The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-05 00:00:00

TURKEY.

\Vo read in a Constantinople letter of the 14th ult., in
an Austrian journal:—" A dispute has arisen between
the Patriarch of the Greek Church and the Catholic
Bishop of Beyrout, in Syria, respecting their jurisdiction.
The Court of Rome being referred to, decided in favour
of the Catholic Bishop. The Patriarch has protested,
and his party declare that henceforward they will never
submit to any decision of the Apostolic legation in
Syria."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Sprightly steam-vessel,
Mr. George Allen, master commanding, went to South-
ampton to-day with Captain Blackwood and family.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, and the screw
steam-frigate Argus arc progressing rapidly with their
rigging. Their topgallant-masts are pointed.
The Tyne transport, Master Commander P. Welling-
ton, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning for the east-
ward to discharge stores.
The Fanny tender, Second Master Scarlett, has beea
taken into the Camber to refit.

Arrived thi3 morning with timber for the dockyard,
the Russian Findiand ship Martha, Klockgeter Master,
from Mac zsnilla.

APPOINTMENTS.
WooLwicit, Arnie. 4.—Chaplain and instructor—.
Tiiowas Chute Ellis %Varcup (1843), to the Penelope
steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Clerks—John Freshfield (1847), from the Victory
flag-ship at Portsmouth, to the Birkenhead steam troop-
ship, at Woolwich; Thomas U. Stoto (1851), from the
Birkenhead to the Teazer steam-vessel, at Woolwich.
Clerk's Assistant—W. N. Rowe, to the Birkenhead.
Boatswains—Richard Jones, to the Fisgard flag-ship,
at Woolwich; and George Bird,r to the Bellerophon, 78,
at Devouport.
The Birkenhead steam troop-ship, ;'Master-Comman-
der Robert Salmond, arrived at Woolwich yesterday
afternoon, from Portsmouth, to embark tour companies
of the Royal Artillery for conveyance to Halifax, Nova
Scotia, St. John's, New Brunswick; and Quebec and
Montreal, in Canada. The baggage is to be put on
board the Birkenhead on Tuesday next, the Bth, and
the companies will embark on Wednesday next, the
9th instant.

The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Al-
len, having taken on board the coffin containing the re-
mains of the late General Sir Alexander Duff, left Wool-
wich in the afternoon for Banff.

rThe following appeared in our Fourth and Expres
Editions of last night :--)
POSTSCRIPTUM TO SPORTING NOTE No. 28.
Hesse Homburg having run second to The Ban this
day for the Metropolitan Handicap must ba taken as
superior to the Cutler, Bushranger, or in fact anything
for the N'wmarkat Handicap; his price is sto 1. The
Knight of Avenel is in force for tho Port Stakes. Sir
J. Hawley's Teddington is in force for the Derby, as is
also Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee, the latter quoted
at thirties.

6 P.M.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, April 4.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 4. 1851.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Drawing-
Rooms, at St. James's-Palace, on the following days, at two
o'clock :—Tuesday, 6th May next; Thursday, 15th May
next; and on Saturday, 31st May next, to celebrate her
Majesty's Birthday.
N.B. The Kra:Oats of the several Orders are to appear in
their Collars, at the Drawing-Room, on the 31st of May next.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 4.
Notice is hereby given, that her -.Lai esty will hold a Le.
Nee at at. James's Palace, on Wednesday, the 18th of June
Rest,• at two o'clock.
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 4.
The. Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Yurray,
'sq., to be Marshal of the Island of Trinidad.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 2.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, appointing George James Turner, Esq.,
one of her Majesty's Counsel, to be a Vice-Chancellor, in the
place of the Right Hon. Sir James Wigram, Knt., resigned.
CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 3. _ .

KrALBRE3 RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA-

NENT.
Borough of Devonport—Sir John Romillv, Knight, Master
or Keeper of the Rolls and Records in her Majesty's High
Court of Chancery.
Town of Southampton—Sir Alexander James Edmund
Cockburn, of Wakehurst-place, in the county of Sussex,
Knight, her Majesty's Attorney-General.

