The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-11 00:00:00

THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Record-office.—A vacancy in the Record-office has been
caused by the death of Mr. Walter Nelson, assistant-
keeper first-class. The Post-office—Mr. Thos. Grisdale,
Mr. Edward Hohech, Mr. Charles Smith, and. Ms. J. 1.
Rowan have been appointed clerks in the Circulation-office,
London. Customs—Mr. J. Keates has been appointed a
clerk for warehousing and general duty, London ; also Mr.
Edward Sayer, clerk, Examiner's-office, London ; Mr.
John Lewis, clerk, Long-room, Liverpool ; Mr. John
Carty, out-door officer, London ; Mr. John Mackay, out
door officer, Troon, Irvine ; Mr. John Scott, out-door offi-
cer, Dundee; Mr. H. Elliott, out-door officer, London, has
been promoted from third to second class ; Mr. A. G. Ark-
less, from third to second class; Mr. W. Verrier, from
fourth to third class ; Mr. J. Buchan, from fourth to third
class; Mr. W. Knox, from fifth to fourth class; Mr. W.
Furlong, from fifth to fourth class; Mr. G. Darli g, from
filth to fourth class; and Mr. Thomas Hudson, out-door
officer, Whitehaven, has been promoted from to first
clerk. Inland Revenue Department.—Excise Branch.—
Mr. W. Brown, collector, Bolton collection, has been ap-
pointed collector, Norwich collection; Mr. C. Sheriff, Col-
lector, Barum collection, collector, Bolton collection ; Mr.
Charles William Harold, surveying general examiner se-
cond class, collector, Barum collection ; Mr. Thomas
Drinkwater, surveying general examiner third class,
surveying general examiner second class ; Mr.
W. Kelman, collector, Dorset collection, collector, Durham
collection; Mr. G. Chapple, collector, Sligo collection, col-
lector, Dorset collection ; Mr. W. Solomon, surveying ge-
neral examinor second class, collector, Sligo collection; Mr.

Irwin, surveying general examiner third-class, surveying
general examiner second class; Mr. R. Holmes, supervisor
of Wirksworth district, Nottingham collection, to Ashton
district, Manchester collection; Mr. G. Jones, supervisor
of Buckingham district, Northampton collection, to Wirks-
worth district, Nottingham collection; Mr. F. W. Jones,
examiner, to Buckingham district, Northampton collection.
Ireland.—Mr. C. R. Cobb has been appointed a temiorary
clerk in the Census-office, Dublin. Scotland—The Profes-
sorship of Medical Jurisprudence, University of Edinburgh,
has become vacant by the death of Dr. Thomas Stewart
Service Gazette.

THE TUSCARORA.—The Federal war steamer,
Tuscarora, arrived in Kingstown harbour on Saturday at
two o'clock p.m.

EXPLOSION AT THE HOUNSLOW POWDER MILLS.
—Three of the Barnfield Powder Mills, Hounslow, ex-
ploded on Friday while the men were uncharging, and did
an immense amount of damage. One of the men succeeded
in escaping, but John Bennett and another man named
Screenes were both fearfully burnt. Bennett was burnt
completely from head to foot, and, after lingering about 14
hours in the greatest agony, terminated his sufferings at
six o'clock on Saturday morning.

WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE, GREAT ORMOND-
STEnT.—The vacation term (Aug. 4 to Oct. 13) has com-
menced. Elementary and advanced classes have been formed
in Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Book-keeping, English
Grammer and History, French, Latin, German, Botany,
and drawing. Class Fees—Drawing open every evening
for practice) 3s. ; other classes, 2s. the term.

The South-Eastern Railway have recently added
another steamer to their fleet, the Albert Edward. Her
trial trip took place on the 26th of July, when she attained
an average speed of 16.7 knots per hour, and she is now
employed on the service between Folkestone and Boulogne,
in connection with the special daily tidal trains. She p. r-
formed the passage between those two ports for the first
time on Tuesday, when, with a strong south-west wind
blowing and 330 passengers, the distance of 26 miles was
accomplished in 93 minutes. The Albert Edward and her
sister ship, the Victoria, also the property of the South-
Eastern Railway Company, are ascertained to be the fastest
vessels afloat.

•
Some of the Cheshire Rifle Volunteers had a
narrow escape on Thursday on the ground of the County
Rifle Association. A small one-pounder cannon, used as a
signal, burst the first time it was fired that day, and the
fragments flew in all directions. Two large pieces passed
through the tent where a number of volunteers were sit-
ting, but a scratch on the nose of one of them was the only
personal injury sustained.
The Jersey steamer Atalanta, which left Sonth-
amp on last Wednesday, experienced the most boisterous
passage known for a long time. She took 19 hours in
reaching Guernsey. The Jersey mail packet Despatch'
which left Southampton the same night as the Atalanta,
took 13 hours in reaching Guernsey, a most unusual

an attempt
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SHOCKING TRAGEDY, NEAR DONCASTER. On
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Saturday. nfigmhit.,:tarkhearl.f-pwrasitusiaemvensmo'
murder was made at Cockhill, near Doncaster,
premises o Mr.
employment
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fellow-servant,
was about to leave the house to meet he e young wouan
plain of Savage's conduct, when the fellowr master, to com-
plain shot her. The shot Eit took a gun and
and she lies in a very precarious stor,,iielt her on the head,
at the girl, went up stairs and, --. Savage, after firing
stood over her body, and
cut his throat
to ear. He was found alive 8 almost from ear
labourers, and medical by ono a the fern►
self-inflicted wounds cage,assistance waa procured ; but the
nil O4/ death of Savage the same