The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-25 00:00:00

The announcement was received with some laughter
•

Mr. AYRTON said, after the expression of opinion that
his proposals should not be entertained, he would not
trouble the house to proceed further with them.
The other propositions were then put to the house and
negatived without a division.
The house then went into committee on the bill—Mr:
MASSEY in the chair.

Clause 1 was agreed to.
On clause 2 being put,
Mr. MOWBRAY proposed to reduce the coal duty from
13d. to Bd. He therefore moved an amendment striking off
the penny allowed for the building of the Coal Exchange
altogether, and also that the duty be then reduced from ls.
for 10 years to Bd. for 15 years.
Sir G. LEWIS thought the pressure of the coal dues was
not so strong as had been represented. The preposition
was to reduce the duty received for metropolitan improve-
ments. The sd. tax, which would remain after the pro•
posed alteration, would produce about £90,000, while the
9d. tax produced £160,000, the sum received being about
£150,000. Supposing the £90,000 were deuucted
from that amount, he did not think there would
be sufficient funds left to proceed with the great
improvement. He therefore could not support the amend-
ment.

Mr. LOCKE thought the hon. member's anxiety to serve
his constituents in Durham had led him to propose the
amendment. He, however, as a metropolitan member, could
not accept such a proposition.
Lord J. MANNERS advised his hon. friend to with.
draw his amendment.

Mr. MOWBRAY acceded to the request of the noble lord,
and the clause was agreed to after a few verbal amend-
ments had been made therein.

Clauses 3 and 4 were agreed tc.
On clause 5,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY mov3d that the words "Metro-
politan Board of Works" be struck out, and that " Lords
Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury" be inserted.
The amendment was agreed tc.
Mr. WILLIAMS said he shculd move an amendment,
confining the works to be effectel from the revenue derived
from the coal duty to the embankment of the Thames.
The LORD MAYOR said the 'Thames embankment would
not fully meet the object for which it was intended, unless a
now street was constructed from Blackfriars-bridge to the
Bank of England.
Sir G. LEWIS opposed the amendment.
After a short conversation the smendment was negatived,
and the clause agreed to.
On clause 6,
Mr. AYRTON proposed to add the following words to
the end of the clause :—" And after discharging the
said sums and interest in the clause, the said duty of 4d.
should be paid to the ace -mut mentioned in clause 5."

Sir G. fEIVIS said he had ne objection to amend the
clause, allowing the proceeds of the tax to be disposed of in
such metropolitan improvements in, and adjacent to, the
city of London as Parliament might sanction.
After a short discussion the proposition of the right hon.
baronet was agreed to.
The house was engaged in discussing clause 7 at four
o'clock, at which hour the sitting was suspended.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was
LLErr SITTING.]

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EV:ENING.)

INDIA-OFFICE, JUNE 25.
The Queen, being desirous of affording to the Princes,
Chiefs, and People, of the Indian Empire, a public and
signal testimony of her regard, by the institution of an
Order of Knighthood, whereby her resolution to take upon
herself the Government of the territories in India may be
commemorated, and by which her Majesty may be enabled
to reward conspicuous merit and loyalty, has been graciously
pleased, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to:institute,
erect, constitute, and create, an order of knighthood, to be
known by, and have for ever hereafter, the name, style, and
designation, of " The Most Exalted Order of the Star of
India."

And to ordain, direet, mid appoint that the said Order
shall consist of the Sovereign, a Grand Master, and twenty-
five Knights, together with such extra and honorary
Knights as her Majesty, her heirs and successors, shall
from time to time appoint. _ _

And to ordain, direct, mad appoint, that her Majesty,
her heirs and successors, Kings and Queens Regnant of
the said United Kingdom, shall be Sovereigns of the said
most exalted Order.

