The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, I 848:

which time I shall have been joined, if my anticipations
be correct, by a great many loyal inhabitants ; and
when my procedure shall take a legs' and most deter-
mined turn.—l have, &c.,

H. G. SMITH.
The Right Hon. Earl Grey, Secretary of State.
A list of killed and wounded is enclosed.
N.B.—Since I closed this dispatch, two rebels have
been brought in, taken near the field of battle. If found
to have taken a prominent part I shall try them by a
general court-martial, on arrival at Bloem Fontein, and
the sentence shall determine their fate.
The friendly Boers are gathering thickly round me in
great delight at their future prospects. lam framing a
proclamation, to be published at Bloem Fontein, a copy
of which shall be transmitted to your Lordship after it is
issued.

H. G. SMITH.
Return of Killed and Wounded in Action with the Rebe:
Boers, at Bloem Plaats, 29th of August, 1848.
General Staff-2 horses wounded.

45th Regiment (Reserved Battalion)-1 man killed,
19 men wounded. _

__ ______ .• ______.
91st Regiment (Reserved Battalion)-1 officer, 2 men,
wounded.

i:etiweoiurnigdaedd.e...._3 men, 2 horses, killed; 2 officers, 12
Cape 9 horses, killed; 4
officers,
wounded.dened.
11 horses, killed; 7 officers, 39 men,
6 Mountedmen, 11
horses,Rifles—
131'hootrasle—s:3" muennciedbficers Wounded.
Lieutenant-Colonel Buller, Rifle Brigade, severely.
Captain Murray. Rifle Brigade, mortally (since dead).
Captain Armstrong, Cape Mounted Rifles, severely.
Lieutenant Sall s, Cape Mounted Rifles, dangerously.
Lieutenant Mill, Cape Mounted Rifles, severely.
Ensign Steele, Cape Mounted Rifles, dangerously.
Ensign Crampton, 91st Regiment, dangerously.
JoHN GARvocK, Major.

