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Brussels — 25 321 25 40
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Paris
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PRICE 4P. STAMPED, SD•

CROWN-OFFICE. FED. 4.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Boston.—William Henry Adams of the said
borough, Esq., Recorder of the borough of Derby.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 4.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Captain John Massy, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain,paying the difference
between infantry and cavalry, vice Brevet-Major the
Hon. Fenton John Evans Freke, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the same; Lieutenant Frederick Marshall to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Massy, who retires.
sth Dragoon Guards—William Leyland Feihlen, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Duffield, promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William Oliver Bird to
bo Captain, by purchase, vice Pinckney, who retires.
6th Dragoons—Lieutenant the Honourable E. It. Bourke
to, be Instructor of Musketry.
15th Light Dragoons—The third Christian name of Cornet
Pearson, appointed on 31st December, 1858, is _Hooke.
sth Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Major John Manley Wood,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the
difference, vice Green, appointed to the 77th Foot; Lieu-
tenant Edwin John Oldtield to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Wood, who retires ; Ensign William Charles Shool-
j bred to be Lieutenant, by purcase, vice Oldfield.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Robert L. Grant McGrigor to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Dimond, who retires ; Ensign
George N. James Bradford to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice McGrigor.
9th Foot—The restoration to full-pay of Captain A. 0.
Richards, from half-pay, 9th Foot, to bo antedated to
9th April, 1857.
17th Foot—Ensign Henry Scrymgeour Wedderburn to be
Lieutentant, by purchase, vice Holworthy, who retires.
18th Foot—John Boddington Jackson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Eden, appointed to the 30th Foot.
20th Foot—Lieut. Owen Tudor Burne to be Adjutant,
vice Gerahty, promoted. The promotion of Lieut. John
Aldridge to be antedated to 29th Juno, 1858.
21st Foot—Lieut. William Cairnes to be Captain, Without
purchase, vice Palmer, deceased; Ensign Clement J.
Sneyd, from Ist Foot, to be Ensign ; Ensign James Fer-
guson to be Adjutant.
27th Foot—Lieut. W. S. C. Pinwill to be Instructor of
Musketry.
38th Foot—Brevet-Colonel William O'Grady Holy, C. 8.,
from the 47th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Kelly, who
exchanges.
39th Foot—Capt. Francis Charles Turner, from the 79th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Newport, who exchanges.
47th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel Thomas C. Kelly, C. 8., from
the 38th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Hely, who exchanges.
57th Foot—Arthur Cecil Manners, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Mathews, who retires.
79th Foot—Captain Simon George Newport, from the 39th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Turner, who exchanges.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Edward G. Keppel Ruvenhill to be
Captain, by purchdso, vice Molson, whose promotion, by
purchase, on the 15th Oct., 1856, has been cancelled;
Lieutenant Joseph Dinham Molson to be Captain, with
purchase; vice Ravenhill, whose promotion, without
purchase, on 26th Oct., 1858, has been cancelled.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur James Plunkett
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitzmaurice, who has
retired.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign Fenton Josiah Hort to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Read, who retires.
St. Helena Regiment—Lieut. J. B. H. Rainier to be In-
structor of Musketry.
Royal Malta Fencibles—John Rutter, Gent., to be Ensign,
with local and temporary rank, vice Desain, promoted.
Commissariat Department—Deputy-Assistant Commissary
General Arthur William Downes, appointed an Acting-
Assistant Commissary-General, for meritorious services
during the recent operations in China, to be confirmed in
that rank from 27th October, 1858 ; Commissariat Clerk
George Hutchinson Phillips, having completed the re-
quired service as an Acting Deputy-Assistant-Commis-
sary-General, on the Western Coast of Africa, to be con-
firmed in that rank from 16th October, 1857.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
TO BE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO THE FORCES.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Frederick O'Conor, vice Jack-
son, appointed to the 80th Foot.
Charles William Griffith, Gent., vice Robinson, ap-
pointed to the Royal Artillery.
Alexander Allan, M.D., vice McDowell, appointed to
the 44th Foot.
David Ritchie Pearson, M.D., vice Warren, appointed
to the 71st Foot.
Hunt Johnson Bailey, Gent., vice Mathew, appointed to
the 54th Foot.
Henry Walker, Gent., vice Lamb, appointed to the 60th
Foot.
William Hensinan, Gent., vice Lindsay, appointed to the
30th Foot.
Charles Edward Wikeley, Gent., vice Carbery, appointed
to the 14th Foot.
Arthur Sanderson, Gent., vice Symons, appointed to the
Royal Artillery.
William Armstrong, Gent., vice Fiddes, appointed to the
Royal Artillery.
Alexander Campbell McTavish, Gent., vice Leslie, ap-
pointed to the 48th Foot.
George Arthur Grant, Gent., vice Le Febure, appointed
to the 64th Foot.
John James Colin Rogers, Gent., vice McCreevy, ap-
pointed to the 66th Foot.
BREVET.
Brevet-Major John Manley Wood, sth Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain John Massy, 2d Life Guards, to be Major in the
Army.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 4.
MEMORANDUM.
The undermentioned Officers having obtained First
Class Certificates at the School of Musketry, at Hythe,
have been appointed by the General Commanding in
Chief, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for
War, to act as Instructors of Musketry to the following
regiments of militia :
Ensign William James B. Junor, Stirling Militia.
Lieut. Edward Gecirge M'D. Ick, 2d Cheshire Militia.
Lieut. Manly M. Palmer, Limerick County Militia.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
76th Highlanders Light Infantry Militia, Inverness,
Banff, Rlgin, Nairn—Lieut. Waller James McGregor to be
Captain, vice Wm. James Grant, resigned. •
Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia Frederick
Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Sherwood Militia—Henry Charles Ross Johnson,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Sloper, resigned. Arthur Hales,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bernard, resigned.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—
Lieutenant George Leslie to be Captain vice Cooper,
promoted.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Walter Ormerod Beales, Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—John
Berkeley Michell, Gent., to be Ensign. •
Royal Ayrshire Rifles—David Wield, Gent., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Finlayson, resigned.

