The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-13 00:00:00

SUICIDE OF THE MISSES BOTH.

Un Monday night, between the hours of eleven
twelve O'clock, the neighbourhood of Albany-
114tet, Regent's-park, was thrown into confusion by
discovery that the Misses Both, the Hanoverian
tld'es, had poisoned themselves. The daughter of
I}sile landlady where the unfortunate ladies resided, at
to . 157, Albany-street, Regent's-park, on retiring
ir;bied, heard the sisters groaning in their bed-room
(If,. tile most dreadful agony. She immediately ran
Oto stairs, and alarmed her mother and others,
t h":). hastened to their assistance, and bursting open
v bed-room door, found them lying on the floor,
4srently in the agonies of death. Messrs. Elkin
I:l:l,Larnb, surgeons, Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-
Were immediat sent for, and attended with
;mu other surgeons. The stomach pump was applied
ekila quantity of laudanum was discharged from
.off
sft' of their stomachs, but all endeavours proved in-
it,letual to restore Miss A. Both, who expired. at
lies Past three o'clock yesterday morning. Her sister
14,1', Without hope of recovery. The unfortunate
te'Les took an equal quantity of the poison, and in-
-1,,-'ed to die in each other's arms. They were
li,.titute of a single farthing in the world, and were
ithout a morsel of food to eat.
t.ll our readers will recollect the attempt made some
th°l.loll ago by these unhappy ladies to terminate
toe'. existence by flinging themselves out of a boat
ti2°4ite Greenwich Hospital, another sister at that
's Perished.

t -hree other persons accused of being con-
-I,4t4'd in the murder of the unfortunate HANLON were
Pon ti ial on Saturday. There was a very long and
4ci'e tit inquiry, which ended, we are happy to say, in the
Lti„ll "al of the prisoners, the swearing of the informer not
borne out, is on the other trials, by less tainted or
evidence. The conduct of the Crown has been
PINY meritorious and praiseworthy throughout these
tr~efki I
trials, but the period seems to us to have arrived
4:,11 a justifiable and most salutary rigour may, without
..,4toinising the interests of society, give way to clemency.
kblin Morning Register.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGH.

War-Office, Jan. 11, 1830.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon
J. Mellows, from the half-pay 18th Light Dragoons, to
be Veterinary Surgeon, vice J. Jones, who exchanges,
dated Dec. 21.
7th Dragoon Guards---Cornet H. W. Atkinson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Osborne, promoted, and
H. C. Singleton, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Atkinson, Dec. 17.
Ist Regiment of Dragoons—E. Littledale, Gent. to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Nlainwaring, whose appointment
has not taken place, Dec. 24.
2d Dragoons—Captain G. Hobart, from the half-pay,
to be Captain, vice W. H. Oram, who exchanges, receiving
the difference, Dec. 17.
7th Regiment of Light Dragoons—G. Ellin, Gent. to
be Veterinary Surgean, vice 11. Dorville, who retires
upon half-pay, Dec. 17.
16th Light Dragoons—Cornet J. Agar to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Seward, deceased, Jan. 5 ; T.
W. McMahon, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Agar, Dec. 24.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Quarter-
master Sergeant R. France to be Quarter-master, vice
Ferris, who resigns, Dec. 24.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Col. C. S. Campbell,
from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Armstrong, who exchanges, Jan. 24. Hospital Assistant
J. Steele to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brydon, deceased,
Dec. 17.

2d Foot—Lieut.-Col. J. G. Baumgardt, from the 31st
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Williains,deceased, Dec.
24; Ensign L. Craigie, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Hutchins, who exchanges; and J. Hall, Gent. to be

Ensign, by purchase, vice Crai,gie, who retires, April 28.
6th Foot—Ensign J. T. Latham to be Lieutenant with-
out purchase, vice Thompson, appointed to the 26th Foot,
April 20; and T. G. Egerton, Gent. to be Ensign, vice
Latham, Dec. 24.
14th Foot—Ensign H. T. Hutchins, from the 2tl Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Craigie, who exchanges, April 27.
17th Foot—C. G. Campbell, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gosset, appointed to the 54th Foot,
Dec. 24.

26th Foot—Lieut.-Col. It Armstrong, from the Ist
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Campbell, who ex-
changes, Jan. 24; Lieut. Michael Pointon, to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Alarshall, deceased, March 12 ;
Lieut. E. R. Gregg, from the 30th Foot, Jan. 21 ; Ensign
T. Succombe, Jan. 31, xnd Ensign T. E. Welby, vice
Boyes, deceased, June 15, to be Lieutenants, without pur-
chase. Ensign 0. G. Perrott, from the 30th Foot, vice
Strong, who exchanges, April 17, and A. Forbes, Gent.
vice Welby, June 25, to be Ensigns, without purchase.
Serjeant-Major A. M'Donald, vice Pointon, promoted,
March 13, to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign.
30th Foot—Lieut. J. Poyntz to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Mann, deceased, Dec. 28 ; Ensign R. H.
Strong, from the 26th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Perrott,
who exchanges, April 17.
31st Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel S. Mitchell, from the
Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
vice Baumgardt, appointed to the 2d loot; Ensign J. C.
Stock, to be Lieutenant, without puttbase, vice Strode,
appointed to the 16th Foot, Feb. 1 ; and F. Spence, Gent.
to be Ensign, vice Stock, Dec. 24.
33(1 Foot--Ensign A. Whitfield, from the 86th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fhke, cashiered
by the sentence of a General Court Martial, Dec. 24.
38th Foot—Lieut. H. Bi istow, from the 47th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Waddell, who exchanges, Dec. 20.
40th Foot—Lieut. W. Serjeantson to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Alorow, who retires; Ensign T. J. Valiant
to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Serjeantson; H. F.
Wakefield, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Valiant,
Dec. 17.

