The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-08 00:00:00

MAJORITY-AYES, 283.

Abdy, T. N. Glyn, G. C. Oswald, Alexander
Adair, Hugh E. Grace, 0. D. Packe, C. W.
Adderley, C. B. Greene, Thomas Paget, Lord A.
Aglionby, H. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Palmer, Robert
Alcock, Thomas Grenfel , Charles W. Palmer, Roundel'
Anderson, Arthur Grey, Sir G. Palmerston, Viscount
Anson, Viscount Grey, Ralph W. Parker, John
Arkwright, G. Grogan, Edward Patten, J. W.
Armstrong, Sir A. Guest, Sir J. Peel,:Sir Robert
Arundel, Earl of Haggitt, F. B. Peel, Colonel
Bailey, J., jun. Male, R. B. Perfect, R.
lialdock, E. 11. Hallyburton, Lord I'hilips, Sir G. R.
Baldwin, Barry Hamilton, G. A. Pigot, Sir R.
Barkly, Henry Ilastie, Alexander Pigott, Francis
Barnard, E. G. Hastie, Archibald Pilkington, dames
Bateson, T. Hawes, Benjamin Plowden, W. H.
Bellew, R. 'M. Hay, Lord John Price, Sir R.
Bentinck, Lord G. Hayes, Sir E. Pugh, David
Bernal, Ralph Ilayter, W. G.' Pusey, P.
Bernard, Viscount Headlam, Thomas Raphael. Alexander
Blackall, S. W. Heathcoat, John Rawdon, Colonel
Boldero, li. G. Heathcote, Sir W. Rendlesham, Lord
Bouverie, E. P. Haneage, G. H. Repton, G. W. J.
Bowles, Admiral Henley, J. W. Ricardo, J. L.
Brackley, Viscount Henry, Alexander Ricardo, Osman
Bramston, T. W. Berries, J. C. Rice, E. It.
Bremridge, Richard Heywood, James Rich, henry
Broadley, Henry Hildyard, It. C. Robartes, T. J.
Brockman, E. D. Ilindley, C.! Romilly, John
Brotherton, J. llobhouse, Sir John Rushout, Captain
Brown, H. llobhouse, T. B. Russell, Lord John
Buck, L. W. Hodges, T. L. Rutherfurd, A.
Buller, Chariot Hogg, Sir J. Sadleir, Jokn
Bunbury, E. H. Hope, Sir J. St. George, Chris.
Busfeild, W. Hope, Henry T. Sandars, George
Campbell, W. F. Hope, Alexander Scholetleld, William
Cardwell, Edward Horsman, Edward Scott, F.
Carew, W. P. Hothain, Lord Scrope, G. P.
Carter, John B. Howard, C. W. Seaham, Viscount
Castlereagh, Visc. Howard, E. G. Seymour, Lord
Chaplin,;W. J. Hudson, G. Shell, R. L.
Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Shelburne, Earl of
Christy, Samuel Jackson, William Sheridan, R. B.
Clay, James Jervis, Sir John Sibthorp, Colonel
Clay, Sir W. Jones, Captain Sidney, Alderman
Clerk Sir G. Keogh, William Simeon, John
