The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-26 00:00:00

THE BUDGET.

In answer to a question from Mr. WILLIAMS,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was bis intention to make his financial statement as
soon after Easter as po,sible. (Hear, hear.)
CUSTOMS' DUTY BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
for laa7e to introduce a bill for transferring the govern-
ment of India from the East India Company to the
Crown. The form of Government to be substituted for
that of the East India Company was the ammintment
of a Secretary of State for India, to be the President of
a Council, with the powerof appointing a Vice-President.
The Council it was proposed should consist of 18 persons
—(cries of "Hear, hear")—half of that number being
nominated by the Crown under the Royal sign manual,
and the other nine elected. (Hear, hear, hear.) Each
of the nine to be elected by the Crown should have spe-
cified specifications as representing some great interest
in India. Each of the civil services of the four Presiden-
cies would be represented by men who had ser►ed ten years
each in their respective presidencies. The fifth mem-
ber should be one who had had personal experience of
the courts, feelings, &c., of the native princes and the
character of the copulation—which bad hitherto been
much disregarded—(hear, hear)—after 10 years' service
and five of them resident at a native prince's court.
The remaining four should represent, one the military
service of the Queen in India, and the remaining
three representatives of the armies of Bombay, Bengal,
and Madra., each after a 10 years' service. As vacan-
cies occurred they were to be succeeded by persons hav-
ing the same special specified qualification ; and in the
bill her Majesty's Government proposed to name the
number, so that at first they would have not only the
Royal and Parliamentary appointment and favour under
wbch they would commence their duties. The selection
would be irrespective of party or political feeling. The
remainder were to be appointed by popular election,
the qualification being 10 yeara' service in India under
Government, or a 15 years' residence.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 24.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Wm. Lawrence,
Esq., F.R.S., to be one of her Majesty's Serjeant Surgeons
in Ordinary, in the room of Benjamin Travers, Esq., de-
ceased.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 2G.
sth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Wal-
ter Carden, from 7th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase.
6th Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Barclay Chapman to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Weldon, appointed
to the 18th Light Dragoons.
7th Light Drogoons—Cornet C. H. Baillie, from 10th
Light Dragoons, to bo Cornet, vice Pedder, promoted.
Bth Light Dragoons—Major James Sadler Naylor to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Wilmer,
deceased ; Captain Edward Seeger to be Major, without
purchase, vice Naylor ; Lieutenant William Mussenden
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Seeger; Cornet
George Paulet to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Muasenden.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Affiock Stewart to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cuninghame, pro-
moted.
14th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Brown
Forsyth-Brown, from the Staff to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Fox, who exchanges.
15th Light Dragoons—Frederick Greatorex, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Housley, whose appointment,
as stated in the Gautte of 15th January, 1856, has been
cancelled.
18th Light Dragoons—To be Lieutenants, without pur-
chase—Cornet Denison M. M. Inge, from Bth Light Dra-
goons ; Cornet Thomas Phillips, from 14th Light Dra-
goons. To be Cornets, without purchase—James Clarke,
Hicks, Gent. ; Townley Patten Hume Micartney Fri-
gate, Gent.
Military Train—Captain Henry W. Wolrige, from the
74th Foot, to be Captain, vice Baker, who was cashiered,
by the sentence of a General Court-Martial, on the 22d
February, 1858.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant IL C. Thomson to be
Captain, without purchase, vice W. D. Thompson, ap-
pointed to the 17th Foot. To be Lieutenants, without
purchase—Ensign Henry Echalaz, vice Bright, appointed
to the sth Light Dragoons ; Ensign Francis Roche
Gubbins, vice Hardy, appointed to the 18th Light
Dragoons; Ensign A. W. Goeset, vice R. C. Thomson.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Mello William Jack-
son, Gent., vice Page, appointed to the 12th Foot ; John
Fenton Boughey, Gent., vice Echalaz ; Richard Arthur
Corbet, Gent., vice Gubbins.
4th Foot—Lieutenant Roland Davies has been permitted
to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission ;
Francis Robert Sandy., Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Tomlin, appointed to the 12th Foot.
7th Foot—The surname of the Ensign appointed on the
21 ultimo is Griffith, and not Griffiths as then stated.
10th Foot—Ensign John Carr to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Solis, appointed to the sth Light
Dragoons; John Dickson Power, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Carr.
11th Foot—Sergeant George Price, from the 41st Foot, t
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gabb, promoted ;
Ensign Alexander Miller Arthur to bo adjutant, vice
Vigore, promoted in the 19th Foot; Paymaster Richard
Rod,l Robinson, from the Sussex Militia, to be Pay-
master.
12th Foot— ro be Ensigns, without purchase--Ensign John
Grant Tomlin, from 4th Foot ; Ensign S. V. Page, from
2d Foot ; William Albany Featheratonehaugh, Gent.,
vice Nesbitt, promoted ; Thomas John Gray, Gent. ;
William Crosbie Siddons Main, Gent., vice Coke, pro-
moted ; Francis John Gosselin, Gent. ; Robert Edward
Dawson, Gent., vice Warren, promoted ; Wm. Stephen
Henry Dunlevie' Gent. ; Henry Megee, Gent., vice
Jarvis, promoted.
13th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase —Hugh Ro-
binson, Gent., vice Gill, promoted ; Lloyd P. Jenkins,
Gent., vice Cox, promoted ; L. W. Van Hook Starr,
Gent. ; A. F. Cuningharn, Gent. ; R. F. King, Gent.
To be Paymaster—. Captain M. H. Mahon, from the
Cumberland Militia.
14th Foot—Lieutenant E. W. Saunders to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Latouche, who retires ; Ensign Henry A.
Burton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Coxon,
appointed to the 16th Light Dragoons ; John Brickfield
Frizell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession
to Lieutenant Saunders ; oseph Laing, Gent., to be ,
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Watts, callenderer, Tottenham, to surrender
Ensign, without purchase. The Christian names of !
Captain Lloyd are Hugh Massy.
15th Foot—Lieutenant Aldred Oldfield to be Captain,
who Bankruptcy.aptain, by April 8, at eleven, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of
purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Dght
retires; Ensign W. C. Coleuhoun to be Lieutenant, Thomas Willomat Hunt, grocer, High-street, White-
without purchase ; Ensign F. I. Rawlins to be Lieut.). chapel, April 10, and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of
rant. without purchase ; Ensign William Augustus Bankruptcy.
Gibson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Oldfield ; Edward Lewis and Joseph Lewis, grocer, High-street,
Stewart Davies D. Cartwright, Gent., to be.Eneign, by Marylebone, April 10 and May 10, at eleven, at the Court
Of Bankruptcy.
purchase, vice Gibson.--To be Ensigns, without pile
chase—Send Watts Russell de Coetlogani Gent,, Vice k
John Dales and Benjamin Dales, builders, Goorge•str`

