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London, England, 1854-03-24 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 24.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant-General Lord
Seaton, G.C.8., and G.C.M.G., from the 26th Foot, to be
Colonel, vice General Charles William, Marquis of Lon-
donderry, K.G. and G.C.8., deceased, March 21.
79th Regiment of Font—MAjor-General William Henry
Sewell, C. 8., to be Colonel, viceLieutLnant-General James
Hay, C. 8., deceased, March 24.
WAR-OFFICE, I.l.tuos 24.

3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Wood,
from half-pay of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster,
vice Clay, deceased, March 24.
Gth Dragoons—Captain Methuen Stedman, from half.
pay Unattached, to be Paymaster, vice Barbor, who retires
upon half-pay as a Captain Unattached, March 24.
10th Light Dragoons—Captain Alured Charles McMurdo,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Stedman,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant Batler Mildmay Giveen to be
Captain, by parchasa, vice McMurdo, who retires; Cornet
Henry Fullerton Richmond to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Giveen, March 21.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class
Charles Bush Hearn to be Surgeon, vice Knox, appointed
to the Staff; John Baker Greene, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, March 24.

2nd Foot—Captain William Elforil Adams, from the
18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Inglis, who exchanges,
March 29.

7th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander McArthur,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
18th Foot—Captain Raymond Inglis, from the 2nd
Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges,
March 21.

19th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Peile, from the Ist
Dragoon Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
2Jth Foot—Ensign George Shuldhain Peard to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell, who retires; Ensign
John William Doveton Lewis, from the 611 Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Peard, March 24.
21st Foot—John Henry West, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, March 24. _

23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Ebenezer Alfred Jenkin,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
25th Foot—Lieutenant "Edward Jonathan Head, from
Paymaster, 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bruce, pro-
moted, without purchuse, to an Unattached Company;
Ensign Lionel Holmes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Head, who retires; Archdale William Chalmers Magrath,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes, March 24.
27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Hallam D'Arcey Kyle,
frcm half-pay 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Rumley, appointed to the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst
Barracks, March 24.

38th Foot—James Henry Lewis, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, March 24.
41st Foot—Eusigu Hugh Charles Harriott to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Lewes, who retires ; Ensign
George Peddle, from 71st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Har-
riott, March 24.
42nd Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander Mac-
kinnon, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Snrgeon, March 24.
47th Foot—John Alexander Pope, Eq., to be Pay-
master, vice Eyre, transported, March 21.
63d Foot—Charles Arthur Talbot, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lewis, appointed to the 20th Foot;
Assistant-Surgeon, Samuel Gibson, M. 8., from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
_ _

69th Foot—Ensign Richard Dorington, to be Lieut.,
by purchase, vice Maclean, promoted ; Edward Gatty,
Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Darington ; Lieu-
tenant Robert Ada:re Leggett to be Adjutant, vice Mac-
lean promoted, March 24.
7ith—Lieutenant Arthur Charles Pretyman to be Capt.
by purchase, vice Napier, who retires; Ensign Marcus
Langford llal`Causland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Pretyman ; Frederick Nind Woodall, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Weausland, March 24.
77th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant William Rickman
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wallack, who retires,
March 24.

79th Foot— Thomas Miller, M.D., to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, March 24.
88th Foot—Thomas Robert William, M. 8., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, March 24.
95th Foot— Assistant-Surgeon John Clarke, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
97th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Joshua Henry Porter,
from the Staff, to be Assistant• Surgeon, March 24.

3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Beverley
Robinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major
Duckett, who retires, March 24; Ensign and Adjutant
George Alexander Moorhead, to have the rank of Lieute-
nant, March 23 ; Ensign Thomas John Barlow Connell to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, March 24;
John Carson, Gent., to ba Ensign, by purchase, vice
Connell, March 23 ; Henry Wellington Hartford, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, March 24.
Depot Battalion of Parkhurst Barracks—Lieut.-Colonel
Randal Burnley, from the 27th Foot, to be Lient.-Colonel ;
Major Ferdinand White, C. 8., from half-pay Unattached,
to be Major, March 24.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Alex. Knox, M.D., from
the let Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice
Hearn, appointed to the Ist Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon
Edward William Bawtree, from half-pay of the 67th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
M'Arthur, appointed to the 7th Foot ; Assistant-Staff-
Surgeon Fenwick Martin Tweddell, from half-pay, to be
Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Clarke, appointed to
the 93th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon Edward James Franklyn
from the 46th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice MaAinnon, appointed to the 42d Foot, March 24.
To be Assistant-Surgeons—George Evans, Gent., vice
Porter, appointed to the 97th Foot ; John By Cole Reade,
Gent., vice Ovens, appointed to the 9th Foot; Andrew
Knox Drysdale, Gent., vice Jenkin, appointed to the 23d
Foot, March 24.