Clifford, henry M. Keppel, G. T. Slaney, Robert A.
Clive, 11. B. Ker, Rickard Smith, R. T.
Cobbold, J. C. Knox, Colonel Smith, J. A.
Cocks, T. S. Lascelles, W. S. Smith, M Tucker
Codrington, Sir W. Law, Hon. E. C. Smyth, John G.
Coke, E. K. Lemon, Sir Charles Somerset, Captain
Colebrooke, Sir T. Lennard, T. B. Somerville, Sir W.
Coles, Henry B. Lewis, George C. Spearman, 11. J.
Colvile, C. R. Lincoln, Earl of Spooner, Richard
Compton, H. C. Littleton, E. R. Stafford, Augustus
Corry, H. Locke, Joseph Stsnley,lE. J.
Cowan, Charles Lockhart, A. E. Stanstield, W. R.
Cowper, W F. Lockhart, W. Stanton, W. 11.
Craig, W. G. Long, Walter Staunton, Sir G.
Cripps, William Lushington. Charles Straphenson, Robert
Currie, Henry Mackenzie, W. F. Stuart, Lurd D.
Davies, D. A. S. Macnamara, Major Sutton, H. M.
Dawson, T. V. M'Gregor, John Talbot, C. R.
Denison, I. E. M`Naghten, Sir E. Tenison, E. K.
D'Eyncourt, C. T. M`Neill, Duncan Tenaent, '. J.
Disraeli,,B. Mogan, W. 11. 1 hicknesse, R. A.
Dod, J. W. Mahon, O'Gorman Thompson, Alderrau
Douglas, Sir C. Marshall, W. Thornely, T.
Drummond, Henry Martin, J. Tollemache, John
Drummond, Homo Masterman, John Trelawny, J. S.
Duff, George g. Manic, Fox Trollope, Sir J.
Duncan, George Maxwell, J. P. Turner, George
Duncuft, John Mitchell, T. A. Tynte, Colonel
Dundas, Sir David Moffatt, George Tyrrell, Sir J. T.
Dundas, George Monsell, William Vivian, J. E.
Dunne, Francis P. Moore, George H. Vivian, J. H.
Du Pre, C. G. Morgan., 0. Walsh, Sir J.
Ebringtort, Lord Morpeth, Viscount Ward, 11. G.
Edwards, Henry Morison, General Wawn, J. T.
Egerton, Sir P. Morris, David Wellesley, Lord C,
Ellice, Edward Mostyn, E. M. West, F. R.
Elliot, J. E. Mulgrave, Earl Westhead, J. P.
Evans, William Mundy, E. M. Williamson, Sir H.
Ewart, William Mum., G. F. Wilsom, Matthew
Farrer, James Napier, Joseph Wood, Sir Charles
Fergus, John Neeld, Joseph Wood, W. P.
Ferguson, Sir R. Newry, Viscount Wrightson, W. B.
Filmer, Sir E. Sorreys, Lord Wyvill, Marmadake
Fitzpatrick, J W. Norroys, Sir D. Yorke, 11. R.
Fordyce, A. D. Nugent, Sir Percy Young, Sir John
Forster, Mathew O'Brien, Sir Lucias
Fortescue, Chichester O'Connell, M. J.
French. F. Ogle, S. C.
Gaskell, J. M. Ord, W.
Gibson, T. M. Osborne, Ralph

