The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

ARTLESS, NORTH LINCOLN-, and AMBUSH.

The matches do not require notice, and when I regeive
the acceptances for the Free Handicap and the Nurseries,
[ will forward a few Notes on them.

A FRESHMAN.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, 4,c.

Foreign Department.—The office of Secretary of
Legation at Athens has become vacant by the death
of Mr. Fletcher C. C. Norton. Salary £4OO.
General Post Office.—Mr. Daniel Tod, first-class
clerk in the Money Order•office, St. Martin's-le-
Grand, has been appointed examiner; Mr. George
Chetwynd, first-class clerk, Money Order-office,
has been appointed bookkeeper ; Messrs. Henry
Bulpit, George 'Francis Nott, Richard Julian Cale,
George Fawn, and George Shepherd Weedon,
seconcticlass clerks in the Money Order-office, have
been promoted to the first class.
Customs.—Mr. William Whitney, chief clerk at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, formerly chief clerk at Cork,
has, at his own request, keen placed on the retired
list, after a service of nearly forty-eight years ; Mr.
Matthew Patterson, comptroller at Truro, has been
appointed to succeed Mr. Whitney as chief clerk at
Newcastle ; Mr. James Smethurst has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the Long-room, London ; Mr.
Campbell C. Hoare has been appointed twelfth
class clerk at Southampton; Mr. Gregory O'Neil
has been appointed junior clerk at Cork; Mr. Alex-
ander IV. Hughan has been appointed principal
coast officer at Port William, Wigton.
Inland Revenue Department.—Mr. John L.
Edwards, officer of Portsmouth first division, and
Mr. Thomas Gillard, officer of Gosport, have been
appointed collectors of land and assessed taxes and
income tax for the parish of Portsmouth ; 'Mr. John
Scott, supervisor of Halifax district, has been ap-
pointed to Windsor district ; Mr. J. Estcourt, super-
visor of Manchester third district, has been removed
to Halifax district ; Mr. Mortimer Hynes, super-
visor of the Walsall district, Stafford Collection, has
been appointed to Manchester third district ; Mr.
William Gore Reed, examiner, has been appointed
supervisor of Walsall district, Stafford Collection,
vice Mr. Hynes, promoted ; Mr. Thomas Wilfred
Welborn, examiner, has been appointed supervisor
of Coltishall, vice Mr. IV. Hawkins, removed to
Norwich second district, at his own request; Mr.
John Hankin, recently appointed to Norwich
second district, has bsen appointed to Norwich first
diqrict, vice Mr. James Wilson, resigned.
East Indies.—Mr. R. P. Harrison has been ap-
pointed Accountant-General to the Government of
Madras, vice Mr. G. L. Prendergast; dismissed ;
M. E. F. Harrison has been appointed to officiate
as accountant to the Government of Bengal pro.
tern.; Mr. W. Clark has been appointed to officiate
as first assistant Accountant-General to the Govern-
ment of India ; Dr. F. Barlow has been appointed
medical officer at Amherst; Major C. Herbert has
been appointed agent of the Governor-General with
the King of Oude.—Civil Service Gazette.

FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER AT LIVERPOOL.—
A fire was discovered yesterday (Friday) onboard the screw
steamer Crimean, which arrived at Liverpool from Alexan-
dria with a cargo of cotton, oil, &c., which was found to be
in a state of combustion. The fire had been several days in
operation, having penetrated from the coal bunks on the
starboard side into the lower hold. A terrible accident hap-
pened to Capt. Wakeham as he was lowering himself into
the hold with the view of ascertaining the extent of the
damage. In his descent he became entangled with the
grappling irons, and his stomdch was so severely lacerated
that be died in the course of the day. The cargo was landed
and the fire gradually suppressed.
CRIME IN WILTSIIIRE.—At the Wilts Quarter
Sessions, held at Marlborough on Tuesday, the Chief Con-
stable (Captain Merideth) reported that there had been
.a
considerable decrease of crime during the quarter, and it
was subsequently stated by Major Goddard thatathelyere
but 49 prisoners in the gaol at Salisbury and 71
.t Devizes,
whilst there was room for 329. He was nt;t then prepared
icufhtiinliethvraitsotnhes
Cwoitthirtanmyndstistsi
dispensed with. That at Salisbury, he be-
lieved, was not sufficiently large to contain all.-the not be hnocrttplyropcoonsistiidoent: bwujiteiithsecremolcide
• it should be decided to close it, he thought
and, supposing
-the prisoners;
that many parties would be disposed to hec :one the pur-
chasers. After a brief conversation the subject dropped
but it will doubtless be reviycd at the next rte-AiOUS.