The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-15 00:00:00

AMERICA,

CROOKHAVEN, MARCH 14.
The Inman Steamer City of London, from New
York on the 2d inst. with a full cargo, passed the
Fastnet at 3 p.m. to-day.

Her news has been fully anticipated by the
Europa.

LONDON CAZETTE---Last Evening

At the Court at Windsor, the 9th day of March, 1865,
present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council,
this day, the Right Hon. Richard Bickerton Peinell, Lord
Lyons, and the Right Hon. Sir Edward Vaughan Williams,
Knight, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her
Majesty's Most Ifonourable Privy Council, and took their
place at the Board accordingly.
WHITEHALL, Mulct' 11.

The Qucen has been pleased to appoint the Most Noble
William, Duke of Devonshire, R.G. ; thc, Rig:it Hon.
Richard John, Earl of Donouglimore ; the Right Hon.
Edward Henry Smith Stanley (commonly called Lord
Stanley) ; the Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson-Gower;
the Right Hon. Robert Lowe ; Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B.
Johu Arthur Roebuck, Esq. ; Thomas Berry Horsfall,
Esq. ; Robert Dalgleish, Esq. ; George Carr Glyn, Esq.
Acton Smeo Ayrton, Esq. ; Douglas Galton, Esq. ; Edward
Terrick Hamilton, Esq. ; and John Robinson McLean,
1 Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into the
charges made for the conveyance of passengers and goods
on the railways of Great Britain and Ireland, and the prac-
ticability of reducing such charges with a regard to safety,
Punctuality, and expedition.
MARCH 13,
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to bo
Passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the
Mok Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset. K.G, ;
Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Frederick William Grey,
K-C-R- ; Rear-Admiral Charles Eden, C.B. ; Rear-Admiral
Edward GennysTaushawe • Rear-Admiral the Honourable
James Robert Drummond C.B. ; and Hugh Culling
Eardley. Childers, Esq. ; to be her Majesty's Commissioners
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the said
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the do-
minions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, MARCH 14.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards--Robert Dalrymple
Steuart-Grossett-Muirhead, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Samuel Charles Newton, promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Edward Corbett, from
17th Lancers, to be Lieutenant, vice James John Neil
Buchanan, promoted to an Unattached Company, with-
out purchase.
Ist Dragoons—First Class Veterinary-Surgeon Francis
Frederick Collins, from 16th Lancers, to be Veterinary-
Surgeon, vice Thomas James Richardson, who ex-
changes.
Bth Hussars—Roderick Mackenzie Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Frederick Ekins Lindoe, who retires.
16th Lancers—Veterinary-Surgeon T homas Jame s Richard-
son, from Ist Dragoons, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice
First Class Veterinary-Surgeon Francis Frederick
Collins, who exchanges.
2d Regiment of Foot—Major Henry Reynolds Wergo to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Francis Lionel
Octavius Atty, who retires; Captain John Thompson to
be Major, by purchase, vice Werge ; Lieutenant Eustace
Lovelace Hercy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomp-
son; Ensign John Campbell to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hercy ; Albert Evers, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Campbell.
24th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Henry Bridgman Saw-
bridge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edmund Frede-
rick Tarte, who retires ; Ensign William Thomas Much
to be Lieutenant, by purchase,_ vice Sawbridge.
33d Foot—Lieutenant Edwin Sandys Wason to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieutenant Birchall George Graham, pro-
moted.
34th Foot—Lieutenant John O]phert Gage to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieutenant George Malcolm, promoted.
36th Foot—Lieutenant Christopher Spurgeon to be Adju-
tant, vice Lieutenant William Neal, who has resigned
the appointment.
41st Foot—Lieutenant Nathaniel Montgomery to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Capt. Mylrea Tellet Quayle,
who had resigned the appointment prior to his promo-
tion to his present rank; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Na-
thaniel Norris to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Valentine
Maher, appointed to the Staff.
49th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Dingwall Fordyce to be
Captain,, by purchase, vice Charles Edward Gore Browne,
who retires ; Ensign Charles Filcher to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Fordyce ; William Langmore Wreford,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Temple ; Lieute-
nant; Thomas Cowper Hincks to be Instructor of Mus-
ketry, vice Lieutenant Alexander Dingwall Fordyce,
promoted.
51st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Chambers to be Captain, by
purchase, vice George Henry Hibbert-Ware, who re-
tires ; Ensign Richard Revnell Drought to be Lieute-
nant, by-purchase, vice Chambers ; Ensign W. H. Hume
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice E. E. Middleton, who
retires; Gentleman Cadet Henry Chas. Montagu Turnbull,
from the Royal Military College. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Drought ; Charles Edward Stewart Ruthven,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hume.
74th Foot—William Montgomery, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Sir Archibald A. Campbell, Bart., who

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retires. -
92d Foot—Major Edward Eldridge Haines to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. Archi-
bald Inglis Lockhart, C. 8., who retires upon hall-pay; Bre-
vet-Major Forbes Macßean to be Major, without purchase,
vice Haines ; Lieutenant Alex. Forbes Mackay to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major M‘Bean ; En-
sign Montagu Hope to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Mackay ; Patrick Francis Robertson,. Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hope.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant William Croft Nicol-
son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Rose M.
Humphreys, who retires.
USATTACHED.—Lieutenant James John Neil Buchanan,
from Gth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, without pur-
chase.

MEDICAL DEPARTNEXT.—Assistant-Surgeon Valentine
Maher, from 41st Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Nathaniel Norris, appointed to the 41st Foot; Staff As-
sistant-Surgeon Francis Leveson Gower Gunn to be Staff-
Surgeon, vice Henry Sacheveral Edward Schroeder, M.D.,
placed on half-pay.

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BREVET.
Captain Thomas Henry Salt, Royal (late Bengal) Artil-
iery, to be Major.

The undernientioned officers having completed the quali-
fying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colo-
nels under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858:
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Lyon Barrow, Royal (late
Madras) Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Desbrisay Mein, Royal (late
Madras) Artillery.
In consequence of the appointment of Major-General
John Edward Dupuis, C. 8., from the Supemumary List,
to be Major-General on the fixed establishment of General
Officers, on Jan. 19, 1865, the Commissions of the under-
mentioned officers to be altered, and the subsequent pro-
motions to take place, as follows :

COMMISSIONS AS LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

J. E. W. Lawrence, half-pay. Royal Marines.
W. A. Armstrong, Depot Battalion.
S. Hackett, Unattached.
A. C. K. Lock, 50th Foot.
COMMISSIONS AS MAJORS.

E. F. Tranchell, Ceylon Rifle Regiment.
A. W. Cameron, 92d Foot.
J. D. Reece, 2d West India Regiment.
J. P. Stuart, Unattached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners.
Major George Skipwith, Depot Battalion, to be Lieuten-
ant-Colonel.
Captain J. S. Ferguson Fowke, 54th Foot., to be Major.

ADMIRALTY, kAucar 9.
The following promotion has this day been made :
Lieutenant Robert John St. Aubyn to be Retired Com-
mander, under her Majesty's Orders in Council of Ist
August, 1860, and 9th July, 186:,

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Mincit 13.
Mr. William Herd has been this day promoted to the
rank of Engineer in herMajesty'sfloet, with seniority from
Ist inst. _ .

—.--
Mr. John Dingwall has been this day promoted to the
rank of First Class Assistant Ligineer in her Majesty's
fleet, with seniority from Ist inst.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 16 11 17
Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 11 191-
Rotterdam -
Antwerp
Brussels
Hamburg ............ 13 81 13 81
Piths Short 25 17t,
arseilles
Ditto 3 Months. 25 45
25 411-
1201 2227.35520-140054
M
Frankfort on the Maine
Vienna — - 11 421 11 52i
Trieste — 11 474: 11 52k
31}, Petersburgh -

Berlin
Madrid — •••
47 ...
47,1
Cadiz - t
4/ fi
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 25 55 25 GO
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon — 511 51/
Oporto — 511 51i
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standar) per oz. ... £3 17 9

TRIAL FOR CHILD MURDER.—At the Nottingham
Assizes on Monday, before Mr. Baron Martin,
Elizabeth Wragg, aged 19, lace clipper, was indicted for
murdering her illegitimate child, 12 days old, on the 10th
September, 1864. The prisoner was confined of the child
in question in the union, and on leaving it, committed the
crime in question, the body of the child being found in a
field with a cord round its neck. It had no clothes on.
The prisoner said to the searcher at the police-station on
being arrested, "Do you think they'll hang me ?" Pri-
soner afterwards said, " I should not have done it if I had
had a home for it." After the coroner's inquest, prisoner
said to her mother, " Don't worrit for me, it's all right. I'm
glad its done. If I have to be huig, I wish it was to-
morrow." The Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter,
and the learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to 20 years'
penal servitude.

SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.—Literary and
scientific circles in general have sustained a severe
loss by the sudden death of the Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, at
his residence, the Vicarage, Holdenby, on Saturday last.
The deceased was =eminent archaeologist and an intimate
friend of the late Duke of Northumberland. By this death
the living of Holdenby becomes vacant. The preseuta,
tion, which is in the hands of the Crown, is worth £565

per annum.
ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY...-..
At 5 p.m. yesterday a Great Western engine, whilst
bringing in a train to the Farringdon Station of tho Metro-
politan Railway, ran off the rails about 100 yards from the
end of the platform, and the train was brought to a stand
immediately. The obstruction was not removed for more
than an hour, and traffic was necessarily suspended dur-
ing that interval.