The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

BLOCKADE.—NOTIFICATION.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 28.
It is hereby notified, that on and from the 12th day of
August last, all Russian ports, roads, havens, and creeks,
from Cape Swiatoi Nos, in long. 39 deg. 47 min. east, lati-
tude 68 deg. 10 min, north, to Cape Kanin, in long. 43
clog, 32 min. east, lat. 68 deg. 39 min. 12 sec. north, in-
cluding especially the Ports of Arkangel and Onega, were
placed in a state of strict blockade by a competent force of
the allied British and French fleets.
And it is hereby further notified, that all measures
authorised by the laws of nations, and the respective
treaties between her Majesty and the different neutral
powers, will be adopted and executed with respect to all
vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade.
DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas C. Har-
vey, Esq., to be Civil Engineer and Assistant-Surveyor for
the Out Island Districts of the Bahama Islands.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 28.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice,
inclosing a translation of a notice issued by the Central
Maritime Government of Trieste, respecting a lighthouse
recently erected on the Punta d'Ostro at the entrance of
the Gulf of Cattaro.
(Copy.) (Translation.)
NOTIFICATION
Of the Central Maritime Government, regarding the light-
ing of the Lighthouse, erected on the Punta d'Ostro (South
Point), at the entrance of the Gulf of Cattaro.
The lighthouse erected on the Punta d'Ostro (South
Point), at the entrance of the Gulf of Cattaro, in lat. 4`,3
deg. 23 min. 28 sec. N., and long. 16 deg. 11 min. 49 sec.
E. of the Meridian of Paris, according to the Chart of the
Adriatic of the I. R. Geographic Military Institute, will
be lighted during night, from the 21st September next,
by an Argand Lamp, showing a continuous light.
The height of the light in this tower is 231 feet above
the usual tide, and in clear weather can be seen by an ob-
server placed 12 feet above the level of the sea from a dis-
tance of 22 geographical miles of 60 to a degree.
This is brought to public notice for the guidance and
direction of mariners, in conformity with the notification
of the Government, dated 15th January last, p. 471 ; and
advice is hereby given that, from the let of October next,
there will commence, in the ports of Trieste, Venice, and
Fiume the payment of the higher tax marked in rod
ciphers in the list A B and C, published with the afore-
said notification.
Trieste, August 27.
The I. R. General of Artillery and President,
(Signed) WISCPFFEN.
(Signed) GUTMANSTHAL,
Vice-President.
(Signed) WITTMANN,
I. R. Councillor.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 29.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council of Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a
copy of a French Imperial Decree from her Majesty's Am-
baisador at Paris, announcing that, until otherwise or-
dered, foreign brandies, of whatever description, will be
admitted into Franco, at a duty of 15 francs per hectolitre
of pure alcohol.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 29.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and
Captain Francis William Newdigate to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, with purchase, vice the Hon. Robert
Edward Boyle, deceased, Sept. 4.
3rd Foot—Lieutenant John Lewes to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Hunter, who retires ; Ensign William
James Newton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lewes ;
William Henry, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Newton, Sept. 29.
6th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Arm-
strong Barnes to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase,
vice Brevet-Colonel Michel, C. 8., appointed Inspecting ,
Field-Officer of a Recruiting District ; Brevet-Major Mor-
ris Hall to be Major, without purchase, vice Barnes ; Lieu-
tenant John Henry Ford Elkin ;ton to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Hall ; Ensign William Charles Frind Burl-
ton Bennett to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice El-
kington, Oct. 2.
15th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Pinder to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel Drought appointed Inspecting Field-Officer of a
recruiting District; Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James
Robert Branker to be Major, without purchase, vice Pin-
der, Oct. 2.
13th Foot—Ensign Edward Hayes Wilton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Willington, who retires ; Arthur
Thomas Frederick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Wilton, September 29.
46th Foot— Edward John Dumaresq, Gent., to be En-
sign by purchase, vice Coote, promoted, September 29.
55th Foot—Samuel Charles do Montenaeli Pritchard,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, September 29.
60th Foot—David Gray Neville Watts-Russell, Gent.,
to be Ensign by purchase, September 29.
71st Foot—Ensign Charles Pringle to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Johnson, who retires, September 29.
74th Foot—Lieutenant Philip Philpot to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Macdonald, deceased ; Ensign
George Pilkington Blake to bo Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Philpot, July 30 ; Ensign Norman Scalpa
McCrummen to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blake,
whose promotion, by purchase, on 25th August, has been
cancelled, September 29.
75th Foot—Ensign Robert William Arnold Torckler to
be superseded, having been absent without leave, Sept. 29.
79th Foot—Ensign Francis Gore Currie to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Francis Joseph Harrison,
deceased, Aug. 22.
84th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon James Arthur Han-
bury, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Balfour, de-
ceased, Sept. 29.
92d Foot—Theodore Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, Sept. 29.
let West India Regiment--Lieutenant Alexander Bravo
to ho Captain, by purchase, vice Ninian Craig, who retires ;
Ensign Henry Robert Wylie to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bravo ; Hubert Churcill Gould, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Wylie, Sept. 29.
Provisional Depot Battalion—Captain Frederick Briscoe
Tritton, of the 23d Foot, to be Adjutant, Sept. 29.
BREVET—To be Majors in the Army—Captain Thomas
Elwyn, of the Royal Artillery ; Second Captain William
Francis Drummond Jervois, of the Royal Engineers,
Sept. 29.
MEMORANDUM—The third Christian name of Ensign
Parker, of the 54th Font, is " Shirecliffe," and not " Shin-
eliffe," as previously stated.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 25.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second
Lieutenants—John Dawson Hope, Robert Ballard Gard-
ner, Lennox George Rodney, Daniel Connor, Wm. Henry
Wroot, Charles Durham Hocart Ro billiard, Frederick
Spencer Boxer, William Godfrey Hale, Edward Willis,
Francis Joseph Parry, Charles Joseph Macdonald, William
Henry Speer.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
Charles Joseph Parke to be Lieutenant, vice King, re-
signed, Sept. 21.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Michael Fenton, Gent., to be Ensign, Sept. 26.
Cambrid2;eshire Militia—John Hynde Cotton, Gent., to
bo Lieutenant, Sept. 25.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

Thomas Belsham Hutton, wine merchant, Birmingham.

