The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

of Last Night. TB LATE

HORSE GUARDS, S.W., MAY 4
Her Majesty does not require that the officers of the
army should wear any other mourning, on the present
melancholy occasion of the death of her late Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, than a black crape round
the left arm, with their uniforms.
By command of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief,
G. A. WETFIERALL,
Adj utant-General.

ADIIIRALTY, MAT 4.
Her Majesty does .not require that the officers of the
fleet or Royal Marines should wear any other mourning,
on the present melancholy occasion of the death of her
late Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, than a
black crape round the left arm, with their uniforms.
R. OSBORNE.

The Gazelle of this evening states that, the officers and
men of the Royal Navy and Marines, who have received
her Majesty's permission to wear the French Legion of
Honour, must apply for the same to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, Whitehall, between the hours of 12 and 4 daily,
and for the army to the War Office, Horse Guards at the
same time. '

WHITEHALL, MAY 2.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
the Right Honourable Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven,
to be ber Majesty's High Commissioner to the General
Assembly for the Church of Scotland.

HOME-OFFICE, MAT 4.
The Rossie Reformatory School, near Montrose, in the
county of Forfar, has been certified by the Secretary of
State as fit to be a Reformatory School, under the provi-
sions of the Statute 17 and 13 Vict., c. 88.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 4.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantatious have received,
through the Secretary of S. ate for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Stockholm,
enclosing the following translation of a Proclamation
which has been issued by the Chamber of Commerce, of
that city, relative to the cattle disease.
The Royal and State Chamber of Commerce makes
known that information having been given to the Board
that in certain places in the Grand Duchy of Mecklen-
burg-Schwerin cases of virulent diseases among horned
cattle have appeared, and that the same disease which has
been for some time prevalent in the Kingdom of the
Netherlands has latterly increased considerably in
the Province of Friesland, the Chamber of Commerce
now declares the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg
Schwerin infected by disease in horned cattle, and repeats
the order formerly published, declaring the following
countries infected by the same disease, viz.:—The Nether-
lands, En;land, Scotland, the Duchy of Holstein, as well
as that part of the Duchy of Schleswick which is situated
between the River Eider and Huzum in the west and
Flensburg in the east ; besides which, The Netherlands,
Zeland, Funen, and Jutland are declared infected with
glanders in horses.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 4.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris,
enclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, temporarily
permitting the free importation into France of Arachide
seeds (ground nuts), under conditions specified in the de-
srae.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 4.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Isloy, report-
ing the re-establishment of the export duty on gold and
silver from the ports of Peru • viz. :
4 reels, or Is. 10id. per merle of 8:a. of silver.
2 reels, or llid. per oz of gold.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 4.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch born her Majesty's Consul-General at Lima,
enclosing a copy of a decree of the Provisional Pr esident of
Peru, of which the following is a translation, declaring
certain articles of consumption free of duty.
Art. 1. The unlermeutioned provisions of the first ne-
cessity shall be free of import duly for the term of 18
mouths, viz. :
Sugar, rice:cheese, lard, dried beef, butter, tallow,
French beans, chick peas, broadbeane, peas, lentils
and barley.
Art. 2. Wheat only shall be free of duty for the time
stated in Art. 1, in the ports of Arica, Iquique, and Payta;
and flour shall pay at those ports the half of the duty spe-
cified by the commercial regulation.
Wheat and flour carried or re-shippod from those ports
to others of the republic shall always pay the duty accord-
ing to regulation.
Art. 3.. This law shall take effect 30 days after its pro-
mulgation.
Dated 2211 January, 1857.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Huntingdonshire Militia - George John Rust, Erg., to
be Captain, vice David Veasey, deceased.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Honner Fitzpatrick, M. 8.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bone, resigned
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En-
sign William Plummer to be Lieutenant, vice Stone, re-
signed.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Alfred James Cogdell, Gent., to be Ensign.

