The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-20 00:00:00

The Civil Service.

FOREIGN OFFICE.— Mr William George Aston
has been appointed a stuo'ent interpreter.
INDIA OFFICE.—Mr CleCkent Sneyd Colvin has
been appointed a clerk in the accountant-general's
office.
COLONIAL OFFICE.—The govern.hrship of Ceylon
has become vacant by the death 0.. c Sir Charles
Justin M'Carthy ; aiary, £'7,000.
TUE POST OFFICE—Mr John George ';Vren has
been appointed postmaster at Penzance. Wm
Weller has been appointed postmaster at Guildi;:qd.
Mr John Lawson has been promoted from the firs,
class of clerks to be an assistant controller, circula-
tion department. Mr Smallwood has been promoted
from the second to the first class of clerks, circula-
tion department. Mr E. R. Edwards has been pro-
moted from the second to the first class of clerks,
circulation department. Mr W. P. Rolls has been
promoted from the third to the second class of
clerks,circulation department. Mr Conroy has been
promoted from the third to the second class of clerks,
circulation department. Mr T. D. Abbot has been
promoted to second class clerk at Manchester. Mr
W. Williams has been promoted to be u first class
clerk at Nottingham.
CUSTOMS—AIr David Henry Morgan has been
appointed fifth clerk at Swansea. Mr Thos. Alien
nas been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class
of out-door officers, London; Mr Wm. Jackson has
been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class of
out-door officers, London ; Mr Wm. Penny has been
promoted from the fourth to the third class of ex-
amining officers, Liverpool. Mr Robt. Carrie has
been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class of
examining officers, Liverpool. Mr Walter Beggs
has been promoted from the sixth to the fifth class
of examining officers, Liverpool. Mr Thos. Lynas
has been promoted from the seventh to the sixth
class of examining officers, Liverpool. Mr Wm. H.
Dickenson has been promoted from the fifth to the
fourth class of out-door cfficers, Shields.

INLAND REVENUE-Mr John Gillett Monk,
officer, Colchester, second division Colchester collec-
iion, has been appointed officer of the Melford. Mr.
George Ezekiel Coulson, officer, Melford division,
Colchester collection, has been appointed officer of
Colchester, second division, Colchester collection.
Mr. Edward Marriott Barrie, officer, Stratford, first
ride, Aylesbury collection, has been appointed
officer of Swansea, second ride, Swansea collection.
Mr. James Irving, officer, Stratford, second ride,
Aylesbury collection, has been appointed officer of
Stratford, fist ride, Aylesbury collection. Ireland
--Mr Eugene Sullivan has been appointed a junior
clerk to the office of the Board of Public Works.
Colonial.—The East Indies.—Lieut. W. G. Hughes,
officiating assistant commissioner, third class, has
been appointed to be an assistant commissioner,
third class, British Burma, Vice J. R. Macrae,
appointed registrar of Moulmein. Mr. J. Savage,
extra assistant commissioner, first olass. 211, A. C.
Lyall has been appointed to be a deputy commis-
sioner of the second class central provinces, vice J.
H. Master. Mr. M. Low has been appointed to be
a deputy commissioner of the third class, central
provinces. Mr J. L. Haynes, chief assistant in the
office of the deputy auditor and accountant general,
Bombay, has been appointed to be second assistant
deputy auditor and accountant general in that pre-
sidency, vice Baboo Govin Chunder Butt, resigned.
Mr. W. W. Crawford, chief assistant in the office
of the deputy auditor and accountant
N.W.P., has been promoted from the fifth to the
fourth class of the classified list. Mr. A. Anthony
has been appointed to be second assistant to the
office of deputy auditor and accountant general,
N.W.P., and to be placed in the fifth class of the
classified list.—Civil Service Gazette. general,

THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF DIVINITY AT
CAMBRIDGE.—This important office in the waiver•
sity will be formally declared vacant at the commencement
of next term ; the Rev. Dr Jeremie, who has held it since
1850, having been duly installed into the Deanery of Lin-
coln. The electors aro the council of the senate. The
candidates must be bachelors or doctors of divinity. The
prafeseorship was founded by Henry VIII. in 1540, and
has since been endowed with the rectory of Somersham,
Huntingdonshire, worth about £1,500 a year. Several
gentlemen are named as likely successors of Dr Jeremie,
and it appears probable that there will be a strong contest
for the appointment.

ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND.—
The new Roman Catholic University of Ireland is
intended to be erected on the lands of Clonliffe, near Dublin,
from the designs of Mr. J. J. McCarthy, architect
and professor of architecture in the university. The build-
ings will consist of two large quadrangles, the greater of
which, called the university quadrangle, will contain, on
the ground floor, the principal entrance, the aula maxima
for the public exhibitions examinations, conferring of de-
;trees, &c.; the lecture theatres, and schools of the various
faculties. The upper floors will contain tha libraries, manu-
script room, the museums of natural history and compara-
tive anatomy, mineralogy, and antiquities, with residences
for the rector, vice rector, deans, and directors of the insti-
tution, and board and council rooms. A church will be
hereafter erected, connected by a cloister with the univer-
sity quadrangle. The smaller, or college quadrangle, will
consist entirely of houses,-which are calculated to accom-
modate 300 resident students. the contractor is Mr.
Connolly.—Builder.
MR GEORGE THOMPSON.—The Wesleyan Uni-
versity of the United States of America have conferred the
degree of LL.D, on Mr George Thompson, who is well
known in England as an anti-slavery advocate.

A SIGNORA GARIBALDI, says The Reader, niece
of the Liberator, is about to make her first appearance be-
fore EDglidt audiences as a singer.