The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-03 00:00:00

ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIE.—A supplement to yester-
day's Gcc:ette has been published containing a complete
list of the officers of the British army to whom the Queen
has been pleased to grant her royal licence and permis-
sion to wear the insignia of the several classes of the
Imperial Order of the Medjidie, which his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Sultan of Turkey has been pleased to confer
upon them as a mark of his Majesty's approbation of
their distinguished services before the enemy during the
late war with Russia, or as having been actually and
entirely employed in his Majesty's service. The officers
Royal
navydi entitled to the distinction are—First
ral S r H. Stewart, K.C.B. ; third
class,of the
vRAm
class, Capt. A. Slade, C. 8., and Capt. J. Borlase, C.B.
A list is also given of the officers of the Turkish Con•
tingent and of the late Osmanli Irregular Cavalry and
Artillery who receive permission to wear the order.
Officers nod, in this country who have not yet received
the insignia of the order are directed to make application
after Monday next to No. 2, Whitehall-yard. This
supplement also contains notiass from the Admiralty and
War.office, stating that her Majesty has granted per-
mission to officers and men of the navy, army, and ma-
rines to receive medals conferred by the Emperor of the
French, the King of Sardinia, and the Sultan.

THE MAILS, &C.--;-SOUTHAMPTON, March 2.—The
Royal Mail Company 'e steam-ship Magdalena, Captain
Ablsott, took her departure to-day with the West India,
Mexican, and PaciGo mmHg, 73 passengers (among
whom are the Hon. Mr. Jerninghatn, Dr. aid Mrs.
Burke, and family), 16,7001, in specie, jewellery, value
12,G00/., and a full general cargo.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 17.—Another important per-
sonage, the Grand Master of Artillery, Fethi Ahmed
Pasha, the Sultan's brother-in-law, and most intimate
confident, is dead. He had been suffering for some time
from a heist complaint, which, after several crises,
carried him off sudienly four days ago. His place in
the Ordnance Department has been given to Mehmed
Rnshdi, lately at the head of the War Department, but
it will take a long time before any one else will acquire
his position with the Sultan.
THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL.—The governors of the
Foundling Hospital have recently appropriated a room
for the reception of the works of art belonging to the
institution. These include not only the pictures by
Hogarth, Reynolds, Wilson, and other painters of the
Eugnsii school, the works in marble by Roubiliac and
Rysbrack, but also the cartoon of the "Murder of the
and now in the
INnaulee'llatleb"alldereysireTdhebcyartßoot walls' bequeathed to the
Foundling Hospital by Prince Hoare, and as it was
lent to the trustees of the National Gallery, in 1840, on
the understanding that it was to be returned when re-
quired, it will now be claimed. The collection will be
accessible to visitors under certain conditions.

Mr. William Fitzgibbon, lately Mayor of Cork for
two consecutive years, and one of the most eminent
rierchants of the city, died at his residence, at Sidney
House, on the morning 01 the 27th February, aged 65.
On the evening on the 21st, about half-past nine, he
retired to bis bedroom as usual. The next morning,
on his servant as usual going into his master's room,
be was found undressed and lying on the floor, evi-
dentlyan apoplectic fit followed by paralysis.
Fu
men were immediately called in, who
proonrou mnhecadcievidtalg xis case from the first almost hopeless.
Up to the 21ith he did not get worse, when he had a
relapse, after which he gradually sank. A widow and
two children are left to mourn his loss. During the
day all the ships in harbour had their flags half-mast
higb, and mcst of the shops in the city had their shutters
partially closed.
EXTENSITE BURGLARIES NEAR LIVERPOOL.—The
Liverpool magistrates held another examination yester-
day into the case of the burglar Williamson, who was
recently apprehended whilst preparing for a professional
visit to Manchester. He was committed for trial. A
cloud of witnesses came forward to identify various
articles of st)len property found in his possession. He
has, it appears, conducted his operations on a most
extensive scale, and his " transactions" during the last
few months have exceeded 4001.

CAPTURE O A SUSPECTED
Alexander Clayton, a private in the b7th Regiment of
---STED MURDERER.—Yesterday,
Foot,stationed, in Colchester camp, was arrested by an
officer of the Irish constabulary, under a coroner's war-
rant dated sth Feb., charged with the wilful murder of
year by a gang of seven persons, and received such
John Reynolds at Portadown, County Armagh, Ireland.
The unfortunate deceased was attacked about the end of
last
injuries tiat he died a few weeks since. The prisoner
enlisted immediately after the affray, and was brought,
with other recruits, to this camp ; but all the other par-
ties implicated have been arrested and committed for trial.
The prisoner who denies his guilt, was forthwith con-
veyed to Ireland to undergo an examination upon the
charge.
PUNISHMENT ov MOCK AUCTIONEERS AND SWEETEN-
ERS.—Coogan, the proprietor of a notorious mock
auotion-roern, in Liverpool, has been sentenced by the
Liverpool Recorder to 12 months' imprisonment and
hard labour, and to pay a fine of 80/. Coogan's assist•
ants, Doyle, Williams, Groves, and Nelson have been
sentenced to terms of imprisonment and hard labour,
varying from four to eight months. These punishments
it is hoped will check the progress of this description of
fraud in Liverpool.
MURDER NEAR LIVERPOOL.—James Morecroft, a
shoemaker, residing at Sefton, near Liverpool, left home
on the 19th of January last, in order to collect some
money which was due to him, and was not subsequently
seen until the 23d ult., when his body, much bruised and
dibfigured, was r"and in the canal at latherland. It is
boVierved %tip. thy u.a. with the
money which he had collected, and that when drunk ne
had fallen into the hands of some miscreants who robbed
and murdered him. A verdict to the effect that the
deceased had been feloniously murdered by some persona
unknown was returned yesterday, at an inquest held by
the county coroner.

