The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-20 00:00:00

NBER.

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Newmarket Ist October 25
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RAMS FOR THE CLIMAX NAVY. —A fine screw
ram, built by Messrs. Laird Brothers, has sailed from the
Mersey for Valparaiso. She is a sister vessel to the ram
now lying in the Thames for the Chili= Government.
The ram built by Messrs. Laird is called the Oscar, that
built in the Thames the Minerva.

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HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.-OH Wed-
nesday evening, about 7 o'clock, as Mr. .A.rthur Battley was
returning through Farnham to his home at Bury St. Ed-
munds he was knocked down and robbed of his money,
gold watch, ring, scarf pin, keys, ac., and left on the road
for dead. The man had a mask on, which was found on
the road with an over coat.

THE FLOODS.—Yesterday the inundation round
Windsor and Eton had evidently commenced to subside, and
although there is little apparent difference in the amount of
land under water at present, a few days of fine weather
will probably clear the greater portion of the floods away.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the Right Hon. Emily Jane Dowager
Viscountess Hardinge, relict of Field-Marsha
Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., P.C., was proved in
her. Majesty's Court of Probate, on the 22d ult. by
her daughter, the Right Hon. Emily Caroline Har-
dinge, the sole executrix. Lady llardinge was the
daughter of the first Marquis of Londonderry, K,G.,
and was twice married ; first, in 1814, to John
James, Esq., some time Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Netherlands, who died in 1818 ; and secondly,
in 1821, the first Viscount Hardinge, who died on
the 24th of September, 185 G. Her ladyship exe-
cuted her will on the 23d of November following,
which was attested by her son, the present viscount,
and A. E. Hardinge ; and died at Betteshanger,
near Sandwich, the seat of her son, Sir Walter
James, Bart., on the 17th of October last, in her
77th year. Her ladyship has left the whole of her
property to her youngest daughter, the said Right
Hon. Emily Caroline Hardinge, for her own abso-
lute use and benefit, adding these words :—" I
make this disposition in her favour to perfect, as
far as lam able, what I conceive to have been the
wishes of my late husband, the late Viscount Har-
dinge, with reference to her, but which, however,
in consequence of his premature decease, he was
unable to carry out."
The will of George Richards Elkington, late of
Pool Park, near Ruthin, Denbighshire, formerly of
Birmingham, clectro-plater, was proved in the
London court, on the 6th instant. The personalty
was sworn under £350,000. The executors are his
sons, Frederick, James, Alfred, and 'Toward Elk-
ington. The will bears date 1861, and there are
three codicils-1862, and March and June, 1865.
The testator died on September 22, aged sixty-five.
He has bequeathed to his wife an annuity of £1,200
and an immediate legacy of £l,OOO, with the furni-
ture at his residence. Poole Pail, and a horse and
carriage, and any portion of his plate she may re-
quire. The pictures, at her decease, are to be divided
amongst his sons. His business of electro-plater,
carried on in Newhall-street, Birmingham, by his
sons, in copartnership, he leaves to them, and ap-
points his five sons residuary legatees. To his
daughter Emma, the wife of Apsley Smith, he leaves
the sum of £40,000 for herself, husband, and chil-
dren. There are liberal legacies to his servants.
The following are the charitable bequests, princi-
pally to institutions in the town of Birmingham :
To the General Hospital and the Bluecoat School,
each £5OO ; to the Queen's Hospital, the General
Dispensary, and to the Blind Asylum and the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, both at Edgbaston, £3OO each.
The will of Edward Harvey, late of Giltspur-
street, London, wholesale druggist, was proved in
the principal registry on the 18th ult., by his relict,
Susanna Harvey, and his son, Charles Harvey, the
executors and trustees. The personal property was
sworn under £lOO,OOO. The will bears date thel
14th of April, 1842, to which are appended two
codicils, dated respectively Jan. 25-, 1853, and Sept.
20, 1855, and the testator died on the 11th of
October last, at his residence, Raleigh House,
Brixton. He has bequeathed to his wife the annuity
of £1,500, and leaves the remainder of his property
to his son and daughters, appointing them residuary
legatees.

The Loss of the London.
4.

