The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-28 00:00:00

LO N ;,N, WRD N ESDAY EVEN IN G, MARCH 28, 1855.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST IVIGII7I.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 13.

Notice is hereby given,lhat her Majesty will 'hold 6
Drawing-Room at S. James's Palace, on Thursday the
29th instant, at two 'o'clselt.
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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARou 27.
Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of
Windsor Castle will be closed on and aftar the 23th in-
stant, until further orders.
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- -FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARen 2G. •
The Queen has been. pleased to approve of Signor Ales-
sandro Wendling as Vice-Consul at Malta for his Majesty

the King of the Two Sicilies.
• - FOREIGN-OFFICE, Mrami 27.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Bernhard
*Liebeler, as Consul-General in London for the Free City of
Frankfort.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 2G.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Ker Bailie Ha-
milton; EN ~. now Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the island of Newfoundland and its dependencies,
tobe Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the
islands of Antigua, Montserrat, Barbuda, St. Christopher,
Nevis, Anguilla, the Virgin Islands, and Dominica. .
Tier 31,.,jesty han also been pleased to appoint Charles
Henry Darling, Esq., late Lieutenant-Governor of the
colony of the Cape of Good Hope, to be administrator of
he Government of the Island of Newfoundland, and its
dependencies.

WHITEHALL, M&RCH 26.
' The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. GeOrge
Stewart Burns to the church and parish of Orr, alias Urr,
in, the Ete,wartry of Kirkcudbright, and Presbytery of
Dumfzi•~s, vacant by the death of the Rev. George Mack-
wight Burnside.

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• WAR-OFFICE, MARcH 27.
. , Scots Fusilier Guards—Captain John Scott, from the
79th Foot, a be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,
vice Bulwer, who retires, March 27.
79th Regiment of Foot Lieutenant Philip Percival to
be Captain, by purchase,•vico Scott, promoted in the Scots
Fusilier Guards, March 27.
Rifle Brigade—David -Alexander Gordon, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, March 21.

Bankruptcy. Ni3hols)n,. official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Geprge Hoffmann, brewer, Park-terrace, Park-road,
Claphatn,lApril 4, at half-past two, and May 2, at half-
past ode, o,t the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
asAignee ; 'De Jersey and Son, St. Ann Aane, City.
Robert '33,thor, rosin distiller,. Deptford, April• 17, at
two,. and day 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Leo, official assiguee, Aldermanbury ; I icholl, Essex-
strect,'Stracd. •, ,

William Cornish; grocer and draper, Great Thrtrlow,
Suffolk, April. 4, at half-past one, and MaysB, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stanzitia, official assignee;
Sole, Turner, and. Turner, Aldermanbury.
George Bercsford, carver, gilder, &c., Wych-street,
Strand; April 4, it twelve, and MayB, at half-past twelie,
at the Cotirt of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Levy, Arundel-street.
n d el-s tree
William Gilison, innkeeper, Alford, Lincolnshire, April
18 and May 9, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Brackenbury, Alford,
Lincolnshire.
Thomas Hastings Irwin, share breker, Northport, April
11 and May 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Lace, Rigge, and
Roscoe, Liverpool.
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. INSOLVENT. PETITIONERS.
J. T. 113711, Lime.-street, City, mmical clock maker—
T. S. Williams, Grange road, Bermondsey, schoolmaster
—\V. Lee, Turk-street. Bothnal-green, out of business—B.'
Batt, Nichol-spiare, Hackney-road, carpenter—T. Tring;
Wilton-street, -Finsbury-square,- brush manufacturer—S'.
I. Howell, Aske-terrace, Haxton Now-town, wholesale
milliner—W. Lucas, Harriett-street, Fulham-road, builder
—IL Cox, Alpha-road, St. John's-wood, collecting clerk—
G. Callingham,•Ewell, Surrey, plumber—R. Caless, Wim-
bledon, Surrey, plumber—J. Birch, Harland-square,
Kin g=land-road, journeyman saddle-tree maker—R. Harris
Praed-etreet, Paddington, oilman--J. -Barr, Heath-lare
Twickenham, earr 1-Zietht, Woolts'ich, atewanj.
of the Warrior hulk—R. Mopsey, Victoria-terrace, Ken-
sington, accountant—J. P. D. Camp, Wood-stree+. and
Church-street, Spitalfields, stati ner—W. Walker, Cleve-
land-street, Pimlico, schoolmaster—S'. Fowling, • Black-
friars-road, carman—E. C. Vine, Abbey-street. Bermond-
sey, stayinaker—S. Cole, Manchester-street, Manchester-
square, portrait painter-0. Gudston, York-road, Lam-
beth—A. G. Athly, Union-street, Kingsland-road, baker—
s. Newman, South Mims, Middlesex, tailor—J. H. Tully,
Southampton-street, Strand, professor of music—Flora
Petit, Alpha-road, St. John's-wood.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Walter Cobbett,BeaT-garden, Southwark, plumber-21
div. of Is. 10d., on new proofs, March 28, and three sah-
sequent Wednesdays, at Elwarde's, Sambrook-court.
Thomas Waghern, Rochester, Seat, draper—lst div. of
's. 2d., March 29, and three subsequent Thursdays, at
Stan fold's, Basinghall-street.
Edward Hopewell and Anthony Thacker, Leadenhall-
street, Cicy, outfitters—Final div. of 40. March 29, and
three subsequent Thursday's, at Stanfela's, Basinghall-
street.