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REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY

The annual public meeting of the Association for
Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge
was held on Wednesday, at Exeter-Hall. The
attendance at the commencement of the proceedings
was very thin, and at no period was the room
crowded. The chair was taken by Mr. M. Gibson,
M.P. On the platform were—Mr. Ayrton, M.P.,
Mr. Coningham, M.P., Mr. Greer, M.P., Mr. Wm.
Chambers (of Edinburgh), Professor Key, Mr. Geo.
Dawson, Mr. J. Cassell, Mr. H. Richards, &c.
Mr. J. CASSELL moved the following resolution
—" That this meeting hails with satisfaction the
unanimous decision of the House of Commons, that
the maintenance of the excise on paper as is
permanent source of revenue would be im-
politic,' and calls upon the right honourable
the member for Ashton to press the house in the
ensuing session to make such arrangements as will
enable Parliament to dispense with that tax." He
dwelt at some length on the educational and social
benefits which would accrue from the repeal of the
duty.
• Mr. AYRTON, M.P., in seconding the resolution,
said the maintenance of the tax arose from the now
obsolete dogma that the press was a dangerous in-
stitution, and required to be checked by a fiscal im-
post. He afterwards adverted incidentally to the
question of defending the country against any attack
or insult from foreign powers—a digression which
elicited from several persons on the platform cries of
" question," met on the hon. gentleman's part by the
retaliatory remark that the interruption was an
illustration of the necessity for repealing the paper
duty, in order that the parties who called, " ques-
tion" might have their minds educated to follow
the thread of his own sentences. (Cheers and
laughter.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. G. DAwsoN, of Birmingham,
seconded by Mr. GREER, M.P., the meeting adopted
a petition to the House of Commons, which was a
counterpart of the first resolution.

A vole of thanks was then given to the chairman,
and the meeting separated.

That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had
Lot anived when we went to press.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 2d day
of February, 1859:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes Issued £33,099,725

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 18,624,725
Silver Bullion .... -

£33,099,725