The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-16 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

TROUBLESOME CUSTOMERS.—Yestcrday Mr. Brad-
brooke,the proprietor of the Hurnsey•wood public-house,
attended upon a police information, in which he was
charged with having harboured disorderly characters in
his house during the hours of Divine Service on Sunday
se'nnight.

Inspector )Hellish, of the N division, stated that the
inhabitants of Hornsey and the 'neighbourhood had re-
peatedly complained of the • intolerable annoyance to
which they were subjected by the congregation in the
Wood every Sunday morning of the very scum of the
metropolis, to witness prize-fights and other demoralising
exhibitions. Having received notice that a fistic ren-
contre was to come off on the morning of Sunday, the
Gth inst., witness dispatched a body of conm ables to sup-
press it and disperse the mob ; and he afterwards pro-
ceeded himself to the defendant's house, accompanied by
Inspector 'range, as he had been told that the Sabbath
breakers found entertainment there when their brutal
sports were over. On their arrival at twenty minutes
beore twelve at noon they found the defendant's house
and premises filled to overflow, there being at least 150
persons smoking and drinking therein, many of whom he
recognised as the worst characters in the district. Such
proceedings he understood bad been carried on for some
years past with perfect impunity.
The defendant declared that they were in the habit of
overrunning his premises, vi ct armis, and he had no
help for it. He was heartily glad that he was at length
put under police surveillance, as he hoped thereby to get
rid of a class of customers who were far more free than
they were welcome.
Mr. Geove:—lt is a very bad case, and I shall take
care that the licensing Magistrates are made acquainted
with it. You are fined Si. and the costs, and if you ever
appear again on a similar charge the penalty shall be
I doubled.

The defendant immediately paid the fine and went
away repeating his cordial approval of the new arrange-
ment.

THE APPOINTMENT OFADMIRAL

FLEMING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In the year 1814+ or 1815, at the close of
the war, a gallant Admiral, when he struck his.
flag, promised .one, who for years had been 'ins
faithful follower—one of those whose heads, hearts,
and hands had helped the Admiral to eminence—
that if ever he, the Admiral, should be in power, he
would take care that the conduct of his follower in
the service of the country should be rewarded. In
a few years the Admiral, because he teas a Tory,
and had Parliamentary influence, became a Lord
of the Admiralty. The follower was now sure of
his promotion, and reminded his patron of his
promise. The answer unequivocally and most flat•
teringly acknowledged the promise ; but alas it
was only to renew it, for the Admiral added that
the Admiralty Men was so pressed by those who
had Parliamentary influence that promotion or em-
ployment for any one else was, for a time, out of
the question, but that he would not lose sight of
the matter. I do not mean to insinuate that the
Admiral was insincere, for My belief is that he
was over-ruled. The poor fellow at length saw
boys, unborn when he entered the service, pro-
moted over him, and, resigning himself to his fate,
half-pay, descended quietly to his grave. He, how-
ever, lived long enough to see the passing of the
Reform Bill, and died in the hope that the time
had passed by when the want of Parliamentary in-
fluence would be an obstacle to the reward of merit.
If the above gallant Admiral was one of the
candidates for the Governorship of Greenwich Hos-
pital, he ought not to complain, for even assuming
that the appointment of Admiral Fleming was solely
through Parliamentary interest, and that the Tory
is better qualified, yet he has only been served with
that measure which he once was -obliged to mete
Out to another.

Let us hope that Admiral Fleming v►as selected
because he is qualified for the office, and possesses
the additional recommendation of being a friend and
supporter of the present Ministry. It is to be hoped
that the Ministry, while they have a friend qualified
for office, will not overlook him in favour of a Tory.
Had not Lords Grey and Althorp, end even Lord
John Russell, thus acted, Toryism would not have
been so rampant as it lately has been ; but all time-
servers found that in their administration, a Tory
had as good a chance of promotion as. a Whig, and
they all knew that if ever the Tories came into
power, that none but Tories would stand a chance ;
therefore, wise in their generation, caring only for
themselves, and not caring a farthing for their coun-
try, they thought it better to be Tories.
The present rage of the Tories is because they
know that if they are kept out of office, reforma-
tion in public offices must go forward ; they see in
the determination of Government to support its
friends, that the Government will in return be sup-
ported, and that the longer the Tories are kept out
of office the fewer will be the sinecure offices and
the pensions for them and their adherents, and the
chances of plundering the State lessened.

