The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

LINCOLN RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TBLEGRAPB.)

BROCKLESBY STAKES.

4

TYRO STAKES.

QUEEN'S PLATE.

Two ran. Won easy.
BI7RLEIGH STAKES.

Four ran

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

DAY OF THANKSGIVING.
At the Court at Balmoral, the 24th day of September,
1855, Present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.
It is this day ordered, by her Majesty in Council, that
his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form
of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the sig-
nal and repeated successes obtained by the troops of her
Majesty, and by those of her Allie 3, in the Crimea, and
especially for the capture of tl-e town of Sebastopol ; and
that such Farm of Prayer and Thanksgiving be used in all
churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunday the thirtieth day
of this instant September, or upon the Sunday after the
ministers of such churches and chapels shall respectively
receive the same.
And it is hereby further ordered that her Majesty's
Printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies
of the said Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving, in order
that the same may be forthwith sent round and read in the
several churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in
the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. C. C. GREVILLE.
At the Court at Balmoral, the 24th day of September,
1855, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty i❑
Council.

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It is this day ordered, by her Majesty in Connell, that all
ministers and preachers, as well of the Established Church
in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as of the
Episcopal Communion protected and allowed by act
passed in the tenth year of the reign of her Majesty
Queen Anne, cap. 7, do, at some time during the exercise
of Divine Service in their churches, congregations, or as-
semblies, on Sunday the thirtieth day of this instant Sep-
tember, or on the Sunday after the Ministers or Preachers
of such churches, congregations, or assemblies respec-
tively shall be enabled so to do, put up Prayers and '
ThaLksgivings to Almighty God for the signal and repeated
successes obtained by the troops of her Majesty, and by
those of her Allies, in the Crimea, and especially for the
capture of the town of Sebastopol. _ _

C. C. GREVILLE.
FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 30.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Richard Wood, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Damas-
cus, to be her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in the
Regency of Tunis.
DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 20.
The Queen has bee❑ pleased to appoint Victor Honiton,
Esq., to be Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta ;
Vincenzo Mamo, Esq., to be Cashier to the Treasury Gaetano Sciortino, Esq., to be Second Assistant in the
Chief Secretary's Office; and Guiseppe Montanaro, Esq ,
to be Collector of Land Revenue for the said island.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Anthony
O'Grady Lefoy, Esq., to be Treasurer and Collector of In-
ternal Revenue for the colony of Western Australia.
BOARD OF Tit +DE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25,
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have receivt d,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Acting Consul at,
Lisbon, enclosing a decree, recently published in the King-
dom of Portugal, which imposes a tine of 400 milreas upon
any master or commander of a British ship who may ad-
mit passengers or emigrants on board his ship, without
passports from the competent authority, or who, on receiv-
ing the visit or clearance, shall omit to present the list of
passengers on board such ship.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received a
despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Rotterdam, enclos-
ing. a notice to mariners, issued by the Netherlands Minis-
ter of Marine, respecting a new floating beacon at the so-
called Steep Point of Ouster Sandbank, a translation of
which is subjoined :

Marine Department.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Minister of Marine hereby gives notice, that at fully
three cable lengths to the north-west of the so-called Steep
Point of the Ooster (Sandbank), a large anchor buoy-
shaped beacon has been placed, the top of which is paint, d
white, and the remainder with black and white voitieal
stripes ; on the top of the beacon is a triangle painted with
similar strires.
The above Beacon is situated in the following landmarks
and bearings :
The church of Haamstedo on the east slope of the long
white sand-hill, a little to the west of the level.
The steeple of Goedereede on the most westerly summit.
of the sand-hill, to the east of the five boulders of the
westhoofd (We-thead).
In these bearings :
The tower of the revolving light on Sehonwen S. W.
The Lighthouse on the north coast of Sehonwen S.E. by
E. slightly East.
The steeple of Goedereede E.S.E. A E. by unadjusted
compass, in 8 fathoms or 150 palms' depth, at ordinary
low water.
This Beacon is distinctly visible at a distance of a Ger-
man mile from the deck of a pilot boat, the eye being 4
ells above the surface of the water, and by the black and
white stripes can likewise be easily distinguished at a eon- ,
siderable distance from the similar shaped beacons which
are placed on the Banjaard, but which are painted entirely
white.
The placing of the last-mentioned Beacons was publicly
announced by notice of the 19th August, 1851.
The Hagu 3, 19th September.

- The Minister aforesaid.
(Signed) DE SHIT V. D. BROECEE.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 25.
Gith Regiment of Foot-3lajor-General James Freeth,
Quartermaster-General of the Army, to be Colonel, vico
General Sir Ri, hard Bourke, K.C.8., deceased.
Ist West India Regiment —Lieutenant-General Sir Geo.
Bowles. K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir George
T. Napier, K.C.8., deceased.

WAR OFFICE, SHPT. 25.
4th Regiment of Dragon Guaras_Lieutenant
G.
M.
Morgan to he Captain, by purchase, vice Webb, who re-
tires; Lieutenant Robert Gunter to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Brigstocke, who retires ; Cornet G. A. Muttle-
bury to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morgan.
13th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Holden to be Me-
jor, by purchase, vice Gore, who retires ; Lieutenant I%
R. King to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Holden, Cornet
Henry 0. Munn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet H. B. Wright from the,
13th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Sewell, appointed Paymaster of the 6th Dragoon Guards.
16th Foot—Lieutenant William Armstrong to be Cap-
tam, by purchase, vice Beresford, who retires; Ensieu
str He
onnryg. Kelsall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arm-
20th Foot—Charles Verey, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur- A party of volunteers from the British Foreign Legion
chase, vice Macdonogh, promoted, will join the Provisional Battalion at Chatham to-mor-
28th Foot—Lieutenant James Williams to be Captain, row, to the number of 17 men, for the 83d Regiment,
by purchase, vice Ramadge, who retires; Ensign ,J, W. to be draughted out to India, they being British subjects.
Kingsley to be Lieutenant, without puroh,se, eiee The oldest of that pleiad of men of talent who for
Williams.
years shed lustre upon the parliamentary tribune of the
32d Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Ben- Grand Duchy of Baden, Adam Itztein, died at Hall
nett is Elkins, and not Elkias, as previously stated. 7.arten on the 14th of Sptrb r at the ae fBO
33d Foot—Serjeant-Major George Toseland, from the Itztein was one of the moste ewnoreth'y and venerableo re:
Grenadier Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase ; En- eitstives of liberal ideas in Germany, and his name
pres
sign G. Toseland to be Adjutant, vice Tient, who resigns ,
.0 the Adjutantcy only. al WaVB c mmat,ded general esteem and consideration.
Frig friends in Alsatia
38th Foot—William Gerard Byron, Gent., to be Eu- -- .the
ey there—will,
r enlightenede will,
;tab" mournhe leaves
fo rm
on hearing of his d ,
sign, by purchase, vice Grieve, promoted.
the great
39th Foot—To be Ensigns, bypurchase—Copuer Francis iorator which Germany has lost.—
).-Itriot and
Oldfield, gent., vice Smith, promoted ; Samuel Fyson, . Courrier du Bas Rhin.

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