The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-19 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Captains—The Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, C. 8., to
be Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, in
the room of Capt. W. A. B. Hamilton, second Secretary to
the Admiralty, vice Sir John Barrow, Bart., retired.
Commanders—William Wyndham Hornby (1841), to the
Styx; J. C. Prevost, to the Rodney.
Lieutenants—ll: N. Burroughes, to the Styx ; Reginald
T. J. Levinge, to command the Dolphin, vice Hoare, inva-
lided; W. Howatt, W. Tottenham, F. H. Stanfbll, and R. C.
Tattnall, to the Vanguard; F. G. Leigh, to the Stromboli;
W. H. Webb, to the Firebrand; Octavius Cumberland, to
the Racehorse, vice Tottenham; David Elliott, to the Pene-
lope; James Wood (d), of the Fearless, to command the
Pandora ; 11. C. Toby, to the Styx.
Masters—R. S. Rundle, of the Comus,lto the Styx; Samuel
S. Flynn, to the Vanguard.
Surgeons—Dr. A. Yeoman, to the Styx ; Dr. Andrew Mil-
lar, to the Trafalgar, vice Bruce; Allan M'Laren, to the
Poictiers, vice Mliechnie ; John Smith, to the Vanguard.
Paymasters and Pursers—Thomas Shanks, to the Van-
guard; Edward Ward, to the Styx.
Mates—G. H. Wale, to the Cyclops; F. J. Hornby, of the
Formidable, to the Excellent ; M. N. F. CEngreve, to the
Styx; A. Phillimore, to the Vanguard.
Second Masters—John S. Smith to the Pandora ; J. W.
Hall,
Assistant-Surgeons—Thos.
thetant Vanguard.
.surgeons
_
Thos. Luscombe, and Caleb E. Pro-
theroe (additional) to the San Josef ; E. Elliott and J. G.
M'Cullagh, to the Vanguard.
Naval Instructor—G. F. Parker, of the Aigle, to the Rodney.
Midshipman—S. Shipworth, to the Excellent.
Naval Cadets—H. Batten, to the Lily ;T. B. Herbert, to
the
Charge—B. W. Tribe, to the Pandora.
Clerk St.Vincent.in
Masters' Assistants--Wm. Barrett, and G. Gilpin, to the
Vanguard.
ROYAL MARINES.—Major Morrison, to relieve Captain W.
Ford, in the Recruiting Service at Birmingham. Captain
John Miller (1843); First Lieutenant C. C. Hamley (1841),
Plymouth Division ; and Second Lieutenant L. Reeves
(1842), Woolwich Division, to the Vanguard, at Plymouth.
Second Lieutenants W. S. Davis, of the Woolwich Division,
and M. Patty, of the Portsmouth Division, to the Excellent,
to study for the Royal Marine Artillery.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 13 per mile,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce
for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 47 ; and the
exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 62.1, it follows
that gold is 0.60 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 434 per
mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9i ; and
the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 11i,
it follows that gold is 1.02 per cent. dearer in London than
in Hamburgh.

The course of exchange at New -York on London is 1104
per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and
America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex-
change is 0.68 per cent. in favour of England ; but the quoted
exchange at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight,
the interest must be added to the above ffifference.
SUN.—The Funds close heavily, and we quote a reduction
of per cent. since the morning. Consols have been 9914
to % for Money, and 99% 1/2 for Time. Exchequer-bills
have realised 535. to 565. premium. New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. were last marked 103%•
Portuguese Stock improved a little, being 59% for the
Converted. Spanish Five per Cents. were 27%, and the
Three per Cents. 40% ON. Mexican Bonds were 35% V;
Colombian, 133/4 to 14. Belgian Bonds have been 1013,4'.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been
these :—Birmingham and Gloucester, New, were 15%; Ca-
ledonian, 2toXi ; Chester and Holyhead, 234 ; Churnet
Valley, 6% ; Dublin and Galway, %; Great Southern
and Western (Ireland), 7 ; Great north of England, 83 ;
Great Western, 93 to 96 ; Ditto, Half Shares, 49 to 50 ; Lan-
caster and Carlisle, 14% ; Brighton, 8 ; Ditto, Eighths, 8 ;
South-Western, 38%; Croydon, 5%; Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 2434 ; Midland, 27; Newcastle and Berwick, 133/4
to 14; North British, 6 ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3%;
South Devon, 63% ; South-Eastern, 8%; South Wales, 23/4 •
Trent Valley, 171/ 34 ; York and North Midland, Halves,
27%; Paris and Orleans, 2434 y 8 ; Paris and Rouen, 22%
to % ; and Bordeaux and Toulouse, % % premium. Direct
Northern were IA discount to par. Blackwall were 8% to
3/4 discount. Union Bank of Australian Shares were 2 prem.
