The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN IN ti, FEBRUARY 26, ISS 6,

What really was the principle of the bill ? That one part of
the community should not be at liberty to tax other parts
of the community for purposes peculiar to itself, or that it
should not tax other parts of the community for advantages
in which they did not share. His constituents and the pub-
lic at large complained that in reference to shipping a cer-
tain duty was levied, and no consideration was received.
If that principle were a sound one, he was not prepared to
stand there and say that there might not be some exceptional
case, and he understood the right hon. gentleman the Vice-
President to admit that, and to say that Government
would give the fullest consideration to them. Twe or three

poses of shipping and the municipal corporation creditors,
and the surplus to go towards effecting their ultimate abo-
lition, and that was what the hon. and learned gentleman
had characterised as confiscation on the part of the Go-
vernment. (Hear.) With regard to the passing tolls,
they unfortunately appeared to have no friends, but it was
only the municipal corporations affected by this bill that
had found a defender ; he considered the passing tolls
ought to be abolished, because it was an impost on ship-
ping from which that interest derived no corresponding
benefit. The hon. and learned gentleman, in his speech
on town dues, had spoken much of property, but he had
failed to give the house the slightest idea of what he con-
sidered property to consist in. The bill spoke only of
taxes, and not a word was mentioned in it of property.
The hon. and learned gentleman had net favoured the
house with his definition of what property was, whether it
was land or whether it was funds over which he had a
control, or whether it was that for which a man could get
money, because a man might get money by saying to him
I that, if he paid him a sum of money, he would tell bun
where to find his stolen property, He could put a number
of similar cases, and surely the house nor the hon. and
learned gentleman would not consider that a property.
He understood property to be the possession of land or
capital over which a man had entire control, and not such
as that which this bill proposed to deal with, where one
man had entire control and dominion over the property of
another, and for which the latter received no considera-
tion. The hon. and learned gentleman had not said a word
for the charities with which this bill proposed to deal, but
he had for the ratepayers of Liverpool, now and for all
time to come, that they might continue to possess the right
to tax the whole of the rest of England, and also the ship-
ping which came to their port ; and thus the unborn chil-
dren of the rest of England wore to become the serfs of
the unborn children of Liverpool—(hear)—and continue
to pay dues for which they would obtain no equivalent.
And that not only to the present amount which was levied
in Liverpool, but to any amount it rose commensurate with
the prosperity of the country. Many towns claimed to bo
exempted from this tax, and Manchester amongst the rest,
and the people of Manchester justly said, that whilst they,
contributed 80.0001. per annum for a borough fund, Liver-
pool ought not to be exempt from it, and Manchester be
called upon to contribute towards such a fund for Liver-
pool by the enforcement by the latter of local dues on ship-
ping. That he looked upon as a theft according to the sys-
tem of the Prud'hommes. The hon. and learned gentleman
had referred to the police' when Liverpool obtained this
right of levying local dues on shipping, but he had omitted
to inform the house that the sum given for them was only
7001., and that they yielded but W. odd, and that that was
the basis from which the princely revenues obtained by
Liverpool from these dues had sprung, and which it was
wished to continue in perpetuity and to ages and genera-
tions yet unborn. There was a great distinction between
corporations and individuals. The latter had to work in
their respective spheres as free agents, acccrding to the
constitution of that society by which they were surrounded.
Corporations neither existed by nor fer themselves, but were
creatures of public utility, which were bound to act in ac-
ccrdance with the consciences of mankind, and in deference
in some degree to the honest prejudices of public justice.
They had been established as a means to an end, and as
soon as they failed to accomplish that. end it was the duty
of the Legislature either to modify or abolish them. The
hon. gentleman then referred to the state of the municipal
corporations prior to 1835, when the members were either
self-elected or appointed by tie mayors, aldermen, and com-
mon council, who formed a small portion of the inhabitants
of the respective boroughs. They possessed considerable real
and personal property, which they claimed to hold, and
which Lord Ellenborough and Lord Eldon had decided they
were empowered to hold independent of any trust what-
ever, and they used that property in the most scandalous
manner. (Hear, hear.) They ate, bought, feasted, and
jobbed till the day of reckoning came, which was that of
the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835,
after as desperate a fight in support of these class interests
as that made that night by the hon. and learned member
for these particular dues. The House of Commons of that
day heard plenty about confiscation, but they grappled
boldly with the question, and swept away the abuses, and
gave the administration of their local affairs to an elective
body. The Legislature then took from the corporate bo-
roughs all their corporate rights by a stretch of power
greater, perhaps, than had ever before been made by any
Legislature of a free country ; and by the 92d section of
that act they vested those rights in new bodies, vesting in
them these tolls and dues for the maintenance of police
and the administration of justice, and the surplus to be
applied for the general benefit of the inhabitants. That
was a precedent of what Parliament had done and could
do when the proper time arrived, and under that prece-
dent the dues purchased of the Molyneux family had been
vested in the present municipal corporation of the town of
Liverpool, and which tolls they were now mi;applyiug ac-
cording to the provisions of the Municipal Corporations
Act, and from which the shipping interest derived little or
no interest. (Hear, hear.) The remark of Junius in the
reign of George 111., that "a crown won by one revolu-
tion might be lost by another," was applicable in this in-
stance, and it was for the houso to consider whether it was
right or just that Liverpool should raise 125,003. a-year
from shipping, and spend only 3,0001. for its benefit. Was
that a state of things that should be continued ? He
thought not, for it was equivalent to their permitting a
man to take away the proceeds of the labour of another,
without giving him an equivalent for them. (Hear, hear.)
The hon. and learned gentleman had alluded to the cases
of Hull and Bristol, which, ne doubt, were exceptional
eases, and the Government had come to the determination
some days since, of meeting thorn with a special
clause to be inserted in the bill. In exceptional cases,
such as those alluded to, he and his noble friend the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade were desirous of doing every
justice to the places concerned. With regard to the diffe-
rential dues it had hitherto been the policy of the country
to impose higher duties on foreign ships than on English
ships ; but by the theory of free trade, which was now
somewhat exploded, it was found necessary to enter into
reciprocity treaties with countries trading to this country,
I and to compensate those who claimed the right to the dues
by paying them out of the consolidated fund. By this bill
it was proposed to abolish these duties, and it becamea ques-
tion whether those ports that had been in the habit of levy-
ing them had a claim for compensation on the consolidated
fund for their abolition. Many hon. members appeared to
imagine that the public purse was inexhaustible, and in
the cases of corporations compensation was always claimed,
but had not that greatest corporation of all, the State, a
right to be considered in this matter? (Hear.) If the
house were of opinion that compensation ought to be given
in this case, how would they propose to do it. If theyre-
lieved shipping of this unjustifiable tax, the only way they
could. raise a sufficient sum to compensate that tax would
be by levying this unjust tax in another shape —(hear)—
and which he submitted no reasonable man would attempt
to do. Compensation in individual cases were very avail-
able and desirable ; for if the public were desirous of be-
coming possessed of an individual's rights, compensation
should be rigorously enforced ; but where the house took
away, not property, but the claim to the right and power
of extorting another man's money without giving him an
equivalent for it, it was not a subject for compensation. It
had been said that this bill had been framed with a great
deal of craft, but he begged to deny it. He had been given
credit for many clever things he had never thought of ; and
as regarded the bill before the house, it was founded, as he
had already stated, on the report of the Commissioners.
The Government brought this question before the house to
ask whether the system of local self-government should be
converted into a system of Imperial taxation. Ho thought
no one would say that the 92d section of the Municipal
Act was a just one ; that 175,0001. should be levied on ship-
ping, and that none of it should be spout for the benefit of
the interests on whom it was levied. The injustice might be
small, but it was not the lass injustice, which cannot be
lo ig tolerated is this country, whatever might be the re-
sult of this night's debate. The Corporation of Liverpool
were the same gentlemen in two characters ; at ono time
it is the clock fund, at another time it is the corporation.
They applied last session to ' Parliament to borrow
2,000,0001. on the security of this tax. This did not cor-
respond with his (Mr. Lowe's) notion of fair dealing; it
was a practice which, if not prevented, would be carriral
on all over the kingdom. He thought the committee had
clone its duty in its report on this matter, and had devised
a full and complete remedy. He thought, also, the Govern-
ment had done its duty in bringing it before the country,
and enabling it to judge whether reform was necessary.
It was a state of things which, like their rotten boroughs

