The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-01 00:00:00

RE SUN,- LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING;) SEPTEMBER 1, 1860.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Paid. Closing Business
Paid. Closing Business
Share Railways. Price. Done. Share Mines.
Price. Done.

glythe and Tyne 10 per
1 c. pref. (issued at £5O
Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock
,Do. do. do. Shares
;Caledon £lO, 44 per cent
Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c.
'Cornwall. 5 per cent
Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun.
E. Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e
Do. do. Class B 6 p.c
Do. do. Class C 7 p.c
E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I
Do. do. No. 2
Do. New 6 per et. stock.
Eastern Union, 4 per ct.
Do. 5 per cent. guar...
lEdin.&Glas. sp.c. shares
Do. 4 p. c. oua. S. & D.
Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.
Furness, kper cent ....
Glasnt S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.
Great Northern, 5 p. ct.
IDo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm
;Do. ,q p. c. do. do.
CDo. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm
IGt. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pf.
f Gt. Rn. W (Ireland) 4
p. ct. pref. stock
Great West. (Berks andi

jAlfre4 Consols (Philack)2.ll.lo 44 51
20 !British Iron 1 16 1 2
Clifford — 200 210
!Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 430 440
'East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1074 1121
lEast Caradon 2.14.6 9f 101
lE. WThussel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 11 111
;Gam.&StAubvn(G wen ) 541 20 31
Great South Tolgus
G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack)ll2.l3.9 11 11
G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 i 4
',Grenvi11e..15.14.6 21 21
Herod's-Foot 8.12 30 31
Hingston Downs 4.8.6 31 34
Lady Bertha
~.- Margaret (Uny Lelant) 9k 38 40
North Downs 2l 34 4
!North Frances (Mogan) 11 21 34
N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ,an) 5s 41 54
North Wheal Crofty
!Par Consols (St. 13Iazey) 1/ 111 121
20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 45 47
Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 11 11
South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 298 310
S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3l 21 21
1 ,S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 1 4
,Sll-I,eal Fran (Illogan)18 1.4.9 i 130 140
,Stray Park 122.18.0 52 55
5 ITarnar Silv.& Lead Mind 4/ 21 21
10 Tin Crort ' 9 44 5
;Vale of Towey (Carm ) ...c..s 6d 1 1
West Basset (Illogan) l4 17 18
iW. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 65 68
♦West Seton
IWheal Basset (Mogan 5f 130 135
heal Buller (Redruth 5 80 85
,Wheal Edward (Cals. 61 21 21
'Wheal Kitty (IT.Lelant 1.7.2 131 14
!Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 24 20
!Wheal Trolawney (Lis. 01 23 25
FOREIGN MINES.
20 !Australian
1 IlionAccordCopper,Lim 15s 5 d pr
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £ip )i 275 14 11
20 'Do.St.Jolindel Rey,Lim! 15 27 28
5 ,Do. Lan d and Mtningeo. all
1 iClarendon Cons.MinCo. dig.
40 'Care Copper all 4l 43
Copiapo l6 10 12
1 !DunMoun.Cop.Ming,.Co ail 4 1
2 Fortuna.
20 ,General all 22 23
2 iGt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 , 4 d 4 d
14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p
3 Linares all 104 11
5 Lusitanian 2 4 d fp
1 Mariquira all 4 1
1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 2s.6d. 4 i d
20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead
Mining and Smelt all i 5 6
5 Port Philip 1 1 4
1 Scottish Austria. (L.) los. ' 14 d
28•2•84 United Mexican .
1 Worthingi (Limited) all 1 i
1 1 Do.
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
,Can. Gov. 6 p.e.Ja. &Jul 100 112 115 1141
I Do. 6p. cent. 187 100 -
- , Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 -
- Do. 6p. cent. 1883 100 1141
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 110 112 1111
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 413 115
c Do. 5 per cent lOO 1014 102 102 14
t Do. Scrip 5O
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. ja.&July 100 1051 1061 106
Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100
Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876' 100 99 100 991
Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwdsl 100 981 991
!Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c I
1 sterling, 1875 1 100 107 108 1071
S.Aus.Gt 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO 108 110
,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100
i Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1191 110 1094 10

