The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-27 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

AUSTRIA.

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THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Days

CITY BETTING—Tms DAY.
sto 2 agst General Peel (taken)
5 t 3 2 agst Blair Athol (take 3 to 1)
11 to 1 agst Minor (taken and offered)
100 to 8 agst Baragah (taken and offered)
100 to 6 agst Ely (offered)
20 to 1 agst Claremont (offered)

BAVARIA.

The Augsbury Gazette affirms that no apprehen
sion need be entertained respecting a change of
system in Bavaria. Recent measures taken by the
new king prove, that journal declares, that internal
questions will be treated in the same spirit as dur-
ing the preceding reign ; it is even stated that, at
the instance of the sovereign the financial period
of six years fixed for the budgets will probably be
shortened, in conformity with the
,
demands of the
Chambers.

London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE BROWNS.
A meeting, attended by the heads of the various depart-
ments of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and
by most of the station masters on the line, was held on
Thursday at the office of Mr Forbes, the general manager,
for the purpose of presenting to the goods manager, Mr
George Browne, a testimonial on the occasion of his leaving
the service. The testimonial was in the form of a very
handsome silver tea service, elegantly chased, and e brooch
of solid gold, having in the centre a star of diamonds and
pearls, tor Mrs Browne. 'lhe silver bore the following
inscription
" Presented to Mr George Browne, by the officers and
men of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany, on his resigning the office of goods' manager, which
he had held since May, 1861, as a slight testimony of their
high esteem and cordial regard for him, and in remem-
brance of the kindness and courtesy which had invariably
characterised his intercourse with them. August 21, 1664."
Mr FORBES, the general manager, in presenting the tes-
timonial, said they knew the object of the getherins, and
the occasion must be interesting to them all—it was to
show their esteem fcr a gentleman who had been the
brother officer, or the superior officer, of those present,
and who had discharged difficult and important duties.
Whether taey acted with him as an equal, or under him
they could not fail to see the advantages of having in his
position such a man as Mr Browne. To some of them ho
was comparatively a stranger; but he (Mr Forbes) had
known him for 23 years, and during that period he had

proved himself a kind and consistent officer. (Hear, hear.)
One naturally felt satisfaction at finding an old friend
improving his fortunes, but he could not disguise that
there was some alloy mixed with his pleasure on this
occasion, in the shape of the extreme regret which
he felt in parting with so valuable and worthy an officer.
Be was quite sure that all Mr Browne's friends would
desire kindly to remember Mrs Browne, and the delicato
recollection of her shown, by adding a brooch to the testi-
monial, would, he was sure, meet with the concurrence of
all present. Mr Browne left them with a lively recollection
on their part of his kindness, and a sincere desire that his
future might be as succesfal as he or his best friends could
wish. (Cheers.)

Mr BROWNE then responded, and said ho could hardly
adequately express his feelings or thanks for the magnifi-
cent present that his brother officers had just made him.
It gave him great satisfaction to feel that during the
short period he had been amongst them he had won their
esteem. He owed it to having followed the golden maxim
of Ilim, who knew their nature better than thenaselvts,
and who said, ‘. Do unto others as you would be done by."
He had much to thank his fellow officers and those under
him, for they had always lent him every assistance
in performing his duties ; and carried out, if not anticipated,
his every wish. He should always look with interest on
the London, Chatham, and Dover line, for which he be-
lieved there was a bright future. Turning from himself to
the present to his wife, if they knew the feeling of pleasure
it would give him when he presented that elegant brooch

to Mrs Browne, they would envy him. He was sure she
would prize it very highly, not so much for its value as for
the associations connected with it (Cheers.)
Wine having been introduced, the health of Mr and Mrs
Browne was enthusiastically drunk.

Mr M: B. SMITH then proposed the health of their gene-
ral manager, Mr Forbes. He briefly stated that in him
every officer on the line had a friend who would support
them when they did their duty honestly and conscien-

tiously. Referring to Mr Browne's departure, he re-
minded those present that that gentleman left behind
him the legacy of the force of his example, the value of
which they could not over-estimate, and, speaking of him,
he could not do better than quote a few lines from Long-
fellow's poem

Lives of good men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime ;
And departing leave behind us
Footprints in the sand of time.

