The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-04 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.)

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Aram 24.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold
Drawing-Rooms at St. James's Palace, on the following
days, at two o'clock:—Wednesday, sth May next, and
Saturday, 15th May next, to celebrate her Majesty's Birth-
day.
N.B. The Knights of the several Orders are to appear
n their Collars at the Drawing-Room on the 15th of May
next. _

WHITEHALL, MAT 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right non-
ourA'ole Lord Justice Turner to be one of the Commis-
sioners for the purposes of the " Act to make further •
provision for the Good Government and Extension of the
University of Cambridge, of the colleges therein, and of
the College of King Henry the Sixth, at lEton," in the •
room of the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Lichfield,
reEigneki.

WHITEHALL, ALLY 1.
The Qll2Oll has been pleased to present the Reverend
awes Stracbau to the church and parish of Barvas, in the
Presbytery of Lewis, and Shire of Ross, vacant by the
death of the Reverend john Reid.
WHITEHALL, MAY 3.
The Queon has been pleased to present the Rev. Richard
Bond, a. A., to the Rectory of Pulham, Saint Mary the
Vi; gin, iu the county of Norfolk, and diocese of Norwich,
void by the death of the Rev. Wm. Leigh.

WHITEHALL, MAY 3.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Reverend
Frederick William Freeman, M.A., to the Perpetual
Curacy of Pulham Saint Mary Magdalen, in the county
of Norfolk, and diocese of .Norwich, void by the death of
the Rev. William Leigh.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 3.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Tra l and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Miuister at St. Peters-
burgh, enclosing a translation of a Russian Imperial
Oukase, to come into operation on the lst (13th) July,
1855, and imposing a duty of 5 copecs per rouble on all
articles of European export and import, except raw and
refined sugar:
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 3.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council fur Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Superintendent of Trade
in China, reporting that the ports of Manila, Seal, Iloilo,
and Zamboauga, iu the Philippine Islands, will be open
during the present year for the free importation of foreign
Ow, paddy, wheat, beans, and cocoa-nut oil.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
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2d Royal Cheshire Militia—William Ley Hunt, Gent.,
to be Paymaster, vice John Francis Collier, resigned. .1
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
County of Surrey—Sir Walter Rockliffe Farquhar,
Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Dumbarton—Humphrey Ewing Crum Ewing,
0,q., M.P., and John Murray Gartsbore, Esq., to ba Dee
putt'-Lieutenants.
Que m's we Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry
CavAry—Charles I'errott Noel, Esq., to be Captain, vice
liar ward, resigned.
Oxford Regiment of Militia—Eusign Thomas Mosley
Crowder to be Lieutenant, vice Brown, appointed to the
4 ith Regiment of the Line.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Ensign Fs ancie Lamba,rde to be Lieutenant, viceßarnett,
resigned.
3d Regiment a King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Capt.
Peter Brosghtoa to be Major, vice Levett, promoted.
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Henry Berkeley Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensign.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—C. R. F. Lutwidge
Gent., to be Secon i Lieutenant, vice Young, promoted.
Lauarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieutenant Hugh
Mossin:ln to be Captain, vice Brown, resigned ; Cornet
Wm. Allan Woddrop to be Lieutenant, vice Mont sitla, re-
signed; Cornet Hector Frederick M`Lean to be Lieutenant,
vice Mossman, promoted ; William Collyer, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Rankine, promoted.
Tile following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of 23d April last
sth or Royal Eichorn() Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Ensign William Thomas Llewellyn
Llof dto be Lieutenant, iea Heasley, resigned.