The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-17 00:00:00

FRIDAY

Liam Wright to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ord,
Oct. 17.
38th Foot—Ensign James Thomas Craster to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Watkins, who retires, Oct. 17.
43d Foot—Major Henry Skipwith to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Forlong, who retires; Captain
Robert Newton Phillips to be Major, by purchase, vice
Skipwith ; Lieut. Francis Hutchinson Synge to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Lambert, who retires; Lieute-
nant Frederick Green Wilkinson to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Phillips; Lieutenant William MiMes to be
Adjutant, vice Wilkinson, promoted; Ensign the Hon.
Richard Monck, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Synge; Ensign Henry Wilmot to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Wilkinson, Oct. 17.
49th Foot—William Earle, Gent, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Young, Oct. 17.
51st Foot—Ensign Francis Charlesworth Kennedy to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ross, who retires; Se-
cond Lieutenant Henry Trafford Trafford, from the
Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign, vice Kennedy, Oct. 17.
53d Foot—Charles Francis Herbert Lloyd, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peel, promoted, Oct. 17.
61st Foot—Henry George Austin Vicars, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kempe, promoted, Oct. 17.
63d Foot—Robert Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Cockburn, promoted, Oct. 17.
66th Foot—Ensign Alfred Torrens, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Peel, who retires; William Henry
Jones Westby, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Torrens, promoted. Oct. 17.
72d Foot—Frederick Montague Alison, Gent., to be
Ensign by purchase, vice Hay, promoted, Oct. 17.
81st Foot—Frederick Francil Fereday, Gent., to be
Ensign by purchase, vice Villiers, promoted, Oct. 17.
88th Foot—George Robert Beresford, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Thompson, appointed to the
10th Foot, Oct. 17.
91st Foo:—Lloyd Henry Thomas, Gent.. to.be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Bruce, promoted, Oct. 17.
96th Foot—Jarnes.Buchanan Kirk, Gott., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Ford, promoted, Oct. 17.
98th Foot—Ensign Frederick George Nutt all Clarke
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kerr, who retires,
Oct. 17.
99th Foot—Edward George Keppell.Ravenhill, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crowdy, appointed to
32d Foot, Oct. 17.
Rifle Brigade—Julian Bargus Yonge, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Bingham,
appointed to the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards,
Oat. 17.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Gother Mann Parsons, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant, without purchase, Oct. 17.
Gold Coast Corps—George Barnwall Hales, Gent., to
bo Ensign, without purchase, Oct. 17.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon John
Samuel Herron to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Woodley, appointed to the 41st Foot, Oct. 14.
MEMORANDII3I.—The Christian names of Captain
Walter of the 53d Foot, are John " M‘Neill," and not
John M'Neale, as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Colonel Thomas Chaplain to be Dapnty-Lieutenant,
Sept. 27.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Lieute-
nant James Prince to be Captain, rice Carvick, deceased,
' Oct. 7.

(The List of Bankrupts, the Bank of England Returns,
and the Average Price of buger, were not published
in time for Post.)

TILE BATH POIOMING CASE.

The coronet (A. H. English, Esq.) resumed his
inquiry into this shocking case utter our report left
on Wednesday evening. The court continued
crowded throughout the evening, a large number of
medical gentlemen being amongst the spectators.
Mr. Lawrence, surgeon, described the state of the
child during his attendance upon it, as already re-
ported, and then added that he registered the child
on the 28th June in Mr. Searle's drawing-room, under
the instruction of the prisoner. The child was re-
gistered in the name of Elizabeth. He asked the
prisoner what her husband's name was, and she re-
plied, " Thomas Slater." He asked her own name,
and she replied "Elizabeth Sister, formerly Lewis."
He asked if Mr. Slater was any profession, and
she replied that he had formerly been a solicitor,
and was now occasionally consulted as such,
and therefore he had better enter him as
a solicitor. She signed her name "Elizabeth Sla-
ter." The witness then described tha post mortem
appearances, adding, "The cause of death I believe
to be arsenic. Connecting the symptoms during life,
and the post mortem appearances, together with the
result of Mr. Herapath's analysis, I have no hesita-
tion in stating that the child died from the effects of
arsenical poisoning; and I believe that the poisoning
extended over several weeks."
Mr. Evans Evans, surgeon, confirmed Mr. Law-
rence's testimony ; and the inquest was then ad-
journed till Friday afternoon.
RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.

