The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-30 00:00:00

FROJI THE GAZETTE OF LAST XIGET.

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WHITEHALL, SAN. 26.
Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Donald Mac-
kenzie' Esq., Advocate, to be Sheriffof the Shire or Sheriff-
dom of Fife, in the room of Alexander Earle Monteith,
Esq., dee;:ased.

DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Felix Beding-
fold, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the island of
Mauritius.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 20.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre-
deric Bernal, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Cartha-
gena, in the Republic of New Granada, to be her Majesty's
Consul at Baltimore.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 22.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ben-
tinck Welbore Doyle, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at
Santa Martha, to be her Majesty's Consul at Carthagena,
in the Republic of New Granada.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Ramon
San Juan as Consul-General, and of Don Pio de Emparanza
as Vice-Consul, at Sierra Leone, for her Majesty the Queen
of Spain.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 17.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George
Bourchier Ward, Esq., now her Majesty's Vice. Consul
Cancellier, or Registrar, at Contantinople, to be her Ma-
jesty's Consul at Galata.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, J.N. 20.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, a copy 6f a Despatch from her Majesty's
Consul at Naples, enclosing a copy of a decree altering as
follows the customs' duties levied in the ports of the Nea-
politan provinces, under the decree referred to in the Board
of Trade notifieat on of the 29th October last, published in
the London Gazette of the 30th of that month :-
1. The exceptions specified in the table of import duties
appended to the Board of Trade notification in question, so
far as relates to classes 8,9, 10, 11, and 14 (i.e., all the
classes therein specified except classes 2, 19, and 20), are
abolished. The articles comprised in those classes will
consequently henceforward pay the duties levied on them
under the Sardinian tariff.
2. The duty on oil exported from the above provinces is
fixed at 1 ducat 90 grs. per canter (19611b5. avoirdupois),
instead of 2 ducats 20 grs. per canter.
3. The export duty on rags is fixed at 6 ducats per can-
tar, instead of 8 ducats.
4. The stamp duty hitherto levied on certain foreign
merchandise is abolished.
5. An additional duty of one-tenth, or 10 per cent., is
levied on all articles of import and export. This additional
duty includes the duty of 2j per cent. hitherto levied for
public works; but is supplemental to, and not in substitu-
tion for, the similar additional duty of 10 per cent, referred
to in the above-mentioned notice of the Board of Trade,
of the 29th October last. The decree provides that both
additional duties of 10 per cent. are to remain in force as
long as various foreign flags (amongst which is the British
flag) continue to enjoy the reduction of 10 per cent, on the
nominal amount of customs duties accorded to them by
treaty.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 29.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a French Imperial
Decree, abolishing the surtax() of 3f. per 100 kilogrammes,
fixed by the law of the 23d May, 1860, upon foreign sugar
imported into France in French vessels, from countries out
of Europe.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 29.
4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Capt. Bowyer Wenman
Cave-Browne•Cave, from the 2d Warwick Militia, to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Calderon, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Bowyer Wenman Cave-
Browne-Cave, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cor-
net, vice Henry John Hall, who has resigned.
14th Light Dragoons—Lieut. William Henry Travers
Clarke Travers to be Captain, by purchase vice Brevet
Major William M'Mahon, who retires; Cornet Henry
Bradley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Travers ;
Gentleman Cadet Francis John Stuart Hay Newton
from the the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, with-
out purchase, vice Eagle, promoted; Capt. John Alex-
ander Donnelly, from the Donegal Militia, to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Bradley.
Royal Artillery—Acting Veterinary-Surgeon Thomas
James Lang to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Cleaveland,
deceased.

Ist Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Wilson
Smith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wheeler, promoted.
7th Foot--Ensign William Loraine Geddes to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Archibald Junes Arnott, who
retires.
9th Foot—Lieutenant-Coldfiel William Inglis. from the
57th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Duncan Munro
Bethune, who retires upon halt-pay.
15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Kyle Gillespie
Savage, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Henry Joseph Hadfield, who re-
signs.
21st Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon hobert Waters, M.D.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Greer, promoted. on the
Staff.

22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Henry Hammersley,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Fenton, promoted.
23d Foot—Captain Robert Eckford, from the 70th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Donald Maclean Fraser, who exchanges.
25th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Francis Edward Carleton,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Leslie, promoted.
34th Foot—Lieutenant Tyssen Sowley Holroyd to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Francis Peel, who retires ; En-
sign Charles Michael Fox to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Holroyd. _ _

35th Foot—Captain Edward Robert Bigsby Barnes, from
the 37th Foot, to be Captain, vice John Davis, who ex-
changes; Lieut. /Eneas M'Pherson, from half-pay 59th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alfred John Ford, promoted
without purchase to an Unattached Compiny ; Ensign
William Trocke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
M'Pherson, who retires.
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37th Foot—Captain John Davis, from the 35th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Edward Robert Bigsby Barnes, who ex-
changes.

41st Foot—Ensign John Du Boulay Blennerhassett, front
the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Charles Miller, who
resigns.
49th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Henry Sheerly Sanders to be
Surgeon, vice Bews, who exchanges.
64th Foot—Altneric George Spencer, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Wright, appointed to the 18th Light
Dragoons.
70th Foot—Captain Donald Maclean Fraser, from the 23d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Robert Eckford, who
exchanges ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon John Alexander
Scott to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Deakin, appointed to
the Staff.

Sith Foot—Gentleman Cadet Frank John Todd, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vt ithout purchase,
vice John Hooker Vowell, deceased.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant Caleb Collies, front
the Royal Lancashire Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Wyatt, promoted.