THE MILITARY COLLEGE,
I The ADDISCOMBE.
public half-yearly examination of the Gentle-
men Cadets at the East India Company's Military Se-
minary, Addiscombe, was held yesterday before the
Chairman, Lieutenant-General Sir J. L. Lushington,
G.C.8.; the Deputy-Chairman, Major- General Sir A.
Galloway, K.C.8., and several other members of the
Court of Directors. There was a large attendance of
visitors on the occasion. Among them were—his Grace
the Archbishop of Canterbury; Lieutenant Generals Sir
Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.H., and Sir Thomas
M'Mahon, Bart., K.C.8.; Major-Generals Sir George
Pollock, G.C.8., James Grant, Whish, and M'Leod
(Bengal Engineers); Colonels Sir James Dennis, K.C.B.
(3d Buffs), Sir H. Smith, R.E., Hay, Bonner, Har-
dinge, RA., Leslie, C. 8., Dundas, C. 8., R.A., Brereton,
R.H.A„ English, RE., Underwood, Sturt, Derville,
and Spiller; Majors Cuppage, R.A., Walpole (Sap-
pers and Miners), Davis (52d Foot), Stun, Showers,
Coghlan, Roxburgh, and Fanshawe, R.E.; Cap-
taius M'Kerlie, RE., Talbot, RA., Savage,
R.A., Moorsom (Scots ‘ Fusilier Guards), and
Warden; Messr. P. Melvin, C. G. Prendergast (Bombay
Civil Service), S. IL. Christie (Royal Military Academy),
W. T: Ildoper, Mullins, A. T. Willoughby, W. A. Ve-
nour, Penrhyn, M. T. Turnbull, James Bandinell,
Southey, Donne, Wilkieson, Garrett, and Hitchens ;
the Rev. Messrs. Hodgson, G. Coles, Park, and An-
drews (Ordnance School). The examination was con-
ducted by the Public Examiner, Major-General Sir
C. Pasley.
Thirty-eight of the 154 gentlemen cadets were brought
forward for examination.
For the Engineers (s)—James John M'Leod Innes,
Edmund Walker, George Tomkyns Chesney, Alexander
Davidson, and John Archibald Ballard.
For the Artillery (12)—Theodore Emilius Gahagan,
John Mullins, Thomas Netherton Harward, Andrew
Hugh Bogle, Frederick Henry Turnbull, Francis Hast-
ings M'Leod, William Hamilton (2), Burnett Ash-
burner, Robert Atkins Peach, William Ingilby, Adam
Gordon Newall, and Henry John Evans.
For the Infantry (21).—De Vic Francis Carey,Henry
rDundas Gloag, Edward Deere Fraser Lewis, George
Johnson Reeves, Henry Charles Astley Cooper, Edward
Adolphe Mottet, John Campbell Hobson, Alfred An-
thony Des Vceux, James Dupre Lance, Francis Booth
Norman, Francis John Craigie, Richard Round Carnell,
Edward Brandt, William Hamilton (1), Edward Samp-
son, Whish, Alfred Johannes Clarke Farre, Philip Han-
trey Comyn Burlton, William Frederick Stewart, John
Philip Pedler, Alexander Egerton Cumming, and Tho-
mas Dyer.
The mathematical examination was according to the
following course:—Logarithms; trigonometry, part 1 ;
mensuration. (The foregoing is the test for the service
of infantry.) Geometry, chaps. 4 and 5; application of
algebra to geometry; trigonometry (analytical), part 2,
chap. 3; statics, chaps. 1,3, and 4; dynamics, to the end
of projectiles, chap. 5. (The foregoing is the minimum
for the service of artillery.) Hydrostatics and hydro-
dynamics; theory of curved lines and conic sections,
chaps. 1,2, 3,5, 6, and 7; the second and third parts of
algebra, chaps. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16, comprehend-
ing the theory of equations and expansion of series ;
differential calculus, chaps. 1,2, 3, and 4. (The fore-
going is the minimum for the service of engineers.)
Differential calculus, chap. 5, and integral calculus,
chaps. 1,3, and 4; spherical trigonometry; astronomy,
chaps. 1,2, and 3.
The proceedings in the fortification department com-
menced in the spacious sand modelling hall. A hand-
some model of the Tete de pont (or bridge-head) of In-
goldstadt, on the left bank of the Danube, was explained
by cadet Ballard; a sunken battery by cadet Evans, and
an elevated battery by Cadet Reeves; two methods o
defending the ditches of field redoubts (by covered cam•
ponieres and by reverse galleries) by Cadet Hobson;
Fort Alexander, near Coblenta, by Cadets Gahagan and
Bogle; a front of Vauban's Ist system, the enceinte
showing the fansse braie tracing, a countergnard being
before the ravelin, by Cadets Hargrave and Walker; a
second front of the same system, the enceinte showing
the orillon and retired flank facing with tenaillons before
the ravelin, by Cadet Innes; while a third front of Vau-
ban showed the Chemin des Rondes tracing in the en-
ceinte, the ravelin being strengthed by demi- tenaillons
by Cadet Mullins; and lastly, a double direct sap was
explained by Cadet Norman. These models were well
executed on scales of from one-eighth of an inch to two
inches to a foot. The plans in this department were of
the usual description. The cadets were further examined
by Sir C. Pasley in the examination-hall on fortification
and other subjects.
FIRST CLASS MILITARY DRAWINGS EXHIBITED.
Ballard 1 , „,, ~ Peniscola Mullins, Fort St. Philip.
Chesney fk ' ''"J-- Newall, Ground in Spain.
Innes, Several ably done con- Carey, Mequinenza.
tours from models. Evans, Part of the environs
Walker. Sagonte. of Corunna.
Bogle, Peniscola, Turnbull, Fort d'Oropesa, con
Hamilton (2), Peniscola. touring and sections.
Gahagan, Ground near Tor- Peach, Passage of the Douro.
tosa. Norman, Tarbes.
Davidson, part of St. Helena, Lewis, Foz d'Aruce.
from a model. Itiloag, Ground in Spain.
Harward, Sagonte. tarnell, Vimiero.
Reeves, Passage of the Douro.
SECOND CLASS MILITARY DRAWINGS.
Donaldson t (Prize), Ground'Brown, Ground near Pampe-
Blagrove $ about Saragossa. i luna.
Montgomery, The Addington J. Martin, Battle of Vimeiro.
Hills. ;Hardy, Belchite.
Ryves, Orthes. iMaynard, Contours of models.
Hughes, Almeida. Fitzgerald, Belchite.
Cotgrave, Ground near Pam- M. Steuart, Sabugal.
peluna. IG. C. Martin, Passage of the
Lucas, Battle of Maids. 1 Ceira.
Murray, Battle of Salamanca. Grume, West Part of Adding-
Nicholls, Algiers. ton Hills.
Malcolmson, Tarragona. i
Landscape Department—Many very beautiful paint-
ings in water-colours on a large scale were exhibited,
comprising landscapes, figures, marine views, &c. The
first prize in this department was given to Gentleman
Cadet J. A. Ballard, of the First Class; but many others
by Gentlemen Cadets T. Harward, J. M'lnnes, T. E.
Gahagan, G. T. Chesney, A. H. Bogle, J. Mullins, T.
H. Macleod, T. H. Turnbull, A. Davidson, G. Reeves,
H. Evans, &c. (all of the First Class), evinced a great
degree of talent and care. Other drawings of the Second
Class, by Gentlemen Cadets L. Donaldson, E. R. Bla-
grove, T. E. Hughes, H. Murray, J. R. Martin, and R.
E. T. Cotgrave, displayed proofs of great improvement
The second prize was awarded to Gentleman Cadet L.
Donaldson. The lithographic specimens were very
creditable.

The examination lasted nearly four hours. At its
conclusion, Mr. Clarke, the Chief of the Cadet Depart-
ment, read the report of Sir C. Pasley, recommending to
the Court the 38 gentlemen whom he had selected, and
whom he had just publicly examined. Sir C. Pasley also
reported favourably of the progress of all the classes.
The report of the Lieutenant-Governor of the seminary,
Major-General Sir E. G. Stanus, was also favourable; it
contained the following passage:—" The Lieutenant-
Governor has the satisfaction to report, for the informa-
tion of the Chairman and Military Committee, that since
the interruption which the tranquillity of this seminary
experienced at the commencement of the present term,
the Gentlemen Cadets have fully supported their usual
character for honourable conduct and strict attention to
t,l'e regulations; and he feels justified in entertaining the
"ef Pe i thatnrge
vwu illthey arefr
from
nowm
evens o
tdheeepvleyryi mmpordeisfiseedd
systemwith the
o f
that we shall :envege"ing efforts use
standing
thwen appears to have prevailed here, notwith-
recurrence ofany :iagain have the pain of witnessing the
d for its suppression,
establishment." '
bUted as follows:
radar breach of good order at this
The prizes weee.,iisgtrjr,
James M. Innes--2d Mathematical, 2d Fortification,
• exRaT eLA
addressed Mr.
gouwrshijachthotheenviable distonction to receive,
and the Pollock Medal;
pthreosse:tiyn
Innlleis
and mine the pleasure of presenting
medal—(Cheers)—instituted by the inhabitantsYothe Pollock
Cal-
cutta as a prize to the most distinguished cadet of n
term at this seminary, and to commemorate theiga;aacr,
and most important services of Sir George Pollock, who
has honoured us with his presence this day—(Cheers)—
and whom we are all most happy to see in such good
health.—(Renewed cheers.) I congratulate you,
sir,
that by your talent and conduct you have been selected
to receive this most valuable mark of the Court's appro-
bation.