And that the Viceroy and Governor-General of India for
the time being shall be Grand Master of the said Order, and
that he shall, in virtue thereof, be the first and principal
Knight of the Order.
And that the said most exalted Order shall be governed
by statutes and ordinances, to be from time to time made
and ordained by her Majesty, her
Sovereigns of the said Order,
to ordain and And heirs, and athned
dignity of
direct that it shall be competent for
the Sovereign of the said Order
to confer
a Knight of the Order upon
have by important and loyal
of India as shall have suchentitlecl
themselves
to her Majesty's
favour, and upon such of her Native Princes and Chiefs
Majesty's British subjects as
the Indian Empire, merited
The Queen has been further rtiMeasajestyt's foarvdoalinr, consti-
tute, and appoint. the iflteerviees rendered by them to
Hon.
nor-General of India, toßbeigthhte-Hfirst
Canning, Knight Grand Cros Honourable
Order of the Bath, and
said Most Exalted Order of
appoint
His Her Majesty's
the Most
pleased
Grand o
Charles
M aa John,teMaster
a f the Earl
jesty's Viceroy and Gover-
And to nominate and
His Highness Nizam-001-Mool
Khan, Nizam of Hydrabad
ajseoemßeaotime
Star of India;
k, Nuwab Tuyinat Ali
It P., G.C.8., some time
GecnoenaramltahnedVerlsinc!uenhtief Gough,ofn er
Majesty's Forces in the
East Indies,
Sinclhis, Maharaja of Gwalior,
Governor of the Presidency
His Highness Maharaja Duleep Singh,
General the Lord Clyde, G.C.8., lately Commander-in-
Chief of Her Majesty's Forces in the East Indies,
His Highness Runbeer Singh, Maharaja of Cashmere,
Sir George Russell Clerk, K.C.B.
His
Theof HighnessLMoardd
rae Harris,j Y
K.C.8., Governor of the Presi-
dency of Bombay,
His Highness Tookoojee Rao Holkar, Maharaja of Indore,
His Highness Maharaja Khunde Rtio, Guicowar of Baroda,
The Right llonourable Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence,
Baronet, G.C.8., lately Lieutenant. Governor of the
Punjab,
His Highness Nurendur Singh, Maharaja of Putiala,
Baronet, G.C.8.,
the Governor-General
of India,
Her Highness Nuwab Sekunder Be?
ti _Rum, of Bhopal,
General Sir Hugh Henry Rose .
C. 8., Commander-in-
Lileautteelnya mntethenere l.
the
er JcaemuneesilOouftkm,
Chief of her Majesty's Forces in rile East Indies, and
His Highness Yoosuf Ali Khan, Nuwab of Rampore,
to be Knights of the said Most Exalted Order of the Star
of India. theand
his
Royal Highness
high sense and esteem
in which her Majesty holds the said order, and to give an
additional proof of her affectionate regard for his Royal
Order of the Star of
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, lac
been pleased to
H igh Then
Queen,
s
Hi
nominate and appoint their Royal thnesses to be Extra
India. i Prince roi nr dc
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r toC o nms oa rr tk,
Knights of the said Most Exalted o

to give orders for
WAR-OFFICE, Jtin 25.
Hall Macgregor,
C. 8., some time employed as Military
the The ha
appointment
pQO
iunetemn
ehnat has been ei‘eineier G graciouslyenera
ip,r.l pleased
tuber of tho Civil
Commissioner at-
tached to the Camp of Jung 3alladoor during the late
Commanders, of
mutiny in India, to be an Ordmarv_.,. M,
Division of the Second Class, of Knights
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath,

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Juzst 24.
The Queen has been pleased to appro're of Mr. Thomas
Majesty the King
Lidbetter as Consul at Kurrachee for his
of Prussia.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Niel
I\l‘Lachlan as Consul at Leith for the United States of
America.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 25.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. James Hayes to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Lawford Andrews
Richardson, deceased.
Henry Mostyn to be
promoted; Assistant-
Surgeon'.furcem the 9Eth Foot, to be
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a
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Spencer Boyd Gibb, M.D.,
placed upon half-pay.
3d Light Dragoons—Veterinary-Surgeon .
ary-Surgeon Hicks Withers,
from the Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice
B. Chaning Rouse Gardiner, promoted to the Staff.
16ot
yha CornetlL i g
Artillery—Sergeant-Major
by
t yDragoons—Hanspu rch as e,
vloane- Stanley, Gent., to bee:Gilbard, promoted.
R Joseph Virr, to be
Riding Master, vice Norton, placed upon half-pay; Ser-
geant-Major James Sampson, to be Riding Master ;
Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Adam Elijah Clarke to be
Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Hicks Withers, appointed to
the 3d Light Dragoons.
Grenadier Guards—Zusigli and Lieutunaut Richard Dylan