TELLEB.S.
Mine% Heiry
Hill, Lord Alarcu3

MINORITY-NOES, 24.

Blewitt, Reginald Greene, John Sullivan, Michael
Bowring, Dr. flume, Joseph Thompson, Colonel
Callaghan, D. Kershaw, James Thompson, George
Devereux, J. T. Meagher, Thomas Wakley, Thomas
Fagan, William Mowatt, Francis Walmsley, Sir J.
Fox, R. M. Power, Dr. Williams, John
Fox, W. J. Reynolds, John TELLERS.
Gardner, Richard Scully, Francis O'Connor, Feargus
Grattan,:llonry Smith, John B. O'Connell, John

CHARTIST CONVENTION.

AFTERNOON MEETING.
The Convention re-assembled at half-past two o'clock,
yesterday afternoon, at which time the galleries and the
body of the hall were greatly crowded. Mr. F. O'Connor,
who presided, ou entering the hall was received with
loud oho( rs.

Mr. HARNEY said he had received a communication
from Sutton in-Ashfield, transmitting the sum of 11.,
which was collected at a public meeting, held there yes-
terday evening, at which a resolution was come to, to
the effect that if Mr. F. O'Connor's motion was rejected
by the House of Commons they would
.endeavour to ob-
tain their rights by every means in their power, and
would have no more humbug this time.—(Loud. cheers.)
He had also to state that he had been informed that
workmen were employed day and night at Portsmouth
Dockyard in making truncheons for the use of special
constables on Monday next. These truncheons were
composed of African oak, were eighteen inches long, and
he was told that as many as 3,000 were to be made.—
(Great laughter.) A number of workmen, who were in
the employ of a large upholsterer carrying on business in
Lambeth, had to-day held an open air meeting, and came
to a resolution expressing their opinion that all pro-
perty would be respected by the Chartists on Monday,
and objecting to be sworn in as special constables, the
object of which they believed was to suppress the ex-
pression of public opinion.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. F. O'CoNxon proposed that an address should be
issued to the middle classes, especially the shopkeeping
classes, showing the advantages which would arise to
their order, if the remuneration of the working classes
was based on a more tair and equitable principle, and
asking them to consider the great saving which would
be effected if every man was put in possession of the
People's Charter, and had a fair day's wages for a
moderate day's work.—(Great cheering.)
Mr. BALDWIN proposed the formation of a committee
to wait upon the Government, for the purpose of in-
forming them what the present state of the working
classes was throughout the country, and the general
feelings which were entertained by them.
RESULT OF THE DEPUTATION TO THE
HOME-OFFICE.
Mr. G. W. M. REYNOLDS, who was one of the depu-
tation appointed in the morning, stated that when
they arrived at the Home-office they were informed
that Sir George Grey was attending a Cabinet Coun-
cil, and that Sir Denis Le Marchant, the
Under-Secretary, was particularly engaged with ',the
Attorney-General.—(Great laughter.) He accordingly
sent in his card with a message that if Sir Denis Le
Merchant would grant them an interview, they would
not detain him many minutes. The interview was im-
mediately granted, and they foundthe Under-Secretary
in company with the Attorney• General and Mr. Hall,
the magistrate of Bow-street Police court.—(Laughter.)
They represented that they attended there on behalf of
the National Convention; but Sir Denis Le Merchant's
state,beodn body,—(Cries
e—nt(iConr i eu
notwithstandingot
tfe
r"Iy0 hr,
immediate reply was, that he could recagnise no such
ytt thenet
hati d
etphareo c
Neoefadtei dontaol
eopthuh. i)t a treeirdt ho
re
con-
ducting an armed assembly on Monday ; that
they intended to conduct the assembly in
e peace-
able manner., and had no intention of resorting
to phy-
sical force, and that under those circumstancesthe
meeting would take place at the time appointed.
Sir Denis Le Marchant then replied, that nothing
.
which they could state would alter the determination
which the Government had come to. The delegates
then observed that the proclamation of the Police Com-
missioners was calculated to create a disturbance of the
peace, and that the Convention conceived it to be a great
principle of the constitution that persons should assemble
together for the purpose of presenting petitions to the Le-
gislature. The Attorney-General asked
i why, the pe-
tition could not be presented by a few individuals ? The
delegates said they believed that the right of pro-
cession was a principle of the British constitution.
Sir Denis Le Marchant then turned round, and said,
I may as well inform you that these gentlemen are
the Attorney-General and the Chief Magistrate of Bow-
street." The Attorney General then appealed to the de-
putation as reflecting men, whether they did not think
they were proceeding too far. They replied that they
.
did iwt think they were. Whereupon Penis

Le Merchant said, if they had any communication
to make to Sir George Grey, they had better
reduced it to writing. The deputation then retired to an
adjoining room, and drew up a written statement con-
taining the sentiments of the Convention, which they
had conveyed to Sir Denis Le Merchant.
A copy of the statement was then read, and a vote of
thanks passed to the deputation.
I The debate, on the motion of Mr. WEST, for the ap.
pointment of a committee, was resumed, a great number
of delegates speaking upon the subject.
The debate was interrupted by Mr. WILDE, who
suggested that a deputation, consisting of two delegates,
should be at once appointed to wait upon Mr. Feargus
O'Connor at the House of Commons, and re-
quest him to ask Sir George Grey whether ho
had received the communication left for him at the
Home-office by the deputation, and whether he had any
observation to make upon it.
The suggestion was immediately acceded to.
The motion for the appointment of a deputation to
wait upon the Government, for the purpose of laying
before them the real state of the working classes, was
then agreed to, and, after the transaction of some other
business, the Convention adjourned.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
'BOD M IN.
The Bodmin Election Committee re-assembled at the
usual hour yesterday morning; Mr. Hamilton in the
*hair.

