The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1846,

W hitehall-place, has been avointed the second clerk at
the Webtminster Court, Mr. A. Taylor, the bro,i,tr of
the uew chief. having, with a sense of delicacy highly
creditable to him, been removed (on his own application)
to the Southwark Court.

FRIDA NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, JAN. 2, 1846.
The Queen Dowa-4er has been pleased to appoint the Hon.
Mary Seymour to be one of her Majesty's Maids of Honour.
The Queen Dowager has been pleased to appoint Lieute-
nant Robert Beilfiird, R.N., to be her Majesty's Gentleman
Usher in Residence.
OFFICE OF THE MASTER OF THE HORSE TO HER
MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER, JAN. 2.
The Queen Dowager has been pleased to appoint Lieut.-
General Sir A. F. Barnard, G.C.B. and G.C.H., Colonel
Commandant of the Rifle Brigade, to be her Majesty's Clerk
Marshal.
The Queen Dowager has been pleased to appoint the fol-
lowing gentlemen to be her Majesty's Equerries:—
Lieut.-Col. W. H. Cornwall, of the Coldstream Guards.
Capt A. J. Taylor, of the Royal Horse Artillery,
Cant. E. A. Somerset, of the Rifle Brigade.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 30, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Sea!, constituting and appointing the
Right Hon. Edward Granville Ea-I St. Germans to the office
of her Majesty's Postmaster General.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Martin West Esq.,
to be Lieutenant-Governor of the district of Natal, in South
Africa.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Henry Cloete,
Esq., to be Recorder for the district of Natal.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Donald
Moodie, Esq., to be Secretary to Government for the district
of Natal.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Ilougham
Hudson, sen., Esq., to Civil Commissioner and Resident
Magistrate of Albany, in the settlement of the Cape of Good
Hope.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Hougham
Hudson, jun., Esq., to be Secretary to the Lieutenant Gover-
nor of the Eastern districts of the settlement of the Cape of
Goad Hope.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Bell,
Esq., to be Assistant Surveyor-General for the settlement of
the Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint S. P.
Fairbanks, Esq., to be her Majesty's Treasurer for the pro-
vince of Nova Scotia.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
Sir W. C. Medlycott, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
Dec. 27.
Commissions by the Lord. Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
The bight Hon. A. Viscount Valentia to be Deputy
Lieutenant; G. A. F. Viscount Villiers to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant : Charles Lane, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;
J. H. Ashhurst, Esq., to be ditto; L. Pickering, Esq., to be
ditto; 11. Baskerville, Esq., to be ditto; M. Ricardo, Esq.,
to be ditto ; H. W. Dashwood, Esq , to be ditto, Dec. 29.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtown.
R. V. Agnew, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Dec. 20.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
First. Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
R. P. Dawson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Attwood, de-
ceased, Dec. 27; J. F. Slegg, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Borrow, deceased, Dec. 31.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 29.
The Right Honourable Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal,
Knt., Lord Chief Justice of ~er Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas, has appoi, ted Thomas Yarrall Johnson Daily, of
Arundel, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be on-. of the
Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments
of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act
passed for the abolition of fines and recovc ries, and for the
substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Sussex.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 24.
The Right Hon. Sir Nickles Conyngham Tindal, Knt.,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas,
has appointed James Winter, of the city of Norwich, Gent.,
to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the ac-
knowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women,
under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries,
and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance,
in and for the city of Norwich, and county of the same city,
also in and for the county of Notfolk.
BANKRUPTS.
James Coe, money scrivener, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury, to
surrender, Jan. 15, at half-past one, and Feb 20, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Idesinghall-street ; Buchanan, Basingliall-street.
Edward Ee,ile, bookseller, Chancery-lane, Jan. 13, a
half- past twelve, and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Shaw, Furnival's
Inn, Holborn.
George Seagrave Neale, innkeeper, Portsea, Hants, Jan.
13, at one, and Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Yank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Low, Chancery-lane ;
Low, Portsea.
Daniel William Lucas, hemp dealer, Mark-lane, City,
Jan. 14, at two, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the ourt of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry; 13,h0n Merriman, and Dunning, Austin-friars.
Henry La Jenne, maltster, St. Alban's, January 14, at
half-past one, and Feb. 11, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell. official assignee, Coleman-street buildings;
Laurance and Flews, Bucklersbury.
Robert Headington, laceman, Bath, Jan. 16, at twelve, and
Feb. 10, at eleven, at the Liverp. of District Court. Dloruan,
official assignee; Liverpool; Chester and Co., Staple Inn;
London ; Tyrer, Liverpool.
Charles Barber, calico printer, Brindle, Lancashire, Jan.
13, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court ;
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Chisholme, flail, and
Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Gibson, Manchester.
Thomas Carey Williard Pierce, merchant. Manchester,
Jan. 15, at eleven, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott,
Charlotte-street, Bedford-square; Atkinson and Saunders,
Manchester.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

THE BROAD AND NARROW GAUGE ENGINES.
-EXPERIMENTS FOR TESTING THEIR
TRACTIVE CAPACITIES.

