The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-24 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening.

DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 22.
Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint It
Charles George Edward Patey to be Administrator of the
Government of the Settlement on the Gambia, and Com-
mander John Hawley Glover, RN., to be Administrator
of the Settlement of Lagos on the Western Coast of
Africa.

The "Gazette" of this evening contains the
warrant for the election of a inembcr for the coirtY. c'f
Wexford, in the room of John George, Esq-, 11° "37F
accepted the office of ono of the Judges of tier 313. i"" s
Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland.
Speaker's

COURSE OF EXCHANGE _Last Evening.

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Amsterdam Short. 11 15i 11 16}
Ditto
Rotterdam ..................... 11 19±
11 19i
Antwerp
Brussels ..................... 25 45 25 50
Hamburg .................... 13 81 13 9
Paris ..................... •••• Short 25 274 25 25
Ditto ........................ 3 Mouths. 25 40
hlarseilles .......... . ...... 25 421 25 471
Frankforl on t.ho l‘laino —119 i 47*
Vienntt ........................ —l3 20 120
....... 13 20 13 35
13 35

Trieste ..................
Petersburg-ft
Berlin
Madrid ............
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina

29 29
6 26 6 26
471- 471
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27 20 27 KO
27 20 27 3Q
27 20 27 30
27 20 27 30
27 20 27 30
27 20 27 30
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Lisbon . •

Oporto

UNITED STATES POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

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tun
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v g. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening
eSaelnday
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illscii.nust reach the General Yost-office 1)y 6 o'clock
p.m., and those of the Wednesday morning mails by 6
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