The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

WHITEHALL

Nov. 2

The Right honourable tht Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Rotterdam,
enclosing the following translation of a law passed by the
States-General, for re-adjusting the Tonnage Dues levied
in the Ports of the Netherlands.
We, William 111., by the Grace of God, King of the
Netherlands, Prince of Orange, Nassau, Grand Duke
of Luxemburg, ttc.,
All who shall see or hoar these read, greeting! be it
known.

Whereas we have taken into consideration that it is de-
sirable to abolish the tonnage dues on sea-going vessels,
and to enact regulations for the measurement of the same.
So We, having beard the Council of State, and in com-
mon concert with the States-General, have approved and
decreed, and We do Lerphy approve and decree
ART. I.—The twenty-fifth chapter of the General Law,
of the 2Gth of August, 1822 (Staatsblad, No. 38), and
Art. 7 of the Law of the Bth of August, 1850 (Staatsblad,
No. 47), are repealed.
ART. owners, masters, or commanders of sea
ships, now subject to the payment of light, tonnage, and
beacon dues, are obliged to have their vessels measured,
by the appointed officials, on the spot where the ships may
be lying, whenever such is requested.
This measurement is required to obtai❑ a standard for
levying light, tonnage, and beacon dues, described by Art.
2 of the law of the 13th of August, 1849 (Staatsblad, No.
40).

The tonnage of loaded vcssols putting into a harbour,
and recognised as such by the law on the import, export,
and transit, duties, when such vessels depart without
breaking bulk, is to be rated by the Government meters,
allowing the owner, captain, or commander, the right, in
case of dispute, to demand a measurement, tho expense of
which is to be borne by the party who shall be found in
error.

ART• ILL—Every ton of a sea ship is considered to equal
000 thousand Netherland pounds, or one and a half cubic, ells.

Fractions, beneath a quarter of a Netherland cubic ell,
are not calculated in the measurement, and those of or
above a quarter of an ell aro considered as half an ell.
ART. IV.—A duly signed certificate of measurement, in
duplicate, is to be given by the meter to the captain or
commaander, specifying, besides the flag which the vessel
bear ud any other particulars necessary to distinguish
e same, her .ineasured length, breadth, depth, and ton-
thnage.
ART. V.—The owners, captains, or commanders of sea
vessels can demand a remeasurement by two other officials,
or competent impartial persona, at the cost of the party
found to be in error, Within three times 24 hours after the
delivery of the certificate of measurement.
ART. Vl.—Every officer appointed for measuring vessels
is authorised to verify, either by remeasurement or other-
wise, all measurements made by others, after the vessel
shall bo unloaded, freo of expense to the masters, and, in
case of variance, to note such on the certificate of inea.
surement. . .

--The right granted by Art. 5 to owners, captains, or com-
manders, admits likewise of such verification. .
ART. VII.—No vessels will he allowed to depArt, nor
will be provided with a direct or indirect certificate of ad-
justment, until their certificate of measurement shall have
been exhibited at the office of the port of discharging or
loading, as a proof of which the same will have to be
signed there.

ART. VIII.—The certificate of measurement, when
thus signed, must be kept on board of th 3 ships cloarin
outwards, on a penalty of 25 florins, and must be exhi-
bited to the searching officers at their request.
ART. IX.—ln Art. Bof the Law of the Bth of August,
1850 (Staatablad, No. 47), in the sentence " Either
the
a
subjecting those vessels to u increased tonnage due," 11-1
word "increased" is to bo erased, and the words " to be
fixed by us," to be inserted in its stead.
This manner of levyiu4 the tonnage dries fixed by us will be regulated by the same Decree which was passed
according to Art. 8 of the Law of Bth August, 1850.
ART. X.—This law comes into operation
oa the let of
January, 1856.
We order and command that the present be inserted in
the Staatablad, and that all ministerial departments,
authorities, colleges, and officials, interested thereby, shall
attend to the exact execution thereof.
Given at the Loo, the 14th of July, 1855.
(Signe]) WILLIAM.

The Minister of Finance,
Issued the 2;th of Jul(SigV) VROLIK.
y
The Director of the king's Cabinet,
(Signed) DE KOCK.
CONMISSIONS
.SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
houseßoyal South Lincoln Militia —William Hervey
Wood-
, Esq, t° Vice Johnson, deceased ; Mon-
t Ivo Stephen Williams, Gent., to ba Lieutenant, vice
Woodhouse., promoted.
Qe ue n's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—James Henry Neilson, Esq., to be Lieute-
nant.