YORE.. WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—The experiments, unr!er
the Commission, were resumed here this morning. The
experiments yesterday with the 50-tons trains were con-
sidered so inconclusive, in consequence of the high wind
which prevailed, that it was determined to repeat them
to-day. The hour appointed for leaving the station vras
nine o'clock. The train left at 9h. 2m. 10s., accompa
tiled by Professor Barlow, Professor Airey, Mr. Watson,
Mr. Brunel, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Gooch, Mr. Bidder, Mr.
Wyndham Harding, Mr. Berkley, Mr. Cabry, and
about adi zen other gentlemen. The day was a fav, ur-
able one. There was alight breeze to the north, an the
rails were in a very fair condition. Contrary to the prac-
tice observed in the experimental trips upon the Great
‘N, estern Railway. the train did not stop at the first mile
post, and commence its experimental trip from a state of
rest. Instead of doing this, it passed the post at the
rate of about eight miles per hour. The following is
the working of the train for the 43 miles, that is mea-
suring from the first mile-post out of the York station
to the mile-post on the York side of the Darlington
station:—

Passed Ist Mile-post a

Time each mile in
Seconds.

... 120

DEATHS AMONG THE AlliS-

TOCRACY.

1 The number of Peers who havw di c,..1 in the course of
the year 1845 is larger than usual, the number having
been in 1843, 20 ; in 1844, 19 ; %%Ink this year it has
arnotinvd to 28, viz., four Marquises—Sligo, Wesrmin-
st,.r, Downshire, and Ely ; thirteen Earls—St. Germans,
Effingham, Morningt,n, Rainey, Eg-r, 113,.11t (ixticct),
Abergarenny, StamcOrd and Warring,ton, Dtrinior,,
Grey, Spenc,r, Verulam, Belmore, and Portarlington ;
one Viscount—Canterbury ; and ten Barons—Aston
(extinct), Wynford. Carbery, Harris, Seaford (inherited
by Baron Howard de Walden), Bateman, Montagu (ex-
tinct), Hartland (extinct), Stuart de Rothesay (extinct),
• and Wharncliffe.
Their resp-ctive ages were as follow :
Earl of Dunmore .. ...... 41 Eart of Verulam • 70
Earl of Belmore ...... . ... 44 Baron Hartland
Earl of A bergavenny 55 Baron Seaford 74
Marquis of Downshire ... sti Baron Aston
Marquis of Siigo 57 Marquis of Ely
Earl of Egremont ...... .. 58 Earl of Effingham ......
Earl Spencer ............ C 8 B ron WynfOrd
Baron Harris
Earl of Portarlington
Baron Bateman ............ C 5 Earl of Stamfordand War-
Viscount Canterbury... 66 rington.
Baron Stuart de Rothesay 67 Baron Carbery
Earl of Romney 67 Earl Grey Bl
Baron Montagu
Baron Wharncliffe ......... 6'.i

Thus averagH
The number of each rani
last three years was :
In 1843 Duk es, 3 ;
Viscounts, 2 ; Barons, 8 —ti
extinct or merged into other

ng 68 years.
who have died during the

Marquis 1 ; Earls, 8 ;
Aal, 20 ; of which Lecame
peeraps, 6.

In 1844—Duke, 1 ; Marquises, 2 ; Earls, 6 ;
Viscounts, 2 ; Barons, I—total, 19 ; of which became
extinct or merged into other peerages, 3.
In 1845—Marquises, 4 ; Earls, 13 ; Viscount, 1 ;
Baroni, 10—t 'tat, 27 ; of which became extinct or
merged into other peerages, 6.
Totals—Dukes, 4; Marquises, 7 ; Earls, 27; Viscounts,
5 ; Barons, 24—total, 66 ; of which became extinct or
merged into other peerages, 15.
The number of Baronets deceased in 1845 is twenty.
one, namely—Sirs J. Colt, C. Mackenzie, I. G.Cottcrell,
T. F. Buxton, 11. Oakley, J. Isham, 11. J. Tichborne.
G. 11. W. Beaumont, W. S. Wiseman, A: R. Dillon, J.
E. Honywood, F. Freeling, E. Barry, J. Mordaunt,
W. W. Pepys (inherited by Lord Cottenham), C.
Rowley, M. J. Tierney, W. Foulis, W. Reid, L. Jones,
and J. Chetwode. In 1844 the number was 29, and in
1843, 31.

The time occupied in performing the distance 3 ester-
day was 1 hour 13 minutes 53 seconds, or at the rate of
something less than 35 miles per hour. It will be seen
that to-day the same distance was accomplished in
53 minutes 28 seconds, or at rather less than 48 miles
per hour, the maximum speed (between the sth and 6th
mile post") being nearly 55 miles per hour. The wino
of yesterday may therefore be considered to have offered
a resistance equal to above 13 miles per hour.
The return train with the 50 tons left Darlington
station at 11h. 21in. Os., and passe d the first mile-post
at 11h. 22tn. 18s. Thu following is the working of the
engine :
h. m. s.
Passed Ist Nile-post at 11 22 18 „,

The following Members of the House of Commons
have alo vacated their s,,ats by death during the last
year—lion. Otway Cave, county of Tipperary ; Colonel
Rush brooke, West Suffolk ; Si: W. W. Follett, Exeter ;
Joseph Somes, Dartmouth ; Alexander Murray, Kirk-
cudbrightshire ; Benjamin Wood, Southwark ; Colonel
E. B. Give, Hereford; Peter Grsenall, Wigan; Sir John
Mordaunt, South Warwickshire ; John Ramsbottom,
Windsor ; and John Irving, county of Antrim.

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