Ebenezer Heath, Bridge House-place, Newington-cause-
way, leatherseller-Ist dia. of 2s. 7d., March 29, and three
subsequent Thursdays, at Graham's, Coleman-street.
Henry Hill, High-street, Hampstead, builder—let div.
of l lid., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Baainghall-street.
Benjamin West, Fleet-street, City, and St. James's-
walk, Clerkenwell, bookseller-2d div. of 2s. 4d., any
-Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basieghall-street.
Charles Staples and John Coll) er, Southampton, ship
plumbers—lst div. of 10s., any, Wed aesday, at Whitmore's,
Basinghall-street.
John Doddoridge Humphreys, New Wharf-road, Cale-
donian-road, enzineer--Ist div. of Is. Hid., any Wednes-
day, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
James Russell, Chichester, cabinet maker—lst dia. of
ss. 3id., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
Thomas Allison Readwin, Winchester-buildings, Great'
Winchester street, City, dealer in shares—let dia. of 9d.,
any 'Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
Thomas Burton, Hagley, Worcestershire, builder—let
div. of Sc. 30., any Friday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham.

NAVAL AND 2.IILITABY INTELLIGENCE.

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Yesterday adviees were riceived under date March 17
and 18, from Dantzic and Frederickshaven, announcing
that the navigation had opened. At Memel, on the 18th
inst., no ice had been seen seaward for several days pre-
vious. At Riga, on the 17th March, the ice remained
unaltered. Numbers of vessels had entered the port of
Elsinore since the 20th of March, from London, Liver-
pool, eze.

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The fleet at Spithead partially got up steam again
yesterday to take up their berths more accurately, the
movement of the previous-day haring been considerably
bungled by some of the ships. They are now moored
in better order. There are about 500 seamen needed to
man the fleet at Spithead. Rear-Admiral Dundas, the
Commander-in Chief, will return and rehoist his flag on
board the Duke of Wellington this day, and it is now re,
ported in the force that the fleet will sail on Monday,
next. All the quarterly bills of the officers will be paid
on Saturday. Her Majesty is nut expected to see them
off. The Gorgon, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Craw-
ford, joined on Monday evening ; and the Harrier, Ro-
samond, Pembroke, Hastings, James Watt, Russell,
Hawke, Cornwallis, and others, may be expected to drop
in by the time of sailing.
The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Captain Hillyar,
arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Black Sea. She
left Balaltlava on the 2d ult., Constantinople on the 9th,
Malts on the 27th, and Gibraltar en the 14th inst. ; at
the last date the Miele, 6, paddle sloop, Commander
Hawker, which had been ashore at Neutral Passage,
was nearly refitted for a voyage to Malta, to be docked.
The Malacca brought home Lieutenant Mableham, of
the Royal Horse Artillery, Lieutenant Owens, of the
33d (late Serjeant-Major, promoted for his distinguished
gallantry at Inkerman),- and 30 wounded and sick in-
valids ; five died on the voyage. She made a tedious pas-
sage, owing to strong contrary winds, against which she
was unable to make headway with her steam. The in-
valids thus brought were 'andel yesterday, and shared
the bounties distributed by Major-3eneral and Lady
Smith, at the garrison hospital, consisting of clothing,
personal comforts, and nourishing confections. Major-
General and Mrs. Bentinck have also forwarded a quan-
tity of similar good things for Sir Frederick and Lady
Smith to distribute among the sick.
'The Decay hired sailing transport No. 96, embarked
80 artillery horses at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday
for the seat of war. They were hoisted in by slings ;18
of them are for the Royal Horse Artillery, with which
18 men proceed.- The ranainder of tbe horses for the
artillery employed with the army, amounting to 200, are
to be sent to Scutari, where they will be formed by the
detachments accompanying them into depot, and trained
and forwarded to the forces as required. The men of the
Artillery who form these detachments are selected fur
that duty.
The Hansa, steam-transport No. 206, went alongside
`.he dockyard jetty at Portsmouth yesterday to get a
supply of coals. She is being surveyed by the dockyard
officers, and will need some repairs and fittings before
being employed in the Government troop transport ser-
vice. She was in the German navy, and carried the
commodore of that service. She mounted ten great

