The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-30 00:00:00

S EPT. 28.

The Queen has been pleased to amove of Don Guil-
lermo Rodger Gilmour as Consul at Liverpool for the Ar-
gentine Republic.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-3.!ALL, SEPT. 29.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—The appointment of
Cornet Laurence Richard Dowdall has been can-
celled.
19th Hussars—Lieutenant Henry Edward Kensit, from
the, 20th Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vice M. S. Saunders,
who exchanges.
20th Hussars—Lieutenant Montague Stuart Saunders,
from the 19th Hussars, to be Lieutenant, vic.2 H. B.
Kensit, who exchanges.
sth Regiment of Foof—Lieulenant Samuel Richards to bo
Captain, by purchase, vice William Enderby, who retires;
Ensign William Sanders Darley to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Richards ; Arthur Chamberlayne Chi-
chester, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase.
7th Foot—Ensign Reginald Broadhurst h Beckett to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hon. Wyndham Percy
Moreton, who retires ; William Eardley Richardson,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice h Beckett.
9th Foot—Ensign Huntley Bacon to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Francis William Braithwaite who retires,
having been appointed a Deputy Assistant Commissary-
General; Septimus Charles Welch, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Bacon.
13th Foot—Ensign Charles Bowerbank Campbell to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas McNeill Gill,who
retires; Ralph Edmonstone Buchanan, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Campbell.
15th Foot—Ensign Frederick Henry Grenall to be Lieu-
tenant by purchase, vice George Onslow Churchill, who
retires ; Ernest Woodward Friel', Gent, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Grenall.
17th Foot—Ensign Lloyd Richards to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice John Emmett deceased ;
Gentleman Cadet Colwyn Williams Vulliamy, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Richards.
18th Foot—Major and Brevet-Colonel Lumley Graham
from the 19th Foot, to be Major, vice B. M. Deane, who
exchanges.
19th Foot—Major Bonar Millett Deane from the 18th
Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Colonel L. Graham, who
exchanges.
21st Foot—Captain William John Close from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Captain, vice P. H. Delamere,
who exchanges.
22d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Craster, from the 71st Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice E. W. Grove, who exchanges.
37th Foot—Ensign George Edward Parry to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice George Morris Street, who re-
tires, having been appointed a Deputy-Assistant Com-
missary-General ; Frederick Baines Dillon, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Parry.
46th Foot - Ensign John Maxwell Low to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Henry Whartley Estridge, who retires;
Gentleman Cadet William Farwell, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Ensjgn, by purchase, vice Low.
59th Foot—Capt. and Brevet Major Joseph de Montmo-
rency to be Major, by purchase, vice Mathew Penne-
father Lloyd, who retires; Lieut. Wm. John Frampton
to be Captain, by purchase, vice de Montmorency ; En-
sign Liebert Edward Goodall to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Frampton ; John Stoyte, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Goodall.
66th Foot—Arthur Nelson Welman, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice John Hammond, who retires.
71st Foot—Lieutenant Edward William Grove, from the
22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Craster, who
exchanges.
77th Foot—Captain Cecil Edward Leny Lyon, from the
100 Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Lazenby, who ex-
changes.
83d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Sanderson to
be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Caleb Sherer Wills, who has
resigned.
100th Foot—Captain James Lazenby, from the 77th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Cecil E. L. Lyon, who ex-
changes.

Ist West India Regiment—Company Sergeant-Major W.
Lynch to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice P. Kelly,
transferred to the 4th West India Regiment.
Bel West India Regiment—Captain Peter H. Delamere,
from the 21st Foot, to be Captain, vice W. J. Close, who
exchanges; Lieut. Edward Douglas Jones has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-
mission; Ensign John Benet Thornton Newbury to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Frederic Benthall,
deceased ; Quartermaster-Sergeant George Smith to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Newbury.
BREVET.
The under-mentioned officers having completed the
qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be
Colonels under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of
Oct. 14, 1858 :

Lieut.-Colonel Peter Burton Roe, 60th Foot.
Lieut.-Colonel John Charles Hill Jones, 54th Foot.
Lieut.-Colonel Granville George Chetwynd Stapylton,
32d Foot.
Lieutenant, with the honorary rank of Captain, Henry
William Sibley, Paymaster, 46th Foot, to have the hono-
rary rank of Major.
Captain John Holland, Paymaster, Depot Battalion, to
have the honorary rank of Major.
Sub-Assistant-Surgeon Henry Wilmot Smith, 6th Re-
giment Hyderabad Contingent, to have the local and ho-
norary rank of Assistant-Surgeon in India.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 26.

