The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-18 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 16.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir John Peter
Grant, K.C.8., to be Captain-General and Governor-in,-
Chief of the Island of Jamaica, and the territories depend-
ing thereon.

CROWN OFFICE, JULY 16.
The Queen has been pleased, by writ under the Great
Seal of the United Kingdom, t 3 call Sir Fitzßoy Edward
Kelly, one of her Majesty's ouncil learned in the Law, to
the state and degree of a Sergeant-at-Law.
The Queen has been pleased, by letters patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to constitute Sir Fitz-
Roy Edward Kelly, Sergeant-at-Law, Chief Baron of the
Exchequer.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JULY 17.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant.
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Gustavus Burnaby to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Thomas Leslie, who retires; Cornet Thomas William
Langford Brooke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Burnaby.
2d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Benjamin Edmonds to be
Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Allen Deane, who resigns the
appointment.
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retires.
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11th Hussars—Lieutenant Ronald Mackintosh, from the
9th Lancers, to be Lieutenant, vice Howard, who ex-
changes.
Royal ArLillery—The following Gentlemen Cadets, from
the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenants, dated
17th July, 1866, viz.:—James Frederick Harman, vice
W. J. Finch, promoted; George Mackinlay, vice F. S.
Stoney, promoted; Charles Glendower Dorward, vice
E. H. Dyke, promoted; George Blake Napier Martin,
vice J. R. Macleay, promoted ; John Sheridan Clarke,
vice R. S. Robinson, promoted •, Charles William Henry
Sealy, vice H. Graves, resigned; Maynard Willoughby
Wemyss, vise A. Swinton, promoted; Charles Lyles
Buller, vice J. W. Borradailo, promoted ; Douglas Forde
Jones, vice H. de G. Wurter, promoted ; Archibald For-
man Makellar, vice E. J. Pottinger, promoted; William.
Lindsay Carnegie Gordon' vice B. H. Pottinger, pro-
moted ; Archibald Edward Duthy, vice F. Clarke, pro-
moted; Kenneth F. Maclachla.n, vice W. G. Brancker,
promoted; Henry Donald Dunlop, vice D. R. Cameron,
promoted ; James Digby Legard, vice W. S. Brown, re-
si -*tied ; Cameron Macartney Harwood Downing, vice J.
H. Lloyd, promoted ; Alexander W. Austruther, vice
W. H. Noble, promoted ; Lionel Tillotson, vice R. N.
Young, promoted ; Robert S. Watson, vice G. O'Con-
nor, promoted ; G. Sandford Mainguy, vice W. Hem-
mis, promoted; Quartermaster-Sergeant Robert Woods
to be Quartermaster, vice John M'Donald Heins, retired
upon half-pay; Staff-Surgeon Alexander Guthrie, M.D.,
to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Richard Francis
Valpy De Lisle, appointed to the Staff.
Royal Engineers—Capt. Thomas George Glover to be Lieu-
tenant-Co!onel, vice J. P. Beadle, who retires on full pay;
Second Capt. and Brevet-Major Henry Alex. Brownlow
to be Cap:ain, vice Glover; Lieutenant Charles Henry
Luard to be Second Captain, vice Brevet Major Brown-
low. The following gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal
Military Academy, to be Lieutenants, with temporary
rank :---John Edward Broadbent, John du Terrau Bogle,
Charles Compton Seton, Samuel Buckell,WilliamEdwin
Llewellyn Morgan, Charles Frederick Call.
Coldstream Guards, Battalion Surgeon Charles Vidler
Cay, M.D., having completed twenty years' full-pay
service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the provisions of
the Royal Warrant of the 3d February, 1866.
3d Regiment of Foot—Staff Surgeon Edward Touch,
M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Surgeon-Major Joseph Burke,
who exchanges.
Bth Foot Lieutenant Jeremy Peyton Jones to be Ad-
jutant, vice Lieutenant Charles Bradford Brown, pro-
moted.
17th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Alexander Aitken
Ross to be paymaster, vice Curcoran, whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled.
31st Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Stainer has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the Sale of his Com-
mission.
34th Foot—Edward Medley Carter, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Evelyn Arthur Rich, who retires.
36th Foot—Captain Frederick Rance, from half-pay, late
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37th Foot—Lieutenant Herbert Stewart to be Atjutant,
vice Lieutenant James Frederick Royce, who resigns the
appointment.
58th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Ambrose, M.D.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Carlaw, appointed to
the Staff.
65th Foot—Captain William Mitford, from the 73d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Whitbread, who exchanes.
69th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Georgeg Bagot to be
Major, without purchase, vice Edward Bowen, promoted
to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without purchase.
73d Foot—Captain E. Jacob Whitbread, from the 65th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Mitford, who exchanges.
821 Foot—Ensign William Forsyth Forsyth Grant, to be
Lieutenthat, without purchase, vice James Bird Hutchin-
son, whose promotion on Dec. 14, 1865, has been Can-
celled.

Rifle rigado —Lieutenant Hugh Lawton to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Walter J. IL Lord Ruthven, who re-
tires; Ensign John James Hope Johnstone to be Lieu-
tenant, by purc,hase, vice Lawton ; Walter James Lind-
say, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John J.
Hope Johnstone ; Percy, Graham Hill, Gent., to be En_
sign, by purchase, vice Edward William Jennings,

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The following promotions
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Colonel a the Sir3oot, to be General.
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nant-Colonel retired full-pay, late Ist Nestfro India Regi-
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tenant-Colonel. pa y Unattached, to be Lieu_
Capt. Charles John Patterson, 35th Foot, to be
Major.

COURSE OF EXCIIA.NGE--Last Evening.

____,„_________
Amsterdam Short. 11 131 11 14/
Ditto 3 Months. 11 17/ 11 18
ARotterdam — 11 17/ 11 18
Bntwerp — 25 45 25 1:)0
russels — 25 45 25
.50
Hamburg — 13 8 13 8}
Paris
Short 25 71 25 15
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Marseilles
Ditto 3 Months. 25 35
25 421
Frankfort on the Maine
117/ 11810
Vienna
14 50
15
Trieste — 14 50 15 0
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Petersburgh
25/ 26,f
Berlin
6 26/
Madrid
441- 44i
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Cadiz

Leghorn
Milan

- --i-
-27 50 28 50
27 75 28 50
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Genoa
Naples

27 50 28 50
27 75 28 50

PONY MATCH AGAINST TIME.—Yesterday Mr.
Jacques, of Tooting, undertook to drive his pony (barely
13 hands high) a distance of 50 miles in four hour; whit
he accomplished on the Croydon-road in 3 hours and 40i

minutes.
THE CASE OF WHIPPING A CHILD TO DEATH,
Mr. Lindsley, the clergyman at Medina who whipped his
child to death because he would not say his prayers, has
been released on 10,000 dols. bail, but is afraid to leave the
gael.—New York Times.