- ANDREW ANCHOR.
Adelphi, Oct. 12, 1839.

Mr. Thorogood, of Chelmsford, is still in prison ;
having been incarcerated no less than thirty-eight weeks,
for non-payment of a Church-rate of 63. 6d.—Essex
Mercury.
DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER
FOR NEWNHAM, BY THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.—Her Majesty Queen Adelaide having
appointed yesterday to leave London by the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway, on a visit to the
Earl and Countess of Denbigh, at Newnham Paddox,
near Lutterworth, a large crowd of respectably dressed
persons assembled at the outer gates of the rail-
way station at Euston-square some time before a quar-
ter past eleven o'clock, the hour appointed, anxious to
witness the departure of her Majesty. Punctually
at the time named her Majesty and suite, in three car-
riages, with outriders, arrived at the Euston-square sta-
tion, and were received by some of the Directors of the
Company. The crowd outside manifested the greatest
respect for her Majesty. Her Majesty remained
in the room prepared for her until her own carriages
were placed on the train, which occupied about a quar-
ter of an hour or twenty minutes. She tben entered
one of the mail carriages, which had been prepared ex-
pressly for the occasion ; and everything being in rea-
diness the train started off at a rapid rate. The train was
engaged expressly to convey the Queen and her suite.
Post-horses were ready at the Rugby station, and it
was expected the Queen would reach Newnham to
dinner. A train arrived, just as ber Majesty was about
to start, the passengers by which remained until the
Queen departed. Several of the friends of the Directors
were present ; but the disagreeable state of the weather
prevented many from attending, there being a drizzling
rain falling the whole of the time. Her Majesty ap-
peared, we are happy to say, in excellent health and
spirits.

LE.IPSIO FAlR.—Both English and German
cottons are in fair demand. Woollen cloths are not in
much request. Linens are looking up, and are much
wanted. Silks are in great demand ; large purchases
have been made for Greece. Leather is of free sale.
Wool is much demanded ; the supply is limited this
season. Strangers are every day arriving, and it is ex-
pected that this September fair will be more than usually
prosperous.

FIELD OF WATERLOO AT NOON ON 'IHE
DAT AFTER THE BATTLE.—On a surface of two
square miles it was ascertained that fifty thousand
men and horses were lying! The luxurious crop of
ripe grain which had covered the field of battle was
reduced to litter, and beaten into the earth ; and the
surface, trodden down by the cavalry, and furrowed
deeply by the cannon wheels, strewn with many a
relic of the fight. Helmets and cuirasses, shattered fire
arms and broken swords ; all the variety of military
ornaments ; lancer caps and liighland bonnets ; uni-
forms of every colour, plume, and pennon ; musical in-
struments, the apparatus of artillery, drums, bugles ; hut,
good God ! why dwell on the h irrowing picture of a
foughten field ? Each and every ruinous display bore
mute testimony to the misery of such a battle. . . .
Could the melancholy appearance of this scene of
death be heightened, it would be by witnessing the re-
searchea of the' living, amidst its desolation, for the
objects of their love. Mothers and wives and chil-
dren for days were occupied in that mournful duty ;
and the confusion of the corpses, friend and foe inter-
mingled as they were, often rendered the attempt at
recognizing individuals difficult, and, in some cases,
impossible. . • • In many places the dead lay four
deep upon each other, marking the spot some British
square had occupied, when exposed for hours to the
murderous fire of,.a French battery. Outside, lancer
and cuirassier .were scattered' thickly on the earth.
Madly attempting to force the serried bayonets of the
British, they had fallen, in the bootless essay, by the
musketry of ,the inner- files., Farther on, you traced
the spot where the cavalry of France and England had
encountered. Chasseur and hussar wore intermingled ;
and the heavy Norman horse of the. Imperial Guard
were interspersed with the grey chargers which had
carried Albyn's chivalry. Here the Highlander and
tirailleur lay, side by side, together, and the heavy
dragoon, with green Erin's badge upon his helmet, was
grappling in death with the Polish lancer. . • • •
On the summit of the ridge, where the ground was
cumbered with dead, and trodden fetlock-deep in
mud and gore, by the frequent rush of rival cavalry,
the thick strewn corpses of the Imperial Guard pointed
out the spot where Napoleon had been defeated.
Here, in column, that favoured corps, on whom his
last chance rested, had been annihilated ; and the ad-
vance and repulse of the Guard was traceable by a
mass of fallen Frenchmen. In the hollow below, the
last struggle of France had been vainly made; for there
the Old Guard, when the middle battalions had been
forced back, attempted to meet the British, and afford
Here
time for their disorganized companions to rally.
the British left, wlich had converged upon the French
centre, had come up ; and here the bayonet closed the
contest.--Maxwells Victories of the Brilish Jrnry.
DETERMINED SUICIDE OF it POLE.—On
Monday night an inquest was
on the body of
held before Mr. Higgs,
at the Exeter Coffee-house,
Strand,aged
Mr. George Gordonoviteb, a
thirty years, who shot
his himself Polish
by gentleman,
discharging two
small
pistols into head on Sunday morning last.
that the deceased had
From the evidence it appeared
formerly held a situation under the King of Osde, but
in the month of March last he arrived in England from
Calcutta, with a letter of introduction to Mr. Robert
Buckland, East India Army Agent, in consequence of
which Mr. Buckland had supported deceased ever
since, but hod informed him that he should net do so
much longer. It further appeared that Mr. Buckland
met deceased in the Strand on Saturday, and lent him
a sovereign, offering him more, which, however, he re-
fused. The jury, after speaking in the highest terms
of Mr. Buckland's conduct, who had advanced alto-
gether •2.001., returned a verdict of Temporary
Insanity.