William Roche (B), Esq., has this day been promoted to
the rank of Surgeon in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority
of Sept. 18, 1865.
Mr. Hugh Loudon has this day been promoted to the
rank of First Class Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's
Fleet, with Seniority of Bth September 1865.
ADMIRALTY SEPT. 28.

Edwin Daniels, been this day been promoted to the rank
of Chiof Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seLiority
of 49 September, 1865.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Last Evening

Amsterdam Short. 11 18f 11 19
Ditto 3 Months. 12 I- 12 li
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 521 25 57*
Brussels
Hamburg
94 13 10
Paris Short 25 20 25 27

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Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 120 121
Vienna — 11 12} 11 17}
Trieste — 11 15 11 20
Petersburgh
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Leghorn
Milan
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Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Oporto
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25 57f 25 62k
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51f
511 .25 621
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NEW LEGAL APPOINTMENT.--The Lord Chancellor
has appointed Mr. George Lake Russell, of the Chancery
Bar, to be the Judge of the Bloomsbury County Court, in
the place of Mr. D. D. Heath, who has resigned.—The Law
Times of to-day.

TIIE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—
The friends of Sir Chiles Eastlake, who may have heard
of his long and dangerous illness at Milan, will be glad to
learn that the President, chiefly through the fortunate
arrival and altered treatment of his nephew, Dr. Eastlake,
is rapidly advancing towards recovery.
By advie4s from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 attrlin
standard gold at the English Mint price le, therefere, rather
more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Ham-
burg •

FENIANISM IN AMERICA.

(tom the Tinier' Correspondent)
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.

There is, no doubt, much that is ridiculous in the
Fenian organisation, but at the same time it would
be going to an extreme to suppose that it is too
insignificant and contemptible to deserve notice.
When at least 300,000 persons have formed them-
selves into a body for accomplishing a certain pur-
pose it is but reasonable to pay a little attention to
their plans, even although the plotters be Irishmen.
I have taken some pains to ascertain the truth about
the Fenians, and the facts which have come to my
knowledge show that the society is not only nume-
rous, but moderately rich. This city, for instance,
is divided by the leaders of the society into districts,
and in each of these districts a weekly meeting is
held and regular subscriptions received from the
members. The money thus raised is laid out in the
purchase of arms or sent to Ireland, while a large
part of it goes into the pocket of a being whom the
Fenians call the Head Centre, and who is as invisible
to common mortals as the Mikado of Japan. From
the statements of the police and others lam con-
vinced that 300,000 is a moderate estimate to make
of the numbers of the Fenians. They mean to free
Ireland, and they believe they are strong enough to
do it. In these ideas the New York papers warmly
support and encourage them, partly because they
think that kind of talk annoys England, and partly
because they dare not offend their best customers,
the Irish. Once a week, at least, every journal,
with a creditable exception or two, indulges in that
puerile abuse of England which animates the Ame-
rican breast on account of the fact that England
somehow holds a nobler and higher position in the
world than their country, and informs the Fenians
that they may build as many vessels of war as they
like in American ports, and that if they "go in"
with spirit England is sure to meet the fate she so
well deserves. To these stories Irishmen very
readily lend their ears. They are undoubtedly
sending money to Ireland regularly, and this fact
may help to explain the midnight gatherings and
daylight drills which I see reported of late in the
Dublin and Cork papers. It is impossible to place
a limit to the credulity of a stupid and ignorant
" son of Erin," and, therefore, it is not surprising
that a large proportion of the Fenians religiously
believe they are going the right way to work to
make their " Head Centre" King of Ireland. The
other portion live upon the money which their san-
guine brethren subscribe. These expectations are
fully shared in Ireland itself, and (as anybody may
find out by a little inquiry), the lower classes of the
population of Queenstown anticipate almost daily
the arrival of a fleet from America, with an invin-
cible army, to take the country and shut up the
Queen in a round tower. However absurd all this
may seem, it would probably save future trouble if
some measures were taken by the Government to
show the dupes and the dupers here and elsewhere
that the Fenians are industriously preparing a
rod for their own backs. It would be a mercy
to the masses in Ireland to let them see that
the Government is prepared at any moment for
the uprising which they so confidently look
forward to. The Roman Catholic clergy here
to a man do all in their power to discourage
the mischievous and foolish delusion. Everywhere
the pastors tell their people that they are laying up
misery and sorrow for themselves. The Bishop of
Philadelphia, Dr. Wood, has received a missive from
Rome, in which a denial is given to the assertion
that the Holy See has ever pronounced the decision,
" Fenianos non esse inquietandcs." On the con-
trary, the Pope is known to disapprove the Society
and its objects, and to be determined to " disturb"
it. The clergy, however, seem to be powerless to
prevent the spread of Fenianism, and very often
they come into angry collision with their congrega-
tions for making the attempt to check it. The
Irishman, however, as is natural to him, always puts
his trust in the man who wants to plunder and.de-
ceive him, and consequently he disregards his priests
for once and looks for consolation to the " Head
Centre."

From the furthest West come contributions to
the general fund from emigrant Irishmen, and all
through Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri—in fact, in
nearly all the States—weekly meetings are held. I
went to see one of thee meetings lately in this city.
Two-third 3 of the audience were women, and the
principal speaker was also a woman—a rather dirty
and red-faced woman, voluble, enthusiastic, and
bitter-tongued. The purport of her address—
" oration," she called it--Was that England on ht
to be " polished off" the face of the earth, and that
the Americans and the Irish meant to do it between
them. Her audience cheered with abandon, and
paid afterwards their pennies to the fund with great
cheerfulness. There is no secrecy about these meet-
ings—so far from that, the Fenians court publicity
on every occasion. I believe that it pleases most
Americans to hear England bullied and insulted by
these poor creatures, or by anybody else. They like
to re-echo cries about the wrongs of Ireland, although
there is not one of them who can point out any wrong
the British Government does to Ireland. As a rule,
they are almost as ignorant of English history and
the English Government as they are of their own,
and that is saying a great deal. The Fenians feel
themselves strengthened by this general and indeed
universal encouragement, although some of them
may perhaps wonder with what justice Americans
complain of English infringements of neutrality when
they are at the same timegiving every sort of support
to 300,000 professed conspirators. Thus supported
the Fenians make even their religious ceremonies a
medium of political display. Passing down Fifth
Avenue the other day I met a long procession of
them. They were carrying a dead brother to the
cemetery, for the bright career even of a Fenian
seems to be sometimes interrupted by death. At
first I thought the people had met to celebrate a
marriage or some other happy event, for a band of
music and gay banners went before the throng, and
as the day was very hot and the music very lively it
recalled for an instant those fantastic wedding pro-
cessions which it had often been my chance to meet
in the East. But one glance at the countenances
of the men in the procession dispelled the illusion,
and assured me that I was in the presence of that
emancipated and terrible being the American Irish-
man. Any one acquainted with the Irish character
might have supposed that many of these Fenians
had been celebrating the death of their brother in
the punch bowl, for, whether owing to the fierceness
of the sun Or the impairing influence of grief, the
aspect of some of them was rather lively than fune-
real, and their gait was not such as becomes the place
of mourning. The principle of the ballot-box---anti-
secrecy, that commonly carried out even in
funerals here, the coffin being carried in a fine glass
coach, so that the passers-by can have an uninter-
rupted view of its gilt plates and its brass
handles. No one could wish for a braver
funeral than was given to this regenerator of
Ireland. All sorts of Fenian
insignia were worn
departed from
by the people, and unless. they
custom a Fenian oration was
hear,asmade
r
over the grave. This, however, I did
have I learnt how many of the mourners found a
lodging in the hospitable cells of the police that
night. That seemed to be their destination when I
met them.
. Recently the Springfield (Illinois) " Circle of the
Fenian Brotherhood " appeals for contributions to
the American people. This address laid :—" Offi-
cers, American and Irish, who have served with dis-
tinction in your service, are silently moving into
Ireland to assume control of the active operations
to be inaugurated in a few moments—sooner, much
sooner, than any of you can believe. All they re-
quire now is anus to enable them to meet the enemy
on something like equality." I do not doubt that
plenty of money would be subscribed, the ordinary
run of Americans putting the matter before them-
selves in this light—" Let the Irish have a try at
England ; if they beat her, so much the better. If
they do not, it is no concern of ours." I have heard
scores of people talk on the subject, and this is the
gist of their remarks. " All we want," says a
daily papers, " is an opportunity to exchange com-
pliments with John Bull in the matter of neutrality
when the proper time arrives." It is perfectly
astonishing to the American mind that John Bull
is not frightened out of his wits at all these threats.
The illustrated papers keep up a pleasant belief that

he is, by publishing illustrations of John Bull on
his knees before Brother Jonathan, suing for mercy
and forgivenness. On the 4th of this month an im-
mense meeting of the Fenians took place at Troy,
in this State. The Mayor and " other prominent
citizens " took part in the proceedings. In the New
York Tinges of yesterday there is the following state-
ment :—" We are informed that the Fenian Society
is largely engaged in waggon manufacture up town.
The vehicles already built are marked as the pro-
perty of the Order, and they have very much the
appearance of the conveyances which go to make
up an army train."

It would be easy to quote a hundred other state-
ments which show that the Fenian movement is
really a thing of vitality in this country. I certainly
do not write' of it in the spirit of an alarmist ; it
would be very-easy to turn the whole affair into
ridicule ; but in pity to the poor and ignorant in
Ireland it would be well to give them a timely warn-
ing of the fate they are courting for themselves.
While they incessantly complain of poverty they can
give their hardly earned money in order to keep in
profligate laziness a band of harpies who profess to
be their liberators, and who only take to Fenianisin
because it affords an easier means of subsistence
than an honest calling, and is less dangerous than
housebreaking.

The King of Prussia in Lauenburg.

RATZEBL'RG, Sept. 26.

The King of Prussia arrived at the frontier of
Lauenburg at five p.m. yesterday. A triumphal
arch had been erected, and Count Kielmansegge,
the President of the Government, with Land-Mar-
shal von Bulow, received his Majesty upon his entry
into the Duchy. Both gentlemen, at the King's
invitation, entered the royal carriage. Upon reach-
ing Buchen, where the station was very tastefully
decorated with shrubs and flags, the King left his
carriage and entered the saloon. His Majesty was
receivedby Councillor von Linstow and State-Coun-
cillor Walter, the Amtmann of Lauenburg. Two
young girls dressed in white presented his Majesty
with a copy of verses commemorating the occasion.
The King then made the following speech :
" Unusual circumstances having brought us together, I
rejoice to be present for the first time among you, sooner
indeed than I could have expected after your representatives
had expressed a wish that I should come in person. I meet
you with full confidence, and feel gratified at the words
from which I understand that you also place trust in me
and my Government. This is an assurance of happiness for
the future, and it is a good omen that the union of your
beautiful country with Prussia takes place in the same year
when four of my provinces have thanked me that the pro-
mises my illustrious ancestors made them at the time of
their union with the Fatherland we have now in common
have been so fully carried out. The prosperity, opulence,
and contentment of those four provinces gives me greater
confidence in coming to you, for I entertain the best wishes
for your welfare. May this omen also be a happy presage
for your future !"

