The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-11 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 10, 1816.
It is hereby notified, that her Majesty's Principal Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from
her Majesty's Minister in Mexico a dispatch containing
the copy of a notice sent on the 20th of May last to Capt.
Pelly, the Commander of her Majesty's ship Rose, by
Captain Fitzhugh, the Senior Officer of the United
States' Naval Forces off the port of Vera Cruz, de-
claring that port to be blockaded by the said naval
forces.

It is also hereby notified that her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a
dispatch, dated the 21st of May last, from her Majesty's
Consul at Tampico, enclosing the copy of a letter which
he had received from Commander Saunders, of the fol-
lowing tenour

" U. S. Ship St. Mary's, off Tampico Bar,
May 20, 1846.
"Sir,—ln coniequence of Mexico having commenced
hostilities against the-United States, I have been ordered
Lue kfouunaniter-in-unier or me Js.merican squauronon
this station to blockade the port of Tampico. Please con-
sider this the official announcement of that fact ; and do
me the favour to communicate it to all whom it may
concern. Vessels now in port will be allowed to sail with
or without cargo at any time before June 15; neutral non-
commercial mail packets are free to enter and depart,
and Mexican boats, engaged exclusively in fishing, will
be allowed to pursue their labours unmolested. Do me
the favour to give publicity to this immediately, for the
benefit of the humble class to whom it refers.
" .INO, S. SAUNDERS, Commander."
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the Bth day of
July, 1846—present, the Queen's most excellent
Majesty in Council—this day the Right Honour-
able Frederick Earl Spencer, the Right HonourAble
Edward George Fitzalan Howard (commonly called Lord
Edward George Fitzalan Howard), and the Right Hon.
Thomas Milner Gibson were, by command of her Ma-
jesty, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy
Council, and took their respective places at the Bottad
accordingly.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to ap-
point the Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, President
of the Committee of Council appointed for the consider-
ation of all matters relating to trade and foreign planta-
tions, in the absence of the President of the said Com-
mittee for the time being.
BY THE QUEEN.— A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA, R.—Whereas by our Order in Council of
the nineteenth of May, in the present year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and in
the ninth year of our reign, we were graci-
ously pleased, for the reasons therein contained,
to annul the royal proclamation of His late
Majesty King William the Fourth, of the third
day of February, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-six, directing that distribution should be
made of the net proceeds of prizes captured
from the enemy, of captures and seizures, under
the several Acts passed relating to the revenues
of Customs, and to trade and navigation, for the
abolition of the slave trade, and for the capture and
destruction of piratical vessels, and of the rewards
conferred for the same, as well as of awards and
allowances of salvage granted to the officers and
men of ships and vessels of war, when not other-
wise specially apportioned by the terms of the respective
awards and allowances: and whereas in the recital of the
said Order in Council in our royal proclamation, dated
the said nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and forty-six, the following words, that is to say, " as
well as of awards and allowances of salvage granted to the
officers and men of ships and vessels of war, when
not otherwise specially apportioned by the terms
of the respective awards and allowances," were by
mistake omitted, and it is expedient that such mis-
take should be corrected : now, therefore, we do
make known to all our loving subjects, and all
others whom it may concern, by this our royal procla-
mation, by and with the advice and consent of our Privy
Council, that our said proclamation of the said 19th day
of May, 1846, shall have the same force and effect, to all
intents and purposes, as if the said words so omitted by
mistake had been inserted therein.
Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this
sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and in the
tenth year of our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess
of Sutherland to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room
of the Duchess of Buccleuch, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick
Earl Spencer to be Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's
Household, in the room of George John Earl De La
Warr, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 8.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lord Edward-
George Fitzalan-Howard to be Vice Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household, in the room of Lord Ernest
Augustus Charles Brudenell Bruce, resigned.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JULY 6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, commonly called Lord
Marcus Hill, Comptroller of her Majesty's Household,
vice Colonel the Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson
Darner, resigned.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, JULY 8.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. the Earl Fortescue, Lord Steward of her Majesty's.
Household, vice the Right Hon. the Earl cf Liverpool,
G.C.B , resigned.
MASTER OF THE HORSE'S-OFFICE, JULY 7.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Alfred Paget (commonly called Lord Alfred
Paget) to be Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal to her
Majesty, in the room of the Hon. Charles Wellesley
(commonly called Lord Charles Wellesley) resigned.
WHITEHALL, JULY 7.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Viscount,
Morpeth ; Alexander Milne, Esq. ; and Charles Alex-
ander Gore, Esq. (commonly called the Honourable
Charles Alexander Gore), to be Commissioners of her
Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and
Buildings.

WHITEHALL, JULY 7.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and ap-
pointing the Marquis of Clanricarde to the office of her
Majesty's Postmaster-General.
WHITEHALL, JULY 7.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Groat Seal, constituting and ap-
pointing the Right Honourable Richard Lalor Sheil to
the office of Master and Worker of her Majesty's Mint