The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-26 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

Mr. BAXTER asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether, looking to the changed aspect of affairs in Ame-
rica, her Majesty's Government, either separately or in
conjunction with-, the Government of the United States,
would consider the propriety of sending a squadron to the
coast of Cuba, for the purpose of preventing the importa-
tion of slaves into that island, and thereby effectually
putting an end to the slave trade ?
Lord PALMERSTON said, 12 months ago her Majesty's
Government communicated with the Government of the
United States in respect to the co-operation of their ves-
sels with the cruisers of her Majesty's navy on the coast
of Africa, with a view to the prevention of the carrying on
the slave trade. Difficulties then arose with respect to the
neutrality this country had assumed, which could not at
that time be overcome. Things had, however, altered in
America, and application had again been made to the Ame-
rican Government that every privilegegranted to the most
favoured nations would be offered to the cruisers of the
United States. The difficulties, he felt fully persquded,
would, be overcome, and that the evil so long complained
of on the coast of Cuba would be put an end to. (Hear,
hear.)
MASTERS IN THE NAVY.

Mr. CORRY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty
whether the proposed scheme for the abolition of the rank
'of master, which the First Lord of the Admiralty had stated
was to be laid before Parliament previously to its fi
adoption, would specify what increase it would occasion
the numbers on the active lists to which the officers now in
the line, of masters would be removed ; and whether, in
order to obviate stagnation of promotion from those lists so
increased, it would provide for a proportionate increase of the
superior lists : also whether it would comprise an estimate
of its immediate and prospective effects on the amount of
the vote for half-pay and retirement to officers of the navy ?
Lord C. PAGET replied in the affirmative. The pro-
position to be laid on the table would refer to the matter
and give the fullest information.
THE ECLIPSE SCHOONER.

In reply to Mr. C. FOSTER,
Lord C. PAGET said no official importance had been
received of the destruction of the schooner Eclipse. The
information that had been received at the Admiralty had
been brought by a small trading vessel.
NEW ZEALAND.

In reply to an HoN. MEMBER,
Mr. CARDWELL said the mail just in had brought two
despatches. They were not yet in type, but he might in-'
form the house that the principal topic mentioned was the.
triumph-of the friendly natives over those in opposition.
It would no doubt be satisfactory to . the house to know
that the mail also brought from the Colonial Government
£500,000 for their debentures.
SUPPLY—THE CASE OF COLONEL DAWKINS.
Lord PALMERSTON said it would be for the conve-
nience of the house if hon. gentlemen having notices on
the paper previsms to the right, hon. member. for Devizes
would give way, in order that that motion mightbe takoni
as early as possible.
Mr. IsTeate, Mr. H. Tracy, and Mr. 0. Stanley having
assented,
Mr, D. GRIFFITH moved au Address to her Majesty

for a copy of all correspondence relating to the first court
of inquiry on Lieut.-Colonel. Dawkins in or about July,
1864, including all communications which had been made
on. the subject, ,from the Field Marshal Commanding-in-
Chief to the Major-General 'commanding the Brigade of
GuaFds, during the' interval between the .first and second
courts of inquiry-Which had been held on Lieut.-Colonel
Dawkins, and up to the present time.

(LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening•

SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT.

SOUTH' KENSINGTON, May 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint his Grace the Duke
of Buckingham and Chandos (one of the Commissioners,
for the International Exhibition of 1862); the Right Hon. Sir
John Pakington, Bart., G.C.8., President of the Institue of
Naval Architects; or the President of the Institute of Naval
Architects for the time being ; William Hawes, Esq., Chair-
man of the Council of the Society of Arts, or the Chair-
man of the Council of • the Society of Arts for the time
being; Robert Napier, Esq., President of the Institute of
Mechanical Engineers, or the. President of the lusti- I
tote of Mechanical Engineers for the time being; and
Philip Win. Skyuner Miles, Esq., President of the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Bristol, or the President of the Cham-
ber of Commerce of Bristol for the time being (instead of
Charles Hoskins Low, Esq., Chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce of Bristol, or the Chairman of the Chamber
of Commerce of Bristol for the time being), to be Commis-
sioners in addition to and together with the Commissioners
appointed on the 27th of April,:lB6s, to promote the suc-
cess of the Universal Exhibition to be held in Paris in the
year 1867.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 26.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet George William
Plunkenett Woodroofe has been permitted to retire from
the Service by the sale of his Commission.
2d Dragoons—Cornet Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, Bart., to
be Liutenant, by purchase, vice John Grieve, who re-
tires ; Joseph Barrington Deacon, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, Bart.
Royal Artillery—Colonel John Maitland, from the Super-
numerary List, to be Colonel, vice Richard Cornwallis
Moore, C. 8., promoted to Major-General; Captain A.
Stewart, to be Lieut.-Col., vice T. H. Campbell, seconded;
Second Captain George Charles Martin to be Captain,
vice Stewart ; the promotion of Second Captain WI
Manderson to be antedated to 17th February ; Lieute-
nant Isaac Ketchen to be Second Captain, vice Martin;
Lieutenant Arnold de Beer-Baruchson has been per-
mitted to resign his Commission ; Lieutenant Richard
Pendrill Washington has been permitted to resign his
commission ; Second Captain Edward Christian Griffin
to be Adjutant, vice Delane, promoted; Second Captain
Robert Pepe to be Adjutant, vice Blair,, who resigns the
Adjutancy only ; Second Captain Henry Montgomery
" Finlay to be Adjutant, vice Baird, promoted.
Royal Engineers—Gentleman Cadet James Brouu, from
the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, with
temporary rank, vice J. C. Menzies, removed to the
Supernumerary List.
2d Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon William
Winslow Tomlinson to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Henry Joseph Rose, appointed to the Staff.
3d Foot—Lieut. John Francis Whitworth to be Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieut. T. Jones, promoted.
11th Foot—Ensign Frederick Nathaniel Callwell to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baskerville, whose pro-
motion, by purchase, on the 9th May, 1865, has been
cancelled.
12th Foot—Quartermaster Frederick Luttrell, from the
Military Train, to be Quartermaster, vice James Edwin

