The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-23 00:00:00

felt. The experiments were altogether very successful,
and they showed that the inventor has at command a
power far more destructive than gunpowder. In the ex-
periments there were no trials of the facility with which
the force can be directed against an enemy, because the
shells and rockets were directed by ropes and wires to
prevent accidents, but the inventor states that he can
place his shells either under ground or in the sea with
the certainty of their exploding the instant an advancing
army or a pursaing ship passes over them.

LOVE'S DESPERATION.—On Wednesday last, some
excitement was created in Ulverston' by a respectably
attired female casting herself out of the window of a
room in the Queen's Arms Inn there. She tied a hand-
kerchief round her face, then slipped it up over her eyes
thus becoming " blind" to all danger, and putting up the
sash of the window, got out backwards, and after hang-
ing by her hands for a short time, dropped down. She
alighted on her feet on the pavement, but losing her ba-
lance she fell backwards, her head coming in contact
with the stones. She was immediately taken up in a
state of insensibility, and carried into the inn. From
inquiries, it appears that the female is the daughter of
a respectable tradesman in Kendal, and is about nineteen
years of age; that she has become enamoured of a young
man about the same age, who is connected with a com-
pany of itinerant players which were at Kendal last
week, and removed from that place to Ulverston, where
she also proceeded on the wings of love, in pursuit of the
" cushla ma chree." She was, however, followed by a
relative, who took her to the Queen's Arms, where she
had her under restraint, when the incident above related
took place.

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FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-011 Thursday night
a fireman named Maywood was killed within four miles
of Birmingham, on the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway. The train was passing under Cleeve-bridge
and the unfortunate man not being sufficiently on his,
guard, his head came in contact with one of the iron
pillars which support the bridge, and he was instantly
killed.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 22.

3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet R. Croker
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fordo, who retires;
J. W. Thompson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Croker, Nov. 22.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. J. Surman,
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Baird, deceased ;
Cornet M. E. Hoare to be Lieutenant, vice Surman,
Aug. 13.
Ist, (r Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—W. H.
B. de Horsey, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, v:ee Oswald, promoted, Nov. 22.
2d Regiment of Foot—Captain J. E. H. Price, from
the 28th Fcot, to be Captain, vice Stirling, who ex-
changes, Se'ct. 30 ; Lieutenan'z T. L. Leader, from the
22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ratcliff, who exchanges,
Aug. 22.
4th Foot—G. Leslie, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Anderson, deceased, Nov. 22.
13th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. C. T. Van Strattben-
zee, from the 39th Foot, to be Major, vice Havelock,
who exchanges, Aug. 30.
16th Foot—Lieut. W. A. Kirk to be Paymaster, vice
Pierse, appointed to a Recruiting District, Nov. 22.
21st Foot—Second Lieutenant A. E. Tuke to be First
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Edwards, deceased,
Aug. 10 ; P. Deare, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Tuke, Nov. 22.
22d Foot—Lieut. T. H. Rateliff, from the 2d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Leader, who exchanges, Aug. 22.
24th Foot—ll. H. Massey, M.D., to be As is.ant-Sur-
geon, vice Donald, appointed to the 31st Foot, Nov. 22.
25th Foot—Ensign W. T. Potts, from the 57th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Clancy, who exchanges. Aug. 22.
28th Foot—Captain J. Stirling, from the 2d Foot, to
be Captain, vice Pryce, who exchanges, Sept. 10.
31st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Donald, from the
24th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Jenkins, de-
ceased, Nov. 22.
33d Font.—T. Stack, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Murphy, appointed to the 80th Foot, Nov. 22.
34th Foot.—Colour-Sergeant T. Williamson to be
Quartermaster, vice O'Brien, deceased, Nov. 22.
39th Foot —Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel H. Havelock,
'rom the 13th Foot, to be Major, vice Van Straubenzee,
who exchanges, Aug. 30.
57th Foot—Ensign J. Clancy, from the 25th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Potts, who exchanges; Aug. 22.
78th Foot—Lieutenant F. Colegrave, from the 87th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Austen, who exchanges,
Nov. 22.
85th Foot—Lieutenant W. W. Maunsell to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major St. Quintin, who
retires ; Ensign W. Williamson to be Lieutenant, by
3urchase, vice Maunsell ; G. Warde, Gent., to be En-
4ign, by purchase, vice Williamson, Nov. 22.
86th Foot—M. S. Todd, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur-
";eon, vice Stewart, deceased, Nov. 22.
87th Foot—Lieutenant J. W. Austin, from the 78th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Colgrave, who exchanges,
Nov. 22.
94th Foot—Lieutenant A. Maclean to be- Adjutant,
vice Waite, deceased ; Ensign IL W. B. Cleveland to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, Sept. 10 ; N. B. Wal-
ton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cleveland, Nov. 22.
98th Foot—B. Viret, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Blake, appointed to the Staff, Nov. 22.
2d West India Regiment—Lieut. L. C. W. IL Fitz-
gerald to be Captain, without purchase, vice Jenkins,
leceased ; Ensign B. W. A. Sleigh to be Lieutenant,
vice Fitzgerald, Nov. 10 ; D. O'Brien, Gent., to be En-
sign, vice Sleigh, Nov. 22.
STAFF.—Lieut. W. A. Courtenay, from half-pay 39th
Foot, to be Adjutant of a Recruiting District, vice Ma-
nice, promoted, Nov. 22.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant Surgeon E. H. Blake,
11. D., from the 98th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Apothecary O'Hara, deceased, Nov. 22.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Forfarshire.
P. W. Ogilvy, Esq, to be Vice-Lieutenant.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

