The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-08 00:00:00

MEROPOLITAN GRAVE-YARDS.

Mr. SEYMOUR said according to the return pub-
lished by the Registrar General, it appeared that the
deaths last week in the metropolis numbered 1,748, while
in the corresponding week last year the number was
1,130, and therefore the mortality last week was 618
above the average of ten years, making due allowance
for an increase in the population. He wished on that ac
count to ask the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment when the grave-yards and burial-places within
the city and metropolis of London are to be finally
closed, and what further steps have been taken to pro-
vide the means of extramural interment.
_

Lord PALMERSTON could only repeat what lie had
already stated to the house, namely, that competent
medical officers had been appointed to inspect all the
graveyards In the metropolis. Many of the graveyards,
upon their report, had been closed by an ordr in Coun-
cil, and he had no doubt that the same course would be
pursued in reference to the others. With regard to
making future arrangements for the burial of the dead,
he apprehended that such arrangements must rest with
the parishes concerned, but he thought the ground
which had been recently purchased near Woking would
be found amply sufficient to meet the demands of the
metropolis for some time to come.
NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

Mr. F. SCULLY wished to ask Lord John Russell,
whether any arrangements have been adopted to insure
the sale of books intended for the use of the Irish Na-
tional Schools, to the promoters of schools and the pub-
lic, in an authentic form and at a moderate price.
Lord J. RUSSELL replied in the affirmative.
THE FUNDS.

Mr. DISRAELI said the amended resolutions on the
subject of the public funds had been placed in his hands
to-night ; and as there were numerous alterations in
them, he should be glad to know if it was intended to
take a vote upon them to-night, or only to have the
statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon
them ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that would depend upon the house itself. It would
be for the house to determine, after hearing his state-
ment, whether it would proceed at once to a vote or
postpone it until next week.
WEST INDIA MAIL.
In reply to Mr. SPOONER,

Sir J. GRAHAM stated that complaints from all the
outports were daily pouring into the Admiralty of the
irregularities which were constantly taking place in the
dispatch and arrival of the West India mail. The West
India Steam Packet Company were in receipt of
270,0001. for carrying the mails, and these irregularities
were most unjustifiable, but the company insisted
that as these irregularities related to a point of time,
they did not vitiate the contract, and the subject had
been submitted to the law officers of the Crown. (Hear,
hear.)

