The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-08 00:00:00

DOWNING STREET, MIT 4, 1861.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Branch
J. kmiarci, r.sq , L. L., ..5..a1c0r-ctenerai for the Colony of
British Guiana ; and Henry Alexander Fitt, Esq., to ba
Registrar-General for the Island of Trinidad.
DOWNIN(-STREET, MAY 6, 1861.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Dias,
Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the
Island of Ceylon ; and Samuel Brownlow Gray. Esq., to be
Attorney-General for the Bermudas or Somers' Island.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 6, 1861.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Johann
Friedrich Wilhelm Niebuhr as Consul at Rangoon for hits
Majesty the King of Prussia.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 6.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT.
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Montgomery—John Samuel Wines John-
son, Captain R.N., in the room of David Pugh, Esq., de-
ceased.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 7.
The Right Hon. the Lords of dike 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
Ambassador at St. Petersburg, enclosing a copy of a Rus-
sian Imperial ukase, permitting from the 13th April, 1862,
the importation of tea by the sea ports of the Empire, and
by the European land frontiers, at the following rates of
duty :
_

By the European land frontiers and into Poland 30
copecks per lb. ordinary teas, and 60 copecks per lb flowery,
black, green, and yellow teas.

By'tiie Russian sea ports 35 copecks per lb. ordinary teas,
and 65 copecks per lb. flowery, black, green, and yellow
teas.

The same ukase provides that the duties upon tea im-
ported by the Asiatic frontier of Russia shall be as follows,
from the let October next : Per. lb.
copecks.
Flowery, black, green, and yellow tea 4O
Ordinary teas (the de qualite marchande)
Tea in bricks, slabs, teas denominated louganes,
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and tea of low qualities
DEPARTMENT.—FFICE,PALL-D Deputy
-Assistant
7.n
Commist. Com-
missary-General Latham Wm. Blacker, to be Assistant_
Commissary-General, vice Thos. Forsyth Moore, placed
WAR-OFFICE,
-TO
upon half-pay.
CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. L. Parsly, Chap-
lain of the 4th Class to be Chaplain of the 3d Francis
Fairlie Hon. Artillery Company of London
—Sergeant Francis
Fairlie to be Ensign.

BANKRUPTS.
Samuel Wood, broker, Liverpool, to surrender, May 17,
and June 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Charles Armstrong, hotel-keeper, Salford, May 17, and
June 5, at twelve, at the Manchester Disfrict Court.
_ _

George Elliott,' blacksmith, Farnham, May 17, at half-
past twelve, and June 21, at one, at the Court of Bank-
Morgan Morgan, grocer, Gelligaled, Glateorgsmshirs,
May 27 and June 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court.

John Hickson, builder, Sheffield, May 18 and June 15, at
ten, at the Leeds District Court.

William Matthias Bruster, letter press printer, Swansea,
Glamorgan May 16, at one, and June 16, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Carter, painter and plumber, Saint Clements,
Oxford, May 21, at two, and June 20, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Robert Pratt, bricklayer, Great Yarmouth, May 21, at
twelve, an June 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Bailey and Henry John Hunt Skinner, chemists,
Colchester, May 17 and June 24,,at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
..,
Jean ?hely,- dealer iit hams; Sewtorid-itjaA bare-
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ditch, Mayl7, at half-past eleven, and June 21, aknan-past
axe, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Chelse
George Todd, jun., builder, Cheyne-walk, a, May
and Jun, 25, at twelve, at the Court of
17, at half-past one, and June 19, at half-past eleven, at
of
Wf
Big.rarlit,,llfay
the Court of Bankruptcy.
14,
Henry Blake, brewer, Newport,the
at two, and June 18,. at one, at _ ---....,ptcy.
George Royce, miller, Dnddington, 'Northamptonshire,
ICsloeurotf
May 21, at one,
Bankruptcy. . ,
William Asbury, Birni
wigirer, . . Inge, am .L. May 17 and
June 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court,
• SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Buchanan, housefacter Glasgow.
John Vicars, woolspinner, TilliCoult
James Jamieson, straw hat manufacturer,
Glasgow.
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coURSE OP EXCHANGI3,--YEsuRDAY.
Amsterdam Amsterdam Short. 1.1 161 II 17
Ditto 3 Mon 11 19
ths; 11 19
11 19
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Antwerpll 19
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8i 13 8
Haraturgb.
Paris
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25 50 25 55
Marseilles —
Frankfort on Maine — 118 118 k
Vienna
Trieste
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Petersburgh 33 33i
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Madrid
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Milan d.•
Genoa
Naples
Palernio
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
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New York —
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Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £8 17••9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) I) 0 0 0
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117
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