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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1859.

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METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
•
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Loans on real and personal security.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Extraordinary
GENERAL MEETINGS of this Society will be held at Had-
ley's Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blackfnars, on SATURDAY.
the 19th March, and SATURDAY, the 2d April, at Two
o'clock precisely, for the purpose of declaring a Bonus, and
on other business. ALEXR. MACDONALD, Secretary.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—MARcn 11.
DOCK YARD EXPENDITURE.

Supply—Order for Committee read • Motion made, and
Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the
Chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out, from the
word "That" to the end of the Question, in order to add
the works "in conformity with the practice of the Public
Departments of laying before the house detailed Estimates
for works costing above one thousand pounds, it is desir-
able that a Statement, showing the proposed expenditure
in the construction and conversion of her Majesty's Ships,
be annually laid before this house, with the Navy Esti-
mates ; "—instead thereof :—Question put, " That the
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"
" --The House divided: Ayes, 117; Noes, 97.
. . AYES-117.
Adderley, C. B. Forester, Col. G.' o: Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J.
Antrobus, E. Foster, Sir G. Naas, Rt. Tin. Lord
Bantle, Charles Fraser, Sir W. A. Newport, Visct.
Mille, H. J. Gard, It. S. Northcote, Sir S. H.
Ball, E. Graham, Lord Wm. Fakington, Sir J. S
Baring, H. B. Greenall, G. Palmerston, Visct.
Baring, Sir E. Gray, William Patten, J. W.
Baring, Thos. Geo. Grogan, Edward Peel, Rt. Hon. J.
Bernard, Thos. T. Hamilton, Lord C. Pevensey, Viscount
Bernard, Lieut.-Col Hankey, Thomson Powell, F. S.
Bathurst, A. A. Hardy, Gathorne Proby, Hon. G. L.
Beaumont, W. B. Hay, Capt. Lord J. Repton, G. W. J.
Beecroft, G. S. Heathcoate, Hon. G. Robertson, P. F.
Bennet, Capt. P. Hodgson, W. Rust, J.
Bovill, Wm., Holford, R. S. Selater, G.
Bramley-Moore, J. Hopwood, J. T. Scott, Major E.
Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hume, W. Seymer, H. K.
Burghley, Lord Hunt,
Cairns, Sir H., Johnstone, Hon. H. Sibthorp, G. T. W.
Carden, Ald. Sir It. Jolliffe, Capt. H. Smith, Sir J. M. F.
Castlerosse, Viet. Jones, D. Smollett, A.
Christy, S. Kelly, Sir F. Spooner, R.
Clay, James Kendall, N. Stanhope, J. B.
Close, M. C. King, J. K. Stanley, Lord
Cowper, W. F. Knight, F. Stirling, Wm.
Corry, H. T. L. Knox, Lt.-C01.8.W. Steuart, A.
Cross, R. A. Langton, W. H.P.G. Stunt, H. G.
Cubitt, Ald. W. Lefroy, A. Tollemache, John
Disraeli, Benjamin Lever, John 0. Vansittart, G. H.
Du Cane, Chas. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Vansittart, Wm.
Dutton, Hon. R. H. Lisburne, Earl of Verner, Sir Wm.
Edwards, Major H. Lyall, G. Walcott, Adm. J. E.
Elmley, Viscount Lygon, Hon. F. Walpole, S. H.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Malins, It., Whitmore, 11.
Ennis, John Manners, Ld J. J.R. Williams, Sir W. F.
Estcourt, T. S. March, Earl of Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C.
Farquhar, Sir W. Matheson, A. Wynne, W. W. E.
Ferguson, Sir R. A. Miles, W. TELLERS.
Fitzgerald, W. It. Miller, T. J. Jolliffe, Sir W.
Fitzroy, Rt. lion H. Moody, C. A. Taylor, Lt.-Col. T.

