The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-17 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE,

MANCHESTER, Aug. IG.—There has been a little more
activity in the market for shipping yarns to-day, and ww
have had a general business doing for all markets except
those of India. In some few cases an advance of id. per lb.
has been paid on Friday's prices. This branch of the mar-
ket was strong at the close, with a tendency to advance.
In home-trade yarns we have also had a very etrong market.
Prices are pretty much the same as they were before the
late depression. Fine numbers still maintain their position,
the only signs of weal-mess being confined to yarns made
from the commoner qualities of Surat cotton. Only a
moderate amount of business is reported, and in the absence
of any activity in the cloth market manufacturers are not
aisposed to anticipate their wants. There is a more cheerful
feeling in the cloth market. There has been a pretty general
inquiry after goods, and buyers seem to hiive turned their
attention a good deal more than they have for some weeks
past to the actual testing of prices, and though few offers
have been made and but little business has resulted manu-
facturers hold very firmly to their quotations. The only
cases in which any weakness has been manifested
has been where stocks had begun to accumulate
inconveniently. In such instances there have not been
transactions at lower prices, so far as we can hear, but there
can be little doubt, if purchasers were actually to present
themselves, offers at rather lower rates would be accepted.
Shirtings and printers of good quality still command rela-
tively the best prices; while longcloths, T-cloths, and do-
mestics, not meeting with a demand at all proportioned to
present much-increasing supply, are rather weaker.
L:EDB, Nth.—There has been a moderate attendance of
buyers. and sellers in the cloth-halls this morning, and the
tone of t,:se market, though rather quiet, was satisfactory.
with autumn fabrics, have been purchased
Winter gook: 8,
by the home houses, but the demand for
to a fair exten..'
exportation is rat:s'er slack. In good plain blacks and unions
there is a fair busint. 48 doing. The manufacturers are well
employed throughout ,the district. Wool is firmly held at
last week's quotations.
NOTTINGHAM, 16th.—T1,s attendance at this Exchange-
hall today was about as usual,
demand for lace yams at prices sit
The inquiry for hosiery yarns was at: o inactive, at little or
no alteration in prices. Silks are realialu'g very high prices.
In brown nets there was very little doing, owing to the es-
treme dearness of the raw material.
ROCHDALE, 15th.—In all respects the flanne; trade keeps
brisk and prices rise. The attendance of buyers was not
large, to-day, but sufficient for the supply, which keeps
small, awing to the continuance of orders direct to the
manufacturers. Both plain and fancy goods sell well, ant
there is an increase in the demand for the thicker kinds. In
Yorkshire good kerseys, plaids, linseys, and scourers are
all in fair request at fully late prices.

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

(From the london Gazette of last Evening,)

WAR OFFICE, Aug:
_l6.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her
intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the under-mentioned officer, whose claim to the same has
been submitted for her Majesty's approval, for his gallant
conduct in New Zealand, as recorded against his name, viz. :
Lieut. Colonel John Carstairs M'Neil, 107th Regiment—
For the valour and presence of mind which ho displayed
in New Zealand, on the 30th March, 1864, which is taus
descrited by krivate Vosper, of the Coloaial Defence
Force : Private Vesper states that he vies seat
on that day with urivate Gibson, of the same
Force, as an escort to Major (now Lieutenant
Colonel) M'Neill, Aide-de-Camp to be Lieutenant-Gen.
Sir Duncan Cameron. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Neill was
proceeding to Te Awamutu on duty at the time. On
returning from that place, and about a mile on
this sid of Ohanpu, this officer having seen a
body of the enemy in front, sent Private Gibson
back to bring up Infantry from Ohanpu, and he and
Private Vosper proceeded leisurely to the top of a rise to
watch the enemy. Suddenly they were attacked by about
50 natives, who were concealed in the forn close at hand.
Their only chance of escape was by riding for their
lives, and as they turned to gallop, Private Vesper's
horse fell and threw him. The natives thereupon rushed
forward to seize him, but Lieut.-Col. M 'Neill, on perceiving
that Private Vesper was not folio wing him, returned, caught
his horse, and helped him to mount. The natives were
firing sharply at them, and was so near that, according to
Private Voaper's statement, it was only by galloping as
hard as they could that they escaped, He says that he
owes his life entirely to Lieutenant-Colonel M`Neill's
assistance, for he could not have caught his horse alone,
and in a iew miLutee must have been

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LONDON GAZETTE--Last Evening,

