The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 7.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Antonio
Arroni de Ayala as Consul at Sydney, for her Majesty the
Queen of Spain.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 9.

It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl
of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, has received from Lord Cowley,
her Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of his Majesry
the Emperor of the French, a despatch, dated the 27th
ultimo, enclosing therewith the copy of a note from
Monsieur Drouyn de L'Huys, French Minister for Foreign
Affairs, dated the 24th ultimo, announcing that the block-
ade instituted by the French Government of the west coast
of Africa, between the left bank of the Grand Lobos, and
the right bank of the river Assinie (the existence of which
was notified in the London Gazette of the 29th of Novem-
ber last), has been raised.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 10..
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Bowring,
Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
the colony of Hong-Kong and its dependencies.
Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Willoughby
Shortland, Esq., some time President and Senior Member
of the Council of the Island of Nevis, to be Lieutenant-
Governor of the Island of Tobago.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Frederick
Seymour, Esq., to be President and Senior Member of the
Council of the Island of Nevis.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Robert Inglis, Esq.,oto be President of the Council of the
Turks and Caicos Islands.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to rslWeint George
Cream, Esq., to be Surgeon and Medical Attendant of the
Convict Settlement at Masserony, British Guiana.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the under-
mentioned gentlemen to be members of the Legislative
Council of the colony of Victoria, viz.:—Hugh Culling
Eardley Childers, Esq.; John Vesey Fitzgerald Foster,
commonly called John Fitzgerald Leslie Foster, Esq.;
John Horatio Nelson Cassell, Esq.; Andrew Clarke, Esq. ;
William Henry Fancourt Mitchell, Esq. • William Henry
, Wright, Esq. • James Graham, Esq. ; *illiam Highett,
Esq.; Dr. Andrew Aldcorn ; Edward Stone Parker, Esq. ;
and Andrew Halley Knight, Esq.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Lieutenant
William Langdon, R.N., to be a Member of the Legislative
Council of the colony of Van Diemen's Land.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint David
C. Smith, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council
of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 9.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Hon. and
Rev. Arthur Douglas to the rectory of Curry Mallet, in
the county of Somerset, and diocese of Bath and Wells,
the same being void by the death of the Rev. John Hay-
den Cardew. '

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 7.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Hollis Henry
Nott to be Second Lieutenant.

COMMISSIONS BY TUE LORD LIEUTENANT.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—William
Brookes, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Prevost, resigned ;
Charles Hawkins Fisher, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Miller,
promoted, Jan. 3.
WHITEHALL, DEO. 14.
. _ _

appointed George Nelson
The Lord Chancellor has
-,
Emmet, of No. 14, Bloomsbury'
.square, Gentleman to be
a London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High
Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
James Hart, engineer, Atlas Iron Works, Borough-road,
Southwark, to sprrender Jan. 20, at eleven, and Feb. 23,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as-
signee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Murrough, New-inn.
John Read, licensed victualler, Hart-street, Bloomsbury,
Jan. 20, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official designee,
Basinghall-street " • Roberts, Spring-gardens.
William HarriiiSpicer, hatter, Wolverhampton, Feb. 11,
at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Harding, Birmingham.
Thomas Pitt, girth web manufacturer, Haselbury Pluck-
nett, Somerset,. Jan. 19, and Feb. 16, at one, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Queen-street,
Exeter ; Slade and Vining, 'Yeovil ; or their agent Terrel,
Exeter.
James Howard, wharfinger, Great Grimsby, Jan. 25,
and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the' Leeds District Court. Car-
rick, official assignee, Hull ; Liuklater, Sise-lane ; Bond
and Barwick, Leeds.
Joseph Thurman, woollen draper, Birmingham, Jan. 21
and Feb. 11, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Ashurst and
Son, Old Jewry ; Motteram and Knig t, Birmingham.
John Bothwell, grocer, Southport, Jan. 20, and Feb.
17, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, offi-
cial assignee, Liverpool ; 'Watson and Fletcher, Liverpool.
John Kay, calico manufacturer, Prestwich, Jan. 25,and
Feb. 20, at t velve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee Manchester, ; Chew, Manchester.
William Falls, builder, Hulme, Jan. 20 and Feb. 10, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, official
assignee, Manchester ; J. and B. Whitworth, Manchester.