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were diasatified with the inspection, also with the
consequent detention, and raised some reports re-
specting the conduct and discipline of the detach-
ment, which Colonel Mackenzie declares to have
b:en wholly without foundation.
' Captain Stevens, the Admiralty agent of the
Columbian, at the request. of Col. Mackenzie, in-
spected the Pottinger. It should be stated that the
Columbian belongs to the European and Australian
Company's line of steamers, while the Pottinger is
one of the Peninsul.trand Oriental ships. Cap ain
Srevens,'as a naval officer, assisted the military au-
thority with hismarine exp:rience and the inspec-
tion of a vessel of one company by au officer from
the ship of a rival line seems- to have occasioned
some amount of ill-feeling, which tie correspond-
ence no ices, but without giving any details. Ensign
Hope Johnstone alleges that Leut. Morrell, the
Admiralty agent on board the Puttinger, did not
behave to him in a manner becoming a gentleman
bearing her Majesty's uniform. But the main point
is that the inspection made by Cipt. Stevens con-
firmed the conclusion of Col. Mackenz e that the
Pottinger was not in such a sta e of preparation as
to justify him in commencing the v..yaee with the
235 men under his charge. Uapt. Stevens descr-b
the deck of the steamer as too small, fr om the space
occupied by cattle pens, cabins, and the large en-
gine room hatchway, that it was in a very filthy
stato ; the little space available was very im-
perfectly protected from ra n by awn'ng4 that
did not meet. The only me .n of cooking pro-
vided wore not sufficient even fit 50 men. With
the ordinary passenkrs, the large native crew,
and above 200 troops, the vessel would have b en
too crowded for such a voyage—a fait the master
admitted—though the Pottinger had during
the Persian war conveyed doub'e • -the number
of men ; but on that service she carried no
other passengers. Captain Stevens coudenans
the stare of the steamer decidedly, but as to
the quality of the provisions he states that the
biscuit only was bad ; the sale meat, on examin-
ing half-a-dozen casks, was found very good; he
declares, in justice to those who supplitd it, that
" he had never seen better in 2t years of naval ser-
vice." As the Columbian was not prepared for the
emergency, the master of the Puttinger was
requested " for the g•)od of the service," to
supply the vessel so suddenly put in requi-
sition with some extra stores. This was pro-
mised, but not effecte , Lieutenant Morrell, as
Admiralty agent, refusing to detain the Po finger
for the tine required to trans-snip them. Daring
the neg ttiatioris on this point the instances of Lieu-
tenant Morrell's disrespect to his supetior officer
and to Ensign H. Johnstone are alle;ed to have
occurred. Finally, the Pottinger pr. ce .ded on
her voyage, leaving the military commanders and
the troops on board the Columbian in " a remark-
ably awkward position ;" but the agent of the Pen-
insular and Oriental Company was induced to
supply the wants of the Columbian from the shore,
and she left Suez with her unexpected freight, with
the loss of only 1.2 i hours beyond the time of her
ord:nary departure.

From the London Gazette of I.- st Night.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 5.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold
Levees at St. James's Palace on the following days, at two
o'clock : —Wednesday, the 11th inst., and Wednesday, the
28th inst.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN' i OFFICE, Arrar. 5.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold
Drawing-Rooms at St. James's Palace, on the following
days, at two o'clock : —Thursday, the 22(1 instant, and
Thursday, the 6th of May next.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 6.
_ _ _

It is hereby notified that the Loris Commissioners of
the Admiralty have received a despatch from Rear-Admi-
ral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., commanding her Majesty's
naval forces at Ca, ton, dated from on board her Majest%'s
ship Calcutta, at Hong Kong, 11th February, 1858, in
which he states that the blockade of the port and river of
Canton was raised by the allied forces of her Majesty and
of his Majesty the Emperor of the French on the 10th Fe-
bruary, 1858.

_
WHITEHALL, APRIL 3.
The Qneen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Wil-
liam John Chesshyre, M. A., the place and dignity of a
Canon of the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury, void
by the cession of the Rev. Arthur Panrhyn
WHITEHALL, APRIL 5.
-

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Adam
Inch Ritchie to the church and parish of Fettercairn, in
the presbytery of Fordoun, and county of Kincardine,
vacant by the death of the Rev. lexan ter Whyte.
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 5.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Samuel
Woodley Wattley, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the
Island of Nevis ; Henry Nicholas D. Beyts, Esq., to be
ono of the District Magistrates for the Island of Mauritius,
and Elenry Von Schellebeck, Esq., to be one of the Dis-
trict Clerks for the Island. -

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10 Gen. 4, c.
2,', sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual
exp,nditure thereof, for the year ended the 31st day of
Decernb!r, 1857, amounted to the awn of thirty-six thou-
sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four-
peoce. _ _

The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of nine thousand
and twenty-four pounds seven shillings and one penny,
being one-fourth part of the said surplus of thirty-six thou-
sand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four-
pence, will be applied, under the provisions of the said
Act, between the 6th day of April, 1858, and the 30th day
of June, 185'8, to the following purposes, viz. :
To be applied towards the reduction of the

NatiOt::ll Debt £9,024 7 1
Add Interest receivable on account of
Donations and Bequests, to be applied to
the purchase of stock

£12,502 9 8
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller General.
National Debt Office, March 29, 1853.

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL G.

16th Regiment of Foot—General Sackville Hamilton
Berkley, from the 75th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Major-
Gen,,r,l Cecil Bisßhopp, C. R. deceas€d.
75th Regiment of Foot--Major General St. John Augustus
Clerke to be Colonel, vice General Berkeley, removed to
the 16th Foot.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT
WiltAire—Wm. Arthur Heathcota, Elq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.

4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi-
ment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Edwin Rickard
Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice John Robert Leigh, resigned;
Henry Edward Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James
Hardcastle, resigned.

Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment--George Dixwell
Grimes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Charles Atty, promoted.
lit or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign
Wm. Herring, to be Lieutenant, vice Tegart, resigned.
2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia —James W.
Crow, Gent., to ba Assistant-Surgeon, vice \Vil ism Jay,
appointed to her Majesty's Regular Forces.
. .

-sth Regiment of West York Humby,
Gent., to be Ensign ; William Waddington, Gent., to be
Enziffn. _ _

Tho following article is substituted for that which ap-
peared. in the Gazette of 231 March last :

Prince Albert's° .vn Leicest-rshire Volunteer Cavalry—
Cornet Hugh Stratford S,tz afford to be Captain Lieutenant,
vice Brooks, resigned ; John Bainbrigge Story the younger,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Stratford, promoted.