To be Purveyors to the Forces—Acting Purveyors
William Macdonnell,William John Arnold Tacker, James
&Mlles Green, April 27.
BREVET.—The undermentioned officers to be Brigadier-
Generals while employed upon the Staff of the Forces about
proceeding upon a particular service :—Colonel John Ly-
saght Pennefather, C. 8., half-pay 231 h Foot ; Colonel the
Earl of Cardigan, 11th Hussars; Colonel the Lord de Ros,
unattached ; Colonel James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt,
unattached ; Colonel Henry William Adams, 49th Foot ;
Colonel the Honourable James Yorke Scarlett, sth Dra-
goon Guards; Colonel Sir John Campbell, Bart., 38th
Foot ; Colonel George Buller, C. 8., Rifle Brigade, Feb.
21. Captain Alure 1 Chirles McMurdo, of the 10th Light
Dragoons, to be Major in the Army ; Captain Anthony
Cunningham Sterling, unattached, on the Staff of the
Army proceeding on a particular service, to be Major in
the Army, Nov. 9, 1846.
CHAPLAINS —The Reverend Robert Halpin, now acting
as Chaplain to tho Garrison in Dublin ; and the Reverend
Robert Hamilton, now acting as Chaplain to the Garrison
of Gibraltar, to be Commissioned Chaplains to the Forces
from March 24. ,

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 20.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadets le red eri ck
Gaper le Grand, Samuel James Graham, Robert Frede-
rick Tayler, James William Vaughan Arbuckle, Albert
Henry Ozzard, E.lward Brace Pritchard, George Frederick
Blake, Robert Kirwan, Alexander Donellan, Otway
Wheeler Cuffe, Henry Villiers Forbes, Ardley Henry Fal-
wnaser Barnes, to be Second Lieutenants.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 21.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Frederick
Ley to be First Lieutenant, vice Symonds, deceased.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Nottingham—Arthur Edward Hill, Esq.,
commonly called Lord Edwin Hill, to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant; the Right Hon. Edward Strutt to. be Deputy
Lieu tenant ; Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, Bart.,
to ix) Deputy Lieutenant; William Taylor, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; William Waldegrave Pelham Clay,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Sherwin Sherwin,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Thomas Broughton
Charlton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Charles John
Hill„ Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Francis John Savile
Folj ambe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi-
mer►t of Militia—George Stretton Watson, Gent., to be
Lie atenant.

Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—The Hon. Algernon
Syd :bey Arthur Anuesley to be Captain, vice liobhouse,
reti red, March 18.

resi. Essex Militia—Lieut. John Swyufen St. Vincent
Jer- its to be Captain, March 21.
D orset Reg,iment of Militia—Ensign Arthur John Haw-
kins; to be Lieutenant; Reginald Hussey, Gent., to be
Ena i3ll, March 20.
I,cl or Edmonton E.oyal . Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
lYtiliti a—Edward Pakenham Alderson, Gent., to be First
Liente nant, March 9 ; Charles Ruddell Todd, Gent., to be
First Lieutenant rice Coe, resigned ; Nassau John. Senior,
Gent., to be First Lieutenant March 17.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry
Cavalry—Walter Francis Wrangham, Gent., to be Cornet,
viol; Foley, retired, March 21.

