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

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 18481

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 legal and most deter-
mined turn.—l hare, &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 Bloom Fontein, a copy
of which shall be transmitted to your Lordship after it is
issued.

11. G. Smart.
Return of Killed and Wounded in Action with the Rebel
Generalßoers,
atßl° e 29
th of August, 1848.
Staff-2mPlants,
horses
wounded.4sth Regiment (Reserved Battalion)-1 man killed,
19 men wounded.
91st Regiment (Reserved Battalion)-1 officer, 2 men,
wounded.
Rifle Brigade-3 men, 2 horses, killed; 2 officers, 12
men, wounded.
Cape Mounted Rifles-4 men, 9 horses, killed; 4
Total-8 men, 11 horses, killed; 7 officers, 39 men
6 men, 11 horses, wounded.officers,
13 horses, wounded.
Officers Wounded.
Lieutenant- Colonel Buller, Rifle Brigade, severely.
Captain Murray. Rifle Brigade, mortally (since dead
Captain Armstrong, Cape Mounted Rifles, severely.
Lieutenant Salts, Cape Mounted Rifles, dangerously.
Lieutenant Mill, Cape Mounted Rifles, severely.
Ensign Steele, Cape Mounted Rifles, dangerously.
Ensign Crampton, 91st Regiment, dangerously.
JOHN GARNOCE, Major,

HE MILITARY COLLEGE,
ADDISCOMBE.
The 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, RE., Hay, Bonner, liar-
dinge, R.A., 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), Sturt, Showers,
Coghlan, Roxburgh, and Fanshawe, RE.; Cap-
taius M'Kerlie, R.E., Talbot, R.A., Savage,
R.A., Moorsom (Scots' i Fusilier Guards), and
Warden; Messr. P. Melvill, C. G. Prendergast (Bombay
Civil Service), S. 11. Christie (Royal Military Academy),
W. T. Hooper, Mullins, A. T. Willoughby, W. A. Ve-
neur, 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 Toinkyns 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 Newell, and Henry John Evans.
For the Infantry (21).—De Vic Francis Carey,Henry
Dundas Gloag, Edward Dacre Fraser Lewis, George
Johnson Reeves, Henry Charles Astley Cooper, Edward
Adolphe Mpttet, John Campbell Hobson, Alfred An-
thony Des Veeux, James Dupre Lance, Francis Booth
Norman, Francis John Craigie, Richard Itound Carnell,
Edward Brandt, William Hamilton (1), Edward Samp-
son, Whish, Alfred Johannes Clarke Farre, Philip Ilan-
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. I, 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.
Ihe proceedings in the fortification department com-
menced in the spacious sand modelling hall. A hand-
some model of the 7 ete de pont (or bridge-head) of In-
goldstadt, on the left batik of the Danube, was explained
by cadet Ballard; a sunken battery by cadet Evans, and
an elevated battery by Cadet Reeves; two methods of
defending the ditches of field redoubts (by covered cam-
poniert s and by reverse galleries) by Cadet IIobson;
Fort Alexander, near Cobleroz, by Cadets Gahagan and
Bogle; a front of Vauban's Ist system, the enceinte
showing the fausse braie tracing, a counterguard being
before the ravelin, by Cadets Hargrave end Walker; a
second front of the same system, the enceinte showing
the orillon and retired flank facing with tenaillons before
the ravelin, by Cadet Lines; 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 wore well
execu'ed 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
Mullins, Fort St. Philip.
1 ( Prize) Peniscola.
Chesney f 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. Uloag, Ground in Spain.
Harward, Sagonte. •jarnell, Vimiero.
Reeves, Passage; of the Douro.

SECOND CLASS MILITARY DRAWINGS.
Donaldson t (Prize), Ground Brown, Ground near Pampe-
Blagrove S about Saragossa.' luna.
Montgomery, The Addington J. Martin, Battle of Vimeiro.
Hills. Hardy, Belchite.
Ryves, Orthes. 'Maynard, Contours of models.
Hughes, Almeida. Fitzgerald, Belchite.
Cotgrave, Ground near Pam- M. Steuart, Sabugal.
peluna.
,G. C. Martin, Passage of the
Lucas, Battle of Maida. j Ceira.
Murray, Battle of Salamanca. Grume, West Part of Adding-
Nicholls, Algiers. I ton Hills.
Malcolmson, Tarragona.
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, 11. 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
1 e regulations; and he feels justified in entertaining the
the
"Pe that they are now so deeply impressed with the
efavigilgis
urgeswnialtiienif from even the very modified system of
that we shall appears to have prevailed here, notwith-
standingnuenvceasing efforts used for its suppression,
recTuhrrt:np
establishment" y similar breach of good order at this
recurrence azreer-aisaga:blihtaevdeitlhs efopuaci,vngsof;:vitnessing the
James M. Innes--2d litathel"traatleal,
FIRST ' SS
2d Fortification,
envCianbre adiTinetion to receive,
addressed Mr.
schthethe
and the Pollock Medal;
Innlleis pthreusse:n—tiYngonwrshii
and mine the pleasure of presentingmedal—(Cheers)—instituted by the iloahyar, the Pollock
cutta as a prize to the most distinguished cadet
of
term at at this seminary, and to commemorate tlti in Bach
and most important services of Sir George pizeocT,-,lltlit
has honoured us with his presence this day—(Cheer; o
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 JANEs 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 so favourably reported by the Lieutenant-
Governor. From the auspicious manner in which you
have commenced your career we may confidently hope
that, with the blessing of God, it will be throughout