of them'. had been mentioned in the course of the debate—

the Trinity-house and Bristol for example—and others
might probably be cited. But these had nothing to do with
the principle of the bill. They should be considered in
committee, and every case should be considered upon its
own merits. For some time he (Mr. Baines) represented
the town of Hull, and that day he had met some of his late
constituents, who stated to him that the bill was likely to
work the greatest possible benefit to the shipowner, and
put the matter in a light which was perfectly irresistible.
They said that Parliament had repealed the navigation-
laws, which laid upon thorn a heavier pressure than be-
fore. Acknowledging this to be right, they insisted upon
the other hand that they should not be compelled in the
great race of competition with other countries to bear un-
bust burdens, so that if it could be proved that any unjust
urdens did rest upon them, they had a clear right to be
relieved from the tax. Besides pleadino•
,for the ship-
owner, he (Mr. Baines) stood before the house that even-
ing as the advocate of those who were interested in the
great woollen manufactures of the country. There was not
a single bale of goods which came to Leeds or the West
Riding of Yorkshire which did not come up the Humber on
the one side or the Mersey on the other. They said they
were willing to engage in competition with the clothiers of
any other country, but they claimed to be exempted from
t..xes levied for another community, and from which they
derived no advantage. (Hoar.) He respectfully asked the
house whether there could be a more reasonableclaim than

this in support of the views now advocated by the Go

vernmentaf

Sir F. KELLY could not allow this bill to pass its second
reading without calling the attention of the house to what
ho considered its real principles, for he believed the Go-

v±rnment were not aware of what that principle was, or of
the consequences that must follow if it passed into a law.
The principle of the bill was nothing more norless than to
take away from corporations having property that which
they had in trust for the inhabitants, whom they repre-

senied, without any misdeeds on their part, and without
any compensation. He believed that the right hon. gentle-
man the Vice-President of the Board of Trade had, how-

ever unintentionally, misled the house as to the real cha.
racter of the bill. It was said to bo " A Bill for the Abell.

