The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-02 00:00:00

COMMISSIONS BY LOOS-LIEUTENANT.

County of York—George James Watson Farsyde,
to be Deputy Lieutenant.
13th Devon Artillery Volunteers—Jobn Trickett to be
Captain (erroneously gazetted as John Tuckett).
16th Devon Rifle Volunteers—Lieutenant Richard Ro-
binson Rodd to be Captain.
2d Berwickshire Artillery Volunteer Corps—James
Herriot to be Captain; David Logan, jun., to be First
Lieutenant.
Ist Administrative Battalion of Essexßifle Volunteers—
Roger Sturley Nunn, Esq., to be Surgeon.
4th Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Horace
Shepard, Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps—Ensign Walter
Perkins to be Lieutenant, vice Lankester, resigned.

20th Renfrevralliro Rifle Volunteer coris—R-obort Thom,
jun., Gent., to be Captain, vice Henderson, dismissed.
24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Carps—Charles Wood-
bridge. jun., to be Ensign.
29th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The Rev. William
Charles William to be Honorary Chaplain.
9th Cambridge Rifle Volunteers—Astley Poston Cooper,
Esq., to be Lieutenant; James Neale York, Esq., to be
Ensign.
4th Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteers—Henry Hussey
Vivian, Esq., M.P., to be Lieutenant ; Ilted Thomas, Esq.,
Bernhard Gustav Herrmann, Esq., Edward Strick, Esq.,
Charles Bath, Esq., William Thomas, Esq., and Frederick
Dahue, Esq., to be Captains ; James Richardson, Esq.,
John Allen, Esq., Washington Hamilton Brown, Esq.,
William Henry Frederick Forrester, Esq., and John Glas-
brook, Esq., to be Lieutenants; George Baker Haynes,
Gent., William Edward Morgan, Gent., William Monger,
Gent., Walter Cardew, Gen., William Cook, Gent., and
Evan Daniel, Gent., to be Ensigns.
Worcester Rifle Volunteers.--2d Company —George
'Pardons to be Captain.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—John Pleydell Wlton, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Coles, deceasel.
Ist Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps—Alfred
William Maberley, Gent., to be First Lieutenant ; George
Peters Carrington, Gent., t 4 be Second Lieutenant; Thos.
Hicks, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant-Surgeon.
12th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps—Thomas
Wilson, Esq., and Jas. Pot's Brice, Esq., to be Captains ;
Henry Alexander Wilson, Gent., Vaughan Waldron Jones,
Gent., and Charles Semple, Gent., to be First Lieutenants ;
Thomas Barnes Clarke, Goa., to be Second Lieutenant.
.24th Lancashire Rifle Vounteer Corps—Ensign Theo-
dore Rooth Philippi to be Lieutenant; James Simpson,
Gent., to be Ensign ; The Rev. John Edward Nassau
Moleswurth, D.D., to be Honorary Chaplain.
48th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps—Ensign John
Twist to be Lieutenant. _ _ _

80th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps—George M'Cor-
quodale, to be Lioutenant-Colonel ; Richard Hunt, Esq.,
to be Captain; Andrew L3mburn Coltart, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; Robert Bruce Ctmmins, Gent., William Fear-
nail, Gent., John Howden, Gent., Charles Alfred Archer
Morrison, Gent., And Edward William Davies, Gent., to
be Ensigns.
MEMORANDA.% Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to accept the resignations of the commissions held
by Lieutenants Thomas Mailland Reid and Clement Hall,
in the 2d Manchester or 28 fa Lancashire, and of Ensign
William Mellor Parker, in thi 3d Manchester or 40th Lan-
cashire Rifle Volunteer Cons. Oxford University Rifle
Volunteer Corps.—Her Mai* ity has been Fraciou sly pleased
to accept the resignation of ;he commission held by Lim-
tenant VV illiam Matthew Hite.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Hilin.? Term, 24th Vic., Jan. 30.
This Court will hold a sitting on Monday, the 25th day
of February next, and will at such sitting proceed in giving
judgment in matters then etaading for judgment.
S. MARTIN.
G. BRAMWELL.
W. F. CHANNELL.
JAMES WILDE.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
David Boyd and Co., stationers, Glasgow.
John Thomson, manufacturer, Kirkintilloch, Dumbar•
tonshire.
The Rev. John Aulay 31‘Lennan, Tomintoul, Banffshire,
James Carmichael, merchant, Dundee, deceased.
James Wardrop, calico printer, Pollockshaws, Ron-
frewshire.

THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION IN
IFOLVERILIMHTON.

VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER.
Yesterday the adjourned inquest was held in Wol-
verhampton, on the bodies of the two men, Joseph
Elwell and John Legge, who were killed by the
bursting of steam-boiler, at the Rough Hills Col-
liery, near that town, which is now being worked
by Messrs. Aston and Shaw. It will be remembered
that this was the second fatal boiler explosion at the
same colliery within a few days. The inquest had
been adjourned for the evidence of John Evans, the
engineman, who had had the boiler in his charge
up to within about an hour of the accident, and who
was injured by the explosion. Evans is still unable
to leave his house, but the coroner had taken his
deposition. Evans's deposition is to the effect that,
on last Monday week, the day before the explosion,
the boiler leaked and ran itself nearly dry, that it
was turned off, and the engine (a pumping one)
worked with only one boiler. That on the following
day it
,was cleaned out, Evans himself discovering
the crack, and calling Elwelris attention to it. El-
' Well 'came and tFirriiet the bladiatitiltnifelhrough
the crack. Evans desired him to send for a boiler-
maker and have it repaired, but he declined to do
so, and called for a wedge of wood and some hemp.
These he drove into the crack, and pronounced the
boiler safe. Evans protested, but Elwell ordered
him to fill the boiler. It was now three o'clock. At
five Elwell himself took charge of the engine and
boilers, and Evans "went for the drink for cleaning
the boiler." On his return Elwell told him to drop
the steam clack, and he placed a large weight on it.
A fire had beer. kept up from 3 o'clock. At 6 o'clock
the deceased, Legge, took charge of the engine and
boilers, and Evans now found that he had got a
pressure of 201 b. The steam clack did not then blow
off, but when Evans touched it it blew twice. Th©
new engineer was accustomed to keep a much
fiercer fire than the old one kept. He blamed Elwell
for allowing the boiler to be used after he knew it
had leaked so much on the Monday.
The Coroner saidthat if they believed theevidence
of Evans, Elwell was clearly guilty of the man-
slaughter of Legge, and that, with reference to him-
self, the jury must return a verdict to the effect that
he lost his life in consequence of his own neglect
and carelessness in not attending to the boiler which
was under his charge.
The jury returned the verdict sketched by the
coroner, and added a recommendation that there
should be duplicate valves and buoys to all boilers,
and that competent persons should be appointed to
inspect boilers.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of
Works was held yesterday, in the Council-chamber,
Guildhall; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair.

The financial statement was presented, which
gave the following cash balances in the hands of the
treasurer :—Current accounts, £84,283 13s 10d ;
deposit accounts, £70,000; total, £154,283 13s
10d; Government securities, New Three !per Cent.
Annuities, £17,656 6s id ; cheques ordered but not
presented, issued, £14,030 7s 4d; not issued,
£24,127 5s 6d; total, £38,157 12s.

THE PROPOSED INCREASE OF SALARY TO THE
SUPERINTENDING ARCHITECT.

Memorials were presented from the vestries of
St. Marylebone and St. Pancras, strongly condemn-
ing the proposed increased salary of the superin-
tending architect, :Mr. Marrable, from £BOO to
£1,200 per annum.