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20
stock
stock

104 I

stock
50

tock
stock
stock
stock

Hants) Ext. 5 p. et
IC o. Redeemable, 4i p.ct
Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et
Do. Irredeemable, do
Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref
Do. firm. Pref. Shares
Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh
Tlo dos p. ct. pref
Do Birmg.cruar. stock
Do. Chester gua. shares
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do.
LanAYork 6 p. c. stock
Do. Barn sl. st£s 3s 10d pc
Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.)
Lon.et Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l
'Do. 5 p. c No. 21
IDo. Erna. 6 p. C.
Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 41
IDo. do. 41i per cen'.
Do. do. 44 p. c. shares
Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock
Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.itC.P )
Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65)
Lon. Chat. and Dover
!Lon. and N.W. Cov. and

stock

2(
13k
20
stock
stock
stock
stock
stock
stock
stock
stock

stock
stock
stock
stock
stock

stock
stock
2s. 6d.

Nuneaton, 5 p.
Lon. & SW, 7 p. et. stock
Do. 44 per cent
Do. (Prism. perpl anus.
of 2m. 6d.
Londondy. tt Cole. sh.
Londony. & Ennis. sh.
Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et.
Do. ,-E6
Do. 3,1 per cent
Do. redeem. 6 percent
Mary( ort & Car., 4 p. c
Do. 41 per cent.
Mid. Con. 6 p. c stock
Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c
Do. 4a p. c. pref. stock
Do. with option till 1860
Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st.
Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846
Do. 5A p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47
North British, 5 p. c.
Do. New, gua. 5 p. c
Do. Bor.Un. g. pf. shs
Do. do. do.
Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co.
N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c.
Do. Berwick, 4 p.e,. Pref.
Do. do. do
Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters, 1848
Do. York, H. & S. Purch.
North Staffordshire
iNhymney Guaranteed.
Scottish Central, new p
Scot`tish North-Eastern
34 p, c. pref. stock
Do.Aberdeen,zua.6p.e.

12
124
stock

stock

124
124
stock
stock
stock

all
1100

1.91 no

109,E 10

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
•100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 , --
40 Luatralasia all 61 Off
25 Bank of Egypt all 20 21
100 Bank of London
20 Bank of Turkey
50 British North American all
20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 205 201
25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.Sc Ch all 32 14
100 City
100 Colonial . -
20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all
100 Commercial of London . 20 20 21 205
20 Eng., Scot., k Aus. Ch.. all 15 155
20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all •
20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 235 24
50 London and County .. 20
50 London Joint Stock .. 10
100 London & Westminster 20 $8
100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42
20 Do. new l2
50 National Bank ........ 25
20 New South Wa1e5...... all
20 Do. new
25 Orient. B. Corporation . all --
20 Ottoman Bank
400 Provincial of Ireland
10 Do. new —
25 South Australia
25 Union of Australia
50 Union of London.
100 Unity Mutual 6O
MISCELLANEOUS.
10 ;Anglo-Mexican Mint
1000 :Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all
25 !Australian Azricultural, 19 26 28
10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 55
50 [British American Land' 40 30 35
50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.)'[ all 35 57
20 Do. 13,7 p .c. 11111852 (Lim.). all 19 21
20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 15
325 ;Canada Land all 114 117
10 !Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all
stock 'Cop.Min.ofEng,.&Smltg all
25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 245 255
stock Crystal Palace
stock 'Do. Preference
stock ,Do. 6 p.c. Pei Jet. Deben. 100 106 108
stock Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New l5 5d 5 p
5 !English & Aus. Copper all 25 25 25
15 !Gen. Steam Navigatt m 14
1 ,Great Ship Limited) all
1 Do. 174 pet Preference ; 5d pr
5 Lon. Di2trict Tel. (Lim.) 2 25 14d
20 London Discount (Lim.), 5 15 15d
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.)[ all 11 If
20 Madras Irr. and Canal t 1 25 21
10 IMecliter. Electric Teleg.; all
10 :Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4
25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.)l 5 15 15 d3l
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 lid
10 Netherlands Land all 5
5 Do.B p.c.Pref.iss.atl dis. all
100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 82 —5 1
1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 1
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. 5 pr
10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6
10 Ditto B.
10 Ditto C 2s.
stock Peelit.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 17 50 471
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 74 76
50 Do. New 25 125 134 p
20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp c all 18 185
50 Rhymney Iron
15 Do. New all 5 6
100 Royal Mail Steam
stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 122 125
25 South Australian Land all 33 34
1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 5
1 'Do. do. Registered a:I 5
10 Do. do all 55 65
20 -Tr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.Can.• 5
100 Pau Diemen'o Laud 285 9 10

Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 4& per cent.
South Eastern (Reading

Ann: 1.0.6)

Do. 44 per cent
Do. Fixed 14p.c. Ist is 1
south Wales, gua. 4 p.c
Do. 44 per cent.
S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.
Stock. Ac Dar. A 5 p.

Do. B 6 per cent
Do. C 6 per cent
Watrfd & ICilkny, 6 p. c
-Oaf Ist Gus stk
Do. 2d do
Do. Newport 6 p.c.pf.red.
Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 1866
Do. till 1869, let tel
Do. do. 2d is.
Do. Hereford 44 p.c. pf.

166,11

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS .D.AI.)

Closing
Share Railways. Paid. Frice. limning done
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence an 86 88 881
stk
I Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind lop 034 944 944
( Gu. 5 per cent.
18 Do, Do. B 16 14 15 d
204 Buffalo and Lake Httron all 54 54d 54 4
205 . Do. New -
10 Do. Preference ....
100 I Buffalo,Brant&Godricli
6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 182 100 73 731
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 70 75
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 68 73
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 1. 30. 5 d 1p
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - -
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 25 11 d
20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 15 4 d
171 Demerara. . all - -
20 Eastn. Bengalegu. sp. c 74 11 14 d
stock East Indian,igu. sp. c. 100 99 lc° 100 4 994
20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 f d
20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 1 d
100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 994 101
0 991
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102
20 Geelong & Melbourne 214 224
Geelong Corporation 6
sto. 100 - -
per cent. Bonds
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 31 32 314 24
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 89 01
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 55 57
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867
100 Do. do. 1872
took Gt. TndiaPenin.g-ua.sp.c lOO 96 97 97
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 Idf d 54
20 Gt. South.of In dia (Lim) 13 2 lid
guaranteed 5 per cent.
204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 134 134 134 4
201 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 93 96
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O . . all 93 96
100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 93 96
100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 92
stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... 1,00 83 85
stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 94 95
stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 87 89
20 Do. Fourth c 10........ 10 14 14 d
20 Do. d 0..... - .... all - -
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - -
Newßrunswick A Canda
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6Pc
all 5 7
Class A Capital Share -
▪ Do. do. Land d 0... ....
20 Do. do. B Capital do' • • all 5 7
▪ Do. do. Land do. ......
20 Oude (Limited) ........ ss. - -
stock Scinde .......... ,:i4,; 100 975 981
20 Do. Punjaub .... ca g 7 11 d 11d
a2O Do. Do. .... .. 9 all - -d
c)* et Do. Indus. St. Flo. g,... 100 93 944
f
20 IStAndrews & Quebec A 18 - - •
10 iTrinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 f d
- ]
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 54 54 i
20 Ardennes ..... ......... all - -.
20 Bali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 85 4 id
li
5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1
20 Beziers to G raisses sac.. all - -
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 24 (
100 Copiabo ........ &...... all - - i
10 Ditto Extension - - all 24 2 d
20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 4 340 124 4
20 Eastern of France .... all 25 26 c
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 - -
20 Do. do. all - - t
20 Great Central of France all - - c
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all '64 7 7 I
20 Italian Junction .. ... all - -
20 Lake Constance & Bale. all - - N
20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - c
20 Lyons & Geneva ... ... all - -
335 Maria Antonia ........ all - - s
10 Do. New . ............ all - - t
20 Namur & Liege ........ all 71 84 f
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 194 204
16 Northern of France.... all 374 .184 a
20 Do. New Shares ..... 15
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref.. all 74 85
20 ['aris,Lyons, AT, Mediter. all 344 355 v
20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 53 55 v
r Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.)
20 gua. 7p. et. lim ...... 13 24 24d n
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 - - a
10 Rome & Frascati ...... all .--
20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 14 16 o
5 Royal Swedish ........ all - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - -
20 Sambre & Meuse .... - all 54 51 54 p
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 85 84 tc
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 4 fd c(
20 S. Aust. &Lomb Vene tin 12 15 4 d
20 Southern of France.... all 19 20 SE
84 West Flanders
10 IDo. 54 p. c. Preference.. all 95 94 PI
20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23
23 Western of Austria.... 6 - -
20 Western of Switzerland all - -a:
6 Wiesbaden - -
6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all - -
20 Zealand - - vi
BRITISH MINES. re
1.... ... Plnaincr 1 Thlairiana tl
-: ..,.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

