The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 8.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
B. Kerferd as Consul-General in England for the Republic
of Salvador.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 15.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John
Treeby as Vice-Consul at Plymouth for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 13.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Brenton Halliourton, Esq., Chief Justice of
Nova Scotia.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 14.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
John Stewart to the church at Lochgilphead, in the parish
of Glassary, in the presbytery of Inverary, and shire of
Argyll, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Mac-
farlane.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 15.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain George Thomas
Gough, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain,
vice King, who exchanges.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard James M. St.
George, from the 94th,Foot, to be Lieutenant, paying the
difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice Teevan,
who exchanges.
12th Light Dragoons—' *Japtain William Wallis King, from
the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Gough, who
exchanges.
Military Train—Captain William Banks, from half-pay of
the late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Mac-
donald, promoted to an unattached Majority, without
purchase; Captain C. F. Hutton, from half-pay of the
late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
Major Shervinton, promoted to an Unattached Majority,
without purchase ; Lieutenant George Hall, from half-
pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice
Banks, who reverts to the half-pay of his former rank of
Captain in that Corps from the Ist April, 1857; Lieu-
tenant George Edwards, from half-pay of the late Laud
Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Hutton, who re-
verts to the half-pay of his former rank of Second Cap-
tain in that Corps from the Ist April, 1857.
9th Regiment of Foot—Captain John Molloy, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference,
vice Brevet-Major H. B. Scott, seconded, having been
appointed District Inspector of Musketry at the Cape of
Good Hope; Lieut. Henry Collingwood Vibart to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Molloy, who retires ; William
Queale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roberts,
promoted,
11th Foot—Captain Edward G. Keppel Ravenhill, from.
the 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dickinson, who ex-
changes.
15th Foot—Lieut. William Robertson Tyler to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Morshead, who retires.
36th Foot—Lieut. Arthur Francis Kelsey to be Adjutant,
vice C. D. James, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
39th Foot—Ensign Edward John Armytage, from the Rifle
Brigade, to be Ensign, vice Kerr, who exchanges.
41st Foot—Lieut. Henry Seymour Hill to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Dixon, deceased ; Ensign Ralph Sadler
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hill.
52d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Henley to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bayley, who retires ; Ensign
Reginald G. Wilberforce to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Henley.
64th Foot—Lieutenant David Gardiner to be Instructor of
Musketry.
70th Foot—For Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be Lieu-
tenant, &c., which appeared in the " Gazette" of Bth
April, 1859, read Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Mulock.
72d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Wellesley Vesey to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Buchanan, who retires ; Ensign
James Drummond Stewart to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Vesey.
74th Foot—Ensign William Henry Beere, from the 12th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Whiimster, deceased.
84th Foot—The appointment of Surgeon La Presle. from
the Staff, as stated in the " Gazette ' of 31st December,
1858, has been cancelled.
86th Foot—Lieutenant George Albert Conran has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his com-

mission.
94th Foot—Lieutenant George James Teevan, from the 3d
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice St. George, who
exchanges.
96th Foot—Ensign Charles Edward Wright to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice H. L. Williams, who retires.
99th Foot—Captain William Speke Dickenson, from the
11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ravenhill, who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Francis Ernest Kerr, from the
39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Armytage, who exchanges ;
Surgeon Joseph Thomas La Presle, from the Staff, to be
Surgeon, vice Sanders, who exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain William Edward Wal-
lace, from the 26th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Buchanan,
promoted to an Unattached Majority, without
_purchase.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy-Commissary-
General William Bishop to be Commissary-General; De-
puty-Commissary-General Thomas Christie Weir to be
Commissary-General.
HOSPITAL STAFF.--Surgeon H. S. Sanders, from the
Rifle Brigade, to be Surgeon, vice La Presle, who ex-
changes.

