The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-15 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening,

WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 10. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Williani Shee, Esq., one of the Judges
of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench,

1--,Gr.e.EioN OFFICE, JUNE 2.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sidney
Smith Saunders, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Alex-
andria, to be her Majesty's Consul-General is the lonian
Islands. _

The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoiat
George E. Stanley, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at
Jeddah, to be her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse to be her Majesty's Ct,nsul
in Zante.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Charles Sebright, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in
Cephalonia.

Assistant Inspector of Studies, vice Brevet Major Charles
john. Gibb, Royal Engineers, promoted.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Surgeon Major Nesbitt Heffernan, M. 8., from the 11th
Foot, to be Staff Surgeon Major, vice W. G. Trousdalls
M.D., who exchanges.
cons,
Surgeon Gavin Ainslie Turnbull, from the 6th Drag
to:be Staff Surgeon, vice J. E. Clutterbuck, M.D., appointed
to the 42d Foot.
Staff Assistant Surgeon Benjamin Hinde, to be Staff
Surgeon, vice William Kelman Chalmers, M.D., deceased.
Assistant Surgeon George Carleton Clery, from 9th
Lancers, to be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice G. F. SPIT,
M.D., who exchanges.
Michael Finucane, Gent., to be Staff Assistant Surgeon>
vice Benjamin Hinde, promoted to the Staff.
Dawson Dean Heather, Gent., to be Staff Assistant Sur-
geon.
VETERINARY DEPAATMENT—Peter Moir, Gant., to be
Acting Veterinary Surgeon, vice T. J. Richardsons Pro-
meted to Ist Dragoons.

BREVET.
Colonel Henry Aylmer, on the retired full pay lie of the
Royal Artillery, to be Major General, the rank being
honorary only.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Thomas Trower, 103i1 Foot,
who retires upon a pension, to have the honorary rank
Colonel.
Paymaster Roger Sheehy, 74th Foot, to have the hono-
raryH rank of Captain.
on. Assist Surgeon Samuel Mason, in medical charge
of the Lunatic Asylum at Madras, to have the honorary
rank of Sureon.
The undermentioned officers, having completed tho
lifying service with the rank of Lieut Colonel, to be Colo.-
nels, under the provisions of the Royal warrant of the 1011
of October, 1858 :
Lieut Colonel George Bourchier. C. 8., Royal Artillery'.
Lieut Colonel Wm Olpherts, C.B Royal Artillery.
Lieut Colonel Thomas B romhead Butt,
sth West India Regiment—Capt. James Henry Lawrence
p
t '
Archer, from the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice
who exchanges. " 79th Foot.

4.0
Discovery of the Body of a Female 111 v

Thames.

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An inquest was held on Monday nigh";
King's Arms Tavern, Rotherhithe, on the 11014 in
female, which was discovered a few days since
the river Thames in a state of nudity. This strange
ris
and suspicious circumstance created 0012eilehrpai
excitement in the neighbourhood, the belief 7-I:3d
li
that the unfortunate woman had been murdered,
the body having been stripped thrown into th
water. The matter was communicated to P'r d
Mayne, and two detective officers were ihstrue't
to make every inquiry, which they had done, but
without effect. Both the officers alluded to "ler
present during the proceedings of the iequestLni.
William Dixon, a labourer, living in Eier—t
land, Rotherhithe, deposed that on Friday be Was„e,
work on board a dredger off the Horns pnblich°;gi
Rotherhithe Stairs. About ten minutes after s,
o'clock in the morning he (witness) noticed e°—m-
„er
thing at the bottom of the water, and directly aft
a decd body rose to the surface, and he with aegis&
ante succeeded in securing it. An officer Eatery/1'1;p
took charge of the body, and it was taken t° da,
dead-house of the parish. The body was mach
composed, and had no clothing on whatever. be
Dr. W. Mindook, of Rotherhithe, stated thatf $
had examined the body, and found it was that eve
female apparently about thirty years of age' ed
body, which was perfectly naked, was far ad'fitas
in a state of decomposition. One of the lips The
wanting, and the head was denuded of hair. Ti.
deceased had no doubt been in the water fora e°-
siderable time.
The learned Coroner said there was no doubt the
r,
case was one of a most singular character. VDQ
tunately, however, it was impossible, from the '3,'6.ats
of decomposition of the body, to make anY de,
fication so that further inquiries might be Ine
00
Again, as there were no clothes, there WA° as
chance of gaining any clue in that way. Ile It
afraid the case could not be carried any further, '-
of course if the police heard of anything more they
could act upon it.
wale!!
The Jury ultimately returned an open
to the effect that the deceased was found dead 1
the river Thames, bat how she came there there
was no evidence to show.