The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

WAR OFFICE, MARCH 28.
3d Dragoon Guards.—Capt. G. F. Stuart, from 44t0
Foot, to be Captain, vice Roden, who exchanges.
7th Dragoon Guards.—Ensign C. J. B. Plestow, from
76th Foot, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Petre, Pro.
moted.

2d Dragoons.—Capt. G. C. Clarke, from 89th Foot, t°
be Captain, vice H. M. Campbell, who exchanges. G.
Ist Foot.—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class G•
Robertson, M D., to be Surgeon, vice Dartnell, prorou
ted on the Staff.

10th Foot.—Brevet Colonel Sir G. Couper, Bart., from
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice
Luard, who exchanges ; Major T. H. Franks to be Lilo'
tenant Colonel, by purchase, vice Sir G. Couper,
retires; Capt. G. Staunton to be Major, by purchase,
vice Franks; Lieut. J. T. Gorle to be Captain, by Far-
chase, vice Staunton ; Ensign C. J. Lindam to be Lie"„'
tenant, by purchase, vice Gorle; Ensign C. Nedbara,
from 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lindam.
15th Foot.—W. C. Bontine, Gent., to be Ensign, 11
purchase, vice Peel, appointed to the 85th Foot.
23d Foot.—Lieut. A. W. W. Wynn to be Captain,
Purchase, vice Ferguson, who retires ; Second Lieut.
Bruce to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice VirYnil;
J. Blakeney, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by par'
chase, vice Bruce.
44th Foot.—Capt. John Roden, from the 3d Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain, vice Stuart, who exchanges. t
68th Foot.—R. W. Woolcombe, Gent., to be-Assistan
Surgeon, vice Irving, deceased.
76th Foot.—Gent. Cadet J. C. Clarke, from the Itqa
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pies-
tow, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards.
84th Foot.—D. Maunsell, Gent., to be Ensign, bi
purchase, vice Nedham, appointed to the 10th Foot. ,4
85th Foot.—Lieut. H. M`Dougall, from half-pay
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ogilvy, appointed to tk",
49th Foot ; Ensign R. Maunsell to be Lieutenant,
purchase, vice M`Dougall, who retires; Ensign E "ir •
Peel, from the 15:h Foot. to be Ensign, vice Mann-ell'
i
89th Foot.—Major E. Thorp to be Lieutenant Colol:
without purchase, vice Bouvierie, deceased ; Capt• tt
Kenny to be Major, vice Thorp ; Lieut. W. H. Thorotaat
to be Captain, vice Kenny • Capt. H. M. Campbell, ir°
the 2d Dragoons, to be daptain, vice Clarke, who
changes; Ensign R. B. Kennedy to be Lieutenant, vice
Thornton ; B. Mein, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Kenneu,'
Hospital Staff.—Staff Assistant Surgeon P. Nicholsoot
M.D., to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Rcfr
-
bertson, appointed to the Ist Foot; J. Mee, Gent., to be
Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Nicholson, Pro.
rooted.

Memorandum.—The Christian names of Lieut. 1301;
say, of the 14th Light Dragoons, are Bulcarres Dalryn3P
Wardlaw.

THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.