BREAKING OFF COURTSHIP, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
—Mr. William Hilton, a respectable-looking, portly
middle-aged man, residing in Woodstock-street, Oxford-
street, was charged with the following assault :
Mr. Henry Bloomfield, a smart-looking young man, the
nephew cf an hotel-keeper at 11, Woodstock-street, said
that on the previous evening he was standing at the door
of the hotel with the waiter, when Mr. Hilton crossed from
the opposite side of the street, and after striking him a
severe blew on the temple with his stick, causing a swell-
ing as large as an egg, was about to strike him a blow
with his crutch, but he fortunately warded it off, and gave
him into custody. He had frequently annoyed him also.
Mr. Beadon asked the complainant whether he gave the
defendant any provocation.

The complainant said he was engaged to be married to
the defendant's daughter, but owing to the defendant's
conduct it was broken off by mutual consult.
The def3ndant, a tailor, said the aggravation on his part
was this. The complainant asked his consent to be allowed
to pay his addresses to his (defendant's) daughter, but af-
terwards broke it off and married another. The complain-
ant and the waiter were all day long standing at the door of
the hotel making grimaces at him. He would admit the
assault, but it was under aggravated feelings.
The complainant said it was a mistake on the defen-
dant's Fart. The fact was, the waiter was " after" a young
lady on the defendant's side of the way, and what the de-
fendant took for grimaces towards him were the waiter's
smiles to attract the young lady's attention.
Mr. Beadon said it was very unfortunate she lived on the
defendant's side of the street.

A constable said the defendant was certainly intoxicated
at the tine.

Mr. Beadon said, under the circumstances, he should
order the lefendant to enter into his own recognisance in
the sum of £lO to keep the peace for three months.

THAMES.

IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. ^ Captain Alexander
Douglas, the master of the ship Blackburn, from Cal-
cutta, appeared before Mr. Yardley, to answer to a sum-
mons which charged him with having refused to give a
proper certificate of service and discharge to Mr. John
Sharman, late chief .mate of the same vessel, in violation
of the 172 d clause of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854,
by which he had incurred a penalty not exceeding £lO.
Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, who appeared for the com-
plainant, said, his client possessed a master's certificate of
competency, and was substantially, as far as rating went,
in as good a position as the defendant. Mr. Sharman had
served as chief mate of the Blackburn on a voyage to Cal-
cutta and back. There had been some differences between
the captain and the mate on the voyage, and in the certifi-
cate of service and discharge, which the defendant was
bound to give to the complainant on the termination of a
voyage, a wilful misstatement was made, and it was done
out of a feeling of resentment against the mate, who was de-
scribed as an A. 8., meaning able seaman, whereas he ought
to have been described as mate. It would be impossible
for the complainant to obtain employment as chief mate in
another ship without such a certificate.

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor for the defendant, said this
was a proceeding to annoy the captain, who had complied
with the Act of Parliament, which said that the word " sea-
man" shall include every person (except masters, pilots,
and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed
or engaged in any capacity on board any ship.
Mr. Yardley over-ruled the objection, and said the inter-
pretation clauso just quoted did not get rid of the obligation
to specify the capacity in which the defendant served ; if
cook end steward, he must be described as such. An erdiaary
seaman should be called an ordinary seaman, and a mate
should be described as a mate. It was unfair to the com-
plainant to put him down as A. B. if he acted as mate.

Mr. Smith—He was chief mate, and received his wages
as such.