Edmund Walker-Ist Mathematical, French, Ist Hin-
dustani.

George T. Chesney-Ist Fortification, Military Sur-
veying, Geology, Ist Good Conduct;
In presenting which Sir JAMES LUSHINGTON spoke to
the following effect:—Mr. Chesney, it is in the per-
formance of a most pleasing duty that I present you
this sword, on behalf of the Court of Directors of the
East India Company, as a testimony of their approba-
tion of your exemplary conduct at this institution, and
which has been sofavourably reported by the Lieutenant-
Governor. From the auspicious manner in which you
have commenced your career we may confidently hope j
that, with the blessing of God, it will be throughout 1

your service one of honour and distinction. You can-
not, I am certain, look upon this early prize without its
awakening feelings in your mind which will determine
you to continue in the same meritorious course, and
which will secure to you the esteem and regard of your
superior officers and all who know and serve with you.
John A. Ballard—Military Drawing, Civil Drawing,
2d Good Conduct.
Theodore E. Gahagan—Latin, 2d Hindustani.
SECOND CLASS.
J. G. Ryves—Mathematics.
Thomas G. Montgomerie-3d Good Conduct, Fortifi-
cation, Hindustani.
Leverton Donaldson—Military Drawing, Military
Surveying, Civil Drawing.
E. F. Cotgrave—French.
T. E. Hughes—Latin.
THIRD CLASS.
W. E. Warrand-4th Good Conduct.
The CHAIR3IAN then having completed the distribu-
tion of the prizes, closed the proceedings with the fol-
lowing address:—Gentlemen Cadets,—lt is with the
most sincere regret that on this, the last occasion that
ever I shall address you from this chair, I am unable to
express myself with that perfect approbation and satis-
faction of your conduct I have hitherto always been en-
abled to do. It is not my intention or wish to enter into
any of the details of the circumstances which have
caused this dissatisfaction ; you are all well acquainted
with them, and that the consequence to several of your
number has been the marked and severe displeasure of
the Court of Directors for disobedience to posi-
tive orders, followed by a disgraceful and un-
manly assault upon au unoffending member of your
body. On this painful subject I will only further say,
that the Court are firmly determined to punish with the
utmost severity any attempt to revive the practice of
" fagging " at this institution, which is utterly op-
posed to the first principles of military usage and of
gentlemanly demeanour.—(Mtieh cheering.) It is, how-
ever, gratifying to learn by tno report of the Lieut.-
Governor, that since the interruption which the tran-
quillity of the seminary experienced at the commence-
ment of the present term, you have fully supported your
usual character for honourable conduct and strict con-
formity to the regulations; and I trust I am justified in
entertaining the hope that we shall never again have the
pain of witnessing the recurrence of any similar breach
of good order as that to which I have alluded.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) The favourable reports of the Public
Examiner, and the proceedings and result of this day's
examination, must have proved moat acceptable and
pleasing to those of my colleagues who are present, and
equally so to the distinguished individuals who have fa-
voured us with their company. You must all feel-greatly
indebted to the attention, care, and guidance which have
been bestowed upon you by the Public Examiner, Lieut.-
Governor, officers, professors, and masters; and I hesitate
not to express the acknowledgment of the Court of Di-
rectors to those gentlemen for their continued and well-
directed exertions.—(Cheers.) For you, gentlemen
cadets, who ail' return here after the vacation, I entreat
you to reflect seriously on what I have already said to
you, and the consequence will be to your advantage.—
(Hear.) I must ever feel the warmest interest in the
welfare of a service to which I owe all of honour, rank,
and independence I possess; and it is this feeling and
this conviction which urge me to offer to your acceptance,
my young friends who are about proceeding to your
destination, a few friendly observations in the nature of
advice.—(Hear, hear.) In the performance of your mi-
litary duty, endeavour by your punctuality, activity, and
cheerful obedience, to satisfy your commanding officer
that you are worthy of his approbation and confidence. In
your conduct towards the Sepoys, whose courage and
fidelity have stood the test of many actions and many temp-
tations, be kind and indulgent as regards their religion and
habits, and you may rely on their devoted attachment.
But there is one thing necessary to produce this good—
a knowledge of the native language.—(Hear, hear.)
Indeed, so forcibly is the Court of Directors impressed
with the absolute necessity that their officers should
possess this knowledge, that without it you can neither
hope nor expect to be appointed to any staff situation,
regulations having been made to that effect.—(Hear.)
Finally, I most earnestly advise you to be moderate and
temperate in your mode of living, and economical in
your expenditure. If you adopt these recommendations,
you have the best possible chance, under Divine Provi-
dence, of ultimate retirement from the service with an
unbroken constitution and perfect independence. In
bidding you an affectionate farewell, I most sincerely
wish you one and all health and happiness.—(Cheers.)
The directors and the visitors then retirad to the
Lieutenant-Governor's residence, where a handsome
repast was provided; after partaking of which, the com-
pany separated and.departed to their homes.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—The Superb, 80, Captain Pur-
cell, has entered 350 out of her complement of 466.
Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., M.P., will not
return to the Admiralty, from Barton Court, until the
end of next week.
Commander Richard Wilbraham (1814), died at Clif-
ton Tale, in the 92d year of his age. He was a lieute-
nant of 1801. By his death Commander F. Y. Pogson
(1819) succeeds to the senior half-pay of 10s. per diem.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE CURLEW.—Mr. Petty Mus-
