The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-02 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEE. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel
Lilly as Consul-General at Calcutta for the United States
of America.

DOWNING-STREET, FEE. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Walter
Raleigh Kerr, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer ; and Edward
Everard Rushworth, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the
Island of Mauritius.
Her Majesty has also been ',leased to appoint Gerard
Oudkerk, Esq., to be Book-keeper, in the office of the
Auditor-General for the Colony of British Guiana; and
Richard Russell, Esq., to be Auditor-General for the
Island of Trinidad.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint John
Hill Beresford, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island
of Tobago ; and Anthony Pemberton Hobson, Esq., to be
Inspector-General of Police for the Island of St. Vincent.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 21.
The Queen, taking into her Royal consideration that
upon the decease of James Andrew, Marquis of Dalhousie,
in the peerage of the United Kingdom, and Earl of Dal-
housie, in that part of the United Kingdom caiiod Scot-
land, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most i'tToble
Order of the Thistle, without issue male, which hap--
pened on or about the 19th day of December last,
the dignity of Marquis of Dalhousie became extinct,
but that the earldom of Dalhousie devolved upon Fox,
Baron Panmure, now Earl of Dalhousie, Knight of the
Most Ancient and of the Most Noble Order of the Thistle,
and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath, as the eldest and only surviving son and heir of
William, Baron Panmure, deceased, second son of George,
Earlof Dalhousie, and that, according to the ordinary rules of
honour, the sisters of the said Fox, now Earl of Dalhousie,
cannot enjoy that place and precedence which would have
been due to them in case their father, the said William,
Baron Panmure, had survived his nephew, the said James
Andrew, Marquess of Dalhousie, and had thereby suc-
ceeded to the title and dignity of Earl of Dalhousie,
her Majesty has been pleased to ordain and declare that
Mary Hamilton (commonly called the Honourable
Mary Hamilton), the widow and relict of James
Hamilton, of Bangour, in the shire of Linlithgow, Esq.,
Ramsay Macdonald (commonly called the Hon. Ramsay
Macdonald), the wife of Donald Macdonald, of Sandside, in
the shire of Caithness, Esq., and Christian Maule (com-
monly called the Honourable Christian Maule),
spinster, the only surviving sisters of the said Fox,
Earl of Dalhousie? shall henceforth have, hold, and
enjoy the same title, place, pre-eminence, and prece-
dence, as if their late father, William, Baron Panmure,
had survived his nephew, the said James Andrew, Marquess
of Dalhousie, and had succeeded to the title and dignity of
Earl of Dalhousie.
And to command that the Royal order and declaration be
registered in her Majesty's College of Arms.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARCH 1.
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 Despatch from,
her Majesty's Consul at Stockholm, reporting that a new
Swedish Customs' Law will come into force on the Ist
April next, by which the differences at present existingbetween bonding and warehousing in Swedish ports will
be abolished, and the warehousing duty of one quarter per
cent. ad valorem, now in force raised to 1 per cent. on the
tariff rate, payable both on landing and refreshment.
Vessels of above 24 tons will not be required to produce
a consular manifest, in lieu of which a master's manifest
must be delivered.