The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-02 00:00:00

SPANISH BONDHOLDERS.

The following answer has been received by the
committee of Spanish bondholders to a letter ad-
dressed to the Earl of Clarendon on behalf of their
constituents : _

"Foreign-office, Jan. 31, 1855.
, " Sir —I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to ac-
knowledge the receipt of the letter signed by Baron
Lionel Rothschild and Mr. Louis Samson, on behalf of
the committee of Spanish bondholders, upon the subject
of the state of their claims upon the Spanish Govern-
ment, and requesting that instructions may be given to
Lord Bowden, her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, to
make such representations to that Government as may
'educe them, without further delay, to reccgni,e the just
claims of the bondholder ; and I am to state to you in
teply, that instructions will be sent accordingly to her
kajesty's Minister at Madrid, and that the committee
may rest assured that no effort on the part of Lord
fauwden will be wanting to procure justice for the bond-
-4olders.—l am, sir, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " WODELIOUSE.
J. S. Collett, Esq.,"

Naval and Military Intelligence.

lier Majesty's steam-sloop Ardent, Commander Hor-
ton, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Medi-
terranean with a few naval invalids. She has left for
.11e eastward to be paid off. The whole of the gun-boats
in harbour are completing with coals and water from
the depots, and several are at the gun wharf, shipping
their guns. They will form at the Motherhank on leaving
the harbour. The steam-sloop Gergon, 6, Commander
Crawford, will be ready to go to Spithead in the early
part of next week. The Charger and Dove steam gun
boats arrived yesterday to join the squadron.
.„..The Amity, screw steam-transport, No. 177, Captain
44.0Pper, arrived at Spithead yesterday front the East.
The East Anglian screw steam-transport, No. 162,
Captain Jay, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
East- On the 19th ult., off Cape de Gatt, she spoke the
brig Endeavour, 49 days from Syra, with a portion of
her bulwarks carried away. Tice East Anglian is in
ballast
on, y,
The Bahiana screw steam-transport, No. 160, Capt.
Green, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East.
The screw steam-corvette Cossack, 20, Captain Jas.
Cockburn, left Plymouth on-Thareday for the Medi-
terranean.
The screw steam-ship Hogue, 60, Captain Wm. Ram-
-B...saY, having taken her powder and shot on board, left
Plymouth on Thursday for Falmouth to relieve the screw
steam-ship Hawke, 60, Captain Erasmus Ommanney.
The paddle-wheel steam-vesset Sprightly, from Ports-
Mouth, arrived on Thursday at Plymouth, with seamen
for ships fitting at that port.
The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, Capt. Geo. R. Mundy,
was taken out of the basin dock at Keyham on Tuesday
and warped to her hulk preparatory to receiving her
crew.
The screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Capt. W. K. Hall,
flag of Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, completed tak-
ing her powder and shot on board at Plymouth on Wed-
nesday.
The screw steamship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt.
the Hon. F. T. Pelham, flag of Rear-Admiral the lion.
Richard S. Dundas, is shortly expected at Plymouth
from Portsmouth, in order to be docked at Keyham.
A very appropriate addition, and one which excites
considerable curiosity, has been made to the group of
trophies now exposed in the Dial-square at Woolwich
Arsenal, and which ale awaiting her Majesty's inspee-
tlnu—namely, a wooden sentry-box, bearing the arms of
Russia, the double-headed eagle over the entrance. Like
other articles of that description pertaining to the Rue-
Sian Government, it is conspicuously decorated with the
Imperial Russian colours—black and white, in alternate
and broadly painted lines. It stands in the background
of the enclosed space which is occupied by the trophies.
It was taken from Hango, with a number of guns, by
Capt. Hall, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim.
Mr. W. O'Neill, clerk in the war department at Wool-
wich, has been promoted as clerk in the war depart-
ment at the Tower. Mr. Bacon, late of the shipping.
office, which has been abolished, succeeds ta Mr.
O'Neill's duties as head of the shipping branch of foreign
stations.
The folllowing appointments have been made at the-
Admiralty :—Lieutenant Louis Geneste, to the Her-
ring ; Lieutenant Wm. Menzies, to the Hasty ; Lieut.
Bedford C. .Pim, to the Magpie ; Lieutenants John
Burgess, F. T. Thomson, and William W. Wright, to
the Rodney ; F. R. 11. Yorke and E. D. Lane, naval
cadets, to the Royal George ; W. G. Best, naval cadet,
to the Rodney ; G. R. Roberts, midshipman to the Forth ;
Andrew Moffit, sureeon, to the Eurotas ; Hugh Girvin,
surgeon, to the Mohawk ; Richard Drury, acting clerk,
to the Algiers ; William Rhodes, acting-clerk, to the
Wellesley ; Byron Stratford, acting-clerk, to the Euro-
tas ; William Crump, assis• ant-clerk, to the Cnckoo ;
• Edward A. Phillip., assistant clerk, to the Wellesley ;
lerederick W. Williams, to the Diver.
The following Paymasters have been promoted :—To
the First Class—Patrick O'Connor and William Dyer.
To the Second Class—William Wells, George Rameden,
Thomas Pitcock, Charles Richards (a), and Charles A.
Thorne. Third Class—Sidney 3. Spark, Robert C.
Webber, Edward J. Bennett, Thomas Taylor Wise,
Robert A. Cumming, and George Shainbler.
The Grert Britain steam-ship is to embark 600 troops
at Liverpool, and will immediately sail for Queenstown
to take on board draughts for,Nalta.