NOES-97.
Akroyd, Edward Hartington,Marquis Pritchard, John
Ayrton, A. C. Holland, E. Ridley, G.
Beale, Samuel Ingham, It. l tot lischild,Baron L
Berkeley, F. H. F. Ingram, 11. Roupell, W.
Briscoe, J. I. Jackson, W. Russell, Lord J.
Brocklehurst, John James, Edwin St. Aubyn, J.
Buchanan, W. Ker, It. Salisbury, E. G.
Buxton, C. Kershaw, J. Salomons,Alderman
Calcutt, F. M. King, Hon. P. Smith, J. A.
Calthorpe, F. IL Kinglake, A. W. Smith, A.
Cardwell, Rt. Hn. E. Kinglake, Serj. J. Stapleton, J.
Cavendish, Hon. G. Kinnaird, Hon. A. Sykes, Col. W. M.
Clifford, J. C. Knatchbull-Huges. Thompson,Maj-Gen
Cobbett, J: M. Levinge, Sir R.G.A. Tomline, G.
Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Lindsay, W. S. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Cowan, Charles Locke, J. Trueman, C.
Cox, Wm. Locke, .Jos. Turner, J. A.
Crawford, R. W. McEvoy, E. Vivian, Hon. J. C.
Daiglish, Robert Martin, C. W. Walter, John
Davey, Richard Martin, P. W. Westhead, J.
Denison, W. H. F. Mellor, John Whatmau, J.
Dent, John Dent Monson, W. J. Whitbread, S.
Dunbar, Sir Wm. Morris, D. White, J.
Evans, T. W. Napier. Sir C. Williams, W.
Ewart, William Newark, Viscount Willoughby, Sir H.
Ewing, H. E. C. Nicoll, D. Winnington, Sir T.
Fitzgerald, J. D. Norreys, Sir C. Woods, Hey
Foley, Hon. J. W. Norris, J. T. Wyld, Jamesnr
Gilpin, C. North, F. Young, A. W.
Greene, Capt. J. Ogilvy, Sir J.
Greer, S. McCurdy Osborne, R. B.
Gregson, S. Perry, Sir Thos. E.
Grenfell, C. W. Pigott, Francis Paget, Lord C. E.
Gurney, John H. Pilkington, James Gibson, T. M.

RAILWAY INTELLIG.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR TH.

Miles Opened.

1&59.

118
19911
8

29t
22
1831
283

7361
9
233
464
104
94

115
294
48

", :71 31
171
108
119

574
44
841
922
979

1858.

117
121
20

401
35
17}
31
67}
489

29,
22
l&lf
283

531
203

1734
8}
28
614}
in

720
9
233
44

115
29i
48

2957
301
171
108
116

TELLERS.

'NCE.

WEEK.

Receipts.

1859.

132
1 065

400
2,448
1,581
5,539
11,605

250
1,143
1,577
1,801

505
1,034
1,023
22,805

.260
6,668
5,542
2,843

1,066
6.,066
21,999
1,423
6,247
26,013
186
651
311
388

6,096
24,344

415
63,023
1,346
14,765
12,501

984
10,001

847
1,074
33,339
3,895
1,557
2,179
3,124
1,366
5,022

346
32,266
2,583
7,005

4,265

202
1,982
2,598
3,400
1,766
2,849
1,406

784
2,479
16,414
5,907
2,717
7,463
4,109
1,500
458
1,340

1858.

1,067

233
2,903

742
6.310
11,311

206
1,054
1,238
1,192

378
1,101

661
1,031

984
21,185

560
3,481
582
605
365

6,477
5,181
2,808

677
6,445
23,608
1,180
5,463
22,486
185

5,938
20,511

771
24,580

407
55,82 k

985
10,949
8,297

873
1,331
2,332
7,364

1,909
7,184

779
8,668

932
31,162
3,33.3
1,271
1,929
3,072
1,245
4,747

.398
30,768
2,106
6,043

3,726

172
1,454
2,556
3,357
1,356
2,049
1,220

742
1,854
12,843
6,375
3,031
6,687
3,292
1,314

-248
1,678

235
40,485

'433
63,865
45,511
42,213

375
1,242
16,282

850
32,420

355
1,116
690
2,531
387
397
262

734
24,125

775
835
2,840
6,308

700
6,779

1,840
5,285

193
39,614

352
53,955
38,179
38,013

381
1,242
10,360

661
27,036

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST,NIGHT.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 9-
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings,
Knt., C. 8., sometime Principal Storekeeper of the Ord-
nance, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of
the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the Mos'
Honourable Order of the Bath.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 9.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right
Honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington, Bart; Vice-
Admiral William Fanshawe Martin ; Vice-Admiral the
Honourable Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.B. ; Rear-
Admiral Alexander Milne, K.C.B. ; Captain the Honour-
able Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, C.B. ; and the Honour-
able Frederick Lygon, to be her Majesty's Commissioners
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the
dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 10.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. .7. W. S.
May as Consul at Liverpool for his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands. -

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Juan
Antonio Arguch as Consul at Newcastle-upon-Tyne for
her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
DOWNINQ-STREET, MARCH 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Samuel Mitchell'
Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Grenada,
and Henry Grattan Bushe. Esq., to be Inspector of Police
for the Island of Trinidad.

CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 9.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.

Borough of Tewkesbury—The Hon. Frederick Lygon,
of Madresfield Court, in the county of Worcester, one of
the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral.

