The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1856.

A CHAPTER OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY.

THE BOULOGNE EAGLE.
There is good reason for suspecting that Sir Ar-
chibald Alison, should the Fates spare him long
enough, is minded to bring down the history of Eu-
rope even to our own days ; and as he has chronicled
the deeds of the first Napoleon with a longwinded-
ness which will be the terror of all posterity, he is
doubtless collecting materials for the history of the
nephew, at least up to the time of the coup d etat
of 1852. Now, it behoves all men to do whatever
in them lies to facilitate the work of the historian,
and to prevent him from falling into even minor
errors respecting facts which, if incorrectly set
forth, damage the character for truth and impar-
tiality which ought to be considered by every his-
toriographer as the chief glory of his work, and of
which the interminable volumes of the illustrious
Sheriff offer so striking an example. These minutim
are to the narrative of great events what correct
detail of costume is to an historical picture ; a
blunder destroys the charm. Nut even a Rem-
brandt can make one feel interested in the sacrifice
of Isaac when he portrays Abraham as making
ready to slay his son with a pistol. With this ex-
planat•ry preface, the following true account of
the eagle which figured so conspicuously (in carica-
tures at least) connected with Louis Napoleon's
descent on Boulogne is offered as a contribution to

the future historian of that event.
Who does not remember the Colosseum in its
palmy days, when the view of Mont Blanc had not
yet been converted into a Mont r oir by the soot ;
when the cascade of real water came tumbling down

from a mysterious height and the Swiss chalet was
s gin all its glory, with itallery overhanging the very
lake itself? Who does not remember the mysterious
" native " supposed to dwell in that chalet, clad in
a highly picturesque costume, partaking of the
character of the dustman out for a holiday and the
Tyrolese peasant ? Was there not, moreover, the
garden seat used by Napoleon at Longwood—the
authenticity of which it was heresy to doubt, for the
" native " aforesaid vouched for it, to the perfect
conviction of enterprising travellers, who sat down
reverently upon it to consume ginger beer and stale
pastry, supplied from the interior of the chalet? To
attentive listeners the T)roleau dustman was wont
to indulge in aesthetic descriptions of the scenery
before their eyes, winding up a discourse, in which
an heroic contempt for the ordinary employment
of v's, w's, and h.'s, marked the speaker's foreign
extraction and mountaineer indepeudence—winding
up, as many readers will doubtless remember, by
pointing out a miserable eagle perched upon an
tificial rock on the opposite side of the lake, as
an emblem of the hero of Austerlitz wasting his life
on what the orator used to call " the hoshun rock
of Senterleener." The comparison was not flat-
tering to Napoleon, for a more wretched looking
individual than that same eagle was not orally to
be met with. There he sat on his brown paper
and canvas Alp, goggling, blinking, but otherwise
motionless, save when the flies in the summer, or
the rain at any season trickling along his back,
reminded him of his miserable captivity. At such
a time he looked the veriest scarecrow of an eagle
that could be devised. His tail, grown ragged by
constant friction on the artificial granite surface
around him, was matted together with the wet and
dirt ; his head, b.come prematurely bald, shrunk
into his body ; and visitors of a sceptical turn of
mind drove the "hardy Switzer" wild by opinions,
openly expressed, that the bird of Jove, the living
allegory of Napoleon the Great, was only a stuffed
specimen. And yet, like men who have " had
greatness thrust upon them," this miserable hermit
has achieved an historical status in the popular
mind, and nine persons out of ten will tell you
that Louis Napoleon carried the Colosseum eagle
