The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN,

THE LONDON GAZETTE•

(THIS EVENING.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 7. 1852,
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold
a Drawing-room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday,
13th May next, at two o'clock, to celebrate her
Majesty's birth-day. N.B. The Knights of the several
orders are to appear in their collars.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 6.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ro-
bert Munroe Harrison as Consul, at Kingston, Jamaica,
for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Henry Chapman as Consul at Montreal for his Majesty
the King of Sardinia.
WHITEHALL, MAY 6.
Tne Queen has been pleased to appoint Alexander
Redgrave, Esq., to be an Inspector of Factories, in the
room of Robert John Saunders, Esq., deceased.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY s.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Earl of Sandwich, to appoint Captain Thomas Robert
McCoy, late of the 65th Regiment of Foot, one of her
Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice
Robert Bryce Haye, retired.
The Gazette of this evening contains a notice that
writs have been issued for the election of a Temporal
Peer of Ireland, in the room of Randal Edward, Baron
Dunsany, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 7.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Fran-
cis Benjamin Hallowell Carew has been permitted to
retire from the service by the sale of his commission,
May 7.
6th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Egerton
James Pratt, from the 62d Foot, to be surgeon, vice
John Murtagh, M.D. who retires upon half-pay, May 7.
10th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Robert-
son Rennie to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Inglis, pro-
moted in the 64th Foot, May 7.
21st Foot—First Lieutenant George Neeld Boldero to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Verner, who retires; Se-
cond Lieutenant Robert Wharton Wilkinson to be First
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boldero, May 7.
22d Foot—Captain Richard Butler Low, from half-
pay 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Brennan, who ex-
changes; Lieutenant John Higgin Graham to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Low, who retiree, May 7.
39th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James
John Hamilton, Bart., from half-pay Unattached, to be
Major, vice Bond, who exchanges; Captain William
Munro to be Major, by purchase, vice Sir James John
Hamilton, Bart., who retires; Lieutenant Charles Deni-
son Pedder to be Captain, by purchase, vice Munro;
Ensign William Hacks Harding Warner to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Pedder, May 7.
62d Foot—Cornelius Clark Rutherford, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Pratt, promoted in the 6th Foot,
May 7.
86th Foot—Ensign Frederick Gardner to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Wittaker, who retires, Moy 7.
Royal Malta Fennible Regiment--Ensign and Ad-
jutant Loretto Ihnavita the have the local and tempo-
rary rank of Lieutenant, May 7.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James
Joseph Roofmalecocq to be Assistant-Surgeon to the
Forces, &ice Jameson, appointed to the 87th Foot, May 7.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 4.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Fre-
derick William Craven Ord to be Second Captain, vice
Adye, promoted; Second Lieutenant Augustus Henry
King to be First Lieutenant, vice Ord ; Second Lieute-
nant Robert James Cairns to be First Lieutenant, vice
Walker, deceased, April 1.
MEMORANDIT3I.—The date of the promotion of First
Lieutenant J. K. Pickering has been altered to 25th
March, 1852,
Commissions by the Lord-Lieuten mit of Essex.
George Montagu Warren Peacocke, Esq., to be De-
puty Lieutenant; Samuel Brise Raggles Brise, Esq„ to
be Deputy Lieutenant, May 4.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
2d Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—
John Bartholomew Parker, Gent., to be Cornet, vice
Stone, resigned; Harvey Drummond, Gent., to be Cor-
net, vice White, resigned, April 12.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
Ist Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry—
Benjamin Huntsman to be Cornet, May 3.
MEMORANDUM.—The names of the .112sistant-Surgeon
of this regiment, whose commission is dated 25th March,
1852, are Robert Thomas Cooke, not Cook, as heretofore
Gazetted.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxford.
I Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—George Hall, Esq., to be Captain, vice Jones,
resigned, May 1; Lieut. Henry Barnet t to be Captain,
vice the Marquis of Blandford, M.P., re signed, May 3;
Lieutenant Benjamin John Whippy to be Captain, vice
the Honourable Henry George Spencer, deceased, May
4; Henry Elwes, Gent., to be Cornet, 'vice Wright, re-
signed; Charles Philip Duffield, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Barnett, promoted, May 6.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower
Hamlets.
Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hlimlets Militia—
George Money, Gent., to be Lieutenant , vice Chalmers,
deceased.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant; of Middlesex.
Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Francis
Dalton, Gent., to be Surgeon, April aos
Uxbricge Yeomanry Cavalry—Char bes Henry Mills,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Sleigh, resigned, April 30.
BANKRUPTS.
James Mandeno, oil and colour man, Shoreditch, to
surrender May 18, at one, and June 22, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, ()Melia] assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street; Parker, Rooke, Parker,
and Whitehouse, Bedford-row.
John Thomas, builder, Little Stanho:?e-street, May-
fair, May 17, at half-past twelve, and June 15, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, ,official assignee;
Staniland, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.,
' John Burlingham, draper, Worcester, May 18, and
June 16, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpv, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright,
Birmingham.
R. Harding, draper, Beckington, So m ersetshire, May
18, and June 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Cornish and Parnell,
Bristol.
Charles W. Woodworth, licensed vict slier, Liverpool,
May 19 and Juno 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Yates,
jun., Liverpool.

