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CaTtecin 3'. W. Wilder, Poth Regiment, by Major.Gerterj
Brown.
Captain Foster, Lieutenant Sykes and Dallis, Cornett
Wharton, Wilson, and James Miller, by the Earl of
Cardigan.

Lieutenant-Colone!6 Baiubrigge and Mitchell on promo-
tion, and Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholls, by Lord. Fitzroy
Somerset.
Captain Herringbam and Commander Carletc't, by Sir

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Edward Codrington.
Lieut.-General Sir John W. Guise, on the appointment
to the Colonelcy of the 85th Regiment; Lieut.-General
Sir Neil Douglas, on appointment to the 72d High-
landers; Major-General Sir Robert Harvey, on his
appointment to the Colonelcy of the 2d West Ind:a
Regiment; Major-General James Hay, on appoinfr
ment to the 79th Highlanders; Major-General Bain-
brigge, on promotion and appointment to the command
of the Belfast district; Major-General Sir Richard
Armstrong, C. 8., on return from staff of Canada, ;ind
appointment to colonelcy of 95th Regiment; sad
Captain A. C. Bentinck, on appointment and return
from the Cape—by the Duke of Wellington.
Captain Dickinson, R.N., and Commander Dalyell, R.N.,
by Sir C. Adam.
Liewenants C. Middleton ar.d R. J. Smith, on return
from India; Cornet W. 0. Bird, on appointment to
15:1 Hus.ars; Cornets S. Pearson, F. J. 0. Hopon,
R. Macneill, and 'l'. S. Townsend, on appointment to
3.1 Dragoons—by Colonel Middleton.
Lieut,-Colorel J. Lloyd, C. 8., Major P. Hay, and
Lip titiant9. I3t adnell, on re: turn from India; Lieut.

Claudius Harris, on promotion; Lieutenant Lewis
AL:nro and Assistant-Surgeon J. W. Fletcher—by wit

John liobhouse.
Lieut( nant 0: Leahy, IL.G. Savage, H. G. Teesdale, G.
Rankin, and W. Crossman—by the Inspector- Generisl

of Fortifications.
Ensigns—J. Mullins, J. Gillespie, A. Bon!noir', G. T.
Chesney, Russell, James Goddard, A. Davidson,
H. A. St forth; J. E. Gahagan, E. C. S. Williams,
D. C. Hench`y, and C. Scott—by Sir F. Smith.
Captain H. N.S. Shrapnel, by Lieutenant-General Sir

Augustus de Butts, -
Captain Du Plat, on promotion, by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge.
Captain Hylton Jolliffe, on promotion, by Col. Chaplin.
Captain Reed, by Lieut.• Colonel Tullock.
Captain George W. Vesey, by Sir Arthur Brooke, M.P.
Lieutenant Charles F. Kelly, on his return from India,

by General Lord Aylmer:
Second Lieutenant John Peyton, by Lieut.-General Sir

John Law Lushington.
Lieutenant Gordon, by Lieut.. Colonel Diggle.
Lieut. W. G. Baker Creswell, by his rather, Mr. B.

Creswell.
Lieutenant Wallis O'Brien Hoare, by the Marquis of
Thomond.
Lieut. Buchanan, by the Marquis of Thomond.
Lieut. Stevenson, (n appointment to the Scots Fusilier
Guards,_by Col. BLrkeley Drummond.
Lieutenant George Fro?. Coryton, on return from India,
by his father Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton.
Lieutenant Walsh, on appointment to the Royal Ma-
rines, by Lieutenant-Ueneral Sir Andrew Barnard,
G.C.B.
Lieutenant Francis G. Gregor, by the Earl of Falmouth.
Lieutenant Lindesay, on promotion, by the Marquis of
Ormonde.
Lieutenant Francis C. Maude, on promotion, by his
father, the Hon. Francis Maude.
Cornet G. Arden Franklyn, by Lieutenant• General Sir
Edward Kerrison, Bart., K.C.8., &c.
Cornet Goff, by General Caulfeild.
Captain Miller, by Lieutenant-General Sir Augustus de
Butts, G.C.H.

Captain R. Gordon, R.N., by Admiral Sir Byam
Martin, G.C.B.
Captain Septimus H. Becher, by Major-General Sir
George Pollock. G.C.8., Ike.

Major erutchley, on return from foreign service, by
General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, Bart.
Sub-Lieutenant Lygon, by Viscount Combermere.
Lieutenant Gibb, by Major-General Sir J. Burgoyne.
Lieutenant John Frederick Slegg, on appointment to'lst
Royal Lancashire Militia, by Colonel Clerk Kennedy.
Lieutenant Wright, on return from foreign service, by
Colonel Wright, K.H., R.M.
Lieutenant M. Spratt, by Colonel Parke, C.B.
A petition to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,
from a public meeting of the citizens of the city of
Chester, praying that her Majesty would be graciously
pleased to refer to the constitutional advisers of the
Crown, the enactment of a General Conservancy Bin
for the improvement of the open ports and tidal bar.,
bours of the kingdom, was presented to her Majesty
at the levee, by Sir Edward Walker, mayor of Chester,
Mr. Robert Turner, sheriff, and Mr. John Rosson, bar-
rister •at-law, honorary secretary to a deputation from
the city of Cheater. Sir E. Walker, and Messrs. Tur-
ner and Rosson were presented to the Queen by the
Earl Grosvenor,,M.P. _ _

The Earl Forteseue, Lord Steward, was prevented by
indisposition from attending the levee.
Her Majesty gave audience to the Field Officer in
Brigade Waiting.
At the Queen's Levee on the 22d ult.' Mr. Alderman
and Sheriff Finnis was presented to her Majesty by Sir
George Grey; Mr. Sheriff Goodhart, by Sir George
Grey; Mr. Under-Sheriff Shearman, by Sir George
Grey; Mr. Under. Sheriff Tamplin, by Sir George Grey ;
Rev. T. N. Hamilton, chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Finals,
by Mr. Sheriff Finnis; Rev. J. W. Gleadhall, chaplain to
Mr. Sheriff Goodhart, by Mr. Sheriff Goodhart.
After the levee yesterday, her Majesty and Prince
Albert, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting,
returned to Buehit gharc, Palace, escorted by a detach-
ment of the Life Guards.

Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians. the Countess
d'flulst (in waning on her Majesty). and Major de Moor.
kerke, dined with the Queto at Buckingham Palace yes-
terday evening. The following had also the honour of
receiving invitaticns:—His Excellency M. Van de Weyer
and Mme. Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Sutherland,
Lord John Russell, end Viscount Jocelyn.
Chamherlain's•offlue, March 21, 1842.
Notice is hereby given, that with a view to prevent
injury to trade, the Queen has been graciously pleased
to command that the Court mourning announced to corn-
mince to-morrow, shall not apply to the occasion of the
ensuing Drawing Room, to be held on Thursday, the
29th instan`..

GOVERNMENT AID TO IRISH
RAILWAYS.
A numerously attended meeting of Members of Par-
liament, fur tit, most part connected with Ireland, was
held on Aonday in one of the Committee Rooms in the
House of Commons, to hear a communication from Lord
John Russell on the subject of loans of public money. to
Irish railways, and to consider the best means of urging
on the Government the advisability of assisting in the
completion of those national works in Ireland.
Sir L. O'BRIEN, Bart., occupied the chair, and opened
the business of the meeting by stating that he had received
(in his capacity of chairman of a deputation which had
lately waited upon the Government) another letter from
John ItusAll on the subject of the intentions of the Go-
vernment with respect to loans to Irish railway
companies. The letter of the Noble Lord was, in sub-
stance, that the Cabinet wore of opinion that loans of
public money nould be more beneficially employed in
the improvement of land or in the encouragement of
arterial drainage than in assisting in the completion of
railways. Iler Aihjesiy's Government did not under-
value the necessity of making through railway communi-
cation in Ireland, neither did they wish the deputation
to consider this latter as a final decision, because they
intended to consult the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, who
would be in town in a few days. Having conferred with
the Noble Earl, his Lordship would again communicate
with the deputation.
Mr. REYNOLDS expressed his regret that the Governs
meat had not taken another view of this important sub-
ject, for it struck him that giving precedence to drainage
and the improvements of the land was very. like putting
the cart before the horse, as it would be impossible to
make the land valuable in remote districts without
the assistance of a railway. The great value of land
consisted in its being so situated that the produce
might be brought to market at a cheap and rapid
rate. He regretted the more the decision of the
Government, because he believed that if the railway
companies who were in a position to borrow money on
the security of their works were able to raise the sums
required, in the course of one week 200,000 able-bodied
poor would be relieved from being a burden on the rates.
As this was a question of such vital importance, not only
to the poor and to the owners of railway property, but
also to the ratepayers, he begged to suggest the pro-
priety of calling another meeting, at an early day, to
cuss the subject, and of inviting the attenda_re. not
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of the Irish Members, but also of the English Mnbers
lwahnod.w elrfe interestedthe teeti
ngindeethi
a resolution
railwaysedepdrougpreonsspasofsing lr-
eland.
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adop t that
woul d tbhee
t,mosto appoint advisableaaours
deputa-
tion to wait ou the Earl of Clarendon, ,for it was clear
that the matter was now, to a greas extent, in his hands.
• This suggestion met with the unanimous approval of
the meeting, and the proceedings were adjourned ao•
cordingly.

ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, MARCH 20.—Exe
periments were carried on yesterday and to-day at the
13utt, in the Royal Arsenal, to test the merits of a miss.
ket ball submitted to the Select Commitee by Mr. Mine-
singer, an American. The ball is cast with a four
grooved tail attached to it, in length about three-fourths
the diameter of the spherical portion, the tail resembling
the first screw-propeller introduced, with four leaves;
but with a slight obliquity, instead of the archimedian
screw form. Mr. Minesinger fired his balls, 23 to the
pound weight, from a long bsstAled lgun, the length
being five feet seven inches, and Colonel Dundas, C. 8.,
from a common musket, the barrel of which was three
feet three inches long, both guns having percussion looks.
The firing commenced at 100 pards, but after a few
rounds by each the distance was extended to 200 yards,
when excellent pracice was made, the target being
struck every time, with two or three exceptions. The
appendage to the ball gives its similar advantages to the
balls projected from rifles, and considerably increase the
range; and should it on further trial be approved of,
every common musket by its adoption would possess the
projective power and excellent direction at present only
obtaini d t,y any degree of certainty by grooved rifles.
It is intetekd to have a number of 32-pounder solid
,hot and shells cast on the same principle, for trial la the
na.irshes.
MONEY MARKET,—The premium on gold at Paris
is 5i per male, which, Mint price of
3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold,gives an ex.
exchange at Paris on London
change of 25.29; and the
follows that gold is 0.16 per „.
at the English
at
cent.sh short
rer being
in
gold is 436 per mark, which, at
12)5ar2is5,thiat n L. ondon. By advises from •
of $/ 17s. 1 id
Mint price . O. . per ounce foe
the EnglishHamburgh the.
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.10 i; and the
price of
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.101, •
it follows that gold is 0.17 per cent. dearer in Locke
than in Ilamburgh