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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1855.

diately stop the shedding of so much .precious blood.
(Cheers.) Depend upon it, unless they pursued that po-
licy, changes would be made in the governing classes which
he should he sorry to see take place, because it would de-
stroy at one fell swoop the aristocratic element of the
nation. (Loud cheers.) The angel of death was
abroad. The flapping of his wings were heard alike at the
castle gates of the noble, the mansion of the rich, and the
cottage door of the poor, and he appealed to the Prime
Minister to end his long political career by using his exer-
tions to restore to its scabbard the sword which had been
drawn over Europe. (Cheers.)
Mr. S. HERBERT rose, and was

Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice M. Brown Westhead, who
retires ; John Grier, Gent., to be Ensign.
Stirlingshire, &c., or 90th Regiment of Militia—Jona-
than Booth, Gent. (late Quartermaster 60th Rifles), to be
Ensign ; James Frederick Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign.
Edinburgh or Mid-Lothian Regiment of Militia—Chas.
Stewart Murray, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Kennedy,
resigned ; Charles Russell Currie, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Lyon, resigned; James Sinclair, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Orr, resigned; William Starke, Gent., to be Ensign
vice Bird, resigned, Feb. 12.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 22.

EQUITY COURTS.
IN THE MATTES OF THE CHELMSFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
The arguments having been concluded,
His Honour gave an elaborate judgment, declining to
adopt. either the scheme propoied by the governors of
the school, or that by the Attorney-Geaeral, as to the
exemption of children from religious instruction whose
parents objected, and leaving it to the governors and the
bishop of the diocese to make such rules as they thought
best, according to the charter. If the parties were dis-
satisfied with these rules, they might apply for a scheme,
or possibly to the legislature for a special act of Parlia-
ment, as had been done in one case with success.

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Ist Regiment of the Duke ef Lancaster's Own Militia—
Ensign Robert Knights to be Lieutenant, Feb. 20.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia
(Rifle Corps)—James Bilham, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 19.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Edward
Jr.ekson, Esq., M. 8., to be Surgeon, vice Coultate, re-
signed, Feb. 19.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

Artillery Corps, Royal Lancashire Militia—Hill Charley
Morre, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 19.
Royal North Lincoln .Militia—Edward Wm. Cadwalla-
der Lloyd, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; William Rowland
Mitchell, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 12.
2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.—John Taafe.
Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 9.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
PEARCY V. DUKE-SLANDEIt.
This was an action brought to recover compensation
in damages for certain slanderous words used by the de-
fendant of and concerning the plaintiff. Defendant
pleaded not guilty, aid justification.
Mr. Serjeant Shee and Mr. Carrington appeared for
the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chamber:4, Mr. E. James, and
Mr. Ball represented the defendant.

WAR-DEPARTMENT, FEB. 23.

Lord Pain:airs has this day received a despatch and its
enclosures, of which the following aro copies, addressed to
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by Field liarshal the
Lord Raglan, G.C.B.
Before Sebastopol, Feb. 10, 1855.
My Lord Duke' —I have nothing material or important
to report to your Grace since I addressed you on the 6th.
There was rain yesterday and the day before, and in the
course of last night there was a considerable fall of snow,
which remains on the ground ; but it does not freeze, and
the country is again saturated with wet.

4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Thomas Fitz Gerald Wintour, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Smyth, promoted, Feb. 10.

light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
William Bridger, Gent., to be Ensign; Percy Kirk, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Feb. 16.

It appeared from the statement of the plaintiff that he
was the master of the workhouse of East Stonehouse,
Devonshire, aid afterwards became master of the vrork-
house at Lambeth, where there were from 900 to 1,200
paupers, and generally 250 a day sick. Previous to
August, 1854, there were straw mattresses in the work-
house, hild there were then a great many cholera cases.
When the initiates were taken ill they were placed in
flock beds, but the practice was attended with such in-
convenience that it became necessary to burn the beds,
and the stench in doing so was so offensive that it
became dangerous. The plaintiff asked the officers
what would be A good substitute, and in consequence of
their advice straw beds, different to mattresses were in-
troduced. Such beds were used at the workhouse at
Norwood aid at East Stonehouse without inconvenience
and with the 'consent of the Poor-law Commissioners.
There was a good supply of blankets for the use of the
paupers. The defendant was the medical officer at the
woakheuse, and in August he only attended eight or nine
times. The plaintiff entreated him to attend more fre-
quently, but still Mr. Deane, the defendant's assistant,
continued to attend for him. The defendant gave no
orders for 'beds before the 22d of August, and on that
day he came and shook hands with the plaintiff. He
then went to the women's side of the house, and returned
greatly excited, saying, "Are these straw beds ordered
by the guardians I' The plaintiff answered they were
not, but introduced by himself. The defendant *ea said
if they were not immediatly removed he would bring in
a body of police, and have them removed, and he would
bring the case before the guardians. The plaintiff re-
plied he wished he would do so. The defendant then
went dome the passage and cried out " You are murder-
ing these people; you are a brute and a monster, and
not fit to be a master, and I will do all I can to get you
turned out." The plaintiff entreated him not to use such
language in the hearing of the inmates, and went back
to the office, where the defendant followed him, and
where there were several guardians. The defendant re-
peated the words several times in their hearing. From
forty to fifty inmates died during the day. They had
come in in a deplorable condition. The defendant was
called from the office to a patient who was seated
on a chair, and was ordered to the cholera ward.
The plaintiff asked him his name, and requested the
defendant to attend him. The defendant ordered the
man to be removed immediately, but the plaintiff
asked him to wait until the ticket could be made out
that would let the relations know where he was. The
defendant then shook the chair on which the man was,
and on the plaintiff requesting him not to de so he ran
t swards the bed-room dour. After the plaintiff had
taken the particulars of the sick man, he want up to the
defendant, who, at the plaintiff's request, saw the pa-
tient, and ordered him to be taken to the cholera ward.
The defendant then said, " You will murder that man
as you have the others." The defendant never made
any complaint that day, and this action had been
brought to remove the imputations cast upon the plain-
tiff by the defendant.

