The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-03 00:00:00

LAW OF PARTNERSHIP.

Mr. RICARDO asked if Government had received
any report from the commission appointed to inquire
into the law of partnership, or whether the Government
intended to bring in any measure on the subject this
session,

Mr, CARDWELL replied, that the Government were
in daily expectation of receiving the report.

PETERBOLTGH ELECTION.

Mr. BANKES drew attention to a petition which he
had presented against the present member for Peter-
borough holding his seat, on the ground that he took
his seat before the time specified within which the elec-
tors could petition against his return, as he took
his seat within five days of the prorogation of the last
session, and the electors ought to have fourteen days
allowed them after the return to petition against it.
He concluded by moving that the petitioners be now
allowed
of
M prsent a petition to the house against the
returnf r.e Thomson Hankey, the sitting member.
The ATTORNEY-GENER.9.I4 thought it was highly
desirabledesrable that the house should be put
inpossession of
of the case. A. committee last session decided
that Mr. Whalley was not duly elected, and that
Mr. Harkey ought to have been returned. After
the committee had adjourned the inquiry on the pl.-
cation of Mr. Whalley's counsel, t. was stated byap his
counsel that it was not intended that Mr. Whalley
should then go into a recriminatory case. There :Zs
abundant opportunity for Mr. Whalley and his counsel
to have then gone into a recriminatory case against Mr.
Hankey, and though Mr. Coppock, Mr. Whalley's agent.
had instructions to do so, Mr. Whalley's counsel stated
he did not wish to do so. He (the Attorney-General)
believed there was no precedent for receiving a petition
now against the return, and though he believed the
house ought to give full opportunity to inquire into all
the circumstances of elections, yet be thought the sitting
member ought not to be harassed by petitions, unless in
cases where
the select committee had made a special re-
commendation to 110 so, which was not the case in re-
ference to the last return for Peterborough.
Mr. SCOTT, a member of the committee who tried
the petition, confirmed the statement of the Attorney-
General, that Mr. Whalley's counsel declined to go into
case of recrimination.

.....
Mr. BANKES said he must press upon the house
the motion he had made for the reception of the petition.
Mr. ISAAC BUTT thought there was b. y no means
so dear a case for refusing to accept this petition as
the Attorney-General seemed to think this was not a
petition from Mr. 'Whalley, but from the electors of
Peterborough, who charged, whether truly or falsely he
did not say, bribery and corruption against the sitting
member. And, moreover, it should be borne in mind
that the case of recrimination was not gone into
simply because Mr. Coppock thought fit, in direct
°PPosition to the instructions of Mr. Whalley.
(near, hear.) He then moved an amendment
that the petitioners be heard at the bar of the house in
support of their allegations.
Mr. PALMER thought, upon every principle of law
and common sense, the decision of the committee who
tried the merits of the forme: petition, and which

marine. (Hear, hear.) He did not anticipate any ob-
jection to this measure, but he would just ask was there
any reason tor objecting to it.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE,

(THIS EVENING.)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JAN. 30.
This day had audience of the Queen—Namik Pacha,
accompanied by Monsieur Musurus, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Imperial Majesty.
the Sultan ; to which audience his Excellency was intro-
duced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's
Principal State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by
Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H, Master
of the Ceremonies.
PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL-CHAMBER,
SOMERSET-HOUSE, JAN. 31.

Francis Howell, of Ethy House, in the county of Corn-
wall, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of the county of
Cornwall.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 2.
The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint Richard
Fort, of Red Hall, Esq., to be Sheriff for the county pala-
tine of Lancaster for the year ensuing.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 1.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Pri

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Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, reporting
that the Board of Health at that place has declared Vigo
,o be infected with cholera.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 1.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of PH'

vy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul-Generai at Christiania,
enclosing a notice issued by the Royal Norwegian Marine
Department, declarinc, that, in consequence of malignant
cholera having ceased to exist in the country, vessels arriv-
ing from foreign infected ports will be subjected to the
Norwegian reeulations in operation before the infection
broke out.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 2.
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 Consul-General in Chili,
enclosing a Translation of a Decree authorising the Estab-
lishment of Bonded Warehouses at the Port of Talcahuano
(the Harbour of Concession), of which the following is an
extract :
Art. I. From the Ist of January, 1854, Goods may be
deposited in the Custom House of the Port of Talcahuano
upon the same terms as that in Valparaiso, according to the
Customs Ordinances.
Art. 11. The Collector of the Customs of Talcahuano
will contract for those Stores, belonging to private indi-
viduals, which are to be rented for the purposes and de-
posit of Goods, according to the foregoing Article.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 2.

