The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-11 00:00:00

51-1-IPPING—This Day,

LONDON, Nov. 11.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—
PLYMOUTH, Nov. Gefle,
from Carlsuma for the West Indies.
COWES, Nov. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Safeguard,
from Hartlepool for Barcelona.
HOLYHEAD, Nov. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Salos,
from Liverpool for Manilla.
HARWICH, NOV. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Astrea
from St. Übes.
FAL2Houra, Nov. 10.—Wind N.W., strong.—Sailed—
Helen, for New Zealand ; Alliance, for Auckland, New
Zealand.

(BY ELECTIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 10—Sneppen, from nolinstad.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Anchored—Sultana, for Bombay; Lorenzo for Buenos
Ayres; Elizabeth Ann, for St. Kitt's ; Spey, 'for Grenada
—all rom London.
Passed—Mary and Pass-by, both from London, for Sal-
come; Evon, from Demerara; Brede Mach Le, from
Cephalonia—both for London.

THE FACETIOUSNESS OF SLANG.—My key wa
a deal too high. But how was I to lower it, to un-
screw it down to the proper pitch? I had no books of
Pantomines to read and study, and of course there were no
Pantomines being played in November that I could go and
see. In looking through the theatrical advertisements in
the papers, however, I saw that a burlesque was running at
one of the houses, That was as near an approach to a Pan-
tomime as I could have. I resolved to go that very even-
ing and study it. I went and sat fOr two hours in the front
row of the pit, with my chin resting on the back of the
orchestra, and my eyes fixed on the stage. I studied the
method attentively and minutely, and, with the puns and
parodies ringing in my ears, went home to write. With
an entirely new inspiration I re-wrote the scene between
Jack and his mother, and this time it was not so like the
tragedy. Still it seemed to be wanting in the breadth and
familiarity of expression which characterised my model.
For example, I made Mother Hubbard bid Jack " shakes
e.
ductive slumber from his eyes," and also informed hini thats
" Labour awaited him at the garden gate," exPreBthne
which were undoubtedly, neat, but not by any
means of 810
gaudy chi: racter which becomes a Pantomime. A friend
s toragoing.
of great experience calling on me while
-
with this difficulty, recommended the
use
eThe study of this
improvements tionary, and kindly lent me a copy. in
my us.
work enabled me to make great.
for head," " nut •'
Thus for eyes," ”
I wrote " peePee3r.o
any one was told to
for hands," " mawleys ;" and where
"hook 'it," or "walk
your chalks." When
vanish or go away, I substitate
these and similar alterations,
my friend declared that
then made
vas much funnier—
though; tbe still further improved by a
he thought it alight
and there.—Dickens's tile Fear
little peppering here
Rouncl."

SPAIN.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.
_a_

Art. s—The Consuls shall be entitled to levy one dc.llar
upon each invoice they certify, in accordance with the 4th
clause, Article 19, of the law of March 7, 1856, upon Con,
solar Service.

Art. 6—The following dates are fixed for the carrying out
of this Decree :-60 days, as rt'gards merchandise imported
from ports in the Antilles, Central America, and the Re-
publics on the Pacific ; 90 days:, as regards merchandise
proceeding from the United Sates and Mexico; and 120
days, as regards merchandise proceeding from other puts.
These dates shall be counted trozu the date of this Decree.
Art. 7—The non-presentation of certified invoices sub-
jects every package composing the cargo to examination,
and to an additional duty of 10 por cent. over and above the
ordinary duties. Given in Popaymn, the 7th day of August,
1863.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Minister in China, rt3porting that the Chinese
Government have provided that in cases where duo notice
is given to export, within twelve months, produce
brought down the Great River to Shanghai, the half duty
paid thereon shall be refunded if the marks, packages,
amounts, and weights are found by the Chinese Customs
authorities to correspond with those originally entered in
the books, and if such produce is exported within the twelve
months now allowed in lieu of the three months hitherto
granted.

