The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—G. Elliott, to the Eurydice.
Lieutenants—F. Egerton, to the Raleigh ; J. E. Parish and
C. Coles, to the St. Vincent.
Surgeons—G. Mackey, M.D., to the Avenger ; A. Arm-
strong, M.D. (assistant), to Haslar Hospital ; J. Robinson,
M.D. (assistant), to the Avenger ; R. Wallis, M.D. (assis-
tnnt), to the Retribution ; J. W. Slight (assistant), to the
Victory.
Mate—C. Dickson, to the Terrible.

Clerk—J. C. Mattley, to the Queen.
Midshipmen—P. E. Luard and J. T. Seymour, to the Con-
stance ; S. P. Brett, to the Retribution.

Master's Assistant—F. Inglis, to the Belleisle.

Naval Cadets—T. M. 'laden, to the Canopus ;H. B.
Phillamore, to the Devastation ; A. F. Masescaux, to the
St. Vincent.

ROYAL MARINES.
Major Spry, of the Woolwich division, to the recruiting
service at Bath.

COAST GUARD. .
Lieutenant R. Ellis, appointed to command Fairlight sta.
ion, vice Ranier, previously removed.

THE HIRO uF ALIWAL.

Major-General Sir H.G.W
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was adjutantßart., a
G.C.8., enteredt
the 95th, now Riffle Brigade, the
siege, storm, and capture of M.:nte Video, and was thanked
by the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Samuel Auchmuty, for his
intrepidity ; was in the affair of Colonio del Sacramento,
under Sir Dennis (then Colonel) Pack; was taken prisoner
at Buenos Ayres, in the church of St. Domingo, with General
Crawford; proceeded with the army to Sweden, under Sir J.
Moore, and with that army to Portugal; was distinguished
in the aff.ir of Calcavellos, in the retreat to Col unua. Lo
1809 he again embarked for Portugal, with the Light Bri-
gade, under general Crawford, and reached Talavera the
morning the enemy retreated behind the Alverea, and was
sharply engaged skirmishing ; was particularly employed by
General Crawford in the Light Division, during the French
.iege of Cuidad Rodrigo, and in the various skirmishes of
that period. At the affair of the Coa he was severely.
wounded, and much commended for his conduct at the mo-
ment; he was present at Massena's retreat; was in every
affair of posts, I'ombala, Redhinak Casalhova, Condeixa, Foy
d'Aruz (where he was appointed Major of Brigade to the 2d
Light Brigade), and served in that capacity until the end 01
the war, in the Light division; Sabrigal; battles of Fuentos
d'Onoro ; siege, storm, and capture of Badajos; battle of Sa-
lamanca; retreat from Madrid; affairs at San Milan; battle
of Vittoria; pursuit of the enemy after the battle of Panr-
plono; distinguished in storming the heights of Vera, also in
the storm of the entrenched camp of Irun; crossing the Bi
dassoa ; battle of Nivelle Nile ; affairs near Bayonne ; Tarbes ;
battles of Orthes and Tolouse. In 1814 embarked in the Ga-
ronne with the troops under Major-General Ross ; appointed de-
puty Adjutant-General ; battle of Bladensberg, and capture of
Washington ; was the bearer of dispatches to Government,
and highly commended by Major-General Ross; was pro-
moted to the rank of Major; returned to America with
Major-General the Hon Sir Edward Pakenbam; as As-
sistant Adjuta,it-General was most actively employed during
the various affairs of New Orleans, and appointed Military-
Secretary to Sir J. Lambert, in whose dispatches his conduct
was particularly !Nought to notice; was at the siege and
capture of Fort buyer. On the conclusion of peace with
America, he returned to Europe ; was Assistant Quarter •
:Inas. er-General of the Gth Division at the battle of Waterlso,
and, for his conduct, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel. Served in America and the West Indies; had an
important command on the frontier of the Cape of Good
!lope, during the Kaffir irruption into the colony, 1835-36;
highly commended for his conduct by the Governor, Sir B.
Llord
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of her Majesty's Government, not only for his military ser-
vices, but for his zealous, humane, and enlightened adminis-
tration of the civil government of the province under his
charge." When ordered to take the command of the fron-
tiers of the Cape of Good Hope, he rode from Cape Town to
Graham's Town, a distance of 600 miles, in six days, per
forming each day's journey at the rate of fourteen miles an
hour. In 1840 he was appointed Adjutant-General to her
Majesty's forces in India, and was in the battles of Gwalior
and Marajahpore, in 1843. During these eventful services he
was on the staff of Major-General Sir Sidney Beckwith,
Major-General Drummond, Major-General Robert Crawfurd,
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Sir E. Pakenbam, Sir J. Lambert, the Right Hon. Sir James
Major-General
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Kempt, Lord Keane, the Hon. Sir Lowry Cole, Sir B. D'Ur-

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ERRATIIM.—In our account of the meeting of the
London, lionuslow, and Western Railway Company, on Saturday,
we stated tnat " Mr. Megson sail a gentleman in Leeds had ascer-
tained from the secretary that the expenses had been IW., with other
liabilities"—it should have beca 16,0001., with other liabilities.
i'.UICIDk. FROM LASSES BY 141. RE —On Saturday even-
ing Mr. Payne held an inquest at the lied Lio., Red Lion-evairt,
Fle,it-Strcet, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Brown, ascii 35, a grocer,
whose shop, No. 6, Crest New-street, Fetter-lane, was destroyed by
lire on Thursday night. Julia Macdonald sa d that the deceased
h ,d carried on her business until a fire broke out there on Thursday
night last, when she and witness were got out of the parlour window
and removed to the Red Lion. She lost a great deal of property by
the fire, and was very nieLutcholy. all the next day. That morning
(wurday) witness awoke and found ha suspended by a handker-
chief to a rail of the bedstead. The landlord of the Red Lion said
de:cased told him that she was insured for 2501. in the Law Fire
insurance Office. Several witmsses said that deceased's behaviour
was recently very different from what it had formerly been—that her
business did not answer, and that she had much trouble in family
matters. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
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The Engiish bar is composed of above 3,080 bar-
risters' exclusive of 28 sergeants-at-law. There are 74 Queen'/
eenneei. Including the Attorney awl Solloitor•geueral.