Tripp, deceased.
15th Foot -Lieut. William James Franks, from the 4th
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Osborne,

who exchanges.
24th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon George Frederick
Duffy, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
25th Foot—Lieut. Robert William Thomas Dawson to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Richard Webster,

deceased.
36th Foot—Lieutenant William Neal to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Frederick W. Harris, who retires ; En-
sign Lewis George Orchard Stucley to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Neal ; Henry Wynne Pride, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stucley.
45th Foot—Ensign Reginald Garnett to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Oscar Wm. de Thoren, seconded
on appointment as Instructor in Military History at the
Royal Military College.
52d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Atkinson Adair to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Keyworth, promoted.
53d Foot—Lieutenant Harry Elmhirst to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Thomas Hall, who retires; Ensign ohn
Knox Kirkwood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Elmhurst ; the Hon. Alfred Hood to be Ensign, by pur-

chase, vice Kirkwood.
60th Foot—Ensign Denis Bingham to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Robert Dalrymple Elphinstone, who re-
- tires; Robert Cradock Davies, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bingham.
68th Foot—Ensign William Henry France Palmer to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Henry T. Dues-
bery, who retires; Samuel Wm. 'Tyndall, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Palmer.
79th Foot—Ensign Henry Frederick Rowley to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase vice Edward Everett, promoted ;
James Dalgleish. Kellie M'Callum, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Rowley.
86th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Davies, from the late sth West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice John Wells, pro-
moted, without purchase, to Captain on half-pay.
92d Foot—Ensign Henry French Cotton to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Francis William Prittie, who retires;
Charles Francis Massy, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,

vice Cotton.
97th Foot—Ensign Anthony Lynch to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Madoc Davies, who retires ; Robert
Alexander Swetenham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,

vice Lynch.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Henry Martin Moorsom to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major George
Ernest Rose, deceased ; Ensign Richard Winstanley
Ormerod to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Moor-
Born ; Ensign and Adjutant George Rogers to have the

rank of Lieutenant.
4th West India Regiment—Lieutenant John James Os-
borne, from 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Franks,

who exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Captain G. Wilbraham Northey, late
Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry, in succession to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. J.
Chads, who joins the 64th Foot; Captain John M'Queen,
late Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, to be Instructor of
Musketry, in succession to Captain J. Williamson, about
to join 23d Foot.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon Henry
Joseph Rose, from the 2d Foot to be Staff-Assistant, vice
George Frederick Duffy, M. 8., appointed to 24th Foot.

BREVET.
The under-mentioned officers having completed the
qualifying service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,
to be Colonels, under the Royal Warrant of 14th October,
1858 :
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Dunbar Douglas
Muter, 51st Foot.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick John Travers, Royal
Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Henry Fisher, Royal Ar-
tillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Frederick Mountain, Royal
Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel George'John Brown, 4th Hussars.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
John Graham M'Kerlie, half-pay, Royal Engineers, has
been permittted•to retire from the service by the sale of
his commission, under the Horse Guards' Circular Memo-
randum of 15th February, 1861.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 23.
Mr. Chas. Augustus Vogwell has this day been pro-
moted to be First Class Assistant Engineer in her Ma-
jesty'sbFleet, with seniority of 17th May, 1865.
MAY 25.

Tho following promotions have this day been made :
Mr. Albert Martell to be Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet,
with seniority of 10th April, 1865 ; Mr. Francis Mark Col-
lard Richards to be First-Class Assistant Engineer in her
Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 18th May, 1865.