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London, England, 1845-07-05 00:00:00

STANDING ORDERS CO,

The Committee met at twelve o'clock, the Earl of Shaftesbury
in the chair.

The Wear Valley Railway Bill was first brought under the con.
sideration of the Committee.
It was unopposed and passed.
THE EDINBURGH NORTHERN RAILWAY.
This Bill was next brought before the Committee.
It was opposed on the ground that due notice had not been given,
and that the technical forms had not been complied with. The
chief objection of this sort was, that notice had not been given of
alterations which had been made in the progress of the Bill.
This allegation was answered by the promoters, who stated that
they could not have anticipated the alterations which the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons had made.

It was decided that the standing orders had been complied with,

The Bill then passed through Committee. but it was rumoured
that it would be stoutly opposed on its merits in a Commit-
tee of the Lords.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP P.

MONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.
The Committee reassembled at the usual hour this morning, and
immediately proceeded to the consideration of the above scheme.
Mr. T&LBOT opened the case for the promoters by observing that
he proposed to submit to the Committee an unopposed Bill, and he
hoped there would be no difficulty in the matter. It
would be necessary to alter the preamble of the Bill.
In consequence of the difficulty attending the crossing
of the Severn, it was intended to abandon the part of the railway
in that vicinity. The alterations rested on the expediency of con.
eructing a line of railway to Standish. A Junction would be

formed with the South Wales Railway, so as more intimately to
connect Monmouthshire and Herefordshire with that line. Powers
would then be required to be taken to make a short branch into the
Forest of Dean, so as more effectually to open up that rich
mineral district ; and by continuing the line to the eastward
an unbroken line of communication would be established between
Hereford, Ross, Monmouth, and London. A project had some
time since been referred to the Committee, which had met with
favourable notice, and was called the Gloucester and Forest of
Dean Railway. It had, however, been defeated in the Standing
Orders Committee, and it was proposed to make a communication
with that line when it should receive the Parliamentary sanction.
The line would terminate at the parish of Blaisdon, so that the junction
with the shorter railway could be easily effected. The original
length of the line had been laid down at 45 miles, it had, however,
been subsequently reduced to 34 miles. It was proposed, however,
to retain the original capital in the Bill of 550,01)0/. The Board
of Trade had reported favourably of the line, and had stated that it
was well calculated to afford general accommodation to the districts
which it traversed, and would be of great service
to the Forest of Dean, by opening up the mineral
fields there. It was proposed by this branch to furnish
Hereford with a proper supply of coals. The present
price of coals at the pit's mouth was 6s. 6d. per ton, and
the expense of carriage by the Wye was 95., and, if carried by
land the amount was 13s. The railway would convey
the coal for 3s. per ton, so that the coal which was
now sold in Hereford at 21s. per ton would, if
the railway were constructed, be sold at the moderate price of 1 Is.
per ton. He would also remark that in Hereford, which was a
kind of Arcadia, nothing was so much desired as a facile commu-
nication with neighbouring counties for the disposal of its agricul
tural and orchard produce, the trade in which was now almost in abey-
ance in consequenceof thegreat expense and delay in transmission.
Cyder was at present a complete drug in the market, and was sold
at a mere nominal price, averaging from 4d. to 6d. per gallon, a
price which was not nearly sufficient to remunerate the producer.
It was also to be hoped that before long Herefordshire would
possess a legitimate market for the sale of its hops. It was a notorious
fact that nine.tenths of the hops sold at Worcester were originally
brought from Herefordshire. The construction of the proposed

