The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-10 00:00:00

Vacancies, &c., in the Civil Service.

(From the Civil Eervice Gazette)
Foreign Office—Lord Brabazon has been appointed
clerk.

Home Office—Lord Belhaven has been appointed Lord
Lieutenant of Lanarkshire, in the room of the Duke of Ha.
milton, deceased. _

War Office—Captain, E. F. Du Cane, R.E., has been
appointed Inspector of Military Prisons, in the room of Sir
Joshua Jebb, deceased ; Messrs. John Begot, Scriven, Geo.
Coode Austin, and Edward Bowers Reeve, have been ap-
pointed clerks in the Accountant-General's office.
Colonial Office—Mr. Thos. Graham has been appointed
to be treasurer for the colony of British Honduras.
India Office--Mr. Fr ,derick William Groves has been
app• fitted a temporary clerk.
Post-office—Vacancies—The postmastership of Coventry
is vacant. Income, £216 per annum, and residence pro.
%ided by the Crown. An inspectorship of mails in Ireland
is vacant. Salary, £3OO per annum, with hotel allowances
of 15s. per diem, and travelling expenses paid. Promotions
—Messrs. J. Holmes and J. C. White have been promoted
from 2d to Ist class of clerks in charge; Messrs. Freeling,
Whither, Maclean, Hill, and Duke, have bean promoted
from 3d to 2d class, Secretary's-office, London ; Mr. R. 0.
Anderson, Inspector of Mails in Ireland, has been promoted
to bo Controller of the Sorting-cffice, Dublin; Mr. IV.
Molten, supplementary class, Dublin Post-office, has been
promoted to the 2d class, Secretary's-office, Dublin ; Mr.
Bowsher, principal clerk, Liverpool, has been promoted
to be controller; Mr. Hunter, Ist class clerk at Liver-
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moted to bo 2d class clerk; Mr. Coghlan. Postmaster, of
Wexford, has been promoted to be Postmaster of Galway -
Mrs. Braine, assistant, Banbury Post-office, has been '
pro-
moted to be postmistress; Mr. N. W. Aspdin, Ist &perk,
Derby, has been promoted to be postmaster of Wakefield ;
Mr. E. Williams, cleric, Southampton, has been promoted
to be postmaster of Great Yarmouth; Mr. Braine, clerk,
Bury St. Edmunds, has been promoted to be postmaster of
King's Lynn ; Mr. Bernard Nathaniel Thorns has been ap-
pointed a temporary clerk, London.
Convict Service.—Mr. Gabriel Robinson Moran has been
appointed
a 3d class clerk.
Convict Prisons Department.--Captain E. F. Du Cane
has been appointed a director of convict prisons.
Civil Service Commission.—Mr. Edward Alfred Collier
has been appointed a clerk.
Customs.—Appointments: Mr. John Austen has been
appointed an out-door officer, London ; Mr. John Pethe-
rick has been appointed an out-door officer, London ; Mr.
James Henry has been appoined an out-door officer, Mont-
rose. Promotions : Mr. Thos. G. Scott has been promoted
from sth to 4th class of clerks, London Docks; Mr. James
0. Blair has been promoted from Gth to sth class of clerks,
London Docks; Mr. Thos, Lavington has been promoted
from sth to 4th class of gaugers, London ; Mr. M. Collins
has been promoted from Gth to sth class of gaugers,
London.

Inland Revenue.— Stamps and Tax Branch : Mr.
Benjamin Clarke has been promoted from the 4th to the
3d class, Receiver-General's department. Excise Branch :
Mr. George Thomas Reed, officer, Charlbury-ride, Ox.
ford collection, has been appointed to Farringdon-
ride, Oxford collection. Mr. John Steele, dropped
Ist class assistant, Donne division, Stirling collection, has
been appointed Ist class assistant, Charlburyride, Oxford
collection. Mr. William Johnstone, 2d class assistant,
Stirling collection, has been appointed 2d class assistant
Perth collection; Mr. Evan Isaac has been appointed 2d
class assistant, Bristol collection ; Mr. Charles Sanderson,
Ist class assistant, Alloa, sth division, Stirling collection,
has been appointed Ist class assistant, Aberavon, ride,
Wales, East collection; Mr. Patrick Ryan, Ist class assist-
ant, Falkirk, 3d division, Linlithgow collection, has been
appointed Ist class assistant, Falkirk, Ist division, Linlith-
gow collection ; Mr. John Venters, dropped Ist class
assistant, Argyle collection, has been appointed Ist class
assistant, Glasgow, 7th division, Glasgow collection; Mr.
Walter Galbraith has been appointed 2d class assistant, Ayr
collection.

The Acclimatisation Society of Great Britain.

