The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

LONDON GAZETTE—(Ts Evening.)

FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 30.
The Queen has been. graciously pleased to appoint Allan
Wallis, Esq., now British Vice-Consul, to be her Majesty's
Consul at
at San Jose, in the Republic of Costa Rica.
FOREIGN OFFICE, DEc. 3.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. de
Castelnau as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, for his
Majesty the Emperor of the French.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 3.
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-General at Leip-
zic, reporting the appearance of an Imperial Decree in the
Gazette of Si. Petersburg, prohibiting the exportation of
corn and grain from the whole European frontier of Rus-
sia, as well as from the Kingdom of Poland, wheat, how-
ever, being allowed to be exported from the Customs' sta-
tions of the latter country.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 3.

The Right Hon. 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 de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Hamburg,
forwarding a translation of a further notification respect-
ing the levying of a rate on ships, in consequence of the
completion of the deepening of the Trave and its estuary,
of which the following is a copy :
Whereas in the notification of the 29th of February,
1840, respecting the levying of a rate in consequence of
the measures taken for deepening the Trave and its estuary,
a proviso having been made for raising this rate after the
completion of the works executed in conformity with the
plan for the regulation of the river, and the Senate, in
accordance with the Commoners (Bnrgerschafft) having
decided that the said works being now completed, the rate
in question shall be raised, the Senate, conformable to this
joint decision, annulling at the same time the dispositions
contained in the notification of the 29th of Felernary,
1840, hereby decrees and publicly make known as follows :
1. From this Ist of January, 1856, all sailing vessels and
steamers of more than 30 lasts burden, arriving or leaving
here, will have to pay the rate levied for deepening the
Trave according to the following tariff :
A. Laden, 6 schilling per last of 4,1201b5.'
B. Exceptionally when laden with timer, 4 schilling
per last of 4,12e1b5.
C. In ballast or empty, 2 schilling per last of 4,1201b5.
2. The rate will be collected by the Customs and Excise
Department, according to the tonnage ascertained by
Lubeck measurement, and the certifi.:ate of measurement
granted thereon, conformable to the instructions annexed
to the decree of the 30th of January, 1850, respecting the
measurement of sea-going vessels, and has to be paid on
entry and departure, and by sailing vessels at the same
time as the tonirge dues.

3. Ships laden to not more than one-tenth part of their
total capacity pay as empty ships, two schilling, per last.
Ships which, besides timber, are also partly laden with
other goods, pay, when such goods fill a space not exceed-
ing one-tenth of the total capacity of the vessel, the rate
of timber-laden ships, four schilling per last.
Whoever lays claim to one of the two exceptional cases
above mentioned, has to certify the same to the Customs
and Excise Department ; for which, as a rule, the bill of
lading for inward, and a ship broker's certificate for out-
ward bound vessels, will suffice ; the Customs and Excise
Department retaining, however, the right of ordering a
search to be made when expedient.
4. Mail packet-ships, and other vessels sailing under
state flags, are, as such, not subjected to the rate levied
for deepening the Trave ; but mail packet-ships, carrying
passengers or goods, will have to pay the rate conformable
to the above regulations.
And also the following translation of a Supplement to
the above Notification :

Tho regulations contained in the Notification of Feb. 29,
1840, relative to the rate for the deepening of the Trave,
together with the dispositions respecting the Dredging
tines, taken from the said notification, and incorporated
(under 7) in the decree of January 30, 1850, respecting the
shipping dues for sea traffic and the passage on the Lower
Trave, shall, upon and from January 1, 1856, cease to
Operate (be repealed).

* 13 schilling currency = 1 shilling sterling.
1 Lubeck lb. = I'o7 lb. avoirdupois.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 4.

Sth Light Dragoons—Major-General George Charles,
Earl of Lucan, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir
John Brown, deceased.
MEMORANDII3I.—Major-George Charles, Earl of Lucan,
!C.0.D., has repaid the difnrence between the full price of
a cavalry and infantry Lieutenant-Colonelcy, which lie
received on exchanging from the 17th Light Dragoons to
half-pay unattached on the 14th April, 1537.