(From the Western Morning News.)
Details crop out connecting the event with the
West, as with almost every part of England, in a
way which shows how wide-spread and terrible is
the sorrow which the loss of the vessel has caused.
There are some alleviative incidents also. We learn
that a family consisting of twelve persons, residing
at Sancreed, near Penzance, had engaged a passage
in the London, but their sailing orders did not,
unfortunately as they esteemed it at the time,
arrive sufficiently early to allow of their joining
the ship at Plymouth; they thus missed the boat,
and to that have to attribute the fact that they are
among the living. Miss Batchelor, of Union-street,
Stonehouse, made an application for a passage in the
London, but was told she was too late—all the berths
were engaged. Unhappily for her, however, one
gentleman was persuaded not to proceed, after he
had arrivedat Plymouth with the intention of going;
and Captain Martin, who knew of Miss Batchelor's
anxiety to go out under his guidance, sent to her
and offered her the relinquished cabin. She went,
(
and her relatives now deeply mourn what at the
time was a cause of congratulation. In the London
were £1,200 of drapery goods for a Mr. Rogers, a
tradesman, of Melbourne, shipped by his mother, a
draper, of St. Austell. The goods fortunately were
insured. One of the passengers who have perished
was, we learn, the son of the organist of Exeter
Cathedral ; and two others, Mr. R. Reynolds and
Mr. W. H. Clifton, were residents in Launceston.
Mr. E. G. Trevenan and Mr. R. Trevenan and Mr.
J. Walls were among the Cornishmen on board.
We have reason to believe that the list of passengers
published is not quite complete or accurate, but no
more perfect information is attainable ; the owners,
indeed, are even less exactly informed concerning
some of the names than ourselves. The booking
having been effected and changes made at the last
moment prevents an absolutely trustworthy list
being prepared, except on board, especially as some
of the passengers travelled under assumed names.
Thus, Mr. G. V. Brooke, the celebrated actor, ap-
pears to have entered as Mr. Vaughan. Dr. Woolley
was Bishop Woolley, on his way to occupy his see
of Sydney.
Amongst the passengers who were drowned was
Mr. A. Sandilands, a gentleman connected with a
well-known West-end firm ; and it is not a little
remarkable: he had not long before sailed in the
Duncan Dunbar, which was destroyed at sea. The
passengers on board that vessel being afterwards
transferred to a ship called the John Duthie,
Mr. Sandilands again started on the same
voyage ; but finding that the weather promised
to be extremely unfavourable he left the vessel at
Plymouth, and at length obtained the consent of his
family to embark on board the London, and has
consequently been lost.
A correspondent writing from Hastings says :
" Mr. Arthur Ticehurst, the chief officer on board
the ill-fated ship,was a native of that town, and was
much respected, As he had only left the residence
of his father, the Mayor (Mr. F. Ticehurst),
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square, was appointed for
the hearing of the case. The claim as made was £9,930, as
appeared from the warrant directed to the Sheriffs of Lon-
don and Middlesex, by virtue of which Mr. Under-Sheriff
Burchell presided before a special-jury. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C.,
and Mr. C. Pollock appeared for the trustees, two of whom,
Mr. Hughes, M.P., and the Rev. Mr. Maurice, were in court;
Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Wills represented the company. The
case seemed to have created some interest from the appear-
ance of the court, and witnesses on both sides—surveyors
and valuers—were in attendance. Only nine special jurors
answered to their names, and one of the gentlemen said he
was interested iu the Midland Railway. Mr. Hawkins,
soon after the case was called, begged the indulgence of
the learned Under-Sheriff for a few minutes, as much time
would probably be spared. The parties consulted, and it
soon became apparent that a settlement had been effected
between them. Mr. Hawkins said the jury might bo
sworn. Tho gentleman interested in the company men-
tioned the circumstance, but it was stated that it mattered
not as the case had been arranged, and the nine special
jurors would be sufficient to give a verdict. Mr. Hawkins
informed the Court that a verdict by consent for 4,000
guineas would be taken against the company. Mr. Lloyd
expressed his concurrence. Tho verdict would be for
£4,200. Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell told the jury that
their duty was a very simple one—to return a verdict for
£4,200 by consent of the parties. The sum was recorded,
and the parties congratulated on the arrangement undo
and the speedy termination of what had the appearance of
being a long inquiry.

