The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

POOR LAWS.

Mr. AYRTON said that, conilldering the Govern-
ment had only recently come into office and that the session
was so far advanced he would postpone till next session h's
motion fora select committee, to enquire into the operation
and administration of the laws for the relief of the poor in
Great Britain and Ireland.
MR. G. H. RYLAND,

Mr. GREGORY moved for a select committee to inquire
into the arrangements under which Mr. G. H. Ryland was
induced to resign the patent office of Clerk of the Council
in Canada ; whether that step was taken under a distinct
guarantee from the Imperial Lord High Commissioner
Lord Sydenham ; and if so, whether that guarantee had ever
been fully and fairly carried out by the Imperial Govern..
ment. He contended that Mr. Ryland had been treated with
great injustice, and that his case was entitled to full investi-
gation of that house. It appeared that Lord Sydenham,
the Lord High Commissioner of Canada in 1841, being de-
sirous of effecting a union between the two provinces, it was
arranged that Mr. Ryland should resign his Situation,
receiving a retiring pension of £515 a year, and accept the
situation of registrar of the district of Quebec. It was
understood that this situation was to be equivalent to the
amount of the pension to which he was entitled. However,
the situation proved anything but lucurative, and some
years Mr. Ryland was actually out of pocket while
he held it. For some years he endeavoured to ob-
tain compensation, but without success, the Govern-
ment of this country considering that the question should
be decided by the colonial Government by whom it was re-
pudiated, The consequence was, that the unfortunate
gentleman was for years unable to obtain any
redress, and at length suceeeded in obtaining only
a sum of £9,000 as a reward. He concluded by en-
treating the house to grant the committee, and to remove
ally depression that might be produced as to full justice
not being done in this country
.to iduals who felt
themselves aggrieved in the eoAOIOS.
Mr. FORTESCVV, sand that this was an old question,
but it had (Artie before the house on the present occasion
in a totally different form to that in which it had previously
presented itself, tl. few years ago this subject had

been referred to an impartial party, who had made anaward
which Mr. Ryland had accepted. The abolition of Mr.
Ryland's office was an act of the Imperial Parliament. A
great change was made with reference to the provinces of
Canada which were united, and an entirely new Council, as
well as new officers, had to be eelected. It was necessary
that there should be an alteration with reference to Mr.
Ryland, as regarded the office of Clerk in Council. There
were good reasons for his not being appointed to that
office, because he was at the time a very strong political
partisan, and, consequently, not fitted under the circum-
stances for that situation. He was then offered the office
which he accepted as a speculation, and if it did not turn
out as profitable as he expected the Government was not to
blame. It was true that Mr. Ryland made a protest at the
time which Lord Sydenham was prevented from noticing by
his sudden illness. Besides it was the opinion of three
Secretaries 'of State that the subject was not one for the
consideration of the imperial but the colonial Government.

[LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING)

WHITEHALL, JULY 2.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Robert Lowe to be the Fourth Charity Commissioner for
England and Wales, in the room of the Right Hon. Chas.
Bowyer Adderley, resigned.
WHITEHALL, JULY 4.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Peter
Cameron to the Church and Parish of Glenisla, in the
Presbytery of Meigle, and county of Foriar, vacant by the
death of the lev. George Gibb, late Minister thereof.

CROWN-OFFICE, JULY l.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SER';E IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Ennis—The Right Hon. John David Fitz-
Gerald, of Merrion-square, Dublin, her Majesty's Attor-
new General for Ireland,
City of Cork—Francis Lyons, of the South-terrace, Cork,
Esq., in the room of William Trant Fagan, Esq., deceased.
JULY 2
_ _ _ •

University of Oxford—The Right Honourable William
Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the
Exchequer.
County of Monmouth—Poulett George Henry Somerset,
of No. 132, Piccadilly, Westminster, in the room of Edward
Arthur Somerset, Esq., who has accepted the office of
Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne—The Right Hon. Thos.
Emerson Headlam, her Majesty's Judge-Advocate-General.

