The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-23 00:00:00

AUG. 18.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Thenon
as Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the Emperor of the
French.

WHITEHALL, At G. 20.

The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
Adam Gifford, Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriff and Steward
of the Slieriffdoms or Stewartries of Orkney and Zetland,
in the room of William Edmonstouno Aytoun, Esq., de-
ceased.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUGUST 22.
4th Regiment of Hussars.—Captain Frederick John Sandys
Lindesay to be Major, without purchase, vice Charles
Augustus Gunter Browne, deceased ; Lieutenant Henry
Jennings to be Captain, without purchase, vice Linde-

7th Hussars.—Lieutenant John Gaspard Watkins Le Mar-
chant to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Francis
Algernon James Chichester, who retires ; Cornet William
Steuart Lillingston to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Le Merchant ; James Moffatt, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Lillingston.
Bth Hussars.—Captain Henry Stratton Bates, from the
69th Foot, to be Captain, vice S. W. Rawlins, who ex-
changes.
11th Hussars—Capt. Thomas William Shore Miles, from
the 17th Lancers, to be Captain, vice Robinson, who
exchanges.
17th Lancers—Capt. George Coko Robinson, from the
11th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Miles, who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—Lieut. Vincent Frederick Tufnell has
been permitted to resign his commission ; Lieut. and
Riding Master William Boylin has been permitted to re-
tire upon half-pay.
Royal Engineers—Sergeant-Major George Sturrock to be
Quartermaster, vice Thos. Wm. John Conolly, who re-
tires upon half-pay. .
Ist Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet Walter Craufurd
Kennedy, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wynter, transferred to the 33d
Foot—Gentleman Cadet Hugh Henry Yarde, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Frederic_ Cooper Turner, transferred to the 4th Foot.

2d Foot—Gentleman Cade't Charles Augustus Mott, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Young, transferred to the 79th Foot.
4th Foot—Ensign Frederic Cooper Turner, from the Ist
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Edward S. Bruce, who retires.
20th Foot—Ensign David O'Neill Power to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Zacharay Macaulay, who retires ;
Gentleman Cadet Robert Andrew Woolley, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Power.
29th Foot—Ensign George William Frederick Claremont,
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Douglas Drummond
Dick, who retires ; Gentlemen Cadet Allen Theophilus
Ross, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Claremont.
33d Foot—Ensign Charles Malan Tubbs to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Alfred Handcock, deceased ; En-
sign Walter Andrew Wynter, from the Ist Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Tubbs.
36th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon David Arno Smet
Thorburn, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, 'vice S. M.
Webb, M.D., promoted on the Staff.
37th Foot—Ensign Edward Jodrell to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Thomas Noble Holton, who retires
Gentleman Cadet Richard Edward Frederick Howard--
Brooke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Jodrell.
58th Foot—Captain Michael Murphy, from the 83d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Jones, who exchanges.
66th Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant J. H. Mardon to
a Company, without purchase, on the 2d April, 1865, has
been cancelled ; Lieutenant Charles Augustus Shortt to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Charles J. T. Dues-
bury, deceased; Lieutenant James Howe Mardon to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Charles Augustus
Shortt, deceased ; the promotion of C. L. Whitty to a
Lieutenancy, without purchase, on the 2d April, 1865,
to be in succession to Lieutenant Shortt, promoted;
Ensign George Dalton Michell to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Mardon ; Gentleman Cadet William
Hamilton M'Math, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Michell.
69th Foot—Captain Sebastian' Rawlins, from the Bth
Hussars, to be Captain, vice H. S. Bates, who ex-
changes.
78th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Frederick Rowley, from the
79th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. H. Stepney, who
exchanges.
79th Foot—Lieut. Herbeit Herbert Stepney, from the 78th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. F. Rowle3 ,who exchanges;
Ensign Charles Robert Kennett Fergusson to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice C. J. "Whittaker, who retires ;
Ensign George Frederick Young, from the 2d Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Fergusson ; Gentleman Cadet Henry.
Mitchell Sholto Douglas, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice G. Lyddon Morley,
who retires, having been appointed Deputy-Assistant

Commissary-General.
83d Foot—Captain Charles Henrys. Jones,
93d Foot—Ensign John Campbell oLieutenant,
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COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Assistant Com-
missary-General John Mainwaring Lindsay, to be Assis-
tant-Commissary-General, vice Arthur Kay, placed upon
half-pay.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. _Assistant- Surgeon Stephen M.
Webb, M.D., from the 36th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon;
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Allen Bryson, M.D., to be Staff
Surgeon ; Assistant-Surgeon. Robert Wyatt Meadows,
from the Canadian Rifles, to be Staff Surgeon; Assis-
tant-Surgeon James Bell Jardine, from the Royal Artil-
lery, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice A. Bryson,
M.D.

BREVET.
Major Charles Edward Mansfield, Unattached, to have
the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Poland, while
holding the appointment of her Majesty's Consul-General
at Warsaw.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, James
Murphy, 10th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major.
Quartermaster Thomas William.Johu Conolly, half-pay,
Royal Engineers, to have the honorary rank of Captain.

ADIAIRALTYi AUG: 18.
Lieutenant George M. Comber has been promoted to the
rank of Retired Commander, under Orders in Council of 3d
August, 1860, and 9th July, 1864.

COURSE OP EXCHANGE—Tuesday.

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Amsterdam Short. 11 18} 11 19
Ditto 3 Months. 12 1 12 1}
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 52 25 57
Brussels
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Hamburg

13 10

13 19i

Paris — Short 25 20 25 30
Ditto 3 Months. 25 45 25 50
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 121 121 i
Vienna, — 11 20 11 25
Trieste — 11 20 11_
_25

Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Leghorn
Milan
Messina
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Oporto
Lisbon ............

30f 30i
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47f
471
47 1
47
25 if 2 62f
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57 25 62f
25 25 62f
25 57f '25 62f
25 57f 25 62
2 571 25 62
311 51
51i 511

FIRE NEAR SMITHFIELD. --Yesterday a fire
broke out in the premises of Mr. Norris, printer
and bookbinder, Bartholomew-close. An alarm having
were speedily in attendance.
been raised, the engines
There being a plentiful supply of water the flames were
soon got under. Several of the neighbours suffered loss
from the hasty removal of their furniture. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but wa believe the sufferer is in-
sured. About 6 o'clock this morning another fire occurred
in the premises of a veneer merchant and a cabinetmaker
in the Old-street-road. The premises were rather exten-
sive, and before the engines could be brought to bear upon
and its contents.
them, the flames had destroyed nearly the whole building _
_ _

In Modena a treasure has been discovered, in the
form of an account book, with double entries, kept by
Ariosto. The register commences with the year 1522, and
terminates with the 15th of May, 1525, and is all in the
handwriting of him who sang of Orlando. This trouvaille
is bound in parchment, and contains nineteen leaves, each
of which bears the ducal stamp of tha house of Est 6,