tion of Passing Tolls and the regulations of Local Dues on
Shipping." Upon the subject of passing tolls they were all
agreed. The house was left in ignorance on many important
points. They had no return of-the" number and amounts of
town dues levied by corporations, but he calculated from
the speech of the right lion. gentleman that it was some-
where about 163,0001. a year. The deductions which the
right hen. gentleman had made, after hearing the speech
of the right hon. and learned gentleman the member for
Stamford (Sir F. Thesiger) reduced it to 141,000/. a year,
of which Liverpool had by far the largest proportion ; and
this it was said was a tax levied by Liverpool upon the
shipping interests of the country. Out of that 149,0001.
only I,ouol. was levied on the shipping at all. He would
now come to the priuciple of the bill. It had been said
that this was not strictly pi Opel ty, but was a tax that could
be dealt with by Parliament. That argument had: been
already met by the right hon. gentleman the member for
Belfast. It was a calumny to say that by an oversight such
as the Municipal Act this property was transferred to the
corporation of Liverpool. Why, it was the direct avowed
purpose of that act, with regard to corporations, that the
property of those corporations should become the property.
of the inhabitants of the boroughs. That was specially pro-
vided for by the 92d section of the act. And yet that WAS
called an oversight, and it was that very provision which this
bill was intended to violate. It was directlyviolating the con-
stitution of thecountry,in the case of the corporatiouof Liver-
pool. The dues in that case were the property of the people
of Liverpool, held by thorn under the law, and purchased
a al pa; d for by them. These dues Were the private property
f the town. That very property was sold a long time ago
by the Crown to the ancestors of the Earl of Sefton, and
by hint conveyed to the corporation of Liverpool. Why,
suppose the present petitioner had been the Earl of Sefton,
instead of the people of Liverpool, would such an attempt
as was made by this bill be tolerated ? No; it would not.
They might as well bring in a similar bill to confiscate the
tolls of Covent-eardon Market. The two cases were pre-
cisely similar. The corporation of Liverpool purchased this
property at a remote period, and enjoyed it down to the
year 1832, when these dues were resisted, but the claim of
the corporation was then substantiated before a judge, who
was certainly not favourable to monopolies. He alluded to
the late Lord Denman. The title of the corporation was
then fully established. These dues had always been ap-
plied to the benefit of the town of Liverpool, and to no
other purpose, and they Bow amounted to a very large sum.
Wore this bill to pass into a law, the effect of it oaths cor-
poration of Liverpool—that corporation having borrowed
2,000,0001. on the security of those dues—would be to
take away all security for that money, while it would
also take away from the people of Liverpool 10,0001., by
which they paid the interest upon that money so borrowed.
It was true mortgagee creditors were to be protected by the
bill ; but these dues were not mortgaged. The money lied
been borrowed upon teerebonds, which they had done under
the sanction of an act of Parliament. This bill would de-
stroy the security of those bondholders. The mosey 'had
been borrowed by the corporation under the authority of
the Lords of the Treasury, and the result of this bill would
be that the security for that money would be transferred
to the borough fund. Such was the effect of the bill which
her Majesty's Government called upon the house to sanc-
tion. He earnestly called upon the house seriously to con-
sider it, for it was a bill which, neither more nor les', was
intended to deprive corporations of property which legally
belonged to thorn.
Mr. LINDSAY moved the adjournment of the debate.
Lord PALMERSTON said that at that hour of the
evening it was diffieult to resist a motion for an adjourn-
ment. If the debate were adjourned, he would propose
that it be adjourned to Friday, and the Government would
take the army estimates on the Monday following.
Mr. DISRAELI thought that as the labours of the ses-
sion had hitherto been light, they might finish the debate,
as it was then but comparatively an early hour. (The
clock was on the stroke of twelve.) If the debate, how-
ever, were to be adjourned, he could not see why it should
be carried over to Friday. This was a most important
subject, and ought to be proceeded with to-morrow. Ho
did not e,oe why the country should be kept in suspense
upon a bill which certainly contained alarming priacTles.
The country ought not to be kept in doubt as to what
ho thought would be the unequivocal decision of the
House of Commons on the subject. Another reason against
the adjournment to Friday was that on that day a motion
was on the paper to be brought forward by the honour-
aide and learned member for Sheffield with reference to a
very strange act of the Government—namely, the proposi-
tion of a board of inquiry into the conduct and report of
their own commissioners. Not wishing to go into
a discussion on that subject then with reference to
agreeing with the honourable and learned gentleman or
not, he was bound to say that his epinioa was that the
Government, in proposing that court of inquiry, raised a
question of so momentous a character, that certainly if
the honourable and learned gentleman had not given that
notice, it was the intention of a right honourable friend
on that (the Opposition) side of the house, to have the
opinion of the House of Commons on the conduct of the
Government on that subject. Well, it was proposed to
adjourn this debate to Friday, on a subject scarcely se-
cond in interest to the other. He thought the noble
lord would do well to reconsider the plan of public busi-
ness which he had just pointed out. The hon. and learned
member for Sheffield had given notice of an amendment to
the motion of the Government on going into supply, and
he (Mr. Disraeli) put it to the noble lord at the head of the
Government, and also to the hon. and learned gentleman,
whether it would re, t be better for the Government to
bring forward a substantit;e motion on this important
question. The hon. members on his side of the house might
Lot agree with the hon. and learned member for Sheffield,
nod they might wish to express their opinion on the ques-
ti?neoea,,t, preventedlosn o as t,byt from
askhomcomurotsifin course about about to be pursued, they would
ome amendment t ntehnet on a
housen
to
omtehnedi-r
g asaanct nof
opinion. (Clear, hoar.)
Lord P4LMERSTON said that not being in the secret of
hen, members on the other side of the house, it would have
been unbecoming on his part to have assumed that they
meant to put their motions off to admit of the debate
being continued to-morrow. he however, the right hon.
gentleman was authorised to speak for gentlemen on that
aide of the house, and they were willing to agree to the
suggestion that had been made, the Government were
ready to accede to it. (Hear, hear.)
Sir F. KELLY said he would give way to allow the
question to come on again to-morrow for discussion.
Mr. ROEBUCK, in reply to Mr. DISRAELI, said he had
no objection to make his amendment a substantive motion
if it met the views of the Governsteet.
The debate was then adjourned till to-day.
The Partnership Amendment Bill, and the Joint Stock
Companies went pro forma through committee.
The Prisons (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed on Monday, the 21st of March.
DELAMERE FOREST BILL.
Mr. WILSON moved the third reading of this bill.
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY asked if it was the intention of
the Government to take powers by this bill to sell this
forest? because, if so, it was contrary to the preamble.
Mr. WILSON said that this was the only forest that did
not come tinder the inclosure acts relative to Royal forests.
The intention of the act was to put this forest in the same
position as the other Crown lands, which give a right of
sale, under the usual circumstances relating to Crown
lands.
The bill was then read a third time.
The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Jurisdiction Bill ; the
Court of Chancery (Ireland) Procedure Bill ; the Court of
Chancery (Ireland) Receivers Bill; the Court of Chancery
(Ireland) Appeals Bill; and the Court of Chancery (Ire-
land) Sale of Estates Bill, were, on the motion of Mr.
WHITESIDE, referred to the select committee to which
the Government Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill was re-
ferred.