Royal Cumberland R.eo•;:ment of Militia—Assistant•Sur.
geon Thomas Delamait; Wheatley to be Surgeon, vice
Fidler, resigned.
... East York Regiment of Militia—Captain John William.
t
.leming San witho bal' ter.
i:tient,
late 3il European Bombay R.:
- oymasterd, vice Ramsay, Acting Paymasll
Leicestershire Reginient of Militia—Lieutenant John
Mathew to be Captain ; Elward Joseph Crane, Gent., to
be L'nsigu.
Edinburgh (County) Re,iment of Militia—Ensign Sin-
cliir to be Lieutenant, vice Innes, resigned • Ensig" Putt
to be Lieutenant, vice Murray, appointed to 'the 72d Foot.
[This appointment is substituted for that which ap-
peared in the Gazette of Fri.lay, the 26th Oct. last :—]
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of ALlitia---Edward a'Wood Tayler, Gent., to be Ensign.

NAVAL PRIZ —E
MONEY. '
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset Ilouse, Nov. 1.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intetided

distribe:don of proceeds arising from the Russian vessel,
name unknown, captured on the 27th April, 1854, by her
Majesty's ship Furious and the ship-of-war Caton belong-
ing to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand unliquidated against the said proceeds are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said court.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset
House." _ .

Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.

In Sir Richard Dacres' letter, on the Siege Train before
Sebastopol, published in the London Gazette of the 2d inst.,
the following inaccuracies occur :
Captain Luther should be Lukin.
Lieut. Ruck, Keene should be Ruck-Keene.
Lieut. Addison should be Alderson.
Major Hamly should be Hamlet'.
Signature to Lieut.-Colonel St. George's report is J.
George—should be J. St. George.

BANKRUPTS.
Ebenezer Tearle and Matthew Chopping, brewers, Lark-
hall-lane, Chatham, to surrender, Nov. 14 at half-past one,
and Ded. 22 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can-
nan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Linklaters and
Hackwood, Sise-lane. .
Charles Geary, eheesemonger, Shoreditch, Nov. 14 and
Dec. 21, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Ashurst,
Son, and Morris, Old Jewry.
Thomas Wilkey, emery and glass paper manufacturer,
Prospect-place, Walworth read, N0v.14, at half-past one,
and Dec. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee; Stopper, Cheapside.
Robert John Ward, common brewer, Croydon, Nov.
13, at one, and Dee. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Russell and Burgon,
Martin's-lane, Cannon-street.
Nicholas Martyn, baker, Fowey, Cornwall, Nov. 13 and
Dec. 13, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Exeter; Bishop, Fowey; Stogdon,
Exeter.

James Renton, watchmaker, Bradford, Nov. 16 and Dec.
21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds ; Terry and Watson, Bradford ; Bond and
Barwick, Leeds.

Samuel Judkins, baker, Sheffield, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22,
at &even, at Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield;
Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield.
Richard Kettle, draper, Sheffield, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22,
at eleven, at Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Shaffield;
Hoolo and Yeomans, Sheffield.

George Weatherhead, joiner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Nov. 20, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 21, at twelve, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District. Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle ; Chartres, Newcastle; Sheila and
Harwood, London.

John banks, timber merchant, Stafford, Nov. 22 and
Dec. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Birmingham ; Robin-
son and Fletcher, Dudley; Motteram and Knight, Bir-
mingham.
Thomas Lewis, builder, Bath, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official
assignee, Bristol; Cruttwell, Bath ; Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.

William Smith Hickman, picture dealer, Duke-street,
St. James's, Nov. 16, at twelve, and Dec. 13, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Marten, Thomas, and Hollans, Mincin/s
lane.

Edwin Henry Spark, hosier and glover, Islington, Nov,
IG, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 13, at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Mason and &Ant, Gresham-street.

John Carter Lucas and Thomas Lucas, wholesale drug-
gists, Aldersgate-street, City, Nov. 15, at two, and Deo.
15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Sadlow, Torr, Janeway,
and Tazart, Bedford-row ; Dickson and Blackwell, Shef-
field.

William Jolley, poulterer, Charing-cross, Nov. 15, at
two, and Dec. 11, at one, at the Coust of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Newstead,
Holborn.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Henry Campbell, portmanteau maker and tavern keeper,
Glasgow.
Thomas Sinclair, plumber, Crieff.
Thomas Chines, plumber, Aberdeen.