The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-26 00:00:00

LONDON GAZE rE.-THIS EVENING.

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 22.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Herbert Taylor
Usster, Eq., to be Administrater of the Government of
her Majesty's Settlement on the Gold Coast, on the Wes-
tern Coast of Africa.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY '22.
Tho Qneeu has been pleased to appoint the lion. Roden
Berkeley Wriothesloy Noel to be one of the Grooms of
the Privy Chamber in order to her Majesty, in the room of
Colonel John Homo Purves, deceased.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 24.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been
pleated to appoint Major General Lord Frederick Paulet,
C. 8., to be Comptroller of the Household and Equerry to
her Royal Highness, in the room of Colonel John Hume
Purvess, deceased.

COURSE 0-1-7—Eis Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 18}
Ditto 3 Mouths. 11. 19 12 0
Rotterdam — 11 19 12 0
Antwerp — 25 33 25 42f
Brussels — 25 35 25 42f
Hamburg — 13 91 13 10
Paris Short 25 121 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 321 25 371
Marseilles
120
1140-` on the Maine
..1 1201
.. ... 13 b

Frankfor: .. 12 9J
13 5
Vionnt. _ 12 95

Trieste — - 821
Petersinu•gli
6 2.6}
Berlin
48 499

Madrid ..... .
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THE MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY A 2 LIME-
HOUSE.

LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY).
The man John Wiggins, who is at present in the
London Hospital under the surveillance of the
police, is now out of danger, but Mr. Dove, the
surgeon who has him under his care, will not allow
him to be closely questioned, for fear lest he might
become excited, and retard his speedy recovery.
He has become somewhat weak in consequence of
the loss of blood which he sustained on the
morning of the occurrence. II() has made several
statements, and although they have all been care-
fully noted, some of them do not correspond in
detail, and should he tender himself as a witness ho
will be subjected to s, very searching examination.
lie is not sufficiently well enough at present to
leave, and we may state that if he were, in the pre-
sent stage of the whole affair, he would be asked to
explain the circumstances to a magistrate. He is
a man of about 35 years of age, and he made the
acquaintancewas2o.T of
The
ethedeceased
little
sister
woman
of thedeceawsedhelissahyes
that her name is Makes, not Floakes ; but, as
the girl is unable to read or write, it is thought that
the exact name will never be known unless some of
the relations come forward. She has two married
sisters living at Newcastle, and it is said that the
family were always considered. respectable. The
little girl states that when her father deserted her-
self and her sister he took away from them their
little brothers, and for some time he sent au old
woman 4s. a week to take care of them. They
were never able to discover his whereabouts.
The police have procured what is considered im-
portant evidence, with regard to a qarrelWiggins
which
took place some time last week between
and the deceased.
The scene on the morning of the onceoccur was
a most exciting one. Wiggins kept running up
and down the street brandishing the knife, which
ich
was covered with blood, shouting out, "
This
knife she cut my throat with." He then wemnt
the
to
a cousin's house had awoke him up to show hi
knife.

ASCENT OF MR. COXIVELL AT COLNEY HATCH.
A gala in the ground attached to the Railway Hotel in
this neighbourhood took place ou Tuesday last, when Mr.
Coxwell ascended in his new, and magnificent balloon of
18,000 cubic feet contents. The wind was so high that it
Was blown about fearfully during the inflation, but its make
and form enabled it to resist the gusts, so that at 7 o'clock
Mr. Coxwell and his assistant ascended, and got safely to
terra firma in Sir Henry getuCs park just before a arexach.
tng storm oamo on,