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, AUG. 16.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General Sir Richard
Dacres, 1i.C.8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lieu.
tenant-General Sir William Brereton, K.C.8., deceased.
4th Hussars—Lieutenant John Barrett L. Nevinson to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Russell England,
promoted.
10th Hussars—Cornet John Cecil Russell to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Arthur Wyatt Edgell, who re-
tires.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
William Henderson to be Colonel, vice Flude, removed
as a general oilieer—Captain Henry John Bannatne
Macleod to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Fre lerick Al x-
ander, removed to the Bengal Staff Corps—Captain
Frederick Convbeare to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Richard Hart lieatinge, removed to the Bombay Staff
Corps—Captain and Brevet Major Alexander Cameron
Gleig, on the seconded List, to be Lieutenant-Colonel—
Captain and Brevet-Major G. H. Vesey to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Henderson—Second Captain
and Adjutant J. B. Hardy to be Captain, vice Couybeare--
S.cond Captain and Adjutant James Smith Baird to bo
Captain, vice Edward Thomas Pasken, removed to the
Madras Staff Corps—Second Captain Campbell Cameron
to be Captain, vice Charles Elliot, C.B. removed to the
Madras Staff Corps—Second Captain Walter' Delane to
be Captain, vice Macleod Second Captain Cecil Brooke
Le Mesurier to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Veeey—
Lieut. George Grant Gordon to be Second Captain, vice
Delane—Lieut. John Thomas Leishman to be Second
Captain, vice Hardy—Lieut. John Charles Taylor to be
Second Captain, vice Baird—Lieut. William Farar Grey
to be Second Captain, vice Cameron—Lieut. John
3.l'Neill to be Second Captain, vice Horatio Biden, re-
moved to the Madras Staff Corps—Lieut. Henry Mont-
gomery Finlay to be Second Captain, vice Robert Lam-
bert Flayfair, removed to the Mad:as Staff Corps—Lieut.
John Mayes to be Second Captain, vice Malcolm Bandinel
Sabin Lloyd, removed to the Madras Staff Corps--Lieur.
William H. M'Causland to be Second Captain, vice Fre-
derick Lyon Ftayfair, removed to the Madras Staff Corps--
Lieutenant Penton lhomson to be Second Captain, vice
John Hayes Grant, removed to the Bengal Staff Corps_.
Lieutenant Edward Sidney Burnett to be Second Cap-
tain, viceLe Mesurier--
Gentleman Cadet George Clement
Wynne to be Lieutenant, vice Gordon—Gentleman Cadet
Francis John Milman to be Lieutenant, vice Thomson—
Gentleman Cadet George Herbert Nutting to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Robert Henry Palmer, removed to the Bengal
Staff Corps—Gentleman Cadet Joseph Albert Curtin to
be Lieutenant—Gentleman Cadet George Marina Ken-
y_ ..pnimuy—Gentle-
nreaduyi to
Frederickbe
Michael Lieutenant, vice d
dTe
iaeyyl o
to be Cadet
Lieutenant, vice
Grey—Gentleman Cadet Edward Thomas Browell to be
Lieutenant, vice McNeill—Gentleman Cadet Constantine
Henry Hamilton to be Lieutenant, e ,
nkett to be
Hayes—Gentleman Cadet Thomas e. arise
brooke Penny to be Lieutenant, vice McCausland—G.4,e
ißceoHbeoryt Hartings Willoniglheb-
traLleiaemnuatCere:Ctd'eavtdet Barry Francis Doraville to be Lieutenant,
be to Lieutenant, vice Burnett—Sergeant-Major Henry
vice Leishman Gentleman Cadet Philip Henry Bown.
Bacchus to be Riding-Master, by augmentation.

3d Regiment of Fooi—Waldion Edward Roper Kelly,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Frederick Wiz,
_ Vans Leckie, transferred to the 56th Foot. _ _

10th Foot—Staff-Surgeon William Sinclair to be Surgeon,
vice Henry Bowles Franklin, M.D., who exchanges,
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Fitzgerald Edward Scan/an to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Mackenzie, M.D., who
exchanges
12th Foot—Lieut, Gilbert de Lacy Lacy to be Captaiß, by
purchase, vice John Soamo Richardson, who retires—
Ensign Arthur Henry Brittain to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Lacy—John Campbell Robertson Glasgow to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brittain.
14th Foot—Surgeon-Major Benjamin Swift, M.D., from
96th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice George Smyth King,
M.D., who exchanges.
16th Foot—Captain John Octavius Chichester to be Major,
without purchase, vicb Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel J elan
Henderson, who retires upon lull pay—Lieut. George
Street to be Captain, without purchase, vice Chichester—
Ensign George Griffiths, to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Street—Hillyard Henry Angus Cameron,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Herbert William
Thompson, promoted, by purchase, in the 3d West India
Regiment.