The Right Hon. 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 Consul-General at Warsaw,
reporting the prohibition from exportation from Poland
of certain articles of food, as follows :
Art. I. It is prohibited, from and after theist January,
1854 (20th December, 1853, 0.5.), until the 13th of Aug.
following, to export beyond the frontiers of the kingdom,
rye, barley, oats, every description of flour, all kinds of
grits (" kasza") and potatoes.
Art. 11. Are exempted from the foregoing prohibition
all articles above named, if coming from the empire of
Russia, or passing through the kingdom of Poland, in
transit from other states ; and also such and every of the
said articles, being the produce of this kingdom, if inten-
ded bona fide for the city of Cracow, and as such passing
through the Custom House of Michalowice.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 3.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Troop Corporal-Major
Hugh Hanly to be Quartermaster, vice Binnie, deceased,
Feb. 3.

4th Dragoon Guards—Luke Byrne, Gent., to be Veteri.
nary Surgeon, vice Rainsford, who retires upon half-pay,
Feb. 3.

3d Light Dragoons—Brevet-Major Walter Unett to be
Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Yer-
bury, who retires ; Lieutenant Charles Russell Colt to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Unett ; Cornet Edward Howard
Vyso to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colt, Feb. 3.
12th Light Dragoons—Verinary Surgeon Thomas Hur-
ford, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Sur-
geon, vice Thacker, who exchanges, Feb. 3.
15th Light Dragoons Veterinary - Surgeon William
Thacker, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary-
Surgeon, vice Hurford, who exchanges, Feb. 3.
14th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas
Macdougall Bleckley, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Sur-
geou, Feb. 3.
17th Foot—Walter Moses Gibaut, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, Feb. 3.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Hugh Francis Massy to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice G. V. Macdonald, who retires;
Ensign Henry Ladbrooke Weller Clarke to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Massy ; Ensign George Dickson Thomas
Stockwell, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Clarke,
Feb. 3.
20th Foot—Lieutenant George Shirley Maxwell, from
the 47th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Maycoek, who ex-
changes, Feb. 3.

35th Foot—John Newbold Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Chaplin, appointed to the 56th Foot,
Feb. 3.

39th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Halyburton Ross,
M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 3.
44th Foot—Ensign Richard Fitzßichard Eyre, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dering, who retires ; Joseph
Logan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eyre,
Feb. 3.

46th Foot Lieutenant John Hickinbotham Cham-
bers, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dickins, who
retires ; Ensign Nicholas Dunscombe to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Chambers ; Henry Lawson,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stockwell, ap-
pointed to the 19th Foot, Feb. 3. Edward Hawker Hel-
Tar, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunscombe,
'Feb. 4.

47th Foot—Lieutenant John Gittens Maycock, from the
20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Maxwell, who ex-
changes, Feb. 3.

4901 Foot—Major John Weech Randolph, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Major (repaying the difference), vice
Hart, who exchanges; Capt. Charles Thomas Powell to be
Major, by purchase, vice Randolph, who retires ; Lieut.
William Whitaker Maitland, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Powell ; Ensign William Watts Corban, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vi,•e Maitland ; George Kemp Chat-
field, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Corban,
Feb 3. _ _ _

56th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel James Richard Rotton, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Eden, who exchanges ; Major Soulden Oakeley to
be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Rotton, who retires' •
Captain Samuel Symes Cox to be Major, by purchase, vice
Oakeley ; Lieut. Henry John Tolcher to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Cox ; Ensign Richard Jones Hobson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tolcher ; Ensign Clifford
Waterman Chaplin, from the 35th Foot, to be Ensign, vice

Hobson, Feb. 3.
67th Foot—Richard Edwyn Barry, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Cameron, who retires, Feb. 3.
89th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Frederick Wall,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Feb. 3.
Rifle Brigade—First Lieutenant John Ross to be Adju-
tant, vice Peter Macdonald, who resigns the Adjutancy,
Feb. 3.

