The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-25 00:00:00

FEB. 25.

Borough of Marylebone.—Edwin John James, Esq., of
Pall-mall, in the county of Middlesex, one of her Majesty's
Counsel learned in the Law, in the room of Hugh For-
tescue, commonly called Viscount Ebrington, who has
accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of
Northstead.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 25.
The Right Honourable the Lords of Privy Council for
Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from
her Majesty's Minister at Vienna, reporting that the Aus-
trian Government has issued an order, permitting silk
cocoons to be imported into the Lombardo-Venetian King-
dom, and the raw silk produced from them to be exported,
free of duty.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 25.
MEMORANDUM.—The commission of the Reverend James
Henry Beresford Harris, as Chaplain of the 4th Class, has
been antedated to 22d October, 1855.
• ADMIRALTY, FEB. 19.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant George
Gregory to be Captain, vice Driver, to half-pay ; Second
Lieutenant Sechwell Ray Buckle, to be Lieutenant, vice
Gregory, promoted.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—En-
sign Michael Arthur Bass to be Lieutenant, vice Davenport,
resigned.
Carmarthenshire Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia—
Richard Richards Carver, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Swan,
resigned.
shire Rifles—Charles Dalrymple, Esq., to be
Royal Ayr
Lieutenant ; Robert Aleiklam, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
Ist Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Ensign G. J. Gossling
to be Lieutenant, vice Williamson, resigned.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Glasgow and Lower
Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—The Honourable
Charles Alexailder, Lord Dunglas, to be Captain, vice
McCall, resigned.
[This article is substittited for that which appeared in
the Gazette of February 22.]
Northumberland Artillery Regird=t of Militia—Robert
Cairnes Bruce, Esq., late Captain in the 85th Foot, to be
Captain.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL Panz
MONEY.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Feb. 14.
Notice
is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and Ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for
the William Clark, captured on the 22d August, 1867, by
her Majesty's ship Firefly, will commence on Monday, the
14th March, 1859, in the Prize Branch of the Department of
the " Accountant-Generalof the Navy, Admiralty, Somer-
set-house,"
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may ite legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are requesjed
to present the same at this office.
Any Officer, Seaman, Marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the Collector of Custoin ot:
of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, !sjeggiezde
to intimate the same by letter to be addressed n
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London :
in which letter his own place of residence is to
Collpreciselyectorb
toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would e con-
venient to receive such share of prize money.
The following aro the shares duo to an individual in the
several classes :
Flag share ...... £3 18 5
Commander ..... 124 14 3
Third class . • 44 810
Fourth class.... 28 11 5
Fifth class .... 15 17 6

Sixth class .... £l4 5 8
Seventh class .. 9 10 6
Eighth class .. 415 3
Ninth class.... 3 3 6
Tenth class 1 11 8

For the brigantine gliza Jane, captured 04 the 27th of

August, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Alecto, will commence
on Monday the 7th March, 1859.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :--
Flag share £ll2 14 1
Commander 4Ol 12 1
Third class 127 11 7
Fourth class B2 0 4
Fifth class 45 11 3

Sixth class £4l 0 3
Seventh class 27 6 9
Eighth class 13 13 4
Ninth class 9 2 3
Tenth class 4 11 1

For the barque, name unknown, captured on the 2d of
Sept., 1857, by her Majesty's ship Alecto, will commence
on Monday, the 7th March, 1859.
The following are the shares duo to an individual in the
several classes :

Flag share .... £55 14 8
Commander .. 290 17 2
Third class .... 92 7 11
Fourth class .. 59 7 11
Fifth class .... 32 19 11

Sixth class 29 14 ' 0
Seventh class .. 19 i 6 0
Eighth class .. 918 0
Ninth class .... 6 12 0
Tenth class.... 3 5 11

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas William Custance, licensed victualler, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, to surrender,March 7, and 14, at twelve,:
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. •
Benjamin Lovell, currier, Northampton, March 9, at one,
and April 'll, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John David-Greenway, draper, Taunton, March 11 and
April 6, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Joseph Hardwicke and Henry Jones. merchants, Grace-
church-street, March 9, at half-past one, and April 9. at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Spence, currier, Birmingham, March 7 and 28, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
John Hill, jun., lace manufacturer, Lenten, Notting-
hamshire, March 15, and April 12, at eleven, at the Shire.;
hall, Nottingham.
William George Horncastle, auctioneer, 2301, High- •
street, Poplar, Middlesex, March 11, at one, and April 15,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Adams, the younger, licensed victualler, Her-
borne, Staffordshire, March 7 and 28, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
Joseph Taylor, general realer, Bradford, March 8, at
half-past eleven, and April 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. _ • _ _ _ _ _

George Oswald, farmer, Fishburn, Durham, March 8, at
eleven, and April' 12, at one, at the ,Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court.
William Ireland, licensed victualler, Plaistow, Essex,
March 4, and April 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
John Walker, licensed victualler, Stockport, March 10
and 31, at twelve, at the
_Manchester District Court. _ _

Michael Watson, innkeeper, Hartlepool, March 8 and
April 12, at oir, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. _ _ _

Phillip Crallin, sail maker, Liverpool, March 11 and
April 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
George Locking, hotel keeper, Cleethorpe, Lincolnshire,
March 9 and April 13, at twelve, at the Leeds District
Court. _ _ .

