The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Nov. 25.

Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Sunday
next, the 27th inst., for her late Majesty the Queen of
Portugal and the Algarves, viz. :
The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white shoes,
fans and tippets.
The gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed, fringed or
plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the 11th
of December next, viz.:—
The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons,
fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or
white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons.

The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coasts, full-trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.

And on Sunday the 18th December next, the Court to
go out of Mourning.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Nov. 25.
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Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments at
Windsor Castle will be reopened to the public, as hereto-
fore, on Monday next, the 28th instant.

DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to constitute so much of the
present diocese of Cape Town, as comprises the eastern dis-
tricts of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, consisting
of the divisions of Albany, 17itenhage, Port Elizabeth,
Fort Beaufort, Victoria, Albert, Somerset, Graaf Reinet,
Cradock, Colesborg, and Queen's Town, and all portions of
that colony not comprised in these divisions, lying south
of the Orange and east of the Ongars Rivers, and also the
territories called or known as British Kaffraria, to be a
bishop's see and diocese, to be called " The Bishopric of
Graham's Town ;" and her Majesty has appointed the Rev.
John Armstrong, Doctor in Divinity, to be ordained and
consecrated Bishop of the said See of Graham's Town.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to constitute so much
of the present diocese of Cape Town as comprises the dis-
trict of Natal, to be a bishop's see and diocese, to bo called
" The Bishopric of Natal ;" and her Majesty has appointed
the Rev. John William Colenso, Doctor in Divinity, to be
ordained and consecrated Bishop of tha said See of Natal.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 23.

The Queen ha, been pleased to approve of Mr. James If
Williams, as Consul at Sydney, for the United States of
A merica.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 23.

2d Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant Fountaine
Hogge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hon. Cornwallis
Maude, who retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Augustus
Savil Lumley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hogge,
Nov. 25.
2d Dragoon Guards—Cornet George Bushman (Riding
Master) to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Howell, who
retires, Nov. 25.
4th Dragoon Guards—George Alexander Muttlebury,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase ; Cornet Daniel Peploe
Webb to be Adjutant, vice Mullin, who resigns the Ad-
jutantcy, Nov. 25.
2d Dragoons —Ensign Andrew Smythe Montague
Browne, from the 56th Foot, to be Cornet, paying the dif-
ference, vice Prentis, promoted, Nov. 25.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—The under-
mentioned officers have been permitted to retire from the
service by the sale of their Commissions, viz.:--
Ensign and Lieutenants—Charles Pierrepoint Lane Fox;
Wm. Rombold ; Charles Brandling, Nov. 25.
sth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Ravenscroft
Whitty, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Hanky, appointed to the Staff, Nov. 25.
13th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Peel to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Nicol, who retires ; Ensign Charles oore
Long to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel ; Henry
Edward Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Long, Nov. 25.
34th Foot—Lieutenant John Peel to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Sitwell, who retires; Francis Richard Hurt to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel ; Francis Peel,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hurt, Nov. 25.
47th Foot—First Lieutenant Jaspar Lucas, from the
87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Roberts, who exchanges,
Nov, t 5.
51st Foot—Ensign William Agg to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Pilmer, deceased, May 19.
56th Foot—Havilland John De Carteret, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Browne, appointed to the 2nd
Dragoons, Nov. 25.
61st Foot—Captain Robert Hunt, from the Ceylon Rifle
Regiment, to be Captain, vice Grant, appointed Pay-
master ; Captain Andrew Grant to be Paymaster, vice
Toole, deceased, Nov. 25.
65th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant Richard Bulkeley
Twyford. Thelwall to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bar-
nard, who retires ; Ensign Frederick Stansfield Herries to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thelwall ; Edmund
Jacob Whitbread, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Herries ; Lieutenant Thomas George Strange to be Adju-
tant, vice Thelwall, promoted, Nov. 25.
80th Foot—Ensign Garnet Joseph Wolseley to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Montgomerie, deceased,
May 16.
87th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Law Roberts, from the
47th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lucas, who exchanges,
Nov. 25.

