The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1858

jesty s Government whether the Sardinian Government is
of opinion that the Cagliari was voluntarily surrendered
by the master, or whether it will be contended that she was
seized by the Neapolitan frigate beyond the limits of the
territorial jurisdiction of Naples.—l avail myself, Szc.,
(Signed) J. HUDSON.

* acquaint your Excellency that lrr Majesty's Government
are disposed to object to those proceedings on the ground
that, So. (Paragraph extracted from the note really sent in.)
March 15, 1858. E. M. ERSKINE.

LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, ArntL 20.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Antonio
Mathe as Consul at Belize for the Republic of Salvador.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 21.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Nathaniel
Solomon as Consul at St. Helena for his Royal Highness
the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin.
ST. JAMES'S PAL tCE, APRIL 22.
Her Majesty has been pleased, on the nominatioil of
Earl Talbot, to appoint Arthur Palliser, Esquire,to be one
of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Capt.
Thomas Robert M'Coy, resigned.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 22.
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 Consul-General at
Tripoli, stating that the restrictions upon the exportation
of corn from all parts of the Regency have been removed.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day of April, 1858.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

£
32,273,405
Notes issued

Government debt• • 11,015,100
Other securities .... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 17,798,405
Silver bullion.. • • .. • • --

£32,273,405

£32,273,405
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier

Dated the 22d day of April, 1851

BANKING D]
Proprietors' capital 14,553,000
Rest • • ....
Public deposits (hi-

:PARTBIENT.

Government securities
(includg.DeadWeight

eluding E %chequer,
Commlsslo ers of
National Debt, Sav-

Annuity) .. • • 9,859,853
Other Securities 15,515,-90
Noics ..... . • •
Gold ant Silver Coin 785,978

ing.' Banks, and
Livid -nd Aceouuts) 3,324,285
Other deposits
Seven Day and other
Biils .... ••••.. • • . 875,458

£37,926,296

£37,926,296
[, MARSHALL, 'Chief Casbier.

Dated the 22d day of April, 1851

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

ilia Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending April
20, 1858, exclusive of the Duties of Customs pain or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : s. d.
From the British Possessions in America 26 111
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 25 31
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies l5 3.4
Average of the above descriptions.

WAR-OFFICE PALL-MALL, APRIL 23.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Troop Sergeant-Major
Robert Davies from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be
Cornet, without purchase.
10:1 Light Dragoons— Lieut. Arthur Herbert Cass to be
Captain, without purchase, vice J. W. Thompson, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank
under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854.
18th Light Dragoons- -Ttio second Christian name of
Cornet Liebort, appointed on the 13th April, 1855, is
Bernhard.

Military Train—Lieutenant C. W. M`Niell to be Cap-
tain, by punhase, vice ill `Court, promoted ; Ensign G.
J. C. Whittington to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
M`lliell; Frank F. Perceval, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Whittington.
Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet -
Major §ir Charles Russell, Bart., to be Captain and
Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel,
R. C. 3 Clifford, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant
Alfred Walter Thynne to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Sir C. Russell, Bart. ; the Hon. Fre-
derick Arthur Stanley to ha Ensign and Lieutenant by
purchase, vice Thynne.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Edward Andrew Stuart
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Whitmore, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into
Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6.
3d Foot—Horace William Scriven, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice G. E. Martin, whose appoint-
ment on March 25 has been cancelled.
sth Foot—Ensign William Enderby, from 17th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barker, promoted ;
Herbert Silverthorne Williams, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Charles Williams, ap-
pointed to 24 Dragoons. In lieu of the promotion of
the following officers, as stated in the Gazette of the 15th
January, read—to be Lieutenants, without purchase--
Ensign E. S. Lewis, vice lia,ig, killed in action;
Ensign J. B. Barker, vice Adair promoted ; Ensign E.
J. Oilfield, vice Leach, promoted; Ensign E. M. Mason,
vice Carter, died of his wounds ; Ensign G. A. Shegog
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Simmons,
promoted in succession to Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Kirkland, promoted ; Ensign H. Bathe to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Shegog, whose promotion on the
3d January, 1858, vice Browne, deceased, has been