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas William
Fox, M. 8., from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Forsyth-Brown, who exchanges;
Thomas Wainwright Bennet, Gent., late Acting
Assistant-Surgeon, to b 3 Assistant-Surgeon, vice W. IL
Thomson, promoted on the Staff.
BREVET.

Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel E. S. Smyth,
2d Foot (Deputy Quartermaster-General at the Cape of
Good Hope), having completed three years' actual service
in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be
Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October, 1854.
Captain John Le Contour, 20th Foot, to be Major in the
Army.
Brevet-Major John Le Couteur, 20th Foot, to be Lieut.-
Colonel in the Army.
Capt. Henry Moore, 21st Foot, to be Major in the Army.
Brevet-Major Henry Moore, 21st Foot, to be Lieut.-Col.
in the Army.
Brevet-Major H. J. M. Gregory, 31 West India Regt.,
to be Lieut.-Culonel in the Army.
Quartermaster William Dougherty, bavin; retired upon
hall-pay of a Depot Battalion, to have the honorary rank
of C tptain, under the Royal Warrant of 17th December,
1855.

The undermentioned promotions to take place in the
East India Company's Army, consequent on the deaths of
Major-General Patrick Thomson, Madras Infantry, on
2d December, 1857 f;
General John Munro, Madras Infantry, on 26th
January, 1858; and
General Augustus Andrews, C. 8., Madras Infantry, on
31 March, 1858