The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-03 00:00:00

EALING RACES.--This DAY.
MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE.

Melrose ~
Dauntless ......... .............. .
Sweet Spirit ........................................................
Six ran. Won in a canter.

1

BLACKHEATH RACES—Tuffs DAY.
HUNTER'S CUP.
Pot Pourri
Spalpeen ........................
2
WEST KENT HANDICAP.
Jessamine
Quarantine ..................... .
SELLING STAKES. .

Pot Pourri ..................... 1
Shazalie ............................................................. 2

The above are the only telegrams received up to the
hour of going to press.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, ST. JAMES'S
PALACE, MARCH 24.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's Birthday
will be celebrated on Saturday, the 26th of May next.
SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain.
MARCH 28.
Notice is hereby given, that the Court appointed by
her Majesty to have been hold at Buckingham Palace,
on Thursday, the 12th of April next, is postponed to Satur-
day, the sth of May next, at three o'clock.
SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain.
Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold Courts
at Buckingham Palace on the following days :—Saturday,
May 5, and Monday, May 14, at three o'clock ; and Tues-
day, June 19, at four o'clock. The lists for all these Courts
are now closed.

SYDNEY, Lord Chamberlain.
MAncit 31.
Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales will, by command of the Queen, hold
Levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on
Wednesday, the 2ad of May, on Saturday the 12th of May,
and on Wednesday, the 6th of Juno next, at two o'clock.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 3.
3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. William Blenkin-
sop to be Captain, without purchase, vice John Joseph
Corrigan, deceased; George Peter Moore, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Richmond Griffin Nicholas,
who retires.
15th Hussars—Paymaster Augustus Frederick 131 eham,
from half-pay, late Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster,
givice Paymaster (with the honorary rank of Major) Blay-
ney T. Walshe, who retires upon half-pay.
Royal Artillery—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Alfred John
Bolemoro to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Shar-
key, deceased.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Edward Fox Angelo, from
the 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Low, who exchanges.
4th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Bromhead to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Charles Edward Bayard Breton,
deceased ; Ensign Christopher M. Davidson to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Bromhead ; Gentleman
Cadet Lindsay Robert Burnett, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Davidson.
14th Foot—Lieutenant George Harwood Cope to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice John Joseph Hill Carberry,
deceased; Ensign Frederick King Laverton to bo Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Cope; Gentleman Cadet
Robert William Richardson, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Laverton.
18th Foot—Captain James Morris Toppin, from the 2d
West India ll;ginient, to be Captain, vice Crozier, who
exchanges; Ensign Charles Guthrie Phillips to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Octavius Ridley Lawson,
deceased ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Coombe Lydiard,
from the Royal Military College, t.) be Ensign, without
purchase, vice George Crichton Jenkins, deceased ;
Gentleman Cadet John Cator Stockley, from the Royal
Military College, to bo Ensign, without purchase, Tice
Phillips.
21st Foot—Ensign Edward Chetwood Hamilton, from the
13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Henry Woolgar Griffith,
transferred to the 23rd Foot.
28th Foot—Captain Alexander W. Low, from the Ist
Foot, to be Captain, vice Angelo, who exchanges.
60th Foot—Lieutenant William John' Everard Poole to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Augustus Morgan, who re-
teusienaEnnt,sigbyll pjouhrenhalsVea, kveirce.Bernhard
urmabrilsoh
Walter
Courtenay Pepys, who retires; Ensign Walter Cowan to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Poole • Ernest Hovell
Thurlow, Gent., to be Ensiiin by purchase,'vice* sh.
61st Foot—Reginald William fohn Burton Gent.P tro be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Mordaunt Rickets, who ro-
tires.

86th Foot—Alfred Wilson Cooper, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Guy F. Clarke Travers, promoted.
94th Foot—Lieut. Clifford Wilson to be Captain, without
purchase, vice George James Teevan, seconded on ap-
pointment as District Inspector of Musketry iu India;
Ensign F. Buckley Campbell to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice 'Wilson.
99th Foot—Ensign Francis Hincks to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Anthony Charles M. Jelllcoe, who re-
tires ; Gentleman Cadet James Moore Hanson, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Rinks.
Rifle-Brigade—Ensign Charles Frederick Hulse to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur Arbuthnot, who
retires ; Gentleman Cadet Francis Howard, from the
Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hulse. The first name of Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel Bourchier is Claud, and not Claude.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Herbert Henry Gilbert
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Ramsay
Gibb, retired.
2d West India Regiment—Daptain William Crozier, from
the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Toppin, who ex-
changes.
DEPOT BATTALION.— Captain S. Blotnefield Kekewich, sth
Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain John
McQueen, half-pay, late Depot Battalion, re-appointed
Adjutant.
RECRUITING DlSTRlCT.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet
Colonel Clement Alexander Edwards, C. 8., from half-
pay, late 49th Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer, vice
Brevet-Colonel Brunkor, promoted Major-General.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant - Surgeon William
Robert Kerans, supernumerary to the 11th Foot, to be
Staff-Assistant Surgeon, vice Alfred John Belemore, ap-
pointed to the Royal Artillery.
HALF-PAY.—Lieutenant John Mahoney, from the 66th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
BREVET.—Colonel Frederic Augustus Yorke, retired
upon full pay, Royal Engineers, to have the honorary rank
of Major General.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Charles Albert Denison, half-pay late 52nd Foot, has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
Commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards'
Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 3.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command
that Brevet-Colonel Edward Bruce Hamloy, of the Royal
Artillery, be appointed a Member of the Council of Military
Education, in succession to Colonel Thomas Elwyn, whose
period of employment has expired.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 31.
Silas Weymouth, Esq has this day been promoted to
the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet.
The undermentioned officers have been this day pro-
moted to the rank of Surgeon in her Majesty's Fleet :
Frederick Piercy, Esq., Dr. Pierce Mansfield, Augustus
Robertson, Esq.
The Reverend William Warner Parry has this day been
appointed a Chaplain and Naval Instructor in her Ma-
jesty's Fleet.

APRIL 2.
Robert Thomas Crispin, Esq., has this day been pro-
moted to the rank of Paymaster-in-Chief on the Retired
List.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening•

Amsterdam Short. 11 17i 11 181
Ditto 3 Months. 12 1i 12 li
Rotterdam
25 55
Antwerp — 25 50
25 55
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 23 17911
4i
25 50
3 Months Ditto 225 25 52i
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine /0 80 11 921
Vienna. lO 85 11 92i
Trieste 2Bi 291
Petersburgn
Berlin
461 6 291

Madrid ..... ..................

Cadiz ........................ 47 I
Leghorn ..................... 2o 621_
Milan ........................ 25 621 25 70
25 70
Genoa ........................ 25 62i 25 67
Naples ........................ 25 65
20 70

A COCK AND A RAT.—Ir. Paton, a merchant
in Anstruther, was astonished on entering his stable the
other morning to find a combat going on between a cock
and a rat, the latter of which had evidently the worst of
the fray. The entrance of Mr. Paton seemed to make the
terror of the rat more desperate still, as it attempted to
make off, but a stroke from victorious " chanticleer" again
sent it sprawling on the floor, where Mr. Paton's heel at
once and effectually concluded it and the battle. The
fury of the conqueror, however, was not satisfied with the
death of his opponent, for ou the rat being thrown to the
door, the cock furiously renewed the attack upon it, and
this continued until the carcass was placed beyond his
reach—Edidurgli Courant.