His Majesty was received with loud cheers by the
crowd assembled. The train proceeded shortly after
five, arriving at Molln in about half an hour. The
King left the carriage again here to receive the greet-
ing of the Municipality through their President,
Town-Captain Dalun, and to inspect a squadron of
dragoons drawn up on foot with a tastefully-uni-
formed company of volunteers.
Towards six o'clock the Royal train arrived at the
Ratzeburg station, which was handsomely decorated
for the occasion, where his Majesty was received
with a flourish of trumpets and enthusiastic cheer-
ing. The functionaries of the district of Ratzeburg,
the clergy, and the entire staff of officials were as-
sembled to meet the King. Upon ascending the
staircase, the Amtmann of the district of Ratzeburg
requested his Majesty to make a short halt at the
triumphal arch erected upon the road to the town, to
receive the salutations of the mounted peasantry.
The King readily granted the request, and then
proceeded with his suite in the carriages waiting
for the Royal party to the triumphal arch,
where his Majesty was received with enthusiastic
cheering. Some hundreds of peasants, each with
a nosegay in his hat and carrying a small black
ant white flag, were here drawn up in line close
to the road. Th... Auattnann then made a short
speech, in which he observed that the Lauen-
burgers 11 ad al ways displayed loyalty, allegiance,
and attachment to their rulers. The King alighted
from his carriage amidst hearty cheers of the
people assembled, and replied to the speech of llerr
von Cossel, expressing a hope that, as the Lauen-
burgers had always faithfully adhered to their
former sovereigns they would now transfer their
allegiance and attachment to him, whom a conjunc-
tion of circumstances had made their ruler. His
Majesty re-entered his carriage amid loud cheering,
and the procession then moved towards the town,
preceded by the mounted peasantry. A small
flotilla, with black and white flags flying, was drawn
up where the road approaches the sea, and received
the procession with a salute. At the entrance to the
town a second arch was erected, where the magis-
trates, volunteers, and corporation were assembled.
Town Commissioner Adler here addressed a short
speech to the King, after which the Royal procession
entered the town and proceeded to the house of the
President, which had been prepared for his Majesty's
reception. The judges of the district had assembled
in front of the building, with the officers of the bat-
talion in garrison, one company of men, and their
band.

Upon alighting, the King addressed several of
the gentlemen present in the most cordial manner.
His Majesty's suite and the highest officials of the
duchy were the only persons present at the dinner
given in honour of his Majesty's visit. The torch-
light procession of the Singing Club assembled at
eight o'clock and proceeded to the King's residence,
where they sang two songs. During the perfor-
mance his Majesty appeared on the terrace in front
of the house, after avhich a member of the club
delivered a short address to his Majesty, express-
ing the joy of the Lauenburgers at being now
under the rule of the House of Hohenzollern, to
whom they would always be faithful and loyal
subjects. The speaker concluded with a cheer for
the King, which was taken up by the assembly with
much enthusiasm. At a later period of the evening
his Majesty drove through the town and inspected
the illuminations.

The solemn act of homage to his Majesty as Duke
of Lauenburg by the nobility and gentry of the
country took place at noon to-day in the Church of
St. Peter. His Majesty, accompanied by the Crown
Prince, Count Bismark, and a brilliant suite, re-
paired to the Church on foot from the house of Count
Kielmansegge, where he had taken up his quarters.
The King was received at the entrance of the sacred
edifice by Superintendent Bromel, and escorted to
a throne covered with red velvet upon a dais erected
immediately in front of the altar. The Crown
Prince stood upon the King's right hand, and Count
Bismark upon the left, while the members of the
nobility and gentry of the province occupied the
space between the throne and the altar upon one
side, and that upon the other was filled up by the
Prussian generals, officers, chief functionaries, and
high dignitaries. After a psalm
,had been sung,
Superintendent Bromel preached a sermon, taking
his text from the Ist Epistle of St. Peter, chap.
v. 13-16. The preacher stated in the course of his
address that the Lauenburgers had found it difficult
to reconcile themselves to the idea of changing their
allegiance, but took
stance sincerity in taking then to point out that from
that very circuit
oath of homage they were about to render was the
more to be relied upon. He thanked his Majesty
in the name of the community at large for his pro-
mise to uphold the just rights of every individual in
the country, dwelling upon the fact that rights and
their exercise could not exist without dgties and
their conscientious fulfilment. The preacher finally
called the attention of his hearers to the importance
of the oath, comparing it to an anchor, not intended
for good times and fair weather, but to be used in
the hour of peril and adversity as a means of security
and salvation.

At the conclusion of the sermon Count Bismark
requested his Majesty's permission to proceed with
the ceremony. This being granted, the Count, in
his capacity of Minister for the Duchy, summoned
the nobility and gentry to take the oath of homage
to their Duke, King William of Prussia. He read
theformula, asking if they were ready to acknowledge,
themselves faithful subjects of the King, in which