the year in which the same is appointed to be raised, the number deficient may be raised as soon as may be thereafter.

And it is thereby further enacted, that for the purpose of raising the number of men required to be raised under that Act, the lieutenants of the said several counties, ridings, and places should in the year one thousand eight hundred and fiftytwo, as soon as conveniently might be after the passing of that Act, and in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, at such time as Her Majesty should by Order made with the advice of Her Privy Council appoint for that purpose, direct their deputy lieutenants or the colonels or commanding officers of the regiments, battalions, or corps of militia of their respective counties, ridings, and places, without delay to proceed to raise and enrol volunteers to serve for the term of five years in the militia of such counties, ridings, and places, not exceeding the number of men for the time being authorized to be therein raised under that Act.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to order and appoint that the lieutenants of the said several counties, ridings, and places in the said Act mentioned shall, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, as soon as conveniently may be after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, direct their deputy lieutenants or the colonels or commanding officers of the regiments, battalions, or corps of militia of their respective counties, ridings, and places, without delay to proceed to raise and enrol volunteers to serve for the term of five years in the militia of such counties, ridings, and places, not exceeding the number of

men for the time being authorised to be therein raised under that Act. And Her Majesty is further pleased to direct that this Order be published in the London Gazette, and be transmitted to the respective lieutenants of the said counties, ridings, and places, in order that they should proceed upon the same, in pursuance of the directions of the said Act of Parliament.

C. C. Greville.

Master of the Horse's Office, December 30, 1852.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable John George Brabazon, Earl of Bessborough, to be Master of Her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right Honourable James Alexander, Earl of Rosslyn, resigned.

The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the Honourable Alfred Paget (commonly called Lord Alfred Paget), to be Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to Her Majesty, in the room of the Right Honourable Charles John Lord Colville, of Culross, resigned.

Whitehall, January 1, 1853.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable George, Earl of Aberdeen, K.T.; the Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone; Alfred Hervey, Esq. (commonly called Lord Alfred Hervey); the Honourable Francis Wemyss Charteris; and John Sadleir, Esq., to be Commis sioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain, and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.

At the Court at Windsor-Castle,
January 3, 1853.

Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the custody of the seals of the duchy and county palatine of Lancaster to the Right Honourable Edward Strutt, the oath of Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster was this day, by Her Majesty's command, administered to him accordingly.

Windsor-Castle, January 1, 1853.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint Captain the Honourable Dudley Charles Fitzgerald de Ros, of the 1st Life Guards, to be Equerry to his Royal Highness, vice Bouveric.

Foreign Office, December 31, 1852.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Winston J. Trowbridge as Consul at Barbadoes for the United States of America.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustav Heyn as Vice-Consul at Belfast for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin.

Crown-Office, January 3, 1853.

MEMBERS returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Hertford.

The Honourable William Francis Cowper, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.

Town of Nottingham.

The Right Honourable Edward Strutt, of Kingstone Hall, in the county of Nottingham, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

City of Carlisle.

The Right Honourable Sir James Robert George Graham, Bart., First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.

January 4, 1853.

City of London.

The Right Honourable John Russell, commonly called Lord John Russell, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Pembroke.

Henry Foley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 31st December, 1852.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Chester.

William Davenport Davenport, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 30th December, 1852. John Dixon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 30th December, 1852.

Egerton Leigh, jun. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 30th December, 1852.

Thomas William Tatton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 30th December, 1852. Lee Porcher Townshend, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 30th December, 1852. William Jackson, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 20th December, 1852.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Radnor.

Royal Radnor Militia.

Lawrence Henry Peel, Esq., to be Captain, vice Severn, resigned. Dated 23rd December, 1852.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex.

Royal Sussex Light Infantry Regiment of Militia. Allen Duke, Gent., to be Surgeon. Dated 27th December, 1852.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.

Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia. Edward Horlock Mortimer, Esq., to be Captain, vice Lovegrove, deceased. Dated 28th December, 1852.

King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia. Benjamin Clarke, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon. Dated 30th December, 1852.