The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-24 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

WAR-OFFICE, MaitcH 24.
The Odeon has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Captain William Edmondstone, of
the Royal Navy, to be an Ordinary Men.ber of the Mili-
tary D►vision of the Third Division of the Third Class, or
Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

INDIA-OFFICE, MARCH 20.
The Qucen has been pleased to appoint the Right }ion.
the Earl of Dalhousie K.T., G.C.B. ; the Right Hon. the
Earl of Ellenborough, G.O B. ; Lieutenant-General Lord
Hotham; tie Right H n. Joseph Warner Henley, M.P. ;
Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Yorke, G.C.B. ; Major-
General Augustus Clarke ; Major-General Sir Peter Mel-
vill Melvill, ; to be her Majesty's Commissioners to
inquire into and examine whether any departure from the
assurance, held out by the 21 and 22 Vict., cap. 106, sect.
56, and the 23 and 24 Vict., cap 100, to her Majesty's
Indian Military Forces, has taken place by reason of the
measures which have been adopted since the passing of the
first-mentioned Act of Parliament,by the Secretary of State
in Council, or by the Government or Military authorities
in India, towards the re-organisation of the Indian Army,
and the amalgamation of her Majesty's Indian Forces with
her Majesty's General Force.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAncH 21.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. R. B.
Hebelar as Consul-General in London for his Majesty the
King of Prussia.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 24.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Surgeon-Major James Cock-
burn, who retires upon half-pay, to have the honorary
rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.
2d Life Guards—Lieutenant Henry Montague Hozier, from
the Royal Artillery, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by,
purchase, vice Lambert Houlton Ward, promoted; Cor-
net and Sub-Lieutenant Henry Montague Hozier to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Conwy Grenville Hercules
Rowley, promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward Llewellyn Thomas,
from 6th Lancers, to be Cornet, vice James Dennis, who
exchanges.
sth Lancers—Cornet James Dennis, from sth Dragoon
Guards, to be Cornet, vice Thomas, who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—To be Colonels : Lieutenant-Colonels
Reginald Edward Knatchbull, Edward William Smyth
Scott, Vincent Eyre, C. 8., William Barr, Charles John
Cooke, and John Pottinger, C.B. To be Lieutenant-
Colonels : Captains Albert George Austen, Charles
Samuel Woodcock, Andrew Vance Falls, Frederick
William Bond, Hugh Maxwell Douglas, and Anthony
Maxtone Murray. To be Captains : Second Captains
John Fulton, Thomas Henry Salt, Charles Elliot, C. 8.,
George Godfrey Pearse, George Dangerfleld, Alexander
Harry Dawson, Charles Ea ward Henry Cotes,
James Henry Reid, Walter James Hodgson Stevenson,
To be Second Captains : Lieutenants James Hills, John
Westrop Watkins, David Dalrymple Anderson, Francis
Charles Trevor, Duncan John M'Grigor, John Ritchie,
Charles Henry Strutt, and Thomas Porter Berthen. To
be Lieutenants : Gentleman Cadets George Cecil Bayly,
James Flower Houston, Ernest Frederick Cambier, John
Strachan Bridges, Walter Reginald Rudge, James Stro-
Bach Humphrey, William Savage Langley, and How-
land Roberts.
Corps of Royal Engineers—The second Christian name of
Second Captain Tucker is Refdes, not Reales, as stated
in the Gazette of the 29th April, 1862.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Edward George St. John,
to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard William
Stokes, who retires ; Bernard Brunswick Horne Popham,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice St. John.
3d Foot—Captain Cecil Frederic Holder, from half pay late
6th Dragoou Guards, to be Captain, receiving the former
difference between cavalry and infantry, vice Richard
William Woods, who retires upon half-pay upon appoint-
ment as Staff Officer of Pensioners.
6th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Bowen to be Captain, by
purchase, vice John Jennings Kendall, who retires; En-
sign Henry Mahony to:be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bowen; Humphrey Newman, Gent,, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Mahony.
10th Foot—John MacCarthy O'Leary, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Baker, transferred to 66th Foot.
13th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Guilles Westway,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Thompson, transferred to the 54th Foot.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Sale Sowiey Brind, late
44th Bengal Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice
Henry Thompson, appointed to the Bengal Staff Corps.
22d Foot—Major William Corbett, from halt-pay unna-
tached, to be Major, vice Henry M'Manus Sall, whe re-
tires upon half-pay; Captain James Legh Tbursby to be
M.jor, by purchase, vice William Corbett, who retires ;
Captain and Brevet-Major Frederick Smith Vacher, from
33d Foot, to be Captain, ice Quin, who exchanges;
Lieutenant Edward Murray Cookesley to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Thursby ; Ensign Philip Gully to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Allen Gosset, who
retires; Ensign Henry Hoste Swinny to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Cookesley; William George Overton,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gully ; John
Dallas Edge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Swinny.
25th Foot—Gilbert Joshua Spencer Smith, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Grimble, transferred to 41st
Foot.
27th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Collingwood, late 48th Ben-
gal Native Infantry, to bo Lieutenant, vice Charles
Edward Stewart, appointed to the Bengal Staff Corps.
29,h Foot—Gentleman Cadet George William Frederick
Claremont, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Graham, transferred to 78th
Foot.

