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London, England, 1858-11-30 00:00:00

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further duty; and all officers shall k t liberty to etiro
after 30 years of such service.
13. A roster shall 'be observed of hot se and foreign ser-
vice, not to be departed from, except in t ases of necessity.
With respect, however, to the west coast. of Africa, officers
are to be allowed to volunteer, receiving g, ach special peen-
niary advantages as may be fixed by our St mrettuy of State
for "War. . , ,
Given at our Court at St. James's' this 28th day of
October, 1858, in the 22d year of our reign.
By her Majesty's com card,
J. PEEL.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, 5D

Yesterday afternoon a general pa rade of the
whole of the officers and men belongin .g to the East
India depots attached to the first battt Ilion at Chat-
ham took place on the parade ground
.at Chatham
Barracks, for the purpose of witness mg the into-
resting ceremony of decorating five non-commi!-
sioned officers and men of the 35th (Royal Sussex)
Regiment with the good-conduct medal, which has
beeit them, together with the usual
gratuities, by order of his Royal Highness the
Commander-in• Chief, for long and honourable ser-
vice. The circumstance of so many men being
selected for receiving the medal at- the same time
lent much interest to the proceediAgi, which was
considerably enhanced by all the reciipients belong-
ing to the same corps, the 35th Regiment, h
has so greatly 'distinguished itself since it hang ban
serving in India, to which country it proceeded in
1854. The battalion, which now numbers :nearly
1,200 men of all ranks, was under the com mond
of Major H. D. Allis, and, having been formed into
close column, the non-commissioned officers and
men were called to the front to rakeiVe their medals.
The names of the men decorated\ were Sargeant-
Major John Foord, formerly of the 35th 14 invent,
but now doing duty with the: Ist attalion ; Ser-
geant George Hawkes, Private George Cu tts, Pri-
vate John Smith, and -Private Her ry F reeman.
The order from the Horse Guards,-direct ing the
distribution of the medals, having been !cad by
Captain Sidebottoin, the Adjutant of the b:
that officer presented to each than his mede 3, which
was then fastened' on his breast in the pri psence of
the whole of the troops. Sergeant-Majo r Foord
also receives with his medal the gratuity • of £l5 ;
Sergeant Hawkes £lO, and each of the privates £5,
which will be deposited for them in the military
savings bank until they receive their -discharge
from the service. Each of the men decors ted -with
the medal yesterday has been in the service a period
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GUILDHALL, November, 29th, 1858. -- The
Committee for Letting the City's Lands will MEET
at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth Dec. next, at
One o'clock precisely, to receive I'roposals for Leases, in
Lots, of several Houses and Premises, viz., No. 23, Taber-
nacle-row ; No. 19i, Tabernacle-row ; and Noa. 1 and 8,
Union-court; No. 7, Chapel-street, Curtain-road ; Nos. 3 to 7,
Willow-walk ; Nos. 13 to 26, Willow-street ; Nos. 1 to 10,
Willow-court ; and Nos. 1 to 8, Union-court, Willow-street ;
and Nos. 63 to 68, Paul-street, Finsbury.
Plans of the property may be seen, and forms of tender
obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guild-
hall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller.

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THE lONIAN ISLANDS. .

The following despatch Opeare in the Govern-
ment Gazette of Corfu on the 10th. inst. . .
• • "PALACE; CORFU, Nov. 9.
44-Sir,—l am directed-17 'the l lord -High Com-
missioner to acquaint you .for the information of
the-Senate:that his Excellency. ha;.: received from
her Majesty's Secretary of State •for- tlw Colonies a
. despatch dated the Ist of November inst., from
which the following is an extract:— • .
" On entering upon the duties of this'office I
turned my attention, with deep and cordial in-
terest towards those illustrious islands in „which
Great Britain protects the ,freedom and indepen-
dence of a race from whose ancestors are derived
the arts that civilize nations.
" It seemed to me that there might well Tie a
mutual affection and respect between the lonian
States and a people which has perpetuated in
regions unknown to the ancient world the hei.r-
looms of liberty, knowledge, and humanity, first
received from Greece. •
"It was with pain that I was compelled to
observe that from some cause or other there did not
exist the harmony between the executive and le-
gislative powers of the lonian constitution so neces-
sary to good government and to that material pro-
sperity which should bethe natural growth of con-
stitutional freedom. I hoped, however, that' her
Majesty's Government might be speedily enabled to.
convince the lonians of their Sincere desire to en-
courage, as far as the powers lawfully accorded to.
them will permit, whatever emild render the pre-.
tectorate of Gfeat Britain juSily'valued as a strcmg-,
safeguard. to •:liberty •from - dangers without, 'as a.
mild check upon factions within, and as a collection
which would 'bring to the uithof lonian energies the
benefits of British capital and cowierce, in propor-
tion as materiaiinterests took strMgth and seturity-
f..om kindly.:intercourse ,and generous 'confidence.
It would indeed have. gratified. me. if my correspon-
dence with the lonian States had commenced in
thoughtful consideration of measures conducive to
the improvement of
_finance, the progress of public
,works, or the constitutional removal of any causes, „ •
'of tfissension• between •the functional department's
of the State, on which the long•practical 'experience' •
,of England in-the exercise oflielf-governmenttnight!
afford to the lonian ,Legislature opinions and pre-
cedents they woud reeve sitith oduitesyrend dis-
cuss 'with candour.
" Thus in our common desire
:to advance tho
solid interests of the lonians under a flan. combin-
ing the insignia of both natiopt
not4oo much to hopQ_ •-
the views of her Majesty's Government in a sinrit

of equal conciliation; and that with time andfor-
bearanee the supposed jealousies of the race would
vanish amid congenial institutions and common
interests.

" ' These are the general principles and sen-
timents entertained by her Majesty's Govern-
ment with reference to the pending ques-
tions which at present agitate the lonian mind,
and which, of course, so materially augment your
official difficulties and responsibilities. With a
view to assist you in discharging the trust com-
mitted to you, and also to derive the great advan-
tage of a weighty opinion on lonian affairs, pro-
nounced by a statesman who belongs to his coun-
try rather than to any party in it, who has already
occupied with marked distinction the highest offices
of the State, whose mind has grasped foreign as
well as domestic questions with equal vigour and
success, and whose renown as a Homeric scholar
will justly commend him to the sympathies of an
Hellenic race, her Majesty's Gove.mment have re-
solved on despatching the ltio,ht Hon. W. E.
Gladstone as a Special Commissioner to inquire into
and report on the whole state of Government in
the lonian Islands, and on the political relations
between the protecting Power and the people, so,
let us hope, as to lead to the equitable and consti-
tutional adjustment of every existing difficulty.
" You will not fail to observe in the choice-of
Mr. Gladstone,—a gentleman not unknown to you
in public and private life,—the intention of her
Majesty's Government to place the most generous
interpretation upon the policy which you have par-
sued, to strengthen your hands by every legitimate
means, and to manifest to the lonian people that
the interests and welfare of their islands are in this
case receiving that special consideration and inves-
tigation which have been bestowed in somewhat
similar political emergencies on some of the most
ancient and important dependencies of the British
Crown.'

" I have the honour to be, Sir,

" Your most obedieit, humble servant,
" G. F. BOWEN,
" Secretary to the L. H. Commissioner.
" Sir A. L. Count Dusmani, K.C.M.G., Secretary
of the Senate, Gen. Dep., Corfu."