The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-05 00:00:00

DRAWING-ROOM.

The Ladies who purpose to attend her Majesty's draw-
ing-room are requested to bring with them two large
cards, with their names legibly written thereon, one to
be left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the
Presence-chamber, and the other to be delivered to the
Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to her
Majesty. And those Ladies who are to be presented are
hereby informed, that it is absolutely necessary that their
names, together with the names of the Ladies who are to
present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamber-
lain's office on Tuesday, the 30th March instant, before
12 o'clock, in order that they may be submitted for the
Queen's approbation; it being her Majesty's command,
that no presentation shall take place unless the name of
the Lady presenting, together with that of the Lady to
be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered to
the Lord Chamberlain, which name shall correspond
with those previously sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's
Office. It is particularly requested, that in every case
written cards only be delivered.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the sth day of
March, 1852, present the Queen's Most Excellent Ma-
jesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day
pleased to appoint George Hammond Whalley, of Plus
Madoo, Ruabon, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county of
Carnarvon, in the room of Martin Williams, of Penam•
ser, Esq.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the sth day of
March, 1852, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma-
jesty in Council. Her Majesty in Council was this day
pleased, upon a representation of the Committee of
Council on Education, to appoint David Middleton, Esq.,
Rector of the Grammar School, Falkirk, and Charles
Edward Wilson, Esq., ALA., one of the Classical
Masters of the Glasgow Academy, to bo two of her
Majesty's Assistant-Inspectors of Schools in Scotland,

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour
of Knighthood upon George Goodman, Esq., Mayor of
Leeds.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 2.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry John
Chetwynd, Earl Talbot.
to be one of the Lords in Waiting
in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of Frederick
Temple, Lord Dufferin and Claneboyne, resigned.
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, FRB. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right
Honourable James Alexander, Earl of Rosalyn, to be
Master of her Majesty's Buckhounds, in the room of the
Right Honourable John George Brabazon, Ehrt of Bea-
borough, resigned.
TREASURY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right
Honourable Charles Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke,
to be Postmaster-General.

TREASURY CHAMBERS, WHITEHALL, MARCH 4.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. John James Robert Manners, commonly
called Lord John Manners, to be First Commissioner of
Works and Public Buildings.
CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 5.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN WHO ?RESENT
PARLIAXENT.
Borough of Wenlock—The Right Hon. George Cecil
Weld Forester, Comptroller of her Majesty's House-
hold.

Borough of Droitwich—The Right Honourable Sir
John Somerset Pakingtoa, of Westwood Park. in the
county of Worcester, Baronet, ono of her Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State.
City of Chichester—The Right Honorable Henry
George Charles Gordon Lennox, commonly called Lord
Henry George Charles Gordon Lennox, one of the
Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Treasurer of Great Britain, and Treasurer of the Ex-
chequer of Ireland.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 5.
Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant the
Hon. Shapland Francis Carew has been allowed to retire
from the service by the sale of his commission, March 5.
17th Regiment of Foot—Major Arthur Lowry Cole,
from the 69th Foot, to be Major, vice Bourchier, who ex-
changes, March 5.

69th Foot—Major Legendre Charles Bonrchier, from
the 17th Foot, to be Major, vice Cole, who exchanges,
March L

80th Foot—Ensign James Tweedie, from the 12th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Day, appointed to the 96th
Foot, March 5.

93d Foot—Major Lorenzo Rothe to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Spark, deceased; Cap-
tain Robert Murray Banner to be Major, without pur-
chase, vice Rothe; Lieutenant George Seton to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Butner' Feb. 21.
Lieutenant Colin Maxwell to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Macpherson, who retires, March 5; Ensign William
Georgo Drummond Stewart to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Seton, Feb. 21; Ensign Somerset Moly-
neux Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Max-
well, March 5.

