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THE WAR.

J. D. Cockburn, M.D. ; George Lawson, George Evans,
John By Cole Reade, and Andrew Knox Drysdale.
Purveyors—William J. A. Tucker, and Luca Ward.
Ordnance.—Surgeon—R. Coffin Elliott.'
Assistant-Surgeons.—E. Gillborne, R. Thornton, M.
Combo, M.D., E. D. Allinson, W. P. Ward, Wm. Perry,
Arthur Rudge, Thos. Park, A. Scott Fogo,' M.D., and
John A. WiVlunn.
The undernatned regimental medical officers, who were
stationed in Ireland, have also been ordered. (with others
from England) to proceed with the expeditionary, army
to Turkey, viz :---3d Dragoon Guards—Surgeon H.
Mapleton, M.D., physician to Gen. Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,
7th Dragoon Guards—Assist.-Surgeon J. H. Liqwellyn.
16th Lancers—Assist-Surgeon U.W. Evans, g.D. Ist
Foot—Assist-Surgeon It. B. Smyth, M.D.' 15th Foot
—Assist.-Surgeon J. A. Wishart. 17th Foot—Assist.-
Surgeon T. G. Bone, M.D. 39th Foot--Assist-Surgeon
J. S. Furlong, M.D. 40th Foot Assist:-Surgeon T.
Higgertwood, M.D. 57th Foot Assist-Surgeon T. C.
Brady. 59th Foot—Assist.-Surgeon T._ O'Leary.
60th Foot—Assist-Surgesn A. F. Shelton, M. 8.. 68th
Foot—Assist-Surgeon T. W. Shiel, g:D.; 924 Foot—
Assist.-Surgeon A. Grier, M.D. .
In addition to the above, each regiinent and battalion
forming part of the expeditionary armytwill, of course,
have its own medical officers—a surgeon; and-three as-
sistant-surgeons—attached to it It would seem, there-
fore, that ample provision has been made for the medi-
cal requirements of this army. '
Michael Tonnere, Esq., brother to Dr'. Jiisl,Tonnere,
staff assistant-surgeon, on balf-payi has been :appaitited
assistant-surgeon to the forces.

