The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-08 00:00:00

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT RAMSGATE.

Yesterday afternoon seven persons, two men, four
women, and a child, who had arrived in the morning by
an excursion train, were out for a sail in a boat named the
Prosperous, at Ramsgate, when, through the incautious-
ness of one of the men, the boat was suddenly capsized.
Two persons were picked up by another pleasure boat
which was cruising at a short distance, and the accident
being witnessed from the shore the harbour tug Aid at
once put off and succeeded in picking up others of the
party, but three, it not more, lives have been lost. Ac-
cording to some reports there were ten persons in the
boat. If so, the loss of life is still greater.

An interesting breech-loading contest will probably
take place at the next Wimbledon meeting. Ten members
of the Berkshire battalion of Rifle Volunteers, of which his
Royal Highness Prince Christian is hon. colonel, will fire
with the Soper rifle. They challenge ten members of any
other battalion, firing with any description of rifle. The
lieutenant-colonel of the battalion, Colonel Lloyd Lind-
say, has kindly undertaken the captaincy of the Berk-
shire team, and gives a silver cup, value ten guineas, to
the man who makes the highest score in the winning
team.
The Irish Times announces upon authority that the
Government will not allocate the two seats in their hands
by the disfranchisement of Cashel and Sligo.
Yesterday the general assembly of the Presbyterian
Churches resumed their sitting at Belfast. Several
matters connected with the Sustentation Fund were
brought under discussion.

LONDON GAZETTE—;4..ttst Evening.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 4.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ludwig
Beyer as Consul at Hong-Kong for his Majesty the King
of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to
approve of Senor Jaime Sportono as Consul at Gibraltar
for the Republic of Honduras.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 4.
The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to
be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto James M'Culloch, Esq., Chief Secretary to the
Government in the Colony of Victoria.
• DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 7.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Major-General
William Munro. C. 8., to be a Member of the Council
of the Island of Barbadoes.
WAR OFFICE, JUNE 7.
BREVET.

General Sir George Pollock, G. C-. 8., G. C. S. I. , Royal
(late Bengal) Artillery, to be Field-Marshal.
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Herbert
Gall, C. 8., half-pay, late 14th Hussars, to be Aide-de-
Camp to the Queen with the rank of Colonel in the Army.
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Darby,
retired full pay, 86th Foot, to have the honorary rank of
Colonel.

ADMIRALTY, JUNE 7.
In accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's
Order in Council of the 22nd February, 1870 :—Vice-Ad-
miral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson, K.C.8., F.R.S., has
been retired from the 2nd instant ; and the following pro-
motions have taken place :
Rear-Admiral the Honourable James Robert Drum-
mon, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral ih her Majesty's Fleet.
Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List :—Sir George Gra-
ham Otway, Bart. Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Bart.,
to be Vice-Admirals on the Reserved List. Captain
George Henry Richards, F.R.S., to be Rear-Admiral in
her Majesty's Fleet.