The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

.FIVE LO WEDNESDA EVENING OCTOBER

q.,a,eal and Flilitary Intelligence.

The sailing transport Riversdale, No. 154, Capt. Muir,
arrived at Spithead on Monday night from Constaleti-
rwpTe and Malta, wi:h 1,330 tons of powder and live
shell on board.
The Echunga, No. 44, Capt. Gray, arrived at Spitheed
on Monday night from Constantinople and Malta with
provisions and Army Works stores and the following
passengers :—Staff-Surgeon Hyde, Commander Johnson,
R.N., agent ; Assistant Staff-Surgeon Barnett, Mr.
M‘Kittrick, of the War Department ; Mr. T. 0. Hag-
get, purveyor; and nine second-class passengers. These
are the last numbered transports that were employed in
the East during the late war.
The Master Attendant of Portsmouth Dockyard has
been ordered by the Admiralty to proceed to Newhaven
to sound off that harbour for the purpose of ascertaining
whether a frig,ate can be moored there for the service of 6
tl,e Coastguard under its new constitution. Both the
Echunga, and Riversdale left Portsmouth yesterday for
Deptford.
The Irene, transport No. 139, arrived at Spithead
yesterday from the East with ordnance stores.
Tile great r part of the windbound vessels that put
into Spithead and the Motherbank for shelter Outing the
late gales sailed yesterday for their different deAinations,
the weather having moderated.
The Vigilant, 4, despatch gun-vaesel, Cie:man:ler
Armytage, left Portsmouth yesterday for the Mediter-
The Highflyer, 21, Capt. Shadwell, C. 8., was inspected
yesterday at Spithead by Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour,
Commander-le-Chief at Portsmouth, prior to her leaving
to-day for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Raleigh, 50, fitting to carry the broad pendant of
Commodore the Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., to the East
India station, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth yes-
terday, and is being fitted out with all despatch.
The Lizard steam-tender, Lieut. Christopher, arrived
at Portsmouth yesterday from the Eastward, with en-
pi,rnumera,ries.

A court of inquiry, consisting of Admirals Sir W.
Parker, Wm. F. Martin, and Sir Henry D. Chads, as-
sem'Aed yesterday morning at the Royal William Vic-
tualling Yard, Plymouth, for the purpose of inquiring
into the circumstances which occurred about three weeks
since between Captain-Superintendent Joseph Nias,
R.N.; and Dr. Budd, when the latter made an applica-
tion for the admission of some French visitors to see the
establishment. No publication is to take place until
the Court have sent their report to Whitehall, and the
Lords of the Admiralty have pronounced their decision.
The paddlewheel steamship }hula, 6, Commander
Elphinstone Aplin, went from Hamoaze into Plymouth
Sound on Monday.

The Quail, lighter, from Pembroke, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Monday with a number of artisans who had
been employed in caulking the Diadem at Pembroke.
The 11th Depot will shortly proceed to Templemore
to join the Depot Battalion, and consist of four com-
panies. The remaining two companies will embark
shortly for Australia under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Singleton, to join the head-quarters.
A supply of new arms for the troops belonging to the
Royal Sappers and Miners has been received at the
head-quarters of the Royal Engineers' establishment,
Chatham. The rifle in use by the non-commissioned
officers and men of this corps is the Lancaster rifle, and
the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal
Sappers and Miners are undergoing a course of instruc-
tion in the use of that weapon, under the direction of
Lieut. George Reid Lempriere, Royal Engineers.
The Irresistible, screw steamer, now being built at
Chatham, is to be completed forthwith.
The experimental paddlewheel gunboat, Baun, yester-
day morning got up steam and proceeded down the
river from Woolwich, on a trial trip of her machinery ;
the sister vessel Brune having been subjected to a trial
which turned out highly satisfactory.
The Royalist, 6 gun brig, was yesterday hauled into
the outer basin at Woolwich, to undergo a refit, for the
purpose of replacing the Investigator Thames Police-
station, off Somerset-house.