with him, and used it as a sort of Palladium in his
expedition to Boulogne. Being in a position to
state the facts from the lips of one of the partici-
pators in that madcap exploit, it is a duty to the
public to depose the Colosseum eagle from hia post
of honour, and to tell how much eagle there really
was in the Boulogne echatifoure, how it got there,
and what part it played.
On the sth Augsst, 1840, the City of Edinburgh
steamer, having on board some fifty or sixty friends
of Prince Louis Napoleon, for whom it was char-
tered, dropped down the river and anchored off
Gravesend, where the Prince was to join. He was
to reach Gravesend by land, to avoid suspicion',
and to go on board in the dusk of the evening.
While the vessel was lying off Gravesend waiting
for the Prince, Colonel Parquin, one of the party,
remembered that he had brought no cigars with
him, and proposed going on shore to purchase
some. Thelin, the Prince's valet, being in want of
snuff, proposed to accompany him, and, taking one
of the ship's boats, they rowed on shore. On reach-
ing the lauding they found a boy standing there,
with an eagle attached to a chain, and Parquin,
like a poetic Frenchman, at once hailed the spec-
tacle as of good omen, and forthwith offered to buy
the bird. After some haggling, the eagle, chain
and all, was purchased for ten shillings ; the chain
was wound round the bird to keep it still, and it
was laid in the boat. The cigars and snuff were
bought; the boat returned to the steamer, from
which the whole scene was witnessed by the nar-
rator, and the trophy was exhibited. Now, the
bird was almost as wretched an animal as his brother
at the Colosseum—an eagle which did not look
as if he could stare at a candle, much less the sun,
without blinking. Some laughed, and some thought
with Col.Parquin that, after all, it was an eagle,and
therefore of good omen • and then, when each had
said his say, one of the sailors chained it to the
mast. By and by the Prince came on board ; more
serious matters occupied their minds; and the eagle
was so utterly forgotten that no one even thought
of giving it food. The landing near Wimereux was
effected during the night, or rather in the grey of
the morning ; the whole affair was over in a few
hours, and the poor eagle was still chained to the
mast, where it was found by the authorities of
Boulogne, who seized the City of Edinburgh ; and
it was duly included in the pieces verbal along with
the two carriages, ten horses, some twenty thou-
sand pounds in money, and about a thousand mus-
kets. As the eagle had taken no part in the plot
his life was spared, and ho was retained by the citi-
zens of Boulogne as their share of the spolia °pima,
put at free quarters in the public abattoir, where,
until within the last few years, he might have been
seen gorgin himself, like the most vulgar eagles,
with the refuse of slain cattle. What became of the
Colosseum eagle who has usurped in the popular
mind the honours of the real Simon Pure is not
accurately known. Some say he became reduced
to a state of perfect idiocy, an end to which
he appeared rapidly approaching long ago, and
that he was last heard of in Hering's Menagerie.
Others affirm that he gradually established a
chronic indigestion brought on by eating pieces of
his pasteboard rock, and so came to a miserable
death. But whatever may have been his fate, this
much is certain, that the apocryphal honours of the
Boulogne expedition are wrongly attributed to
him ,• and that the presence of au eagle on board
the City of Edinburgh was probably even unknown
to Louis Napoleon, and was due solely to the cir-
cumstance of Colonel Parquin having forgotten to
bring a supply of cigars from London. The other
version has had its day quite long enough. Cari-
catures and writers of political squibs have had
sixteen years' license, and it is therefore almost
time that the true story should be told, and that
Sir A. Alison, or the Sunollett who will " begin to
continue" him, should have the facts from au au-
thentic source.—Daily News.

