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

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1866.

her complement, and has lost by fever Assist.-Surg.
Wright, Boatswain Harris, and five men. At one
period nearly half of the ship's company, including
the surgeon and eight other officers, were attacked,
and the aid of a military, surgeon became necessary.
Commander P. Blakiston, who went out by the last
mail boat to take commandof the steam screw vessel
Sparrow, died of fever on board the Isis four hours
after the departure of the homeward-bound mail.
His steward died also. The crews of the other ships
were healthy, but there was a great deficiency of
surgeons.

General Peter A. Lautour, C.B. and K.H., died
at his residence, at Bromley, Kent, a few days ago.
The deceased had been upwards of 60 years in the
army. He served in the Peninsula with the 11th
Dragoons in 1811-12. On Sept. 26,1811, he attacked
with a squadron of his regiment a French cavalry
regiment near El Bodon, which had captured the
baggage of the Light Division, taking several pri-
soners, and covered the retreat of the 74th Regiment
and five companies of the 60th Rifles from Ciudad
Rodrigo. He was present at thesiege of Badajoz and
battle of Salamanca, and distinguished himself on
several occasions. He was slightly wounded in the
retreat from Burgos by the bursting of a shell. The
deceased General served during the campaign of
1815 as major with,the 23d Light Dragoons, and was
present in the actions of the 16th and 17th June,
and at the battle of Waterloo, where he succeeded
to the command of the regiment and of the bri-
gade. He was likewise present at the capture of
Paris. He was promoted to Lieut.-Col. after
Waterloo, was made a Companion of the Bath the
same year (1815) in recognition of his services dur-
ing the campaign, and in 1816 was made a Knight
of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. The
late General retired on half-pay in Jan., 1818. He
was appointed Colonel of the 3d Hussars May 26,
1855.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Henry D. Burney, staff-com-
mander, additional, to the Royal George, for service
in the Coastguard ; A. J. A. Berton, master, addi-
tional, to the St. George, for service in the Coast-
guard ; Edwin C. Hallett, second master, to the
Achilles ; and W. Henry Roberts, engineer, to the
Megxra, vice Singer, to the Fisgard, as supernume-
rary.

tion as to preclude for a time the prospect of any
dividend to the ordinary stockholders, although there
is reason to believe all the existing preference stocks
and mortgage debts are effectually secured. An
entire revision of management and the exercise of
economy may, however, they still think, gradually
bring about a prosperius future. They record their
recognition of the fact that it is to the dispute raised
by Captain Jervis that the stockholders owe the
knowledge they now possess, and the consequent
ability to prevent further mischief. Finally, the
committee speak in favourable terms of Mr. Owen,
the secretary, and the officers of the establishment
generally, and add that they, the committee, pro-
vided they can be assured of the full confidence of
the proprietary, will be willing to accept the re-
sponsibility of undertaking its administration as
directors.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.
miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways.
1866. 1864. 1865 1864

£ - £
Belfast and N. Counties 931 991 1,760 1.678
Belfast and Couuty Down 44} 4' 532 575
Blyth and Tyne . 36 36 1,6.8 2,172
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter l2li 1214 5,':99 5,309
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4151 408 26,167 24,422
Cambrian l3O 121 1,9 5 1,778
Cock ermouth K & Penrlth

Cockermouth and Workin 9 9 3 8 280
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 305 279
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage si f i 330 114
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 6sk 63i 1,414 1.391
Deeside . 17 17 39f 283
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 53 63 1,326 1.272
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,473 1435
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Welch' lO6 91i 2,318 2,C83
Forth and Clyde Junction -
Furness, &c 5O 59 3,381 2,638
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E.Union
Great Northern 404 401 33,9V4 34,082
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,773 1.5 r 2
Do Branches 42 41 1,303 1,689
(3 t. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 4• 0 427
9t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3B7i 3871 6,970 6 786
Great Western l2BO 1270 62,351 6 ,656