95th Foot—Captain John Christopher Minnitt, from the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice Soton,
who exchanges, Nov. 25.

Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain George Seton,
from the 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice Minnitt, who ex-
changes, Nov. 25.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Dudley Hanley,
M.D., from the sth Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Whitty, appointed to the sth Foot, Nov. 25.
MEMORANDIISI.—The removal of Lieutenant Augustus
Applewhaite, from the 23d to the 15th Foot, as stated in
the Gazette of the 11th Nov., has been cancelled.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

Christopher Bramwell, Esq., and Richard Lawrence
Pemberton, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants of Durham,
Nov. 17.

King's Own (Tower Hamlets) Light Infantry Regiment
of Militia—George Fuller Howes to be Ensign.
North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—The
Hon. Rowland Clegg Hill to be Cornet, vice Andrew G.
Corbet, Esq., resigned, Nov. 22.
Carmartheashire Regiment of Militia—James William
Bowen Thomas, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Powell,
resigned ; Lewis Evans, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice George, resigned ; John Thirlwall, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Thomas, resigned.

BAITKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Donald, cattle dealer, Hayton, Cumberland.
BANKRUPTS.
Charles Tipple, apothecary, Baldock, to surrender,
Dec. 2 at one, and Jan. 7, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ;
Trinder and Eyre, John-street, Bedford-square.
James Coupe, joiner, Preston, Dec. 5, and Jan. 9, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee, Manchester; Turner and Son, Preston; Cooper
and Son, Manchester.
William Tomlinson, publican, Manchester, Dec. 15, and
Jan. 5, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee,
official assignee, Manchester; Cooper and Sons, Manchester.
William Booth, ironmonger, Lambeth, Dec. 5, at two,
and Dec. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee. Sambrook-court; Nind, Beaufort-
buildings, Strand.
James Phillips, hatter, Union-street, Bristol, Dec. 7,
and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Sons,
Bristol.
William Outram, timber merchant, Stockton-upon-
Tees, Dec. 2, at one, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official as-
signee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Brignal, Durham, and Hart-
ley, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury.
Jacob Wright, Holywell-street, Shoreditch, Dec. 6, at
twelve, and Jan. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Buchanan,
Basinghall-street.
John James, trunk maker, Oxford-street, Dec. 5, at one,
and Dec. 27, at 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Edwards
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official assign, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Story,
Great James-street, Bedford-row.
Eliza 31`Crow, linen-draper, City-road, Dec. 6, at half-
past twelve, and Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ;
Jones, Sise-lane.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
George Hennet, of 24, Duke street, Westminster, Bris-
tol, Bridgwater, Plymouth, and Teignmonth, railway con-
tractor, first dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, payable at
18, Aldermanbury, City, on any Monday.
William Robinson, of Maidstone, Bent, draper, first
dividend of Bs. lld. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basing-
hall-street, on Thursday, December 1, and three following
Thursdays.
William Pulford, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, cord-
wainer, first dividend of ls. sd. in the pound, payable at
Middle-pavement, Nottingham, on Saturday, November
26, and three following Saturdays.
William Elgood, of Leicester, merchant, first dividend
of Bs. in the pound, payable at Middle-pavement, Notting-
ham, on Saturday, November 26, and three following
Saturdays.
Charles Burrows, of East Stonehouse, Devonshire and
John Gliddon, of Plymouth, beer brewers, final dividend
of 6d. in the pound, payable at Queen-street, Exeter, on
any Friday or Tuesday.
John Muckleston, jun., of Shrewsbury, grocer, second
and final dividend of sd. in the pound, payable at 7, Water-
loo-street, Birmingham, on any Tuesday.
Joseph Turner, of Eastbourne, Sussex, grocer, first and
final dividend of 2s. 3d. in the pound, payable at 211, High-
street, Lewes.