NATIONAL DEBT.
The house then went into committee, Mr. BOUVERIE,
on the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, in the chair.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to
move the following resolutions :-
" 1. That the capital trading stock of the Corporation
of the Governor and Company of Merchant of Great
Britain trading to the South Seas and other parts of
America, and for encouraging the fishery, which is called
and known by the name of South Sea Stock : the capital
stocks of the 31. per Centum Annuities, called and known
by the name of the Old South Sea Annuities and by the
name of the New South Sea Annuities : the capital stock
of the 31. per Centum Annuities, created by an act passed
in the twelfth year of King George the First, intituled,
"An Act for granting to His Majesty the sum of
1,000,0001., to be raised by way of lottery," called and
known by the name of the Bank Annuities 1726: and the
capital stock of the 3/. per Centum Annuities, created by
an act passed in the twenty-fourth year of King George
the Second, intituled " An Act for granting to his Majesty
the sum of 2,100,0001., to be raised by annuities and a lot-
tery, and charged on the Sinking Fund, redeemable by
Parliament," called and known by the name of the 31. per
Centum Annuities 1751, shall be paid off and redeemed.
" 2. That every person, body politic and corporate, who
now is, or hereafter may be, interested in the capital
stocks of any of the said 3/. per Centum Annuities, who
shall, in manner hereinafter directed, give notice at any
time on or before Friday, the 6th day of May, 1853; of his
assent to receive other government securities in lieu and
in place of the said capital stocks of the said annuities, in-
stead of being paid in money, shall, at the option of the
said parties, receive for every 100/. thereof, 821. 10s. in a
a New Stock of Three-and-a-Half per Centum An-
n aities, which said annuities shall be paid at the
rate of 3/. 10s. per centum per annum until the sth day of
January, 1894, from and after which day the said annui-
ties shall be subject to redemption by Parliament ; or for
every 100/. of the said capital stocks of annuities the sum
of 1101. in a New Stock of Two-and-a-Half per Centum
Annuities, which said annuities shall be paid at the rate
of 21. 10s. per centum per annum until the sth day
of January, 1894, from and after which day ' the
said annuities shall be subject to redemption by Par-
liament ; or for every sum of 100/. of the capital Stocks
of the said 3/. per Centum Annuities, an Exchequer Bond
for the like amount payable to the bearer, and carrying
interest at the rate of 21. 15s. per cent um per annum,
payable half-yearly, on the Ist day of March and the
Ist day of September in every year, until the Ist day of
September in a year to be named in such bond, and not
later than Ist September, 1864, inclusive, and thenceforth
2/. 10s, per centum per annum, payable half-yearly in like
manner, until and including the Ist of September, 1894,
and thereafter to be subject to redemption at par, at the
option of the holder, or at the option of the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury, as sball be named in such bond.
"3. That the dividends and interest payable on such New
3/. 10s. per Centum Annuities, on such New 21. 10s. per
Centum Annuities, and on such Exchequer Bonds, shall be
charged and chargeable upon the Consolidated Fund of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
," 4. That the dividends now payable by law on sth July
and sth January in every year on the said Capital Trading
Stock and on the said capital stock of New South Sea An -
nuities, annuities 1726, and annuities 1751, shall continue
payable until the sth January, 1854, inclusive, and no
longer.
" That the dividends now payable by law on 10th Octo-
ber and sth April in every year on the said capital stock
of Old South Sea Annuities shall continue payable until
sth April, 1854, inclusive, and no longer.
" 5. That if the Corporation of the Governor and Com-
pany of Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South
Seas and other parts of America, and for encouraging the
fishery, shall at any time on or before Friday, the 3d day
of Juno, signify to the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury their assent to commute and exchange the said
capital trading stock, or any part thereof, into any one or
more of the said 31. 10s. per Centum Annuities, New 21.
I.os. per Centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, the said
corporation shall be permitted to make such commutation
and exchange upon the same terms, and subject to the like
conditions, as are granted to the person or persons, bodies
politic or corporate, interested in, or entitled to, the capi-
tal stock of 3/. per Centum Annuities now proposed to be
paid off and redeemed.
"6. That all and every person or persons, bodies politic
or corporate, possessed of any part of the said 3/. per Cen-
tum Annuities, and who shall desire to signify his, her, or
their assent to receive the said New 3/. 10s. per Centum
Annuities, New 21. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or Exche-
quer Bonds in lieu thereof, shall on or before the 6th day of
May, 1853, but within the usual hours of transacting busi-
ness at the Bank of England, or at the South Sea House, by
themselves or some agent or agents for that purpose duly au-
thorised, signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank
of England, or to the Governor and Company of Merchants of
Great Britain trading to the South Seas, as the case may be,
such assent in writing under his, her, or their hand or hands
or the hand or hands of his, her, or their agent or agents,
together with the amount of his, her, or their respective
share or shares in the said 3/. per Centum Annuities, and
which said assent shall be entered in a book or books to be
opened and kept by the said governor and company of the
Bank of England and by the said governor and com-
pany of merchants of Great Britain trading to the,
South Seas for that purpose ; and in case of any transfer
of such share or shares of such annuities, or any part or
parts thereof, after such assent, the part or parts of such
annuities so transferred shall be entered in the said book
or books separately from Cie 31. per Centum Annuities, in
respect of which no such assent shall be signified, and
every such person or persons so assenting, or his, or her or
their assigns, or the executors or administrators of such
assigns, under any such transfer, shall be entitled for
every 100/. capital stock of the said 3/. per Centum An-
nuities to i 2/. 10s. of the capital stock of New 3/. 10s. per
Centum Annuities, or to 1101. of the capital stock of the New
2/. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or to an Exchequer Bond
of 1001. bearing interest as aforesaid : provided always that
if any person or persons holding any such 3/. per Centum
Annuities, shall not be within the limits of the United
Kingdom at any time between the Bth day of April and
the 6th day of May, 1853, both inclusive, but shall be in
any other part of Europe, it shall be lawful for such per-
son or persons to signify such assent at any time before the
30th day of July, 1853 ; and if any such person
or persons shall not at any time between the Bth day
of April, 1853, and the 30th day of July, 1853,
be within any part of Europe, it shall be lawful for him,
her, or them to signify such assent at any time before
the Ist clay of February, 1854, such person or persons
proving to the satisfaction of the Governor or Deputy
Governor of the Bank of England, or to the Governor of the
South Sea Company, his, her, or their absence from the
United Kingdom, or out of Europe, as above specified, and
that his, her, or their share or shares of such 3/. per Centum
Annuities stood in his, her, or their name or names respec-
tively, orin the name or names of any one or more trustee or
trustees, on his, her, or their behalf, in the books of the Gover-

