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London, England, 1865-05-02 00:00:00

COURTS OF JUSTICE BILL.

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved that the houso
should go into a committee on this bill.
Lord REDESDALE moved as an amendment that the
bill be referred to a select committee.

[LEFT SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tars EVENING.
The SPEAM took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Halifax Extension and Improvement Bill was road
a third time and passed.
The following bills were considered and ordered to be
read a third time :—Deighlington and Gildorsoni Gas ;
North British Railway (Lasswade, &c., Branches); and
Southwark Bridge Transfer.
IMPERIAL GAS BILL.

Mr. H. LEWIS moved the insertion of certain amend-
ments relative to fixing the price of gas.
Mr. DODSON opposed the amendment. The matter
had been fully considered in committee, and therefore he
thought the house ought to uphold its decision.
Mr. JACKSON said the amendment was never sub-
mitted to the committee by whom the bill was considered.
He hoped the decision of the committee would be sup-
ported, especially as there was another plan in which the
matter could bo mooted.
The amendment was withdrawn.
THE TEA DUTIES.

A variety of petitions were presented from all parts of
the country, praying for the postponement of the time at
which the new duties should come into operation.
THE COMMISSIONAIRES' BAND.

Major S. KNOX asked the First Commissioner of Works
whether it was true that the permission accorded to tho
band of 'the Commissionaires to play in St. James's-park
had been withdrawn ?
Mr. W. COWPER said that several of the inhabitants
of the houses in New-street, Spring-gardens, and Carlton-
gardens had remonstrated at the annoyance caused by the
playing of the band of Commissionaires in the Cambridge-
enclosure, almost in front of their windows. Although
the Street Music Act did not apply to such a
circumstance in fact, yet he felt that it did in spirit, and it
was out of deference to the act of the Legislature that tho
permission granted to the band had been withdrawn. The
permission was granted to play in that spot previous to the
act passing, and as it was only granted annually it had
not been given this y•ear. There was no correspondence
on the subject, therefore he had none to produce.
Major S. KNOX would like to know whether the right
hon. gentleman was aware that the privilege was worth
about £l,OOO to the Commissionaires. He would grant
them the use of another piece of ground in St. James's-
park.
Mr. W. COWPER said he would consider the matter.
CARRIAGE OF TREASURE.
Mr. H. TRACY asked whether it was the intention of
her Majesty's Government to make any alteration in the
ships, carriage of treasure on board of her Majesty's and
in the distribution of the freight money arisingtherefrom.
a
Lord C. PAGET said it was the intention of the Go-
vernment to make certain alterations, and in a
few days
to the Trea-
sury precise terms
DofittAhemalAteGraEtioNvOAßv2sld.be made known.
Captain STACPOOLE asked the Secretaryu
sthuerY3Bifthit swecatsionhiosf Ire Land to make ad-
the power of the Board of Works
einmuiets.
of the amount
intention to iAnicrtood,_,
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, bill to
limited amend
ad-
vances to any drainage board toon
board?
proposed to be expended by such
for those
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he did propose to take steps to enabi
Sir F. PEEL said thhaelfl3tohaurdamofuuWutortkushienelxrpoleauz
now the power to lend tddelr
in
certain works, but
GRAN
twhoormkst.o advance the wThosloTo(f)thsec
sHuOmOLneSc.essarY
of tho Committee of Council on
to ask the Vice President
Mr. ADDERLEY said he had a question. on the paper
to introduce
remove omvienuthtee diofstminacrteiz
1116t4w,eenEducation, whether it was his intention a
rural and other
new minute wh
schools wouldi u
re-
lating to the reduction of grants to schools by the amount
of any endowments, but as he had heard that the Govern-
ment intended to introduce in the course of a few days the
new minutes, ho would not proceed with the motion which
stood on the paper in his name that evening.
Sir G. GREY said the right hon. gentleman had heard
what was quite correct. The new minute would be made
known very shortly.
THE OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN ARMY.
Capt. JERVIS rose to call attention to the petitions
presented to that house by the officers of the late Indian
armies, and moved that an humble address be presented to
her Majesty, praying she will be graciously pleased to re-
dress all grievances complained of by them, as wore admitted
by the commission on the memorials of Indian officers to
have arisen by a departure from the assurances given by
by 21 and 22 Vic., c. 106, 23 and 24 Vic., c.lOO. The hon.
and gallant gentleman took the opportunity of entering at
some length into the great services performed by the officers
of the Indian army, which, he said, were marked by the
greatest bravery and heroism. Ho said it was their
gallant deeds alone that had been thought quite sufficient

to amalgamate thom into the British army, but he felt
there was scarcely a military man in that house who would
now say the Indian officers had been treated in a manner
their great merits deserved. The granting of brevet
rank without pay was not the sort of thing that ought
to have been given to many of those officers. The
granting of brevet rank to an officer for services in the
field was an honour of which the recipients felt the
full weight. They were looked upon by their
comrades as men of mark and undoubted bravery,
but when it was doled out wholesale officers look upon it
as mere trash. They had a few bits more gold put upon
their collars, for which they had to pay. He felt the house
would take the services of these officers into its considera-
tion, therefore he confidently left their case for its disposal
He concluded by moving the address of which he had
given notice.

