The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-09 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

TSig . GRAHAM Presentedapetition, signed by 1,000
graduate,, and under-graduates of the Aberdeen University
praying that in any measure of reform, that university
should be admitted to Parliamentary representation.
Several petitions w.Zre presented from ladies in favour of
legalising marriage with,: deceased wife's sister ; against
licensing eating-houses, &c. 4; against different details of
the budget; by Mr. BBIGHT, from inhabitants of Dunmow,
in Ireland, in favour of vote by ballot as adopted in Aus-
tralia ; and by Mr. HALIBURTON, frow New Brunswick
against the abolition of the timber duties.
WEXFORD HARBOUR.
Mr. REDMOND moved that the order (Feb. 17) for a
return relative to Wexford Harbour be discharged ; and
instead thereof copy of report upon Wexford Harbour by
Mr. Coofe, C.E., and of the plan connected therewith, and
of other papers on the same subject, to the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty.—Ordered.
GOVERNMENT OF SINGA.PCRE-
Mr. GREGSON asked the Secretary of State for India
if her Majesty's Government had arranged with the Viceroy
of India to transfer the control at the Government of Sin-
gapore and the Straits from Bengal to the Colonial Office;
and, if so, when it was proposed to complete the same
transfer.
Sir C. WOOD was understood to say that he had formed
an opinion favourable to the transfer, but it was impossible
to furnish the information required by the:hon. member.
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'
TROOPS. S EUROPEAN
General PEEL asked the Secretary of State for India,
whether there was any truth in the statement that ha
" d a-
peared in the papers, copied from the Owls Gasette, Thp
at
tidings had been received at head quarters of a feeling of
discontent still lingering in the minds of the remnants of
the late Company's European troops, especially the arta-
lery ?"
Sir C. WOOD said he had aeon the statement alluded to,
but the Government had received no official information on

the subject.
MANOR COURTS IN IRELAND.
Mr. HENNESSY asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland,
when the scale of compensation to be given to the seneschals
and the registrars of seneschals, consequent on the abolition
of Manor Courts in Ireland, would be announced.
Mr. CARDWELL said that the Treasury minutes on the
subject would be shortly issued.
NATIONAL EDUCATION IN IRELfo AND.
Mr. SCULLY asked the Chief Secretary Ireland
whether he was prepared to introduce any reforms
u
im-
provements in the present system of national education
Ireland ?
Mr. CARDWELL said the house was awarea
adhere
her Majesty's Government intended firmly to.emb
d F
ers
ull
to the system of national education ino
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and ample means would'cli bets or afforalterations that it was
dei t Iheonan. m
to consider any improve.
en
proposed to introduce.
•ESOLUTION.
THE CUSTOMS
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
that the house at its rising should adjoure to Monday, and
availed himself of that opportunity to make coma state-
ments. First, with regard to the question on the ta.:ble of
a noble lord (Lord W. Graham), namely—" Whothar he
considers that the profits of t enant farmers must haTe
largely increased between 18534 and 1857-8, be-
cause the income tax under schedule B has been
increased 19 per cent. during that period." Under
that schedule the payment of rent was made the
basis of taxation, and as the farmers did not complain of
that mode of assessment, he supposed they
did not prefer the adoption of profits
as a test for the amount of income .tax to be itupoled
He inferred, therefore, that their profits ann t
have increased, and to a much larger extent
than in previous years. With respect to the resolu-
tions 11, 12, and 13 in the Customs Act, and resolutions 1
and 2 in Ways and means, he would make a few observa-
tions. In those resolutions it was proposed not to impose
any additional duty on these goods imported into
this country on which a small duty was already
paid, and with respect to such foreign goods as did not pay
duty, he proposed to make a unit charge of Id., which
was not to exceed a rate more than ls. Bd. per cent
ad valorem. As regarded trans-shipment of goods
it would not he just to impose any duty as would
impede trade arising from that source of traffic.
He proposed, therefore, to limit the duty en goods so tran-
shipped a,dnty at the rate of 1 per cent. On foreign goods
which would have been liable to a duty of ld. on 1001bs.
would be charged, and in regard to particular descrip-
tions,- ld. for every 501bs. On wines, Id. for
every five gallons would be imposed. Those
free imports which had not gone into bond would
be considered as belonging to the same class as British
goods when exported, and he proposed to charge them a
small fee, but without reference to their description or the
number of packages. Corn and timber were liable to a low
duty, but they did not go into bond, ann they would not
for the future pay the registration fee or any
other charge on re-exportatio n. '(Hear.) In regard to
rmovals of goods he proposed to make a considerable
reduction in the present charges. It would not exceed
more than one penny in the pound, and in the case of to-
bacoo, &c., it would be further reduced to a halfpenny per lb.
He also proposed that ld., as he had already stated,
should be charged, except in cases where the stock
fell short of £2O ; or contract notes, and as re-
lated to dock warrants, the resolution he
would submit to the house imposed a 3ci.nstam*.

