The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-14 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The house then went into committee of supply.
£1,000,000 was voted for Exchequer Bonds.
On the vote of £3,865 for the maintenance of British
Embassy Houses,
Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the vote should be reduced
by £650, the item for the Embassy House at Therapia.
He contended that the house in question was quite unne-
cessary, and repeated the statement he bad made on a for-
mer occason in regard to this subject.
Mr. COWPER said he understood that the whole dip-
lomatic body left Constantinople at a certain period of the
year and went to Therapia, so that it was necessary for the
British ambassador to have a house at the latter place. That
house was the gift of the Sultan, and they could not dis-
pose of it. _ _ _

£8,450 was voted for the consulate at Constantinople.
On the vote of £160,000 for harbours of refuge,
Mr. CONYNGHAM objected to the item of £65,000 for
the harbour of Alderney. He said such harbour was un-
necessary, and moved that the vote should be reduced by
the amount in question.

After some conversation,
Lord C. PAGET said that the breakwater at Alderney
was carried out to the point marked D on the plan, and
the object in view was to afford shelter to small vessels
from easterly winds.
The house divided—
For the amendment l3
Against it 4l
Majority
The amendment was accordingly negatived, and the item
agreed to.
Mr. BELLEW objected to the amount of the vote of
£30,000 for Holyhead harbour of refuge.
Mr. LAING said that the object of this harbour of re-
fuge was to afford shelter to vessels of large burden. There
was some difference between the steam boat company and
the railway company interested in the harbour, and during
the recess the place would be visited by the Secretaries of
the Admiralty, in company with representatives of the two
companies.

The item was agreed to, as were £4Ol for harbour of
refuge for Portpatrick, and £7,226 for a harbour of refuge at
Kingston.
Several votes for expenses of the offices connected with
both Houses of Parliament were agreed to.
On the vote of £2,750 for the office of the Privy Seal,
Mr. AYRTON moved that the vote should be reduced
by £2,000 the salary of the Lord Privy Seal, an office
which a committee had recommended should be abolished.
Sir G. LEWIS said that the office of Postmaster-Gene-
ral and Lord Privy Seal were filled for the present by the
Duke of Argyle, who, however, did not draw both sala-
ries. According to the recommendation of the commmittee
the office of Signet had been abolished, and a reduction was
made in the office of Privy Seal, but two clerks were kept,
in order, according to the forms of the constitution, to affix
the Privy Seal to patents before they received the stamp of
the Grand Seal. With regard to the Lord Privy Seal, the
object was to have a person of rank attached to the Cabinet
who should not have to discharge any active duties. He
strongly opposed the abolition of the office.
Lord FE RMOY supported the amendment, and some
discussion ensued.

The house divided, and the numbers were—
For the amendment l5
Against
Majority —44
The vote was then agreed to.
On the vote of £5,796 for the civil commission,
Mr. COCHRANE strongly objected to the competitive
examination, on the ground that the questions were of an
unsuitable character, and illastrated his views by quoting
several of these questions. Amongst these was one which
a candidate for the civil service in India was requited to
answer, namely, as to his knowledge of the respiratory or-
gans of the spider. He concluded by moving the reduction
of the vote by £6OO for salaries in connection with the
examiner's department.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended
the present system of examination, and said that the an-
swers to the questions were not a vital element to the suc-
cess of the candidate, being merely intended to test the
general intelligence of those applying for situations in the
public service. He adverted to the fact that the commis-
sion appointed by that house had decided, after careful
inquiry, that the objections to the system were unfounded,
and recommended its extension, as conclusive on the
subject.
After some further discussion the amendment was nega-
tived without a division, and the vote was agreed to.
On the vote of £17,500, to defray the expenses of her
Majesty's Paymaster.• General,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY wished to have the office placed
on an intelligible footing, and that the Paymaster-General
should be made really ihe officer to pay the different public
services.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained
that the Paymaster-General also discharged the duty of
President or Vice •President of the Board of Trade. The
Paymaster-General endowed, out of his income, the latter
office, which might be considered the working department,
and from which he did not derive any salary. He could
not hold out any hope of an alteration being made in regard
to the office of Paymaster-General.
£6,330 was voted for the expense of the Comptroller-
General's Office.

On the vote of £3,559 for the office of public works, some
discussion arose, which was abruptly terminated, it being
10 minutes to 4 o'clock.

WINE LICENSES.

In answer to Mr. E. JAMES,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
659 licenses for refreshment houses in London had been ap-
plied for under the new act, but that number did not in-
clude Kensington or Hammersmith. Only 129 applications
had been made for wine licenses.

The sitting was suspended at four o'clock.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock.
[LEFT SITTING.]

