The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-10 00:00:00

Nov. 9.

The Queen has been 'pleased to approve of Mr. Joseph
Woolley as Consul for Jamaica, to reside at Kingston, for
the Republic of Haiti. _ _

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Williams Hope as Consul for Scotland, to reside at Leith,
for the Republic of Bolivia.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 7.
The undermentioned officers have this day, been pro-
moted to the rank of Navigating Lieutenant in her Ma-
jesty's Fleet: —John George Boulton, Esq.; Edwin Hugh
Searle Bray, Esq.; William King, Esq.; Edwin Owen.
Hallett, Esq.; and Selby Lilburn, Esq.
Nov. 9.

Lieutenant Thomas Montagu Mosley Wynyard has
been this day promoted to bo a Retired Commander,
under the provieions of her Majesty's Orders in Council
of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 24th March, 1866.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-7 his Eventrig.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 181 ... 11 181
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 0 ... 12 1
Antwerp — ... 25 321 ... 25 40
Brussels — ... 25 321 ... 25 40
Hamburgh — ... 13 10 ... 13 101
Paris
Ditto ' 3 Ms. ... 2 i 321 ... 25 371
Mraseilles - ••• 25 35 ... 25 40
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120}
Vienna — ..• 11 80 ... n 87;
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Trieste..
Petersburg
Copenhagen
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro..
New York

... 11 80 ... 11. 8711
... 32f ... 321
9 2U ... 9 23
... 6 261 ... 6 27
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• 48; ... 481
• 27 5 ... 27 15
... 27 5 27 15
... 27 5 ... 27 15
... 27 6 ... 27 15
27 5 ... 27 15
... 27 5 ... 27 15
▪ 521 ... 53
52f ... 53

SHIPPING liV l'h;L LIG CE.

GRXVESEND, Tuesday Morning.

Arrived, Nov. 10 —Jo 3ephine, from Archangel; Somer-
set, steamer, from Antwerp; Fourth, steamer, from llam-
burg ; Thomas Gitlosy, Steamer, from Crenstadt.
Sailed—Zebra, for long Kong.

Foreign Mail ifaciiet Lis-.

MAILS DUE.

luatralla and New Zealand, via Southampton— D:c 5

Ditto, via "Arse'lies . ...Nov JO

Ditto, via Pi....ama
3razil, Buenos Ayres, and Acute Video ..... Dec. 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Jape Vords. by Brazil packet ...... _ Dec. 4
gape of Gooi ti Jpe. Ascension. and St. aeleua N.v. I'.
JUina, Penang, and Singapore, via Souzhainotoe Nov. 21.
.iibraltar, via Southampton..
_l4
Ild.a.via Southampton ...... H.
uitto, via 3lareeilies
6gypt, Ste. Dec 4
Ditto, Aihr3ei Iles Nov. 12
nauritlus, Cape of Good Rape, and Natal, via

dcuthauxs too
Marseities Nov. 13
N ewfoundla nct ...........
eortugal . .
•• . Dec. 4

Agnes Zimmermann is about to leave England on
a tour in Germany, having accepted ongagamenti to play
at some of the principal Orchestral Concerts.
TliE PRINTERS' ALMSHOUSES. —Li answer to an
appeal made by Mr. Pope, collector of funds for the
Printers' Ahnshouses, Mr. Charles Dickens has sent the
following letter :—" Belford Hotel, Bright ,n, Nov. 7,
1868. Sir,—Referring to the appeal in aid of the
Printers' Almhouses, I bog to say I shall be happy to
devote the gross amount of my next reading in London
to the fund. What should I have been without prin-
ters? I ant grateful, and wish to show it.—Yours
faithfully, CHARLES DICKENS. Mr. C. Pope." The ob-
ject now sought is the erection of a new wing to the in-
stitution.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO MR. CRXUFURD, M.P.—
On Friday last, as Mr. Craufurd, M.P., was returning
from Campbeltown, in the steamer Gael, he slipped in
descending the high steep stair from the hurricane deck,
and fell from the top to the bottom with his right leg
under him. Ho was taken up immediately, and it was
found that the muscles of his leg were severely sprained.
He is now confined to his bed, and his medical attendant,
Dr. Campbell, of Largs, insists that he must rest com-
pletAy. There is, we b3lieve, a slight hope that Mr.
Cranford will no able to make his appearance on the hust-
ings at the elective for the Ayr burghs.—Scotsman.
THE MAYOR OF BIRMINGHAM'S BANQUET.--Mr,
John Bright, M.P., attended the Mayor's banquet at Bir-
mingham last evening. He did nut allude to politics fur-
ther than to say ho hoped that, at the expiration of the
contest, both parties will peacefully trust to the wisdom of
the country, with its wide constituencies represented in
Parliament, for beneficial measures and policy. Messrs.
Bromley-Davenport, M.P. for North Warwickshire, and
Dixon, M.P., also responded to the toast of the county and
borough members.

