The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-28 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR.

On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Sir J. ELPHINSTONE asked the Secretary to the Ad-
miralty what were the returns at the Royal Dockyard,
Portsmouth, of th© heigtit of water on the bar of the hat bour
channel each tide on the 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th of this
month March, 1862; also the draft of water of her Ma-
jesty's ship Warrior, and how many days in each month
sue could enter or leave that harbour?
Lord C. PAGET said that the average depth of Ports-
mouth harbour was 28 to 29 feet. The Warrior drew 261
feet, and she was able to enter the harbour 16 days last
month and 15 days during the present month.
THE TREATY WITH BELGIUM.
Mr. W. FORSTER asked the First Lord o
ot f
i the T
of reaa-
sury if he could inform the house why
commercial treaty with Belgium, for the pug)
the negaatfioanecar-
e=tial duties
ai nng
Britishth at Belgium s
hadshou
been
no
suspended longer i mp)se
After some remarks from Mr. GATE and Mr, S.
BEAUMONT,
ment a not granted
said that although the Belgian Gove
Mr. LAYARD, in the abseneeraof the
hnodble Premier,
countries be ope that negotiations
Russia, and other
which
the same privileges to this coun they had to France,
try d
would be renewed between 'Belgium and this country on

wished
the subject.
The house then went into commit tee of supply.
gged to make
THE REVISED CODE.
~n. members in
Mr. LOWE, on the part of Government. be
a statement in reference to the subject of t 6 Re
In deference to the views expressed by ho n,
Code.
alterations in the plan originally
the recent debate, the Government
Prop() to make certain
desirous of bringing the controversy proposed, as they were
Government was ready to accede to the to an end. The
grant should proceed on the •
prmei suggestion that the
at-
tendance of pupils, and n principle of the aggregate
nations. The Government not on. individual exami-
assent to the , therefore, was ready to
member for Marylebo amendment of the noble lord the
in giving Government aid (Viscount Enfield) that
to give a certain to elementary schools, it is expe-
dientance of scholars, and sum per head on the average attend -
satisfactory a certain further sum per head on the
individual examination of th© scholars ill

'reading, writing, and arithmetic. He thought it right
that this commission should be followed by another, and
the Government was ready to adopt the resolution -f the
hon. member for Cambridge, and give up the proposal with
regard to the system of grouping children whose education
had been neglected for the purpose of examination, and
they would also make an alteration in conformity with the
wishes expressed by hon. members in regard to the grant
to masters and pupil teachers. (Hear, hear.) The Go-
vernment would also consider on the 10th and 1 lth resolu-
tions proposed by the right hon. gentleman, Mr. Walpole.
(Hear, hear.)

Mr;WALPOLE expressed his gratification at the gene-
rous concessions made by the Government.
Lord ENFIELD said that,sunder the circumstances, he
would withdraw his amendment.

After some discussion, in which Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Packe,
Mr. Henley, and Mr. Newdegate took part, it was arranged
that the subject should stand over until Monday next, when
it. was announced that Lord Palmerston would make a
statement.

The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and the house re-
sumed.
THE MARINE MUTINY BILL AND THE WHIP-

PING MU,.
These bills were read a third time and passed.
Some other bills were read a first time.
The house then adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock.

LONDON GAZETTE—(This E'venttig).

TIIE PASSPORT SYSTEM SUSPENDED.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 27.
Extract of a despatch from Lord Lyons, her Majesty's
Minister at Washington, dated March 10, 1862.
(Received March 25.)
" By a circular note, of which I do myself the honour to
enclose a copy, Mr. Seward has announced to me, in com-
mon wilh the other foreign Ministers here, that the regu-
lation, some time since established by the State Department
under the direction of the President, requiring all persons
departing from or arriving in the United States to provide
themselves with pass
,
Ports, has been rescinded."
ExTiLtA CT CIRCULAR.
" I have the honour to inform you that the regulation
some time since established by this department under the
direction of the President, requiring all persons departing i
from or arriving n the United States to provide themselves
with passports has been rescinded.,,

The following order from the State Department, ad-
dressed to the Superintendent of, Police in the city of New
abolishes
nefocrestshaeryprtoesaednotptt several the
ePassport system, which
months ago :
itY York,
asde e
m Department of State,
Washington, February 17, 1862.
John A. Kennedy, Superintendent of Police, New York.
Sir,—l have to inform you that it has been deemed expe-
dient to rescind the order issued in consequence of the state
of affairs in this country, making it necessary for all persons
leaving the United States to provide themselves with pass-
ports, and you will, therefore, be pleased to consider that
arrangement as being terminated. It will, therefore, be
left optional with persons to provide themselves with pass-
ports or not, as they may deem necessary for their protec-
tion and security abroad. Foreign passports will no longer
require to he countersigned.—l am, &c.,
F. W. SEWARD,
Assistant Secretary of State.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 27.
In the notice of the appointment of the Rev. William
Drake, in the Gazette of Tuesday last, as Honorary Chap-
lain in Ordinary to her Majesty, that gentleman should
have been described as late Examiner in Hebrew in the
Unioersity of London, not as late Professor of Hebrew in
University College, London.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 28.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the following
Honorary Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty :
The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, M.A., Canon of
Windsor, Rector of Chenies, Bucks, and Deputy Clerk of
the Closet to the Queen.

The Very Rev. Henry George Liddell, D.D., Dean of
Christchurch, Oxford.

The Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, D.D., Regius Pro-
fessor of Ecclesiastical History, and Canon of Christchurch,
Oxford, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London,
The Rev. Joseph B. Lightfoot, M.A., Hulsean Profes-
sor of Divinity, and Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College,
Cambridge.
(Formerly Chaplains to his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort.)
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 26.
_ _

Corps of Royal Marines.—Oolonel and Second Comman-
dant Thomas Charles Cotton More to be Colonel-Comman-
dant, vice Anderson, promoted to Major-General on the
Fixed Establishment of General Officers of the Corps ;
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Georga Colt
Langley, Deputy-Adjutant-General, to be Colonel and
Second Commandant; Lieutenant-Colonel Simon Fraser
to be Colonel and Second Commandant, vice Moore; Cap-
tain Ri _hard King Clavell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Fraser; First Lieutenant Henry Eyre Wyatt Lane to be
Captain; Second Lieutenant George John Airey to be
First Lieutenant, vice Lane.