The Sun.
London, England, 1808-09-07 00:00:00

Laue End. and Caverswall Volunteer Intantry.

klajor Win. Turner to be Lieutenant-tolonel,Conimand7
ant. Dated M.ti 1, t 08, Captain john Turner to be
Major, vice W tivaw Turner, pt,inoted. Dared as auove.
To be Captaihs-- Lieutenant john Lomax, vice Tura:r," pro-
muted. Da ect as above. Lieutenant Ralpn Steele, vice
CliVe, reSighed. Dated as above.
Tc be Licuteaanis 'Ensign john firidgewood, vice Lomax;
promoted. I:7ated as above. Ensign Samuel -Bridgetvoud,
vice z,teeie. irroinoted. Dated as auoyc; ,Jaines ivleakiu,
Cent. vice Aayer, resigned. Datec as above.
To be Lnsiiois Barker, jUil. Gent. Dated as above,
Thomas lstoegn, Gent. Dated as ALIOVe. tint. Walter,

Gent. I.)ateclas• above.
To De Q tart, r-Master - !oho Palmer, Gent. fated as above.
To be Chaplain,- Reverend Itionias Cotterill. Datru as
above.
_ .

Burton-upon-'f rent Volunteer Infantry.

Ensigu Thomas I [Alain to he Lieutenant, vice, Bateman, de-
ceaxd. Dated lilly 23, 4.3 Ensig.l Win. Mien to be
ctio, Ct.:SIIII2(t. Dated as above. jo.eph Gees,
Gent. to be Ensign, vice Hallam, promote.... Dated as
at). e. Gent. to be ditto, vice Alien, pro-

*voted. Dated a, above.. - '
Conamifi,ions signed by the T.ord Lieutenant of ill:. County
of Norfolk.
Western Regiment.

Idwarti Dashwc3d, Gem to be insign, vice Copeman, pro-
muted. Dated hug. 25, 1808;
Eastern Regiment.
Thomas Edwards, Gent, to be Ensign. Dated Aug. ,25,
1808. Robert kierriug Cooper, Gent. to be ditto. Dated
as above,
Commissions signed by the.Lo!d Lieutenant of the County

of Kent.
West Kent Kr Anent of Militia.

' Captain Robert Slid Joy to be Major. Dated July 2, IRa.
George Head, . Esq to be Captain. Dated April 4, 18
Lieutenant t.,eurg, la‘kson to be ditto, Dated July 2,
Lieuten int Thomas Harman to be ditto. Dated
july 7, ibl:4. Quarter-Master John Eley to be Lieutenant
by Brevet. Dated April ,is. sitoB. P. H. Parsons, Gent.
to be Lieutenant. Dated June 4, aoll. George Jackson,
Gent to ue ditto. Dated as above. Edward Young,Gent.
to be Ensign. Dated April 13, 18c,8. Benjamin Marshall
• Collins, Gent. to be ditto. Dated April 13, iBO3. James
Henry Collings, Gel.t. to be ditto. Dated as-above.
Commission signed by the Lord Liev tenant of-Flint.
Arthur Vaughan Owen Jones,' Esq, to be Major. Dated
July zr, iLS. •

4L..8. Edward Whitehead', of the. New-road, Tottenham -
court-road, MiddlwX, ..ine:chaiit, at twelve; av *Gull&
hail.

CERTIFICATES.

Sept. 2?. Joseph Tidovirsh, • late of New County/Terrace-

. . .
row, Surrey, builder.
Satnue. Watkinson, of Liverpool, brush-manufaElurer.
Josepr, Croft, late of Great 'frill, Axminster, Devonshire,
hors.-dealer. -

PARTNERSHIPS -.DISN'OLVED.,
Robert Watts and David Palmer, of Cheapside.
Nathaniel Ravi and lames Rickman, of High-street, South..
wark, upholders..
john Chaster, loseph Melhuisli, and Alex-ander Atkins Mel-
huish, of 'f t nes s and Dartmouth, Devon, sadlers.
Will4am Hewitt and George Ward, of Wood-street, Cheap,.
'side, ribbon-dressers. . ,
Samuel Day, loseph Hall, and Samuel Day; jun.. of Dews-
' butiy Iron Works, York. ,
Thomas Brurntit, Richard Brurnfit, and Joseph Littlewood)
of Leeds,. carpet-Ina.mfaCturers.

F3ll THE SUN.

Portsmouth Sept. 5, 1868.

