The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-08 00:00:00

THIR D EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

THE FRENCH FLEET AT
GAETA.

The rumour that the French Government has re-
solved to withdraw its squadron from before
Gaeta is given from various sources. We find the.
following on the subject in the news sent to the
provincial journals by the Correspondence Eavas ;
" We have intimated on' several occasions that though
the Emperor's Government; for reasons which all Europe
understands the importance of, has prolonged the stay of
the French fleet in the port of Gaeta, it was not to be con-
eluded that those vessels were to stop there for ever. Con-
siderations of humanity, as well as of policy, did not, in
fact, allow the belief to be entertained that, after having
expressed the intention rot to intervene in the, in-
ternal affairs of the old Kingdom of • the Two Sicilies,
France could put indefinitely in the balance the great in-
terests of a country demanding its independence, and per-
sonal sentiments which, though generous, ought to be
limited. We must, in consequence, persist in believing
that our fleetawili not prolong its stay at Gaeta, notwith-
standing the assertions to the contrary which reach us from
abroad."
The journal de Rouen says :

" A new change has taken place (says our letters from
Paris) in the last 24 hours in the dispositions of the French
Government with regard to Gaeta. It was, it appears, in

Council of Ministers held on Saturday that measures
-different from those previously resolved on were adopted.
Tiae political world was therefoee right in supposing that
unforeseen events might modify the instructions lately
sent by the Minister of Marine to Admiral lo Barbier de t
Tinan. We are informed that the orders which were sen
off by telegraph on Saturday evening, and which will con-
sequently arrive before those of the Minister, directed the
Admiral to propose to Francis 11. to resume the negotiations
fur an armistice, and in case of refusal to remove the French
fleet from Gaeta in 48 hours. This sudden decision, ac-
cording to our letters, was the result of a discussion in the
Council on a note from the Cabinet of Turin, contradicting
the alleged alarming progress of the insurrection in the
Abruzzi. That insurrection, fomented by the Royalists,
at the head of whom the Count of Trapani has placed
himself, would, however, render dangerous the position of
Prince de Carignan, who is about to go to Naples, inas-
' much as it would constitute a military resistance, which
would augment at the same time the importance of that of
Gaeta. In continuing therefore to protect the fortress occu-
pied by King Francis 11., the French fleet would cease to
. fulfil a mission of humanity, and would associate itself indi-
directly in a vast plan of military resistance. These consi-
derations, strongly represented by Count Cavour, produced
a great effect at the Tuileries. In citing textually our let-
ters, we must obsei ve that, independently of the probabi-
lity of the correctness of tilt information they contain, we
have serious guarantees that their contents are exact."
The lidependance expresses itself in these terms:—

" We have received from Berlin some interesting infor-
mation respecting the diplomatic negotiations between the
different Cabinets of Europe with a view to terminating the
struggle which the King of Naples still protracts in Italy.
The collective applications made to the French Govern.:
ment by the three Northern Powers in favour of Francis
11. ara stated to have been the result of a direct request
from that Prince addressed Ly telegraph to Vienna, Berlin,
and St. Petersburg. France replied that, out of respect for
the Courts friendly to the King of Naples, the Emperor
Napoleon, had not yet recalled his fleet, but that his Ma •
jesty had made an engagement with England not to inter-
vene in a direct manner with the affairs of Italy, and that
consequently he could do no more than promise to give
Francis 11. a fortnight's notice before recalling the fleet."
The .Nord also refers to the question in these
words :

" We admit frankly and without hesitation that the pre-
sence of the French fleet at Gaeta, with the signification
which has been given it, was a flagrant violation of the
principle of non-intervention, that is to say, a solemn
retractation of the Imperial words, ' Italy for the Italians.'
It is even more than that—it is a direct intervention, an
active co-operation against Italy. That circumstance leads
us to believe that its stay willbnot last much longer; and
that, whatever.may be said or done, Admiral le Barbier de
Tinan will one of these days receive the order to leave the
waters of Gaeta. It is, however, just to remark that if the
fleet is recalled, its presence will have been useful to the
cause of the Italian Peninsula, inasmuch as it will have
prevented the extravagances which would have arisen from
a too easy success, and has also prevented exaggerated and
blind patriotism from attacking the Quadrilateral, where
very probably the Italian cause would have succumbed."

LONDON GAZETTL-1-(21.11-8 BV_ENING).

