The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1660.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

Mr. Commissioner Holroyd was the only sitting commis-
sioner engaged during the morning up stairs hearing
private applications.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE,
_Seven o' Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF L9RDS—(Tms EVENING.)

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at the usual hour. - - -

-- -
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH laid on the bible the
report and evidence on the Church-rate Committee.
THE PLEA OF GUILTY.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Law
Amendment Society, praying their lordships to pass a bill
he introduced a few nights ago for the purpose of
abolishing the plea of guilty or not guilty, and
providing that the judge at a criminal trial
should ask the prisoner, " Do you desire to be tried or not."
The noble and learned lord then explained a misapprehen-
sion that had arisen with reference to the annual address he
had made at Bradford on the subject of bribery. His de-
liberate opinion was the same that it had ever been, viz.,
tlut it would never do to punish bribery merely as a misde-
meanour, but that it must be dealt with as a felony, and
until it was so treated it would never be finally suppressed.
COMPANIES (1860) BILL.

This bill passed through eonimittee.
PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION (INDIA)

BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
COURT OF CHANCERY BILL.
This blli was read a third time and passed.
OFFENCES IN IRELAND.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved for a series
of returns relating to offences against the person, and the
rewards that had been given by Government for the ap-
prehension of criminals, from 4850 to 1860. The noble
lord entered at some length into the subject of crime in
Ireland, and said he was utterly at a loss to understand
how it was that in Ireland, where there was a constabulary
amounting to 12,000 and 72 magistrates, crime was so pre •
valent.
The Duko of SOMERSET said if the noble lord would
slightly alter the terms of his motion there would be objec-
tion to the returns moved for.

The required alteration was made, and the returns wore
ordered.

[LEST SITTING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—jilts EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

At the time of private business,
Colonel W. PATTEN drew the attention of the house
to the inconvenience and expense occasioned by
non-attendance of members on committees on pri-
vate bills. The plan adopted was to appoint
these committees for such times as hon. gentlemen
might select as being mast convenient for them to serve.
The committee on Group No. 1 of Private Bills was tohave
assembled that morning, but Mr. J. P. Hennessy, mem-
ber for King's County, was absent; the consequence was
that the party interested in one of the bills of the group was
put to the expense of £3OO, and would perhaps have to pay
even a larger amount.

Mr. RIDLEY, chairman of the committee in question,
also commented on the hardship inflicted by the non-at-
tendaace of the hon. member on the committee.

Mr. BOUVERIE moved that the lion.lneriber in ques-
tion be ordered to attend in his place on the committee to-
morrow morning. He thought that the house was entitled
to an explanation of his conduct from the hon. member.
After some conversation, in the course of which

Colonel W. PATTEN 'stated that kr. ife-nnessy had
gone that day to Ireland, an amendment was moved to
the effect, that "attend this house" should be substituted
for attending the committee, which was agreed to, the ori-
ginal motion having been previously negatived.

BOROUGH OF DUNDALK.
The SPEAKER announced that he had received A
communication to the effect that the petition against the
return of the members for this borough was withdrawn.

