The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-06 00:00:00

POLICE INVESTIGATION.

Mr. Broughton was occupied the greater part of the
day, at Marylebone Police-court, with the inquiry re-
specting certain proceedings on the part of Mitchell,
the gaoler of the court, and Mr. Robinson, a gentle-
man connected with the legal profession.
Mr. Walesby and Mr. Halsewell, two of the visit-
ing magistrates, were present throughout the pro-
ceedings.
Mr. Wolff was in attendance, and Mr. Robinson,
who appeared to refute the allegations against him.
It will be remembered that on the 29th ult. another
charge was entered into, in which Mitchell was stated
to have improperly received money from Anne Simons,
for the purpose of obtaining the attendance of the
above-named legal gentleman, and with also having,
contrary to regulations, conveyed some spirits into
the cell in which she was locked up. The evidence
in this case was taken at some length, and from the
explanations given it was generally considered that
hey were of a satisfactory character, as it appeared
that what was taken in was a glass of gin and pepper-
mint, which was required by a woman of the name of
Mitchell who was suffering from a spasmodic attack,
and for which he (Mitchell) from a kind feeling, paid
out of his own pocket.
The inquiry into the case of Mary Wright, which
was referred to in the report of the visiting magis-
trates, was then commenced, when it was shown that
Wright, one of the witnesses in the case, being a pri-
soner in Westminster Bridewell, could not attend,
and that Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Barton, the other
material witnesses, although summoned, were not
then present, nor could they be found, although
searched for.

Much discussion ensued, in which Mr. Robinson
declared that the imputations which had been cast
upon him were utterly groundless.
Mr. Broughton, who had bestowed a great deal of
care and attention on the above case, ultimately came
to the conclusion that the charge against Mr. Robin-
son and Mr. Mitchell had fallen to the ground. With
regard to Anne Simons's case,. it did not remain with
him to give a decision.
The inquiry here terminated.

THE HOUSE IN WHICH HENRY BROUGHAM WAS
BORN.—The birth and existence of the illustrious orator
depended upon a chance circumstance, which will strike
every one with wonder. The father of Mr. Brougham,
it is well known, was proprietor of Brougham Hall and a
fine estate in the north of England, which still form the
patrimony of the family. He was about to be married to a
lady in his own neighbourhood, to whom he was passion-
ately attached, and every preparation had been made in
their nuptials, when, to Mr. Brougham's great grief, his
mistress died. To beguile himself of his sorrows he deter-
mined to travel, and came to Edinburgh, where wander-
ing on the Castle-hill to view the city, he happened to
inquire:of a fellow idler where he could find respectable
and convenient lodgings. By this person he was di-
rected—not to the New Town or to any fashionable hotel,
for at that time no such thing existed in the Scottish
capital—but to Mrs. Syme, sister of Principal Robert-
son, widow of the Rev. Mr. Syme, minister of Alloa,
who then kept the largest and most genteel boarding
and lodging establishment in town, in the second
fiat of M'Lelland's land, Head of the Cowgate
(marked No. 8), the front windows of which look
straight up the Candlemaker• row. Here Mr. Brougham
forthwith proceeded to settle himself, and though he did
not at first contemplate a permanent residence in this
city, be soon found occasion to make that resolution;
for, falling in love with Miss Eleanor Syme, who was a
young lady, of great merit and beauty, he abandoned
his early sorrow, and, espousing her, lived all the rest of
his life in Edinburgh. He resided, for some time after
his marriage, in Mrs. Syme's house ; and thereafter
removed to No. 19, St. Andrew's-square, where Henry
Brougham first saw the light.—Traditions of Edinburgh.
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
FRIDAY.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 5, 1847.

3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Henry Hickman
Bacon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warner, who
retires ; Cornet Frederick Aston Oakes to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bacon ; Arthur Wellesley Williams
Gent. (Riding-master) to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Oakes, Nov. 5 ; James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, Nov. 6.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Edward Hare
Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Knox, who
retires; Cornet Thomas Gabriel Leonard Carew Gwyn
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker, Nov. 5.
15th Light Dragoons—Captain Thomas J. Kearney,
from 69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who ex-
changes, Nov. 5.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Brevet Major Lieutenant and
Captain the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Colonel
Yorke, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant John Wil-
liam Ilay to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,
vice Hood; George Thomas Francis Shuckburgh, Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay,
Nov. 5.
4th Foot—Captain Hercules Atkin Welman, from
80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hawkes, who exchanges,
Aug. 13.
7th Foot—Second Lieutenant Clinton Francis Berens
Dawkins, from 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Tupper, who retires, Nov. 5.
9th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Bissell Harvey, from
Inspecting Field-officer of a Recruiting District, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Barnwell, appointed Inspecting
Field-officer of a Recruiting District ; Major Henry
Horatio Kitchener to be Lieutenant. Colonel by purchase,
vice Harvey, who retires ; Brevet-Major Franklin
Lushington, C. 8., to be Major, by purchase, vice
Kitchener, Nov. 5.
17th Foot—Major Freeman Murray to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires; Cap-
tain Edward Barry Owen to be Major, by purchase,
vice Murray; Lieutenant John L. Croker to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Owen; Ensign Edmund John Gar-
diner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Croker
Nov. 5. •
20th Foot—Charles Frederick Turner, Gent,, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Gordon, who resigns,
Nov. 5.

