The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-19 00:00:00

THE -SON, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1866.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Duke of Somerset held a levee yesterday
afternoon at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The follow-
ing officers attended :—Admiral Purcell, Rear-Ad-
miral Ommaney, Capt. Robert Jenkins, C. 8., Capt.
T. A. B. Spratt, Capt. W. J. S. Pullen, Capt. N.
Salmon, Capt. C. R. F. Boxer, Capt. T. Saumarez,
Capt. T. F. Birch, Capt. R. Purvis, Capt. W.
Graham, Capt. H. C. Majendie, Commander A.
Morrell, Commander E. A. T. Stubbs, Commander
G. Parsons, Commander J. A. Poland, Com-
mander W. J. F. Jackson, Commander W. L.
Stainforth, Lieut. J. A. Forbes, Lieut. N. Bowden
Smith, and Lieut. A. F. Freese, Commander C. B
Theobald.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander W. E. Gordon,
to the Petrel, commissioned ; Dr. W. H. Lloyd,
surg., to the Jason ; W. P. Clapp, assist.-surg►., to
the Royal Adelaide ; Richard G. Roe, second master
to the Achilles ; Herbert Swire, master's assist. to
the Achilles ; and Herbert T. Garland, nominally
a naval cadet.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :--(rapt. J. C. Wilson, to the Nar-
cissus, vice Campbell, to be flag captain to Rear-
A dmiral George Ramsay, C.B. ; Commander Geo.
R. Wilkinson, to the Curacoa, additional, for sur-
veying service ; Lieut. Harcourt T. Gammell, to
the Narcissus, as flag-lieut. to Rear-Admiral Geo.
Ramsay, C.B. ; Wm. E. Archdeacon, master, addi-
tional, to the Seringapatam; Dr. John J. Crawford,
staff-surgeon, to the Trincomalee ; Edwin Harris,
paymaster, to be secretary to Rear-Admiral George
Ramsay, C.B. ; G. F. Norman, paymaster, to the
Hibernia; J. T. Sueter, paymaster, to the Spiteful;
B. F. Meyer, assist.-paymaster, additional, to the
Narcissus; Gerald M'Carthy, master's-assist. to the
Orontes ; J. R. H. M'Farlane, master's-assist., to
the Mullet ; J. P. Braine, clerk to the Canopus ;
T. W. Hall, to the Pembroke ; W. W. Inch, assist.-
clerk, to the Terrible ; Lieut. John R. D. Cooper,
to the' Donegal ; Robert L. Bett, assist.-surg., to
the Victory, additional, for service in Haslar Hos-
pital ; and George W. J. Sutherland, assist.-surg.,
to the Impregnable. _

In the Royal Naval Reserve Robert Lee Sands
and Henry George Wilcox have been appointed
sub-lieuts.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, May 18.—There has been no im-
provement in this market since Tuesday ; so far as
any change cau be observed it is rather for the
worse. More than 100,000 bales of cotton have
been added to stock this week in Liverpool, after de-
ducting sales from imports, making the total nearly
1,000,000. Buyers of cloth and yarn have no faith
in prices based on the present rates for cotton un-
der such circumstances, and it is next to impossible
to do business without making concessions in price.
Some producers have taken heavy orders at lower
prices than will pay for cotton at present—a some-
what bold course—but the belief is all but universal
that the raw material must give way a good deal
yet, In shipping yarns the market to-day has been
very quiet, with less disposition for business ; and
lower prices have been accepted generally by spin-
ners. They close very quiet. For home trade
yarns we have also had a very quiet market.
Manufacturers still pursue the policy of buying
yarns only to satisfy immediate requirements, and
prices are slightly easier as compared with Tues-
day. In cloths there is no change since Tuesday.
The market is still very much depressed by constant
rumours of fresh commercial difficulties in London
and Liverpool. Buyers as a rule find it impossible
to discount the paper they hold, and this has natu-
rally a tendency to impede operations. There is no
change to-day in quotations for cloth, though yarn
is cheaper, and cotton has given way something
like ld. per lb. at Liverpool.
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CCU DIFF, 17th.—The steam coal trade of the dis-
trict appears to have entirely escaped the serious
effects of the financial panic, as, in addition to the
number of contracts on proprietors' books fresh orders
are coining in regularly, and it as much as colliery
owners can do to meet with any degree of prompt-
ness the demand from the home and foreign markets.
Should, unfortunately, the Continental difficulties
end in war, the demand for Welsh steam will be very
large. The inland trade has greatly increased ; in
fact, the traffic to the London markets has nearly
doubled during the past 12 months. The ironworks
are fairly employed in clearing off arrears from the
order-books, while a few good contracts have come
in from America and some of the other foreign
markets. Still, the demand, upon the whole, is slow.
On home account there is virtually nothing doing,
all parties waiting the result of the panic before
entering into fresh transactions.

NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—There was a moderate at-
tendance at our Exchange-hall to-day. The inquiry
for lace yarns was rather improved, but buyers
generally are holding off in the anticipation of a
reduction in prices. For hosiery yarns prices were
nominally unaltered. Advices from Marseilles and
Lyons report an advance in the value of silk, but
the Nottingham market continues very dull. The
trade doing in brown nets is very limited, and prices
have a receding tendency.

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HER MAJESTY•

WINDSOR CASTLE, May 16.
The Queen, with Princess Helena, drove out in a
carriage-and-four yesterday afternoon, attended
by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. Colonel the
llon. A. Hardinge was in attendance on horseback.
Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds
this morning, attended by the Dowager Duchess of
Athole.

We have authority to state that the marriage of
H.R.H. the Princess Helena is definitely
to take place on the sth July, in the private chapel,
at Windsor Castle. settled

VISIT OF PRINCE ALFRED TO LIVERPOOL AND
BIRKENHEAD.—We understand that his Royal Highness
Prince Alfred will visit Liverpool and Birkenhead on the
23d June nest, and not the 25th, as originally arranged.
The Prince will deliver the prizes to the boys on board
the Conway training ship, and open the new entrance to
the Birkenhead Docks.