33d Foot—Captain Peter Edward Quin, from the 22d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Vacher, who exchanges.
35th Foot—Captain Edward Francis Browne, late 15th
Bengal Native Infantry. to be Captain, vice Charles Fre-
derick Browne, appointed to the Bengal Staff Corps.
41st Foot—Ensign Augustus Grimble, from 25th Foot, to
bo E❑sign, vice William Robertson Shand, who retires.
42d Foot—Lieutenant George William Cockburn, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Herbert Henry Moseley, who
retires; Ensign Henry Jennings Bramly to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Cockburn; Arthur Wellesley
Warrand, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vioe Bramly.
53d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frederick Bowyer Lane, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Rendall Morris, who retires.
54th Foot—Ensign Dodgson Hamilton Thompson, from
the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bennett Andrew
Hume, superseded for being absent without leave.
58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Davidson, from Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Wade, promoted.
69th Foot—Frederic Benthall, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gould, promoted by purchase in 96th
Foot.
66th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Charles Spearman to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Archibald Hamilton Dunbar,
who retires; Ensign Harry Aldworth Fellowes Mere-
wether, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Spearman;
Ensign Arthur Wybrow Baker, from 10th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Merewether.
71st Foot—Captain George Edward Hill, from 3d Bengal
Native Infantry, to be Captain, vice Courtenay IL S.
Scott, appointed to the Bengal Staff Corps.
78th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Seymour Montague
Browne, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas An-
derson, who retires; Ensign William Charles Smith, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Browne; Ensign
Douglas Alexander Graham Cunningham Graham, from
29th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Smith.
82d Foot—Lieutenant John Leonard Greenwell. O'Brien,
late 44th Bengal Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice
Thomas Acton, appointed to the Bengal Staff Corps.
84th Foot—Ensign William Clayton Clayton, to be Lieu-
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tenant, by purchase, vice Charles Thomas Horan, who
retires; Edward Ralph: Bromhead, G,.nt., to bo Ensign,
by purchase, vice Clayton.
89th Foot—Lieutenant Burchall Helme, to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Francis Henry Digby Marsh, who retires;
Ensign George Jonas Whitaker Hayward, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Helme; Henry Thomas
Pycroft, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hay-
ward.
96th Foot- -Ensign Louis Philip Gould, from 59th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Naper Carle-
ton, who retires.
98th Foot—Lieutenant James Frederic Elton, from late
37th Bengal Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice
William Henry Joseph Lance, appointed to the Bengal
Staff Corps.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Honourable Albert Hood, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable Alan Joseph
Pennington, who retires; the Honourable Frederic:o.2l.f:
thur Wellesley, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice.uon
able Albert Hood. as Tate, from Ad-
Aitxx liossiTAL Com—Liout,