25th Foot—Ensign William Thomas Potts to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Robert Barclay, Bart.,
who retires; Standish Grady Maunsell, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Potts, Nov. 5.
28th Foot—Captain George Butler Stoney, from 86th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Mayers, who exchanges,
Nov. 5.

38th Foot—Surgeon Frederick Foaker, from 97th
Foot, to be Surgeon, rice Mlllree, who exchanges,
Nov. 5.
43d Foot—Charles Lord Lurgan to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Shaw Kennedy, promoted in 63d Foot,
Nov. 5.
46th Foot—Lieutenant Henry,Steele to be Adjutant,
vice Campbell, promoted, Nov. 5.
55th Foot—Lieutenant George King to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brooke, who retires; Ensign Robert
William Torrens to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
King ; Thomas Planta Denne, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Torrens, Nov. 5.
60th Foot—John Du Cane, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice awkins, promoted in 7th
Foot, Nov. 5.
63d Foot—Ensign John Shaw Kennedy, from 43d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodyatt,
who retires, Nov. 5.

68th Foot—Colour-Sergeant James Falconer' from
92d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jones,
who resigns, Nov. 4; Charles Edmonstone Kirk, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Falconar, appointed to
the 74th Foot, Nov. 5.
69th Foot—Captain George Abercrombie Robertson,
from 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Kearney,
who exchanges, Nov. 5.
73d Foot—James Whittaker Barnes, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice 31`Kellar, who resigns,
Nov. 5.

74th Foot—Lieutenant James Duff to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Munns, who retires ; Ensign Charles
Breton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duff ;
Ensign James Falconer, from 68th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Breton ; Ensign James Falconer, to be Adjutant,
vice the Hon. Francis W. H. Fano, who resigns the Ad-
jutancy only, Nov. G.
.... .

75th Foot—Captain Balcarres Dalrymple Wardlaw
Ramsay, front 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain,
vice Stuart, who exchanges, Nov. 5.
76th Foot—Ensign George Wardlaw, from id West
India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Young, deceased,
Nov. 6.

79th Foot—Lieutenant John Cornea, from 2d Wes,

India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Thomas William
Blewett Mountsteven, who has retired on half-pay,
Nov. IS.

80th Foot—Captain Robert Hawkes, from 4th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Welman, who exchanges, Nov. 5.
85th Foot—The Hon. Cavendish Browne to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Studdert, who retires, Nov. 5.
86th Foot—Captain John Perkins Mayers, from 28th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Stoney, who exchanges, Nov 5.
91st Foot—Robert Henry Crampton, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Baylis, appointed to the 99th
foot, Nov. 5.

97th Foot—Surgeon John Drope M'lllree, from 38th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Foaker, who exchanges, Nov. 5.
99th Foot—Ensign E. W. Isdell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Seymour, who retires; Ensign Robert
Baylis, from 91st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Isdell, Nov. 5.
3d West India Regiment—Captain George William
Conyngham Stuart, from 75th Foot, to he Captain, vice
Ramsay, who exchanges; Lieutenant Arthur Duggan,
from half-pay 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bolton,
appointed to 16th Foot; Ensign Edward Conron to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Duggan, who retires;
George Wardlaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Conron, Nov. 5; John William Poole, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Wardlaw, appointed to 76th
Foot, Nov. G.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Major Alexander Boswell
Armstrong to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
Nov. 5.

To be Majors, without purchase—Captain Henry D.
Warden; Captain George Thomas Conolly Napier, vice
Armstrong, Nov. 5.
To be Captains, without pc rchase—Captain Frederick
Philip Glubb, from half.pay Unattached, vice Warden;
Lieutenant Lewis Chamberlayne Irwin, from 27th Foot,
vice Napier, Nor. 5.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain Phillpotts
Wright Taylor to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet
Lieutenant-Colonel Macpherson, who retires ; Lieut.
James Nicol Holmes to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Taylor; Ensign William King to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Holmes; Kenneth Mackenzie Moffat, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice King; George Ernest
Bulger, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Fortye, deceased, Nov. 5.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant John
Gillespie to be Adjutant, vice Jenkins, who resigns the
Adjutancy only, Nov. 5.
BREVET.

Captain James Kennard Pipon, half-pay 68th Foot
(Assistant Military Secretary to the Lieutenant-General
commanding at Malta); to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9.

MEMORANDUM.

Tho date of tho commission of Lieutenant Robert
Alexander Dagg, as Adjutant of a Recruiting District,
is the 17th, not 11th, September, 1847, as previously
stated.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 2.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant
George Cecil Henry, to be First Lieutenant, vice Stubbs,
resigned, Oct. 23.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 29.
Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Major
Robert Ford, promoted to Lieutenant• Colonel; First
Lieutenant Edward Pownoll Snowe, promoted to Cap-
tain; Second Lieutenant Henderson Ward, promoted to
First Lieutenant.