The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-08 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

AMERICA.
[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
Per the Australasian via Crookhaven (2.45 p.m.)
NEW YORK, DEC. 30,.Evening.
The Confederate army in East Tennessee ha
gone into winter quarters.
General Longstreet is still around Rutledge and
Morristown, in East Tennessee. He was unable to
pursue his advantage on account of the large num-
ber of barefooted iu his command.

The Italian frigate Re d'ltalia, built in New
York, went ashore yesterday, near Long Branch,
during her trial trip, and has not yet got off,
though great efforts are being made to save her.
The City of Manchester has arrived out.
The Adriatic has arrived at St. John's.
No news of any importance has transpired.
Money easy. Gold, 4521,- per cent. premium.
NEW YORK, DEC. 29.
All is quiet in Virginia.

Advices from Charleston to the 27th state that
the Federals shelled the city from the night of the
24th till the afternoon of Christmas-day. Twelve
buildings were fired ; one white man was killed,
and one white woman wounded. The Federal
gunboats had a brisk engagement with the Confe-
derate batteries on Johnson Island.

Mobile despatches of the 24th state that the
two white regiments sent down to Fort Jackson
had not recovered the fort, and fighting continued
on the 25th.

Wheeler's cavalry are operating through Northern
Georgia and Eastern Tennessee.
Guerillas have appeared on the Arkansas shore
of the Mississippi opposite Memphis.

Several Confederate officers and soldiers are
reported to have arrived at Newborn, and accepted
President Lincoln's amnesty.
The Confederates have returned 500 prisoners in
exchange for a similar number sent to City Point by
General Butler, but refuse further exchanges until
their laws regarding coloured troops are acknow-
ledged. They refuse further negotiations with
General Butler on the ground that he is an
outlaw.
Admiral Lissoffaki has visited General Butler at
Fort Monroe.

Advices from New Orleans report that mutual
courtesies continue between the Federal com-
manders in Brownsville, and the Mexican General
commanding in Matamoras.
The Free State men have held a convention in
New Orleans, in which negroes were admitted to
seats, and the convention was opened by a prayer
from a coloured preacher.
Two of the Chesapeake pirates have been arrested
at St. John's, New Brunswick, and brought for
examination before a public magistrate.
Count Mercier, the French Ambassador, will
shortly leave Washington for Paris.
The iron-clad Dictator has been successfully
launched at New York.

The Olympus and Hammonia have arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, DEC. 29, Evening.

Money easy, but:firm at 7 per cent. Gold opened
yesterday at 511, and has advanced since on account
of a more active demand to 52i per cent. premium,
at which price it closed to-day.
Exchange on London—Bankers bills, 167; on
Paris, 3.35. Stocks steady. New York Centrals,
133; Erie, 1071 ; Illinois, 1164 ; 6 per Cent. United
States Bonds, 1041.

Cotton tending downwards. Middling upland,
801 to 82c. Flour good demand for export. Wheat
and corn advancing. Provisions good enquiry.
Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses steady. Petroleum
quiet ; crude, 32 to 321 ; refined, 46 to 47.

LONDON GAZE T TE,—This Evening,

BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA, R.—Whereas our Parliament stands pro-
rogued to Wednesday, the 13th day of January instant,
We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby pub-
lish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further
prorogued, on the said 13th January instant, to Thursday,
the 4th day of February next; and We have given order
to Our Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom
called Great Britain to prepare a Commission for proroguing
the same accordingly : and We do hereby further, with the
advice aforesaid, declare Our royal will and pleasure, that
the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday, the 4th
day of February next, assemble and be holden for the de-
spatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the
Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens,
arid Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and
Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required
and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at
Westminster, on the said Thursday, the 4th day of Feb-
ruary next.
Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
this 7th day of January, in the year of our Lord,
1864, and in the 27th of Our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
FOREIGN• OFFICE, DEC. 31.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Wil-
frid Scawen Blunt, Esq., now Attache to her Majesty's
Legation at Madrid, and George Sheffield, Esq., now
Attache to her Majesty's Legation at Washington, to be
Third Secretaries in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Francisco
de Unoilla as Consul at Cardiff for her Majesty the Queen
of Spain.

Tile Queen has also been pleased to approve of Hadj
Said Guesus as Consul at Gibraltar for the Sultan of
Morocco.

