two miles of their respective boundaries, and for the discontinuance of burials therein, with the following modifications, viz.:

BLACKBURN.-To be discontinued forthwith in the parish churchyard, except in the part established under the authority of any Act of Parliament. To be discontinued from and after the first May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the burial-grounds of the Independent Chapel, the Wesleyan Methodist Association, and of the Baptist Chapel (Town's Moor), and in the Quakers' Burial-ground; and forthwith within the said Baptist Chapel. Except in private vaults and graves, one body only to be buried in each grave in the burialground of St. Alban's Roman Catholic Chapel, and burials to be wholly discontinued therein from and after the first of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. To be discon

tinued from the same date in Trinity Churchyard, St. Paul's Churchyard, St. Peter's Churchyard, and St. John's Churchyard. SUNDERLAND. -To be discontinued forthwith under the parish church, and from and after the first May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the churchyard. BISHOP WEARMOUTH. To be discontinued forthwith in the parish church vaults, the National School Cemetery, and vaults under the schoolroom, Bethel Chapel Cemetery, and Sans-street, Baptist Chapel Burial-ground; from and after the first of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the parish churchyard, Rector's Gilly Cemetery, and the Quakers' Burial-ground; and from and after the first May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the Jews' Burial-ground, Ayres Quay. MONK WEARMOUTH.-To be discontinued from and after the first May, one thou

sand eight hundred and fifty-five, in St. Peter's Churchyard, and forthwith in Dundas-street Chapel and Burial-ground. To be discontinued forthwith in the chancel vault of All Saints Church. and from and after the first May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the churchyard of the same.

should be taken into consideration by a Committee of the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on the 14th day of August next.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 3rd day of July, 1854.

The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council was pleased to order that the representations made by the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State (as set forth in this Gazette), that no new burial-ground should be opened in the under-mentioned places without the previous approval of one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and for the discontinuance of burials therein, with the following modifications, viz.:

WINCHESTER.-To be discontinued forthwith in the Cathedral, in the churches of St. Peter Cheesehill, St. John, St. Michael-in-the-Soke, and St. Bartholomew Hyde; and from and after the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the burial-grounds of the Cathedral St. John, St. Martin Winnall, St. Thomas, St. Martin-in-the-Soke, and St. Bartholomew Hyde. BI

ground, and in the Independent Chapel Burialground. To be discontinued forthwith in the burial-ground of All Saints, Hockerill within five yards of the wall of the church, and of the enclosing wall on the north side. GREAT DUNMOW. To be discontinued forthwith in the Parish Church, and also within five yards of all houses in the Friends' Burial-ground; and from and after the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the Parish Churchyard, and in the burial-grounds of the Protestant Dissenters' Chapel, and of the Baptist Chapel. LEWISHAM. To be discontinued forthwith in the churchyard within ten yards of the River Ravensbourne, and from and after the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, to be wholly discontinued in the said churchyard. SYDENHAM, KENT.-To be discontinued forthwith under St. Bartholomew's Church, and from and after the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the churchyard of the same. TOTNESS. To be discontinued forthwith in the Parish Church, and from and after the first of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the Parish Churchyard, except in existing vaults and brick graves, in which each coffin shall be embedded in peat or other charcoal, and separately entombed by slate, concrete, or masonry. ASHBURTON, DEVON.To be discontinued forthwith in the church of St. Andrew, and (excepting in existing vaults or brick graves, in which each coffin shall be embedded in charcoal, and separately entombed by concrete, brickwork, or masonry), in that part of the churchyard which is to the north of the church, or within five yards of the building. BRIDPORT. -To be discontinued forthwith in the Parish Church, and from and after the first

of May, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, in the churchyard, except in existing vaults and brick graves, in which each coffin shall be embedded in charcoal, and separately entombed in concrete, brickwork, or masonry.

should be taken into consideration by a Committee of the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, on the 14th day of August next.

Saint James's Palace, July 4, 1854.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Jane, Lady Churchill, to be one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber in Ordinary to Her Majesty, in the room of Caroline-Augusta, Countess of MountEdgcumbe resigned.

Saint James's Palace, July 4, 1854.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint CarolineAugusta, Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe, to be Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to Her Majesty.

Downing Street, July 1, 1854.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Brunswick.

Whitehall, July 1, 1854.

The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Major-General William Thomas Knollys to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Guernsey, in the room of Lieutenant-General Sir John Bell, K.C.B.

Whitehall, July 3, 1854.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Charles Maclean to the church at Kinloch Likart, or Kinloch Linchart, in the parish of Coutin, in the Presbytery of Dingwall, and shire of Ross, vacant by the transportation of the Reverend Grigor Stewart, late Minister thereof, to the church and parish of Rogart.

Board of Trade, Whitehall,
July 3, 1854.

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 three French Imperial Decrees from Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, continuing to the 31st December next the facilities afforded by former Decrees for the importation and transport of various articles of food, viz. :

The first prolongs the action of the Decrees of the 3rd and 18th of August, of the 2nd September, of the 1st and 12th October, and of the 3rd of December, 1853; and those of the 11th and 16th of January of the present year, removing certain dues and restrictions on different articles of subsistence.

The second prolongs the action of the Decrees of the 5th September and 3rd December, 1853, which exempted cargoes of corn and flour, of rice, potatoes, and of dry vegetables, from the payment of navigation dues.

And the third extends the facilities granted by the Decree of December 17, 1853, for the transport of corn and flour, rice, potatoes, and dry vegetables between France and Algeria, in foreign bottoms, the same to extend to all such vessels as shall have left the port in which they load, previous to the 31st December, 1854.