SMUGGLING.—A. bolt' of officers of her Majesty's
Customs, headed by two examining officers, yesterday
paid a visit to her Majesty's screw Indian Relief troopship
Serapis, Capt. John C. Soady, now lying in dock at Ports-
mouth, awl, proceeding direct to the foretank room, pulled
out, apparently to the great astonishment of those of the
officers and crew standing by, 38 bags filled with leaf to-
bacco, which had been stowed away between the tops of
the tanks and the deck beams. The whole was, of course,
seized and conveyed to the Custom-house, where it was
found to weigh within a few pounds of 18 cwt. No own er
was forthcoming.

PAROCHIAL RATES.—In conseejpence of the
complaints made in the parish of St! Pancras of the
great increase of parochial taxation, the vestry has in-
serted a printed notification on the application papers for
the current half-year's rates, that they have no control
whatever over the expenditure of the following rates,
which they are required to collect and pay over:—X4l,ooo
for the guardians, £13,806 for police, £9,209 county rate
£1,157 Metropolitan Fire Brigade, £OOO Burial Board, £OB4
public baths and wash-houses, £BOO collectors' poundage
and other expanses chargeable on the poor-rate and £3,720
towards providing for £9,430 deficiency on the last rate
—total on poor rate EY:count, £73,9 !6, being equal to a rate
of Is. 6d. in the pound ; main drainage rate required by
Metropolitan Board of Works, £11,573. The rates over
which the vestry have control being the general rate of
6d. in the pound, and lighting rate Id. in the pound.
LEICESTER AND W ALTHAM AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.--The annual ploughing match of this society
took place on Tuesd Ey last at Mowsley, on the farm of T.
Wilson, Esq., of Knaptoft. The competition at this meet-
ing has for two or three years past been confined to bona
fide farmers and farm servants, and on this occasion 27
men and boys competed for the prizes. The champion
prize (a silver cup or money), value live guineas ; a silver
cup in the farmers' eons' class ; and the first prize in the
boys' class, were won by competitors using Messrs. Ran-
somas' ploughs.—On the same day, at Newmarket, five out
of the six first prizes (including the champion prize) were
awarded to the work produced by the same implements ;
whilst at Wells, by the same implements, on Tuesday, and
Tenbury Wells on Thursday, the All England Prizes were
both won by Messrs. RaLsomes' man, Barker.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.—There are two
scullers' watches now pending, each for £2OO aside
and the honour of the championship of the Thames. In
the first, which is fixed for the 17th inst., Kelley, the vete-
vwehr,o hastle
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naasptiivraentr'i
Tyne. The second match is to take placeonth
leesclusitorf
December, between Kelley and Joseph Sadler—a
of much note, who has generally been unfortunate in his
races after the first mile. Bath events are to be rowed
over the usual course of four miles and a quarter, from
Putney to Mortlake, and both are looked upon with great
interest by rowing men in all parts of the country.
Kelley, after his many and severe contests, rooks just
now as well as ever, but it is said that he rows rather
stiffly and short. Betting on the first race was in favour
of the Newcastle man until last week, when what spe-
culation there is on the matter was brought round to
evens.

BRIDGEWATER COLLIERIES.—The sinking and
fixing of the last lift, or set of pumps, at the Mosley Com-
mon collieries, belonging to the Bridgewater Trost, has
been completed. The depth is 1,020 feet, and tho working
of the collieries will give employment to a large numhJr
of persons, as there are four or five seams of coal, which
will last for many years.