The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-11 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

NOTIFICATION.
With reference to the notification which appeared in the
" Gazette" of the 10th of September last, that a Conven-
tion had been concluded between her Majesty and the Em-
peror of Brazil, for the settlement of all outstanding claims
of subjects of either party upon the Government of the
other, by means of a mixed Commission, and that Commis-
sioners were about to meet at Rio de Janeiro for the pur-
pose of carrying out the stipulations of such Convention :
Notice is hereby given, that the Commissioners held their
first meeting on the 10th ult. ; and that all persons, subjects
of her Majesty, who may have claims to prefer upon the
Government of Brazil, arising- out of transactions prior to
the 9th of September, 1859 (the date of the exchange of the
ratifications of the Convention), should forthwith transmit
the particulars of the same to her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or to her Majesty's
Minister at the Court of Brazil, together with the requisite
evidence in support thereof, for the purpose of being sub-
mitted to the Commissioners.
Notice is also hereby given, that, in conformity with the
following stipulation of the third Article of the Convention:
" Every claim shall be presented to the Commission
within twelve months from the day of its first meeting, un-
less in any case where reasons for delay shall be established
to the satisfaction of the Commission, or of the Arbitrator
or Umpire in the event of the Commissioners differing in
opinion thereupon ; and then, and in any such case, the
period for presenting the claim may be extended to any
time not exceeding six months longer; '—
Every claim which may not be presented to the Commis-
sion before the 10th of March, 1860, will be inadmissible,
unless reasons for delay be established to the satisfaction of
the Commissioners, or of the Arbitrator or Umpire ; and
that every claim which shall not be presented to the Com-
missioners before the 10th of September, 1860, will, in con-
formity with the fifth article of the Convention, be considered
and treated as finally settled, barred, and thenceforth inad-
missible.
Foreign Office, April 8, 1859.

BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, MAY 5.
This day had audience of her Majesty :—His Excellency
the Marshal Pelissier, Duke of Malakoff, Ambassador from
the Emperor of the French, to deliver his letter of recall;
to which audience he was introduced by the Earl of
Malmesbury, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 10.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustav L.
Th. von der Heyde as Consul at Adelaide for the Free
Hanseatic City of Bremen.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. James
L Hart as Vice-Consul in London for the Republic of
Nicaragua.

WAR -OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 10.
Royal Artillery—The names of the Quartermaster who
lately retired with the honorary rank of Captain, under the
Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855, are George Alex'
ander Clark, and not George Clarke, or George Clark, as
stated in the " Gazettes" of 21st November, 1848, and Rh.
November, 1858.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 2.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second
Lieutenants—Frederick Warwick Gray, Edward Henri
Moore, Francis Hastings Edmund Oowen, Henry Holds-
worth Kelly, Andrew Donald, James William Adams Elliott
Lillicrap, Francis Bacon, William Rolt Triscott, Edward
James Westby, John William Clapperton, Roland Lewis
Agassiz, and Frederick Robert Beechey.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 4.
First Lieutenant Nugent Macnamara to be Captain, vie.
Delacombe, retired on full-pay; Second Lieutenant Cuth-
bert Collingwood Suther to be First Lieutenant, vice Mac"
namara, promoted.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 5.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Edwin
Forbes Thompson to be First Lieutenant, vice Reed, de-
ceased.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Captain Spencer Crosby
Price, late Adjutant Renfrew Militia, to be Adjutant, ree
Murchison, resigned.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
County of Worcester—Reginald John Yorke, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Sutherland—Robert Horsburgh, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Nottingham—Sherwood Rangers YeomanrY
Cavalry—Cornet Henry Eyre to be Lieutenant; Henri
Hurt, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Eyre, promoted.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar YeoraanrY--
Colonel Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley to be
Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel; Cornet Hugh Darby
Owen to be Lieutenant, vice the Honourable Frederic
Gough Calthorpe, resign
resigned ; Henry Cruger William Mile
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Owen, promoted; John Edvier"
Dorington the younger, Gent., to be Supernumerell
Cornet.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Adjutant Spencer
Cosby Price to serve with the rank of Captain.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery'
Warham St. Leger Durdin, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Campbell Walker, resigned.
City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery Militia—Firt
Lieutenant Thomas Alexander Hill to be Captain, vice
Roland, resigned ; George William Henry Knight, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenant, vice Maxton, resigned.

BANKRUPTS.
Abraham Davis, commission agent, Camden-terraeet
Camden-town, to surrender May 20 and July 1, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edward Coulthard, bottle merchant, Dowgate-wharfs
Upper Thames-street, May 23, at one, and June 20, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Ormond Cole, rigger and stivedore, Poplar, Mel
24, at half-past two, and June 21, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Henry John Little, tailor, Birmingham, May 23 and
June 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Thomas Hedgcock, plumber, St. Helen's, Lancaster, Mel
23, and June 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Joseph Stanford and Thomas Stanford, washer manufac`
turers, Wednesbury Oak, near Tipton, Staffordshire,. May
20 and June 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.
Joseph Frost, silk throwster, Derby, May 31 and Julie
14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Map
John Parry, horse dealer, Went, Carnarvonshire,
20, and June 15, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court:.
John Scott, corn dealer, Warrington, 24th May and 21"
June, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Lionel Holdsworth, commission merchant and rope and
t
sail maker, Oxton, Cheshire, May 23 and June Of
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

H. Kerr and Company, painier;,l,(;chgilphead.
John Paterson, solicitor, Edinburgh.
Duncan Brown, grocer, Hutchesontown, Glasgow.
W. and T. Anderson, provision merchants, Edinburgh'
William Robin, builder, Glasgow.
Miller and Urie, tea merchants, Glasgow.