The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-18 00:00:00

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LONDON GAZETTE. Evening,

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 10.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Christian William Lawrence, Esq., now a Third Secretary,
to be a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic
8 ervice.

MAY 12.
The Queen has been graciously pleased. to appoint
Edmund Douglas Veitch Fano, Esq., now a Third Secre-
tary, to be a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplo-
matic Service.

The Queen has been MAY 14.
graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. Thomas John Hovel' Thurlow, now a Third Secre-
tary. to be a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic
Service.

MAY 16.
The Queen has been graciously plea,sqd to appoint
Arthur Henry Seymour, Esq., now a. Third. Secretary, to
be a Second See etaryin her Majesty's Diplomatic Service.
ADMIRAL'rY, MAY 17.

Lieutenants William Hobson Moubray and ll,ob;rt
Hussey Moubray have been this day promoted to be- Ile-
tired Commanders, under the provisions of the ,-Orders in
Council of Ist August, 1800,9 th July, 1854, and 24th March,
1866.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 13 11 15
Ditto 3 Months. 11 19i 12 0
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 55 25 60
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 0 25- 14
Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 50
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 119 119}
Vienna — 13 80 13 60
Trieste — IS 30 13 GO,
Petersburgu - 241
Berlin
Madrid — 46 461-
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples— 29 50 29 50

The Loss of the London.

The Melbourne A rgus has the following :—" The
arrival of the London in this port hadfor some days
rer
been impatiently expected. There were on board a
heree anxious to see them large number of persons intimately connected with
Melbourne, returning colonists who had been on a
visit to the
mother
country,andwhose r; and elativesand
friends there
were among the passengers two three or gentlemen
in whom there centred a public
interest—as the Rev.
D. J. Draper, who occupied a distinguished position
among the Wesleyan Methodists of the colonies ;
Dr. J. Woolley, the Principal of Sydney Univer-
sity ; and Air. G. V. Brooke, the great actor, whose
appearance at the Theatre Royal had for some time
been a subject of general speculation and conversa-
tion among the lovers of the drama. The intelli-
gence of the noble vessel's destruction, with the loss
of 270 out of the 280 constituting her living freight,
received by telegraph at this office on Thursday, the
15th of March, .T.ndimmediately published, fell like.
a thunderbolt upon our citizens. The telegram
containing the simple announcement, wherever it
was posted, arrested eager crowds of readers. Many
of the shops were partially closed in recognition 0:
this great affliction, and in some of the windows were
printed poor Brooke's last words, spoken to Gard-
ner, the steward :—" If you are saved, give mykind
farewell to the people of Melbourne." The special
edition of the mail intelligence by telegraph, pub-
lished at this office, was awaited with anxiety never
surpassed, and in the afternoon thousands of copies
were circulated. Our list of some of the drowned
passengers will give some idea of the fearful gaps
created by the catastrophe in Melbourne and other
parts of these colonies. On the evening of the 15th,
at the Theatre Royal, Mr. Coppin, the confrere of
the gallant Brooke, touchingly referred to the mat-
ter, and passed a deserved eulogy upon the deceased
for his genius as an actor, and his qualities as a gen-
tleman. It is proposed to erect some memorial in
Melbourne in honour of Mr. Brooke, and initiatory
steps are now being taken with that object. In
places of worship on Sunday special allusion was
made to the melancholy event, and appropriate con-
solation offered to the bereaved. On Wednesday
night a funeral sermon, in reference to the Rev. D.
J. Draper and Mrs. Draper, was preached in the
Wesleyan Church, Lonsdale-street, by the Rev. J.
Eggleston. The building was crowded in every
part, and hundreds were unable to obtain admis-
sion. It is proposed to erect a memorial tablet to
the deceased, and also to found a scholarship in
Wesley College."

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

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ABERDEENSHIRE.

ABERDEEN, May 17.

The election for this county took place to-day,
the candidates being the gentlemen already named
in The Sun,—Sir James Elphinstone, lately mem-
ber for Portsmouth, and Mr. Dingwall Fordyce, of
Brucklay, son of Mr. Fordyce, who some years ago
represented the city of Aberdeen in Parliament.
It may be remembered that in 1861 the county was
most keenly contested in the Liberal interest on
behalf of the Hon. Arthur Gordon (son of Lord
Aberdeen), by a strong party ably led by Mr.
Ligertwood, when, although Mr. Gordon did not
appear personally in the field, the power of the poli-
tical section to which he belonged was very clear.ly
manifested. To-day that party has experienced a
triumph far exceeding their utmost hopes, the re-
turns of the polling showing the figures :

Mr. Fordyce (Liberal)
Sir J. Elphinstone (Conservative). l,OBB

Majority for the Liberal candidate... 1,087
Mr. Fordyce is the first Liberal who has ever been
returned for Aberdeenshire ; and while his political
principles have been popular with the farming
interest, there is no doubt that his views as a Free
Churchman have tended in no small degree to swell
the present great and unexpected majority.

