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COURSING MEETINGS TO COMB.
JANUARY, 1867.
Name. Judge. Days of &inning
Little Crosby Mr. Welding ...... 23
County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spofford ...... 23, aaa.
Ridgway Club, Lytham
FEBRUARY.

Rufford, Lancashire -
Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 13
Waterloo, Lancashire -
...... 20, 21, &o
Taniworth, Staffordshire
MARCH.

Irish Grand National (Open),
county Louta
Ardrossan, Sharphill
South Lancashire (South-
port) Champion Mr. Westropp l4, ig,
Leinster (Open) Courtotrn... Mr. H. Spring&ll 19, 20
Scottish Open, Lanarkshire
APRIL.

...... a, 7

.••••• 7, asc.

York l7 I Kildtre Hunt
ii e venoaka

tiEIPrEMBER.
Brampton, Onmberhuad Mr. Warwick
00T013E.8.
Ancastar and Willoughby,
Linoolnshire Mr. Spaford I, 2

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 21.
The Queen Jias been pleased to present the Rev. Fre-
deric Thomas William Wintle, M.A., to the Rectory of
Maker, in the county of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter,
void by the death of the Rev. Edward Trelawny.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
George Huntington, M.A., to the -United Rectory and
Vicarage of Sr. Mary, Teaby, in the couuty of Pembroke,
and diocese of St. David's, void by the resignation of the
1i ,v. George Clark-.

The gth;en has also boon pleased to present the Rev.
John Darroeh to the church and parish of Portree, in the
Presbytery and Isle of Skye, vacant by the death of the
Rev. Hugh M'Arthur, late minister thereof.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 22.
let Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Taddy Hatfeild
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fitzhardinge Jones,
who retires; Cornet Charles Rainier Jones to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hatfoil 1 ; Charles Edward
Tudor Gordon, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
C. R. Jones.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant Her.ry Grat-
wicke Hasler has been permitted to resign his commis-
sion ; Lieutenant Wilkiushaw Orlando Courtney Ship-
pard has been permitted to resign his co•funission.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Captain Henry Hyde to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice W. D. A. R. Short, deceased;
Second Captain and Brevet-Major William Spottiswoode
Trevor, to be Captain, vice Hyde ; Lieutenant John
Birnoy to be Second Captain, vice Brevet-Major Trevor.
The following Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Mili-
tary Academy, to be Lieutenants with temporary rank,
viz.: —William James Home Logan-Home, William
Aldworth Home Hare, John Curwen Pottinger, Arthur
OctaviusGre.en, HenryMolesworth Chambers, and James
Frederick Lewis.
lOth Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Joseph P. H.
Crowe, to be Major, without purchase, vice Harvey
Wellesley Pole Welman, promoted to a half-pay Lieut.-
Colonelcy, without purchase.
11th Foot—Ensign Charles Edward Lang, from the 41th
Foot, to bo Ensign, vice Hampden Denny, who re-
tires.
15th Foot—Ensign Edward James Singleton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice John Joseph Grier, who re-
tires; Gentleman Cadet Carre Fulton, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Singleton; Lieutenant Charles John Burnett to be Ad-
jutant, vice Lieutenant John Joseph Grier, who retires ;
Surgeon Henry Higgins Jones, M.D., from the 86th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Chamney Graves Irwin, M. 8.,
who exchanges.
25th Foot—Lieutenant Sylvanus Roger Burnett Partridge
to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant William Godfrey
Thomas, who resigns the appointment.
44th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Vincent George Lawrence
Eyre, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Charles Edward Lang, transferred to the
11th Foot ; George Edward Moore Taylor, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Gordon, who retires.
56th Foot—Ensign Henry B. Walmsley to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice George Dixwell Grimes, who retires ; .
Gentleman Cadet Gilbert Wm. Renny Maxwell Waugh,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Walmsley.
57th Foot—Staff-Surgeon George Bell Poppelwell to be
Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major William Alex. Mackinnon,
C. 8., appointed to the Staff.
64th oot—Capt. Thos. Casement, from the 68th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Shaw, who exchanges.
68th Foot—Capt. George Kennedy Shaw, from the 64th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Casement, who exchanges.
73d Foot—Lieut. Wm. Gordon to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Gawler, promoted ; Ensign
Ephraim T. Sherlock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Wm. Gordon;Gentleman Cadet Daniel Auchinlech,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Sherlock.
83d Foot—Capt. John Sprot to bo Major, by purchase, vice
T. Venables, who retires; Lieut. Hubert C. Whitlock to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Sprot; Ensign Wm. T.
Thompson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whit-
lock; Henry W. Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Thompson.
86th Foot—Surgeon Chamney G. Irwin, M. 8., from the
15th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Henry H. Jones, M.D.,
who exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALION.— Paymaster with the honorary rank of
Major, Henry Charles Watson, from the 32d Foot, to
be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank
of Major, Robert Thomas Browne Boyd, who retires
upon half-pay.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Surgeon-Major William Alexan-
der Mackinnon, C. 8., from the 57th Foot, to be Staff
Surgeon Major, vice George Bell Poppelwell, appointed
to the 57th Foot.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—Tho:Rov. 11. Robinson, Chap-
lain of the Fourth Class, has been] permitted to resign
his Commission.
HALF-PAY.—Major Harvey Wellesley Pole Welman, from
the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur-
chase.

