The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-27 00:00:00

-THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1861.

FRO2II THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 18.
Notice is hereby given that his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort will, by the desire of the Queen, hold
Levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on
the following days at two o'clock, viz.
Saturday, the 4th of May next.
Wednesday, the 15th of May next.
It is the Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal
Highness at these Levies shall be considered as equivalent
to presentations to her Majesty.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Duchess of
Wellington to be Mistress of the Robes, in the room of the
Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, resigned.
DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Theo-
dore Pennefather, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the
Island of Ceylon; and Edward Wallace Goodlake to be
Stipendiary Magistrate for her Majesty's Settlements in the
Falkland Islands.
CROWN OFFICE, APRIL 24.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Tynemouth.—Richard Hodgson, of Carham,
in the county of Northumberland, Esq., in the room of
Hugh Taylor, Erq., who has accepted the office of Steward
of her Majesty's Manor of Hempholme.
Borough of eouthwark—John Locke, Esq., of 63, Eaton-
place, in the county of Middlesex, one of her Majesty's
Counsel learned in the law, Recorder of the borough of
Brighton.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 22.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second .Lieutenant Francis
Hastings Edmund Owen to be First Lieutenant, vice Gray,
removed from the list of the corps.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Henry Pinchbeck, builder, HorncaStle, Lincolnshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Philip Haynes, silk manufactuier, Old Bethnal-green,
to surrender May 9, at one, and June 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Smith Bartleet, grocer, Oldbury, Worcester,
May 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. -
John Tonks, victualler, Birmingham, May 9 and 30, at
eleven, at the Birrainkham District Court.
Frederick Ellyett, hatter, Portsea, May 7 and June 11,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Taylor Ballard, draper, Leicester, May 7, at one,
and June 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Goddard, draper, Earl Soham, near Framlingham,
Suffolk, May 8, at half-past two, and June 5, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Mott, cabinetmaker, Salisbury, May 8, at half-
past one, and June 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Peter- Bates, draper, Croydon, May 6, at half-past twelve,
and June 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Juckes, jun., manufacturer of patent furnaces,
City-road, May 8, at one, and June 17, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Clark, jun., timber merchant, New Kent-road,
Surrey, May 8, at two, and June 5, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Frederick Sanderson, coachmaker, Tottenham-street,
Fitzroy-square, May 7, at twelve, and June 5, at half-past
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Pexton Peterson, scrivener, Bristol, May 6 and
June 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
William Gibson, provision merchant, Leeds, May 10 and
June 7, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds.
Samuel Gooseman, innkeeper, Great Grimsby, Lincoln-
shire, May 8 and June 5, at twelve, at the Town-hall,
Kingston-upon-Hull.
Joseph Allen, smallware manufacturer, Radcliffe Bridge,
Lancashire, May 10 and June 4, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Charles M'Lean, china merchant, Elgin.
Gavin Hamilton and Sons, smiths, Glasgow.
William Grant, farmer, Cairnhill, Ayrshire.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria.
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 24th day
of April, 18G1

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ........X26,802,960 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 3,459,900
, Gold Coin & Bullion 11,437,102
I Silver Bullion .... 890,858

£26,802,9601
BANKING D]

£26,802,960

,EPARTMENT.
Government Seen-

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) 4,757,607
Other Deposits 12,604,075
Seven Day and
other Bills

iit-iesTvineluding
Dead eightAn-
nutty) £10,272,938
Other Securities 17,956,119
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin

683,904

£35,782,021
M. .

£35,782,021
.RSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated April 25, 1861.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted fronelteturns made in the week ending the 23d day
of April, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :
Muszovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT.
sessions in America
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 193 101 d
Average price of the foregoing . . 25s 31c1