ADMIRALTY. Nov. 9.
In consideration of the valuable assistance rendered bv,
Commander Francis William :Sullivan during the recent
successful operations of her Majesty's troops in New Zea
land, as recorded in the London Gazette of the 27th Octo-
ber last, Commander Sullivan has been this day promoted
to be Captain.
Also, in consideration of the successful operations against
the batteries of Kagosima, as recorded in the London Gazette
of the 30th October last, the following promotions have this
day taken place :
Commander Lewis James Moore to be Captain.
Lieutenant James Augustus Poland to be Commander.
Lieutenant George Poole to be Commander.
Mr. Charles Richard Godfrey, Assistant-Surgeon, to be
Surgeon.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 10.
Vice-Admiral of the White Thomas Bennett has been
appointed to receive a pension of £l5O a-year, as provided
by her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June, 1851,
vacant by the death of Admiral George Frederick Rich ;
and the name of Vice-Admiral Bennett has been removed
to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly, and in conse-
quence of this removal the following promotions, to date
the 3d inst., have this day taken place ;

Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Talbot, K.c.B
to be Vice-Admiral of the White. _ K.C.B.

Rear-Admiral, on the Reserved List, the Right Hon.
Lord John Frederick Gordon lialyburton, G. 0.11., to be
Vice-Admiral on the same List.

Rear Admiral of the Red Sir John McDougall, K.C.8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.

Rear-Admiral of the White George Elliot to ba Rear.
Admiral of the Red.

Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Goldsmith, C. 8., to
be Rear-Admiral of the White.

Captain Edward Geunys Fanshawe to be Rear-Admiral
of the Blue.

BANKRUP T S
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial itn.
portance in the Gazette :
Charles Holt, pavior, Manchester
Robert Smith, warehouseman, .Uulmo
James Tipper, batter, Leek
Elizabeth Atkinson, publican, Macclesfield
John Gilbert, machinist, Shentou-street, Old Kent-rd
George Allen, boot maker, Kent-street, borough
John Cobb, leather merchant, Great Yarmouth

Course of theExchange—Yesterday.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam .. 11 191
Antwerp .. 25 571
Brussels — 25 571
Hamburgh — 13 81
['aria
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine —119 i
11 90
- 11 90
351-

11 171
12 0
12 0
25 621
2,5 62j
13 9
25 30
25 70
25 70
1191
12 0
12 0
35.1
48i
483 83_
48
25 721 25 77i
25 72t :25 77
Naples
Genoa
.-25 70•
25 75
25 75 25 77
Palermo
25 75 25 77t
Messina
25 75 25 77i
Lisbons.'s24.
Oporto s2t 524
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z,..... £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ..........
..
Silver in Bars (Standard) ........
South American Doublons

Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan ....

