The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-11 00:00:00

FOURTH EDITION

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APnrx, 11.
53d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles 'William
C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General
Frederick Maunsell, transferred to 85th Foot.
85th Foot—Lieutenant-General Frederick Maunsell, from
53d Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir John Wright
Guise, Bart., G.C.8., deceased.
21st Hussars—Captain and. Brevet-Major Edmund Armi--
tage Hardy to be Major, vice Henry Robert Grindlay,
who retires upon half-pay.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William
Snowdon Hedley, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Wm. White, appointed to the Military Train.
2d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Bernard James Finegan
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Frederick Murray Chalk,
deceased.
4th Foot—Quartermaster Cornelius Godfrey, from a Depot
Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice John Newey, de-
ceased.
11th Foot—Captain Alex. Gordon, from the 14th Foot, to
be Captain, vice A. F. De B. Dixon, who exchanges.
13th Foot—Lieutenant Anthony Edmund Donelan, from
the late sth West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Wm. Lea Smith, who retires upon temporary half-pay.
14th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Marshall
Foster, from 32d Foot, to be Captain, vice A. Perry, who.
exchanges ; Captain Augustus Frederick De B. Dixon ,
from 11th Foot, to be Captain, vice A. Gordon, who ex-
changes.
20th Foot—The Commission, as Instructor of Musketry,
of Lieutenant George Frederic Harris, to be antedated
to 6th April, 1864.
26th Foot—Lieulpnant Charles H. Dougherty, from the
74th Foot, to be-Lieutenant, vice Hardy, who exchanges.
32d Foot—Captain Adam Perry, from 14th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Brevet-Major C. M. Foster, who ex-
changes ; Ensign the Hon. James Bruce Ogilvy to be.
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walter Philip Walshe,
who retires ; Wm. Henry Iremonger, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchise, vice the Hon. J. B. Ogilvy.
35th Foot—Quaitermaster John Robertson, from a Depot
Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Michael M`Lough-
lin, who retires upon half-pay.
50th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Owen Owen to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Frederick Davis, who
resigns.
60th Foot—Arthur Pepys, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. Augustus W. C. Ellis, who retires.
73rd Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Sparks, Mar-
tin Price to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Francis Henry
Macfadin, appointed to the Military Train.
74th Foot—Lieutenant Simeon Harrison Hardy, from 26th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dougherty, who ex.
changes.

