The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-05 00:00:00

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NEW YORK, Dec. 27.
It is stated that General Grant will shortly visit the Rio
Grande in the flagship of the Gulf squadron.
Doubtful Mexican advices, received via San Francisco,
but bearing no date, report that a revolution had broken
out against.the Emperor Maximilian.
Intelligence received here by direct steamer from Vera
Cruz, on the 13th December, mentions rumours that Juarez
had resigned the Presidency.

COMMERCIAL.
INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.

Money abundant. Gold 145-i. Exchange on London,
158 i; on PariS, 3.55. Stocks dull. New York Centrals,
95i; Illinois, 134 ; Erie, 95}; 5-20
FBluoondrs,ohtly 1
ig firmer.
inquiry. 03i.
Cotton
steady. Middling upland, 51e.
Wheat advancing. Corp, good Provisions ad-
vancing. Coffee and sugar steady. Molasses dull. pe-
troleum very dull. Crude, 41; refined, 64.
ORLEANS, Dee. 22
Cotton steady. Middling, 50e. Sales to-day, 3,000 ; *of
the week, 11,750. Stock, 156,000.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 3.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
Johnstone to the church and parish of Forgandenny, in
the presbytery and county of Perth, vacant by the tran-
sportation of the Rev. Jahn Fagan to the church and
parish °fIA
Bothwell.R-0F
V FICE, PALL MALL JAN. 5.
Regiment of Hussars—Richard Cormack John Lynch-
Staunton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry
Brooks Gaskell, ttnneferred to the 9th Lancers.
4th Hussars—Alfred Bibby, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Beatty, promoted.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant Charles Gathorne Hardy,
from the 60th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice R. S. Sholto Douglas, who exchanges,
receiving the difference.
Scots Fusilier Guards---Lieut. and Capt. Willoughby
Sandilands Rooko to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Edward Neville, who retires ; Ensign
and Liout. George John Lord Rosehill to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice Rooke ; Henry E. Home
Drummond-Moray, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Lord Rosehill.
4th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Walter F. Blake to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Thomas Tanner, who retires;
Ensign Robert Simpson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Blake ; Ensign William Courtney Harrison, from
63d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Simpson.
10th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Masters Sproule to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Matthew Coke, who retires ;
Ensign George Hood to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Sproule ; Charles Tasker Evans, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hood.
3Gth oot—Ensign Henry Clayton Cowell, from the 44th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Arthur Montagu Neave, who
retires.
37th Foot—Lieutenant Russell Skinner to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Rrevet-Major John William Boissier, who
retires; Ensign William Charles Goslin to be Lieuten-
ant, by purchase,_vice Skinner; Francis Anthony Gar-
den, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goslin.
39th Foot—William Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Hamilton, promoted.

' 41st Foot—Lieutenant Marcus William Kelly, from the
99th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Byng, who exchanges.
44th Foot —William Ormond Adams: Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchass, vice H. C. Cowell, transferred to the 36th
Foot.
60th Foot—Ensign and Lieutenant Robert Stopford Sholto
Douglas, from the Grenadier Guards, to be Lieutenant,
vice C. G. Hardy, who exchanges.
63d Foot—Ernest Ferdinand Ives, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice W. C. Harrison, transferred to the 4th
Foot.
99th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Webb Byng, from the 41st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, Vice Kelly, who exchanges.
MEMORANDUM.—Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Renshaw
Russell, upon half-pay, late 97th Foot, has been permitted
to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission
under the conditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memo-
randum, dated Feb. 15, 1861.
ADMIRALTY, JAN 2.
Commander Robert Beazley Harvey has been promoted
to the rank of Rotired Captain, under the provisions of her
Majesty's Orders in Council of 1860 and 1861, with
seniority from the 29th December, 1865.
Lieutenant Edward William Hawes to be Commander.
Sub-Lieutenant James Young Falkland Sulivan to be
Lieutenant.

JAN. 3.

Commander George Teal Sebor Winthrop to be Captain.
Lieutenants Edward Iloilo Kennett, nail George
Augustus Hire, to be Retired Commanders, under the
provisions of the Orders in Council of 1860 and 1861.
Reginald Vaughan Carlyon, Esq., has this day been pro-
moted to the rank of Master in her Majesty's Fleet, with
seniority of Jan. 1, 1866.
Dr. Thomas Frazer has been this day promoted to the
rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets
on the Retired List.