The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-11 00:00:00

FBOIII THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT

NOTIFICATION.
With reference to the notification which appeared in the
" Gazette" of the 10th of September last, that a Conven-
tion had been concluded between her Majesty and the Em-
peror of Brazil, for the settlement of all outstanding claims
of subjects of either party upon the Government of the
other, by means of a mixed Commission, and that Commis-
sioners were about to meet at Rio de Janeiro for the pur-
pose of carrying out the stipulations of such Convention :
Notice is hereby given, that the Commissioners held their
first meeting on the 10th ult. ; and that all persons, subjects
of her Majesty, who may have claims to prefer upon the
Government of Brazil, arising out of transactions prior to
the 9th of September, 1859 (the date of the exchange of the
ratifications of the Convention), should forthwith transmit
the particulars of the same to her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, or to her Majesty's
Minister at the Court of Brazil, together with the requisite
evidence in support thereof, for the purpose of being sub-
mitted to the Commissioners.
Notice is also hereby given, that, in conformity with the
following stipulation of the third Article of the Convention:
" Every claim shall be presented to the Commission
within twelve months from the day of its first meeting, un-
less in any case where reasons for delay shall be established
to the satisfaction of the Commission, or of the Arbitrator
or Umpire in the event of the Commissioners differing in
opinion thereupon ; and then, and in any such case, the
period for presenting the claim may be extended to all
time not exceeding six months longer;"--
Every claim which may not be presented to the Commis'
sion before the 10th of March, 1860, will be inadmissible,
unless reasons for delay be established to the satisfaction of
the Commissioners, or of the Arbitrator or Umpire; and
that every claim which shall not be presented to the Com-
missioners before the 10th of September, 1860, in con:
formity with the fiftharticle of the Convention, be considered
and treated as finally settled, barred, and thenceforth bind'
missible.
Foreign Office, April 8, 1859.

BUCKINGHAM-PALACE, MAY 5.
This day had audience of her Majesty :—His Excellency
the Marshal Pelissier, Duke of Malakoff, Ambassador from
the Emperor of the French, to deliver his letter of recall;
to which audience he was introduced by the Earl of
Malmesbury, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 10.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Gustav L.
Th. von der Heyde as Consul at Adelaide for the Free
Hanseatic City of Bremen.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Jape°
L Hart as Vice-Consul in London for the Republic of
Nicaragua.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 10.
Royal Artillery—The names of the Quartermaster who
lately retired with the honorary rank of Captain, under the
Royal Warrant of 17th December, 1855, are George Ales"
ander Clark, and not George Clarke, or George Clark, 118
stated in the " Gazettes" of 21st November, 1848, and Rh
November, 1858.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 2.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second
Lieutenants—Frederick Warwick Gray, Edward Henri
Moore, Francis Hastings Edmund Oowen, Henry
Holds-
worth Kelly, Andrew Donald, James William Adams Elliott
Lillicrap, Francis Bacon, William Rolt Triscott, Edward
James Westby, John William Clapperton, Roland WO
Agassiz, and Frederick Robert Beechey.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 4.
'First Lieutenant Nugent Macnamara to be Captain, vice
Delacombe,' retired on full-pay; Second Lieutenant Cuth-
bert Collingwood Slither to be First Lieutenant, vice MO'namara, promoted.
MAY 5
ADMIRALTY,
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Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant' E vr,lll
Forbes Thompson to be First Lieutenant, vice. Rea!, ue-
eeased. .
COMMISSION SIGNED BY TIE QUEEN.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Captain Spencer Crosby
Price, late Adjutant Renfrew Militia, to be Adjutant, Tie°
Murchison, resigned.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
County of Worcester—Reginald John Yorke, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Sutherland—Robert Horsburgh, Esq.,
Deputy Lieutenant.
County of Nottingham—Sherwood Rangers YeoinsurY,
Cavalry—Cornet Henry Eyre to be Lieutenant; ilev"
Hurt, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Eyre, promoted.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanrice
Colonel Francis William Fitzhardinge Berkeley to
Supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel; Cornet Hugh Dar'
Owen to be Lieutenant, vice the Honourable Fred.,et,
Gough Calthorpe, resigned ; Henry Cruger William
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Owen, promoted; John Edw
Dorington the younger, Gent., to be Supernum'
Cornet.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Adjutant Spencer
Cosby Price to serve with the rank of Captain.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillerr:
Warham St. Leger Durdin, Gent., to be Second Lieutenson
vice Campbell Walker, resigned.
Militia—Ftirs
City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery
Lieutenant Thomas Alexander Hill to be Captain, ce
Roland, resigned ; George William Henry Knight, Goll
to be Second Lieutenant, vice Maxton, resigned.

BANKRUPTS.
Abraham Davis, commission agent, Camden-terreeet
Camden-town, to surrender May 20 and July 1, at half-r-
-eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. har4
Edward Coulthard, bottle merchant,' Dowgate-'W st
Upper Thames-street, May 23, at one, and June 20,
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Ormond Cole, rigger and stivedore, Poplar, ,1
24, at half-past two, and June 21, at two, at the Court ""
Bankruptcy.
Henry John Little, tailor, Birmingham, May 23
June 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.,
Thomas Hedgcock, plumber, St. Helen's, Lancaster, .I‘t.
23, and June 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Con c,
Joseph Stanford and Thomas Stanford, washer mallil;i4
turers, Wednesbury Oak, near Tipton, Staffordshire, A .ct
20 and June 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham Distil
Court.
Joseph Frost, silk throwster, Derby, May 31 and Jae
14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. go
John Parry, horse dealer, Wern, Carnarvonshire,
20, and June 15, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Couit
John Scott, corn dealer, Warrington, 24th May and
June, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. and
Lionel Holdsworth, commission merchant and rePe5 st
sail maker, Oxton, Cheshire, May 23 and June
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.