The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1854.

SUPPLY.

The report of the committee of supply was brought up
and agreed to.
ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS BILL.
On the order for the second reading of the bill,
Mr. DISRAELI presented petitions against the bill
from the inhabitants of Wakefield.
Lord J. RUSSELL then rose to move the second
reading of the bill, and said its object and scope had
been so much exaggerated that it was necessary
that he should go at . some length into its pur-
poses and details. It should be remembered, then,
that when the present war broke out, the army of
England bad been very much reduced in numbers. It
should also be remembered, that when any great power
threatened the peace of Europe by the force of arms, the
policy of this country had been to unite itself with allies
for the purpose of defeating such designs. Eliza-
beth, Cromwell, and, in fact, passing over the
iisgreeeful reign of Charles, all the sovereigns of
this country had pursued that policy, and the
reason for it was obvious. We were not a military
nation. Our soldiers no doubt were the bravest in the
world, but yet we were more a naval than a military
nation, and hitherto, whenever we entered the field, it
had been only with assistance of foreigners. Our armies,
from the period of Marlborough downwards, had
been in great measurecomposed of foreigners, and until
now no objection had been taken against foreigners fight-
ing in the cause of Europe, side by side with English.
men. He did not, however, pretend to justify the employ.
ment of German troops in the American war, but when
subseqently the peace of Europe was threatened by a
gigantic power, we had no hesitation in resorting to the
assistance of foreign troops. Accordingly, in 1804, the act
was passed which sanctioned the establishment of the Ger-
man Legion, and no objection was taken to that measure
at the time. What were the deeds of that German Legion ?
He need not go over the whole of them, because they
had been handsomely and fully acknowledged in the de-
spatches of the Duke of Wellington. (Hear, hear.)
Such having been the case with regard to
the past, he came now to the contest in
which we were now engaged, and he asked why we
should depart from our ancient policy of employing
foreign troops while engaged with an enemy having a
preponderance of military power ? He had heard
it said, however, that •ur home source of sup-
ply could scarcely yet be exhausted, but the fact
was that the reduced nature of our head military
establishments bad rendered the employment of foreign.
ers in the outset of the war necessary. In a time of
peace 100,000 men were sufficient to make up our army,
but when we came on an emergency to increase it to
150,000, it could hardly be supposed that the augmen-
tation coull go on in the same ratio ; we had an enemy
to contend with who bad five times that number of troops
at his commands, and if they were to meet him at all
point?, it was preposterous to say that it should only be
done through the instrumentality of British regiments.
Well, it was proposed then by this bill to have a certan
number of foreign troops trained for the 'field in this
country, the number not to exceed 10,000 men,
and these troops would be employed in the field not in
preference to, or even with the view of superseding, Bri-
tish troops, but with the view of filling up any gaps
that may occur while the necessary reinforcements of
British troops were undergoing proper training.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dec. 19.
NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl
of Clarendon, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty a copy of a despatch,
dated her Majesty's ship Edinburgh, Kiel, December
8, from Rear-Admiral Chads, commanding her Ma-
jesty's Naval forces in the Baltic, informing their
Lordships that the blockade of the Russian ports
under-mentioned had been raised from that date, "Liban,
Windau, Riga, and Bernau, and all Russian ports, roads,
havens and creeks, from latitude 55 deg. 53 min. N., longi-
tude 21 deg. 0 min. 3 sec. E., to Cape Dager Ort, in
latitude 58 deg. 55 min. N., longitude 22 deg. 0 min. 5
sec. E.,the ports of Haspal, Warms° Islands, Port Bal-
tick, evel, and all Russian ports, roads, havens, and
creeks, from Cape Dager Ort to Eckholm Light, situated
in latitude 59 deg. 43 min. N., and longitude 25 dog. 48
min. E."

" The ports of Helsingfors and Sweaborg, and all Rus-
sian ports, roads, havens, and creeks to the westward of
Helsingfors as far as Hango Head (inclusive), in latitude
59 deg. 48 min. N., longitude 22 deg. 53 min. E. ; the
ports of Aro and Abo, and lastly, the whole of the ports,
roads, havens, and creeks eastward of Helsingfors, on the
Finland Shore and Eckholm Light on the coast of Estho-
nia, to Cronstadt and St. Petersburgh, both inclusive."