It is reperted from the front that great activity prevails
in the town and harbour of Sebastopol.
Large convoys of apparently sick men were observed to
be movinz out of the place, and numerous carts, with one
horse, to be coming in.
The enemy appear to be breaking np hulks in the Ar-
senal Creek, and to be using the material for platforms
and chevaux de frise at the battery "du Mat."
Ite are proceeding with the armament of the works on
the right.
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West Suffolk Regiment of Militia.—George Rust D'Eye,
Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 19.
[The following appointment is substituted for that
which appeared in the Gazette of the 26th Jan.]
East Suffolk Regiment of Militia Artillery Corps.—John
Cartels Paske, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Jan. 23.
BANKRUPTS.
James Speller, sail-maker, Wapping, to surrender,
March 13, at half-past eleven, and April 4, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee ; Atkinson, Abchurch-lane.
George Cumming Stewart, draper, Hackney-road, to
surrender, March 2 and April 3, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Lawrance, Plews,
and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Simon Oates, builder, Cambridge, March 3, at twelve,
and April 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit-
more, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Faxon, New
Boswell-court, Lincoln's-inn.
James Howell, builder, Judd-street, Brunswick-square,
March 6, at half-past twelve, and April 12, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Watson and Sons, Fleet-street.
Thomas Salmon, Kettering, ironmonger, Northampton-
shire, March 7, at half-past one, and April 1, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Hodgson, Birmingham ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Alder-
manbury.
James King, licensed victualler, Birmingham, March
9 and 31, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittle3ton, official assignee ; Hawkes, Birmingham.
Jane Mary Bentley, grocer, Dudley, March 12 and 28, at
half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Boding ton, Dudley.
William Bowler, timber merchant, Lambeth, March 3,
at two, and April 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Rixon and
Son, King William-street, City.
John Clench, timber dealer, Exeter, March 2 and 29, at
the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee,
Exeter ; Force, Exeter.
Luiz Cauzie, hotel keeper, Bute-road, Cardiff, March fi,
and April 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.

The-health of the troops sontinues to improve in some
• slight degree. They are amply supplied with warm cloth-
ing and with provisions.
Forage is our only want, and this arises chiefly from the
Commissary-General not receiving from England the sup-
plies of hay upon which he has reckoned.
I inclose the return of casualties to the Bth instant.

I have, &c., RAGLAN.
His Graoe the Duke of Newcastle, &0., &c., &c.

Enclosure 1.

RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM STH TO BTH
FEBRUARY, 1855, INCLUSIVE.
18th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, wounded
19th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded
62d Regiment-1 rank and filo, wounded
90th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded
Total-4 rank and file, wounded
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutan t• General.

Enclosure 2.

NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WOUNDED FROM
THE STH TO BTH FEBRUARY, INCLUSIVE.
WOUNDED.
FEB. 6TH
18th Regiment of Foot.
Private William Brown, slightly.
62d Regiment of Foot.
Private William Swift, slightly.
FEB. 7TH.
19th Regiment of Foot.
Private John Kearney, severely.
90th Regiment of Foot.
Private Thomas Young, slightly.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOUR T,
Adjutant-General.