nor and Company of the Bank of England, or Governor and
Company of Merchant Traders to the South Seas on the 6th
day of May, 1853: provided also, that such person or per-
sons so absent from the United Kingdom, or out of Europe,
shall signify such his, her, or their assent, within ten days
after his, her, or their return to the United Kingdom.
"7. That every person or persons, body politic or
corporate, who now is, or hereafter may be, interested
n or entitled to any part of the capital stock of the
Consolidated 3/. per Centum Annuities, or of the Capi-
tal Stock of the Reduced 3/. per Centum Annuities,
payable at the Bank of England, or at the Bank of
Ireland, and who shall at any time before the 10th day
of October, 1853, signify to the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England, or to the Governor and Company of
the Bank of Ireland, by an entry to be made in books to
be opened for such purpose, his desire to commute and ex-
change any or all of the said annuities to which he may be
entitled, into any one or more of the said New 3/. 10s. per
Centum Annuities, New 2/. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or
Exchequer Bonds, shall be permitted to make such com-
mutation and exchange upon the same terms and subject
to the like conditions as are granted to the person or per-
sons, bodies politic or corporate, interested in or entitled
to the Capital Stocks of 3/. per Centum Annuities pro-
posed to be be paid off and redeemed as aforesaid.
" 8. That the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury be
authorised and empowered to issue at any time between
the sth of April, 1853, and the sth of April, 1854, Ex-
chequer Bonds, payable to bearer, upon the like terms and
conditions as hereinbefore described, and after public no-
tice in the London Gazette, from time to time to sell such
Exchequer Bonds, or any part thereof, and to apply the
proceeds in redeeming any part of the capital trading stock
or capital stock of annuities now proposed to be paid off and
redeemed, or in purchasing and cancelling any Exchequer
Bills, or in exchanging such Bonds for Exchequer Bills, upon
such terms as the said Commissioners shall think proper,
or in purchasing and cancelling any of the Consolidated 3/.
per Centum Annuities, or Reduced 3/. per Centum Annui-
ties, payable at the Bank of England or at the Bank of
Ireland, as the case may be.
"9. That the interest on such Exchequer Bonds shall be
issued and chargeable on the said Consolidated Fund.l
" 10. That no amount of such Exchequer Bonds shall
be charged exceeding in the whole the sum of thirty
millions.

" 11. That it shall be lawful for the Accountant-
General of the Courts of Chancery in England and Ireland
respectively, and for the Accountant in Bankruptcy in
in England, at any time before the 6th day of May 1853,
.to signify to the Governor and Company of the Bank of
England, or to the Corporation of the Governor and Com-
pany of the Merchants of Great Britain trading to the
South Seas and other parts of America, and for encou-
raging the fishery, on behalf any suitor or suitors, or others
interesting 3/. per Centum Annuities hereinbefore referred
to, standing in the names of such Accountants-General
and Accountant respectively, their assent to accept and
receive shares in the said New 3/. 10s. per Centum
Annuities, or New 27. 10s. per Centum Annuities, or
Exchequer Bonds, in lieu of all such 3/. per Cen-
tum Annuities standing in their names respectively;
and the said Accountants-General and Accountant
respectively shall be fully indemnified against all actions,
suits, and proceedings for and in respect of any action,
matter, or thing done by them respectively in pursuance
thereof.