Mr. Young—He was put off duty for three weeks pre-
vious to the voyage, but was not disrated we admit, and
received his pay as mate. The shipping-master made out
the certificates of service and discharge ; the captain only
signed them.

Mr. Yardley—The captain is answerable. The Act of
Parliament would be worse than useless unless officers and
seamen are to receive certificates according to their respoo-

Live capacities.

Mr. Smith said the defendant was fined 40s. and one
guinea costs, by Mr. Selfe, for assaulting Mr. Sharman,
and the error was intentional, to injure the mate.
Mr. Young said the certificate was given to the mate at
the Shipping-office, several days before the conviction.

Mr. Sharman said he noticed that A.B. was inserted on
the certificate when he received it at the Shipping-office
the day the ship was paid off. He made no remark upon
it. He did not call the defendant's attention to it.
Mr. Yardley—Why not 1'

Mr. Sharman—Because, whenever I have had any con-
versation with him, he has endeavoured to excite me.
Mr. Yardley said the case was made out. He could not
help noticing there was a little angry feeling on bah sides.
He thought the complainant ought to have called attention
to the certificate when he iecetved It, and have said 1 am
only described here as an A.B. I require you to de-
scribe me as a mate, in which capacity I have served.
Mr. Smith said he spoke to Captain Douglas about
the certificate on the day the assault case was heard, and
he then refused to alter it.

Mr. Yardley said the mate ought to have called the cap-
tain'a attention to the certificate directly he received it, and
if he had done so he would certainly have inflicted a very
substantial penalty. He hoped the defendant would give
the mate a proper certificate.

Captain Douglas—Certainly. I will do so.
Mr. Yardley—Then I think a fine of is and common
emits will meet the justice of this case.
The money was instantly paid.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND
PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

Home-office.---The lord-lieutenancy of Berwick-
shire has become vacant by the death of the Earl
of Lauderdale.

Office of Works.—Mr. F. W. Weldon, assistant
hook-keeper, Office of Public Works, Dublin, has
been appointed accountant, Office of Works and
Public Buildings, London.
The Post-office.—The postmastership of Montrose
is vacant ; salary £l2O, commission on stamps
£l5. The Postmastership of Blackburn is vacant;
salary £2OO, commission on stamps £25, allowance
for office-rent and other expenses £4O. Mr. Old-
ham Barlow has been appointed private secretary
to the postmaster-general, Lord Stanley of Al derley.
Mr. J. Downes, first clerk at Worcester, has been
appointed postmaster of Stafford. Mr. John Gib-
son and Mr. Robert Winter have been promoted
third to the second class of travelling clerks, mail-
office department. Messrs. J. Lee, H. Barker, and
S. B. Cooper have been promoted from the second
to the first-class of sorters at Leeds.—Mr. E. Phe-
lan has been promoted from the fourth to the third
class of sorters at Edinburgh. Mr. W. H. Sten-
house, third class sorter at Glasgow, has been
appointed assistant inspector of letter-carriers.
Customs.—The following officers have been
placed on the compensation list :—Mr. W. Phil-
lips, locker second class, London. Mr. G. L. Elgan,
weigher, first class. London. Mr. B. Bond, clerk
first class for general business, London. Messrs.
W. Dotson, J. Pickett, and R. Anthony, weighers
first class, London. Messrs. R. Smith, R.Walker,
W. James, and P. Byrne, tidewaiters, Lon-
don, Mr. J. Adley, collector, Ipswich. Mr.
C. Sholl, controller, Exeter. Mr. R. C.
Hearn, collector, Newhaven. Mr. J. Mason,
controller, Hull. Mr. C. Rudviick, controller,
Arundel. Mr. John Cooper, tidewaiter, at Little-
hampton, in the port of Arundel. Mr. W. Lashman-
man, tinewiter at Shoreham. Mr. W. Marks, tide-
waiter arDover. Messrs. J. Yeames and W. J.
Budds, weighers at Dover. Mr. W. Lashmar, tide-
waiter at Cowes. Mr. A_ Cole, principal coast officer
at Newport, in the port of Cowes. Mr. D. Clark,
controller of accounts at St. Katherine Docks. Mr.
W. Pike, superintendent locker, second class, in
London. Messrs. C. West and B. Harrison, weighers,
second class, in London. Mr. J. Henry, weigher,
third class, in London.
Inland Revenue Department.—S tamps and Taxes
Branch.—Mr. F. G. Bailey, of the Secretary's Office,
has been appointed assessor of the income tax for
the stamp and tax branch of the department, in the
room of Mr. A. A. Watts, resigned on promotion.
Mr. H. W. Fuleher has been appointed to a clerk-
ship in the Chief Accountant's Office, and has
entered upon probation. Mr. Albert Thompson has
been appointed to a clerkship in the Legacy Duty
Office, and has entered upon probation. Mr. Charles
Ogilvy, supernumerary surveyor of Taxes in Eng-
land, has been ordered to be transferred to the Irish
establishment, Mr. George Barber, a redundant
landing waiter on the establishment of the Customs,
has been appointed supernumerary surveyor of
taxes in England, in the room of Mr. Ogilvy.
Excise Branch.—Mr. John Miller, supervisor of
Brighton district, Sussex Collection, has been ap-
pointed surveying general examiner, third class.
Mr. Thomas Pugh, supervisor of Buckingham
district, Northampton Collection, has been
appointed to Brighton district, Sussex Collection,
Mr. George Jones, examiner, has been appointed
to Buckingham district, Northampton Collection.
Mr. William John Poole, examiner, has been ap-
pointed to Oban Collection district. Mr. John
L. Gibson, officer of Halifax third division, Halifax
Collection, has been appointed to Rochdale first
division, Manchester Collection. Mr. John Strange-
ways, officer of Bridgend second division, Argyle
Collection, has been appointed to Halifax third
division, Halifax Collection. Mr. John N. Hassam,
officer of Peterborough third division, Grantham
Collection, has been appointed export officer at the
Port of London,—Civil Service Gazette.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock,