County of Wilts—Northern Division.—The Right Hon.
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt, of
Estcourt,
in
the county of Gloucester, one of her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.
MARCH 10.
County _of Sussex—Western Division.—The Right Hon.
Charles:lienry Gordon LennAx "(commonly called Earl of
March), President of the Poor Law Board.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 11.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Thomas Rumbold Richard-
son, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bruce, who was appointed to the 17th Light
Dragoons, receiving the difference between the two Com-
missions.

Ist Dragoons—William Lawrence Twentyman, Gent., to
be Cornet, without purchase, vice Costobadie, promoted
7th Light Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant John Mould to
have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet Charles H. Bailie
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Viscount Royston,
whose promotion by purchase on 11th January, 1859, has
been cancelled.

Military ix;il2--Surgeon William Walter Weld, from the
47th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Fenwick Martin Twed-
dell, placed upon half-pay.
Royal Artillery—Surgeon Richard Valpy De Lisle, from
the 4th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Warren, deceased;
Assistant-Surgeon. William Taylor Morgan, M.D., from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Franklyn, pro-
moted on the Staff.
Grenadier Guards—Ensign James T. Richard Lane Fox,
from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart., who retires.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Edward Croker Frings, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sneyd, appointed to
the 21seFoot. _ _

4th Foot—Surgeon Henry Fisher, from the Staff, to be
Surgeon, vice De Lisle, appointed to the Royal Artillery.
6th Foot—Lieutenant John Edward Tewart to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Dowglasse, who retires ; Lieutenant
Richard Bolton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Catty,
promoted ; James Bannatyne Blair, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Butler, deceased.
7th Foot—Charles James Hayter, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Lloyd, promoted.
10th Foot—Rodney Stuart Riddell, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bourke, promoted in the 18th Foot.
12th Foot—William Lawson Saunder, Gent., to be Ensign,

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without purchase, vice Gosselin, who has resigned.
19th Foot—Alexander Bredin, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Kirby, promoted.
21st. Foot—John Hornby Conor, Gent., to be Ensign,

without purchase.
25th Foot—Lieutenant E. A. T. Cunynghame to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brown, who retires; Ensign N.
C. Ramsay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunyng-
hame, who retires.
26th Foot—William Barton Wade, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase' vice Turner, promoted.
30th Foot—Ensign John William Green to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Hampton, who retires.
41st Foot—Ensign Ashton Henry Warner to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Smith, deceased.
44th Foot—William John Edward Graham Sutherland,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Trimmer,
promoted.
45th Foot—The promotion of Ensign O'Neil to be ante-
dated to March 16, 1858, and to be vice Lieutenant
Barnes, promoted in the 14th Foot, and not as stated in
the Gazette of July 23, 1858 ; the promotion of Ensign
C. B. Steward to be antedated to July 23, 1858, andto be
vice Lieut. Rowland, promoted in the 22d Foot, and not as
stated in the Gazette of Sept. 17, 1858.; the promotion of

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Ensign Smith to be antedated to Sept. 17, 1855, and to
be vice Lieutenant Walker, promoted in the 21st Foot;
Henry James Burford Hancock, Gent., to "be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Westby, who has resigned.
47th Foot—Surgeon William Singleton, M.D., from the.
Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Weld, appointed to the Mili-
tary Train.
50th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Charles Richard King
to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Ensign George Henry
Turner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hudson, who

retires.
51st Foot—Francis Barnaton, Gent, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Burtm, deceased.
53d Foot—Ensign John Charles Bell to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice H. R. M. Wilson, deceased ;
Charles Henry. Bonney, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Bell.
56th Foot—Lieutenant Samuel Henry Harford to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Pye Pye, who retires.
61st Foot—Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade, from the Staff,
to be Surgeon, vice Stewart, who exchanges.
66th Foot—George Dalton Michell, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Mardon, promoted.
71st Foot—Ensign John Boulderson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mounsey, promoted.
80th Foot—Ensign George Weir Cosens to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Pattisson, who retires ; Ensign R.
Cuninghame C. Graham to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bennett, who retires.
98th Foot--Ensign Charles Edward Woodward to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blackett, promoted.
Rifle Brigade--The Honourable Thomas Charles Scott to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Broadbent, promoted ;
Charles Fairfield, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Hook, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Rifle Instructor Richard Web-
ster to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Waugh, ap-
pointed to the 9th Foot.
Cape Mounted Rifles—Ensign Edward Yewd Brabant to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. Henry Peel, pro-
moted, by purchase, in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment.

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HOSPITAL STAFF.
Surgeon Ludovic Charles Stewart, from the 61st Foot, to
be Surgeon, vice Reade, who exchanges.
Assistant-Surgeon Henry Bowles Franklyn, M.D., from
the Royal Artillery, to be Surgeon, vice Singleton, ap-
pointed to the 47th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon John Phillips Cunningham, M.D.,
from the 45th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Fisher, appointed
to the 4th Foot.
VETERINARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Joseph Pulley has been per-
mitted to resign his appointment.

BREVET.
Major Gravenor Kirby, Bengal Artillery, to be Lieu•
tenant-Colonel in the Army.

TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain James Thomas Walker, Bombay Engineers.
Captain Thomas Harmer Sibley, 62d Bengal Native In-
mtry.
Captain William Maxwell, Bengal Artillery.
Captain Folliott Walker Baugh, 26th Bengal Native

Infantry.
Captain Francis Geach Crossman, 45th Bengal Native
Infantry.
Captain Charles St. George Brownlow, 15th Bengal
Native Infantry.
Captain Frederick Octavius Sainsbury, ist Bengal Euro-
pean Fusiliers.
Captain Arthur Bunny, Bengal Artillery.
Captain George Alexander Renny, Bengal Artillery,
Captain George Hutchinson, Bengal Engineers.
Captain Osborn Wilkinson, 4th Bengal European Light
Cavalry.
Second Captain William Wilson, Bengal Artillery.
Second Captain Edward Walker Ellis Walker, Bengal
Artillery.
Second Captain Henry Parlett Bishop, Bengal Artillery.
Second Captain John Sabatier Frith, Bengal Artillery.
Second Captain William Wilberforce Harris Greathed,
Bengal Engineers.
Second Captain Frederick Richards Maunsell, Bengal
Engineers.
Second Captain George Edward Watson, Bengal Engi-
neers.
Second Captain James Frederick Tennant, Bengal Engi-
neers.
Second Captain Julius George Medley, Bengal Engi-
neers.
Second Captain James John McLeod Lanes, Bengal En-
gineers.
Second Captain George Tomkyns Chesney, Bengal En-
gineers.
Second Captain William Edmund Warrand, Bengal En-
gineers.
Second Captain Henry Alexander Brownlow, Bengal
Engineers.
Second Captain Patrick Stewart, Bengal Engineers.
Second Captain Charles Scott, Madras Engineers.
Second Captain John Archibald Ballard, Bombay En-
gineers.
Second Captain Robert Cadell, Madras Artillery.
The promotion of Captain John Temple, 12th Madras
Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army, to bear date 13th
April, 1858, in lieu of 20th July, 1858, as stated in the
Gazette of 28th Jan., 1859.
The undermentioned Officers of her Majesty's Indian
Army, who were promoted to the Brevet rank of Major,
with the date erroneously of 20th July,lBsB, in the London
Gazettes of 16th Nov., 1858, and 28th Jan., 1859, to have
their Brevet Rank post dated to 28th August, 1858, being
the day after they became Regimental Captains :
Second Captain W. Tod Brown, Bengal Artillery.
Second Captain James Shaw Gibb, Bengal Artillery.
Second Captain Richard Pittman, Bombay Artillery.

Militia—Lieut. J. F. Bennett to be Captain, vice Macfar-
lane, resigned ; Ensign W. J. B. Junor to be Lieutenant,
vice Bennett, promoted.
Durham Artillery Regiment of Militia—John James de
la Taste, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
(The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last, the Bth inst.)
East Kent Regiment of Militia—George Shirley Max •
well, Adjutant of the said Regiment, to serve with the rank
of Captain.

BANKRUPTS.
Robert Wheeler, oil and colourman, 58, Crawford-street,
Bryanston-square, to surrender March 24, at half-past
eleven, and April 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Elliott, blacksmith, Farnham, Surrey, March 25
and April 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Lambert, tailor, Nottingham, March 22 and April
19, at eleven, at the the Shirehall, Nottingham.
William
April
illiam
19, a °lliffet eleven, at h
Greory 'vitcte ualierKingweston, March
21 andßristol District Court.
Jonah Jenkins, shoe maker, Llanharran, Glamorgan-
shire, March 22, and April 19, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court.

Thomas Slater, grocer, Paddington, March 28 and April
30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Weston Bendel, carman, Mmor►es, March 25, at
one, and April 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Hunt, miller and baker, Warwick, March 28,and
April 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Edward Lacey, builder, Horwick, Derbyshire, March 23
and April 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Francis Witton Huggins and Charles Witton Huggins,
wine merchants, Derby, March 22, and April 19, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court.
Thomas Leake, jun., furniture dealer, Nottingham,
March 22 and April 19, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Not-
tingham.

Edward Hawkey, tobacconist Birmingham, March 21,
and April 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Joseph Baxter, builder, Birmingham, March 26, and
April 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Walter Boutoher Masters, draper, Hackney-road, March
25 and April 29, at half•put one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
George Morris, licensed victualler, King Edward-street,
Newgate-street, City, March 23, at half-past twelve, and
April 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
.