RAILWAY MELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. ,-A. , ~..--....-,
1861. 1860. 1861. 1860.
----.-- --- --- ----- - ---
X .£
Ballymena and Port Rush - - - -
Belfast and N. Counties 100 100 1,631 1,733
Belfast and County Down 39 39 644 618
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Juno - - -
Blyth and Tyne 22 22 2,145 1,423
Bristol and Exeter 125 125 6,321 6,693
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington 81 81 224 250
Cork and Bandon . . ...
Cork, Illackrock, & Passage ci 6} 277 201
Cork and Youghal •. • 28
- 216 -
Cornwall 531 531 1,264 1,119
Deeside l7 17 313 291
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,316 1,259
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,684 1,673
Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst.) 40} 40} 1,811 1,756
Dundalk and Enniskillen .. 130 122 1,630 1,665
Dundee and Arbroath l7} 17} 754 6.8
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,187 972
East Anglian 671 671 992 1,057
E.Counties,Nrlk.,&E.Union 499 499 26,378 25,551
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,686 3,678
Forth & Clyde Junction - -
Furness .......... .
Glasgow & South-Western 1831 1831 7,919 7,717
Great Northern ....... .
Great North of Scotland
irt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 . 2494 8,'209 8,185
Great Western sB3i 578/ 39,041 38,871
Inverness & Aberdeen June. 55 55 825 697
Irish South-Eastern 2s} 25} 300 I'2l
Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 395} 36,092 35,050
Leominster and Kington
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 145 184
Limerick and Foynes 26} 26} 162 143
Llanelly 461 461 599 496
London & North-Western
London and Blackwell 64
54 1,508 1,475
London & South-Western . 389 339 18,426 17,172
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 224 2231 16,331 15,784
London, Chatham, & Dover 5 191 1,062
Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 42 40 280
1,187 1,185
Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 173. 1731 11,801 11,054
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrinchamf 9} 94 1,160 969
Maryport and Carlisle '2B 28 1,181 1,140
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6141 39,108 38,2262
6
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. 177 177 4,123 4,3
Monkland ...... .. . 56 '56 1,453 1,407
Monmouthsh. ...... & Canal 44 44 2,:i37 2,375
Newcastle and Carlisle ... . . 78 78 3,550 3,464
North British (incl. Selkirk
and Galashiels) ... 199/ 1521 6,221
490
5,810
North Devon - 35 35 469
N-Eastern(Bedali&Leybrn) 761 764 38,406 36,744
North London 9 9 2,506 2,359
North Staffordshire ' 246 233 7,740 8,340
Oswestry and Newton 20 - 420 -
Rhymney . . ... .. . . l9l 191 791 591
St. Helene Canal 52 52 1,916 2,125
Scottish Central
00..4,4-1- "Ta-"-.Eastern. • •
Shrewsbury & Birmingiuwi, - _
Shrewsbury and Chester - -
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union 29 294 1,005 1,070
South Devon 72 722 3,341 3,328
South-Eastern
South Wales .. .•.. ... .
S. Yorkshire and River
' Stockton and Darlington
' Taff Vale
' Ulster ..................... 51 01 1,815 1,766
Ulverstone and Lancaster . 19 19 747 691
Vale of Clwyd. ....... . ..... 10 10 103051 106
Vale of Neath ..,. .. ........ 35 35 2,1,5 V.
• Waterford and Kilkenny • 31 31 540 389
Waterford and Limerick ... 77 77 1,298 1,281
West Cornwall .. ... . .... . . 271 27/ 847 79(
' W.Hartlepoollfarbr.&Ritil. 39 39 4,191 4,131
West Midland ..... 1.62 158 7,108 6,91.‘,.
W'haven,CleatorotEgrrant. 7 7 481 46(
- Whitehaven Junction l2 12 676 641
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 645 57,
1
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
r Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,011 981
Austrian B2B 673 36,890 29,67
. Belgian Eastern Junction 261 261 - -
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Demerara (fortnight)...... • - _ - -
Detroit and Milwaukie
. Dutch Rhenish
- -
Eastern of France 1032 1006 51,873 45,13
e
Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 15,996 14,41
Great Indian Peninsulit 3501 277 5,267 3,89
a,Great Luxembourg l2B 128 2,019 2,46
Great Western of Canada 345 345 11,383 10,71
s,
r. Lyons and Geneva 142 142 5,400 4,82
A Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 15,026 13,32
el Northern of C'anada. ...
r. Northern of France
g- Norwegian Trunk
g; Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.. 879 840 86,671 72,21
Paris and 0r1ean5.......... 922 922 53,619 50,4(
o,
. Paris and Strasburg • - • - - -
1_ Royal Danish 69 69 611
1,31
6(
.t, Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,100
t, South Austrian ' 904 826 54,177 27,01
a Southern of France ........ 777 773 22,586 18,71
,s, Welland.
ed West Flanders ~„ ......... 76 75 1,015 E
is. W. and N.W. of France.... 742 730 40,348 37,2!