APRIL 4.
City of Oxford—William Page Wood, Req., her Majesty's
Solicitor-General.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 4.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards —Cornet Thomas John
Mitchell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Black, who
retiree. April 4.
6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Ellis Brooke Cunliffe to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice McEvoy, who retires, April 4.
10th Light-Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon James Macbeth,
M.D., from the 10th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon,. vice John
Edward Stephens, who resigns, April 4.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Arthur Tremayne to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart, who retires; Cornet
Peter Valentine Purcell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Tremayne, pril 4.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot-Guards—Battalion-Surgeon
William Thomas Christopher Robinson, to be Surgeon-
Major, vice Edward Greatrex, who retires upon half-
pay ; Assistant-Surgeon James Monro, M.D., to be Bat-
talion-Surgeon, vice Robinson; Frederick Wildbore, Gent.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Monro, April 4.
7th Foot—Ensign Richard Lyons Otway Pearson, from
the 95th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stainforth,
who retires, April 4.
9th Foot—Lieutenant Peter Benjamin Mosse, from half-
pay 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Morton, appointed
Paymaster, 13th Foot; Ensign Thomas Rice Hamilton, to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mosse, who retires, April 4.
10th Foot—John Julius Evans Jacob, Gent., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Macbeth, appointed to the 10th Light
'Dragoons, April 4.
13th'Foot—Assistant Staff-Surgeon Richard Robert Dowse,
to be Surgeon, vice John Robertson, M.D., who retires upon
half-pay, April 4.
25th Foot—Ensign Alexander Strange to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Northey, who retires, April 4.
32d Foot—Lieutenant James Henry W emyss to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Moore. who retires ; Ensign John
Henley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wemyss, April 4.
50th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Clifle, from the 55th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice .Edward John Chambers, who retires
upon half-pay of Ceylon Rifle Regiment, April 4.
51at Foot Ensign and Adjutant Stewart Alexander
Cleeve to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pegus, who re-
tires, April 4.
55th Foot—Lieutenant George Edward Lewes Chartres
Bissett, from the sGth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Godden,
who exchanges; Lieutenant Jchn Warren, from the 56th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clifte, appointed to the 50th
Foot,: April 4.
56th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Gordon Cumming, from
half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Warren' ;
appointed to the 55th Foot Lieutenant Fre•
derick Mares Godden, from the 55th Foot, to be, Lieu-
tenant, vice Bissett, who exchanges, Aril 4.
65th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Robert McCoy to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Bazalgette. whose promotion, by pur-
chase, has been cancelled, Dec. 13. 1850 ; Ensign William
Frederick Thomas Marshall to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Barton, appointed to the 4th Foot, Feb. 7 ; Gen-
tleman Cadet Frederick Stansfield Herries, from the Royal
littilitary College, to be Ensign, vice Marshall, April 4.
73d Foot—Ensign Albert Henry Godfrey to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Bower, who retires, April 4.
76th Foot—Ensign Andrew Gammell to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Barton, who retires; Charles Thomas
Caldecott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gammell,
April 4.
77th Foot—Lieutenant William Wentworth Grant Dilke
to be adjutant, vice Weston, who resigns the Adjutancy
only, April 4.
91st Foot—Ensign and Adjutant William George Conway
Gordon to have the rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 30, 1950; En-
sign Robert Borthwick to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
Tice Melvin, killed in action, Dec. 31, 1850; Gentleman
Cadet Henry Auburey Bond, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, to be Ensign, vice Gordon, appointed Adjutant, April
4 ; Gentleman Cadet Francis Gordon Hibbert, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, vice Borthwick, April 5.
2d West India Regiment—Quartermaster Patrick Casroll,
from the 97th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice McHugh,
cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial,April 4.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign krancis Brown Dixon
to be Lieatenent, without purchase, Tice Cumming, deceased,
March 26.
Royal Newfoundland Companies - Lieutenant William
Jenkins to be Captain, without purchase, vice Chambers, de-
ceased ; Ensign Charles Henry Martin to be Lieutenant,
vice Jenkins, Jan. 24.
HOSPITAL STairr.—John Hoffman, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon to the Forces, vice Dowse, promoted in the 13th
Foot, April 4.
Erratum in the Gazette of Feb. 7.