JANUARY 6.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alex-
andre Conighi as Provisional Consul at Singapore for his
Majesty the Emperor of Austria.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Fran-
cesco Stella as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the King
of Italy.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Joaquin do Avendana as Consul at Newcastle, and of Don
Mariano Ricardo de Ascnsi as Vice-Consul at Liverpool,
for her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Percy Black-
wood, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of
Tobago,
CROWN OFFICE, Jew. 7.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT FAR-

LIAMENT.

County of Buckingham—Robert Bateson Harvey, Esq..
in the room of the Hon. William George Cavendish, now
a Peer of the United Kingdom.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 8.
Gth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain and Brevet-
Major John Robertson Turnbull, from 18th Hussars, to
be Captain, vice Arthur George Smith, who exchanges.
4th Hussars—Lieutenant Alexander Fair Jones to be
Captain, by purchase, vice William Hone Davis, who
retires—Cornet William Smith Cooke to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice J 01398.
12th Lancers—Gentleman Cadet Ambrose Clement Wol-
seloy Cox, from the Royal Military College, to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice John Brooke Maher Camm, who
has retired.

18th Hussars—Captain Arthur George Smith, from 6th
Dragoon Guards, to bo Captain, vice Brevet-Major
Turnbull. who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Charles Vincent Bowie to bo Lieutenant-Colouel, vice
George Elliot Voyle, removed to the Supernumerary
List—Second Captain George Oliver Rybot to be Cap-
tain, vice Bowie—Lieutenant Edward Charles William
Raynstord to be Second Captain, vice Rybot—G entle-
man Cadet George Plunkett to be Lieutenant, vice
Baker, promoted—Riding Master George Louis Wilkin-
son, from 3d Madras Light Cavalry, to be Riding Master
—Staff-Surgeon William Alexander White, M.D., to be
Surgeon, vice Thomas Rhys, deceased—Staff Assistant-
Surgeon Charles Dodgson Madden to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice James Balfour Cockburn, M.D., pro-
moted in the Royal Engineers.
Royal Engineers—Assistaat-Surgeon Jas. Balfour Cock-
burn, from the Royal Artillery, to be Surgeon,
vice Surgeon-Major John Summers, M.D., appointed to
the Staff.

Military Train--Ensign Charles Kennett, from 3d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice Benjamin bimner,
promoted—Sergeant Major John Moorhouse to be En-
sign, vice Andrew John Saunders, transferred to the
84th Foot.
Grenadier Guards--Captain Henry Martin Cornwall Legh,
from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice the Hon. Norman Leslie Melville, who
exchanges.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hon.
Edward Henry Legge to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant
and Captain the Hon: Richard Monck, promoted.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain William

John Rons to ho Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice David Hunter Blair, who retires—Ensign
and Lieutenant Jocelyn Henry Watkins Thomas to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Rous—Pon-
sonby Bagot, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Thomas.

3ddßegiment of Foot—Ensign Edward Girdlestoee Graham
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Augustus
Vivian, who retires—John Gould, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Graham.
4th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Edward Billing to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Thomas Sheppard, who retires—
Ensign Edgar Montagu Kemp to-be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice tilling—John Beanfin Irving, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Kemp.
6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Edward Barton, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice George Malcolm Fox, transferred to the 100th
Foot.

