The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

SUN,

LONDON,

RC! VAL MILITARY ACADEMY.
WOOLWICH, DEC. 18.—A board of officers, con-
sisting of Major-General Sir John P. Burgoyne,
K.C.B. (chairman), Major General Sir Hew Dal-
rymple Rost, K C. 8., Major-General John Boteltr
Parker, C.B , Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal
Military Academy ; Major General R. J. J. Lacy,
Colonel F. Campbell, Colonel Henry William Gordon,
Colonel William Bolden Dundas, C. 8., and Colonel
W. D. Jones, Inspector, Royal Military Academy,
assembled in the hall of the Gentlemen Cadets' de•
partment at the Royal Arsenal, at eleven o'clock
A.M. today, to witness the examination of the g,n-
tlemen cadets, of the practical class, who had been
studyin4 since the last vacation, preparatory to their
being qualified for commissions. Captain Savage,
Captain Eardley Wilmot, Captain Crawford, Captain
Anderson, and several (Beers of the Royal Artillery
were present to witness the examination. Captain
IV. M. Dixon, Instructor in Practical Artillery, put

thevari,frus questions he had prepared id thtt branch

of the service to the gentlemen cadets, and they were
answered with a promptitude and ability highly to
their credit.

Captain Stotherd, Royal Engineers, Instructor in
Surveying, then examined the gentlemen cadets in
that branch, in which they acquitted themselves sa-
tisfactorily, and after three hours' examination before
the board, they were passed for commissions, subject
to the approval of the Master-General of the Ord-
nance.

The following is a list of the names of gentlemen
cadets, of the practical class, who have been found
qualified for commissions in the Royal Artillery and
Royal Engineers :—Willoughby Digby Marsh, Wm.

Jarnes Stuart, Richard Oldfield, Herbert Mark Gar-
ret Purvis, William. Howley Goodenough, Albert
Henry Wilmot Williams, William Smyth Maynard
Wolfe, Charles Frederick Cockburn, Henry Hamilton
Conolly, Walter Chidiock Nangle, Henry Strover,
Campbell Hardy, William Wilberforce Hagan,
CharleS Dickson Fisher, Lewis Frederick Hall, Fre-
derick Cockburn Griffin, John Henry Peile, John
Kelly, Charles John Dowse.
Major Genfral Sir John Burgoyne,at the conclusion
of the examination, congratulated the gentlemen
cadets on the satisfactory manner in which they had
answered the questions put to them, and added that
Le had now the pleasure of presenting the various
prizes awarded for the ability they had shown in the
following branches of their education

Mr. Cockburn, practical artillery—a telescope ; Mr.
Oldfield, next in merit.

Mr. Marsh, surveying—a pocket sextant; Mr.
Wolfe, next in merit.

Mr. Griffin, chemistry—treatise on chemistry; Mr.
J. Sterling, next in merit.
Mr. Harvey, first class mathematics—a case of
mathematical instruments; Mr. Porter, next in merit.
Mr. Teesdale, second class mathematics—prismatic
compass; Mr. Newbolt, next in merit.
Mr. Fox Strangway, first class fortification—
Essai Generale ; Mr. John H. Brown, next in merit.

Mr. John T. Brown, second class fortification—
Sieges in Spain and Portugal; Mr. Mahon, next in
merit.

Mr. Ogilvie, French—Course Elementaire,
Mr. Lyons, next in merit.

Mr. Harvey, German—Schiller's Glimmtliche
Werke ; Mr. C. Martin, next in merit.
Mr. Cromartie, history and geometry—Encyclo-
pmdia of Geometry ; Mr. Brackenbury, next in merit.
Mr. Strange, military plan drawing—sketching
telescope; Mr. Keene, next in merit.
Mr. I'. Carey, fifth room, landscape drawing—box
of colour.; Mr. Strange, next in merit.
Mr. Bracken bury, sixth room, landscape drawing—
box of colours ; Mr. Martin, mat in merit.

Mr. Tyler, descriptive geometry—work on geo
metry ; Mr. Blakiston, next in merit.
The gentlemen cadets of the theoretical class
were previously examined at the Royal Military
Academy, on Woolwich Common, and the following
having proved themselves qualified for the practical
class,, their names were submitted to the Master-
General, and his Lordship has been pleas to di-
rect that they shall join the practical class at the
Royal Arsenal on their return to Woolwich after
the Christmas vacation :—Robert W. Duff, Charles
E. Harvey, Charles B. Brackenbury, Walter A.
Fox Strangway, George Philips, John Henry Brown,
Frederick M. 11. Prosser, Thomas A. J. Harrison,
James M. M. C. Tibart, William Booth, George S.
Harward, John D. G. Higgon, Edmund J. Winn,
Edwin Markham, Henry R. Porter, William L.
Yonge, Edmund P. B. Turner, Frederick C. Cro-
nranie, Leonard S. Joyce, Ralph Gore.
The young gentlemen at Carshalton Academy were
examined on Thursday and Friday last.