pratt has given notice, that an account of the tonnage
bounty received for the slave schooner San Antonio,
captured and destroyed on the 29th of May, 1842, by
her Majesty's brig Curlew, John Foote Esq., lieutenant
commander (now Commander of the Rosamond, steam-
sloop), will be delivered into the registry of the High
Court of Admiralty, on the 26th instant, agreeably to
/
Act of Parliament. We expect that there arejvery few
of the " Curlews" to claim in propria persona.
The Centaur steamer, of 1,269 tons, and 540 horse
power, to be fitted immediately, at Portsmouth, for the
broad pendant of Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., to suc-
ceed Commodore Sir C. Hotham, K.C.8., on the coast
of Africa, is having her spars got ready; her after-pivot
gun will be displaced, and a poop is to be built. She is
to be ready by the Ist of February. We understand
the Termagant was to have been the vessel for the com-
modore's broad pendant, but she is having some new
wheels made to her machinery, to prevent the excessive
noise the engines made when at work, and which will
not be completed for the next three months. The present
armament of the Centaur is six heavy pivot guns and
two carronades. The pivot guns at the bow and stern
are eight-inch guns, of 95 cwt., ten feet long; the four
broadside pivot guns, are ten-inch guns, 84 cwt. each,
and nine feet long, and the carronades are 32-pounders,
on shifting carriages. One of the pivot guns will be dis-
placed by the building of the poop, and some of the
other pivot large guns, as they can be of little use on
the coast of Africa, will no doubt be exchanged for long
guns of less calibre. She has ports on her main deck,
but mounts no guns; however, these ports will do good
service on the coast, by improving the ventilation of the
ship. The Centaur's engines are by Bolton and Watt,
and have been sufficiently tested during her services on
the Irish relief business.
The Cyclops, 6, steam-frigate, Captain the lion. H.
F. Hastings, made the voyage out from Plymouth to
Sierra Leonein twenty days, of which she was at anchor
two days at Madeira, and three days at the Cape Verd's
Islands, so that she made the run in fifteen days. It is
probable, on the Cyclops joining the Penelope, Commo-
dore Sir C. Hothatn may leave Captain Hastings in tem-
porary command-in-chief of the African squadron, and
return to England; if so, the Penelope may be expected
about the first week in January. The Siren, on her
voyage home after leaving Sierra Leone, met the Ranger,
6, Commander Newland, proceeding to join Commodore
Sir Charles Hotham. The officers and crew of the
Ranger having succeeded in recovering that vessel after
her sinking at the Cape Verds, they managed to get the
hatches battened down and secured, and on pumping her
out she floated, without being much injured.
As we have before stated, Sir C. Hotbam has inti-
mated his desire to be relieved in March; but he had
not then received his dispatches by the Cyclops.
It was reported at }Portsmouth yesterday, that the
Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, at Spithead,
will, when the wind permits, sail direct for the Medi-
terranean.
DEVONPORT THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—The weather
is still foul, the wind blowing from S.W. Nothing dare
go out, and we have nothing come in before this evening,
about four o'clock, when the Llewellyn, Holyhead steam-
packet, Master Commander Gray, from the Thames,
arrived. She is come into harbour. She must have
caught it coming round. The Confiance steam-tug, Mr.
Martin, master, that arrived on Tuesday evening, from
Woolwich, took shelter at Dartmouth for a day or two,
on her way down.
The Ajax, 56, screw guard-ship at Portsmouth, having
had her pistons repaired and completed, was to have
been out of the steam-basin yesterday, but the weather
would not allow of her removal. She will be brought
out on Monday next, when the Centaur will also be taken
round to the old basin, to be fitted and rigged for service.
The Sharpshooter, screw gun-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander Bailey, has had her new water-pipes completed
at Porstsmouth. She is now receiving another coating
of Mr. Hay's composition, and will be taken out of dock
on Monday next.
The Fairy, royal yacht, went to Southampton, to
convey a Queen's messenger to Osborne. She afterwards
took over to Portsmouth the Countess of Gainaborough,
from Osborne House, who landed at Gosport, and pro-
ceeded to Anglesey.
The Fire Queen went to Osborne, yesterday, with the
letters and dispatches.
The Garland, Dover steam-packet, Lieutenant Com-
mander Aplin, is ordered to Woolwich for new boilers.
APPRENTICES IN THE DOCKYARDS.—The Admiralty
have issued an order to all the dockyards to the effect
that those apprentices of the establishment who may
during the period of their apprenticeship, and against
the express terms of their indentures, contract matri-
monial engagements, are not to be entered upon the
establishment when their term of apprenticeship has
expired.
THE WEATHER AT PORTSMOUTH—For the last six
days, with but little intermission, we have had a violent
gale of wind, at times accompanied with heavy squalls of
s rainfromae Lnsa.ot nfhrdemi g occasionally
nawcteh.,N .w
W.N.W.
t o
thewithlightning,
S.W.
points
of
f twhien d veering
compass.
trohpegalsicisenattdmr:sl aton Spithead have
nhwaveednreilidneyn
mornings securely c
Eu
awayr neelyo
ut
h withhet eer rre
ihnerthveiolheanrtbmouortiotnh,act
fsreoam
timber-heads by the strain on the bylashinartshri which she
was secured alongside her hulk. She hasg
ben brought
alongside the pitchhouse jetty to have new timber-
rdd b tooadtsa '
someth he eEd dllswthdpeouttYkWiyanar. FIVE 43'7.vowienwicRthieinhatrPint-iM.—lt
.blows hard from
fillechersn,liant.temTphteled
The Daring, mt
oo rgnoi nt go
Spithead to the St.
afterwards went in tow oyf the
, but could not get out on
account of the sea ; the
Echo, steamer. . .
returneditl into harbour, and
(.Ih2attuaem
or-
dered to be sent from Sheerness to CHATHAM, DEC. B.
,brtieg,
bies
re-
paired, and to be fitted for service.
The ship Hercules, Mr. Lightfoot master, arrived
yesterday from Quebec, with timber for the dockyard ;