Mr. WORDSWORTH having concluded his address on
behalf of Mr. Wyld,
Mr. HILL replied for the petitioners, after which the
room was cleared. The Committee consulted together
for a few minutes, and them the parties were called in,
when

The CRAIRMAN announced that the Committee had
unanimously come to the following resolution :
" That Henry Charles Lacy and James Wyld, Esqs.,
were duly elected at the last election to serve as burgesses
in the present Parliament for the borough of Bodmin.
" That, although treating was proved to have taken
place at the last election for the said borough, it was not
with the knowledge or consent, nor at the expense of
either of the sitting Members or their agents.
They had also resolved to make the following special
report to tho House

"That it has been proved that a system of treating the
electors by the distibution of five-shillinx refreshment
tickets had prevailed at the last and previous elections
for the borough of Bodmin, not at the expense of the
candidates."

They had further resolved
" That this was not a case in which costs ought to be
allowed." .

The Committee then broke up.

THE NATIONAL DEBT.

(From the Gazette of last night.)
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th
Geo. IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ex-
ceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended the
sth of January, 1848, by the sum of 2:956,6831. Bs. ld.,
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by
them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the pro-
visions of the said Act, between the 7th day of April,
1848, and the sth day of July, 1848.
S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, April 6, 1848.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Taunton, April 6.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
THE BACKWELL MURDEIL—Charles Mansfield, aged
16, was placed at the bar, indicted for the wilful murder
of John Wall, at Baekwell, by shooting him with a cer-
tain gun loaded with gunpowder and leaden shot, on
the 17th of December last. His two brothers, Anthony,
aged 14, and Roeta, aged 13, had been jointly indicted
with him ; but as against them the grand jury threw
out the bill. (They were also charged on the coroner's
inquisition ; but as to them no evidence was offered, and
they were acquitted.)
Mr. Phinn and Mr. Allen were counsel for the prose-
cution. The prisoner was undefended.
Th• case excited some interest from its extraordinary
nature, there being no assignable motive for the com-
mission by the prisoner of the diabolical crime with
which he was charged ; and during the whole of the
trial the prisoner exhibited the most hardened indif-
ference, and cross-examined the witnesses with the
greatest coolness and effrontery.
The jury, after retiring for a few minutes, returned a
verdict of " Guilty of wilful murder."
The Learned JUDGE then passed the sentence of
death upon him in the most impressive manner. The
prisoner was then removed, exhibiting the same in-
difference and hardihood which he had done throughout
the whole trial.

True bills were found against the two Boyles for
the murder of their uncle, a respectable farmer of
Dandry.
The case excites the greatest interest in the county,
and is fixed for Saturday.

NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, April G.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS and a
Special Jury.)

IMPORTANT CLAIM AGAINST iRAILWAY COMPANY.
bROTR v. THE CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY

COMPANY.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff, & commis-
sion merchant, of Liverpool, to recover compensation in
damages for injuries sustained at the accident which
occurred at the Dee-bridge, Chester, on the 24th of
May, 1847, which was alleged to have happened in con-
sequence of the negligence of the defendants, in not
making and maintaining of sufficient strength a certain
bridge across the Dee. The damages were laid at
2,0001. _ _