line would tend in every way to promote the interests of Hereford
and Monmouth, and the intermediate and adjacent places. He
would not enter into any exposition of the engineering details, as
he intended very shortly to call Mr. Brunel, the engineer, who
would explain to the Committee the course of the line. He would
now proceed with the examination of witnesses, and as the Bill was
unopposed, he trusted the Committee would be in a condition to pass
the preamble of the line without any difficulty.
In reply to a question from Mr. CRIPPS,
Mr. TALBOT said it was his intention to have the line carried
from Westbury, via Gloucester, to the north bank of the Severn.
Mr. Anthony, who was the first witness called, stated that
a proper supply of coals would be a very important point.
The coals were principally supplied from the Forest of
Dean, and were generally brought by the Wye. Very little was
exported in consequence of the difficulty attending its transmis-
sion. The witness also spoke as to the traffic in copse-wood for
charcoal, hops, and cyder, which latter article was sold at 21d.
per gallon, and deposed generally as to the benefits which would
be derived to the county if the line were constructed.
Mr. S. Powell, of Old Forge, said he had been engaged in trade
all his life, and was well acquainted with the navigation of the Wye,
and also possessed a complete knowledge of the trade in the coun-
ties of Monmouth and Hereford. The commerce was principally
conveyed by water. Great quantities of bark and copse wood
were produced in Herefordshire. The wood, when converted into
charcoal, would he transmitted by the railway into Staffordshire,
for the use of the iron trade.

The CHAIRMAN, at the close of the examination of the last
witness, said it was not necessary to examine any more witnesses
as to the general produce of the districts which the line traversed.
The principal difficulty in the project was the branch to Blarsdon.
It appeared to the Committee that there would not be a sufficient
terminus there.

Mr. AUSTIN said he would at once proceed to the engineering
evidence, so as to satisfy the Committee of the practicability of the
entire scheme.

Mr. Brunel deposed that there would be no difficulty in making
a railway into the Forest of Dean so as to join Gloucester. The
total mileage of the main line was thirty.two miles and a fraction,
which was exclusive of the Forest of Dean branch. From Mon-
mouth to Hereford the distance would be twenty two miles, and
the branch from there to Westbury would be rather more than ten
miles. The small branch to the Forest of Dean, to unite with
the Forest of Dean Railway, wculdbe: four miles in length.
The capital for the construction of the line was 550,0001.
The line did not present any very serious engineering
difficulties. A considerable number of tunnels would, however, be
necessary, as the railway passed through a very rough country.
The tunnels could all be easily worked, as the strata consisted prin.
cipally of red sandstone. The length of the principal tunnel was
1,432 yards. The whole number of tunnels on the line was nine,
but they were generally very short. Several of them were of the sec-
tional area of 28 feet by 25 feet, The steepest gradient consisted
of lin 81, and was two miles and 56 chains in length. The
smallest radius of a curve was 18 chains, which was situated near
the Ross station, and its position was not at all objectionable. A
few highways would be crossed on the level, bat none of them were
of any considerable importance. The line would communicate with
the South Wales Railway at Monmouth, so as to open up a commu.
nication with that quarter. The working expenses would be 40
per cent. on the gross results.
Mr. Saunders, the Secretary to the Great Western Company,
was then called on to produce the traffic tables. The anticipated
revenue from travellers generally, from merchandise by land and
sea, and from the coal traffic of the Forest of Dean, amounted to
to the sum of £47,769 18 5

Deduct the working expenses at 40 per cent 19,108 0 0

The total net annual income would be £28,661 18 5
With the last witness the evidence on behalf of the promoters
of the line was concluded.
The Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved.
The clauses were also agreed to, and the Committee broke up.
The Bill will be reported on Monday.

GROUP X.

THE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

The Committee appointed to consider the numerous projects and
Bills in this group, re-assembled at half-past eleven o'clock,
and proceeded to hear evidence in favour of the Direct Northern
line. Members present—Viscount Courtenay, Mr. Darby, Mr. B.
Wall, and Mr. Scrope.

. _
Mr. William Wells, farmer, Booth Ferry, was first called, to
show that on his own farm of 460 acres, and in his immediate
neighbourhood, great quantities of potatoes were grown for the
London market, which were at present shipped per the Ouse,
Trent, and Humber rivers, to Hull, and thence shipped to London.
The cost of such carriage was 12s. per ton; but if the proposed
railway were constructed, the cost of transit would be diminished
very considerably, and a great saving would be effected in point of
time.

