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London, England, 1853-10-26 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, OCT. 24.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral
Sir William Hall Gage, Knt., the office or place of Rear-
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Ad-
miral Sir George Cockburn, Bart., deceased.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 24.
The Queen has been pleased to make the following ap-
pointments under the Provisions and for the purposes of
' The Charitable Trusts Act, 1853 ; " viz.:—Peter Erle,
Esq., Barrister-at Law, to be Chief Commissioner ; James
Hill, Esq.. Barrister-at-Law, to be Second Commissioner ;
the Rev. Richard Jones, M.A. to be Third Commissioner;
The Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.8.,
to be Fourth Commissioner ; Henry Morgan Vane, Esq.,
to be Secretary ; and Thomas Hare, Esq., Banister-at-
Law, and Walter Skirrow, junr., Esq., to be Inspectors.
CROWN OFFICE, OCT. 24.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Burgh of Lisburn.--Jonathan Joseph Richardson, Esq.,
of the Island, in the said borough of Lisburn, in the room
of Roger Johnson Smyth, Esq., deceased.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have re-
ceived through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
copies of two dispatches from her Majesty's Consul at
Lisbon, the first inclosing the annexed translation of an
edict of the Board of Health in that city, relative to ves-
sels arriving from ports suspected of infection; and the
second reporting that the Board had declared London and
Newcastle infected, and all other English ports suspected
of infection, with cholera.—By order, JAMES BOOTH.
(Copy.—Translation.)
The Council of Public Health of the Kingdom, wishing
to prevent all disputes regarding the application of the re-
gulations contained in the edicts of the 25th of July and
sth of December, 1850, and 3d of July, 1851, for the con-
ditional admission to free pratique of ships, dm, proceed-
ing from suspected ports, has deliberated upon, and hereby
ordains the ea servauce of the following :
Art. 1. Ships proceeding from suspected ports, and hav-
ing been eight days on their voyage, are to be allowed free
pratique at all the ports of the kingdom.
Art. 2. Ships proceeding from suspected ports, and hav-
ing been less than eight whole days on their voyage, must
complete them at the port of their arrival by a quarantine
of observation.

Art. 3. The days of the voyage shall be reckoned from
the moment of departure as shown by the log book.
Art. 4. The edicts of the 24th and 25th of October,
1850, continue in force.

(Signed) MATHEUS CEZARIO.
RODRIGUEZ MOACHO,

Lisbon, Sept. 29.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee o
the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a dispatch from hor Majesty's Pro Consular Agent at
Rome, =losing the following translation of a pontifica
edict, granting free importation of corn into the Papa]
States until the end of February, 1854.
By order,
(Copy.)
NOTIFICATION OF CARDINAL ANTONELLI
To do away with the uncertainty arising from the move
able tariffs regulating the importation and exportation
corn, in the present state of things, the Holiness of our
Lord, having heard the Council of Ministers, has ordered
us to publish, as we do in his sovereign name, the free
importation of wheat, Indian corn, and flour, large wheat
(" farro"), barley, oats, pulse (excepting lupins), potatoes,
chestnuts, and their flours, until the- end of Feb., 1854,
whatever may be the medium price of the said articles re-
sulting from the corn tables, as well for the section of the
Mediterranean as for that of the Adriatic, derogating for
this purpose from every law or regulation to the contrary.
The Pro Minister of the Finances is charged with the
apposite execution.
(Signed) J. CARD. ANTONELLI.
Secretary of State's Office, Oct. 5, 1853.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, from her
Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Florence, the subjoined
translation of a Roman Notification, admitting into the
Papal States, free of duty, until the end of February next,
',he principal kinds of vegetables.—By order,
JAMES BOOTH.
" Giornale di Roma" (No. 226), Thursday,
Oct. 6, 1853.

JAMES BOOTH,

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