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

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening,

CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 9.

MEMBER TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT.
City of Oxtord—Charles Neate, Esq., in the room of
James Haughton Langston, deceased.
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 Charg6 d'Affaires at New Granada, the follow-
ing translation of a decree recently issued by the President
of that Republic, requiring the presentation of certified in-
voices of all merchaudise 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 seat.
Art. 2.—At the foreign ports where then,: are no Colom-
bian Consuls, the certificate shall be obtl%ined 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 Rpublic.
Art. 3—The certificate spoken of in Article 1 shall ex
press the number of packages intentioned in the invoice, the
species of merchandise, the Colo h,bian weight of each pack-
age
he,
Cthe name of the vessel in which they are shipped,
tolombian of
to which they are directed, and the
name of the merchant or commission agent to whom they
belong.
Art. 4—The Consuls shall transmit to the " Oficina
General de Ctintas" a legalised copy of the invoices certi-
fied by them.
Art. 6—The Consuls shall be entitled to levy one dollar
certify, in accordance with the 4th
upon each invoice they
clause, Article 19, of the law of .k:arch 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
the 7th day of August,
ordinary duties. Given in Popayan,
1863.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10,
The Right }lon. 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 front her
Majesty's Minister in China, reporting thath the Chines©
er e due
produce
n o t t c
months,
Government have provided that in casesw
is given to export, within twelve
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_in
authorities to correspond with those originallyentered
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 Zee,
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 thus
day taken place :
Commander 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 be,
Surgeon.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 10.
Vice-Admiral of the White Thomas Bennett has been
appointed to receive a pension of 150 a-year, as provided
by her Majesty's Order in Council of 2.5 th June, 1351,
vacant by tue 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 be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral, 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 Bluer.
Rear-Admiral of the White George Elliot to be Rear.
Admiral of the Red.
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.