The Ordnance transport Inkermann, has arrived at
Woolwich from Portsmouth, and has commenced land-
ing her cargo, which consists of guns and other war-
like stores.

THE BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.

Yesterday the British German Legion, now stationed
at Colchester, was reviewed for the last time, prepara-
tory to its being forthwith disbanded, by Major-General
Baron Statterheim, under whose immediate auspices it
was embodied and trained, and who has had the chief
command of it from the very first. Apart from the pro-
ject of military colonisation at the Cape held out to the
officers and men of whom it is composed, by the English
Government, as a recognition of their services, the cere-
mony was invested with a kind of melancholy. The
Legion, recently numbering in the aggregate about
9,000 men, had been collected under c rcumstances
of peculiar difficulty and delicacy from different
parts of the Continent, and trained for active service
during a pdriod of nearly two years, to act as an auxi-
liary force with our native troops in a crisis of the na-
tional history destined to be memorable for all time ; and
at the very moment that they have attained to a high
state of efficiency the tide of events brings round a peace,
and without having had an opportunity of showing their
prowess they are scattered to the winds ; for at present
it is by no means certain that any considerable number
of them will accept the terms, however liberal these
may be. offered by the Government to enable them
to settle in British Kaffraria, and, as stated in detail
in this journal on Monday. Unfortunately at this
moment there is too much reason for believing that a
variety of underhand influences are being exerted to
induce them to reject the proposal of the Government,
advantageous as that is likely to prove to them even-
tually, as a body and individually, and to the previous
settlers in the colony, who appear to have hailed their
cousin.. with acclamation. It is rumoured that the agents
of the King of Naples, wit: a view to co.nEig events,
are already offering the men a bounty of $5O a piece as an
inducement to enter his service. It is said, with perhaps
more certainty, that the Dutch are also holding out to
them a premium of 51. to emigrate to their colony of
Batavia to recruit their military forces, now compara-
tively weak from deaths and other casualties. France,
too, and the Argentine Republic, it is suspected, have
each an eye on those soldiers of fortune, who are now on
the first flush of peace, being disbanded by the English
Government. In addition to all this, some of the revolu•
tionary class of political refugees both in this country
and on the continent, counting on the men of the Legion
being useful at seine time in carrying'out their de-
signs, are striving eo dissuade them from leaving Europe,
alleging that the British Government are only sending
them out to the Cape as food for Kafirs. Other conside-
rations than these even make the men hesitate in closing
with the proposal of the Government. For example,
on joining the Legion a bounty of 61. was held out to
them, which they expected would have been paid down
to them at once ; but, instead of that, they only received
3/. in money, the remainder being kept back to provide
each man with a kit. Again, they have been seriously
mulcted over and over again during their stay in Eng-
land in respect of what are called "barrack damages"--
that is, not for any wilful denia,ge of that kind committed
by any of them, for that is met with special punishment,
but for the ordinary wear and tear ci! barracks and huts
in which they have peen located. This is a charge exacted
not of them alone, but of the soldiers of purely Britih
regiments as well, by all of whom, we believe without
exception, it is looked on as a grievance, going as it does