ASSIZE INTELLIGESCE.—Dec, 5.

NORTH WALES CIRCUIT—CHESTER.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron Alderson.)
MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN BY THEIR FATHER.
Nine o'clock this morning was the time fixed for this
important and interesting- trial, and as soon as the doors
of the court were open to the public, such a rash into
the building took place as has not been seen in Chester
for many a day.
At a quarter past nine his lordship arrived, and took
his seat upon the bench, immediately after which the
prisoner was brought to the bar.
The Jury having been sworn, the clerk read the in-
dictment, charging the prisoner, William Jackson, with
the murder of his son, John Edward Jackson. •
Mr. Swetenham and Mr. H. Lloyd prosecuted ; the
prisoner was undefended.
Mr. Swetenham rose, and said he would at once call
the witnesses, as the prisoner was undefended.
His lordship said such a course was not merciful, as it
was always the best plan to give a plain statement of
facts, so that the accused party by that means would
be informed of what was to be brought against him.
Mr. Swetenham then proceeded to state the case.
The prisoner was a married man, and the father of four
children. Last May his wife left him and went to re-
side at Manchester, leaving a girl and a boy, about six
years old, with him, the murder of which boy was the
subject of the present trial. These children had been
taken care of by a Mrs. Hancock, a relative of the pri-
soner. On the 27th of September, Mrs. Hancock sent
them to the Coach and Horses 'public-house, where the
prisoner was lodging, and there they were left. Soon
after that time the prisoner went out, and in a short
time returned to the house, when he took away the
little girl, coming back in about half an hour. He
then took out the boy, and did not return until the
afternoon, when he was alone. He was seen by dif-
ferent parties going towards an orchard, belonging to
a Mr. Rogers, carrying the children, and he was
seen by other parsons returning without them. The
absence of the children gave rise to various rumours, and
in answer to the inquiries the prisoner gave evasive re-
plies. At length, about three weeks after they had
been missed, the mother of the children came to Ches-
ter and communicated with the police, who at once in-
stituted inquiries into the case, and on the 22d of
October the prisoner was apprehended. On the follow-
ing morning, police-officer Whittaker and his retriever
dog were in the garden towards which the prisoner was
seen carrying the children, and on approaching a pit the
dog began to scratch the soil. A spade was obtained,
and on removing one sod the naked foot of a child was
seen. Mr. Hill, the chief constable, was infOrmed of
this fact, and he and his officers went at once to the
spot, and on removing more soil came upon the body of
a little boy, beneath which was found the body of a
little girl. Near the boy was also found a bag of toys,
which the girl who took him to the Coach and Horses
on the 27th of September would identify as belonging to
the boy, who carried it with him to the house, and after-
' wards had in his hand when his father was carrying him
towards the orchard. When the bodies were examined,
it was found that the throat of each was stuck in the
same manner as a butcher would kill a pig or sheep,
separating the carotid artery and the jugular vein without
cutting the throat across. The prisonec had formerly
been in the habit of assisting his brOther as a butcher ;
his own trade was that of an upholsterer. The learned
counsel having called several witnesses to prove his
statement,
Mr. Macintyre briefly addressed the jury for the
prisoner, who without leaving the box, after consult-
ng for a few minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty.
His Lordship then put on the black cap and passed
sentence of death upon the prisoner.

OXFORD CIRCINT.—STAFFORD.
(Before M. Baron Watson.)
Thomas Goodwin, aged 21, labourer, Adam Clowes,
aged 23, collier, Samuel Dawson, aged 24 collier, and
Sam,,tel Sheldon, aged 28, collier, were charged with
entering certain land at_beek, on e 21st of November,
being armed with offensive weapons for the purpose of
taking game.
Mr. Scotland appeared for the prosecution—Mr. Mot-
teram defended the prisoners.
It appeared that on the night of the 21st ultimo the
keepers of Mr. John Davonport and the Earl of Maccles-
field were out watching at a place called Hillswood, about
a mile and a half from Leek. About midnight They saw
five men, who were engaged in setting a long net in, a
field for the purpose of catching rabbits. Presently two
men came up, and then three more. The keepers attempted
to take the men into custody, upon which a savage con-
flict ensued, in the course of which the poachers made
use of huge bludgeons on the heads of the keepers, and
inflicted severe wounds._ One of the keepers was struck
by the prisoner Dawson and made insensible, and was
then thrown over the wall, where he was left in that
state. One of the keepers had his arm broken. Intelli-
gence of the conflict was conveyance to the police at Leek,
and as they were coming up to the scene they met the
party, and at once endeavoured to take them into cus-
tody. They succeeded in capturing four of the party and
took them to the station-house. The rest of the poachers
made their escape. The prisoners when in custody ail
admitted their being of the party, but, with the excep-
tion of Dawson, they denied taking part in 'any assault.
A large number of warm rabbits were found on the
scene of the conflict, and from 300 to 400 yards of
nets, which left no doubt that the men were engaged
in poaching on a most extensive scale. Three bludgeons
found on the ground were produced in court, and were
about the most formidable instruments which we ever
saw produced in a court of justice. The witnesses'
heads were all bound up with Vaister, and they had
evidently sufferod very severe handling.
Mr. Motteram having addressed the jury for the pri-
soners,
The jury found them all Guilty.
Mr. Baron Watson, in passing sentence, said it was
owing to God's mercy that the prisoners were not on
their trial for the offenco of wilful murder, which might
have resulted from the use of such instruments as
were produced in court. His lordship then sentenced
Goodwin, Clowes, and Dawson to four years of penal
servitude ; and Shelton, ( who had been before convicted
of poaching) to six years' penal servitude.

GLOUCESTER.
(Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.)

