The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL.

The supply of meat on sale here is tolerably large, and
the trade is in a sluggish state, as follows :
':Beef, from 2a 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; veal,
8s 8d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the
carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
The supply of hops on sale here is very moderate, and
the trade rules firm, on higher terms.

THE RAINFALL OF 24 YEARS.—It used to be a
standing joke with the comic periodicals that it
always rained at Chiswick flower show, but last year appears
to have been an exception to the rule—at any rate, the quan-
tity of rain recorded to have fallen at Chiswick during the
12 months was below the average. In 1841 the rainfall
at this point of observation was 30.97 inches ; in 1842,
22'27 in ; in 1843, 25.48 in ; in 1844, 21.34 in ; in 1845,
23.33 in ;in 1846, 27'71in ;in 1847, 15.65 in ;in 1848,
28-34 in ; in 1849, 22-84 in ; in 1850, 18.28 in ; in 1851,
20.79 in ; in 1852, 32 55in ; in 1853, 24.37 in ; in 1854,
18.92 in ; in 1855, 24.38 in ; in 1856, 22.72 in ; in 1857,
21.06 in ; in 1858, 15.78 in ; in 1859, 25.54 in ; in 1860,
30.08 in ; in 1861, 19.48 in ; in 1862, 25.64 in ; and 1863,
20.32 in. The smallest rainfall of any cue year in this
period of nearly a quarter of a century was thus in 1858
and the largest in 1852. The driest month in the 23 years
were November, 1858, and January, 1855, when only o.lin
of rain fell in each month, while the wettest month in the
24 years was November, 1852, when a rainfall of 6.20 in was
recorded.

EUGENIE, Extrioss OF THE FRENCH, was born
at Granada, the city in which Catherine lived until
she left Spain for England. The circumstance may ac-
count for the deep and affectionate reverence in which the
Empress is said to hold the memory of her romantic
countrywoman. Catharine's autographs are very rare;
but the Empress, chiefly it is thought by tho bounty of
Isabel the Second, has contrived to obtain two
or three notes written by her from London, and
a few other royal and imperial letters relating to her and
her affairs. Among these other papers is a note front Henry
the Seventh to Fernando and Isabel, about Arthur and
Catharine, of the highest value, the existence of which has
been carefully concealed by the Spanish Court for three
hundred and sixty years. This letter, which enables us to
live again through that singular time, leaves no doubt
whatever that the Prince and Princess of Wales were
actually living at Ludlow as man and wife.
PATRAS, Jan. 6.—Accounts from the Merea state
that a British bark, called by the Greeks Cogland,
-ked some time ago (nearly two months, it is be-
Malca, and only one sailor, named John
sr4rities at Naoli have Batted that
the Pirtous with orders to
it seems he never
,” and cargo
been

was Wl.
lieved) at Cape
Smith, saved. The aub—
the said John Smith was sent
present himself to the Consul there, b
did so, and no further information as to the su-s
can be obtained, although every possible Pains
taken to find out what beca4te of the saloTt

