The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following medical officers, attached to head-
quarters, Fort Pitt, Chatham, have been ordered to
proceed to the stations named :—Assist—Surgeon'
Howard to Canterbury ; Assist.-Surg. Warren to
Templemore ; Assist.-Surg. Anderson to Stirling;
Assist.-Surg. Armstrong to Buttevant ; Assist.-
Surg. Dempster to Limerick ; Assist.-Surg. Jones
to Pembroke ; Assist.• Surg. Ashton to Birr ; Assist.-
Surg. Macarthy to Canterbury ; Assist.-Surg. Tur-
ner to Aberdeen ; Assist.-Surg. Sainter to Walrner ;
Assist.-Surg. Walker to Cork ; Assist.-Surg. Kel-
lett to Fermoy ; Assist—Surg. Davidson to Preston ;
and Assist.-Surg. pall to Parkhurst.
The non-commissioned officers of the 4th division
Royal Marine Light Infantry, and their wives and
families, celebrated last night their annual ball, at
Woolwich, in the old divisional infirmary, recently
vacated. The principal officers of the corps, with
their families and friends, took part in the enter-
ment.
Major Talbot, No. 1 battery, 13th brigade Royal
Artillery, and Major Curtis, No. 3 battery, 14th
brigade, at present attached to the 13th brigade,
and 210 officers, non-commissioned, and privates,
yesterday, arrived at headquarters, Woolwich, in
the Bustler,:Master Commander Draper, from Shoe
buryness, having been relieved by an equal number

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from Sheerness. A detachment of 180 now-com-
missioned officers and gunners from Southend; also
arrived at Woolwich in the Princess Alice, Mester
Commander J. Hall. Ooe sergeant and four gun-
ners belonging to the Coast Brigade Roval Artit7
leiv wiredikewise forwarded to Woolwich froin
Purfleefto be discharged from the corps,
fulfilled their term of service.
Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Intcrna-
tionalExhibition or I.B62lfavigWgiged a
_divi-
sion of " commissionnaires" for genekal duty in the
building, the adjutant will receive applications from
able-bodied pensioners of good character who wish
to join the corps for the above special service.
Wages, 18s. per week. Further particulars may
be obtained at the headquarters of the corps, -Ex-
change. court, 419, Strand, W.C. No man under
5 feet 8 ineheiiii height, or above 40 years of ago,
need apply.

EAST' INDIA AND C TUNA MAILS.

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The heavy portion of these mails, in charge a
Mr. U. Ronayne, of the General Post-office, reached
Southampton yesterday afternoon in the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's screw steamer Pera, Capt.
T. Jamieson, which arrived in dock at 2 30 p.m.
She left Alexandria on the 19th ult., Malta on the
22d, and Gibraltar on the 27th. On the homeward
passage the Pera experienced light N.W. winds be-
tween Alexandria and Malta, and thence to Gibral-
tar light breezes and smooth water; from Gibraltar
to Cape St. Vincent's easterly winds and fine wea-
ther; thence to Cape Fini%terre light v. tuft, W.ith
very heavy cross swell ; across the Bay of Biscay
and up the Channel strong westerly gale and
squally weather, with very heavy sea.
The Pere brought i 0 passengers, viz., 33 first-
class, 12 second, 4 children, and 1 deck,among whom
were the Marquis of Worcester, Lieut.-Col. Mann,
C. 8., RE., Major Jackson, Major Platt, Captain
Brereton, Captain Daubeny, Lieutenant Cumming,
Lieutenant Forbes, &e. On freight she had £1,287
10s. in specie, 1,420 bales of silk, 11 bales of flax,
314 chests of oranges, 1,300 sacks of wheat, 129
cases of indigo, and 214 packages of general mer-
chandise.

Two French transports and a Russian corvette
were in harbour at Alexandria.

