The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-18 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST ITIGHT.

NOTIFICATION. !
FOREIGN- OFFICE, JUNE 17.
It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl
Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, has received from her Majesty's Ambas-
sador at Paris a despatch, inclosing a copy of a note from
M. Thouvenel, dated the 7th inst., transmitting a copy of
a notification inserted in the ltioniteur of that day, declar-
ing the ports of Tampico and Alvarado, in the Gulf of
Mexico, to be blockaded by the French forces, of which
notification the following is a translation :
Department of Marine and Colonies.
It is notified, by these present, that his Excellency the
Minister of Marine and Colonies has been informed by the
Vice-Admiral Commanding in Chief the French Naval
Forces in the Gulf of Mexico, that on the Ist of May last,
and to take effect from the said day, there was established,
by the naval forces placed under his command, an effective
blockade of the ports of Tampico and Alvarado.
It is further notified by these presents that all measures
authorized by the law of nations, and by the respective
treaties existing between his Majesty and the several neu-
tral powers, will be adopted and carried out in regard to all
vessels which may attampt to violate the said blockade.
Paris, June sth, 1862.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE 17.
Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of
Windsor Castle will be open to the public on and after
Friday next, the 20th instant, instead of Thursday, the
19th instant, as previously announced.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE 12.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett, C. 8., to be her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
King of Greece.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. AA. C.
Gumpert as Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the King
of Prussia.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 14.
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DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 16.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint (Merles Wilson
Murray, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council
of the colony of Hong Kong.
INDIA OFFICE, JUNE 14.
Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the and er-
mentioned promotions and alterations of rank in her Ma-
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ENGAL ARMY.
GENERAL LIST OP INFANTRY OFFICERS.
Ensign John Alexander Temple to be Lieutenant, vise
Ramsay, late 17th N 1., deceased.
Ensign George Henry Jackson to be Lieutenant, `lce
Matheson, Ist European Regiment, promoted.
ALTERATIONS OF RANK.
GENERAL LIST OF INFANTRY OFF ICERS.
Lieut. Dausonno Melanethon Strong to take rank from
Nov. 23, 1861, vice Belli, late 40th Native Infantry, de-
ceased.
Lieut. Henry Herbert Rankin to take rank from Nov. 28,
1861, vice Grant, late 4th Native Infantry, dismissed.
Lieutenant John George Maclean to take rank from
December 6, 1861, vice Wynch, late 59th Native Infantry,
promoted.
Lieutenant Henry Ingle Baylis to take rank frem De-
cember 8, 1861, vice Norgate, late 69th Native Infantry,
promoted.
Lieutenant Ewen Charles Davidson to take rank from
December 9, 1861, vice Lumsden, late 60th Native Infantry,
promoted.
Lieutenant Francis Edwin Wiggens to take rank from
December 13, 1861, vice Christian, late 22d Native Infantry,
deceased.
Lieutenant Ernest George Cattermole to take rank from
January 1, 1862.
Lieutenant Charles Edward Shepherd take rank from
January 7, 1862, vice Stevenson, 3d European Regiment,
retired.
Lieutenant John Mowbray Trotter to take rank from
January 14, 1862, vice Fisher, late 19th Native Infantry,
promoted.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JUNE 16.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of
State fer Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Agent and Consul-General at Tunis, reporting
that the prohibition against the exportation of wheat and
barley from that Regency has been removed.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of any commercial
mportance that appear in the Gazette of last evening :
Wm. Holmes, innkeeper, Old Boyland, Yorkshire
Joseph Godber, baker, Nottingham
Stephen Frewer, saddler, Oxford-street
Edward Henry Edwards, oilman, Holloway
William and John Harrison, scribbling millers, Leeds
George Murphy. pianoforte maker, Cheapside
Charles Davis, glass merchant, Clapham
John A. Goddard, merchant, Wood-street, Cheapside
William N. Dingley, merchant, Liverpool
John L. Taylor, shipowner, North Shields
Mark Holder, pearl button manufacturer, Birmingham
Elisabeth Norledge, clothier, Newark-upon .Trent
Thomas Vaughan, builder, Tonbridge Wells
Thomas Payne, licensed victualler, Clapham-road
James Stevens, auctioneer, Clapham-common
James Ottaway, licensed' victualler, Great Bookham,
Surrey
John M'lntosh, timber merchant, Bow-lane, Cheapside
Robert Wilson, shipowner, Queen's-road, Dalston