The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-18 00:00:00

FROM THE G

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 14.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John
Duffy as Consul at Galway, for the United States of
America.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alex. Currie,
Esq., advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire or sheriffdom of
Forfar, in the room of James L'Amy, Esq., resigned.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 17.
_ •

The Queen has been pleased to Make the following ap-
pointments for the colony of Van Diemen's Land, viz.,
Francis Smith, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General ;
Edward M‘Dowell, Esq., to be Crown Solicitor and Clerk
of the Peace ; Edward Johnstone Manley, Esq., to be Co-
lonial Auilitor ; and John Furster, Esq., to be Accountant
of Stores. _ .

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John
Murray, Esq., and Captain John M'Court, to be members
Of the Legislative and Executive Councils of her Ma-
jesty's Forts and Settlements` on the Gold Coast, during the
temporary absence of H. W. Firth and James C. Fitz-
patrick, Esqrs.
' ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, Dec. 29.

The Queen has been Pleastid, on the nomination of the
Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint Henry Robert-
son, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gen-
tlemen-at-Arms, vice Shield, retired.
CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 16.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PHESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County. of Gloucester—Eastern Division—Sir Michael
Hicks Hicks Beach, Bart., in the room of Henry Charles
Fitzßoy Somerset, commonly called Marquis of Worcester,
now Duke of Beaufort, summoned to the House of Peers.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL-MARINE
DEPARTMENT, JAN. 17.

The Right Honourable 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 at Rotterdam, in-
closing translation of a Notice to Mariners (a copy of which
is subjoined) issued by the Netherland Minister of Marine
relative to certain alterations that have been made in the
positions of the Buoys on the North Pampus and Sheel-
hoek Banks. ••

(CoPY•)
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
The Minister of Marine gives notice :

lstly. That the red buoy on the North Pampus of the
mouth of Goeree has been substituted by a black buoy,
and is likewise now placed north-westerly in the following
directions : _ _

The steeple of Brielle, in the wood of Rockanje, and the
church steeple of Helvoetslnys, in the small wood at the
Kwak :

Soundings :—Goeree S.W. W.
Helvoetsluys S.E.
by unadjusted compass, at the depth of 52 palms at ordi-
nary low water, which buoy, 'when entering, has to be
kept on the larboard side,
2dly. That at the dry north-easterly point of the Scheel-
hoek Bank a white buoy is stationed in the directions :

The steeple of Goeree, on the eastern side of the pier
head of said placer and the Pilot-office of Helvoetsluys,
touching the point of the Kwak :
Soundings :---Goree W. S.
Lighthouse of Helvoetsluys
S.E. 4 S.
at 46 palms depth at ordinary low water to be kept on the
starboard side on entering:
idly. That the white buoy stationed at the north point
of the bank Scheelhoek, termed the North Pampus, has
been furnished with a white flag on a pole, in order to its
being better distinguished from, the before-mentioned white
buoy.
The Hague, the 15th December, 1853.
The Minister aforesaid.
(Signed) T. ENSLIE.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
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 Minister at Brussels, en-
closing copies of two laWs which have received the Royal
sanction, of which the subjoined are translations; the first
authorising the Government to regulate temporarily the
import duties on coal, with a decree, consequent thereon,
suppressing those duties •, and the second regulating the
terms of importation and exportation of certain articles of
food.
Law authorising the Government to regulate temporarily
the import duties on coal.
Art. I. The Government iiiiuthorised to reduce, to sus-
pend entirely, and to reimpose the import duties on coal.
Art. 11. The powers conferred by the preceding Article
shall cease on 31st December, 1854, unless previously re-
newed ; and, in case of non-renewal, the general tariff shall
come again into force at that date.

Art. 111. The measures taken to carry out the present
law shall be submitted within one month after their date
to the approval of the Chambers, if sitting, and if not
sitting, in the course of their next session.
Given at Laeken, 31st December, 1853.

LEOPOLD.
By the King. The Minister of State, Governor of
Brabant, temporarily in charge of the Depart-
ment of Finances.

LIEDTS.
Decree suppressing the Import Duties on coals, founded
upon the above law.
Considering the law of this day's date (see above), autho-
rising the GOvernment to reduce, to suspend entirely, and
to reimpose the import duties on coal :
On the proposition of our Minister of Finance,
We have decreed, and decree,—
Sole Article. Until further orders, the import duties on
coal are abolished.

Our Minister'of Finance is charged with the execution
of the present decree.
Given at Laeken, 31st December, 1853.
LEOPOLD,
By the King. The Minister of State, Governor of
Brabant, temporarily in charge of the Depart-
ment of Finance,
LKIDTS.

(Copy.)
Art. I. The provisions of the Royal Decree of 28th
August, 1853, are approved.
The following articles are admitted duty free until 31st
July, 1854 :—Wheat, spelt, cleaned and uncleaned, meslin,
rye, Indian corn,• barley, malt, buckwheat, oats, peas, len-
tils, kidney beans, horse beans, vetches, groats pearl bar-
ley, flour and meal of all kinds, bran, starch (Monies),
bread, biscuit, macaroni, semolina, vermicelli, gingerbread,
rice, smoked hams, bulls, oxen, cows, steers, heifers, calves,
sheep, lambs, pigs.
The following articles may also be imported free until
31st December, 1854
Bacon, and all kinds of meat not enumerated in the
tariff.
. The provisions of paragraph 2- are applicable to every
vessel, Belgian or foreign, whose clearance papers shall
prove that her cargo of grain, or other provisions comprised
in the above paragraph, was completed, and that she sailed
from a foreign port, before 31st July, 1854.
Art. 11. The provisions of the Royal decree of 13th Oc-
tober, 1853, are approved.
The exportation of. the following articles is prohibited
until 31st July,'lBs4 :-
1 .. Potatoes, and potato starch.
Lentils.
Peas. -
Beans (kidney).
Act. 111. If circumstances permit, the Government has
power, before the 31st July, 1854, to rescind Art. 11.
Art. IV. The present law shall come into operation on
the day after its publication.
Given at Laeken, 31st December, 1853.
By the King.

LEOPOLD.
Minister of the Interior.
F. PIERCOT.
The Minister of State, Governor of Brabant,
temporarily in charge of the Department of
Finance. '

LIEDTS.

OFFICE OF' ORDNANCE, JAN. 14.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Erratum in Gazette of
Jan 6.—For Gentleman Cadet Benjamin Humphrey to be
Second Lieutenant, read Gentleman Cadet Benjamin Geale
Humfrey to be Second Lieutenant.