greatly to diminish their pay, and one which obtains iu
the military administration of tbi country only. The
men of the Legion are generally dispo,ed to accept the
offer of Government. considering it a favourable one, as
no doubt it is ; but the experience they have hal in the
matters to which reference has just been made produces
in thee' a feeling of distrust when they look at tee con-
ditions on which they are asked to settle at the Cape ;
and amid all these conflicting considerations, exclusive
of others purely personal and inOevidua!, it can scarcely
he wondered that they hesitate.
The men, previous to joining the Legion, were arti-
sans mostly, of various classes, and a very large number
were agricultural labourers. It consists of eight regi-
ments of infantry, two of Jagers or riflemen, and six of
light infantry, besides two regiments of cavalry, the lat-
ter being each about 450 strong. The whole force con-
sisted of about 9,000 troops, but its numerical strength
is now little more than 7,000 e the remainder having been
recently discharged, comprising men who during their
term of service in the Legion have been guilty of theft,
re
drunkennese, or insubordination, and others whose bodily
strength did not come up to the requisite standard. The
two cavalry regiments, having previously given over
their horses to the English troops at Alderehott, joined
the infantry at the camp at Colchester on Monday, pre-
paratory to the Lesion of which
dti hiencisotanoon itpessbt, :ebrmd
store
they have re Yv
er e
returnedt ' i the
i ar l l their they
uniformsh
horse formrea- en d partac
equipment 'obue
tirneg-
thither, Thweitwahol'e of the
baatrkafol,rleirhsehoct; where. it will remain until the
Gape, and then accompany them
The reviewnO
Uo/chester,
funder the Legion is therefore now at
at 13rowndow the exception of two infantry regiments
command of Col. Woo ridge.
field in the vicinilesterday took place in a large open
Gordon Itebow, Tof Wyvenhoe park, beleinging to ,the
whsle
of the
inaf few miles from Colchester. There the
drawn up to receive the
about 5,000 in number, were
Baron Stutterheim, ,who
General Commancling•in-Chief,
o'clock, attended by Go arrived upon the ground at 2
Ferareand of the districetn.erla I Gaecoigee, the General in
jetant-Geiaeral; Major iollelajor Eilerrnan, Assist.-Ad-
General; Lieut.-Col. the MniUBl Assist.-Quartermaster-
camp to the Geueral Lie t arquis Guadagni, aide-de-
innu .-Col. Von Rake, command-
the second brigade of infantry, tho whole infantry for the d'ry, and
in command of
Lieut.-0010nel Yoe sillier, anclayi!,ieLieutaCol. bhreer,
Frey, }lather-et, and Kent-Mar and 11:lin.
see. Thu day Was exceedingly line',
number of the inhabitants of Colon'eßten;
of the immediate neighbourhood were
spectacle, including the Baroness Stutterplaree
a 17ajor ie.oti eres-
a co
he
and the gentry
children. The principal part of the ceremonna an
isene at the
d her
of a spirited maticeuvre executed by the trooy ennsiBt''d
arrival of the General. This turned on the h" On
the
t;ett an enemy, coming from the east, had hisYtZitplie'iB
'in Wyvenhoe-park, in the immediaee vicinity of the
' field in which the review took place, and along the
road leading thence to Colchester. Another corps,
advancing from the west, attempted to push back his
outposts, but the ground not being favourable to such a
manceevre, they tried a flank movement with this view,
which had the desired effect, and the enemy retired
to reinforce his outposts. The Jagers, forming the
advanced guard of the western corps, then formed into
columns of companies and advanced, when a ho
skirmishing fire ensued, and the enemy was driven rack
to the extremity of the field. There he was reinforced
by the main body of his troops, which oppor-
tunelyarrivedlat this crisis, and, returning.to the charge,
he beat back the advanced guard of the western corps,