BREVET.
The promotion of Colonels W. D. Aitken and C. B.
Fuller, of the Royal Artillery, which appeared in the
Gazette of the Bth instant, to be cancelled, the promotion
of these officers to the regimental rank of colonel having
been antedated.

Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Ford
Elkiugton, Gth Foot, having completed the qualifying
service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel,
under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3d February,
1866.

Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Robert
Thomas Browne Boyd, retired upon half-pay, late of a
Depot Battalion, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel.

The following promotions to take place in succession to
Lieut.-Gen. Thos. Wright, 0.13., who died on the sth Jan.,
1867:

Major-General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, Bart., Colonel
of the 98th Foot, to be Lieut.-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Daniel Rainier,
from the 98th Foot, serving with the local rank of Major-
General in India, to be Major-General.
Captain and Brevet-Major James Sinclair, Royal Artil-
lery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain B. Hay Martindale, Royal Engineers, to bo
Major.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 17.
Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant
Sydney '.Dyers to be First Lieutenant, vice Perkins, re-
moved from the list.

JAN. 19.
Frederick Wise, Esq., has this day been promoted to
the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet.
Lieutenants William B. Stubbs, William Howorth,
Noel Osborn, the Hon. James T. Fitz Maurice, and the
Hon. John M. Yorko have been this day promoted to be
Commanders in her Majesty's Fleet.

- JI.N. 21.
William Stanton, Esq., has been this day promoted
to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.- Th:

Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 15,
Ditto 3 Months. 11 18]
Ruttordam
Antwerp — 25 37
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 10
Ditto 3 Months. 25 32,
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 119}
Vienna — 13 45
Trieste — 13 45
Petersburgh - 8O
Berlin
Madrid — 471
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 26 90
—'26 90
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon ...... —51 i
Oporto — 511

11 IG}
11 19
11 19
25 421
25 42f
13 8*
25 20
25 17f
23 37f
1191
13 0
13 65
31}
6 2b*
48
481
27 901
27 0
27 0
27 0
27 0
27 0

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. —His Royal
Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Lord Hard-
wick° and the Hun. Eliot Yorke, honoured the performance
by his presence at this theatre last evening.
MR. JOIIN BRIGHT AND HIS WORICPEOPLE.—
Mr. John Bright has again and again been charged with
being unpopular with his workpeople in Rochdala, hooted
from his premises, and with placarding his mill with " No
Irish need apply." The slander has been repeatedly dis-
proved, yet it is still reiterated oven by gentlemen in holy
orders. However, now the workpeople of Mr. Bright think
it high time to interfere, and the other day they met in
a body, and appointed a deputation to wait upon the hon.
member for Birmingham to ask him to consent to receive
an address from them, assuring him of their respect, and
regretting the calumnies heaped upon him by various in-
dividuals undeservedly. ',Mr. Bright consented, and the
workpeople are now arranging to hold a meeting on an
early day.

