The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-18 00:00:00

LAUNCH 01' T 111.14 NORTHUMBERLAND,

MILLWALL, Tuesday Afternoon.
At three o'clock precisely all was in readi-
ness, and the concentrated gaze of a vast
mass of human beings was fixed upon the still
immovable vessel resting on the stocks. Five
minutes more, and it would be seen whether
all the numerous scientific appliances which could
be brought to bear had or had not been equal to
the task of launching one of the finest
_vessels, if
not the finest of its kind, ever constructed. The
anxiety of that short period, judging by its effect
on even the casual spectator, must have been intense
to the builders, and other persons immediately
concerned in the launch.

At length the signal was given, the shores were
cut away, all the other forces were simultaneously
employed, and with a splendid tide, showing fully
23 feet, the Northumberland sailed out grandly from
her quarters. A deafening cheer rose frora
the multitude asse.nbled in the yard, which -cm,
echoed by those on board, and re-echoed by the
crowds on the opposite side of the river. A band
stationed on the noble vessel also struck up a
triumphant air, and the great event, which had
been looked forward to with such eagerness, and
for so long a time, was now an accomplished fact.

LODON GAZETTE..—Last Evening.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Arun 13.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Gecrge Buckley Mathew, Esq., C. 8., now her Majesty's
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republics of Central
America, to be her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Argentine Republic.
DOWNING-STREET, Arm 14.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Conrad Payenst,
Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council of the
Island of Heligoland, and the Rev. Horatio William
Laborde to be a member of the Legislative Council of the
Island of St. Vincent.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, APRIL 17.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General John Bloom-
field to be Colonel-Commandant, vice General Frederick
Campbell, deceased.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Staff-Surgeon Frederick
mßraeivoeout t:p l Henrye
William Moore to be Surgeon, vice T. F. Wall, who
exchanges.
2nd Dragoons
—Major and Brevet-Colonel George Calvert
Clarke to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
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nwlthho,utcp.Bu.i,•
olonechpasfoeinovteied
without
u e neral ; Captain Andrew Nugent to be Major,
purc
tenant James bander ce Brevet-Colonel Clarke ;
purchase, vice viceNu Dunbar to be Captain, without
rank of fajor, John Dennis with the honorary
late Depot Battalion, to be Paymaster,
from half-pay,
with the honorary rank of aymaster, vice Paymaster,
plated upon half-pay. Major, John Henry King,
14th Hussars—Cornet the Honourable John St, Vincent
Saumarez to be Lieutenant., by purchase
vice
Logan White, who retires; Edmund Peel, 'Gent., Jame
Logan
Cornet, by purchase, vice the Honourable John St.
Vincent Saumarez.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Collingwood Dickson, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice W.
Ormsby, removed as a General Officer; Captain and
Brevet-Major Matthew Bligh Forde to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice George Thomas Field, removed to Super-
numerary List ; Captain and Brevet William Townsend
Barnett to be Lieut-Col., vice Brevet-Colonel Dickson.
Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Colonel George Cecil Henry,
from the Supernumerary List, to be Captain, vice John
de Luttrell Saunderson, placed upon temporary half-pay;
Second Captain Charles James Tyler to be Cap-
tain, vice Brevet-Major Forde ; Second Captain George
Joseph Smart to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Barnett ;
Lieutenant William Henry Noble to be Second Captain,
vice James Robertson, deceased ; Lieutenant Richard
Newton Young to be Second Captain, vice C. J. Tyler;
Lieutenant George O'Connor to be Second Captain,
vice Francis Montagu Smith, removed to the Supernu-
merary List ; Lieutenant William Kemmis to be Second
Captain, vice Smart.
Royal Engineers.—Second Captain Francis Arthur Mar-
indin to be Adjutant, vice Brevet-Major W. B. Gosset,
whose period of service in that appointment has ex-
pired.—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets, from
the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenants with
temporary rank: Charles Moore Watson; Herbert Jekyll,
Charles Howard Peregrine Christie, Edward Crozier
Sibbald Moore, Edward Pemberton Leach, Samuel
Compton Turner, George Ingelheim Jackson, David
Charles Courtney, Matthew Henry Purcell, and John
Frederick Garwood.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Richard GeorgeColes to be
Major, without purchase, vice James Pollock Gore, pro-
moted to a half-gay lieutenancy-coloneley, without pur-
chase.
2d Foot—Lieutenant James Wharton Harrel to be Captain,
without purchase, vice George Wolfe, placed upon half-
pay, on appointment as Staff Officer of Pensioners.
sth Foot—Lieutenant William Douglas Legge to be Cap-
tain, by purchase; vice Charles John Miles, who retires ;
Ensign Edward Marmsworth Ruddach to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Legge ; Charles George Heathcote,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ruddach.
13th Foot—Captain R. Blackall Montgomery to ba Major,
without purchase, vice Frederick Van Straubenzee,
promoted to a half-pay Lieutenant-Celonelcy,. without
purchase ; Edward Bernard Calemin, trent, to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Edward Chetwood Hamilton,
transferred to the 21st Foot.
16th Foot—Captain James William Bostock to be Major,
without purchase, vice Thomas Tydd, promoted to a
half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without purchase.
17th Foot—Albermarle Henry Bertie, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Morgan John Joseph Patrick O'Con-
nell, transferred to the 37th Foot. The appointment of
Paymaster A. Corcoran has been cancelled.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick George Frith to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Charles James Forbes Smith-
Forbes, who retires; Ensign Arthur Edward Trotter
Brown to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frith ; ER-
sign Thomas Morris Jenkins, from the 99th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Brown.
22d Foot—Ensign Joseph Collins to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice William Bell Beatty, who retires P 1 ; „au
.us
Zmilius Irving, Gent., to be Ensign, byCollins. purchase, vice
29th Foot—Paymaster, with tho honorary rank of Major,
Robert Smyth, from the 69th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice
W. F. Scott, who exchanges.
32d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Samuel Hall to be Captain,
by purchase, vie Arthur Robert Fowler, who retires;
Ensign John Fane Ballard to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hall; Louis Frederic Knollys, Gent., to be
Ensign by purchase, vice Ballard.
37th Foot—Ensign Morgan John Joseph Patrick O'Con-
nell, from the 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice John Aubrey