John Moore, brewer, Skircoat, Halifax, March 9 and 30,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds; G. and G. H. Edwards, Halifax; Bond
and Barwick, Leeds.
Hay don Sounds, wheelwright, Lincoln, March 6 and
April 3, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham ; Brown, Market Deeping ;
James, Birmingham.
John Henry Cheetham, lace manufacturer, Nottingham,
March 6 and April 3, at ten, at Nottingham. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham ; Coope, Nottingham.
Daniel Hearn, linen draper and laceman Cheltenham,
March 8, and April 3, at eleven, at the Vristol District
Court. Acraman, OffiC:al assignee, Bristol ; Pruen, Chel-
tenham ; Abbot and Lteas, Bristol.
George Cooper Rouse, baker, Dovercourt, Essex, Feb.
23, at one, and April 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ;
Cree and. Son, Verulam•buildings, Gray's-inn ; Lauancer,
Ipswich.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FZB. 22.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan
Martinez Villergas as Cenral at Newcastle for the Queen
of Spain. ,

DOWNING-STREET, FIB. 21.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint James McCul-
loch, Charles Bradshaw, Donald Kennedy, and Alfred
Ross, Esquires, to be non-elective members of the Legis-
lative Council of the Colony of Victoria.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 21.

The Right Honourable the Loris of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Tahiti, en-
closing copy of a Regulation, recently issued by the French
Imperial Commissioner at Tahiti, directing that, from and,
after the let October, 1854, vessels carrying the British
flag shall be treated in the ports of Tahiti and Moorea,
upon the same footing as vessels under the French flag.

George Richard Blackwell, marble mason, Cheltenham,
March 8 and April 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Pruen, Cholten.
ham , • Abbot and Lucas Bristol.

Sevreral witnesses having been examined on behalf of
the plaintiff,

Mr. M. Chambers, for the defendant, submitted there
war, no case on the part of the plaintiff. It was the duty
of the defendant to attend the sick, and having cause for
complaint, he expressed himself in language that was
privileged. _ _

James Twiner:, draper, Hedge-row Islington, March .;
and 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Sambrook-court; Lawrance, Plows, and
Bowyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
William Randle, miller, Cheltenham, Marsh 8, and
April 16, at eleven, at tie Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol; Pruen, Cheltenham; Abbot and
Lucas, Bristol.

WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 23.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Glards—Serjeant-Major Ed-
ward Harran to be Cornet, without purchase, Feb. 23.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant Rowland Hill Gordon,
from the 38th Regiment, to be Lieutenant and Captain,
without purchase ; Walter Stirling, Gent., to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Heneage, pro-
moted, Jan. 23.
18th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant R. H. Jex Blake
to be Adjutant, vice Wilkinson, promoted, Feb. 23.
221 Foot—Captain Win. Mills Molony, from the 831
Foot, to be Captain, vice Jones, who exchanges, Feb. 23.
39th Foot--Lieutenant Charles Milligan to be Adju-
tant, vice Wilson, promoted, Feb. 23.
42d Fs:mot—George William Cockburn, Gent., to be Eli-
siol.n without purchase, Feb. 23.
44th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Robert
Montresor Rogers, Gent., Feb. 21; George Cuthbertson
Bower, Gent., Feb. E 2; Charles Ford, Gent., Feb. 23.
46th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Frank
Grieve, Gent., Feb. 20 ; William John Foster, Gent., Feb.
21; Henry Janes Hitchcock, Gent., Feb. 22 ; George
Morland, Gent., Feb. 23.

- Lord Campbell said the case had better go to a jury.
Mr. Chambers then addressed the jury for the de-
fendant.
Several witnesses having been called on the part of
the defendant,
Mr. Chambers summed up the defendant's evidence.
Mr. Serjeant Shee then replied.
Lerd Campbell. in summing up, said that the words
wore not justified, but he thought very small damages
would answer the justice of the case.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s.

William
Westr.tore Ccwherd Kirkham, money scrivener,
Manchester, March 5 end 27, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Fraser, oficial assignee, Manchester; Boote,
Manchester.

Ralph Pickatone and Ambrose Mayan, cotton-spinners,
Ashten-under-Lyne, Lancaster, March 6 and April 3, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester; Messrs. Rowley and Son, Man-
chester.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Campbell and Sons, bleachers, Bowfied, Ren
frewshire.
John Campbell, tailor, Glasgow.
Robert Cross, merchant, Glasgow.

PULLER AND OTHERS V. THE GENERAL STEAM NATIGA.

TION COMPANY.-ACCIDENT ON THE
This was an action to recover damages for the loss sus-
tained by the plaintiffs, in consequence of their barge
baying been swamped by the swell of the defendants'
steamers.

47th Foot—to be Ensigns without purchase—Ernest
Peak. Newman, Gent., Feb. 22 ; John Paiguton Mallet
Gent., Feb. 23.

BANK OF ENGLAND,
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 17th day of Feb., 1855.
DNDR DEPARTMENT.
A
Notes issued .. •• .. 26,313,230

50th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Thomas
Millard Benton Eden, Gent., Feb. 22; Charles Wynn
Isdell, Gent., Feb. 23.