2 NOVEMBER 1844, Page 9

Last night's Gazette announces that the Queen has appointed Lord

Ellenborough Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ; Colonel Dennis and Colonel Valiant, (both with rank of Major-General in India,) Knights Commanders ; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward James Smith, Ben- gal Engineers, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Gavin Drummond, Bengal Native Infantry, Companions of the Order.

The Gazette also notifies, that the Lords Commissioners of the Ad- miralty have received a despatch, dated the 2d of October 1844, from Tice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam, Commander on the North American and West Indian station, announcing that the blockade imposed on the -30th March last on the port of San Juan de Nicaragua is no longer in force.