Mr. William Clark, farmer, Duddington, county of Lincoln, had
150 out of 800 acres under potatoes, and forwarded them to London.
He quite agreed with the last witness, that a great saving would
be effected in the period required, and in cost of transit, if
the railway under consideration were constructed. The
number of fat cattle sent to Wakefield, Rotherham, and other
markets was 1,025, and of sheep, 1,600. The cattle trade was
greatly impeded for want of an efficient communication with the
several markets east and south.
These witnesses were cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant WRAXII-
LIAM, but without any result differing in the slightest degree ifrons
that in the examination in chief
Mr. John Morley, farmer, Easthorpe Hall, county of York, grew
potatoes and wheat in considerable quantities, which were for-
warded to London and the other markets, north, east, and south.
He knew the surrounding district well, and calculated that the
annual quantity of wheat sent to town was 10,000
of potatoes 20,000 tons. quarters and

his
John Adams, ironmonger, oilman, and colourman, Thorne, pur-
chasedconsiderable quantities. They came from Thorne to Gainsborough
goods in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and London, is
by the canal, and cost about 7s. 6d. a ton. The Direct Northern
Railway would be of great advantage to himself and others, and it
would save a considerable expense in transit.
Mr. John Whittaker, a farmer at Thorne, and owner of 700
acres of land in the neighbourhood, stated that he had taken the
population and acreage of both lines,
allowing every parish which
touched for a distance of five miles for the line, to come into the
estimate. He understood that the distance between Gainsborough
and Selby by the London and York line was 37 miles, while by
the Direct Northern it was only 30 miles, saving a distance of
7 miles. In the several parishes which he had estimated, the
number of acres on the London and York line was 145,570
acres, worth about twenty shillings an acre, while on
the Direct Northern there were 151,980 acres. Of this
however, 10,000 acres were nearly altogether waste, but the rest
was all good and worth fully 255. an acre. The land on the
London and York line was decidedly poor and light, but the popu-
lation upon it was more than that on the other by 2,441 persons.
With respect to warping the land he saw no difficulty whatever in
providing culverts so as to carry the warp out with effect in im,
proving the land.

