The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS,
_AND PRO-
MOTIONS IN TER CIVIL SZRY7CIL

War-offioe : Dr. J. IL Taylor C. 8., inspector:
coal of aaddi Jrineimaitimedbll officer at Fort Pitt,
allow of the Sanatorium
sad la ' to be formed at the Cape of Good
Hope for and disabled troops from China • Mr.
Maths Misters has been appointed to a temporary
duke* ad passed lie examination ; Mr.
WillHihas bee. appointed a tem=
ea'presed examination • Mr. William
Celli& has been spirited a tempday clerk, and Edward
his examfalliaL The Admiralty : The office of rarest
llnnssppeecettoorr t. Greenwich Royal Hospital,
has e vacantin of Mr. Charles Lee, *dory MI.
There will bn be a szisz in the storekeeper's-
' sera Devonport retirement on super-
annuation of Mr. by
one of the firrtoliwa clerks ;
Mr. fl&mael Beaaley his bees appointed to • temporary
elariahm, and passed his examination. Poor•law Board .
Mr. Frederick Stevens baa been appointed a supplementary
&OA sad passed his examination. Committee of Council
es esittion :An inapeotoribip of parochial union schools
has boom* vacant by the death of kir. Jelin's. C. Symons;
Mr. Boatel Robert Fearon has been appointed an assistant
tespeder of schools. Registrar and Rword-odioe of Sea-
men : Mr. Alexandpr Gann has been appointed to a
clerkship, and passed his examination. General Post•offloe:
Mr. James Jack has been appointed a clerk at Glasgow, and
weed his examination; Miss Catherine Downes Roger; has
been appointed to a clerkship at Torquay, and passed her
ezannastion. Custom': Mr. Robert W. Hued, tide-
water, that class, has been promoted to ba inspector of
patrol at Plouth. Inland Revenue Department—Stamps
and Taxes Branch : The comptroller.gmendship at Dublin
has become vacant by the death of Mr. W. Stanley. Excise
Branch : Mr. E. Hanley, supervisor of Ckraghjonlan dia.
trict, Birr collection, has been appointed to Midleton district,
Cork collection ; Mr. A. Youngman, supervisor of Midleton
district, Cork collectioo, has her appointed toCloughjordan
district, Orr collection • Mr. Frederick North Harden,
clerk of the Mth class, iseereV's-offloe Somerset-house,
has been promoted to be clerk the fourth class, Secrr
tau's-office. Ireland.—National Education Board : The
commissioners have applied to the Treasury fora change in
the staff ; this, if granted, will came several va-
azßast Indies.—Mr. C. F. Harvey has been ap-
pointed to officiate as magistrate and collector of Furreed-
reo, Bens.Praidency Mr. E. G. Man, depoty
sferrmagised
-
taste and ty ordinate of Tuboot, has been tran
to charge sub-division of Nurad, and to eaerojao "octal
powersof assistant to magistrateof Jessore and Furreecipo7o;
i&• J. S. Kimball hes ham appointed superintendent
of polies at Belgaum, Hamby iodsacy.—Civil Service
Gazette.

CIVIL Samoa Kw= Voisrwrizaa.—The Civil
Service Whelks will amenade aa head-quarters, Bomenet-
house, this day, and will mama to Wimbledon, by special
from the itaterloo elation, to he exercised in battalion
drill by Captain Ennis, the adjident duet.
Tem New Ervoy TO TIMI Coo= or Peataht.—
Mr. Charles Alison, Jost appointed envoy to the Court of
Tehran, has bad very omisiderable Oriental experlewee•
He was employed emne years in the Conerdate-Generel in
Albania, and so early as the sth or April, 1830, wee ow
pointed paid attache at Constantinople. In 1841./842,
he was on apeeial soviet in .WOO, and in Elyria in 18411.