and the Goodwill, Pledge, master, arrived from Ply-
mouth with stores; and the Rochester, Sidweeks, master,
sailed with stores for Plymouth; and the Aid, Small-
man, master, remains loading stores for Portsmouth.
The Poictiers, 72 guns, Captain Sir Thomas Bour-
chier, K.C.B.—David Westmeat, an able seaman, had
been sentenced to twenty-eight days' imprisonment in
the county gaol at Maidstone, ten days of which term is
to be solitary, and the remainder with hard labour, for
having absented himself from the ship one day. The
prisoner descended into the river from the bow of the
ship unobserved, and swam to the new stairs.

----
CHESTER WINTER ASSIZES.
CONVICTION OF CHARTISTS.—The Sun of yesterday
contained the trial of the Hyde Chartists up to the close
of the case for the Crown.
Mr. Temple and Mr. Townsend respectively delivered
very able addresses for the prisoners; after which the
Attorney-General replied.
His LORDSHIP then summed up at considerable length,
end

The jury, after being out of court nearly an hour,
Acquitted Ralphs, Done, and Kenyon, and found the
others Guilty of conspiring to snake and levy insurrec-
tions and breaches of the peace.
The Court rose at eleven o'clock.
Yesterday the following pleaded Guilty of conspiracy
and riot at Dukinfield:—John Wilde, 22; John Leech,
21; William Shepley, 17; Robert Farnworth, 35; James
Thomas, 24; Thomas Greenwood, 19; Moses Lee, 19;
John Smitb, 24; Richard Shorrocks, 22; Samuel Sug-
den, 21; John Leigh, 27; James Sugden, 17; William
Hewitt, 19; William Plant, 19; Charles Kelsall, 26;
Thomas Leech, 24; and

The ATTORNEY. GENERAL having recommended them
to mercy, they were ordered to enter into recognizances
to keep the peace, and were discharged.
The other prisoners convicted on the previous day
were then put up. Sellers, 'Shore, and Mantle were
sentenced to two years' imprisonment; Cheetham, Hin-
dle, Collier, Armitage, and Markham to eighteen months;
Scholefield, Shawcross, Wild, and Maddocks to twelve
months; and Hall and Shaw to nine months' imprison-
ment, all to bard labour; and at the expiration of their
sentence severally to find sureties for their good beha-
viour fora like term.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
• MANSION HOUSE.
THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POLYGAMY.—
It is fresh in the recollection of many of our readers
that a man named Henry Bramell, alias Beaumont, was
convicted` at the Central Criminal Court upon three
distinct charges of bigamy, and sentenced to transpor-
tation for fourteen years, and that the marriages were
contracted by him under circumstances of singular
hypocrisy and cruelty. Since the trials took place, it
has been represented to the Lord Mayor that Eliza
Tinley, the poor young woman who became the second
wife of Bramell, is in a state of the most mi-
serable destitution, and suffering from severe indispo-
sition; and that, in fact, if it were not for the bene-
volence of a few gentlemen to whom her case was made
known, and who contributed to her assistance, she must
have perished for want of thecommon necessaries of life.
At the time of her marriage to Braman she was pos-
sessed of furniture, plate, jewellery, clothes, and some
amount of money. The prisoner succeeded in disposing
of the whole of her property, including her wearing
apparel, and abandoned her in the condition of a pauper.
It was represented that she was a person of irreproach-
able character, and that she had attended the trial of
Braman- at the haaard of her life, in order to give her
evidence of the wrongs she had endured, and was, in
some measure, instrumental to checking the career of a
person, the object of whose life appeared to be to betray
and destroy, and then to discard his victims.
His LORDSHIP directed that the poor young woman,
whom he said he considered to be a great object of
charity, should have medical and other assistance, and
stated that, in all probability, the representation of the
melancholy circumstances of her condition to the mass
of benevolent readers of the newspapers would procure
her some friends.