Sir C. WOOD said he quite agreed with all that had been
said by the hon. and-gallant gentleman with respect to the
services of the officers of the Indian army ; but so
far from the position of those officers having been in.
any way injured, he felt that he should be enabl,,d
to show that quite the contrary was the case, and
these officers had never been in a better position both with
respect to pay and promotion. A great stress had p. AT, laid
on the circumstance that a great many petitions
nad been
presented by the officers, praying for a redress of grievances,
but of certain cases had come to his knowlee.go where the
names of officers who did not complain hr,,t been attached
to petitions, the prayer of which W 45 the redress of
grievances.
Capt. JERVIS wished to knowofficers.
the names of such
Sir C. WOOD said he would not shrink from giving the
name of the office. The hon. gentlemen then road a
letter, he had received from. Col. Cherry of the Madras
Army, the effect of whicl
had received intelli as that the gallant gentleman
g,ence that his name had bad been
of to a petition, for redress of, grievances without his
sanction, and that, so far from it being his desire that such
should be done, ho was quite satisfied with his position.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LONDON GAZE FTE—This Evening.

19.

WHITEHALL, MAY 1.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Frede-
rick Cecil Alderson, M.A., to the Rectory of _Holdenby, in
the county of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough,
void by the death of the Rev. Charles Henry Hartshorne.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 2.
sth Regiment.of Dragoon Guards—Cornet George Pritchard
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Albert Quin,
who retires.
11th Hussars—The names of the Cornet and Adjutant ap-
pointed on 20th December, 1864, are St. John Steward-
son Taylor, and not John St. John, as then stated.
15th Hussars—Veterinary Surgeon John Burr, from half-
pay, late Military Train, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice
First Class Veterinary Surgeon Martin Mence, trans-
ferred to Ist Life Guards.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant George Rushout Godson has
been permitted to resign his commission ; Lieut. H. G.
Hill has been permitted to resign his Commission; Second
Captain Charles D. Gilmour to be Adjutant, vice Edward
Keate, removed to the Supernumerary List ; Quarter-
master-Sergeant William Graham to be Quartermaster,
vice William Stewart, retired upon half-pay ; Sergeant-
Major Robert M'Cullum to be Quartermaster, vice Wil-
liam Hoge, retired upon half-pay.
Royal Engineers—Captain and Brevet-Colonel James
Frankfort Manners Browne, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, vice Brevet-Colonel Robertson, placed on temporary
half-pay; Captain Joshua Henry Smith, from the Super-
numerary List, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Colonel
Browne, C.B. ; Gentleman Cadet Philip James Dardier
Lindoe, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieu-
tenant, with temporary rank, vice Urquhart, killed in
action.
Military Train—Captain Gisborne Horner, from the late
sth West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice John
Smith, who reverts to half-pay; Lieutenant George
Vautier Lambe, from the late sth West India Regiment,
to be Lieutenant, vice Robert, promoted.
3d Regiment of Foot—Captain Charles Knight Pearson to
be Major, by purchase, vice Thomas gains, who retires ;
Lieutenant Theophilus Jones to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Pearson ; Ensign Charles Edward Reeves to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice T. Jones; Arthur Alfred
Barnard, Gent., to be Ensign; by purchase, vice Reeves.
9th Foot—Ensign James Algernon Ind to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice John Hunt Cumming, who retires ;
Charles Herbert Shepherd, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Ind.
19th Foot—Captain Albert Seagrim, from 90th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Hackett, who exchanges.
20th Foot—Captain John McNamee, from the late sth
West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Richard Hull
Lewis, who retires upon half-pay, having been appointed
Staff Officer of Pensioners.
36th Foot—Captain James John Osmer, from 69th Foot,
to be Captain, vice the Hon. C. J. F. Powys, who ex-
changes.
40th Foot—Ensign Edward Stack to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Thomas Ormsby Johnston, died of
wounds.
49th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Cowper Hincks to bo
Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Edward Mackay, promoted to
an Unattached Company ; Lieutenant Robert Oliver
Aldworth to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant
Thomas Cowper Hincks, appointed Adjutant.
60th Foot—Ensign Edward Walter Home Crofton to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barnard Henry Davidson,
who retires ; William Mitchell-Innes, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice -Crofton.
62d Foot—Major and Brevet-Colonel R. G. Amherst Luard,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Brevet-
Colonel James Daubeny, C. 8., who retires 'upon tempo-
rary half-pay ; Lieut. Goo. Fox Grant to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Robert Scott Machell, who retires ; Ensign
Robert Nevill Gream to be Lieutenant, by purchage, vice