Henry Adolphus Simonds, Gent,. to be Lieutenant;
Blackall Simonds, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Oxford.-3d Oxford Rifle Volunteers—Timothy
- 'Edward Cobb, *Banker,' to be Lieutenant; John Potts,
Gent.. to be Ensign.
County- of Sussex.— 6th Sussex Rifle Volunteere—The
Hon. Percy Scawen Wyndham to be Lieutenant ; the
Hon. Edward Tumour, commonly called Viscount Tur-
nour, to be Ensign. 4th Sussex Rifle Volunteers.—
Inige Gell to be Lieutenant ; William Beard to be En-
sign. Bth Sussex Rifle Volunteers— Sir Charles Goring,
Bart., to be Captain.
County of Carmarthen.—lst Carmarthenshire Rifle
Volunteers—The Viscount Ernlyn to be Captain; John
Lewes Thomas Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Frederick
Lloyd Philipps, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Carmarthen-
shire Rifle Volunteers—David John Browne Ed wardes,
Esq., to be Captain.
County of Devon.—Exeter and South Devon Rifle Volun-
teers—George Henry Courtenay to be Captain ; James
Gordon, to be Captain; John Wm. Harris to be Lieu-
tenant; Herbert Rocke to be Lieutenant; George Wick-
ender Cumming to be Ensign; Peter Merrick Hoare to
be Ensign ; Sir Edmuud Prideaux, Bart., to be Lieu-
tenat-Colonel ; Arthur C. Chichester to be Major ; Thos.
Holman to be Captain; Chas. Fox to be Lieutenant; John
Lempriero de la Garde to be Surgeon, vice Harris resigned.
Btn Devon Rifle Volunteers—William Porter to be Cap-
tain ; Hon. Colin Lindsay to be Lieutenant ; George
Newman to be Ensign. sth Devon Artillery Volunteers
—John Eyre Kingdon to be Captain ; William Tombs
to be First Lieutenant; William Wilcocks to be Second
Lieutenant. 4th Devon Artillery Volunteers—Edward
Vivian to be Captain; Briscoe Hooper to be First Lieu-
tenant ; John A Hay to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Devon
Rile Volunteers—M. J. Collier to be Lieutenant, vice
Daman; resigned; Thomas Butcher, to be Ensign, vice
Collier, promoted ; Frederick Dufty Bewes to be Cap-
tain ; JosephNorrington to be Lieutenant; John Hawker
to be Ensign. Royal Ist Devon Yeomanry Cavalry—
Henry William Clarke to be Lieutenant, vice Robert S.
Dykes,
.deceased; John Northmore to bo Cornet, vice
Clarke, promoted ; Richard Preston Bishop to be Cor-
net, vice Jas. H. Muller, promoted. 2d Devon Artillery
Volunteers—T. H. S. Pullin to be Honorary Surgeon;
13th Devon Rifle Volunteers—Horace Vibart Mules to
be Captain; George Hutchings Jerrard, M.D., to be
Lieutenant; John Robinson Rogers to be Ensign. 3d
Devon Artillery Volunteers—Maitland Rossiter Coleman
to be Second Lieutenant, vice Cotton, resigned.
County of Northumberland.—lst Corps of Northumber-
land Artillery Volunteers—Captain Potter to be Captain
Commandant ; Second Lieutenant Pilter to be First
Lieutenant. Ist Corps of Northumberland Rifle Volun-
teers—Mr. Henry Bell to be Captain; Mr. George
Fawcus to be Lieutenant; Mr. Charles Alexander Adam-
son to be Ensign.
County Palatine of Lancaster—Artillery Regiment of
Royal Lancaster Militia—Win, Skirving, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, vice Thos. Christie, promoted. Bth
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain John Hutchinson
to be Captain Commandant; Lieut. W. Hardman Price
to be Captain; Ensign Oliver Ormerod Walker, jun., to
be Lieutenant, vice William Hardman Price, promoted ;
T. Lloyd Price, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Chas Walker,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice 0. Ormerod Walker, promoted.
14th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain Tyndal
Bright to bo Captain Commandant; Lieutenant Charles
John Brady to be Captain ; Ensign Henry Jones to be
Lieutenant, vice Charles John Brady, promoted. 23d
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Ely Andrew, Esq., to be
Captain ' • Joseph Moxon Clementson, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant ; John Nield, Gent., to be Ensign. 41st Lanett-
shire Rifle Volunteers—Richard Patchett, Esq., to be
Captain; Hugh M‘Monagle, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Stafford.—Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps,
6th Company—Joseph Walker, Gent., t 3 be Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon. 10th Company—Michael Hoole
Ashwell, Geut., to be Honorary Assistant- Surgeon. 16th
Company—Joseph Knight, Esq., to be Captain ; Wil-
liam Henry Dutton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; John
Smith Mayer, Gent., to be Ensign. 17th Company—
George Pudsey Aston, Esq., to be Captain. 18th Com-
pany—Joseph Barrows, Gentleman, to be Lieute-
nant; Joseph Pearson, Gentleman, to be Ensign
20th Company—Thomas Bagnall, jun., to be Captain;
Henry Williams, Gent,, to be Lieutenant ; E. Hooper,
Gent., to be Ensign. 21st Company—Newton J. Lane,
Esq., to be Captain ; Josiah Spode, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant; Robert Lander, Gent., to be Ensign. 22d Com-