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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The steamship Gottenburg arrived in the river at 2
p.m. yesterday. She left Gottenburg on the 2d of May,
The Bulldog was coaling in Wingo Sound. The Alban
was waiting the arrival of the French fleet off the Scaw.
At 7 o❑ the 2d she passed an English line-of-battle ship
off the Scaw, steering for the Cattegat. At 6 p.m. ex-
changed colours with the French fleet off the Texel. The
fleet consisted of four line-of-battle ships, three frigates,
and a paddlewheel steamer, steering N.E. by E, with
a light air from S.W. An English schooner yacht was
in company with the fleet.
The Miranda, 15, screw corvette, Captain Lyons, left
Spithead at 1 p.m. on Thursday for the Black Sea,
where she will join the squadron under the command of
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.B. She was
ordered to return to the Baltic, and was on her way,
when counter orders overtook her in the Channel, and
she went on to Spithead to await despatches from the
Admiralty.
The Portland, 50, Captain Chads, was expected at
Portsmouth last evening from the Channel to discharge
her freight. Her Admiral, it is reported, will rehoist
his flag to pay the ship off.
Port-Admiral Sir John A. Ommanney, K.C.8., in-
spected the officers and crew of the flag-ship Impreg-
nable, 104, Captain A. Lowe, in Hamoaze, Devonport,
on Thursday, previous to his retirement from the com-
mand at that port.
Yesterday, the Himalaya, screw steam-ship, was sur-
veyed for the purpose of discovering her capabilities in
the conveyance of cavalry. She is reported to be en-
abled to make accommodation for 300 troops, with their
horses, and 20 officers. There is, however, very little
doubt that the Himalaya will be found capable of carry-
ing 50 more of both horses and troops than at present
estimated. The preparations will commence at once,
but nothing definite is known as to the time and place
of her departure. A number of engineers will proceed
to-morrow, in the new screw steam-ship Simla, to join
the fleet in the Baltic.
The Calcutta, 84, teak built ship, which was commis-
sioned at Portsmouth on Wednesday, by Commander
Stephens, for Captain James Stopford, has been brought
alongside the dockyard for fitment. She is to have a
complement of 750, including officers.
The Trinity Board have lately placed a new light ves-
sel off the Warner buoy, Portsmouth, east end of the
Isle of Wight, having one mast and light. It is next to
impossible now (unless a ship be hauled by a lubber) for
any difficulty to be experienced in getting to Spithead
by day or night. The Trinity Board have done a good
thing, whether to the navy or merchant service.
The transport-ship Wilson Kennedy, Captain Simp-
son, with the head-quarters and last troop of the Bth
Hussars, sailed for the Mediterranean on Thursday
morning. Wind south-east.
The transport-ship Harkaway, No. 39, Captain Ste-
vens, with horse artillery from Portsmouth for the Medi-
terranean, entered Plymouth Sound on Thursday after-
noon. In coming down channel she bore up for Torbay,
on entering which she struck on a sunken wreck, and
shortly after the cap of a mast floated up from under her.
The crew state that they could discern through the water
the three masts of a large ship, and it is conjectured that
the wreck is that of the unfortunate Bremen emigrant-
ship Favourite, which was run down off the Start by the
American ship Hesper on Friday, the 28th ult., when
nearly 200 persons were lost. The Harkaway was tele-
graphed at Torbay to come to this port, and she will be
taken to the dockyard for inspection and repair.
The 6th Enniskillen Dragoons have arrived at Exeter
during the present week from Birmingham. A recruiting
party preceded them on Monday, and on Tuesday they
made their entrance into the city in the presence of a
large concourse of the inhabitants. The third and last
detachment followed them on Wednesday, having been
billeted in various small towns near Exeter. The Ennis-
killens are not expected to remain in Exeter longer than
the present month, as the barracks will then be occupied
by the Ist Devon Regiment of Militia, which will
assemble on the 31st inst. for 28 days' training.
The 11th Hussars have at last received orders to be
ready on Saturday morning for embarkation from Kings-
town. The Glendalough, Captain Howson, which
arrived on Wednesday, together with the Tyrone, the
Asia, the War Cloud, the Panola, and the Paramatta,
has been fitted up for their accommodation, and will
convey the regiment to the seat of war. One of the
officers of the regiment was at Kingstown during Thurs-
day, making arrangements for the embarkation. Lord
Cardigan is still in London.
Captain Jerningham, R.N., is busily engaged in
Limerick in enlisting volunteer recruits for the Royal
Naval Coast-guard service. Since he opened the ren.
(bayous on the quays on Friday he enlisted no less a
number than 90, among whom was largszl.n,umber.of
people from the North Strand, well acquainted with
the use of boats, and some of whom were in the navy
before. The Rev. Mr. Moore, parish priest of St.
Munchins, on last Sunday advised such of the fishermen
as could do no better for themselves at home to embrace
the opportunity which was now presented to them of
securing for themselves a competence.

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THE CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS WilrEAST.—exp-
tain Anthony Wilson; of the OritOlico.,'hatii 'tddressedlhe.
following report of his ship's voyage to Captain Chap-
pell, R.N. It is dated Malta-harbour, April 26 :—" I
have to report to you the arrival of this ship at Malta,
at 7 o'clock this morning. I arrived at Gallipoli at
10 30 a.m. of the 21st inst., and atr 3 30 p.m., in com-
pliance with an order from Sir G. Brown, proceeded to
Constantinople, where I arrived at daylight the follow-
ing morning. The troops, baggage, &c., were all
landed in the course of the day, and at 6 20 p.m., I
weighed and proceeded to Malta. At 830 a.m. of the
following day (April 23), just above the entrance of the
Dardanelles, I met and spoke the Trent, having the
steamer Tonning in tow, and shortly afterwards the
Medway ; they would both in all probability arrive
at Constantinople the following morning. I also
passed on the same day the English steamers Emperor
and Arabian, going up the Dardanelles, and on the 24th
instant, off Cerigo, the General Screw Company's
steamer Golden Fleece, steering for the north-east. It
will be requisite to remain here two days for the purpose
of sweeping flues, and also to effect some repairs to the
boilers, but I hope to get away on Friday, the 28th inst.
I requested Admiral Stuart to furnish us with sufficient
coal here to enable us to reach England,. but as he de-
clined doing so, I shall have to put into Gibraltar. Every-
thing has gone well during the voyage, and perhaps I
might mention that before leaving the ship the com-
manding officer of the troops brought to me the report
he had prepared to,forwardto the Admiralty, expressing
in the warmest terms the satisfaction be felt at the
arrangements of the company on board the Orinoco."