John Newton, horse dealer, Old Mallon, Yorkshire,
March 10 and April 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court.
John Andrews Mundy, coal merchant, Pulborough,
Sussex March 11, at two, and April 9, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Goodson Turney, grocer and tea dealer, 9, Mount-
place, Walworth-road, March 4, and April 8, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Sagar Holden Splatt, sail maker, Strand, March 11, at
two, and April 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.

DANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, fir the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day
of February, 1859 :

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £33,565,315 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 19,090,316
Silver Bullion ....

£33,565,315,'

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

counts) 7,819,784
Other Deposits 14,617,172
Seven Day and
other Bills

.C 11,011,968
M.

Dated Feb. 24, 1859.

133,463,315

,EPARTMENT.
Government Seen-
rifles yneluding
Deadß eight A-
nnuity) £10,696,147
Other Securities 16,256,758
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin

802,233

.01,011,96 S
[ARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from turns made in the week ending the 22d day
of Feb., 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 2Bs 81d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 2ss 10 d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 30s 5 d
Average price of the foregoing 27s 6

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-THIS DAY.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 17
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 32
m Haburgh
13 6
_ _ _ _

11 16
11 M
11 18;
25 37:
25 37+
13

Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 32}
Frankfort on Maine — 1181
Vienna
Trieste

25 121
2.5 37i
25 37i
115-
11 2•
11 30

Petersburgh
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Genoa

35
49
49
29 70
25 50

35
49
49
29 75
25 55

Naples

Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

121
I'2l-
-
62

121
121
62
531

E.I. Co's Ws. House Ms. God
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto — 26 24
East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 24th ult to
the Bth inst.

Bengal
Madras
Bombay

LO 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

£0 0 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) 7l 0 0 0

.MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGIS-
TRATES.

An ordinary meeting of the magistracy of Middle-
sex was held yesterday at Clerkenwell—Mr.
Pownall in the chair—for the transaction of busi-
ness relating to the county. Mr. Maude, the
deputy clerk of the peace, laid before the court some
bills and other Parliamentary papers, having refer-
ence to country interests. Mr. C. H. Cottrell, the
chairman of the Committee of the Colney Hatch
Asylum, called the attention of the court to the
first clause of the proposed Lunacy Laws Amend-
ment Bill, which he said would seem to give the
Secretary of State the power, without the consent
or sanction of the committee, to transfer the lunatic
paupers of the City to the county asylums. It was
a general provision, but it applied to the City of
London more than any other place, and some time
ago the corporation applied to the Court to take all
the City lunatics into their asylums—a proposition
which the requirements upon their asylums would
not allow them to entertain. This clause would
give the Secretary of State the power to compel
them to take the City lunatics whether they were
willing or not, which might involve outlay for
enlargements, and he moved therefore that it be
referred to the Committee fer General Purposes,
&c., to consider and take the necessary steps to
protect the interests of the county on that behalf.
Agreed to.
On the report of the Committee for Accounts
&c., being brought up,
Mr. KEMSHEAD, the chairman, informed the
court officially of the death of Mr. Baker, the coroner,
and said the sheriff would take the necessary
steps for the election of a successor. The hon. magis-
trate paid a high tribute to the character of the
deceased gentleman, and said the committee always
entertained the highest respect for him, although
in the discharge of their duty to the county they
frequently had to dissallow fees for inquests which
werc unnecessary. The committee recommended
the Court to order payment of the costs incurred
by Reynolds, an inspectorof weights and measures,
in a case which had been brought before the Court
of Queen's Bench. There was a conviction against
the Receiver• General of the Metropolitan Police
said
dt the
for false weights used in sending out coals to the
constables at Stepney
station,upon the proceedings
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quashed
was quite clear that the inspector went beyond his
duty in this case—perhaps in the zeal with which
he regarded his duty; he had no authority to take
the steps he did. He might have communi-
cated in the first instance with the Commissioners
of Police, who would immediately have remedied
proceeding against the Re-
As an object had been •
ceiver personally.
the matter,
gained,
the constablesgetting however, in
instead of
allowance of coal, the committee thought the officer
ought not to bear the costs, and recommended the
Court to order them to be paid by the treasurer.
Mr. ARMSTRONG would take that opportunity of
recurring to a notice he, on a former occasion, had
on the paper, that these inspectors should be re-
quired to furnish returns of what they did for the
salaries they received, the seizures that took place,
and the fines imposed upon delinquents. They
called quarterly for their salaries, and were elected
from year to year, and that was all the Court knew
about them. He hoped the committee would adopt
some measure to enable the Court to know what
these officers did for their salaries.
Upon the motion of Mr. Burslem, it was referred
to the Committee of Accounts, &c., to consider
whether it would not be for the benefit of the
county to appoint an architect at a salary, with
liberty to practise for himself.
The prison and other reports having'. been dis-
posed of, the cart adjourned.