The exchanges were higher this afternoon on Antwerp,
Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfort, and much the same on
Trieste and Hamburgh, or perhaps barely so good.
The following is the official return of the exports of Bullion
for the week ending Thursday last :
Silver Bars to Rotterdam ............ 32,0000 z.
Silver Coin to Rotterdam ............ 6,0000 z.

FIVE SUDDEN DEATHS.—On Monday thefollowing
inquests on the bodies of persons who had died suddenly were held in
the western division of Middlesex :—By rlr, Wakley, M.P., at half-
past nine o'clock, at No. 17, Gate street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on the
body of Mr. Day, the well-known lithographer. The deceased gen-
tleman enjoyed his usual g health all last week; but on Friday,
ood
after an interview with some gentlemen on business, he expired sud-
denly, without any apparent cause. Ity Mr. G. I. Mills, at the Lord
Wellington, Sussex-street, Gower-street, on the body of Samuel Dyer,
a bricklayer. The deceased always enjoyed good health, and on
Friday forenoon he went to examine a room in the above street,
into which water had penetrated from the roof, in consequence of
the melting of the snow, and whilst telling the occupier of the
room to fear nothing, he dropped suddenly on the floor and
died. The third inquest was held at the Union, Essex-street, Somers-
town, on the body of Mr. Charles Bagnall Fleetwood, aged eighty-
six. Deceased resided at No. 12, in the above street, and was an
operative chemist. He was found dead in his bed on Friday morning
last, to which the cold weather had confined him with cough and
asthma for two or three days. The fourth inquest was held at the
Cricketers, Wellington-street, Camden-town, on the body of a poor
woman, named Elizabeth Crisp, aged forty-three. She died suddenly
on Thursday last. The fifth inquiry took place at the Two Brewers,
Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, on the body of Frederick Errick Bar-
ham, aged seven weeks. The child was a fine healthy one, and the
mother had taken it out on Thursday to look for a wet nurse's situa-
tion. She brought it home at four o'clock, and thinking it slept she
placed It in bed. Soon afterwards the grondrnother wishing to feed
it, went to the bed and found the infant quite dead. Verdict in each
case, " Natural death."
DIRE.—UTILITY OF TEE " SMOKE-PROOF" DRESS.—
T esterday (Tuesday) afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a fire was
discovered burning in the vaults in the occupation of Messrs. Robt.
Fenwick and Co., bottle merchants, Upper Thames-street, City. The
outbreak occurred at the farther end of one of the arches, to reach
which it was necessary to pass through the trap-entrance in front of
the premisce, and from the fact of there being on each side strong
party walls, and but a single opening by which the smoke could pos-
sibly escape, the effluvia from the burning materials, consisting
of
straw and wicker baskets, was found to be so stifling that, prior to
Mr. Braidwood's arrival, no one could possibly venture below. One
of the firemen, however, having, under the superintendence of that
gentleman, clad himself in the smoke-proof" • dress, descended at
once into the vault, and so directed the hose that in a short period the
flames were extinguished, and the damage rendered comparatively
trifling.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—The new street
from Long-acre to Holborn, forming the continuous line from Water-
loo-bridge to the new Holborn-road, has been named Endelb street ;
and the fine opening which connects High-street, St. Giles's, with
Monmouth and St. Andrew-streets, is called Broad-street. The new
street connecting Long-acre with Coventry-street is in such a state
of forwardness that it is expected to be open fbr traffic In about a
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