The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

LONDON GAZE T TE.—This Evening.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 30.
Ths Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Antoine
Naoum as Consul-General at Malta for his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Sultan. _ _

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Edward Trowbridge as Consul at Barbadoes for the United
States of America.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Alexander,
Earl of Hopetoun, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of
the shire of Linlithgow, in the room of Archibald John,
Earl of Rosebery, K.T., resigned.

OCT. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick Eden,
Esq. ; Wallace Houston, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's
Navy ; and William O'Connor Morris, Esq., Barrister-at-
Law, to be the Special. Commissioners for Irish Fisheries,
under the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act, 1863.
CROWN-OFFICE, OCT. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom,
giving and granting the office of one of the Barons of her
Majesty's Court of Exchequer, to Gillery Pigott, Sergeant-
at-Law.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to bo
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, con-
stituting and appointing Sir Roundell Palmer, Knight, to
be her Majesty's Attorney-General in all her Majesty's
Courts of Record in England.
The Quees has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, con-
stituting and appointing Robert Porrett Collier, Esq., her
Majesty's Solicitor-General.
NOTICE.—LUCKNOW PRIZE.
INDIA OFFICE, OCT. 2.
Prize Rolls of the non-commissioned officers and men of
the late Ist Madras Fusiliers engaged at Lucknow have
been received at this offi,..e.

Payment of these shares will be made at this office, on
and after Monday, the sth instant, between the hours of
eleven and three.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 2.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—General , the Marquis of
Tweeddale, K.T., K.C.8., from the 421 Foot, to be
Colonel, vice General Earl Beauchamp, deceased.
42d Regiment of Foot Major-General Duncan A.
Cameron, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General the Marquis
of Tweeddale, transferred to the Colonelcy of the 2d Life
Guards.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 2.
18th Hussars—Cornet James Watkins, from the 9th Lan-
cers, to be Cornet, vice Henry Howard Arthur, trans-
ferred to the 3d Dragoon Guards.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel
William Yolland, on the Seconded List, has been per-
mitted to retire upon half-pay,
Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant William Dn-
berly to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice
William Augustus Frederick, Viscount Uffington, who
retires ; Ensign Joseph Henry Francis Harrington Hud-
son, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Duberly.
10th Foot—Lieutenant William Malcolm to bo Instructor
of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Spencer Edward Orr, se-
conded on appointment as Lieutenant-Instructor of Mus-
ketry on the Establishment of the Schools of Musketry.
12th Foot—Ensign Herbert Trist Cooper to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Richard Philip Brooks, who retires ;
Henry Pulsford Hobson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cooper.
15th Foot—John Gwennap Dennis Moore, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Kenzie, transferred to the
71st Foot.

18th Foot—Captain John Purcell, from half-pay, late 50th
Foot, to be Captain, vice William Dennis Chapman, who
retires on half-pay; Lieutenant Edward Hall, to be Cap-
tain, .by purchase, vice Purcell, who retires ; Ensign
Charlton Dawson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hall ; Ensign Donald Robert Macqueen, trJm blst Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Dawson.

21st Foot—E- bnsi,n George Herbert Burrows to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Henry Wellington Hartford,
who retires ; John Croker, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Burrows. _ _

27th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Doraville Mascie Taylor,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Frederick Tottenham, deceased.
30th Foot—Lieutenant Edward St. George Smyth to be
Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Henry L'Estrange Herring.
37th Foot—Ensign Thomas Noble Holton to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice George Goodridge Fraser, who
retires; Gentleman Cadet John Briscoe Watts, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Holton ; Frederick Flowers, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Edgcumbe, transferred to the 73d
Foot.

51st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Hugh Talbot, from the Royal
Military College, to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice D, K.
Macqueen, transferred to the 18th Foot.
60th Foot—William Tilden, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Francis Scawen Blunt, who retires ; Rowland
Willis, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry
James Daubus, who retires.
71st Foot—Ensign Charles William Beverly Wlienzie,
from the 15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice William Wolfe
Rynd, whose appointment, bypurchase, on 30th January,
1863, has been cancelled.
73d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Monsell Warren, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major George Renny,
who retires ; Ensign William Gordon to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Warren ; Ensign Richard John Frede-
rick Edgcumbe, from the 37th root, to be Ensign, vice
Gordon.
77th Foot—Lieut. Marcus A. Waters to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice llumphry Mungal Lamont Colquhoun,
seconded cn being appointed a District Inspector of
Musketry ; Ensign Edward Nicholas Mosley to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Waters ; Gentleman Cadet
William Alexander Spence, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Mosley.
87th Foot—Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major,
Robert Scott, from the 89th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice
Arthur Anderson, who exchanges.
89th Foot—Paymaster Arthur Anderson, from the 87th
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Scott, who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—The lion. Henry Marsham to be Ensign,
by purchase. vice Hudson, promoted in the Grenadier
Guards._

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Angus
Mackay has been cashiered by the sentence of a General
Court Martial.