2d West India Regimant—Acting Assistant-Surgeon
Thomas Llewellyn Nash, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Clarke, appointed to the Staff, March 5.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Henry Dudley, Lg., to be
Paymaster, vice Warren, deceased, March 5.
HOSPITAL STA7F.—Assistant- Surgeon Patrick Jo-
seph Clarke, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be
Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Moore, appointed
to the 6th Dragoon Guards, March 5.
Commiasion'by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia—
Sir Thomas George Hesketh, Bart., to be Colonel, vice
Stanley, resigned, March 1.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Sherwood Rangers—Henry Eyre, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice John Vessey Machin, promoted.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcertershire.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Henry Giles,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Clifton, deceased, Feb. 23.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, F. 26.
The following regulations are to be observed In rela-
tion to the construction of the vessels to be moored at
the places appointed under the provisions of an Act of
the 14 and 15 Queen Victoria, chap. 77, sec. 6, iatituled
" An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the 12th year
of King George the Third, relating to the making and
carriage of gunpowder magazines and stores, near Li-
verpool, and to make certain temporary provisions with
regard to the said magazines and stores." Any person
failing to observe these regulations will be guilty of a
misdemeanour, and punished accordingly.
1. That no iron be employed in the construction of
any part of the vessel.
2. That the wing passages are to be constructed be-
tween the sides of the vessel and the magazine for
powder.
3. That the door or doors into the magazine shall in
no case be opposite to a scuttle or door-way through
ship's side or gangway.
4. That the ladder-way from the deck be protected by
a close bulk-head on each side.

5. That every vessel be fitted with a lightning con-
ductor, on the plan of Sir Snow Harris; and that the
mast or spar in which the conductor is fitted shall be in
height above the deck at least two-thirds of the length
of the vessel from stem to stern.

6. That no bull-eyes or convex or plane-convex glasses
be used inhthe decks, scuttles, or any part of the vessel.
7. That all glass used in the scuttles through the
hip's side, ports, &c., shall be plate glass, not ground,
Of not less than half inch in thickness; and copper wire
gauze to be used in the scuttles for the admission of air.
8. Means on deck are also to be provided for the ad-
when
mission of water through the bottom of the vessel,
through two or more circular apertures of not less than
on: foot in diameter, on either side of the keel.
atonoci pound
v er
ieach.ng
lations will be rule.
in
quantity of powder to be deposited at any one
110,00011:uch vessels is limited by the Master-General to
guinea or vessels are constructed, rogu-
e _ issued for the mode of storing, safe keep-
del
the vessels. gunpowderto and from

CLIRENCE PAtET,
Secretary to the Master. General.
FEIRATAILY 23.
The Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the
of Devon has appointed Thomas Pring, of Cre-
q•, to b© Clerk of the Peace
©said county, in the routn of Richard Eales,
for La
decea.
ttyin the said county, F,
dc county

WHITEHALL, FEB. 28,
The Lord Chancellor 445 aPP9iuted pukes,

of Virillenhall, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
James Gilstou, draper, Leeds.
BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Freeman, inn keeper, Northsmpton, to sur-
render. March 12, and April 16, at half• past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-
street, Cheapside.
Edward Brian Smith Hoff, dealer in chicory, Holbeach,
Lincolnshire, March 19 and April 16, at half-past ten,
at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official
assignee, Nottingham; Shirton, Key, and King, Hol-
beach; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
Thomas Fowkes, inn keeper, Redditch, Worcester-
shire, March 18 and April 19, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official as-
signee, Birmi▪
ngham; Browning, Redditch; Hodgson,
Birmingham.
John Womersley, jun., ironmonger, Huddersfield,
March 22, at eleven, and April 19, at twelve, at the
Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds;
Barker, Huddersfield.
Richard . draper, Brigg, Lincolnshire, March
and April 24 at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Carrick, offici▪
al assignee, Hull; Jones, Size-lane, Lon-
don; Blackburn, Leeds,
Anne Bailes, licensed victualler, Sheffield, March 20
A Well,
and April 24, at ten, at the Leeds District Court, Shef-
field. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Selby and
Mackeson, Lincoln's Inn. fields; Bramley and Gainsford,
Sheffield.

James Bertram, irommonger, Sheffield, March 20,
and April 24, at ton, at the Leeds District Court. Free-
man, official assignee; Boole and Yeomans, Sheffield.
Joshua Shaw, warehouseman, Manchester, March 22,
and April 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Coiudor
official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worth-
ington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Joseph
prtth°i Hull, miller, Wavertree, Lancaster, March 17
and
April 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Bird,
William Sharp, shipowner, Liverpool, March 17, and
and
.e
official
assignee, Liverpool; Jevons, Liverpool.
April 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Neal and Martin,
Liverpool.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average
price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns Made in the week ending March 2,
1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the irnPortatien thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 19s. Hid. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... 235. 4ed.
From the East Indies 238. 84d.
average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 215. 7d. "
By authority of Parliament,
/Izmir BICHNzu., Clerk of the Grocers' Company
Grocene-hall, March 5.