- To the cross-examinaetion of Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, Mr.
He knew the navigation very
crossing the river would miles in the neighbourhood of the line.
Whittaker stated that h
Wakefield in price, where' a very
well on the line of the river Don,
the larger district of te
Y considerable, had not taken any estimate whatever of
iderable, but he did not see that the rail-
waycirct;min
in the Isle of Axholme
and that it was very
at Thorne. Thorne was was
good one, but not so good as that at
the greater quantity of the wheat grown
it had two means of a very
at Doncaster was certain) present any impediment. The market
sold, but he sold most of his own wheat
than that at Doncaster, small market, and notwithstanding
access.by water, it was a much worse market
consequence of the water being a
tidal stream ..the
the manufacturing stance of Doncaster lying between
cultural district on district on the west, and the agri.
large district to the north theeast. There was, however, a
notwithstanding the and east of Doncaster, which
its corn to Doncaster. existence of the North Midland Railway, sent
by the Direct Northern Thelin whole district would be accommodated
Wake-
field from Crowle was 53. a.% The cost of sending cattle to Wake-
selling, which by railway theeacdt: exclusive of the commission for
for each beast. He
expected
to charge would only be 1 id. per mile
Goole
eenßd his cattle forward to Wake..
field by the Pontefract and
that that line was 20 feet above thea . but he did not know
Direct Northern, nor that the
ilway,
Leeds and Selby was 16 feet higher, nor that no junction was
shown with any line.
To the re-examination of Mr. M. SMITH
the circumstance of the railway passing the witness stated that
went would give a facility for turning the the warp on an embank.
culverts and making the
sewers.
Idr. Rhodes, grocer at Snaith, was in
the habit of receiving
about 56 tons of goods a year from London,
close upon three weeks on the passage, which usually were
communication was frequently obstructed, But in winter the water
The parish of Snaith
was very extensive, comprising twelve townships. The population
in 1841 was 10,444. Whitgift Was
south-east of Snaith, containing a about thirteen miles
Population of 2,530.
Adlington was a little more to the
considerable population, and there was no likelihood of the district
south-east, with a
being accommodated by any other railway but the Direct
Northern.
To the cross-examination of Sergt. KINCLALE the • , witness stated
that the London and York line passed about 3 miles west of
Epworth. There were some townships of the Snaith parish, but
%
the inhabitants were decidedly in
favour 0
I the Direct Northern
line.
Mr. Thomas Smithson, a brick and tile manufacturer and iron-
founder, lately at Selby, where he had lived
33 years, :stated that
and Lincoln, there
there was a good deal of traffic between Selby
being upwards of 600 tons of rape and linseed
were also upwards
cake sent annually
from the latter to the former place ; while there
of 150 tons of flour sent from Lincoln and Selby for consumption
at Manchester. It was now sent by the rivers Trent and Humber,
• the distance by that route being 78 miles. By the Direct Northern
the distance would be only 45 miles, and there
certainty in the carriage. The London and
York line was longer
would be greater
than this by seven miles, it making a saving of
Is. a ton in the
carriage. There was a considerable traffic between
and Selby, a good deal of iron being sent from the latter
Gainsborough
to the former
place, although at the present time there was
no public convey-
, ante whatever. There was also a large quantity of flax and linseed
sent from Hull to Selby. In the article of coal,
would be a large increase in traffic. By the
formation no doubt, there
Northern line coal would be obtained in the of the Direct
district at 4s. 4d.
coal a ton for engineering purposes, and household for about 7s.
6d. The London and York line passed directly
althrough the town
of Selby—through the streets—and would,in 1 probability, by
' doing so, prove a great impediment to business.
1 To the cross-examination of Mr. Sergeant KINcLaKE, the wit-
ness replied that the flour and other things from Lincoln were in-
) tended for the Manchester market, and did not stop at Selby at all.
) The probability, therefore, was that, in the event of a railway being
) made from Lincoln to Sheffield, the goods Would
go by that route.
Mr. John Wormheld—Resided at Fulford, about three
) miles from York ; is a landowner and an English timber mer-
e chant. He had purchased the timber of Lord Carlisle since
• the year 1827, as well as largely of other proprietors. The north
1 of Lincolnshire was exoeedingly thin of timber, and he had been ill

LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
•
£ s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland ••. • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 177 .
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 171%
British Linen Company Sl• per cent. 100 0 0 230
Commercial Bank .• • • 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 174%
National Bank • ..... 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 16%
Union Bank of Scotland 7% /. pr cent. 50 0 0 98%
Western Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 85
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 7%
Clydesdale Bank • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 15%
Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 3/. per cent. 15 0 0 11%
Caledonian Bank ••. • • 61. per cent. 2 10 0 33
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 5 0 0 ”4
City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. 815 0 15%
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 IIA
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Insur. Co. of ScoUnd 5/. per cent, 10 0 0 All paid. 10
North British Insur. • • 9/. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28.%
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24%
Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1914
Edin. &tang,. Railway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73%
Ditto, 1,4 shares •- • • 5/. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 18
Edin., Leith, & Grant'', 20 0 0 20 0 0 15%
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 69
Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 208
Glspv & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37'
Dundee & Arbroth Rail• 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36
Standard Life Assurnce.l 5/. per cent. 150 0 0 I 210 0 I R

WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
---.--.
£ s, d.
East London.. •••• • • • • 81. 100 0 0 230
Grand Junction . • .... 3/. 46 13 4 90
65
Kent .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0
60
Vauxhall •••••• • • • • • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0
‘Vest Middlesex ••• • • • 4/.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 129

On Tuesday last Mr. Disney was chosen Chairman
of the Essex guuter Sesitione, vice Lord Rayleigh.

