The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, NOV. 5.

According to a telegram received here from
Biarritz, Marshal O'Donnell is very seriously ill.

The Ministerial journals announce that nume-
rous subscriptions have been received to the Mort-
gage Bonds.

LONDON GAZETTE.-LAST EVENING.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 5.

2d Dragoons —Sergeaat:M3jor Charles VValtor Neal to be

Riding Master.
3d Hussa••s —Gentleman Cadet James William Barry to b 3

Cornet.
10th ilussare —Cornet tho lion. Henry George Louis
Crichton to b 3 Lieutenant ; tho Ilos. William Thomas

Wentworth Fitz William to be Cornet.
11th Hussars—Lieut. Henry Richard
.Abadio, from th©
17th Ltncers, to be Lieutenant.
16th Lancers—Sergeant-Major William Barker to be

Cornet.
17th Lancers—Liautenant Gordon Humphrey Langford

Yellow to be Lieutenant.
18th Hussars—Cornet George Watson to be Lieutenant ;
Ensign William Edward Bolton to be Cornet; Cornet
Richard Knox, from the 3d Hussars, to be Cornet.
Royal R g'ruent of Artillery—Lieutenant George Shep-
pard Harvey to be Second Captain.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain Arthur Robert
l!lactioanell to be Captain ; Lieutenant Joseph Allan

Millar to bo Second Captain.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Gaorge W. Thompson to be
Captain; Ensign H. Church to be Lieutenant.
3d Foot—Lieut. Hugh Maitland Fitzßoy, from the Rifle
Brigade, to be Lieutenant.
11th Foot—Ensign Ross Thompson to be Ensign.
15th Foot—Lieut. Francis Henry Garnett to be Captain ;
Ensign George Bolden to be Lieutenant ; Ross Thomp-
son, Gent to be Ensign.
19th Foot—Ensign Alfred Charles Les Quesne, from the
83d Foot, to ba Ensign.
21st Foot—Ensign John Rollo Harriman to be Ensign ;
Ensign Anthony Cethbcrt Dunn to be Ensign.
26th Foot —William Edward Bolton, Gent., to be Ensign,
34th Foot —Captain Nicholas Penuofathor to be C.iptain.

47th Foot —C.iiitain William Fitz William Stnithwia to be
Captain.
57th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Charles Valleyley

Leech to be Quartermaster.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Pennyman White Worsley to be
Captain ; Ensign Percy Alexander Johnstone to be
Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Arthur J. Brander to be
Ensign.
72d Foot—Lieutenant F. George Sherlock to b 3 Captain ;
Ensign Horace Musgrove to be Lieutenant ; Ensign
Matthew Nisbett Gordon Kane to be Ensign.
81st Foot—Francis Henry Whaler, Gent., to be Ensign.
83d Foot—Capt. John Francis Wyse, to be Captain ; Lieu-
tenant Walter Cecil Strickland to be Captain ; Sign
G. E. S. Cartwright to be Lieutenant ; Alfred Chas. Le

Quesne, Gant., to bo Ensign.
86th Foot—Lieut. R. Jebh Posnett to b 3 C tptain ; Ensign
Jas. Arnold Awdry to be Lieutenant; Henry Plantage-
net Williams, Gout., to be Ensign.
89th Foot—Ensign Alfred Godwin Godwin-Austen to b 3
Lieutenant; (At:tries A. Barker, Giro., to bo Ensign.
Rifle Big tdo—Lieutenant Hoary B. Buchanan, from the

3d Foot, to be Lieutenant.
Ist West lulia Regiment—Captain Win. Thompson, from
the 47th Foot, to be Captain.
21 West India lt,giment—E tsign Osborn C. Jones to bi
Lieutenant ; lames J. C. Be Jr, Gent., to ho Ensigu.
Royal C.Luad'a.i Rifle R-giment —Ensign Charles Coghlan
S.nyth to be Instructor of Musketry.
Commissariat Departmeat —Lieutenant Frederick Bazatt
asvcton, to be Diputy Assistant Commissary Geniral.
•partimmt Staff Assistant-Sqrgeou Thomas
:Henry Pickering, from half-pay, to be Staff Assistant-
Surgeon.

COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—Last Eve ling.

Amsterdam Short. 11 18

12 19

Ditto 3 Months. 12 Of 12 Of
Rotterchun
Antwerp — 25 35 25 40
Brussels — 25 35 25 40
hamburg — 13 91 13 10:,
Paris Short 25 12} 25 221
Ditto 3 Months. 25 30 25 35
Marseilles
.. 25 32f 25 371

Vrankfort on tho Maine -- 1201 120 f
Vienne - 12 65 12 72f
Mastic. - 12 65 12_72f

Petorsburgh -
Berlin
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Madrid — 48 - 481
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 28 15 28 25
__ .__

Naples — 28 15 28 25
Palermo
Messina
... _..

Lisbon —

Oporto

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

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The following promotions wore mad 3 yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Lieutenant—Thomas M. Sullivan, to the Irresistible, for
service in the Coastgard at Worthing.
The appointment of Commander C. B. Theobald to her
Majesty's ship Mullet has been cancelled.

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER CHARGED WITEI AT-
TEMPTED MURDER.—A man named Webb attempted
to murder his wife at Epworth by fracturing her skull
with a hammer. Believing her to be dead he proceeded a
short distance on the Burnham-road, and attempted to cut
his throat ; but failing to do so effectually, ho gave himself
up to the police. One evening last week he complained
of feeling very cold. The policeman in whose custody he
was considerately allowed him to sit near the fire, in the
office adjoining the justice-room. After a time he asked
the policeman if he might retire to bed, as ho felt very ill.
Again, with much consideration, he was allowed to go to
his cell, when, on leaving the office, he adroitly locked the
policeman in his own office and effected his escape, and has
not since been heard of. It was three hours before the
policeman was released.
RARE BlRDS.—Within the last few clays two
very rare birds have been shot in East Lothian.
The first was a fine specimen of the little bittern—a bird
that has never before been seen in the district, and is ex-
tremely rare everywhere. It was shot by the head game-
keeper at Luffuess. The other bird was a remarkably fine
specimen of the golden eagle, which was seen on Friday
last by the Rev. Dr. Logic, Dirletou, hovering within shot
over the sandy links near the beach, on the outlook for
rabbits, which abound there. Information having been
immediately sent to Archerfleld, the bird was shot next day
by the head keep^r to the Right Hon. R. C. Nisbet Hamil-
ton. It was only wounded, and it inflicted some injury on
its captor before it could be secured. It is a splendid
specimen, several years old, weighing upwards of 121 b, and
measuring eight feet from tip to tip of wing. The wounds
being serious, the bird was killed and sent to Edinburgh
to be stuffed for preservation at Arehorfleld. Now that
the eagle is so nearly extinct in Scotland its appearance
so far south is very uncommon.—Haddington Courier.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—On Saturday night a
labourer, employed at the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich,
and whose name is Thomas Wheelan, was walking along
a street in Plumsteztd, when a man named Blake, who is
also employed at the Arsenal, snatched a cratch from the
hand of a cripple, who chanced to be standing near, and
made a murderous attack upon Wheelan. Having
knocked his victim down, he by kicks and blows broke
Wheelan's jaw, fractured several ribs, and inflicted other
serious injuries. Wheelan was carried home ; and last
night Mr. Maude, the police magistrate, attended at his
bedside, and took what was supposed to be his dying de-
position. At the same time Blake was shown into the
room, and identified by Wheelan as the man who had
attacked him.
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