The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-15 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 14.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Philip Griffith, Esq., late her Ma-
jesty's Chargd d'Affaires to the United States of Columbia,
to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the
Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order
of tho Bath.

DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Heyligar
Aertsen Porter, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive
Council, and Isaac Farrington, Esq., to be a Non-Elective
Member of the Legislative Council of the Virgin Islands.
CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 10.

The Queen has been pleased by a commission under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdon to appoint Thos. Ewing
Winslow, Esq., to be ono of the Commissioners of the Court
of Bankruptcy.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 14.
COMMISSARLLT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy-Assistaßt Commis-
saries-General John Buckle Barlee and Alexander Clerk
to be Assistant Commissaries-General, to fill the va-
cancies caused by the retirement of Deputy Commissary-
General Mllahon and Assistant Commissary-General
Murray.
CHAPLAass' DEPARTMENT.—The Reverend Alexander
Henderson, Chaplain of the 4th Class, to bo Chaplain of
the Third Class ; The Reverend J. B. H. Harris, M.A.,
Chaplain of the Fourth Class, to be Chaplain of the
Third Class.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 10.
The undermentioned Officers have this day been pro-
moted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet :
John Kiddie, Esq., and Wm. Wallace, Esq.
Nov. 11.

Mr. William Whittle Watts has this day been promoted
to the rank of First Class Assistant-Engineer in her Ma-
jos4's Fleet, with seniority of the 14th October, 1865.

13.
Mr. Joseph Wyllie has this day boon promoted to the
rank of Acting Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 19
Ditto 3 Months. 12 11
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 50
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris .. Short 25 15
Ditto 3 Months. 25 47f
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine
11f
121
Vienna — 21 •
Trieste —'ll 12f
Pe €3rsburgh
Berlin
Madrid 471
47f
25 62
25 62
25 62
25 62
25 62
25 62
511
511

11 191.
12 21
12 2
25 57
25 57*
13 10
25 25
25 55
25 55
1211
11 17i
11. 20
30;

Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Messina
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Oporto
Lisbon

474
48k
25 67
25 67i
25 70
25 67
25 671
25 67f
51i
51i

COLLISION ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—An acci-
dent of a serious character occurred on the Midland
Railway, between Brightside and Sheffield, yesterday.
The mail train from the North to Sheffield left Masbro'
in the morning, and the driver found upon approaching
Sheffield that a heavy goods train was in front. The
rails were so greasy that the goods train could not get
on, and the mail train could render no assistance.
In
this dilemma the two drivers agreed to work "single
line," which is always a dangerous experiment. The
guard of the goods train told his driver to detitch his
engine and go on to Sheffield, and acquaint the signal-
men and pointsmen with the state of things. This the man
did, but he then returned on the other line with his engine,
in order to pilot the mail train. Unfortunately, the driver
of the mail had crossed at a point behind the goods, and
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pretty smart rate, and neither saw the other until they
were so near that a collision was unavoidable. The en-
gines ran into each other with great force, and both were
seriously damaged. Two of the
passengers in the mail
train were hurt, one of them so tench so that he had to be
removed to the Sheffield Infirmary, The •
rY• engines were
complete wrecks.
NAVIGATION AND POLLUTION OF RIVERS. The
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the navigation
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commenced their sittings at Reading. The inquiry at this
place, it is expected, will occupy the remainder of this
week.

COST OF SIGNALS ON RAILWAYS.—From a report
on the subject we learn that the signals on a railway forty
miles long cost as much as £3,000, and that the complicated
ones at the chief stations'of a great railway cost about
£2,000.
A CURIOUS INVENTION has been provisionally
patented by Mr. E. S. Jones, of Liverpool, according to
which he proposes to compress air into suitable chambers,
conveniently stored in various parts of ships. The com-
pression may be effected when the ship is in port, in order
that it may be available when required in c46os of emer-
gency.