The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

THE LEVIATHAN.

The preparations for completing the launch of the
Leviathan are progrPssing with all that speed, safety and
certainty will permit. An additional number of
hydraulic rams are being fitted, and from their number
and magnitude there is every probability that the next
attempt at launching this monster ship will be suc.
meta. The packing of the rams and construction of
the necessary appliances for their effectual working
necessarily occupies much time, and as certainty of
operation is more desirable than hasty construction and
failure, Mr. Brunel has wisely determined on not
hurrying the progress of her launch to-day, as
first proposed. Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., was
in the yard yesterday in company with Mr. Brunel, and
to-day we noticed the presence of Mr. J. Locke, M.P.,
also of engineering celebrity, and several other gentle-
men of eminence in the commercial and engineering
world. With the combined ability and experience of
these gentlemen there is now no doubt the difficulties
that have hitherto impeded her successful progress will

be overcome, and to-morrow (Saturday), the day fixed
- for another attempt, she will be safely afloat riding
majestically on the bosom of the Thames.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.

The following appointments were made this afternoon
at the Admiralty :

Mastere—Charles H. Dillon, to the Wellesley ; John
W. Reed, t• the Saracen.

Masters Assistant—John G. Boulton, to the Porcu-
pine.
Midshipman—Thomas L. Woods, to the Viper.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. N. J. O'Malley, to the Rolla ;
Fitzgibbon L. Graham (confirmed), to the Sybille.
Mr. John B. Swan has been confirmed to the rank of
Paymaster.

LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.)

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 1.
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 Minister at Brussels,
fixing as follows the import duties on coffee, fish, and
imbue° :
Coffee, 11 francs per 100 kilos.
Fief!.

Herrings, of all kinds, 1 franc per 100 kilos.
Lobsters, taken from national beds, 6 francs per 100
kilos ; others, 12 francs per 100 kilos.
Oysters, taken from national beds, 15 francs per 100
kilos ; others, 25 francs per 100 kilos.
Dried plaice, 1 fran• per 100 kilos.
Stockfish, 1 franc per 100 kilos.
TOBACCO. _ _ _ _ _

Unmanufactured—ln leaf or roll, 11 francs per 100
kilos ; stalks, 7 hallos per 100 kilos.
Manufactured—Cigars, 215 francs per 100 kilos; other
manufactured tobacco, 35 francs per 100 kilos.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.

Northamptonshire Militia—Hiram Manful], Gent. (late
Lieutenant of the Ist Derby Militia), to be Quartermaster.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia— William Thomas
Bawling to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Soame, resigned.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Lieutenant Geo. Lane to be Captain,
♦ice Borthwicke, resigned.

6th Regiment'of Riiyal Lancashire Militia—Lionel Vane
Smith, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal North Lincoln Militia Henry Geldart Metcalfe,
Gent., to be Lientenant, vice Bell, resigned.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Samuel Perry, Gent.,
to be insign, vice Austin, retired.
Dumfries, &c., Regiment of Militia—Ensign Thomas
Hugh Dalrymple Vans Hay to be Lieutenant, vice William
Jordan, resigned.
South Herts Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Stevenson
Arthur Blackwood to be Lieutenant, in the room of Dud-
ley Henry Ryder, resigned ; Charles Townshend Murdoch,
Gent., to be Cornet, in the room of Stevenson Arthur
Blackwood, promoted.

HOME-OFFICE, Dxc. 28, 1857.
The Rescue Society's Reformatory Institution for Girls,
at Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex, has been
certified by the Secretary of State as fit to be a Reforma-
tory School, under the provisions of the statute 17 and 12
Vict., c. 86.