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ARRIVAL OP LORD DALUOUSIE.

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The Tribune arrived at Portsmouth this after-
noon, with Lord Dalhousie and suite. His lord-
ship appeared to be considerably recovered from
his severe indisposition. He was expected to pro-
ceed to London this evening.

SHREWSBURY RACES.—(This Day.)

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HERBERT STAKES.

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LONGNER HALL STAKES.

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GREAT CLEVELAND HANDICAP.

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LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.)

WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 13.
The Queen has been pleased to issue a commission under
her royal sign manual, of which the following is a copy, to
inquire into the system of purchase and sale of commis-
sions in her Majesty's army
VICTORIA, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the
. Faith,
To our right trusty and right entirely-beloved cousin
and councillor, Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset ;
Our trusty and well-beloved Edward Henry Stanley,
commonly called Lord Stanley ;
Our right trusty and well-beloved councillor, Sidney
Herbert ;
Our right trusty and well-beloved councillor, Edward
Ellice ;
Our trusty and well-beloved Edward Buckley Wynyard,
Esquire, Liutenant-General of our forces, Companion of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ;
Our trusty and well-beloired Sir De Lacy Evans, Lieu-
tenant-General of our forces, Knight Grand Cross of the
M)st Honourable Order of the Bath ;
Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Harry David Jones,
Major-General of our forces, with the local rank of Lieu-
tenant-General in Turkey, Knight Commander of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath ;
Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Henry John William
Bentinek, Major-General of our forces, with the local rank
of Lieutenant-General in Turkey, Knight Commander of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ;
Our trusty and well-beloved George Carr Glyn, Esquire ;
Our trusty and well-beloved Edward Robt. Wetherall,
Esq., Colonel in our Army, Companion of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath, greeting ;
Whereas we have deemed it expedient that a Commis-
sion should issue for the purpose`of 4nquiring into the sys-
tem by which gentlemen are permitted to enter our ser-
vice, and officers in our army are allowed to be advanced
by the purchase of Commissions at fixed prices, and like-
wise to retire from our service by the sale of the same ;
and that the said Commission should report to us whether
it may be expedient to make any changes in the existing
system.

Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and confi-
dence in your zeal, discretion, and ability, have authorised
and appointed, and do by these presents authorise and ap-
point you, the said Edward Adolphus Duke of Somerset,
Edward Henry Stanley, Sidney Herbert, Edward Ellice,
Edward Buckley Wynyard. Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir Henry
John William Bmtinck, George Carr Glyn, and Edward
Robert Wetherell, to be our Commissioners for the pur-
poses aforesaid; and we do hereby authorise and empower
you, our said commissioners, or any three or more of
you, to obtain information ther.;upon by the ex-
amination of all persons most competent, by rea-
son of their knowledge, habits, or experience,
to afford it, and also by calling for all documents, papers,
or records which may appear to you, or any three or more
of you, calculated to assist your researches, and to promote
the formation of a sound judgment upon the subject.
And we do hereby command and require you, or any
three or more of you, to report to us, under your hands and
seals, with all convenient speed, your opinion whether it
may bs expedient to make any, and, if any, what changes
in the system by which,
Firstly, Gentlemen are permitte' to purchase Srst com-
missions in our army,
Secondly, Officers are permitted to purchase any higher
commissions,
Thirdly, Officers are permitted to retire from our army
by the sale of their commissions, all at prices established
by regulations of our royal predecessors, and likewise
whether the Enaction thus given to first entry into our
army, and subsequent promotion by purchase and retire-
ment by sale of commissions, has been beneficial or other- I
wise to the interests and character of our army generally.
And we will and command, and by these presents or-
dain, that this our Commission shall continue in full force
and virtue, and that you, our said Commissioners, or any
three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in
the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein
contained, although the same be not contained from time
to time by adjournment.
And for your further assistance in the execution of these
presents, we do hereby authorise and empower you to ap-
point a Secretary to this our Commission, whose services
and assistance we require you to use from time to time as
occasion may require.,
Given at our Court, at St. James's, the tenth day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the
nineteenth year of our reign.
By her Majesty's cAttmand.
(Signed) PAN:KURE.

