The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

MR. G. F. TRAIN.

Mr. REARDEN then called the attention of the house
to tile case of Ur. Train, an American citizen, nom in pri-
son for debt in th Four Courts, ➢i:rrshalsea, Dublin, aud
movel for a select co:nn►itt,,e to inquire milli the whole of
the circumstances connected with tau case ; but there not
being a secondrr for the proposition, it was nct put from
the chair.

The other orders were then disposal of, and the houso
iidjOurned until four o'clock to-►nurruw afternoon.

THE VICTORIA. CROSS.

(From the London Gazette of this Evening.)
WAR OFFICE, JULY 28.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her
intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on
the undermentioned soldiers, whose claims to the same have
been submitted for her Majesty's approval for their gal-
lant conduct in Abyssinia, as recorded against their names,
viz..—

33d Regiment—Drummer Michael Magner, No. 3,691,
and Private James Bergin, No. 949, for their conspicuous
gallantry in the assault of Magdala on the 13th April last.
Lieut.-General Lord Napier reports that, whilst the head
of the column of attack was checked by the obstacles at the
gate, a small stream of officers and men of the 33d Regi-
ment, and an officer of Engineers, breaking away from the
main approach to Magdala, and climbing up a cliff, reached
the defences, and forced their way over the wall, and
through the strong and thorny fence, thus turning the de-
fenders of the gateway. The first two men to enter, and
the first in Magdala, were drummer Magner and private
Bergin, of the 33d Regiment.

LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING.

FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 18.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. %% nt. Nassau Jocelyn. now a Second Secretary in
Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, to be Secretary to tier
Majesty's Legation at Stockholm.

WHITEHALL, JULY 25.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thos.
Scott, M.A., to the Vicarage of West Ham, in the county
of Essex, and diocese of Rochester, void by the resigna-
tion of the Rev. Abel John Ram.
DOWNING-STREET, JULY 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick
Shabael Patman, Esq., to be Colonial Surveyor for her
Majesty's Settlement of Sierra Leone, on the Western
Coast of Africa.

CLARENCE HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S, JULY 25.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has been
pleased to appoint Oscar Clayton, Esq., M.D., to be Sur-
geon in Ordinary to his Royal Highness.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 24.
Commander George Hepry Wale has been this day pro-
moted to be a Retired Captain, under the provisions of
her Majesty's Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, oth
July, 1864, and 24th March, 1856.
The undermentioned officers have this day been pro-
moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet :
Mr. Peter Colquhoun, Mr. John George Sampson' Mr.
James Grant, Mr. Alexander Demar. Mr. Stephen Shel-
don has this day been promoted to the ranic of Acting
Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 24th
February, 1868.
Sub-Lieutenant Julian Alleyne Baker has this day been
appointed to be a Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet, with
seniority from June 24, 1868.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 18 ... 11 18k
Do ~ 3 Ms. ... 11 19f ... 12 V
Rotterdam — ... 11 19* ... 12 0
Antwerp — ... 23 35 ... '25 40
Brussels
Hanaburgn — ... 13 9} ... 13 10}
Paris
Ditto
Mrasoilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1191 ... 120}
Vienna — ... 11 57* ... 11 65
Trieste — ... 11 60 ... 11 65
Petersburg
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ... 49 ... 49}
Leghorn ' — ... 27 77* ... 27 90
Milan — ... 27 77* ... 27 90
Palermo — ... 27 77* ... 27 90
Messina
Lisbon — ... 511 ... 51
Oporto — ... 51} ... 51

MARINE DISASTERS.—The monthly statement
published by the Bureau Veritas of Paris shows that in the
month of June last 119 vessels were reported as total
losses, including five steamers. Of the vessels lost 47 bore
the British flag, 20 the American, six North German, six
French, four Dutch, four Norwegian, . two Danish, two
Swedish, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and Russia were each
represented by one disaster, and the nationalities of 24
vessels remained unascertained.

MAURITIUS RAILWAY.—The traffic receipts on
the Mauritius Government lines, 66 milos in length,
amounted in the month of May last to £4,488, and for
the saint, wont}} in 1867 to £4,827, §hovring a clecroaps Of
4349.1