WAR OFFICE.—Mr. J. H. R. Triscott has been
appointed a temporary clerk in the Adjutant-
General's Office, London.
OFFICE OF WORKS.—Mr. C. W. Small has been
appointed an assistant paper keeper.
PROBATE COURT.—Messrs. D. Stephens and G. R.
Harman have been appointed assistants in the Re-
cord Keeper's Department, London.
Tho PoST-OFFICE.—Mr. Boucher, vice-controller
1 of the Circulation Department, has been appointed
controller, London. Messrs. J. A. M'Kee, H. F.
M. Bower, and H. B. Jones have been appointed
temporary clerks in the Savings Bank, London. Mr.
J. Wilson has been appointed a clerk in Kirkcaldy-.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S OFFICE.—. Mr. A. J.
Mundy has been appointed to a clerkship.
STATIONERY OFFICE.—Mr. G. Gill has been ap-
pointed a temporary clerk.
THE ADMIRALTY.—A clerkship has becomevacant
in the Coastguard Office, Spring-gardens, by the
death of Mr. Thomas G. Walsh, second class clerk.
CUSTOMS.—Mr. Michael John Nulty has been
promoted from the third to the second class of out-
door officers, London. Mr. Edwin D. Faull has
been promoted from the fourth to the third class of
out-door officers, London. Mr. Joseph Loxton has
been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class of
out-door officers, London. Mr. Jas. Smith has been
promoted from the fifth to the fourth class of out-
door officers, London. Mr. T. Kelly has been pro-
moted from the second to the first class of out-door
officers, Liverpool. Mr. James Hanlon has been
promoted from the third to the second class of out
door officers, Liverpool. -Mr. W. Hanley has been
promoted from the fourth to the third class of out-
door officers, Liverpool. Mr. T. J. O. Raven has
been promoted from the fifth to the fourth class of
out-door officers, Liverpool. Mr. J. F. Fullerton,
examining officer, sixth class, has been promoted to
be examining officer, fifth class, Hull.
INLAND REVENUE.—Stamp and Tax Branch--
Mr. W. Weston, surveyor of taxes, Bedford, has
been removed to Lincoln, 2d district. Mr. J. Man-
Bergh, surveyor of taxes, has been appointed to the
Bedford district. Mr. Surtees Smith, surveyor of
taxes, Knaresborough, has been removed to High
Wycombe. Mr. G. T. Leslie, surveyor of taxes,
High Wycombe, has been removed to Kuares-
borough. Mr. C. Senior, surveyor of taxes, Bir-
mingham, 2d district, has been removed to Stoke-
upon-Trent. Mr. J. Groves, surveyor of taxes,
Stoke-upon-Trent, has been removed to Birming-
ham, 2d district. Mr. S. J. Salter, of the Legacy
Duty-office, has been superannuated.
EXCISE BRANCH.-Mr. W. Hawthornthwaite,
officer, Limerick, Ist division, Limerick collection,
has been appointed officer of Limerick, 2d division,
Limerick collection. Mr. J. Woulfe, officer, Lime-
rick, 2d division, Limerick collection, has been ap-
pointed to Limerick, Ist division, Limerick collec-
tion. Mr. C. J. Semple,officer,Wirksworth, 2d ride,
Sheffield collection, has been appointed to Tulla-
more, Ist ride, Athlone collection.

THE EAST INDIES.—Capt. E. H. Paske, deputy
commissioner, has been promoted from the third to.
second class, vice Major Elphinstone, retired. Capt.
J. S. Tighe, assistant commissioner,. has been pro-
moted from the first class of assistant commissioners
to the third class of deputy commissioners,vice Capt.
Paske, promoted. Mr. R. T. Burney, assistant
commissioner, has been promoted from the second to
the first class, vice Capt. Tighe, promoted. Capt.
E. P. Gurdon, assistant commissioner, has been
promoted from the third to the second class, vice
Mr. Burney, promoted. Mr. A. K. Blackall, extra
assistant commissioner, has been transferred from
the Mooltan to the Iloshyarpore district. Mr. J. E.
Rowe, extra assistant commissioner at Mooltan, has
been transferred permanently to that district. Mr.
J. It. Daniel has been appointed to act as assistant
judge and session judge at Dharwar, Madras Presi-
dency. Dr. R..l'. Reid has been appointed reporter
to the High Court of Bombay.

LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening:

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ADMIRALTY, JAN. 16.
George David Maclaren, Esq., has been this day pro-
moted to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospi-
tals and Fleets on the Retired List.
Mr. Michael Harris has this day been promoted to the
rank of Acting Engineer, with seniority of 16th January,
1866, Mr. Harris' promotion to the rank of Acting Engi-
neer, with seniority of 24th May, 1864, having been can-
celled.

Lieutenant CrawfordJANUARY Atchison Denman Pasco to be
Retired Commander, under the provisions of her Majesty'
Orders in Council of 1860 and 1864.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Carlos
Aguirre as Vice-Consul at Liverpool for her Majesty the
Queen of Spain.

JAN. 19.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord
Augustus W. P. Spencer Loftus, K.C.8., now her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
King of Bavaria, to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraor-
dinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Prus:ia.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Sir Henry Francis Howard, K.C.8., now her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
King of Hanover, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Bavaria.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Sir Charles Lennox Wyko, K.C.8., to be her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
King of Hanover.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to app3int Henry Ernest
Dulwer, Esq., 0.31. G., to be Receiver-General for the
Island of Trinidad.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 19.
11 Regiment of Hussars—Lieut.-Gen. Henry Aitchison
Hankey to be Colonel, vico Gen. Peter A. Lautour, C. 8.,
deceased.