The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

WHITEHALL; AUG. 13.

The Queen has iaeenpleased to appoint the Rev. Wm.
Stubbs, M.A., to be Professor of Modern History in the
University of Oxford, in the room of Goldwin Smith, Esq.,
M.A., resigned.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Charles
Findlater Stevenson to the church and parish of Barry, in
the Presbytery of Arbroath, and county of Forfar, vacant
by the resignation of the Rev. Robert Home.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Atm. 14.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant George
Hamilton Heaviside, from the Bengal Cavalry, to be
Lieutenant, vice Howard James Barton, transferred to

the Bengal Staff Coips.
13th Hussars—Captain George Edward Hill, from the 71st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Gilbard, who exchanges.
20th Hussars—Cornet George R. J. Shakespear to be
Lieutenant, vice J. R. Glover Sweeny, deceased • Cornet
A. W. Gordon Brebner to be Lieutenant, vice Theodore
William Hogg, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps ;
Gentleman Cadet Laud Kavanagh, from the Royal Mili-
tary College, to be Cornet, vice Shakespear.
Royal Artillery—Lieut. Henry Bond to be Second Captain,
vice Thomas Henry Pitt, removed to the Supernumerary
List on being appointed to an Instructorship in the
Royal Military College ; Surgeon Matthew Combe, M.D.,
having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Sur-
geon-ME jor, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant
of Feb. 3, 1866.
Coldstream Guards—Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Cle-
ment William Strong to be Major, without purchase,
with the rank of Colonel, vice Major and Brevet-Colonel
Arthur St. George Herbert Stepney, C. 8., who retires
upon half-pay ; Lieutenant and Captain the Hon. Henry
Walter Campbell to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Strong ; Ensign and Lieutenant the
Hon. John Robert William Vesey to be Lieutenant and
Captain, by purchase, vico the Hon. H. W. Campbell;
Waller Phillip Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. J. R. W. Vesey.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Richard Llewelyn Roberts
to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. St. George
Gray, promoted.
11th Foot—Ensign George Brehon to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice George Theobald, deceased ; Ensign
Wm. Henry Beevor to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
George Brehon, whose promotion by purchase on the
15th June, 1866, has been cancelled; Ensign Wm. Wyn-
yard Baird O'Brien, from the 20th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Beevor. _ _ _

13th Foot —Lieutenant Richard John Woodhouse has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission. _

16th Foot—Ensign Rigby Wason to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Frederick Grant, who retires • Gentle-
man Cadet Chitties William Clement, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wason;
Gentleman Cadet William Charles James Lacy, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Henry Eyre Coote, who retires.
20th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Nathaniel William Werry,

from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, withoutpurchase, vice W. W. B. O'Brient, transferred to the
11th Foot ; Lieutenant David O'Neill Power, to bo Ad-

jutant, wee Lieutenant William Glencross, who resigns
the appointment.
32d Foot—Surgeon Jonas King Carr, M.D., having com-
pleted twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-
Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3d
February, 1866.
34th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Ansell Boggs, from the
56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wyatt, who ex-

changes.
37th Foot—Captain Edward Hugo Budgen, from half-
pay, late 82d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster,
with the honorary rank of Major, Thomas Smith, who
retires upon half-pay.
51st Foot—Captain James Warren Hastings Anderson,
from half-pay, late 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Charles Leslie Baillie Hamilton, placed upon half-pay.
55th Foot—Lieutenant Louis Wyatt, from the 34th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Boggs, who exchanges ; Surgeon
Thomas Parr, having completed twenty years' full-pay
service, to be Surgeon-Major, under the provisions of
the Royal Warrant of Feb. 3, 1866.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Meade has been permitted
to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission;
Ensign Henry Donald Browne to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice John Henry Gumbleton, who retires ; Ensign
Edward Bernard Coleman, from the 13th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Browne.
71st Foot—Captain George James Gilbard, from the 13th
Hussars, to be Captain, vice, Hill, who exchanges.
97th Foot—Major Edward Douglass .Harvest, from half-
pay, late 97th Foot, to be Major, vice James Florence
Murray, promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy,
without purchase.
100th Foot—The services of Paymaster, with the honorary
rank of Captain Joseph Hutchison, have been dispensed

with.
105th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant John Bignell, from
a depot battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Thomas
Langford, deceased.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Walter Hepburn Mollies Fitzher-
bert to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Fair-
field, who retires; Richard Frederick Thompson, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitzherbert.
Ist West India Regiment—Edward John West Laing,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lockhart Mure
H. Kennedy, whose appointment on 15th June, 1866,
has been cancelled.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Sergeant-Major John Connors to
be Quartermaster, vice Thomas Miller, deceased.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon An-
drew Thomas Carbery has been permitted to resign his
Commission ; Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Archer, from the
98th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice George
Traynor, who resigns.
HALF-PAY.—Major James Florence Murray, from the
97th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ;
Captain and Brevet-Major Robert Hudson Wood, from
67th Foot, to be Major, without purchase.
BREVET. _ _

Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Nichol-
son, C. 8., Royal Engineers, having completed the qualify-
service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel,
under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 3d February,
1866.
Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Corn-
wallis Maude, C. 8., Royal Artillery, having complotetdote
qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-C°l"eji of 3d
Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Vtrarran
February, 1866.
Paymaster, with the honorary rank
Wheatley, half-pay, late of a Reeruitingc.Di ."`"
the honorary rank of Lieutenant-C0,1,0.u:.if
jor, Thomas
Paymaster, with the honorary ra K "
have the honorary rank
of ort,o John
Smith, half-pay, late 37th Foot, to ha
of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Major Charles Armstrong I 35th Foot,' to have the local
in Ind.
rank of Lieutenant-Colon

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening,

Amsterdam ................. Short. 11 18
Dittc, ......................... 3 Months. 12 2i 11 18
12 24. 12 2i`

Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 5,4 12 2t
Brusselsbug
Paris — 13 10i 25 64
Ditto •.•• Short 13 11
4, 25 25
"lonths. 25 50 25 30
25 35

Marseilles
Frankfor% on the Maine 120 121 k
Viennb, — 13 40 14
Trieste — 13 40 14
Petersburgh - 261 27}
Berlin
6 271 6 28i
Madrid . ... 43i 44
Cadiz
Leghorn
'ilan -

Milan
-- 27 90 28 10
Genoa ( - 27 90 28 10
NaPle2B 10 filummiummonsu 77 27 90

cim0w..........
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

WOLVERHAMPTON RACES—THIS D.Y.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
The LADIES' PURSE of 50 sovs ; weight for age , sellill-
g
and other all allowances. Three-quarters of a
Chibisa (Martin) 1
Underhand (Carver) 2
Argyll (Jameson) 3
Vlie, Recompense, Little Eden, Gentle Kitty c, Sister to
Flying Jib, Beelzebub, and Polka also ran. Betting-6 to
4on Chibisa, 6 to 1 agst Sister to Flying Jib, 10 to 1 bar
two. Won by half a length.
The First Year of the EIGHTH STAMFORD BIENNIAL STAY EN
of 10. sovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for foals of 186 A;
colts, Bst 10. b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; walled
horses or mares allowed 31b; winners before staring,
31b; twice, 51b extra; maidens having started thrice al-
lowed 31b; second to save stake. T.Y.C. 41 subs.
Opoponax (Cameron) 1.
Miss Elizabeth (Clements) 2
Custaloga (Maidment)
Prelate, Delilah, and Catherine Par c also ran. Betting
—7 to 4 on Opoponax.
The ENVILLE WELTER CUP (Handicap), value 100 ISOVS,
the surplus in specie, 5 ft, with 50 added; genfLemen
riders ; professionals, 61b extra ; winners after August
6, at 10 a.m., 71b extra ; one mile and a half. 11 subs
Brick
Charming Woman 2
Custalgo
Seven ran.
The PATSHULL STAKES of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 100
added ; two year olds, fist 121 b ; three, Bst 101 b ; four,
9st 101 b ; five and upwards, lOst ; mares and geldings
allowed 31b ; maiden three year olds, 71b; four year olds
and upwards, 121 b; selling allowances. Three-quarters
of a mile. 12 subs.
Little Harle
Underhand 2
S unnysides 3
Four ran.
The STAFFORDSHIRE NURSERY HANDICAP Of 100 soy's,
added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, for two
year olds; winners after August 6, at ten a.m., 71b ;
twice or more, 101 b extra. Straight half mile. 29
subs.
Challenge
Julie 2
Prelate 3
Won by a neck. Twelve ran.
The STEWARDS' PLATE (Handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a
sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 2 ft ; winners, of any race
after August 6, at ten a.m., 71b extra. Straight hag
mile. 19 subs.
Cantharides
Locket Lucy
2
Patchwork
3
The WOLVERHAMPTON STAKES (Handicap) of 20 sovs
each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 added; wiß_
nem of any handicap value 100 sovs after July 24, at
nine a.m., 71b; of two such handicaps, or one of 500
sovs value, 101 b extra ; second to save his stake ; about
two miles. 32 subs.
Retrousse .. 1
Arkansas ............................................................ 2
Monitress ............................................................ 3
Eight ran. Won by a length.