The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-24 00:00:00

rim SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day)•

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
GAYNOR V. GAYNOR.-JUDGMENT.
His Lordship in delivering judgment in this case, said
that this was an application on behalf of the petitioner re-
specting a policy of life assurance settled on his wife, the
respondent, at the time of the marriage, and the object was
to revoke the settlement.

For the respondent it was contended that she was desti-

tute, and that under the circumstances the petitioner was
bound to make her some provision. He had read over his
notes of the case, and it appeared that the respondent was
living with another man in Italy, by whom she had two
children, and she had made no affidavit that she was desti-
tute. He did not accede to the doctrine that the husband
was bound to prove that his wife was without provision
before he obtained his order.

The application of the petitioner was accordingly
granted.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY..
(Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.)'
IN RE ARTHUR ROOK WILBRAHAM.

This bankrupt was described as an ensign, of Brook-
street, formerly in the Coldstream Guards. This was an
application for order of discharge upon account, showing—
Debtor to creditors unsecured, £7,093 19s. 6d. ; ditto hold-
ing security, £3,313 6s. Bd. ; total, £10,407 6s. 2cl. Credit,
by property in hands of creditors, £4,450 ; debts, £35 3s. ;
deficiency, £5,922 3s. 2d. ; total, £10,407 6s. 2d. The per-
sonal expenditure has been stated at £2,695 for the past
year, and £2,000 per annum for the years previously, and
it will be remembered that a short time ago criminal pro-
ceedings wore instituted against him by a jeweller at the
West-end.

Mr. C. E. Lewis, for the assignees, said that the accounts
required some amendment, as Mr. Emmanuel, who had

been described as a creditor for £3,500, had been settled
with. Mr. Hancock's claim of £l,lOO had also been dis-
charged, and thus the unsecured creditors had been reduced
to £2,200. Many of the other creditors were money lenders,
and the rest were satisfied that their claims would be dis-
charged eventually, as a near rejative of the bankrupt had
pledged himself to it.

His Honour asked how the personal expenditure could
be justified.

Mr. Sargood (for the bankrupt) said his client, who was
only 22, had anticipated being married.
His Honour did not consider the pledge to pay the
tradesmtm by the bankrupt's father sufficient, and as there
was no security offered, the order of discharge Would be
suspended for one year with protection.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

A FEMALE BURGLAR.—EIIen Smith, a dissipated-look-
ing young woman, was placed at the bar, on remand,
charged with stealing a travelling-rug from a gentleman's
carriage. The prisoner refused to say anything in reference
to the charge, and the magistrate fully committed her for
trial.

Another charge, that of burglary, was preferred against
the prisoner, namely, that of stealing a large quantity of
wearing apparel from a charitable institution of which she
had been an inmate.

Mrs. Sarah Musgrave, of 48, Church-street, Stoke New-
ington, said the prisoner was an inmate of the Home for the
Rescue of Young Women and Children, which place she
left on the 3d of January, having been there 12 days. On
the Thursday following the back door of the house was
found opened. There were no marks of violence, but from
the fact of some traces being found under a table near the
kitchen window it appeared that the house had been entered
by that means, and that the parties had left by the back
door. Some footmarks were traced through the passage
to the laundry. The footprints were those of a woman,
and, from the peculiar shape of the prisoner's foot, she was
suspected. The large bundle of linen wearing apparel
produced formed a portion of the property that was stolen
from the laundry on the occasion of the robbery.
A police-constable proved the finding of a large quan-

tity of the property at the prisoner's lodgings, and also re-
ceiving a number of duplicates relating to the stolen pro-
perty, which the prisoner had entrusted to various persons.
Barbara Hatchell, the wife of a labouring man, said the
prisoner came to her apartments and asked her to pawn
several articles. The prisoner introduced herself as a ser-
vant out of place, and the witness further said—" She
looked like one, as she wore a nice white apron, and was
quite the thing."

Another female gave similar evidence.
A gentleman from the society said the prisoner had been
sent with an application for admission to the Home by Mr.
Rowe, of the Guildhall Police-court. She had just come
out of prison, to which she had been sent for concealing
the birth of a child. She was taken in purely out of
charity.