41st Foot—Captain W. Dempster, from half-pay, to
be Captain, vice Guinness, appointed to the 94th Foot,
Dec. 17.

44th Foot—Lieut. A. A. Browne to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Clarke, who retires; Ensign E. Stuart to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Browne; and J. Dunne,
Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stuart, April 27.
45th Foot—Captain E. F. Boys to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Hilton, deceased, Dec. 24.

47th Foot—Lieut. W. R. Waddell, from the 38th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Bristow, who exchanges, Feb. 20.
49th Foot,--To be Lieutenants, without purchase, En-
sign A. Daniel, Feb. 1 ; Ensign J. Macnamara, vice Stean,
promoted, April 1. J. M. Montgomery, Gent. to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Macnamara, Dec. 24. Ser-
jeant-Major A. M'Ewen, from the 98th Foot, to be Ad-
jutant, with the rank of Ensign, vice Simpson, deceased,
Dec. 24.

54th Foot—To be Lieut.-Colonels—Lieut.-Col. M.
Fane, from the 98th Foot, vice Kelly, yrt.o retires, Dec.
24 ; Major R. Murray, by purehase, vice Nott, who re-
tires, Dec. 25. To be Major, by purchase—Captain J.
Clarke, vice Murray. To be Captain by purchase---Lieut.
Alfred Lord Harley, vice Clarke, Dec. 25. To be Lieute-
nants—Ensign F. J. Chinnery, without purchase, vice
Henderson, appointed to the 49th Foot, April 20 ; Ensign
J. R. Wheeler, by purchase, vice Lord Harley, Dec. 25.
To be Ensigns—D. Macdonald, Gent., without purchase,
vice Chinnery, Dec. 20; H.D. Williams, Gent., by pur-
chase, vice Wheeler, Dec. 25.
_ _

62d Foot—Liett. G. Kirkaldy, from half-pay 30th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice J. J. Brett, who exchanges,
receiving the difference, Dec. 24.
63d Foot--Major J. Logan, from the Rifle Brigade, to
be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Battereby, who retires,
Dec. 17.

64th Foot—Captain J. E. Freeth to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Johnson, promoted ; Lieut. J. Draper to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Freeth ; Ensign G. Duberley
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Draper; Ensign G. B.
Gossett, from the 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Duberley,
Dec. 24.

77th Foot—J. E. Lewis, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Whalley, promoted, Jan. 12.
81st Foot. —To be Captains—Capt. E. R. Hill, from
the half-pay, vice Ogden Creighton, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference, Dec. 16 ; and Capt. J. Ogilvy,
from the half-pay, vice W. H. L. Brooke, who exchanges,
receiving the difference, Dec. 17.

86th Foot—J. Scott, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Whitfield, promoted in the 33d Foot,
Dec. 24.

90th Foot—E. Eyton, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice White, who retires, Dec. 17.

94th Foot—Capt. A. Guinness, from the 41st Foot,
to be Captain, vice Sadleir, who retires, Dec. 17.
98th Foot—Lieut.-Col. E. Fitzgerald, from the half-
pay, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Fane, appointed to the
54th Foot, Dec. 24; Assistant-Surgeon R. Turnbull, from
half-pay Cape Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Lawdcr, promoted in the 59th Foot, Dec. 25.

Rifle Brigade—To be Majors—Capt. A. Stewart, by
purchase, vice Logan, promoted in the 63d Foot, Dec. 17;
Capt. W. Johnson, without purchase, rice Mitchell, pro-
moted in the 31st Foot, Dec. 24.

To be Captains—Lieut. J. S. V. Saurnarez, by purchase,
vice Stewart, Dec. 17 ; Lieut. J. A. Ridgway, without
purchase, vice Johnson, Dec. 23.

- To be First•Lieutenants—Second Lieut. .1. Dolphin,
vice Saumarez, Dec. 17 ; and Second-Lieut.T. W. Smith,
vice Ridgway, Dec. 24.
To be Second-Lieutenants—G. H. Cavendish, Gent.
by purchase, vice Dolphin, Dec. 17; and Gent. Cadet
R. Petley, from the Royal Military College, without pur-
chase, vice Smith, Dee. 24.

The under-mentioned Lieutenant, actually serving upon
full-pay in a Regiment of the Line, whose commission is
dated in the year 1509, has accepted promotion upon
half-pay, according to the general order Dec. 27, 1826:
Lieut. F. Grant, from the 24th Foot, to be Captain of
Infantry, Jan. 12.