ADMIRALTY, JVNE 17.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Edward
Moulton Messiter to be Second Lieutenant.
COMMISSIONS BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

County and City of York—Charlesitarmaide Mid-
dleton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Frank Crossley,
Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant, Theo-
dosius Stuart Russell to be Captain, Nice Sir Molyneux
Hyde Napean, Bart., reigned ; Ensign Thurston Archi-
bald Whittle to be Lieutenant, vice Russell, promoted.
County of Sutherland—Major 'Charles Samuel Weston,
and Joseph Peaeock, Esq., to. be Deputy Lieutenants.
6th Regiment of We.A York Militia—Henry Julian
Hunter, Gent., to be t ' .ssistant-Surovon.
MEMORANDUM.--3rd Regiment (Light Infantry) of
West York Militia—The Queen has been pleased to ac-
cept the resignation of the commission held in this regi-
ment by Captain Thomas Shearburn.
Oa Regiment, Light Infantry, West York Militia—Fre-
derick A. Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gordon Jas.
Douglas, promoted ; John Robert Clarke, Gent., to be En-
sign, vice Joseph Henry Palmer, promoted.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign Robert
1 4errisonto be Lieutenant, vice T. A. Forbes Leith, re-
signed ; Ensign Henry Broomhead to be Lieutenant ; En-
sign Charlea Broomhead to be Lieutenant; Ensign Horace
Kay to be Lieutenant,
County of Norfolk—Major-General John Julius William
A.ngerstein to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir Thomas Fowell
Buxton, Bart, to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Ist or WeseNerfolk Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Robert
Morris to be Captain, vice the Hon. Frederick Walpole,
promoted; John Henry Warms, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Worcester—The Right Hon. the Earl of Co.
ventry to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Ensign John William Berington to be Lieutenant,
1, vice 11. W. Millet, resigned.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Joseph
Mills, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Robert Blackledge, re-
signed.

-Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Captain
Henry Bold Williams to be Major, vice Savile, resigned ;
Lieutenant Robert Beckles Hunte to be Captain, vice Wil-

Hams, promoted ; Ensign William Robert bee to be Lieu.
tenant, vice Hunte, promoted. Her Majesty has been
pleased to accept the resignation of the commission held by
Ensign Richard Burke.

2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Militia—Lieutenant Charles Ruddell Todd to be Captain,
vice the Viscount Bury, resigned.
The Royal Radnor Militia—Lieutenant Hugh Powell
Prickard to be Captain, vice Ricketts resigned; Ensign
Richard Winstanley Ormerod to be Lieutenant, vice
Prickard, promoted.
Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain Thomas
Powell Symonds to be Major, vice Sir Vetters Cornwall,
resigned ; Captain J. Berington to be Second Major ; Lieut.
John Harward Griffiths to be Captain, vice Symonds, pro-
moted ; Lieut. Edward Williams to be Captain, vice Ber-
ington, promoted.
Leicestershire Militia— Thomas Alexander Leigh Knipe,
Goat., to be Lieutenant, vice Hercules Akerman, resigned ;
Arthur Dixon Rawlins, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice John
Alexander William Wilson, resigned ; Thomas S. Hard-
ing, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Charles F. Powell, re-
signed ; Thomas John Stafford Hotckin, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Charles Henry Morris, promoted; Joseph
Guy Knight, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Knipe, promoted.
Fife Artillery Militia—Thomas Wm. Webb to be First
Lieutenant, vice Haig, promoted ; Cecil Lyon, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, lice Webb, promoted.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia—
William Hastings Garner, Esq., A. 8., Licentiate of the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, to be Surgeon, vice
Adam, resigned.
MEMORANDA.—Worcestershire Militia—Her Majesty
has been graciously pleased to accept the Resignation of
the Commission held by Lieutenant Henry D. Mitchell.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the Re-
signation of the Commission held by Ensign William
Mason. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to ac-
cept the Resignation of the Commission held by Captain
Joshua Oldham. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to accept the Resignation of the Commission held by
Ensign Edward Wood Tayler.