GUILDHALL.
UTTERING I FORGED CHEQUE.—DERBY SWEEPS.--
Yesterday, Richard Hewitt, alias Robert Hodson, was
charged with feloniously uttering a forged cheque, for
the payment of Si., with intent to defraud.
Mr. William Granger Benning, assistant to his father,
Mr. William Benning, of 43, Fleet-street, law book-
seller, said that on Saturday last, between the hours of
five and six o'clock in the evening, the prisoner entered
the shop and asked for " Williams's Executors," the
price of whkl was 31.85., but he let him have the work
for 3/. Is. 6d. In payment the prisoner presented the
cheque produced,.which was for 54, and purported to be
signed by John Scott. He gave him the balance of
11. 111 s. 6d., but on taking it to the bankers, the answer
was " no effects," and the signature was afterwards dis-
covered to be a forgery. The prisoner said he was going
to take the books to Mr. Scott's son, at the Bolt-in-Tun,
to go by railway:" The following was the cheque:—
" 2d of December, 1848.
" Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall-mall.
" Pay office (law books), or bearer, five pounds, on my
account.
~ £5.
" Joatt SCOTT."
Mr. John Scott, solicitor, of the firm of Milton and
Co., Southampton-buildings, said the cheque produced
was not his writing, nor had he authorised any one to
write it. He never saw the prisoner, nor did he or any
of the firm keep any account at Ransom's, as they
banked at Dixon's in Chancery Plane.
John Alger, bookseller, in Little Turnstile, Holborn,
Isaid, that on Wednesday last the prisoner called on him
with the two books, called " Williams's Executors," and
asked him the value of them. Not being a judge of law
books, he told him to leave them and call the next day,
at the same time giving him 105. as a security. On
Thursday he took the books to Mr. Amer, of Carey-
street, who, suspecting they were stolen, put a mark on
them, and directed him to give the prisoner into custody
it he called again, which was accordingly done when he
repeated his visit on Thursday evening.
Mr. Amer identified the books which he received
from the last witness, and which he gave to the officer;
and the prosecutor, although he would not swear posi-
tively to the books, on account of their similarity to
others in his shop, yet believed them to be his.
When taken into custody by Henry Rowe, of the City
police force, and searched, there was found on the pri-
soner. thirty Derby Sweep race tickets, which bad been
purchased on the, day he uttered the forged cheque, be-
iltyteindghim for trial. anythirg, and
The depositions being made out, he was conveyed to
be-
sides a number of paid bills of exchange, from which
it would seem that he had been somewhat extensively
engaged in business under the name of Robert Hodson,
AThldeeprmri
Newgate. asonnGeriudnescleinoemdms

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 6, 1848.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of
Lord Foley, to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen
to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms:—

Herbert Rice, Esq., vice Richbell, retired.
Francis Vanderlure Mills, Esq., vice Walker, retired.
Philip Salomons, Esq., vice Perkins, retired.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. John
M'Lennan to be Preacher to the church or chapel at
Cromarty, vacant by the transportation of the Rev.
Hugh Mackenzie to the third charge of the parish of
Inverness.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 8.
2d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Bryan Thornhill,
from 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mansergh, who
exchanges, Dec. 8.
4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Archibald Grant to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Fraser, who retires ;
Cornet Edward Tredcroft to be Lieutenant by purchase,
vice Grant ; Ed and Hylton Jolliffe, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Tredcroft, Dec. 8.
lath Light Dsagoons—Cornet Luke White to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires,
Dec. 8.
4th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel William George Gold, from
53d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Breton, who ex-
changes, Dec. 8.
18th Foot—Paymaster John Mackenzie Kennedy,
from 44th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Francis Levett
Bennett, who has retired upon half-pay as a Lieutenant,
Dec. 8.

36th Foot—Ensign William Henry Ackland Dash-
wood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ellis, who re-
tires; John. Crawford Langford, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Dashwood, Dec. 8.
37th Foot—Raynsford Taylor Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Stead, who retires, Dec. 8.
41st Foot--Paymaster Thomas Miller Creagh, from
52d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Dickson, who Ex-
changes, Dec. 8. '
52d Foot—Paymaster Francis Dickson, from 41st
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Creagh, who exchanges,
Dec. 8.
53d Foot--Brevet Colonel Henry William Breton,
from 4th Foot, to• be Lieutenant-Colonel, rice Gold, who
exchanges, Dec. 8.