and their rotten comniercial sieem, would be numbered
with the things which were passed. (Cheers.)
Mr. 11ORSFALL stated that the Liverpool revenue of
more than 100,00 W. was not derived from shipping, as Mr.
Lowe had asserted. Only 1,0001. was derived from ship-
ping, the rest was levied on shipping. The sole charge on
shipping was ls., not per ton, but per vessel, upon all
costars, and 3s. 3d. on ships coming from foreign ports.
This bill would in fact raise the I,OCW. now derived from
ships to 6,0001. or 7,0C0/. The Corporation of Manchester,
which was the great advocate of this bill, did itself apply
the town duos of Manchester precisely as the Corporation
of Liverpool applied its town dues. Ho went into some
detail as to the manner in which the Corporation of Liver-
pool had spent the dues, to show that they were all ex-
pended for the benefit of the shipping.
Mr. RIDLEY delivered his maiden speech in opposi-
tion to the bill. He stated that the dues levied by the
Newcastle corporation were not paid by the shipowners,
but by the coalowners, who had petitioned against this
bill. The property of the corporation in these dues was
founded at first on prescription, it was confirmed by charter,
and it had been further confirmed, and, as it was hoped,
finally settled by an act passed so late as 1850, when the
corporation gaVe up 15,000/. a-year, and was exonerates.
from all further responsibility as to the conservancy of the
port. He objected, also, to the principle of centralisation
contained in this bill. He hinted that the definitions of
property which Mr. Lowe laid down in his speech might
pass muster in Australia, but ho was quite sure that they
would not be tolerated by public opinion in Great Britain.
Mr. TOLLE MACHE thought that the local dues required
revision, and should have been glad to support any 11103•
sure based upon the report of the commissioners appointed
to inquire into the subject. But this bill far exceeded the
recommendations of those commissioners, and therefore lan
could net support it.
Mr. COLLIER supported the bill, which was based
upon this principle, that ships should not be taxed for the
support of towns. As to the claim of vested rights, the
very same claim had been set up by the proprietors of rot-
ten boroughs, the West Indian slave owners, the self-
elected corporations, and the landowners of the country.
He voted for the second reading of the bill, on the ground
that these dues were not applied to shipping purposes, but
that the shipping interest were paying for the paving and
lighting of the streets, and for the building of town-halls.
Mr. HILDYARD reminded the House that as Parlia-
ment had sanctioned these dues on former occasions, they
could not ,now in good faith retract them. He severely
censured the arguments used by Mr. Lowe, and put it to
the Prime Minister whether it was creditable that a speech
which appeared to set at defiance all the principles on which
sroperty was founded should have been delivered from the
Treasury bench.
Mr. RICE opposed the bill, and explained the injustice
it would inflict upon Dover. ,
Mr. DEEDES defended the tolls levied at Ramsgate.Mr. J. EWART hoped the house would reject this bill
which he considered to be fraught csith the grossest in-
,
justice.
Mr. Islostem supported the bill, which was opposed by
Mr. LIDDELL and Mr. CAIRNS.
Mr. BAINES would not have thought himself justified
in addressing the house upon the subject of the hill had he
not been pressed to support it by hie constituents, who bad a
material interest in its success. He had the honour to re-
present the metropolis of the great woollen manufactureof
the Borth, and his constituents had stated to him their views,
and he would briefly repeat them to the house. But before
be did so he might saythat, having listened to the hon. and
learned gentleman the member for Stamford (Sir F. Thesi-
ger), and to the hon. baronet who seconded his amend-
ment, the objections that had boon urged went more to
the various clauses than to the principle of the bill. The
hon. and learned gentleman the member for Belfast (Mr.
Cairns) had stated that, if there had been any intention to
do away with the town dues he would have supported the
bill. As far as he (Mr. Baines) understood the matter, that
was precisely the intention of the Gonernment. (Cheers.)

METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.
The ATTORNEY.GENERAL moved for leave to bring
in a bill to amend the act of last session. In committee on
t}.at bill certain alterations were made in it, that the law
was now in such a state that no one could safely say whether
the new or old vestries had the power of raising the rates
for the relief of the poor, and the manse... Sweat of the poor
also. It was to remedy these defects that the present bill
wag to be introduced.
Leave was given, and the bill was accordingly brought
in.

The public mind appeared to have been led away by the 1 whether any and what means had been taken to prevent
many rumours that had been circulated, that there had , the recurrence of such dangerous proceedings ?
been a desire on the part of the Government. to exclude Mr. F. PEEL said he bad made inquiries on the sub-
ject and found that a disturbance had taken place, that
the public. from St. James's-park, more especially from
passing in front of Buckingham Palace. The best answer one man was ta'seri to prison, and that an attempt had
he could give to those rumours was, that previous to the
been made to rescue him. A strict inquiry was now
time when those reports were most industriously circu- , . • -
going on to discover the, ringleaders, and if they were
lated he had received instructions to prepare plans that .
would admit the public passing immediately in front es discovered they would be punished. With regard to
the Palace. He thought that statement she
how un- I the prevalence of drunkenness he thought the charge
necessarily those rumours had been circulated, and that I was without foundation.
there was no desire on the part of the Government to ex- 1
THE BANK CHARTER.
Mr. OLIVEIRA asked the Chancellor of the Ex-
for the committee, all the Government wanted was an in-
elude the people from the park. (Hear, hear.) In asking i
1
!chequer, with reference to the Order in Council of the
vestigation into the desirableness of the contemplated 7th day of December last, now laid upon the table of the
alteration, and he would have the committee struck as
house, authorising an additional issue of hank notes by
fairly as possible. e of
Mr. HENLEY said there could be no question that 1 the Bank England, to the extent of 475,0001., pur-
considerable desire bad been expressed by the pnblit to suant to the sth section of the 7th and Bth Vic. cap. 32,
have a communication from Belgravia to St. James's- 1 what arrangement had been made between the Governs
street, through the park; but, in order to mystify the silent and the Bank of England, to carry into effect
question, the Government proposed a communication from the provision of the 9th section of the said Bank Charter
St. James's-street to Westminster, which was quite a cliff- Act, which required the Bank of England to allow the
ferent thing. Ho felt particularly interested in this ques- public the profits derived from any additional securities
tion, for, happening to live in Westminster, his family beyond the stipulated amount of 14,000,0001., fixed by
enjoyed great advantages from St. James's-park. He
the act, after deduction of expenses?
looked upon the offer of the right honourable baronet,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
with reference to the committee and the plans, very much
like trailing a red herring—(laughter)—across a line to agreement the Government had entered into with the
take off the hounds from the right scent. (Renewed Bank arranged all the details ; and when the year
laughter.) The object of so many plans being brought I elapsed, for which the arrangement existed, the terms of
before the committee was, he thought, to divert their at- it would be laid before the house.
tention from the real question. (Helen( Mr. OTWAY asked the President of the Board of
Lord PAL\IERSTON said the real object of the com- Control whether he was aware of the proceedings that
" In re Dyce Sombre," and of the judgment of the judge,
the Sir JohnEa,t Dodsonlodia doamnpda
Company
ehtande r
the
ee
powerCour t
mittee was to examine into the means of communication had taken place in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury,
with the great number of persons living between Hyde-
park-corner and the Horse Guards, and with the iuhabie
ofth
tants on the other side of St. James's-park. He assured
the house that the Government had no desire but that the
fullest! and fairest investigation into the question shouldll
to disburse geeera y moneys from the revenues of
eDßiirgehettolirs°onf.
take place, and it was with that view that they proposed tics for any object or objects, including the discharge of
to submit various plans to the consideration of the com- law costs and expenses incurred by them in this coun-
mittee. • try, without his sanction and authority ?
Lord EBRINGTON was in favour of the proposed alte- Mr. V. SMITH said he had no further knowledge of
ration, sad had hoped no delay would have arisen in its this case than the public had, and through the same
being carried into effect. medium, the public press. With regard to the second
Sir G. GREY : That communication, if then open, part of the question he would make inquiries and inform
would be dangerous, as the corner of St. James's-palace the house.
was not fitted for a large traffic.
The Hon. A. KINN AIRD thought it was permitted to CLERKS OF PARLIAMENTS.
pass by St. James's palace after eight - Mr. L. KING moved for copies of the last patents,
ing, but he had been stopped by a policeman. He trusted or enrolments or patents, under which the clerks of the
the Secretary for the Home Department would give orders Parliaments attending the Houses of Lords and Com-
to allow such passage. mons were appointed ; of the earliest extant patent
Sir J. SHELLEY thought the communication was or enrolment of a patent, appointing a clerk of
most important. His constituents in Westminster felt a the Parliaments ; and of the oath of office of cleric of the
great desire to relieve Charing-cross, and to have a com-
Parliaments • an, if the oath had been varied of the
munication between Pall-mall and the Houses of
severalParlia-
forms which had at d
iff 'rent times been adminie-
ment. He hoped the committee would take the whole
subject of communication in that part of London into tared.—..kgreed to.
- - • LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING.