LONDON,

TEA.—The speculative demand for Congou has abated
this week; the better kinds sustain previous terms, but
inferior can be obtained at a reduction. Sales of low
quality are made at 8d to Bid, good ord sound 9id, rather
blkish loaf to blkish leaf 9id to 101 d, strong and Pekoe
kinds I Id to is 5.(1. In Souchong a good business has been
done, at the same time prices have ceased to advance,
common selling at 91 to 11d, mid to good Is to Is 3d,and
fiao Is 4d to is Bd. Few transactions have taken place in
Oolong, and more desire is evinced to sell, good to fine is
Id to Is 6d, inferior 10d to is. Pouchong remains in good
request, sound at from 6d to lid, and there is no increase
of supply at previous terms holders of Green are de-
sirous to sell, and supply is more plentiful than last
week; still large transactions have taken place; prices
for common to mid Hyson rule at is id to is 4d, good
to fine is 5d to 2s 2d, superior 2s 4d to 2s 10d; Young
Hyson, common 10d to I Id, mid to good is to I s
6d, better sorts Is 8d to 2s 2d; Gunpowder, Canton
10d to Is; Hyson kind is Id to 2s, Hyson skin 7d to ls,
Twankay 9d to Is, Caper 9d to lOid, and Scented lld
to is 4. Flowery Pekoe continues to find a free sale;
fine and superior at is 8d to 2s Bd, and other kinds is 3d
to is 7d. There is a dull trade for inferior Orange
Pekoe, with free sellers at 10d to is, but several transac-
tions have taken ulace in good to fine at is ld to is 8d
per lb.
RICE.—The demand for Java has been better for
cleaning purposes, still moderate terms have been ac-
cepted. At auction 3,352 bags were sold at 10,E 6d
to lls for good sound white, and 9s 6d to lOs 6d for
damaged. For other East India sorts the market re-
mains dull, and previous terms aro barely sustained.
Including small parcels at public sale, transactions for
the week do not exceed 3,000 tierces. Prices
for god to fine White Bengal rule at 9s 9d to
10s 6d, mid to good mid 9s to 9s 6d, broken 8s 6d to 8s
9d, cargo Bs, pinkey Madras is 9d to 8s 6d, Coringa
grain 8s 6d to 9s, pearl barley and Arracan 8s 6d to 9s,
and Moulmein 9s to 103 per cwt. Home and export de-
liveries are 300 tons greater than last year, and prices
keep lower. Sago remains in good demand, and the
previous value is well sustained, small pearl realising
15s to 18s, large and medium 21s to 245. Sago Flour
is less wanted, and can be obtained at 14s. Farina has
been dealt in with reluctance at 16s to 18s. Of Arrow-
root there is a decrease of supply, with several buyers;
Bermuda is id, St. Vincent's 3d to 7d, Brazil and East
India lid to 4f, and Tapioca Sid. The supply is less
than last week of all sorts. _ _ _