NOTTINGHAM SAVINGS' BANK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn,—ln your paper of the 811 instant you admit
a communication which casts a most undeserved
imputation of dishonesty on the officers of the Not-
tingham Savings' Bank. I have known the secretary
of that institution intimately for more than thirty

years, ani I believe there never was amore conscien
tious, vigilant, and active man of business than he is,
nor any bank better managed. Ile has ever been,
not only faithful and minute in the discharge of his
own duties, but kept so quick an eye over his clerks
and other officials, that instead of the least want of
confidence, the management has ever b( en highly
eulogised. I will cite only one proof, and that from
a paper which never spares perver6i,m in whatever
quarter it may be discovered. As you have unin-
tentionally given publicity to a misstatement, im-
pugning the character of an important institution. I
am sure you will, gladly make a reparation by
inserting this letter, and the following extracts.
I am, Sir, yours very faithfully,
VERITAS.

" In The Sun newspaper of Saturday last, a corre-
spondent says :—' In no case of defalcation in the
Savings' Banks of England, that I know of, have the
depositors eventually sustained any loss. In the
instance of both Nottingham and St. Alban's Savings'
Banks a few years ago, the deficiency occasioned by
the dishonesty of certain paid officers, was made
good to the depositors by the trustees to their lasting
honour, out of their own private fortunes. Now we
notice this to correct a glaring error. There never
was a deficiency in the Nottingham
,Savings' Bank
The officials connected with this institution hare been
men of high principle and sterling integrity, and
there is not a savings' bank in the kingdom where
more care is taken to:prt serve the.depositors from loss."
--Nottingham Review, Dec. 14, 1849,p: 4, col. 4.
The editor says—" In the course of the week we
have gone to the Savings' Bank in Nottingham, and
have inspected the mode of doing business. We may
remark that we never set foot over the threshold of
the door before, that we have not, nor ever had,
anything to do with the bank; but we are persuaded,
from personal investigation, that it is next to an im-
possibility there should be any wrong doings here;
for we find that, in every instance, when money is
received, one of the managers (not the
_secretiry or
clerk) signs the depositor's book; and further, 'that
on each day appointed for the receipt and payment of
money belonging to the depositors, the manager in
attendance shall (and does) in his own handwriting
make ,out a statement of the amount of money re-
ceived from the treasurer, and also of the amount of
money to be paid to the treasurer, and sign the same,
and the secretary shall each day deliver such state-
ment to the treasurer, with the balance of cash.' To
make assurance doubly sure, the two auditors have
called in a professional accountant to their assistance,
and he has gone over the books of accounts, and cer-
tified them. In Nottingham, therefore, there can be
no possibility of fraud on the part of the officers of the
institution."—ld. p. 4, col. 2.

. NATIONAL CURRENCY REFORM ASSOCIATION.--
A preliminary meeting of gentlemen desirous of effecting
a change in the existing system of the currency, by
substituting that which shall be a symbol of national
wealth fur the precious metals as the medium of ex-
change, was held last night at the ofilees, No. 4, Beau-
fort-buildings, Strand. Mr. Bennoch, Mr. Duncan, Mr.
Wyld, M.P., Mr. Sidney Smith, Mr. Wilson, and other
gentlemen were present. Mr. Benncch took the chair,
and in an able address reviewed the commercial events
of the last several years, the commercial distress, and
the various attempts made to remedy it, for the pur-
pose of showing that a contracted medium of ex-
change was at the bottom of all the difficulties of the
trading and labouring community. Mr. Duncan after-
wards briefly expounded the principles on which he
wished to see the currency based, and concluded by
moving, " That this meeting recommends the imme-
diate formation of the National Currency Reform
Association, to effect- the abolition of the fixed price
of gold in our- coinage, and to- establish a syitem of
national paper money, secured on the-whole prosperity
of the ampire, and 'declared a legal tender by Act of
Parliament ; such money not to exceed the annual
amount of taxation. That joint-stock banks be ' em•
powered to issua notes on the deposit of approved
guarantees with' the Government to the extent of two-
thirds of their securities, and convertible into the legal
tender-money of the country on demand." Mr. Wyld,
M.P., seconded the resolution, but without plAging
himself to a plan. The resolution was unanimously
affirmed, and a conversation afterwards ensued as to
luture operations necessary to bring the association
before the public.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.—PORT OF LIMERICK.—
The following notice has been issued by the Commis.
sioeers of the Custome' Department ;—" Custom-house,
London, Dec. 1849.—Notice is hereby given, that the
Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, in pursuance
of the powers vested in them by the Act of the Bth and
9th Victoria, chap. 86, sec. 12, have appointed Scattery
Roads, on the east aide of Scattery Island, to be the
proper station within the port of Limerick for all vessels
coming up or departing out of the said port to bring to
for the boarding or landing of officers of the Customs,
in lieu of Tarbert ; and that the master of every vessel
failing to comply with the provisions of the said Act will
render himself liable to a penalty. of 1001. By order of
the said COLUAIiAIIMerI3, C. A. ScovApra, Secretary."