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—Proposed Revival of Marine Apprentices—Baron Alderson on Bill
Swindling—Close of the Preston Strike S, idlers' Wives—The Late
Marquess of Anglesey—Notes on the Navy by Pilot No. 4—Bombard-
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Swift to Official Servants—Our Turk in London ; his Opinions on
Polities— P. oposal to Rev ve Fares for Foolish Speeches—Literature:
—Treasures of Art in Great Britain, by Dr. Waagen —Life of the late
Dr. Coplestone, by the Archbishop of Dublin—The Voyage of H.M.S.
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THE MILITIA.
The Royal Denbigh Rifle Militia will assemble for 28
days' training at Wrexham, under the command of Col.
Biddulph, M.P., on the 10th inst. A number of volun-
teers have been receiving instruction in drill at the head-
quarters under the adjutant to qualify themselves as in-
structors during the training. The progress made by
them has been extraordinary.
The secont regiment of Somerset Militia assembled at
Bath on Tuesday for the purpose of commencing their
28 days' drill. The men, indeed, came pouring in as
early as Monday morning, and one company, under
Captain Stanley, marched in on Tuesday mornes, ing,and by
the Wells road, preceded by drum and fifes
cheering again and again for the Queen. The regiment,
which attained great proficiency last year, and received
the unqualified approbation of the reviewing officer, has
been considerably thinned by volunteering into the line,
but new recruits have been readily obtained, and many
have come in daily since the assembling of the different
companies, so that the regiment now musters nearly
1,000 strong, and there is every reason to believe it will
in a few days present. its full complement. Last year the
drill was conducted by abody of men from the army, but
the exigencies of war leave this duty to be performed
now by the regimental staff, which is quite efficient, and
comprises several experienced veterans. The regiment
is under the command of Colonel Pinney, M.P., and the
officers have engaged a commodious house in Brock-
street for their mess. In order to give eclat to their
proceedings, they have also engaged an excellent band
of Germans, consisting of about 20 performers, who not
only accompany th& reginierit to Akit, but will play three
evenings a-week in the grounds of the Royal Circus for
the amusement of the public. The citizens on their part
have invited the officers to a grand ball, to be held at
the Assembly-rooms. The Bath Royal Literary and
Scientific Institution has also been thrown open to the
officers during their stay, and arrangements made by the
clergy and others, by which week-day evening instruc-
tion in reading, writing, arithmetic, and other branches
of useful knowledge, and means of religious improve-
ment, will be afforded to the men. An excellent hos-
pital has also been established, and the regiment will
attend Divine service at Trinity Church on Sunday
afternoons.
The Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Artillery
Militia, under Sir Coleman Rashleigh, Bart., Lieutenant-
Colonel Commandant, have assembled at Falmouth
for a month's training, and received their clothing en
Thursday, preparatory to drill. From the number of
recruits among them it is presumed the regiment will
complete its full number this year. A quantity of am-
munition and other materiel for the use of the garrison
and for the artillery and infantry practice of the militia
has been lodged at Pendennis Castle, where the latter
force is stationed for duty, with the regular Ordnance
Company, under Captain De Rinzy.
The South Notts Yeomanry Cavalry, under the com-
mand of Colonel Holden, assembled on Thursday for
eight day's training in Bulwell Forest, near Tottingham.
The men looked remarkably well in their Hussar uni-
forms. They will be reviewed on the 11th inst.
The Sherwood Rangers, commanded by the Duke of
Newcastle, assembled at Newark on Thursday for eight
days' training.
The 3d West York Militia, at Doncaster, have com-
pleted a fortnight of their second period of training, and
during the last day or two have been exercised in firing
practice, five rounds of blank cartridges being supplied
to each man on each day. They are rapidly acquiring
the methods of firing in rank, in retreat, and in resisting
cavalry. The regiment will be reviewed by Lieutenant-
Colonel Slade, inspecting field officer, next week.

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CONTRACT FOR RUM.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-Place, sth May, 1854.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
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and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 18th
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Half in three weeks, and the re-
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The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
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communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Rum," and
must', also be delivered at Somerset-place.

