The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-12 00:00:00

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Bic. ito Janeiro, April 13, 1855.
My Lord,—l have the honour of transmitting herewith
an extract, in copy and translation, from a report of the
Head of the Pilotage Department of Rio Grande do Sul,
relative to the state of the bar at that port,- which has been
communicated to me by the Brazilian Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Viscount Abnete, iu a circular note,
dated the 10th instant. The information contained in
this extract, and which his Excellency appears to
wish should be made known to foreign commerce
relates to the draught of water which should not be ex-
ceeded by vessels frequenting the port of Rio Grande in
the present state of the Bar.
In the same note Viscount Abaete acquaints me, that
his Majesty the Emperor has sent Lieutenant. -Colonel
Jer-
din, of the Engineers, to Rio Grande, to study and pro-
pose the means which may be employed for satisfying the
want experienced by that province, of a permanent and
accessible entrance to the vessels employed in commerce
with it; and that the Imperial Government awaits the re-
port of that officer in order to take measures which may
tend to facilitate that commerce.

Having communicated to Viscount Abaete, for the con-
sideration of the Imperial Government, the copy of a
letter transmitted to me by Mr. Consul Vereker, which
was addressed on the 15th ultimo, to the President of the
province of Rio Grande do Sul, by the prinoipal members
of the oonouler body at that port, suggesting various ame-
liorations in the arrangements concerning the bar, his
Excellency has repeated to me in a note, dated the 11th
irmtant, his above-mentioned statement r&ative to Colonel
Jardine'e mission, aiding that he is persuaded that the
latter officer will not fail to take into due consideration
the measures proposed in that representation.—l have, &c,
(Signed) HENRY F. HOWARD.
The Earl of Clarendon, K.G.,
&c. ko. &c.
(Copy.)
Extract from the report of Lieutenant Rodrigo Antonio
tie Lamare, Harbour Master of the port of Rio Grande
de Sm. Pedro do Sul, respecting the bar of that port.
(Translation.)
_ _

" The only means of which the commercial body can
avail itself, until an improvement is effected at the Bar, is
that of employing vessels which do not draw more than 14
to 15 palms* of water, because the Bar when smooth, and
at the full, never exceeds 16 to 1622 palms-{ depth of water,
and that is not always bhe case ; whereas, when the waters
diminish, the quantity on the:Bar is reduced to 11 and 12
palms::: besides which the rapidity of the flow and ebb is
most extraordinary, so that frequently the transition from
very low to high water on the Bar takes place in fifteen
minutes."

Ponta!, at the Bar of Rio Grande do Sul, 15th January,
1855.

(Signed)
RODRIGO ANTONIO DE LIMARE, First Lieutenant
in charge of the Pilotage of the Bar.

* 10 ft. 6 inches to 11 ft. 3 inches.
t 12 ft. to 12 ft. 4 inches.
::: 8 ft. 3 inches to 9 ft.

COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.

let Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Francis
John Bellew, Gent., to be Paymaster.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

County of Stirling—John Murray, Esq., to be Vice-
Lieutenant.

County of Suffolk—Hugh Edward Adair, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
Tower Hamlets—George Henry Money, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—Lieu•
tenant Coles Lewis Harris to be Captain, vice Webster,
who retires ; Ensign John Robert Conway Hickson to be
Lieutenant, vice Cannon, who retires ; Ensign Alexander
Milford Sutherland to be Lieutenant, vice Harris.
William Smythe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of
Perthshire.

Regiment of Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Lieutenant
David Robertson Williamson to be Captain ; Joseph Cohl-
mann Smythe, late of the 62d Regiment of Aot, to be
Lieutenant.

Royal Cardigan Militia—Jenkin Jones Thomas, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Athelstan Owen Powell, resigned.
Royal Anglesey Militia—Walter Hill, Gent., to be En-
sign,
76th or Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of
Militia—Wm. Ganders Walter, Esq., to be Ensign.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Philip Batty,
Gent., to be Ensign.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Wm. John Burford Standidge, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Constable, promoted. _ .

sth or itOyal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia—Ensign Charles Jaquat to be Lieutenant,
vice Pratt, resigned. _ _

Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia—George Ro-
bertson, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia.—
Lieutenant Thomas Ellames Withington to be Captain,
vice Strickland, resigned ; Ensign George William Read;
to be Lieutenant, vice Withington, promoted ; Richard
Carr, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Sidgreaves, promoted ;‘
Thomas James Eccles, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Reade,
promoted.
Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia.—
Frederick Henry Mainwaring, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Tumor, appointed to the 68th Foot.
2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Frederick Charles Ashworth, Esq., late 19th Foot, to be
Captain; Charles Guy Trafford, Esq., late 65th Regiment,
to be Captain ; Ensign Joseph Laing to be Lieutenant ;
Ensign Edward George McDougall Ick to be Lieutenant ;
Augustus Romaine Grant de Yana, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant.