cancelled.
6th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Hamilton, from
half-pay 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Goodteon, pro-
moted in 2tth Foot ; Ensign P. B. Simpson to be Lieu-
tenAnt, by purchase, vine Ranailton who retires. To be
Ensigns, without purchase--James Fitz Gerald, Gent.,
vice Allfrey, promoted ; Gustavus Wheatley Berry Collis,
Gent., vice Nugent, promoted ; Charles Henry Marchant,
Gent., vice MacCarthy, whose appointment on 30;h Dec.,
1857, has been cancelled.
10_11 Foot-- George Henry Wynn Tremenheere, Gent., to

be Ensign, without purchase.
11th Foot—George Augustus Eliot, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
12th Foot—Ensign David Seymour, from 17th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchp.se, vice Miller, promoted.
13th Foot —To be Ensigns, without purchase—Arthur
Brooks, Gent., and Henry King Fenwick, Gent.
14th Foot—Wm. Jarvis Willis, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase; Lieut. John Glancy, to be Adjutant.
15th Foot—Ensign M. J. C. Browne, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase—
G vice Browne ; Francis
Heeonrrgye °GVnte°t'vt,UGhuen"ti!i;lijoGhenatjoseph Forsyth Grant,

Gent.
16th Fout - Eu&igu A. Name to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Kendall, promoted ; W. F. Lon;bourne,
Gent ,to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Neamo. To be
Ensigns, without purchase— C. F. Busfield, Gent. ; C.
H. Woodmas, Gent. ; Clifton do Neufyille Orr Stock-
well, Gent. To be Paymaster—lL Teversham,
17th Foot —To be Ensigns, by purchase—R. F. Bros, Gent.,
vice George Thompson, whose appointment., as stated in
the Gazette of 26th March, 1858, has been cancelled ; G.
W. Y. Fitz Gerald, Gent., vice Sqmour, promoted in
12th Foot. To be Fosigns, without purchase—A. M'Neil
Caird, Gent.; 0. C. Weir, Gent.; H. C. Deane, Gent. ;
E. A. Elgin, Gent.
18th Foot.—To be Ensigns without purchase.—John
Francis O'Reilly, Gent.; Elward Ashurst Marsland,
Gent. ; George Augustus Nicolls, Gent. ; the surname
of Captain John Swinburn is spelt Swinburne.
19th Foot.—To be Ensigns without purchase.— Henry
Walter Hope, Gent. ; llora.e Arthur Wells, Gent. ;
Marcus William 0'1(i-irks, Gent. ; and Philip Downes
Williams, Gent.
20th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Camp-
bell, from :MI Foot, to be Major, without purchase ;
Harry Russell Bowlby, Gent., to be Ensign, without

purci;aie.
214 t Foot --E,lward Frederick Pole, Gent., to be Ensign,

without purchase.
22,1 Foot—To beE .sigas, pe,-,.c'f —11:z:far:I. IT.
Cartwright Fell, Gent.; William Cunliffe Powys, Gent. ;
Octavius Brown, Gent.
23d Foot.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
W. J. Twy ford, and Ensign H. J. Richards. To be
Ensigns, by Purchase—Henry Edmund Stanley, Gent.,
and George William Lewis, Gent.
24th Foot—Thomas Pierce Butler, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase :—Ri-
chard Archibald Farquharson, Gent. ; Francis Massey
Pearson, Gent. ; Charles Henry Fellowes, Gent., vice
Tongue, promoted ; William Baunatyne, Gent., vice
Thomas, promoted.
2Gth Foot—Ensign William Henry Salwey to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Givius, who retires; Oswald
Cresewell, Gant., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Salwey.
28th Foot—Ellis Houlton Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Crawhill, promoted in the 12th Foot.
31st Foot—Captain Colin Campbell, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Greenwood, who exchanges ;
Lieutenant Richard Weld Litton to be Captain, by pur-
Tchase, vice Campbell, who retires.
39th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Taylor,
appointed without purchase, on 13th April, 18.53. is
spelt Cbanncy, not Chauncey, as previously stated.
41st Foot—Edward Francis Brown Brooke, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Waring, promoted in
the 24th Foot
47th Foot--Ensign George Henry Powell, from Nth
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De Lancey,
promoted, by purchase, to an Un attached Company.
60th Foot Lieutenant Henry Pardee Eaton to be Captain
without purchase, vice Paterson, appointed Captain of
Companies of Gentlemen Cadets at the Royal Mili-
tary College ;
without purchase, vice Eaton; John Gustavus Crosbie,
Ensign C. IL Bluer to be Lieutenant
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Borrer.
84th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Jenkins,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cruice,
deceassd.
91st Foot—George Francis Robertson, Gent., to be En-
sign; by purchase, vice D'Eye, whose appointment has
been cancelled.
93th Foot—Ensign G. W. Smith to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase,
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieut. G.A. Tranchell to be Cap-
tain, Without vice Browne, promoted in 24th Foot.
purchase vice Clarke, appointed to the
24th Foot; Ensign B. S. Du Jardin to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Tranchell; Henry Dickson Den-
man, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Du
Jardin.

