The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-12 00:00:00

FROM nrE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY S.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senhor Braz
Fernandes as Vice-Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the
King of Portugal and the Algarves.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-R 1 ALL. JULY 11.

37th Regiment of Foot.—Major-General Sir Thomas Sim-
sun Pratt, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-Gene-
ral John Fraser, deceased.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED,
J. Turner, grocer, Huddersfield
BANKRUPTS.

The following are the only Bankruptcies of any commer-
cial importance which appeared in the Gazette of last
evening :

S. H. Weatherdon, printer, Bouverie-street
W. M. Myland, cab proprietor, Southwark-bridge-road
T. Shipton, licensed victualler, Oxford-street
T. West, linendraper, The Oval, Hackney-road
J. M. Rowland, dealer in carriages, Upper Clapton
J. Gee, haberdasher, Longton, Staffordshire
J. Prosser, cattle dealer, St. Margaret's, Herefordshire
G. and C. Emmett, colliery proprietors, Bristol
J. Moore, cloth manufacturer, Leeds
J. Smardon, shipwright, Liverpool
S. Wild, cloth agent, Manchester

The Prussian Chamber of Nobles has given its
approval to the military conventions concluded between
Prussia on the one hand, and the States of Saxe-Coburg
Gotha, Saxe-Altenburg, and Waldeck on the other. It
also passed the Passport-bill, but with the rejection of most
of the amendments introduced by the Chamber of Deputies,
so as nearly to restore it to its primitive forms as presented
by the Government.
The case of the naval Commander-in-Chief in the
East Indies having been brought under the notice of Par-
liament by Sir John Thiy, it is right that the public, who
have an interest in the matter, should be enlightened as to
the cause which induced Sir John to call particular atten-
tention to it. In the olden days, when the East India
Company reigned supreme, and when the Pagoda-tree was
heavily laden with fruit, ready to the hand of every
vigorous shaker, the Admiral on the East India station
had a very handsome allowance in the shape of batts
money, but on the extinction of the rule of the Company
this, like many other good things, disappeared. This, how-
ever, did not alter the unpleasing fact that living
was dear, and continued dear, at Hong Kong; and sve
have the evidence of a very distinguished Sirofficero,n,e
Michael Seymour, that if it had not been for the Company's
allowance, he and other admirals would havanentirnt.
of pocket while discharging his duties the be
We know that China is an expensive station, and
that it is impossible ;for naval and military officers
hos the
to support the dignity of their
allowances made by Government-
,
panosditiotnhatont
of private means
who are fortunate in the possession
order to main-
are compelled to make sacrifices sae
wealthy merchants with
in
tain a social equality with th
whom they are naturally brought
India stations may be alsoge htinto contact. The Cade
of Good Hope and the W
expensive, but it cannot be looked upon as reasonable
rßaldwinlValker
because no complaints have issued from Si
and Sir Alexander Milne, that an injustice should be
public servant
another . The Secretary
of on
of State for India may no longer have that control over
the portion of our Navy in the China waters which
existed in the time of the bonnes fortunes of " John Com-
pany," but should an unlucky day, which, we trust, may
be far off, again dawn over our Indian possessions, he may
be too happy to have recourse to all ships east of the Cape
of Good Hope ; and for this reason, if not for any other,
we shall be glad, if a connection can be maintained with
the Government of India and our naval Commander-in-
Chief, by a continuance ofa payment, the unexpected with-
drawal of which has caused much disagreeable feeling.—
Army and Navy Gazette.
We have reason to believe that the suggestion we
made last week respe3ting the equalisation of the allowances
received by the Commandants of the Maidstone and Can-
terbury cavalry depots respectively will be carried out, and
instead of the Maidstone Commandant getting 15s. a day
extra pay, that sum will be divided between him and the
Colonel Commanding at Canterbury. Major-General Gib-
sone's successor has not yet been appointed, but not impro-
bably Col. Hagart, C. 8., will be transferred from Canter-
bury. Col. Custance, on half-pay of the Carbineers, is
rumoured among those likely to obtain the Canterbury va-
cancy.—,Army awl Navy Gazette.
The coloneYey of the 37th Regiment, vacant by
the death of Lieutenant-General Fraser, has been conferred
on Major-Creneral Sir Thomas S. Pratt, who served in
Holland hi 1814, with the 26th Regiment in China, and
lately in command of the troops in New Zealand. Sir
Thomas stood next on the list for a regiment.—Artny and
Navy Gazette.
ust be-
The colonelcy of the 98th Regiment, has j
come vacant by the death of General W. L. Darling.—
Army and Navy Gazette.
No great disposition is shown by officers to take
the post of Deputy Quartermaster-General at Corfu, now
vacant. It
will in all likelihood be filled by one of the
lieutenant-colonels placed on half-PaYi—ArtnY and Nall
Gazette.