The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-07 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE--Last Evening.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 3.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederic
Bankhage as Coasul at Montreal, Canada, for his Majesty
the Emperor of Austria.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M
Theodor Knaus as Consul in London for his Majesty the
King of Wurtemberg.
INDIA OFFICE, MARCH 3.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Couch,
Esq., now a Judge of the High Court at Bombay, to be
Coief Justice of the said Court.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Sar-
gent, Knt., to be a Judge of the High Court of Bombay.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Wm. Markby,
Esq., Barrister at Law, to be a Judge of the high Court at
Calcutta.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Collett,
Esq., of the Madras Civil Service, to be a Judge of the
High Court at Madras.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAitcfr 2.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TUE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Tiverton —The lion. George Denman, in the
room of Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, deceased.
County of Limerick— Colonel the Right Hon. William
this day
Monsell, Vice-President of the
youyAoffiLLYrs,
hMaiknvecnbee2n.
Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations.
pro-
moted to the rank of Master in her Majesty's fleet Erasmus Croydon Roberts, Esq. Charles eet :
Gulliver, Esq. ; Joseph Shellabear
; Frederick
The undermentioned
Vivian, Esq ; Heaver
Sugden, Esq. • Alfred
Smith Bradley, Esq. ; Wil-
liam Horn, isq. ; Francis John
Stringer, Es q.• Geo
.1 rge Ed Gray, Esq. ; Thurston
Edward Gresley Jackson, Esq. -
Frederick Kibbey Taylor E )
Esq. ; and John Bell Jh' Bq'
o nson, Esq.
. • Andrew William Miller,

ARthl 5:
Commander Robert BoM
yle Miller has been promoted to
to the rank of Retired Captain in her Majesty's Fleet, with
seniority from the 14th ultimo.
Commander William Mould has been promoted to the
rank of Retired Captain in her Majesty's Fleet.
Lieutenant Edward Hobart Seymour to be Commander
in her Majesty's Fleet.
Mr. John Levinoe Stockting has this day been promoted
to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with
seniority of 6th February.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19
Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 12 2}
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 52k 25 52*
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 22 30
Ditto 3 Months. 25 522 25 571
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 1211 1211
Vienna — 10 60 10 65
Trieste — 10 GO 10 65
Petersburgli - 291
629 629
*.9

Berlin...
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples

29*
46i 46i
25 76* 21 25467}
25 62* 25 67*
25 62* 25 67*
25 621 25 67*

Railway

Impanies.

LYNN AND HUNSTANTON.

The half-yearly meeting was held at Lynn on
Saturday ; Mr. L. Simpson in the chair.
The report stated that the receipts on revenue
account for the six months ending Dec. 31, 1865,
amounted to £5,454, and after providing for work-
ing and other expenses and debenture interest, a
balance of £2,033 remained available, out of which
the directors proposed a dividend at the rate of 63-
per. cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £B3. The
capital account showed that £80,669 had been ex-
pended, leaving a balance of £1,064.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, and the dividend for the corresponding
period of 1864, was at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, now proposed. The Midland Company
would promote excursions to Ifunstanton from
their whole district during the coming season. The
opening of the Lynn and Sutton line would also
bring a large district into communication with
Hunstanton, at which place it was important that
additional accommodation should be provided.

Mr. D URRANT seconded the. motion for the adop.
tion of the report, which was carried unanimously,
and the dividend, at the rate of 6f per cent., de-

dared.

Mr. E. Self was re-elected a director ; Mr.
Thorley was re-elected auditor.

WEST NORFOLK JUNCTION.
The half-yearly meeting was held at Lynn on
Saturday ; Mr. L. Simpson in the chair.
The report stated that an agreement had been
concluded with the Great Eastern for working the
line fcr a period of 10 years at 50 per cent. of the
gross receipts. The engineer (Mr. J. S. Valentine)
reported that great progress had been made with
the works, and that the whole line would be finished
by the Ist of June, or three months before the pe-
r:od named in the contract. The capital account
showed that £77,980 had been expended, leaving a
balance of £2,641.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the motion was
adopted.

Major Hare and Mr. H. E. Blyth were re-elected
directors, and the auditors were also re-appointed.

SOUTHAMPTON AND NETLEY.

This short line, which places the Royal Victoria
Hospital at Netley in direct communication with the
London and South-Western Railway, was opened
for public traffic yesterday. Its length from the
Portswood Junction, where it leaves the main line,
is five miles and five chains, the total length from
Southampton to Netley being nearly seven miles.
The river Itchen is crossed by an iron girder-bridge
with three openings of 108 ft. each. The foundations
are in some instances bedded in concrete at the
depth of 60ft. below the surface. About 270 tons of
cast iron have been used in constructing the cylin-
ders for the piers, and above 300 tons of wrought
iron in the girders. The entire cost of the bridge
has been about £14,500. The works generally have
been heavy, necessitating continued bridges, embank..
ments, and cuttings, but the Itchen viaduct is the
chief engineering feature of the line. Eight trains
are to run each way daily, and three or four on Sun-
days. Mr. W. R. Galbraith, of the firm of Galbraith
and Tolme, is the engineer of the line, the whole
superintendence of the engineeering work having
been entrusted to Mr. T. H. Nicholls, and Mr. J.
B. Snowden has officiated as superintendent engi-
neer for the contractors. It is contemplated to con-
tinue the line from Netley, over the Ramble river,
by a swing bridge, and through Warsash and Titch-
field to Fareham, joining the South-Western at that
place, the bill for this extension being before Par-
liament in the present session.