2d West India Regiment—Major Henry
Wase Whitfield,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Feb. 3.
Gold Coast Corps—To be Lieutenants, without purchase
—Ensign and Adjutant Edward Hill, Ensign John Eve-
rard Deane, Ensign Charles Fox Duke, Feb. 3.'
To be Ensign, without purchase—Schoolmaster-Ser-
glant George Pasco, from the 17th Foot, vice Hill, Feb.
3 ; George Charke, Gent, vice Deane, Feb. 4.
BREVET.—Major John Weech Randolph, of the 49th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11;
Captain James Garner Holmes, of the 49th Regiment of
Bengal Native Infantry, to have the rank of Major in the
Army in the East Indies, May 9.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant and Adjutant Peter Mac-
donald, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, without
purchase, Feb. 3.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Nottingham Sydney Wm. Herbert Pierre-
pont, Esq., commonly called Viscount Newark, to be
Deputy Lieut. ; John Evelyn Denison, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant ; Henry Sherbrooke, Esq., to be Deput Lieu-
tenant; John Henry Manners Sutton, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant ; Wm. Hodgson Barrow, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant ; Edward Valentine Pegge Burnell, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant • John Handley the younger, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant Thomas Dickenson Hall, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant Charles Paget, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Warrand, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant; Samuel William Welfitt, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.

Carmarthenshire Royal Regiment of Militia—Lloyd
Price, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Tice Thomas, pro•

declared Mr. Whalley unseated and Mr. Hankey duly
elected, ought to be respected.
Mr. BUTT did not press his amendment, and the
motion was negatived without a division.
The house then went into committee.
OPENING OF THE COASTING TRADE.

Mr. CARDWELL moved for leave to introduce a
bill to admit foreign ships to the coasting trade ; and
also a bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating
to merchant shipping. He said he would now merely
move, as briefly as he could, for leave to introduce the
bills, reserving to the second reading any lengthened
discussion upon the subject. He should propose one
change which he hoped would have some tendency to
avert those fearful calamities at sea of which they
had heard so much lately. That security he contem-
plated by having every seaman bound to obtain a registry
that he was fit to be entrusted with the manage-
ment of a ship. He also intended to avail himself
largely of the mintenance of life boats. To the Duke of
Northumberland, the country was largely indebted for
what he had done in this respect, and he (Mr. Cardwell)
had also been in communication with Capt. Washington
on the subject. The Government had taken a
great step towards improving the mercantile marine, by
abolishing the register ticket. (Hear, hear, hear.)
With regard to the question of manning the mercantile
marine, it would be remembered that last year a mea-
sure was passed enabling merchant shipowners to man
their ships without reference to nationality. The law
before required that all ships shall be manned by Bri-
tish subjects. This law was last session repealed,
and he was happy to it had been productive of
good. Last year something like 190,000 sailors were
engaged in the mercantile service of this country, and
of that number only 2,500 or 2,600 were foreigners,
and all fears that the change in the law would
lead to the introduction of large numbers of foreigners
must now be at an end. He believed if a fraud were to
be practised upon our revenue, it could be far more
easily done by a native sailing under our flag, and having
his friends and connexions among the peasbntry, than
by a foreigner. And with respect to the wages now
paid for seamen, any one living on the coast must
he well aware of the great demand for ship-
ping, and it was equally well known that the
wages of seamen had so far advanced that pensioners
were giving up their tickets to avail themselves of these
enhanced rates, and even men who had emigrated to
America had returned to take service in our mercantile