The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-02 00:00:00

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

Deputy Adjutant-General's Office,
Woolwich, Dee. 30, 1851.
Her Majesty having been pleaEed to sign the com-
missions of' the Gentlemen Cadets promoted to be
Second Lieutenants (the names appeared in the Gazelle
of this evening) in the Royal Regiment of Artillery,
they have been appointed to the following companies,
viz.:—

Second Lieutenant Thomas Bland Strange to Captain
F. D. Cleveland's company, 12th battalion.
Second Lieutenant Francis Lyon to Captain W. J.
Smytbe'a company, 6th battalion.
Second Lieutenant Markham Le Fer Taylor to Cap-
tain C. Sandham's company, Ist battalion.
Second Lieutenant Raynsford Cytherus Longley to
Captain J. B. Domvile's company, Ist battalion.
Second Lieutenant Edward Keate to Captain A. F.
W. Papilon's company, 11th battalion.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Wright Blakiston to Major
T. P. Flude's company, 7th battalion.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Lister Kayo to Captain H.
W. Montressor's company, 6th battalion.
Second Lieutenant Jones Julian Smith to Captain J.
W. Fitzmayor'a company, 3d battalion.
Second Lieutenant Eardley Maitland to Major Shut-
tleworth's company, 2d battalion.
Second Lieutenant Maurice Edward Covey Stocker to
Major J. G. Walker's company, sth battalion.
to Major
Second Lieutenant William Arnold Burrowes
parkland's company, 4th battalion.
to. Captain
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battalion.a7rtdhne
2d battalion.
St. J. T. Browne's company, 4t
Second Lieutenant Algernonhlh'uartltianugooJ.o) Major
Dunlop's Company, 7th r
Clarke
Thornton .
Second Lieutenant ilheantrtyaliTonh.ornhill to Captain C.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Grea twicke
Thomas pilau x Carey to Captain
Pesaercseontdo
LMiaejuotrehllan.
tPToohloem's companyi,
G. Graydon's company, Ist battalion.
Second Lieutenant William Francis Walker to Major
J. Hill's company, Bth battalion.
J. E. JONES, Colonel, Assistant Adjutant-General.
Dated December 17, 1851.
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman, C.B ,
K.C.11., Commandant of the garrison, has caused the.
following to be entered in the order-book, dated Decem-
ber 30:—
ma Commandant being desirous of commencing the
new year with as clear a list of defaulters as the nature
of their crimes will admit of, begs commanding officers
, will explain to the non-commissioned
officers cbeartstBali &C
and that he is induced to take this lenient
step by the general exemplary conduct of the regiment
in garrison for a long time past; he therefore directs
that men under confinement in the garrison cells and at
punishment drills be released on the 31st inst., with the
exception of those whose offences and general character
their commanding officers do not consider worthy of
this indulgence,"

HORSES POISONED..-..DRIFFIELD.-Mr. Thomas
Wilberfoss, of Wetwang, has lost three valuable draught
horses, under circumstances at present involved in mystery,
though there is no doubt that their deaths have been caused
by poison. A fourth horse is also in a very precarious state,
and not likely to recover. The stomach of one of the horses
has been sent to a chymist in York for analyzation of its
contents. It is not said that any one is suspected to have
intentionally or otherwise administered the poison. There
is, however, a very reprehensible practice among farmers'
servants of drugging their master's horses for the purpose
of making their skins look sleek and smooth and in good
condition. Many of the waggoners have no little pride in
having their horses prim when they go to deliver corn. They
tie up the animals' tails and plait their manes with gay
ribands. Several old cads and jockies are said to be going
about the country selling to farmers' servants receipts for
horse " constitution balls," and other nostrums for drugging
horses, and the waggoners get these prescriptions made up
at druggists at their own expense, the ingredients being
often of a very dangerous nature, and highly injurious to
the horses. It is not long since that a farmer in this neigh-
bourhood detected one of his servants in this practice, and
very properly summoned him before the magistrates for
Lis conduct, when he was severely dealt with.—Hull Ad-
vertiser.

MUSIC AND DANCING-ROOMS IN THE METROPOLIS

—With the view of insuring good order and proper regulat
tions in places licensed by the magistrates of Middlesex for
music and dancing in the metropolis and its vicinity, they
have passed a standing order requiring the clerk of the
peace annually to transmit a list of the persons making ap-
plication for music or dancing licences, under the statute of
the 25th George the Second, cap. 36, to the Commissioners
of
Inland Revenue, and to the police courts of the districts in
whili the houses occupied by such persons are situate, for
the purpose of ascertaining whether any and what complaints
have been made against them during the year; and that the
answers from the Inland Revenue Board, and the police
authorities be laid before the Court of Magistrates wh,n
such licences are applied for, or for the renewal of licences
already granted.