Williams, transferred t 6 the 60th foOt.
60th Foot—Ensign John Aubrey Williams, from the 37th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Walter Cowan, promoted.
65th Foot—Capt. and Brevet-Major Robert Henry Mac-
Gregor to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet.-Col.
George Freeman urray, who retires upon full-pay.
69th Foot - Paymaster with the honorary rank of Major,
William Fortescue cott, from the 29th Foot, to bePay-

master, vice R. Symth, who exchanges.
99th Foot—Gerard Roseingrave Wilson Macklin, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Morris Jenkins,
transferred to the 19th Foot.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment— Lieut. Sydenham C.
M'Gill, to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. David Miller, who re-
signs the appointment.
ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.—Lieutenant-Colonel George
Thomas Field, Royal Artillery, to be Inspector of
Studies, and Second Commandant, vice Colonel F. A.
Yorke, Royal Engineers, retired upon full-pay, with the
honorary rank of Major-General.
HALF-PAY.

To bo Lieut.-Colonels without purchase :—Major James
Pollock Gore, from Ist Foot; Major Thomas Tydd, from
16th Foot ; Major Frederick Van Straubenzee, from 13th
Foot.

To be Majors without purchase :—Captain and
Brevet-Major Dudley Clarges Hill, from 40th Foot ;
Captain and Brevet-Major James Stewart, from 74th Foot;
Captain John Samuel Manly, from 27th Foot ; Captain
Jesepb Sanderson, from 62d Foot; Captain Robert
Douglas, from 23rd; Captain George Percival Drought,
from 48th Foot; Captain James Stillman, from 9th Foot;
Captain James Dalgleish, from 71st Foot.

- REVET.
Major and Brevet-Coloß el George Freeman Murray, re-
tired on full-pay 65th Foot, to have the honorary rank of
Major-general.
C9ptain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Cruice, half-pay, Unattached, and Staff iee Edmrunofd_ John
sioners, who retires upon full-pay, to have the
honorary
rank of Colonel.
the death, on the 4th inst., of Gener
Colonel-Commandant Royal Artillery_:_—.c.B.,
The following promotions to takeal
Frederick
Royal Artil-
Lieut.-General Sir William Gator, R
place consequent on
Campbell,
lery, to be General. England, Royal Artil-
Msby, from the Royal Artillery,
Colonel John William Orni
to be Major-General.
3/ 'or Daniel William Tupper, 50th
lery,ajtoorb-Ge LenieeurV.l'clieeral'
t-Colone .
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.Edmund John Boyle, 85th Foot. to be
Captain the non' V.allencey
qualifying C a as :id
Major.
mentioned officers, having completed the
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3d February, 1866
service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to b .13thriT:ntto-yaaljWalrant of onel, •
Goionois, undo].
- t Leutenant-Colonel
_BroN e William Wigram Barry,
08. Royal Artillery ; Lieutenant-Colonel William
Hamilton Cox, Royal Artillery.
The undermentioned officers to have the local rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel in India:—Major Edward William
Bray, 4th Foot ; l ajor Edward Hardinge, 80th Foot.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 13, 1866.
Joseph Edye, E,,,..,
--1 has been this day promoted to the
rank of Paymaster-in-Chief on the Retired List, under
Order in Council of 9th July, 1864, with seniority of 2d
April, 1866.
Mr. Frederick Thomas has this day been promoted to
the rank of Boatswain, Second Class, in Her Majesty's
Fleet, for gallantry in action against pirates.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17 11 14
Ditto 3 Months. 12 f 12 t
12 Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 4u 25 50i
25 50
Brussels
13 9 13 9i
Hamburg
Paris
Ditto2s 42
3
25 45
3Slhionrttha. 222 5 55_
_1

Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine
Vienna
Trieste ......................
Petersburgn ............
Berlin ................
Madrid .................
Cadiz ................

1191 120
10 96 11 10
10 95 11 10
281 28i
6 28 6 28j
46i 47
47 47g-
25 72- 25 80.

Leghorn .....................
Milan ........................
Gen0a........................
Naples ........ , ...............

25 80
25 7.21
2b 75 25 80
25 72i 25 80