. .
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 39,647 31.575
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 196 164
Limerick and Foynes 261 261 13 S 129
Llanelly 461
461 513 503
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western 1274 12731 100,476 97,416
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2674 15,921 14,938
London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 1
134 127 7,042 6.5e3
all Metropolitan .Extension 112 111 j 1,900 10)
Do. Kent toast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Han.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
Stanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9i 91 1,454 1,330
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,166 1.387
Metropolitan
__ _ 31 31— 3,8 ±3 2,140
_ _ . .... __ _

Midland (inol. N.-Western).. 677 i 6511} 46,515 4.523
Ridland Gt. Westn. of hind... 2602 2601 4.e72 4.163
klonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 44 44 2,6.0 2,703
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee _ 7021 656 i 23,976 22.149
_ _

N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1206; 1101 66,749 53,442
North London ll 9 4,203 4,386
North Staffordshire 258 258 7,854 7.764
Pembroke and Tenby lit 111 90 53
Rhymney l9l 191 871 989
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,611 5,052
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 896 729
South Devon
South-Eastern 315 303 19,726 20,301
Taff Vale 6l 61 4,5:0 5,715
Ulster lO5l 19.1 2,483 2.350
~..

_ .
Vale of Clwyd. - 10 118 138
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 4 1 446
Viraterford and Limerick 77 77 1,366 1,303
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

Austrian B2B 828 50,482 44,696
Bahia. and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 293 263 327 272
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1851 7,378 1,9.55
Detroit and .31ilwaukie lB9 189 4,638 5.481
Dutch Rhenish loBk 1081 5,051 4,183
Eastern of France .......
Eastern Bengal . . 110 110 2,627 2,066
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1677 22.162. 25.390
Great Central of Belgium 285 261
Great Indian Peninsula. 590 553 29,495 15,714
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,267 3.988
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 10,b96 12,041

Madras.
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 1',4,266 12,119
Northern of Canada ~
Northern of France 724 724 56,4, 4 52.961
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman _ __. 481 48} 762 590
____ ... ._

Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn..:: 2006' 197. i 161,474 182,079
Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 70,936 65,039
Recife and San Francisco. &c 776 776 1,249 994
Sc.nde. ..
1,774 2,375

__ ..,....
Do. Punjab, dte 253 45 1,2;3 ;461
South Austrian, ac .. . 1658 1527 53.443 49,740
Southern of France 863 823 37,154 25,930
Victoria

Welland 25 23 75 E 9
West & N-Wn. of France

Statistics of the American War.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSARY GENERAL OF

SUBSISTENCE.

OFFICE COMMISSARY GENERAL SUBSISTENCE, WASHINGTON,

D. C., OcT. 20, 1865.
lion. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War :
Sir,—ln compliance with the special instructions of
the War Department of October 7th, addressed to the
Chief of Bureau, I have the honor to submit the following
report of the operations of the Subsistence Department
during the past year.

the year ending 30th September, 1865, and to
$1,377,875,93 during the four years ending at that
date.

CARE OF PRISONERS.

Under the able and judicious management of Brevet
Brigadier General William Hoffman, U. S. Army, Com-
missary-General of Prisoners, the prisoners of war held
under his charge at thirty-two forts, prisons, barracks,
camps, and hospitals, have been well and humanely sub-
sisted, having received a sufficient portion and variety of
the ration to insure health ; leaving in the hands of the
several issuing Commissaries as " savings" that portion of
the ration not deemed necessary for persons living in
entire idleness. The pecuniary value of these " savings "
has constituted a Prison Fund, available under the instruc-
tions of the Commissary General of Prisoners, for the pur-
chase of articles necessary for the prison barracks and
hospitals, and for meeting other necessary expenses of the
prisons. General Hoffman has already, under your in-
structions, transferred to the Subsistence Department a
"savings" credit of the amount of $1,507,359 01, and re-
ports that there remains yet to be transferred an amount
not less than $337,766 98, making a total amount of
$1,845,125 99.