The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-12 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day.

The market opens with a fair inquiry at prices
fully 2d. per lb. below last Friday's rates. Sales,
probably 7,000 bales.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

An order has been received at Chatham garrison
directing four officers and 53 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 2d battalion of the 4th
King's Own Royals to be held in readiness to em-
bark at Gravesend, on board the chartered troop-
ship Ottowa, for Nova Scotia. The following
officers are ordered to embark with the detachment
—viz., Capt. Walter F. Blake, Lieut. Francis
Robert Sandys, Lieut. John W. G. Telfe, and En-
sign Edward W. Stokes. A detachment of 12 sap-
pers of the Royal Engineers will embark at the
same time with the infantry troops.
Col. Tidy, late Assist.-Adj-Gen. at the Horse
Guards, has assumed the command of the troops in
the eastern division. Major the Hon. W. Talbot,
4th depot battalion, has succeeded Capt. Briggs, of
the 82d Regiment, in the command of the troops at
Landguard and Harwich. The embarkation of the
draught of the 2d battalion, 16th Regiment, under
orders for Barbadoes, has been postponed for the
present. The draught of the 84th Regiment under
orders for Malta will embark at Gravesend on Sa-
turday.

Vice-Admiral Sir B. W.. Walker, K.C.8., who
has succeeded Vice-Admiral Sir C. Talbot, K.C.8.,
as Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, has taken up
his appointment, and on Monday left on a short
leave of absence, during which the official duties
relating to the command will be transacted by Rear-
Admiral J. Fulford, late captain of the Formidable,
prior to his attaining to flag rank.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. J. W. Tarleton, C. 8., De-
puty-Inspector-Gen. of the Coastguard, to be Com-
modore Comptroller- Gen . of the Coastguard, vice
Rear-Admiral Ryder; Capt. W. Edmonstone, C. 8.,
of the Indus, to be Capt.-Superintendent of Wool-
wich Dockyard, vice Rear-Admiral Dunlop, C.B. ;
Capt. H. Caldwell, of the Asia, to be Commodore
and senior officer of the ships and vessels on the
Cape of Good llope station, vice Rear-Admiral
Cockburn; Lieut. M. R. R. Griffith, to the Gladia-
tor ; Lieut. 11. Studdy, to the Bellerophon ; Lieut.
W. S. G. Hornby, Lieut. J. M'W. Boyd, and Lieut.
L. A. Bell, to the Challenger ; H. Y. Slade, master,
to the Challenger; Sub-Lieut. C. A. IV oodroffe and
Sub-Lieut. R. H. Byrom, to the Challenger ; C. H.
S. Buckle and G. O'Connor, midshipmen, to the
Challenger ; G. H. C. M'Arthur, naval cadet, to the
Challenger ; M. G. Autey, paymaster, to the Chal-
lenger; F. J. Lory, paymaster additional to the Fis-
gard ; S. Waymouth, additional to the Seringapatam;
W. B. Beveridge, assist.-paymaster, to the Chal-
lenger ; Arthur Hughes, assist-paymaster, to
the Dauntless ; Thomas W. Moore, assist.-pay-
master, as supernumerary to the Victory ;
Frederick North, assist.-paymaster, to the Royal
Adelaide ; F. B. Gilbert, clerk, to the Challenger ;
11. A. Edwards, assist.-clerk, to the Challenger ;
Richard M. Griffiths, first-class assist.-engineer, to
the Victoria ; George Paul, second-class assist.-
enaineer, to the Barracouta ; William N. Fcak,
acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Duncan.

MUNIFICENCE OF LADY JOHNSON.—Lady John-
son has handed over to trustees—Sir William G.
Johnson, Gordon A. Thomson, Dr. Henry Purdon, Mr. R.
M. Wilson, and Dr. 11. S. Ferguson—the munificent sum
of £lO,OOO, the interest of which is to be devoted to the as-
sistance of respectable unmarried females, being Protes-
tants, over the ago of 50 years, and who shall have re-
sided for at least five years in the town of Belfast. It is
proposed that a sum of £l2 per annum shall be given to
each person who is elected by the trustees, and only those
who, from the assistance of friends, or as a result of their
industry, have an income of not more than £3O annually,
will be eligible for the gratuity. After deducting the ex-
pense of managing the trust the interest upon the capital
sum will give £l2 a year each to about 35 persons.—
Xorthent Whig.