The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-10 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 9,
MEMBER TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT ',ARMAMENT.
City of Oxford—Charles Neate, _Esq., in the room of
James Houghton Langston, deceased.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov, 10,
Tha Right Hon. the Lords of the Commit
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Council for Trade have received from thef
secretaryior privy
State for Foreign Affairs, a cqpy of a despatch o
Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at New Granada, the floilloher
ing translation of a decree recently issued by the President
of that Republic, requiring the presentation of certified
voices of all merchandise imported into New Granada :--
Art. 1. —The obligation is hereby imposed upon importers
of foreign merchandise of presenting, together with the
manifests, the original invoices, certified by the Colombian
Consul at the port from which they are sent.
Art. 2.—At the foreign ports where there are no Colom..
bian Consuls, the certificate shall be obtained from the
Consul of a friendly nation. The Consuls of the Republic
of Chile are bound to perform this service according to Art.
34 of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation with
that Republic.

Art. 3—The certificate spoken of in Article 1 shall ex-
press the number of packages mentioned in the invoice, the
species of merchandise, the Colombian weight of each pack-
age, the name of the vessel in which they are shipped,
the Colombian port to which they are directed, and the
name of the merchant or commission agent to whom they
oolong.

Art: 4—The Consuls shall transmit to the " Oficina
General de Cuentas" a legalised copy of the invoices certi-
fied by them.
Art. 6—The Consuls shall be entitled to levy one dollar
upon each invoice they certify, in accordance with the 4th
clause, Article 19, of the law of March 7, 1856, upon Con-
sular Service.
Art. 6—The following dates are fixed for the carrying out
of this Decree :-60 days, as regards merchandise imported
from ports in the Antilles, Central America, and the Re-
publics on the Pacific ; 90 days, as regards merchandise
proceeding from the United States and Mexico; and 120
days, as regards merchandise proceeding from other parts.
These dates shall be counted from the date of this Decree.
Art. 7—The non-presentation of certified invoices sub-
jects every package composing the cargo to examination,
and to an additional duty of 10 per cent, over and above the
ordinary duties. Given in Popayan, the 7th day of August,
1863.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Minister in China, reporting that the Chinese
Government have provided that in cases where due notice
is given to export, within twelve months, produce
brought down the Great River to Shanghai, the half duty
paid thereon shall be refunded if the marks, packages,
amounts, and weights are found by the Chinese Customs
authorities to correspond with those originally entered in
the books, and if such produce is exported within the twelve
months now allowed in lieu of the three months hitherto
granted.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9.
In consideration of the valuable assistance rendered by.
Commander Francis William Sullivan during the recent
successful operations of her Majesty's troops in New Zea
land, as recorded in the London Gazette of the 27th Octo..
ber last, Commander Sullivan has been this day promoted
to be Captain.
Also, in consideration of the successful operations against
the batteries of Kagosima, as recorded in the London Gazette
of the 30th October last, the following promotions have thin
day taken place :
Comwander Lewis James Moore to be Captain.
Lieutenant James Augustus Poland to be Commander.
Lieutenant George Poole to be Commander.
M. Charles Richard Godfrey, Assistant-Surgeon, to las
Surgeon.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 10.
Vice-Admiral of the White Thomas Bennett has been
appointed to receive a pension of £l5O a-year, as provided
by her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June, 1851,
vacant by tne death of Admiral George Frederick Rich ;
and the name of Vice-Admiral Bennett has been removed
to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly, and in conse-
quence of this removal the following promotions, to date
the 3d inst., have this day taken place ;
• Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Talbot, K,C.8.,
to bo Vice-Admiral of the White.

Rear-Admire!, on the Reserved List, the Right Hon.
Lord John Frederick Gordon Halyburton, G.C.H., to be
Vice-Admiral on the same List.

Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir John McDougall, K.C.8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.

Rear-Admiral of the White George Elliot to be Rear.
Admiral of the Red.
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Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Goldsmith, C. 8., to
be Rear-Admiral of the White.

_ Captain Edward Gennys Fanshawe to be Rear-Admiral
of the Blue.