The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-17 00:00:00

LODON GAZETTE.—This Evening.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 13.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Gecrge Buckley Mathew, Esq., C. 8., now her Majesty's
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republics of Central
America, to be her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Argentine Republic. '
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Conrad Payens,
Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council of the
Island of Heligoland, and the R3V. Horatio William
Laborde to be a member of the Legislative Council of the
Island of St. Vincent. •

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, APRIL 17.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General John Bloom-
field to be Colonel-Commandant, vice General Frederick
Campbell, deceased.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Staff-Surgeon Frederick
William Moore to be Surgeon, vice. T. F. Wall, who
exchanges.
2nd Dragoons—Major and Brevet-Colonel George Calvert
Clarke to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel Henry Darby Griffith, C. 8., promoted
Major-General ; Captain Andrew Nugent to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Clarke ; Lieu-
tenant James Brander Dunbar to bo Captain, without
purchase, vice Nugent ; Paymaster, with the honorary
rank of Major, John Dennis Swinburno, from half-pay'
late Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster,
with the honorary rank of Major, John Henry King,
placed upon half-pay.
14th Hussars—Cornet the Honourable John St. Vincent
Saumarez to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James
Logan White, who retires; Edmund Peel, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice the Honourable John St.

Vincent Saumarez.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Collingwood Dickson, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice J. W.
Ormsby, removed as a General Officer ; Captain and
Brevet-Major Matthew Bligh Forde to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice George Thomas Field, removed to Super-
numerary List ; Captain and Brevet William Townsend
Barnett to be Lieut-Col., vice Brevet-Colonel Dickson.
Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel George Cecil Henry,
from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain, vice John
de Luttrell Saunderson, placed upon temporary half-pay;
Second Captain Charles James Tyler to be Cap-
tain, vice Brevet-Major Forde ; Second Captain George
Joseph Smart to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Barnett;
Lieutenant William Henry Noble to be Second Captain,
vice James Robertson, deceased ; Lieutenant Richard
Newton Young to be Second Captain, vice C. J. Tyler ;
Lieutenant George O'Connor to be Second Captain,
vice Francis Montagu Smith, removed to the Supernu-
merary List ; Lieutenant William Kemmis to be Second
Captain, vice Smart.
Royal Engineers.—Second Captain Francis Arthur Mar-
indin to be Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major W, B. Goeset,
whose period of service in that appointment has ex-
pired.—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from
the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenants with
temporary rank: Charles Moore Watson; Herbert Jekyll,
Charles Howard Peregrine Christie, Edward Crozier,
Sibbald Moore, Edward Pemberton Leach, Samuel
Compton Turner, George Ingelheim Jackson, David
Charles Courtney, Matthew Henry Purcell, and John
Frederick Garwood.
let Regiment of Foot—Captain Richard GeorgeColes to be
Major, without purchase, vice James Pollock Gore, pro-
moted to a half-pay lieutenancy-coloneley, without pur-

chase.
2d Foot—Lieutenant James Wharton Harrel to be Captain,
without purchase, vice George Wolfe, placed upon h if
p
aii,
appointment as Staff Officer of Pensioners.
Foot--Lieutenant William Douglas Legge to be Cap-
-sthtafaso; on
by purchase, vice Charles John Miles, who retires ;
Ensign
gn Edward Harmsworth Ruddach to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Legge ; Charles George Heathcote,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ruddach.
13th Foot—Captain R. Blacken Montgomery to be Major,
without purchase, vice Frederick Van Straubenzee,
promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without
purchase ; Edward Bernard Coleman, Gent., to bo En-
sign, by purchase, vice Edward Chetwood Hamilton
transferred to the 21st Foot. ,
16th Foot—Captain James William Bostock to be Major,
without purchase, vice Thomas Tydd, promoted to •ft
half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without purchase.
17th Foot—Albermarle Henry Bertie, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Morgan John Joseph Patrick O'Con-
nell, transferred to the 37th Foot. The appointment of
Paymaster A. Corcoran has been cancelled.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick George 'Frith to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Charles James Forbes Smith-
Forbes, who retires; Ensign Arthur Edward Trotter
Brown to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frith ; ER-
k sign Thomas Morris Jenkins, from the 99th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Brown.
22d Foot—Ensign Joseph Collins to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice William Bell Beatty, who retires ; Paulus
/Emilius Irving, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Collins.
29th Foot—Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major
Robert Smyth, from the 69th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice
W. F. Scott, who exchanges.
retiree:
32d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hall tobeCaptain,
by purchase, vic Arthur Robert Fowler, whon , , _
Ensign John Fane Ballard to be Lieutenattl,o
pur-
chase, vice Hall ; Louis Frederic Knollys, Gent''
Ensign by purchase, vice Ballard.
37th Foot—Ensign Morgan John Jo
nell, from the 17th Foot, to be Ensf
root. Williams, transferred to the "t'bri° . from the 37th
Aubrey W iLaan:-,
60th Foot—Ensign John
Co romoted.
Waiter
Foot, to be Ensign, vice
et-Major
Robert Henry Mac-
snePbic-PeaJtlnkA°ubrey
65th Foot—Capt. and Bre:a
who retires upon full-pay.
George Freeman Muriw-ay,
the
honorary
rank of Ilajor,
with purchase, vice Brevet.-Col.
Gregor to bo Major,
th Foot -Payniaster,ootitt,li
from the 29th Foot, to be Puy_
rave Wilson Macklin, Gent.,
master, vice, R.
vice Thomas Morris
ho
exchanges.
99t1hViFlloiaz_FGoorntiteus.dcsu3euilriSocisthheainsNeg,
to be Ensign,
by
purchase,
Foot. Jenkins,
Canadian Rifle Regiment- Lieut. Sydenha C
Royal vice Lieut. David Miller, 1:11
C.
WGill, to be. Adjutant, who re-
signs the appointment.
transferred to the
RoYA.T.
be Inspector of
MILITARY ACADEMY.—Lieutenant-Colonel George
SEencgionndeeCrs,omremtiarneddaunpt,onvifeuen-Cpoaylo,nNevlitFh.
Thomas Field, Royal Artillery, to
the
honorary rank of Major-General.
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HALF-PAY. .
To be Lieut.-Colouels without •
purchase :—Major James
Pollock Gore, from Ist Foot; Major Thomas Tydd, from
16th Foot ; Major Frederick Van Straubenzee, from
om
13th
Foot.
To be Majors without and
purchase :—Captain
Brevet-Major Dudley Clarges Hill, from 40th Foot;
captain and Boyet-Alajor Joraeg Stewart, frpra 7itli Foot;

