The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-17 00:00:00

ARMY ESTIMATES.

The Marquis of HARTINGTON brought up the Army
Estimates, which were ordered to lie on the table.
PARTY PROCESSIONS IN IRELAND.
Sir H. CAIRNS asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland a
question relative to the commission of inquiry into the re-
cent disturbances at Belfast, and called the attention of the
house to the circumstances connected with hat
commission, and to the administration of the that
commission,
against processions in Ireland, and moved for Paprs.
Ile regretted as much as any other person the religiouse
animosities that prevailed in Ireland
proach this subject with any party spfed e alaltalteration.re
irit. and
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awt"soams some
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contended that the commission was open to grave objec-
tion. The commission certainly included members of the
Irish bar, who, by their ability, had attained this position.
But it appeared that one of them, Mr. Barry, was counsel
for parties who were involved in disturbances which took
place in 1858, and deprecated a commission on the subject at
the time. It also appeared that he was adviser to the crown,
which circumstance was not calculated to inspire confi-
dence as to his impartiality. The hon. and learned member
then spoke on the scope and constitution of the Commis-
sion, and was

[LEFT SPEAKING.]

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-This Evening.

Amsterdam
Ditto Short. 11 15 11 15
Rotterdam 3 Months. 11 18 11. 181
11 18 11. 18f
Antwerp
Brussels
25 45 25 50
Hamburg
Paris — 13 7f 13 if
Short 25 10
25 20
Ditto
3 Months. 25 40 25 45
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —119 f
Vienna — 11 60 11 65
Trieste — 11 571 11 65
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid•::,
Cadiz
4
46, k
Leghorn
Milan
25 60
Genoa
Naples — 25 60
25 55 25 60
Palermo
25 55 25 60
Messina
. — 51 511
Lisbon
51 511 ,
°PF"tor°eig-n. ' (Yold. ************************* £3 17s. 9d.

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LONDON GAZETTE---'this Evening

OFFICE, FEB. 16.
hisS Royal Highness the
is hereby given
will, b command of the Queen, hold levees
Prince of Walesiwee
on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednes-
day, St. James Pa a ,
March next, and on Wednesday, the 22d of
the Bth of
CHAMBE.vßeuLtiNiat'
h next, at 2 o'clock.
NotLicOeßD
3ittc,- the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal
Highness at these levees shall be considered as equivalent
to presentations
FOREIGN-OFFICE,
onhEelrGMa- Majesty.
N I
CE,
FEB.
9,
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Win.
Tasker Smith, Esq., now Registrar in the Mixed Commis-
sion Courts at the Cape of Good Hope, to be her Majesty's
Consul at Savannah.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEE. 15.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE LN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
City of Cork—Nicholas Daniel Murphy, Esq., of Lau-
riston, in the county of Cork, in the room of Francis
Lyons, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward .or
Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Hempholme.
Borough of Truro—Fretlerick Martin Williams, Esq., in
the room of Montague Edward Smith, Esq., who has ac-
cepted the office of one of the Justices of the Court of Cozn-
mon Pleas.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 17.
MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Assistant-Supe-
rintendent of Stores Henry P. Travers to be Assistant-
her Majesty
Superintendent of Stores, vice Fret; superannuated;
Deputy Assistant-Superintendent of Stores Robert W.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 14.
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The undermentioned officers have been this day promoted
to the rank of Surgeons in her Majesty's Fleet:—Alfred
Septimus Pratt, Esq., Constantine Keenan, Esq., James C.
Eastcott, Esq., A. M-Bride, Esq., M.D., J. Comrie, Esq. M.D.,
James Martin, Esq., M.D., William Anderson (A), Esq.,
John Lee Sands, Esq., Frederick Augustus Brice, Esq.,
M.D., and George Bellamy, Esq.
Mr. John Penfold Pasco has been this day promoted to
the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.