The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-23 00:00:00

FRUIT.

The following despatch is from a reliable source :

The batteries armed upon the 18th immediately after the
storming of the forts opened fire at 4 p.m. the same day
upon the batteries on Alsen, one of which, near Sonderborg
is said to be provided with Armstrongs. The cannonade
lasted until night. 2,500 Danes have been brought through
Flensburg. Gen. von Raven has undergone amputation.

LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening.

CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 20.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR.

LIADIENT.

County of Fife—Sir Robert Anstruther, of Balcaskie,
Bart., in the room of James Hay Erskine Wemyss, Esq.,
deceased.

APRIL 21.

Borough of Pontefract—Hugh Culling Eardley Childers,
Esq., one of the Commissioners for executing t tie office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland.

WINDSOR CASTLE, APRIL 18.

This day had audience of Her Mtijesty :
The Baron de Cetto, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the King of Bavaria, to deliver his
new credentials ;
And Monsieur de Quaade, Minister for Foreign Affairs
of the King of Denmark, Monsieur de Bille, Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from His Danish
Majesty, and Monsieur de Krieger, Plenipotentiaries to the
Conferences about to be held in London with a view to the
restoration of Peace in the north of Europe ;
To which audiences they were respectively introduced
by Earl Russell, Her Majesty's Principal. Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 21.

The Queen hos been pleased to direct letters
patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and
appointing the Most Noble Edward Adolphus Duke of
Somerset, K.G.; Vico-Admiral the Honourable Sir Fred°.
rick William Grey, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Charles Eden,
C. 8.; Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick; Rear-Admiral
the Honourable James Robert Drummond, C.B. ; and
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esq., to be her Majesty's
Commissioners for executing the (,tlice of L Id High Ad.
miral of the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories there-
unto belonging,

BANKRUPTS,
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im.
portance in the Gazette :
Robert Kidwell, brewer, Birmingham
John Revis, baker, Nottingham
Thomas Perkins, grocer, Kentish-rows
IVin, Paterson' tailor, Caute:bury
John Rmberto,builder, Camden-town
John Pay, draper, Ellesmere
William Acock, grocer, Maidenhead

Pourse of the Exchange.--Yesterday.

,kinsterdw ........ Short 11 16} 11 17}Ditto .... .. 1 Month!, 12 0 12 Of
Rotterdam ..., — 12 0 12 Ot
Antwerp • • --- 25 57i 25 62f
Brussels — 25 57t 25 62
llamburgh — 13 si 13 B,t
Paris .. Short. 25 90 25 30
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine ..... 110} 119 f
Vienna
Trieste
.. --11 75 11 80
Petersburgh ... — 331 33
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
G Np Palermo,,,,, Milan
nipeul
rea,
Naples
0..
.........................
.222:555 (6666_;771.51/ 22:2,5°555 77777121
Messina
Lisbon
0 port o ... - . _
_ 51i
511 52h
t", 2
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... 1:3 17 c,
Mexican Dollars .......... ._
Silver in Bars (Standard)
.. 0 0 0

SIGNOR ROBERTI'S MASS, excited some
attention when it was performed at the Erompton Oratory,
was, we learn from 2he Orchestra, the other day given of
Edinburgh.

FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS TO MEXICO.--The Vera
Cruz, which left St. Nazaire on the 16th, took 74 passen-
gers and a large cargo ; the Tampico, which came in the day
after, brought 154 passengers, and, in addition to 30 tong
of pc,d9t 540,000 dole: on freight,