58th Foot-=Lieutenant George Damerum, from half-
pay 104th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ilely, appointed
Paymaster, 11th Light Dragoons; Ensign George Henry
Wynyard, to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Damerum,
who retires; James Duncan, Gent., to‘be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Wynyard, Dec..S.
62d Foot—Lieut. Robert -Humphrey Haviland to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Jauncey, who retires ; Lieut.
John Southeote Mansergh, from 2d Dragoon Guards, to
be Lieutenant, vice Thornhill, who exchanges ; Ensign
George Vautier Seale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Haviland ; George Hainpden Wilkieson, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Seale, Dec. 8.
72d Foot Assistant Surgeon Anthony Dickson
Home, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be As-
sistant Surgeon, vice Irwin, deceased, Dec. 8.
82d Foot—Lieutenant Luke Fitzgerald Bernard to be
Paymaster, vice John Mockler, who has retired upon
half-pay, Dec. 8.
91st Foot—Penrose John Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Johnstone, whose appointment has
been cancelled, Dec. 8.
3d West India Regiment—James Bolton Knott, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Francis John
Byrne superseded, being absent without leave;
Acting Assistant-Surgeon William Johnstone Fyffe
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Home, appointed to
72d Foot; Acting Assistant-Surgeon George Hyde to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Browne, appointed to the
Staff, Dec. 8.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Browne,
from 3d West India Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces, vice English, deceased, Dec. 8.
WTEHALL, Nov. 30.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Jobn Pattinson
Guy, of the city of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
James Henry Garrood, grocer, Yaxley, Suffolk.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Benjamin Robinson, dyer, Huddersfield.
BANKRUPTS.
William Edward Houghton Guillaume, timber mer-
chant, Botley, Southampton, Dec. 11, at half-past one,
and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Guillaume,
Angel-court, Throgmorton- street.
John Slaney, cabinet maker, Wellington-place, Hack.
ney, Dec. 18, at twelve, and Jan. 22, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as-
signee, Guildhall-chambers; Roscoe, Worship street.
Josias Thomas Harrison, cooper, Haydon-street, Mi-
nories, Dec. 15, at half-past two, and Jan. 16, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assig-
nee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; King, Great St.
Helen's, City.
John Giles, tailor, Shoredith, Dec. 20, at twelve, and
Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed •
wards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ;
Macnamara, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Jeffery Mayn, auctioneer, Rayleigh, Essex, Dec. 13,
at one, and Jan. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Chidley, Guildhall-chambers.
Frederick Clark, auctioneer, Baker street, Portman-
square, Dec. 20, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 23, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee; Phillips and Tos, Sise-lane, City.
William Corns, jun., builder, Wolverhampton Dec.
21 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith,
Birmingham.
James Crocker, corn factor, Sherborne, Dorsetshire
Dec. 19 and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee; Phillips, Wey.
mouth; Terrell, Exeter; Combe, Staple Inn.
George Harden, builder, Preston, Dec. 22, and Jan.
11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob-
son, official assignee, Manchester ; Chester, Toulmin,
and Chester, Staple Inn; Haydock and Son, Preston.
John Haworth, cotton spinner, Stone Fold mill, Lan-
cashire, Dec. 19, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court.. Pott, official assignee, Man-
chester; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn-field.; Slater, Manchester.
Henry Pinhey, grocer, Plymouth, Dec. 19, and Jan.
17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Exeter; Elworthy, Plymouth; Terrell,
Exeter; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street.
Joseph Cadman, wine merchant, Pontypool, Mon-
mouthshire, Dec. 22, at eleven, and Jan. 19, at twelve,
at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, -official as-
signee, Bristol; Ayre, Bristol; Boykett, Chancery-lane.
Richard Ryder, grocer, Kingston-upon-1 lull, Dec. 23
and Jan. 17, at half-past ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Carrick, official assignee, flntl ; Capes and Stewart,
Gray's Inn; Frost and Co., Hull.
Leonard Thompson, coach spring maker, Hill .top,
Staffordshire, Dec. 21 and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assig-
nee, Birmingham; Bolton, Dudley; Motteram, Knight,
and Emmett, Birmingham.
John Biddle Amey, • ship broker, Liverpool, Dec. 28
and Jan 18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Case-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Tomlin and Co. Sta-
ple-inn ; Davenport and Collier, Liverpool.
Henry Leatham, builder, Liverpool, Dec. 28 and Jan.
18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Morgan, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Wilson, Old
Jewry-chambers; Pemberton Liverpool.
Richard Hutton, painter, Liverpool, Dec. 28 and Jan.
18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Caaenove, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Walker, Fiarnival's-inn ; Bradley,
Liverpool.
George Chapman, victualler, Old Swan, near Liver-
pool, Dec. 22 and Jan 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Maples and
Co., Frederick's. place ; Greene, Liverpool.
William Elsam, commission agent, Liverpool, Dec. 22
and Jan 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Carpenter, Staple-inn;
Bretherton, Liverpool.
Thomas Coleby, cotton spinner, Salford, Dec. 19 and
Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester ; Van Sandau and Cum-
ming, King-street, Cheapside; De Lard, Manchester.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
R. M. Joslin, Stanbourne, Essex, sheep and cattle
dealer, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve.
In the Country
T. Beilby, Leeds, flax and tow spinner, Jan. 16, at
eleven, at the Court, Leeds-R. Glover and F. Glover,
Leeds, dyers, Jan. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-
Jane Bowdler, Shrewsbury, jeweller, Dec. 30, at twelve,
at the Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
W. Clothier, .Quickset row, New-road, statuary and
mason, 4d., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street.
Guildhall-chambers,
s uare.
JJeni
between 3. .edddni
toihlu r'
RtGsni
theo.
u.
cow hoh:
awdvenherhemldroeesaousb,b
evi
yribe.tsMan:chlshoeis,anlfa.
nßbhfiar
nerdavral obsyei
totteiv,
wenkredsigotinbi::uS.
Bajaardo6nityaueidds..isch,hndt
treawrgae
eonmhsooeyre,ffiaptei.asBtn:
tosaets.n:t
uh,rovareefds;
oemtayme.ffidc Saturday,ou
fs
jk
th err
Saturday,
.c.bo
between
t wrc
eoeemenn:
W. S. Clarke, Dorking, Surrey, printer, 35., any Sa-
turday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers,Basinghall-street.
H. Monson, East-street, Manchester-square, builder,
2s. ad., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office, of Mr. Green, Guildhall-Chambers,
Basinghall-street.
J. Grinsell, Wolverhampton, grocer, 35., any Thurs-
day, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office
of Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
C. Willis, ring-street-terrace, New North-road,
Islington, licensed victualler, as. ad., any Saturday, be-
tween the hours of seleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
A. Halliley and R. Halliley, Wigton, Cumberland,
calico-printers, 7d. and 11.16ths of a penny, in addition
to first and second dividends of Is. 2d. and 2s. 3d., on
new proofs, on Saturday, Dec. 9, or any following Sa-
turday between the hours of ten and three, at the office
of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
H. Evans, Heanor, Derbyshire, builder, 2s. 11d., on
Dec. 9 and 23, and every alternate Saturday until No•
vember, 1849, between the hours of eleven and three, at
the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham.
J. Scott, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, fruiterer, 2s. op., in
addition to Is. 11d. previously declared, on Saturday,
Dec. 9, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours
of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
J. Dove, Darlington, tanner, ls. 6d., on Saturday,
Dec. 9, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours
of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
J. Forster, Shafto, Northumberland, banker, 205., on
Saturday, Dec. 9, or any subsequent Saturday, between
the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
P. Lamsey, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden,
shell-fishmonger, 4s. l lid., on Wednesday, between the
hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore,
Basinghall-street.
J. T. Sarson, Brunswick-place, City-road, vinegar
and mustard dealer, lid., on any Wednesday, between
the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit
more, Basinghall- street.
C. Morton, Pentonville-hill, licensed victualler,
Is. 10id., on any Wednesday, between the hours o
eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing.
hall-street.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
. C. Chappell, Angel-court, Throgrnorton-street,
City, stock broker, Dec. 29, at twelve—S. li. Billingay,
Commercial•road, East, ironmonger, Dec. :30, at twelve
—J. Knight, Ipswich, Suffolk, licensed victualler, Jan. 6,
at one—J. Elliott, East Ham, Essex, cattle dealer and
salesman, Dec. 30, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. Petty, Winterburn, Yorkshire, farmer and grazier,
Jan. 22, at one, at the Court, Leeds—W. A. Holden,
Preston, Lancashire, tobacconist, Jan. 2, at twelve, at
the Court, Manchester—W. Maury, Liverpool, merchant,
Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Rees and
E. Roberts, Liverpool, joiners and builders, Jan. 4, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —J. Watkinson,
Leicester, bobbin turner, Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Court,
Nottingham.

