The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-03 00:00:00

CERTAIN RINDS OF MERCHANDISE.

Approved May 24,'t853.
Be it enacted by the King, the Nobles, and the Represen-
tatives of the Hawaiian Islands, in Legislative Council
assembled :
Section 1. That there shall be levied on all goods, wares,
and merchandise imported into this Kingdom, from any
port in China or the Phillipine Islands, a duty of fifteen
per cent ad valorem, upon the invoice cost thereof; provided,
however, that not more than five per cent. duty shall be
levied on the article of rice, and further provided that this
shall not be construed into a repeal of any part of "An
Act leving specific duties on sugar, syrups of sugar and
coffee," passed June 6, 1852.
Section 2. The increase of duties provided for in the first
section of this act shall not affect goods, wares or mer-
chandise, which are the growth or manufacture of any
foreign country having a treaty with this Kingdom.
Section 3. In order to prove that any goods, wares, or
merchandise, imported into this Kingdom, from any of the
ports of China or the Phillipine Islands, are the growth or
manufacture of some other country having a treaty with
this Kingdom, it shall be necessary for the person entering
the same at the Custom House, to present to the Col-
lector of Customs a certificate to th it effect from the resi-
dent Hawaiian Consul, or in default of such Consul, from
the Consul or Commercial Agent of such country, at the
port in China or the Phillipine Islands from whence such
goods, wares, or merchandise shall have been brought to
this kingdom; and the person entering the same at the
Custom-house shall make oath that such goods, wares, or
merchandise aro not the growth or manufacture of China
or the Phillipine Islands, to the best of his knowledge and
belief.

Section 4. This act shall take effect at the expiration of
six months from the date of its publication in the Poly-
nesian newspaper.

WAR-OFFICE, MARcEr 3.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William
Inglis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bell,
who retires ; Cornet Richard Temple Godman to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Inglis, March 3.
2nd Dragoons—Captain George Augustus Fibaier Suli-
van to be Major, without purchase, vice Macleod, deceased;
Lieutenant Frederick Philips to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Sulivan ; Cornet Robert Scott Hunter, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Philips, Feb. 17.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guard—Lieutenant and
Captain Poulett G. Henry Somerset to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Clitherow, who re-
tires ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Honourable Henry
William John Byng to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice Somerset; the Honourable William Arthur
Amherst to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Byng, March 3. •
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel George Wil-
liam Fordyce, from half-pay 13th Foot, to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice the Honourable Alexander Nelson
Hood, who exchanges; Francis Bramley Baker, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon, March 3.
Ist Foot—Francis Gore Currie. Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Otney, promoted in the 7th Foot,
March 3.

7th Foot— Ensign Philip George Coney, from the Ist
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hunt, who re-
tires ; Ensign and Lieutenant the Honourable Alfred
Henry Crofton, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of
Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Gerald, pro.
moted, March 3.
10th Foot—Ensign George William Graham, from the
90th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Peard, who retires,
March 3.

12th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward St. Maur, from
the 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Rumley,
who exchanges, March 3.

17th Foot—Ensign William Dalrymple Tompson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mylius, who retires ; Ed-
ward John Lees, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchae,, vice
Tompaon, March 3.
18th Foot—Captain John Lawrie, from the 82d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Wood, who exchanges, March 3 ; En-
sign William James Hales to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Sargent, promoted, May 25, 1853 ; Ensign Tho.
mas Esmonde to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Hales, whose promotion witaout purchase on the 7th June,
1853, has been cancelled, June 7, 1853; Lieutenant Joseph
George Wilkinson to be Adjutant, vice Sargent, promoted,
Mar,- h 3

19th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Longmore to be
Surgeon, vice Odell, promoted on the staff, March 3.
20th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Claim Edward