BANKRUPTS.
Teter Leicester, iron merchant, Birchin-lane, Cornh
tcr aturentior, April 4, at half-pant two, and Nay 2, at QlO

at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Sambrook-court ; Brewer, Philpot-lane.
Isliomia Sterne, merchant, Great Saint Helens, April
5, at two, and May 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Norton and Son, New-street,
Bishopsgate.
Robert Brown and John Burnham, brewers, Potton,
Bedfordshire, March 29 and May 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Isaac Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Rhodes, Lane, and Rhodes,
Chancery-lane ' 2fessrs. Smith and Argles, Potton, Beds.
John Sagar, Birkenhead, bre e'er, April 6 and May 5, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District -Court. Turner, South
John-street, Liverpool, official assignee ; Fletcher and
Hull, Liverpool.
Robert Isherwood and Strethill Foden, wool and cotton
dealers, Liverpool, April 6 and May 5, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Booker, Liverpool.
Henry Husbands King, bookseller, Bristol, April 4 and
May 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan, Bristol.
William Livesey, bell-hanger and gas-fitter, Vauxhall-
bridge-road, April 5, and May 13, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Chitiley, Gresham-street.
William Billinge, stone mason and builder, Rainhill,
Lancaster, April 4 arid 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Evans arid
Son, Liverpool.
Franqis Quick, jeweller and silversmith, Bristol, April
7, and May 5, at half-past one, at the Bristol District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Bevan and Girling, Bristol ; Taylor and Collisson, Bed-
ford-row.

James Rogers, mason and builder, Paddington, March
3P, at eleven, and May 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Comma, official assignee, Aldermanbary ;
Dawson and Bryan, Bedford-square.
William Shutlleworth, licensed victualler, Stratford-
upon-Avon, April 5 and May 3, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. 'Christie, official assignee, -Birming-
ham ;•Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
William Morris, innkeeper, Ludlow, April 3 and May 1,
at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee, Birmingham; Backhouse, Bridgnorth ;
Hodgson, Birmingham, ,

Of course do one can know exactly what passed, but hints
dropped by the Russians induce us to believe the Emperor
Nicholas has again given explanations to the Emperor Francis
Joseph, and that the stay of Baron Meyerndorff in this city
will depend on the line of conduct which this Government
may resolve on pursuing.
" As far as it goes the following most important news is
authentic, but it is too incomplete to be forwarded by tele-
graph. An alliance offensive and defensive has been con-
cluded between Prussia and Austria, which Powers will ob-
serve a strict neutrality. Prussia has pledged herself to oc-
cupy Hungary, in case Austria should be obliged to send the
army now concentrated there-into the adjoining Turkish pro-
vinces or Italy.
" Azis Pasha, the son of Izzet Pasha, of Belgrade, was to
have an audience of V.e Emperor, at 4 this afternoon. Con-
stantinople, 9th.—Conferences held between Porte, Foreign
Ministers, and the Sheik-ul-Islam, relative to the Christians.
Belgrade, 10th, Bucharest, 10th, Galatz, 6th, Sophia, 2d—
nothing new. Russ,an subjects in Turkey, France, and Eng-
land are about to receive a summons to return. No vessels
under any flag will be permitted to enter the port of Odessa."

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TirETSI7I44; 1;614,(D0N, 'Pt DAv tViEVING; MARCI-I 24,,1834.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE HAY CONTRACTOR.

The *Earl of MALMESBURY—I wish to ask her
Majesty's Government whether some error has not taken
place with regard to the name of the person who at-
tempted to defraud the Government the other day with
respect to a contract for hay ? lam informed that in
another place it has been stated his name is not Sturges,
but Sturgeon. His name and residence I think should
be known, that all the shame which attaches to such
conduct should devolve entirely on him, and not on in-
nocent persons. (Hear.)
The Duke of NEWCASTLE—I came down for the
express purpose of making this explanation to the house;
and I should say, that upon receiving a letter couched in
the most courteous terms from this gentleman—who I
feel, to a certain extent, has been avgrieved, though un-
intentionally—l wrote to the gentleman of the depart-
ment who was my informant the other evening, and he
has written to say he regrets to find he was wrong in
giving the name o, Sturges—the name is Sturgeon. I
understand that hay of inure than one contractor was
returned in consequence of its being of inferior quality ;
but the individuals who sent in the hay which has been
so grievously complained of, containing the rubbish stated
by the noble earl (the Earl of Elletiborough), are—
Thomas Sturgeon and Soo), of Grays, Es-ex. I can only
express my sincere regret that a person of such high re-
spectability as Mr. Sturgis; of Orchard-street, Portman-
square, should have felt'one moment;'s pain at this trans-
action.