" 12. That all executors, administrators, guardians, and
trustees interested in or entitled to any part of the capital
stock of the Old South Sea 31. per Centum Annuities, of
the New South Sea 31. per Centum Annuities, of the 31.
per Centum Annuities created by the Act 12th George
the First, of the 3/. per Centum Annuities created by the
Act 24th George the Second, of the Consolidated 31. per
Centum Bank Annuities, and of the Reduced 31. per
Centum Bank Annuities, whether payable at the Bank of
England or at the Bank of Ireland, as the case may be,
who shall signify their desire to convert the Annuities to
which they may be respectively interested into any of the
New 31. lOs. per Centum Annuities, New 21. lOs. per
Centum Annuities, or Exchequer Bonds, shall be in-
demnified."

In the first place, he said he wished to modify the ex-
pectations which had been raised in the public mind
with respect to the intentions of the Government. The
propositions which he was about to recommend were not
of a nature to effect any sweeping or fundamental
changes, but were propositions advantageous in them-
selves, and calculated to lay the foundations for more
extended future operations. pie would remind the
house that there was a great difference between the po
sition of a Minister of Finance now coming forward to
propose any operations on the public debt, and the po-
sition of any former Finance Minister coming forward
for the same purpose. All operations from the time of
the peace to the period which they had been so ably
wound up by the right hon. gentleman the member for
the University of Cambridge. He had marked the dif-
ferent stages, from the time of war when money was dif-
ficult to be obtained, to the time of peace and commercial
prosperity in 1822. Lord Bexley proposed a commu-
tation of the public debt, and operating on a capital of
152,000,0001., he had effected a saving of 1,206,000/. ;
in 1824, Lord Ripon operating on a capital of 77,000,0001.
had effected a saving of 390,0001. in 1831. Mr. Goul-
burn had operated upon a capitel of 153,000,0001.,
had effected a saving of 753,0001., and in 1844
the same right honourable gentleman had operated
upon a capital of 245,000,0001., and had effected
a saving of 1,244,000/. These cases were widely dif-
ferent from the present case. To reduce the interest
from 5 per cent, to 4, from 4 to 31, and from 3f to 3,
was a very different thing from dealing with a debt at 3
per cent., which appeared to be the limit which could be
arrived at in all transactions of this nature. The debt
now amounted to 500,000,0001., more than double of
any sum which it had as yet been attempted to approach
for the purposes of reduction ; and it must also be re-
membered that Parliament had secured their stock by
provisions requiring a Parliamentary notice of 12 months
before any measure of reduction or commutation could
be applied. A large compulsory operation was quite
out of the question. It was, however, the opinion of
the Government, that though they could not at present
effect any great and magnificent result, such
as those which had been effected by former
Ministers, yet a beginning could be made, and
steps taken, useful so far as they went, which would lay
the ground, whereas yet there had never been any laid.
No one could admit more fully than he did the full right
of Parliament to retain in its own hands the control of
these operations, and the more responsibility it took
on itself the less would there be to be borne by the
Minister ; but in transactions of this nature it was ne-
cessary that everything should be done without delay
and with resolution, and it would be necessary always
for the house to put some degree of confidence in its
agent, the Minister, and not embarrass his operations
by insisting on too full and detailed premature discus-
sion of his propotitions. The plan of the Government
consisted of three portions. The first portion was the liqui-
dation of certain minor stocks, which appeared upon the
schedule of the national debt, and of the existence the
greater portion of the public, and perhaps of that house,
were entirely unaware. They were chiofly connected
with the South Sea Company, and they amounted in the
whole to about 9,500,000/. It might to be asked, why
did he trouble these stocks, which might be called our
yitriarchical stocks, and which represented the oldest
forms of the national debt ? They consisted of several
descriptions of stock, each possessing the same proper-
ties, and none having any advantage over the other, and
that he thought was by no means desirable. Further
that this, although he had nothing to say against the
corporation which managed this portion of the debt, yet
he thought it would be as well to bring the whole debt
under one board of management. The saving he expected
to effect by this operation would amount to about2s,ooo/.
If these parties should happen to make a call for cash,
it would by no means be inconvenient, because it would
enable the Government to employ their present idle
capital, and the saving to the country would be still
greater than 28,0001. a year. The funds to meet this
change would be obtained from various sources, namely,
the idle capital in the Exchequer, the sale of New Bonds,
and the issuing of New Stock. The second resolution
related to the issuing of Exchequer Bonds, and the third
to the voluntary commutation of stock, The time must
come when the interest of money must be greatly
reduced, but though that might be so, it was still the
duty of Parliament to make provision for such a future
reduction. Public credit stood high at the present mo-
ment it was true, but there had been a time when it
stood much higher. The price of stock to-day was at
par, but some years ago it stood at 1101., and such a
rise might take place again. Well, then, the second re-
solution would provide for the issue of Exchequer Bonds,
carrying interest at the rate first of 21. 15s. Od., and
then 21. 10s. Od. per cent., up to 1854, when it would
be reserved to Parliament to effect a redemption.
These bonds were simple and as free as pos-
sible from objections. They were not to exceed
30,000,0001., and before they were issued measures
would be taken to make their transfer easy and
inexpensive. There would be four modes of trans-
fer. In the first place, the bonds might be exchanged
against Exchequer Bills, and this provision, he thought,
would be found highly conducive to the public interest.
The funding of Exchequer Bills under the existing
system often told against the public purse. For instance,
it had never happened that they were funded under
31. Os. per cent. ; while, under the new plan, the fund-
ing of Exchequer Bills could be accomplished for 21. 10s.
per cent. There would be three other modes of
transfer, but the one which he had just explained was
perhaps the most important. He fully believed and an-
ticipated that these securities would be popular with the
public ; there were many foreign securities circulating in
this country which it was equally easy to transfer,
though not absolutely from hand to hand, as would be
the case in this instance, and lie apprehended that these
exchequer bonds would take the place of many of these
foreign securities. The price of guaranteed stock at the
present moment was 1021. 17s. 6d., while unguaranteed
stock sold at 991. 17s. 6d., and in issuing these exchequer
bonds, the Government was anxious to give the public
the benefit of the first certainty. But under the existing
system, public securities. were almost entirely excluded
from the provincial market ; but, under the new plan,
the markets of such places as Liverpool and Glasgow
would be thrown open to the public securities.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