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, MANHOOD, AND OLD AGE.
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Urinary and Generative System. Illustrm.ed by 50 coloured Engrav-
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By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.
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CANCER HosrrrAL.—The annual general meeting of
the friends of this institution was held on Monday, in
the board room of the hospital, West Brompton ; the
Jion. Colonel Ogilvy in the chair. The report stated
that the institution was commenced in the early part of
1851, for the relief of poor persons afflicted with cancer ;
and to show the need of an hospital for such a disease
especially, no less than 650 sufferers from all parts of the
country had come to seek relief, while increased atten-
tion had been given to the disease from the various hos-
pital surgeons, and the sympathies of the public gt-nerally
enlisted, in the hope that there would be found an anti-
dote to the fearful ravages of that malady, cancer. The
committee felt very grateful that the subscriptions during
the last year had placed 1.8321. Bs. sd. at their disposal.
Since 1851 no less than 650 had been treated, and many
greatly benefitted. Several gentlemen addressed the.
meeting in support of the respective resolutions, which
weve
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the appointmet of a committee for the ensuing year, mid
thanks to then
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should protest formally against such an employment of
force.
7. The ships of the belligerent Powers may import into,
and export from, the pots of Sweden, all commodities
and merchandise, provided their importation or exporta-
tion be permitted by tho 613neral Custom-house tariff; with
the exception of articles contraband of war.
8. All Swedish subjects are forbidden Warm or equip
vessels, as privateers, against any of the belligerent Powers,
their subjects, and property, or to take part in the equip.
moot of vessels intended for that purpose. They are equally
forbidden to serve on bozsrd any foreign privateer.
9. No foreign priva.toor shall be allowed to enter a
Swedish port, or to stay in our roads. Prizes are not to
be taken into Swedish ports, except in cases of proved dis-
tress. Our subjects are also forbidden to buy captured
effects of any kind frof fyreign privateers.
10. When a captain, sidling without escort, is met in
open sea by any vessel of war of ono of the belligerent
Powers having right to ( tic amine his ship's papers, he must
neither refuse nor endea your to avoid the search, but is
bound to produce his papers loyally and without evasion,
and to take care that none of the documents concerning
the ship or its cargo be alavtracted or thrown into the sea,
either after the vessel is hailed, or during the search.
11. When merchant vessels sail under escort of vessels of
war, the cantains must, aiat in conformity with the pre-
scriptions of the Royal Ordinance of 10th June, 1812.
12. The captain, who observes scrupulously all the above
regulations is entitled to enjoy, in accordance with treaties
and the law of nations, a free and uninterrupted naviga-
tion, and if he be, notwithstanding, molested, he has a
right to expect the most energetio support on the part of
our ministers and consuls abroad in all his just attempts to
obtain reparation and indemnification; whereas the captain
who omits or neglects to observe what is above prescribed
for his guidance, will.only have himself to blame for the
unpleasant consequence s of his negligence, without hope of
our support and protect ion.
In ease of the seiVnre ohs" Swedish vesSel, the Cap-
tain should remit to the. Swedish Consul or Vice-Consul,
if there be one in the pc ,rt where his ship has been brought,
or, in default, to the ) warest Swedish Consul or Vice-
Consul, a faithful and d uly certified report of the circum-
stances of the capture, N rith all its details.
We direct and order s ill those whom it may concern to
conform themselves exactly to the above. In faith of which
we have signed the present with our hand and have affixed
thereto our Royal sea LL
Given at the Castle of Stockholm, April 8, 1851.
OSCAR. (L.S.)
(Countersigned) J. F. FAHRAEUS.

* The Royal Ordinanocs of March 1, 1841, and August

LONDON GAZET TE OF LAST NIGHT.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 3.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour
of Knighthood upon Richard Budden Crowder, Esq., one
of the Judges of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 28.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Chas.
A. Henderson, Esq., to ba her Majesty's Consul in tho Re-
public of Paraguay.
WFIITE.TrALL, MAY 5.
The Queen has been plea ,sed to appoint Sir William Page
Wood, Knt., a Vice-Chan cellor ; Sir John Taylor Cole-
ridge, Knt., one of the Juotices of the Court of Queen's
Bench ; the Right Honourable Joseph Napier ; Sir Alex-
ander James Edmund Cockburn, Knt., her Majesty's
Attorney-General ; Sir Richard Bethell, Knt., her Ma-
jesty's Solicitor-General ; Sir Thomas Erskine Perry, Knt.;
John George Shaw Lefew.re, Esquire ; Henry Singer Keat-
iug, Esquire, one of her Majesty's Counsel ; Thomas Green-
wood, Esquire; James Stewart, Esquire; and Germain
Lavie, Esquire ; to be her Majesty's Commissioners for
inquiring into the arrangements in the Inns of Court, and
Inns of Chancery, for promoting the study of the law and
jurisprudence, and securing a. sound education to the stu
dents.