MALTA.

A letter from Valetta, dated August 27, says:
—I take the opportunity of the departure of the
French steamer Amerique to send you a few lines.
The Amerique arrived today (in five days from
Beyrout), and leaves in an hour or two for Mar 7
seilles. She carries no mail, but through the
kindness of the French agent I am enabled to
avail myself of his despatch-bag. The troops on
board the Amerique, Borythene, and Simois had
been landed at Beyrout without anything occur-
ring worthy of notice. The Gange, also, with
French troops, had not arrived, and fears were en-
tertained that some damage had occurred to her
machinery. One hundred and seventy-three Druses
had been executed by Fuad Pasha.
The screw steamer Orontes arrived here yester-
day from Alexandria, and the Arno to-day, from
the same port, both for Gibraltar and Gibraltar,
with wheat, &c.

H.M. line-of-battle ship Queen left Malta on
Saturday for a cruise off the island, and is still in
sight. The line-of-battle ship Cressy is under orders
for Naples ; the Melpomene, frigate, for Corfu ; and
the Grayhound, corvette, for Beyrout.
The gunboat Intrepid suddenly made her appear-
ance yesterday from Naples and Messina, bringing
invalids from the squadron. She communicated
with the Scylla, at Messina, on. the 25th. There was
also a Sardinian frigate in the port. Garibaldi was
in possession of all the Neapolitan posts in the
Straits on the Calabrian coast. The firing between
Garibaldi's outposts and the Neapolitan troops in
the citadel continued.

Her Majesty's steam corvette Scylla has just
come in from Messina, it is said with important de-
spatches for the Admiral, brought from Naples to
Messina after the departure of the Intrepid.
Nothing has transpired as to the purport of their
contents.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth of
Prince Albert the Royal star&dard was hoisted at
the Palace and Fort St. Elmo, and the Union Jack
on the other forts and public offices. The ships
were decked out with flags, and at noon a Royal
alute was fired from Rear-Admiral Codrington's
ship the Hibernia in honour of the occasion. The
day being Sunday the fort reserved its salute
until to-day.

P.S.—A fine Russian frigate, the Grand Admiral,
Captain Sheslakoff, has just come in from Cronstadt
and Gibraltar. She left the former place on the
27th of July, and the latter on the 23d of August,
and is bound for the coast of Syria. On entering
port the usual salutes were exchanged.