Royal Engineers, arrived a few
days ago, and is busily engaged in making himself ac-
quainted with the position occupied by both armies.
Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown has also returned,
and I have great satisfaction in adding in excellent
health. His wound is healed, and with the exception of
not having entirely regained the full use of his elbow, he
no longer suffers any inconvenience from it.
He will resume the command of his division without
loss of time.

I inclose the return of the casualties to the 11th inst. I
have, &c., _ . .

RAGLAN.

His Grace the Duke of Newcastle,

&c. &c.

Enclosure I.
NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OF-
FICERS AND PRIVATES KILLED, FROM 9TH
TO 11TH FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.

KILLED.
FEB. 10.
47th Regiment of Foot.
Serjeant Joseph Godfrey.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Herman
Dirs Mertens as Consul at Margate, and of Mr. V. Weber
as Consul at Ramsgate and D.al, for the King of the
Belgians. _ _

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Henry George
Ward, K.G.C., St. M. and St. G., now her Majesty's
Lord High Commissioner for the United States of the
lonian Islands, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over the island of Ceylon and its dependencies.
- - ------ • - •

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FRB. 26.
The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint
staff-Surgeon James B. Gibson, Esq., M.D., to be Sur-
geon to his Royal Highness.
The Duke of Cambridge has also appointed the Reverend
Robert Halpin to be one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 26.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAELIA-

MENT.
Borough of Cardigan—John Lloyd Davies, of Blaendyf-
fryn, and Alltyrodin, in the county of Cardigan, Esq., in
the room of Pryse Lovoden, Esq., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 27.
STAFF.
Colonel William Frederick Forster, kalf-pay Unattached
Deputy Adjutant-General in Dublin, to be Deputy Adju-
tant-General to the Forces, vice Major-General Simpson,
Feb. 27.

Colenel Robert Blucher Wood, C. 8., half-pay 97th
Foot, Assistant Adjutant-General to the Forces, to be
Deputy Adjutant-General in Dublin, vice Forster, Feb. 27.
CHAPLAIN.
The Reverend J. E. Sabin Officiating Chaplain at Sou-
tFai to be a Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces,

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Edward Anthony Holden, Esq. ; John Goodwin Johnson'
Alfred Miller °Mundy, Esq. ; William Needham,
Esq. ; Peter Bainbridge Lo Hunt, Esq. ; George maort,',
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MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.,

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 Ms to 4/ 158 Od ; clover
iitto, 313 s to 5/ 17s ; and straw, 113 s to 11 103 per load.
Both hay and straw sold slowly, at barely stationary
prices.

CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 153 to 4/ 15s ; clover
ditto, 3/ 5s to 51 15s ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 9s per load.
Trade dull.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 17s to 41155; clover
ditto, 31 Os to 61 Os; and straw, 11 2s to 11 &a per load.
A moderate supply and A heavy demand.

COLONIAL.

TEA—The market is very dull, and common sound con-
you is at 9d per lb.
SUGAR—Manilla is wanted, but high prices are asked.
Refined brown lumps are steady at 42s 6d per cwt. The
public sales to-day comprise a fair quantity of East India.
There were taken from the East and West India Docks
last wcek for home consumption 1,413 hhds, 116 tierces,
265 brls. The stock is 6,208 hhds, 1,360 trcs, and 632 bls.
COFFEE—There is a fair demand for Native Ceylon, at
full prices, and plantation is more in request. Very little,
however, is offered for sale.
RICE—A moderate business is doing in this article.
Good Madras realised 14s 9d to 15s per cwt.
Rum—Last week 198 puns, 3 hhds were taken from the
abovenamed docks for home use, 81 pans were exported,
and the stock is 4,692 puns and 2 khds.
COTTON—The market is quiet.
SALTPETRE—BengaI 11 per cent refraction brought full
values, viz. 22s 3d cash per cwt.
TALLOW—P.Y.C. is quiet, at 55s to 55s 3d per cwt.
IRON.—The market for Scotch pig has been dull, and
prices have further receded. Mixed Nos. are now 53a Gd
cash.

SPELTER remains dull, and prices are rather lower ; 75
tons on the spot sold at 231. 15s. per ton, 14 days prompt.
OlLS.—Linseed has been firmer, business on the spot at
36s 3d, for forward month's the price is 375. Rape
is less active, owing to the rapid thaw, but owing to the
great scarcity on the spot prices aro maintained ; brown
535, and pale 55s Gd to 565, for the next 14 days there are
sollers at ls, and 28 forward at 2s under these quotations.
In cocoanut a moderate business has been transacted at
45s Gd to 46s for Ceylon.

DOVER, FEB. N.—General the Marquis Alphonse
de la Marmora, Commander-in-Chief of the Sardinian
contingent to the Crimea, accompanied by the Marquis
de la liovera, and the Count Balbo, arrived at Hake's
Lord Warden Hotel this afternoon, by the South
Eastern Company's steamer, from Calais, and proceeded
to London, by train, at 7.30 p.m.
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