BREVET.

Major-General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, Bart., to have
the local rank of Lieutenant-General while serving in the
command of the troops at the Cape of Good Hope.
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Alexander
Higginson, of the Grenadier Guards, having completed the
qualifying service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to
be Colonel.

Paymaster George Knox Leet, 23d Foot, to have the
honorary rank of Captoin.

rayniTaster Edward Gibbs, Royal Artillery, to Shave the
honorary rank of Captain.
The following promotions to take place consequent on
the death of General Henry Beauchamp, Earl Beauchamp,
Colonel of the 2d Life Guards, cn Bth September, 1863 :
Lieutenant-General Sir George Fetre Wymer, K.C.8.,
Colonel of the 107th Foot, to be General.
Brevet-Colonel Matthew Smith, Lieutenant-Colonel 81st
Foot, to be Major-General.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Miller, Major Unat-
tached, and Fort Major of Gravesend and Tilbury Fort, to
be Colonel.

Major Patrick Robertson, 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel.

Captain James Robert Mann, Royal Engineers, to be
Major.

The undermentioned alterations of rank and promotion
to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces
consequent on the the death of Lieutenant-General Sir
James Outram, Bart., G,C.B„ K.S.L, on the 11th
March, 1863 :
Major-General Sir Charles Shepherd Stuart, K.C.8.,
Bombay Infantry, to take rank from 12th Marb, 1863
11.1ajor- General Thomas Henry Shuldham, Bengal In-
fantry, to take rank from 18th March, 1863.
Major-General John Butler, Bengal Infantry, to take
rank from 3d April, 1863.
Major-General William Barclay Goodfellow, Royal
(Bombay', Engineers, to take rank from 6th April, 1863.
Major-General William Marcus Coghlan, Royal (Bom
bay) Artillery, to take rank from 14th April, 1863. take
Majar-General George Burney, Bengal Infantry, t°
rank from 17th April, 1863. major-
Colonel Thomas Anderson, Madras Cavalry, to be
General. ,jaca in. her
The undermentioned promotions to taker thedeath
Majesty's Indian Military Forc.es consegeV,C.B., Royal
of General Sir James Lillyman Caldwell,lB63, and Major-
(Madras) Engineers, on the 28th 310°:ei infantry, on the
General John Anderson Barstow, Bo'b
9th June, e, Bengal Infantry,
Lieutenant-General Samuel Sol'
to be
Majo Gr-G eneral.
eneral Henry Sargent' Madras Infantry, to be
Lieutenant-General. Bombay Infantry, to be
Colonel Haughton Ja"'
Major-General. 13 mbay Infantry, to be Mafor-
Colonel William
General.
maenad officers who have retired upon fall
of honorary rank, as follows :
Major The underm
Hutchinson Moira Chesney, pay, to have e strdPer-
Alexi,
Madras
Infantry, to be Lieutenan.-Colonel
Madras Infantry, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel,

Deputy Inspector• General of Hospitals, Andrew Wilson
to be Inspectoh-General of Hospitals.
Surgeon. Major Richard Charles Guise to be Deputy In-
spector-General of Hospitals.
MEMORANDIIM.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colo-
nel William Yodand, half-pay, Royal Engineers, has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-
mission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards Circular
of 15th February, 1861.
ADMIRALTY, OCT 2.
Tho folowing promotions, dated the 24th ult., br.ve this
day taken place consequent on the death, on the 23d ult., of
Admiral of the Red Sir Henry Hope, K.G.B. :
Admiral of the White Sir Phipps Hornhy, G.C.8., to be
Admiral of the Red.

Admiral of the Vat) Sir Arthur Fanshawe, K.C.8,, to
be Admiral of the White.

Vice-Admiral George Frederick Rich, on the Reserved
List, to be Admiral on the same list.
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir William James Hope
Johnstone, K.C.B , to be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White Henry Eden to be Vice-
Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Charles Ramsay Drinkwater
Bethune, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admirals
Sir George Back,
William Hillyar,
on the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admirals on the same
List.
Rear
-Admiral of the It d Henry John Codzington, C. 8.,
be Vioe-Adnairal of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Richard Land Warren to be
Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Edward Fellow Halsted to be
Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Arthur Lowe to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
Retired Vice-Admiral Thomas Ball Clowes to have the
rank and title of Retired Admiral.
Retired Rear-Admediral ands Burney to have the rank
Council of May 7, 1858.
and title of Retir Vice-Amiral, under the Order in

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THE GREAT SHIP COMPAlsry.

SPECIAL MEETING-THIS DA.y.

A special general meeting of shareholders was held this
day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering
and determining the steps to be adopted to relieve the
Great Ship Company from the difficulties that at present
surround it.

W. Baker, Esq,, chairman of the Board of Directors,
presided.

The CHAIRMAN, in his observations to the meeting, said
they were all aware of the difficulties that encompassed
the company, from the detailed report which had been
extensively circulated amongst them. The directors had done
all in their power to make the ship remunerative, but diffi-
culties unforeseen, and over which they had no control, had
arisen, and it had been thought right to call the shareholders
together to consider what should bo done to relieve the
company of its present difficulties. It remained entirely
with the meeting to determine what should be done as the
directors had exhausted all the means at their disposal.
After a few words from Mr. TAYLOR,
Mr. HAWES proceeded to condemn the policy
that had been pursued by the directors. It ap-
peared to him to have been a mistake throughout
for them to place such a ship on the American
station, where she had to compote with other ships built for
speed alone. They appeared to forget that it was never
intended to submit the vessel to the frequent chances of
danger in trading with America. (Hear, hear.) She had
been built for long voyages, such as Australia and India,
yet she had never once been further than America. He
never expected that she would pay on the station, and he
had told them so two years ago, but if they, by her
means, brought Australia within forty days of England
success would have been certain. The directors seemed en-
tirely at a loss as to policy, so he thought the sooner they
had a body of men with some more fixed principles the
better. (Hear, hear.) He proposed that before anything
was decided by the meeting, a committee of shareholders
should be appointed to inquire into the present position of
the company, and that an adjournment shouli take place
for 10 days, to allow time for a thorough examination
of the company's affairs. He felt certain they had only to
place the ship in the position for which she was constructed
to ensure a return for the expense and anxieties she had
occasioned. He had the utmost confidence in the capabi-
lities of the vessel, and he felt sure she would triumph fiver
all her enemies.

Mr. Blain, of Manchester, moved as an amendment
" That a new company be formed for the purpose of pur-
chasing the ship, and that the old shareholders be invited
to join in such a scheme."
Mr. NicHoLsorr did not see what use a committee
would be. Supposing the ship was got out of her present
difficulties, she would have to earn £50,000 per annum to
pay preference claims before the original shareholders got
a penny.

Mr. HAwEs thought if the meeting agreed to his propo-
sition; there was some chance of good arising ; if not, they
would then only be in the same position they were at
present. The directors had been at fault all through
the piece. The ship had never had a fair trial ;
it had, in fact, been an elephant doing the work
of a donkey—(hear, hear, and laughter)--and now
when there was a chance of putting the elephant to
work in its proper sphere, the East—(hear, hear)—he hoped
a last great effort would be made to bring about such a
consummation, lie felt certain one trip to the Last would
demonstrate the commercial success of the ship.

A long discussion followed, on the termintiion of which
the Chairman put tho amendment of Mr. Blair to
the meeting, when about four or five hands were held
up for it. The motion of Mr. Hawes was then agreed to
almost unanimously, and the following gentlemen appointed
to act on the committee :—Mr. Prcebody, Mr. Thomas
Brassy, Mr. W. Hawes, Mr. Prowso, Mr. J. Robinson,
and Mr. Richardson, with power to add to their number.

A SHAREHOLDER said there was not a representatitOti
the Lancashire shareholders on the committee.
Mr. HAWES replied that he would be glad of the assist-
ance of as many gentlemen from Manchester and Lanca-
shire as could make it convenient to attend.
the meeting then adjourned until Monday, the 12th.