UNATTACHED.--Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Donald Stewart, from half-pay, 84th Foot, Staff Officer of
Pensioners, to be Major, without purchase.
BREVET.—Captain John Molloy, of the 9th Foot, to be
Major in the Army; Brevet-Major John Molloy, of the
9th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 16.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant Robert Hanson Coldwell.
having obtained a first-class certificate at the School of
Musketry at Hythe, has been appointed by the General
Commanding-in-Chief, with the concurrence of the Secre-
tary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to
the 2d Stafford Regiment of Militia, vice Captain Wilson,
promoted.
COMMISSIONS BY THE QUEEN.
King's Own Light Infantryßegiment of Militia—James
Little, Esq., to be Paymaster. ,
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Captain Bryan Thornhill to be Adjutant.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

Colonel John Wilson Patten, M. P., to be Vice-Lieutenant
of Lancashire during the temporary absence from England
of the Lord-Lieutenant of that county.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Lieutenant
George Rashleigh Gompertz to be Captain, vice Traherne,
promoted. _ _

- Norfolk Militia Artillery—Second Lieutenant the Ho-
nourable Harbord Harbord to be First Lieutenant, vice
Thierens, resigned.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia.—George
Duke Ormsby, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice John
Allan Johnson, resigned ; William Constable Brown Con..
stable, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice John Hay,
promoted ; John Allan Johnson, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, vice Augustus Walter Cruikshank, promoted.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the " Gazette" of the 12th instant.]
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—John Lechmere,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, promoted.
Royal Sherwocd Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia.—The Queen has been pleased to accept the resig-
nation of his Commission by Ensign Edwin Robert Ives.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE

MONEY,

- Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 14.
Notice is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and Ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for
the slave schooner Abbot Devereux, captured on the Ist
August, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Teazer, will commence
on Wednesday, the 20th April, 1859, in the Prize Branch of
the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are requested
to present the same at this office.
Any Officer, Seaman, Marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or
of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required
to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London "
in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely
stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Cus-
toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be con-
venient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

Flag share £62 19 1
Commander.... 149 10 5
Fourth class 69 0 4
Fifth class .... 38 6 10
Sixth class 34 10 1

Seventh class £23 0 2
Eighth class ll 10 4
Ninth class 7 13 4
Tenth class .. 3 16 8

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

Adam Bannister Goss, brewer, Ormskirk, Lancashire.

BANKRUPTS.

James Newton, hop merchant, Camberwell, Surrey, to
surrender. May 2, at half -past twelve, and 30, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Brent Price, draper, Leicester, May 3 and 31, at
eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Francis Worrall Stevens, dealer in shares, Royal Ex -
change, City, May 2, at eleven, and May 30, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
James Hamer and John Hamer, flour dealers, Bolton-
le-Moors, Lancashire, May 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court.

William Norris and Jane Norris, ship and anchor smiths,
Liverpool, May 5 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
John M‘Lachlan, ironmonger, Stirling.
John. Wright, grocer, Hanley, Staffordshire, now residing
in Glasgow.

Alexander Christie, now deceased, ironmaster, Burntis-
[and, Fifeshire.
Alexander Hay, shoemaker, Glasgow.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day
of April, 1859: •

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £32,397,090 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 17,922,090
Silver Bullion ... • -

£32,397,090)

X 32,397,090

,EPARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £11,371,118
Other Securities
16,538,410
Notes
10,531,010
Gold and Silver
Coin 674,444

£39,514,972
[ARSHALL, Chief Cishier.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-April 15.

