The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-11 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAILS.

Mr. MACARTN EY aske i the late Secretary to the
Treasury, the cause for alter:rig', the port of arrival and
departure of the Cape of Go, d Hope Mails in England
to Dzvouport in place of Soutlacopton, a 4 set out in the
copy of the accepted tender of the Union Steam
Shipping Company, bearing date the 27th day of
August, 1857, laid on the table of this house (No. 119).
whether at the desire of the P.)strnas er-General, the
Beard of Admiralty, or the inhabitasts of Devonport ;
and also, why the additional sum inserted in the c
tract shouli bt- 3,0001., in p!ace of 1,2001., as named in
the eighth column of the tender, for such change of the
port of departure
Mr. WILSON said no alteration had been made
since the acceptance of the tender.
OATHS BILL.

The arlimrned debate on the Oaths Bill (Amend-
mena3) relative t ) the nomination of Baron Rothschild a
member of the committee fur the Lords' Conference,
was iestuned by
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, and after some dis-
cus-inn, in which Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Fleadlatn, Mr.
Mac,euley, Mr. Col ier, Mr. H. Di ummond, Mr.
Malin-, and other hon. members took part, the house
divide t. The nnrnhers were—
For the motion
Against it
Majority
55
The motion for appointing Baron Rothschild on the
committee was therefore carri,d.

Ou the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the committee at
once withdrew.

(LEFT SITTING.)

LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day
of May, 1853, present, the Queen's Most Excel-
lent blaje.ty in Council, Her Majesty having b4en pleased
to appoint the Most Noble William, Duke of Dovoushire,
to be Lord Lieutenant and Custos Itolulerum of th-3 County
of Do► by, his grace this day took the oaths appointed to be
taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and
supremacy.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 7.
The Queen was this clay pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Henry Watson Parker, Esq., late First
Minister and Principal Secretary for New South Wales.

DOWNING-STREET, MAT 11.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Byerley
Thomson, Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate for the
Ishnd of Ceylon.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John
Holmes, Esq., to be a M3mber of the Legislative Council
of the Province of Nova Scotia.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAT 10.
The Queen hAs been graciously pleased to appoint the
Right Honourable Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, G.C.8., to
be Her Majesty's Ambassador Extralidinary and Pleni-
potentiary to the Sublime Otteman Porte.
The Queen has ad-o been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. I...dward Morris Erskine, now Secretary to her
Majesty's Lelzation at Turin, to 1..;o Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Leg .tion at Washington.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Lionel Sackville \Vest, now First Paid Attache
to her Majesty's Legation at B rlin, to be Secretary to
her Majesty's Legation at Turin.
COMMISSION'S SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry.
—Major Charles Wm. Miles to be Lieutenant• Colonel, vice
Blathwayt, resigned ; Extra Major Godfrey Chas. Morgan
to be Major, vice Miles, promoted ; Joseph Trenerry. Esq.,
late Captain, 7th Hussar., to be Captain and Adjutant,
vice Surinam resigned.

76th Highland-Light Infantry, or Inverness, Bank,
Elgin, and Nmirusbiro Regitutint of Militi,4—VVw. Fraser
Tvtler, lately Captain H.E 1.C.5., to be Captain.
'West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Tames Angustns
Goldicat, Gent., to be Ensign, vice F. B. Henderson, pro-
moted.

The following Commission is substituted for that which
appeared i❑ the Gazette on the 1 Ali April last.
3rd Regiment (Light Infantry) of Wes, York Militia—
James Maguire !Insulin, Gent., to be Ensign.
The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of 4th May inst.:--
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Henry Barclay Dunlop, Gent., to be Ensign.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
James Edwin Hudson Jotiffs, chemist, Bristol.
BANKRUPTS.
Henry William Atkinson and Thomas William King'
builders, Sutherland-gardens, Maida-vale,
Paddington,
surrender May 2d, at half-past eleven, and June 2to
1' at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Michael Flood, boot and shoe maker, Liverpool, May 31
and June 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Edward Lurusden and Sons, anchor manufacturers,
South Shields, May 21 and June Z.O, at twelve, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyno District C
runt.
Stratford, Essex,
William Biggs, the younger, cutler,
May 19, at twelve, and June 19, at ono, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
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Thomas Rook, contractor, Gibraltar-walk,
eleven, at the Bethnal-
green, May 21, at twelve, and June 2S, at eleven,
Court of Bankruptcy.
eepc-,r, Fier<ford,
James Alexander Wills, saddler, Birmingham, May
at ten, and June I!, at half-past
Ma8y.295.a2n1d,
at the Ilira.inghaui Distiiet
ham District Court. inning-
John Clarke M,,rgan, kink
June 12 at half-past eleven,
Court.

--Samuel John Runaiman, corn dealer, Rotherhite, Ma
25, at eleven, and June 2 y
at one, at the Court of B.,nk-
ruptcy.
Richard Seaton, draper, Birmingham, May 27 and Jur e
11, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
William Tollitt, livery stable keeper, Uxbridge, May
25, at two, and June 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.

William Wheeler, and Richard Wheeler, corn mer.