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London, England, 1858-10-26 00:00:00

containing "so much only of the three as the
legislature has deemed it right to preserve. It also
enables Jews to make declarations in certain cases,
but is expressly declared not to affect any of the
provisions of the Roman Catholic Relief acts. A
fifth act enables either House of Parliament to pass
if they think fit, a resolution enabling a Jew to
take the new oath omitting the concluding words,
' And I make this declaration upon the true
faith of a Christain.' A sixth carries into effect
one of the main provisions of a bill which I
mysely had introduced into the house during the
last Parliament, and have given nptice of for the
next tession, enabling select committees of the
House of Commons for the future to examine wit-
nesses on oath in matter* relating to private
bills—putting both houses, as I have long con-
tended they ought to b,e on the same footing in this
particular." The rest of this really remarkable
charge we earnes'dy commend to the examination
of our readers, calculated, as it is throughout, we
believe, to afford them solid information as well as
the liveliest satisfaction in perusal. It reflects
honour upon the learned Recorder that he should
thus laboriously strive to facilitate, for the com-
munity at large, the toil of acquiring an accurate
and complete knowledge of the latest changes
effected in the laws by which the free people of
these happy islands are governed.

THE NEW ARMY WARRANT AND ITS

CHANGES.

LATEST NEWS.

Tn consequence of the promulgation of the new
Royal warrant, regulating promotion in the higher
ranks of the army, the following important changes
will be immediately gazetted
Major-Generals J. Home Home, Sir W. B. Clay-
ton, John Spink, Sir James Jackson, K.C.8., R. C.
Manse], John Drummond, James Freeth, Sir Chas.
O'Donnell, John Leslie, R. B. Coles, E. P. Buckley,
and Sir Richard Doherty will be promoted to be
lieutenant-generals.
The undermentioned Colonels will become Major-
Generals—PlZ, B. F. Dalton Wilson, S. B. boi-
leau, late 22d Regiment ; Hon. G. F. Upton,
Coldstream Guards; Hon. A. A. Dalzell, late
48th Regiment ; T. Simson Pratt, half-pay
26th Regiment; Orlando Felix, W. N. Hutchinson,
late Grenadier Guards ; H. F. Lockyer, 97th Regi-
ment ; Simcoe Baynes, late Malta Fencibks ; M. C.
Johnstone, 87th Fusileers ; F. Meade, W. F. Forster
(Deputy Adjutant-General), F. Johnston, Albert
Goldsmid, E. Macaithur, C.B. (commanding the
troops in Australia), D. H; Macdowall, J. P. Hely,
C. R. Bowers, J. Arnaud, F. Towers, Sir Robert
Garrett, half-pay, 46th Regiment ; R. Connop, T.
M. Williams, W. Nepean, A. H. Trevor, Inspecting
Field Officer of Dublin Recruiting District; R. W.
Brett, .W. H. Dutton, the Earl of Albemarle,
G. T. Colomb, the Marquis of Conyngham, Sir
Sydney Cotton, K.C.8., 10th Reginient ; Maurice
Barlow, late 14th Regiment ; J. N. Jackson, 99th
Regiment ; Botel Tr dell, 83d Regiment ; J. Clark,
Commandant of the Royal Military Asylum ; R. W.
Brough, half-pay, 2d Regiment ;E.H. D. Napier,
E. Harvey, J. R. Young, half-pay, sth Fusileers ;
J. Michel, C. 8., late 6th egiment ; R. P. Douglas,
Inspector-General of Militia ; C. Craufurd Hay,
Commandant of the School of Musketry at Hythe ;
W. L. Dames, 37th Regiment ; C. 'Warren, C. 8.,
half-pay, 55th Regiment ; G. A. Malcolm, C. 8.,
and R. H. Wynyard, C. 8., 58th Regiment.
Several of these officers not having qualified them-
selves by six years' service in the rank of regimental
field-officer will only receive the honorary position
of Major-General with the half-pay of their last
regimental rank. Together with the Generals now
on the list in a similar position they will be formed
into another list separate from that of the effective
and the supernumerary Generals.
The new supernumerary list of Generals will con-
sist of Major-Generals C. Windham, C. 8., Sir John
Inglis, K.C.B. Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.8., Sir
W. R. Mansfield, K.C.8., Sir T. H. Franks, K.C.8.,
and Sir Edward Lugard, K.C.B. All these
officers have been promoted out of their turn
for distinguished services in the field. They will
remain on the supernumerary list until such time
as they would become Major-Generals by seniority,
when they will be transferred to the establishment
as vacancies occur. They retain all the pay and
advantaFes arising from their earlier promotion for
distinguished service, without impeding the pro-
motion of their seniors, as was the case under the