The prisoner, having been cautioned, was asked what
she had to say, and making no reply,
The Magistrate committed her for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A MOTHER.—William Fitz-
gerald, a young man described as a tailor, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his mother,
Hannah Fitzgerald, by striking her on the head with a
pan. He was also charged with assaulting his father and
brother.

The prisoner was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt about a
fortnight ago, but in consequence of the injuries his mother
had received she was unable to attend. She now attended
and gave her evidence seated. Her head was enveloped in
surgical bandages. She said—l reside in Tudor-place,
Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner is my son, but does
not reside with me. This day fortnight, at two o'clock in
the morning, the prisoner came to my place, having quar-
relled with his wife. He was very excited, and jumped
out of a second floor window. He was then taken to the
hospital. 1 came back to see the doctor, who gave him
some medicine, and told me to watch him. He laid on the
bed and became quiet, but cried a good deal, and was under
the delusion that he was to be buried alive, and that the
coffin was at the door, and he asked me to pray for him.
About 6 o'clock he said he would go down stairs and get
some water, but fearing he might do some mischief, I said
I would go. I then sat by the room door on a chair with
the view of preventing him from going. I fell asleep. I
then felt a violent blow on my head from a -pan, I believe,
and fell. I received another blow on my shoulder. Ido
not know who gave meths blows, as I had a cloak over my
head at the time. A cab was brought to take me to the
hospital, but feeling very faint and sinking, and thinking I
was dying, I asked them to let me die at home. I have been
at home ever since and attended by the parish doctor.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did he ever quarrel with you before?
Prosecutrix—Oh, no. He has always been very respect-
ful to me, sir.
Prisoner—There has not been a more dutiful son than I
have been. I've no recollection of striking my mother. I
had been drinking hard, and must have got the delirium
tremens.

Patrick Fitzgerald, father of the prisoner, said—l was
awoke by hearing a blow and my wife moaning. The pri-
soner had a poker in his hand, and said "I won't hurt you,
father," but directly after grasped me tightly by the throat
and nearly strangled me—
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had he been drinking ?
The Father—l believe so, but I had not seen him since
the previous Tuesday. He jumped out of a window a
second time on to some water closets, and then got on the
top of the houses, but was afterwards taken by the police.
Rogers, 87 E—On going to the house I found the mother,
father, and brother all bleeding from injuries caused by the
prisoner, who was given into custody by the father.
Prisoner (crying)—lt was the delirium tremens.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—The prisoner had been drinking, and the

effect of is that he commits a series of assaults on his
mother, father, and brother. He must find one bail in £lO
to keep the peace for six months.

A CASE FOR TREAIVORCE COURT.—THREATENING TO
MURDER A WIFE.— , ver Kerby, clerk, of No. 24, Dean-
street, Soho, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Davey,
one of the warrant officers, charged with threatening to
murder his wife, Isabella Kerby.
Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street,
appeared for the complainant, a respectable looking female,
and in opening the case said the defendant, formerly super-
intendent of the Essex police, had frequently been charged
with ill-treating his wife. On Saturday morning last the
complainant begged the defendant not to sell the last article
of any value in the place—the bed—and the defendant then
declared that if it were not for the law he would murder'
her. He (Mr. Lewis) applied to Mr. Knox for a summons
against the defendant, but Mr. Knox, knowing the cha-
racter of the defendant, thought it a fit case for a warrant.
The defendant in April last was charged at this court with
assaulting his wife, and was ordered to find two sureties in
£lOO each for six months ; but his wife, after he had been
in prison for two months, forgave him and got him out. As
the wife's kindness had been met with such an ill return,
he (Mr. Lewis) must now ask that the defendant be put
under such bail as would have the effect of preventing his
repeating his acts.
Mrs. Kerby then deposed to the defendant's ill-treatment

and his threats, and said that she was in the habit of
working for shops in Regent-street, and kept the defendant,
who had lost good situations through his intemperate habits
She had once 'charged the defendant with assaulting her,
and he was ordered to find bail, but at.. her request Mr.
Knox let him off.