11th Foot—Captain Frederick Torrens Lyster to be Mtij 7r,
by purchase, vice Ellis James Charter, who retires—Llea-
tenant Alexander Miller Arthur, to be Captain, by pile,-
chase, vice Leyster—Ensign Edward Lee Street to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur—John Fane Bal-
lard, Gent.; to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Street—Lieu;
tenant Thomas George Miles to be Adjutant, vice Lieut.
Alex. Miller Arthur, promoted.
13th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Lntwyche England to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Coningsby M. Harward, who
retires—Ensign John Francis Bellis to be Lieutenant, bt
purchase vice England—Denis Alexander Shyne Lawe
lor, Gent,, to be Ensizn, by purchase, vice Bellis.
15th Foot—Lieutenant John Low to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Henry P, nhafto Orde, who retires—Lieute-
nant William Campbell Collinhoun to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Thomas Eccles Dickson, who retires—Ensign
Charles John Burnett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Low—Ensign Robert Hill Wyllie, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Colquhoun—William Francis Maitland
Kirwan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Burnett
—Henry Bonnor Maurice, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur•
chase, vice Wyllie.
18th Foot—Lieutenant Richard William E. Dawson to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Alfred Macdonald, de-
ceased—Ensign Charles Orchard Cornish to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice Dawson—Lieutenant Falcon
Peter I collard, from the 65th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Croft, who exchanges—Gentleman•Cadet George Crich-
ton Jenkins, from the Royal Military College, to be En 7
sign, without purchase, vice Cornish.
23d Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Samuel John Dunlop, front
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Thomas Cummings, deceased.
25th Foot—Lieutenant and Captain the Honourable Nor-
man Leslie Melville, from the Grenadier Guards, to be
Captain, receiving the difference, vice Legh, who ex-
changes. •

31st, Foot—Ensign Richard Langford Leir, from 39th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colin Campbell.
Mclntyre, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court
Martial, but allowed to receive the value of his Commis-1
sion.

35th root—Ensign John Claxton Addison to be Lienten-:
ant, by purchase, vice William Angier Brock, whose
promotion, by purchase, on 22d September, 1863, has
been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet William John Vous-

don, from the' Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Win. Angier Brock, deceased. .
39th Foot—Henry Dean, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Richard Langford Leir, promoted, by pur-
chase, in the 31st Foot.
65th Foot—Lieut. Lionel Smith Warren to be Captain!
without purchase, vice Richard Swift, killed in action;
Ensign W m. Byam to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Warreß ; Colour-Sergeant Edward McKenna to bo
Ensign, without purchase, vice Byam ; Lieut W. Thos,
Croft, from 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Leonard,
who exchanges.
71st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Cecil Hamner Banbury, from.
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without par-'
chase, vice Charles Balfour Murray, deceased.
82d Foot—Lieit. James Athel Brock to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Lieat, W. Reeves Bunbury, who resigns
the appointment.—

90th Ft;a—Colour-Sergeant James Henry Jackson to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Nolan, promoted.
100tb Foot—Ensign George Malcolm Fox, from 6th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Richard Barclay, whose appointment.
has been cancelled.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT—Surgeon-Major John Summers,
M.D., from the Royal Engineers, to be Staff Surgeon-
Major, vice William Alexander White, M.D., appointed.
to the Royal Artillery—Staff-SurgeonsEneas Mackintosh.
and David Reid Mackinnon, having completed 20 years
full service, to be Staff Surgeon-Majors, under the Royal.
Warrant of Oct. 1, 1858—Assistant-Surgeon Byng Thos..
Giraud, M.D., Supernumerary in the 21st Foot, to be
Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles Dodgson Madden,,
appointed to the Royal Artillery—Staff Assistant-Sur-
geons Elammerton. Crump, M,D., and William Holmes
have been permitted to resign their commissions.
ThuaTlcHED—Lieutenant Vincent Applin, from the
Military Train, to be Captain withoutpurchaae--Ensign.
W. Willeocks, on the Unattached List of her Majesty's
Bengal Army, to be Lieutenant, Bengal Establishment.
BREVET.
Colonel John St. George, C. 8., Royal Artillery, lately
serving as President of the Ordnance Select Committee,
with the temporary rank of Brigadier-General, to have the
local rank of Major-General while holding the appointment,
of Director of Ordnance. _ _

Paymaster George Thompson, half-pay late 21st Foot, to
have the honorary rank of Major.
Paymaster William Handasyde Buchanan, 7th Foot, to
have tha honorary rank of Captain.

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The undermentioned officers having completed the quali-.
fying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the
provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858, to.
be Colonels :—Lieutenant-Colonels James Dodington Car-
michael, C,8., 94th Foot—Frederick Green Wilkinsort,
Depot Battalion—William Albert Stratton,' half-pay, late
6th Foot, Deputy Quartermaster-General, Mauritius—
William Henry Seymour, C.B. 2d Dragoon Guards—Ar—,
thur George Vesey, 46th Foot--William Radcliff, 75th Foot
—Johns Cormick, 20th Foot—John Wellesley Thomas,
C. 8., 67th Foot. _ _