consideration.
Lord HAMILTON thought it would be well to adopt
tie suggestion of the learned member for Sheffield.
Mr.HINDLEY opposed the appointment of the com-
mittee, on the ground that the plans had not been sub-
mitted' to the house. They could not go without the requi-
site information.
Lord PALMERSTON begged to assure the hon. mem-
ber that there would be plenty of time to distribute the
plans after the committee was appointed.
After a short conversation, in which several hon. mem-
bers took part, the committee was appointed.
On the motion of Mr. HORSMAN, leave was given to
bring in a bill to abolish the office of Secretary to the Poor-
law Commissioners in Ireland.
The bill was then brought in, and read the first time.
The house then adjourned at ten minutes before one
o'clock.

In answer to a question from Mr. LINDSAY,
Mr. LOWE said that it was never intended that the
Board of Trade should have the power of applying taxes
raised at one port for the benefit of another. The pur-
poses contemplated by the act were that the Board of
Trade should have the application of the dues to be levied
forshipping purposes atthe port at which they were levied,
and that the shipping purposes to which the dues should
be applied should be decided on by the harbour master,
and not the Board of Trade—the latter requiring, how-
ever, that an estimate of the expenses be forwarded to
them, that they might see that the money had been ap-
plied to shippirg purposes.
THE M‘NEIL TULLOCII REPORT.
In answer to a question from. Mr. RODBUCIK,
Lord PALMERSTON laid on the table the warrant
appointing the commission to inquire into the conduct
of certain officers in the Crimea mentioned in the report,
and stated that the following officers composed the com-
mission :—Lord Seaton, Gen. M`Mahon, Earl Beacham,
Gen. Peel, Sir J. Bell, Gen. Knowles, and Gen.
Rowan.

40 •
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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock.

Withdrawal of the Local Dues on
Shipping Bill.

LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH )

TRIAL STAKES.

Stork
Eulogist
Alfred

Three ran.
TYRO STAKES.

Willie Crawford
Burgundy colt
Hopeful filly
AINTREE PLATE.
De Giulio'

Pollux ...
Seven ran.
SPRING CUP.

Mary .
Little Davie
Lightning

Ten ran.
There was a false start, in which all went the course
but Mary, Slielah, and Lightning.

Berezina, was scratched.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

Lord PALMERSTON said—l. think it my duty to
state to the house the course which her Majesty's Go-
vernment has deemed it their duty to take with regard
to the measure now under the consideration of the
house. That measure was proposed to Parliament upon
a full consideration of the matters to which it relates.
'Her Majesty's Government t that the burthens which
exist on shipping and on the indestry of the country by
reason of the different imposts and duties to which the bill
relates were matters deserving of the interference of
Parliament fur the purpose of relieving these interests
from those imposts under which they laboured. (Hear.)
It was with that view that the measure now before the
house was proposed to Parliament. In the discussion
which has taken place on the bill nothing has been
adduced by those who have opposed the measure which
in any degree tends to shake the confidence of the Go-
vernment as to the justice or policy of the course
they have pursued. (Hear, hear.) I will not now
enter into the arguments that have been adduced, but I
think it right to record the opinion of her Majesty's
Government, which have not been shaken, on the ques-
tion of right or policy they have adopted. In the course
of the discussion last night .it was made manifest
that there are, in regard to the cases of towns
that would be affected by the measure, a far
greater variety of different circumstances and of coin-
p!icated interest than perhaps her Majesty's Govern-
ment were at first led to suppose. (" Hear, hear," and
laughter.) These are matters which every gentleman
must see would be very imperfectly and inconveniently
dealt with in a committee of the whole house. It is im-
possible in conducting a debate in a committee of the
whole house on a bill to separate and singly deal with
particular cases, especially if complicated by a great
variety of circumstances in such a manner as neither to
be satisfactory to the house or just to the parties
concerned. (Hear, bear.) This bill consists of two
points ; one simple, the other more complicated. One
relating to passing tolls ; the other, differential duties
and town dues. It is evident that a great variety of re-
presentations are justly entitled to be made by the towns
which are concerned. The Vice-President of the Board
Of Trade stated yesterday that, with reference to the re-
presentations that had been male from Hull and Bristol
within the last few days had led the Board of Trade t 3
think that special provisions should be made in the bill
to meet these particular doses. The special provisions
are difficult to be dealt with in a committee of the whole
house ; and considering the great differences of opinion
that prevails in this house with regard to the provisions
of the measure, and considering also that it is not
duty of her Majesty's Government to call on this how°
to bestow time and attention on a measure on which they
were not likely to come to a just and satisfactory con-
cludon the Government have come to the opinion that
it would be mere consistent with the public interests in-
vol tat ro refer this bill to a select committee of the
house. I hope the suggestion will be adopted by the
house, because the matter cannot rest in the state it now
is, either with justice to the towns concerned, or with
satisfaction to that public investigation which the sekject
required, and which inquiry, I believe, can best be con-
ducted by a select committee of the house. Under these
circumstances, I ask the house to allow her Majesty's
Government to withdraw the bill now before the
house, in order that the subject might be investigated
by a select committee. (Hear )
Mr. DISRAELI said that the discussion of this bill
had not been characterised by any party feeling, and he
was glad to find the Government had come to the deter-
mination of withdrawing this bill. He looked upon it
as satisfactory proof of the discernment of the members
of that house that they had been enabled to find a re-
medy to the injurious consequences that might have re-
sulted from this crude and thoughtless project of the
Government. The First Lord of the Treasury bad
stated that the details of this bill had received their
careful consideration ; but since the turn this debate
bad taken, he should like to know which part had re-
ceived their careful consideration. (Hear.) He pro-
ceeded, in a speech of some length, to condemn
the conduct of the Government, in the manner in
which they bad conducted the business of the
session, and characterised the course now pursued
by the Government as being tone by which
they sought to shift the responsibility of the Govern-
ment to a select committee of that house. (Hear, hear.)
The country would be necessarily indignant at the con-
duct of the Government in endeavouring by this pro•
ceeding to drag the holders of property which this bill
prop
house. (Hear.)
proposed to dealwithHe alludedheforea setloectwhcaotmbmeittceaelleodf
that
the feebleness, the blunders, the mistakes, and the dis•
comfiture, the Government had this session already been
subject to, and which arose not from the Opposition,
but from themselves. (Cheers.)
Mr. LABOUCHERE defended the Government
from the charge that load been brought against them by
the last speaker.
After a few words from Mr. NEADLAII and Mr. HAT-
FIELD,
The bill was withdrawn.
(LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.)

-WHITEHALL, FES. 25.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'olire to
pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter
of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle to
death ect a Bishop of
that See, the same being void by the of Doctor
Hugh Percy, late Bishop thereof ' • and her Majesty has
also been pleased to recommend the Honourable and
Reverend Henry Montagu
ter Villiers,
hop M.A.of,
th to be
a electeeed by
of
the said Dean and Chap, Bise sid S

FOREIGN.-OFFICE, FEB. 15.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Richard Levingo-Swift, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul in
the Island of St. Thomas, to be her Majesty's Consul at
Buffalo, in the United States of America.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Edmund J. Turner, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at
Carthagona.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 25.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James
Winter as Consul at Turk's Island, for the United States.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ernst
Suffert as Consul at Cape Town, for the Free Hanseatic
city of Lubeck.
WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 26.
let Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Algernon
William Peyton to he Captain, by purchase, vice Viscount
Dupplin, wlio retires net sud Sub-Lieutenant Lora
Charles William Brudenell Bruce to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Peyton.
2,1 Dragoons—Hugh Edmund Browning, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice Moodie, promoted.
36}3 Light Dragodus—i
usiga Eslward Sias, from the

52d Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Payne, pro- of Assistant-Surgeon in Turkey while serving with the
meted. Ostnanli Irregular Cavalry :--Samuel A. Patterson and
lelth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Boyce, from William Hoar.
the 4th Lancashire Militia, to be Cornet, without pur- The undermentioned prOmotions to take place in the
chase, vice Burnell, promoted. East India Company's Army :—To be Lieutenant-Colonels
17th Light Dragoons—Cornet John Gibsone to be Lieu- —Major Francis Charles Wells, 15th Bombay Native In-
tenant, by purchase, vice Barber, who retires. fantry ; Major Anthony Blake Rathborne, 24th Bombay
Ist Regiment of Foot—William Trosson, Gent., to be Native Infantry; Major James Travers, 2d Bengal Native
Dispenser of Medicines. Infantry; Major Edward Griffith Austin, Bengal Artil-
-2d Foot—Lieutenant John Hatelepll (2) from the Dublin lery ; Major Henry Joseph Pelly, Bth Bombay Native
County Militia, to ba Ensign, without purchase. Infantry ; and Major Murray Mackenzie, Bengal Artillery.
3,1 Foot—Ensi ;n George Edward Rundle, from the 59th The undermentioned Officers of the East India Corn-
Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. parry's service, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of
4th Foot--Lieutenant Francis Rene, from the Dublin honorary rank, as follows :—To be Lieutenant-Colonels—
County Militia, to be Ensign, without Purchase, vice Majer Henry Colbeck, Madras Infantry • Major John
Bland, appointed to the 25th Foot. Ramsay,. Bombay Infantry; Major Arthur Salmon,
7th Foot— .:aptain Robert Carr Glyn, from the 85th Madras Infantry ; Major Thomas Robert Morse, Bombay
Foot, to he Captain, vice Butler, who exchanges. Infantry ; Major Augustus Hart Dyke, Bengal Infantry.
Bth Foot—Assistant Surgeon W. H. Yates, from the To be Majors—Captain Ralph Reid Scutt, Madras In-
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fowler, promoted. fantry ; Captain Patrick Ogilvie, Madras Infantry ; Cap-
17th Foot—William Whiucup, Gent., to tie Dispenser tarn Charles Alexander Blagrave, Madras Infantry.
of Medicines. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
18th Foot—Staff Dispenser of Medicines E 'ward O'Re- Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—George Macquarie, Esq.,
gnu to be Dispenser of Medicines. . to be Paymaster, from 12th Nov., 1855.
22d Foot—Assheton William Craven, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Leigh promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
25th Foot—Ensign Ed ward A. T. Canynghame to be The Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett to be Deputy Lieute-
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Turner, who retires; Ensign nant of the County of Surrey.
Horatio Blend, from the 4th Foot, to be Ensign, without Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant William
purchase, vice H. V. Jones, who resigns. Charles Newcowe to ,be Captain, vice West, resigned ;
26th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Fleming Cullen, Cornet Norman James Biggs Uniacke to be Lieutenant,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Coates, pro- vice Newcome, promoted.
riveted on the Staff. Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry
29th Foot— William Montague Cochrane
—Lieut. the Hon. Henry Dugdale Curzon to be Captain,
Ensign, by purchase, vice Gorton, promoted. Gent., to be
vice Douglas, deceased ; Cornet Wm. Earle, Welby to be
30th Foot—Lieutenant J. S. C. Harcourt to be Captain, Lieutenant, vice Curzon, promoted; jatnes Heger Douglass,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Pocock, whose Gent., to be Cornet, vice Welby, promoted.
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Ensign John
under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854. To be Lieu- Vance Monckton to be Lieutenant, vice Hill, retired ;
tenants, without purchase—Ensigns C. P. Fitzgibbon and Wm. Monroe, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Monckton, pro-
A. T. Ewens, vice Harcourt. To be Ensigns, without moted.
purchase—Lieutenants Wm. Peat, from the Queen's Own 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, vice Fitzgibbon ; North Gatliff, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Spence. retired ;
Ensign James David. Bilham, from the 2d Lancashire C. W. J. Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Barff, retired;
Militia, vice Ewens. E. W. McCreavoy, Gent., to be Ensign.
31st Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En- 4th Regiment of West York Militia—E. L. Holmes,
sign S. C. Matheivs ; Ensign A. T. Jones. To be Ensigns, Gent., to be Ensign.
without purchase—Lieutenant Wm. Edward Tibbetts, 2d West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—
from the lst Warwick Militia, vice Mathews ; Ensign Lieut. Jos. T. Armitage to be Captain, vice Armitage, re-
Reginald E. Fluxam, from the Stirling Militia, vice Jones. signed.
31th Foot—Ensign C. deSt. Croix to be Lieutenant, with- 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—William
out purchase - Lieutenant Fred. Rhodes Hazen, tram the Jay, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smythe,
2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice resigned.
do St. Croix. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia-
36th Feot—Hugh Barton Gletistanes, Gent., to be En- Lieutenant Samuel James Blencowe to be Captain, vice
sign, by purchase, vice Jackson, who retires. Cholmondeley, resigned.
39th Foot—To he Lieutenants, without purchase—En- North York Rifle Regiment of, Militia—Lieutenant J. -
signs R. Gray, F. G. F. Moore, T. M. Fogo. To be En- E. Buckle to be Captain ; Lieutenant H. W. Shafto, late
signs, without purchase Lieutenant J. G. Anderson, Lieutenant 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant; Duncan Forbes,
from the North Cork Militia, vice Moore ; Lieutenant Be Gent., to be Ensign.
W. Stokes, from the North Cork Militia, vice Fogo ; En- 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—William
sign
eL. Coddingtou Brownrigg, from the Wicklow Militia, Read, Gent., to be Ensign.
vice Gray. Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant
41st Foot—Lieutenant George Peddle to be Captain, Richard John Sommers to be Lieutenant, vice Bonham
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major 11. W. Mexecijelo. Carter, appointed to the Coldstream Guards.
whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Regi-
rank under the Royal warrant, of 6th Oct., 1554; Lieut. nald Mortimer Kelson, Gent., to be Ensign.