At the Court of Review, Dec. 29.
W. Burnett, Bishopwearmoutb, Durham, ship broker
J. Johnson, Stamford, Lincolnshire, hosier and haber-
dasher—W. E. Manby, Strand, oilman and Italian
warehouseman—J. Broadbent, Walmersley-cum-Shuttle-
worth, Lancashire, paper maker—T. Boddington, Sal-
ford, baker and provision dealer—L. W. Ash, White
Lion-street, Pentonville, corn and coal merchant—J.
Harper, Chancery-lane, provision merchant and commis.
sion agent—R. Imeary, East Jarrow, Durham, alkali
manufacturer—R. Moyle, Penrhyn and Redruth, Corn-
wall, ironmonger—T. Browne, Amble-house, Northum-
berland, ship owner—J. Hosken, Southampton, builder
—J. Holt, Bury, Lancashire, tailor and draper—W.
Webber, Cheltenham, grocer—J. Strongitharm, Walsall,
Staffordshire, retail brewer—R. G. Benson and N.
Kinsman, Leeds, linen and woollen drapers.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. F. Haslam and W. J. Haslam, Reading, Berkshire,
grocers—T. Fenwick and R. Kidd, North Shields, wine
and spirit merchants—J. Hall and H. Smith, London
Colney, Hertfordshire, maltsters—G. Stanley and E. IL
Jones, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, chemists and
druggists—W. H. Allen and W. D. Allen, New Bond-
street, tailors and drapers—J. Dunstan, J. Mitchell, W,
kchstilnireer,ulseordsaTwat,
Dunstan, T. Dunstan, G. Ambler, and J. Winter, Barns-
ley, Yorkshire, ironfounders (so far as regards the said
J. Mitchell and G. Ambler)—J. Wilder and D. Wilder,
Kensington, Middlesex, linendrapers—W. Ward and T.
Cj'heGshilitrett
,Ymora
r ma.
nufacturers—W. Maddox and F. Vane, Liverpool, Lan-
cashire, tailors—S. Pearce and R. K. Dunn, Bethnal.
and Peek,
G.
.Ni Nicholls-square, h
Jennings,o lls - s Lia
Sheffield,re , Ci t y
green-road, surgeons—G. Heyward and J. Peiser, Man-
chester, fringe manufacturers—J. J. Berry and W. Bro.
kenshire, Market street, Jermyn- street, carpenters T.
T. Birchenough and T. Riseley, Macclesfield
silk manufacturers—F. D. Niblett and F. Pollon, Lom-
bard-street, City, bootmakers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Robert Titlow, Ipswich, tailor and draper.
Thomas Wild, Ipswich, fruiterer.
John Cooper, Ipswich, fruiterer.
John Waller, Hallifax, storekeeper.
Edward Jay, Crowfield, Suffolk, miller and baker.
Richard Hathaway Smith, Bledington, Gloucestershire,
farm bailiff.
George Bryar, Halifax, plasterer.
George Tompkins, Aber.) struth, Monmouthshire, miner.
George Noble, Halifax, beer-shop keeper.
John Rolfe, Buckland, Kent, yeoman,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
R. Railton, Glasgow, writer and bill broker, to meet

within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at
twelve.

1). Macdonald, Loch-Inver, Sutherland, farmer, to
meet within Gunn's ht, Dornoch, Dec. 15 and Jan. 8,
at two.