The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-17 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.

The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Consul at Rome, reporting that all vessels enter-
ing the harbours and Navigable channels of the Pontifical
States, are subject to the following light dues :—Roman
♦assels engaged in the Coasting trade, 1 bajocco per ton ;
Roman and Foreign vessels not engaged in the coasting
trade, 2 bajoccos per ton.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from
her Majesty's Consul-General at Leipzig, stating the duty
of 20 thalers per centner is now charged by the Leipzig
Custom-house on all woollen goods in which the run of
the thread can be discerned on one side, such stuffs being
classed as "not fulled," whether they have undergone the
process of fulling or not.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, TAN. 16.
18th Regiment of Hussars—Riding-Master George Ray-
ment, from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Riding-Master,
vice Herbert James Fairlie, who resigns.
21st Foot - Quartermaster Richard Erwin, from 29th Foot,
to be Quartermaster, vice Patrick Francis Foley, de-
ceased.
32d Foot—Lieutenant Cornelius Francis Clery to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Adam Perry, who retires ; En-
sign William James Alexander to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Clery ; Ensign Francis Anthony Garden,
from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Alexander;
Lieutenant Charles E. Le M. Cherry to be Adjutant,
vice Lieutenant Clery, promoted.
37th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Robert Beckett, from
the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, by purchase,
vice Garden, transferred to 325 Foot.
50th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas M. B. Eden to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Richard Moore Barnes, who retires ;
Ensign David Lyall Grant to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Eden ; Gentleman Cadet Montagu Wyn-
yard, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Grant.
filth Foot—Lieut. Henry V. Brooko to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Charles Thompson, who
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retires ; Ensign Edward Joseph Jekyll to_be Lieutenant,
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who retires; Ensign Leyland Hornby to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Grierson ; Patrick Henry Coghili
Plunket, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Hornby.
75th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Prevost, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Joseph N. FitaMathew, who retires.
HALF-PAY—Lieutenant Robert P. Fox, from 24th Foot, to
to be Captain, without purchase.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 12.
William Hance Reeves, Esq., Paymaster, R.N., has this
day been promoted to the rank of Paymaster-in-Chief on
the Retired List.

JAN. 13.
The Reverend William Braddell McCheane has been
this day appointed a Chaplain in her Majesty's Fleet.
The following promotions have this day taken place:—
To be Acting Engineers—Messrs John Miller and Alex.
Smart. To be Engineers—Messrs. Robert Widdicome,
Win. Philip Ward, James Gordon Bain, Thomas Barker,
11. Jas. Wilson, Thos. Cross, A. Smart, and John Phillips.
Mr. James Shore has this day been promoted to the rank
of First Class Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet,
with seniority of Jan. 12, 180.

A POPULAR " LIFE OF Tom SAYERS "—Capi-
tally well written by the author of " Pugilistica,"
and published for the nominal sum of " a bob," by
S. 0. Beeton, is a Dttle volume really worthy of
preservation. It is the record of as genuine
pluck as ever brave man manifested. The
career of Tom Sayers extended altogether
over less than forty years, dating from
his birth in the July of 1826, at Pimlico, in
Brighton, to his death in the November of 1865,
at No. 257, High-street, Camden-town. His
indomitable courage, coupled with his honestly
self-restrained mode of life, for a prize-
fighter, up to the period .of his final retire-
ment from the Ring, when he unhappily for him-
self appears to have given loose to his love of ease
and pleasure, lent a sort of respectability to Pugilism.
He was the most popular of all the winners of the
Belt, since the Belt was first won by the Champion
of England—and for the dogged valour of the man,
for his daring pluck and unconquerable good
humour under punishment, he nobly merited
his popularity.

In the week that ended on Saturday, January 13, the
births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the
United Kingdom were 3,995 ; the deaths registered 3,453.
The annual rate of mortality was 29 per 1,006 persons
living.
In London the births of 967 boys and 961 girls, in all
1,928 children, were registered in the week. In the corre-
sponding weeks of 10 years 1856-65 the average Dumber,
corrected for increase of population, was 2,045.