THE 'LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, ARPIL 6.
The Queen has been pleased to order a writ to be issued
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland. for summoning the Right Honourable
George Stevens Byng (commonly called Viscount Enfield),
to the House of Peers. by the style and title of Baron
Strafford of Harmondsworth, in the county of Middlesex.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Granville
William Sutherland Leveson Gower, Esquire (cOmmonly
called Marquess of Stafford), to be Lieutenant and Sheriff
Principal of the Shire of Cromarty, in the room of Rode-
rick MacLeod, Esquire, deceased.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Reeve,
Esq., Barrister at Law, to be Registrar of the Privy
Council, under the provisions and as regards the purposes
of the Act of the 3rd and 4th William the Fourth, cap.
41, "for the better administration of justice in her Ma-
jesty's Privy Council."
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 6.
. .

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-

General the Honourable George Cathcart, Governor of the
Cape of Good Hope, to be her Majesty's High Commis-
sioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the
territories in Southern Africa, adjacent or contiguous to
the eastern and north-eastern frontier of that colony, save
and except the territories of the Orange River Sovereignty,
and Sir George Russell Clerk, K.C.8., and Charles Mos-
tyn Owen, Esq., to be Assistants to the High Commis-
sioner. _ _

Efer Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Sir George
Russell Clerk, K.C.8., to be her Majesty's Special Com-
missioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of
the aforesaid territories of the Orange River Sovereignty.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 6.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Albert
Strekeisen as Vice-Consul in London for the Swiss Confed-
eration.

ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, MARCH 18.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Topham,
Esq. to be Lieutenant of her Majesty's Honourable Corps
of Esq.,
vice Sir James Tyler, retired.
ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 7.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint James Peters,
Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-
at-Arms, vice Topham, promoted.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 8.
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major John Daniel
Dyson, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Arthur,
who retires i Captain Edwards Dyson, to be Major, by
purchase, vice John Daniel Dyson ; Lieutenant Frank
Chaplin, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edwards Dyson ;
Cornet James Swinburne, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Chaplin, April 8.
11th Light Dragoons—Serjeant-Major Henry Kauntze
to be Quartermaster, vice Gilleland, appointed Cornet and
Adjutant 3d Dragoon Guards, April 1.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign William Henry Spencer
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tolcher, who retires,
April 8.
7th Foot—Lieutenant George Rasbleigh Edgell to be
Captain,
Regiment;
vice Wynn, promoted in the 2d
Second Lieutenant Edward Barker
Prescott, from the nth Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Edgell ; Ensign James Molesworth, from the
West ldibayßpe
49th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ward]aw,
whose promotion, by purchase, ,on the 25th March has
been cancoled, April 8.

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22d Foot—Lieutenant Herbert C4-2o7be 80-,7den to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Johnston, dcceased, Feb.
22 ; Lieutenant Robert Colvill Jones to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Bowden, whose promotion, without pur-
chase on the 15th March, has been cancelled ; Ensign John
Burke to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jones ;
Ensign Bonar Millett Deane, from the 96th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Burke, March 15.

23d Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Clarke Jervoise to
to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Henry Or-
lando Robert Chamberlain, Bart , who retires, April 8.
36th Foot—Ensign William Tyler Stuart to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Morgan, deceased, March 3.
41st Foot—Ensign George Robert Fitzroy to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Alexander, who retires, April 8.
51st Foot—Ensign Frederick Edward Medhurst to be
Lieutenant, without• purchase, vice Westropp, deceased,
Jan. 24.

54th Foot —Lieutenant Charles Fitzroy Barnett, from.
75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Le Pelley, who ex-
changes, April 8.
58th Foot—Ensign Michael Tighe, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Duncan, deceased, March 13.
59th Foot—Lieutenant Martin Francis Kirwan, from
half-pay, 62nd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Trevor, ap-
pointed to the 4th Foot ; Ensign Monteford Spread
Morgan, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kirwan, who
retires, April 8.
64th Foot—Schoolmaster-Serjeant Louis D'Acosta, to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tuke, promoted,
March 14.

75th Foot—Lieutenant Ernest Le Pelley, from 54th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Barnett, who exchanges,
April 8.
80th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant George Bodle, to
be Paymaster, vice Hunt, deceased ; Ensign Erasmus
Burrowes to be Adjutant, vice Bodle, appointed Pay-
master, April 8.
e4th Foot—Captain Henry Frederick Saunders, from
half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Half hide, who
exchanges, April 8.
87th Foot—First Lieutenant, Edward W. Johnson Ful-
cher, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Herring, who re-
tires ; Second Lieutenant Charles Edmund Goddard, to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fulcher, April 8.
97th Foot—Thomas Biggs to be Captain, witbout pur-
chase, vice M`Caskill, who retires upon full pay ; Ensign
R'c'iard Francis Holmes to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chas3, vice Eiggs, April 8,
MEMORANDUM.—The Commission of Lieutenant Richard
Raphael Meade, of the 94th Foot, as Adjutant, has been
ante-dated to 23d July, 1852.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 4.