WARSAW, Nov. s.—The Revolutionary Commit--
tee of Galicia has not been discouraged by the de-
feat of Czachowski's and Waligorski's bands.
Authentic intelligence has been received that it is
redoubling its efforts to form new corps. Upon the
night of the 23d ult. a band of 300 men assembled
upon the frontier of the district of Cracow, with the
intention of joining the band of Chmielenski at
Lendrzujow. Upon the 26th the band of Roche
bran made preparations for passing the frontier in
the district of Zilkiew. No official report has yet
been received that these different detachments have
really entered the kingdom.
HOW I BECAME AN ADMIRAL.—In the course of
the evidence taken last summer before the Com-
mons' Select Committee on promotion in the navy, Rear-
Admiral G. Elliot was examined. After answering a great
many questions, the gallant officer said,—" I do not like to
sit under the possibility of its being supposed that I desire
to conceal anything with reference to my own position. If
my father had not been an admiral, and if he had not been
lucky in holding commands, I should not have been f:
admiral, or perhaps a captain by this time; but he gave
7h
every promotion that I have had in consequence of
,away
vacancies. My father nominated his son, and in that
'"Y
was placed on every occasion over the heads
who had not the good fortune of having
a father
hat he had
.
admi-
ral." He added, in answer to Mr. Ayetentway. and, in
seen a very inefficient officer promoted in this ()fallen those
in the
answnate
er to a further question, ho agreed the; probably he
forte officers
and Admiral Grey were the most
,insttellrlesat,mhaatde,bheena_a
an instanoe of two Midshipmen entering the P
navy. Captain B. J. Sullivan mentioniodngtoththeesCOampine committee
having powerfulws latter officer through
within a year of each other; one ooffthem
the other, whose Sloop
served seven years
afterwards to go to the assistance
was on shore, and who,
0 served a day after
three years a commander. Avhe'S
only interest became a captain
from the time of Passing' and
-h
h
beaba had neverly
tain,althoug.t hadgreat interest to being made a cap
ob-
tain service if he had wished i .He h__,
4ti gone on the Re-
served Admirals' List, and has received about £6,000 in
the shape of half"PaY* Captain Sullivan added that we
have never
had such fair promotions as in the last two or
three years, but that the system does still work of making
appointments on account
ppeintments of interest, and that alone, either
family or political, and that though the men with interest
may have as fair a proportion of good officers among them
as the other class, it is very disheartening to deserving
officers to see promotions made from interest alone without
regard to qualification, and interest alone sufficient to raise
men rapidly to the higher ranks.
AN ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF TUE SUN took place
this morning, Nov. ll—being, however, invisible
to us in England. It began at 10 minutes before 6h a.m.,
mean time at Greenwich, in longitude 9 deg 5 min w of
Greenwich, cad 23 deg of south latitude. The central
eclipse began generally at 17 minutes past 7h a.m. in longi-
tude 43 deg 19 min W of Greenwich, and latitude 48 deg
S, The central eclipse ended at 9h a.m., in longitude 173
deg E of Greenwich, and latitude 65 deg 10 min S ; and the
eclipse ended en the earth generally at 27 minutes past leh
a.m., in longitude 125 deg 41 min E of Greenwich, and
latitude 42 deg 30 min S. This eclipse will have been
visible from the Great Southern Ocean, and from the Cape
of Good Hope, where it will have been partial only, begin-
ning at 22 minutes past 7h a.m. ; the middle of the eclipse
taking place at 12 minutes after 8h a.m., and ending at 7
minutes after 9h a.m., mean time at the Cape

SECOND EmTrog.

SUN OFFICE, HAIR-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

MADRID, Nov. 10.—The Ibex is considers it p ro-
bable that the crow❑ lands, vt,lued at 3,000 millions
of reals, will be sold. The Epoca says that the
country wants a Progressista Ministry.

CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 9.
MEMIIP,R TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT.
City of: Oxford—Charles Neale, Esq., m the recta of
James Houghton Langston, deceased.
TBhOARD OF TRADE, WHITR EALL, Nov. 10,
o lf ight Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council tor Trude have received from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
MajeAy's Charg6 d'Affaires at New Granada, the follow-
ing translation of a decree recently issued by the President
of that Republic, requiring the presentation of certified in-
voices of all merchandise imported into New Granada :
Art. 1. —The obligation is hereby imposed upon importers
of foreign merchandise of presenting, together with the
manifests, the original invoices, certified by the Col9mbian.
Consul at the port from which they are sent.
retigifineate shall be obtained from the
Ports where there are no Colotn-
biatrtec2n.—suAlst, tthheefocer
Consul of a friendly nation. The Consuls of the Republic
of Chile are bound to perform this service according to Art.
t3h4aotfitthepeuthreliact.y of amity, commerce, and navigation 'with
Art. 3—The certificate spoken of in Article 1 shall ex-
press the number of packages mentioned the invoice, the
pack-
species of merchanditshee,thvoesCscolloimn bwiahnicwhein
tghheyt oafreeaschhipped,
age, the name of
the Colombian port to which they are directed, and the
name of the merchant or commission agent to whom they
belong.
.
Art. 4—The Consuls shall transmit to the ff Ofituna
General de Cuentas" a legalised copy of the invoices ccrti-
fied by them.