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING).

CROWN. OFFICE, AUGUST 13.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Sligo—Francis Macdonogh, of Rutland-
square, in the city of Dublin, Esq. Q.C., in the room of tho
Right Honourable John Arthur Wynne, who has accepted
the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of
Northstead, in the county of York.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUGUST 14.
14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Major-General Allan
T. Maclean to be Colonel, vice General the Honourable
Sir Henry Murray, K.C.8., deceased.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Duncan Anderson Far-
quhar, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Royds, pro-
moted.
Military Train—Ensign Edward William Webb, from the
58th Foot, to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Bodkin,
who retires.
2d Regiment of Foot—William Edward Montague, Gent.,
to be Ensign by purchase, vice Bennitt, appointed to the
6th Dragoons.
3d Foot—Surgeon Alfred Crocker, from the Staff, to be
Surgeon, ♦ice Barker, appointed to the Staff.
4th Foot—Ensign James Henry M'Ewen to bo Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Lieutenant Henry Arthur Grey Todd
to be Adjutant, vice Ensign Francis Robert Sandys, who
resigns the Adjutantcy only ; Charles Greenlaw Leggett,
Gout., to be Ensign, by purchase, rice Studdert, pro-
moted.

.2th Foot--William Stewart Hamilton, Gent., to be En-
sign by purchase, vice 'Wallace, appointed to the Gth
Dragoons. _ _ _

l6th Poot—Horatio John Thomas Walpole, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell, promoted.
iSth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Orr, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hyde, appointed to

the Staff.
19th Foot—Charles Gilbert Fryer, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Rogers, promoted.
20th Foot—Stewart Abercrombie Wroughton, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Gibaut, promoted ; Charles
Ramsay Gibb, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Vernon, promoted.
21st Foot—James Whitton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Thorburn, promoted.
25th Foot—William Bigsby Brown, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase.
29th Foot—Richard Alexander Oswald, Gent., to be En-
.

sign, by purchase, vice Fawcett, promoted..
34th Foot—Ensign Thomas Howard McDougall Murray,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Rutledge, de-
ceased ; Ensign Philip Walker, from the 3d Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Murray.
53d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William
Parke, C.B , from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Payn, who exchanges.
55th Foot—Lieutenant Percy Lytton Bellamy to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Parke, who retires ; Ensign
George Wildman Yates FitaGerald to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Bellamy.
58th Foot—Leonard James Wilkinson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice M'Crae, who retires.
65th Foot—Duncan Chisholm Oliver Spiller, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice White, promoted.
72d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel William Payn, C. 8., from
53d Foot, to be Lieutenant -Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Park, C. 8., who exchanges • Captain and Brevet.
Major Charles John William Norman, to be
Major, by purchase, vice Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel Alexander Dalton Thelluson, who retires;
Lieutenant Edward James Upton to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Norman; Ensign Albert Tanner to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Upton ; Cornet James Elmsley
Macaulay, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign,
vice Sherlock, promoted.
73d Foot—Surgeon Gordon Kenmure Hardie, M.D., from
the Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Booth, deceased.
75th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Millar, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, deceased.
77th Foot—Captain James Lazenby, from half-pay unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Fosber), appointed Captain of
a Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College,
89th Foot—Thomas B. Urquhart, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Ostler, who retires.
91st Foot—John Breadalbane Campbell, Gent., to Ire Ea-
sign by purchase, vice Elrington, appointed to the 2d
Dragoon Guards.
93d Foot—Captain John Bond from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice Edward Welch, who exchanges.
95th Foot—Charles William Fiddes, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Knipe, promoted.
96th Foot—Ensign Frederick Hanniker to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice French promoted.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant James B unl,-ury Hamilton,
from AdjutaAt Recruiting District, to be Captain, with-
out vuvc,base.
C9NIMISSARIAT DEP
,IltrMENT.—Acting Deputy Assist.-
Commissary-General Herbert Taylor Ussher, having
completed the required service on the IVgetern. Coast..ef

Africa, to be confirmed in the rank of Deputy Assistant-
Coremissary- General.
HOSPITAL STAFF.--Surgeon Francis Oliver Barker, from
the 3d Foot, to be Surgeon, Tice Crocker, appointed to
the 3d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Richard Armstrong
Hyde, from the 18th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Orr, appointed to the 18th Foot.
BREVET.

Major Augustus C. Honner, Ist Bombay Native Infan-
try, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain and Brevet-Major Pearson Scott Thompson,
14th Light Pragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the
Army.
Brevet-Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Walter Raleigh Ames-
bury, of the Bengal Army, to be Surgeon in the Army.