The defendant said his mother, a woman of fortune,
helped to keep him, and that his wife was always exciting
him to commit a breach of the peace.

The complainant denied this, and said she had to leave
42 residences through the defendant's conduct.
The defendant said if his wife wanted a separation she
could have a legal one.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a pity a man should throw
himself and his home away through his bad habits. He
considered the complainant had been very badly used, and
he should order the defendant to find two sureties in .£3O
each to keep the peace for fix months, and he did that] 40

much for the defendant's sake as for the complainant's, as
he would be murdering her or something of that kind.

1865

The Weather and the Parks.

it would be almost impossible to describe with anything
like accuracy the scenes that took place yesterday in the
various Royal parks. One continuous round of excitement
lasted from an early hour in the morning until late at night,
and how it was that so many lives were saved may be as-
cribed principally to the improved apparatus just brought
out by the Royal Humane Society, and used for the first
time to any extent yesterday. The thermometer at the
Royal Humane Society's receiving house, by Negretti and
Zambra, registered on Sunday night 21, being 11 deg. of
frost ; at 9 yesterday morning the glass stood at 25, showing
7 deg. of frost, but at noon, when the sun was shining, the
quicksilver rose no higher than 35 deg. The barometer was
29.75 deg. The wind was W. by W.N.W. The weather
was fine and hazy, and, strange as it may appear, at one
time of the day, when vehicles could scarcely pass along
Fleet-street or Holborn on account of the.density of the fog,
the parks at the West-end were comparatively free from
that vapour. Last night the thermometerbegan rapidly to
descend again, but the barometer also falling, although one
indicated a continuance of the frost, the other led to the
inference that a change was likely to take place.
As usual, St. James's Park came in for an immense num-
ber of patrons, there being upon the ice on the ornamen-
tal sheet of water between the ends, Buckingham Palace
and the Horse Guards, about 2,000 sliders and skaters. The
banks of the river were also crowded by many thousand
persons, and so great was the pressure at the society's
marquee, that to avoid the crowd forcing it down the police
were obliged to be sent for, and upon their arrival the popu-
lace was kept back, so that those who became immersed
could be passed into the temporary hospital. During the
early part of the day not fewer than 50 persons, chiefly
lads, broke through the ice, and it was with difficulty
that they could be rescued by the icemen, under Deputy
Superintendent Perry. They were, however, taken to the
tent and placed in hot water baths, and afterwards in hot
beds. At one time there were four persons lying together
in one bed. Six persons were also taken to the tents in
this park who had received concussions by falling upon
the ice. Their wounds were dressed, and they were able to
return home. The most serious accidents in this park
during the early part of the day happened to John Carroll,
aged 10 years, of Marsham-street, Westminster; Michael
Kennedy, aged 12, of Pye-street, Westminster (these were
two very dangerous cases); John Walter, butcher, of New-
port-market ; and Mr. Reid, living near the Marble-arch.
The most exciting part of the proceedings in this park
took place about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which caused
many persons standing upon the banks to actually shudder
at what they saw. About two or three dozen mere chil-
dren had strolled upon the ice, and some unprincipled
persons, at the risk of drowning the children, amused
themselves by throwing halfpence, oranges, and other
things upon the ice, which, as might be supposed, caused
the children to rush en masse towards the spot. Deputy-
Superintendent Perry cautioned the persons who were so
risking the lives of the children, and he ordered them off ;
but it was of no use, for as long as the money kept falling
upon the ice so long would the children continue to
scramble after the coin. All of a sudden the ice parted
asunder to a considerable extent, when not fewer than ten
of the unfortunate children fell into the water, some floating
under the perfect ice, and others struggling in the water
in order to save their lives. Perry, his nephew, Iceman
Maskell, and other officers, rushed to their assistance
with hand ropes, breaker ladders, and boats, but so
treacherous was the ice that it would not bear the weight
of the men, and breaking, they also became immersed. At
one time nothing less than a fearful loss of life could be
anticipated, as it took nearly half an hour before they could
be all got out of the water, and it is hardly necessary to
state that they were all in a very exhausted state. They
were taken to the marquee, and Dr. M'Cann, of Parlia-
ment-street, promptly attended, and did all that humanity
or surgical skill could devise for the poor sufferers ; but the li
ten remained in bed at the time the enclosure gates were
about to be closed. It is expected that, owing to the surgi-
cal treatment they received, they will recover.
The Round Pond in Kensington Gardens had about 3,000
skaters and sliders, and several very serious accidents oc-
curred,
one to a clergyman living at Kensington, but who
refused his name. He broke through the ice, but was rescued
by Deputy-Superintendent Higginbottom and his brother.
The deputy, in getting him out, also broke through the
ice, and in his endeavours to, get him out, was so badly cut
by the sharp edges of the ice that one of his legs was
actually skinned.
A lad named George Callaghan, aged 13, broke through
the ice at one o'clock. He became immersed in six feet of
water, and had it not been for the exertions of the icemen,
must in another minute have perished, as he had disap-
peared two or three times before he could be extricated. He
was taken to the Royal Humane Society's receiving house,
and under the directions of Mr. Lambert Young, the secre-
tary, and Mr. Williams, the superintendent, he was placed
in a warm bath, and afterwards put to bed, but a long time
elapsed before he could be brought round.
About half-past 11 o'clock Mr. Lowinse, of 15, Claren-
' don-road, Kensington, fell through the frozen surface into
deep water. For a few minutes it was feared that he was
drowned, but the two Higginbottoms went with the ap-
, paratus to his assistance, when the ice gave way beneath
them, and they likewise became immersed. The excitement
amongst those near was intense, but the brave fellows
managed to get him out at the risk of losing their own
lives.