By -a Letter from one of Sir ARTHUR WELLES-
.. ..
Aids-de-Camp to a person in this neighbour-
hood, it appears, that in the: aEtion of the 17th, the
2gth'Regithent, in 'an'advanded posttion"overe three
times charged by. a" large-body of JO N'O'F'S best troops;
these attacks they received with the -greatest 'steadi-
ness: ard" intrepidity, and in a charge whith 4)4 in
return .niade-on the French, 'they killed in ten mi-
nutes more'. ttian their own numbers ! This band.
.of tierces .have frequently e'rnharked front Ports-
mouth for ;foreign service, and, from t heir reguhtr
condtik(l-, invariably carried- witty thein tho-e§teern Of
thi‘t,inhabitanis.: Previous to their going to Portu:-
gal,. they were pia; kineefroin Kent nere",...a-nit. .m-
-mediately embareci, in"stch 'Order, that did Credit
, .
to every
_individual 1n the corps, out particularly to
that gallanu•iutig Qffieer the Hun. Lieutenant-Col.
LAKE, whOcominanded them, and has nobty,fallen
at thelf head. The soldiers' wives were so anxious
to accompany their husbands, that tney tollow,ed
them up to.the:* middles in water,•and. Lieutenant.:
Colonel LAKE was 6,•en.iibligd to-pertorm the %eV:
Unileasinf duty of Ordering t host, vs, ho had reached
the boats to be fOiced ont trietn.— Dorif,g 'this af-
feCt'ing scene, we cOUld.distirralvsee the :irop"-
iiiivifrdm his eyesT!,, liobtu,oath ! it is 11,),A your
CcontrY'S turn to• weep:for tity tali, acid
cornpantons. •
This Officer although' by no in
circumstances, gave to each of.-the .o,neti le; n L,.;-
hind hit Regiment twa:guineas
Iron) e.:',O,,ernment to carry them to tneir :
many of their hu,oands- wie regret' have fallen in
battle, but their Country wilt tie their prO!ec'.-tor, and
a father-to their children: • '
If we ate not.mis';iiken the 29t,11-.lteginient-Vvas
originally raised by t!le City of London,.and in for-
, tiler days gained much credit in Portugal and- 1-'itire-
rica, let early on the Continent, wit!) ills Royal
fFehne-;s the Duke of YORK, and on the Ist dl June
with Lord HowE, in whose Fleet it was embarked.
Belore the commencement of the present War. it
Was stationed for.several- years at Windsor, tinder
the commands of Lords HAttuitioToi4 and 'CATH-
CART ; what satisfaction must not our beloved king
tel at the conduct of heroes who once sarkunded
his sacred person !

In the hour of danger his virtytes were before their
eyes, and the reflection that they .were fighting ; tor
their Coontry, the trest of Kings, and oe'tnen, stit
mulcted them to a6ts of heroism and viaory.

The value of our assistance is every day more
powerfully telt by the Spiniarda. Lord CoCHRAgE
has, we understand, succeeded in conveying 'the
Spanish regiments of • the line stationed in Majorca,
from that island to the Continent. •

Much.alarm has been excited in Hull by a reports
that an attempt was made on Thursday night to set
fire to one of the powder magazines in the garrp,on,.
containing powder sufficient to have blown .up the
town. About half-past eleven, on Thursday night,
one of the centinels near the Store-keeper's maga-
zine (that building which soma years ago was ap-
propriated
to the reception of French prisoners), ob-
served a man making towards the magaiine across _
the ramparts. Having repeatedly challene-ed him,
without rectiving an answer, the centinel fired at
him, but missed him, and the' fellow ran away. In
about an hour after, the centitiel again observed
blin, and at that time he was upbn the roof of that
part of the magazine which is on a level, with the
ramparts. He then challenged him again, without
effeCt,
,and again ineffedually fired at him„ Upon
this he pursued hint) with his bayonet, and had come
within a short ditance of him, when he 'unluckily
stumbled over a heap of Iliticks, and falling down,
the man got clear oft: The other centinels on duty
heard the reports of the musket, but saw no one ;
-One of them said he beard A noise as if of some one
climbing on the roof of the magazine; and one man
said,. that a short time_previons to this occurrence,
he saw -a light in an adjoining field, whiCh seemed
to be %arks proceeding from a flint and steel: An
additional guard of seven centinels was placed round
the magazine.
DREADFUL EXPLOSION.—On Monday about 12
o'clock,
,as seine privates belonging to Woolwich
Garrison were engaged in the -act of driving home
the priming of a shell, by some accident it caught
fire and exploded. One of the men had the palm of
his right hand wholly carried away, ,and aniputa-
ton'took place above-the elbow. Three other men'
were torn and 'lacerated in so shocking a manner,
that but faint hopes are entertained of t hei, recovery.
The Garrison and all Woolwich were thrown into
.the utmost consternation and confusion, from an
_apprehension that the, Royal Arsenal had exploded.
Several thousands of theinhabitants were seen fly-
,ing in all•direetions, from motives of personal safety,
and a considerable,f time elapsed before a person could
lie•found cont.:genus enough to examine and asedr-.
taro the extent of
_the damage.

Died, at -Gibucester-place, on Saturday night, tci:
the.deep'regret of ail her friends, after a long and
most severe illness, which she bo►e with Christian
fortitude, piety, and resignation, Mrs. HELEN
HARDACCIE, aged 31 years (wife of HENRY THOMAS
HAUDACRE, Esq. original*Proprietor of the British
Neptune), leaving a young and very numerous off=
spring to lament, with their father, the irreparable
loss of an affectionate and most excellent mother.