INSPECTION OP THE SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS,—The
Duke of Cambridge yesterday inspected the 2d Battalion
of Scots Fusilier Guards at the Wellington Barracks.
The battalion mustered about 600 effective men, in fine
condition, exclusive of about 250 recruits.
APOTHECARIES'-lIALL--The following are the names
*1 gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificates
to practise, on the 31st January :--William Kirk, jun.
Heden, near Hull, York-hire; James GO,l win Rom.ey,
Hants ; and James Beatty, Oldbury, W,ircestershire.
SOMEWHAT OF A JUMPER.—Mr. John Lawrence
Bagler, in the Lcisvilic '1 imes, offers to bet from
$,5,000 to $3,000 that he can do as follows :—Jump five
feet further on dead a level than any man in Kentucky—
three feet further than any man in the United States—
one foot further than any man in the world—or that he
can stand flat-footed upon the earth and leap a brick
wall 15 feet high and four thick.
A GIANT IN DIFFICULTIES.—A person named Paris,
keeper of the Cafe des Arts, Boulevard du Temple, on
Thursday brought an action before the Tribunal of Com-
merce against a man name Murphy to recover B,ooof.
for breach of agreement. This Murphy, he stated, is of
gigantic stature, and is employed in the establishment
of the plaintiff to exhibit himself as a giant. The condi-
tions are that he shall be paid 1,200 f. a month, and, as
well as his brother, be supplied with food, lodging, and
washing gratis, and that in return he shall be at the
Cafe every day from two o'clock in the afternoon to
11 at night, shall every half-hour walk about the Cafe,
and light a cigar at the highest gas-lamp. But, instead
of punctually attending to his duty, Murphy for a
long time past bad arrived every day about 20 minutes
ton late, and thereby did injury to the Cafe. As an in-
demnity for this injury Paris maintained that a sum of
B,ooof. was not too much. Murphy, who stated that he
lived at Neuilly, a long way from the Cafe, opposed the
demand, on the ground that it was not true he was
haleitaally late, and be alleged that the plaintiff fre-
quently advanced his clock. He also said that by their
agreement Paris had the power of fining him 101. for
every half hour he was behind time, but so punctual
was he that he (Paris) had never had an opportunity of
inflicting the fine. The Tribunal dismissed the action,
with costs. In the course of the proceedings it was
stated that, though Murphy's name is Hibernian, he
figures as a " Scotch" giant, and WON the highland
99.02gae."-Golignsitfa Memtbat.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

At the Court of Buckingham Palace, tin 30th dsy of
January, 1856, present, the Queen's most excellent *Ma-
jesty in Council. Her Msjesty in Council was this day
pleased, on a representation of the Right Honourable the
Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to ap-
point the Rev. George Robinson Moncreiff, M.A., to be
one of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools.