The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

LONDON. SAA URDA Y EVENING, DECEMBER, rs, 1855.

PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of the SMITHFIELD
CLUB.—The A rnual Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seed?, Boots
Implements, &c., commences on Tuesday Mnrcng, and cloQes on
Friday Evening,-11th, 12 11, 13th, and 14th iJecember. BAZAAR,
KINA-STIMET, and BAKER-sI'REET. Omen irom daylight till
ulna in the evening. Admittance One Shilling.

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause, Smith against Kingston, the
Creditors of 'l' (LOMAS STEWARt' M'EWEN, late of 23, Newton
road, Westhourne-grove, in the parish of addington, in the county
of Middlesex, Esquire, who died in or about the month or Aug, st,
1855, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 7th day of January,
1856, to come In and prove their debts or claims, at the Chambers of
the Vice-Chaicellor Sir Richard forin Kinder•lcy, No. 3, Stone-
buildings, Lincoln',-inn, Middlesex • or in default thereof they will
be peremptorily excluded from the henett of the said Decree.
Tuesday, the 15th day of January, 1‘56, at 12 o'clock at noon, at
the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon
the Claims.

Dated this 30th day of November, 1855.
CHARLES PU IEI, Chief Clerk.
HENRY WOOD, 14, Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn,
naintiff's Solicitor.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
111101IVGITAV SHOW.—December 11th, 12th,
13th, and 14th —Return Tickets taken on the three last days will be
available for the return journey on either day.

0 YAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY.
KOPING TO lIULT.

Notice Is hereby given that all Shares in this Company, on
wh:ch the Final Call of 2/. per Share, payable on the Ist October,
1855, shall not have been paid previously to the Bth day of December,
1855, will, in accor.ian,e with the Statutes of the ompany, be For-
feited at the next meeting of the Directors after the last-mentioned
date.

By order of the Board.
JOHN BADLEIR, Chairman.
London, 18, Cannon-street, 23d Nov., 1855.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
ELEVENfIi AND LISC CALL-NEW 50/. AND NEW 401.

SII AR S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors of the, Lon Dot; and
SOUTII-WESTERN I{AILWAY COMPANY have made the final Call of
T,VO Pow tds Ten Shillings on each of the New SG/. ~hares. and Two
Pounds upon each of the New 40/. Shares in the sa'd Company,
created in 1845, and the hollers of such shares are rAnested to pay
the same, in respect of the shtr.s held by them, on or before the
first day of January next, to one of the following Bankers :
Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lace, Cornhill;
Messes. Moss and Co., Liverpool ;
Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester;
Messrs. Maddison and Pearse, Southampton ; •
Messrs. Mangles, Brothers, Guildford, Chert3ey, and Epsom ;
Thu National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow ;
South Hants Yank, Portsea.
Interest at the rate of 5 per Cent. per annum will be charred on
all sums remaining unpaid after the said Ist January, 1856.
By order of the Court of Directors.
ALFRED MORGAN, Treasurer.
Waterloo-bridge Station, Dec. 6, 1855.

EAST INDIA MILITARY COLLEGE,
ADDISCOMBE.

Yesterday a public examination of the gentlemen cadets
.mduci...ted in the East India Company's Military Semi-
nary, at Addiscombe, near Croydon, took place in the
presence of Elliot Macnaghten, Esq., chairman ; Lieut.-
Colonel Sykes, deputy chairman ; several members of the
Court of Directors, and the following visitors :—Major-
Generals Wymer, C. 8., Reid, C. 8., Beatson, Lewis,
C. 8., R. E Conran, Butterworth, and Garnault;
Colonels Sandham, R.E., Leslie, C.B„ Pickering, R A.,
Portlock, RE , Matthie, Sabine, and White ; L:eut.-
Colonels Hay, Corfield, Munsey, Sinclair, Macdonald,
St. John, Ludlow, Macleane and Hall ; Majors Mars-
len, Townsend, Monteath, De Saumerez, Gottreux,
Hodson, V. Eyre ; Captains Somerset, R.E. Hassard,
R.E., Remington, Sandwortb, Scott,
I'
Ryan,l and Cole ; Lieut. P. L. G. Smith,
Stuart,R.i., Turnbull,
R.E.; Ensigns Hall and Haig, R.E.; Revs. G. Coles,
Austin, Manley, Dr. Smith, Prof. Narvien, F.R.S.,
Christy, F.R.S., Silvester, F.R.S.; Mes=rs. Waterfield,
P. Melville, Loyd, F. Macnaughten, Neale, Woodefield,
Woodcock, Howe, Le Mesurer, Lambert, Cattley,
Guthrie, and Lane.
The company arrived at the college shortly before 11
o'clock, when the cadets were assembled in the examina-
tion hall, and examined by Sir F. Smith in the various
branches of their studies, consisting of fortification, en-
gineering, mathematics, chemistry, &c., and the answers
given to difficult questions were most satisfactory. These
matters having been concluded,
Mr. Hollyer, of the cadet department of the East
India House, read the report of the public examiner
(Sir F. Smith), which alluded in the highest terms to the
efficiency of the cadets in their varied studies, and after
proposing that several gentlemen of the first class should
be appointed to the engineer, artillery, and infantry ser-
vice, alluded to the great services of Mr. Schenty, the
late professor of civil drawing, who had retired, and had
been succeeded by Mr. Pt4ivigioclio,,hat.L. effected. great
improvement in this department of study.
The following were the appointments recommended to
be made by the public examiner :
Foit THE ENGINEERS.—John Eckford, Ashton A.
Brandreth, Henry W. Garnault, Hamilton S. Gordon,
Ralph G. Smith, Alexander F. Mander, John D.
Swiney, John P. Steel, Parry Lambert, Herbert W.
Wood, John Macgill, Joseph H. Bedford, Peyton
Phelps, Charles S. Smith, and Henry R. Mead.
FOR THE ARTILLERY.—Andrew Dowie, Henry W.
Stockley, Rictiard T. Hare, Charles E. Nairne, Hector
Munro, William Gully Wardlaw Sanderson, awl Charles
R. Buckle.

