The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-08 00:00:00

ARTICLE IV.

C.—Construction of Ports.
The Government will make the following concessions to
undertakers of works of this nature :
(a.) Port duties and other charges established by the
laws in force, and levied on account of the Exchequer.
(b.) Complete freedom from all import duties on machi•
very and implements required for the works.
(c.) And lastly, a minimum guarantee of 5 per cent. for
a certain period upon a capital to he determined upon.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 7.
In the Notice which appeared in the Gazette of the 30th
ultimo, respecting the duties on the importation of fish into
France, for "salted fish," r3ad "pickled fish."
The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
have received from the Earl of Clarendon an extract from
the illonitcur, rectifying an error in the French Imperial
decree respecting the importation of tobacco into Algeria,
which appeared on the 27th Sept. last, and a translation of
which was inserted in the London Gazette of the 3d inst.
The decree, as corrected, applies exclusively to the octroi
de mer.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Kincardine—Sir James Horne Burnett, Bart.,
to be Vice-Lieutenant.

County of Flint—William Bryan Cooke, Esq., to be
Deputy• Lieutenant.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
WM. John Burford Standidge, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Keane, resigned.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Amelius Sicard, Gent.,
lobe surgeon, vice Curtis, resigned.

BANKRUPTCY ANNI7LLED.
James Walker Ninnes, watchmaker, Tonbridge Wells.

BANKRUPTS.

William Turner, milliner, Forest-hill, to surrender,
Oct. 21, at eleven, and Nov. 21, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild-
hall-chambers ; Holmes, Bucklersbury.
Jas. Davies, currier, Newport, Oct. 20 and Nov. 18, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official as-
signee, Bristol; Smith and Vassal], Bristol.
William Fevre, publican, Peterborough, Oct. 16, at
eleven, and Nov. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Wright
and Banner, Loudon-street, Fenchurch-street ; Law,
Stamford.
John Saunders Muir, schoolmaster, Aberdeen-place,
Mai,la-hill, Oct. 18, at half-past two, and Nov. 21, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street : Ab!a'iams, Lincoln's-inn fi.31118.
RI ward Rowell, bill broker, Manchester, Oct- 17 and
Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Boote and Jellicorse,
Manchester.
William Sommous, tailor' Rodruth, Cornwall, Oct. 18,
at eleven, and Nov. 18, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldormanbury; Mason and
Sturt, Gresham-street, City.
John Carr, iron manufacturer, Wallsend, Oct. 17, at
eleven, and Nov. 21, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Stanton,
Newcastle-upo -Tyne; Pringle,
Sham, Wilson, and Grossman, King's-road, Bedford-row,
London.
Richard 'Tattle Clemens, tailor, Liskeard, Oct. 16 and
Nov. 13. at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter.
James Donald and John Lockhart Donald, watchmakers,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 15, at half-past eleven, and
Nov. 13, at half-past twelve, at the District Court, New-
castle-upon-Tyne. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Francis, Birmingham ; Joel, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
,
James Scott, rag merchant, Batley Carr Yorkshire
Oct. 27, at twelve, and Nov. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Scholes
and Son, Dewsbury ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Lewis Stewart, watchmaker and auctioneer, Rothesay.
Agnes /vl•Kenzie or Pollock, spirit dealer, Glasgow.
John Young, carpenter, Fisherrow, Edinburgh.
James Anderson, wright and builder, Dundee.

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The natural and manufactured products of the province
of Buenos Ayres shall be admitted free of duty as national
products.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, 001'. 6.
The Right Honourable 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 Despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Ham-
burgh, enclosing a copy of a Proclamation of the Senator
of the Hamburgh Marechiands, prohibiting, under a penalty
of 50 dols. for each case;the importation of cattle from the
Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, unless accompanied
by a certificate from the authorities of the place from
whence such cattle are imported, stating the district to be
free from the pulmonary epidemic prevailing in those dis-
tricts. Their Lordships have also received information
that a similar prohibition has been enforced in tho terri-
tory of Lubeck, as regardi the cattle imported from the
duchies of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, Mecklenburgh Stre-
litz, and Holstein, unless accompanied by a like certificate.
BOARD OF. TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 6.
The Right Hononrable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretaiy of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Athens, en-
closing a copy of a circular addressed by the Greek Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs to the agents abroad of the Go-
vernment, desiring them to bring to the notice of
foreign capitalists the intention of the Government
to concede to foreign companies various public works about
to be undertaken.
The following are the works to which this circular has
especial reference :

1. Drainage of lakes.
2. Construction of roads.
3. Construction of ports.
The conditions being as follows :
The Works to be executed at the expense and on account
of the companies, according to plans previously drawn out
and approved by the Government.
The company will be required to deposit in the National
Bank, if required by the Government, a stun in proportion
to the importance of the work to be undertaken, as a gua-
rantee for the fulfilment of the engagements, both as re-
gards the time fixed for the execution of the works, as
also the other conditions attached to the concession.
In satisfaction of these obligations the Gre3k Govern-
ment will make the following concessions :
A.—Drainage of Lakes.
To every company undertaking works of this nature
the Government will grant—
(a.) The revenue derived during a fixed time and free
from any impost, or else a certain settled quantity of the
land obtained.

(b.) Freedom from customs duties on all tools, machi-
nery, Sze., required for the prosecution of works, as also
upon the implements and seeds required for the culture of
the land. Should the company desire, for the purpose of
cultivating such land, to introduce settlers, such settlers
will enjoy, in addition to the privileges above mentioned,
the following immunities, subject however to the ordin-
ance of the 16th April, 1831.

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Freedom from all Customs' duties on--
1. Wearing apparel required by them and already used.
2. Necessary domestic furniture.
3. Carts, animals, &c., required for their service.
4. Necessary implements and all other advantages refer-
red to in the above-mentioned ordinance.
(c.) The Government will further grant to such settlers,
land for the erection of houses, warehouses, churches,
schools, &c., and for gardens, as also the land required
for roads, public places, &c., agreeably to the plans drawn
up. It case the land should not be granted to the com-
pany for a fixed time, on the terms of an entire franchise,
the settlers will not be subject to any personal tax or land
tax.

B.—Construction of Roads.
The following advantages will be granted to the under.
takers of these works.
(a.) The land necessary for their construction and free
right to obtain the necessary materials.
(b.) The right to levy fixed tolls.
(c.) All necessary implements imported for making and
maintaining the roads to be free from customs duty.
(d.) In respect to certain roads a minimum interest of
5 per cent. will be granted upon an amount of capital to be
determined upon.