Mr. Richard Simpson, of 2, Perkins'-cottages, Westmin-
ster, Mr. W. Simpson, of 5, Shaftesbury-villas, Kensington,
and Mr. H. Knott, of 2, Bloomfield-cottages, Kensal New
Town, were likewise immersed, and were in the water
until they were nearly exhausted, but they were extricated
by the icemen.

A man named William See, who was in a state of intoxi-
cation, also broke through into deep water, and was unable
to get out for over ten minutes, when he was rescued by
Joseph Knight and John Green, the resident boatmen, and
taken to the receiving-house.

THE SERPENTINE.—From one end to the other this great
piece of water presented an immense sheet of ice, as smooth
as glass, but only 1 inches thick, and in consequence Mr.
Young had printed placards posted round the banks an-
nouncing that the ice was in a very dangerous state ; but in
spite of the precautions taken, about 500 persons insisted
upon venturing their lives upon the frozen surface, and
shortly after going upon the river, Thomas Shields, of 27,
Barrett's-court, Marylebone, and Henry Toombs, of 2, Gray-
street, Marylebone, broke through at the east end of the
river, and-were rescued by means of the ice boat just as they
were sinking for the last time. They were taken to the
society's house, and promptly attended to by Mr. Young
and Mr. Williams, and they recovered. Several minor cases
of immersion took place during the day, but not of a serious
character. It is, however, expected by the officials of the
society that if the frost should continue for a day or two
longer, the grand pyrotechnic displays, prevously an-
nounced, will be able to be carried out with safety.
THE rONGWATER, KENSINGTON-GARDENS.—This place
was the centre of attraction for the nobility and gentry, who
flocked in large numbers, both male and female, to witness
the graceful evolutions of the members of the Skating Club
and about 2,000 others who disported themselves upon the
ice. The members of the club had erected on the bank on
the north side one of Benjamin Edgington's beautifully-
appointed pavilions. Towards the close of the evening no
less than ten persons broke through the ice, but they were
rescued after being in the water for periods averaging from
five to eight minutes. They were removed to the society's
receiving house, and were attended by Mr. Secretary Young
and Mr. Superintendent Williams. Two cases brought in
were of a very dangerous character, and it required great
care to restore them.

