The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-03 00:00:00

ORDER OF THE MEDJlDlE.—Afsupplsment to yester-
day's Gazette ~as been puelished eontainieg a ceieplete
li.t of the officers of the 11 itish army to whom !he Qeeen
bas been pleased to grant her royal Its ence and permis-
sion to wear the insignia of the several classes of the
Imperial Order of the Medjidie, which his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Sultan of Turkey has been pleased to confer
upon them as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of
their distinguished services before the enemy during the
late war with Russia, or as having been actually and
entirely employed in his Majesty's service. The officers
of the Royal navy entitled to the distinction are—First
class, Vice-Admiral S r H. Stewart, 8.C.8. ; third
class, Capt. A. Slade, C. 8., and Capt. J. Eorlase, C.B
A list is also given of the officers of the Turkish Con-
tingent and of the late Omsanli Irregular Cavalry and
Artillery who receive permission to wear the order.
Officers now in this couetry who have not yet received
the insignia of the order are directed to make application
after Monday next to No. 2, Whitehall-yard, This
supplement also contains notices from :he Admiralty aid
War-office, stating that her Majesty has granted per-
mission to officers and men of the navy, army, and ma-
rines to receive medals conferred by the Emperor of the
French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan.
THE MAILS,
pezaen.;7BSßOttleaTtalif.i.ilfhPipTONm
agAdfasirecnha, 2ca—ptTaleine
ilir.ooJterinninsgphecaiune:
taoiolkChomer departure to-day with the West India,
Mexican, and Pacific mails, 73 passengers (among
Abbott, took
j eDvvre. I 1 earnyd, valuers.
Burke,
12,6001 , and a full geeerat cargo.
whom aarteidthfaenaH4e); t
the Grand Master of Artillery, Fetbi Ahmed
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 17.—Another important per-
sonage,Pasha the Sultan's brother-in-law, and most intimate
confident, is dead. He had been suffering for some time
from a heart complaint, which, after several crises,
carried him off suddenly four days ago. His place in
the Ordnance Department has been given to Mehmed
Rustidi, lately at the head of the War Department, but
it will take a long time before any one else will acquire
his itositien with the Sultan.
THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL—The governors of the
Foundling Hospital have recently appropriated a room
for the recvption of toe works of art belonging to the
Reynolds, Wilson, and other painters of the
institution. These include not only the pietwres by
Englishli°ga rtbs'chool, the works in marble by Roubiliac and
Rysbrack, but also the cartoon of the "Murder of the
luuoctnte," designed by Raphael, a❑d now
Hospital by Prince Hoare, and as it was
Natishal Gallery. The cartoon was bequeatheditno tthhee
IFenotahtdoltithge trustees of the National Gallery, in 1840, on
the understauding that it was to be returned when re-
quired, it will now be claimed. The collection will be
accessible to visitors under certain conditions.
Mr. William Fitzgibbon, lately Mayor of Cork for
two consecutive years, and one of the most eminent
merchants of flat, city, died at his residence, at Sidney
House, on the morning ce the 27th February, aged 65.
Oa the evening on the 21st, about halt-past nine, he
retired to his bedroom as usual. The next morning,
on his servant as usual going into his master's room,
he was found undressed and lying on the fleer, evi-
dently having an apoplec.ic fit followed by paralysis.,
Four medical men were imituediately called in, who
pronounced his case from the first almost hopeless.
Up to the 25th he did not. get worse, when he had e
relapse, after which he gradually sank. A widow and
two children are left to mourn his loss. During the
day all the ships in harbour had their flews half-mast
high, and most of the shop in the city had their shutters
part:ally closed.
EXTENSITE BURGLARIES NEAR LIVERPOOL.—The
Liverpool magistrates held another examination yester-
day into the case of the burglar Wuliameon, who was
receutly apprehended whilst preparing for a profe,sioual
visit to Matcheeter. He was committed for trial. A
cloud of weneseee came t rward to idenefy various
article, of stolen property found in his possession. He
has, it appears, coutiucted his operations on a meet
extensive scale, and his " transactions" during the last
few months have exceeded 4001.
CAPTURE OF A SUSPECTED MURDERER.—Yesterday,
Alexander Clayton, a private in the y7tn Regiment of
Font, stationed in Colcuester Camp, was arrested by an
officer of toe Irish constabulary, under a coroner's war-
rant dated 9th Feb., cuarged with 'he wilful murder of
John Reyaeles at Pertadown, Ceunty Armagh, Ireland.
Toe unforteuate deceased was attacked about the end of
last year by a gang of seven persons, and received such
injuries teat he died a few week; since. The prisoner
enlisted itamediately after the affray, and was nrOught,
with other recruits, to this camp ; but all the other par-
ties implicated have been arrested and committed for trial.
The prisoner who domes his guilt, was forthwith con-
veyed to Ireiand to undergo an examination upon the
charge.
PUNISHMENT OF MOCK AUCTIONEERS AND SWEETEN.
ERB —Coogan, the proprietor of a notorious mock
auction-room, in Liverpo has been sentenced by the
Liverpool Recorder to 12 months' imprisonment and
hard labour, and to pay a fine of 801. Coogan's assi-t
ants, Doyle, Williams, Groves, and Nelson have been
sentenced to terms of imprisonment and hard labour,
varying from tour to eight months. These punishments
it is hoped will check tne progress of this description of
fraud in Liverpool.
MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL —James Morecrrft, a
ehoeiealser, reeidieg at Sefton, near Liverpool, left home
on the 19th of January last, in order to collect some
money which was due to him, and was not subsequently
seen until the 23d alt , when hie body, much bruised and
disfigured, was fiend in the canal at Litherland. It is
believed that the deceased had been carousing with the
money which he had collected; and that when drunk be
had fallen into the hands of some tui,crcahLe wito robbed
and murdered him. A verdict to the effect that the
deceased had been feloniously murdered by some persons
unknown was returned yesterday, at an inquest held by
the county coroner,
MERCANTILE MARINE CAPTAINS AND THE EMIGRA-
TIONCOMMISSIONERS. —The Liverpool Mercantile Marine
Service Asseciaaion have addressed a letter to the E iii-
gration Commissioners, complaining .1 the regulation
which forbids captains to command vessels chartered by
the Emigration Commissioners unless they possess cer-
tificates of competency. The commissioners, in their
reply, say that the rule will not be rigidly enforced in
future, and that the emigration agonts at the different
ports will be guided by circumstances in granting certi
ficates.

