The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-27 00:00:00

WAR.-OFFICE, Max 27.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Richard Moatyn
Lewis Williams Bulkeley, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Leslie, promoted, May 27.
Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant Guy 'Webster, from the 10th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice William Harrisson,
appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant Guy
Webster, to bo Adjutant, vice Harrisson, appointed to the
10th Light Dragoons, May 27.

Gth Dragoons—Henry Timson, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Jones, promoted, May 27.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Harrisson,
from the Ist Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Webster,
appointed to the Ist Dragoons ; Cornet Musgrave James
Bradley Dyne, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Har-
risson, who retires, May 27.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William M`Mahon,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Garrett, who retires ;
Cornet James Leith, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
M`Mahon ; Ensign Robert Chadwick, from the 25th Foot,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Leith, May 27.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and
Lieutenant Edwyn Sherard Burnaby to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Mortimer Sack-
ville-W est, who retires ; Robert William Hamilton, Gent.,

to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burnaby, May 27.
Coldstream Regiment f Foot Guards—Lieutenant and
Captain Henry Wedderburn Cumming to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Vernon, who retires;
Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Montolieu Bouverie to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Cumming,
May 27. _ _

Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant William
Gascoine Bulwer to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur-
chase, vice John Floyd Peel, who retires ; Second Lieu-
tenant Arthur Morgan Hood Grosvenor Gregory, from the
60th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchacc, vice
Bulwer, May 27.
Ist Foot—Ensign William Frederick John Rudd to bo
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Phillipps, who retires ;
Morgan James O'Connell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Rudd, May 27.
7th Foot—Captain Eustace Henry Rose, from the 42d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Whitehead, who exchanges,
May 27.
15th Foot—Lieutenant William West Turner, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Wilkinson' who retires, May 27.
22d Foot--Ensign John Grahame to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice F. G. Moore, who retires ' • Ensign Har-
court Campbell Carter, from the 44th Foot, to b 3 Ensign,
vice Grahame, May 27.
17th Foot—Surgeon William Cruickshank, M.D., from
the 52d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cowan, who exchanges,
May 27.

25th Foot—Gwynne Orton Lewis, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Chadwick, appointed to the 14th Light
Dragoons, May 27.
30ch Foot—Lieutenant William James Robertson, from
the 42d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bennett, who ex-
changes ; Paymaster William Henry Fitzgerald, from the
2d Battalion, 60th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Macdonald,
deceased, May 27.
39th Foot - Lieutenant William Newport Tinley to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Charles
Campbell, who retires upon full pay • Ensign Frederick
Wilmot Foster to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Tinley; Serjeant-Major James Powell to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Foster, May 2T.
42d Foot—Captain Frederick John George White-
head, from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Rose,
who exchanges, May 27 ; Lieutenant William Henry Ben-
nett, from the 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Robert-
son, who exchanges, May 27.
43d Foot—Major Robert Baillie, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
William Fraser, who exchanges ; Captain the Honour-
able Percy Egerton Herbert, to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Baillie, who retires ; Lieutenant the Hon.
Henry Wm. Crosbie Ward to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Herbert ; Ensign the Honourable Barrington Rey-
nolds Pellew, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ward ;
Percy Mitford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Pellew, May 27.
44th Foot—Henry Augustus Henry Archibald Anson to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carter, appointed to tho 22d
Foot, May 27.
52d Foot—Major George Campbell to be Lieutenant-
Colonel without purchase; Brevet-Major Joshua Allen
Vigors to be Major, without purchase, vice Campbell,
May 27.
To be Captains without purchase—Lieutenant George
Charles Synge ; Lieutenant Charles Parker Heathcote ;
Captain Isaac Henry Hewitt, from the 18th Foot, vice
Vigors, May 27.
To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign George
Hallam ; Ensign Charles Henry Bullock; Lieutenant
George Ley Woolferstan Dodsley Flamstead, from the 18th
Foot • Lieutenant John Canavan, from the 18th Foot ;
Lieutenant George Ellis, from the 18th Foot ; Lieutenant
Thomas Prendergast Quil, from the 80th Foot ; Lieutenant
Francis Eteson, from the 18th Foot ; Lieutenant Thomas
Robinson Gibbons, from the 18th Foot ; Lieutenant Thomas
Hardwick Smith, from the 18th Foot ; Lieutenant Alex-
ander Hope Graves, from the 18th Foot, May 27.
To be Surgeon—Surgeon Thomas Cowan, M.D., from
the 17th Foot, vice Cruickshank, who exchanges, May 27.
To be Assistant-Surgeons—Assistant-Surgeon William
Cameron, M.D., from the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon Thos.
William Fox, M. 8., from the Staff, May 27. _ _