which retired, protected by its skirmishers. At this
point in the conflict the whole force from the west ad-
vanced in columns of attack, with skirmishers between
the coluninc, and stopped the further progress of the
enemy, who then deployed aud -withdrew his skirmishers,
the westtra corps following his example. A kind of
armed neutrality followed for a few minutes, but this
was broken by a bayonet charge from the enemy, which
was also repulsed ; and the Jagers of the west corps, by
a dexterous flank fire, decided the battle in their favour.
At the conclusion of the manoeuvre the men marched
past in the ordinary way, and an they did so their fine
bearing and high health, with the marvellous precision
of their movement, were the theme of admiration to a
present.

Finally, forming themselves into a solid

square, with the General and his Staff in the centre, a
ceremony of some interest ensued, for it was their
last corporate act, so to speak, and Baron Stutterheim

was to take his final leave of them. Rising in his
stirrups, he said, addressing the troops, and speaking in
German,,--That was toe, last review of the British Ger-
man Legion in England, and OIL such an occasion he con
sidere4 it is duty to thank them for their good behaviour
from the very first moment of their arrival in this coun•
try. They could easily imagine how exceedingly sorry he
was at being obliged to part with so large a body of men
to whom he was deeply attached, and to whom he was
under great obligations. He thought, however, he should
still be united with a considerable number of them, and
for a longer period, asit was his intention togo out to the
Cape, considePing' as be did, that it was a sacred duty to
stand by them so long as he saw he could do anything to
pfornote their welfare. The conditions under which they
would be allowed to go to the Cape were now known to
them. They might accept them, or they might not ;it
was entirely a matter c f their own free choice. None of
them would be forced to go, and none of them should
be persuaded to go. For himself, he considered those
conditions were of a very favourable kind, inasmuch
as they would afford ever v man among them an oppor-
; unity of gaining a free anti independent subsistence. To
hose who should not decide on going to the Cape be had
to say farewell. But he urged them only to decide after
the most mature consideration, He begged of them, also,
not to squander away their money, for it would be able
to procure them some comforts wherever they might go.
Those who went to the Cape would be guaranteed the
sum of 51., as mentioned in article 12 of the conditions,
21. of which would be advanced to them in England for
buying little articles of necessity. Though they had net
been allowed the opportunity of proving their devotion
to her Majesty on the field of battle, he would ask them,
as they were about to leave England, to give, with a
full heart, and while they still held their swords in their
hands, an enthusiastic cheer for Queen Victoria. [The
troops responded with loud and prolonged cheers, which
the Baron led himself.] From his :heart he thanked them
again for their good conduct. They were an honour to
their fatherland, and is ought to bo proud of them.
Three enthusiastic cheers were given by acclamation
for the General.

The Baron thanked them for the compliment, and bade
them adieu, adding, with some emotion, that he no
longer commanded them.

This part of the ceremony was so touching that many
of the troops, and especially the venerable officer, were
moved to tears by it. The general afterwards reviewed
the cavalry at the camp, and delivered a similar address
to them, which he commenced by saying he was sorry
they had not got their horses, but for that they had to
thank the Emperor of Russia.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BARL OP
CARDIGAN AND COL. BUCK, M.P.

We have been requested to publish the following cor.
respondence :

(No. I.—Copy.)
Portman-square, Sept. 18, 1856.
Sir,—Upon my return to London after an absence of
some days, the Daily Nev,..s of the 11th inst. has been
shown to me by a friend, in which, at a dinner given in
the town of Torrington to Col. Morris, of the 17th Lancers,
who, as senior captain of that regiment, commanded it in
the charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade, at Balaklava
under my orders on the 25th of October, 1854, the follow-
ing expressions are attributed to you, of which the enclosed
contains a copy (vide No. 2).
I request you will inform me whether you gave 'utter-
ance to such an uncalled-for allusion to me, expressed in
such unwarrantable terms, and conveying such an offen-
sive insinuation with regard to my conduct.--I am, sir,
your obedient servant, CARDIGAN.

(No. 2.)
Colonel Buck, in proposing the health of the vice-chair-
man, the Mayor of Torrington, said, " Their gallant guest
was not placed in the same position as Lord Cardigan,
who, it was said, had paid 40,0001. for the present position
he held in the army, and who, when he met his friends at
Leeds the other day, was obliged to try back,' and first
explain his conduct in the charge of Balaklava. There had
been nothing in the conduct of their gallant guest so equi-
vocal as to require such an explanation about the duties of
cavalry officers as that made by Earl Cardigan at Leeds."

WAR-DEPAIITMENT, SEPT. 30.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of the Hon. John Duncan Bligh, C. 8.,
sometime her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the King of Hanover ; of Arthur
Chas. Magenis, Esq., her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Sweden and
Norway ; and of John Fiennes Crampton, Esq., sometime
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the United States of America, to be Ordinary
Members of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or
Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 1.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appointGeorgo
Samuel Lennon Hunt, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at
Monte Video, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Island of
Porto Rico.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Evan
Mackenzie Masson to the church at Kinloch Likart, or
Kinloch Linchart, in the parish of Contin, in the presby-
tery of Dingwall, and shire of Ross, vacant by the trans-
portation of the Rev. Charles Maclean, late minister there-
of, to the church of Ullapool.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
Cameron Lees to the church at Carnoch in Strathconan,
in the presbytery of Dingwall, and shire of Ross, vacant
by the transportation of the Rev. William Charles Mid-
dleton Grant, late minister thereof, to the church at Dui,
ness.

WHITEHALL, Sior. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, appointino. Sir Thomas Ni-
cholas Redington, K.C.B. ; Robert Andrews, Esq., one
of her Majesty's Counsel ; Robert Wilfrid Skeffington
Lutwidge, Esq., Barrister-at-Law; James Wilkes, Esq.,
and Dominick John Corrigan, Esq„ M.D., to be her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners for the purpose of inquiring info
the state of the Lunatic Asylums and other institutions
for the custody and treatment of the insane now existing.
in Ireland, and also into the present state of the law re-
specting lunatics and lunatic asylums in that part of the
said United Kingdom.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
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 Minister at Lisbon, en-
closing copy of a recent Portuguese law, by which till
law permitting the importation of Indian corn into Por-
tugal, at certain rates of duty, until the end of June,
1857, has been extended to the Azores Islands.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
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 Minister at Lisbon, reporting
that foreign cereals imported into Portugal will be subject
to an additional duty of 10 reis per alquiere.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Comm ittee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from hor Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, for-
warding copy of a French Imperial Decree, fixing a duty
of 25f. per 100 kilogrammes on all salted fish, or fish pre-
p:zed with oil, imported from abroad.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
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 Ambassador at Paris, en-
closing copy of a French Imperial Decree, prolonging until
the 31st Dec., 1857, the prohibition to export rley and
wheat from Algeria.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
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 Ambassador at aris, en-
closing copy of a French Imperial Dearcs prolonging until
the 31st Dec,, 1857, the privilege granted to foreign ves-
sels to carry •1 the transport trade as respects grains,
flour, rice, potatoes, and dried vegetables, between France
and Algeria, and that such vessels will enjoy this privilege,
whose departure from port have taken place prior to the
31st of Dec., 1857.

WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 30.
Ist Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant M. W.
Viscount Powerscroft to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Davenport, who retires.
Royal Horse Guards—Cornet Henry Peach Keighly
Peach to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Inglis
Jones, who retires.

7th Light Dragoons—The appointment of Charles Lee
Wore, Gent., to a Cornetcy by purchase, as stated in the
Gazette of the 29th Aug., has been cancelled.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Frederick Vansittart has
been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
c°mmssi°ll.
2d
Foot—Captain Stanhope L. Douglas Willan, from
the 13th Foot, to be Captain, vice Grimston, who ex-
changes.
3eFoot —Captain Charles Dresing, from the 58th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Burniugham, who exchanges.
13th Foot—Captain Wm. Henry Grimston, from the
2d Foot, to be Captain, vice S. L. D. Willan, who ex-
chang-es.

18th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Norris Franklyn has been
permitted to retire from the service by tho sale of his com-
mission.

19th Foot—Captain Geo. Bingham Jennings to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robt.
Warden, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct.,
1854,

23d Foot—Captain Robt. Follett Synge, from the 67th
Fool, to be Captain, vice Jebb, who exchanges.
24th Foot—Captain Richard Thomas Glyn, from the
82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Baillie, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant John C. Warne, from the 89th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Parsons, who exchanges.
28th Foot—Captain Thos. Basil Tuite, from the 67th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Wurthinstun, who vachauge:s.
58th Foot—Captain Henry G. C. Burningham, from the
3d Foot, to be Captain, vice Dresing, who exchanges.
64th Foot—Lieutenant John Hudson to be Adjutant,
vice llil‘Crea, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
67th Foot—Captain Henry C. Worthington, from the
2Sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Tuite, who exchanges;
Captain Frederick "William Jebb, from the 23.1. Foot, to
be Captain, vice Synge, who exchanges.
71st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Walter Leach, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Todd, who exchanges.
824 Foot—Captain Wm. Douglas Hall Baillie, from the
24th Foot, to he Captain, vice Glyn, who exchanges.
89th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick William Adam Par-
sons, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Warne,
who exchanges. •