SPIRITS.—There is more activity in the market for
Demerara Rum, and several parcels have been sold
at from Is lid to 2s 3d for 30 to 42 per cent over
proof. For East India a good demrnd exists, and
Is 4d is the lowest price proof. Several transactions
have taken place in Leeward Island at is 5d to
la 61 proof. Operations in Jamaica are much larger
than they were in the preceding week, and the terms
of that period are well sustained for all purposes. Sales
of choice marks made at from 3s 4d to 4s for 35 to 38
over proof, fine 2s 10d to 3s 3d, good mid to good 30 to
34 over 2s 4d to 2s 9d, mid 2s to 2s 3d, and low 24 to 28
over is 10d to Is lld per gallon. A large demand pre-
vails for Brandy; holders have confidence, and obtain
for Cognac best Brandy of the vintage f 1851 4s 2cl
to 4s 4d, 1850 ditto 4s 51 to 4s 7d, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to
4s I Id, 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 7d to 63 6d,
low to mid 2s 4d to 4s, and Bordeaux Is lld to 2s ld.
Deliveries are again larger than last year, with every
prospect of a continuance. Trade is not better for
British made Spirit; there are selers at 93 8d to 9s 9d,
net cash; Gin 22 under proof 8s 6d, and 17 ditto 9s.
In Geneva several transactions have again taken place
at is 9d to is 10d, and fine ditto 2s ld to 2s 4d per gallon.
SPICES.—A greater demand existed for Pimento, and
the previous value is well sustained, although supply is
larger than for some time past. At auction 1,356 bgs
were sold; good mid to good at 4id to sd, low mid
to mid 4d to -lid, common 41-3 to ,qd, and damaged
31-d to 'lid per lb. For Pepper stiff rates continue to be
obtained, supply not being adequate for the demand. At
auction 1,237 bags Batavia were sold at 3id to 3id for
good clean light, one lot and one ditto at 39d for
very dusty. Privately Penang and Sumatra realised
from 3d to 5,-7,d for clean, and Malabar 311 to 4d.
White is wanted at 80 to lid; there is no increase of
supply. Cayenne met with a slow sale at lid to is per
lb. Pod is less in request, and is offered at from 38s to
54s per cwt. In Cloves little has been done, still rates
remain at ;11d to is 2d for Penang, 7d to 8d for Am-
bayns, and 6d to aid for Zanzibar. Mace is wanted ;
first sort at 2s ld to 2s 6d; other kinds Is 11d to 2s 2d. At
the previous currency there are several buyers of Nut-
megs, and few parcels are at present on the market.
Sales of fine brown made at 3s 2d to 3s 7d, good 2s 8d
to 3s, low to mid 28 to 2s 7d, and limed from la 9d to
2s 4d. The market for Cassia Lignea has a dull aspect,
and prices have generally given way 4s to 5s per cwt.
At auction 25 cases sold at 110 s to 11 Is for pile one and
two of ord quality, and mouldy 94s to 955. Cassia Vera is
cheaper; a public sale of 114 bundles went at 435, and
very thick at 35s to 365. Cassia Bads are wanted at
high terms, but none can be obtained out of first hands.
Tnero has been no public sale of Ginger; several tran-
sactions have taken place privately at prices rather above
those existing previously; African realizing 25s to 265,
Cochin 30s to 40sagood to fine 42s to 665, Jamaica 44s
to 150 s, and superior 160 s to 2205.
FPITIT.—A large business has been done in Valencia
Raisins, but at the reduced rates of 25s to 27s for new.
Sales of Denia have been made at 20 to 225. Currants
have met with a free sale and the market has a firm
tone; the rates paid for new are from 30s to 36s per cwt.
SALTPETRE.—There is no decided decline this week for
rough, yet large arrivals have taken place, whilst ex-
porters and home dealers have operated with reluctance
privately. The value of flee Calcutta is 29s 6d to 30s 6d,
good mid and good 27s to 295, other sorts 24s 6d to 26s
6d, and Madras 22s 63 to 265. At auction 1,275 bags
Calcutta were taken in at 26a 6d for 131 to 12i per
cent refraction. Deliveries of Saltpetre are nearly 1,000
tons more than in the former season. British Refined
met with a slow sale at 29s 6d to 30s, and is likely to be
cheaper. Although Nitrate of Soda is more plentiful,
still rates remain at 14s 91 to 15s, there being a good
demand.
COCHINEAL.—This afternoon a public sale of 110 bags
Honduras Cochineal went at easier rates, silvers at from
3s 8d to 3s I ld, ord to mid black 4s ld to 4s 3d, and
garbling: at lid.
INDIGO.—The quantity declared for the public sale of
the 11th May is much smaller than it has been of late,
being 6,171 in A and 1,185 in the B catalogues, total
7,356 chests, showing a fair assortment of middling and
good qualities of Bengal fit for Russian market, a mo-
derate quantity of ordinary and consuming sorts, an
unusually small proportion of dry leaf Madras (only 530
chests), and about 730 Kurpahs of middling to good
quality, well suited for export.
TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow
went at full rates; 155 pkgs South American sold at 34s
to 35s 9d for mid to good; 46 cks Grease 27s to 325;
300 cks Australian, mutton 35s 6d to 36s 9d, beef 34s to
355, 71 cks Italian 36s to 375.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS:
Lord REDESDALE took his seat on the Woolsack at
Five o'clock.

PETITIONS.

The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND presented a
petition against the grant to Maynooth.
The Earl of FEVERSHAM presented a petition from
a place in Yorkshire to the same effect.
The Earl of RODEN presented two petitions from
places in Warwickshire to the same effect.

The Earl of DERBY presented three petitions from
the city of Ross against the endowment of the Catholic
clergy.

The Earl of RODEN presented petitions from the
female inhabitants of Tyrone (3), Londonderry, and
Donegal, praying for the establishment of inspectorship
of nunneries.

LAW OF EVIDENCE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The Earl of MINTO moved the second reading of
thii Bill.

