The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-02 00:00:00

KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR.

It is again our duty to call attention to the appoint-
ment of Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge, re-
spectively, to the Colonelcies of the Ist Grenadier and of
the Coldstream Guards. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of
the Committee which had been appointed to regulate
the subject, on Monday evening, in the House of Com-
moas, made a statement to the following effect :—The
Committee found upon inquiry that the emoluments of
the Colonelcy of the Ist Grenadier Guards reached
as high a sum as between 4,0001. and 4,5001. per an-
num. But the Doke of Wellington then held the
appointment. It was determined that, until the
Drke of Welling',on's death, regard being had
to his great service', matters should be kept
as they were. After the Duke of Wellington's death,
the emoluments of the Colonelcy of the Ist Grenadiers
were to be reduced to 3,0001., and those of the Colonel-
cies of the two next regiments of Guards were to be
maintained at 2,000/. per annum—in other words,
respectively at triple and double the amount of or-
dinary hooorary Colonelcies in the English army.
But t'e committee retained these excessive emolu-
ments solely upon the condition that these Colonel-
cies should be considered the prizes awarded to the
tmoostthedimstoinstguciaa
merit—toshpedblemvielitteariyansofthe
Britishthe army—tonoblest—
men who had .
given proof of their courage and of their
capacity upon the battle field. Well, ;,hen, Prince Al-
bert and Prince George of Cambridge have bee-i ap-
pointed—the first, Colonel of the Ist Grenadier Guards
at 3,0001. per annum ; the second, Colonel of the Cold-
streams, at 2,0001. per annum.
Now, last night, Colonel Lindsay, in the House of
Commons, asked Mr. Sidney Herbert, the Secretary-at-
War, a formal question upon this subject, in reply to
which he made a statement which will be found in our
Parliamentary report. Mr. Herbert was at some pains
to commend the liberality of Prince Albert to his regi-
ment, and to prove that, according to all precedent, the
Guards should be commanded by Princes. We have no
doubt of it ; but that is not the question. Mr. Ellice
and Mr. Hume have informed us that, in 1837, a new
system was introduced by which all precedent was set
aside, and the discussion resolves itself into a mere ques-
tion of testimony, which we leave to the parties con-
cerned. Mr. Ellice, the Chairman of the Committee,
makes a positive statement upon a question of fact on
Monday night ; on Tuesday night Mr. S. Herbert contra-
dicts him. On which side is there good faith I Is not
Mr. Ellice—supported as he is by Mr. Hume—a man
Tien whose veracity the public can place reliance ?
Times.

A deputation from Wakefield had an interview yester-
day with the General Board of Health at their office,
Whitehall, with respect to the application of the Public
Health Act to that borough. The deputation consisted
of Mr. Micklethwaite and Mr. Lamb. They were in-
troduced by Mr. S. G. Smythe, M.P.
A deputation from Portsmouth had an interview with
the General Board of Health yesterday at their office,
Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Dr. Engledue,
Mr. Oundle, and Mr. G. Sheppard.