The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-25 00:00:00

_FOREIGN DES.ERTERS

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23d of January,
1860. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

Whereas by tbe " Foreign Deserters' Act, 1852," it is
made to appear to her Majesty that due facilities are or
will be given for recovering and apprehending seamen who
desert from British merchant ships in the territories of any
Foreign Power, her Majesty may, by Order in Council,
stating that such facilities are or will be given, declare
that seamen, not being slaves, who desert from
merchant •ships belonging to a subject of such
Foreign Power, when within her Majesty's domi-
nions' shall ho liable to be apprehended and
carried on board their respective ships, and may limit the
operation of such order, and may render the operation
thereof subject to such conditions and qualifications, if any,
as may be deemed expedient;
And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty
that due facilities will be given for recovering and appre-
hending seamen who desert from Britishmerehant-ships in
the dominions of her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
Now, therefere, her Majesty, by virtue of the
power Tested in her by the said " Foreign Desertion
Act, 1852," and by egad with the advice of her Privy Coun-
cil, is pleased to order and declare, and it is hereby ordered
and declared, that from and after tho publication hereof in
the London Gazette, seamen, not being slaves, and not being
British subjects, ) within her Majesty's dominions, desert
from merchant ships belonging to subjects of her Majesty the
Queen of Spain, shall be liable to be apprehended and carried
on board their respective ships ; provided always that if
any larch deserter has committed any crime in her Majesty's
dominions, he may be detained until he has been tried by
a competent court, and until his sentence (if any) has been
carried into effect.

