The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-23 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

We have to record the death of Admiral Sir
Phipps Hornby, G.C.8., Rear-Admiral of the
United Kingdom, which occurred on Tuesday last,
at the age of 81. He was fifth son of the Rev.
Geoffrey Hornby, rector of Wiuwich, Lancashire,
by the Hon. Lucy Stanley, sister of Edward, 12th
Earl of Derby. The deceased admiral entered the
Navy in May, 1797, and saw much active service in
the West Indies and the Mediterranean. In May,
1806, he served on shore at the defence of Gaeta,
and was intrusted with the command of the seamen
and Marines during the operations connected with
the capture of the island of Capri. In August
the same year he was promoted to the command
of the Duchess of Bedford, 16, and in that vessel,
when in the Gut of Gibraltar, he succeeded in beat-
ing off two Spanish privateers. He was next ap-
pointed to the Minorca, and was employed at the
blockade of Ceuta. While in command of the Vo-

lage he co-operated for some time in the defence of
Sicily against the threatened invasion of Murat. He
received a gold medal for the part he took in the
action off Lissa; he afterwards commanded the
Spartan, 38, and remained with that ship until it
was paid off in 1816. In 1832 he was appointed Su-
perintendent of the Royal Naval Hospital and Vic-
tualling yard at Plymouth ; in January, 1838, ap-
pointed Superintendent of the Dockyard at Wool-
wich ; from December, 1841, until promoted to flag
rank in November, 1846, he filled the office of Con-
troller-General of the Coastguard ; and from Feb.
to Dec., 1852, be was one of the Junior Lords of
the Admiralty. Sir P. Hornby was made a Compa-
nion of the Order of the Bath in 1815 ; Knight Com-
mander, April 7, 1852, and a Knight Grand Cross
in 1861.

An Admiral's good service pension is placed at the
disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the
death of Admiral Sir P. Hornby; and a captain's
good service pension becomes vacant by the promo-
tion of Sir R. J. L. M. M'Clure, K.C.B.
It is announced that No. 3 Battery, 7th Brigade
Royal Artillery, under the command of Capt. J. R.
Three, accompanied by Lieut. H. Stuart and Dr. R.
Webb, is to leave Pembroke Dock garrison about
the latter part of April for Plymouth, and will be
relieved by the 4th Battery of the same brigade,
under the command of Capt. Carpenter.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty : —Lieut. R. H. Armit, addi-
tional, to the Challenger, for surveying service ; C.
G. J. Cater, second master, to the Rodney; J. M'ln-
tyre, engineer, to the Orontes; J. A. Shawyer, first-
class assist.-engineer, to the Orontes; and J. S.
Pidgeon, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Virago.

The following appointments have been made in
the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Sub-Lieuts. :
Edward J. H. Preston and Henry R. G. Salmon.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, March 22.—The yarn market has
been very flat to-day for all descriptions. In shipping
yarns buyers show no desire to operate, but rather
an inclination to wait, and the sales made have been
effected at lower prices than on Tuesday. Home
trade yarns are very flat, and sellers have lost all
the improvement in prices gained up to Tuesday.
Buyers will only give the lowest prices of last week.
The cloth market is, if anything, flatter than on
Tuesday. It did not improve to the extent of the
yarn-market, though the impetus given to yarns by
the recent advance of cotton at Liverpool, but it is
now quite as inactive and depressed as it has been
at any time within some months past. There is
very little inquiry making with a view of testing
prices, even where no business is contemplated; and
the only offers making are at still lower prices than
the depressed rates which sellers are quoting. The
only fresh commercial advices affecting the market
since Tuesday are those from Liverpool in connexion
with cotton. One of the main hindrances to busi-
ness is the absence of confidence still as to the ulti-
mate prices at which cotton may be expected to con-
tinue with any steadiness.
CARDIFF, 21st.—The severe weather which has
prevailed during the last few days has proved a
great obstruction to trade, and complaints are
general of the slackness of employment. The long
continued easterly winds have prevented the arrival
of a number of vessels that have been waiting at
different points of refuge, and which are already
chartered to carry either coal or iron to the foreign
markets. For steam coal there is some movement
in the continental inquiry, and if it had not been
for the scarcity of tonnage a very fair business
would now be done. Home coal proprietors keep
their collieries going with difficulty, the demand in
many instances not being equal to anticipations,
and the shipments are somewhat below the returns
for the corresponding period of last year. Inland
buyers are taking about an average quantity. Coke
commands a slow sale, and the reduction in the
wages of the burners is expected to be carried out
without opposition. The virtual defeat of tne Ame-
rican Tariff Bill has been an agreeable surprise to
the district, for it was generally supposed that a
more restrictive tariff was certain to pass. It
.1s
hoped that the result will not be any falling off 111
the purchases of American houses. East India
orders are looked forward to, and home engage-
ments for railway iron are also expected. Aberainan
works have been almost entirely stopped, and the
new proprietors intend confining their operations to
the working of the coal measures.

RESIGNATION OF TAE IRISH LORD CHANCELLOR•

--Saunders' News of yesterday states, on " the best autho-
rity," that Lord Chancellor Blackburne has resigned.
An AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF FRANKLIN'S WaEl
exhibited at General Sabine's conversazione. It runs thus

—" Philada., July 5, 1775.—Mr. Strahan—You are a
Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which
has doomed my Country to Destruction. You have begun
to burn our Towns, and murder our People. Look upon
your Hands They are stained with the Blood of your
Relations! You and I wore once Friends :--You are now
my enemy, and I am yours,—B. FRANKLIN."
THE RECTORSHIP OF ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY.--
Aberdeen, March 22.—The installation of Mr•
Grant Duff, M.P., as Lord Rector of the University of
Aberdeen, took place to-day in the music-hall. Mr. Grant
Duff was accompanied to the platform by Principal
Campbell, the Professors of the University, Sheriff Thom-
son, and the magistrates and the members of the Town
Council. The audience, including the students, numbered
about 2,000. Mr. Duff spoke for an hour and a half. Tho
address was well received, and at the close three hearty
cheers wore, on the call of the Principal, given in honour
of the new rector.
CONTEST FOR TIIE GROSVENOR CUP.—The fifth
competition, under the revised rules, for the beautiful
challenge cup, presented to the County of Middlesex Shoot-
ing Committee by Earl Grosvenor, M.P., commandant of
the Queen's (Westminster) Volunteers, commenced on
Thursday, at the ranges of the London Scottish Rifles, by
permission of Lord Elcho, M.P., and has now been broaght
to a close. The prize was very keenly contested by the
crack shots who entered the lists, and was won by Captaha
Jaques, of the Caterham Rifle Club.
THE " SPORTING GAZETTE" opens for itself to-
day quite a now career, illustrated as it is in the present
number—and as it announces that it will be henceforth
by Two large embellishments, in his bust style, tb
the equestriau-c)mic style of " Dame Perkins and her
Grey Marc," appear in the Sporting Gazette for March 23,
and pourtray most graphically, for our amusement, the
Start of a Steeplechase and an Incident in the Hunting"
field.

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A VALUABLE PICTURE DESTROYED.—A scan-
dalous act of vandalism has just been committed at AY
in Belgium. A fine painting by Delacroix, repro:
senting the murder of Larnelle, formerly burgomaster of
Liege, and which hung in the council hall Aywaille, waff.
found a few mornings back almost irreparably damged.;
the canvas had boon torn in several places, a hole, 0.3
with a walking-stick, being made through the centre°,
while some corrosive liquid had been thrown over th
principal group. There aro doubts whether the picture
can ever bo restored. No traces of the guilty parties 10
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yet been obtained,