TiE REGENT'S PAnx.—Only about 300 persons, owing to

the instructions given by the Royal Humane Society's men,
ventured upon the ice in this park during the day. The
ice here is even of a more dangerous character than in
the other parks. The casualties were of a trifling character.
BATTERSEA PARK.—Some fine skating took place in this
park during the day, the public knowing that if the ice
should give way, the sliders and skaters would only get
knee deep in water. They therefore disported themselves
without fear, but several persons were badly injured on the
head by being tripped up by the skaters.
Hampstead and Highgate Ponds, the Victoria Park, and
the Grand Surrey Canal were all frozen, and, with the ex-
ception of the latter, some thousands amused themselves
during the day ; but the ice in the latter place was being
rapidly broken up and carted away to supply the ice-cellars
in the City and at the West-end.

•
MASTER COACHBUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU-
TION.—The ninth annual meeting of the subscribers
and friends of this institution was held yesterday at the
Carriage Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square, to receive
the general and financial reports, to elect three new pen-
sioners, and to appoint officers for the year ensuing. In
the unavoidable absence of the president (the Marquis of
Lansdowne), Mr. Holmes, of Derby, was unanimously called
to the chair. The general report, read by Mr. G. N.
Hooper, the vice-chairman, and unanimously agreed to,
expressed congratulation on the continued prosperity of
the institution, to which there had been obtained a consi-
derable accession of new subscribers (several from the pro-
vinces). The Worshipful Company of Coach and Coach
Harness Makers had contributed to their funds a donation
of £5O; It was intended to hold a festival during the year,
which it was hoped would be attended with similaf bene-
ficial results as previously. The amount expended in
annual pensions during the year had been £351 55.,
and in temporary relief £92. The additional
stock invested had been £3OO, making the total funded
stock £4,850. The report concluded by expressing regret
at losing one of their most efficient officers (who was also
one of the founders of the institution), Mr. G. A. Thrupp,
the treasurer (who had resigned), and thanking him for the
valuable services he had rendered during the past nine
years. The treasurer's report, also adopted, showed that,
with the previous balance of £lOO 2s. ld., the total receipts
had been £796 lls. Gd., of which a balance remained of
£l2l ss. 3d. A legacy of £lOO had been received fr.-3m the
executors of the late Mr. T. Peters of Kilburn. The result
of the poll having been announced, the various officer'
were elected, including Mr. Black, jun., in the roonalst
oft.
Thrupp as treasurer. Thanks were awarded to til p.
cers, &c., and the proceedings concluded with thanks to the
chairman.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

LONDON GAZET 2E—This Evening•

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 20.
VENEZUELA AND GUAYANA-RAISING OF BLOCKADE.

It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, K.G.. her Ma-
jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has
received from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Caracas,
a despatch, transmitting o.:...communication which he had
received from the Foreign Office of the Venezuelan (3 o-
vernment, announcing that the blockade of the ports and
coasts from the mouth of the Vagres to Navios, the canals
formed by the Delta of the Orinoco, and the banks of that
river to Ciudad Bolivar, had been raised, and also trans-
nutting a copy and translation of a decree of the Venezue-
lan Government, raising the blockade of the said ports and
places.

JAN. 14.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Gerald Raoul Perry, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at
Para, to be her Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande de Sul.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Luis de
Arias as Consul at Cardiff for her Majesty the Queen of
Spain.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 24.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Charles Gandy
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Armstrong
Gough, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Morgan George
Lloyd, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Gandy.
3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Alfred IL White to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Fowell Buxton Johnston,
who retires—Cornet Henry Langtry to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice White—Daniel A. Grant, Gerkt-, to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Langtry.
6th Dragoon Guards—Staff Assistant-Surgeon James
Landale, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles
James Davenport, M.D., appointed to the Staff.
11th Hussars—Lieutenant John George Annesley to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Samuel Hill
Lawrence, who retires—Cornet Charles Francis Arnold
Howard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Annesley—
Cornet William Gerrard Walmesley to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saunder-
son, who retires—Chetwood Hamilton, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Howard John Algeo
Thompson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Walmesley.
21st Hussars—Cornet Robert Claude Smith has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the resignation of
his Commission.

Royal Artillery—Second Captain Charles Raikes to be
Captain, vice George Gunning John Campbell, deceased
—Lieutenant Horatio Powys Lane to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Raikes—Lieutenant Charles Stewart Vardon
Wilson, to be Second Captain, vice Arthur Lister Kaye,
who resigns—Second Captain William Henry Mew-
come to be Adjutant, vice Second Captain Vilbart, pro-
moted—Staff-Surgeon James Hannan to be Surgeon—
Assistant-Surgeon John Greig, M. 8., from the 23d Foot,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Davidson Milne,
M.D., placed upon half-pay.
Royal Engineers—Captain John Marshall Grant to be
Lieut.-Lolonel, vice Gray, deceased—Second Captain
Francis Edward Pratt to be Captain, vice Grant—Lieu-
tenant Herbert Locock to be Second Captain, vice Pratt
—Lieutenant Frederick Hime to be Second Captain,
vice Stokes, who retires upon temporary half-pay.
Military Train—Gentleman Cadet William Frederick
Rudman, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
vice George Matthew Richmond, transferred to the 36th
Foot. _ _

Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Ed-
ward George Percy Littleton to be Lieutenant and Cap-
tain, by purchase,•vice Alexander Louis Ricardo, who
retires—Noel Charles Allix, Gent., to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Frederick William
Duncombe, promoted—Charles Seymour Corkran, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Littleton
—William John Farrer, Esq., to be Solicitor, vice Ed-
ward White, deceased.
2d Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Douglas
King-Harman, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Bernard B. H. Popham,
deceased.
sth Foot—Ensign John Love Vincent to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Gersham Herrick, who retires—Gen-
tleman Cadet Arthur McKellar Wix, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vin-
cent. _ _ _

6tllPoot—Lient. Gaorge Gandy to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Thomas Ffolliott Powell, who retires—En-
sign Henry Marvin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Gandy—Gentleman Cadet Mascie Henry Taylor, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Marvin.
7th Foot—Lieutenant Fitzmaurice Beauchamp to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Alfred John Tuke, who retires—
Ensign John Pothom to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Beauchamp—Gentleman Cadet Alfred Bligh Par-
nell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Potham.
9th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Chas. Henry Danvers Butler,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Augustus Keith Abbott, transferred to the
98th Foot.

10th Foot—Lieutenant John Dickson Power to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Percy Beale, who retires—En-
sign Charles Knatchbull to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Power—Ensign George.) William Truscott Martin
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William John Byde
Martin, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Edward Amys
Tuck, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Knatchbull—Gentleman Cadet Arthur
Christian-Ta,wke, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice G. W. T. Martin—Lieute-
nant John Caruthers Little to bo Adjutant, vice Lieu-
tenant Martin, who retires.
11th Foot—Ensign Richard Cumberlege to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Thomas Auchinleck, who retires—
Gentleman Cadet Carbery Egan, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Ensign, by
.purchase, vice Cumber-
lege.
12th Foot—Captain Hugh Pearce Pearson, from the 52nd
Foot, to be Captain, vice Parry, who exchanges.
15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Hume Norman
Locke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Dyce, transferred to the 77th Foot.
16th Foot—Ensign Samuel John Pullin to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice John Richard Pino Coffin, who retires
—Gentleman Cadet Sir James Liston Foulis, Bart., from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Pullin.