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during the voyage home. The health of the troops on board
has been good, except occasional prevalence of diarrhoea and
recurrence of a few cases of dysentery and fever. The
Cressy will be towed into Portsmouth harbour this morning
from Spithead, and the troops landed at the dockyard, when
they will be forwarded by special train to join the regi-
ment's head-quarters at Manchester.
The Duncan, 101, screw, was yesterday undocked at
Portsmouth, after fixing her three-bladed iron propeller,
and placed in the steam basin, where she got up steam to
turn her machinery. In warping her out of the dock, the
warp, which was being worked by one of the steam cap-
stans, carried away and severely injured one of the riggers,
named Joseph Barnes. He was at once taken to the dock-
yard surgery, where, on examination, it was found that one
leg was broken between the knee and ancle, and much
bruised. The bone was immediately set, and the sufferer
conveyed to his home. The Duncan goes out of the steam
basin to-day to commence her experimental trials.
The Inflexible, 6, paddle, Commander Brooker, will be
paid off at Portsmouth this day.
The Cheerful, gunboat, has been placed in the angle dock
at Poi tsmouth, for examination, &c.
The Rolla, naval apprentice brig, Lieut.-Commander
Nelson, has bent sails and taken up her position at her ser-
vice buoy, preparatory to her summer exercise outside.
The Asia, guardship. of steam ordinary, at Portsmouth,
Capt. G. T. Gordon, has been removed from the moorings
she has -hitherto occupied in Portsmouth harbour to a set
further up the harbour, and lately occupied by the Malabar,
coal depot. The Victory, flagship of the Commander-in-
Chief at the port, Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce, will be re-
moved from her present moorings on the Portsmouth side
of the harbour to those lately occupied by the Asia on Le
Gosport side. This will allow free ingress and egress to
Vessels of war or transparts to and from Spithead and the
newly-constructed coaling jetty on the watering island of
the dockyard.

The Ganges, 84, Capt. J. Fulford, sailed frow Spithead
for Sheerness at 4.30 p.m. yesterday.
The Maeduf4 sailing transport, has been cleared out of
her fittings and stores, and towed out of Portsmouth har-
bour to Spithead.
The gunvessel Weser, 6, left Plymouth Sound on Thurs-
day evening for the Mediterranean.
The paddlewheel surveying steamer Bann (tender to the
Fisgard), at Devonporl, has had her bottom coated with
red lead. The Bann will shortly vacate No. 4 dock in the
Arsenal.

The paddlewheel steam frigate Magicienne, 16, Com-
mander Commerell, was placed yesterday alongside the
sheer hulk Kent, where her masts and bowsprit were re-
moved. She was then taken to her former berth alongside
the Devonport Dockyard.
A report prevails at Plymouth that the Channel fleet will
rendezvous at Portland on Tuesday next, the 30th inst.
Rear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, Superintendent of the
Devonport Dockyard, struck his flag on Wednesday even-
ing, and is gone on leave of absence. Captain Key, of the
Indus, being also absent, the control of the dockyard de-
volves on Commander Brown, R.N., Master Attendant.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. James T. Fitzmaurice to the
Majestic ; Lieut. John Nott to the Cornwallis ; Lieut. H.
C. A. Brand, Lieut. Henry Vaughan, Lieut. C. C. Hassall,
Lieut. H. S. Hamilton, Lieut. Charles Smith, Lieut. A. J.
Chatfield, and Lieut. Alfred Eaton, to the Neptune, addi-
tional, for disposal on the Mediterranean station; Charles
Parkinson, master, to the Pembroke, for the Coastguard ;
George C. Musters and Atwell P. M. Lake, midshipmen,
to the Icarus; William Lewis, promoted to the rank of
acting chief engineer, in charge of the machinery of the
Intrepid ; James M'Gregor, acting third-class assist.-engi-
neer, to the Indus, for service in the Pike; Edward Mul-
chay, acting assist.-surg., to the Wye ; Henry C. Pool,
paymaster, to the Aboukir; and George A. Mitchell, desk,
to the Fisgard., .Mr. Charles G. Gardiner and Mr. Henry
M. C. Festing have been nominated to naval cadetships.