Her Majesty's ships at Malta on the 22d ult.
were the Marlborough, Intrepid, Neptune, Medina,
London, Wanderer, Trident, Surprise, Firefly,
Boxer, and Growler ; and the Amphion,
and Racoon were at Gibraltar on the 27th.
The Confederate steamer Sumter was at Gibral-
tar when the Pera left. There are no accounts of
the naval combat in the Mediterranean between
two ships, of which the Sumter was supposed to
be one. The vessel destroyed by the Sumter, in
the interval between her leaving Cadiz and her
first arrival at Gibraltar, was the American
bark Neapolitan, Captain Burdett, with
fruit for Boston, consigned to the agent of
Baring Brothers. She was burnt about 18
miles to the tastward of the rock, and the master
and crew (12 in number) taken to Gibraltar by the
American bark Investigator, which arrived there
on the 19th. The Investigator was laden with
copper ore for Newport, the cargo being owned in
England, and she was released by the captain of the
Sumter on her captain giving a bond for 15,000
dols. A despatch of the 17th ult., from Cadiz, states
that on the order to put to sea being communicated
to the captain of the Sumter, he replied that it was
materially impossible to obey for want of water and
coal, and of money, which he was expecting from
one moment to another, to purchase these two
articles. The Military Governor of the fortress, not
allowing the validity of these reasons, granted him
six hours to provide himself with what he needed
and to quit the port.
It appears from the official account of the ex-
penses of the Spanish war in Africa, which has
just been made up, that the total expenses
from the Ist of November, 1859, to the end of
1860, were 236,000,000r18. The value of provi- '
sions and stores on hand was 24,000,000r15., leaving
212,000,0001.18. as the net cost. The ratio of each
soldier cost 3rls. 30c. The daily forage for each
horse and mule Brls. 42c. The treatment of each
patient in hospital cost 7rls. 39e. Forty-six steam
transports consumed 42,000 tons of coal, being at
the rate of 41,- tons per diem for each steamer. The
cost of the shoes and clothing expended has been
made good, since the war, by the different corps of
the army. 20,732 cartridges for cannon were ex-
costing each 43r1s. 37c. ; also, 6,338,290
pended,
musket cartridges, costing each 36c. The total
number of deaths in the army according to the offi-
cial returns was 7,020.
In the Spanish Cortes on the 20th ult. Senor
Salazar y Mazarredo inquired if the Government
were disposed to discuss fully the diplomatic part
of the African question ; and whether it would lay
before the Chamber the instructions given in 1799
to Mr. Gonzalez Salmon, Spanish Consul at Tan-
gier, relative to the treaty of that date, and also
copy of the agreement between the Governments of
Morocco and England respecting the supply of
cattle for the garrison at Gibraltar. The Minister
of State, in reply, said that on the discussion of the
Treaty of Commerce Government would be ready to
give any explanations required ; that he would
look over the instructions given for the treaty of
1799, and lay them, as well as all other papers on
a subject which had now become matter of history,
before the house.

A letter to the Clamor Publico, from its correspon-
dent in the Canary Islands, describes the great deve-
lopment of trade in those islands since 1852,when its
principal ports were declared free. During the
nine years that have since passed the imports and
exports are said to be at least double their former
amount.
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as
under :—London, 90 days' date, 49a ; Paris, do.,
M 25c ; Marseilles, do., 5f 26c ; Genoa, do., 5f 2Se ;
Madrid, S days' sight, par ; Cadiz, do., dis ; Ma-
laga, do., pm ; Seville, do., e dis ; Alicante, do.,
dis ; Valencia, do,, pm ; Barcelona, do., I pm.
Spanish pillared dollars (Ferdinand), 2 per cent.
pm—no demand ; do., Carolus, 22 per cent. pm—
in demand ; silver five-franc pieces, K per cent. pm ;
Mexican dollars, 3 per cent. pm.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon, Capt. Evans, which left Southampton on
the 20th ult., with the Calcutta, China, and Aus-
tralian mails, arrived at Gibraltar at midnight on
the 26th, and proceeded for Malta and Alexandria
at 9 a.m, on the 27th. She encountered vary severe
weather the passage out.
The British merchant steamer Cairo, Captain J.
Milburn, 6 days from Liverpool, arrived at Gibral-
tar on the 19th ult., with cargo for Palermo and
Corfu ; the Gibraltar, Capt. Mr. G. S. Hall, 9 days
from London and 21 from Vigo, on the 20th, with
the
Government stores, 108 bullocks,
Araxes, Capt. T. Jenkins, 7 days from LiT•pool,
with general cargo for Malta and Constanttnople.
The schooner Gambia, Capt. D. Bees, 16 days from
Cardiff, with a cargo of coals, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 19th.
Intelligence from Madeira, under date of the 9th
ult., has been received by Lloyd s agent at Gibraltar
announcing that the barkEliphrosyne from Newport
for Fernando Po, was burnt at sea, and the bark
Alice, from Sunderland to Mauritius, foundered at
sea; the crows of both vessels were saved.

LOVE, AIunDER., AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—
The village of ROMUZat (Dro.m. P) was last week the scene of
a murder and attempted suicide under the following cir-
cumstances :—A young man named Arthaud, of a rather
dissipated character, had repeatedly made offers of marriage
to a young woman of the same place, Eugenie Richaud,
but sho had always repulsed his advances on account of his
idle habits. Last week, however, he paid her another visit,
and meeting with a refusal as before, he took advantage of
her mother's momentary absence to stab the poor girl seve-
ral times in the neck, and inflicted wounds, which caused
her death on the spot. He then cut his own throat, but
did not succeed in killing himself, though for some days
recovery was doubtful. He is now is the infirmary of the
prison at Nyone, awaiting his trial,

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MANCHESTER, Jan, 31.—There ha- '-f.t*- cam.''
general business in cloth to-day, but thotiarkfl is s
still very quiet. Previously, this Week, the busi-
ness done was chiefly for the India trade, but
yesterday and to-day the inquiry has extended to
descriptions of cloth suited to other markets. There
is no change in prices, all departments showing
great firmness. There is no other feature of im-
proVement, and the tone of the market is dui :s Ia
the yarn market there has been rather more activity
than on Tuesday. though there was an improvement.
then as compared with last week. Prices are a
shade higher. The German and home trade houses
have been the principal buyers. The Germans have
shown a disposition to do a great deal of bosiness •
where they unlit] meet, with yarns at moderate'
prices, but the complaint has been-' Very general
amen!! them Of their inability to meet, with h'anYlthingi
at the rates of Tuesday.
,They have shown a good
deal of anxiety to lay hold Of lots where-they could
be had at a fraction under this. day's quotations, and -
would pay the rates quoted on Tuesday, having '
apparently acquired mote confidence in the stability
of the high terms recently ruling, which it is gene-
rally believed now will be maintained for some time
to come. So many mills have closed, however, that
yarns are difficult to meet with ut lower prices than
the improved quotations to-day. There is more con-
fidence in the yarn market generally than for some
weeks past. Mr. John Platt, the eminent machine
maker at Oldham, stated at the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday that he did not believe there was as much
distress in this part of the country us there had
been in previous years of our history.; and thisS
statement is in accordance 'with the opinions of
most well-informed people here, and that expressed
by the leading, journals. It may be interesting to
notice that, notwithstanding the opinion recently
expressed by Mr. Roebuck, that the working men
of thi4.country did not avail themselves of the
savings bank, the returns froni..-thoS6 establish.
meats in this part of England sl6w very-favourably
in this respect; In a classification of depositors .
issued by the Manchester Savings Bank it is stated
that the number of cotton spinners, weavers, and
their assistants who have accounts with the bank
is 13,997 whose deposits average £26; silk spinners,
weavers, Sze., 2,315, average deposits £3O ; mecha-
nics and handy craftsmen, 14,624, average deposits
£2B; other classes of working people, such as ware-
housemen and porters, shoemakers, tailors, dyers,
bleachers, packers, bricklayers, and labourers,
printers, cabinet makers, joiners, railway guards
and porters, gardeners, their labourers, &c., 18,191,
wtth average deposits varying from £25 to £39;
milliners, dressmakers, &c,,4,719, average deposits
£23; domestic servants, 2,538 males and 22,159
females, average deposits, £24 ; friendly societies
(mostly of working men), 751, with average deposits
of £224; total 49,127, exclusive of domestic ser-
vants, and 23,326 minors not classified; gross total
of all these classes 97,159 out of 172,390 persons
having accounts with the savings bank. The total
deposits amount to £1,306,329, of which the work-
ing classes hold a fair proportion, the highest
average of any class being 139.

7'liß CIVIL SERVICE.

