The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

'BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEETATA APRIL 20.
The Right Honourable the Loris of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign A4..la'rs, a copy
of a Despatch frnn her 'Majesty's -Minister at St. Peters-
burgh, inclo:,ing copy of a notice which appeared in the
Journal de Saint Petersbourg, of the Ist of April, and of
which the following is a translation :
Vessels arriving in Russian Baltic ports will no longer
be required to produce acqviittances of Sound duties or
certificates of Danish quarantine previously to being
allowed to enter.

Masters of vessels will be acquainted by notices, that
henceforth they will be required to furnish themselves in
the ports of lading with certificates, attesting the sanitary
state of the country from which they come, which certi-
ficates must be attested by the Russian Consular Agent ;
or to procure certificates of quarantine in the English,
French, Dutch, or Norwegian ports which they may have
put into, these certificates being also required to be legally
attested by a Russian Consular Agent.
WAR OFFICE, APRIL 21.

25th Regiment of Foot Ensign Frederick Stephen
Terry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice H. Priest-
ley, promoted.
2d West India Regiment—The exchange between Ma-
jorA Lewes and Miller, which was published in the Gccette
of the 17th inst, bears date 17th April, 1857, and not 17th
April, 18:35, as pr3viously stated.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
LeicesterAira Militia—The Most Noble Charles Cecil
John, Duke of Rutland, to be Honorary Colonel.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery
—Cwt. John Ramsay L'Arny to be Major; First Lieut.
William Taylor Blair Irnrie to be Captain, vice L'Amy,
promoted ; Second Lieut. Alex. Leighton to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Cruickshank, deceased ; Second Lieut. Allan
John Colquhoun to be First Lieutenant, vice Imrie, pro-
moted. _ _

WHITEHALL, APRIL 18.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Mote, of
NS. 16, Thornhill-square, Islington, Gentleman, to be a
London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High
Court of Chancery.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Department of the Accountant•Genersl of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 23, 1857.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the dis-
tribution of proceeds arising from the slave brig, Name
Unknown, captured on the 19th June, 1855, by her Ma-
jesty's ship Ferret, will commence on Thursday, 14th May,
1857, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the
"Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
honse."

Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are re-
quested 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 Customs or
Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to
intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi-
ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which
letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated,
as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs
or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient
to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in
each class:
Commander £174 10 41
Third class

Seventh class £l3 17 S
Eighth class
Ninth class
Tenth class

Fourth class 4l 13 0
Fifth class

With class

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Game, corn dealer, Coldwaltham, Sussex, to
surrender, May 5 at two, and June 3 at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Murrough,
New-inn, Strand.
Joseph Hardy, miller, Nottingham, May 5 and 21, at
half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham. Harris, offi-
cial assignee, Nottingbam ; Bowley and Ashwell, Notting-
ham.
Thomas Bennett, iron manufacturer, Oldbury, Worces-
tershire, May 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Smith, Birmingham.
Thomas Henry Griffith, coal dealer, Lowesmoor, Wor-
cestershire, May 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Smith, Birmingham.
Henry Chas. Caldwell, scrivener, Kensington-park Gar-
dens, Notting-hill, May 7 and June 5, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Alderrnanbury ; Lawrance, Platys, and Boyer, Old Jewry-
chambers.
Elizabeth Clarke, potter, Newport, May 5 and June 2,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, offi-
cial assignee, Bristol; Champ, Newport; .Bevan and
Girlinz, Bristol.
Charles Hurry Riches, carrier, Cardiff, May 5 and June
2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller' official
assignee, Bristol; Walton, Cardiff; Bevau and Girding,
Bristol.
Patrick Dennison, grocer, Bradford, May 11, at half-
past twelve, and June 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Livett, Manches-
ter - Payne, Eddison, and ForJ, Leeds.
Robert Carter Ouston, spirit merchant, Kingston-upon-
Hull, May 6 and June 10, at twelve, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court of Bankruptcy. Carrick, official assignee,
Hull ; England and Saselbye, Hull.
Samuel Hunter and Nicholas Hunter, anchor manufac-
turers, Hartlepool, May 5 and June 10, at eleven, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Watson, Newcastle-
upan-Tyne ; Harwood, Clarnent's-lane, Lombard-street.
Edmund Stephenson, iron and brass founder, Daventry,
Northamptonshire, May 6, at two, and Juno 9, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee;
Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane, City.
William Petrie Waugh, brick and tile maker, Brauksea
Island, Studland, Tha-setshir e, May 7, and June 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings ; Linklatar and Rockwood, Sise-lane.
William Nash, licensed vistaaller, St. J,ln-street,
Smithfield-bars, May 6, at eleven,and Arne 8, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Bas-
inghall-street ; Heath, Artillery-place, West, Finsbury.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
James Bruce, merchant, Dunfermline.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

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C. R. Bell, Upper Stamford-street, i3lackfriars, accoun-
tant—J. Allen, Rugby-yard, Brunswick-square, stable-
man —H. Mills, Merton, Surrey, blacksmith—F. Taylor,
Alpha-place, Blackfriars-road, journeyman carpenter—G.
Humfress, Ponsonby-terrace, Westminster, musician—J.
Pretz, Graftou-road, Kentish-town, baker--J. Hall. Staf-
ford-street, Marylebone, journeyman plasterer--H. J.
Taylor, Gray's-place, Mile-end, butcher—J. Bowen, White
Horse-lane, Stepney, oil and colourman—R. T. Smith,
Surrey street, Strand, journeyman barge builder--J. H.
French, Vittoria-pla.te, Bethnal-green, journeyman coach
maker—J. Stacey, Boston-place, Marylebone, flock and
general merchant—J. Key, Cr ,nd Junction-terrace, Edg-
ware-road, cheesemonger—G. Elliott, Bull's-place, City-
rowl, dealer in corn—U. Rosier, Jubilee-street, Mile-end,
pawnbroker—W. Jackson, sen., Beaumont-street, Maryle-
bone, saddler—Charlotte Mary Morgan, Victoria-place,
Hackney—D. Israel, Middlesex-street, Whitechapel, poul-
terer—J. Hayes, Greek-street, Soho, dentist—T. G. Ric-
ketts, Lee, Kent, lieutenant in the 10th Regiment Bombay
Native Infantry—C. Reed, Clarence-place, Bethnal-green,
butcher.