And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of
her Majesty's Treasury, and the Secretary of State for
India, in Council, are to give the necessary directions
heroin accordingly.
WM. L. BATHURST.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JAN. 23.
This day had audience of her Majesty, Monsieur Tri-
coupi, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
from the King of Greece, to deliver a letter from his Sove-
reign, to which audience he was introduced by Lord John
Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Lieutenant-General the
Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H.,•her Majesty's Master of
'ho Ceremonies.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 23.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles
Lennox Wyke, Esq., now her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires
and Consul-General to the Republics of Guatemala, Nica-
ragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Salvador, and her
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary on a Special Mission to those Republics, to be her
Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten •
tiary to the Republic of Mexico.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Richard
Cowell es Consul at Gibraltar for the Sublime Ottoman
Porte.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Niebuhr as Consul at Rangoon,
and of Mr. Ernst Pandorf as Consul at Bassein, for the
Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER, JAN. 23.
The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint Henry
Garnett, of Wyreside, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county pala-
tine of Lancaster for the year ensuing.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 24.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Rowland Veitch
Betty to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wright, who
retires.
sth Dragoon Guards—Charles Ford, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Colvin, promoted.
6th Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Arthur Lautour, from
the 3ciLight Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Turner,
who exchanges.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Macnaghten Tur-
ner, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant,
vice Lauteur, who exchanges.
Military Train—The Commission of Lieutenant Isaac
Cummin as Adjutant, to be antedated to the 25th October,
1859.
3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Henry to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Aplin, who retires ; Ensign.
Dudley George Cary Elwes to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Henry ; Ensign William Henry Irvine to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Leathern, who retires.
sth Foot—Captain William Cairnes Armstrong to be Major,
by purchase, -vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Hume, who
retires,- Lieutenant John Oliphant Kommis to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Armstrong ; Ensign George
William Hayne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Kemmis.
24th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Archibald Farquharson
has been permitted to resign his commission.
43d Foot—Ensign Arthur Brett Onslow, from the 98th
Foot, to be Esign, vice Morley, appointed to the 15th
Light Dragoons.
46th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Hawker Helyar to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Hamond, whose promotion, by
purchase, as stated in the Gazette of the 231 August, 1859,
has been cancelled.
Seth Foot— William Brodnax Knight, Cent., to be Ensign,
by pm-chase, Tice Arkwright, promoted.
85th Foot—Ensign William Henry Urquhart to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, who retires.
87th Foot—Ernest Augustus Dundas Widdrington Gent ,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Poynter, promoted.
94th Foot—Lieutenant George James Teevan to be In-
structor of Musketry, vice Sydenham Malthus, appointed
Adjutant.
95th Foot—John French Jordan, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Cubitt, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—The Commission of Lieutenant
John Moore, as Adjutant, to be antedated to the 11th
January, 1860.
Garrisons—Major-General Henry Viscount Melville,
K.C.8., to be Governor of Edinburgh Castle.
Unattached—Lieutenant Francis Williams, from the 55th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
BREVET.
Brevet-Colonel Randal Rurnley, Lieutenant-Colonel on
half- pay Unattached, to have the temporary rank of
Major-General, while acting as Vice-President to the
Council of Military Education, vice Major-General
Cameron, C.B. who resigns that appointment.
Brevet-Colonel Robert Henry Lowth, C. 8., retired full-
pay 86th Foot, to be Major-General, the rank being
honorary only.
Captain Frederick George Pym of the Royal Marines, to
be Major in the Army.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the death of Lieutenant-General Chesborough Grant
Falconer, Colonel of the 73d Regiment, on the 10th Jan.,
1860 :
Major-General Win. Thos. Knollys, Colonel of the 62d
Regiment, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel Thomas Armstrong Drought, Inspecting
Field Officer of a Recruiting District, to be Major-
General.
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William Henry,
Earl of 'Westmorland, C. 8.,
Coldstream Guards, to be
Colonel.
Brevet-Major William Mauleverer, Captain, half-pay, 58th
Foot, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel.
Captain Robert Henry Price, 35th Foot, to be Major.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
William Rees, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; John
Penry Jones, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
sth Division of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Jacob
Willink, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Samuel Sandbach Parker,
Gentleman, to be Ensign.
20th Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—George
Eastham, Esq., to be Captain; Richard Calvert, Gent., to
be Lieutenant ; "William Henry Birley, Gent., to be En-
sign.
6th Division of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Captain
Frank Ashton to be Major.
Artillery Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Captain
James Middleton, to be Major, vice James Bourne, resigned;
Second Lieutenant Caleb Collins to be First Lieutenant,
vice Francis Maurice Drummond Davies, resigned.
7th Regiment of Lancashire Militia—Ensign William
Dunbar Quinlan, having absented himself without leave
from the last training, to be removed from the strength of
the Regiment.
Glamorganehire Rifle Volunteers.-16th Company—
Charles William David, Esq., to be Captain ; Clement
Waldron Gent., to be Ensign; Jeremiah Box Stockdale,
Gent., to bo Lieutenant.
9th Company of Surrey Rifle Volunteers—Edmund Bal-
four, Esq., to be Ensign.
Ist Sutherland Rifle Volunteers—Sutherland Murray,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; Joseph Peacock, Gent., to be
Ensign.
Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia--William Percy Wink-
worth, Gent., to he Ensign.
Ist Suffolk Rifle Volunteers—Colonel Robert Ramsey to
be Captain ; henry Haward, Gent., to be Lieutenant ;
Sterling Westhorp, Gent to be Ensign, vice Haward,
promoted.
Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers-3d Company—Major Hay
Boyd to be Captain; Robert Paton, Gent., to be Lieuten-
ant ; James Martin, Gent., to be Ensign.
Ist Middlesex Engineer Volunteers—MacLeod, of Mao-
Leod, to be Captain Commandant.
William Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Wreford Brown to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke,
resigned.
West Riding Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers.-sth Company
(Bradford)—.Abraham Briggs Foster, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; George Bankart, Gent., to be Ensign. 6th Com-
pany (Bradford)—Ensign Henry Sagar Hirst to be Lieu •
tbe enant, vice A.. B. Foster, resigned ; John Foster, Gent., to
Ensign, vice Hirst, promoted.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Dugard, jun., coach furniture maker, Birming-
ham.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Simmons, cattle salesman, Hurst, Berks, to sur-
render 3d February and Ist March, at ono, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Thomas Lightfoot, shipbuilder, Sunderland, Jan. 31 and
March 6, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon. Tyne District
Court.
William Chollew, ship broker, Truro, Feb. 6 and 29, at
twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
Edwin Hyett, baker and grocer, Worcester, Feb. 10 and
24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
James William Sumner, builder, Reigate, Feb.' 8, at
two, and March 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas 'Marshall builder and contractor, Plymouth,
Feb. 7 and 27, at twelve, at the Athenreum, Plizmouth.
George Richardson and George Tomlinson
'ranee, cloth
merchants, Huddersfield, Feb. 6, and March 5, at half-
past eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds.
Grace Keenorand Sophia Bernie, milliners, Exeter, Feb.
6th and 29th, at twelve, at tho Distriot Court of Bank-
ruptcy.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
David Robb, grocer, Dunfermline.
Mrs. Janet Arkley or Tweedale, baker, Borrowstounness,
Linlithgowshire.
Andrew M'Allister, manufacturer, Paisley.
Donald Stalker, accountant, Edinburgh, late of Glass-
honso-street, Londou.