The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-16 00:00:00

CEYLON.

Mr. B. COCHRANE asked the President of the Board
of Trade to lay on the table a copy of all correspondence
which had passed since 1854 between the Colonial Govern-
ment of Ceylon, the Board of Trade, and the Colonial-
office, respecting the lighthouse to be erected on the
Basses Rocks, Ceylon; and of any reports referring to the
same.

Mr. M. GIBSON said the whole correspondence relative
to the lighthouse which it was intended to erect was pre-
sented to the house in 18G3. All he required would be
found in the correspondence.
Mr. B. COCHRANE said there were some reports not
contained in that return.
Mr. M. GIBSON said if ho would state which was re-
quired it should be produced.
WAR IN LAGOS.

Lord STANLEY asked the Secretary of State for the
Colonies whether there was official confirmation of the re-
port contained in yesterday's African intelligence, to the
effect that a fresh war had broken out among the tribes
near Lagos, and that British troops have taken part in this
war; and, if so, whether such interference had taken place
by order, or with permission, of the British Govern-
ment ?

Mr. CARDWELL said he had received official confir-
mation of the report referred to, not,, however, the breaking
out of a new war, but the termination of the old one. It
was true British troops had taken part in the action, but
orders to that effect had not been sent out by the Govern-
ment. The British troops had acted with great bravery,
and not a single life of any person in her Majesty's service
had been lost. The Governor justified the stops he took
on the ground of self-defence. He should have great
pleasure in laying the paper on th 6 table.
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Mr. IL SEYMOUR asked the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer when he would bring on hisscheinfieitfowr
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largement of the British Museum ; and,
before members began to separate,
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Mr. SEYMOUR said he should like to know whether it
was intended to separate the natural history collection and
place it at Kensington ? (Hear, hear.)
Mr. COWPER said the building for the natural history
collection would be placed upon the ground purchased for
that purpose at Kensington. (Hear, hear, and oh, oh.)
Mr. GREGORY said the information required by his
hon. friend and the house was, whether there would be an
opportunity afforded the house to express its opinion upon
the desirability of removing the natural history collection
from the British Museum to Kensington. (Hear hear.)
Mr. COWPER, in reply, said, the ordinary course of
taking the opinion of the house would be upon voting the
estimates. He could not say when the plan would be de-
cided upon, so that he could not tell the exact time at
which the estimates would be submitted to Parliament.
g Mr. A. SMITH asked when the bill, not the estimates,
would be submitted to the house ?
Mr. COWPER said the hon. gentleman had better give
notice of his question.
HELPS TO AUTHORS.
Mr. J. R. YORKE asked the Secretary to the Treasury,
with reference to a petition presented some time since by
Dr. Leone Levi, whether any conclusion had yet been ar-
rived at by the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of
granting a subsidy to a work published by him, entitled
" Annals of British Legislation."
Sir F. PEEL said it was not intended to propose any
grant to Parliament for the purpose of subsidising the work
in question.

Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon.
Vesey Dawson.
3rd Foot—Lyndon Bolton Irwin, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice John Gould, who retires.
sth Foot—Montagu John Carlisle, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice William Adam Hay, who retires.
10th Foot—Thomas George Booth, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, 'ice Hougham Chas. Huntley, promoted.
12th Foot—Captain Gisborne Horner, from the late sth
West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice John J. Pater-
son Fox, transferred to 61st Foot ; Lieutenant Henry
Macgregor Lowry to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Augustus Johnnes Leeson, who retires ; Ensign Joseph
Boulton to be: Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowry ;
Rich. Brereton Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Boulton; Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Mackenzie
M'Lean, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas
Walsh, appointed to the Staff.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Wallis Lipscomb to be ln-
aructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Henry Gordon
Heath, who has resigned the appointment.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Charles James Forbes Smith-For-
bes to be captain, by purchase, vice Edwin Fletcher
Foster, who retires •, Ensign James Gordon Moir to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith-Forbes ; Alexander
Roche Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moir;
Quartermaster Charles M'Lagan, from the 74th Foot, to
be Quartermaster, vice Mahoney, who exchanges.
21st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Henry Connel
Whipple, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Henry 0.
Harvey, deceased.
22d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Henry Dillon to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Theophilus Bolton, who retires; En-
sign Charles Edgar Croker King to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Dillon ; Peter Aubertin, Gent, to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Croker King.
24th Foot—Captain Adolphus William Campbell, from the
late sth West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice James
Taylor, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Lieut.
William Richardson Bigsby Chamberlin to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Henry Berkeley Good, who retires ;
Ensign Thomas Rainforth to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Chamberlin ; Montgomery Charles Adolphe Cavag-
nari, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rainforth.
27th Foot—Captain Matthew Fanning, from the 2d West
India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Moles-
worth, who exchanges.
29th Foot—Lieutenant Ferdinand Russell, from the 49th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wooldridge, who exchanges.
37th Foot—Ensign Graham Bowles Dobson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice John Court Ferguson Grier,
who retires;_ William Candahar James Farrer Nott,
Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dobson.
49th Foot—Lieutenant De Lacy Richard Frank Wooldridge,
from 29th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Russell, who
exchanges.
56th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Nassau Bolton, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice George Stamer Gubbins, who re-
tires ; Ensign John Edward Le Mott& to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bolton; John Corse-Scott, Gent., to,
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Le Mottee.
61st Foot—Captain John J. Paterson Fox, from 12th Foot
to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Henry Edward Hillman
Burnside, seconded on appointment as Captain Instructor
at the School of Musketry.
67th Foot—Staff Assistant George Mclver Campbell, M. 8.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert Heard, M.D., ap-
pointed to the Staff.
70th Foot—Captain William Cooper to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Archibald John Oliver Rutherfurd, who
retires; Lieutenant Charles Roger to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Cooper ; Ensign George Young to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roger ; Gentleman Cadet
Augustus Carr Vilett Rolleston, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Young.
74th Foot—Quartermaster William Maloney, from 19th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice M'Lagan, who ex -
changes.
82d Foot—Lieutenant William Carden Seton to be Captain
by purchase, vice William Alexander Bailie, promoted
to a half-pay Majority, by purchise ; Ensign Stephen
Pitt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seton ; Ensign
Nesham Yelden Lloyd, from 100th Foot, to be Ensign,

vice Pitt.
100th Foot—John Roberts Atkin, Gent., to be Ensign, by

purchase, vice Nesham Yelden'Lloyd; transferredtOB2d
Foot.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Lionel John
Fitz Gerald has been permitted to retire from the service

by the sale of his commission.
2nd West India Regiment—Captain and Brevet-Major
Edward Nassau Molesworth, from 27th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Fanning, who exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Walter John Tarte, now on
half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry, vice Captain George Hewish Adams, 86th Foot,
who has held the appointment the regulated period.
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant-Surgeon Robt. Heard,
M.D., from 67th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon,
vice John Henry Connel Whipple, M._
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Surgeon Remy William fvrojczen Rjoohyanl Artillery,
31‘lidan, M.D., appointed to 12th Foot; Assistant-Sur-
geon G. Park, M.D., Supernumerary in 52d Foot, to be
Staff Assistant-Surgeon,BNT ._vicreuJrovheynor
jaloehs:
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f-11°p lto AprbEteiPl IAeRrYT m.Purveyor, on full-pay.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Arthur McCarthy to
be Chaplain of the 4th Class.
HALF-PAY.—Lieutenant John Wells, from 86th Foot, to
be Captain, without purchase.
BREVET.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Wynne Lodder, 59th Foot,
having completed the qualifying service in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel, under the Royal War-
rant of 14th October, 1858.
First Lieutenant William Hutton, retired full pay, Royal
Marines, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the
Order in Council of the 13th November, 1858.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable
Gilbert Elliot, upon half-pay, late of a Depot Battalion, has
been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission, under the Horse Guards' Circular Memoran-
dum of 15th February, 1861.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 12..

Mr. Frederick Skelton has this day been promoted to the
rank of Engineer to her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of
Bth May, 1865.

BANKRUPTS.
That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts
had not arrived when we went to press.