George King, aged 25, pewterer, was charged with
breaking into the cathedral church of Bristol, and steal-
ing a surplice and other articles of the value of 71.
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The prisoner pleaded guilty.
He also pleaded guilty to a similar charge of breaking
into a chapel.
Mr. Baron Bramwell, in passing sentence, said the
prisoner had already been twice before convicted of a
similar offence. He now pleaded guilty to two other
charges. His fancy seemed to be to break into churches
and chapels, and to plunder them of what he found there.
His sentence was that he be kept in penal servitude for
four years.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NORTIIAMPTON, Dec. 4.
(Before Mr. Justice Wines.)
_ _ _

Joseph, Ireson, 20, was charged with arson.
Mr. Cockle conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner was a labourer living at Sibbertoft, who
having had the misfortune to lose a leg about 18 months
ago, and has since been several tunes an inmate of the
union.

The jury found the prisoner guilty.
The learned Judge said that the prisoner bad been
guilty of a most abominable offence, the iudirect effects
of which were perhaps as disastrous as the direct ones.
The prisoner mu .t undergo the severest sentence which
the law allowed, and he transported for life.
DECEUSER 5.

Win. White, aged 27, was indicted for an assault with
intent, &c., and also for an indecent assault.
Mr. Matinsell prosecuted, and Mr. Cockle defended
the prisoner.
The transaction in question took place as long ago as
Fab., 1851, and in the meantime two persons had been
convicted and sentenced to two years' iusprisonment for
the part they took in it.
The prosecutrix, M. Appleby, is a married woman of
middle age, and, according to her statement, she went
into a publichouse in Northampton on the Bth of Feb.,
1854, in which there were several men drinking, and
had a glass of gin ; that after she left, and had walked
some distance, several of the same men came after her,
and one of them struck or slapped her en the side of the
face ; that the blow rendered her insensible, and that
she knew nothing of what happened afterwards until
she found herself at the police station. She did not
identify the prisoner at all, but it appeared from the
testimony of the witnesses that a party of four men (of
whom the prisoner was one) were seen carrying her,
along the street in a state of drunkenness and apparent
insensibility. They were met by_a constable, who made
them take her to a house, in which it was said she lodged,
and he left her in charge of the woman of the house,
cautioning her that thu men were bad characters. Not-
withstanding this the four men were subsequently seen
carrying or dragging her out of the town to a place called
Dallington moor ; and once during their progress she
was heard to call out " Murder !" The attention of seve-
ral persons was called to the conduct of the four men,
one of whom made a pretence to one of the witnesses
that the women was his wife ; and it appeared that no
fewer than three men (two of whom wero examined as
witnesses) ac wally followed the four to the meadows,
and there saw the woman's person outraged by one man,
while two were holding her down, without attempting
to interfere—conduct which the learned judge denounced
in the strongest terms. At length, a parish constable
having been procured, the men ran off, leaving the wo-
man, still hi an intoxicated and partially insensible con
dition, on the ground. Two of the men were appre-
hended almost imusedia4ely, and the prisoner White
was sought fur, but could not be found until tliia month
of September last, when he was approheaded and coin
witted upon this charge,
The lear.:ed Judge, in summing up the oase to the
jury, mentioned that some 'doubts were entertained
wicker the offecoe of tape could be committed upon
the pecan(' ( i a woman who had rendered herself per-
feclly insen- isle by drink so as to be unable to iiive any
''-ns of reel,larc',
The jury
yh tiund the prisoner guilty of an indecent as-
fault, a
sentenced to 13 months' imprisonment
utre wa
and hard labour.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—DURUAM, DEC. 4.
(Bi-fore Mr. Justice Erle.)
Francis Donaldson was indicted for a garotte robbery
at Felling on the 17th of November last. Mr. Seymour
prosecuted, Mr. Blackwell defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor, Mr. Thomas Hilton, at the time of
the rubbery, was foreman in the Washington Iron Com-
pany, and on the 17th November last had been dritiking
te4 with his mother. And brother, Mr, Joseph 1111toPi

at Felling, and a little after 9 o'clock they started to- i
gether and proceeded in a direction towards U.:wortb,
where the prosecutor resides. Having accompanied
prosecutor within half a mile of Usworth Joseph Hilton
parted from him, at a little after 10 o'clock, and re-
turned home. The prosecutor then went into a public
house and had some refreshment ; the prisoner was also ,
in this house, and left at the same time as the prosecutor,
but turned off in a different direction. Ho, however,
came back by a cross lane into the high road, along
which the "prosecutor was proceeding homewards, fell ,
upon him, put his arm round the prosecutor's neck,
threw him on the ground with great force, and held him
till he became nearly insensible. He then robbed him
of his watch and chain, and from his trowsers pocket
took three halfcrowns, one shilling, and a sixpence. It
was a fine night, and prosecutor was quite certain the
prisoner was the man who robbed him, and the same
man who left the public-house at the time he did. Upon
recovering from the first shock prosecutor returned to
the public-house, and a policeman was sent for, who
immediately proceeded to the prisoner's house, and, on
making a search, found the exact sum, and in the same
coin, in the prisoner's bed. The watch and chain were
not found. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and ha
was sentenced to six years' penal servitude.

Sporting Intelligence.

THE GREAT STEEPLECHASE MATCH.

This match, which was appointed to take place this
day at Melton Mowbray, bas, we believe, been further
postponed, and in all probability it will not now come
off. Indeed, some people shrewdly suspect that, from
beginning to end, the whole affair has been a hoax.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
STAG HOUNDS.
Cheltenham, Ct. West's Mon. Cleeve-hill
Wed. Beckford-inn
Sat. Puesdown-incl l2 0
Baronßothschild's Mon. Pitchcott ll 0
Thur. Aston Abbotts

From the London Gazette of Last, Night.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov, 23.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Benjamin Cbilley Campbell Pine, :Esq.,
Governor and Commander•in-Chief of her Majesty's Forts
aLid Settlen-ients on the Gold Coast.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 23.
The Queen was this day pleasal to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Henry Davison, Esq., of the Inner
Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28.
The Queen was this day pleaied to confer the honour
of Knighthood upon William Brooke O'Shaughnessy,
Esq., F.R.S., Surgeon in the Bengal Army.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon-
ourable Lord Campbell, the Right Honourable Lord Wens-
leydale, Sir Edward Hall Alderson, Knt., Sir Creswell
Cresswell, Knt., the Right Hon. Sir John Somerset Pak-
ington, Bart., the Right Hon. James Archibald Stuart
Wortley, Sir Fred. Thesiger, Knt., John Wilson Patten,
Esq , and Horatio Waddington, Esq., to be her Majesty's
Commissioners for enquiring into the present arrangements
for transacting the judicial business, civil and
of the Superior Courts of Common Law in England and
Wales.
WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, DEC. 5.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Arthur
Thomas Frederick, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
paying the difference, vice Fitz Gerald, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference ; Cornet Thomas Duffield, from the
16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Ferguson, pro-
moted.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William Samuel
Newton to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Col.
Gordon Drummond, deceased ; Lieutenant and Captain
and Brevet-Major John Halkett Le Couteur to be Cap-
tain and Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Newton.
7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Francis John Foster to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice the Hon.. Howard
Moreton, deceased.
17th Foot—Ensign St. Aubin Barnett Lennard has
been permitted to resign his commission.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Hobart Evans Fitz Gerald, from
the sth Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Frederick, who
exchanges.
50th Foot—Wm. Richard White, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Conran, promoted in the 86th Foot.
54th Foot—Frederick Augustus Campbell, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Hughes, promoted.
77th Foot—Ensign Frederic Duncan Mant to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Sydney Smith. deceased.
81st Foot—Wm. Henry Mouton Jackson, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Evans, deceased.
Ist West India Regiment—Sergeant-Major David Gar-
diner, from the 22d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Samson, promoted ; Richard Brew, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Bourke, whose appointment
on the 13th Nov., 1856, has been cancelled ; Staff-Surgeon
of the Second Class William Freeman Daniell, M.D., to be
Surgeon, vice Cole, placed upon half pay.
Cold Coast Corps—William Cumming, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Gatehouse, promoted.
MILITARY TRAIN. _ _ _

Acting Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Pratt Woodfull to be
Assistant-surgeon, vice Dow, whose appointment on 31st
October, 1856,' has been cancelled.
DEPOT BATTALION.
Quartermaster Patrick Higgins, from half-pay British
German Legion, to be Q
STAFF. uartermaster.

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Sillery, upon half-pay of a
Depot Battalion, to be Deputy Qua-termaster-General to
the Troops serving in New Zealand, vice Brevet-Colone'
W. A. Dr Cleverty, whose period of Staff service has ex.
pired.

