The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-27 00:00:00

old, 5s 10d to 7s; ord and mid, 25 6d to 3s 9d; Bor-
deaux, 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Only a moderate demand exists
for British made Spirit at 93 5d to 9s 6d; Gin, 8s 2d to
80 3d for 22 per cent under proof. Genera more in de-
Attnd at is 7d to is Bd, and fine Is 9d to 2s.
INDIGt).—The quantity to be offered at auction i n the
Bth of next month has been further increased, and now
amounts to 13,457 chests, being a greater quantity than
was expected. The market for East India remains in a
dull state, and parcels are offering at a reduction on last
sale's rates of 2d to 3d per lb. In Spanish purchases
have been trifling, and last week's quotations are sup-
ported with difficulty.
COCIIINEAL.—To-day late rates were obtained for low
sorts of Cochineal, but best kinds rather dearer still of
300 bgs at auction a part only sold at 3s 6d to 3s lld
for good and fine Honduras silvers, ord 2s 10d to 3s,
and blacks common to fine 3s 6d to 4s Ild.
TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of 700 cks
Australian Tallow went at 35s 6d to 373 3d for Sheep;
Ox 34s to 35s 6d ; 184 pkgs South American 33s 6d
to 375.
OILS.—To-day at puplic sale 100 tuns Manilla Cocoa
Nut Oil sold at 255 to 36a, being lower rates ; 48 tuns
of Sperm at 8015 s to 831; 67 tuns Southern and Polar
291 15s to 321.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 24.
The Quuen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Ed-
ward Ryan as Consul at Quebec for the Free Hanseatic
city of Bremen.
DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 25, 1851.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lambert Do
Nieuwerkerk, Esq., to be Assistant Receiver-General of
Berbice, in the colony of British Guiana.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Carman, Esq., to be Clerk of the Pleas in the Supreme
Court of the province of New Brunswick.
The Gazette of this evening contains a proclamation,
by the Queen, for the Election of a Peer of Scotland, in
the room of Viscount Strathallan, deceased, the said
election to take place on the 6th day of August next, at
Holyrood House, Edinburgh._

CROWN. OFFICE, JUNE 27.

XEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT

PARLIAMENT.

City of Bath—George Treweeke Scobell, Esq., of
High Littleton, in the county of Somerset, Captain,
R.N., in the root of Anthony Ashley Cooper, com-
monly called Lon" Ashley, now Earl of Shaftesbury,
called up to the House of Peers.
WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 27.

7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major Gervase
Parker Bushe, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major,
vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Harry F. C. Darrell,
Bart., who exchanges; Captain Arthur Cavendish Ben-
tinck to be Major, by purchase, vice Bushe, who re-
tires; Lieutenant Nugent Chichester to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Bentinck ; Cornet Thomas Edward Dow-
biggen to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chichester,
Juno 27.

Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward Tomkinson
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thompson, who retires;
Cotnet John Charles Henry Fitzgibbon to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Tomkinson, June 27.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and
Lieutenant Francis Augustus Plunkett Burton to be
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Warrender,
who retires ; Second-Lieutenanl Gerald Littlehales
Goodlake, from the 21st Foot, to be Ensign and Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Burton, June 27.

6th Po-ot—Major-Genaral Henry James Riddell to be
Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner,
K.C.B. deceased, June 25.

21st.. Foot Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thorp,
from the 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Thomas Gore Browne, C. 8., who retires upon half-pay
44th Foot, June 27.
25th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel James Smith Schon-
swar, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
James Robert Young, who retires upon half-pay sth
Foot, June 27.

31st Foot—Captain Henry B. Phipps, from the 63d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Gould, who exchanges,
June 27.

60th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Brinsley Nicholson,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, June 27.
63d Foot—Captain John Stillman Gould, from the
31st Foot, to bo Captain, vice Phipps, who exchanges,
Juno 27.

65th Foot—Ensign Thomas George Strange to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Elwes, who retires,
June 27.

85th Foot—Acting Assistant• Surgeon John Knox
Leet to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bain, appointed to
the Hospital Staff, June 27.

99 Eh Foot—Lieutenant Frederick William Despard to
be Adjutant, vice Johnston, promoted; Ensign Robert
Baylis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Despard,
appointed Adjutant, Feb. 17; Gentleman Cadet William
Morse Crowdy, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, vice Baylis, June 27.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon David Stuart
Erskine Bain, from the 85th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Nicholson, appointed to the 60th Foot,
June 27.

