The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-07 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 5.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Wilkes, Esq.,
F.R.C.S., a Commissioner in Lunacy, vice Dr. Turner,
resigned.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2.
The Right Honourable the 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 Ambassador at Paris,
transmitting copy of a French Imperial Decree, reporting
that during three years, dating from the 17th October,
1855, timber for the purposes of construction, cabinet wood
in the rough or sawn of more than three centimetres in
thickness, pig iron, iron bars, iron plates, and corner plates,
raw zinc and copper, flax and hemp, raw or stripped, pitch
and tar, tallow and other animal fats, used in the construc-
tion of ships, will be admitted free of duty, on condition
that the importer shall, within one year from the date of
their importation, give proofs of their application to the
purposes for which they were declared to be imported.
These proofs must be in accordance with the resolutions
concerted between the Ministers of Finance, Commerce,
Agriculture, and of Public Works.
All infractions of the orders promulgated on this subject
will render liability to the penalties and prohibitions of
Art. 2, of the Law of sth July, 1836.
For the space of one year from the same date, the
duties upon the importation of foreign ships will be as
follows :—sea-going vessels of all kinds, whether sailing or
steam, nationalised on payment of 10 per cent, on the
value ; the value to be determined by the Consulting Com-
mittee of Arts and Manufactures.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2.
The Right Honourable the 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 Ambassador at Paris,
transmitting a copy of an Imperial Decree reporting that
foreign ships importing timber for purposes of construction
from the north of Europe into the ports of Algeria, to the
amount of three-fourths of their registered tonnage, and
departing with cargoes of French or Algerian produce,
will be exempt from tonnage duties.
In the event of the cargo of timber for the above purpose
not amounting; to three-fourths of the tonnage of the ship,
duty will be charged in proportion to the amount of cargo
unemployed or devoted to other merchandise.
The duty will be calculated at the same rato in the case
of ships which, having fulfilled the first condition, depart
with less than one-half of the tonnage devoted to French
or Algerian produce.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2.
The Right Honourable the 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 Acting Consul-General
in Egypt, stating that the Egyptian Government have
communicated to him that the export of wheat and maize
from Egypt will be prohibited from the 6th January next,
except:in the case of such vessels as may have completed
one quarter of their lading previously to that date.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 2.
The Right Honourable the 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, &c., &c.
All who shall see or hear 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 heard the Council of State, and in com-
mon concert with the States-General, have approved and
decreed, and We do hereby approve and decree
ART. I.—The twenty-fifth chapter of the General Law,
of the 26th of August, 1822 (Staatsblad, No. 38), and
Are. 7 of the Law of the Bth of August, 1850 (Staatsblad,
No. 47), are repealed.

ART. owners, masters, or combaanders 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 reopired to obtain 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 vessels 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 dispite, to demand a measurement, the expense of
which is to be borna by the party who shall be fond in
error.

ART. lll.—Every ton of a sea ship is considered to equal
one 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 are considered as half an ell.
Any. I V.—A duly signed certificate of measurement, in
duplicate, is to be given by the meter to the captain or
commander, specifying, besides the flag which the vessel
bears and any other particulars necessary to distinguihh
the same, her measured length, breadth, depth, and ton-
nage.

ART. V.—The owners, captains, or commanders of sea
vessels can demand a remeasurement by two other officials,
or competent impartial persons, at the cost of the party
found to be in error. within three tines 24 hours after the
delivery of the certificate •f measurement.

ART. Vl.—Every officer appointed for measuring vessels;
is authorised to verify, either by remoasurement or other-
wise, all measurements made by others, after the vessel
shall be unloaded, free of expense to the masters, and, in
case of variance, to note such on the certificate of mea-
surement.

The right granted by Art. 5 to owners, captains, or com-
manders, admits likewise of such verification.
ART. VIL—No vessels will be 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 bo kept on board of the ships clearing
outwards, on a penalty of 25 florins, and must be exhi-
bited to the searching officers at their request.
ART. Art. Bof the Law of the Bth of August,
1850 (Staatsblad, No. 47), in the sentence " Either by
subjecting those vessels to an increased tonnage due," the
word " increased" is to be erased, and the words " to be
fixed by us," to be inserted in its stead.
This manner of levying the tonnage clues fixed by us
will be regulated by the same Decree which was passed
according to Art. 8 of the Law of Bth August, 1800.
ART. X.—This law comes into operation on the Ist of
January, 1850.
We order and command that the present be inserted in
the Staatsblad, 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.
(Signed) WILLIAM.
The Minister of Finance,
(Signed) VROLIK.
Issued the 2lth of July, 1853.
The Director of the King's Cabinet,
(Signed) DE KOCK.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

Royal South Lincoln Militia—William Hervey Wood-
house, Esq., to be Captain, vice Johnson, deceased ; Mon-
t%gue Stephen Williams, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vise
Woodhouse, promoted.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—James Henry Neilson, Esq., to be Lieute-
nant.

Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Assistant-Sur-
geon Thomas Delamaiu Wheatley to bo Surgeon, ♦ico
Fidler, resigned.

East: York Regiment of Militia—Captain John William
Fleming Sandwith, late 3,1 European Bombay Regiment,
to be Paymaster, vice Ramsay, Acting Paymaster.
Leicestershire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant John
Mathew to be Captain ; Edward Joseph Crane, Gent., to
be Ensign. _ _

Edinburgh (County) Regiment of Militia—Ensign Sin-
clair to bo Lieutenant, vice Innes, resigned ; Ensign Pott
to lie Lieutenant, vice Murray, appointed to the 72d Foot.
[This appointment is substituted for that which ap-
peared in the Gazette of Friday, the 26th Oct. last
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia—Edward a' Wood Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign.

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Di,a . 21, at hal !Tad tWalVas at the etnrei
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashurts,
Son, and Morris, Old Jewry.
Thomas Wilkey, emery and glass paper manufacturer,
Prospect-place, Walworth•road, Nov. 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 Dec. 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.
Strnuel Judkins, baker, Sheffield, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official
assignee, Sheffield; Dixon and Blackwell, Sheffield.
Richard Kettle, draper, Sheffield, Nov. 24 and Dec. 22,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, officialassignee, assignee, Skeffield ; bole 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; Sheild 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; Motterain and Knight, Bir-
mingham. _ _ _

Thomas Lewis, builder, Bath, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acramon, 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, Thorne's, and Hollans, Mincing-
lane.

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

John Carter Lucas ant? Thomas Lucas, wholesale drug•
gists, Aldersgate-street, City, Nov. 15, at two, and Dec.
15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ponncll, 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 Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official amignee, Basinghall-street; N.wstead,
Ely-place, Holborn.

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

Country Markets.

LIVERPOOL—Nov. 6.

Though the business was not extensive, the demand was
generally good. New and old wheat about 2d per bushel
advance since Tuesday. Indian corn, is per qr. advance.
American flour 3s 6d per barrel, and Spanish is Gd to 2s
per sack higher. English flour only brought full rates,
and not free of sale. Oats, beans, and other artichs of the
trade were not mach in request, and no material alteration
was observable in quotations.