On Thursday morning his worship the mayor and
a full beach of magistrates proceeded with the exa-
mination of the prisoner, at the Guildhall. The Ses-
sions Court was thronged throughout the day by
highly respectable persons, including several ladies
and medical gentlemen, who appeared to take a deep
interest in the proceedings.
The prisoner, who was attired in deep mourning,
appeared very weak and ill, and was led into court by
one of the female searchers. She kept her face veiled
throughout the day, but occasionally passal notes to
her solicitor.

Mr HeMop, who appeared for the prisoner, was
again attended by Mr. Crosby, who took notes of the
evidence; and Mr. J. Barrett, surgeon, watched the
medical evidence fur the accused. Mr. Williams, of
the firm of Taylor and Williams, conducted the pro-
secution.

Mr. Lawrencn, surgeon, was the first witness ex-
amined. He merely repeated the evidence noticed
above as given by him at the coroner's inquest, as did
also Mr. Evans.

Inspector Norris, of the Bath police, deposed that
on Tuesday, the 7lh of October, he went to Mr.
Searle's house in Claventon-street. The prisoner came
there about 2-4 hours after he went there, and went into
the parlour behind the shop. Witness had seen the
child previously ; it appeared well, though not a healthy
child. He did not allow the prisoner to see him when
she came in, but instructed Mrs. Searle to remain in
the room with her, because he did not wish her left
alone. There was a window communicating from
the shop to the parlour, which h%d a blind to it, and
he looked through it to obtain a glance of the pri-
soner's features. Mrs. Searle came out of the room and
the prisoner was then left alone with the child. Wit-
ness felt uneasy at her being 80 lefr, and watched
through the window, and in about a minute the
prisoner walked towards a corner of the room, and
he lost sight of her. She had the child in her
arms at the time. He directed Mrs. Searle to re-
turn to the room, and the prisoner, with the baby,
accompanied by Mrs. Searle, afterwards went up
stairs. Witness had previously sent for two female
searchers, and when they came he went upstairs with
them to tho bedroom. The prisoner appeared sur-
prised at seeing him enter with the women, and asked
him what he wanted, to which he replied that he must
take her into custody on suspicion of having adminis-
tered something to her baby. She asked him who
gave him that information. He made no reply,
but told her she had better put on her bonnet and
come Mith him. She then said, " Will you wait till
Mr. Slater comes ? I have done nothing to it ; I
expect him here by the three o'clock train." Wit-
ness procured a fly and took her, to the police sta-
tion. He subsequently saw the person she alluded
to as being Mr. Slater, and he turned out to be Mr.
Crosby, solicitor, St. John's-bridge, Bristol. When
witness went into the bedroom the prisoner had the
child in her arms and it was vomiting. He had since
searched her residence, at No. :5, Exeter-buildings,
Redlands, near Bristol, where he found a quantity of
letters now produced. He had since found the pri-
soner's name to be Caroline (or Catherine) Elizabeth
Lewis.

By Mr. Hellings—Witness also found a white
powder in the prisoner's desk. It had been submitted
to an analysis by Mr. llerapath but no arsenic found
in it. Searched Mr, Searle's parlour and bedroom
when the poisoner was apprehended, but found no
paper•box or any other thing of a suipicious cha-
racter.

John Palmer Tyler, chemist, *Bath, had analysed a
prepared test brought to him by Mr. Lawrence, sur-
geon, and produced from it arsenious acid.
Eliza Lyons, one of the female searchers, deposed
to searching tha prisoner after her apprehension, but
found nothing material upon her. She took the child
from prisoner at Mr. Searle's, and it was very siek
three times directly afterwards.
The witness on cross-examination by Mr. Hollings,
said I have now examined the prisoner's hands, I
cannot say that her nails were as short when she was
apprehended as they are now. She was biting them
all the way to the station-house, and persisted in
doing so, although I told her not to. She appeared
very excited.
Mr. Herapath repeated the evidence given by him
before the coroner on Wednesday.
The depositions were then read over by the magis-
trate's clerk, and the u4iv.l caution having been given
to the prisoner, she dechoed saying anything.
His Worship then said—Prisoner, aftf-r a lengthened
patient, but very painful investigation, the magistrates'
have come to the conclusion that it is necasary to the
ends of public justice that you should take your trial
before a jury of your countrymen. You are therefore
now committed to take your trial at the next Somer•
setshire Assizes for the wilful murder of your child.
The prisoner was then removed in custody.