At a public lottery just drawn at Florence two
numbers which came out were 59 and 66. The mass
of the people, who are naturally superstitious, and
attach great importance to such chances, look upon
the coincidence as a favourable augury for the result
of the war.

TENYEARS'DISCOUNT. --During the 10 years end-
ing with last week the rate of discount at the Bank
of England has experienced great fluctuations. The dates
indicated show when changes were made, the rates ap-
pendedadopted
:b_e ilnBgs6t-hemateyrms
Sept.
27,pe
June 28, 41 per cent.;rsnet;eunrtn.te;ielilnatany.
2alteration was
04c,t.5476r
and 7.
5 peprere cent.;ee cent.;
per cent.; Nov. 15, 7 per cent.; Dec. 6,6 k. per cent.; and
Dec. 2O, 6 per cent. 1857-April 8,6 f per cent.; June 18,
per cent.; July 16, 511. per cent.; Oct. 8, 6 per cent.; Oct.
12, 758-.Tan. 7, 6
per cent.; and Dec.De,c 24, 8 per cent.
per cent.; Jan. 14, 5 per cent.; Jan. 28, 4 per cent.; Feb. 4,
31 per cent.; Feb. 11, 3 per cent.; and Dec. 9,2 i per cent.
1859-April 28, 3i per cent.;
pp
ee
rre.ec
ecnetnn.
cent.;
Maym asy.
2, per
4c e
pn
et
r;
May 5,..43- per cent.; June 3, 3
per cent.; June 9, 3 per cent.; and July 14, 2i percent. 1860
4 per cont.; March 29, 4k per
;Lp;arinAldulDg2,e.ci.
,351,A6, pm..
Nloo,v4.:inp:e
percent.;
re:
eeenrnt
t.c;.
e;
nt.May; ;4,
Nov. 4
perce cent.; tac. n;:nitApril9.;,3NlPeo2v,r.scBep,ne4ticjpeaenrat..c;3e3ll,ta.y;
cent. 1861-Jan. 7, 7 per cent.; Feb. 14, 8 per cent.; March
15, 6 per cent.; Nov. 20,
alndn per
cent.; Aug. 29, 4 per cent.; Sept, 19,
32,0 a,
y 7
16,
6cpenert.
22 Nov.
cent.; July 10, 2i per cent.; July 27, 2 ) per
per cent •
April;ceu cent.; A 446. 1,13 esr
and Oct.
0
37,,
33
per
rr
eecenntt..
11886632-
J-Jaann.._
19,5,2:
30, 3 per cent.; May 16,
cent.; Feb. 20, 4 per cent.; April 93, 01 ' Jan. 28, 5 per
02 per cent.; April
32 per
cent.; Nov. 2, 5 - per cent.; Nov.
7 per cent.; Dec. 3,
8
per cent.
1864-Jan. 20, ; and Dec. 21, 7 per cent.
8 per cent6
1).,r cent. ; April 16, 7 .; Feb. 11, 7 per cent. ; Feb. 25,
.5, 9 per cent. ; May
19,p Ber cent.; May 2, 8 per cent. ; May
June 16, 6 per cent ; Jul p2er, cent. ; May 26, 7 per cent. ;
cent. ; Sept.cr
Bcent. ; Ang. 4, 8 per
8, 9 per cent. Nov.li,
; o 10,per cent. ; Nov. ::1-,
r per cent •and - *
~ Dec. 10, 6 per cent. 1865-Jan. 10, si per
,
cent• •
Jan. 26, 5 per , cent • March 44k ~per cent.; April 27,
4 cent. per , •
May 11, 41 per cent. ; May 23, 4 per cent: ; ,
June 8, 31 per cent. ; June 20, 3 per cent. ; Aug. 5, 4 per
cent.; Sept. 28, 4i per cent. ; Oct. 2, 5 per cent. ; Oct. '5, 6 •
1 per cent. ; Oct. 7, 7 per cent. ; Nov. 23, 6 per cent.; and
Dec. 28, 7 per cent. 1866-Jan. 6, 8 per cent. ; Feb. 22, ,
7 per cent. ; March 15, 6 per cent.; May 3, 7 per cent. ;
May 8, 8 per cent. ; May 11, -9
per cent.; and May 12, 10
per cent. Thus in 1857 there were nine changes in the
rate ; in 1858, six ; in 1859, five ; in 1860, 11; in 1861, 11 ;
in 1862, five ; in 1863, 12 ; in 1864, 15 ; and in 1865, 16 ;
while up to May 12 this year seven alterations have already
been made. It will be seen that at the close of last week
the rate of discount was higher than it had been since
November, 1857. Rather a severe pressure,was again ex-
perienced in February, 1861, and 1861 may be said to have
been one prolonged financial crisis. The spri •ng and sum-
mer of 1865 formed a period of comparative ease, but since
October we have again had to deal with very trying diffi-
culties. The organization of the Bank appears, in fact, to
have been unequal to the emergencies with whiGl4 it has
, had to grapple *ince 1862,