23d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur John Hutchinson,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Thomas Lefroy Courtenay, deceased—
Staff Assistant Surgeon Thomas Samuel Barrow, M.D.,
to be Assistant Surgeon, vice John Greig, ap-
. pointed to the Royal Artillery.
25th Foot—Lieutenant Jerome O'Brien, from the 28th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Farnall, who exchanges.
26th Foot—Captain George John Hamilton, from the 31st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Appleby, who exchanges.
28th Foot—Captain Edward O'Neill, from the 45th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges—Lieutenant
Elliott Christie Charles Parnell, from the 25th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice ho exchanges.
31st Foot—Captain George O'Brien,Vlalton Appleby, from the 26th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges.
35th Foot—Lieutenant Woodford W. Sherlock to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Mars Mourier Rohle, who
retires—Ensign Charles Semple to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Frederick Bowdler Gipps, who retires—
Ensign Jules Robert Bowen Buscarlet to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sherlock—Gentleman Cadet Arthur
Philip Hawthorn, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Semple—Richard Albert
Watkin Bayly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Buscarlet.
37th Foot—Lieut. Douglas Alleyne to be Captain, by
purchas, vice Samuel Hawkes, who retires—Ensign
Henry S. Howard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Alleyne—Gentleman Cadet Walter Fdward Gilbert, from
the Royal Military. College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Howard—Gentleman Cadet Thos. Edward Verner,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Augustus Charles Frederick Fitz Gorge, trans-
ferred to the Rifle Brigade.
38th Foot—Capt. and Brevet-Major the Hon. Chas. John
Addington to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-
Col. Gloster, promoted by purchase in the 97th Foot—
Lieut. John Alexander Caldecott to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Brevet Major the Hon. C. J. Addington—
Ensign Lionel Wm. Leo to be Lieutenant, by perchase,
vice Caldecott—Ensign Robert Charles Nicholetts. from
81st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ditmas, who exchanges—
Gentleman Cadet Thomas George Cuthall, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Lee.
44th Foot—Captain James Henry Linton, from 76th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Franklin, who exchanges.
45th Foot—Captaiu Thomas Edmund Adams, from the 28th
Foot, to be Captain, vice O'Neill, who exchanges—Lieut.
Henry Nicholas Bayley, from the 03d Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice G. S. Treflry, who exchanges.
46th Foot—Liout. Thomas Murphy to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieut. Andrew Whitten, who has joined
the Depot.
52nd Foot—Captain Legh Richmond Parry, from 12th
Foiit, to be Captain, vice Pearson, who exchanges.
60th Foot—Captain Alfred John Fitz Gerald to be Major,
by purchase, vice Henry Christopher Marriott, who re-
tires—Lieut. George Hatchell to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice FitzGerald—Ensign Geoage T. Whitaker to
be /Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hatchell—Gentleman
Cadet Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell-Innes, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Whitaker.
63d Foot—Lieut. George Steel Treffry, from the 45th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Bayley, who exchanges.
66th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Glover Gilby, from the
108th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Hammond, who
exchanges.
71st Foot—Lieut. Robert James Isacke to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Windsor Charles Carey Elves, who re-
lires—Ensign Francis Brodie to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Isacke.—Gentleman Cadet Harris Nicolas
Pinnock, ftbm the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Brodie.
72d Foot—Quartermaster Peter Murray, from the 91st
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Munro, who exchanges.
76th Foot—Captain William Franklin, from 44th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Linton, who oxehanges—Captaiu
Francis Graham Dunn, from the 3d West India Regi-
ment, to be Captain, vice Marshall, who exchang •
eosm the
77th Foot—Ensign George Hugh Coles Dyes,
15th
Foot.
81st Foot,no. to be Ensign:vice Hurloek, trimsfeerred to the
81st Foot—Ensign Edward Ditmas, from 38th Foot,
Shaw
Ensign, vice Nicholetts, who exehni4l7os.Lioutenaut, by
to be
86th Foot—Ensign Donald Saw
who retires—
purchase, vice Sydenham Lottl Pas
a rchase, vice Shaw.
.il I ck, from 77th
Francis ur o
Gentleman Cadet Fergus Grab u, from tho Royal Mili-
nsi- • Henryiee Jonas Austin Dolmage, who
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exchanges. 72d
retires.
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Foot, to be Qtu
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and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 97th Foot— Edward
Gloster, from e
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Thomas
Colone
who retires.
104th Foot—Lieutenant Clement Pigou to be Captain, vice
Julius Joseph Hockley, who retires on pension—Es'gn
n
WilliamTenry Curtis Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Pigoui-
Foot—Staffto be Ensisgnu,rg viceeo
_Ensign William George Craigie Halkett, from the 105th
Smith.
107Ftohot,Woods to be Surgeon.
108th Foot—Quartermaster Henry Hammond, from the 66th
Foot, to ba Quartermaster, vice Gilby,
who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Henry Arthur Luoeeibiw to be Lieu-