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—George Hope Ross, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lynott, promoted.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—James Henry Randell, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant
Godfrey Clerk, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached
Company. _

DEPOT BATTALIONS.
To BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Brevet-Colonel W. S. Ramsay Norcott, C. 8., front the
Rifle Brigade.
Lient.-Col. George Dixon, C. 8., from the 77th Foot.
Lieut.-Col. Alfred Thomas Heyland, from the 95th Foot.
Lieut.-Col. Richard C. H. Taylor, from the 79th Foot.
Lieut.-Col. Arthur Cyril Goodenough, from the 34th
Foot.
Lieut.-Col. Charles Eltnhirst, from the 9th Foot.
Lieut.-Col. John Alfred Street, C. 8., from the 57th Foot.
Lieut.-Col. James VlT.()lis Armstrong, from the 49th Foot.
Lictit.-Col. John W. S. Smith, from the 38th Foot.
Lieut.-Col. Edmond Augustus Whitmore, from the
30th Foot.
Lieut.-Col. Edward John Vesoy Brown, from the 88th
Foot.

To BE MAJORS.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Angier Godfrey
31111er, from half-pay Unattached.
Brevet-Lieut.-Col. Win. West Turner, C. 8., from half-
pay Unattached.
Major Robert Bruce, from half-pay Unattached.
Major James Rose, from half-pay Unattached.
Alljor Alastair Mclan McDonald, from half-pay Unat-
tached.
Major Win. Rickman, from half-pay Unattached.
Major John Nason, from half-pay Unattached.
Major John Peel, from half-pay Unattached.
Major Montagu Hamilton Dowbiggin, from half-pay
Unattached.

Major William Pretyman, from half-pay Unattached.
Major Robert B. Hawley, from half-pay Unattached.
Major Charles Hood, from half-pay Unattached.
To BE ADJUTANTS.
Captain James Baillie, from the 77th Foot.
Captain B. Richard T. Thelwall, 65th Foot.
Captain Peter Macdonald, from half-pay, Unattached.
Captain Robert J. Hushes, from the let Foot.
Captain Thomas L. Ball, from the 28th Foot.
Captain Hon. Bernard Mathew Ward, from the 47th
Foot.
Captain William Little, from the 88th Foot.
UNATTACHED.
Brevet-Major John Peel, 31th Foot, to have his Brevet
Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal
Warrant of 6th October, 1854.
Captain Oliver Barker D'Arcey, from the 65th Foot, to
be Major, without purchase.

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Assistant-Surgeon Richard Cooper Todd, from the 71s,
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Leach, who exchanges,

BREVET.
The undermentioned promotions to take place, conse.
quent upon the death or promotion of the following offi.
sera :
General the Earl of Cork, died 29th June, 1856.
General Sir H. F. Campbell, died 2d Sept., 1856.
General Sir Colin Halkett, died Sept. 24, 1856 :
Lieutenant• General T. B. Aylmer to be General.
Lieutenant-General Philip Hay, died Aug. 8, 1356 ;
Lieutenant-General W. A. Gordon, C. 8., died Aug. 10,
1856 :
Lieutenant-General T. B. Aylmer promoted in succes-
siol to three Generals.
Major-General William George Cochrane to be Lieut.-
General.