(From the United Service Gazette.)
The following General Order, describing tli.e limita-
tions and restrictions under which General and other
Staff Officers commanding districts in Great Britain are
' authorized to grant leave of absence to officers, and fur-
loughs to non-commissioned officers and privates, dur-
ing the ensuing winter months, was issued from the
Horse Guards yesterday :
" Horsc Guards, Oct. 10, 1839.
" The General Commanding-in-Chief is pleased to
approve of general officers commanding districts in
Great Britain granting leave of absence to officers, and
furloughs to non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 'an-
der the following limitations and restrictions, viz. :
" 1. The leaves of absence granted under this Order
to officers may commence as soon as the half-year'.y in-
spection shall have, been made. The furloughs granted
to non-commissioned officers and soldiers may continence
from the Ist of neat month.

2. These indulgences are to terminate on f 1 10:h
of March next, when, in conformity to her Majesty's
regulations, all officers and men arc to be present with
their respective regiments.

" 3. One field Officer, one half of the captains, and
one half of the subaltern officers, are always to be pre-
sent with their regiments.
" 4. No officer (except in the performance of duty,
or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the
United Kingdom without having first received her Ma-
jesty's special permission.
"5. The officers employed on the recruiting service,
or upon the staff of the army, arc not to be included in
the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the
regiment.
" 6. The applications for leave for regimental pay-
masters and medical officers are to continue to be made
in the mode prescribed in pages 71 and 72 of the regu-
lations and orders of the army.
" 7. In cases of short leaves of absence being re-
quired by adjutants, riding-masters, quarter-masters,
or veterinary surgeons of regiments, it be necessary
that a special report should made as to the mode in
which their duties are to be performed during their
absence.

"8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers,
trumpeters. drummers, and private men, to whom fur-
lough may be granted, is not to exceed ten per troop
or Company.

" When regiments are not stationed in garrisons or
military districts, the officers commanding are at liberty
to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of
leave of absence, under the foregoing restrictions, to
officers and men under their command.
" This order does not apply to the officers and men
doing duty with the depot companies or regiments on
foreign service.

" His Lordship expects that the General and other
officers who are empowered to grant leave of absence
under the provisions of this order will strictly confine
that grant to the proportion of officers herein specified.
" By command of the Right Hon. General
Lord Hill, Commanding in Chief,
" JOHN AIACDONALD,
" Adjutant-General."

UN IVERSITY OF LONDON.

MATRICULATION EXAMINATION,
OCTOBER, 1839.

EXAMINERS.—In Classics—Joseph H. Jerrard, Esq.,
LL.D. ; T. B. Burcham, Esq., M.A. Trin. Coll. Camb.
In Mathematics and Natural Philosophy—George
B. Jerrard, Esq. ; Rev. Robert Murphy, M.A. Caius
Coll. Camb.

In Chemistry—Professor Daniell, F.R.S.
In Natural History—Rev. Professor Henslow, M.A.
The following candidates have been admittea as
under-graduates of the University, having passed the
required examination in classics, mathematics, and na-
tural philosophy. They are alphabetically arranged in
two divisions, according to their general proficiency in
those subject,