WHITEHALL, MAY 5.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
he Right Honourable Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven
to be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
WHITEHALL, MAY 5.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
John Park to the charge.23.nd office of First Minister of the
church and parish of St_ Andrews, in the presbytery of
St. Andrews. and county .of Fife, vacant by the death of
'Actor Robert Haldane, late First Minister thereof.
HOME-OFFICE, NTHITEHALL, MAY 5.
Whereas many English w orkinen have lately proceeded
to France in search of employment, and baying failed in
obtaining work of any description, have fallen into great
poverty and distress, and have suffered much misery and
privation : all such persons, intending to go over to France
for the same purpose, are hereby cautioned and warned of
the inconvenience to which they will be exposed, unless
they shall have entered beforehand into some contract or
engagement with some person in France, who is able to
employ them ; or unless they shall, before leaving their
own country, have provided themselves with funds suffi-
cient to preserve them from want while abroad, and to
enable them to return, if they cannot find the employment
they_ have sought for. -
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 4.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a
copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Berths,
inclosing the subjoined translation of a royal ordinance of
the King of Prussia respecting the duty to be levied on the
importation of foreign syrup.
(Translation.)
We, Frederic William, by the grace of God, King of
Prussia, &c. A further agreement having been concluded
between the Governments of the States of the Zollverein,
relative to carrying out the arrangements for the duties on
foreign syrups, do, with the assent of the Chambers, de-
cree as follows :
§ 1. The duty of two tinders per centner on foreign
syrup, prescribed by the ordinance of the 11th of June,
1853 (Gesetz-Sammlung, p. 441), from the Ist of January,
1854, to the end of August, 1855, shall apply only to ordi-
nary syrup, that is to say, to such as, according to the
result of the tests which are to be directed for this pur-
pose by the Customs' authorities, contains no crystallizable
sugar, or only a small quantity. Any syrup which is
found to be incompatible with the terms of the aforesaid
rule, shall be charged with the import duty of four thalers
per centner.
§ 2. This order shall be applicable to all the clearances
already effected, from the Ist of January, 1854.
§ 3. Our Minister of Finances is charged with the execu-
tion of the present law.
Attested under our hand and royal seal.
L.S.) (Signed) FREDERIC WILLIAM.
VON MANTEUFFEL. VON WESTPHALEN.
VON DER HEYDT. VON BODESOIFLVING.
SIMONS. VON BONIN.
VON RAUMER.

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 5.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Ensign Sir Brydges
Powell Henniker,' Bart., from the 68th Foot, to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Honourable J. B. J. Dormer, promoted,
May 5.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Assistant-
Surgeon Constantine Caridi Read, from the 91st Regiment,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, May 5.
let Foot—Robert Atkinson, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Mee, promoted in the 44th Foot, May 5.
21th Foot—Ensign Francis Freeman White to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Goodfellow, who retires ; Walter
Bernardino Logan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
White, May 5.
35th Foot—Paymaster John Mills Hewson, from the
94th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Shearman, who exchanges,
May 5.
41st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Abbott Ander-
son, from the 51st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice William Mor-
timer Wilkins, who retires upon half-pay, May 5.
42d Foot—Serjeant-Major William Wood to be Quarter-
master, vice Paton, who retires upon half pay, May 5.
43d Foot—Ensign Honourable Arthur Ernest Harris,
from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Atty., who retires,
May 5.
44th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon James Mee, from the Ist
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Swettenham, appointed to the
Staff, May 5.
45th Foot—Charles Parke Allen, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Barker, promoted on the Staff, May 5.
46th Foot--Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Vera
Webb to be Surgeon, vice Breslin, appointed to the depot
Battalion at Templemore ; Charles Carroll Dempster,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Franklyn, appointed
to the Staff, May 5.
48th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Augustus Frede-
rick Shelton, 11.8., from the 60th Foot, to be Surgeon,
vice Scot, appointed to the 79th Foot, May 5.
53d Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Flynn, from half-pay
39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Peel, appointed Pay-
master ; Ensign Charles Francis Herbert Lloyd to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Flynn, who retires ; Ensign
John Maxwell Macneill, from the 49th Foot, to be En-
sign, vice Lloyd, May 5.
60th Foot—Grahame Young, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Shelton, promoted in the 48th Foot, May 5.
67th Foot—Malachy Nugent, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Herrick, who retires, May 5.
68th Foot—Edward Richard Fox Vicars, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Sir B. P. Henniker, Bart., ap-
pointed to the Royal Horse Guards, May 5.
72nd Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel William Raikes Faber,
from half-pay 63rd Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel (paying
the difference), vice Freeman Murray, who exchanges, re-
ceiving tho difference, May 5.
88th Foot--Lieutenant Edmund Corbett to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Holme, who retires ; William Charles
Pearson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, May 5.
90th Foot—Lieutenant James Perrin to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Johnson, who retires ;Ensign Richard
Henry Magenis to be. Lieutenant, by purchase,vice
Perrin ; Leonard Howard Loyd Irby, Gent. to be
by purchase, vice Magenis, May 5.
94th Foot—Paymaster William Shearman, from the
35th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Howson, who exchanges
May 5.
2nd West India Regiment—Ensign as
Thom Mackesy
Vincent to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles John
Patterson, promoted, May 5.
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May 5.
Ambulance Corps—Captain John James Grant, hnlf•pay
Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Command-
ant ; and to rank as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-
General ; Serjeant William Henry, of the 12th Battalion
Royal Artillery, to be Adjutant and. Quartermaster,
May 5.
.
HOSPITAL STAFF—Staff-Surgeon of the First Class,
John Strange Chapman, to be Deputy Inspector-General of
Hospitals, vice W. H. Burrol, whose appointment was
cancelled in the Gazette of the 28th April, 1854 ; Surgeon
William Kilner Swettenham, M.D., from the 44th Foot,
to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice S. Smi h
t
appointed to the Depot Battalion at Fermoy ; Assistant.
Staff-Surgeon Henry Lionel Cowen to be Staff-Surgeon of
the Second Class, vice Johnston appointed to the Depot
Battalion at Yarlalurst Bursas ; Assistant Staff-Surgeon