JOHN WALKER and CHARLES WHITE, builders,
Jewry-street, Aldgate.

BANICRUPTS.

JOHN BURGESS, farmer, Cratfield, Suffolk, to sur-
render Nov. 29, at half-past one, and Jan. 3, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Holmes, and Son, Great James-street, Bed-
' ford-row.
THOMAS SHERWOOD, brickmaker, Tilehurat,
Berkshire, Nov. 29, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 3, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Holmes and Son, Great
James-street, Bedford-row.
JOHN EYRE VARDY, draper, Portsmouth, Dec.
3 and Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ;
Moger, Paternoster-row,London, agent for Devereux,
Portsmouth.
JAMES HENRY UTTING, upholsterer, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, Nov. 29 and Jan. 14, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall street ; Hudson, Bucklersbury.
WILLIAM JACKSON, paper hanger, Charlotte-
street, Fitzroy-square, Dec. 2, at two, and 31, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; May, Queen-sqUare.
FRANCIS BLUNDELL, grocer, New Sarum, Wilt-
shire, Dec. 4, at twelve, and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Sanger, Essex-court, Temple.
JONAS STAPLES, painter, Cottenham, Cambridge-
shire, Dec. 10, and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; Johnson, Walcot-square, Lambeth.
SAMUEL ECCLES and CHARLES RIDING,
linen manufacturers, Manchester, Dec. 6, at eleven, and
Jan. 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee ; Barlow and Aston, Manchester.
ROBERT ROCHESTER, butcher, Hartlepool, Dur-
ham, Nov. 28, at eleven, and Jan. 10, at two, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Wilson and Turnbull,
Hartlepool ; Meggison, Pringle, and Mannisty, London.
WILLIAM NEWTON, coal merchant, Bath, Dec. 6,
at one, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Moggs, Chol-
well, Bristol.
MICHAEL TOMKINSON, linen draper, Kidder-
minster, Dec. 2 and 31, at one, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Robinson. Queen-street-place, Upper Thames-
street ; Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers' Hall, Basing-
hall-street.
INSOLVENT PETITIONS.

J. Wilton, plumber, Rotherhithe-street, Rotherhithe,
Dec. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee.
W. Gutteridge, Montague street, Montague-square,
Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee.
Joseph Elliott, butcher, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford-
shire, Dec. 12, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank.
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
T. Stepney, carver and gilder, Brighton, Dec. 12, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
T. S. Simmons, builder, Croydon, Nov. 26, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee.
T. Dandy, ale dealer, Manchester, Deo. 5, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court.
J. Heawood, heald yarn maker, Manchester, Dec. 5,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official. assignee.
G. Rutherford, jun., writing clerk, Berwick-upon.
Tweed, Dec. 5, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee.
G. Rutherford, sen., shipwright, Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Dec. 5, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Baker, official assignee.
F. Berne, butcher, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, Nov.
25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze-
' Dove, official assignee.
P. l\Plicand, joiner, Liverpool, Nov. 29, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
VT. Lewis, pilot, Liverpool, Nov. 27, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee.
11. Wood, tailor, Bristol, Dec. 12, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Kynaqon, official assigme.
D. Jenkins, Cefen Llwyndafyild Liandysiliogozo, Car=
iii nnshire,Dee. 9, !it ele ve.n, at the Bristol District

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Ccuirt. Acrarnan, oflijal assignee.
11. Bow(iler, shoetua!:er, Tong. Shrophire, Dec. 10,iat
one, at the liirruit:ghttru D.Hriet Court. -Whitmore,
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assi4m.e.
W. Walker, commit4sion agent, Nottingham, Dec.
10, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee.
W. Morgan, farmer, Wem, Dec. 10, at one,
at the Birmingham District Court.. Christie, official
assignee.

J. Johnson, confectioner, Birmingham, Dec. 17, at
half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee.
C. Dalton, labourer, Bassingham, Lincolnshire, Dec.
10, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee.