The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, 4-c.

The Treasury.—Mr. Richard Mills has been ap-
pointed accountant to the Treasury, vice Mr. Fos-
ter, promoted to the office of assistant-paymaster-
general.
Foreign Department—Mr. Henry Nevill Dering
has passed his examination as unpaid attache at
Paris.

Charity Commission.—Mr. George Holford has
passed his examination as clerk in London.
Law Department.—Mr. William Samuel Ellcott
has passed his examination as permanent clerk in
the Admiralty Registry.
General Register-office.—Mr. William Coultas
has passed his examination as transcriber.
General Post-office.—Mr. James Palmer has
passed his examination as clerk at the Post-office,
Boston.

The Admiralty.—Messrs. Henry Woodley, James
Vivian Tippet, William Richard Ternan, Paul Bed-
ford, Adolphus Kentish Brock, Robert Francis
Walglen, William Adams, and James Davi'sson'
have passed their examinatio for temporary clerk-
ships.
Customs.—Mr. W. H. 3. Brown has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the tea department, London ;
Mr. William Grantham has been appointed a clerk
in the Le al Quay's office, London •, Mr. Henry J.
Brewer has been appointed a clerk for general busi-
ness at Liverpool ; Mr. D. Dudgeon, comptroller at
Sligo, has been promoted to be collector at Chester.
Inland Revenue Department.--The office of ac-
countant and comptroller-general of Inland Revenue
has become vacant by the death of Mr. Lewis
Stephens Lyne.
Stamps and Taxes Branch.—Mr. William Wil-
son, surveyor of taxes, Abingdon district, has been
promoted to Bury. St. Edmund's district. Mr.
Frederick Blake, assistant surveyor of taxes, Liver-
pool, has been promoted to the surveyorship of
Abingdon district, vice Mr. Wilson, promoted.
Excise Branch.—Mr. Richard Humphry, super-
visor of Armagh district, Newry collection, has
been appointed supervisor of Royston district,
Ware collection. Mr. Richard Coogan, examiner,
has been appointed supervisor of Chaileville dis-
trict, Limerick collection.
Cape of Good Hope.—Mr. Flack has been ap-
pointed clerk of works in connection with the colo-
nial civil engineer's department, Cape Town ; Mr.
Josias Charles Rivers has been appointed to act as
clerk of the Hon. the Executive Council during the
absence in England of Mr. Charles Boyle.
East Indies.—Colonel H. W. Trevelyan, C. 8.,
has been appointed political agent at Kutch, vice
Colonel Jacob ; Mr. T. Weeding has been appointed
first assistant to the collector and magistrate of
Ahmedabad, vice Inverarity, retired ; Messrs. N.
M . W. Daniell and L. Copeland have been appointed
assistants to the collector and magistrate of Poona ;
Mr. H. M. Birdwood has been appointed assistant
collector and magistrate of Tanna.— Civil Service
Gazette.

ELOPEMENT FROM THE SULTAN'S
HAREM.

It has been stated that the master of the Sultan's
band, an Italian, had arrived at Geneva with his
wife, a beautiful Circassian. According to a letter
from Constantinople, this female, whose name is
Sersafras Hanum, was for some time in the
harem of the Sultan, and was one of his favou-
rites. " One day," says the letter, " she called
for her carriage, and, accompanied by two female
slaves and a male attendane, went to Ortakie.
There she stopped at a house which she in-
dicated, and she was received by two females
with marks of the most profound respect. She
entered the house followed by the two slaves,
while the other remained at the door. She was
introduced into a sumptuously-furnished drawing-
room, and these she dismissed the two slaves, who
went with the domestics of the house to an apart-
ment, where they were entertained with cakes,
cigarettes, andtoffee. Two of the domestics quitied
the room from time to time as if to see that nothing
was wanted in the drawing-room, and after a while
they all left. The two female slaves continued to
amuse themselves with their coffee and cigarettes.

At last, getting surprised at not seeing any o
the servants return, they went out in their turn
and finding all quiet advanced on tiptoe to
the drawing-room. Hearing no noise they en-
tered, and to their astonishment found that
their mistress had disappeared. They called out,
but received no answer—the house seemed deserted.
They then commenced a search in the different
rooms, and presently found in a boudoir their
mistress's dress. They were thunder:truck—as it
was evident that she had fled ! Then then raised
loud cries, and the male attendant entered.
Hearing what had happened, he searched the
house throughout but was unable to discover the
fair favourite. Hastening back to the harem, he
told the black aga of her disappearance. That
functionary in his tut n went and searched the
house with great minuteness, but could not find
any trace of the Circassian, but after a while he
perceived that the house opened on the port. An
investigation having been instituted, it was ascer-
tained that several persons dressed in European
style had been seen in a calque near the house, and
had suddenly left in it. It also turned out that a
handsome Italian, named Guatelli, director of the
music at court, had disappeared. The kiosque of
the fugitive was examined—the gold, silver,
jewellery, and sumptuous presents of all kinds
which the Sultan had made her had been carried
off. The beautiful Sersefras, it is said, possesses a
splendid voice, which the Sultan admired greatly ;
and, as she has gone away with an Italian maestro,
it is not improbable that she may some day appear
in the theatres of Western Europe."

AN ELOPEMENT—A WAR—A PEACE.—A young
couple from 'Wilmington, Virginia, desired marriage, but
the father of the girl objected to the match. The two
then took their departure for South Carolina, but were
overtaken by the old gentleman ; pistols were flourished,
and the young lady wept, though she still expressed a
decided preference for death over a single lithatfe.
the Finally
the father gave his consent, only stipulating wed-
ding should be postponed till the mother could arrive to
bless the nuptials. This reasonable request was agreed to,
tears were dried, pistols were uncocked, and the whole
party went to a family dinner at the nearest hotel.—Boston
Courier.
CHINA AND JAPAN.—The correspondence relative
to the Earl of Elgin's special missions to China an
blue-bo d Japa
ok
n,
18,57-1859, was published yesterday, in a bulky
of 400 pages, presented to the House of Commons by corn •
wand of her Majesty, in pursuance of their address, dated
July 15, 1859. The dates of the correspondence extend
from the 20th of April, 1857, to May 19, 1859. The corre-
spondence is chiefly confined to matters of detail, and its
interest has, in a great measure, been superseded by the
publication of news from China, arriving in the ordinary
course. The Earl of Elgin in his last despatch, dated
April 19th last, announces that " the secret edict" at-
tributed to the Emperor of China is a forgery, and
alludes to the publication of the , consequent Imperial
decree, which is regarded as a most important docu-
ment, proclaiming to the whole empire the Imperild inten
tion to abide by the terms of the peace of Tien-tsin. The.
Earl of Elgin's language to CountgiliPrsooufliotpiceaint.iinoTneh,tethahcetoßnunouttshswiinaasna
veenvoy,ry decided wasapproved
expression
thee sßi
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couldwee broughtb e done with
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Pekin itself, and that the use of
vessels drawing but little water would be the best means of
making such pressure effective. The Earl of Elgin told his
thofatdheaEciunagrlrisehl
bowfuettrethheaiprtrwoethtyensttthaorosentgtauffinearrswuthcahes
Encrexaifcgteh,Turactyhthootehayd
concluded they should be Hongkong,repared' to go northward in
force, andvery glad to be accompanied by the flags of other
European nations actuated by the same interests. This
was in November, 1857. The state of the public prisons
at Canton was considered so disgraceful (June, 1858) as to
warrant a strong expression of opinion from the Earl of
Malrnesbury, the official report sent to his lordship appears
fully to confirm the statements that have appeared in this
journal,