PRESENT OF A STURGEON TO THE QUEEN.—On
Wednesday W. J. Pierce, the assistant water-bailiff, had the
honour of presenting to her Majesty, at Windsor, a fine living
sturgeon, weighing upwards of a hundred weight, which wzs
caught in Galleons, in the Thames, on Tuesday, by William
Jackson, a fisherman.

According to present arrangements, the Duchess of
Gloucester is to arrive at the Bedford Hotel on Wedne.v.day
next. Her Royal Highness enjoyed her health remarkably
well during her last sojourn with us; and we have much
pleasure in hearing that the Royal Duchess is partial to our
marine drives, which are so much sheltered from the north
wind; during the yrhatvr unuttig,—krightini Gazette,

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

LIST OF AWARDS.
(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
JURY X.
THIS COUNCIL MEDAL.
Bain, A., electric telegraph
Bakewvll, F., copying electric telegraph
Bond, Wm. and Son, for the invention of a new mode of
observinx astronomical phenomena, &o.
Bourdon, 8., for the invention of metallic barometers,

and for his manometers
Brett, J., printing telegraph
Brooke, C., for the invention of a means of self-register-
ing natural phenomena, by photography
Buckle, S., (Class XXX.) for his photographs on paper
Euron, for nii good telescopes, the object glass being of

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rock crystal
Chance Brothers (Class XXIV.), a disc of flint glass, 29

Inches diameter
Claudet, A. F., for his several inventions based upen ex-
periments in the practice of photography; and for his
non-inverted pictures
Daguet, T., for the superiority of glass for optical pur-
poses, good specific gravity, clear; crown glass as olear

as flint
Delguil, L. J., for his balance air pump; and for the in-
vention of an arrangement to keep the charcoal points
in electric light at a constant distance
DoHand, G., fur atmospheric recorder, by means of which
the reading of the barometer, those of the thermometer
evaporator, fall of rain, direction of the wind, its
strength, electric state of the air, &c., are simultane-
ously registered
Dubosq-Soleil, J., for a very ingenious heliostat, on a
new construction, by Silberman; the invention of an
apparatus for fixing the charcoal points for electric
light; a saccharometer of delicate structure and much
ingenuity, and an elegant and novel instrument, by
Brevais, for exhibiting the phenomena of polarized
light
Dunin, Count, E,, for the extraordinary application of
mechanism to his steel expanding figure of a man
Froment, G., for the goodness of the work of his theo-
dolites and divided metre
Gonnella, Professor T., plaaometer, a machine for mea-
suring plane surfaces
Griffith, J., for his barometer, with a vacuum capable
of complete restoration by an air-trap at the top
Henley, W. T., for his convenient and ingenious appli-
cation of magnetic electricity to the purpose of elec.

trio telegraphs
Logeman, W. M., for the excellence of the magnets
shown by him
Martens, F., for his talbotypes on glass by the albumi-

110118 process.
Metz and Sons, equatorial, combining cheapness with

excellence of workmanship
Newman, J., for the originality, excellence, and perfec-
tion of his air pumps, and self-registering tide gauge
Oertling, L., for very delicate large and small balances
Quennesscn, a platina alembic, to hold 250 pints, all in
one piece, without solder or seam, &c.
Ros•, A., for great improvemeats in microscopes, and for
the solidity of structure, good mechanism, and distri-
bution of strength, great size, &0., of his large etua-

torial
Ross and Thomson (Class XXX.), for grist improve-
ments in photoraphy
Siemens and Halske, electric telegraph
Smith and Beck, for excellence of his microscopes
Taurines, dynanometer
Vidie, for the invention of the aneroid barometer
THE PRIZE MEDAL.
Ackland, W., dividing engine
Allan, T., electric tel, graph
Bache, A. D., balance
Batlta, W.. chemical apparatus
Baumann, T., comparateur
Bayard, if, talboty pes
Beaulieu, A., theodolites and sextants
Bertsud, jun., slices of crystals
Beyerle, G., cylindrical lens es
Blunt, Henry, model of Erislothenes; part o en
Bourgogne, J., microscopic preparations
Brady, M. 8., daguerreotypes
Breithaupt, F. W. and Son, surveying instruments
British Electric Telegraph Company, their series of elee-

trio telegraphs
Burt, .A. solar compass; surveying instruments
Challis, Prof., scales for calculating the corrections for a