Mr. EVANS (with whom was Mr. Welsby) stated the
case. He appeared as counsel for Mr. Grote, a merchant
carrying on business in Liverpool, in conjunction with
Mr. Tomkinson, who sought compensation for injuries
received, by being thrown from the Chester Dee Bridge
in one of the railway carriages, on the occasion of the
dreadful accident of the 24th of May. He must confess
his surprise that the company defended the action, and
attempted in every possible manner to lessen the com-
pensation to which Mr. Grote was entitled. They had
not paid a shilling into court—they had refused ail
propositions for equitable arbitration, and were deter-
mined to come before a jury__a jury which be hoped
would give such damages against them as their
conduct throughout the affair deserved. lie ga-
thered from the conversation which had taken
place last night, what was to be the nature
of the defence to be set up, and upon
which the
jury were to give small damages. His Learned Friend's
eloquence might be great, but if opposed to common
sense, would have little effect with twelve intelligent men.
It was said last night that his client bad only received
" a pinch," and he supposed that was the defence which
his Learned Friend was instructed to set up. The
Learned Gentleman then described the mechanical con-
struction of the bridge, which was unsafe at the time;
and with which the company were clearly not now sa-
tisfied from the continuous and bungling attempt they
were making to remedy it. The Learned Gentleman
then briefly narrated the accident, and called upon the
jury for ample damages.
Several witnesses were examined to establish the plain-
tiff's case, but the facts adduced in evidence were the
same as those that have been made familiar to the public
by the lengthened details connected with the catastrophe
which have been published in all the papers.
Mr. TOWNSEND, with whom was Mr. Davison, for the
defence, complained of the attempt to prejudice the
minds of the jury in suggesting that he intended to
treat this matter as a joke, or to make merry over the
plaintiff's misfortune; it was unfair also to attempt to
make out any analogy between the case and that which
his learned friend had put of being thrown out of a
window intentionally, when neither the directors of the
railway nor the engineer who had been called on the
part of the plaintiff suspected that the bridge was not
safe previous to the 24th of May. Was there any
ground for imputation of negligence, or was there any
want of skill on the part of the company? He was far
from wishing to insinuate that Mr. Grote had not been
injured, but he had a right to inquire to what extent the
injury went. He had been debarred eight days from his
lle compe
office; and the nature of the wound had been stated
before them. lie felt assured that under the circum •
stances the jury would not give vindiativ;abdamages, but
sucb—and such only—as would be an equitable
on commercialn-
sation for any injury that had been sustained, whether
actions of the sort were to be encouraged,here parties
sought to recover for selling sharesor loss which
they, have
never proved to have possessed
f
the extent of which there was no evi-
dence—and for personal injury, which there was reason
transactions, of
to believe had been considerably magnified.
a
The JUDGE, in summing up, said the first question
consider was, whether the the jury would have to
founded,that
com-
plaint of the defendant was well.
icient care and skill;
was not maintained with sufl and
on
this point they had the evidence of Mr. Robertson, Capt.
Simmons, and Mr. Kennedy, all of whom told them that
the girders were not of sufficient strength to bear the
uEn The former said the strain
was brought upon tae • strain
was double what it ought to be; Captain Simmons said
that the girder, at all events, was insufficient; and then
this opinion was confirmed by Mr. Kennedy. It
was
alleged that three celebrated engineers held a different
opinion; but it was really not fair to set up repeated
had not been
opinions of gentlemen who called, and
who, on being cross-examined might_ have changed that
opinion, against the testimony .of the gentlemen who
had been called, and who had given the data on which
their judgment was formed. It the plaintiff in their
opinion sustained his first allegation, the next ques-
' Lion would be as to the damages to which he was
entitled; and on this question they were to take into
consideration the bodily suffering, mental suffering, and
the loss on account of business, which the plaintiff had
sustained. They were allowed to take into considera-
tion compensation for the horror which a person must
sustain in being present at such a scene as this, as well as
the positive testimony as to the personal injury he had
received. As to the damage plaintiff's business had sus.
tained, it was hardly necessary for him to produce his
books, or the cause would have been most unnecessarily
prolonged. General evidence was, he thought, sufficient,
and that they had had. The Learned Judge concluded
by again directing their attention to the two questions
they had to consider.
Mr. TOWNSEND excepted to the summing up, on the
ground that the Judge should have told the jury that the
company was not liable, unless guilty of negligence, either
in making or maintaining the railway.
The jury retired, and after an absence of half-an-hour,
returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2504
The JUDGE certified that it was a proper case to be
tried by a special jury.