HOSPITAL STAFF.
Dispenser of Medicines John Andrews to. be Apothecary
,o the Forces, vice James Woolley Simpson, placed upon
half-pay.
The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Surgeons have
ceased to do duty, there being uo longer occasion for their
services :
Edward Ralph Blackett, Robert Medlin, Patrick James
Mullarky, and John Lizars Lizars.
BREVET.

Brevet-Colonel John ATVes; on the retired full-pay of a
Depot Battalion, to be Major-General in the army, the
rank being honorary only.
The under-mentioned promotions to take place in the
East India Company's army consequent on the death of
Lieut.-Gen. Richard West, Madras Infantry, on Sept. 15,
185 G, and Major-General William John Butterworth,
C. 8., Madras Infantry, on the 4th Nov., 1856 ;
Major-General Thomas Fiddes, Bengal Infantry, to be
Lieutenant-General.
To BE MAJOR-GENERALS.

Colonel Robert Stewart, Bengal Infantry.
Colonel Edward Pettingall, Bengal Infantry.
The undermentioned officers of the East India Company's
Service, retired upon full pay, to have a step of honorary
rank as follows :

To BE MAJOR-GENERAL.
Colonel Edward Fitzgerald Day, Bengal Artillery.
To BE COLONELS.
Lieut.-Col. Dacres Fitzherbert Evans, Bengal Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. James Chicheley Plowden, Bengal Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. Edward Griffiths Austin, Bengal Artillery.
Lieut.-Col. Henry Foquett, Bengal Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. Nathaniel Hill Fishe, Madras Artillery.
Lieut.-Col. Francis Kyan Duncan, Bengal Artillery.
Lieut.-Col. John Ramsay, Bombay Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. James Roger Western, Bengal Engineers.
Lieut.-Col. Samuel Smith Trevor, Madras Artillery.
Lieut.-Col. William Chas. Hicks, Bengal Infantry.
41 To BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Major William Carlisle Stather, Bombay Infantry.
Major Herbert William Wood, Madras Infantry.
Major Wm. Vernon Mitford, Bengal Light Cavalry.
Major Charles Elliott Good, Bengal Infantry.
Major Charles Andrew Kitson, Bengal Cavalry.
Major Patrick Ogilvie, Madras Infantry.
Major George Hickson Fagan, Bengal Engineers.
Major David Edward Brewster, Bengal Infantry.
Erratum in the Gazet.",; of Nov. 21, 1856—For Major-
, General Sir James Outra-n, K.C.8., of the Bombay Army,
to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in the East
Indies, while employed upon a particular service—Read,
Major-General Sir James Outram, K.C.8., to have the
temporary rank of Lieutenant-General while employed on
a particular service.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, DEC. 5.
111I,EVET.
ME3IORANDA.

In pursuance of a memorandum, dated Oct., 1851, the
Queen has been pleased to confer upon Robert Cannon,
Esq., a Ferik in the service of his Majesty the Sultan, the
equivalent honorary rank of Lieut.-General, such honorary
rank, however, to confer no privilege as a British General
Officer on Lieut.-General Cannon.
In pursuance of a memorandum, dated Oct., 1854, the
Queen has been pleased to confer upon Lieut. and Brevet-
Captain Charles Thomas Edward Hinde, of the 65th Ben-
gal Native Infantry and Lieut.-Colonel in the service of
his Majesty the Sultan, the equivalent honotary rank of
Lieut.-Colonel, such honorary rank, however, to confer no
privilege as a British Lieut.-Colonel on that officer.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Charles Wm. Parker, Esq., late Captain 4th or Royal
South Middlesex Regiment of. Militia, and late Captain
69th Regiment, to be adjutant from Nov. 5, vice Grimaton,
deceased.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED B LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
RiYfle Regiment of Middlesex
2d or Edmonton Royal
fro Oct
9Ch,avrliecseGmodusioanr: Greesnit.n,etdo;bEenAsi;snistlvanint-S.
Dawes
Mahon to be Lieutenant, vice head, appointed to Ceylon
Rifle Corps.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, far
the Week ending on Saturday the 29th day of Nev., 1856.
ISSUE DRPARTMENT.

Notes Issued

Government debt.... 11,015,10 c,
Other securities.-- 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 9,794, 30
Silver bullion ...• .... -