Grant ; James Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purOhase,

• . _
vice Gream.
63d Foot—Captain Alexander Moore Armstrong, from the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice
Boyd, who exchanges.
G4th Foot—Ensign Warwick Falkland Tryon to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Arthur William Leigh Mire-
house, promoted to a half-pay Company, by purchase ;
John Theophilus Boileau, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Tryon.
69th Foot—Captain the Hon. Charles James Fox Powys,
from the 36th Foot, to be Captain, vice Osmer, who ex-
changes ; Ensign James Charles Henry Mansfield to bo
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Thomas Hyde Crawley
Boevey, Bart., who retires; Alexander Kerr, Gent., to
'I
be Ensign, by purchase vice Mansfield.
73d Foot—Ensign John Whetham Boddam to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Charles William Henry Richard-
son, who retires ; Henry Joseph Harrison, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Boddam.
75th Foot—Richard Wilson, Gent., to bo Ensign, by pur-
chase, vico Robert Edmund Walpole, transferred to the
Rifle Brigade.
79th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major George Murray
Miller to be Major, by purchase, vice Alexander Cock-
burn M'Barnet, promoted, by purchase, to a half-pay
Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Lieutenant Edward Everett to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Miller.
83d Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Edward William
Bray to be Major, without purchase, vice Robert Bate;
who retires upon full-pay; Lieutenant Thomas Gethin.
Coote to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-
Major Bray ; Ensign Henry George Wilson to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Coote • Gentleman Cadet
Charles John Wyndham, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wilson.
89th Foot—Major James Buchanan Kirk, from 96th Foot,
to be Major, vice Cuppage, who exchanges.
90th Foot—Captain Robert Menry Hackett, from the 19th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Seagrim, who exchanges.
96th Foot—Major John Macdonald Cuppage, from the 89th
Foot, to bo Major, vice Kirk, who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Anthony Copo to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, by Frederick Ames, who retires; Ensign
Robert Edmund Walpole, from 75th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Cope.
2d West India Regiment—Captain James Morris Toppin,
from half-pay of the late sth West Tndia Regiment, to
be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Rokeby Steele Wilkinson

Jones, seconded.
4th West India Regiment—Captain James H. Lawrence-
Archer, from half-pay of the late sth West India Regi-
ment, to be Captain, vice George Noble Roe, who retires.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain James Power
Boyd, from 63d Foot, to be Captain, vice Armstrong, who

exauinges.
STAFF.—Major and Brevet-Colonel Jo'seph Edwin Tha ck-
well, half-pay unattached, to be Deputy-Adjutant-General
to the Forces serving in British North America, vice Major
and Brevet-Colonel James Conolly, half-pay unattached,
who resigns the appointment.
BREVET.

Major Robert Bates, 83d Foot, to have
the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
The undermentioned officers having completed the
qualfying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be
Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858:
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Napier
North, GOth Rifles.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Arthur White, Royal Engi-
neers.
The undermentioned officers having retired upon half-
pay, under the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855, to
have the honorary rank of Captain :
Quartermaster Thomas Ifendley, Royal Artillery.
Quartermaster William Hoge, Royal .Artillery.
Quartermaster 'William Stewart, Royal Artillery,
ADMIRALTY, MAY 1.
Mr. Thomas Rose has been this day promoted to tho rank
of Engineer in her Majesty M's Fleet.
AY 2.

The following flag promotions, dated the 24th ult., have.been
made in consequence of the death of Admiral Sir Jas.
Stirling, on the 22d ult.
Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Frederick William
Grey, G.C.8., to be Admiral in her Majesty's Fleet.
Rear-Admiral Richard Crozier, on the Reserved List, to
be Vice-Admiral on the same List.
Rear-Admiral the Right Honourable Lord Clarence Ed-
ward Paget, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral in her Majesty's
Fleet.
Captain Thomas Pickering Thompson to be Rear-Ad-
miral in her Majesty's Fleet.
Retired Vice-Admirals—John Fitz Gerald Studdert, and
Charles Gordon (B), to be retired Admirals.
Retired Captain Thomas Vernon Watkins to be Retired
Rear-Admiral.

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

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam

Short. 71 16

11 17

Ditto -, Months. 11 194
11 19}
Rotterdam
11 19i 11 194
Antwerp — 25 424 25 47
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 15 25 20
Ditto . 3 Months. 25 371 25 45
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —120 f
Vienna — 11. 11 15
if
Trieste — 11 74 11 15
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid — 47/ 471
47/
Cadiz
Leghorn
484
6
Milan
Genoa - .
25 55 25 60
25 55 25 60
Naples — •
Palermo
•
Messina 25 55 25 601
Lisbon — 511 51i