EVENIIc6-,

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.
FOREIGN-OFFICF., APRIL 4,1848.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Michel
Robert Ryan, as Consul at Limerick for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Saul Solomon, as Consul at St. Helena for the Free
Hanseatic city of Bremen.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 6.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
William Viaconte Le Quesne, as Consul in the Channel
Islands for the Free City of Lubeck.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon.
Henry Fitißoy to be Lieutenant Colonel of the Artillery
Company of London, in the room of Brice Pearse, Esq.,
resigned.

DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Joseph Howe,
Esq., to be Provincial Secretary for the province of Nova
Scotia, and Clerk to the Executive Council of that pro-
vince.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James
Boyle Uniacke, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-
General, and William Frederick Desbarres, Esq., to be
her Majesty's Solicitor-General for the said province.
CRO W N-OFFICE, APRIL 5.
XEILIbERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Devonport—John Romilly, Esq., of Lin-
coln's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, her Majesty's
Solicitor-General.

APRIL 7.
Town mud Port of Rye.—Herbert Maseall Curteis,
of Windmill-hill, in the county of Sussex, Esq., the last
election for the said town and port having been declared
void.

W OFFICE
14th Light Dragoons--Troop ARiL 7
Sergeant. Major George
Shenton to be Quartermaster, vice Palmer, deceased,
April 7.
16th Light Dragoons— Brevet Colonel George Baker,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Thomas
Hooke Pearson, who exchanges; Brevet Major Law-
rence Fyler to be Major, b
retires; Lieutenant Edward vice Baker, who
Shelley to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Fyler; Cornet Thomas Woolaston White
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shelley; Robert
Goff, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice White,
April 7.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards Lieutenant
and Captain Egerton Charles William Miles—Milman, to
be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice
Elrington, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant Sir
George Ferdinand Radaiwill Walker, Bart., to be
Lieu-
tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Milo:tan; Horace-
William Cust, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Sir G. F. R. Walker, April 7.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign the Hon. Wenman '
Clarence Walpole Coke, from 40th Foot, to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Edward Poore,
Bart., who retires, April 7.
6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Frederick Gore to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pennefather, who retires;
Nicholas Appleby Spoor, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur.
chase, vice Gore, April 7.
17th Foot—Lieutenant Colonel John Stoyte, from
24th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Pennycuick,
who exchanges, April 7.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Compton Abbott, from
20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James, who exchanges,
April 7.
20th Foot—Lieutenant Henry James, from 18th
Foot, to be Lietitenant, vice Abbott, who exchanges ;
Sergeant-Major Francis Padfield to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Taylor, deceased, April 7.
24th Foot—Lieutenant•Colonel John Pennycuick,
C. 8., from 17th Foot, to be be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Stoyte, who exchanges•, Lieutenant Louis Howe Basal-
gette to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major
Daniel Riley, who retires upon full pay; Ensign Orlebar
Bletstow Payne to be Lieutenant, vice Basalgette; En-
sign James Charles William Kippen, from the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign, vice Payne, April 7.
34th Foot—George Edward Westhead, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Faunt, who retires, April 7.
45th Foot—Major Hugh Andrew Fraser, from half-
pay Unattached, to be :Major, repaying the difference,
vice Charles Hind, who exchanges; Captain Hallam
D'Arcy Kyle to be Ma'or, by purchase, vice Fraser, who
retires; Lieutenant James Buffer Fellowes to be Captain
by purchase, vice Kyle; Ensign Trevor Goff to be Lieu-
tenant by purchase, vice Fellows; Dretry Billiard Barnes,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goff, April 7.
61st Foot—Lieut. General George Guy Carleton
L'Estrange, C. 8., from 95th Foot, to be Colonel, vice
Lieut.-General Sir Jeremiah Dickson, K.C.8., deceased,
March 29.