The following promotions, dated the 2d inst., conse-
quent on the death, on the st inst. of Admiral of the
Nhite Sir Thomas Lix:ngstone, Bart., have this day take:
place :—Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. Thomas Earl
of Dundonald, G.C.8., to be Admiral of the White ; Vice-
Admiral of the Red the Right Hon. Lord William Fitz-
roy, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue ; Vice-Admiral of
the White Sir John Louis, Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of
the Red ; Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. Gran-
ville George Lord Radstock, C. 8.. to be Vice-Admiral of
the White ; Vice-Admiral of the Red Henry Hope, C. 8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue ; Rear-Admiral of the
White Charles Sotheby to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ;
Rear-Admiral of the Blue David Price to be Rear-Admiral
of the White • Captain George Frederick Rice to be Rear-
Admiral of the Blue.

Commission by the Queen.
Duke of Corr. wall's Rangers Regiment of Militia—
Thomas Frederick Hill Alms, Esq., to be Adjutant, Feb. 28.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton.
The Right Honourable Henry Howard Molyneux, Earl
of Carnarvon, to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Right
Honourable illiam Bingham, Lord Ashburton, to be
Deputy Lieutenant ; the Honourable James Kenneth
Howard to be Deputy Lieutenant 7 • Sir Apehibald Keppel
Macdonald, Baronet, to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 2.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Selkirk.
William Henry Walter Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Keith Pringle, Esq., of Broad-
meadows, to be Deputy Dieutenant, March 23.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Stafford.
King's Own Ist Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—
George Tennant, Esq., late Major in Her Majesty's 85th
Regiment, to be-Major, vie 3 Talbot, promoted, April 1 ;
Ensign Walter Vernon Hezford to be Lieutenant, Dec. 14.
King's Own 3rd Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—
Colonel Charles Bagot, lat 3 of the Ist or G:enadier Regi-
ment of Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant;
George John Wood, Doctor of Medicine, to be Surgeon ;
Samuel Mayer Turner, Gent., to be Assistant-Sargeon,
April 5.

-Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumber-
landshire.
Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Ralph Henry
Philipson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 2 ; William
Adamsbn, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 4.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire.
Warwickshire Militia—Major Sir Thomas George Skip-
with, Bart., of the Ist Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel
of the 2nd Regiment ; Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles
Wise to be Major in Pie Ist Regiment, vice Granville,
changed to the 2nd Regiment : Charles Henry Beck, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant in the Lt Regiment, April 2.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
Queen's Own (Light Infantry) Regiment of Tower Hamlets
Militia—Henry William Burgess, Esq., to be Captain,
April 5. •
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding
of Yorkshire.
Ist Regiment of West York Militia—Richard Dyneley
Chamberlain, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 17.
Captain, March 24.
2d Regiment of est York Militia—Frederick 'William
Esq., to be Captain ; Richard Edward Davies,
Regiment of West York Militia—Henry Mainwaring,
G
e Lieutenant, vice Whitaker, resigned, March
lETohse3cl;ondt.inis rrtooban's Compton Clarges Loftus, Gent., be Ensign,
vice Dunhiil, resigned ; William Manley Eastwood, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant ; Cockcroft Sutcliffe, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, March 19 ; Henry Neville Cotton Thurston, Gent.,
to he Ensign, March 24,

4th Regiinent of West York Militia—The Right Honour-
able Lord Beaumont to be Lieutenant-Colonel Command-
ant, March 29.
Commissions by the-Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Cavalry— Cornet Thomas
Fraser Grover to be Lieutenant ; Edward Poach William
Miles, Gent., to be Cornet, March 26.
BANK OF ENGLAND,
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
the Week end,ng on Saturday the 2d day of April, 1853.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

.t
Notes issued .. •• .... 32,570,030

£
Government debt .... 11,015,100
Other securities .. 2,984,400
Gold coin and bu!lion 18,550,876
Silver bul lon .... 19,151

X 32,570,0.10

£32,570,030
K. MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 7th day of April, 1853,

BANKING D]
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest • • • • ...... 3,635,929
Public deposits tin-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 8,234,115
Other deposi s ...... 12,690,203
Seven Day and. other
Bills •••• • " • .... 1,356,690

£40,469,937

Dated t' o 7th day of April, 195: