The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-19 00:00:00

BREVET.

Colonel John Miller Adyco, C. 8., Royal Artillery, to have
the temporary rank of Briga,lier-Ganeral whilst holding the
appointment of Director of Artillery and Stores.

COURSE OF EXUIIANGE.

Arus'erdam
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 11 ... 12 1
Antwerp — ... 25 421 ... 25 47fr
Brussels
klamburgn — ... 13 101 ... 13 11}
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main — ••• 120 t ... 1211
Vienna — ... 12 621 ... 12 67i
Trieste — ... 12 621 ... 12 67}
••• Petersburg
Copenhagen — ~. 9 23 ... 9 27
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ... _
_49_ ...
__49l__

Leghorn
Milan — 26 N .., 26 87
Gonoa — 26 80 26 87
Naples
Palormo
... 26 30 ... 26 87
Messina
Lisbon 90 days... 52 ~. 52i
Oporto — ... 52 ... 521

WIDOW MARRIAGE IN INDIA.-.--111oroba Canoba
writes to the editor of the Times of India :—" Dear Sir,
You can notify to the world that Rao Bahadur Moroba
Canoba will be married to a widow of his own caste on
Saturday next.—Yours faithfully, MOROBA CANOBA."
THE PRICE OF RIC E. —The Overland China Mail
understands that the price has suddenly risen to a con-
siderable extent, owing partly to the excessive drought
which has prevailed for several months, giving rise to
fears of a deficient early crop, and in part also to an
exhaustion of stocks consequent on heavy seculative
shipments which are said to have been made to Japan.
THE EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT.—The Taranaki
Herald of February 16th gives an account of the depar-
ture of the 18th Royal Irish, the last remnant of the
European forces in New Zealand about whose removal
there has been so much agitation. The Herald says
" The departure of the troops has been long anticipated ;
but was more sudden than was expected, and, although
persons hoped against hope, still the troops have so often
been on the eve of going, and yet retained, that it could
scarcely be realised when the men were actually seen to
embark, and the steamer to sail away with them."
They were escorted to the place of embarkation by a
large number of the townspeople, and before their de-
parture addresses were given to them by the Catholics
of the colony. The 18th, being an Irish regiment, con-
sisted mainly of Catholics.
SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE EAST. The
Peking Government is said to have agreed to work coal
mines by foreign aid, and steps are to be taken for sinking
shafts. The machinery is to be made at the Tientsin
arsenal. A railway is again spoken of from Tientsin to
Chaitang, and road steamers are in contemplation at
Chunghow. The silk cultivation is not being overlooked,
and the Taotai of Chinkeang has been giving
every encouragement to the cultivation of the
mulberry tree. Twenty - five thousand mulberry
extending
to they sr
cuttings have been supplied gratis to the people with the
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Easternwternofopposition
in those_parts of the world, and very recently the telegraph
wire at Yedo was cut by some secret enemy. However,
the Japanese officials seem determined to make progress,
and a school of navigation is to be opened at Ship, which
is exciting eager interest among the Daimios. A
marine survey party is being organised to survey
the coast and harbour of Yokohama under European
instruction, and designs are being prepared for the erection
of works for the storage of mercantile goods, and the con-
nection of the island on which Yokohama is situated, with
the mainland bya new bridge.

DISTURBANCES IN ITALY.—The Italian papers
contain accounts of some rather serious disturbances
which took place at Carrara on the 10th instant. The
disturbances began by a number of young men in the
streets singing insurrectionary songs and shouting
" Down with the Ministry,!' " Hurrah for the Re_pubhc,"
"Death to Victor Emmanuel," &c. One of
their number having been arrested by the gen-
darmes, an attempt was made to rescue him,
and the gendarmes, being obliged to take
refuge is their barrack, were attacked there by the crowd.
After a time reinforcements arrived. The people there-
upon dispersed, and it seemed as though tranquillity had
been completely restored. Some arrests were then made,
and immediately afterwards the crowd, which had in-
creased to about 1,000 persons, assumed a menacing
attitude, and began to threaten the troops. The latter,
after three warnings required by the law, proceeded to
employ force to disperse the rioters, two of whom were
killed in the struggle, and nine wounded. Sixteen others
were arrested.

A man named Lynch. was convicted at Cork
quarter sessions on Saturday of the illegal possession of
a revolver in a proclaimed district. Lynch was arrested
on the charge a few weeks ago at Queenstown. It was
stated in court that evidence would be produced to shew
that the prisoner took part in the Fenian outbreak
of March, 1867, having been one of a number of persons
charged with that offence at Clare assizes in that year.
Sentence, was deferred fpr the production of this evidence,