83d Foot—Captain Frederick Woodgate, from 90th
Foot. to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges,
April 7.
90th Foot—Captain Duncan Campbell, from 83d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Woodgate, April 7.
05th Foot—Major•General Sir Richard Armstrong,
C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant General L'Estrange,
appointed to 61st Foot, March 29.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Strange Batson
Hartigan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice An-
quetil, who retires; John Hardy, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Hartigan, April 7.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant William Leman
Braybrooke, to be Adjutait, vice Bradley, who resigns
the Adjutancy only, April 7.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Patrick Robertson, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kippen, appointed
to the 24th Foot, April 7.
BREVIT.—Major Hugh Andrew Fraser, of the 45th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Nov. 23,
1841.

MEMORANDIIM.—The name of the Gentleman op-
pointed to the 34th Foot, on 17th March, 1848, is David
Steuart, not Stewart, as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northampton

shire.

The Honourable Frederick William Child Villiers
to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Comission by the Lord• Lieutenant of Cornwall.
Edward Archer, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
March 29.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
William Crouch Davies, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Shand, resigned, April 1.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
The King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia.—
Francis Chambers, Esq., to be Captain, vice Storr, de-
ceased, April 4.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Herbert Butler
Batten, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice W. J. Mules, de-
ceased; Henry Cripps Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
F. F. Thompson, deceased, March 25.

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West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
Wyndham Slade, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Clerk, pro-
meted, March 20.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 3.

The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Rear-Admiral Samuel
Hood Inglefield
_

Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8.,
to be Rear-Admiral of the White ; Captain Sir Joshua
Ricketts Rowley, Bart., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
BANRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
David M'Kee, wholesale cheesemonger, Upper Thames-
street.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Wilcock, cutler, Hounsditch, to surrender
April 11, at half-past eleven, and May 19, at half past
one, at the Court, Basinghall• street. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall street; Adams, George street, Man-
sion-house.

James Samuel Turner, surgeon, Woolwich, April 14,
at twelve, and May 19, at eleven, at the Court, Basing-
hall-street. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Brisley, Pancras-lane, Cheapside.
Samuel Crowder, manufacturer of cane, Sun-street,
Bishopsgate, April 14, at half-past one, and May 19, at
half-past eleven, at the Court, Basinghall street. Cannan,
official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Digby, Circus-place,
Finsbury-circus.
Henry Regless, Frederick Skerratt, and Robert Bons-
field, woollen drapers, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross,
April 18, at eleven, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court,
Basiughall street. Pennell, official assignee; Oldknow,
Great James-street, Bedford-row.
James Henry David Harrison and William Frederick
Harrison, licensed victuallers, Upper-street, Islington,
April 14 and May 19, at eleven, at the Court, Basing-
hall-street. Pennell, official assignee; Martineau, Ray-
mond buildings, Gray's Inn.
Robert Robinson, brush maker, Norwich, April 13, at
half-past one, and May 22, at half-past eleven, at the
Court, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street, City; Finny, Furnival's Inn.
William Burt, bookseller, Isle of Wight, April 22, at
two, and May 18, at half-past one, at the Court, Ba-
singlall-street. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
George, Villiers-street, Strand; Scott, Ryde.
John Nokes, builder, New Ormond-street, St. George
the Martyr, April 19 and May 17, at half-past eleven, at
the Court, Basinghall-street. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Mardon and Co., Newgate-street.
Emil Pauli, merchant, Lawrence Pountney-hill, City,
April 19 and May 17, at eleven, at the Court, Basing-
hall-street. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build-
ings; Lawrance and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
Philip Stuart Feake Martin, iron manufacturer, Hal-
stead, Essex, April 25, at one, and May 19, at twelve, at
the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane; Trehern and White, Barge-yard-cham-
bers, Bucklersury; Duffield, Chelmsford.