Lord CAMPBELL —I am not acquainted with the
merits, or demerits, I should say, of the case. It seems
a very gross one ; but, for the credit of the law of Eng-
land, I should be very sorryif -such conduct could not be
made the subject of criminal prosecution. I have no
doubt by the common law of England these persons are
liable to be prosecuted, and on conviction to be severely
punished. There was a case tried before me respecting
the monument to Lord Nelson, in connection with which
a gross fraud was committed in the metal employed.
Those persons were prosecuted ; they were tried before
me, and I sentenced them to three months' imprison-
ment ; and a much more severe punishment awaits
those convicted of the infamous conduct which has been
imputed to Mr. Sturgeon, of which, as yet, he must be
supposed to be innocent. Upon his conviction, I say
he would merit most condign punishment. (Hear.)
Lord BROUGHAM.—I am exceedingly glad to hear
that my noble and learned friend has come to the conclu-
sion that such an offence is punishable by the law as it
now stands, for it is infinitely to be preferred that we
should proceed on the law as it now is, rather than make
a new law with reference to that particular case. lam
exceedingly happy to find that my noble friend has, I
preSume on due consideration of the whole matter, come
to that conclusion, in which, however, he differs, I am
sorry to say, from other learned friends of mine, who
have well considered the matter, and come to the conclu-
sion that it is extremely doubtful whether the individual
is liable to that punishment. This only shows how ex-
tremely inconvenient it is that this house—the court of
criminal review in the last resort—should be on any ac-
count, or under any circumstances whatever, drawn
into a discussion of even a hypothetical case, respecting
a case which may afterwards come before us in our
judicial capacity. (Hear, hear.) My noble and learned
friend has most carefully and safely guarded himself as
far as regards the question of fact, and it is only in the
event of the party being prosecuted and convicted of
the facts alleged that my noble and learned friend can
be understood to have pronounced any opinion what-
ever ; and no doubt my noble and learned friend, upon
the matter of law, when it comes /before him, will be
perfectly ready to hear counsel for the prisoner or de-
fendant moot that point, as well as argue on the ques-
tion of fact. (Hear, hear.)
Tge Duke of NEWCA STLE—I think it right to
repeat, as my noble and learned friend the Lord Chief
Justice was not present the other evening, what I then
stated—that the solicitor to the Treasury is directed to
make full inquiries, and if the facts be such as to war-
rant a prosecution, to prosecute the party. (Hear.)
THE SEAMEN OF NEWCASTLE.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGEI—My lords, I am
about to present a petition to which I wish to draw the
attention of the house, and especially of her Majesty's
Government. It is a petition for constructing a harbour of
refuge at the mouth of the Tyne, and involves matters of
the greatest impertance respecting the impeteling war
in the Baltic and perh,ps in no inconsiderahle degree
respecting the manning of the navy. There have been
various plans at various times fir the formation of a
harbour of refuge, and improving the mouth of the
Tyne, and the latter subject has recently been remitted
to tee consideration of Mr. Walker, the engineer of the
Admiralty, who has formed a plan for improving the
entrance into that river. I have to state that one-
fourth of the shipwrecks which are heard of on the coast
of England occur within severity miles of the month of
the Tyne, that during last January 110 shipwrecks oc-
curred in three days within twenty miles of that river,
and that nut less than thirty six wrecks took place at
the mouth of the river itself. There are not less than
31 million tons of shippin : annualy engaged and using
the port ot the Tyne, and there are not less than 74
million tons ot shipping using the four rivers of the
Tyne, the Tees, the \\Tear, and the Humber. Access to
the Tyne is ot special importance to persons who reside
in the metropolis, bectuse, in consequence of the state of
the bar at the th of that river ‘luring the prevalence
of east winds are unable to leave the port. anti during
three or four weeks of last *inter there were not
less than 1.500 vessels detained four weeks contain-
ing 200,000 tons of coal, all required for the imme-
diate use of the metropolis. It is estimated that the cost
of building the proposed piers will be 350,0001., and the
commissioriers of the Tyne are able to offer to pay one-
half of that sum. If they are left together to their own
resources, twenty or thirty years in my elapse before the
work is completed, and in the meantime in point of fsct,
the intended piers will be little better then artificial reefs,
not improving but deteriorating the navigation of the
river. Your lordships must be aware hoi:e' very much
the carriage of coal by railways is interfering with and
diminishing the carriage of coal by sea, and it is undoubt-
edly matter of public interest to equalise the facilities for
the conveyance of coal by sea, so as to facilitate the car-
ringe of coal to the metropolis. There are other reasons
which at the present moment render it extremely impos-
