The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-20 00:00:00

IRISH RAILWAYS.

On the motion for going into committee of supply,
Mr. GREGORY rose to call the attention of the houqo
and her Majesty's Government to the evidence given
fore the Royal Commission ou Railways, and the subject of
Irish railways. The hon. member entered at some length
into the various causes which had prevented the railways
in Ireland from making adequate returns to the share-
holders, and said the whole of the matter wouldbe entirely
altered in the event of the Government taking the man-
agement of railways in Ireland entirely into their hands.
The hon: member recommended that the whole of the
railways should be purchased and placed under the direc-
tion of ono tribunal, which should be composed of gentle-
men of the highest eminence, appointed for a term of not
less than five years. That the fares should bo revised
and lowered, that all unfinished lines should be
completed, and that such a desirable result
should be consummated as soon as possible. fie
hoped that her Majesty's Government would take tha
subject in hand, and, by adopting such suggestions as he
bad thrown out, they would earn for themselves the gra-.
titude of every class of her Majesty's subjects in Ireland.
Mr. PIM said bad management had brought about the
present state of affairs in Ireland, and that if an efficient
system of railway management for Ireland was adopted by
the Government the best results would follow.
Mr. DUTTON hoped that next session the Govern-
ment would be prepared with some measure which would
tend to relieve the railways in Ireland from the difficulties
with which they were surrounded. What was wanted
was not the extension of any of the Irish railways,
but a full development of the traffic, which
was, if properly managed, of a remunerative
nature. The circumstances that had brought about
the present state of railway affairs in Ireland was a loss of
credit. When that was re-established prosperity would re-
turn, and all the railways which were now in a very ques-:
tionable situation would become amply remunerative;
Without State interference, in a very short time the rail-
way system in Ireland would come to a close.
Lord NAAS promised that the matter should have the
serious consideration of the Government.