Captain John Samuel Manly, feom 27te Foot ; Captain
Jesepb Sanderson, from 62ud Foot; Captain Robert
Douglas, from 23rd ; Cadtata. George Percival Drought,
from 48th Foot ; Captain Janies Stillman, from 9th Foot ;
Captain James Dalgleish, fro= 71st Foot.

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Major and Brevet-Colonel Gee George Freeman Murray, re-
tired on full-pay 65th Foot, to have the honorary rank of
Major-CeneraL
Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund John
entice, half-pay, Unattached, and Staff Officer of Pen-
sioners, who retires upon full-pay, to have the honorary
rank of Colonel.
The following promotions to take place consequent on
the death, on the 4th inst of General Frederick Campbell;
Colonel-Commandant Royal Artillery :
Lieut.-General Sir William Cator, K.CB Royal Artil-
lery, to be General.
Major-General Poole, Vallencey England, Royal Artil-
lery, to be Lieut.-General,
to be
Colo
Mnaj el John
William. Ormsby, from the Royal Artillery,
or-General.
Captain and Brevet... Major Daniel William Tupper, 50th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain the Hon. Edmund John Boyle, 85th Foot. to ba
Major.
The undermentioned officers, having completed the
qualifying service in the rank of. Lieutenant-Colonel, to be
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ADMIRALTY, APRIL 13, 1866.
Joseph Edye, Esq., has been this day promoted to the
rank of Paymaster-in-Chief on the Retired List, under
Order in Council of 9th July, 1864 with seniority of 2d
April, 1866.
Mr. Frederick Thomas has this day been promoted to
the rank of Boatswain, Second Class, in Her Majesty's
Fleet, for gallantry in action against pirates.

HORRIBLE MURDER IN DRURY-L &NE.