Names of Dividend Price
Companies. per
:n Annum.'

Names of
Companies.

Asian 8:.0161111 97 51.55. pc 72
Ashby-d-la-4113 4/. 70
Barnsley.. • ll6O 12/. ISO
Basingstoke '' 100' 5
Brknk&Abrgllso, 5/. 85
Cromford .. • • 100. 18/. 160
Dudley 100] 4/. 80
Derby ••• • • lloo' 8/. 103
Ellsmre&Chs•l33: 41. 58
Erewash • • • 100 32/. 440
Forth & Clyd;100' 4/. 105
GrandJunctn'loo 71. 124
Grand Union 100; 1/. 10s. 25
Glamorgnsh 172. 11%/. 210
Glstr & Brkly 00 8
k-irant ham • • ,150. 121. 100
Huddersfield.' 57 20
Kennt & Avn. 39 7s. 6d. 7
Lancaster .• • 47 1/. 10. 40
Leeds& Livrp• 100 341. 560
Leicester .. • • 140 10/. 105
Leiestr &Nth 83 4/. 60
Lotighboro,th 142 70/. 1050

!Monmouthslt
l 11 n tgomrysh
.Macelestleld .
,Neath • • • • • •
',Noll ingham .
Peak Forest.
Regent's • • • •

11Zoelidale .. • •
,Shropshire • •
Somrset Coal
Do.Lk Fd St
Stflitl&Wore
Shrewsbury..
StotirbridgQ
;Strtfrdon Av
Severn and
Wye Bad.
Trnt & Mr-1
sey, sli.
iThanes &Med
,Worestr &1
Binning.
.5
Wilts & Mks,

100
100
1001
1001
1501

Dividend'
per
Annum.

71. 10s.
61. p. c.
28/.

201.
11. 10s
1/. Bs.

41.
1/. 4s

Trice,

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.,
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 1, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Pio Andres
Garcia, as Vice-Consul at Gibraltar for her Majesty the Quesn
of Spain.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 3.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John
Fiennes Crampton, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation in Switzerland, to he Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation in the United States.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Newton Saville Scott, Esq., some time paid attache to her
Majesty's Legation in Spain, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation in Switzerland.