cancelled.
Military Tiain—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Michael D. I
Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice George Fleming,
transferred to the 3d Hussars.
Royal Artillery—Captain Henry Reginald Courtenay to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Robert Warburton, de-
ceased—Second Captain Affleck Fraser to be Captain,
vice Robert Courtenay—Lieutenant Robert Roche
Franks to be Second Captain, vice Fraser—Gentleman
Cadet Richard Waco to be Lieutenant, vice Franks—
Gentleman Cadet William Law to be Lieutenant, vice
Bowen, resigned.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Frederick Augustus Yorke, on the Supernumerary List,
to be Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Charles Francis Skyring to be Colonel, vice Twiss, pro-
moted—Captain and Brevet-Major James Robert Mann
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Skyring
—Second Captain Anthony William Durnford to be
Captain, vice Brevet-Major Mann—Lieutenant George
Sackville Berkeley to be Sccond Captain, vice Durnford
—Gentleman Cadet Montagu Frederick Ommanney, to
be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Berkeley.
2d Regiment of Foot—Major Francis Lionel Octavius Atty
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-
Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Robert Bruce, who retires
upon half pay—Captain John Charles Weir to be Major,
by purchase, vice Atty—Lieutenant Henry Echalaz to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Weir—Ensign Charles Bor-
lase to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Echalaz.
Bth Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Malet to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Theodore Henry Skinner, who
retires—Gentleman Cadet William Louis, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet.
17th Foot—Lieutenant St. John Clerke, from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Savage, who ex-
changes.
21st Foot—Ensign Alfred Thrale Perkins to be Lieuten-
ant. by purchase, vice John Hornby Conor, who retires
—Gentleman Cadet Robert Wilbraham Hill, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Perkins.
40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Dalton Gregson, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Edward Toseland, who retires.
46th Foot—Ensign Richard Lawrence William Moore May-
dwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles John
Burgess, who retires—Ensign Robert Gordon Home,
from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maydwell.
58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Scovell Whitmore,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Robert Gordon Home, transferred to the 46th
Foot.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Austin to be Captain, by
purchase, vice the Hon. Atholl Charles John Liddell,
who retires—Ensign John Edward Pratt Barlow to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Austin.
87th Foot—Ensign Anderson James Ashmore to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Flood Devereux, who
retires—Gentleman Cadet Frederick GeorgeVardon,.from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Ashmore.
90th Foot—Captain Hon. James David Drummond, from
the 11th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Grant, who ex-
changes.
92d Foot—Lieutenant Lawrence William Maxwell Lock-
hart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lionel Holmes, who
retires—Ensign Hutchinsonf A. Stewart to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Lockhart—Gentleman Cadet Edward
Alexander Charles Campbell, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart.
97th Foot—Paymaster Henry Lewis de la Chaumette, from
the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster, vice William
Francis Wheble, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Henry James Day to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Malcolm Brown Purcell, deceased
—Ensign Marcus William Kelly to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Day.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Graham
Dunn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Joseph
Jones, who retires upon full-pay—Lieutenant Edmund
Sandilands Savage, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Clerke, who exchanges; Ensign James Frederick
Cousins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn.
UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Edward Brown, f?om the 12th
Lancers, to be Captain, without purchase.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Deputy Assistant Com-
missary-General Arthur Bay, to be Assistant Commis-
sary-General, vice Webb, deceased.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon Alexander Bar-
clay, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service,
to be Staff Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of
Ist October, 1858; Assistant-Surgeon James Good, from
the 43d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon' vice 11.
Crump. M.D., resigned; Assistant-Surgeon Robt. Alex-
ander Peter Grant, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff-
Assistant •Surgeon, vice W. Holmes, resigned.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev, R. Tudor Craig
to be Chapiain of the Fourth Class.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—James Darling, Gent,, to
be Acting Veterinary Surgeon; vice Stanley, resigned;
Hugh Anderson, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Sur-
geon, vice Channon, resigned.
BREVET.
- -

Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George King, retired
ipon full-pay 13th Foot, to have the honorary rank of
Major-General.
Lieut.-Colonel Rrbert Corcyra Romer, Royal Artillery,
having completed five years' service in the rank of Lieut.-
Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal
Warrant of October, 1858.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Edward
M'Mullin, Recruiting District, to have the honorary rank
of Major.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Joseph
Hely, 73d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major.
Captain Joseph Jones, retired full-pay 3d West India
Regiment, to have the honorary rank of Major.
TO BE MAJORS.
Captain Rowley Wiles Hinsnaan, 50th Foot.
Captain Hugh Stewart Cochrane, 7th Foot.
Second Captain Morgan Crofton Sankey, Royal Artil•
ler-

Second Captain Thomas Alexander Dirom, Royal Artil

lery.
Captain John George Dartnell, 27th Foot.
Captain Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain, Bombay
Staff Corps.
Captain James Burnie Lind, Bengal Staff Corps.
Captain Frederick William Graham, Bengal Staff Corps.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the deaths of Major-Gen. John Walpole, of the Royal
Engineers, on 4th January, 1864—andIslajor-General Robt.
Henry Wynyard, C. 8., Colonel of the 98th Foot, on the
6th January, 1864 :
Captain Robert Chalmers, Bengal Staff Corps.
Captain Robert Baigrie, Bombay Staff Corps.
SecondtCaptain Henry Strutt, Royal Artillery.
Second Captain James Hills, Royal Artillery.
Captain Henry Hammon Lyster, 72d Bengal Native
Infantry.

TO BE MAJOR GENERALS.
Colonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Mait-
land Wilson, half-pay late Bth Foot.
TO BE COLONELS.
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis
Kempt.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Dickson, 16th
Lancers.

TO BB LIEUTENANT •COLONELS•
Captain and Breve',,-Major Bernard E. Ward, 60th t Fool
Major Fiederick West, half pay late Depot Batn.
TO BE MAJORS.
Captain William Jolliffe, Royal Marino Light Infantry.
Captain Robert Seppiogs Harrison, Royal Marine Liglr
Infantay.
BANKRUPTS

The following are the only bankrupts of commercial
Mincing lane, City
im-
portance in the Gazette :
John Tackle, Liverpool, waste dealer
Jjo7nseepshCSrm°Bistih°,37Lturmelecrh, \fiVarldhurst
George Boecroft, grocer, Durham
John Gee, hosier, Hanky, Staffordshire
Robert Cocker, steel wire mills, Erdington
Henry Sowman, leather seller, Sidney-street, Commer-
cial-road East
William D, Elliot, jun., butcher, Brighton
Henry C. Sirr, gentleman, Aberdeen-place, Maida-hill
William Dickson, surveyor, City
John Hurst, druggist, Horwich, Lancashire
Richard Harris, ship carpenter, Knottingley, Yorkshire
BA.N K UPTCY ANNULLED.
Thomas IL Stnifh, cloth dresser, Huddersfield

sco ma BANKRUPTS.
Adam Dunbar, bookseller, Huntly
David Reid, bottler, Paisley
John Strathern, coal merchant, Glasgow
John N. Robertson, merchant, Auchmill, Aberdeenshire
Wm, Miller, coalmaster, Stirlingshire