4th Foot—For Ensign James Barton, from the 65th
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, read Lieu-
tenant James Barton, from the 65th Regiment, to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, &c.
KILMORANDMIL—The Christian names of Ensign Young,
of the 22d Foot, are " Thomas Newton."
ADMIRALTY, APnIL 2.
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The following promotion has this day been made, conse-
quent on the death of Rear-Admiral John TonpNicolas, C.B.
K.H. ; Captain Sir John Hill to be Rear-Admiral of the
Blue.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

John Barker, Fig., to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the county
of Stafford, March 25.
The King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—The
Hon. Charles Wrottesley to be Lieutenant, vice Haig, re-
signed, March 25.
The Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo-
many Cavalry—Major the Honourable William Begot to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Peel, deceased ; Captain the
Honourable Gilbert Chetwynd Talbot to be Major, vice Be-
got, promoted; Lieutenant the Hon. Charles John Talbot
commonly called iriscount Ingestrie, to be Captain, vice Tal-
bot, promoted; Cornet Henry Begot Lane to be Lieutenant,
vice Gisborne, resigned ; Cornet Morton Edward Buller
to be Lieutenant, vice Arkwright, resigned; Charles Corser,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Crane, resigned; Joseph Chal-
linor, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Challinor, resigned, March 25.
Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Richard
Here, Gent., to be Coronet, vice Capel, promoted, Pdarch 19.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Haddingtonshire.
erwiek, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Peeblesshire Re-
giment of Militia—David Ainslie, Esq., to be Lieutenant,
vice Francis Charteris Davidson, Feb.
b. 12.
• W UITEHALL ?dance! 21.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Alfred Kingsford Cor-
nelius, of Canterbury, in the county of Kent. Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Richard James Johnson, painter, Woolwich.
BANKuurTs.
George Henry Bradberry and George Rice Lowe, mer-
chants, Great Tower-street, City, to surrender April 16, at
half-past one, and May 16, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Strutt and Cunning-
ham), Buckingham-street, Strand.
Leonard Wild Lloyd, builder, Goldhawk-terrace, New-
road, Shepherd's-bush, April 16, at one, and May 16, at
twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official as-
-5 ,Johnignee • Abrahams, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
' Gentry, smith, Bocking, Essex, April 16, at two, and
May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee; Stevcns and Satchel!, Queen-street, Cheap-

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aide.
John Benson Browne, wine
merchant, Newcastle-under-
Lyme, stafrodshire, April 17, and. May 8, at twelve, at the
trict Court. Wimore, offical assignee,
Brmingham ,,,
Birmingham ; sough, anrewsbnryh ;t Motteram,i Knight, and
Emmet, Birminghain•
Robert Moats, innkeeper, West Stockwith, Nottingham,
April 19 and May 10, at the Leeds District Court.
b arratt. Doncaster.
at ten, _
Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; 1
Howell Reynolds, innkeeper, Aberaman, Glamorganshire,
April 23 and May 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Amman, official assignee, Bristol ; James, Merthyr ;
Short and Strickland, Bristol.
William Andrews, commission merchant, Liverpool, April
14 and May 12, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Williams, Liverpool.
Charles Roope, wine mere Liverpool, hiht, April 11 and
May 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool; Fletcher "Its
; Fletcher and Hull, Liverpool.
Robert Andrews Taylor, Epsom
and colour manufac-
turer, Dunsion, Durham, April 11, at twelve, and May 9, at
one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,
official assignee, Newcastle-up TYne ; Forster, Newcastle-
upon-n-
Tyne ; Bolding and '-
Pope, Penchurch-street.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from return made in the, week ending April 1
1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid o
on the importatien thereof into Great Britain
From the British possessions in Amen?. Vins:l-01.
able thereon
0, per cwt
From the Mauritius ... ... .
From the East Indies -. ...
.... 265. elk
Average price of the three foregoing de.
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... - -26 s 7}d•
By authority of Parliament, "
Mean' BICEN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, April 4.

