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For these reasons he hoped the house would not con-
sent to this motion.

Mr. F. FRENCH advocated the granting of the
motion.

Mr. COWPER said a great deal of misunderstanding
seemed to exist on this subject. He thought the public
had been the gainers by the mail service being performed
as it was now, by contract, instead of as it used to be by
the Government ; and it must be borne in mind that the
Government had never contemplated entering into con-
tracts for the conveyance or comforts of passengers,
their functions being limited to the safe and rapid con-
veyance of the mails.

Lord NAAS said he, for one, would not support this
motion if it was merely a question of the luxury of
passengers, which it was not ; but in fact they did not
ask for a grant of 120,0001. or 150,0001. a year ; all
they asked for was to insure punctuality, which was
not insured at present.

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THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 10.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a
Drawing-Room, at St. James's-Palace, on Thursday the
'.soth inst., at two o'clock.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 27.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conel d'elire to
the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Salisbury
empowering them to elect a Bishop of that see, the same
being void by the death of Doctor Edward Denison, late
Bishop thereof; and her Majesty has also been pleased to
recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Reverend
Walter Kerr Hamilton, M.A., to be by them elected
Bishop of the said see.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 27.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend
George Henry Sacheverell Johnson, M.A., the Deanery of
the cathedral church of Wells, void by the death of Doc-
tor Richard Jenkyns.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Mayer
Grant, Esq., to be Treasurer for the Island of Saint
Vincent.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
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 at Carthagena, re-
porting that the Government of New Granada have thrown
open the coasting trade of that country to Foreign vessels.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
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 at Carthagena,
reporting the imposition of the following tonnage dues
upon foreign vessels, viz. :
On every vessel not exceeding 100 tons, 4 reals for every
Granadian ton.
On every vessel over 100 tons, 4 reals on each of the first
hundred tons, and 2 reals on each ton exceeding that
amount.
This duty will only be levied on foreign vessels at the
first port in New Granada, at which they may touch.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 27.
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 aLisbon, reporting
that the Board of Health at that place has declared all the
ports of England to be free from infection.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 28.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Edward Ffol-
liott Wingfield to be Captain, by purchase, vice Totten-
ham, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the Hon.
Charles Spencer Bateman Hanbury to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wingfield ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant the
Hon. Thomas Hatton George Fermor to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Awty, who retires, March 28.
let Dragoon—Captain Archibald Henry Plantagenet
Stuart Wortley, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be
Captain, vice Digby, appointed to the Grenadier Guards,
March 28.
3d Dragoon Guards— Charles John White, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Allen, promoted on the Staff,
March 28.
9th Light Dragoons—Major Charles John Foster, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Allen, who
exchanges, March 26.
16th Light Dragoons—Major William Warner Allen,
from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Foster,
who exchanges, March 28.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain
John Almerus Digby, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be
Lieutenant and Captain, vice Pole, appointed to the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, March 28.
Ist Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the
55th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robertson, promoted on
the Staff, March 28.

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