The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

CATTLE PLAGUE BILL.

Mr. TOLLEMACHE asked the right lion. baronet the
Secretary for the Home Department whether ho would
when the house was in committee on the Cattle Plague Bill,
consent to postpone the compensation clauses, and go on
with those for stamping out the plague, and thereby affirm-
ing the principle of the bill ?

Sir G:GREY thought it better to postpone all arrange-
ments on the matter until the second reading.
Mr. TOLLEMACHE asked whether the Government,
declined to his proposition.
Sir G. GREY said it appeared to him impossible to sepa-
rate the compensation from the other clauses of the bill.
If they were to agree to the clauses authorising the
slaughtering the cattle without giving compensation, the
agricultural interest would, he thought, not be at all
satisfied. (Hear, hear.)

JAMAICA.
In reply to au HON. ME:sfumt,
Mr. CARD WELL said if the business with respect to
the cattle plague bill was disposed of early on Thursday
night ho should proceed with his bill referring to the Go-
vernment of Jamaica. He should not proceed with it if he
could not do so at a reasonable hour. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUNT asked if the house could not sit on Thurs-
day morning ?

Sir G. GREY did not think such an arrangement at all
necessary.

ASH WEDNESDAY.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that
the house, at its rising, adjourn until to-morrow at two
o'clock, according to the usual practice.
Tho motion was agreed to.
CHURCH RATES.

Mr. lIARDCASTLE moved for and obtained leave to
introduce a bill for the abolition of chwrch rates.
EDUCATION.

Sir J. PAKINGTON moved for a select committee to
inquire into the constitution of the Committee of Council
on Education, and the system under which the business of
the office is conducted; and also the best mode of extend-
ing the benefits of Government inspection and the Parlia-
mentary grant to schools at present unassisted by the
State.

The motion was agreed to,
TESTS (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD).

Mr. COLERIDGE moved in committee of the whole
house for leave to bring in a bill to abolish certain tests in
the University of Oxford. lie would prefer entering into
the details of the bill on the second reading rather than on
that occasion if he had the sanction of the house for so
doing.

Leave having been given, the bill was brought in and
road a first time.

JURIES IN CRIMINAL CASES.
Sir C. O'LOGHLEN moved for leave to bring in a bil
to codify and amend the law relating to the keeping to-
gether and discharge of juries on the trial of criminal
cases.

Leave having been given, the bill was brought in and
read a first time.

CATTLE PLAGUE (IRELAND).

Lord NAAS moved for a copy of the report of the com-
mittee convened by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to con-
sider the measures that might be adopted for arresting the
progress of the cattle plague, in case of its appearance in
Ireland ; and asked when the bill promised by the Secre-
taryol State would be laid upon the table of the house ?

The return was ordered.
Sir G. GREY intimated that the bill would be introduced
as soon as it had been submitted to the Lord Lieutenant.
THE ARMY IN CHINA.

Colonel NORTH moved for a return showing the ac-
commodation for the troops of all arms at Hong Kong and
Kowloon, at the time of the airiral of the 2d Battalion 9th
Regiment, and 2d Battalion 11th Regiment ; specifying
the nature of the accommodation and number Of
cubic feet allowed per man ; also for returns of she mean
annual strength, total annual sickness, mortality, and in-
validing of the troops of each arm, officers and men, at
Hong Kong, from the year 1855 to 18G5, both inclusive.

The return was ordered.
UNDUE RETURN.

A petition was presented against the return from the
borough of Bridgewater.

MEMBERS' OATHS.

Sir G. GREY moved, in committee of the whole house,
for leave to bring in a bill to alter the oaths takenby mem-
bers of Parliament on taking their seats. The oaths taken
at present consisted of the Protestapt Consolidated Oath of
1858 and the Roman Catholic oath. The oath of allegiance
he felt sure none would object to ; but with respect
to the oath of objuration of the Pretender, he
thought the time had come when that could safely
be abolished. It was first taken in the reign of William
IV. when there was a real danger, but that was not the
case now, and he did not think there was the slightest
utility in members having to subscribe to it in the present
day. The oath proposed by the bill would dispense with
all allusion to allegiance of the Popo and other matters
which could but be distasteful to men of sense. With respect
to the Roman Catholic oath, it was offensive to the mem-
bers to whom it was tendered, and ho could not see
why those gentlemen should not be put on a footing
with other members. The Jewish members would also be
included an the new form of oath, which would be, after
the passing of the bill, one general oath, and would, in
effect, be taken by the whole of the members. (Hear.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE thought it unsafe to alter the oaths
at that particular period, when Fenian conspiracies were
in existence. (Laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear."
Leave having been given, the bill was brought in and
read a first time.
The house then adjourned.

