The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-29 00:00:00

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :

Naval Cadet Nominated—Cornwallis Jasper Trower.
Appointment—Midshipman George A. Giffard to Defence.

LONDON GIiZE22E.-LAST EVENING.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 25.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robt.
Walter \Veir to the church. and parish of Greyfriars (for-
merly called the New Church and Parish of Dumfrios), in
the Presbytery and county of Dumfries, vacant by the
transportation of the 113 V. Donald 31.‘Leod to the church
and parish of Montrose.
The Queen has also boon pleased to present the. Rev.
William Mearns Macpherson to the church and parish of
Monymusk, in the Presbytery of Garioch, and c.iuuty of
Aberdeen, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thos. Henry
Dawson.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 28.
Commissariat Department—Deputy-Assistant Commis-
sary-General Croker Lovell Baker Pennsa to be Assis-
tant Commissary-General, vice Colquhoun, deceased.
Chaplain's Department —The Commission of the Rev. M.
C. O'Dell as Chaplain of the Fourth Class to be ante-
dated 3d September, 1853, and that as Chaplain of the
Third Class to 3d September, 18G3.

COURSE OF EXCit&iCi-E.--Last Eveuiug.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17i 11 18}
Ditto 3 Months. 11 19i 12 Oi
Rotterdam
Antwerp —2 t" 32k 25 34
Brussels
Hamburg — 13 9i 13 10
Paris Short 25 12k 25 221
Ditto 3 Months. 25 30 25 32i
Marseilles
Frankfort, on the Maine 120 121225
Vienna — 12 17i 12i
25
71- 12 27

Trieste
Petersburgt
Berlin
Madrid

12 17 -if
32 32f
6 26f 6 26f
481 481.
...
481

Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon ........................
Oporto ...............

18i, 48i
29 40 29 50
29 40 29 50
29 40 29 50
29 40 29 5U
29 40 29 50
29 40 29 50
511
51.151 i
51t..........---

FOIVigII Mail Packet List,

MAILS D UE.

&ustralia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa.....Feb. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles .......... ........Feb. 13.
Ditto, via Panama ........ ......... ...Jan. 23.
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Feb. 3.
Ditto, by French packet
()ape Verde, by Brazil packet .........
Cape of Good Rope. Ascension. and St. Helena.. ..
.......
Feb..
. 3.7,
China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton—Feb. 2.
Ditto, via Marseilles
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 2
India, via Southampton
..... ....Feb.
7.
Ditto, via Marseil.es
Alalta, Egypt, dm Feb 2.

Ditto, Marseilles Feb. 7.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton Feb. 11
Ditty,Marseilles Feb. 13
Newfoundland
Portu,al Feb. 3

Ditto, by pr. \t la ship to Oporto ..
Ditto ( .tto to Lisbon
United States, t I.nada, California, by British
packet ..

Ditto, by L Lited States packet ................
Ditto ditto 'New York) ....................

Ditto ditto Ntw York) ........... •••••

Ditto (tat( (Baltimore) ....... •••
Ditto, by Canadian packet .......... Jan. 3'.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfc Feb. 3.
West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha-
mas) ....................... Feb. 13.
Cub t and Mexico Jan. 23.
Bahamas, via New ir - --
Bermuda, via Halifax

METROPOLITAN TRAMWAYS.-The bill promoted
by the Metropolitan Tramways Company for the laying
down tramways through the London streets passed the
examiners yesterday unopposed. The company is the
same which had offered similar bills without success in the
last and previous Sessions. This time the memorials
against thou wow yfitlUrawn.