Tho Italian papers state that, owing to high winds
in the Adriatic, Venice has been inundated to an extent
which has never been equalled within the memory of any
of the inhabitants. The Piazza of San Mark was so
flooded that boats and gondolas passed over it, and the
whole of the space had the appearance of a vast lake.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE BLYTH AND TYNE
RAILWAY.—On Saturday morning, between 6 and 7 o'clock,
a man named William Clough, fireman, 19 years of age, in
the service of the Blyth and Tyne Railway Company, was
killed whilst at work on an engine passing along the line
near Backworth. Ho was busy among the coke whilst the
locomotive was in motion, and in passing undet Backworth
Bridge his head came in contact with the woodwork,
knocking him backwards. On being picked up by the engine
driver ho was quite dead.—North Daily Express.

THE COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT'S HEALTH.-WO
regret to find, by a letter in the Monde, that that eminent
author is still far from being re-established. The Count
writes—" After eight months' treatment, the doctors
abandon me to nature, without giving me any definite hope
as to the term of my illness. Ilowovor, they say I shall
be cured sooner or later, and that I shall be bettor in the
spring, without promising me a complete recovery by that

time."
A LONDON STREET STATUE OF SITAKSPERE.—A
gentleman of business in the City of London suggests,
through the Athenaeum, that a bronze statue of Shakspere
should be set up on that part of the Thames Embankment
fronting the Temple-gardens, and offers a premium of fifty
guineas for the best design, twenty fur the second, and
ten for the third. As this gentleman is not connected with
either literature or art, and desires a strict incognito to be
preserved, the generosity of his offer will meet with gene-
ral admiration, and we hope to see the Sttituo erected,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER.

A meeting of the common fund shareholders in
this company was held yesterday at the Victoria
Station, Pimlico. Mr. William Hartridge, at the
request of the meeting, took the chair.

The CHAIRMAN remarked that the weather was
against having a large assembly, but, as a consider-
able number of shareholders had responded satis-
factorily to the circular issued by the committee, he
was not surprised on that occasion to find that the
room was only partially occupied. At the last meet-
ing it was felt desirable that steps should be taken
to protect the interests of the common fund share-
holders, and a committee was appointed with that
view. It was now important that they should take
immediate steps in the Court of Chancery and in
Parliament, and for that purpose re-appoint the
committee with power to take the necessary steps to
maintain their rights, and have their claim for inte-
rest regarded as a part of the working expenses of
the main line and of the Metropolitan Extensions.
Their rights under the Act of 1862 gave them a
position and a security which justified the public in
subscribing at par for a 5 per cent. (common fund)
stock at a. time when 6 per cent. was the interest
offered and payable on a large amount of debenture
bonds then under issue by the company. It was
very unfair and unreasonable for the holders of de-
benture bonds to attempt to supplement them on
the position assured to them by act of Parliament ;
but, as that attempt had been made by means of a
bill filed in the Court of Chancery, there was no
alternative for the common fund shareholders but
to defend themselves, and there seemed very little
doubt of their position being successfully defended.
To do this an expenditure and superintendence by
persons interested had become necessary, and the
meeting was called to appoint persons and to
raise funds to efftct those objects. It might
also be necessary that the proprietors should be
represented in Parliament by counsel or other-
wise, not only to obtain the insertion of clauses
in any bill affecting the London, Chatham,
and Dover interests for the protection of common
fund rights, but to seek for powers to convert the
£250,000 debenture bonds secured on the common
fund into an equal amount of debenture or ordinary
stock, similar to that existing, and representing
£750,000 in amount. It was not supposed that any
difficulty could occur in effecting this very desirable
arrangement, inasmuch as a 5 per cent. stock-secured
as the common fund was, and the interest upon it
regarded as a part of the working expenses on these
lines, in ordinary and quiet times would be consi-
dered worth 105 or 110, being a premium of 5 or 10
per cent.; and such might fairly be expected to be
the result of measures adopted by Parliament for
adjusting the difficulties that now beset the London,
Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. The direc-
tors of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company
had shown a very considerate feeling towards them.
In regard to the London, Chatham, and Dover dif-
ficulties, he alone was responsible for the opinion
that they should all act in harmony, and that the
rights of the holders of rentcharges, leases, and de-
bentures should be settled in the suits now before
the Court of Chancery as to their respective priori-
ties, and after the establishment of all those he pro-
posed that their position should be inserted in the
bill to be brought before Parliament. Of course some
further capital must be found to pay the debts and
liabilities, and to provide such a sum as would finish
any portion of the uncompleted line as would add to
the income of the company; and each section should
bear its own burden as to its share of the outlay and
its interest and preference charges. He thought the
sum required might be reduced from £1,500,000 to
£1,000,000, and that after paying the interest upon
it the surplus should be divided rateably among the
debenture holders and others, according to their
priorities, giving them acknowledgments for any-
thing overdue, or for any deficiencies which should
be defrayed rateably hereafter out of any surplus
earnings before any payments be made to share-
holders, preference or otherwise. Providing, of
course, that no debenture holder be paid off
before 1872, as provided in the directors' bill, except
by taking debenture stock. lle understood that
three bills were to be promoted in the ensuing ses-
sion, one in respect of the main line shareholders,
another in respect to the debenture holders, and the
third by the directors of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Company. He hoped a com-
mittee would be appointed by Parliament to inquire
into the whole matter, that any fraud, plunder, and
other wrongs inflicted on the company might be ex-
posed and the consequences visited upon the wrong-
doers. In the present Common Fund Committee
they had a Queen's counsel, a banker, a shipbroker,
and a railway director, and he trusted, so far, that
they had conducted the business satisfactorily. (Ap-
plause.)_