LONDON GAZETTE.--This Evening.

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WHITEHALL, FEB. 10.

The Queen has been. pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto David Monro, Esq., Speaker of the House of
Representatives in the colony of New Zealand.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 13.
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The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Otto
Muller as Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the King of
Saxony.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 13.
99th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Samuel Bray-
brooke to be Colonel, vice Major-General John Napper
Jackson, deceased.
13th Regiment of Hussars—Gentleman Cadet John Chute
Ellis, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Mills' promoted.
sth Foot—Lieutenant John Cottingham Wadling to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Edwin Biron, who retires ;
Ensign Orby Harison to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Wadling; Gentleman Cadet Henry Kilgour, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Harison.
13th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward Chetwood Hamilton,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice C. G. Brim', transferred to the 55th Foot.
17th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward Arthur Howard
Webb, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Edward Adolphe Massy Hay, who
retires.
18th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Huddlestone Powell,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice John Downie, who retires.
24th Foot—Lieutenant John C. Warne to be Captain
without purchase, vice Samuel John James
ceased ; Ensign Thomas John B tbe Lieurutes'nanet,-
without purchase, vice Warne ; Baynes
Cadet Archer
vice Baynes.
be Ensign, without purchase,
Anderson Morshead, from the RoyalGu Military College, to
25th Foot—Lieutenant A. BaineCochx:
Everett,m to
whob e Cap a
retires;i n ,
by purchase, vice John Frederic
to be Lieutenant,
Ensign Richard Xavier Lee 0
Military College, to be
Gildart Worsley, from the Royal
by purchase, vice Chisholm; Gentleman Cadet Henry
E r te A
nsiogont—byspurchasses
t Alexander Francis
Preston, M. 8., to be Assist
Surgeon, vice Leonard
Kidd, M.B. promoted on the Staff
0 ge Brind from tho 13th
svai net
55th Foot —Ensign Charles Ci 6 William , Bentham, who
Foot, to be Ensign, vice CecConenoenll.
27th
retires.
who retires upon half-pay.
master, vice William Hunter, s Reeves, from half-pay
rue in
Foot—Colour-Sergeant John Toole to be Quarter-
60th78th Foot—Lieutenant
be Lieutenant, vice S. R.
late Turkish Conthagenot,t
Kennedy McCausland to be Lieu-
' • Charles
pany ; Ensign Cornelius Reeves, who retires ;
se vice
Jackson, promoted without to to a half-pay corn-
tenant, by purchase vice
College, to be Ensignrby purchase, vice
Royal Military
Gentleman Cadet ward Mayne Alexander, from the
McCausland.
Lain James Archibald Ruddell Todd to be
8711 Foot—,
vice Lord D'Arcy Godolphin CaOs-
borne, who retires
Major, byP
purchase,•Lieutenant Nathaniel Stevenson to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Todd ; Ensign Charles
Tuckey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Nathaniel
Stevenson ; Gentleman Cadet William Fuller Waring,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Tuckey.
99th Foot—Major John Hart Dunne to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Charles Blamire, de-
ceased ; Captain William Henry D. R. Welman to be
Major, without purchase, vice Dunne ; Lieut. George R.
Harvey to be Captain, without purchase, vice Welman ;
Ensign Albert John M. Treeby to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Harvey ; Gentleman Cadet William
King Suther, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Treeby.
104th Foot—Ensign Vincent C. E. Parker to be Lieute-
nant, vice William Robert Birney, who resigns ; Gentle-
man Cadet Frederick J. W. Davies, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, vice Parker.
106th Foot—Lieutenant Robert D. Anstruther to be Cap-
tain, vice D'Arcy William Jopp, who resigns ; Ensign
Alfred Lionel bleNair to be Lieutenant, vice Anstruther;
Gentleman Cadet Edward Henry Bingham, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice McNair.
108th Foot—Staff-Surgeon William Menzies Calder to be
Surgeon, vice Edward Gregg Noott, placed upon half
pay.
109th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon James Dow Sainter,
from
the Royal Artillery, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice A. F.
Churchill, M.D., appointed to the Staff.
3rd West India Regiment—James Stuart Des Darres,

Gent., to be Ensign, by
promoted. purchase, vice Walter Roberts,
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon
Schoedde Robertson, M.D., to he Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Leslie 0. Patterson, promoted on the Staff.
HALF-PAY.—Captain John Whiteside, from the Bth Foot,
to be Major, without purchase.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant John Hopkins, Unattached
List, Bengal Army, Staff Officer at Derjeeling, to be
Captain.