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday, after hearing the evidence of the promoters
and opponents of the following bills, the Examiner de-
clared the Standing Orders to have been complied with in
the following cases :
MIDLAND.—For conferring additional powers on this
company for the construction of works, for the making of
numerous branch railways in connexion with their system,
and for the taking of lands and houses ; power to raise
£1.000,000 and to borrow X 300,000. The company's second
bill is to enable them to construct railways from Mansfield
to Southwell, and from Mansfield to Worksop, with a
branch to Staveley ; capital £500,000, and to borrow
£166,000.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.—To make
railways from St. Leonard's to their Ouse Valley and Ton-
bridge Wells and Eastbourne lines, and deviations in those
lines; capital £300;000, and power to borrow £lOO,OOO.
ACTON AND TWICKENHAM (NORTH AND SOUTH JUNC-
TION).—For new lines between those points ; capital
£200,000, and power to borrow £66,000.

LAUNCESTON, BODMIN, AND WADEBRMGE.—For an ex-
tension at Ruthern-bridge to the Cornwall Railway at
Truro; to raise £320,000 and to borrow £106,000.
OKEHAMPTON.—To make extensions to Devonport and
Plymouth, and to raise £600,000 and to borrow £200,000.
CARNARYON AND LLANDERIS.—For new lines, and to
raise £130,000 and to borrow £46,000.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE (ADDITIONAL POWERS).—
For the construction of branch railways and works and
acquisition of land; to raise £140,000 and to borrow
£46,000.
DEE AND MERSEY JUNCTION.—For a railway from
Connah's-quay to join the Hoylake Railway, near Birken-
head; capital, £225,000 ; loan, £200,000.
CENTRAL WALES AND STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION.—To
construct railways between Craven Arms, Wenlock, Dud-
ley; Stourbridge and Wolverhampton ; capital, £600,000 ;
loan, £200,000.
ABERYSTWITH AND WELSH COAST.—To establish steam-
boat communication between Aberystwith, Aberdovey,
Barmouth, Portmadoc, Pwllhi, Porthdynnlleyn, and other
places on the Welsh coast; capital, £250,000; loan,
£83,000.
NANTLLE.—To widen and extend the line ; capital,
£213,000; loan, £71,000.
Among the non-compliances on certain points and alle-

gations were the following :
LONDON, CHA'THAM, AND DOVER.—TO make connecting
railways and widen parts of their existing
railways in Sr
rey. To form junction lines, and to take lands for station
accommodation in St. Anne's, Blackfriars ; St. Martin's,
Ludgate ; St. Bride and St. Sepulchre, Christchurch, New-
ington, Clapham, and Camberwell
sk to Newport ; capital,
.
EAST USK.—For a lino from U
£600,000 ; loan, £200,000.
The Bills of the Launceston and Holdsworthy, and
of
the Beaminster Railway, were withdrawn, and the consi-
deration of those of the Loudon and South-Western Rail-
way was further adjourned.
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Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

The market opens with a fair inquiry, at firm
prices. Sales about 5,000 bales.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

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LONDON, Jan. 24.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly;
cloudy. light breeze and fine weather, but •a little

PLYMOUTH, Jan. 23.—Wind N.E.—Put back—ller Ma
jest Y's ship Cadmus, for West Indies.
TROON, Jan, 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Clyde, from
Londonderry.
QVEENSTOWN, Jan. 22.—Arrived—Queen of the Lakes,
from the Clyde for Bombay, with bowsprit started and
other damage.
KINGROAD, Jan. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Ajax,
steamer, from Nassau.

(BY ),I.AGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning:
Arrived, Jan. 23.—Christian, from Lattdscrona ;
from Dantzic.

Arrived, Jan. 24—Surprise, Caroline Santly, Promise,
Young Louise, Stratton, Rover, Esk, steamer—all from.
Guernsey.
Dna., Tuesday Morning`•
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