Lieut.-Gen. W. A. Gordon, C. 8., died Aug. 10, 1856 ;
General Sir H. F. Campbell, K.C.8., died Sept. 2,1856;
Major-General James Jones, died Sept. 22, 1855 :
Colonel Wm. Booth, half-pay, 41st Foot, to be Major-
General.
Lieut.-Col. Henry Phipps Raymond, Depot Battalion,
to be Colonel.
Major Paris W. Augustus Bralshawo, half-pay -Unat-
tached, Assistant Adjutant-General, Van Dieman's Land,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Edward C. Butler, 36th Foot, to be Major.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY TETE QUEEN.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Henry
Pratt, Gent., to be Quartermaster from 29th July, 1853.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia Lovick
Loftus Ronde, Gent., to be Quartermaster.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
6th Re4iniont of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Greg-
son Harrison, Esq., M.D., to be Sargon, vice Echlin, ro-
signe,d.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Wm.
Howard Russell, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Schlotel, ap-
pointed to 81st Regiment.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

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Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 29.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that the intended distribution of proceeds arising from
the Russian vessels Ottawa and Victoria, severally cap-
tured on the 20th September, 1855, by her Majesty's
ship Nile and her tender the Redwing gun-boat ; the
magpie gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship OriQa ;

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

and the Ruby gun-boat, tender to her Majesty's ship
Majestic, which was suspended by advertisement in the
London tzette of the 9th inst., will commence on Mon-
day, the 6t'l Oct., in the Prize Branch of the Depaitmont
of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty,
Somer.et-house," in consequence of the alleged claim for
the gun-boat Weasel, tender to her Majesty's ship (e-3ar,
to participate in distribution having been abandoned.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Isaac Blancknesse, merchant, Birmingham.
BANKRUPTS.
John Ince, surgeon, Eaton-street, Pimlico, to surrender
Oct. 8 and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Linklater
and Hackwood, Sise-lane.
Williaei Grayburn, grocer, Kingston-upon-Hull, Oct,
22 and Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Preston, Kingston-upon-
Hull.
Richard Flynn' grocer, Liverpool, Oct. 14 and Nov. 12,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offi-
cial assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
James Martin, licensed v:ctualler, High-street, Bo-
rough, Oct. 15, at two, and Nov. ii, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Linklater and Hackwood, Size-lane, City.
John Thang Harradine, corn chandler, Needingworth,
Huntingdonshire, Oct. 10, at two, and Nov. 13, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings; Lawrance, Gray's-inn-square.
John Phillips, grocer, Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Oct.
14, and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.
Thomas Coolin-, and Thomas Bowsher, joiners, Shef-
field, Oct. 11, and Nov. 15, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Chambers
and Waterhouse, Sheffield.
Isaac Parsons, printer, High-street, Rye, Sussex, Oct.
14, at half-past two, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street ; Lovell and Co., South-square,
Gray's-inn • Butler, Rye.
Lydia Johnson, nail manufacturer, &c., Duffield, Derby-
shire, Oct. 21 and Nov. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Shire-
Hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ;
Smith, Derby ; Reece, Birmingham.
Anthony Bennett, painter, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oct.
15 and Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Darnton, Ash-
ton-under-Lyne; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Man-
chester.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Robert Young, ironmonger, Newton-Stewart.
31`Lachlan and Stobo, wrights, Partick.
Thomas Powell, tobacconist, Edinburgh.

_.. PRICES OF SHARES,
BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official Lzst.
rUBLISEIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINA
LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 23, 1855.
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.