WAR-OFFICE, JULY 4

24 Regiment of Life Guards—Assistant-Surgeon, F. W. G.
Calder, to be Surgeon, vice J. Bett, who retires on half-pay;
Assistant- Surgeon G. M'Cullock, M.D., from the 54th Foot,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Calder, July 4.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. the Hon. C. H.
Cust to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Algernon St. Maur,
who retires ; Cornet the Hon L. A. Grant to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Cust; W. J. H. Gambier, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Grant, July 4.
Ist or Grenadier Regirotnt of Foot Guards—Ensign and
Lieut. C. Balfour to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,
vice Graham, who retires; Ensign A. E. Rowley, from the
51st Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Balfour, July 4.
6th Regiment of Foot—Major R. Rumley, from the 60th
Foot, to be Major, vice Dennis, who exchanges, July 4.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant J. Hinde to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Chearnley, who retires ; Ensign A. I. Garnett to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hinde ; E. R. Hannarn, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Garnet, July 4.
11th Foot—Ensign J. T. T. Boyd to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Marston, appointed to the 51st Foot; En-
sign H. J. Maclean, from the 36th Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Boyd, July 4.
24th Foot—Gentleman Coder J. Daubeny, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, %N ithout purchase, vice Carter,
appointed to the 51st Foot, July 4.
86th Foot—Gentleman Cadet H. R. S. Trelawny, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Maclean, appointed to the I lth Foot, July 4.
37th Foot—Lieut. W. Hamilton, to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Le Blanc, who retires; Ensign J. Clutterbuck to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton ; J. L. George,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clutterbuck, July 4.
39th Foot—Ensign W. Leckie to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Walker, deceased, April 16 ; Gentleman Cadet
J. P. Traherne, from the Royal Military
.College, to be
Ensign, vice Leckie, July 4.
51st Foot—Major E. St. Maur to be Lieut.-Colonel, with-
out purchase ; Captain W. Austin to be Major, vice St. Maur;
Lieut. G. Bagot to be Captain, vice Austin, July 4.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut. H. F. Mar-
ston, from 11th Foot ; Lieut. J. H. Dickson, from 92d Foot ;
Lieut. L. H. Bedford, from 13th Foot; Ensign W. J. Pegus ;
Ensign W. H. Kemp ; Ensign A. P. Rossi ; Ensign C. P.
' O'Connell • Ensign S. Darting • Ensign J. W. Mansfield ;
Ensign R. Neville ; Ensign S A. Madden, vice Bagot, July 4.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign S. G. Carter,
from the 24th Foot, vice Pegus ; Gentleman Cadet R. G. S.
Mason, from the Royal Military College, vice Kemp ; Gentle-
man Cadet T. H. Goad, from the Royal Military College, vice
Rossi, July 4; Gentleman Cadet A. Robertson, from the
Royal Military College, vice O'Connell, July 5; Gentleman
Cadet R. G. A. Luard, from the Royal Military College, vice
Darling ; Gentleman Cadet A. E. Rowley, from the Royal
Military College, vice Mansfield, July 6 • Gentleman Cadet
A. W. Conolly, from the Royal Military College, vice Neville,
July 7; G. 0. Nunn, Gent., vice Madden, July 8.
60th Foot—Major M. G. Dennis, from the 6th Foot, to be
Major, vice Rumley, who exchanges, July 4.
61st Foot—Ensign R. Maunsell to be-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Mackenzie, who retires; Ensign F. R. E. Burn-
side, from the 62d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maunsell, July 4.
62d Foot—G. .1. Ambrose, Gent.., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Burnside, appointed to te 61st Foot, July 4.
68th Foot—Capt. G. J. Smart, from half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice J. B. Parkinson, who exchanges ; Lieut.
W. Cross, to be Captain, by purchase vice Smart, who re-
tires ; Ensign H. C. Cotton to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Cross ; A. Kortright, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Cotton, July 4, 1845.
79th Foot.—Lieut. T. Gaisford to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Skene, who retires; Ensign H. W. Campbell, to be Lieu-
tenant by purchase, vice Gaisford ; K. R. Maitland, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell, July 4, 1845.
80th Foot—W. B. C. S. Wandesforde, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Davis, who retires, July 4.
92d Foot—Ensign J. Gordon to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Dickson, appointed to the 51st Foot • Gentle-
man Cadet J. Carnegie, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, vice Gordon, July 4.
93d Foot—R. E. Seton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Duncan, who retires, July 4.
BREVET.—Captain G. J. Smart, of the 68th Foot, to be
Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841.
The undermentioned Cadets of the Honourable East India
Company's Service to have the local and temporary rank of
Ensign, during the period of their being placed under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, of the
Royal Engineers at Chatham, for field instructions in the art of
sapping and mining, viz..—A. Cowper, Gent. ; A. Cadell,
Gent. ; C. D. Innes, Gent. ; J. T. Donovan, Gent. ; J. W.
Pla) fair, Gent. ; A. S. Moberly, Gent., July 4.
MEMORANDU3I.—The Christian names of Ensign 111.Le0,1,
of the 74th Foot, are William Kelty, not Keltz, as previously
stated. The Christian names of Assistant-Surgeon Howell, of
the Rifle Brigade, are Frederick Donald, not Francis David,
as previously stated.