The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-07 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

CIIESTER RACES,--(This Day.)

EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
THE GROSVENOR STAKES,

General Hess
Cosmopolite
Twilight •

Six ran.
THE AIOSTYN STAKES

Tolurno
Barricade
2
Egyptian
3
Ten ran.
Express scratched at 1.30 p.m.
PALATINE CUP STAKES.

Optimist
Lupus
Faultless
Seven ran.
CHESTERFIELD STAKES.

Pancake .................. 1
Sawcutter
Shepherdess ...

Four ran.
WYNNSTAY HANDICAP.

Underhand -
-
-
-
Misty Morn
Brassey 2

Fourteen ran.
£5O HANDICAP PLATE.

Miss Julia
.......................... 1
Lord of the Manor
2
Harriet
Seven ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS.

Stanton

Zulieka
Ph

lomeli

Six ran.

LATEST BETTING.
CHESTER CUP.
10 to 3 agst Chere Arnie (taken)
sto 1 agst Man-at-Arms (taken)
7to 1 agst Wallace (taken)
7to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken)
100 to 6 agst Herne (taken)
100 to 6 agst Optimist (taken)
40 to 1 agst Satellite (taken)

LONDON GAZETTE-(TRIS EVENING).

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 7.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will
be kept on Wednesday, the 10th of July next.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 4.
The following addresses of condolence to the Queen, on
the occasion of the death of her late Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, having been transmitted to hio Grace the
Duke of Newcastle, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies, for presentation, have been
presented accordingly to her Majesty, who was pleased to
receive them very graciously :
From the Legislative Council and Commons of the pro-
vince of Canada.

The Legislative Council of the province of Nova Scotia.
The House of Assembly of Nova Scotia.
WHITEHALL, MAY 6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Noble
George Granville William, Duke of Sutherland, to be
Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the county of Suther-
land.

DOWNING STREET, MAT 4, 1861.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Branch
Pollard, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the Colony of
British Guiana ; and Henry Alexander Fitt, Esq., to be
Registrar-General for the Island of Trinidad. _
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 6, 1861.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Dias,
Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the
Island of Ceylon ; and Samuel Brownlow Gray. Esq., to be
Attorney-General for the Bermudas or Somers' Island.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 6, 1861.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Johann
Friedrich Wilhelm Niebuhr as Consul at Rangoon for his
Majesty the King of Prussia.
CRO WN •OFFICE, MAY 6.
31EMBER'RETURNED TO ennva IN THE'RESENT.

PQRLIA ALENT.
Borough of Montgomery—Tohn Samuel Wiles 'John-
son, Captain R.N., in the room of David Pugh, Esq., de-
ceased.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 7.
The Right Hon. the Lords of thje Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's
Ambassador at St. Petersburg, enclosing a copy of a Rus-
sian Imperial ukase, permitting from the-13th April, 1862,
the importation of tea by the sea ports of the Empire, and
by the European land frontiers, at the following rates of
duty:—
By the European land frontiers and into Poland 30
copecks per lb. ordinary teas, and 60 copecks per lb flowery,
black, green, and yellow teas.
By the Russian sea ports 35 copecks per lb. ordinary teas,
and 65 copecks per lb. flowery, black, green, and yellow
teas.

The same ukase provides that the duties upon tea im-
ported by the Asiatic frontier of Russia shall be as follows,
from the let October next : Per lb.
copecks.
Flowery, black, green, and yellow tea 4O
Ordinary teas (the de qualite marchaude)
Tea in bricks, slabs, teas denominated louganes,
and tea of low qualities
WA R orrloE, PALL-MALL, MAY 7.
CuMMISSARIAT DEPARTAIENT.—Deputy-Assistant Com-
missary-General Latham Win. Blacker, to be Assistant-
Commissary-General, vice Thos. Forsyth Moore, placed
upon half-pay.
CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. L. Parsly, Chap-
lain of the 4th Class to be Chaplain of the 3d Class.
The Hon. Artillery Company of London—Sergeant Francis
Fairlie to be Ensign.