William Belton, wine and brandy merchant, Friday-
street, Cheapside, April 18, at one, and May 19, at
eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane; Harpur, Bennington-cross.
Edward Thomas Burling and Henry Lloyd, carpenters
and builders, Blackheath-hill, April 18, at two, and May
10, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Edwards,
official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Robin-
son, Ironmonger-lane.
Ann Henderson, china and glass dealer, Birmingham,
April 22 and May 18, at half-past ten, at the Binming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Haywood and Webb, Birmingham.
George Lloyd, ironmonger, Shrewsbury, Shropshire,
April 19 and May 27, at eleven, at the Birmingham
M Dis
trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; ot-
teram and Co., Birmingham.
George Bate, chain manufacturer, Dudley, Worces-
tershire, April 25 and May 23, at eleven, at the 84-
nzingham District Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham; Hodson, Birmingham.
John Hancock, hosier, Earl Shilton, LeiCeSterStr.f,
April 15 and May 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham 1.4-
trict Court. Valpy,lofficial assignee, Birmingham; Jarvisi,
Hinckley.
William Edward Cope, draper, Melbourn,
Derhyshll:4l
April 2S and May 19, at eleven, at the Nottingham Di+
trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham;
Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside, Loudon; Pilotterani
Go., Birmingham.

APRIL 1848.

FRIGATES.

William Harwood, merchant, Bristol, April 20 and
May 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol; White and Co. Bedford-
row, London; Brittan and Sons, Bristol.
William Holmes, licensed victualler, Wootton-under-
Edge, Gloucestershire, April 20 and May 23, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee,
Bristol; Bracey, Wootton under-Edge.
William Stothert, George Wood, John White Little,
John Cottle Spender, William Brunton, Joseph Rusher,
and William Henry Buckland, iron manufacturers, Ab-
church-lane, and Maesteg, Glamorganshire, April 19 and
May 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; Vyner, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Joseph White, decorative painter, Exeter, April 19 and
May 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Her-
Inman, official assignee, Exeter; Geare and Co., Exeter;
Finch and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
John Sloman West Herring, attorney, Devonport,
April 20, at one, and May 17, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Hirtael, official assignee, Exeter; Stog-
don, Exeter; Keddell and Co., Lime-street, London.
Jobn Morfitt, jun., flax spinner, New Wortley, York-
shire, April 20 and May 12, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow
and Co., Bedford-row, London; Shackelton, Leeds.
William Penn, licensed victualler, Liverpool, April 19
and May 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Wilkin, Furnival's
Inn, London; Brown, Liverpool.
John Stockdale, soap manufacturer, Liverpool, April
18 and May 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory
and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Rogerson and Son,
Liverpool.
Thomas Biglands, grocer, Monk Wearmouth, Durham,
April 18 and May 18, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, New.
castle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Church-court,
Old Jewry, London; Thompson, Durham; Hodge, New-
castle- upon. Tyne.
(Dividends, &c., in our next.)
PRICE Or SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns ,made in the week ending April 4,
1848, is 225. sd. per cwt.

LAUNCH OF TWO SCREW STEAM

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL s.—The dockyard here has
been very gay to-day, consequent on the launch of two
very beautiful steam frigates, the Arrogant and the
Plumper—the former mounting forty-six heavy guns,
and the latter twelve—both having been built from the
designs of Mr. John Fincham, master•shipwright at this
establishment.

The event was attended with unusual excitement
among the inhabitants of the three towns, partly, per-
haps, in consequence of the Gallant Port Admiral, Sir
Charles Ogle, having determined to depart from the
usual practice of issuing tickets, and admit all comers
without reserve to the dockyard. The gates were
opened at eleven o'clock—the first launch having been
fixed for three-quarters past that hour—and within a
very short period the area of the building slips under
which the vessels reposed, which had been apportioned
into booths and tastefully embellished with gay flags and
standards, was densely crowded with spectators. Dis-
tinct booths were appropriated for the accommodation of
the Port Admiral, the Admiral Superintendent, &c.
The following are the dimensions of the two
frigates:—