BANKRUPTS.

Harry Wooldridge, publisher, Strand, to surrender,
Oct. 9 and Nov. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official a•signee, Basinghall-street ; Brundrett,
Ramiell, and Simmons, Temple.
John Barber, engraver to calico printers, Manchester,
Oct. IG, and Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Barlow
and Aston, Manchester.
John Mills, printer, Leeds, Oct. 13, and Nov. 9, at
eleven, at the Leeds District G)urt. Young, official as-
signee, Leeds; Bell, Craven-street, Strand, London; Prest,
Leeds.
Robert Getty, ship builder, Liverpool,Oct.ll , and Nov.
3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, ofli•
cial assignee, Liverpool; Tyrer, Liverpool.
John Beringer, silversmith, Penzance. Oct. 10, at ten,
and Nov. 9, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt-
zel, official assignee, Exeter ; Rooker, Lavers, and Mat-
thews Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter.
Paul Rhodes, innkeeper, Menstone, Yorkshire, Oct. 13,
and Nov. 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Marmaduke, Foster,
Bradford; Swithinbank, Leeds.
John Chancellor, funeral carriage-maker, Dorrington-
street, Clerkenwell, October 12, at half-past twelve, and
Nov. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Marden and Prichard, Christ-
church-chambers, Newgate-street.
William John Reeve, coal merchant, Beaufort-wharf,
Strand, Oct. 14 and Nov. 14, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ;
Hillyer and Fenwick, Fenchurch-street.
William White, builder, St. John's-wood, Oct. 12, at
eleven, and Nov. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Jones, Chancery-
lane.
Charles Gooda, baker, Great Yarmouth, Oct. 11, at one,
and Nov. 8, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee ; Holt and Son, Great Yar-
mouth ; and Maples, Maples, and Pearce, Old Jewry.
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Samuel Hamilton Watson and John Kingston, of Roch-
dale and Burnley, drapers, second dividend of 41d. in the
pound, payable at 69, Princess-street, Manchester, on
October 17, and any following Tuesday.
Margaret Milne, of Manchester, grocer, a dividend of
10d. in the "pound, payable at 69, Princess-street, Man-
chester, on October 17, and any following Tuesday.
Jonathan Waddington, jun., of Wigan, draper, first
dividend of 103. 4d. in the pound, payable at 69, Princess-
street, Manchester, on October 17, and any following
Tuesday.
Cooper Ewbank, of Manchester, share broker, a divi-
dend of ss. 9d. is the pound, payable at 69, Princess-street,
Manchester, on October 17, and any following Tuesday.
Thomas Marsden and John Clayton, of Rochdale, cotton
manufacturers, second dividend of 8(1. in the pound ; also
a final dividend of is. id. in the pound, on the separate
estate of Thomas Marsden, payable at 69, Princess-street,
Manchester, on October 17, and any following Tuesday.
Thomas Alletson, of Liverpool, drysalter, third dividend
of ed. in the pound, payable at 12, Cook-street, Liverpool,
on October 11, and any following Wednesday.
John Cheshire, of Hartford, salt manufacturer, third
dividend of id. in the pound, payable at 12, Cook-street,
Liverpool, on October 11, and any following Wednesday.
John Whitmey, of Birkenhead, currier, first dividend of
3s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 12, Cook-street, Liverpool,
on October 11, and any following Wednesday.
Samuel Mead, Of Liverpool, iron merchant, fifth divi-
dend of lid. in the pound (separate estate), payable at 12,
Cook-street, Liverpool, on October 11, and any following
Wednesday.
Edward Swanwick Boult, of Liverpool, stock and share
broker, first dividend of sd. in the pound, payable at 12,
Cook-street, Liverpool, on October 11, and any following
Wednesday.
Edward Brackenbury, of Horncastle, Lincolnshire,
schoolmaster, a dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable
at the office of Mr. R. Clitherow, Horncastle.

DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
James Hobson and Charles Hobson, of Waltham Abbey,
and of Enfield, stone masons, Oct. 24--Francis Kay, of
Sheffield. cut nail manufacturer, Oct. 21—John Halsted
and Henry Richard Halsted, of Bradford, woolstaplers,
Nov. 7—John Roberts of Tividalo, Worcestershire, wire-
drawer, Oct. 23.
CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
Joseph Bailey Millington, of 1, Marlborough-place,
Harrow-road, Paddington, builder, Oct. 24 (and not Oct.
16, as before advertised)—William Holloway, of Watford,
Hertfordshire, coal merchant, Oct. 23—Duncan Meares j
kiaitlaud, of ginchlay, Glowesteishire, poor, Oct 24--
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Moseby Nathan, of Liverpool, watch manufacturer,
Oct. 23—William Whitehead and Mary Ann Whitehead,
of Leicester, innkeepers, Oct. 31—William Shaw and
Henry Shaw, of Mold Green, Yorkshire, dyers, Nov. 13—
John Halsted and Henry Richard Halsted, of Bradford,
woolstaplers, Nov. 7.