pany—John Harrison, Esq., to be Captain ; Win. B.
Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Robert N. Boyd,
Gent., to be Ensign.
County. of Chester-4th Company of Cheshire Artillery
Volunteers—Henry Anthony Grey, Esq., to be Captain ;
Kenneth Powles, Gent., to be first Lieutenant ; William
Symson Briggs, Gent., late Corporal in the 3d Company
of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers, to be Second Lieutenant.
13th Company of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers—Francis
Dukinfield Palmer Astley, Esq., to be Captain; Charles
Mimics James Ashton, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas
Bailey Hall, Gent., to be Ensign; Alfred Aspland,
Gent., to be Honorary Assistant- Surgeon.
County of Middlesex: -South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer
Corps—Evans Macpherson, Esq., late Major 68th Regi-
ment, to be Captain ; the Hon. William Edward Fitz-
maurice, late Major 2d Life Guards, to be Captain ;
Francis Henry Atherley, Esq., late Major Rifle Brigade,
to be Captain ; John Walrond Clarke, Esq., late Captain
10th Royal Hussars, to be Captain ; Hon. C. S. Vereker,
to be Captain ; W. H. Wylde, Esq., to be Captain ;
Hugh Haunnersley, Esq., late Lieut. Uxbridge Yeo-
manry Cavalry, to be Captain; Chas. Appleyard, Esq., to
be Captain ; Charles Frederick Hawker, Esq., to be Cap-
tain; Charles Townshend Murdock, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant; Henry Langley, Gent., late Sub-Lieutenant 2d
Life Guards, to be Lieutenant; Henry Arthur March,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Fredk. Cox, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant; St. Pierre Butler 11 ook, late Captain 83d Regt. of
Militia, to be Ensign; Herman John Richard Gaskoin,
Gent., to be Ensign ; George Charles Silk, Gent., to be
Ensign ; Thomas Bramah Diplock, Gent., to be Ensign;
Frederick Dawson Gilly, Gent., to be Ensign;
William Henry Lammin, Gent., to be Supemumery
Lieutenant ; George Frederick Parrett, Gent., to be
Supenaumery Lieutenant. West Middlesex Rifle
Volunteer Corps—Laurence Oliphant, Esq., to be Captain.
21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Will Adams Dewar,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas William Angell, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant; Edmund Yates, Gent., to be Ensign ;
George Dumeldenger, Gent., to be Ensign. 32nd Mid
dlesex Rifle Volunteers—The Hon. Thomas Charles
Bruce to be Captain Commandant ; James Thomson,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; Edward Frederick Devenish
Walshe' Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Kent.—Kent Rifle Volunteers-12th Compan7
—Thomas Horn Fleet, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles E.
Rashleigh, Gent., to be Lieutenant; T. Butler, Gent., to
be Ensign. 13th Company—John Robin Harris' Esq.,
to be Captain ; William Bristow, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant ; Thomas Wm. Merchant, Gent., to be Ensign;
William Scott, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.
15th Company—The notice of Commission of Ensign
Balaton, inserted in the Gazette on 21st February inst.,
should have been as follows :—Thomas Balaton, Esq.,
M.A., instead of Thomas Balston, Gent. 18th Company
Henry Bowden, Esq., late Scots Fusilier Guards, to be
Captain ; Clement Satterthwaite, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; Frederick Henry Norman, Gent., to be Ensign;
25th Company—John Blaxland, Esq., late Colonel 55th
Madras Infantry, to be Captain; William Peter John
Rogers, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Barnes, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
County of Southampton.-2d Company of the Hampshire
Rifle Volunteers—Thomas Willis Fleming, Esz , to be
Captain. 4th Company of the Hampshire Rifle Volun-
teers—William Stedman, - Gen., to be Honorary Aq-
sistant Surgeon; Charles John Longcroft, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; George Birt, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Cornwall-2d Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—
William Henry Box to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon,
vice William Thomas Alexander Pattison, resigned.
6th Cornwall Rifle Volunteers—Jahn Dingly, Esq., to
be Ensign.
County of Surrey.-7th Surrey, or Southwark Rifle Volun-
teers—Captain Francis Marcus Beresford to be Major
Commandant; Evan Wynne Roberts, Esq,, to be Cap-
tain ; John Pope Cox, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Charles
Vincent Boys, Esq., to be Ensign.
9th Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Octavius Orn-
maney to be Captain; Ensign Edmund Belfour to be
Lieutenant ; Alfred Chaworth Lyster, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; Thomas Hardwick Merriman, Gent.' to be
Ensign; Harold Englebach, Gent., to be Ensign.
15th Surrey Rifle Volunteers (Chertsey Subdi-
vision)—Robert Hay Murray, Esq., to be Lieutenant;