The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

BREVET.

Captain Alexander Cockburn, half-pay, Unattached, tti
be Major.
Captain and Brevet Major Alexander Cockburn, half•
pay, unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Uaptain Frederic Brine, Royal Engineere, to be Major.
Captain Ambrose Wolrige, Royal Marines, to be Major.
Captain Robert Edward Henry, 86th Foot, to be Major.
Captain Henry John Wilkin, 94th Foot, to be Major.

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The following promotions and alterations in dates of com-
missions to take place consequent on the promotion of
Colonel E. Frome, Royal Engineers, as Major-General, on
sth January. 1864, and of Colonel B. Cuppage, Royal
Artillery, as Major-General, on March 1, 1864..

TO BE TIM/TENANT-COLONELS.

Major William Williamson, 85th Foot.
Major Mliay Rynd, 62d Foot.
TO BE MAJORS.
Captain Spencer Henry Hutchins Edwards, 98th Foot.
Captain Matthew Bligh Forde, Royal Artillery.
MEMORANDUM.—Captain Alexander Cockburn, half-pay
unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his commission, under the Horse Guards' Circe
oular Memorandum of February.ls, 1861.

BANKRITP TS.
That portion of the Gazette oontainingthe bankrupt" had
lot arrived when we went to prem.

Course of the Exchange.—This Day.

Amsterdam
_ _ _

11 18

Ditto
Rotterdam .. 12 / 12 1
Antwerp— 26 67i 25 77}
__. __.

Brumele — 25 67; 25 77/
Hamburgh — 13 91 13 91
Paris
Ditto 3 Months, 25 65 25 75
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine ...... 1201 1201
Vienna

Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin

11 85 il i 6
321 321

Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo ..

47f 43
47i
25 77i 254882}
25 80 25 85
25 75 26 85
26 80 25 85
25 85 26 90

Messina ..

25__85 26 65

Lisbon — 61} 51!
0p0rt0....
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... 13 17 $,
Mexican Dollars . 0 5 li
Silver in Bars (Standard)

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(Thih Day.)

LONDON, May 20,—Wind this day at noon—South.
West; moderate breeze and brilliant weather.

FALMOUTH, May 19.—Wind variable—Sailed—lvanhoe,
steamer, for the West Indies.
PORTSMOUTH, May 19.—Wind S.E,—Arrived—Queell
of the North, from Bombay.
GRIMSBY, May 18.—Wind
Prince, for Hayti.
NEWPORT, May 19.—Wind E.—Arrived—Princess of
Wales, from Havannah, Sailed—Atlantic, for Hongkong—,
Loyal, for Sierra Leone.
BRISTOL, May 19. Wind S,E.—Arrived—Western
Star, from Havannah,

Oar Moura's BAT, May 17.—Arrived—English Roses
from Berbice.

(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning.
The Golden Fleece passenger list includes 49 adults and
43 children, among whom are—From Calcutta, Captain
Tulloch, 21st Regiment ; Lieut. Christie, Sth ; Mr. and
Mrs. Gavin—and Mr. Biddulph. From Madras, Major..
General Faber, Royal Engineers—Colonel Stevens, 18th—
Major Buck, 38th—Captain White, 30th—Lieutenant
Stuart, 51st—Mr. Neile, R.A.—Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Jeffery,
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas, and Mr. Jones; and from the Cape„
Dr. Oldfield, Dr. Sandwith, and Messrs Walker, Barn-
bridge, Lvccna, Atwood, Husband, Sandford, and Thomp-
son.

She spoke, north of the line, the French ship Gatineau,
21 days from Liverpool, and on the 19th instant the Lady
Eglinton, 36 days from Si. Helena, for Liverpool.
'...Tho 11th Regiment was on garrison duty there.
SOT. THAMPTON, Friday I‘l"Ding•
Arrived—Wonder, steamer, from Havre-Juno,
_front
Rouen—Eugenie, from Carenton—Clemente, from Cher-
bourg.
tiailed—Moslem, for Newport—Alliance, steamer, for
Havre.

ET 111.1MTI0 TILEGRAFn.
„
GRAT„vp, Friday Morning.
Arrived, May 19—Sultana,
Reins, from Mogador—Eliza
'
from Drouthen—Leander, from Antwerp—Wonder, from
Leghorn (detained in quarantine)—Jubilee and Boy; from
Guernsey—Alexandria, from Yokohama.

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EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.—At a meeting
of
Greenwich
niv
Cicahrtßero,aredhoafirGmuaan) an applicationrdianaheldyest waserday maleafter-
by a man named Garner, who will complete his hundredth
year in October next, for his discharge from the union, of
which ho had been an inmate three years. The old loan,
who appeared hale an hearty, also asked for a grant of 55.•
it being his intention to proceed to Durham to his wife,
who, he said, is four years his senior. The guardians en-
deavoured to persuade the applicant to remain in the house,
but he refused to do so, and the chairman, in granting his
discharge on behalf of the Board, expressed a hope that the
press would notice the fact that it was the old man's volun-
tary act.

The Journal d'lndre-et•Loire announces a slight
improvement in the health of tke Bishop of Evreux, but
not suiEcient to remove apprehensions as to the issue, The
Holy Father, on hearing of the venerable prelate's illness,
sent him his blessing by telegraph.
A letter from Antwerp states that the fears which
were entertained, so lately as six weeks since, that three-
fourths of the crops of colza would prove a failure in that
district, have happily Passed away. Two-thirds of the
whole now promise well. The other third has been
ploughed up and resown. The flax crops also look well,
The corn crops present a very satisfactory appearance, and
it is expected that the harvest will be as abundant as that
of last year.

The Journal de l' Aveyron announces that the
report relative to the murder of the cure of Camped-.
Begonhes is altogether unfoqaded.