Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-06 00:00:00

_THE-C VIL-SERVICE.__

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'FOreigirepir Acaand'Co
.
erell
has been appointecnn_a elekkshiP, antLpassed his exami-
nation; Mr. Edward Braxton- Newman has been ap-
pointed toltn.extra clifirkship, and passedkis examination.
War Office.—The office of Director-General of the Army
Medical Department has become vacant by, the death of
T. Alexandei, C.B Mr.illiarn Shackle has been
appointed to a clerkship at Worilviich, and passed his
eiaritinatirin; Ogle Grey: Younghusband
has been. appointed to A . clerkship . at Woolwich,
and passed .his examination ; Mr. Olinthus Augustus
l'eage has -been appointed a temporary clerk in
Lbrairt;' .passed his- examination: • Mi.'
liairti.Grant has/ been. appointed- -a.‘ temporary clerk
in Londen,, and passed, his examination. Colonialpartment--Ati. Augustus William Lawsen "Hemming
has been appointed to a: clerkship and passed hia ex 4
amination. The Board of Trade-,---Mr. Laupcelot Spence,
junior,- clerk, has Veen promoted-to be a third-Class clerk.
General Post-office-Mr:George Steele Lyall has been
appointed a clerk at Glasgow,. and. passed his examina-
tion ; Mr. Thomas Pollock Muirhead has been appointed
a clerk at Glasgoce,. and passed his.examination ; Mr.
Peter Cobban has been appointed a clerk at Aberdeen ;
Mr. William Ward li4been appointed a clerk at Leices-
ter ;• Mr.' ,TosephAAnthonY Vincenthis-been 'appointed a
clerk at .Manclaester," Customs—The collectorship at
Whitehaven has become vacant by.the death of Mr. John
Carligle. Frederick' W: Swatnian, • Collector at
Falmouth, has been removed to Ramsgate.:. Mr.lohn
Hughes, collector at. Dartmouth, has_ been appointed col-
lector tifloalmoute ; Mr. Thomas' 0. Varticoat, Collector"
at Carlisle,: has been • appointed collector . at =Dartmouth
Mr. Francis Waring, collector at Ramsgate,has been Pp-.
peinted -dellect'Or at Carlisle. Inland'Revenue Depart-
ment—Mr. Thos. N. Crafer has been appointed a clerk in.
the secretary's office, and pasaed_his. examination. Stamps
and Taxes branch—Mr. Walter Williams has been ap-
pointed a junior clerk in tbelegacy duty department,
and passed his examination; Mr. Wm. Geo. Lennox Hunt
has been appointed a junTer clerk iii. the,legacy duty de-
partment, and passed hiVexamination. Eicise branch—
Mr.t Daniel Broughton, supervisor, Clun district, Wales
middle colleetion has been appointed sepervisor, Had-
leigh Essex 661feetiOn Lavender, ex-
aminer, has, been- appointed- superyisor, Clun district,
Wales middle collection ;, Mr. William Henry B.ossiter,_
Wexford first division, 'Wexfclideollectiori; has been ap-
pointed to Cork fifth • division, ,Cork • collection ; Mr..
Jeremiah Dolan, Cork fifth division, Cork collection,
ial been appoinfecl to Wexford first division, Wexford
collection ; ' Mr. Richard :Sewell, :Bury . first -division,:
Bolton collection, .has been appointed to QueensferrT
firddivision, Linlithiow eollectiori. Ceylore-,41i: T.
Steele has, been appointed:tassistant at Galle to, the
Government agent for the Southern. Provinces; Mr. H..
C. Caulfield has been appointed -a -writer on' the civil
estalgisliment, Cape :of Good Hope-.—Mr. • William
Wallace Simkins has been appointed justice of the peace.
for Bathurst;- Dr: James'E; Coward has been appointed
district surgeon of,Middelburg, vice Dr. Nebbey,resigned;
Dr, Pappe has been appointed a member of the Botanic-
gardenS Board Of CortmAsioners ; Mr. Oloff John Horak
has been appointed a justice of the peace for the Cape
district ; Dr. Andrew Thom has been appointed a mem-
ber of the Immigration -Beard of: Alexandria.—Civil
Service Gazette.

Nearly.. L200.' head of guile, .principally pheasants,
were killed last week in a•series of battues by the M ar-
(ids of Exeter .afid his guests in. the various preserves on
his lordshite.i estate,' On :Friday the shooting paityian-
sisted of thejuarquis, the Earl of Derby, the. Earl of
Westinoreland, Lord Ravensworth, Lord 13iirghley, the-
Hon. Julian Fane, :the:Hon. Colonel Fr:eke, &c. _ The'
Earl of Derby also accompanied a party to Vigo "Wood
. .
on Saturday.
_ GOITRNMENT Exioaraio34-.---The Government emi-
gration- veisei Jalawix, 726 tons, Captain J. -Rdchfort,
belonging to, Messrs. Henry ;Moore. and C0.,-.6f
;61, which. sailed from Birkenhead on the 2nd ,of
016tObei,' arrived at Table Bay, CaPeof Good Hi*, on
the 16th of December, with 20 married couples; 77_
single men, 65 single women, 17 boys, between the ages
of .L andrp, between the same ages; 5 -70-Ips
atidl ferhaleinfants making a total of 221 souls-, equal
to 198 statute adult 4 under- :charge of Surgeon Super-
intendent Alexander Cumming,. .M.D. One birth and
two deaths (female adidts).occurred during the voyage.
MtmoaiAL TO THE LATE BISHOP WILSON.-7,-Mapy_
of our readeriidillleam- with ititerest-that a subscription
has been ;instituted, and is favourably_ progressing,' for-
the provision of a fund.oht of which.to erect s Memorial
Church. in Jslitraton, -in -helicon!. of • the late BiShop
Wilson, of Calcutta. There can be no more fitting
monument to the memory of. a_manthan a Christian
church ; and in no more-fitting place can it be erected,
than that in which she laid -the foundation of his repu-
tation as a Christian --divine.- - We entertain a lively
40Pei.MerAnse3that the Appeal- behalf; of, the Bishop
Wilson Memorial Church will be responded to in India,„
as it has been in England;-arid'subscnptionS liberally
remitted.—Overland