60th Foot—
.John
'James Phillipps, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gregory, promoted
in the
Scots Fusiliers Guards, May 27.
71st Foot—Second Lieutenant William Brook North _
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from the 87th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, May
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27.
81st Foot—Major Henry Ronny to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase ; Captain John Hamilton Stewart
to bo Major, without purchase, vice Renny, May 27.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant John
orTo be Lieutenants, without
Dourchier; Lieutenant James Woods ; Lieutenant Charles
James Skerry, vice Stewart, May 27.
Robert Wpalnlliiealm
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ef:rill°Charlton purchase—Ensign Richard
; Ensign Stanley John Lowe ; Ensign
eictaYrr from vitceh 88kOetrrYh Lieutenantfo;ot; Lieuten.
ant John Wilkins
on, from M e
Frederick Earnest Apple rod the 80th foot ; Lieutenant
tenant Edwin Fletcher F3orsatr,e; ffrora the 80th foot ; Lieu-
tenant Richard Swift from from the
fB.ootth. foot ;t Lieu-
-1 James Tweedlo from the 80th foot ; Second Lieutenant

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARYLEBONE. —Sarah Minchin, a girl in the
service of Mr. Smith, a grocer, residing at 17, Cam-
bridge-street, Hyde-park, was placed at the bar before
the sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, charged with having
attempted to murder her master's son, Frederick, only
thirteen years old, with a long and sharp-pointed carving
knife.

The court was much crowded during the inquiry, to
which a painful degree of interest was attached.
The first witness called was Charles Cushen, who, on
being sworn, said—l am assistant to Mr. Smith. At
about seven o'clock this morning I was awoke by the
cries of my employer's son, who slept in a room on the
same floor as mine, and who called out " Sarah, oh
Sarah," several times. I jumped up and rushed into
the apartment, when I beheld the prisoner struggling
with the boy, who was in bed. She had a knife in
her hand, and I saw her strike it at the youth,
who seized hold of it, and in consequence thereof
he was much cut upon the hands. I wrested the knife
from the grasp of the prisoner, and she then threw her-
self upon the bed as if she were in a state of insensibility.
Her back was towards me when I got possession of the
knife, and I attribute her fright to her turning round and
noticing that I was the person who interfered in the
matter. The boy ran down stairs, bleeding profusely
from his throat and hands, and soon afterwards a sur-
geon was in attendance.
Mr. Long—Where did the prisoner sleep ?—Witness--
In a small room between mine and the buy's.
Mr. Fell (the chief clerk)—Do you happen to know if
there has been any quarrel which would be likely to
cause the prisoner to be revenged ?—Witness—Since this
unhappy affair I have heard that, a short time ago, there
were some unpleasant words about a small knife, but I
am not aware of the particulars in reference thereto.

Police-constable Fordharn, 272 D—At a quarter past
seven this morning► I was called to the house, and on
Mr. Smith taking me into an apartment up-stairs, I saw
the prisoner lying on a bed which was covered with
blood. Prisoner's hands and face were also bloody. I
was shown to another room, and there saw the boy in
bed. A surgeon was present and was dressing the
wounds. I took the prisoner into custody, and con-
veyed her in a cab to the station house. Witness here
produced the carving knife, the greater part of the blade
of which had blood upon it.

Mr. Long—When you took the prisoner did she make
any observation to you ?—Witness : None, sir.
A certificate from Mr. Brown, surgeon, Connaught-
square, was produced and handed to the magistrate.
The document set forth that there were wounds upon
the throat, the wrist, and several fingers ; the boy had
lost a great deal of blood, and as his nervous system
had been very much upset it was impossible to consider
him free from danger.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say in answer to so
serious a charge, was remanded till next Thursday, upon
which day the surgeon and the wounded boy's father
will be examined in the case ; it is also hoped that the
boy will be sufficiently well to appear.

AFFRAY WITH THE MILITIA AT TAUNTON.—Macarte's
company of equestrians performed twice in this town on
Tuesday last. The performers were some of the cle-
verest that we have ever seen. Tom Barry, the cele-
brated clown, is a great acquisition to the company.
On Tuesday afternoon one of the militiamen endea-
voured to steal a view of the performance by peeping
through the canvas, when a man belonging to the com-
pany perceiving him, thrust a knife or some sharp in-
strument into the soldier's forehead, inflicting a horrible
wound. The fellow is in custody. The militiamen af-
terwards collected in great numbers, cut the ropes of the
tent, overturned the waggons, and made a general
attack on the performers. A picket was ordered out,
and the officers interfered, but on the apprehension of
the original offender, order was restored.—Sherborne
Journal.