The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-06 00:00:00

LUNACY (SCOTLAND) AND REFORM (SCOT •

LAND).
Mr. STIRLING asked the Lord Advocate, in the ab-
sence of the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government
to introduce into Parliament, in the present session, any
Bill to amend the Lunacy (Scotland) Act. He also asked
why the Reform Bill for Scotland had not been placed in
the hands of members up to this time, notwithstanding
that the Reform Bills for England and Iseland had already
been r rinted and issued.
Sir G. C. LE WIS said, with respect to the first ques-
tion, that a bill on the subject alluded to was under the con-
sideration of the Lord Advocate, and would shortly be in-
troduced. Some.delay had unavoidably arisen with respect
to .4 the bill, but it -would be
placed in the hands of hon. members to-morrow.

CAVALRY OFFICERS.
In reply to Sir 11. STRACEY,
Mr. S. HERBERT said that questions and answers on
this subject would not make the house wiser, as the matter
was very intricate and unintelligible. A cavalry officer
not having received the difference in question, would not
be obliged to pay the same.
LORD COWLEY'S DESPATCH.—SAVOY AND
NICE.

Lord J. RUSSELL laid on the table the despatch from
Lord Cowley, relative to the annexation of Savoy and Nice,
which had been moved for on the 24th Jan. last.
Sir J. WALSH wished to ask the noble lord whether it
was intended to produce any additional papers which had
been received by Government on this subject ?
Lord J. RUSSELL was not prepared to say that the
papers alluded to were in a state to be laid on the table at
present.

Mr. DISRA.ELI asked whether the private letter of
Lord Cowley would be produced ?

Lord J. RUSSELL said he could not then inform the
right hon. gentleman.

SALE AND PURCHASES OF AR IY

SIONS.

Sir DE LACY EVANS moved that an humble address
be presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be gra-
ciously pleased to order the gradual abolition, as soon as
practicable, of the sale and purchase of commissions in the
army. The hon. and gallant member addressed the house
at some length, but in a tone quite inaudible in the gallery.
He was understood to contend that the sale and purchase
of every commission should be discontinued; but that fie
did not propose to effect the same in a manner which would
call for any great sacrifice on the part of the Legislature.
He was understood to rofer to Prance, where commissions
were not obtained by purchase, and to our artillery, where
the same sybtorn prevailed, and to contrast the latter with
the cavalry, showing the result to be in favour of the
superior efficiency under the non-purchase system.
(LEFT SPEAXING.)

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING.)

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COMMISSION SIGNED BY TUE QUEEN.

3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Michael
Foley, Gent., to be Quartermaster from the 26th day of
October, 1859.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
County of Pembroke—Sir William Yardley, Kat., to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Owen Tucker Edwardes, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant.
Cranty of Norfolk—William Bodham Donne, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant. Ist Norfolk Artdlery Volunteers—
Thomas Burton Steward, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ;
Thomans Matthews Read, Gent., to bp • Second Lieu-
tenant. 4th. Norfolk Rifle Volunteers—Frederick Pal-
mer, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon. 7th
Norfolk Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Charles Mortlock
to be Captain ; William Thomas Waite Wood, Esq., to
be Lieutenant, vice Mortlock, promoted.
County of Dorset.-Bth Company of Dorsetahire Rifle Vo-
lunteers—George Pleydell Hansel, Esq., to be Captain ;
Robert Craufurd Farquharson, Esq., to be Lieutenant;
Francis Tregonwell Johns,-Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Cornwall.-7th Cornwall Artillery Volunteers—
James Scott to be Lieutenant.

County elgaiop..:6ii-§iropsiiire Rifle Volunteers—The
Rev. William H. Wayne to be Honorary Chaplain ;
Richard Thursfield, Gent., to be Honorary
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Rifle
Volunteers--Algenaon Charles H. Percy, Esq., to be
Captain. 9th Shropshire Rifio Volunteers—William
Field, Esq., to be Captain. 10th Shropshire Rifle Volun-
teers—Sir Charles henry R. Boughton, Bart., to be
Captain.
County of Stafford.—William Biddulph Parker, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant. Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps,
7th Company—Robert Sherratt Tomlinson, Gent., to be
Hon. Assistant-Surg. Bth Company—Robert Sherratt
Tomlinson, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.
13th Company—William S. Williamson, Esq., to be
Captain ; Edward Williamson, Gent., to be Lieutenant
Thomas Brindley, Gent., to be, Ensign. 16th' Com-
pany—Samuel Mayer Turner, Esq., to be Honorary
Assistant-Surgeon. 17th Company—Frederick Turton
Sparrow, Gent., to"be Lieutenant; William Aston, Gent.,
to be nsign. 20th Company—William James Kite,
Gent., to be Honorary Aisistant-Surgeon. 23d Com-
pany—Alexander Clement Foster Gough, Esq., to be
Captain George Singleton Tudor, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant ; Thomas Ironmonger, Gent., to be Ensign. 26th
Company—Ralph Dickenson Gough, Esq., to be Captain;
William Deakin, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
City an& County of York.-7th West Riding of Yorkshire
Rifle Volunteers (Halifax)—Joseph Moxon Kirk, Esq.,
John C. Sutcliffe, Esq., and Lieut. John R. Ingram, to
be Captains; John B. Holroyde, Gent., Chas. Emmet,
Gent., and Ensign Charles Fuller, to be Lieute-
nants ; Edward Haigh, Gent., to be Supernumerary-
Lieutenant ; John Appleyard, Gent., to be Ensign ;
John Holdsworth, Gent., to be Ensign; Wm, Barstow,
Gent., to be Ensign; the Rev. Charles Moller& Holmes,
M.A., to be Chaplain. 10th West Riding of Yorkshire
Rifle Volunteers (Huddersfield)—Thomas Pearson Cros-
land, Esq., to be Captain; Thomas Brook, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; Thomas Brooke, Gent., to be Ensign. 12th
West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers (Skipton)—
Matthew Wilson, Esq., to be Captain ; George Robinson,
to be Lieutenant; Henry Alcoek, jun., Gent., to be Ensign.
15th West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers (North
Craven)—James Johnstone Luce, Gent., to be Honorary
Surgeon. 17th West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volun-
teers, Clare Rifles (Knaresborough)—Samuel James
Brown, Esq., to be Captain; Charles John Radcliffe,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; Ralph Ord Hodgson, Gent., to
be Ensign. 19th West Riding of Yorkshire Rile Volun-
teers (Rotherham)—George Wilton Chambers, Esq., to
be Capeain ; Arthur Hirst, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant William liiret, sent., to be Eueiga,