25th Foot—Lieutenant George Terry Luder Carwithen to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Theodore Gordon, who re-
tires—Ensign Charles lewrock Swete to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Carwithen—Charles William Maxwell
Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swete.
30th Foot•—Cecil Roughsedge Hornby Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Henry Granville Sharps, who retires.
56th Foot—Lieutenant George Starner Crubbins, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Russell Colt, who
retires—Ensign William Barnett to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Gubbins—Ensign Fred. William Vans
Leckie, trom the 3d Foot,,to be Ensign, vice Barnett.
62d Foot—Ensign Frank Crossman Clarke to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Charles Mesham, who retires—
Gentleman Cadet Charles James Gordon Inglis, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Clarke.

85th Foot—Ensign Henry Chuldleigh Wilmer to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Frederick Holmes,
A'Court, who retiree—Robert George Stone Maunsell,
Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilmer.
91st Foot—Ensign William Cecil Hinton, to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Robert Butt Wesley, who retires
—Gentleman Cadet Hugh Thornton Cuningham Dealtry,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Hinton.
96th Foot—Surgeon George Smyth King, M.D., from the
14th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon Major Benjamin
Swift, who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign and Adjutant Leopold Victor
Swaine, to have the rank of Lieutenant—Ensign Thos.
Lander Mitchell-Innes to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice James Edward Vaughan, who retires—Gentleman
Cadet Cecil Harley St. Paul, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Michell-Innes.
21 West India Regiment—Ensign Beaufort Henry Vidal
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert Eyre, who
has retired.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Herbert Wm. Thomp-
son, from the ltiLh Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Henry P. Bluett, who has retired.

ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY (Woolwich).—Lieutenant
J ohn Arthur Tillard, Royal artillery, to be Lieutenant
of a Company of Gentlemen Cadets, vice John Charles
Taylor, promoted.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Ensign Basil Porter, 76th
Foot, Acting Deputy Assistant Commissary General, to
be Deputy Assistant Commissary General.
MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Suporinten.
dent of Stores William Lanyon Penno to be Superinten-
dent of Stores, vice Pearce, placed up the retired list—
Assistant Superintendent of Stores William Henry
Horatio Scott to be Deputy Superintendent of Stores,
vice Penno—Deputy Assistant Superintendent of Stores
Peter Warwick to be Assistant Superintendent of Stores,
vice Scott.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon Henry Bowles Frank-
ha, 11. D., tram the 10th Foot, to be Suitt-Surgeon, vice
William Sinclair, who exchanges—Assistant-Surgeon
John Mackenzie, MX., from the 10th Foot, to be Staff•
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fitzgerald Edward Scanlan,
who exchanges. •
BREVET.—Major-General Francis Rawdon Ckesney,
Royal Artillery, to. be Lieutenant-General, vice Sir
William Brereton, K. 0.8., deceased—Colonel Thomas
Peters Elude, from the Royal Artillery, to be Major-
General, vice Chesney,
Lieut. Camel Edward Seeger, Bth Hussars, having com-
pleted the qualifying service in the rank of Lieut. Colonel,
to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of
October 14, 1858.
Major and Brevet Lieut. Colonel John Henderson, re-
tired tall pay, late 16th Foot, to have the honorary rank of
Colonel.
Major Alexander Hugh Cobbe, 20th Foot, to be Lieut.
. . _ _

Capt. Henry Wellington Palmer, 74th Foot, to be Major.
In consequence of the promotion of Col. Flude to the rank
of Major General, the undermentioned Officers on the Re-
tired Fall Pay List, who at the time of their retirement
were senior to him on the Effective List, to be Major Gene-
rals, viz. :—Colonels Harry Stow, Charles Henry Mee,
William Wallace d' Arley, Jonn Tylden, George Hoolton.
Hyde.

ADMIRALTY, At G. 15,
The undermentioned officers were promoted to the rank
of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet on the sth instant :
Messrs Henry Winstanley, Isaac Baker Moorman, Alfred
Whdfin, and William Noble.

The unlermentioned officers have been this day promoted
to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet:—Messrs
Thomas Scott Chanter, Frederick Osborne Leonard Patch
and Henry Edwin Kitchen.