The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Charles G. John,ton, coufirined to the rank of
master; Charles. Herbert Taylor, appointed naval
(adet ; J. H. W. Rowtlet, second master, to the
Leopard ; Adolphe E. Parks, second master, to
lilies Blenheim ; H. G. Audoe, midshipman, to the
Pevast ttion ; H. B. Creagh, midshipman, to the.
Devastation; W. P. Burdwood, assstaut-paynaas-
ter, to the Eigle 'ThomasWaterlield, assistant-
paymaAer, to the Melampus ; John M. Forster,.
assistant-paymaster, to the Amphitrite ; W. H.
Fitzpatrick, assistant-paymaster, to the Conway ;
Thomas Sercombe, assistant-paymaster, to the
Cornwallis ; George Barnes, assistant paymaster,
ro the Southampton ; Alfred. E. Everstield,
to the ILstiugs ; W. S. Mould, clerk, to the
Hawke ; Thomas N. Frith, clerk, to the Pem-
broke ; John N. Cobb, assistant-clerk, to the
Monarch ; W. A. Martin, assistant-clerk, to the
St. Vincent.

GENERAL SIR CHARLES B. EGERTON.
General Sir C. B. Egerton, whose death was re-
corded in the obituary of The Sun, yesterday as
lvtving occurred on the Bth inst., was one of the
oldest. Generals in the army. lie entered the army
.in November, 1791, . and saw much active service
from th-tt period up to the peace in 1815. Sir Chas.
then a lieutenant, commanded a detachment of his
regiment'. on" I:j.,ard a liue-of-battle-rship in Lord
Howe's memorable action on the Ist of June,
1794, and afterwards served at the blolkatle of
'Malta, and the surrender of Valetta on the sth of
Septewb:r, 1800, at that time major of his regi-
ment, Thence he proceeded with his regiment in
General Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition to
Egypt, and was present at the action of the 18th
and 21st of March, 1801. The gallant Gener4l
afterwards joined the army in the Peninsula, and
distinguished himself in Spain and Portugal under
the Duke of Welling: on in 1810 and 1811. He was
rewarded fOr his services in the Peninsula wi,h the
silver "war medal and three claffs for Fuentes
d'Onor, Nivelle and Orthes. In 1832 he was no-
minated a Knight Commander of the Hanoverian
Order of ithe . Guelphs, and in 1837 made a
Knight Grand Cross (7f St. Michael and St.
George, and in September of the same year
aprnluted Colonel of the 89th Regiment, which
iithus left at. the disposal of the General Com-
mand ng-in-Chisl. His Galnmissions bore date
as follows :—Ensign, November 16, 1.791 ; Lieute-
nant, March 21, 1793 ; Captain, April 22, 1795 ;
Major, J nue 1, 1798 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Novem-
ber 14, 1802 ; C lone], June 4, 1810 ; Major-
General. June 4,1814 ; Lieutenant-General, July
22, 1830 ; and General, November 9, 1846. Sir
Onarles was fourth son of Mr. Philip Egerton by
his .marriage with the daughter of the late Sir
Francis H. E. Styles, and was born at Oulton-
I ark, the ancient rest of tha Egertons in Cheshire,
id 1774. Ho married in 1809 the only daughter
of the late Sir Ttioinas Troubridge, by whom, who
died in 1849, he leivet issue. " The gallant general
was uncle to Sir Philip De Malpas Grey Eger-
ton M.P.

THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY.

The following i 3 from the Chairman of the Eu-
phrates Valley Railwrq Company
:
"Sir,—When adverting to the Euphrates route
to ludit in your impression of the llth ot Feb-
ruary last you made the following forcible re-
nifirks

" The rapidity with which this (the connexion
etween England and India) can be carried out,
-Le smallness of the outlay required, and the fact
of the route beipg-1,000 miles shorter than that
t.y ti e Beal Sea, are unansweral le rec-immenda-
tions ; and it is imp{ ssible to refer to the surveys
and reports of General Chesney and his coil agues
'on the Euphrates, pub'ished 20 years ago, without
astonishment that even at that period the British
Government and people failed to tatce immediate
steps to avail themselves of its capabilities.'
ecent events in India have given the above
observations tenfold force, and have mach the Eu-
phrases Valley Railway, being politically and
ilysically the shortest practicable route to India,
a paramount and pres4ng state necessity.
'• The Red Sea route presents no facilities, for
on the present emergency we prefer sending troops
by Ealing vessels round the Cape rather than en-
counter the delays and difficultie3 of the Red Sea.

" Were the Euphrates Valley Railway com-
pleted, the despatch of 20 regiments from England
would prove au easy matter. With the circuitous
route-r,',und the Cape accommodation for four or five
regiments will be attended with difficulty, and
these, moreover, in tead of reaching their destina-
tion in three or four weeks, will probably not ar-
rive in Calcutta for the next four or five months.
" Forthe Euphrate s route the support of Govern-
m-nt is .ought-, on the- ground that it would in
ffect. connect the two great limbs of the empire,
England' acid India, by reducing the distance by
upwards of 1000 miles, and the time to about 14
days, or about half the period now uccupied.
"By the co, s'ruction of a riilway along the
Euphrates British commerce will he largely in-
crea eel, Turkey will be 'strengthened, and Persia
wit`;tlrawu ft oat her clangorous isolation.
An
ettc,,llent situation fit a harbour has been
irin‘,elsyeoclf htylleSpirroJpooh,acd.fsdr'lNileill a t ed le .• the ter-
n,-et.Al with Bussoralia thwea3lieawdLloefhtl'idahbee'ilVerescianr;
Uulf by a railway, will give to England the first
world.
c position in the or
" The res urces of
England being
avAilaile on any emergency .iu the 1'
and Southampton would become the made
Chatham
opera-
ionaPortomptlyj, it stead of Kurrachee Bombay, and would.
it7.l tlrreepel
rapidity, ether
wh
nable this country to anticipritNev
in Europe or -.,4A1, and attack
and
advantage of an irresistable force.
"The Turkish Government bas guaranteed
per cent. on 1,400,000/., the capital neotssaty for
the first sect on, from the Mediterranean to the
Eu hrates, and has granted other privileges to the
Railway Compauy ; but, as these
tEarll,:,-Isilaa es
e:,:ieY
sluTh.c:ently attractive to induce capi-
talists to invest their money in a distant undertak-
in;, th 2 support of her Majesty's7GoVeinment is
re-oired in the form of a counter-guarantee (iu the
sane mqvier as the payment of the interest on the
Turkish Loan has been guaranteed) of 5 per cent,