River Mersey, which lies along the western side of the Eastham Sands to the eastward of Broomboro Pool, for the mooring of vessels suitable for the reception and storage of gunpowder, in conformity with the Act 14 and 15 Victoria, cap. 67. J. PARKER.

Whitehall, August 15, 1851.

The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Frederick-Charles Trench, of Parlington, in the parish of Aberford, in the West Riding of the county of York, Esq. and unto Mary Isabella, his wife, eldest of the two daughters and coheirs of Richard Oliver-Gascoigne (formerly Richard Oliver), late of Parlington aforesaid, Esq. deceased, Her royal licence and authority that they may take and henceforth use the surname of Gascoigne, in addition to and after that of Trench, that he, the said Frederick-Charles Trench, may bear the arms of Gascoigne quarterly with those of his own family, and that such surnames and arms may in like manner be taken, borne, and used by the issue of their marriage; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's office, otherwise the said royal licence and permission to be void and of none effect:

And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's College of Arms.

EXHIBITION OF 1851.

Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 hereby give notice, that the Exhibition

will close to the public on Saturday the 11th of October.

The goods may be removed on Thursday, 16th October.

or after

J. Scott Russell.
Stafford H. Northcote.

Exhibition Building, August 19, 1851.

This Gazette also contains some additional police regulations, dated the 14th day of August 1851, respecting the standings for hackney carriages within the Metropolitan Police District.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of AUGUST 26, 1851.

AT the Court at Osborne-House, Isle of Wight, the 25th day of August 1851.

PRESENT,

The QUEEN's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.

IT is this day ordered by Her Majesty in Council, that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Thursday the fourth day of September next, be further prorogued to Tuesday the fourth day of November next.

Palace of Westminster, Lord Great Chamberlain's Office, August 26, 1851.

Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the resumption of the works at the House of Lords, the issue of tickets for viewing the House will be discontinued after the 6th September, until the meeting of Parliament.

WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, G.C.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of AUGUST 29,

1851.

THIS Gazette commences with two Orders in Council, dated the 7th day of August 1851, approving the schemes prepared by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England

For augmenting the income of the Archdeaconry of Coventry, in the diocese of Worcester.

For determining the portion of the improved value to be made payable to the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners in a certain mining lease about to be granted by the perpetual curate of Westhoughton, in the county of Lancaster, and diocese of Manchester.

Then follows another Order in Council, dated the 25th day of August 1851, approving the representation made by Her Majesty's Commissioners for building new churches, that particular districts should be assigned to the following consecrated churches or chapels in the parish of Edmonton, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, namely, Weld Chapel, at Southgate,

Saint Paul's Church, at Winchmore Hill, and Saint James's Church, at Upper Edmonton; and that such proposed districts should be respectively named, "The District Chapelry of Southgate," "The district chapelry of Winchmore Hill," and "The District Chapelry of Upper Edmonton."

Downing-Street, August 29, 1851.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Ayshford Sanford, Esq. to be Colonial Secretary for the territory of Western Australia.

Office of Ordnance, 27th August 1851.
Royal Regiment of Artillery.

Second Lieutenant William Wilberforce Hagan to be First Lieutenant, vice Piers, resigned. Dated 21st August 1851.

Admiralty, 27th August 1851.

The following promotions have this day taken place consequent on the death, on the 26th instant, of Rear-Admiral of the Blue Lord John Hay, C.B.:

Constantine Richard Moorsom, Esq.

Right Honourable George James, Earl of Egmont, Sir George Augustus Westphal,

To be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half Pay List.

Provo William Parry Wallis, Esq. to be RearAdmiral of the Blue.

The following Captains on the Retired List have been promoted to be Retired Rear Admirals

on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of 1st September 1846, but without increase of pay; viz. :

Honourable John Gordon.
William Popham, Esq.
James Hay, Esq.

Sir Charles Thomas Jones.
Robert Riddell Carre, Esq.

Whitehall, August 28, 1851.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Richard Edward Toker, of Kenfield, in the parish of Petham, in the county of Kent, Esq. Her royal licence and authority that, in compliance with a direction contained in the last will and testament of Sarah Thomson, late of Kenfield aforesaid, Spinster, deceased, he may take and bear the surname of Thomson only, and also bear the arms of Thomson quartered with those of Toker; such arms being first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Herald's office, otherwise the said licence and permission to be void and of none effect:

And to command that the said royal concession and declaration be registered in Her Majesty's College of Arms.

And then an Order from the Poor Law Board to the Churchwardens and Overseers of the township of Manchester, and to all others whom it may concern, dated the 18th day of August 1851, directing that so much of the Act passed in the 13th and 14th years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act to prevent the holding of vestry and other meetings in churches, and for regulating the appointment of vestry clerks," as