3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Michael Thunder, Gent., to be Ensign.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Thomas Garde
Dunlin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cairness, resigned ;
Charles Henry Stafford Jones, Gent., to be Lieutenant :
Arthur Cooper, Gent., to be Ensign,
2d West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—
William Horn, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Clarke, pro-
moted.
East Kent Regiment of Mounted Rifles— Loftus Leigh
Pemberton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Briscoe, resigned ;
John Bridge, Gent., to be Cornet.
BA NKR UP TS.I
Thomas Scully and Edward Scully, cheesemongers,
Curtain-road, Shoroditch, to surrender, June 21, at one,
and July 25, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers;
Gnlsworthy, Old Jewry-chambers.
William Strahan, Sir John Dean Paul, baronet, and
Robert Makin Bates, bankers, Strand, June 25, at eleven,
and July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Mcorgate-street ; Laurance, Plows,
and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
John Vowe, oilman, Old Kent-road, Surrey, June 22,
at two, and July 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Sole, Turner, and
Turner, Aldermanbury.
ston, official assignee, Birminar,ham;
Anthony Birch, grocer,'
Birmingham,June and July
20, at eleven, at the Birmingham inginitctC, B•
Hawk3eus,rt.Birmititweg:
Birming-
ham.
James Weymouth, stationer: Taunton, Somerset-
shire, June 20 and July 12, at ? one, at the Exeter District
Court. Hirtzel, aficial assignee,
Exeter ; Penny, Tann-
toni Stogdon, Exeter.
William Davis, boot and shoo manufacturer, Birming-

ham, June 23 and July 20, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
Thomas Morse, wine and spirit merchant, North-ter-
race, South-street, Grosvenor-square, June 22, at one, and
July 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Fitch, Southampton-
street, Bloomsbury.
Henry Peaty, grocer, Bristol, June 25 and July 24, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official as-
signee, Bristol ; Henderson, Howard, and Wilcocks,
Bristol.
Hermann Briebach, baker, Middlesex-street, Aldgate,
June 21, at one, and July 26, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
G. and E. Hilleary, Fenchurch-buildings.
Susan Lyons, draper, Tavistock, Devonshire, June 20
and July 12, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt-
zel, official assignee, Exeter ; Rooker, Lavers, and
Matthews, Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter.
Charles Richards, draper, Wrexham, June 22, and July
13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi-
cial assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
Orlando Thomas Newton, publican, Liverpool, June 25,
at twelve, and July 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hig-
son and Robson, Manchester ; Littledale and Bardswell,

Liverpool.
Joseph Jackson, draper, Liverpool, June 22, and July
19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool • Greatley, Liverpool.
Isaac Mottershead, builder, Macclesfield, June 27, and
July 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Parrott, Colville,
and May, Macclesfield.
John Parker Hall the younger, drysalter and shipowner,
Liverpool, June 25 and July 16, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool;
Neal and Martin, Liverpool.
Alexander Peat, boot and shoe manufacturer, Manches-
ter, June 25 and July 17, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Stansall, official assignee, Manchester;
Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester.
Albion Paris Dresser, machinist, Manchester, July 22
and June 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinsons and
Last, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
- -

Thomas Birk, engineer, Glasgow, June 21, at one, with-
in the Franklin Temperance Hotel George-square, Glas-
gow.
John Logan, grain dealer, Hamilton, June 21, at twelve,
within the King's Arms, Hamilton.
Alexander Davidson, wright, now deceased, lately resid-
ing at Mnirtown of Durno, Aberdeenshire, June 20, at
ono, within the Society of Advocates' Buildings, Aber-
deen. . . .

John Laing, late farmer, Collinton Mains, June 21,
at two, within Dowells and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh.
Robert Reid, merchant, Arbroath, June 15, at one,
within Bruce's Hotel, Arbroath.

ANGE.—Trais DIY.

Gibraltar ...... •••• • • • •
Leghorn .. •• 30 0
Genoa •• •• •• 25 4734
Milan'...... • • • • •• • • ••
Venice.... .... • • • • • • ••
Naples . 44
Palermo ...... 131%
Messina . 132
Lisbon
Oporto .......... ••• • • • 53M
Rio Janeiro ..... . • • ....
Buenos ..........
New—
New York, 60 days' sight
Philadelphia • • ... • ....
PRICES OF BITLLICN, PER OZ.
Foreign Geld in Bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 0 0
Silver in bars • 0 5 1