Mr. HANKSLEY proposed—" That the committee
appointed on Nov. 27 last be requested to continue
their services, with power to add to their number
—viz.,Mr. S. H. Burbury, Mr. E. B. Denison,
Mr. J. Glover, Mr. W. Hartridge, and Mr. W. M.
Take—for the purpose of maintaining the priorities
of payment and other rights, as specified by the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway (Additional
Powers) Act, 1862, and to take such steps in Par-
liament and in the Court of Chancery and elsewhere
in relation thereto as they may deem necessary."
Mr. J. GLOVEP. seconded the motion.

The CHAIRMAN, in reply to questions, stated that
some steps had been taken by the common fund
bondholders, and it was essential to have their co-
operation. He believed the claims of the leased
lines came after those of the common fund. The
time had now arrived for taking active steps to
maintain their right and position. The attitude they
assumed was one of defence, not of defiance.
Mr. BURBURY explained that Mr. Bacon had
given an opinion in favour of the claims of the
common fund before all debentures issued after
the creation of that stock, but the deben-
tures issued previously would have precedence until
paid off. He said that Mr. Denison, Q.C., had no
doubt they would be able to maintain their rights
and position. _ _ _

Mr. TYREMAN said he represented several deben-
ture-holders, and had filed a bill in the Court of
Chancery for the protection of their interests, and
they were as nearly as possible the same as those of
the common fund shareholders. Their interests were
in fact identical, and they would concur with the
shareholders in promoting the general benefit of
common fund, share, and debenture holders.

The CH IIRMAN said the common fund shareholders
were desirous of protecting the interests of the deben-
ture holders, and were in favour of a union of both,
which would make together £1,000,000 common
fund stock.

After some observations by Mr. Willan, Mr.
Richie, and Mr. Glover on the claims of the common
fund shareholders,
The resolution was carried unanimously, and the
proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the
chairman,

RAILWAY BILLS.
Yesterday Mr. Frere and Mr. Palgrave, the exa-
miners on standing orders, held sittings at the House
of Commons. The following unopposed bills were
passed by Mr. Frere as having complied with the
standing orders :—The CryAa,l Palace and East
London High Level Junction ; the Peterafield and
Bishop's Walham ; Blyth and Tyne ; the Forth and
Clyde Junction and Caledonian and Skiption and
Wharfdale Railways, and Greenwich and South-
Eastern Docks. Of the opposed bills, the Swansea
Yale was adjourned to Monday next, and the Glas-
gow (City) Union was postponed until the 27th
inst. Before Mr. Palgrave, who has been appointed
examiner, vice Mr: Smith, resigned, the following
unopposed bills complied with standing orders :
The Caledonian and Forth and Clyde Navigation
(Amalgamation) ; Caledonian (Forfarshire, Works,
&c.) ; Norwich and Spalding ; Denbigh, Ruthin,
and Corwen ; and Mold and Denbigh Junction
(Amalgamation). The Thames Subway Bill did not,
comply with the standing orders; and the Brecon
and Merthyr Tydfil Junction and the West Cork
Bills were adjourned.

There were only three new attacks of cattle plague
last week, and all of them were at the old spot,
namely, South Holderness, in the East Riding. The
animals affected—a steer, a cow, and a calf—were
killed at once by order of the inspector.