STAYF.—Lieutenant-Colonel James Robert Young, of
the 25th Foot, to be Fort-Major at Fort George,ln-
verneEs. vice Colonel Alexander Findlay, deceased
June 27.

BREVET.

Lieutenant Josep Hill, late of the 2nd West India Re-
giment, Staff Officer of Pensioners at Hudson's Bay, to
have the local and temporary rank of Captain in those
territories, while so employed, June 27.
The undermentioned Cadets of the Honourable the
East India Company's Service to have the local and tem-
porary rank of Ensig❑ during the period of their being
placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir
Frederick Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham,
for Field Instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining.
Henry Goodwin, Gent.; William Raffles Tucker,
Gent.; Robert Preston Malcolm, Gent.; Alexander
Urquhart Hamilton Finch, Gent.; John Heron Max-
well Stuart, Gent.; James Vertue, Gent., June 27.
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 25.
Her Majesty, by her order in Council of June 25,
1851, having been graciously pleased to sanction certain
arrangements proposed by the Board of Admiralty, with
a view to the general benefit of the Naval Service, and,
at the same time, the ultimate reduction of the present
charge for half-pay, the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty hereby give notice of the mode in which
the arrangements in question will be carried into
effect.
The number of Flag Officers will in future be reduced
to 99, exclusive of Admirals of the Fleet, of these 21 to
be Admirals, 27 Vice-Admirals, and 51 Rear-Admirals.
This reduction will be effected as follows, viz.:-
Ist. By removing to a Reserved Half-pay List
those officers now on the Active List, who have not
served for their Flag, under the Order in Council of 30th
June, 1827. These Officers will receive, as at present,
the Half-pay of Rear-Admirals, but will be allowed the
same advantage of rising in rank as if they had remained
on tha Active List.
2nd. By awarding ten retired service pensions, of 1501.
each, to such flag officers as are either above 70 years
of age, or are physically incapable of further active ser-
vice; such officers to be placed on the reserved list, and
the vacancies occasioned by death to he filled up from
the active list. These pensions will not bo held in ad-
dition to the Good Service Pension.
CAPTAINS.
The nnmber of Captains on the Active List will be
reduced to a number not permanently exceeding 350, and
the reduction shall be effected as follows, viz.:-
Ist. As vacancies occur on the Active List of
Flag-officers, the Captain first in Seniority, who
has served for his Flag, will be promoted ; reserv-
ing, however, her Majesty's undoubted right of selection.
Those Captrins who rise to their Flags, and who have
not so served, will be placed on the Reserved Half-pay
List, rising in rank as at present, bnt with the Half-pay
only of Rear Admirals.
2d. By keeping up the retirement of 1846, to the
number of 200, to be effected by permitting Captains
who are above fifty-five years of age, and who
have been on the Captain's List for ten years, to
be eligible for retirement. The retirement will
be so kept up to 200 until the list of Captains
shall be reduced to 350; the Retired List then to be di-
minished by only retiring one in two vacancies until i
shall be reduced to 100.

3d. By observing the rule of promotion, as it is now
in force, of promoting one in three vacancies, except in
special and individual cases, until the number is re-
duced to 350.

