The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

THE HOP DUTY.

An account of the duty on hops of the growth
of the year 1859, distinguishing the districts and
the old from the new duty :
Districts

Duty.
Barnstaple .. X 44 11 01
Cornwall .. • • .. 1 0 9
Canterbury . • .. 124,528 14 6,
E---- 1,039 0 10i

_asses • . • • • . . • • • • •
Gloucester • • • • . • • • • •

23 2 10
24 6

Grantham .. .. • . • • • •
Hants .. 22,011 16 2
Hereford.. • 35,019 2 61

------..... .. .. _
Isle of Wight .. .. .. .. 15,816 0 8
Lincoln .. .. „. .. .. .. 137 0 8
20 10 2,
Northampton .. • • •• .• 40 12 0
Nottingham .. .. .. .. .• 72 11 &
Oxford .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 19
Reading .. .. .. .. .. .. 197 7
Rochester .. .. .. .. .. 253,211 4 2.

Sheffield.. 747 6 1
Stourbridge 7,486 0 9
Suffolk 1,268 6 0
Surrey 571 1 2
Sussex .. 126,940 13 2
Wales, Aliddle 71 2 2
Ware 82 13 2

Worcester .. .. 9,709 3 0:

£599,083 6 8

Old duty, at ld. 12-20 per lb. ..i328,070 2 101 16-20
New duty, at id. 8-20 per lb. ..£242,486 12 7 4-20
Additional duty of 5 per cent., }
28,526 11 2
per Act 3 Viet., cap. 17 ..

£599,083 6 8
CHAS. S. HAWTHORNE,
Assist-Account. and Compt.-Gen.
bland Revenue Office, Nov. 4.

LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS` EVENING)

WHITEHALL, OCT. 31.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, appointing Robert Ingham,
Esq.. one of her Majesty's Counsel ; William Hutt, Esq. ;
and John Charles Dalrymple Hay, Esq., Captain in her
Majesty's Navy; to be Commissioners for inquiring into
the internal economy and management of Greenwich Hos-•
pital, and of the funds by which it is maintained ; and also
whether the resources of the Hospital can be more advan-
tageously applied for the benefit of seamen who have served
in the Royal Navy.

DOWNING-ST REET, Nov. 4.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Frederick B.
Carter, Esq., to be one of her Majesty's Counsel for the
Island of Newfoundland ; George Abercrombie Mitchell,
Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the
Island of 'Grenada ; and Joseph Goodman and Raymond
Drouilhet, Esqs., to be Unofficial Members of the Legisla-
tive Council of the Island of Saint Lucia.
CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 2.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR-

LIA3IENT.

County of Ayr.—Sir James Fergusson, Bart., of Kilker-
ran, in the room of Patrick James Herbert Crichton
Stuart, commonly called Lord James Stuart, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 4.

15th Rsgiment of Light Dragoons Lieutenant Robert
Lesley Parker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Miller,
who retires ; Cornet Phineas Bury to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Parker ; Cornet Benjamin Winthrop, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Burrell, pro-
.

muted.
Coast Brigade of Artillery—Second Captain and Adjutant
James Campbell, of the Invalid Artillery, to be Major.
To be Captains—Captain Henry M'Gorrery, from half-
pay of the late Land Transport Corps ; Second Captain
William Handyside, from half-pay of the late Land Trans-
port Corps ; Second Captain William Henry, from half-
pay of the late Land Transport Corps; Second Captain An-
drew Henry, from half-pay of the late Land Transport
Corps; Second Captain John Mackenzie, from half•-pay of
late Land Transport Corps ; Quartermaster Wm. Elliott,
from the Gentleman et:let Company ; Deputy Assistant-
Commissary James Rogan, from half-pay of the late
Field Train Department. To be Second Captain—Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant John Sweeny, from the Military
Train, vice Campbell, promoted. To be Lieutenants—
Deputy Assistant-Commissary James M'Gillivray, from
half-pay of the late Field Train Department; Sergeant-
Major James Scott, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major
Robert Kettle, Royal Artillery ; Quartermaster-Sergeant
David Anderson, Royal Artillery ; Sergeant-Major Chas.
Phillips, Royal Artillery; Sergeant-Major James Thos.
Cole, Royal Artillery; Sergeant James Thomson, Royal
Artillery; Sergeant George M‘Murray, Royal Artillery.
Lieutenant James Thomas Cole to be Adjutant; Lieute-
nant David Anderson to be Quartermaster.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel
Edward Frome to be Colonel, vice Foster, removed as a
General Officer; Captain and Brevet-Major Spencer
Westmacott, to be Lieutenant .Colonel, vice Frome ;
Second Captain George Edmond L. Walker to be Cap-
tain, rice Westmacott ; Lieutenant Gustavus Nicolls
Kelsall to be Second Captain, vice Walker; Lieutenant
Peter H. Scratchley to be Second Captain, vice Donnelly,
_ .