CAPE WINE.-7The quantity of wine imported from
the Cape into this country has ,increased verv. rapidly
dUriiigthe4last five years: In- 1854 *eimpiirted 282,043
gallons ; in 1855 the quantity was 369,477 gallons ; in,
185.6 it rpse to 49,3,524 ; in 1857. _there. was a further
inereasn-to 664,8371 'MOT_ in the last year the quantity
cqnsnmed in.the United Kingdom was 797;092 gallons.
The value of this commodity has increased during the;
period just named from £49,357 to £178,559. rt is the
most valuable; export of-the colony next-to wool; and any
steps which may be taken for improving its quality or
adapting it to Eingliili:tisies deserves to meet with every
encouragement.—Cape and NotalWates.

EXCESSIVE DRINKING.--lin inquest was held at the
Royal Oak Inn, Sutton, in the parish of Beckingham., on
tlie'3otli ultimo, .on the body of ' Mr.- Richard Sutton,
aged 35, who was found dead by his.sentant boy, W 11.;
. liam Walter, about seven o'elpck on the morning of the
the 28th. There was nothing particular to be observed
on his person, except a mark on his forehead from a
' fall. Deceased drank excessively of ale from Thursday
week to the Wednesday 'preeeding this ingriiry ; in fact
: he drank night and day,.and'emptied an 18-,'allon bar-
rel in five days; he alsd drank a pint of purebrandy:en
the Thursday, 'and fell off the Sofa and broke his fore-
head. On thenight•of hia death he called th'e boy'up
several times for brandy; —lfe- had drunk hard some-
times for 'a week together. Verdict, " Died from the
excessive drinking of fermented and spirituous liquors."
LOST IN THE SNOW.-During the past ten days the
weather has been exceedingly inclement on the North
Yorkshire moors, snow .falling daily, and, as the fall of
snow has been accompanied by wind, deep drifts have
.been gathered, and travelling has been almost impos-
sible. The residents in outlying places have been to a
large extent bloclied,up, and nearly all communication
with the, neighbouring;' towns,. has been stopped.
The country: people: whO chine, into '.the market at
Barnard Castle last' week brought word of a very
painful circumstance that occurred, on Saturday even-
ing. A' Person.' named Ralph Romney, . a native of
Ihrwood, in Teesdale, met a, sad . fate on SaturdaY
evening„ in attempting- to visit a neighbour who
!resided about a mile, distint. Not returning home
at the time he :Was expected, his Mends began to be
alarmbdis to 4i4anfety, and .on Sunday morning a num- ,
ber of his neighlnurs mustered and .00rnmeneed to search
e.siflien sejetatr ke
hoi off to
top f 'the" St *
mi him. - Aftei-some tithe' they.'diieovered' traces of his
footsteps in the snow, which they pursued until they found
him lying insensible within a few hundred yards of his
, own home. He was removed as sPeedilytand as carefully
as possiblegmt when they reached home he wit); found
to be dead. It appears that he had missed the
drifts until at ;last he sank: exhausted anmr.Thornam
On Thursday liisf, during a snow
nd isetorwment to Barnard
'wandered about, struggling against the
and
insensible. ra
d 6
Maynell, who resides
at the Stang foot about dusk the
f t in
reached a public-houSe
evening. By that timedthe snow had drifted consider-
ably,our
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Castl ea
and
dn
before business.
hc c at() return. hooniea,ng, a
yrhaen‘dveraseclab.
wild bleak . ,
wrtuataatiVl --irievteor
.
spot the roast was invisible.,_ e., , Almostblinded
the wild
hawlei a
slni
idfteahi.yeb before
snow,
wthehneigi lost
hFlso
resist the temptation to sit down and rest;'else the Conse-
(pence might have been fatal. He continued struggling
ar.,:ainst the storm, and was picked up next morning bysome
oa Tyne,
extremely
.e
miners in an extremely exhausted' state. He was.taken
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,dr sleettht:hieecaa
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to the nearest house, and fortunately recovered. :Thurs.!
day last was an extremely stormy day in. the counties of
by theiddrmiftoionrgs
Durham and Northumberland, wild and; blinding
wer driftingeec°arelide detainedabSryelnearly
t.
rough, so, much ,so .that„several steamships destined for
showers
los9entrwrdcoleoni.Snsga
A little Scotch schooner, in attempting to take Shieldi
Bar in a snow shower, lost her way, and drifted into th