The right honourable gentleman concluded by laying oa
the table resolutions embodying the alterations which he
stated.

(LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZETTE—(THIS' EVENINef.)

DOWNING-STREET, MA.ncit 7.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Bullock
Andrews, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over her Majesty's Forts and Settlements, and their
Dependencies, on the Gold Coast.
_

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoi t.t Lieuten ant-
Colonel Andrew Beatty, R.E., to be a Member of the
Council of the Island of Saint Helena.

CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 7.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN PARLIAMENT.

County of Cork—The Right Hon. Richard Deasy, of the
city of Dublin, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ire-
land.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 9.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—John Fryer, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Turner, promoted.
sth Light Dragoons—Francis John Roche Thackwell,
Gent ,to be met, without purchase, vice Malcolmson,
promoted.
7th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William
Dascon Bushe to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
vice Babington, who retires ; Brevet-Major the Honour-
able Ivo de Vesci Twistleton Wykeham Fiennes to be
Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Bushe; Captain Richard Shaw, from 9th Light Dragoons
to be Captain, vice Paulet, who exchanges ; Lieutenant
the Honourable Caryl Craven Molyneux to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Fiennei.
9th Light Dragoons—Captain Charles William Paulet,
from 7th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Shaw, who
exchanges.
15th Light Dragoons—Gerald Walker, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Bentinck, promoted.
Military Train—Adjutant Thomas Mitchell, from half-pay
of the late Land Transport Corps, to be Quartermaster,
vice M'Bride, who retires on half-pay.
Coldstream Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Harvey Tower to
be Captain end Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Halkett, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Frede-
rick Horace Arthur Seymour to be Lieutenant and Cap -
tain, by purchase, vice Tower; Edward Chaplin, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Seymour.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Ernest Frederick Barnes
has been permitted to resign his Commission.
,4th Foot—Lieut. Richard Alex. Law to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Houston, deceased ; Ensign and Ad-
jutant Charles Frederick Brockman to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Law.
10th Foot—William Edgecumbe Rendle, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Johnson, promoted.
18th Foot—Octavius Ridley Lawson, Gent., to be Ensign,

by purchase, vice Poole, promoted ; Fraitcis Nathaniel
V. Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Twin-
ing, promoted.
19th Foot—William Irvine, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Wells, promoted; James Gordon Moir, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by. purchase, vice Bennett, promoted.
20th Foot—Frederick Watkins Barlow, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Enys, promoted; Frederick Davvs.)n,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, -me Smyth, promoted.
21st Foot—Henry Jacob Henley, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice *Farquharson, who retires.
22d Foot—John Thomas Garwood, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase. vice Fell, promoted.
23d Foot—William Herbert Adams, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Seagram, promoted.
24th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant. Colonel Edmund Wode-
house to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel Blachford, retired upon full-pay ; Capt.
Francis Charles Skurray to be Major, without purchase,
vice Wodehouse ; Lieutenant Robert Joseph Logan
Crutchley to be Captain, without purchase, vice Skurray.
25th Foot—Herbert B. P. Praed, Gent., to be Ensign, by

