The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-03 00:00:00

(THIS EVENING.)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of
March, present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

This day the Right Hon. Dudley, Earl of Harrowby,
and the Right Hon. Edward Pleydell Bouverie, were, by
her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective
places at the Board accordingly.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. Edward John, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
and in his absence the Right Hon. Edward Pleydell Bou-
verie, to be President of the Committee of Council ap-
pointed for the consideration of all matters relating to
trade and foreign plantations. _

Her Majestyln Council was this day pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby, the Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, to be a Member of the Committee
of Council on Education.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, March 31, her
Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver
the custody of the seals of the duchy and county palatine
of Lancaster to the Right Hon. Dudley, Earl of Harrowby,
the oath of Chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, was this
day, by her Majesty's command, administered to him
accordingly.

CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 2.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA-
MENT.
City of Gloucester—William Philip Price, Esq.

NOTICE TO MASTERS OF VESSELS TRADING
TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL.
Board of Trade, Whitehall, April 3.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received a despatch
from her Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do Sul, notify-
ing that British shipmasters visiting that port have been
in the habit of calculating the Brazilian "Palmo" as equi-
valent to nine inches British, and to signal the draught of
water of their vessels (which is notified in Palmos) accord-
ing this estimate.
This custom, although sanctioned by the sailing direc-
tions with which shipmasters are usually furnished for
their guidance, is stated to have led to many mischiefs and
inconveniences.
ner Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande do Sul has there-
fore ciallY ascertained from the Captain of that port
start the exact equivalent of the Brazilian Palmo, as used
e. is eight and three-quarters inches, British measure.
Bntieli shipmasters trading with the port of Rio
Grande do Sul are accordingly warned, that when hoist-
ing the signals of the draught of water of their vessels,
in order to enter or leave that port, they should signal
the exact draught of water calculating the Brazilian Palmo
at no more than eight and three-quarters inches British ;
as by doing etherwise they hoist signals ofs
. less draught.he
of water than their vessels require risk of theievessels being injured or' increasing
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and giving the authorities at the bar the upon
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attributing to this fault of the masters the opportunity.
occur. Shipmasters also render themselves liable to a
heavy fine for signalling incorrectly.

ATOTICE TO MASTERS OF VESSELS TRADING
TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL.
Board of Trade, Whitehall, April 3.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
th privy C
ouncil for Trade and Plantations have received,
rough the Secretary of State for Foreign affairs a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Rio de
Ja ,e;ro, inclosing the translation of a circular note issued
by the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs respecting
the practice by masters of British vessels of attempting to
cross the bar at Rio Grande do Sul, without waiting for
the proper signal for entrance ; a copy of which translation
is subjoined.

(Copy.)
(Translation, Circular.)
2iaistry of Foreign Affairs,
Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 12;
It having come to the knowledge of the Imperiawevena.
tient that some captains of foreign vessels commit the error
of imprudently attempting to cross the bar of the province
of Saa Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul, without the signal for
entrance having been made by the respective harbour mas-
ti', wherefrom disasters have frequently resulted, I consi-
der it my duty, in the interest of national and foreign com-
ThZehr;ce, to call the attention of SI r. FI.F. Howard, &c., to this
leaping that he will on his part intervene, in order
that,the laid of the merchant ships of his nation, who
ti:— 1, laidbar, may comply with the established prac-
Precejunadiodi.lsaivt captains themselves
an error which may be equally
avail themselves and to commerce in ge-
navw,
(Sistedcb OGC.,
VISCONDE DE ABAITE.

OFFICE OF (Mr\
—}.TA.NCE, APRIL 2.
c°3ll's 01" ItOIAL ENGINEERS.
Second Captain Douglas Dalton, on the Seconded List,
to be Captain.
Second Captain Henry
vice Craigie, killed before
Wseilbliaarn Barlow to he Captain
First Lieutenant Edward B1"°1*
Captain, vice Barlow. "4'4lN Grain to be Second
Second Lieutenant Lieutenant, vice Grain. William Simeon Boileau to be First
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 2.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTNIEX T
ant-Sure vice Protheroe
Actig Assisant-Surgeon Sampson Rock' to be
Asaist-
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
erjeant Wil
redliam
/L
Stewart to be Quarteracer, vice
MaS rvin, reti on half-pay.
William Hake, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 2.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
MAJOR- GENET? _IL TO BR COLONEL COMMANDANT.
E.lward Charles Whinyatea.
BREVET-COLONELS TO BE COLONELS.
Edmund Neal Wilford.
William Henry Pickering.
CAPTAINS TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Charles Lionel Fitzgerald, vice Wilford, promoted.
Philip Reginald Cocks, vice Pickering, promoted.
William Thomas Crawford.
Pierrepoiut Henry Mundy.
William Henderson.
William James Smythe.

SECOND CAPTAINS TO BE CAPTAINS.
Charles Richard Ogden. Evans, vice Fitzgerald, pro.
rooted.
Guy Rotton, vice Cocks, promoted.
Francis William Hastings, vice Crawford, promoted.
Henry Augustus Smyth, vice Mundy, promoted.

Paul Winsloe Phillipps, vice Henderson, promoted.
Edward Monbray, vice Smythe, promoted.
Frederick Hugh Chancellor.
Charles Waller.
Richard King Freeth.
Charles William Grey.
Francis Montagu Maxwell Ommanney.
Edmund Palmer.
Francis Vansittart.
Leopold Grimstone Paget.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS TO BE SECOND CAPTAINS.
Frederick Close, vice Evans, promoted.
James Sinclair, vice Rotton, promoted.
Thmry Synch° Talbot, vice Hastings, promoted.
Willoughby James Wilson, vice Smyth, promoted.
William Henry Randolph Simpson, vice Phillips, pro-
rnoted.

Lewis William Penn, vice Moubray, promoted.
Henry R. Saunders, vice Chancellor, promoted.
Edward Geary Snow, vice Waller, promoted.
Wm. Morrie, vice Freeth, promoted.
Henry Renny, vice Grey, promoted.
Charles Panlett Rotton, vice Ommanney, promoted.
John Morris Savage, vice Palmer, promoted.
Dashwood Jones, vice Vansittart, promoted.
Thomas Edmund Byrne, vice Paget, promoted.
Edward Taddy.
Hill James Thomas Tomkinson.
John Bowden Parkin.
Charles Johnston.
Thomas Samuel Poer Field.
Lawrence Augustus Bradshaw.
John 31`Candie Campbell.
Wm. French.
Edward Adolphus Seymour.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS TO BE FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
Hale Young Wortham, vice Close, promoted.
Henry Barlow Malik), vice Sinclair, promoted.
Charles Wills Walrond, vice Talbot, promoted.
William James Smith Neill, vice 'Wilson, promoted.
Henry Le Guay Geary, vice Simpson, promoted.
Walter Brook Rice, vice Penp, promoted.
George Uchter Knox, vice Saunders, promoted.
William Norton Persse, vice Snow, promoted.
Osborne Hall Goodenough, vice Morris, promoted.
Jas. Hamilton Pringle Anderson, vice Renny, promoted.
Jos. Nathaniel Portlock Dadson, vice Rotton, promoted.
Henry Chamberlayne Farrell, vice Savage, promoted.
Edward M`Laughlin, vice Jones, promoted.
Charles Fyshe Roberts, vice Byrne, promoted.
Arthur Stewart Hunter, vice Taddy, promoted.
Graham Reginald Thackery Stevenson, vice Tomkinson,
promoted.
George Adam Crawford, vice Parkin, promoted.