UNATTACHED.
Brevet-Msjor John Wyclyffe Thompson, 10th Light
Drtigoons, to have his Brevet rank converted into Sub-
stantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of Gth October,
1:51.

stamp duty, shall be chargeable with the stamp duty of 1858, in the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, to be Colonel in the
one peony for every such draught or order." Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854.
The house resumed. - Captain Colin Campbell, 31st Foot, to be Major in tho
going into into committee on supply, Arm
On the motion for goiny.
The Brevet Rank of Major of the following Officers, to
be antedated to Jan. 19, 12.68 :
Captain VIVIAN rose to address the house on the Captain and Brevet-Major Alexander Cunningham
Army Estimates, and was Robertson, Bth Foot.
LEFT SPEAKING. Captain and Brevet-Major Edwin G. Daniell, Bth Foot.
Captain and Brevet-Major John R. Wilton, 60th Foot.
Captain and Brevet-Major R. 11. C. D. Lowe, 74th
Foot.
Captain and Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull, 13th Foot.

The portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts
had not arrived when we went to press.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tms DAY.

Amlterdana.. •• nl5 Gibraltar •••••••• •• •• ••
Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Leghorn .. •• 29 72%
Rotterdam ............ 11 17% Genoa ... 25 60
Antwerp ..............55 40 Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• -
Brussels •• •• •.•••• •• •• 25 40 I Venice •••• •• •••• •• •• ••
aamburgh 13 6% Naple?, -••
Altcna •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Palermo .• •• ...... •• •• 125
Paris• • 25 12% Messina
Do. three months • • 25 37% Lisbon ..
Marseilles • • •• •• •• •• 25 37% Oporto •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 51%
Botadeaux . Rio Janeiro ......
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% , Buenos Ayre5•.......
Berlin •• •• .• •• •• .• •• •• • • New York,6o days' sight
Vienna •• •• •• •• •• ••.. •• 10 34 Philadelphia
Trieste........ •• •• 10 36 PRICES OF BULLION, FEB oz:
Petersburg ............ 35►% Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9
Madrid 49 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Cadiz • • 49% Mexican Dollars 0 4 1
Barcelona New Dollars 0 0 0
Seville..