House of Commons.___ —Mr. George Laughton has
llbeend passedappointed
his a cleo Privatem e. 0 Bill-office,
el le- . ofAe, en,
a
Inspectorship of Factories has become vacant by the
rk in
examination. the
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resignation of Sir John Kincaid. [We understand
that the office will not be filled up.] War-office.--
A vacancy in the Accountant-General's branch,
Pall-mall, has been caused by the death of Mr.
Edward Biddle, third class clerk ; Mr. G. W. Scott
has been appointed to a clerkship in the Accoun•
tant-General's.office, London, and passed his ex-
amination ; Mr. R. H. Hobart has been appointed
to a clerkship in the Accountant-General's office,
London, and passed his examination; Mr. J. Wes-
tropp has been appointed to a clerkship in the Ac-
countant-General's office, London, and passed his
examination ; Mr. Robert Drew has been appointed
to a clerkship in the Royal Military College, Sand-
hurst, and passed his examination. Mr. Frederick
George 'ills has been appointed a clerk in the Ad•
jutant-General's office, London, and passed his exa-
mination. Mr. Isaac John Ilitchen has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the Adjutant-General's office,
Loudon, and passed his examination. Mr. Edward
Bernard March has been appointed a clerk in OIL
Adjutant-General's office, London, and passed his
examination. Mr. Alfred Henry 'Fanner has been
appointed a clerk in the Adjutant-General's office,
London, and passed the examination. Mr. Mon-
tague Charles Henry Stopford has been appointed
a clerk in the Adjutant-General's office, London,
and passed his examination; Mr. Walter Lazenby
Wilkinson has been appointed a clerk in the Ad-
jutant-General's office, London, and passed his exa-
mination. Law Department. —The Recordership
of Wallingford has become vacant by the death of
Mr. Tipping Thomas Rigby. The Admiralty.—
Mr. George Moor Pretty has been appointed a clerk
in Somerset-house, and passed his examination
Mr. John Gale Best has been appointed a clerk in
Somerset house, and passed his examination ; Mr.
Henry Carrington James Wilson has been ap-
pointed a temporary clerk, Whitehall, and passed
his examination ; Mr. Henry Broderick has been
appointed a temporary clerk, Whitehall, and passed
his examination. The Post-office,—Mr. George.
Newell has been appointed a clerk at Normanton,
and passed his examination. Customs.—Mr. Joah •
P. Bates, London petition clerk, secretary's-office,
London, has been appointed to a committee clerk ;
Mr. Robert Bates, a chief clerk, secretary's-office,
London, has been promoted to be a London peti-
tion clerk ; Mr. E. T. W. Semmens, clerk sixth
class, has been promoted to bo a clerk fifth class for
warehousing and general duty, London; Mr. S. S.
cTlr:rskilian fifth, clerk
class fsoixr tlvialc.elrosu, has been promoted to be
sing and general duty,
London ; Mr. C. Jones, clerk third class, has been
promoted to be clerk second class for general busi-
ness. Liverpool : Inland Revenue Department.—
Excise B ranch .—Mr. James Luckie, collector, Perth
collection, has been appointed collector, Hadding-
ton collection; Mr. James Smith, collector, Dundee
collection, has been appointed collector, Perth col-
lection ; Mr. William Ryley, collector, Haddington
collection, has been appointed collector, Dundee col-
lection; Mr. Benjamin Farrar, officer of Bolton first
division, Bolton collection, has been appointed to
Hartlepool division, I )urhain collection ; Mr. A. W.
Lane, officer of Dublin ninth division, Dublin col-
lection, has been appointed to Bolton first division;
Bolton collection. East Indies—Mr. J. Dyson has
been appointed assistant commissioner of the third
class in tho province of Oude ; Mr. G. Graham has
beenaiid ca opl.-
been appointed assistant to the maggiiisitrhaatse
agiGs:Nk
til-aate and collector of
il)eecitnotre of(i a 'sfs'iirsiti
aono
tt ;to Atililae U. E
Midnapore ; Mr. R. J. Wigram has been appointed
ate
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an
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a;
mtoro.ffiGc.iaHte.
iasdamwraegiiiseter
joint magistrate and deputy collector, and posted to
the district of Moradabad ; Mr. T. H. Thornton,
officiating judge of Small Cause Court at Lahore,
has been appointed an assistant commissioner of
the first class, in the room of Mr. 1). C. MacNabb;
General H. C. Van Cortlandt, C. 8., deputy com-
missioner of I lissar, has been appointed to officiate
as deputy-commissioner of Mooltan ; Lieutenant
Colonel F. E. Voyle, deputy-commissioner of :11°01-
tan, has been appointed to officiate as deputy-com-
missioner of Thanesur ; Mr. D. C. M. Gordon, offi-
ciating as extra assistant commissioner of the third
class, has been confirmed in that appointment, :et
room of Abdool Huq, superannuated ; Mr. T. W.
Bailey has been appointed to efliciate as extra ils-
sist ant commissioner of the third class, and posted
to the Umritsur district. Cape of Good Hope—Mr.
it. Southey, Acting Colonial Secretary, has been
Ho
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pointed Treasurer-General, in the room of
thoutiiici.l.
Harry Rivers, member of the Executive C ,
deceased.—Civil Service Gazette.

Phoenix
Alderman Drummond, of hllaisbeernfreiarnedmioi.
give £IO,OOO towards the erection and endowment of an. in.
stitution for the training and eduziatwinogrkioftisgoaldnidet sd'esign
chil-
dren, if the Government give a similar sum, and
ia:dthtellpe
raise by subscription a third £lO,OOO. Alderman Drum-
mond proposes to make it a Female Royal
tary Institution—the counterpart,
of the institution for educating soldiers'
Park.

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