F. Kingscote to be Captain without purchase, vice Brevet- Fifeshire Militia—Second Lieutenant Thomas William
Major George Skipwithe whose brevet rank has been con-. Disney to be First Lieutenant, vice James Dalton Fyffe,
verted into substantive rank, under the Royal warrant of resigned ; Lawrence Kidd Cormack, Gent., to be Second
6th Oct., 1851; Ensign G. M. Onslow to be Lieutenant, Lieutenant, vice Thomas William Disney, promoted.
without purchase, vice Peddle; Ensign J. Q. Palmer to be Galloway Rifles Regiment of Militia—Arthur James
Lieutenant, without purchase vice Kingscote ; Thomas McQueen, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Parrett, promoted.
Egan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Onslow. BANKRUPTS.
46th Foot—Ensign F. R. Fishbourne to be Lieutenant, Simon Cohen and Joseph Lubliner, goldsmith and
without purchase; Ensign Robert Bole Morrow, from the jewellers, Hatton-garden, to surrender March 8, at half-
Westmeath Rifle Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, past ono, April 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
vice Fishbourue. Bankruptcy. Carman official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
47th Foot —To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En- Taylor, Collison, and Woodward, Great James-street,
sign R. O'Connor ; Ensign G. D. Dawson. To be Ensigns, Bedford-row, Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham.
without purchase—Lieutenant George Pigott, from the John King Gurney, baker, Uxbridge, March 5, at two,
Wexford Militia, vice Dawson ; Ensign Crosbie Kidd, and April 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stens-
from the Armagh Militia, vice O'Connor. feld, official assignee • Stopher, Cheapside.
19th Foot—Lieutenant G. K. Chatfield to be Captain, Sarah Brewin, miller, Wisbeach, March 11, and April
without purchase, vice Nason, whose Brevet Rank has 8, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
been converted into Substantive Rank, ruder the Royal official assignee ; Wing and Do Cane, Gray's-inn-square.
Warrant of 6th October, 1851; Ensign Spencer Field to George Clark Medd, grocer, Leeds, March 7, and April
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Chatfield - Second 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy-
Lieutenant Edmund Lakin, from the Devon Militia Ar- Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Middleton, Leeds.
tillery, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Field. Samuel Harvey, outfitter, Cardiff, Glamorgan, March
50th Foot—Ensign T. M. B. Eden to be Lieutenant, 10 and April 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
without purchase; Ensign William Henry Barker, from Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bevetin and Girling.
the Armagh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bristol ; Bird, Cardiff.
Eden. s. William Smith Slater, timber merchant, Birkenhead,
56th Foot—Ensign-Ckerles J. Hampton to be Lieu- March 3 and 31, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
tenant, without purchase ; Lieutenant Herbert Owen Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gill,.dirken-
Johnes, from the Montgomery Militia, to be Ensign, bead.
without purchase, vice Hampton. Louis Birnstingl, merchant, Broad-street-buildings,
57th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Jesser Coops to be Captain, March 12, at twelve, and April 9, At one, at the Court of
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major F. Lea, whose Brevet Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; L0191'2110,
Rank has been converted into Sulastautive Rank under the Flews, and Boyer Old Jewry-chambers.
Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. To be Lieutenants George Goodrich, chemist and druggist, Dursley, Glow
without purchase.—Ensign Edward Gould Hasted, vice cestershire, March 10 and April 7, at eleven, at the Bristol
Coope ; Ensigns Edward Brutton, W. A. R. Thompson, District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol;
T. H. Tragett, and C. F. Houghton. To be Ensigns with- Bevan and Girling, Bristol.
out purchase.—Ensign R. B. Gledstanes, from the 36th John Travis, cotton spinner, Shaw, Lancashire, March
Foot, vice Tragett;. Lient. Acheson M'Clintoch, from the • 0 and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court,
Londonderry Militia, vice Hasted; Lieut. Hugh Pearson, Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Radcliffe and Mur-
from the Essex Rifles Militia, vice Brutton ; Lieut. Paul ray, Oldham.
Francis Clarke, from the let Devon Militia, vice Hough- John Owen, baker, Salford, March 7 and April 4, at
ton; Charles Mansfield Clarke, vice Thompson. twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Remains%
59th Foot—George E.ivrard Randle, to be Ensign, by official assignee, Manchester ; Hall and Janion, Manchester.
purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Clarke, promoted. George Unwin, sale Kesser, Sheffield, March 8, and 12,
624 Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ee- at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official as-
sign J. M. Toppin, Ensign M. B. Harrison, and Ensign eignee, Sheffield ; Morris, -Stone, Townson and Morris,
James M. Macpherson. To be Ensigns, without pur- Moorgate street-chambers; Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield.
chase—Lieutenant Arthur Lloyd Reside, from the 2d John Smith, grocer, Rochdale, March 8 and April 10, at
Royal Cheshire Militia, vice Teppin ; Lieutenant Freda. eleven, at the Manchester -District Court. Hernamans
Cornwall, from the South Cork Militia, vice Macpherson ; afield assignee, Mar o'lesler ;Li vett, Manchester.
Second Lieutenant Shapland Graves, from the Waterford Henry Coop and William Coop, silk manufacturers,
Artillery, vice Harrison. Chcquerbent, Lancaskre, March , and April 4, at eleven,
63d Foot—Brevet-M ijor Charles Edward Fairtlough to at the Manchester District Court. Hernamau, official
be Major, without purchase, vice Higginbotham, who re- assignee, Manchester; Hall and Janion, Manchester.
tires upon full pay; Lieutenant Edward Joseph Hunt to Henry Henton, straw het manufacturer, Dunstable,
be Captain, without purchase, vice Fairtlough • Ensign Bedford, March 5, at one, and April 8, at twelve, at the
Charles Bradford Brown to be Lieutenant. without put • Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Lan-
chase, vice Hunt; Ensign Edward Conduit Bicknell, rence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers, City.
from the Queen's 0 wt. Light Infantry Regiment of Thomas Knowles, chemist and druggist, Seymour-street,
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Brown, pro- Euston-square, March 11, at -two, and April 8, at half•
rooted. past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stanfeld, official
68th Foot—Captain Robert William Smith, from half- assignee ; Hodgkinson, Little Tower-street.
path 07th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major C. E. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Conyers, who exchanges; Lieutenant C. Brice Wilkinson John M'Leod, bookseller, Glasgow.
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Smitla, who retires ; En- Duncan Geo. Forbes M'Donald, engineer, Edinburgh.
sign George F. Wilkinson to be Lieutenant, without pur- John Macfarlane Smith, merchant, Glasgow.
chase ; Ensign Alexander D. Thomson to be Lieutenant, Richard Campbell and Co., bleachers, Bowfield, Rev
by purchase, vice C. B. Wilkinson ; Henry G. Cavendish, frewshire.
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Row, appointed to
the ;sth Foot; Leonard Bolden, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Thomson; Lieutenant John Briggs, from
the South Devon Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice F. Wilkinson.
691 h Foot- And w. Macdonald Grote, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Boyle, promoted ; Lieut. Redmond
B. C. Da.ubeny, from the Worcester Militia, to be Ensign,
without purchase.
71st Foot—Ensign Edwd. W. Denne to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Lieut. Jonathan C. Thomas, from the
Worcester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice

Den n e.
72d Foot. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
signs H. E. Brown, E. Henry, and Chas. S. Murray. To
bo Ensigns, without purchase—Lieutenant Frank Hodg-
kinsoo, from the South Devon Militia, vice Brown ; Lieut.
Albert Tanner, from the Ist Devon Militia, vice Murray ;
James William FitzGeraltl,Butler, Gent., vice Henry.
74th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon William Robert
Bnrkitt to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Warden, deceased.
75th Foot—Ensign G. H. Row, from the 69th Foot, to
13e Ensign, vice Justice, promoted; Acting Assistant-Sur-
geon Stewart Aaron Lithgow to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Artnotrong, promoted in the 85th Foot.
78th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Valentine Mum-
bee M`Master to be Assistant-Surgeon.
82d Foot—Ensign George Porter to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase; Lieut. Chitties Paget Miller, from the East
Middlesex Dlilitlsry to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Porter.
85th Foot—Captain Henry William Paget Butler, from
the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Glyn, who exchanges ;
Albert Dixon, Gent., to be: Ensign, without purchase.
87th Foot—The name of the Ensign appointed on the
18th inst. is Leadbittcr, and not Ledbitter, as previously
stated.
89:it Foot.--To be Lieutenants without purchase—En.-
signs John C. Warne and G. F. Dowdeswell. To be En-
signs without purchase—Ensign William Montague
Cochrane, from the 'lath Foot ; Lieutenant William G.
Blake, from the 3d West York Militia, vice Warne ; En-
sign James Thomas Nugent, from the Ist Cheshire Militia,
vice Dowdeswell.
95th Foot—Ensign Andrew Macdonald Grote, from the
69th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase.
98th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Stewart, from the South
Down Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
99th Foot—Edward Colpoys Johnson, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase.
2d West India Regiment—Acting Assistant-Surgeon
Thomas Butler Power O'Brien to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Ceylon Rile Regiment—Staff-Surgeon of Second Class
,Henry Lionel Cowen to be Surgeon, vice Stuart, ap-
pointed to the Staff.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—William Chambers,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Quill, pro-
moted.
Gold Coast Corps—E. N. R. Gatehouse, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vies Saunders. deceased.
BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION. —2d Regiment—Lieut.-
Colonel Nicola Arduino to be Major. 3d Rifle Regiment
—Major Richard H. Fitzherbert, from the Ist Regiment,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet-hinjor G. F. C. Pocock, 30th
Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive
Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854.
Wier and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles E. Mchel,
from the 66th Fout, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without
purchase.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Assistant Commissary-
General Leonce Routh to he Deputy Commissary-General.