guns.
A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral Seymour,
President, Captains Codrington, Sir T. Maitland, Mundy,
Elliott, Ramsay, Hope, Warren, G. Elliot, Pelham (Cap-
tain of the Fleet), Stopford, Denman, and George Sey-
mour, assembled yesterday morning on board her Ma-
jesty's ship Victory, to try William Thotnas, a private of
the Royal Marines, serving on board the St. George,
120, at Spithead, on charges of drunkenness, on board, on
the 17th inst., disobedience of orders, and using abusive
language towards his superior officer, Lieut. Symons.
The prisoner appeared to be a youth of about 19. He
admitted his fault, and said that he had not been per-
mitted to go ashore for a considerable time, and that
during that period he had received 121. pay, and had not
been allowed to leave to spend a fraction of it. Lieut.
Symons said his character had been good up to the time
of the offence. The Court adjuged the prisoner, "on
account of his youth," to receive only 24 lashes onboard
the St. George, and to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour in the county gaol of Winchester for the term of
3 calendar months. John Butler, a private of marines,
also of the St. George, who was called up as a witness
by,the Court who tried his companion Thomas, gave
his evidence in a manner which the court considered so
partial, with the view of screening his comrade, whom
he had himself taken into custody and placed in irons,
that they gave him into the custody of the then acting
Provost Marshal, and summarily sentenced him to two
months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in Winchester
gaol.
Her, MatestO bird the Prince Consort's bounty (a
clonition 3001. • and a conditional promise of 2001.
rnoreYtowaitin- the Portsmouth Royal Sailors' Home,
encouraged till; directors to tke measures for carrying
immediately into effect the much needed enlargement of
that institution:

PPOINTMENTS,
Lieutenants—Jarnes W. Vaughan, from the Britannia
to the James Watt ; -Joseph Marryatt, to the Hawke,
for service in •the Clinker tender ; Henry J. Grant,
from the Cressy, to the Colossus, for service in the
Dapper tender ; Francis T. Hamilton, from the St.
George to the Pembroke, for service in the Grinder
tender; William H. Truscott, from the Powerful to the
Hastings, for service in the Jasper tender.
Clerks—Henry T. Read, from the Neptune to the
Caesar ; Adolphus Albutanson, to the Duke of Welling.
ton ; Edward A. Bsrnston, to the Majestic.
Acting Clerk—Allen F. lain, to the Geyser.
Temporary Clerk—W. R. Watson to the Exmouth.
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Naval Cadet—E. C. Drummond, to the James Watt.
Boatswain—Henry A. Searle, to the Teazer.
114 civil artificers, collarmakers, wheelwrights, and
blacksmiths embarked at Woolwich on Monday, on
board one of the transport vessels ready to leare for the
Crimea.

50 non-commissioned officers and gunners of the Royal
Artillery, with 80 horses, marched from Woolwich on
:Monday, f)r the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool,
whence they are to embark for the Crimea.
There have been promoted from the East India Com-
pany's service, to have local rank in Turkey, while em-
ployed in the Turkish Contingent, 1 lieutenant-colonel
to have the local rank of colonel ; 9 majors to have the
local rank of lieutenant-colonels ; 17 captains to have
the local rank of majors • 37 lieutenants to have the
local rank of captains ; and 4 seccud-lieutenunts and 1
ensign to have the local rank of lieutenants.
Captain:South, Paymaster, Brigade of Guards, who
came home sick in the Arabia, still remains at Ports-
mouth, in very infirm healtb, from an illness contracted
in the Crimea.