MERCANTILE MARINE CAPTAINS AND THE EMIGRA-
TION COMMISSIONERS. —The Liverpool Mercantile Marine
Service Association have addressed a letter to the Emi-
gration Commissioners, complaining of the regulation
which forbids captains to command vessels chartered by
the Emigration Commissioners unless they possess cer-
tificates of competency. The commiseiloere, in their
reply, say that the rule will not be rigidly enforced in
future, and that the emigration agonts at the different
ports will be guided by circumstances in granting certi-
ficates.

COURT OF ALDRaMEN.—At a Court held yesterday,
for the despatch of business, the resignation of Alder-
man Kennedy was read and accepted. A discussion
arose as to whether the act was a legal one, bat the
Recorder decided in the affirmative. Mr. Kennedy, it
imprisonment for fraud in connec-
tion and sec.
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LAUNCH oV A STEAMER FOR THE RUSSIAN Gomm
l) a magnificent new screw
Alexander, was successfully
of Mr. John Laird,
launched
f Yesterdayrt
oh me
theE isp(hTei
rpuobersudi
ling AadY yard
at Birkenhead. The Emperor Alexander is al iron
steamer of 1,100 tons, with engines of 350 horse power,
capable of working up to 1,200. She is beautifully pro-
portioned, and is intended to run between Odessa and
Alexandria. Immediately after the steamer was launched
she was towed in to the adjacent graving dock on Mr.
Laird's premises to be fitted for sea.
PRICE OF GOLD. —The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 1 per mille discount, and the short exchange on
London is 25.071 per 1/. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per
ounce for standard gold it appears that gold is nearly
3.lotiss per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 420 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.31 per
1/. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price
is therefore about 5-10ths per cent, dearer in London
than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New
York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1091
per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par
between the two countries, shows that the exchange is
slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allow-
ance for charges of transport and difference of interest,
the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa-
tion of gold from the United States.
ENGLISH SUBJECTS DYING IN FILINCE.—An un-
married Englishwoman named Brown, who, after long
residing at Boulogne-sur-Mer, bad taken up her resi-
dence at Paris, died iu the hospital de la Charitd in
June, 1854. She was at first supposed to be in dis-
tress, but it turned out that she had left securities worth
more than 300,0001. The Government took possession
of the property, but her brother and two sisters—Mr.
George Brown, Mrs. Worth, and Mrs.lMunro —brought
in July, 1856, an action before the Civil Tribunal
to get it back, and as they produced letters of
administration from the Prerogative Court of Canter-
bury, the tribunal granted the application. Ou Saturday
the Prefect of the Seine, acting as representative of the
Government, appealed to the Imperial Court to have
the decision set aside, on the ground that the letters of
administration were not sufficient to prove that Mr.
Brown, Mrs. Worth, and Mrs. Munro were really the
heirs of the deceased, and that they ought formally to
have established the fact in the manner required by
rlt
English jurisprudence; but the Court confirmed the
former judgment.E
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OF THE REVENUE DEPARTMENTS.—Thess
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fuag
t printers.breae
nnd issued
Theyfroamr e the
divided wrienhtootitsher three
the Parliamentary
heads—the Customs, the Inland Revenue, and the
ffi Post-oce. The Customs, for the year 1858, will re-
cidut
total sum of 849,2851.,again5t
85356,428,2251.81.1a5t year ; the Inland Re venue one of
1,
against _,
&a., of the three departments will demand a sum so'
86;878111. the
last Po
year.st-ef fice ihoen one
superannuation of 2,026, 011;
485,5751. Thus the departmentsgross total of the Estimates of
1858 for these d three
amount to 4.723,1491., against 4,699,0661. in 1857, thus
exhibitingan increase of 24,093/. The items of the
Post-office Estimates include 444,1691. for the chief
offiees in the three capitals ; 45,2401. for surveyors ;
408,4651. for provincial offices in England and Wales ;
49,4991. for those in Ireland ; 70,7461. for those in Scot-
land ; 20,2321. for estabishments in the colonies and
agents abroad ; 818,790/. for conveyance of mails ;
138,5001. for buildings and repairs, and 30,3901. for the
manufacture of postage stamps, &3-
The number of
persons employed in the service of the Poet-office is
23,846.
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shownme if
GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.—We hear from a busybody,
who has the entree of the Horse Guards, that the Duke
of Cambridge intends conferring the next good service
toe
ethe
regimentextrem of
extrGeme care
raangd,
of which he is the distingui-hed colonel. The next good
service pension after the Dukes will be bestowed on
lit-Rell-F.M. Prince Albert, for the loving attention
that he has, also, at all times, shown to the wants and
'
himself
to fo
honour of commanding.—Punch.
personal comforts of the valiant men whom he has the