COURT OF ALDERIIMT.—At a Court hell yesterday,
for the de!Tatch of business, the resignation of Alder-
man Kennedy was read and accepter. A dicus-i, n
arose as to whether the act was a legal one, bat the
Recorder decided in the affirmative. Mr. Kruuedy, it
will be remembered, was recently convicLed and set-
tsuced to a term ofimprisonment for fraud in connec-
tion with the great swindle called " The Royal Briti:42
Barak."

LAUNCH 01? A STEAMER FOR THE RUSSIAN GOVERN
}LENT. Yesterday (Tuesd iy) a magnificent new pc'ew
' steamer, the Emperor Alexander, wa. succes• folly
Tue Emperor Alexander is an iron,
gons, with engines of 350 horse plwar,
launched from the shuippbtouilld,2inogo.yarSdheofisNblera.
uJtoihfunilLyapirrod.,
intended to run between 0 isesa and
4jafeoerntlea.
~'
steamerpeaprßta: i)rinekeedoon,ffh,iesi;lddrokoil
int
Alexandria. Immediately after. the steamer was launched
graving dock on Mr.
English Mint price or 3/
PRICE OF GOLD. quotatioe of gold at Paris is
about 1 per ruilie discount, and the shirt exchange en
gold it appears that g ld is nearly
per 11. sterling. Ou comparing three
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LsLhoairdwdoa,sns
premisesitw2se doi7; t
ot o
iiteTh
fitter.ef i e
17-. 10,d, per
cent. dearer in Paris than in L 'actor,. By
advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 420 per
ro3au_iti7oestehwfsoi tprhesrttahneda
r,
mark, and the short exchange On London is 13.3 i per
11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price
is therefore ale,ut 5-10ths per cent. dearer in L ,ndon
than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New
York on London lir bills at 60 days' sight is about 1091
• per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par
between the two countries, shows that the exchange is
slightly in favour of Eng)aed ; and, after making allow-
ance for charges of transport and difference of in,erest,
the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa-
tion of gold from the United States.
ENGLISH SUBJECTS DYING IN FRANCE.—An un-
married Englishwoman named Brown, who, after long
residing at Boulogne-sur-filer, bad taken up her re-d-
-deuce at Paris, died in the ho pital de la Charit4 in
June, 1854. Sae was at first supposed to be in die-
tress, but it turned out that she had left securities worth
morn than 300,000 e The Government took pos-ession
of the property, but her brother and two sisters—Mr.
George Brown, Mrs. Worth, and Mrs.jMunro —brought
in July, 1856, an action before the Civil rribes tl
"ttohde m
berry,g
Pi ne
rtti ell fteerictattrt ilobobfanuten hkaatan Seine
,
fromtd as they produced letters of
he Preregative Court of Canter-
granted the application. On Saturday
Government, appealed to the Imperial Court to have
tke decision set aside, on the ground that the letters of
admini-tration were not sufficient to prove teat Mr.
Brown, Mrs. Worth, and Mrs. Munro were really the
heirs of the deceased, arid that they ought formally to
have established tee fact in the manner required by
Eu dish jurisprudence ; but the Court confirmed the
former judgment.
ESTIMATES Or THE REVENUE DEPARTMENTS.—Thtee
estimates nave ju,t been issued from the warehouse of
the Parliamentary printers. They are divided into three '
heads—the C„toml,,
the Inland Revenue, and the
Post-office, The Customs, fee the year 1858, will re-
quire the vote of a grand total sum of 849,285/.,against
855,4821. last year ; the Inland Revenue one of
1,362,2581.
; and the Poet-office, one of 2,026,031/.
against 1,868,181/. last year. rho superannuation,
&e., of t,e three departments will demand a sum et'
485,5751. Thus the glees:, total of the Estimates et
1858 for these
three deriartmente of Government will
amount to 4.723,1491., against 4,699,066/. in 1857, thus
exeibititig an increase ref 24 093/. The items of the
Post-office Estirna.ee include 444169/. f.:r the chief
office iu the three capieals ; 45,2401. for surveyors ;
408,465/, for provincial offices in England and Wales ;
49,499/ for these in Ireland ; 70,7461. for those in Scot-
land ; 20,232/, for estaleiehments in the oelouies and
agents abroad ; 818,7901. for conveyance of mails ;
138,5001. for buildings and repairs, and 30,8901. for the
manufacture of postage stamps, &c. Toe number of
persons employed in the service of the Post-effice is
23,846.

GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.—We hear from a busybody,
who has tne entree of the Horse Guards, that the Duke
of Cambridge
intends conferring the next good service
pension of 1001. upon hitnself for the extreme care and
devotion he Las always shown to the r-giment of Guaras,
of which he is the distmgui-hed colonel. TIP-, next good
service pension after the Duke's %ill be be-towed on
H.R.H F.M. Prince Albert, for the loving attention
that he hap, also,
at all times, shown to the wants and
personal comforts of the valiant men whom be hat the
honour of oonananding. —Punet,