MARKET IN TEL LIGENCE.
(From the London .New Price Current, April 4.)
&MAR.—To-day there were sellers of West India at a de-
cline:on last Friday's terms of 6d to is per cwt. All parties
operate with caution and the sales are confined to 184 hhds,
&c., including 50 hhds Jamaica, which sold at 36s 6d to
38s for ord to good brown, 48 hhds 3 trcs Demerara good
mid yellow 38s 6d to 395, mid brown and low yellow 35s to
36s 6d. per cwt.
REFINED.—Today Refined Sugar was purchased with
caution for home consumption, but brown Lumps of low
quality are not offered under 47s per cwt. Crushed Sugar is
dull of sale.
dull,{
market for all sorts has a quiet appear-
ance, and previous rates are supported with difficulty. West
India of low to fine quality can be obtained at 14s to 16s 6d,
Bengal and Mauritius 12a to 13s, Cuba and Porto Rico
14s to 15s 6d per cwt. There is a fair consumption of Molasses.
Sony, Jamaica at from 40* to 60s for low to fine.

Ilauurrins.—This'afternoon there was no public sale of
Mauritius Sugar, and privately little was done ; at farmer
rates there are free sellers.

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the public sales of Madras
Sugar sEentasaff flatly at rather lower rates, of 8,320 bags not
more than half sold, mid to fine grainy yellow at 39s to 41s
low to stood soft yellow 29s to 345, brown ditto 27s 6d to
293. Bengal was held for full rates, and 2,585 bags were
only in part sold, low and mid white Benares at3Bs to 39s 6d,
and fine grainy white 48a to 48s 6d per cwt.
FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale, and the bu-
siness done privately was small, with sellers at rather lower
rates ; only 400 chts brown Bahia sold at 37s per cwt.
COFFEE.—To-day there was little inquiry in the home
or export demand for any sort of Coffee and none was offered
at public sale; holders generally were unwilling to submit
to any further decline. The nearest value of Native Ceylon
is 42s for parcels.
COCOA. —Although Foreign is offered at a further reduc-
tion there are few buyers. At auction 1,383 bags Guayaquil
refilled from bulk iu ship's hold were taken in at 25s to 2i's
for dark grey. There is a more plentiful supply of Trinidad.
At auction of 512 bags a small part only was disposed of;
good red at 51s to 545, grey 48s and damaged 36s 6d to 46s
per cwt. The value of Grenada is 42s to 46s for sound quality.
TEA.—To-day there was a good deal doing in the lower
sorts of black and green Tea at full rates.
SPIRITS.—For Jamaica Rum only small purchases have
been made by shippers or home dealers. The value of 30
to 32 per cent over proof, of low quality, is 2s 5d to 2s
7d; 32 to 34 over mid 2s 8d to 2s 10d, better
sort 34 to 38 over 3s to 3s sd, and fine to superior
3s 6d to 45 3d. Leeward Island can be obtained at
is 7d to Is 7Ad proof, and very few buyers are to be met
with. East India has been dealt in with caution at is 5d
to is 6d; and there are further arrivals. Only limited
sales have been made in Demerara at 2s 3d to
2s 6d for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Sales
in Brandy continue upon a limited scale ; Cognac best brands
of the vintage of 1850 is offered at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 1849 ditto
4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1848 ditto 4s 9d to 4s 11d, and inferior sorts
3s to 4s per gallon. Some arrivals have taken place this
week. For Geneva the market is dull; export sort at is 7d
to is 7 d; and fine for home use at is 3d to 2s per gallon.
RICE. —ln consequence of a reduction on last week's rates
of 3d per cwt having been submitted to for Madras a
good business has been transacted, and the parcels offered at
auction, amounting to 8,247 bags, were nearly all disposed of,
low and mid pir:ky at 7s 6d to 8s 6, and good white Be gal
grain 9s to 9s 6d. Bengal is rather cheaper, but several
parcels have been taken in the private contract market. At
auction 1,500 bags were sold, mid and good mid white at 9s
to 9s 6d, broken 8s to 8s 6d, and siftings 7s 6cl to Bs. The
value of good and fine white is 10s to lle. Cargo and pearl
barley Rice remains dull of sale at is to Bs. Clean Rice still
sells freely, Patna at 12s to 17s, broken 103 6d to Ils 6d,
and town dressed Carolina 20s to 28s. At auction
20 casks American went at 17s 6d. Sago is
generally held for full rates, but less wanted.
Of 442 chests at auction not above half sold, low small
pearl at 18s 6d to 19s, mid to fine 19s 6d to 245, and a few
lots superior white large pearl 32s to 38s per cwt. Sago
Flour is, however, wanted at 15s to Its 6d. Of Tapioca 84
barrels at auction sold at 2112,d for ordinary ; 150 packages
East India Arrowroot at 3d ; 50 1/2 packages St. Vincents
4d to 43id ; 30 half packages Bermuda is 2d to is 3d, and
20 pkgs Tons les Mois 21/5d per lb.
SPICES.—The supply has increased of Black Pepper this
week, and there having been a dull demand prices have de-
clined 1/2d per lb. Of 2,730 bags at auction about half sold;
Malabar, heavy at 3;td to 31/2d, inferior 31/td ; Penang, com-
mon dusty 27s d to 3d, better sort 3d to 3ihd, Sumatra, clean
3 Vtd,to33o, due ty 31/Bd ; Batavia 3d to 31s, d. White is however
in fair demand, and a small advance has takes place. At
auction 77 bags sold at 714 d to 71/2d for good. Pimento is
in better request, but at no improvement in prices, 1,500 bags
were sold at 41s0 to 43/4d for common to mid. Of Mace the
supply has much increased, and prices have declined ; yet 92
pkgs at auction were all sold, common at 2s to 2s 2d,
and mid to good 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Of Nutmegs the quantity
brought forward has been large, and amounted to 248 pkgs;
rates declined 2d, but the whole sold ; low brown at 2s to
2s 4d, mid 2s 6d to 2s 9d, good to fine 2s 10d to 3s 91,
wormy and broken 3d to is 4d ; 20 pkgs limed, low and mid
2s to 2s 4d, and very ord is 6d. With Cassia Lignea the market
israther better supplied, and a reduction has taken place of 2s
to 3s per cwt. A public sale of 500 chts went at 92s 6d to
98s 6d for mid and good. Cloves supported previous terms,
and are in better request; at auction 366 cases Bourbon
sold at 64 dto 6 Lad. The value of Penang is 10d to is 3d,
and Amboyna 7d to 9d. Ginger continues to be purchased
with caution for all purposes, and rates tend downwards.
At auction 60 brls Jamaica were sold at 314 s to 41 16s for
common and mid; whilst 639 bags Bengal were taken
in at 18s for export sort. There are sellers of
African at from 34s to 375, and with few buyers. Of pre-
served Jamaica 200 boxes at auction sold at 9V 2d to 10%d