taut that the Government should attend to the sugges-
tions ot the petitioners in favour of the construction of
these piers. We are involved, my lords, in a war in the
Baltic, which must be carried on to a great extent, and
every year will be carried on to a greater extent, by
means of vessels impelled by steam, arid to the port of
Newcastle you must resort for coal, by which to carry
on that war, because you must go 700 miles to obtain
any other coal but that of Newcastle, equally useful for
purposes of steam on board men of war. If that port
is altered in tire manner proposed, riot only will coal
vessels at all times be able to leave the harbour, but
all small vessels of war will be able to enter the harbour
and coal within it ; and the importance of that is of the
greatest possible consideration if this war continue. I
am aware it may appear unnecessary to suggest the
continuance of war, not actually declared,, as an addi-
tional reason for improving the port from which the
supplies of coal for carrying on the war would be ob-
tained. But, my lords, I confess I do not look forward
with an sanguine views to the early termination of this
war. I consider if once the foundations cf the great
league of nations are broken up, a long time indeed will
elapse before all the elements which compose the pre-
sent system—the present balance of power —will find
stability. It is, in my opinion, mist advisable fir the
Government at the earliest moment to take into view
probable events, and at the earliest moment to en-
deavour to be prepared for all contingencies. (Hear.)
But, my lords, there is another consideration, and one,
as it seems to me, of very great importance, which it
would be well for her Majesty's Ministers to have in
their view. These ports produce the finest seamen in
this country ' • but I regret to say that hitherto the navy
has not had the advantage of their services. There has
been to a considerable extent among them a reluctance
to quit the service to which they are accustomed and to
enter that of her Majesty. Various circumstances, I regret
to say, have occurred of late years which have been of
a somewhat untoward character, and have tended to pro-
duce--I would rather not say irritation—but a degree of
estrangement between them amid the Government of the
country. More than one measure has been passed which
has been extremely ill received by them, and has been
considered to press hardly on their interests. In one
instance —that of the Registration of Seamen Act—l
think they took a very exaggerated and a very unrea-
sonable view of the provisions of th tt measure, but the
result was great indisposition on the part of the seamen
to serve at all while the law remained unaltt red, and that
which is on all ocaasions a measure most injurious to the
public and rarely beneficial to the individuals who resort
to it—a strike; a measure which must of necessity in-
jure the public, inasmuch as the public wealth consists
of the produce of public labour, which is interrupted
and suspended while the strike lasts, and we rarely
find that the persons engaged in it ultimately derive
any benefit which can compensate for the loss sus-
tained. (Hear, hear.) Another measure passed through
this house which lied a very serious effect on their
feelings towards the Government of the country. I
vainly endeavoured to caution your lordships against
the adoption of it. The arrangement by which
foreigners are allowed to serve in the coasting trade
was a measure which appeared to me not only gene-
rally impolitic but specially impolitic under the peculiar
circumstances in which we then stood, anticipating,
as at least I did, an impending war. This circum-
stance has tended very much to disturb, perhaps I
may say to alienate, the minds of the seamen in
those ports, and I think it a matter highly important
to remove those feelings of distrust, as may be done in
a great degree by the endeavour—which their families,
as well as themselves, will estimate—to improve the
ports to which they resort. There is at present, I regret
to say, a serious disagreement between the shipowners
and the seamen in those ports. The seamen, acting I
under very evil influence and bad advice, have united
themselves in associations, every member of which is
distinguished by a medal ; the rule of those associations
being that no person wearing a medal shall servo in a
ship not wholly manned by members. Tire consequence
is, the shipowners have been bringing seamen from other
ports to supplant the seamen of the north-eastern ports;
and although the whole matter of difference is only 10s.
a voyage, these men, under evil advice, are walking
about doing nothing, while the country wants their ser-
vices ; and if the country did not want them, merchants
would be glad of those services. I led the only medal
it becomes a man to wear is a medal placed on his breast
by his S rvereien for lc od services rendered to his coun-
try, and nothing makes men appear more effete, if not ,1
contemptible, than decorating them with distinctive
medals by their own authority, which in this case is the
emblem of disunion among seamen at the very. moment
the public interest requires to the greatest extent union
among them. I hold that these seamen would, in
cal° of morgowy•
._ bo willing to come forward ad takeko

