will hold Levees at St. James's Palace on the following days, at two o'clock: Wednesday the 14th instant. Foreign-Office, April 6, 1858. It is hereby notified, that the Lords Commis‣ sioners of the Admiralty have received a despatch from Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B., Commanding Her Majesty's Naval Forces at Canton, dated from on board Her Majesty's ship Calcutta, at Hong Kong, 14th February, 1858, in which he states that the Blockade of the Port and River of Canton was raised by the Allied Forces of Her Majesty, and of His Majesty the Emperor of the French, on the 10th February, 1858. Whitehall, April 3, 1858. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend William John Chesshyre, M.A., the place and dignity of a Canon of the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury, void by the cession of the Reverend Arthur Penrhyn Stanley. Whitehall, April 5, 1858. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Adam Inch Ritchie to the church and parish of Fettercairn, in the presbytery of Fordoun, and county of Kincardine, vacant by the death of the Reverend Alexander Whyte. Downing-Street, April 5, 1858. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Samuel Woodley Wattley, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Nevis ; Henry Whitehall, April 5, 1858. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto James Banks, of Moor Court, in the parish of Pembridge, in the county of Hereford, Clerk, second son of Richard Banks, of Kington, in the said county, Gentleman, by Esther, his late wife, eldest daughter and co-heir of William Davies, of Talgarth, in the county of Brecon, Gentleman, deceased, and niece of James Davies, late of Moor Court aforesaid, Esquire, also deceased, Her royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a proviso contained in the last will and testament of the said James Davies, take and use the surname of Davies only: And also to command that the said royal concession and declaration be registered in Her Majesty's College of Arms. War-Office, Pall-Mall, 6th April, 1858. 16th Regiment of Foot. General Sackville Hamilton Berkeley, from the 75th Regiment of Foot. Major-General St. John Augustus Clerke to be Colonel, vice General Berkeley, removed to the 16th Foot. Dated 22nd March, 1858. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wilts. William Arthur Heathcote, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated 24th March, 1858. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lancaster. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia. Ensign Edwin Rickard Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice John Robert Leigh, resigned. Dated 20th March, 1858. Henry Edward Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Hardcastle, resigned. Dated 30th March, 1858. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Warwick. Warwickshire Militia. 2nd Regiment. George Dixwell Grimes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Charles Atty, promoted. Dated 29th March, 1858. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk 1st or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia. Ensign William Herring to be Lieutenant, vice Tegart, resigned. Dated 30th March, 1858. 2nd or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia. James William Crow, Gent., to be AssistantSurgeon, vice William Jay, appointed to Her Majesty's Regular Forces. Dated 30th March, the E Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the 5th Regiment of West York Militia. Samuel Humby, Gent., to be Ensign. Dated 15th March, 1858. William Waddington, Gent., to be Ensign. Dated Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Volunteer Cornet Hugh Stratford Stratford to be Captain John Bainbrigge Story the younger, Gent., to be The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual expenditure thereof, for the year ended the 31st day of December, 1857, amounted to the sum of thirty-six thousand and ninety-seven pounds eight shillings and four pence; The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of nine thousand and twenty-four pounds seven shillings and one penny, being one-fourth part of the said surplus of thirty-six thousand and ninetyseven pounds eight shillings and four pence, will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, beween the 6th day of April, 1858, and the 30th day of June, 1858, to the following purposes; viz. : To be applied towards the Re duction of the National Debt Add Interest receivable on account of Donations and Bequests, to be applied to the purchase of Stock ......... 9,024 7 1 3,478 2 7 £12,502 9 8 National Debt Office, March 29, 1858. FROM THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE of APRIL 6, India Board, April 5, 1858. THE following Papers have been this day received at the East India House: No. 1. List of Casualties by Death among the European Commissioned Officers of the Honourable Company's Army, in consequence of the Mutinies in Northern India, that have been reported to this Department, from the 12th February, 1858, up to this date. Major John Bates, 40th Regiment, N.I., died 15th February, at Sumbulpore, of Dysentery |