Dividend ; Amount
Name of Company, per I of Paid. ; Price,
Annum. 1 Share.
I -
r
X s. d X s. d.
.
British .. .. •.., •• •.., - - - -
T Ditto Provincial.... 71. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1 -
Brighton
City of London .....• 41. Os. 1~1100 0 0 150 00 , -
Continental (4th Cap.) . - 150 0 0 20 0 0 i -
• Equitable.... .... .... 21.105. 50 0 0 all -
Great Central ....... 8/ per cent. 10 0 0 all 12%
Imperial ...... _ .... 101. & bonus,, 50 0 0 all 90
Independent ......... 51. 40 0 0 ~ -
_
, London.... -...„ „. - 50 0 0 Pf
Do., Parl. Preference 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25
Plicenix .••..•••• •• .. 41. per cent. ,60 0 0 52 0 0 45
Ratcliff •••••.. • • • • • 51. 100 0 0 16 0 0 16
1 United General -•• • • 21. 10s. 50 0 0 all 21
Westminster Chartered 41 per cent, 50 0 0 PP 53
Ditto, New ....• • • • - 150 0 0 10 0 0 10%
WATER-WORKS.
I Dividend Amount
Name of Company. ; per of Paid. Price
1 Annum. Share.
- - -
£ s. d. £ s. d.
.
East London
Grand Junction .... • ' 47. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 77
Kent ...... - E 0 %
Lambeth - 100 0 0 -9)
New River Company ; 21. 1 03. - -
Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cot. 100 0 0 - -
West Middlesex - - !00
BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---
/ s. d. £ s. d.
flungerford .... • • .... - - -7%
Southwark .......... - 130 0 0 -
Ditto New of 7% p.c. 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 - -
Waterloo ..... ........ - 100 0 0 - -
Ditto Old Ann. of 81 11. 14s. Bd. 60 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. 4d. 40 0 0 - 26%
Vauxhall ............ 965. 70 10 3 - 20%
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DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Compa per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--- -
X s. d. X s. d.
Commercial .. •• •• ...• 51. pr cent. Stock. Stock. -
East and West India.. 61. pr cent. Stock. - -
East Canntry.. 2os. per sh. .- •••• London ... - ... .. • - --
Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine - -
'outhampton -
Victoria -
JOINT-S rocx BANKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-- - -
£ s, d. £ s. d.
Australasia........... 20/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 105
British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0
If -
Commercial of London. 10i.per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial .............. 5/. per cent. ' 100 0 0 25 0 0 21
lonian.- ... ... ....... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Gond. Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 191,4
London and County .. 101. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 31%
Londn and Westminstr 141. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 46%
London Joint• Stock ..• 121. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 30
Provincial of Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New.- -•• • • Bl.per cent. 10 0 0 all -
National of Ireland.... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provincial of En 81. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New
Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Orientia Bank Corpora. 81. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 39
South Australia - .... 14/ p.ct.& big. 25 0 0 fP -
Union of Australia.... ,30/. per cent. 25 0 0 66
Ditto ..... ......... 301. per cent. - 2 lil 0 -
Union of L0nd0n...... 120'. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 26%
Union of Madrid ... - I - 40 0 0 all -
CANALS.-
1 • ;
Names of I 13, Dividend
Price Names of ~; Dividend
Companies. 2 1 per Companies, ,-,!.; I per
Price.
01, Annum., Z ;Annum.
1 X
1 - , ri2
;
X ,
Ashtn &Oldh 193 71. P. ct.l 145 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 51
Barnsbly• •• • 160 - Neath ...... 100 161. -
1
Brknk&Abrg 150 r -
41. 0xf0rd...... 1001 - 103
Birmingham 40, 41. 91% Peak Forest. 78; 51. Os, 76
Coventry.... 100 251. - Regent's.... 30; 11 , 15%
Derby • • ... 100 61. 15s. 84 Rochdale.... El' 11. 10s. 76
Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. - Somrset Coal 140 - -
Grand./ unctn 100 3/. pr. et. 43 Do. Lk Fd St 12 - -
Do., 6 pr. Ct.! 10 61. pr. ct. 11% Stiffrd &Wore 140 281. 425
Grand Surrey 100 41. - Shrewsbury 25 -
Grand Union' 100' 1/. Os . - Stenrbridge... ~ 45 121. 290
Kennt & Avn 39 6s. Od. 6% Severn and '
Lancaster .. ,100 - - Wye Rail., 26 2/' -
Leeds &Livrp ' 100 25/. 483% Warwick &
Leicester ....I 100 Si. 49% Birming. 5 100 2/' 25
Leicstr &Nth 83 - - Warwick &
Loughborogh 142 701. 550 Napton..s 100 21. 8
Monmoutlish 100 - - Worcstr & I ,
Mntgmerysh 100 - - Eirming3 78 21. 20
MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -10 s. Od. -