BOW-STREET.—Mr. Richards, a solicitor, ac-
companied by Mr. Henry J. David, late of New
York, attended before Mr. Hall, and made the fol-
lowing application :—He reminded the Court that
some time ago his client, Mr. David, was appre-
hended, and detained in prison for seven weeks,
upon a warrant, obtained under the Extradition
Act, the operation of which in the present instance
had been most cruel and oppressive. Mr. David
was charged with forgery, alleged to have been
committed in America, and after having been kept
in custody from week to week, was ultimately dis-
charged in consequence of the non-appearance of
Mr. Keen, the prosecutor. There appeared to be
no way of redress open to his client ; but it hap-
pened that while Mr. David was dining with a
friend at a public tavern, on Sunday last, Mr. Keen
entered the room casually, took a seat, and called
for a cigar. Mr. David, actuated by a momentary
impulse, rose to inflict personal chastisement upon
his accuser, but was restrained by his companion ;
and Mr. Keen, on observing him, made some re-
mark to the waiter about his being in great haste,
having to leave London that night, and hurried
out of the room. It had occurred to him (Mr.
Richards) that it might be in the power of the Court
to grant him some assistance in the effort to make
Mr. Keen responsible for the conduct he had pur-
sued towards Mr. David—responsible, at least, for
the , contempt of Court, of which he had been
guilty. The solicitor then entered into a state-
ment of some important details, and produced a
number of Mr. David's checks, all endorsed by Mr.
Keen himself, and subsequent to the date of the
alleged forgery. These had been procured from Mr.
David's bankers at Philadelphia, and they amounted
to upwards of £1,400; while he held the title-
deeds in his hand to show that his client possessed
freehold property in New York city to the value of
£35,000.

The local Directory for several years was ex-
hibited, to show that there was only one H. G.
David in New York up to 1856, when he left
America; and that in the next year's Directory the
name was omitted. A number of letters, addressed
to " H. J. David, 13, Wall-street, New York," were
also put in.
Mr. Hall, after examining the papers, said the
anxiety of Mr. David to have the matter investi-
gated was very natural, but he had no power either
to compel Mr. Keen to attend, or to punish him for
not attending. The statements of Mr. Richards
were very startling, and seemed to show that Mr.
David had been charged with forging his own
name. No one could have been more surprised
than he (Mr. Hall) was at the termination of the
case, after the repeated assurances given that Mr.
Keen would be present. A gentleman's character
might be seriously affected by such proceedings,
and the Extradition Act used to inflict a great
hardship; but it was not in the magistrate's power
to afford him any redress.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Edwd. Murray,
of St. Martin's-court, hotel keeper, and Antonio
Bombardini, an Italian, were again brought up,
charged by James Bentley, the officer of the
Sheriff of Middlesex, with assisting other foreigners
in rescuing from his custody a man he had on writ
arrested for a debt and costs, and assaulting him
in the execution of his duty, and another whom he
had called to his assistance, at the house of the
defendant Murray, on the 31st ult.
It had been alleged that this was a case of mis-
taken identity ; and that Bombardini had committed
no assault_ whatever, and two remands had been
granted to give the defendants the opportunity of
rebutting the evidence against them.
In support of the case, it was shown that the
arrest having been made a cry was set up, which
brought around the officer, the assistant, and the
arrested person a knot of officious foreigners from
the coffee-room, who, insulting the sheriff's man,
enabled their prisoner to escape, and that in the
affray the assault by the defendants was committed.
Defendants got away, but were subsequently taken.
The defendants were committed to the West-
minster Sessions for trial, but bail taken for their
appearance.

- Emily Ellen Clifford, Ellen Wills, William Wills,
and Frderick Garcha were again brought up,
charged on suspicion of being•equally concerned in
robbing the house of Mr. Edward Fox White, 60,
Brook-street, of plate and jewellery to a considerable
amount during the owner's visit, with his wife, at
a friend's at Notting-hill, on the 23d of March.
Garcha and Ellen Wills being in the prosecutor's
service.