Howard to be Surgeon, vice Alexander, promoted on the
staff, March 3.
27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Randal Rumley, from
the 12th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice St. Maur,
who exchanges, March 3.
35th Foot—Ensign Charles Robert Tennant to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Wright, who retires; Thomas
Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tennant,
March 3.
40th Foot—Cornet Alexander Bower St. Clair, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Stephens,
promoted, March 3.
47th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Walter Weld,
from the 49th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Battersby, pro-
moted on the Staff, March 3.
48th Foot—Ensign the Hon. Robert John Handcock to
be Lieuten-tut, by purchase, vice Noel, who retires ; John
Godfrey Day, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Handcock, March 3.
49th Foot—Ensign Walter Robert Corbet to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Bond, who retires ; William
Young, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Corbet,
March 3.
50th Foot—Major Richard Waddy to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase ; Captain John Olaus Moller to
be Major, without purchase, vice Waddy ; Lieutenant
Richard Moore Barnes to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Moller ; Ensign John Thompson to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Barnes ; Gentleman Cadet Frede-
rick Leycester Barwell, from the Royal Military College,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thompson, March 3.
53d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Nedham, from the 10th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Peel, appointed Paymaster,
March 3.
60th Foot—First Lieutenant Henry Francis Williams,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sotheby, who retires ;
Second Lieutenant Rowley Willes Hinxman, to be First
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams; James Durham
Dundas, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hinxman, March 3.
77th Foot—Lieutenant William Rickman, to be Adju-
tant, vice St. George, who resigns the Adjutancy only
March' 3.
79th Foot—Ensign James Herbert Freme, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Webster, who retires; James
Bell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Freme,
March 3.

80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Nelson Irwin,
from the 27th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice. Taylor,-promoted
on the Staff, March 3.
82nd Foot—Captain John Joseph Wood, from the 18th
Foot, to be Captain, vico Lawrie, who exchanges, March 3.
84th Foot—Lieutenant Campbell Barber Browne, from
the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Wolseley, appointed
to the 90th Foot, March 3.

90th Foot—Robert Henry Evans, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice G. W. Graham, appointed to the 10th
Foot, March 3.
91th Foot—Second Lieutenant George Lake Hedley,
from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Ensign, vice King,
appointed to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, March 3.
97th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Ibbotson, from half-pay
103rd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ferris, promoted with-
out purchase to an Unattached Company, March 3; Ensign
Matthew Brinkley, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Ibb, tson, who retires, March 3 : Nutcombe Quicke, Gent.,
to be Ensign by purchase, vice Brinkley, March 3.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment Ensign Edward Hammond
King, from the 94th Foot, to be Second Lieutenent, by
purchase, vice Hedley, appointed to the 94th Foot,
March 3.

Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Major Percy Hill, from
half-pay of the Regiment to be Major, vice McDougall,
who exchanges, March 3.
ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
George Walter Prosser, from Major and Superintendent of
Studies, to be Lieutenant-Governor, vice Taylor, deceased,
Jan. 9; Major Patrick Leonard M`Dougall, from the
Royal anadian Rifle Regiment, to be Major and Superin-
tendent of Studies, vice Prosser, March 3.
UNATTACHED.—Captain John Johnston, from the 66th
Foot, to be Major, without purchase, March 3.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Staff-Surgeons of the First
Class—Surgeon Robert Battersby, from the 47th Foot ;
Surgeon John Robert Taylor, from the 80th Foot ; Sur-
geon William Odell, M.D., from the 19th Foot ; Surgeon
Thomas Alexander, from the 20th Foot, March 3.
To be Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant-Surgeon
Robert Lewins, M.D., from the 63d Foot; Assistant-Sur-
geon Wm. Maclise, from the 90th Foot, vice Howard, ap-
pointed to the 20th Foot, March 3. .

To be Assistant-Surgeons—Henry Thos. Sylvester, M.D,
James Balfour Cockburn, M.D. ; George Lawson, Genl
March 3.