(THIS DAY.)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER.
This morning another horrible crime was added to the
list which it has been our painful duty to publish during the
last few days. In this case the parties are in the lower
walk of life, and inhabited a small room in one of the
courts in Drury-lane. The scene of the murder is Feather's-
court, a cul de sac, containing about a dozen houses, the
majority of which are let out in single rooms to those whose
necessities compel them to accept that mode of living, and
and a public house called the BluoAnchor.
About half-past six this morning the terrible discovery
was made that a married woman named Mary Whitley,
a resident at No. 8, Feathers-court, had been brutally
omfutrhdeered, and on the police entering the house the body
the stairs.
goingd intoth°thie)asfsraognme
blood in
woman was found lying in a pool of
The coistables. Proceeded up-stairs, and on
arhoeormh head
trestinghe third on
floorthe bottomthey
there o f
wnotnuaamn old James Whitley, the hus-
bandfound the body of a
of the murdered
Dthfrofsat.
waTshfleowinvgisifsronmai asudrgeesponwoonf;Ztihinnegtbiethed in blood,
which
on her throatwas
n of police
was immediately sent for, and . vh• •
on is arrival an
examination of both the man and his wife
which, without
doubt, was the cause of death. The man was not dead,
theremede. wasThae dreadfulwoin was
sunccituureitl dwsoad'unda,"
although the wound on his throat was so deep and severe
that recovery is altogether out of the question. The
wound was a clean sharp cut across the throat, similar to
that which would be produced by a razor or some such
keen instrument. Dr. Harvey did all that was possible at
the moment, and without the least delay the man was ccm-
Toyed to King's College Hospital, where he lies until death,
which is certain to follow, takes place.
A strict search has been made in. the room and e. clasp
knife covered with blood has been found, and this without
doubt is the instrumentby which the fearful deeds have been
committed. No particular noise was heard to proceed from
the room the Whitleys occupied that morning, so that the
inference to be drawn is that some quarrel had taken place
between the man and his wife previous to his going to
work, and that he had cut her throat during the quarrel, and
then made a desperate attempt at self-destruction. The two
led a very unhappy life, and the quarrels between them were
very frequent. Early on Saturday morning last there was
a very serious disagreement between them, and the woman
on that occasion shouted " Murder," but as that was by no
means an unusual cry in the neighbourhood, the other
lodgers took no notice of the circumstance, and slept on
until their usual hour of rising. It then became known
that the husband had threatened to "do" for his wife, but
his threat was looked upon as that of an angry man, and
one that was not so near its realisation as has turned out.
Another shocking matter in the tragedy is, that there
are seven children left, of the respective ages of 3,5, 6,9,
10, 11, and 17. Five of the children have been taken to the
Strand Union, and the other two, as they expressed a wish
to be conveyed to their uncle's residence, havti been con-
veyed thither. Whitley was a bricklayer, doing a small
business on his own account. The murderer, it is said in
the neighbourhood, has been excited to the commission of
the crime by feelings of jealousy. The age of the man was
43, and the woman 38.
On arriving at King's College Hospital at noon to-day,
our reporter was informed that the man was, to the
astonishment of the surgeons of the establishment, still
alive, although recovery was beyond all hope.
The body of the unfortunate woman has been conveyed
to the dead-hoUie of St. Mary-le-Strand, where it awaits
a coroner's inquest.

DEATH OF THE MURDERER.
The man Whitley died from his wounds to-day
at a quarter before 1.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17 1I 171
Ditto 3 Months. 12 i 12 i
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 40 25 50a
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 10
25 20
_ _

Ditto 3 Months. 25 37} 25 42}
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine , 1191 120
Vienna . , 10 95 11; 10
Trieste --. 10 95 11 10
Petersburgn - 28188,i 6 2 6 28}
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan

Genoa
Naples

25 75- 25 80
25 72+ 25 80

Liverpool Cotton Market. —TUs Day.

The market opens with a steady demand and
with a slightly better feeling in prices, but the quo-
tations are still a penny below Friday. Sales pro-
bably 12,000 bales.

SKIPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day,

Lofivx, April 17.—Wind this day at noon—South.
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but it little
cloudy.

FALMOUTH, April 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sebas-
,ian, from Matanzas.

LITERPOOL, April 16.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Princess
Dogma; from Bombay; Cornelia, from the Cape of Good
Hope.

NEWPORT, April 15.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Perseverant,
or Bombay.

PLYMOUTH, April 16 —Wind N.W.--Arrived—Galatea,
from Teignmouth for Quebec; Duke de Brabant, from
Bombay.
DARTMOUTH, April 15.—Sailed—Star of the Ocean, for
Ichabol. _

BRISTOL, April 16.—Wind S. W—Arrived—Bessie
Stanton, from Mauritius.
PILL,, April 15. —Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Klasins, for
Baltimore.

from Bordeaux
[I3Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.]
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
screw steamer, from London,
ca;clifsserriv;ded,;_faTAr;nLroilisciteiltree:.—oniSmteiullaor(ds,tefarnioe:the
west,
Zings (steamer), from Alexandria.
._....raulina,nfEroA4na Rostock.
DEAL, Arrived, April 17.
Morning.
, for
for the
north.
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per cent. The gross receipts of
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working expenses £395,674, and the whole expen-
diture for renewals and works £B9 689
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company to the postal and military bondholders is
adjusted and a dividend paid to August last, and a
further dividendrate o f £1
at the 9s. per .UOO to
February last declared.
Ills Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and
Countess Apponyi entertained on Sunday evening a small
circle to dinner. Among the guests entertained were_
The Earl and Countess Granville, Prince Gortchacow, the
Portuguese Minister, Couut rahlen, Baron de Baude,
Marquis de la Force, Mr. Edward Erskine, and Mr, Henry
Greville.
The Earl and Countess of Westmorland have'
loft the St. George's Hotel.
The Eatl and Countess of Dudley have left their
residence, Dudley House, Park-lane, for the Continent.
The earl and countess are expected to return to town about
the middle of May.
Lady Townshend Farquhar's dances are fixed tp
take 'place on the 7 d blay