purchase.
26th Foot—The Hon. George G. Craven to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Manjin, deceased.
31st Foot—Arthur Annosley Yeo, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hamilton, promoted.
33d Foot—Craven Charles Goring, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gore, promoted.
39th Foot—Henry Fred. Gaubert, Gent., to be Ensign by
purchase, vice Woodroofe, promoted in the 25th Foot.
41st Foot—Lieutenant James Baird to be Captain, by pur-
chase, Tice Lambert, who retires ; Ensign Edgar Young-
husband to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Tice Baird ;
William Robert Maurice Wynne, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Younghusband.
47th Foot—James Birney, Gent, to be Ensign, bypurchase,
vice Berkeley, promoted ; William Robert Jervis, Gent.
to be Ensign. by purchase, vice Hanley, promoted in the
25th Foot.
Slat Foot—Richard Reynell Drought, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lewes, promoted.
62d Foot—Henry Lyttleton Powys, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Adair.
65th Foot—Alexander Jackson Clark, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Faber, promoted.
63d Foot—Thomas Colville, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-

chase, vice Knapp, promoted.
76th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Collingwood Fen-
wick to be Major, without purchase, vico Brevet-Colonel
Gardiner, appointed Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruit-
ing District ; Lieutenant Charles Thomas Caldecott to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Fenwick ; Ensign God-
frey Trevelyan Faussett to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Caldecott.
85th Foot—Henry Chudleigh Wilmer, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Urquhart, promoted.
86th Foot—Brevet-Major Harvey Wellesley Polo Welman
to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel Keane, retired on full-pay ; Lieutenant Augustus
Nicholas Wilson to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Weltnan ; Ensign William Saunders to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Wilson; Sergeant-Major John
Francis Stephens to be Ensign, without purchase, vide
Saunders.
93d Foot—James St. Clair Drysdale Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Fullerton, promoted.
96th Foot—Arthur Cadell Greenslade Leman, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Durrant, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Lewis Vaughan Williams to be
Adjutant, vice Blundell, who resigns the Adjutantcy
only.

BREVET.
Brevet-Colonel Augustus George Blachford, retired full-
pay 24th Foot, to be M ej or-General, the rank bein,g honorary
only.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Keane, retired full-pay
86th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being
honorary only.
The appointment of Lieut.-Col. William Henry Miller,
as Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in
the Army, to be antedated to 26th April, 1859.
Quartermaster Adam M'Bride, retired upon half-pay
Military Train to have the honorary rank of Captain under
the Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855.
The under Mentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the death of Major-Gtneral Redmond William Brough,
on the 29th February, 1860 :
Brevet-Colonel Charles Ashmore, Lieutenant-Colonel,
half-pay 4th Foot, to be Majar-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Twistleton Layard, Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major Frederick Browne Russell, half-pay 3d
Dragoon Guards, Staff °fiber of Pensioners, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel.

Captain Samuel Cleaveland, Royal Artillery, to bo Major.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.

County of IVarwick.—Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regi-
ment—John Thomas Watling, Gent., vice Bunbury, re-
signed.
Isle of Wight.--Ist Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers—Fran-
cis Newman, Gent., to be" Ensign. 2d--George Ken-
dall, Gent., to be Lieutenant. sth—Albert John Ham-
brough, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Charles Francis Fisher,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Ist Sussex Artillery Volunteer Corps—The Queen has been
graciously pleased to approve of Lieut.-Colonel Joseph
Estridge bearing the title of Captain Commandant of the
above corps.
County of Sussex.-10th Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps—
Lieutenant-Colonel George Green Nicholls, late of the
90th Light Infantry Regiment, to be Captain; William
Legge Reid to be Lieutenant; James Powell, junior,
to be Ensign.
County of Salop.-sth Company of Shropshire Rifle Volun-
teers—William John Hope Ed wardes, Esq., to be
Captain.