FOR THE INFANTRY.—John Lißton, Alfred Fitz Hugh,
Robert H. Hudieston, William W. F. Hay, Malcolm C.
Clerk, Hamilton C. Onslow, Frederick P. W. Freeman,
William H. Newport Russdl, M. Skinn,r, Frederick P.
C. Th)bertl, Edmund M. V. James, John W. Stephen-
son, Edmund C. Steer, John Ewing, and Charles Dick-
inson.

After the report had been read the following distribu-
tion of prizes took place :

FIRST CLASS.

John Eckforl—First prize in mathematics, military
surveyinv, and Hindustani, first general good conduct,
and the Pollock medal.

The Chairman, in presenting the reward for general
good conduct (an Artillery sword), said—Mr. Eckford,
this reward is presented to the senior cadet who has
ranked first in general good conduct durinv his residence
in this college. Tq do you justice, no words of mine can
adequately c.invey the thanks of the Court of Directors
for your exemplary conduct during the whole period of
your residence, and therefore I will read from the confi-
dential report made to me by the lieutenant-governor,
in which he speaks of you in these terms :—" Twice iu
each year a sword is presented as the reward of distin-
guished merit ; but merit has its degrees ; and when I
recommend Mr. John Eckford for that distinction I
cannot allow you to think that I am performing an
ordinary act of routine. During the whole of his career
Mr. Eckford has attracted my particular notice by
his talents and industry, by his moral and gentle-
man-like conduct, by his cultivated mind, and by his
cheerful and intelligent co-operation in all that con-
cerned the welfare and reputation of this college. This
high appreciation of the senior corporal is, I think, fully
participated in not only by the officers and professors,
but by the whole body of the cadets, amongst whom he
is, I believe, thoroughly respected." I trust that with
such eucoJrAgetnent you will have health and strength
to persevere in your honourable career.
The CHAIRMAN again rose to present the gold Polloc
medal, and said—Mr. Eckford, I have the pleasure of
presenting you with the Pollock medal, which was
struck by the inhabitants of Calcutta to commemorate
the eminent and distinguished services of my friend and
colleague, Sir George Pollock, and I trust that the pos-
session of this reward will be an incentive to you to emu-
late his brilliant example. (Cheers.)
A. M. Brandreth—Second general good conduct,
second in mathematics, first in fortification, and second
military drawing.
11. T. G,T,ion—Second fortification, first military
drawing, and first civil drawing.
P. Lambert—Second Hindustani, and Latin.
H. W. Stockley—Prize Se ,French and second civil
drawing.

and a very beautiful drawing, framed and glazed, of an
Italian sunset, presented by him to the Hon. East India
Company for Addiscombe.
H. Stockley, 2d prize—Sketch of Windermere.
A. Brandreth, J. Swingy, H. Wood, J. Steel, J.
Maggill, P. Phelps, J. Eckford—Some beautiful co•
loured landscapes.
J. Bedford—Figure drawing, "The last appeal.",
THIRD TERII.

D. Pemberton, 3d prize—An original drawing in
water colours ; very talented.

P. Montgomerie, H. Blair, F. Smith, B. Browne, W.
Holmes, H. Chichester, C. Moncrieff, W. Oliver—Some
fine specimens of landscape drawing.
W. Ducat,
J. APNeille, Figure drawing in water colours, &c.
W. Ramsay,