service in the fleet. I think that emergency now
exists. Three or four weeks hence, when the French
squadron will have joined our fleet in the Baltic, and we
then have a numerical equality with the fleet of the
Russians, and that degree of superiority which may
arise from having vessels of greater force and more ex-
tensive use of steam, then indeed the war in the Baltic
may resolve into the ordinary course of a superior fleet
blockading an inferior fleet in their own harbours ; but
until the fleet in the Baltic under Sir Charles Napier
does obtain that superiority, by the junction of the
French squadron, which it has not now—until that
period,. while Sir Charles Napier has the advantage of a
central p►sition between the three squadrons into which
the Russian fleet is divided, while the ice is breaking up,
every stratagem will be exercised in which, with well-
managed, well manoeuvred vessels, he may have an op-
portunity of striking a great blow with decisive effect,
and perhaps even with little loss. But, my lords, great
chances attach to all warfare, and especially to naval
warfare. There may, perhaps, by possibility —I will not
admit at all the probability, but there may be by possi-
bility, either from the weather, or from the enemy being
superior, as he is, in numbers—there may be disasters,
and I believe the men of the Tyne, the Wear, and the
Tees—these, the finest seamen we have, would never
forgive themselves—that through life they would feel the
internal pressure of remorse, if from their absence any
opportunity of seizing a victory should be lost. (Ile r,
hear.) I cannot think these men, who hold aloof from
the naval service of the Crown—l cannot think they do
not participate in the general enthusiasm with which
the present war has been ado ted by the whole country
—I cannot think that they alone are insensible to the
effect of those cheers with which the men proceeding to
service in the Baltic are saluted by their fellow-country-
men. (Hear.) It so happens that at a very early period
of my life I was thrown very murk among seamen, and
I have from that time entertained the greatest feeling of
respect for their generous and noble qualities. (Hear,
hear.) At a more recent period I was accidentally
engaged in company with them for many months, and,
undoubtedly, the experience which I theu acquired only
tended to confirm the previous impression I entertained.
(Hear, hear.) My lords, last year I endeavoured—as I
have said, vainly—but I endeavoured, thinking I was
discharging a puolic duty. to induce your lordships, both
on presenting a petition from many thousands of these
seamen, and afterwards, when the bill came before
your lordships' house, not to adopt a measure which
they thought, and justly thought, inconsistent with
their interests. I must, therefore, when I venture
to offer a word of advice to the seamen, be considered
as offering it in my anxiety for their interest and their
honour as a friend, and I do most earnestly entreat
them, without the loss of one day, not individually, not
by twos and threes, but as a body at once to enter the
service of the Crown. The emergency has arisen which
demands their services. I do trust they will not be found
wanting in this hour of their country's difficulty. Ido
not ask them to almandon all the habits of their life—to
enter for ten years, or even for five years. Her !Majes-
ty's Government, in the emergency in which they now
stand, have wisely, I think, abandoned that principip,
and are willing to accept seamen for the year—though I
may think that term inconvenient, both for Government
and the seamen themselves. Let them offer themselves
for the voyage—that is, fur the campaign—and I can
hardly think, if such offers were extensively made by
large numbers of able seamen, her Majesty's Govern-
ment would refuse to comply with their request, if in
that manner they p'aced themselves at the disposal of the
Crown for immediate service in the Baltic (Hear.) They
may return with a medal granted for their services—they
may return with prize money —bet certainly they will
return with honour. Tney will return respecting them-
selves—they will return respected by others : teey will
have participated in great event 4, of which the fortunate
termination may in a great degree depend on their co-
operation ; they will have seen and will have done thin,gs
to remember during their lives, and may talk of in their
families as long as they exist. (Hear, hesr.)
REGISTRATION OF BILLS OF SALES BILL.
The Earl of HARROW BY moved the order of the
day for the committee on this bill.
Lord CAMPBELL said a few words in commendation
of it.

Lord BROUGHAM suggested whether, instead of
compelling all parties to cuu►e to L.mdon, it would not
be advisable to establish lo al reg►stries in the county
courts. _ _ _

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The Earl of H kRROWBY d.iiihtc I whether a men,
exanii:!ation of the Local court of t
sufficient, and parties would still seed ti L indon to
ascertain whether any sale hail been effected elsewhere.
The bill, with some vt.rbal amendinents, then went
through a c oninittee, and ..vas reported to the house.
VALUATION (IRELAND) Acr AMENDNIENT