The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-20 00:00:00

ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 19.—Lieutenant-General Lord
Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.11., arrived at the garri-
son on Thursday evening from Ireland, for the pur-
pose of being present at the half-yearly examination
of the students at the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich. At precisely ten o'clock on Friday
morning the whole of the gentlemen cadets connected
with the institution assembled under arms on the
parade-ground in front of the Royal Military Aca-
demy, and marched past, at slow and quick time,
the officers composing the Board of Examination,
amongst whom were observed Lieut.-General Lord
Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H. ; Lieutenant-General
Sir F. W. Mulcaster, K.C.11., Inspector-General of
Fortifications ; Colonel Paterson and Colonel Lacy,
Royal Artillery ; Colonel Sir George Hoste, C. 8.,
Royal Engineers; Brigadier. Major Cuppage, of the
Royal Artillery; and Brigadier-Major Sandhaw, of
the Royal Engineers, with the various officers at-
tached to the institution, and others belonging to the
garrison.

- The examination lasted until four o'clock P.M., with
only a short intermission, and the following. sixteen
gentlemen cadets were examined for commissions :-
1. Frederick 11. Rich 9. Frederick C. Standish
2. Alexander C. Gleig 10. George T. Field
3. Francis R. Chesney 11. David M. Fraser
4. Thomas A. L. Murray 12. Horace P. Newton

5. George H. Vesey
6. Hon. W. C. Yelverton

13. Arthur C. Pigou
14. Charles Frye

7. Richard Gregory 15. Charles J. Strange
8. Edward B. Ilamley 16. James D. Telfer.
It appears to be not only indispeusable that the
gentlemen cadets should be proficient in their studies
to entitle them to commissions in the Royal Artillery
and Royal Engineers, but their conduct must also be
of the most satisfactory nature during the period they
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the
last
six
months' duty at the Royal Arsenal, the abovenamed
gentlemen cadets' have been placed in the same posi-
tion as those examined previous to the Christmas
vacation last year, and will have to remain at their
studies until the laster-General is Pleased to relieve
them on receiving a satisfactory report of their exem-
plary conduct. Twenty-one gentlemen cadets have
passed their examination for admittance to the first-
class studying at the Royal Arsenal, and will assemble
at that branch of the institution after the vacatiot
have been examined from private aca-
iesaiihl the Royal
found so
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and five here
be admitted to
study at Twenty-eight
found after twelve months' trial that the studies are
greater than they have been able to accomplish in a
satisfactory manner, and consequently have notified
that they will not return after the vacation, and others
will be examined on the opening of the academy to
fill up the requisite number to be instructed at the
institution.

ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A SOLDIER.—It will be
remembered that a General Court-martial assembled
at Chatham in the month of October last, for the
trial of private Robert Onn, alias James Brown, of
the 80th Regiment, for having, in the yard of a pub-
lic-house called the King's Head, at Wye, in the
county of Kent, on or about the 3d of Jaiy, 1841,
fired a musket, loaded with powder and ball, at
Lance. Corporal Allen, of the 80th Regiment, with
intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily
harm ; for having deserted from the depot of his
corps at Wye, as aforesaid, on or about the 3d of
July, 1841, and continuing in a state of desertion
from the 80th Regiment until brought back to Chat-
ham by a military escort, on or about the 14th of
September, 1842 ; and for having, whilst in a state 6f
desertion from the 80th Regiment, as stated in the
second charge, enlisted into the 734 Regiment. The
Court found the prisoner guilty of the several charges
preferred against him, and sentenced him to be trans-
ported for the term of his natural life. Her Majesty
having approved the finding and sentence of the
Court, the same was read publicly yesterday, and the
prisoner was conveyed under escort to the hulks of the
dockyard.
At the Court of Assizes for the Herault, held at
Montpellier, a man named Pomarede, after a trial
which lasted thirteen days, was on the 7th inst. found
guilty by the Jury of arson, 19 highway robberies,
31 attempts to commit other robberies, two actual
murders, and five attempts to commit murder! and
the Court pronounced the awful sentence of death
upon him. .The execution is ordered to take place at
Pezenas, at and near which place the chief of these
numerous crimes were committed. During the de-
livery of his sentence the priioner was dreadfully
agitated, but endeavoured to conceal his emotion as
much as possible by keeping his hand 'over his face.—
French PN)er.
LAST W ORDS OF LORD RUSSELL ON THE SCAF-
FOLD.--" I did believe, and do still, that Popery is
breaking in upon this nation, and those who advance
it will stop at nothing to carry on their designs ; and
I am heartily sorry that so many 'Protestants give
their helping hand to it."