placed on the Seconded List.
Military Train—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Jas.
Peter Robertson, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, with-
out purchase; Captain James Morris Hill to be Major,
without purchase, vice Robertson; Second Captain St.
John Willans, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps,
to be Captain, vice Hill ; Captain J. Balcombe, from half-
pay unattached, to be Captain.
Coldstream Guards—Arthur Bowen Richards Myers, Gent.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bowen, appointed to the
Royal Hibernian School.
Soots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Francis
Lambton to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Holder, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant
Henry George Bowden to be Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Lambton; Frederick John Newdigate
Barre, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bowden. . .

4th Regiment of Foot--Lieutenant James Constable to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Clark, deceased ; En-
sign Christopher Itawes Durrant to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Constable.
7th Foot—Lieutenant Heathcote Plummer, to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Maskelyne, deceased ; Ensign
William John Frampton to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Plummer. _ .

21st FoOt—Captain John Henderson, from the 78th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Finlay, who exchanges.
22d Foot—Henry Peregrine Leader, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Pocock, promoted ; Walter Benson
Hatton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Carey,
promoted.
23d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Frederick Gregorie to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Duff, who re-
tires.

40th Foot—Captain Hans Thomas Fell White to be Major,
without purchase, vice Carey, appointed Deputy-Adj utant-
General to the Forces serving in Australia ; Lieutenant
Frederick Clinton Herman Stuart Baddeley to be Captain,
without purchase, vice White ; Ensign do Neufville
Lucas to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stuart
Baddeley.
41st Foot—Arthur Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Montgomery, promoted.
42d Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Greon to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Lawson, died of his wounds ; Ensign
James Edmund Christie to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Green.
48th Foot—St. John Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Chauncy, promoted.
60th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Cox to bo Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice W. K. Murray, who retires.
70th Foot—Henry Bally, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Roger, promoted.
73d Foot—Lieutenant Philip Gibaut to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Shuldham, who retires; Lieutenant William
Gordon to be Adjutant, vice Gibaut, promoted.
74th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel James 'Villiers, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Monkland, who exchanges.
76th Foot—Lieutenant Seton Ralph Forster, from the 84th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges.

77th FOot—Major George C. Miller, fiom half-pay-Unat
tached, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant. Colone,
Carden, who exchanges ; Captain Henry Alfred Mac-
donald to be Major, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires;
Lieutenant John George Skene to be Captain, by kur-
chase, vice Macdonald ; Ensign Percy Kirk to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Skene ; Lieutenant henry
Stewart \Veigall to be Adjutant, vice Skene, promoted.
78th Foot—Captain John Finlay, from the 21st Foot, to be
Captain, vice Henderson, who exchanges.
84th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Jason Hassard, from the
78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Forster, who ex-
changes.
91st Foot—Lieutenant William Rust D'Eye to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Rae, who retiros ; Ensign Henry Ha-
milton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice D'Eye.
92d Foot—Grant Tomlinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Carruthers, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Lieut. James John Leslie Dun-
can has been permitted to retire from the service by the

sale of his commission.
The promotion of Ensign Arthur Bambrick Mitchell to
a Lieutenancy, by purchase, from the Royal Newfound-
land Companies, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 21st
Oct., 1859, has been cancelled.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.
To bo Veterinary Surgeons of the First Class, under the
provisions of tho Royal "Warrant of the Ist July, 1859 :
Veterinary-Surgeons John Legrow, 2d Life Guards ; J.
W. Gloag, Military Train; Charles Curtis Brett, Cavalry
Depot, Maidstone ; Richard J. Gcdaliah Burford, 3d Dra-
goon Guards; Matthew Poett, Military Train; James
George Philips, 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas Huiford,
12th Light Dragoons ; John Byrne, Royal Horse Guards ;
John Kingsley, Cape Mounted Rifles ; Thomas Jex, Ist
Life Guards ; Edward Simpson Grey, Bth Light Dragoons ;
F. Delany, Ist Dragoon Guards; William C. Lord, sth
Light Dragoons; B. C. R. Gardiner, 3d Light Dragoons;
William Thacker, 15th Light Dragoons.
To be Staff Veterinary-Surgeons--Veterinary-Surgeon
of the First Class J. W. Gloag, from the Military Train;
Matthew Poett, from the Military Train; James George
Philips, from the 10th Light Dragoons; Thomas llurford,
from the 12th Light Dragoons.
UNATTACHED—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robt. Stuar'
Baynes, from the Bth Foot to be Major, without purchase,