The monthly meeting of the council was held at two
o'clock on 'Wednesday, the sth inst., at the offices of the
society, 3, Duke-street, Adelphi—E. 'Wilson, Esq., V.P.,
in the chair. Present, Messrs. Wilson, Waterhouse,
Hawkins, J. J. Stone, J. Bush, F. Buckland, and J. Lowe.
The following candidates for admission into the society
were proposed and elected :—as life members, Lord Brown-
low, Sir Harry Stacey, Bart., M.P., NV. Morrison, Esq.,
M.P., F. H K. G. Calthorpe, Esq., M.P., and E. 11.
Moscrop, Esq. As annual subscribers, his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Dublin, D. F. Fortescue, Esq., G. A. Sala, Esq.,
H. Early, Eeq., B. Sharp, Esq., Capt. Grant, J. Pilking-
ton, Esq., M.P., and E. A. Moriarty, Esq.
Mr. Lowe reported the arrival of eggs of the Bombay
Cynthia, and also a box of live worms of the same species.
The former were procured through the kindess of M. Name,
a member of the council of the French Societe cl'Acclima-
tation. ; and the latter had been sent by M. Guerin-lnne-
ville, director of the sericultural branch of the imperial farm
at Vincennes. The eggs were all hatched out, and the worms
were all under the care of Mr. Bash, the honoraty treasurer.
It was ordered that specimens should be sent to members
requiring the same.
A letter was read from Mr. Stone, a member of the coun-
cil, detailing a scheme which he had in view for obtaining
birds of game from India, through the aid of Government.
Mr. Stone handed in a list of the birds which it was desir-
able to obtain, and explained the manner in which the birds
could be collected, and how the breeding of these birds
might be made a profitable source of income to the society.
The following resolution was agreed to :
That Messrs. Buckland, Bush, and Stone be elected a
committee, to obtain importations of Indian pheasants and
birds of game for the society, and to endeavour to get the
assistance of the Secretary of State and Governor-General
of India for that purpose, and that they be empowered to
pledge the society's funds to a moderate extent for payment
of the expenses.

A letter was read from Mr. Coles, of Bath (a brother of
Mr. Coles, of Lidgetown, Southern Africa), stating that he
could send elands at moderate price. It was resolved.
unanimously :

That Mr. Bush be authorised to write to Mr. Coles, in
reply to his letter, to obtain two female elands and one
male for the society, at the coat named in his letter ; and
that arrangements tie made for shipping and transmitting
them, provided the cost be not more than £4O per animal.
A premium of £lO each to be offered for each, living animal
safely delivered.

It wa3 reported by the members who had visited the
Alexandra Park, at Muswell-hill, that, although the site was
a very beautiful one, and apparently favourable to the health
of birds and animals, the arrangements at the park were not
yet sufficiently settled to warrant the Council in recom-
mending the society to accept the liberal offer of the direc-
tors, inasmuch as a greater immediate outlay would be
required than the society would be justified in subtracting
from its funds. The secretaries were ordered to write a
letter of thanks to the directors of the Alexan Ire Park
Company, and an expression of regret that the society is as
yet unable to avail itself of their liberal offer.
Mr. Hawkins proposed that some arrangement should be
made with Mr. Bush for the temporary occupation of part
of his premises. At present the society had no place which
it could properly call its own, and where persons desirous
of seeing what the society is doing might go and judge for
themselves, without trespassing upon the privacy of Mr.
Bush. Eventually it was agreed—
That Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Stone, and Mr. Buckland be
appointed a committee to arrange with Mr. Bush the terms
between himself and the society for the accommodation and
maintenance of animals, birds, &c,, belonging to the
society."

Mr. Backland presented a parcel of seeds of the Elephant
Grass, which had been sent to him. These were ordered
to be distributed.

'With reference to the' Gold Schley," or spotted tench,
presented to the society by Mr. Berney, it was resolved
that they should be entrusted to Mr. Higiord Burr, Alder-
maston Court, near Reading, with a view to brecding.

" THE TWELFTH."—From all quarters we hear
that the prospects for the 12th were never more
cheering to the sportsman. Grouse are numerous and
strong and swift, and improving rapidly in condition;
blackcock, pheasants, and hares are abundant; partridges
are also well advanced. The deer prospects are partica-
larly good, and fawns are very numerous.
BONHOMMIE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON
—Another letter from Vichy relates the following
anecdote of the Emperor :—" At the end of the week as his
Majesty was taking ono of his usual walks, a group of pea.
cants, who were crowding round to gat a good view, were
ordered to stand back by an officer of the imperial suite. In
reply to this injunction, an old peasant said : Ohl sir, you
see him every day, whenever you please ; but we come half
a day's journey every other year to admire him. Bo just,
sir, and lot us see him at our case.' The Emperor, who
was conversing with Prince Murat at the time, heard every
word of the old man's request, and, turning to him, took
his hand, and said : ' Why do you not come every year. my
friend ?" Oh I Monsieur I'Empereur, every one takes his
turn ; last year my wife and son came; this year it is my
daughter and myself I'"
SCOTCH LUNATICS.—Six years ago the report of
the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state of
Lunacy in Scotland, startled the whole country by the
rovelationa contained in its able and elaborate report. A,
a matter of course that report waa assadel, especially
Scotland, but the experience of the Gene: al Board of
Lunacy has since amply confirmed the full truth of its state-
ments. We are glad to see that the Governrnent,by recom-
mending Dr. James Cosa to her Majesty for the honour of
knighthood, have now recognhe 1 the et' vic of the Royal
Commission. Dr. Coxo was associated s
in the Scottish Com
mission with the late Sheriff Monteith cud two of tho
English Lunacy Commissioners, illr. Camph oil and Mr.
Gabkep, but the other avocations of These gentlemen pre-
vented their giving their full time and attention to its
duties, and in Scotland Dr. Cuxi was locked up..n es t hi:fly
roponsiblo for its etatozwats,