The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-15 00:00:00

FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 11

The Queen has been, pleased to approve of Mr. Ernest
Joseph Alexandre Blancheton as Consul at Quebec for his
Majesty the Emperor of the French.

DEC. 13.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord
Napier, now her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, to be
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the King of the Netherlands.
The Queen has also been graciously leased to appoint
Lord Lyons, now her Majesty's Envoy E'xtraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to
be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to the United States of America.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett, C. 8., now her Ma-
jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to the Emperor of Brazil, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand
Duke of Tuscany.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Francis Reginald Forbes, now her Majesty's En-
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the
King of Saxony, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
Augustus Berkeley Paget, Esq., now Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at Berlin, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of
Saxony.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 14.
30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Richard Hebden O'Grady
Haly, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase.
70th Foot—The transfer of Ensign Roger from the 30th
Foot has been antedated to 12th November.
87th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Atkiu Hickson, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
' chase, vice Leadbitter, promoted.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 10.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant George Henry
Wriford to be Captain, vice Henderson Ward to half-pay ;
Second Lieutenant William Nicholas Gibson Johnson to
be First Lieutenant, vice Wriford, promoted.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—En-
sign David Dowic to be Lieutenant, vice Marston, resigned.
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Ensign
William Martin to be Lieutenant, vice Crampton, pro•
moted ; William Shaw, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lenthallt
promoted.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 7.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Evans,_ of
Chepstow, in the county of Monmouth. gentleman, to be a
Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of
Chancery in England, under the Act of Parliament passed
for the relief of her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewish
religion.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 8.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Fraser, of 78,
Dean-street, Soho, gentleman, to be a London Commis-
sioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30.
The Right Hon. Sir Alex. Edmund Cockburn, Bart.,
Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common
Pleas, has appointed the following gentlemen as Perpetual
Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds
to be executed by married women, under the Act passed
for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substi-
tution of more simple modes of assurance :
William Winterbothani, of Tewkesbury, for the counties
of Gloucester and Worcester.

Henry Robinson, of Settle, for the West Riding of York-
shire.

John Mannaduke Teesdale, of Fenchurch-street, for the
cities of London and Westminster, and the county of Mid-
dlesex.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 13, 1858.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and'
marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the dis-
tribution of the tonnage bounty awarded for the slave ves-
sel, name unknown, captured on the 27th April, 185 G, by
her Majesty's ship Dolphin, will commence on Thursday,
the 30th December, 1858, in the Prize Branch of the De-
partment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Ad-
miralty, Somerset-house."

Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re.
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person who may
desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or
of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required
to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On-Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London,"—in
which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely
stated, os well as the place of the nearest Collector of Cus-
toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be con-
venient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in th 4
several classes :
Lieut. command. £79 0 9
Fourth class 32 6 8
Fifth class l7 19 3
Sixth class l6 3 3

Seventh class .... £lO 15 6
Eighth class.... 5 710
Ninth class. 3 11 10
Tenth class .... 115 11.

BANKUPTCY ANNULLED.
Joseph Samuel Ouston, wine and spirit merchant, Tang-
ston-upon-Hull.

BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Goodburn Thornton, watch maker, Richmond,
Yorkshire, to surrender Jan. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court.
Thomas Williams, dealer in wines and spirits, Jermyn-
street, St. James's, Dec. 23 and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Daniel Mesnard, cutler, Park-street, Grosvenor-square,
Dec. 23 and Jan. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Barker and William Barker, builders, Albans.
road, Old Kent-road, Dec. '22 and Jan. 25, at one, at
the
Court of Bankruptcy.
James Tebbut, jun., cattle-dealer, Yeading Hayes, Mid-
dlesex, Dec. 22, at half-past one, and Jan. '24, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Eliza Perrins, artificial flower maker, Utley, Dec. 22,
and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
James Henly Norris, paper dealer, Birmingham, Dec. 23.
and Jan. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.
Henry Ranger Parton, grocer, East Greenwich, Dec. 22,
at twelve, and Jan. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Edward Robert Slaney, jeweller, Kirby-street, Hatton.
garden, Dec. 28, at two, and Jan. 25, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
A petition has been presented by a h
creditor of the Patent
Carpet Company (limited), praying that the s
may be wound up. The petition to be oarndgtoemsyr
January.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Otto Watson, spirit merchant, Glasgow.
James Finlay, farmer, Portmoak, Kinross-shire.
John Carruthers, innkeeper, Annan.
R. and W. Hill, ale and porter dealers, Hamilton.
Alexander Sinclair, fisheurer, Wick.

Yesterday, pursuant to notifications issuea seve-
rally, by the Midland, Great Northern, and Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies, the .p4,_
senger fares between towns in the West Riding of York-
shire and London were raised. Announcements of Aug
kind have been rather frequent of late.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—SUNDAY OPENING..-4V° are.
y
informed that the total replies to an inquiry made b
-the
Lord's day Observance. Society of the shareholders
of the
Crystal Palace Company show a majority of two to one,
both of shareholders and shares, in favour, of rescinding
.he
late resolution "to admit shareholder& to the palace and
grounds on Sunday afternoon."