In December, 1844, he was Oriental Secretary at Camden•
tinople, and shortly afterwards was deputed on special ser-
vice to the Wand of &Mos, whore be was prominently
weal in rertoring thins to de gendition in which they
now are. lo 1847 be wee awls arespecial service at Bad-
man ; again, in ea Ise Ole* frontier ;
, op* fa
1860, in Sere* Venn,oredi ireleadda et llchurolvkln
1/164, and on the mast of Chem* and in the Principalities
rz1856. On the 10th at retessasy, 1857, he was ap.
mastery to the embassy at Constantinople, and on
the 12th of Dumber in the eases year was sbergi
daNairse. which poet he held till July, 1868. Few men,
therefore, have bad greater experience in the Turkish
erzess. awl we Mee we doubt Mr. Mina's sieving will be
equany vestal in Perele.—deriewervi Mei&

shall still be be sdß • —Ts -----
the
risx:ld they believe that it will lead to a t at!
in the assurances Of Mb "Atm, The ralae-
_Mataisse" willi moats' are bat slightly altered,
profits • have heal materially red
Tat&trae=llOf'remlums came into_ operation on the
7.p rya 1800. The directors have further to report
In consequeice of facilities affordedby the eitabliahmait
jointeteek banks is the immediate neighbourhood at
the °eke, they bate opened an account-at-tbe Temple-ber
berate rondo tram Beak of London."
'hi °lmago, ti.- thdeth4 its adopflea, observed that,
although the sort tau* with the Aye dering the put
year war rather hem than ie the previous year, the
the
oltlead aglpsr shy want
feonfiderap s upe eti th
gaeabl .aa/.
'o
oa in th7titivinessof iffeessorsacein i
the which had been done by the ogee wee
air is sexing sad seoadiagly good in its characta. Thee
policies hod issued during the year exceeded 1,0001.
Oh on the taste. Ths fetal amountusuredwaslV.,o7Bfi, '
ia*cl the 0301111 t reeplesd it prehnums was 3,680/. to. This
'was not equal to the prewang year, but, taking the average
lot the whole period, the iag off was but eery slight.
With seaport to the redactiea which bad ban node is the.
Tate of premium on 1111110.11,11CC4 for terms of years, he m
observe that the secretary, who was always alive to the
interests of the society, represeeted that the rate egd
by this dike on such polices was somewhat ' er
Ow that shamed by othezollose. That at heel' won not
"121 with the dw
mort Jt . well as wha Drat ha t
other offic pon
e% were
ilia they eould'attfely adopt the change, they re-
upon it. They had also considerably educed eh*
of premium upon policies without profits, but only
re
• tly those which shared in the profits, as any large re-
I.
quinquennial bonuses. lie thought he might claim
arise la the year. The amount paid on account of
.jawasin t7h&f.r,1:17-th..,..dir-::Fun:lnecesmtoan:riuliihtS4bet,4haecolik.elimingsW redoes
umber of policies issued, and the amount, it might have
double that sum. The management had not sought to
&a large batasafe business, and he was very happy to say the
melt was that the lives did not fall in so tepidly in this as
of atlas °Mom
Yr. Lass seconded the motion, which was carried unani-
mously.
The directors retinae by rotation and the auditors were,
then reelected; and day a vote of thanks to the chairman'
lad his co-direitors the meeting separated.
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I ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY.
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The directors in England have just published a
report of their psureerneep to the end of the year 163111„ .
