The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

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NAPLES, AUG. 11.

Ferdinand 11., by the grace of God, King of the King-
dom of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, &c., Duke of
Parma, Piacenza, Costro, &c.,jHereditary Grand Prince of
Tuscany, &c., &c. Sze., on the proposition of our Ministers,
Secretaries of State of the Finances and Affairs of Sicily,
and of the Director of the Ministry of the Interior; having
heard our ordinary Council of State, we have resolved to
decree, and do decree as follows :-
Art. 1. From this day, and through the whole of De-
cember of the present year, no Customs duty shall be
levied upon the importation into our royal dominions be-
yond or within the Straits, of wheat, barley, oats, maize,
pulse, and flour, the produce of foreign countries.
Art. '2. Our Ministers, Secretaries of State of the Fi-
nances and Affairs of Sicily, the Director of the Ministry
of the Interior, and our Lieutenant-General in the Domi-
nions beyondithe Straits, are charged with the execution of
this decree.
Ischia, Bth August, 1853.
(Signed) FERDINAND.
PIETRO D'URSO,
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Minister of Finances.
FERDINANDO TROJA,
President of the Council of Minis-
ters, for the Minister of the Af-
fairs of Sicily, absent.
S. MURENA,
Director of the Ministry of the
Interior.
FERDINANDO TROJA,
President of the Council of Mi-
nisters.
BOATED OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 27.

The Right Hon. 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 dis-
patch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, in-
closing a notification, of which a copy is subjoined, pro-
hibiting the exportation of grain from the Lombardo-
Venetian Provinces until further notice.

By order, J. EMERSON TENNENT.
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NOTIFICATION.

Owing to the rise in the price of grain, I have been in•
duced to order that—

1. The exportation of every kind of grain, especially
wheat, Indian corn, rye, oats, and their respective flours
and pastes, is prohibited until further notice.
2. During the said prohibition, the control in conformity
with the Customs regulation will be put in force.
3. Grain, flours, pastes, which may he seized in contra-
vention of this order, will, independently of the penalties
incurred towards the finance, be confiscated for the benefit
of the poor of the parish where they were seized.
4. A. particular notification will be published as to the
commerce of grain, flour, and pastes, with the Duchies of
Modena and Parma, and also on the application of this
order to the territory of the free port of Venice.
From the I. R. General Military and Civil Government
of the Lombardo-Venetian' Provinces.
(Signed) RADETZKY.

Monza, Aug. 4, 1853.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED By LORD -LIEUTENANTS.
The Hon. Ashley George John p
Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, July 29. to be Deputy
Queen's Own Light Infantry R,,•ent
Money to be Ca
of
Tower Hain.
lets Militia—Lieutenant George
Henry
thin, vice Sayer, who retires, retaining his rank Lientepn-
ant Charles Bruce to be Captain, vice Curtis,
retaining his rank ;. Lieutenant Saint retires,
Hook to be Captain, vice Mortimer, who er33.lltler
Frederick Ridge, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brash, per;
meted, Aug. 16. Pro-
[This article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of the 23d inst.]
Middlesex Victoria Rifles—George Drummond, Esq.
Duc de Melfort, to be Major ; William Whittaker, Esq.:
to be Captain and Adjutant, Aug. 4.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—George Barlow, Gent., to be Ensign,
Aug. 25.