The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-03 00:00:00

BETTING OFFICES,

In reply to Mr. A. PELLATT,
Lord PALMERSTON said, however anxious the
Government were to put down betting offices, there were
great difficulties in the way of accomplishing that object,
but nevertheless a measure for the purpose was now
under the consideration of the Home-office.

INCOME TAX BILL.

This bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered to
be read a third time on Monday.

CUSTOMS ACTS.

The report upon the Customs Acts Bill was brough
up and agreed to.

AFFAIRS OF INDIA.

Sir C. WOOD then rose, pursuant to notice, to move
for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the government
of India, and, considering the importance of the subject,
he claimed a more than usual share of the indulgence of
the house. It had once fallen to his lot to bring under
the attention of the house the state of the navy—next,
the state of Ireland—afterwards, the state of our West
India colonies—and, finally, the state of the finances of
the country ; but perhaps none of these were of greater
importance than the question he had now to open.
It embraced the interests of more than a hundred and
fifty millions of people, and he was, therefore, satisfied
that no party feeling would be allowed to enter into the
consideration of this momentous subject. (Hear, hear.)
It had been pressed upon the Government to postpone
this question until next year, and before he entered into
the general subject, he would take leave to address him-
self to this point of delay. The house was no doubt
aware that the existing act, under which India was at
present governed, expired on the 30th of April next
year, and he apprehended if they were to delay the ques-
tion till then, they would have to pass a temporary con-
tinuation act. (Hear.) Now, considering the amount
of business that had been chalked out for next session,
how was it possible that there would be a better oppor-
tunity for disposing of the question next year than the
house possessed at the present moment ? It was said,
indeed, that a committee was now sitting upon the sub-
ject, and they ought to wait until the result of that in-
quiry was known before they proceeded to legislation ;
but he could not admit the force of this reasoning. The
house would be in possession of all that the committee
could know long before the bill he was about to
propose could possibly be got through the house ;
and, therefore, considering that it would be highly
detrimental to the interests of India to keep the
question in a state of suspense, he could not accede to
the appeals that were made to him for jlelay. (Hear,
hear.) Well, then, the bill which he rfow sought per-
mission to introduce would be simple in its details,
small in compass, and confined to one single point, viz.,
the government of India at home and in India. It was
their bounden duty to give to India as speedily as pos-
sible the best form of government which the wisdom of
Parliament could devise ; and, acting upon this belief,
the Government were prepared to lay before the
house a plan which might be susceptible of
alteration and improvement—(hear, hear)—but which
in his humble opinion, and the opinion of the Govern-
ment, would admit of no delay. Whatever they did
for the government of India they ought to do at once.
Upon this point the best authorities were unanimous,
and since it was as much for the interest of the United
Kingdom as of India, that their legislation should be con-
cluded at once, he hoped the house would lend a deaf
ear to all future appeals for delay. (Hear, hear.)
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, JUNE 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon-
ourable Thomas Berry Cusack Smith, Master of the Rolls
of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland ; Sir Cresswell
Cresswell, Knight, one of the Justices of the Court of
Common Pleas in England ; John Marshall, Esquire, one of
the Senators of the College of Justice in Scotland ; George
William Wilshere Bramwell, Esquire, one of her Majesty's
Counsel ; James Anderson, Esquire, one of her Majesty's
Counsel; Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esquire; Thomas
Bazley, Esquire ; and Robert Slater, Esquire, to be her
Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the expediency
of assimilating the Mercantile Laws of the United King-
dom.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 2.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
William Shaw, M.A. (now Second Minister), to be First
Minister of the united churches and parishes of Ayr and
Alloway, in the presbytery and shire of Ayr, vacant by
the death of Doctor James Auld.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 2.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Antonio
Estefani di Castro fis Consul at Gibraltar, Don Antonio di
Llano as Consul at Trinidad, and Don Giovanni del Can-
tillo e Jovellano as Consul at Jamaica, for his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Parma.

CROWN OFFICE, JUNE I.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA.
RENT.

Borough of Clitheroo—John Thomas Welshman Aspinall,
of Standen-hall, in the county palatine of Lancaster, Esq.,
in the room of Matthew Wilson, Esq., whose election for
the said borough has been declared void.

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 3.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major-General the
Honourable Henry F. Compton Cavendish to be Colonel,
vice General Sir Thomas Gage Moutresor, K.C., deceased,
June 2.

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 3.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain George
Briggs to be Major, by purchase, vice Peach Peach, who
retires ; Lieutenant George John Bridge to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Briggs ; Cornet Evelyn Harpur Crewe
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bridge, June 3.
sth Dragoon Guards Assistant Surgeon O'Connor
D'Arcey, M.D., from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Assis-
tant Surgeon, vice Wyatt, appointed to the Coldstream
Guards, June 3.
11th Light Dragoonr—Surgeon John Burton St. Croix
Crosse, from the 31st Foot, to be Surgeon, via Mure, ap-
pointed to the 15th Light Dragoons, June 3.
15th Light Dragoons—Surgeon John Mure, M.D., from
the 11th Light Dragoons, to be. Surgeon, vice Marshall,
appointed to the 31st Foot, June 3. •
let Regiment of Foot—Ensign Rupert George Brady to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice H. F. Jones, who retires,
June 3.
sth Foot—First Lieutenant John Swaine Hogge, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Wm. New-
house, who retires upon full pay • Second Lieutenant
Legh Richmond Parry, to be First' Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Hove ; Gentleman Cadet Frederick James
Mylins, from the "loyal Military College, to be Second
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Parry, June 3.
15th Foot—Ensign Charles Jeffereys Watson Allen, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Turner, promoted ; Lieu-
tenant John Walmsley, to be Adjutant, vice Turner, pro-
moted, June 3.
31st Foot—Surgeon John Marshall, from 15th Light
Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Crosse, appointed to 11th
Light Dragoons, Jure 3.
311 Foot—Ensign John Thornton Rogers, from 81st
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Davies, who retires June 3.
42nd Foot—Gentleman Cadet Herbert Henry Moseley,
from Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Ward, promoted, June 3.
52d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George Hughes,
from 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Cecil
William Forester, who retires upon half-pay, 80th Foot ;
Lieutenant Francis William Fellows, from 96th Foot, to
bo Paymaster, vice Francis Dickson, who retires upon
half-pay, Juno 3.