warrant of 1854.
The following Lieut.-Colonels, who attained that
rank prior to the 20th of June, 1854, when the
warrant of that year was made to take effect, will
be promoted to the rank of full Colonel. These
officers, along with many-others now on the Colonels'
list, have been " jumped over," in consequence of
the qualifying clauses of the warrant of 1854, which
gave every Lieut.-Colonel the rank of Colonel im-
mediately on his completing three years' command
of a regiment or three years spent in certain staff
situations. The list will now be re-arranged, so that
all the Lieut.-Colonels commissioned as such prior to
June 20, 1854, will stand on the Colonels' list m the
same relative position occupied by them as Lieu-
tenant-Colonels before that date. This will be
done by special brevet, dated November 28, 1854,
after which the " jumping over " system com-
menced. Besides the replacement of the Colonels
since promoted, the following, who are still Lieu-
tenant-Colonels, will be made Colonels of Nov. 28,
1854—viz., R. Vassall, W. H. Adams' A. Hous-
toun, J. De Lacy, R. Chetwode, J. P. Westropp,
G. M. Reeves, 99th Regiment, R. H. Lowth, 86th
Regt.; E. C. Fletcher, half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards;
B. Daveney, Ist Regt. ; E. Bagott ; J. Patience,
65th Regt.; J. Scargill, R. Lewis, S. Tryon, 0. D.
Ainsworth ; T. Ogilvy, 2d Life Guards ; J. A.
Udny, Irish Staff; G. Swann ; G. W. Fordyce-
Buchan, late Scots Fusilier Guards; J. H. G. Dal-
rymple, Scots Fusilier Guards ; A. Horne, 13th
Regt. • J. Armstrong, Cape Mounted Rifles ; E. A.
Holdich, C. 8., 20th Regt. ; W. D. Fallon, 74th
Highlanders; W. B. Ainslie, C.B. ; S. T. Christie,
80th Regt. ; W. M. Wood, Coldstream Guards •, H.
P. de Bathe, Scots Fusilier Guards ; and R. San-
dars, C. 8., half-pay 19th Regt.
The following 26 Majors will also (though pro-
bably not at once) be promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel
in succession to the same number of effective
Colonels appointed Major-Generals on the establish-
ment—viz., Majors T. Lillie, Ceylon Rifles ; M. G.
Adams, G. F. Murray, 65th Regiment; T. Byrne,
10th Regiment; E. Moore, 11th Regiment; R. M.
Best, 10th" Regiment ; Fitzwilliam Walker, Cana-
dian Rifles ; R. Pitcairn, Donald Stewart, G. P.
Hume, 15th Regiment ; E. 0. Broadley, 0. Lloyd,
Ormsby, H. C. Brewster, 76th Regiment ; C.
Beamish, 35th Regiment; H. Gahan, St. Helena
Regiment ; Collingwood Fenwick, 76th Regiment ;
G. Munro, R. H. Harris, F. P. Nott, J. Ross
Wheeler, 29th Regiment; A. T. Allan, 81st Regi-
ment ; Thomas Ross, 73d Regiment ; B. Harrison,
13th Hussars ; Albert Watson, F. J. Phillott, and
Wyndham Bewes, 73d. Regiment.
The above does not include the promotions in
the Ordnance Corps, which will also be affected
somewhat by the warrant. It will serve to show,
however, the considerable changes created in the
higher ranks among the officers of the Cavalry,
Guards, and Line. Several staff appointments will
be at once rendered vacant, among which we may
mention those of Inspector of Militia, Commandant
at Hythe, Inspecting field-officer in Dublin, Com-
mandant of Royal Military Asylum, and Assistant-
Adjutant-General in Scotland ; besides which, pro-
motions without purchase will go through all ranks
in the Coldstream Guards, 10th, 37th, 58th, 83rd,
87th, and 99th Regiments.

A telegram from London, printed in the Debuts
of yesterday states that the Duke of Malakhoff has received
an invitation to Windsor, and that the Duchess of Mala-
khoff will be presented to the Queen by the Countess of
Malmesbury.
His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian
Minister and the Countess Platen have returned to the
residence of the legation, from
.Sweden, after an absence of
three months.
The Mayor of Melbourne left Morley's Hotel on
the 23d inst. for Dublin. We understand that he will re-
turn to town about the 2d Nov.
Mr. Edward Litton, Senior Master of the Court
of Chancery, Mr. Henry Daley, and Mr. William Seton, of
the Treasury-office, London, the commissioners appointed to
inquire into the nature and extent of the duties of the several
officers of the Court of Chancery, and the fees or emolu-
ments payable to them, and as to whether any and what
alterations should be made therein, held their first sitting in
the chaniher of the Lord Chancellor's secretary, Four Courts,
at Dublin, on Friday. A large number of the officials of the
Court of Chancery were present. The inquiry is to be con-
ducted with closed doors.