' MEDALS FOR THE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, April ;10, 1857.
Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to signify
her comma ds that a medal be granted to all persons, of
every rank and class, who have been engaged in the several
Expeditiesi to the Arctic Regions, whether of discovery or
search;between the yearn 18H and 1835, both inclusive,
Notice is hereby given, that all claimants to such medal,
notwithstanding any previous application, should apply
personally, or by letter, with the words ``Arctic Medal "
on the outside, to the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-House.
Every applicant must state his rank or rating, and the
name of the ship or ships on board which he served ; also,
in the case of every petty officer, seaman, or marine, it is
indispensable that his application should be accompanied
by a certificate of service, except in the case of his being on
board one of her Majesty's ships, and the application be
made through his commanding officer, in which case the
certificate will not be required.
In all cases where the parties served on board mere than
one ship, or belonged to more than one expedition, such
information should be afforded.
The following are the names of her Majesty's ships, the
officers and crews of which are entitled to the Medal :
Name of Ship. Year of Expedition.
Isabella
Alexander lBlB
Trent
Dorothea
Hecla lBl9
Griper
Fury
Hecla lB2l
Griper . lB''3
Hecla lBt4
Fury
Griper
Blossom 1826
Heck 1.27
Terror 1836
Erebus
Terror . 1845
Plover
Enterprise.....
Investigator lB4B
Herald
Enterprise 1849
Invest.ga or
North Star 1849
Resolute . 1850
•
Assistance
Rattlesnake
Assistance 1852
Resolute ... 1852
North Star
Placenta
Pimenix — • .
Victory
Lady Franklin' lB5O
Sophia .

• BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Samuel Danford, money scrivener, LombArd-street.
BANKRUPTS.
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Thomas Harrison, coal merchant, Maidstone, to surren-
der May 11 and June 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Bennett, Ludgate-hill.
Thomas Ward, manufacturer, Bow Churchyard, May 20,
at eleven, and June 22 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nicholson, Vficial assignee, Basiughall-street ; Baylis,
Re, i cross-street.
Thomas Frederick Theed, surgeon, Winchester-street,
Waterloo-town, May 12, at half-past eleven, and June 9,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official
assignee; Jukes, Bridgewater-square.
Henry Bateson, apothecary, Waterloo-road, May 12 and
June 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ' • Miller, Copthall-court.
John Figg, boot and shoe maker, Farnham, Surrey,
May 15, at two, and June 1.8, at one at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Hancock, Tokenhouse-yard.
Lucy Oakley, draper, Walsall, May 15, znd June 5, at
half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Suckling, Bir-
mingham.
William Sheldon Withers, miller, Mansfield, Notting-
hamshire, May 19, and June 9, at half-past ten, at the
Shirehall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Not-
tingham ; Parson and Son, Mansfield; Bowley and Ash-
well, Nottingham.
William Penny, brewer, Newport, Monmouthshire,
May 18, and Juno 15, at twelve, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Cathcart, New-
port ; Bevan and Girding, Bristol.
David Meyrick, shoemaker, Cardiff, May 18 and June
15, at eleven, at the Brist.d District Court. Acraman,
official assignee, Bristol ; Salmon and Dickinson, Bristol.
Kitchingham Gravil, grocer, Halifax, May 25 and June
15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
, assignee, Leeds ; Holroyd, Son, and Cronhelm, Halifax ;
Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Ebenezer Brookes, spring knife manufacturer, Sheffield,
May 16 and June 27, at ten, at the Council Hall, Sheffield.
Brewiu, official assignee, Sheffield ; Broadbent, Sheffield.
William Swinton Laurie, Liverpool, May 18 and June 8,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
William Wiliam Jones, ship builder, Carnarvon, May 22
and Jue 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son,
Liverpool.
George Gillett, cabinet maker, Preston, May 19 and
Juno 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Etty, Liverpool.
James Wallwork, cotton spinner, Chorley, Lancashire,
May 21 and June 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Holton
and Brett, Salford.
rocer, Durham, June 9, at one, at the
Anderson Stoker, g
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Ne wcastle-upon.Tyne ; Watson, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne; Harwood, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Thomas Walsh, wino merchant, Glasgow.
David Stewart, shipowner, Dundee,

CENTRAL OPTHALMIO HOSPITAL..--Mr. E. C. Hulme,
F.R.C.S., has just been appointed one of the surgeons
of this excellent institution.