While my Lords have recommended the abandonment
of the system of brevet promotion in future, they are
nevertheless desirous of meeting the claims of old officers
who have served long and well, and who seek their pro-
motion rather as a reward for past services, than in the
expectation of further employment. To meet these
claims equitably, and at the same time not to fill the
Active is:o
.List with. officers who cannot long continue fit
wln
rvice their Lordships will promote by selection 50
Commanders to the rank of Captains. These officers
will bheespellaced on reserved half-pay. Of these 50, 20
year, eete d
untilin thethe number present
ti n
wheneach
ceedingtheNonni/:ill be filled upr
vacancies
;The number of Commanders on the
nAecnttilvyo
exceeding List will reduced to a number not 45o,perma-
nently and the reduction will be effected
Retired
thus-
-0 Commanders to
Commanders beC aptain s, a a
lst. By selecting So
oClfoomth
above specified.
2J. 13y increasing to
°Captain under the
pro-
moted to the rank
g such retirement
are physically Inca '
Order in Council of 1840, and keeping
until the number of command:
open s on the active list
time to is reduced to 450.
o c inni -
enders
on reserved half-pa.y alloinart or Revenue
sweh3rovdi.hc
esl3,vye
withinPn i oiisn2egrov
years,e d a afloat,
oa
r.t ,
who
able
of service; and by
re-
move such officers from the active list or reserved half-
continuing from time to
all the
pay. Officers, who may be thus placed on Reserved
Half-pay, will be allowed to retain advantages
they now enjoy of rising in pay or rank, or of receiving
the Greenwich Out-Pension.
4th. The system of promoting bg brevet will be aban-
doned. 50 Lieutenants, however, will be promoted by,
selection to the rank of Commander, to be placed on Re-
served Half-pay, in the same manner as specified in the
case of Commanders promoted to be Captains.
sth. By observing the rule of promotion of one in
three vacancies (except in special and individual cases),
as now in force, until the number on the Active List
shall be reduced to 450.
LIEUTENANTS.—The number of Lieutenants on the
Active List will be reduced to a number not perma-
nently exceeding 1,200, viz.:-
Ist. By the promotion of 50 Lieutenants by selection,
as above stated.
2d. PitiQin en the Eeseryed Half-pay List 011

THE SUN,

(THIS DAY.)

PETITIONS.'

LONDON,

Lieutenants who have not served afloat, or in the
Packet or Revenue Service, within twenty years, and
all such as are physically unable to serve; and by re-
moving, from time to time, such officers from the Active
to the Reserved Half•pay List, reserving to them, as in
the case of Commanders, all the advantages they now
enjoy of rising in pay or rank, or of receiving the
Greenwich Out-Pension.

3rd. By keeping up the rule of promoting one officer
in three vacancies (except in special and individual cases),
till the number of lieutenants on the active list shall be
reduced to 1,200.

4th. No promotion of mates to be lieutenants will
hereafter he made by brevet; but whereas, in case of
war or of emergency, her Majesty may be pleased, by
her order in Council, to call such officers from the re-
served list into active service, her Majesty has been
pleased to approve that such officers, as may be so em-
ployed, shall be in all respects entitled to the pay and
emoluments of their respective ranks on the active list.
By command of their Lordships,
J. PARKER.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Lancashire Hussars--Lieutenant Frederick Sewallis
Gerard to be Captain, vice William Ince Andorton, re-
tired, June 21.

BANKRUPTS.
John Murray, builder, Sheerness.
James Ba!Hagan, pianoforte maker, Edward-street,
Portman-square.
Jonas Walpole, money scrivener, Northwold, Norfolk
John Owen, flannel manufacturer, Welshpool, Mont-
gomeryshire._..

Thomas Edwards, basket and hamper manufacturer,
Liverpool.
William Whitehead, cabinet maker, Lancaster.
Thomas Allom, bookseller, Regent-street.
-William Bridges, jun., farmer, Sutton St. Edmond's,
Lincolnshire.
Joseph Price and J. Lavender, dealers, Birmingham.
John N. Carpenter, miller, Eardisland, Herefordshire.
Isaac Boyd, silk manufacturer, Spital-square.
Thomas George Tidey, bookseller, Rugby, Warwick-
shire.

William Tucker, jun., coal-merchant, Kingston-upon
Hull.
Hugh Matheson, merchant, Liverpool.
William Garrow, merchant, Bootle, near Liverpool.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending June 24,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 255. O'd. per cwt
From the Mauritius 265. 6d. „
From the East Indies 295. lid. „
Average pricelof the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 255. 9d. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, June 27.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woo:
sack at Five o'clock.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE presented a petition
against the Charitable Trusts Bill from the Governor
and guardians of the Foundling Hospital.
The Earl of FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition
with a similar prayer from the Governors, of Christ's
Hospital.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from
Leeds against the extension of the county courts.
Lord BROUGHAM said that each extension of the
county courts cast upon the judges more work without
any increase of their very scanty remuneration of 1,2001
He thought that the Consolidated Fund ought not to
benefit by the increase of business in those courts, but
that the officers of the courts should benefit by it. He
thought that as by the proposed Bill county court
judges were required to reside in their districts compen-
sation should be made to them for the practice which
they would be compelled to give up.