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dzo. 16.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Most Run. Constantine Maury, Marquis of Ilormanby,.
K.G., to be her Majesty's Envoy Mr.t.raerainary and Mini-
ster Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Hermann
Von Ronn as Consul at Port Elizabeth for the Free Han-
seatic City of Ham burgh.
WAR OFFICE, DEC. 19.
BREVET.

Colonel William Fenwick illiams, C. 8., of the Poyal
Artillery, now acting as her Majesty's Commissioner with
the Turkish army in Asia, to have the local rank .f Briga-
dier-General while so employed, Dec. 19.

The under-mentioned officers, who retired upon full pay
of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the corps of Royal
Engineers, previously to her Majesty's Royal Warrant of
the 6th October, 1851, to be promoted to a step of brevet
rank-, in order to place them in as favourable a position as
those of their rank who may hereafter obtain retirement
under the provisions of the said warrant, the rank in both
cases being only honorary, viz.,— •

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Brevet-Major Frederick Wright
James Robert Colebrooke
Lewis Shuidham Barrington Robertson
James Smith Law
John Pascoe
George Spiller
William Greenwood, C.B.
George Mar kland
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain Oliver Fry
Second Captain John Smith
Oliver Fleming
Henry Clinton Martin
Robert Fryer Philips
Captain John Morse Stephens
William Lemoin
Charles Manners
Andrew Orcher William Schalch
Hugh Morgan
Richard Robinson Drew
Even hlergan
Lewis Edward Walsh
Frederick Augustus Griffiths
Francis Holcombe
William John Stokes
John Dyson
William Earners
William Young Fenwick
John Sidney Farrell
Henry Higgins Donatus O'Brien
Arthur Gusset
Second Captain Samuel James Skinner
Robert Lnard
Captain James Turner
John Low
Richard Matthews ?maiden
Second Captain Patrick Scott Campbell
Captain Henry Stephen Tireman
Robert Roe Fisher
William Baird Young
Charles Cheetham
Alexander Frederick William Papillon
William Fulford
Charles Robert Wynne
George Drought Warburton
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY;
Brevet-Major Richard John Baron
Charles Rivers
Richard Howorth
James Lynn
TO BB MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain Edward Fyers
Henry Augustus Colby
Samuel Camplin Melhuish
John Lyon Hnlme
John Watson Pringle
lyes Stocker
George Vaughan Tinling
James Hunter Rutherford
Colin Mackenzie
George Charles Degen Lewis
Francis Wm. Pettingal
William Lancey
Charles Oldershaw
Charles Stuart Miller
The above commissions to bear date Nov. 28.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEc. 18.
Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant Louis John
Amad6e Armit to be second Captain, vice W. M.
deceased ; Second Lieutenant Constantine Phipps Carey to,
be First Lieutenant, vice Armit, promoted, Nov. 15.
Ordnance Medical Department—Edward Willis Camp-
bell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Walshe, pro-
moted into the Army Medical Department, Dec. 8.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
The Tower Hamlets—Arthur Ballantine, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Henry
Bishop, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Bucks King's Own Militia— John Maddy Moore
Hewett to be Adjutant with the rank of Captain ; Wm.
Wanklyn, Gent., to be Eusign.
2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor-
net Charles Patrick to be Lieutenant, vice Northey, re-
signed ; John Compton Maul, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
:ice Levi, promoted.
West Suffolk Militia—Frederick William John Hervey,
commonly called Lord Hervey, to be Lieutenant, Doc 14 ;
James Holmes, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 15.
Royal Cureterland Regiment of Militia—William John
Robinson, Gent., to be Ensiem Dec. 12.
Exeter and South Davon Volunteer Rifle Battalion
TEte,imgnas.
NPeoarr.sg to be Captain; Frederick Gifford to be
jvioßolhe:yEvvalsciil.Nliaorth Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Major
Sir Biaemtaecst,i2Wdaelleeinagstedon; beielryLißoeuuterneahnietr-Cooslobonrnel,evsicae.
WallingtAin promotedua Romfoy:aillleiAsiti,ait.il_alneEsry:,:tdgno,
GbeenMt.a?Thor,ovmiaces
MEerrasettt,KGe"ttiterinlcelnltliott Arthur Raymond, Gent., to be
Ensigns, Dec. 16.
Griffith to be Lientenant,.vio_e•Kebbel, promoDteadv,iaDWech. White
Ensign Stanilas Zaba to Do Ltoutenant, Bourne, Dec. 10. vice ..evtitne, who