The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCB.

The following appointment was made at the Admi-
ralty this afternoon :
Master—Charles J. Parker, to the Victory.

LONDON GAZETTE---( THIS EVENING.)

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

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Tho Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury,
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the National Debt, that there was no surplusage of actual
Revenue, over the actual expenditure of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ended the
30th September, 1858.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice that no sum will be applied by
them on account of the sinking fund, under the provisions
of the Act 10 Geo. IV., cap. 27, between the 6th day of
January, 1859, and the 31st day of March, 1859.
National Debt Office, Ist January, 1859.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller. General.

WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 30.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Mordaunt Lawson Wells, Esq., Judge
of the Supreme Court at Calcutta.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 3.
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 Bordeaux, an-
nouncing that all vessels arriving at the port of Pauillac,
at the mouth of the river Gironde, are required to hoist a
yellow flag, which is to be kept flying until the vessel has
been repotted to the sanitary authority of the port.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 3.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received in-
formation from her Majesty's Consul-General in Cuba, that
the port of Tarza, on the south side of the Island of Cuba,
has been opened to foreign commerce.

COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—
Joseph Jones, Gent., to be Quartermaster, from sth Nor.
1858.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Inverness—Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel
the Honourable Alexander Edward Fraser, Scots Fusilier
Guards, to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Milit;a—
Michael Dodd, Gent., to be Lieutenant', vice Goorgo Dodd,
deceased.

RESIGNATION.—Lieutenant Richard Close resignol 3Orth
September, 1855.

Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Windham
Francis Phillips to be Lieutenant, vice Constable, resigned ;
Henry Frank Otte Golding, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Crowder, promoted ; Walter Hackett, Gent, to be Ensign.
vice Lloyd, promoted.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—John Braba-
zon Kemeys Tynte, Gent., to be Ensign.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery—
First Lieutenant John Clervaux Chaytor.to be Captain,
vice Barclay, resigned ; Thomas Augustus Forbes Leith,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.

2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Alexander Tait, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice Dunlop, resigned,
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regime*t
of Militia—Ensign Henry Peter Murphy to be Lieutenant,
vice Stanhope, promoted.

PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Jan. 3.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for
the brigantine Eliza Jane, captured on the 27th August,
1857, and the brigantine Onward, captured on the 13th
September, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Alecto.
' Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, againsekhe said proceeds are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
and paid uuder the sanction of the Judge of the said Court.
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
house.

Duo notiqe will be given, by future advertisements in the
London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence-
ment of distribution; and, at the same time, the amount of
an individual's share in the respective classes will be an-
nounced.

BANKRUPTS.
John Peters and Frederick Peacock, fish merchants,
Lowestoft, to surrender Jan. 13 and Feb. 17, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Lowe, fruiterer, Birmingham, Jan. 17 and Feb.
17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
George Gallienne, cutler, Goswell-street, Jan.lB, at half-
past two, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
George Nurse, livery-stable keeper, Red Lion-yard, Old
Cavendish-street, Jan. 13, at half-past one, and Feb. 11, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Swaine, miller, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Jan.
13 at eleven, and Feb. 10 at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Ann Foster, grocer, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Jan. 13 at
twelve, and Feb. 10 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Fitt Balls, innkeeper, Brixton, Surrey, Jan. 16
and Feb 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Frederick James Howard, grocer, Chatham, Jan. 18, at
half-past one, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Thomas Diamond Evans, merchant, Alma-road, Junc-
tion-road, Upper Holloway, Jan. 18, at two, and Feb. 15,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Snell Jones, merchant, Leith.
William Watson and Co., spade manufacturer, March-
mont Forge.
James M'Naught, painter and paper-hanger, Glasgow.
James Campbell, draper and grocer, Goispie and Rogarti
Sutherland.
David Dickinson, millwright, Dunse.
Angus Forsyth(), draper, Ayton, Berwickshire.
James Miller, Ledlanet, Kinross-shire.
John Cameron, lately writer, Dingwall.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tnis DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 17i 11 17
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 321 25 35
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 35 25 40
Frankfort on Maine — 1181 1181
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 35 35
Madrid
Cadi?, — 491 49
labghorn• —297529 10
Genoa — 25 47} 25 521
Naples
Palermo — 1211 122
Messina — 122 122
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Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro ...
New York

E.I. C26Calcutta, • •
o's We. House bis. 60d
Co.'s rupee 2
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto 26 24*
East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult, to
the Bth inst.
Bengal .................. £1,201 5 0
Madras .................. 00 0
Bombay ................ 00 0

£1,201 5 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard). . . .per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) .......... „ 0 5 11
„ 0 5 11

DEATH OF A FEMALE MISER AT ISLINGTON.—
Information has been transmitted to the coroner for West
Middlesex of the death of an old woman who had lived for
some time past in Camden-street, Islington. The deceased
was. considered to be in destitute circumstances, and she
received weekly pecuniary relief from several charitable
ladies , but, upon being found dead in her room, a search
was made of the apartment, and in a coal cupboard was dis-
covered Concealed a sum of £l,6oo—the money being in
bank notes, which were twisted up in several rolls. No
relative has as yet come forward to claim the money.
THE LATE FIRE AT SCARBOROUGH.—VERDICT.
-The inquiry into the circumstances connected With
this fire terminated on Friday evening. During the day
several witnesses were examined, amongst whom were the
agents of the Phoenix and Scottish Union Fire Offices, who
stated the insurances effected by Mr. Sutcliffe on his stock
in trade, one of which was effected only a month previous to
the fire. On behalf of Mr. Sutcliffe, evidence was produced
to show that he was not near the building, but that he was
in public company at the time when one of the witnesses
deposed to seeing a man leave the warehouse, on pr
night of the fire. The evidence on this point was conflict-
ing. The jury retired for about half an hour for the con-
sideration of their verdict, and on their return into c_ourt_tiho
foreman announced that they were unanimously of owl on
that the fire had been an incendiaryone, but that the qrs.-
dance had failed to show who the incendiary was.