The two 32-pounder brass guns were put on board Her Majesty's ship Sampson by the Naval Brigade; the 9-pounder brass gun was not taken. H. R. PORTER, Captain, R.A.

The Assistant Adjutant-General, Canton.

Whitehall, October 7, 1858.

The Queen has been pleased to grant unto William Parsons, of Yeabridge, in the parish of South Petherton, in the county of Somerset, Gentleman, son of George Parsons, late of Charlton Horethorne, in the said county, Gentleman, deceased, by Jane, his wife, sister of John Weston Peters, late of Bridge House, in the parish of South Petherton aforesaid, Gentleman, also deceased, Her royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with an injunction contained in the last will and testament of his maternal uncle, the said John Weston Peters, take and henceforth bear the surname of Peters, in addition to and after his present surname, and take and bear the arms of Peters, and that such surname and arms may in like manner be taken and borne by his issue; 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.

(1483.)

Board of Trade, Whitehall,

October 13, 1858.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Com

mittee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations

have received information, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that all vessels coming from Bengazi, the States of Barbary, Syria, Egypt, Gibraltar, and Malta, will be required to perform Quarantine, according to the Swedish Quarantine Regulations, at Kenzoe, in the Cattegat, and to be furnished with clean Bills of Health, by the Quarantine Authorities at that place, previously to being admitted into Russian Ports, in the Baltic Sea.

(1499.)

Board of Trade, Whitehall,
October 13, 1858.

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 Lisbon, enclosing copy of a Portuguese Royal Decree, permitting the free importation of Wheat, Rye, and Barley, in Grain, Flour, or Bread, into the Inland Stations and Seaports of the districts of Oporto, Braga, Vianna, Villa Real, and Braganza, until the end of May, 1859.

(1520.)

Board of Trude, Whitehall,
October 13, 1858.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received information, through the Greek Consul General, that the Straits of Negropont have been reopened for the passage of vessels drawing not more than 18 feet English, of water.

War-Office, Pall-Mall,

15th October, 1858.

3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons, Lieutenant Charles Talbot Goff to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sitwell, who retires. Dated 15th October, 1858. Cornet John Ormsby Phibbs to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goff. Dated 15th October, 1858.

13th Light Dragoons, James White, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Lethbridge, promoted. Dated 15th October, 1858.

Royal Artillery.

The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants:

Lionel Gye. Dated 1st October, 1858.
Charles Henry Hamilton. Dated 1st October,

John Robert Jennings Bramly. Dated 1st October, 1858.

Archibald William Frederick Campbell. Dated 1st October, 1858.

Lionel Herbert Noyes. Dated 1st October, 1858. George Walter Charles Rothe. Dated 1st October, 1858.

Basil de Beauvoir Tupper. Dated 1st October, 1858.

Henry Hills Goodeve.

1858

Dated 1st October,

To be Quartermaster and Commissary of Stores. Quartermaster-Serjeant George Marvin, vice Oliphant, who retires upon half-pay. Dated 1st October, 1858.

Royal Engineers, Second Captain Charles Cornwallis Chesney to be Captain, vice Mann, placed upon the seconded list. Dated 22nd September, 1858.

Lieutenant William James Stuart to be Second Captain, vice Chesney. Dated 22nd September, 1858.

The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, with temporary rank:

Richard Harry Williams.

1858.

Dated 1st October,

Jasper Gustavus Silvester Davies. Dated 1st October, 1858.

Edmund Donough Collins O'Brien. Dated 1st October, 1858.

3rd Regiment of Foot, Ensign Bury David Wright to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 15th October, 1858.

Serjeant-Major Henry Manning to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wright. Dated 15th October, 1858.

Lieutenant Alfred Benwell Letts to be Adjutant, vice T. A. Cox, promoted. Dated 15th October, 1858.

Lieutenant H. A. A. Breedon to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Letts, appointed Adjutant. Dated 15th October, 1858.

4th Foot, Ensign Oswald Robert Middleton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grinlinton, who retires. Dated 15th October, 1858.

8th Foot, Ensign James Seager Wheeley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Longfield, promoted. Dated 15th October, 1858.

18th Foot. The promotion of Major Alexander Neil Campbell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, as stated in the Gazette of 13th April, 1858, to be antedated to 9th March, 1858, the antedate not to carry back pay.

19th Foot, Lieutenant George Hewetson Reynolds, from the Prince of Wales's Own Donegal Mili

tia, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dated 15th October, 1858.

23rd Foot, Brevet-Major Charles S. S. Evans Gordon, from the 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Geddes, who exchanges. Dated 15th October, 1858.

Paymaster Joseph Aston has been removed from the Service, Her Majesty having no further occasion for his services. Dated 15th October, 1858.

24th Foot. The promotion of Captain John Henry Lutman to a Majority, without purchase, to bear date 17th April, 1858, instead of 28th May, 1858, as previously stated.

25th Foot, Ensign John Stubbs to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 15th October, 1858. Lieutenant Thomas Winter Sheppard to be Adjutant, vice Hallowes, promoted in the 18th Foot. Dated 15th October, 1858.

45th Foot, Ensign Arthur G. Smith to be Lieutenant, without purchase. Dated 15th October, 1858.

Lieutenant Richard Blair to be Adjutant, vice Barnes, promoted in the 14th Foot. Dated 16th March, 1858.

52nd Foot, Captain William Corbett to be Major, without purchase, vice Vigors, who retires. upon full-pay. Dated 15th October, 1858. Lieutenant Walter James Stopford to be Captain, without purchase, vice Corbett. Dated 15th October, 1858.

60th Foot, Lieutenant John Charles Mariette, from the 2nd Royal Lanark Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Campbell, promoted. Dated 15th October, 1858.