The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-12 00:00:00

LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

Mr. A. PELLATT gave notice that early next session
he should move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
law of settlement.

DANISH CROWN.

Mr. BLACKETT wished to know whether the Go-
vernment had any objection to lay upon the table the
negotiations which had taken place on the subject of the
succession to the crown of Denmark.
Lorde_..._ PALMERSTON said the correspondence was
it's""unglY, voluminous extending over 6,000 folios, and
production would 'lead to considerable expense.
Much of it viasloto.f the smallest interest at the present
moment ; but
he lglt explain in a few words how
matters stood which
to the negotiations. There was
a prospect of the Danthree parts, in the event i
sh Kingdom being split up into
, and these
of a failure of issue of the
existing Sovereicm
to prevent such results. wienegotiations were opened
There would be no objection
to produce portions of the correspondence, but it would
be useless to produce the whoieof it.
' Mr. BLACKETT said he would state privately to the
Foreign-office such portions as he required.
CONSOLIDATION FBILD. UN (AppROPRIA.TION)
L.
This bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow.
EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.'
COPIES OF SPECIFICATION REPEAL BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
CHANCERY SUITORS DIMMER RELIEF

reformatory inflaence on the criminal himself, would, at
the same time, act as an example in deterring others from
falling into criminal courses. The principle was by no
means new, while as for the objection of the hon. and
learned gentleman that the bill would increase the power
of the Secretary of State, he could assure him that
one of the principal duties of the Secretary of State
at the present time was that of revising the sentences
passed upon criminals. He trusted, therefore, that the
bill would be allowed to pass as it stood; and if it failed,
there would be no difficulty next session in bringing in
another bill to alter and amend this one. (Hear.)
Mr. WALPOLE entirely concurred in the existing
Fystem of pun'shment, and thought they ought to be ex-
ceedingly cautious how they altered. At all events, he
hoped there would be no change made in the time that
was devoted to solitary confinement, which, hitherto com-
bined by the system of employments, h ad worked mostbe n e-
ficially in reformiiig the criminal. It was a case of necessity
that transportation should be abolished, and he cer-
tainly preferred the plan of this bill to resorting to a
system of penal settlements such as these, as they had
recently seen in Norfolk Island and Van Diem en's
Land. He was decidedly opposed to distant penal
settlements, but he thought they could judiciously
establish some penal settlements in the Channel Islands
on the coast, or nearer home.
Mr. SPOONER agreed with the objections which had
been urged by the hon. and learned gentleman who had
raised this discussion. Ile thought no sufficient answer
hal been given to them by the noble lord at the head of
the Home Deprtment. He olijected to that part of the
b 11 enal Lug criminals to return to soci& ty upon tickets
of leave, and suggested that some general settlement
should be established near home.
Mr. PHILLIMORE found fault with the system of
qualified servitude which the bill would establish, and
which he contended would be based on a principle un-
known to this constitution.
Mr. BARROW rose, at d was
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 3.

This day had audience of her M;,jesty :—His Royal
Highness 'the Crown Prince of Wurtemberg and her Im-
perial Highness the Crown Princess. Their Royal and
Imperial Highnesses were, attended by the Baron de Brun-
now, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia. To whichaudience
their Royal and Imperial Highnesses were introduced by
the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 8.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon John Forbes, Esq., M.D. D.C.L., and
F.R.S., Physician to Her Majesty's Household, and Phy-
sician Extraordinary to His Royal Highness Prince
Albert.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AUG. 8.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon James Lomax Bardsley, Esq., M.D., of
Manchester.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Earl of
Wemyss and March to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal
of the shire of Peebles, in the room of Francis Earl of
Wemyss and March, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, AUGUST 12.

10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Alfred Wall Gan-
dell, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dyne promoted,
Aug. 12.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry Topham Clements
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Honourable R.
Walter Chetwynd, who retires, Aug. 12.
16th Light Dragoons—James Stewart, Gent., to be
Cornet, by puchase, vice the Honourable Hugh Rowley,
who retires, Aug. 12.
12th Regiment of Foot- John Warren, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Clutterbuck, appointed to the
63rd Foot, Aug. 12.
18th Foot—Ensign William James Hales to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Lillie, deceased, June 7.
24th Foot—Robert Champion Streatfield, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Turner, whose appointment was
cancelled in the Gazette of sth August, Aug. 12.
33rd Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Ogilvy, M. 8., from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macbeth, pro-
moted on the Staff, Aug. 12.
50th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Campbell Knox Lock
to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Percival Elgee,
who retires; Ensign Robert Blackall to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lock ; John Woods Dimond, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackall, Aug. 12.
54th Foot— Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, James
McGrigor Grant, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Macpherson,
who resigns, Aug. 12.
63rd Foot—Lieutenant Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cubitt, who retires ; Ensign
Vere Hunt Bowles to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Sheldon ; Ensign James Hulton Clutterbuck, from
the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bowles, Aug. 12.
71st Foot—Lieutenant Sir Charles Watson, Bart., has
been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission ; Edward Pennefather Wade Browne, Gent.,
to be Ensign by purchase, Aug 12.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon James Macbeth,
M.D., from the 33rd Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the
Second Class, vice grant, appointed to the 54th Foot ;
Francis Lewis Fitzgerald, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces, vice Ogilvy, appointed to the 33rd Foot,
Aug. 12.
CHAPLAINS.—The Reverend George Winne Langmead,
Officiating Chaplain to the Camp-at Chobham, to be a
Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces, June 12.
COMMISSARIAT. Commissariat Clerk Henry John
Brownrigg to be a Deputy Assistant-Commissary-General,
July 2.
MEMORANDUM. Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Cunliffe
Pole, of the 63d Foot, has been permitted to assume the
name of " Van Notten," and should therefore be styled
"Arthur Cunliffe Van Notten Pole."
, COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment—Patrick Brown,
Esq., to be Surgeon, July 26.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—Artiwiek Burgess, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Smartt, resigned, July 28.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Lieutenant William Ayrton to be Captain, Aug. 2.
4th, or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry), Royal
Lancashire Militia—Jacob Camac Murphy, Gent., to be
Ensign, Aug. 2.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia—Edward Lockhart Miller, Esq., late of the
33d, or Duke of Wellington's, Regiment, to be Captain ;
Charles Foulger, Gent.: William Edward Pratt, Gent. ;
Dominic Ffrench Dull, Gent., ; John Crewe Chetwood
Townsend, Gent., to be Lieutenants, July 29.

- 4th or Royal South Middlesex Reginient of Militia—
Skeffington Bristow, Esq., late Captain 54th Regiment ;
George Burslem, Esq., late Captain 48th Regiment; James
Peter Bathurst, Esq., late Captain Coldstream Guards ;
Alexander Abercromby Nelson, Esq., Captain half-pay
Unattached ; Frederick Alexander Blachford, Esq., late
Captain 93rd Highlanders ; Henry Bliss, Esq., late sth
Regiment ; Arthur Charles Fitz-James, Esq., late 93rd
Highlanders ; Henry Wilkes Masterson, Esq., from the
Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery, and late 20th Regi-
ment; Richard Bennet Jennings, Esq., late 23rd Regiment
Royal Welah Fusiliers, to be Captains ; James Arthur
Morrah, Gent. ; Robert Seymour Arthur Burgess, Gent. ;
Edward Robert Simmons, Gent., to be Lieutenants ;
George Barrington Godbold, Gent., to be Ensign, July 29;
John Lewis Mortimer, Esq., late Royal Canadian Rifles,
to be Captain, August 3.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Frederick Brodie, Gent., to be Ensign, August 3.