The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 28.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the following appointments to the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath :
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the
First Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the said Most
Honourable Order ; viz. :
Admiral Sir Edward Harvey, K.C.B.
Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, K.C.B.
General Sir William Rowan, K.C.B.
Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B.
General Sir William John Codrington, K.C.B.
General Sir George Augustus Wetherall, K.C.B.
Admiral Sir Henry Dude Chads, K.C.B.
General Sir James Frederick Love, K.C.B.
General Sir James Jackson, K.C.B.
Lieut.-General Sir John Cheape, K.C.8., Royal (late
Bang-al) Engincre•R
Lieut.-General Henry, Viscount Melville, K.C.B.
Vice-Admiral the Honourable Sir Frederick William
Grey, K.C.B.
Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.B.
To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the
Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most
Honourable Order ; viz.:—
General William Wood, C.B.
General Thomas Kenah, C.B.
Admiral Sir George Rose Sartorius, Rut.
General Abraham Roberts, C.B.
Lieut.-General Thomas Monteath-Douglas, C. 8., Bend
Army.
Lieut.-General William Cator, C.D.
Lieut.-General Patrick Montgomerie, C. 8., (tato Madras)
Artillery.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Reed, C.D.
Lieutenant-General John Scott, C.B.
Lieutenant-General William Wyllie, C.B.
Lieutenant-General Charles Ash Windham, C.D.
Vice-Admiral Thomas, Earl of Lauderdale, C.B.
Vice-Admiral Robert Smart.
Vice-Admiral John Kingcome.
Vice-Admiral Horatio Thomas Austin, C.B.
Lieutenant-General John Edward Dupuis, C.B.
Lieut.-General Fortescue Graham, C. 8., Royal Marines.
Rear-Admiral Sydney Colpoys Dacres, C.B.
Major-General Lord William Paulet, C.B.
Major-General the Hon. Augustus Almeric Spencer, C.B.
Major-General Robert W. Honner, C. 8., Bombay Army.
Colonel John William Gordon, C.B.
Colonel Edward Harris Greathed, C.B.
Colonel Charles William Dunbar Staveley, C.D.
James Brown Gibson, Esq., M.D., C. 8., Director-General
of the Army Medical Department.
William Linton, Esq., M.D., C. 8., Inspector-General of
Hospitals on half-pay, and
William James Tyrone Power, Esq., C. 8., Commissary-
General-in-Chief.
DOWNING-STREET, MAncu 27.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Lloyd,
Esq., to be a Non-Elective Member of the Legislative
Council of the Virgin Islands.

BANKRUPTS,
That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts
had not arrived when wo went to press.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 18
Ditto 3 Months. 11 194 11 191
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 524 25 574
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 20 25 30
Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 524
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 120 121
Vienna — 11 404 11 45
Trieste ^"11 40 11 45
Petersburgh
...

Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn

•.•
471
47f
25 57.
V 57

47i
25 621
25 62,1-,

I
25 574 25 57i
-7* 25 62>

Diiran
Genoa

Naples — 25 571
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon — 514 51;
Oporto — 511 54
Foreign Gold in Bars (Steudai) per oz. ... £3 17 9

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND.

The report of the directors states that the revenue
for the half-year ending the 31st January amounted
to £48,850, and the expenditure to £18,643, the in-
terest on loam to £11,028, and the balance of re-
venue to £19,178. From this was deducted £10,846
for dividend on the first 4i per cent. preference
shares, and £7,277 for dividend on the 5 per cent.
preference stock, leaving a balance of £1,055, to
which was added a balance of £2,761 from the
preceding half-year, making £3,816. From this
was deducted £1,889 for loss on working the Strath-
spey line, and £1,254 for interest to bankers, leav-
ing £673. Out of this was deducted £545 for
dividend at the rate of per cent. per annum on the
second 4i per cent. New shares B, leaving a balance
of £l2B. The directors deeply regretted the posi-
tion of matters, which necessitated not only a
temporary suspension of dividend on the original
shares, but that the B shares must also suffer in the
present half-year. The result was due to a diminu-
tion in the company's net receipts arising from the
opening of the Highland line, the withdrawal of the
through mails, the great disappointment in the
traffic of the Strathspey, Keith, and Dufftown, and
Morayshire railways, and the loss of interest on un-
productive capital invested by the company in those
lines, together amounting to nearly £15,000 for the
half-year. The high rate of interest recently
charged by the banks had further increased the
amount of net loss. The traffic derived by the main
line from the branches south of Keith—namely, the
Formartin and Buchan, Alford Valley, Aberdeen
and Turriff, Banff Extension, and Banffshire lines
—last year amounted to £29,654, while the interest
at 5 per cent. on the productive capital invested by
the company in them amounted to £8,273, leaving
a surplus of £21,381. The Strathspey, Keith, and
Dufftown, and Morayshire lines in the same period
yielded a traffic Ito the main line of only £7,000,
while the annual loss sustained by the company in
working those lines and interest of capital invested
in them amounted to double that sum. The exten-
sion of the Formartin and Buchan line to Fraser-
burgh (16 miles) would be opened next month, and
yield a further revenue to the main line between
Dyce and Aberdeen. The capital account showed
that £1,708,670 had been expended, including
£599,689 subscribed to and expended on undertak-
ings, leaving a balance of £99,870.