[LEFT SPEAKI-N-G.-1

LONDON GAZE T TE. —This Evening.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JuLY 20.
14th Regiment of Hussars-Cornet and Adjutant Joseph
Harpur to have the rank of Lieutenant; Cornet Thomas
Allan Henry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James
George Glyn Shaw, who retires ; George Bryan Cooke
Yarborough, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Henry.
Royal Regiment of Artillery-Lieut.-Col. William David
Aitken, on the Supernumerary List, to be Colonel;
Lieut.-Col. Charles Bundler Fuller to be Colonel, vice
Charles Lucas, promoted to the rank of Major-General
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Capt. Joseph Shekleton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Fuller; Second Capt. Arthur Reginald Hoskins to be
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Royal Engineers - Captain John Augustus Fuller to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice J. B. G. Close, who retires
upon half-pay ; Second Captain Irwin Montgomery
Greig to be Captain, vice Fuller; Lieutenant Walter
Manson to be Second Captain, vice Greig; Lieutenant
Henry Cecil Moore to be placed on the Retired List on
account of ill health.
Military Train-Lieut. George Faulkner Wilkinson to be
Captain, by purchase, vice S. Lavalliere Curgenveu,
who retires ; Ensign Franklin Ludovic Berthon to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilkinson ; Ensign G.
Phibbs to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Ed-
ward Frere Vibait, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet Fre-
derick Francis Wilder Taylor, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Berthon ;
Gentleman Cadet Edwin Newdigate Newbury, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Phibbs.
Coldstream Guards-Lieutenant and Captain Henry C.
Jervoise to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice William Henry Reeve, who retires ; Ensign
and Lieutenant Henry Robert Eyre to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice C. Walter Lee-Main-
Waring, who . retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant John
Barton Sterling to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Jervoise; Ensign and Lieutenant George
Gordon Macpherson to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice the Hon. Frederick Charles Howard,
who retires ; the Hon. Henry William Lowry Corry
to bo Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Eyre ;
Robert William Webb Follett' lieut., to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sterling ; the Hon. Evelyn
Edward Thomas Buscawen to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Macphei son.
Ist Regiment of Foot-Captain Henry Francis Bythesea
to be Major without purchase, vice Major and Brevet,-
Colonel Francis Gregor Urquhart, C. 13., who retires
upon full pay ; Lieutenant William Freeborn to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Bythesea ; Ensign Charles
Henry Sanford to be ieutenant, without purchase, vice
Freeborn; Gentleman Cadet Richard Henry Derman,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Sanford.
2d Foot-Lieut. Thomas Kelly to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice John Charles Tyrwhitt Drake, who retires ;
Ensign Arthur T. Mudge to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Kelly; William Hutchinson Marsh, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Mudge.
4th Foot-Lieut. John W. G. Telfer to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieut. James Henry M'Ewen, appointed
Adjutant; Lieut. James Henry M'Ewen to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieut. Oswald R. Middleton, promoted.
Bth Foot-John Mount Batten to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry, vice Lieut. Jeremy Peyton Jones, appointed Ad-
jutant.
17th Foot-Ensign Robert Loring has been permitted to
retire from the service by the sale of his commission.
37th Foot-Lieut. George Hall, from half-pay, late Ist
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. 0. Sargeant, appointed
Paymaster, 59th Foot; Ensign William Boyle Moore to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Hall, who re-
tires; Gentleman Cadet Francis Richard Begbie, from
the oyal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Moore.
43d Foot- Captain Thomas Horan to be Major, without
purchase, vice Thomas E. Holmes, promoted to a Halt-
pay Lieutenant-Oolonelcy, without purchase.
53d Foot-Captain Brownlow North Gamier to be Major,
by purchase, vice Sidney Godolphin Quicke, who retires ;
Lieutenant William Loraine Geddes to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Gamier ; Ensign George Reed Carr to
be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Geddes.
59th Foot-Lieutenant Francis Openshaw Sargeant, from
the 37th Foot to be Paymaster, with the honorary rank
of Major, Francis Lovett Bennett, who retires upon
half-pay.
64th Foot, Lieutenant Edward Joseph Jekyll to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Lieut William James Voules,
who has resigned the appointment.
65th Foot, Staff Surgeon William Alexander Davidson,
M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Thomas Es-
monde White, M.D., who exchanges.
80th Foot, Captain and Brevet-Major Frederick Miller to
be Major, without purchase, vice Edward Harding.,
deceased.
9Gth Foot-The third Christian name of Ensign Wil-
loughby, appointed on the 15th June, 1866, is 2ercival.
Ist West"-India Regiment-Lieutenant Francis Archibald
Stewart, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Thomas England, who retires.
2d West India Regiment-Ensign Malcolm MacGregor to
be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Patrick Molle Lawe,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Mitchell,
who retires.
3d West India Regiment-Ensign Arthur Coombs, to 4)0
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Archibald Stewart, trans-
ferred to the Ist West India Regiment; William Forster
Camplin Grey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Coombs.
HALF-PAY. -Major Thomas E. Holmes, from the 43d Foot,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain
and Brevet-Major Edward Thomas Wickham, from the
61st Foot, to be Major, without purchase.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.- S urgeon-Major Thomas Esmoude
White, M.D., from the 65th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon-
Major, vice Staff Surgeon William Alexander Davidson,
M.D., who exchanges.

BREVET.
Major and Brevet-Colonel Francis Gregor Urquhart,
C. 8., retired full-pay, late Ist Foot, to have the honorary
rank of Major-General.
Captain and Brevet-Colonel William Thomas Blewett
Mounsteven, retired full-pay and late Staff Officer of Pen-
sioners, to have the honorary rank of Major-General.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Francis
Levett Bennett, half-pay late 59th Foot, to have the
honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

00IIESE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

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WORKHOUSE INFIRMARIES.— Yesterday at the
meeting of the Marylebone vestry, Churchwarden Kynaston
in the chair, Mr. Tavener drew the attention of the board
to a rather important error in Mr. Farnall's official report
on workhouse infirmaries. It is stated that in No. GA Ward
of the Marylebone Workhouse there were only 206 cubic
feet of air to each patient, and 18ft. space to each bed,
whereas the fact was there were 456 cubic feet of air to
each patient, and 36 feet space to each bed ; in one case
double, and in the other case more than double what was
stated. The board of guardians, feeling they were misre-
presented, wrote to the Poor-law'Board, but had not re-
ceived any answer.
From a report made to Congress, it appears that
the American Government has provided 6,075 artificial
limbs to soldiers-2,134 arms, 3,784 legs, 44 hands, 9 feet,
and 104 other appliances ; 23 different manufacturers of
artificial limbs supplied the Government, and the cost was
57,628- doll.