•
The Duke of Newcastle (a nobleman whose name it i 8
i
refreshing to utter in times like these) has felt it inct°l;
bent, in consequence of the recent allusion in parliatne°
to the Hafod Estate matter, to write a long public letter
in vindication of his insulted honour. «e can assure by
grace that he has inflicted upon himself a good deal
most unnecessary labour. His high and blameless eha,
racter as a public man is a sufficient answer to the Erns°r 0
able imputations which, by implication, were cast uPor°,
him, in the discussion adverted to. His grace has, 10.4
ever, thought otherwise, and we, for one, do net regret',
since it has afforded the public the advantage of knowi°4
the sentiments of a tried and trusty Conservative of Elia,
right sort, on the present unsatisfactory state of the °tie
don's affairs. His grace freely expresses th disgust. 5
feels, and in the subjoined passage seasonably indics",see
what ought to be the common feeling in reference to t"
ascendant policy :
et!,
" So in all measures of which 1 highly disapprov
whether Roman Catholic emancipation, Reform, Eecle"
astical commissions, old Corporations, Irish policy, , ,
laws, Free Trade, with many others, and more reeen`ta
the Income Tax and Tariff, Canada Corn, and Natic,.,
lionstuEducation,ne
tf
have
aoclet
ncro.
tw,
scrupledin
t with
th whiche
to Ii n
is mayer
disagreenoto r have the good f°'
as a candid friend or a candid enemy—nor my
Y.r-
duty and abstain from dissent, when I see such bilis a!
oc
the Jews' Disabilities Bill introduced into a Christi/
t I enddaoyp—cpaoonsnei all
d
Parliament, and look forward to the promised measures
which are to give a heavy blow and great discouragewn
to the Protestant Church, whilst Popery is to be eleya;t,,e,,,
and encouraged, and enemies to our faith, Her't"li
Sceptics or Infidels, are to legislate with that Church
which they abhor • such measures demand the stern 01):
position of every Christian, and every conscientiouwshreti-
testant, who must too plainly and fearfully perceive Of.
small is the consideration or care for the Establishme
but how great for her deadliest foes. Thus, when I have
differed I have never done so from waywardness or te
tion, but as a painful performance of a duty—from an
ward pursuasion that though interest and ease forbade I°7
principle and conviction dictated arid required it. Theso
,
have been, and I trust will ever continue to be, my °I
tives, my incentives, and my guides ; and although 1
it,
not pretend to assert that I have been right, I can safeLi
declare that I believed myself not to have been wrong:
Many, perhaps, may remark—More fool he for his pai e
n_sr;
why does he not follow the ways of the world ? I
.11.
only reply, that such ways are not my ways, and that le
could derive no satisfaction from exchanging prineill,
for expediency. So, like a wounded deer, lam discouu
tenanced by the whole herd."
estimate placed on his talents and services in the good i
His Grace shows, in the following passage, the differeo_dt
days of her Majesty's grandfather :
" It is true, honorary and honourable distinctions 1104
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been conferred upon me when a very young man. r°b6
the excellent and revered George the Third, I received t,
Lieutenancy of the county and the Rangership of Shit,
wood Forest; neither of these offices yielding one •eri
pence of emolument. These appointments 1 snli,c thoat
from the King himself, and they were bestowed
om
hesitation, and with that paternal benignity which, " his
my earliest youth, 1 invariably experienced frot°„,.,o,
Majesty. I entered upon the lieutenancy in times nrlf
siderable difficulty and much anxiety. I exerted n"ogh
to the utmost, and I hope not unsuccessfully, Or! re,
many anxious years. when at length tranquillity wa'scsa
stored. I spared neither my person nor my purse; 'tale
my duty so to do, and I rendered it with alacrity and
no
gence : perhaps I may have earned an expression of ttl.ded
from the proper quarter; it would have amply rev", of
me, but it was forgotten. Having had the honodilt
serving four sovereigns, I may be permitted to ren;so
that the per contra in pounds, shillings, and penje', rest
the payment for'the patents on every accession. P4`),;ugb
profit here. The garter I never would ask for, t"d re
frequently invited to solicit the honour ; when offt',, to
me I declined it, and suggested that it s!muld be gil-tiod.
the Duke of Wellington, as I had no claim to distine
I was commanded to accept it, and was invested• of
honour is great, and I hope that I am not insensill es-54'
its value ; but as my present object is to show that ittetl
not be charged with dishonest gain, I may be pet° Wit°
to mention that the fees are on a scale commensurate dr
the honour. As none of these distinctions confers ere e%.
merit or patronage, it will:be seen that with the singeorf4
ception of pay when on duty with the Yeomanry od",
which I commanded, I have never drawn to the n°
of one penny fro public purse.
The following pm artaghe raph pointedly displays the r.th
which a firm adherence to Tory principles meets WI
these days of trimming expediency : deter'
"My present position seems to be this. Though 8,,te.?
mined upholder of the Church of England and the
ti'rj 00;
of Protestantism and of Protestant ascendencrThrire'
disguised Conservative of the ancient and once au
to<
British constitution and the institutions of the en°flitiid;
I am disclaimed by those whom I am compelled t° old;
should be what I am. The post which I held fc't fOr
years as the Sovereign's Lieutenant in this countrYu'acr
Sovereign was advised to deprive me of, and I wasqv re'
remoniously discarded, merely because I disdainfuVoP
sented the molestations of one of her Majesty's ,b,ig
cers—and this after serving four sovereigns loyally'
fully, zealously, and, I hope, efficiently."

CORRESPONDENCE.

MR. CATLIN AND THE WELSH INHABIT-
OF LIVERPOOL.

0111)'
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL sTAN-' „over
Stu,—From an advertisement in your valuableereely
of th, 18th instant, it appears that Mr. Catlin, tbove,r
brated North American traveller, is now staying inopeiir;
pool. May I be permitted to suggest that such a%- "e t .0"
tunity should not be neglected by the Cymry rest lnlet
Liverpool, to secure from him, if possible, a leeturcelorla
the locality and present circumstances of the a of!
founded in America by Prince Madoc. This Prin"%ir'''t;
his followers emigrated from North Wales into tbelose:,
tern Continent in the year 1170, and their descfr
now inhabit the south-western banks of the tiPP' oar%
souri river. Mr. Catlin. a few years ago,
the,
of his travels among the Indians of North Alner„l,,c,lllie4
sided for several weeks among the White, or `l,lo`o,
Indians, as they are denominated ; and has Peii,toalt,
some interesting accounts of their manners and
nc-proei3ol
He has also carefully traced their various eneaiod i,
from the United States to their present location, re;
fully described the numerous Madocian or Man Winn'
mains which are still extant. Mr. Catlin beinnelso"r
fore, fully qualified to afford much important it%tic
upon a subject so deeply interesting to all Pakr4clog:r
tives of the Principality, as the history of the i, fors .-bio
or Welsh Indians, I hope I shall be pardoned
gesting to your Cambrian fellow-town amen the
II", Vet`ti,
lit), of engaging the very valuable services of Y°oopor
tern visitor, which may not, should the present
nity be lost, again be available.
I remain, sir, your most rvoA` obedient, e,
T. JA

Gwaenhelyg, Salop, March 25th, 1845. ri°f
e P.1)1!
[We are sorry that Mr. Catlin had left the t? w,,006' .
to the receipt of our correspondent's letter, btrogges
he may again visit us, when our correspondent °
:ion ought to be acted on.]
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The trial of Hocker for the murder of Mr• Delay
Hampstead, is fixed for the 11th of April.