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London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

receive seducers—men known to be such—into their draw-
ing rooms, they toiled in vain at the lower end. Those
young gentlemen, whether military or otherwise, who had
money to spare, and availed themselves of their position in
society, their good looks and opportunities to give enor-
mous sums of money, such as induced people to keep these
great houses open at an enormous expense—those were the
first culprits ; those were the nuisances of society, and he
hesitated not to denounce them as those vile insects of
tropical climes that infect where they fly and poison where
they repose. (Hear, hear.) If it were possible to have
an exceptional case of legislation against the feeling of the
whole country, he should rejoice m seeing a law enacted
for corporal punishment on seducers ; there would be just
retribution in it, for an illegitimate and unlawful animal
indulgence should be visited with lawful animal suffering.
After considerable discussion, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said
that in the present state of his opinions he should be sorry
to give a positive decision. The question was one involved
in difficulty. It seemed at first dreadful that the seduced
should have all the penalty, shame, and loss, and none
attach to the seducer—(hear hear)—but there were cases
in which the woman was quite as culpable as, if not more
so, than the man,—as .where, she was older, and had led
him to imprudence. His lordship thought it would be of
very little use if any one were to propose corporal punish-
ment in Parliament. (Laughter.)
The Rev. Dr. M'IsTEILE—I am afraid so, my lord.
Lord J . RussELL—The two Houses would be little likely
to ad ;;Tit such a suggestion. (Laughter.)
1-. Rev. Dr. M‘NEILE-1 am afraid, my lord, some of
the offenders are there. (Renewed laughter.)
Lord J. RUSSELL—One has heard a conversation in the
House of Lords that would seem very much to confirm that
suspicion. (Laughter.) ' With regard to Mr. Acton's paper,
in a family where there are five or six maid-servants it
would be said those who cond-acted themselves properly were
more considered than those who had gone astray. There
was considerable defect in the law. It occurred to him
several years ago when the la.w was more severely adminis-
tered. A Scotch judge passed sentence of death on a young
woman for child murder, and his lordship or the Secretary
of State recommended the severe commutation of five years'
solitary imprisonment, after which the young woman was
released, and he was now informed she had married in Glas-
gow and was Conducting herself respectably,. He did not
think the law ought to affix c apital punishment to the mur-
der of children under a certain age, say six months; he
toacquittals and
light it
uniwaishmmeenantst
could not but think that at present it tended to increase
to
ire prevthenotu,o.l,3byt
Q Charlotte's Hos-
le
ading
posital had done well to admit .single young women into its
whatp.
benefits, and any charity which followed its example would
act usefully. With the exception of a change in the severity
of the law, the law could not do much. The discussion to-
day upon both papers had been instructive, and he hoped
they might arrive soon at some approximation to a solution
of this most important questton. (Applause.)
Several other interesting papers were read, including one
by Mr. C. Melly, on " The street drinking Fountains," and
another from Mr. S. Broome, of the Temple-gardens (by
Mr. Steinthal), which protracted the proceedings until five
o'clock.