53M- Foot—Captain William Bagenall, from Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice Hunt,
who exchanges,
June 3.
56th Foot—Ensign John Martley to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Goddon, who retires, June 3.
63rd Foot—Major the Honourable Robert Alexander
George Dalzell, from 81st Foot, to be Major, vice Allan,
who exchanges, June 3.
67th Foot—Ensign Charles William Pearson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Webber, who retires, June 3.
69th Foot—Lieutenant George Ernest Bulger, from half
pay, Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant,
vice William Tracey, who exchanges, June 3.
73rd Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Walter Poulton,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Young, de-
ceased, June 3. •
81st Foot—Major A. T. Allan, from 63rd Foot, to be
Major, vice the Honourable R. A. G. Dalzell, who ex-
changes, June 3; Ensign John Trent to be Lieutenant, by
_purchase, vice Currie, who retires, June 3.
90th Foot—Ensign Henry Flower Every to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Thursby, who retires, June 3.
3rd West India Regiment—John David Blythe, Esq.,
formerly Captain in 89th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice
Hills, who was permitted to retire from the Army on. 25th
February last, as a Lieutenant of the Ist West India
Regiment, June 3.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain Robert Hunt, from
53d foot, to be Captain, vice Bagenall, who, exchanges,
June 3.
BREVET.--Major Walter Douglas Phillipps Patton, of
74th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, May 28.
STAFF.—John Mackenzie Kennedy, Esq., Paymaster of
the 18th Foot, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District,
vice Hood, deceased, June 1.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—John Matthew Biddle, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Poulton, appointed
to the 73d foot, June 3.
MEMORANDUM.—The name of the Captain on retired
full-pay of the 58th Foot, is Adam von Beverhoudt.
The following gentlemen, who were dismissed from the
service by the sentence of a general court martial in
August, 1851, have been reinstated in their former rank
in the army, and placed upon half-pay, without the ad-
msssion of any claim to back pay, viz. :—John Henry
Edward de Robeck, Esq., late Captain 4th Foot ; Henry
Batson Ramsbottom, Gent., late Lieutenant 4th Foot
George Frederick Coryton, Gent., late Lieutenant 4tli
Foot, June 3.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 28.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent on the death, on the 27th instant, of Vice-Ad-
miral of the Red Sir Francis Mason, . K.C.B. Vice-Ad-
miral of the White John Ayscough to be Vice-Admiral of
the Red ; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Edward Tucker,
K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White; Rear-Admiral
of the Red Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B, to be Vice-Admi-
ral of the Blue ; Rear-Admiral of the 'White Sir Joshua
Ricketts Rowley, Bart., to be R,ear-Admiral of the Red;
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir John Hill, Kt., to bo Rear-
Admiral of the White; Captain James Ryder Burton,
K.H., to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved Half Pay List ;
Captain William Fanshawe Martin to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue ; Retired Captain, William Henry Smyth and
Richard Saumarez to be retired Rear-Admirals, on the

erms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September,
1840, without increase of pay.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY HER MAJESTY.
sth or Royal Elthorne Regiment of Middlesex Militia—
Richard Port, Gent., to be Adjutant, May 17.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Reg,iment a Middlesex Mi
litia—Algernon Edward West, Gent., to be First-Lieute.
nant, April 18 ; Jervoiso Smith, Gent., to be First-Lieu•
tenant, May 28.

3d Beginient of the Duke of Lancaster's. Own Militia—
Thomas Arthur Brandt, Gent., to be Surgeon, June 1.
Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire Militia—James
Chambers Ferguson, A.M.M.8., to be Surgeon • John
Encas Deans Campbell, Gent., to be Second-Lieutenant,
May 31. _
•

The Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment of Yeomanry.
Cavalry—Lieutenant William Francis Taylor to be Cap-
tain, vice Taylor, deceased ; Ferdinando Dudley Lea
Smith, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, promoted,
May 24.

(This article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of the 10th May.)
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry of Militia—
Robert Heane, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bathurst, pro-
Ingted,May 6.

Cambridgeshire Militia—Frederick William John Dug-
more, Esq., to be Lieutenant, May 31.
Royal Wilts Militia—Thomas James Hervey Bathurst,
Esq., to be Captain, May 24.
(This article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of the 13th of May.)
Merionethshire Militia—William Price Jones, Gent.,
to be First-Lieutenant in the Royal Rifle Corps, May 24.