per lb. In Cinnamon sales continue upon a small scale, and
in the value there is no variation this week. Holders of
Cassia Buds require 10Ss per cwt, but there are few buyers.
INDIGo.—Tiii.3 afternoon the public sales of Guatemala

Indigo attracted little attention, and prices declined 2d to
3d per lb for low and mid sort,,, but better sorts sustain their
former value. Of 590 serons offered about half sold, Cortes
very low to good at 2s 2d to 339 d, good and fine Sobres 3s
9d to 4s Bd. _ _ _

COCHINEAL.—This afternoon a public sale of 60 bags Hon-
duras Cochineal went off flatly at 3s 3d to 3s 7d for low to
good Silvers; these are easier rates.
TALLOW.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow pro-
ceeded quietly ; .270 pkgs South American at 35s 6d to 38s
9d ; 400 cks Sydney. Sheep 36s 6d to 38s 6d ; Ox 36s to 37s
3d; 195 cks old P. Y. Candle taken in at 36s 6d to 383 6d;
38 cks Belgian sold 36s to 38s per cwt.
Offs.—This afternoon at public sale 180 pkgs Gingelly
Seed Oil were taken in at 32/ lOs ; 28 pkgs Castor Oil sold
at 251 15s ; 45 tuns Cochin Cocoa Nut taken in at 311 to 311
3s; 53 tuns Sperm Oil in part sold at 87/ for fine ; and Head-
matter 921; 10 tuns Cods sold at 371 15s.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
AnAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap . 32,f0r
the Week ending on Saturday, the 22th day of March, 1851.
IBStTZ DEPARTX.ENT.

Notes i55ued........ 27,556,410

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,523,035
Silver bullion ...... 33,375

A 27,55 6 , 4 1 0 1 £27,556,410
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
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