FROM THE GAZETIIE OF YESTERDAY.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Ocr. 15.
3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Tal-
bot Goff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sitwell, who
retires ; Cornet John Ormsby Phibbs to be Lieutenant,
by
purchase,
Dragoons—James 13th White, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice. Lethbridge, promoted.
Royal Artillery—The Undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets
to be Lieutenants :—Lionel Gye, Charles Henry Hamil-
ton, Ashton John Shuttleworth, Albert Lake Collins
Smithett, John Robert Jennings Bramly, Archibald
William Frederick Campbell, Lionel Herbert Noyes,
George Walter Charles Rothe, Basil de Beauvoir
Tupper Henry Hills Goodeve. To be Quartermaster
and Commissary of Stores—Quartermaster-Sergeant G.
Marvin, vice Oliphant, who retires upon half-pay.
Royal Engineers--Second Captain C. C. Chesney to be
Captain, vice Mann, placed upon the seconded list ;
Lieut. W. J. Stuart to be Second Captain, vice Chesney.
The undermentioned Gemtlemen Cadets to be Lieu-
tenants with temporary rank :—Richd. Harry Williams,
Jasper 'Gustavus Silvesicer Davies, Edmund Donough
Collins O'Brien.
3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign. Bury David Wright to be
Lieutenant, without purchase ; Sergeant-Major Henry
Manning to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wright;
Lieut. Alfred Benwell Letts to be Adjutant, vice T. A.
Cox, promoted ; Lieut. it. A. A. Breeden to be Instruc-
tor of Musketry, vice Letts, appointed Adjutant.
4th Foot—Ensign. Oswald. Robert Middleton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Grinlinton, who retires.
Bth Foot—Ensign James Stager Wheeley to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Longfield, promoted.
18th Foot _The promotion of Major Alex. Neil Campbell,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, as stated in
the Gazette of April 13, 1858, to be antedated to March
9, 1858, the antedate not to carry back pay.
19th Foot--Lieut. George Hewetson Reynolds, from the
prince of Wales's Own Donegal Militia, to be Ensign,
without purchase.
23d Foot--Brevet-Major Charles S. S. Evans Gordon,
from the 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Geddes, who ex-
changes; Paymaster John Aston has been removed from
the service, her Majesty hswing no further occasion for
his services.
24th Foot—The promotion of Captain John Henry Lut-
man to a majority withont purchase, to bear date 17th
April, 1858, instead of 27th May, 1858, as previously
stated.
25th Foot—Ensign john Stubbs to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase ; Lieut. Thomas Winter Sheppard to be
Adjutant, vice Hallowes, promoted in the 18th Foot.
45th Foot—Ensign Arthur G. Smith to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Lieut. Richard Blair to be Adjutant,
vice Barnes, promoted in the 14th Foot.
52d Foot—Captain William Corbett to be Major, without
purchase, vice Vigors, who retires upon full pay ; Lieut.
Walter James Stopford to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Corbett.
60th Foot—Lieut. John Charles Mariette, from the 2d
Royal Lanark Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Campbell, promoted.
72d Foot—Sergeant-Major Thompson to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Bamfield, promoted in the 11th Foot.
76th Foot—Captain John Geddes, from the 23d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Brevet-Major Gordon, who exchanges.
91st Foot—Lieutenant Henry William Gregg to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased; Ensign Chas.
Holloway to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice

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Greg.
95th Foot—Ensign Edward W. Bennett has been permitted

to resign his Commission. •
98th Foot---Ensign George Thomas West to be Lieutenant,
without purchase.
99Ft ho
Foot, to
be—C Foot—Capt.
Captain,Lewis v Xavier a
Grime,v r Leslie,
retired
r ferdomuphoanlf-tpaav-pla4yt,h;
Lieut. Joseph Dinham Molson to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Leslie, who retires.
3d West India Regiment—Sergeant John Croly, from the
14th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Mahon, promoted.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign William Biddulph Pin-
chard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gorman,
promoted in the 14th Foot.
• STAFF.-
Major Abraham Collis Anderson, 'Unat-
upon. half-p!ty
tached. to be Fort Major, Edinburgh Castle, vice Brevet
Major William Spring, who has retired upon full pay.
BREVET.
Lieut.-Col. Charles Herbert, C. 8., 75th Foot, having
of Lieu-
completed three years' actual service m the rank
tenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal
Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854; Brevet-ieut.-Col.caJpotsahinuaLAllewiens
Vigors, retired, full-pay 52d Foot, to be Colonel in the
Army, the rank being honorary. only ;
Xavier Leslie, 99th Foot. to be Major iny tdoheNAar:ean,y.
Bart.,
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
County of Dorset—Sir Molynvx 1-1
to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Francis Bissett Hawkins, Esq.,
M.D., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Dorset Regiment of Militia—Henry
s, resigned ; Davi d
Churchill Gould,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Symond
Alexander Forbes, Gent., to be Ensign, to complete the
establishment.
S 111:reey Militia
--Lei °en r tu
t e ennaanYt
3d Regiment of the Royal
Forbes Terry, Gent., to be _Ensign..
nvrce Amid, resigned.
Roger6th RFeogrtisetnttoobf
be
RoyallaiLn
vice Baker,vire.ctesiwgneemd •y;
sAs,lfivdpromoted.
Royal Wiltshire Militia—Henry John Phillips Esq., to
be Assistan.t-Surgeon,
illnessignPeu Lieutenant Richard THaner--
beitrtoßyraloorionGtegnotm.,etryo bite
field Vatchell to be Captain, vice Jones, retired; Ensign
James Duncan Thomson to be Lieutenant, vice Vatchell,
promoted.
Carmarthenshire Rifles—Lloyd Price to be Lieu-
Royalvice J. Thirlwall, resigned.
tenan
Hampshire Militia Artillery—Second Lieutenant John
Annesley Brownrigg to be First Lieutenant, vice Dawson,
resigned.
Shropshire Militia—Adjutant K. R. Murchison, late
Lieutenant 58th Regiment, to serve with the rank of Cap-
tain, from the Ist August, 1858. •
EORANDUM.—Shropshire Militia—Her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the
Commission held by Ensign Coyne.