jutant Invalid Depot at Chatlinn, to be Quartermaster
and Adjutant.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT—Deputy Inspector-General of
_Hospitals George Clerihew, M D., who retiree upon half
pay, to have the honorary rank of Inspector-General of
Hospitals; Staff-Surgeon Major Robert Keating P:en
dergast to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice
George Clerihew, M,D., who retires upon half-pay.
BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Gordon, 17th Foot, having
completed five years' qualifying service in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal
warrant of 14th October, 1858, to be Colonel.
Major Samuel Dunning, retired upon full pay, depot
battalion, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
The following promotions to take place consequent on
the decease of Major-General Plomer Young, Colonel, .59th
Foot, on March 8, 1863:
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William Raikes
Faber, from half-pay, unattached, to be Major-General:
Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro,
on half-pay, unattached, and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to
bo Colonel.

Captain and Brevet-Major IVm. Faussett 44th Fool, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel. ,

Captain Frederick Connor, 2cl Foot, to be Major.
Lieutenant John Charles Taylor to be Lieutenant of a
Company of Gentlemen Cadets, vice Berthon, promoted.
MEMORANDUM. Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to approve of the sentence by which Capt. Wiliiaru
CairneP, 21st Foot, was cashiered on 6th July, 1861, being
commuted to that of dismissal.

BANKRUPTS.
That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts
had not arrived when we went to press.

Course of the Exchange--This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 18 11 18;
Antwerp .. 25 45 25 60
Brussels — 25 45 25 50
Hamburgh — 13 71 13 8
Paris .. Short. 25 20 25 27i
Ditto
Marseilles
25 55

Frankfort on Maine --- 1191 119 a
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin .--
Madrid ... ... 49 494
Cadiz
Leghorn — 25 55 25 60
Milan — 25 55 25 60
Genoa — 25 .55 25 60
Naples
Palermo — 25 GO 25 65
Messina — 25 60 25 65
Lisbon —52 a
Oporto —52 f
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz,. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
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Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doubloons

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NORTH BRITISH.

The directors in their report express regret that
the increase in traffic receiptsfor the past half-year,
although considerable in amount, has not kept pace
with the increased mileage of railway opened or
trains run. The gross traffic receipts for the half-
year ending the 31st of January last amounted to
£134,105 for passengers and to £174,198 for goods ;
total, £308,303, on 410 f, miles of railway, against
£286,134, on 3451 miles for the corresponding half
of the preceding year, showing an increase of
£22,169 in the receipts and of 65i in the length of
line open for traffic. They state that several inci-
dental causes have conduced to this result. Not
only have shipping and trading business been UR.
usually dull, but the potato and grain crops on
which depends a very large and regular traffic on
the railway, have been extremely unproductive
quality and quantity being equally deficient. In
addition to these drawbacks, the abstraction of pas-
sengers caused by the International Exhibition has
in 1862, as in 1851, injuriously affected the returns
of the Northern railways, particularly the North
British, which during the summer months affords
so much attraction to tourists. The revenue, after
defraying all preference and debenture charges,
and adding £902, the balance from the
previous half-year, and £927 aceruing to
the company as shareholders in the Border
Union Railway, gives a surplus of £12,412
for dividend on the ordinary stocks, out of which
it is recommended that a dividend at the rate of 15s.
per cent, per annum be paid on the North British
consolidated stock, and at the rate of ss. per cent.
per annum on the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee
consolidated stock, leaving a balance of £561 to the
credit of the next account. The net balance of
Border Union revenue, after payment of working
expenses and other charges, including interest on
borrowed capital expended on works completed,
amounts to £1,164, of which £237 belongs to the
owners of £100,760. Border Union ordinary shares,
not held by the North British Company. This sum,
with the addition of £lO4 from the preceding half-
year, will enable the shareholders to declare a divi-
dend on that stock at the rate of one-half per cent.
per annum, leaving £B9. The capital account to
the 31st of January shows that £9,344,218 had been
received and £9,109,120 expended, leaving a balance
of £235,098. The revenue account for the half year
shows that £299,248 had been received and £164,989
expended, leaving a balance of £134,259.