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

AN UNFORTUNATE CONSTITUENCY.—The London-
derry Journal draws attention to the continued
absence of Mr. Conolly, one of the members for Doneg al
from his parliamentary duties, and sympathises with the
electors on the fact of their being represented by the
hon. member and Viscount Hamilton. Lord Hamilton, the
eldest son of the Marquis of Abercorn, was returned for
Donegal. in 1860, when something over 21; and the news:,
paper sarcastically remarks, that, notwithstanding all the
trumpeting of the noble lord's precocious ability, his
greatest feat since he became a member of Par-
liament was his going out to India on a shooting ex-
cursion with somebody else. Viscount Hamilton stayed
in the jungle a year or so, "attending to the interests of
his Donegal constituents." Shortly after his lordship
returned to Europe, Mr. Conolly, the other member,
"thought there was no way in which he could serve the
Donegal people so much as by going out to America as a
blockade runner. He will soon be away a twelvemonth,
as nearly as we can recollect. Nobody appears to be quite
sure of Mr. Conolly's whereabouts ; and, in the meantime,
the free and independent county of Donegal mourns its
absent member." "To us," says the article, in conclusion,
" it seems a pity that the county of Donegal cannot afford
to grant both members perm:runt leave of absence."
ELOPE3IENTS TO AMERICA.—In referring to the
emigration from Cork—during the past week it amounted
to fully a thousand persons—_a local journal mentions a
new phase of the passenger trade. Elopements to Ame-
rica have become, it would seem, a leading feature of the
national " exodus." We are informed t hat this week's
emigration "includes a fair proportion of runaways, the
motive in most of these cases being of a tender nature.
Indeed, the increased facility for elopements which this
ready means of flight affords promises to become alarm-
ing. Three cases of the kind are known to have occurred
within a fortnight, and how many may have remained
undiscovered we can only surmise. The last of those re-
ferred to was a runaway match between a well-to-do
farmer's' son and the fair daughter of another still better
off, both being from Maryborough. The young woman
had provided herself with the respectable sum of £BO of
her father's money, and brought a maid-servant with
her. The pair were traced to Queenstown by their
respective fathers, and were surprised in their preparations
for embarkation. Romeo had a sound thrashing from his
indignant parent; he was deprived of his passage ticket,
and was torn from the arms of his Juliet, the latter being
permitted to proceed with her female companion. Another
somewhat similar case, in which the parties were from
Tullamore, King's County, had a similar termination."
The Wexford People .announces a discovery of
treasure trove. Some children, playing on the sands at
Saline, coast of Wexford, found an earthenware vessel
which contained about 600 silver coins. The vessel was
embedded in a small declivity about a stone's throw from
the ancient ruins of Kilgorman Church. The coins aresaid
to be Roman. A local numismatist, however, has inferred
from the circumstance of " VIII." being dibcernible on seve-
ral of them, that the entire collection is English, and be-
longs to the period of Henry VIII.
SOUTH SHROPSHIRE.—The writ for the election of
a member for South Shropshire, in the room of
Viscount Newport, who is elevated to the Upper House,
through the death of his father, the Earl of Bradford, has
been received, and the election will take place next week.
At present there are no indications of a contest, the only
candidate being Colonel the Hon. Percy E. Herbert, C.B.
formerly M.P. for Ludlow. The hon. candidate in his ad-
dress to the electors refers them to his votes when member
for Ludlow as the best indication of the general line of
politics which he should pursue if elected. He adds :
" Should you favour me with your confidence I shall en-
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duction of taxation. I shall support such measures as are
necessary for the maintenanceofourna and military
establishments in a state of efficiency as one of the best
securities for peace. At the same time I shall be opposed to
extravagant and unnecessary expenditure."

WORRIED BY DOGS.—A few mornings since a
shocking affair, which terminated almost fatally,
occurred to a man named Etherington,who keeps the post-
office at St. Catherine's, a village situated a short distance
from Guildford. It appears that shortly after 7 o'clock on
the morning in question Etherington started to deliver
letters at the various houses in the village, and on entering
a yard adjoining the residence of Mrs. Pope he was attacked
by a large mastiff, aided by a retriever, which knocked
him down and lacerated his hands, arms, and other portions
of his body in a frightful manner. In addition to other in-
juries the poor fellow receiveda compound fracture of the
right leg, which was attended with very serious symptoms.
Several of the female servants went to the assistance of the
unfortunate postman, and with great difficulty succeeded in
beating the dogs off; but had they been left to themselves
a few moments longer the animals would most certainly
have killed their victim. The services of Messrs. Butler
and Schollick, surgeons, were obtained, but in spite of every
attention the poor fellow is not yet out of danger. The ex-
planation given is that it was usual to allow these large dogs
to wander about the premises during the night, and that'
the boy whose duty it was to fasten them up had not
arrived when the postman called. The dogs were notorious
in the neighbourhood, and were never allowed out of the
grounds without a keeper.

THE LATE MR. COBDEN.—Among those present
at the funeral of Mr. Cobden was M. Auguste Visschere,
who postponed his departure from London in order to pay
a last tribute of respect to one admired and esteemed by so
many Belgians.
THE CONVICT HAMILTON.—It was reported for
the magistrates this (Monday) morning at the New Bailey`
Quarter Sessions, that the sentence on William Hamilton,
condemned to death at the last assizes for murdering Mr.
Taylor Tilley, has been commuted to penal servitude for
life.—Manchester Examiner.