and of the position and prespecte of the company to the
present time. The directors have delayed convening the
usual annual meting, in the hope and belief that they
woukl have been able, ere this, to lay before the preprietets,
the official decision of the new Diet, with regard to their
memorial, presented in accordance with a resolution of a
former general meeting ; but in this respect they regret to
say they are diseppointed. Shies the assembling of the pre-
heat Diet, the directors have again brought prominently•
before the King and the government in Sweden the claims
of the company, proving upon them the great importance
to the country at large of granting the company some as-
sistance, either in the shape of the guarantee originally
contemplated, or by purchasing the property on the terms
stipulated in the &alter. Although his Majesty ex-
pressed himself favourably inclined towards the com-
pany's proposal, he was unable to give any aesur-
we that it would be considered equally urgent
by the Diet, to whom the matter would ultimately have to
be submitted, and with whom the decision would entirely
rest. These questions have now been brought before the
Diet, and the directors in Sweden, two of whom have seats
in the Rouse of Nobles, have used every effort to obtain •
that consideration for the company which its position and
circumstances demand ; but from recent information the
directors regret to say that they see no immediate prospect
of their petition being complied with. Owing to the small
imp—los revenue at its command, the Diet is reluctant
to impose fresh taxes for the purchase of this line
at preterit, but they have determined durinfetite sm-
irks to complete the leading State Trunk and
especially the link of about 40 miles between min&
tclone , south of the Molar like and Hjulo, so as to pefeet
he whole government railway between Btockolm and Got-
tenberg. The Diet bas, however, in addition, panted
:clizabn,his ors to the government to construct a branch Imo es.;
for about fifteen English miles from the steteline,
to Orebro, where it will joie that of this'.roOni pan y . junction, when made, will, without doubt,
ati
y bloat the Royal Swedish Railway, as it will bring
In direct communication with the government trunk line
from Stockholm to Gottenberg, and, consequently, en-
hance the value of this property very considerably. The •
construction will, in all probability, occupy some
two or three revs, and the directors see no
alternative but to continue in the interim to
Work the line as economically as possible. The di-
teeters have the pleasure to state that beyond
due interest to the bond and shareholders, the compsny
is entirely free from debt, as as well as from litigation of
every *op& Although the traffics for the past year has
througfiolit Shown a gradual increase, amounting in the
Lste to upwards of 16 per cent. over that of the pro-
year, it is not so large as bad been anticipated from
the orts used for the development of the resources of the
district. The net result only shows a profit of about 1,1001.
This sum ham been devoted towards repaying an ,*root ad-
vanced in the preceding year by capital on account of revenue.
The completion of the line between Arboga and Hoping, a
distance of Mae miles, has occupied the sezioes atteatien
of the board, who are still convinced of the peat advan-
tages to be derived from finishing these works, eis.lly as
upwards of 20,000/. have already been spent on them ; bat
from the etire, ef the company, and the dilloalties that
stand in the way of raising the additional funds required,
vie., 15.0001. or 20,000/.„ the board have been unable as yet
to take any steps towards the accomplishment of this most
desirable object. The working of the line has been carried
an throughout the year with regularity ; the permanent
way, until the recent severe weather, has been kept
in good condition, and the rolling stock, though
inadequate in engine power to the requirements of
the winter traffic, has also been well maintained.
The directors are anticipating the early return of the
3721-11. 6s. Bd., remaining as the bnlaece of the original crin.
taommoney in the hands of the Swedish government, which
they intend to appropriate either in erecting goods depots
and other works found necessary by the development of the
traffic on the line already opened, or, if the remaining sum
can be raised, on the completion between Arboga and
Hoping. The directors deeply regret OM they remain, as
the accounts show, without the means of malung any pay.
ment on account of the interest due to the obligation and
preference shareholders, or indeed to suggest any equitable
plan by which these arrears can be liquidated, and they
have no alternative, therefore, but to ask the farther for-
bosomse of both.

Km, GAZDZWL The framing information with
raped to some new misnames& at the Royal Plemnre
Grounds and Botanic Gardens at Kew may be useful to the
• public at the present season. The pleunre grounds will be
open to ehm pubbe daily geese the Ist of May to the 31st of
October, keen 1 fele* p.m. (2 &clock cm Sundays) till
sunset ,• the anannem are in Use Kew and Richmond-road,
by tale Then-gelearAiNettbe Unlearn-pre, and on the river
.side kr the On the BreWord fern. Them are
wiema_unkatexe meet weep the botanic garden' and
411° Plouwelrelma by In the boundary fence. These
grenade did neasigipiewto le it present sufficiently lIDOWII by
the public. They ocean as extensive area between Yew
and Richmond, bounded on the north by the botanic gar-
dens, as the south by the old deer-park of Richmond, on the
east by the Richmond-road, on the west by the Thames.
1 They were in .former times the royal private shootieg
grenade but they have lately, by the gracious permission
. .IWarlislosti, been threw's open to the public during the
*lennmer months.