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William Munro, M.D., to be Staff-Surgeon of The Second
Class, vice Webb, appointed to the 46th Foot ; ASsistant-
Surgeon Francis Oliver Barker, from the 45th Foot, to be
Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Gibb, appointed
to the Depot Battalion at Walmer ; Samuel Joseph Bay-
field, Gent., to be Assistant Staff-Surgeon, vice Cowen, pro-
moted on the Staff; John Joseph Mulock, Gent., to be
Assistant Staff-Surgeon, vice Munro, promoted on the
Staff, May 5.
STAFF. —Major Thomas Weston Easterbrooke Holds-
worth, from the 2d Foot, to be Deputy Quartermaster-
General in Nova Scotia (with the rank of Lieutenant-Co-
lonel in the Army), vice Brevet-Colonel Bazalgette, who
retires; Veterinary Surgeon Felix Delany, Ist Dragoon
Guards, to be Veterinary Surgeon to the Army proceeding
to Turkey, May 5.
UNATTACHRD.—Brevet-Colonel John Bazalgette, Major
en half-pay Unattached, late Deputy Quartermaster-Ge-
neral in Nova Scotia, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without
purchase, May 5.
MEMORANDA.— The Christian names of the lion. Ensign
Ward, of the 73d Foot, are " Crosbie Richard Maxwell."
The name of the Purveyor to the Forces, the date of
whose commission was altered in the Gazette of 2ith April,
is Henry Hamilton Acheson, and not Henry Hamilton
Acheron.
Errata in the Gazette of 28th April, 1854.
let Regiment of Foot—For Assistant-Surgeon William
Dumbrocx, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, 28th
April, 1851 ; read Assistant-Surgeon William Dambreck,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—For Francis Stephen Bennet and
Frarq,bois de Chaumont, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeons to
the Forces, 28th April, 1851 ; read Francis Stephen Ben-
net Franvis de Chaumont, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces.

BANKRUPTS.
George Nathaniel Grane, surgeon, Chailey, Sussex, to
surrender, May 13, at half-past twelve, and June 16, at
half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, offi-
cial assignee, Aldermanbury ' • Fesenmayer, Bedford-row.
Joseph Bailey Millington, builder, Harrow-road, Pad-
dington, May 16, at one, and June 15, at two, at the u
Cort
of Bankruptcy, Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street
Buildings • Trail, Temple.
James Bowerman, common brewer, Gloucester, May 16,
and June 1:3, at eloven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acramau, official assignee, Bristol ; Smith, Gloucester.
Thomas Benjamin King, dealer and chapman, May 18,
and Jane 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Richardson and Gold,

Leeds.
William Wood, smith, Staleybridge, Lancaster, May 19,
and June 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Brooks, Ashton-

under-Lyne.
John Hunter, tea merchant, Manchester, May 22, and
June 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Worthington and
Earle, Manchester.
Joseph Buhrer, fancy warehouseman, Holborn Hill, May
15 and June 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee; Clutton & Ade, Southwark.
Thomas Hughes, innkeeper, Weduesbury, May 20 and
June 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bit-
tleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Duignan & Hem-
mant, Walsall; E. & H. Wright, Birmingham.
PAKTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. Stanton and J. Beard, Stratford, Essex, railway con-
tractors—C. L. Graue and G. Schenrmann, Newgate-
street, musical warehousemen and publishers—M. and J.
S. Hammond, Romford, carpenters and builders—T. and
R. Whittaker, Fosdyke Fen, Lincolnshire, maltsters and
brewers—W. I. Jones and J. Vick, Birmingham, pin
manufacturers—A. M. Power and O. R. Strickland, Liver-
pool, shipbrokers—E. and F. Togwood, St. Neots, Hunting.
donshite, and Upper Thames-street, paper manufacturers—
J. Scholtield and J. Halliwell, The Smithies, near Barnsley,
linen manufacturers—J. Hardwick and J. Turner, North-
ampton, shoe manufacturers—A. W. Wildblood, J. Col-
clough, and S. Goddard, Burslem, ornamenters of china and
earthenware—S. Thornely, J. Winchester, and H.
Thornely, Liverpool, tailors, as far as regards H. Thornely
—W. Matthews and J. Flowe len, Wild's-rents, Ber-
mondsey, tanners, and hide splitters—A. W. May and J.
Roberts, Park--Street, Grosvenor-square, surveyors—T. H.
Sinkinson and H. Lancaster, Walsall, iron manufacturers
—B. Waver and E. Wright, Pitsmoor, Sheffield, school-
mistress —J. and W. H. Deykiu, Birmingham, button
manufacturers—J. B. Sanderson and P. James, jun.,
Little Britain, lithographers and engravers—E. Lowe,
B. Salo way, and S. P. Yates, Bridgnorth, car-
pet manufacturers—B.Rycroft and E. W. Hargreaves,
Idle, Yorkshire, ironmongers—S. S. C. and W. A.
Sothern, Great Yarmouth, booksellers, printers, sta-
tioners, and binders—J. Gregson and J. Brien, late
of Gresham-stret West, now of Cheapside, silk warehouse-
men—W. Pearson and R. N. Earnshaw, Liverpool, coach
builders—S. T. Wharton and C. Carlton, Elland, York-
shire, boot and shoemakers—J. Vernon and J. Taylor, Bur-
slem, earthenware manufacturers—J. and H. Youlo, Not-
tingham, foreign timber merchants—J. and F. Crossley,
Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, drysalters and manufacturing
chemists—T. and J. Willis, Bradford, Yorkshire, brass-
founders—T. R. and W. S. Chalkley, Liverpool, joiners
and builders—W. Flower and G. Watmough, East Ret-
ford, mercers and drapers.
DIVIDENDS. _

. _
May 21, J. Goble, Shoreham, miller—May 17, S. G. M.
Scowen, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehousemen—May
27, F. Adamson, Bond-court, Walbrook, merchant—
May 27, D. Fraser, late of Little Tower-street, City,
shipowner—May 29, T. Lumley, Gutter-lane, Cheap-
side, merchant May 29, A. J. Meirelles, Liver-
pool, merchant -May 29, T. Gidden, Farringdon-
victualler—May 26, R. Cross, Southampton, watch-
maker and jeweller—May 27, G. Nock and J. Williams,
Frith-street, Soho, goldsmiths and jewellers—May 27, A.
Colvin, W. Ainslie, B. D. Colvin, T. Anderson, and D.
Ainslie, Calcutta, merchants and East India agents—May
26, J. Ashworth, Litchurch, near Derby, hotel-keeper—
May 29, H. H. King, Bristol, bookseller and stationer—
May
26, D. E. Monies, Liverpool, broker—May 26, A. S.
Burns, Liverpool, hosier and draper—May 26, J. P. Reilly,
Litherland, Lancashire, coal merchant—May 29, J. M'Colm,
Manchester, waste-dealer and rope manufacturer—May 30,
J. Gray, Hulme, Lancashire, butcher and contractor.
CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
May, 1, J. A. Homes, High-street, Southwark, and
Portland-cottages, Hatcham, woollen-draper (first class)—
May 1, G. S. Amsinck, Frederick-street, Hampstead-road,
brewer (first class)—April 22, L. M. It. Smith, Salisbury-
street, Strand, boarding-house-keeper (second class) May
2, H. E. Wethered, Churton-street, Pimlico, linendraper
(second class)--May 3, J. Eyton and M. J. Cooke, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, merchants and manufacturing chemists
(third class)—April 28, 11. Cleasby, Eccles, Lancashire,
builder (second class)—April 29, D. Ullyett, Sheffield,
draper (third class).
INSOLVENT DIVIDEND.
F. M. Colchester, Gloucester, tailor and hatter—div. of
10d. in the pound, any day after Monday, May 8, at the
office of Mr. Wilton, Gloucester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Aiken, Glasgow, contractor and builder, May 12,
at 1 o'clock. at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.
Robert W. Ralston and John Macalastor Houston,
Paisley, commission merchants, May 15, at 2 o'clock, at
the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending the 2d day of
May, 1851, is 255. qd, per hundredweight, exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the ho-
porlation thereof into Great Britain.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.

This society, established fur the relief of aged and in•
firm printers and their widows, celebrated its twenty•
seventh anniversary by a dinner, on Thursday, at the
London Tavern. In the absence of Sir Robert Peel,
Bart.. M.P.,, owing to an affecting calamity in the
Mediterranean, Mr. Lay/rd, M.P., discharged the duties
of the chair.
In proposing the customary local toasts, reference was
made to his Royal Highness Prince Albert having be-
come a patron of the society. The toast of "The Army
and Navy" was received with marked enthusiasm.
The Rev. Mr. NIcoLAT, in acknowledging the toast
of "The Church," said the printing press had done more
for the evangelisation of the world than anything else
that could be named.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing "Prosperity to the
Printers' Pension Society," said his absence from the
chair last year had been unavoidable. This year he
had great pleasure in officiating for Sir Robert Peel, who
had been incapable of performing the duties in conse-
quence of an awful catastrophe in the Mediterranean, of
which they had heard of through the newspapers. It
was a source of gratification that Providence had spared
him the calamity which had befallen so many, and that
the honoured name of Sir Robert Peel was still preserved
to their country. (Cheers.) He hoped that, in the
absence of Sir Robert Peel, they would putbetelin)
with him. (Laughter.) They knew that be
had
employed in excavating old stones on the sites of cities
that were once as famous as their own. It might
occur to them to inquire what watshtehefaccaeuse of the dis-
appearance of those cities from
One cause, he thought, was t absence of knowledge,
and the absence of a power in those times to distribute
ge was then confined to the priest-
it. (Cheers.) Knowled
hood and a few other classes. The printing press was now
become as necessary to them as the air they breathed.
It was by its instrumentality that the great and sacred
truths contained in the Bible had been disseminated over
the globe. If they wished to ascertain the value of
the printing press, let them imagine for a moment what
would be their state under its absence. They re-
membered the cab strike. (A. laugh.) Now, let them ima-
gine what would be their feeling if all the morning
newspapers had been stopped. What would be the feel-
ing of members of Parliament to find no record of their
speeches? How would the City merchant dispense with the
record of the money market ? How would they miss the
account of the taking of Sebastopol—news which, whether
true or false—(laughter)—was always so gratifying?
Mistakes would happen—they all knew that ; but still
they all knew the value of the morning papers. The duty
of the printer was of an arduous character. The mid-
night hour, at which he most frequently pursued his labour,
was most destructive to health, and one of the great
afflictions peculiar to printers was the loss of sight. As a
member of Parliament, he had often been struck, after
the house had risen at four o'clock in the morning to see
"those burning lights " at the offices of the morn-
ing newspapers which indicated that the words, only
as it were just out of the mouths of members of their
Houses of Legislature, would soon be on their breakfast
tables. (Cheers.)
Mr. CowAN, M.P., in proposing a toast, said, the
public—not less than printers—were indebted to the
authors of the country. It was notorious that not one
book in three, nor one pamphlet in three, paid its ex-
penses. Without attempting to investigate the causediosf
this, he might observe that it evinced a feeling of
interestedness which was creditable to the authors of
this country. (Cheers.)
Subscriptions were then announced amounting to
about 400/.