The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-18 00:00:00

IHE CAPTAINS' GOOD-SERVICE PENSION.

The First Lord of the Admiralty has nominated Captain
George Thomas Gordon (1846) to receive the Good-ser-
vice Pendent, vacant by the promotion of Captain Robert
Fanshawe Stopford to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the
Blue. Captain Gordon entered the navy, March, 1818;
passed his examination in 1825; and obtained his commis-
sion as lientenant in May, 1829. He served in the Re-
venge, 76, in the Mediterranean; and in the Erebus, 10 ;
Rhadamanthus and Pho3nix steamers, the William
and Mary yacht, and in command of the Comet
steamer on the same and on the North American and West
India, home, and Lisbon stations. His services on the coast
of Spain and at the siege of Bilboa procured him the first-
class of the order of San Fernando. He was promoted to
commander in August, 1840, and held command of the
Cormorant, sloop, in the Pacific, from April, 1843, to 1847 ;
since which time he has served in the Encounter, 14, on
particular service; Duke of Welliokton, 131, flag ship of
Sir C. Napier, in the Baltic ; in the Victory, 101, flag ship,
at Portsmouth, of Sir T. Cochrane ; Hannibal, 91, guard
ship of ordinary at Portsmouth; and has held the com-
mand of the Asia, 84, guard ship of the steam ordinary at
Portsmouth, since April, 1859.

Private despatches from Rome announce posi-
tively that General Goyim had received orders to evacuate
that city.
M. de Lesseps leaves Paris to-morrow for Alex-
andria, to examine the state of the works in operation for
cutting the Suez Canal.
MEETING OF DONEGAL MAGISTRATES.—The
Derry Journal has the subjoined sketch of a meeting of
the magistrates of Donegal, held in Letterkenny, on Mon-
day, to take into consideration the intended removal of the
extra police force from the notorious district of Gweedore:—
Mr. M‘Mahon the constabulary inspector of the county,
attended the meeting, and expressed himself very plainly as
to the alleged destruction of sheep in Gweedore. As we are
informed, he characterized the claim for compensation as
fictitious and improper, and assured the magistrates that
no fewer than 120 sheep, for which county reeayment was
being sought, had been found by the constabulary dead on
the mountains without the slightest mark of malicious in-
jury. We have also been informed that Mr. M'Mahon's
observations were not received with unmixed satisfaction
by the assembled justices. One magistrateis represented as
having been everything but pleased at the manner in which
Mr. M'Mahon stated the important fact in question. The
Presentment Sessions at which the claim for compensation
is to ba heard will be held at Letterkenny on Tuesday , the
29th inst." ,

A handsome monument, prepared at the expense
of the members of the Waterford Hunt Club, has been
erected to the memory of the late Marquis of Waterford.
The monument consists of a plain massive ancient Irish
cross and pedestal, of Wicklow granite, placed upon a solid
cubic base, constructed of stone, and seven feet in dimen-
sions. The cross, which is the largest at present known to
exist in any part of Ireland, is raised upon the fatal spot
where the noble marquis was killed. The pedestal bears
the following inscription :—" Henry, Third Marquis of
Waterford, killed by a fall from his horse while hunting,
29th March, 1859.' The monument, including cross,
pedestal, and base, presents an elevation of more than 20
feet, and unquAtionably will constitute an interesting
monument in tie history of the locality in which it is
rotted.

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