King Christian entertained the members of the
Rigsdag yesterday at the Castle of Christiansborg.
The President of the Lower House proposed his
Majesty's health in the following words :
" Your Majesty will comprehend that it is with
a feeling of sadness the members of the Danish
Rigsdag are met for the first time under your Ma-
jesty's roof, and see your Majesty occupying the
high position they have hitherto been accustomed
to see occupied by your late lamented predecessor,
King Frederick VII., who gave his people freedom
and awoke in them new and self-conscious political
life. Nor truly can your Majesty be less painfully
afiected at receiving for the first time the members
of the Rigsdag from that place to which the late
lamented King, with the assent of the Danish
nation, appointed you to succeed.
" Your Majesty has ascended to your high posi•
tion in difficult and dangerous times. Because the
country to which your Majesty has succeeded is of
little extent, and because we Danes are few in num-
bers, it has been thought possible to attempt not
only to deprive your Majesty of a portion of your do-
minions, or, in spite of solemnly contracted treaties,
to cast a doubt upon your Majesty's good right, but
also to demand of your Majesty yourself to loose the
tie that connects independent Danish territories
with your Majesty's kingdom. Yet, although your
Majesty's country is little in extent, it is a well-
developed country. Although we Danes are few
in numbers, we are a nation fully determined to be
both now and in future a free and independent
people,—a nation thoroughly convinced that in
offering itself faithfully and devotedly for the
right of its King it defends at the same time its own
right to exist as an independent nation.
" A speech addressed to your people after your
Majesty's ascent to the throne, demanded that they
should place confidence in your honest intentions.
Your Majesty has already received direct assurances
from the population of numerous districts which de-
monstrate sufficiently the loyalty and devotion
which the Danish people have felt for their King
from ancient times, and upon which no stain has
rested in the history of ages. Your Majesty has
lately visited in person the Danish army, assembled
now at the old Dannewirke, and has been able to
see for yourself that the privations and sacrifices
required when so many sons of the country are sum-
moned from their hearths and homes, as well as the
hardships of life in the field, are looked upon as
trifles in the presence of the one idea by which all
are animated—that they are in arms for the right
of your Majesty and of the nation.
" Your Majesty sees in the Danish people a
faithful and devoted nation, that looks up to your
Majesty with reliance. We remember that when,
sixteen years ago, tumult met your predecessor
upon his accession to the throne, your Majesty never
hesitated, but stood ready upon the spot whither
fidelity to the King and the fatherland called. We
know that your Majesty will remain true to your
word, and will respect our laws and our rights. We
see at your Majesty's side, in your illustrious Queen,
a Princess of the old Danish Royal stock, born and
bred in the land, who from childhood has regarded
Denmark with love as her country. We behold
your Majesty and your illustrious'Queen surrounded
by a promising and blooming offspring, two of
whom have already passed to foreign lands, where
they have been received as the hope of the future.
As your Majesty was enabled to see last year how
heartily the Danish people participated in your joy
at the lofty position your eldest daughter went to
assume, so are we now delighted to share in the joy
of your Majesty and the Queen at the happiness
which has just befallen her.
"The Danish people hope that Providence will
keep the eye of your Majesty clear and open to per.
ceive the right path for the maintenance of your own
and their inseparable rights; that Providence may
give your Majesty strength to meet the shocks of
fortune, and may ever extend over your Majesty's
head its protecting hand.

"Long live his Majesty King Christian IX. l"
The President's speech was received with the
ders of applause and cheering. His Majesty re—
plied
" I thank you, Gentlemen, for your cheers. I
beg you to accept the assurance that no one more
deeply feels the loss of our late lamented King than
I do."

At a later period of the evening his Majesty said :

"It affords me extreme pleasure to welcome the
Danish Rigsdag from this place, and in this hall,
which has so often witnessed the exchange of proofs
of fidelity and devotion between the representatives
of the people
difficult
and
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has been
a protection for the right of Denmark and of the
Danish Crown. I count upon it, Gentlemen, that
now, when a storm seems again to threaten, you
will afford to me and to the Crown the same sup.
port as to my predecessors. (' Yes yes I')
" For my part, I promise always to uphold the
freedom, independence, and self-dependence of Den.
mark and the right of the Crown; and I hope that
Heavenly Providence, which has now extended its
protecting hand for many centuries over our
country, will still preserve it in the time to come.
" I drink to you as representatives of the people.
Long live the Danish Rigsdag !"