MEMOR \NDUM.—The promotions of the undermentioned
officers, which appeared in the Gazette of the 2d Septem-
ber, 1853, have been ante-dated to Ist July, 1853 ; viz. ;-
2d Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. Oliver Robinson, Captain
Robert Holdsworth, Lieut. John Croome.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 24.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenants Edward
Lawes Pym to be Adjutant, vice Kennedy, promoted;
Thomas Quin Meade to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster,
vice Elliott, promoted ; George Stephen Digby to be Ad-
jutant, vice Barnard, promoted ; William James Dunn to
be Adjutant, vice Allen, promoted. Second Lieutenants
Frederick Augustus Foster to be First Lieutenant, vice
Jones, promoted ; Henry Freeland to be First Lieutenant,
vice Jolliffe, promoted ; Philip Harington to be First
Lieutenant, vice Kennedy, promoted ; Francis Worgan
Festing, to be First Lieutenant, vice Boyle, promoted ;
William Addis Delacombe to be First Lieutenant,
vice Little, promoted ; Henry Eyre Wyatt Lane,
to be First Lieutenant, vice Elliott, promoted ; William
Frederick Portlock Scott Dadson to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice M'Arthur, promoted ; Charles Frederick
Short to be First Lieutenant, vice Gwyn, promoted ;
Francis Lean to be First Lieutenant, vice Barnard, pro-
moted; Alexander Tait to be First Lieutenant, vice
Davies, promoted; John Blackwood Colwell to be First
Lieutenant, vice Allen, promoted ; Henry Swale to be
First Lieutenant, vice de Conroy, promoted; Cuthbert
Tetherstone Daly to be First Lieutenant; William San-
ders to be First Lieutenant ; Edward Congreve Langley
Durnford to be First Lieutenant ; Edward Gladstone to be
First Lieutenant ; Ussher L. Morris to be First Lieutenant;
Joseph George Shanks to be First Lieutenant ; Arthur
Charles Joshua McMeekan to be First Lieutenant ; George
Frederick Walker to be First Lieutenant ; William Pit-
man to be First Lieutenant ; Henry Laws Harrison to be
First Lieutenant ; Thomas Herbert Alexander Erotism to
be First Lieutenant ; Henry Day Rybot to be First Lieu-
tenant; Geoffrey Mairis to be First Lieutenant; Charles
Sidney Williams to be First Lieutenant; Charles Bullen
Hugh Mitchell to be First Lieutenant; John Maitland
Lennox to be First Lieutenant ; Thomas Bent to be First
Lieutenant ; John William Henry Chafyn Grove Morris
to be First Lieutenant.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Devon—Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bart.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Robert Porrett Collier, Esq , to
be Deputy Lieutenant, Jan. 28.
Devon Militia Artillery—Henry Bourchier Toke Wrey
to be Second Lieutenant, Dec. 27 ; Second Lieutenant
Brent to be First Lieutenant, vice Stevens, resigned ;
Henry Charles Devon to be Second Lieutenant, vice Brent,
promoted, Jan. 28.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Henry Arundell Mar-
tyn Farrant to be Ensign, Feb. 3.
Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion—
Henry Barron Rodway to be Captain, vice Addington,
resigned, December 21.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—The
Right Honourable George Viscount Torrington to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Moneypenny, deceased, Feb. 27.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Drummond Bond Win-
grove, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 27.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia —Charles Goolden, Gent., to be Ensign, March 2.
Hampshire Militia Artillery—Charles Starke, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 13.
Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Thomas
Willis Fleming to be Captain, vice Shrapnell, appointed
Barrack Master at Isle aux Noix, Feb. 14.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gen-
tlemen to be Commissioners to administer oaths in the
High Court of Chancery :
Charles Anthony Branson, Sheffield.
Charles Thomas Jenkinson, Lombard-street.
Edward John Cox Davies, Crickhowell, Brecon.
William Denis Moore, Exeter.
George Batchelor, Newport, .Monmouthshire.
William Harris, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn.
Henry Dyte, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
Jobn Champley Rutter, Ely-place, Holborn.
Thomas Bisgood, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn.
J.l.mes George Dobinson, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Jacob Michael, Red Lion-square and Old Jewry.
NECharles Fiddey, Paper-buildings, Inner-temple.
Robert Bristow Berridge, Leicester.
William Stuart, Wolverhampton.
James Street, Manchester.
George Bradley, Castloford, Yorkshire.
Thomas Forster, Brampton, Cumberland.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturday

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