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London, England, 1859-06-28 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING)

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, BUCKINGHAM
PALACE, JUNE 23.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable
William Coutts Keppel (commonly called Viscount Bury),
to be Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, in the room of
the Right Honourable Claud Hamilton (commonly called
Lord Claud Hamilton), resigned.
The Queen has been also pleased to appoint the Honour-
able Granville Leveson Proby (commonly called Lord
Proby), to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, in
the room of the Right Honourable George Cecil Weld
Forester, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Juan 25.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
KnighthoodA upon Vice-Admiral Alexander Dundas Ar-
buthnott, Knight Commander of the Orders of San Fer-
nando, and of Charles the Third of Spain.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Hercules George Robert Robinson, Esq.,
Governor of Hong Kong.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Stephenson Villiers Surteos, Esq., Chief
Justice of the Island of Mauritius.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 25.
The Queen has beeu pleased to appoint Lieutenant-
Colonel Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote, C. 8., to be
one of the Grooms in Waiting, in Ordinary, to her Ma-
jesty, in the room of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P.,
resigned.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 25.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
unto the Right Honourable Robert Vernon Smith, and the
heirsmalc of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style,
and title of Baron Lyveden, of Lyveden, in the county of
Northampton.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of
a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land ,unto the Right Honourable Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart.,
and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by name,
style, and title of Baron Llanover, of Llanover and Aber-
earn, in the county of Monmouth.

WHITEHALL, JUNE 27.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent'to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the
Most Noble Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somerset; Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.B. ;
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, C.B. ;
Captain Charles Eden, C.B. ; Captain Charles Frederick ;
and Samuel Whitbread, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commis-
sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of
the said United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
the dominions, islands, and territo:ies thereunto belonging.
The Queen his been pleased to grant the office of Solici-
tor-General for Scotland, to Edward Francis Maitland,
Esq., Advocate.
FOREIGN-OPFICE, JUNE 27.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles
White as Consul-General in London for the Republic of
Nicaragua.

CROWN-OFFICE, JUNE 28.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Devonport—The Right Hon. James Wilson,
of Upper Belgrave-street, Middlesex, Vice President of the
Committee of Privy Coimcil for Trade and Plantations.
City of Oxford—The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Chief
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Borough of Morpeth—The Right Hon. Sir George Grey,
Bart., of Falloden, Northumberland, Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster.
Borough of Wolverhampton—Sir Richard Bothell, Knt.,
her Majesty's Attorney-General.
Borough of Reading—Sir Henry Singer Keating, Knt.,
her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
Borough of New Radnor—The Right Hon. Sir George
Cornewall Lewis, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal
Secretaries of State.

City of London—The Right Hon. John Russell, com-
monly called Lord John Russell, one of her Majesty's Prin-
cipal Secretaries of State.
ADMIRALTY, JUNE 27.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue George Frederick Rich has
been appointed to receive a pension of £l5O a-yek, as pro-
vided by her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th June,
1851, vacant by the death of Vice-Admiral Sir David Dunn,
K.C.H., and the name of Vice-Admiral Rich has been re-
moved to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and, in
consequence of this removal, the following promotions, to
date from the 17th inst., have this day taken place :
Rear-Admiral of the Red Alexander Thos. Emeric Vidal

to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Charles Talbot to be Rear-

Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel,
K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Francis Decimus Hastings and Captain George
Hathorn to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List.
Captain Lewis Tobias Jones, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 12.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets St. Andrew
St John, Charles Rowley Brand, Edward Willoughby
Grenville Byam, John Ignatius Morris, Gerald Altham
Heseltine, Henry Seton Bourchier, John Holland, henry
Luxmoore Stirling, Edward Benjamin Steele Perkins,
William Murray Swinton, George John Airey, Francis
Fosbery Evans, Robert Wm. Francis Holt, and Robert
Hoare D wyer, to be Second Lieutenants,
JUNE 17.

Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets Alexander
George Anson, Robert Calder Al
Johnston, to be Second Lieutenants.en, and Alfred Wilmot
COMMISSION
2d or Edmonton Royal
Rifle R t of Middlesex
Militia—Captain Edward • e"im°n
to be Adjutant, vice Bowie,late 60th Rifles,
lissenden dove,
resigned.
COMMISSIONS
Salt, jun., Esq., BY
THE QUEEN. .
BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Stafford—Thos. Berry Horsfall, Esq., Thos.
and Henry Ward, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenants.
Clement Thomas Sneyd Kynnersley, Esq.,
Whimper and Francis Crawl),
Tower Hamlets—Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Amelius
Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenants.
Victoria Rifles—Captain Edward Clifford to be Major,
vice the Earl of Perth, resigned ; Lieutenant Abraham
Trew to be Captain, vice Clifford, promoted.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Thomas Hunt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Burrell, resigned.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—The
Queen has been graciously pleased to accept the resignation
of the Commissions in this Regiment, held by Ensign
Richard Hall and Lieut. Alex. James M'Gregor.
Victoria Rifles—The Queen has been graciously pleased
to accept the resignation of the Commission in this Corps
held by Captain Henry Cook.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant
William Bertram to be Captain, vice Mitford, resigned.
Camberwell or Ist Surrey Company of Volunteer Rifle
Corps—John Boucher, Esq., formerly of the sth Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain; Rolla Rouse, Esq., to be Lieute-
nant.
Croydon or 2d Surrey Company of Volunteer Rifle Corps
—James Hunter Campbell, Esq., Colonel Bengal Artillery
retired, to be Captain; Adam Steuart, Esq., to be Lieu-
tenant ; John Thomas Hyde, Esq., to be Ensign.
North Durham Regiment of Militia—Henry Droz Gay-
nor, Esq., to be Captain, vice Bramwell, resigned.
Ist Company of Pembrokeshire Volunteer Rifles—Colonel
the Hon. Robert Fulke Greville to be Captain.
Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders—Charles Fraser,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Macfarlane, promoted.
Fifeshire Militia. Artillery—John Stewart Tulloch to be
Captain, vice G. J. Simpson, resigned; Albert Kennedy
Beveridge, Gent.,
.to be Second Lieutenant, vice Lawrence
Kid Cormack, resigned.
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Alexander. Boyd, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Motherwell,
resigned.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery—
Charles Edward Ilderton, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
vice Charles Basil Fisher, promoted.
Edinburgh or Queen's Regiment of Light Infantry
Militia—Lieutenant Archibald Scott to be Captain, vice
George Andrew Coventry, resigned ; William Currie,

Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sinclair, resigned ; Charles
Dycer, Gent., M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Frede-
rick Augustus Palmer, deceased.

„ -
Her Majesty grants permission to Major RosS, late of the
West Suffolk Militia, and Captain Jacob Whitbread, late
of the Suffolk Artillery,,to retain their rank and wear their
uniform, in consequence of their long services in.their re-
spective regiments.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Marmaduke Foster, bill broker, Bradford.
BANKRUPTS.

- - -
Benjamin Robinson Bartram, .coal merchant, Banbury,
to surrender July 13, at two, and Aug. 6, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Phillips, leather _critter, Norwich, July 13, at
half-past twelve and August 16, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Edward Clarke Brady, grocer, • Lridford, Lincolnshire,
July 13 and Aug. 'lO, at twelve,at the Townhall, Kingston.
upon-Hull. '
Thomas Swift. grocer, Sheffield, July 9, and Aug. 6, at
-ten, at the Leeds District Court.
John Aston, master, -Birmingham, July, 8 arid 29, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Francis Clubley, draper, Kingston-upon-Hull; York-
shire, July 13 and Aug. 10, at twelve, at the Leeds Di:-
trict Court.
Bearow Marks and Edward Samnel.Franklin, woollen
merchants, Birmingham, July 8 and 29, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.
James Wooldridge, fellmonger, Lincoln, July 6 and Aug
3, at twelve, at the Townhall, Kingston-upon-Hull.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
George Austin, dressing-case manufhcturer, Glasgow."'"
Andrew Ramsay, surgeon, Leslie, rifrshire.
Robert Fraiter, baker, North Qu.eensbury.
Jahn Conacher, auctioneer, Edinburgh.
Marsh and Beattie, booksellers, -Edinburgh.
Hugh Mackay, grocer, Edinburgh.
William Garrow steam boat agent, Lossiemouth. Elgin.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tnis DAT.
Amsterdam Short. 11 111 - 11 • 121
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 11i ,11 ,16:_;
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 10 25
,15
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 : 30 25 35
Frankfort on Maine —116 k
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 331 331 .
Madrid
Cadiz — 491 49
Leghorn — 30 0 30 10
Genoa — 25 70 25 80
Naples
Palermo —122 k
Messina —122 i
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York'

•• • •
E. I Co's We. Mouse "b1e."6.4.

Calcutta, Co.'s rupee
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto
East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 18th to
the 25th June.
Benbslo 0 0
Madras 628 6 8
Bombay

£628 6 8

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
tt 0 5 0$
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 6 2

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.

The following appointments were made this-afternoon at
;he Admiralty :

Mates to be Lieutenants—James Elphinstone Erskine,
Henry Waller, William Norville Tufnell, 'Henry Alford
Washington, and Chas. Edward Dring Willeocks. -
Master--William Mitts (additional), to the Wellington.

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD.
STATE OF THE POLL.
12 o'CLocK.

Gladstone
Cbandos

.. 849
.. 309

1 P.M.

-Gladatono
Chandoa .

3.30 P.M.

Gladstone,
Chandos .

.. 426
.. 377

4.30 p.m.

Glclstone
Chandos

457
.. 405