We (John o' Groat Journal) regret that our
burgh member, Lord John Hay, has, since the close of the
parliamentary session, continued in a very precarious state
of health, and that during the recess he has been debarred
by his physician from taking any active part in public
affairs. Hopes of his speedy recovery, are, however, now
entertained.

4t per Cents. 95 50
Do. end month ..

3 per Cents 72 95
Do. end month 73
Bank Shares 3125
Credit Mobilier
Do. Account

Geneva .

RAILWAYS.

In the general business of the port of London
during the past week there has been considerable activity.
The number of ships reported inward was 3.58, including
57 with corn, grain, flour, &c. The number cleartd out-
ward was 119, including 19 in ballast. Of those now on
the berth loading outward 56 are for the Australian colonies,
three for China, five for Vancouver's Island, and one for
53411."1r1bc0, The exports to China still continue light

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1858.

SPAIN.

accusation in which it is hard to say whether folly
or insult is predominant. That accusation is now
disavowed and effaced, and, if we still speak of it,
our reason is that we desire to see once for all those
fictions put an end to which have produced so many
unpleasant incidents connected with the right of
search and the right of visit. The reality of the
maritime right of nations not only better guaran-
tees the dignity of the different flags, but we con-
sider that by leaving to each state greater liberty
of action it would be more efficacious against the
infamous traffic of slaves."

BOURSE, Oct. 25.—The market has been heavy
to-day Threes have been done at 73f. 10c. and
73f. ; -Mobilier varied from 902 f. 50c. to 912 f. 50c. ;
Austrian, 660 f. to 662 f. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,345 f. to
1,347 f. 50c. ; Lyons, 870 f. to 872 f. 50c. ; and
Southern, 565 f. to 568 f. 75c. The market con-
tinued dull to the close, when the following were
the quotations :

Cr6dit Foncier
Belgian 4f loli
Piedmonteso (5)
Roman 93 50
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —

Cash. Account.
Orleans .. 1347 50 .. 1345
Northern

New ditto. Bi2 50 .. 812 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 872 50 .. 872 50
New ditto

.. 622 50

Midi 567 50 .. 566 25
Western 612 50 .. • 610
Eastern
Grand Central
Sardinian

. .
.. 457 50

Austrian

Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 251. 15c.; money,
25f 10c.; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c.; money, 24f.
921 c.

The Madrid journals of the 21st have reached us.
The corrected lists of electors had, pursuant to an
order from the Government, been stuck up on the
walls of -the Ministerial offices, and in the most
frequented places, at Madrid, and crowds had col-
lected to examine them. The approaching elections
continue to excite, interest not only in the capital
but in all the great provincial towns. The Peninsular
Correspondence, in a new article on them, in which
as usual, it defends the O'Donnell Cabinet, says :
—" This Cabinet has steered clear of the dangers
of reaction on the one hand and has known how to
avoid the exigencies of ultra-liberalism on the other.
It has now left to the nation to decide whether it
will consent to the moderate use of its rights and
the steady progress in public affairs which are the
natural result of an alliance between a confiding
monarch and a free people." •
It was stated some time ago that the Govern-
ment had resolved to postpone the projected
expedition against the Riff pirates until after
the conclusion of the Mexican affair ; but the
semi-official journals now state that the ap-
pointment of Lieutenant-General Prim to the com-
mand of an expedition has been definitively agreed
to, and that the number of the troops to be engaged
in it is to be 12,000. In spite, however, of this
very positive affirmation, a letter from a minis-
terial source declares that " nothing whatever has
been definitively settled on the subject." The
steamer Pizarro had left Alicante with troops for
Cuba. Letters from the seaports state that during
the last few days the weather had been exceed-
ingly bad at sea. Letters from Seville state that
the Infanta Christina, daughter of the Duke and
Duchess de Montpensier, whose recovery was
almost despaired of a few days ago, is already out
of danger. Spanish journals state that it has been
resolved to establish regular lines of steam naviga-
tion between. Santander, Bilboa, and London ; also
to cause the mail steamer between Alicante and
Marseilles to make two voyages a-week instead of
one.