Footprints that, perhaps, another
Sailing o'er life's solemn main
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother
Seeing may take heart again.
Let us then be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still purFuing,
Learn to labour and to wait."

Mr Mortimer Harris, the assistant manager, briefly re-
rirned thanks on behalf of the manager, and subsequently

the healths of Messrs. Harris, W. /tartish Z. Bishop, W.
Mills, W. E. Johnson, heads of various departments, and

Mr E. W. Brooke, assistant secretary, were drunk, and the

meeting separated.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening,

WAR OFFICE, AUG. 26.
MEMORANDUM..—Capt. John Fans Charles Hamilton,
of the Royal Navy, late in command of her Majesty's ship
Esk, would have been recommended to her Majesty for
the distinction of Companion of the Military Division of
the Order of the Bath, had he survived the operations in
which he was engaged in New Zealand.

FOREIGN OFFICE, Auu. 23.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Dauzat
Dembarrere as Consul at Gibraltar, and M. Ernest Herat°
as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the
Emperor of the French.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Jose
Sanchez Bazan as Consul, and Don Carlos Chacon as Vice
Consul, at Glasgow, for her Majesty the Queen. of Spain.

BANKRUPTS,

The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Alfred Thwaites, jeweller, Clerkenwell
George E. Parham, dealer in timber, Lydlinch
John Thompson, innkeeper, Pudsey
William Thomson, draper, Rochdale
Charles John Chambers, commission agent, Manchester
John Forrester, miller, Penrith
Robert Woodward, dairyman, Islington
Edwin Heaven, builder, Islington
William Dean, upholsterer, Tottenham•court.road
William Wilson, saddler, Stepney
Charles Marshall, butcher, Paddington
Job Cox, innkeeper, Bedford
Samuel Good. furniture broker, Newport
John Rodgerson, shipbuilder, Sunderland
Robert Atkinson, potato dealer, East Retforcl
James Ward, glass and china dealer, Liverpool
Charles D. Butt, mining agent Liverpool
Adam Thomson, draper, Rochdale

THE EEGLISIIMAN DROWNED AT DIEPPE. --A
telegram was received in Newcastle on Tnursday,
by J. Sabbago, Elq., chief constable, from the British con-
sul at Dieppe, conveying the sad intelligence that Mr Ralph
Young, a chemist, belonging to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bad
been accidentally drowned at that port on Wednesday, and
that the body would be interred on Friday. Mr Sabbage
at once communicated with Messrs Gilpin and Ce.,chemists,
of Pilgrim-street, in whose service the deceased had been
for a number of years, having served
his apprentice,.
ship with that firm, and latterly acted in the capacity of
assistant. Information was also immediately forwarded to
the deceased's sister, who resides at Brixton. Mr Young
was 28 years of age, an orphan, and a son of the late Rev.
Wm. Young, of Sierra Leone, Africa. He had been spend-
ing his annual holiday trip, having left Newcastle about a
formight ago for Paris, and was returning home, via Dieppe,
when the deplorable accident befel him which terminated
his existence.—Newcastle Journal.
EATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD ,SHIP.—Oa Thurs-
day Alfred Reid, aged 14, was on board the liebe schooner
at the Custom-house Quay. While the crew were employed
links of tho chain gave way, and a cask fell on the head a
in raising some casks from the hold, suddenly one of the
the unfortunate youth, who was standing underneath,
knocking him down and fracturing his skull so extensively
that he almost immediately expired.

SECOND EDITION•

" It is affirmed," says the Tremdenblatt of Vienna,
"that the Emperor Francis Joseph has replied to
the King of Prussia's icvitatiou by a promise to be
present at the autumn mar wavres at Berlin. It
is thought that the Emperor of Russia will arrive
at Berlin at the same epoch."