....-"—Lord LYNDHURST said he regretted that this Bill
did not go far enough, and did not allow plaintiff and
defendant to be admitted as witnesses, as was provided
by the Bill which passed last session with regard to Eng-
land. The new system had worked most admirably,
and he was happy to state this on the testimony of
Learned Judges, who like himself had at first doubted
of it. The verdicts of juries were mach more sa-
tisfactory under the new system than under the old.
He thought that, with those good effects before them,
they were additional arguments for assimilating the
practice throughout the United Kingdom. He had
already given notice of an amendment which ho
meant to propose when they went into Com-
mittee, to extend the jurisdiction of the Bill, and he
hoped that before they went into Committee the Noble
Earl would consent to adopt these amendments.
Lord CAMPBELL supported the second reading of
the Bill with the greatest pleasure, although he regretted
that it did not go further than it did, and he hoped
that his Noble and Learned Friend would not abandon
his intention to propose the amendments of which he had
given notice.
The Earl of MINTO said he should certainly not op-
pose the amendments which were proposed to be in-
serted by his Noble and Learned Friend opposite.
The Bill was then read a second time.
The Disabilities Repeal Bill was read a second time
on the motion of Lord LYNDHURST.
THIRD READINGS.
The followine, Bills were read a third time and passed:
The Linen. &e.7Manufactures.

The Loau Societies.
The Poor Relief Act Continuance.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'clock.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Amendments to th© Droitwich Junction Canal
Bill were considered and agreed to.
The following Bills were read a third time and
passed :
Deeside Railway.
Edinburgh aad Glasgow Railway.
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Merthyr Tydfil Waterworks.
The following Bills were considered and agreed to:—
Cork Improvement.
Macclesfield and Buxton Road.
Tyne Improvement.
Shillingford, Wallingford, and Reading Road, and Shil-
PETITIONS.
Mr. HASTIE presented several petitions from various
parts of Scotland against the Maynooth grant.
Mr. W. MILNES presented a petition from the Wake-
field Mechanics' Institute, praying for the repeal of all
taxes on knowleige.
Mr. FREWEN presented a petition from Essex against
the Maynooth grant.

Mr. SPOONER presented a similar petition from
Camberwell.
Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Nantwich,
in Cheshire, praying the House to take steps to put an
end to the practice of flogging juvenile offenders.
Mr. MACGREGOR presented a petition from a place
in Scotland, praying for repeal of the Tests Act; also a
petition from a body of hand-loom weavers, praying the
House to assist them to emigrate to New South Wales;
also a petition from Chelsea and Kensington, against the
Militia Bill.
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Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from Finsbury
;o the saran effect.

Mr. G. NOEL presented a petition against the May-
nooth grant.
Mr. WHITESIDE presented a petition from Ennis-
killen in favour of tenant right.
Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition against the
Charitable Trusts Bill from Selby in Yorkshire.
Mr. BROCKLEHURST presented a petition from the
Macclesfield Institution, praying the House to direct
that copies of all Parliamentary reports and other valuable
public papers may be furnished to that and similar
bodies.

Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition against the Mi-
litia Bill. _

Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from ' the pub-
lisher and proprietor of the Household Narrative of
Current Events, complaining of the conduct of the So-
merset House authorities, who had threatened to prosecute
him for publishing an illegal paper, but yet hesitated
to bring the matter in dispute to issue in a Court of
Record.

NISI PRIUS.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL gave notice that on
Monday he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to
make provision relative to the performance of the duties
of clerks in Nisi Prins and Judges' Chambers.
HOME-MADE SPIRITS.
Mr. REYNOLDS wished to ask the Chancellor of the
Exchequer if it be the intention of her Majesty's Go-
vernment, during the present session of Parliament, to
introduce a Bill to place the manufacturers of and
dealers in home-made spirits on a footing of equality (as
regards allowance for leakage and evaporation) with the
importers of and dealers in foreign and colonial spirits.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was not the intention of Government in the present
Parliament to introduce any measure which could have
the effect of altering the means or method of raising
the revenue.—(Hear, hear.) In coming to that reso-
lution the Goverment thought they had arrived at a de-
termination in unison with the feelings of the majority
of the House.—(Hear hear.)
BRITISH MUSEUM.

Mr. lIEYWOODwished Co—aslcSir Robert Harry
Inglis, if the trustees of the British Museum had con-
sidered the over-crowded, ill-ventilated, half-lighted state
of the reading room in that institution; and if the forma-
tion of a glass roof over the central court of the Museum
would not afford increased accommodation.

Sir IL INGLIS saiclwithTe-spcctioThe first question
he begged to state that the trustees had repeatedly had
under their consideration the state of the reading-room,
and he admitted that its condition was such as required
alteration, but it would depend upon the liberality of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer whether or not that al-
teration was made. 'With regard to the second question,
he was not in a position to give any answer.