The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-04 00:00:00

AUG. 2.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Isaac
J. Allen as Consul at Hong Kong for the United States of
America.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Geo.
Appel as Consul at Brisbane for the Free Hanseatic City
of Hamburgh.
CROWN OFFICE, AUG. 4.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE ENSUING PARLIA-

MENT.

County of Carnarvon.—The Hon. Edward Gordon
Douglas Pennant.
Borough of Carnarvon.—William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 1.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Richard
Napoleon Lee, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq.,
Barristers-at-Law, her royal licence and authority that he
may, in compliance with a condition contained in the last
will and testament of Richard Thornton, late of Old Swan
Wharf, London Bridge, in the city of London, and of Can-
non-hill, near Merton, in the county of Surrey, Esq., de-
ceased, take and henceforth use the surname of Thornton,
instead of that of Lee :—And also to command that the
said royal concession and declaration be registered in her
Majesty's College of Arms, otherwise to be void and of
none effect.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL; AUGUST 4.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet the Hon. Oliver
George Powlett Montagu, from the 9th Lancers, to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice George William Plunkenett
Woodroffe, who has retired.
2d Dragoons—Cornet S. F. Stewart Cleland has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his

Commission.
3d Hussars—Staff-Surgeon Henry Huish, M.D., to be
Surgeon, vice-Major William Ord Mackenzie, M.D.,
who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—Second Captain Henry Barlow Maule to
ho Adjutant, vice A. G. Miller, who resigns the Adju-
tancy only. .
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Gerard

Smith to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant and
Captain Beaumont, promoted.
4th Regiment of Foot—Major Edward Wm. Bray, from
the 83d Foot, to be Major, vice Forster, who exchanges.
10th Foot—Lieut. George Coope Helme to be Adjutant,
vice Lieut. Whitla, promoted.
19th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Wm. Graham Waugh M'Clin-
tock, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Frederick Knowles, appointed to
the Bengal Staff Corps.
22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Humfrey Sealey, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Cecil Trevino do la Touche, who retires.
24th Foot—Surgeon John Coates, M.D., from the 26th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Richard Gam-
ble, M.D., who exchanges.
26th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Alexander Gilchrist,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Davenport, promoted; Surgeon-Major Richard
Gamble, M.D., from the 24th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice
John Coates, M.D., who exchanges.
47th Foot—Captain Charles Alexander Humfrey, from
half-pay late 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice George Walker,
who retires upon temporary half-pay.
54th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward Herbert Fuller Jen-

ner, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Thomas Slaney Eyton, who retires.
69th Foot—Ensign James Blaikie Keith to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice George Coote, who retires ; Gentleman
Cadet Albert Philip Wodehouse, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keith.
73d Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant William Gordon to be
Captain, by purchase, vice SpencerVassall Nrltncis liens-
lowe, who retires ; Ensign Charles Edward Stanley
Parker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gordon ;
Gentleman Cadet James Pardoe Doncaster, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice

Pai-ker.
80th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Wilfred Turner Anderson,
from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cyril Goodricke Hawdon, whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled.-
83d Foot—Major John Phillip Bohun Forster, from the 4th
Foot, to be Major, vice Bray, who exchanges.
89th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Coates, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Luke Henry Jones, deceased.
94th Foot—Lieut. Henry Whalley Mellis' from the Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Pilkington, who
exchanges.
100th Foot—Major William Campbell to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel E. Westby
Donovan, who retires upon half-pay.
107th Foot—Ensign William Morgan Playfair to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Frederick Wm. Leman, deceased ; Gentle-
man Cadet R. P. W. Hill, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, vice Playfair.
Rifle Brigade—Major George Bing, from half-pay, late
Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Brevet-Colonel the
Hon. Leicester Curzon, who retires upon temporary half-
pay ; Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Claude Thomas
Bourchier to be Major, by purchase, vice George King,
who retires ; Lieutenant Henry Lamplugh Wickham to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Bourchier; Ensign John Lionel Tufnell to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Wickham ; Ensign the Hon.
William Ashley Webb Ponsonby, from the 70th Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Tufnell.
Ceylon. Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Joseph Brabazon
Pilkington, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice

Me'llia, who exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Major Edward William Blackett,
from half-par, late Dopot Battalion, to be Major, vice
George King, who retires upon half-pay. _

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon-Major William Ord
Mackenzie, M.D., from the 3rd Hussars, to be Staff Sur-
geon-Major, vice Staff-Surgeon Henry Huish, M.D., who
exchanges.
Major send, Ilre'vet• Lieutenant-Colionel th 4 Irondurablo
Eyro C. H. Massey, 95th Foot, having completed the qua-.
lifying service in the 'rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to bo
Colonel, under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1865.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Robert Gibbon, C. 13., Royal
Artillery, having completed five years' quaifying service
in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel.
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 2.
Commanders Thomas Lovette Gaussen and Edward E.
Maunsell to be Retired Captains, under the provisions of
the Orders in Council of the Ist August, 1860, and 9th
July, 1864.
AUGUST 3.
Staff Commander William Forbes has been this day pro-
moted to the rank of Retired Captain in her Majesty's Fleet,
under the Orders in Council of 28th February, 1855, 22d
February, 1860, and 11th July, 1864.

BANKRUPTS.
That portion of the " Gazette" containing the Bank-
rupts had not arrived when we went to press.

001JR8E OF EXCHANGE-This Evening.
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Ann terdam Short. 11 18
Ditto 3 Months. 12 4
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 424
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 15
Ditto 3 Months. 25 40
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —120 k
Vienna ' 11 30
Trieste — 11 30
Petersburgh
Berlin

11 19
12 1
12 1
25 50
25 50
13 10i
25 20
25 45
25 45
121
11 371
11 37j
30f

Madrid —47 f
Cadiz
Leghorn . 25 50
Milan
Messina
Genoa — 25 50
Naples — 25 50
Palermo
Oporto —51 i
Lisbon —51 f

47;
48
25 55
25 55
25 55
25 55
25 55
25 55
blf
51

ExEcurioN.—This morning John Hughes, a
private in the 26th Regiment, was executed at
Winchester for the murder of Mrs. Mary Clements in June
last. The prisoner walked to the scaffold with a firm
step, and after the bolt was withdrawn ho seemed to die
instantly.
CONFLAGRATION IN WHITECHAPEL.—A fire broke
out this morning in Blackwell's Cooperage Stores, Church-
lane, VVhitechapel, and for three hours it burned with un-
trollable fury. A large portion of the stores were totally 4
destroyed. The inhabitants in the neighbourhood sus,
tained great loss by the hasty removal of their goods.
The following estimate may sery e to show the
extent of the active industry yearly carried on in
the depths of the Canadian forest. In 1863 about 27,000,000
cubic feet of timber was cut on the Ottawa and its tribu-
taries. No less than 25,000 men aro engaged in getting out'
and manufacturing this timber for market. There are
annually consumed 12,000 barrels of pork and 15,000 barrels
of flour in the production of square timber. The horses
devour 6,000 tons of bay and 275,000 bushels of oats.—
Canadian paper.