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Council, to approve of what is therein proposed ; and the
Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty are to give the necessary directions herein accord-
ingly. WM. L. BATHURST.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

WHITEHALL, MAY 26.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Barnes Peacock, Esq., Chief Justice of her Ma-
jesty's Supreme Court of Judicature at Calcutta.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 26.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbnry and Talbot, to
appoint John W. C. Ewart, Esq., one of her Majesty's
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice J. F. Peto,
Esq., resigned.
COMMISSIONS BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

County of Middlesex.—Taverner John Miller, M.P., to
be Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Gloucester.—Charles James Monk, Esq., and
Stephen Cave, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Edward
Hewitt, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Glamorgan Artillery Militia—Thomas Bateman,
Gent., to be Lieutenant.

Durham Artillery Militia—Second Lieutenant James
Erskine Ainslie Mather to be First Lieutenant, vice Browne,
resigned ; Arthur Munro, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Mather, promoted.
Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Captain
the Hon. Frederick Walpole to be Major, vice Custance,
promoted.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Robert Clayton Daubenny, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Wilts Militia—Lieutenant Bartholomew Mahon to
be Captain, vice Robinson, resigned ; Ensign Henry
Edwards to be Lieutenant, vice Blennerhassett, resigned ;
Ensign Edward John Hayward to be Lieutenant, vice
Mahon, promoted ; Ensign Thomas Holman to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Shaw resigned.
Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Hugh Alexander
Baring to be Lieutenant, vice Greeme, resigned ; Alfred
Doughty Tichborne, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Baring, pro-
moted.

Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia--EnsiP
William Stephen Mair Goodenough to be Lieutenant, vice
Reed, resigned ; William Wreford Brown, Gent., to be En-
sign, vice Goodenough, promoted.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Benjamin Wood, bookseller, Walworth-road, Surrey.
BANKRUPTS.
George Tilley, publican, Holborn, to surrender, June 6,
at two, and 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Jeffs, leather cutter, Nottingham, June 7 and
July 5, at eleven, at the Shire-111, Nottingham.
Alfred Elphick, butcher, Eakt Moulsey, Surrey, June 6,
and July 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Hayes, wine merchant, Old Broad-street, June 7,
at half-past two, and July 2, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John Digby Lee Palmer, teacher of music, Sheffield,
June 11 and July 2, at ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Thomas Satchwell, grocer, Mortimer, Berkshire, June
14, at half-past twelve, and July 12, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Names Onley, corn dealer, Birmingham, June 10 and 30,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Robert Anderson Rust, pianoforte manufacturer, Great
Marlborough-street, Regent-street, June 3, and 'lull 8,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Barrack, hotel-keeper, Cockspur-street, June 10,
at twelve, and July 8, at half/past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
William James Adams, merchant, Lansdowne-01MS'
South Lambeth, June 8, and July 5, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Burrows, tailor and draper, Woolton, Lanea,.
shire, June 9 and 30, at twelve at the Liverpool Metric"
Court.

William Williams, draper, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan;
shire, June 7 and July 5, &t eleven, at the Bristol Metric
Court.
Charles Robert Moate, metal broker Old Broad.streett
City, June 10, at eleven, and July 6, aetwelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. _ _

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Robert Campbell, innkeeper, Kilmarnock.
Andrew Speirs, farmer, Muirhouse Symington. ford
James Forrest, quarrier and spirit retailer, SheeP
Locks, near,Airdrie.
Alexander Waugh, tenant, Helton Mills, Kelso.
Alexander and Robert Smith, builders, Edinburgh'

•
BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and
tap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the
of May, 1859: 8 tli Victoria,2s thy

Notes issued ISSUE DEPARTMFNT.
£31,180,835 Government Debt X11,015,1gg
Other Securities . • 3,42'835
Gold Coin dr Bullion 16,7 y•••
Silver Bullion • • • •
_____----
f 31,180,835

£31,180,8351

BANKING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest • 3,219,961
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

lEPARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £11,281,376
Other Securities 19,298,574
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin • • .. 702,134

counts) 6,684,168
Other Deposits...
Seven Day and
other Bills 765,906

£41,240,744 I £41,240,744
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated May 26,1&79.

AVERAGE PRICE OP SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, e°11"
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 24th
of May, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America 27e lad
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 278 2d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies --11
Average price of the foregoing 27s 7d41