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JAN. S.
Orders for the Court's going into Mourning on Thursday
next, the 10th instant, for his late. Majesty the King of
Prussia, viz. :
The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes,
fans, and tippets.
The Gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed, fringed or
plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the Mourning on Thursday, the
24th inst., viz.:—
The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured rib-
bons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold,
or white and silver stuffs, with blank ribbons.
The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist-
coats, full-trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And on Thursday, the 3lst inst., the Court to go out of
Mourning. . _ _

WHITEHALL, JAN. 7.

The Queen has been pleased to order a conga d'aire to
pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of
the cathedral church of Worcester to elect a Bishop of that
See, the same being void by the death of the Right Reverend
Father in God, Doctor Henry Pepys, late bishop thereof;
and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the
said Dean and Chapter, Henry Philpott, Doctor in Divinity,
to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Worcester.
_ _

MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE, JAN. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Arthur Henry
Paget, Esq., to be Page of Honour to her Majesty, vice
Phipps.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 8.
BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the promotion of Colonel A.B. Stransham,Royal
Marines, to be Major-General in succession to Lieutenant-
General James Irwin Wines, Royal Marines, deceased :
Brevet.. Colonel William Clendon, on the Retired List of
the Royal Marines, having at the date of his retirement
been senior to Colonel Stransham on the effective list of the
corps, to have the honorary rank of Major-General.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan Smith Gardiner,
Major half-pay Unattached, to be Colonel.
Major George Mein, Depot Battalion, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel._
Captain Richard Atkinson, 12th Foot, to be Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the death of Major-General Samuel Brandram
Boileau, on the 23d December, 1860 :
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John Rowland
Smyth, C. 8., from Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruit-
ing District, to be Major-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Wells, C. 8., 23d Foot, to be
Colonel. _ _ _ _ .

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Brevet-Major George E. Hillier, half-pay 6th Light
Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Henry William Goodwyn, half-pay Unattached,
Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the death of Lieutenant-General Henry Rainey, C.B.
Colonel of the 23d Foot, on the 26th December, 1860 :
Major-General Thomas Perronet Thompson ,;Lieutenant-
Colonel, half-piy Unattached, to have the rank of Lieu-
tenant-General.
Major-General Edward Wells Bell, Colonel of the 66th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel William James D' Urban, from Lieu-
tenant-Colonel half-pay Unattached, Colonel on the Staff
at the Cape of Good Hope, to be Major-General.
Georg e
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel floury
Hart, half-pay Depot Battalion, to be Colonel.
Major Anthony Ormsby, half-pay Unattached to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel.
Captain Edward John Dickson, Staff-Captain at the Isle
of Man, to be Major.

BANKRUPTCY'
egg merchant, Forston-street, Shop-
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BANKRUPTS.
Leonard Sewell, merchant,B
Savage-gardens, City, Jan.
hf-past one, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Court of
, at hainkruPtcY•
John Richard Andrews, ironmonger, Tottenham-court-
road. Jan. 18, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 22, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Robert Palmer, porkman, Hornsey-road, Jan. 18
and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Mark Robinson, shoemaker, Bloxwich, Staffordshire,
Jan. 18 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.

Benjamin Fawcett, grocer, Huddersfield, Jan. 21 and
Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds.
John Mulcaster Nicholson and George. Plummer, cabi-
net makers, Manchester, Jan. 25 and Feb. 13, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court.
Thomas Barnes, hotel-keeper, Wokingham, Berks, Jan.
18, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 21, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John Wiseman, printer, Luton, Bedfordshire, Jan. 16
and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Broughton Howson, chemist, Oxford, Jan. 16,
at half-past twelve, and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Eugene Keith, builder, Bayswater, Jan. 16, at two, and
Feb. 19, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.:
George Kynerstone Paling' draper, Wolverhatnpton,
Jan. 18 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the. Birmingham District
UouL
Benjamin Tompkins Gosling, wine merchant, Hanover-
cottages, Regent's-park, Jan. 22, at one, and 1: eb. 22, a
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Thomas Board, mattrass manufacturer, Nelson-
square, Blackfria.r's-road, Jan. 19 and Feb. 25, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edward Rowland, builder, Coleman-street, New North-
road, Jan. 19, at eleven, and Feb. 18, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Henry Edwards Jordan, commission agent, trreeril
of Grosvenor-square, now of Borrowstounness.
Alexander M'Auslan, grocer, Rothcsay.
William Walton, builder, Glasgow.
James Bendall, wino inerehant,-Dumfriee.
William M`Lay, fish merchant, Glasgow.