THE AUSTRALIAN CLIPPER JAIIIES BAINES
DESTROY ED BY FIRE.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
This morning, at six o'clock, the stevadores
having removed the hatches to continue the dis-
charge of cargo of the James Baines, that beautiful
and celebrated clipper ship, which was an honour
to the port of Liverpool, and a distinction to her
owners, was discovered to he on the. No sooner
were the hatches taken off than considerable vo-
lumes of smoke were seen to issue from the after
part of the mainhold, and soon the flames were
seen to assume a menacing appearance, which, not-
withstanding every exertion by tho employes of
James Baines and Co., by the fire brigade under
the able superintendence of Mr. Hewitt, with the
co-operation of every officer and man of the great
Cunard Elia, has resulted in the total destruction of
the ship.
As soon as the news of the accident reached town
several fire-engines were despatched, including that
of the West of England ; and by half-past 10 a.m.
there were six fire-engines playing on the vessel
from the docks on the east side, and two from flats
stationed on the western quarter, including that of
the Cunard Company. At an early hour the ship
was scuttled, in order that she might fill with water
from the dock ; but we regret to say that this mea-
sure was as ineffectual as the immense mass of
water poured into her from so many engines to sub-
due the flames. Indeed, about 10 o'clock, the vessel
being aground, the water poured out through the
scuttles as rapidly as it entered from above.
The James Baines, it will be remembered, left
Liverpool on the Bth of August las'a having on
board, 1,037 men of the 97th and 42nd High-
landers, for Calcutta, whom she landed in safety,
after a rapid passage. She arrived again in the
Mersey from Calcutta, with a full cargo of Indian
produce, consisting of jute, hemp, linseed, and
rice. On Sunday the vessel was docked, and on
Monday the work of discharging was begun.
At first the fire was confined to the after-hold,
but with a cargo so inflammable that limitation
was not continued, and the smoke soon poured from
the main and lore-holds, and at half-past eleven
the smoke was coming in dense volumes from the
cabin house and even from the stern windows,
while, although no flames were vigible, there was
no doubt that the cargo was being rapidly con-
sumed. The fire in the fore-hold was then, how-
ever, rapidly lessening, and large quantitiss of
water were being clisZarged about the main and
after masts, which manifested symptoms of going
by the board. The Tiggimg was fast unfixing, and
the yards were being lowered over the side, so as
to ease the fall as much as possible.
As the day wore on the work of destruction ad-
vanced, and by two o'clock the vessel was a sheet
of flame from st.nn to stern, and the main and
mizen masts had both fallen, crashing through the
roof of the strongly-built sheds along the dock. At
half-past three the foremast also gave way, greatly
damaging that portion of the shed upon which it
fell. The interior of the vessel was one mass of
fire, and, at the despatch of this parcel, the ship is
steadily burning down to the water, the depth of
which in the dock is unfortunately only 2L feet.
The Gothenburg, from New Orleans, in the
Sandon Graving Dock, some 100 yards im the
burning vessel, had a narrow escape. Fragments
of the burning mass were thrown over her, some
of which set firs to her sails. However, by the
promptitude of her crow the flames were ex-
tinguished.
The James Baines is stated to be uninsured ;
but whether her cargo be so or not is difficult to
tell, belonging as it does to many parties.
Major Greig was early on board, and Mr. Men-
del, of the Mersey Board, and a number of gentle-
men connected with shipping and mercantile affairs
were present, manifesting their deep sympathy in
what is alm- st a public loss.
Among theme having consignments of cargo, we
heard reported Whittaker, Whitehead and
3,400 bags linseed, valued at 3,5001., and 4,100 do.
rice, value 2,400/. Lltledale and Co. are also large
holders of cargo ; b-ut we cannot thus early state
the contents or owners more specifically.
As soon as the fire took head the vessels adjacent
were removed out of the neighbourhood, and the
procantions used, as well as the happy circumstance
that the wind is low, afford almost assurance that
the fire will be confined to the hull.
There seems every reason to suppose that the
fire originated in spontaneous combustion.

Country Markets.

NEWARK—AparL 21.

This clay's market was very well attended, and a large
supply of grain of all sorts. Wheat met with a flat
sale, at is to 2s under previous rates.
Wheat, white 41s to 4"s, red 40s to 465; barley, malting
40s to 425, grinding 34s to 365; oats, 12st. 28a to 32e,
26s to 283; beans, 40s to 43s ; malt, 66s to 72s ; peas, 40.3
to 42s ; tares, —s to —s per qr.
GLASGOW—APRIL 21.

There was but a very moderate trade to-day in wheat,
at a decline of 61 per boll on the prices of last market
day. Flour lost the advance then quoted of 6d per boll.
and Gd to is per sack. Barley and oats realised the last
week's extreme rates. Oatmeal, Gd to Is per load over
previous rates. Beans unaltered.
LOCA Sll A :7E MAR /1- Tl.