The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-23 00:00:00

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

On the motion of Mr. RICARDO, leave of absence was
given to Dlr. Alderman Copeland, on the ground of domes •
tic affliction.

NORWICH ELECTION.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that Air. Speaker do issue
his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new
writ for the electing of two citizens to serve in this present
Parliament for the city of Norwich, in the room of Henry
William Schneider, Esq., and the Right Honourable
William Coutta Keppel, commonly called Viscount
Bury, vvhoso elections have been determined to be void.
Ho remarked that there score no less than nine vacancies
in Parliament at present, and complained that by the
rules of the house ho was not able to move
for this writ on a previous occasion, because he
could not bring-it forward before half-past four o'clock.
A constitutional principle was involved in the question,
for it was most important that the representation in Parlia-
ment should be complete. (Hear.)
Mr. GRIFFITH opposed the• motion in consequence
of the corruption that had been proved against
the constituency of Norwich. He denied. in Coto
what might be called the jargon of Parliament,
as to the corrupting influence exercised by candidates, and
considered that the corruption originated with the feelings
and sentiments of constituencies themselves. He believed
that a majority would vote with him if they were actually
sincere in the sentiments they expressed in favour of purity
of election. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BRIGHT said that he had presented a petition from
the corporation of the city of Norwich, numerously signed,
stating that extensive bribery had been committed in the
city of Norwich, and praying for a commission to inquire
into the subject. It was a fact that when an election peti-
tion was decided, no person appeared to have any interest
in the question of the commission of bribery, and no inquiry
was'made into the matter. With respect to the petition
of the Corporation of Norwich, it was presented too late
according to the rules of the house, to be entertained. There
bad been more corruption at Norwich than in Gloucesterand
Wakefield together, and, therefore, it was to be regretted
hat an inquiry couldnot be proceeded with. Thepetitioners
stated that they had done all in their power to prevent
the screening of the great electoral ;niquity that had taken
place in the city of Norwich. , (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ROEBUCK said it Would serve Norwich right if
no writ for that city were issued for ten years. (Hear, hear,
and laughter.) He believed the bribery complained of did
not take place without the sanction of the authorities of
Norwich, and he believed that those who accepted bribes at
the last general election would do the same again when they
had the opportunity. He called on the house to pass such a
vote on the present occasion as would mark their sense of
the corruption that pervaded certain constituencies of the
country. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BOUVERIE explained that the petitions against
the late members had reference to the corruption practised
at the last general election, and not at the last election of
those members. Bribery had been proved in the case of
the Clare election, and he did not see that there were any
grounds for not adopting the course pursued in regaad to
issuing a writ for that place, so far as related to the city of
Norwich.
After a few words from Mr. COLLINs,
Sir G. GREY said he did not rest the question of issu-
ing this writ on the ground that another writ under similar
circumstances had been ordered, but he contended
that on general ground they could refuse this writ. As
the hon. member for Birmingham has stated the petition
from the Corporation of Norwich was presented too late to
be acted on by the house. The election committee in this
report did not state any circumstances to justify the
appointment of a select committee to inquire into the alleged
corruption at Norwich, and it was to be regretted that the
inquiry could not be instituted.
After some observations from Captain JERVIS and Mr.
V ANSITTART
The SPEAKER said that the motion for the writ in the
case of Mr. Schneider had been formally put by him and
agreed to; and the question before the house related to the
writ with reference to the voidance of Lord Bury's election.
This statement created considerable astonishment, hon.
members not being aware of the position in which the ques
tion then stood, as some irregularity prevailed when the
Speaker put the motion.
After some further discussion, the motion for a new writ
for the election of a burgess, in the room of Lord But y, was
put and carried without a division.
PATENTS.
Captain JERVIS moved an add reess for all sums paid for
patents annually, from the Ist day of January, 1855 to the
Ist day of January, 1860, and of the manner in which the
same have been disposed of during that ported.—Ordered.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Sir DE LACY EVANS moved an address for a return
showing the salaries or allowances of the plenipotentiaries,
secretaries, and interpreters, or other officersof the missions
to China and Japan, of the Earl of Elgin, the lion. Mr.
Bruce, and Mr. Alcock.—Ordered.
(LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING.)

BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, MARCH 21.
__This day had audience of her Majesty :—Rear-Admiral
Van Dockum, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary from the King of Denmark, to deliver his letter
of recall; and Monsieur Torben de Bine, to deliver his
credentials in the same character—to which audiences they
were respectively introduced by Lord John Russell, her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 23.
Ist Regiment of Light Dragoon Guards—Comet William
Potter Stephenson, from sth Light Dragoons, to be Cor•
net, vice Baillie, who resigns.
sth Light Dragoons—Martin Pierce Blake, Gent., to be
Comet, by purchase, vice Mather, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Alexander Morrogh, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Coles, who retires ; Cornet Robert Bury to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Morrogh.
10th Light Dragoons—Ensign Charles Stephen Fremantle,
from the Rifle Brigade, tobe Cornet, vice Child, appointed
to the 4th Dragoon Guards.,
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Colonel Sir David Edward Wood,
K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Warde, removed as a General
Officer; Brevet-Major John James Brandling, C. 8., to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir D. Wood ; Second'Cap
tain the Hon. Leonard Allen Addington to be Captain,
vice Brandling; Second Captain Major Francis Downes,
from the Supernumerary List, to be Second Captain, vice
Addington ; Veterinary-Surgeon Henry Hussey has been
permitted to resign his commission.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Edward Osborne Hewett to
be Second Captain, „vice Brevet-Major Elphinstone,
seconded.
3d Regiment of Foot—Archibald Cochrane Forster, Esq.,
to he Paymaster, vice Syms, deceased.
7th Foot—Ensign Frederick Charles Keyser to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Captain Adrian Bennet, who has
resigned that appointment.
10th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Itendle
is Etio•cumbo and not Edgecumbe as stated in the Gazette
vice M'lv jaines Stephen
phe
of the oth inst.
11th Foot—Lieutenant Iver M'lvertonsbi aI:L e
Captain,
pur-
chase, vice Vern!ade, who retires ; E
Johnson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, er.
16th Foot—Captain Annesley Cary, from the 31st Foot, to
be Captain, vice Gammell, who exchanges • Ensign
Robert William May Wetherell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Chippindall, who retires.
20th Foot—Ensign George Edward Bolger to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice Holmes, deceased.
25th Foot—Robert WiWanz T, Dawfor, gent., to be Au-

sign, by purchase.—The transfer of Lieut. Edward S.
Lock from the 82d Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 13th
January, 1860, has been cancelled.
26th Foot—Lieut. Edward Kempson to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieat. George W. Northey, promoted to
a compact.
28th Foot—Francis Henry P. Duncan, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Cuff, who retires.
30th Foot—Lieutenant Henry F. Morewood to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Captain Charles John Moorsom,
who has resigned that appointment.
31st Foot—Captain Andrew Gammell, from the 16th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Cary, who exchanges ; Lieutenant
George Bayley, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leeson,
who retires; Ensign John Michael Bradley Wood to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bayley.
34th Foot—Thomas Wheeler Gilham, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lees n, promoted.
36th Foot—Lieutenant William Fermor Godfrey, from the
94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wilson, who exchanges.
46th Foot—Ensign George T. Delete Radcliffe to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Speke, whose promotion, by
purchase, as stated in the Gazette of 23d August, 1859,
has been cancelled ; Henry Patten Law, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Carlow, promoted.
53d Foot—Brevet-Major James Herne Wade, from the
90th Foot. to be Captain, vice Cox, who exchanges.
56th Foot—George Wilding, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Charley, promoted.
60Th Foot—Ensign Pennyman White Worsley to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant J. K. Watson,
appointed Lieutenant Instructor at the School of Mus-
ketry at Hythe.
61st Foot—Lieutenant Charles Henry Boileau to be Adju-
tant, vice Vicars, promoted in the 18th Foot.
62d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Mesham, from the Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Kerr, who ex-
changes.
74th Foot—Lieut. Frederick Nind Woodall, to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Henry Jamieson, who has
returned home sick.
77th Foot—Ensign John Lenthal Davids to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Jordan, who retires; William James
M'Clelland, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Davids.
81st Foot—George Buchanan Bevan, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Wm. Mitchell Innes, appointed to the
13th Light Dragoons.
88th Foot—Sergeant George Hill to be Ensign, without
purchase, in succession to Lieut. Evans, promoted, with-
out purchase, to an Unattached Company.
90th Foot—Capt. George Herbert Cox, from the 53d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Wade, who exchanges.
94th Foot—Lieut. Clifford Wilson, from the 36th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Godfrey, who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Charles Walker Robinson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice I). A. Gordon, who retires;
George Hope 'Verney, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Robinson.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Frederick Chandos Clif-
ton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Green, pro-
moted; Ensign Thomas Colclough 3PCormick to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scott, retired.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant John Manners Kerr,
from the 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mesham, who
exchanges.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Surgeon John Knox Leet, from
the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Montgomery, who ex-
changes.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Edward Herrick, 12th Foot,
to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Fairtlough, appointed
Captain Instructor at Hythe.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—lnspector-General of Hospitals Jam ;
Brown Gibson, M.D., C. 8., to be Director. General of
the Army Medical Department, vice Director-General
Thomas Alexander, C. 8., deceased ; Surgeon Alexander
George Montgomery, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen,
to be Surgeon, vice Leet, who exchanges.
BREVET.