transit instrument
Chuard, satiety lamp
Collot, E. and A., Brothers, balance
Cotton, Wm., coin-weighing machine
Crichton, J., drawing instruments and sextants
De la Fore and Co. (Class XVIL), inediscent films
Denton, J. 8., process of relief mapping
Dolberg. A., balance
Dover, J., balance
Elliott and Sons, drawing instruments
Engel, F., wave surface
Ericsson, J., sea lead, pyrometer, &c.
Ertel and Son, universal astronomical instrument
Facy, R., orrery
Flasheron, F., talbosypes
Galy-Cazalat, manometer, upon the hydraulic principle
Griffin, J. J., and Co., chemical apparatus
Gysi, F., drawing instruments
Hamanau, E. F., planometer
Henneman and Malone, talbotypes
nett, A., microscopic preparations
Hewitson, J., tide gauge
Hjorth, S., electro motive power
Hommel-Esser, F., drawing instruments
Horne. Thorathwuite, and Wood, good work in photo.
graph apparatus
Hughes, W., topography for the blind
Johnson and Matthey (Class L), palladium crucibles
Johnston, W. and A. K, geological and physical globes
Jugenson %Ili. Sons, metallic thermometer
Kilburn, =M . photographs
Kinzelbain, telescope
Knight and Sons, chemical apparatus
Kummer, K. \V,, large relief globe
Lawrence, M. M., daguerreotype
Leeson, Dr. H. B. (Class I.), for exhibition of crystals
Lloyd, Lieut.-Colonel J. A., storm indicator, a typho-,
deictor
Luhine, J. F., and Co., chemical apparatus
Maes, J., prism, of zinc glass
Marchesi, G. 8., instruments for the blind
Mitchell, Rev. W. (Class L), models of crystals
Nachet, microscopes
Nasmyth, J., moon maps
Negretti and Zambra, meteorological instruments on
glass
Newton and Son, globes
Nobort, F. A., fine lines on glass
Oertling, A., balance
Penrose, F. C., helicograph
Perreaux, dividing ;engine
Phillips, W. H. (Class V.), fire annihilator
Pillischer, M., elliptic compass
Plagniol, A., camera obscura
Pretsch, Paul, photographs
Reade, Rev. 3. 8., solid eye-piece
Sacre, E., balance
Schierts, J. G., photographic apparatus
Schoell, C. A., model of Mount Sentis
Schroder, J., descriptive models of joining in wood,
crystals, eco.
Seel, H., pharmaceutical apparatus
Shadbolt, G., microscope condenser
Simms, W., fine astronomical instruments
Smith, Captain, coin weighing machine
St. John, John R., detector compass
Staffel, I. A., calculating machine; machine for weigh-
ing precious metals, &c.
Stoeher, E., electric telegraph
Thomas, C. L., calculating machine
Topping, C. M., miscroscopic preparations
Van Sehendel, P., a model of descriptive geometry--
perspective
Varley and Son, telescopic camera lucida
Vedy, F., sextants and reflecting circles
Walker, C. V., graphite batteries, &c.
Ward, W. 8., botanical cases
Watkins and Hill (Class V.), dry pile apparatus, gal-
vanometer, &c.
Westmoreland, J., electrical machine
Whipple, J. A., daguerreotype of the moon.

JURY Xa.
THE COUNCIL MEDAL.

Boehm, T., for important scientific improvements of the
flute, and the successful application of his principles to
other wind instruments
Ducroquet, P. A., for his application of the pneumatic
lever to a church organ
Erard, 11., for his peculiar mechanical actions applied to
pianofortes and harps
Gray and Davison, for their invention in organ building,
of a new method of connecting the groat organ with
the swell organ, by means of a pedal and of a new
stop, coiled the keraulophon
Hill and Son, invention of a stop of great power, and
for their mode of shifing the stops by means of keys
Sax, A., for his invention of several classes of wind in-

struments in wood and metal
Vuillaume, J. 8., for new modes of making violins, in
such a manner that they are matured and perfected
immediately on the completion of the manufacture,
thus avoiding the necessity of keeping them for con-
siderable periods to develop their excellences
Willis, H., for his application to organs of an improved
exhausting valve to the pneumatic lever, the
applica-
tion of pneumatic levers in a compound form, and
the invention of a ,movement in connexion therewith
for facilitating the drawing of stops either singly or in
connexion