MAY 101,
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Lieut. John Archibald Ballard,
Lieut.-Colonel in the service of his Imperial Majesty the
Sultan ; Lieut. Chriatopher Charles Teesdale. Lieut.-C*l.
in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan ; and
Capt. Henry Langhorne Thomson, Major in the service of
his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, to be Honorary Members
of the Military Division of the Third Class or Companions
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; and Dr.
Humphry Sand with, late Inspector-Goneral of Hospitals
in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, to be
an Honorary Member of the Civil Division of the Third
Class or Companions of the said Most Honourabb Order.

ALL,.
The Queen has beonWHlTpleased toydirect letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Raronet of the Upited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Major-General Fenwick Williams, of
Kars, Knight Commander of the Most Honour:lWe Order
of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully
begotten.

WHITEHALL, Mar 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Matthew Talbot Baines to he the Fourth Charity Commis-
sioner for England and Wales, in the room of the Right
Hon. Lord J. Russell, resigned.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, May 12.
The Queen has been pleased to appi eve of Mr. Joao
Tertuliano Fernandes Nobreea as Consul at Demerara for
his Majesty the King of Portugalb and the Algarves.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 13.
The Queen has been cleared to appoint the Rev. Robert
Smith to be Chaplain of the Scots Kirk, at Kandy, in the
Island of Ceylon ' • Douglas Wales, Esq., to be Harbour
Master of Port Louie, in jtbe Island of Mauritius ; and
Henry Connor, Esq., to be Assessor to the Native Chiefs
within the Protected Territories, near or adjacent to the
Settlements on the Gold Coast.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 12.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaira, a copy, of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Leghorn, re-
porting that the Board of Health at that place has decreed
a quarantine on all vessels corning from the Levant, of five
days in caso of their having no sickness on board, or there
having been none during the passage, and of fifteen days
in case of sickness existing on board or death having oc-
curred during the passage.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, May 12.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a
copy of a Portuguese regulation issued by the Governor.
General of the province of Angola, notifying that no cus-
toms' duties will be levied at the port of Ambriz on foreign
commerce, until the expiration of one year from the date
of the publication of a tariff of duties, and that the port
'al
pirat iol, therefore, continue free for such commerce until the
exn of that period.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
William Ferraed,Esq. and Gathorne Hardy, Esq.,
M.P., to be Deputy Li
ente'nants of the county of York.
Ist West Regiment ofnalnortkstli. ire Yeomanry Cavalry.—
Cornet Benjamin Hunts
bank, retired ; Cornet Parkin ° jefii.ieutenant, vice Brooks-
bank, to be Lieutenant,
vice Jeffcock, retired ;
to
cornneetr.s
.Drummond, late
Captain Rifle Brigade, to be
Frederick Stuart Wortley to be ornett:e
TlLonleqi,aomceks
promoted.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo-
manry Cavalrv.—The Hon. Humble Dudley Nv„d to be
Captain, vice IVrottesley resigned.
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Ensign Frederick Debenham to be Lieutenant, vice pier, resigned.
I)enbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Major and Brevet.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Wm. Lloyd to he Lieutenant-Colonel;
Supernumerary Major Charles John Tottenham, to be
Major; Hugh Robert Hughes, Esq., to be Captain.
Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbighshire Militia—Ensign
Kenyon Jas. Hamner to be Lieutenant, vice Myddelton,
promoted; William Henry Thomas, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Hanmer.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Ensign Jas. Sisson Cooper
to be Lieutenant, vice Laxton, resigned ; Ensign Reginald
Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Lloyd, appointed. Ensigu
7th Foot.
Stingsbire, &c., Militia, Highland Borderers Light
Infantrrliy—The resignation of his Commission by Dr. Alex.
Orr, Assistant-Surgeon, has been accepted.

BANKRUPTS.
George Gregory, baker, Whitechapol-road, to surrender,
May 22, at half-past twelve, and June 19, at two, at the
Court of BankruptcY. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
stroet-buildings; Sweeting and Jenkins, Clement's-lane,
Lombard-street.
Henry Sykes, anvil manufacturer, Sheffield, May 24
and July 5, at ten, at Sheffield. Brewin, official as signee,
Sheffield : Hoole and Yeomans, Sheffield.
in James Benjamin Locke, mercer tend tailor, Truro, Coin-
wail, May 21, and June 19, at one, at the Court of 1 Sank-