Colonel Francis -Ward() to be IlAjor-General, vice Rus-
sel, deceased. __ _ _ _ _ _

In consequence of the promotion of Colonel Warde, the
undermentioned Officers on retired full-pay, who stood
next above him on the effective list at the time of their re-
tirement, to be Major-Generals :
Colonel Anthony Richard Harrison.
Colonel Henry Richard Wright.
Brevet-Major Charles T. E. Hinde, 65th Bengal Native
Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Ralph Fitz Gibbon Lewis, 86th Foot, to be
Major in the Army.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Charles Rceber, woollen draper, Vigo-street, Regent-
street.

BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Charles Ball, miller, Salisbury, to surrender,
April 5, at eleven, and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. ,
Henry Cooper, grocer, Aldgate, City, April 2, at half-
past two, and May 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Richard Lockington Cole, merchant, 46, Lime-street,
City, April 4, at eleven, and May 7, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Johx. Perkins, haberdasher, 0 akham, Rutlandshire,
April 7, at half-past one, and May 8, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
James Henderson, draper, Nottingham, April 3 axd May
1, at half-past eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
James Long, spirit merchant, Leeds, April 12 and May
4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
William Bothwell, schoolmaster, Enfield-highway,
April 4, at twelve, and May 2, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
James Smith Spencer, wine merchant, Bloomsbury,
April 7 and May 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Roger Divine M'Manus, apothecary, St. Austel, Corn-
wall, April 4 and May 9, at twelve, at the Exeter District
Court.

Thomas Sampson and William Barnard, shawl manufac-
turers, Stroud, April 3 and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court

Solomon Portman, innkeeper, Oldbury, Worcestershire,
April 2 and 30, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.

. Charles Hollingsworth Tidbury, wharfinger, Lavender
Dock-wharf, Surrey, March 31, at half-past twelve, and
May 4, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nathaniel Smith, yr, Horsham, Martley, Worcestershire
hotel keeper, April 5 and May 3, at eleven, at the Birming'
ham District Court.

James Steven, hatter, Newcastle-npon-Tyne, Aoril 3
and May 15, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis-
trict Court.

James Scott, millwright, Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-
Tweed, March 30 and April 26, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Alfred Pott, formerly insurance manager, of Old
Jewry, London, and now of Fort William.
John Forrester, draper, Edinburgh.
John M'Ewen, grocer, Stirling.
James Lawson, builder and shipowner, South Shields.
Rowland Pric3, attorney-at-law, Broughton-place, late
of St3urbridge, Worcestershire.
William Henry Cole, gentleman, late of Putney, now of
Stornoway.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

Au Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day
of March, 1860 :

ISSUE DEPAATME VT.

Notes issued ..0..£29,4%F2,435

Government Debt £11,(15,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,9C0
Gold Coin .1c Bullion 14,567,435
Silver Bullion .... -

£29,062,435

f 29,032,435

BANKING n.

Proprietors' Capi-
tal X 11,553.006
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

,EPARTMENT.
Government Seca-
' ritiet!jinelnding

Dead Weightlici:
nuity) £l 0,221,194
Other Securities 22 574,833
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin

788,939

counts) 10,362,543
Other Deposits 12,932,220
Seven Day and
other Bills

717,011

£42,303,667

.£42,305 ,667
:ARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated March 22,1860.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 20th day
of March, 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America .. 27s 7f d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius"... 28s Hid
Average price of the foregoing .. 27e 91d

COURSE OF EXCHANGI3.—Tins DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16 11 161
Antwerp
Brussels .—. 25 221 25 27/
Ilamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 25 321 25 371
1171 1171
Vienna
Trieste
13 65 13 70
Petersburgh
Madrid
49341
Cadiz -49 R
—49 a
Leghorn .-30 32} , 30 371
Milan — 25 371 25 421
Genoa — 25 371 25 421
Naples
Palermo — 122 1221
Messina— 122 1221
Lisbon -5211 52/
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York . . ... .
Foreign Goldin Bars (Standard),... per oz. £3 17 0
Mexican Dollars .... ” 0 5 21
Silver in Bars (Standard) 9f e 5 2,
South American Doublons