The case was one entirely of suspicion, and there
being no additional or confirmatory evidence, the
defendants were discharged.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Joseph Trayling and.
Joseph Barnes, each about 22, and describing them-
selves as costermongers, were charged with at-
tempted robbery.
Mr. John Hill is a hat maker in Squerries-street,
Mile-end, a dull and not well-frequented street,
and had been thrown into something like appre-
hension by noticing two men, who he felt satisfied
were the prisoners, lurking about the street at
night, and manifestly closely scanning his house,
which had been before attempted by thieves. This
was conspicuously the case on Monday and Wed-
nesday nights, and he therefore the next morning
communicated his suspicions of an intended bur-
glary at his house to his son-in-law, a Mr. Ward,
who agreed with him to watch together the next
night for the thieves. At dark on Thursday night
they accordingly placed themselves in Mr. Hill's
parlour, extinguished the light, and waited
patiently for the result. This was not a long time
coming, for they presently after heard two hesitat-
ing knocks at the street door, of which they took
no notice, and these were followed by a key turning
in the lock, and the entrance of two men, whom
they saw through the crevice of the door light a
silent match and advance cautiously along the pas-
sage. Their progress was very speedily stopped,
however, by Mr. Ward, who rushed out upon them,
and, as he ingenuously acknowledged, struck
Trayling two suoh blows upon the head with a
poker that he dropped to the ground, shouting
loudly in terror for mercy. Barnes contrived to
escape into the street without damage, but was
pursued with the cry of " Stop thief !" and this
rendered the prisoners pace so bewildered and un-
certain that he unwittingly rushed into the arms of
a constable, who found in his pockets a latchkey
and lucifers, and lodged him and Trayling in the
station.

Mr. Hammill remanded them both for a week.

ANOTHER EXPLOSION OF A POTVDER
MILL, AND LOSS OF LIFE.

On Wednesday morning, about nine o'clock, the
inhabitants of Hastings were startled in conse-
quence of hearing a loud report, very similar to the
explosion of a heavy piece of cannon, and some
even felt their dwellings shaken. It was imme-
diately surmised that an explosion had taken place
at the Gunpowder Works of the well•known firm
of Messrs. Lawrance and Son, near Battle, about
six miles distant from Hastings, and this unfortu-
nately proved correct, information having been
brought in before noon. On proceeding to the spot
we ascertained that the explosion had taken place
in a " corning-house" connected with Lower Pep-
pernye works, and that a man named Putland.
aged 57, who has been employed at the works
many years, had lost his life, his body being
literally blown to atoms. So complete was the
annihilation of the deceased that not one-fourth of
his body has been found, although the ruins have
been carefully searched, as well as the adjoining
land. The two largest portions picked up were a
foot minus the toes, and the skull with the hair
completely torn off. The unfortunate victim had
previously had a narrow escape, and his father also
lost his life by an explosion. His family consisted
of nine children, but fortunately most of them are
of sufficient age to obtain their own livelihood. As
usual on these occasions, not the most remote sur-
mise of the cause of the accident can be given. It
is . supposed that the building, a wooden struc-
ture of no great extent, and erected on six small
brick pillars, built into the ground as a foundation,
contained about two hundred weight of powder
and " dust." Fortunately no other person was in
the " house" at the
timoienw,udtshelyr'
the foreman having quitted
As will be imagined
exploded, the building
the short
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itselfre was shattered into thousands of fragments,
Which were scattered in all directions for several
hundred feet ; the brick pillars in blocks of half a
cwt., were thrown a distance of from 150 to 200
feet. The beams of the building were also deeply
embedded earth,pinrestehneted.
exactly opposite the and a perfect picture of
welfl.dinTghe
desolation
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itself.
only damage it sustained was the"magazine"removaldestroyed,
a few
tiles and the destruction of the windows. The
shock was, of course, felt in the town, about two
miles distant, but not' severely. An inquiry by the
coroner is expected to take place to-morrow.

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COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL-APRIL 15.

A fair attendance of millers and dealers to-day. Wheat
may be quoted fully ld per cental advance. Flour held for
more money, and sales inactive. Prime yellow In-
dian corn in fair inquiry, and id to 2d per cental higher
than last week. Oats and oatmeal steady. Egyptian beans
and peas quiet. Barley declined is to 2s per quarter on the
week.