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F FEBRUARY ll, 1854. irtt Am. WAR OFFICE, FED. 7. 17th Light Dragoons--Major-General Sir James Maxwell Wallace to be Colonel, vice Major-General Thomas Wm. Taylor, C. 11., deceased. Nth Regiment of Foot—Major-General Thomas Erskine Napier, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Win. Carr, Viscount Beresford, G.C.8., deceased. 6Uth Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General Viscount Gough, G.C.8., to be Colonel in Chief, vice General Viscount Beresford, G.C.8., deceased. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Fag. 6. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Brevet-Colonel Wm. Brereton to be Colonel, vice Gore Brown, deceased; Captain John McCoy to be Lieutenant -Colonel, vice Brereton; Second Captain Henry Clerk to be Captain, vise McCoy; First Lieut. George Sidney Robertson to be Second Captain, vice Clerk; Second Lieut. Edward Keate to be First Lieutenant, vice Robertson. COMMISSIONS SIONID ST LORD-LIEUTINANTS. John Robert Mowbray, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. THE MILITIA. North Durham Regiment—George Pearson Wilkinson, Esq. to be Captain ; Wm. Jonathan De 'Pledge, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Oxfordshire Regiment—Assist-Surgeon John James Ireland to be Surgeon, vice Henry Thomas Titley Palmer, resigned. Royal Monmouthshire —Henry Somers Morgan Clifford, Gent. to be Ensign. Hampshire Artillery—Ensign Fred. Brodie, late of the East Middlesex Militia, to be First Lieutenant; Richard Clay, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant. Itt Aioil. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. ADMIRALTY, Fan. 3. The following additional promotions, dated the 21st January, have taken place, on the Reserved List, consequent on the removal of Admiral James Carthew to that list, with apension : Vice Admiral Francis Temple, on the Reserved Half-pay List, to be Admiral on the same list; Vice-Admiral Henry Gordon, on the Reserved Half-pay list, to be Admiral on the same list. APPOINTMENTS. Captains--Charles Hope, to the Wellington; John E. Erskine, to the Monarch. Commanders —Augustus S. Booth, to the Nile; Henry Croft, to the Cesar; Josiah Thompson, to the Wellington; R. A. Oliver, to the Monarch; Edmund A. Glynn, to the St. George; George H. Gardner, to the Neptune. Lieutenants —W. Thorp, to the Tribune; W. Graham, to the Leo pard; R. Bateman, to the Blenheim ; T. Stackhouse and Richard Peachey Gresham, to the Dragon; Thomas L. Ward, to the Ex cellent; the Hon. Frederick O'B. Fitzmaurice, to the Bulldog; Charles Gveme ld'Grigor, to the Illustrious ; John P.Luce, to the Dragon; Benjamin N. Pickard, to the Cesar ; Henry Crofton, to the Cesar; the Hon. A. C. Hobart, to the Bulldog ; J. A. Prit chard, to the Edinburgh; William N. Cornewall, to the Bulldog; George B. Williams, to the Monarch; George N. Hogge, to the Monarch; Frederick A. Boyce, and Han. W. L. H. Anson, to the Monarch; Charles G. Fegan, to the Princess Royal; George S. Boys, to the Impregnable; John Henry Chads, to the Edinburph; William H. Lloyd, Thomas Cartwright, and P Baskeville, to the Wellington; Donald M'L. M'Kenzie, and George F. Burgess, to the Edinburgh; Nelson G. Spencer, to the Blenheim; Jocelyne J. W. Jarvis, to the Dauntless; Byron G. Rowley, Henry West, and W.F. B. Edwardes, to the Nile ; Lord F. N. Conyngham, to the Cesar; John A. P. Price , to the Nile ; George H. H. Great head, to the Britannia. Masters —George Brockman, to the Wild sre; R. Mowell. to the Cesar; C. J. Parker , to the Monarch; James T. Davis, to the Kite; Benjamin B. Stuart, to the Tyne; J. G. Mugford, to the Edinburgh; Henry B. Yule, to the Fisgard; William H. Harris, to the Comet ; Pere.eval B Roberts, to the Illustrious. Second Masters—Thomas H. Julian, to the Euryalus; Richard Reed, to the Gipsy ; William H. Fawckner, to the Banshee. Master's Assistant—Richard N. Tarraway, to the Blenheim. Surgeons and Assistant -Surgeons — Gerald Yeo, M.D., and Assistant-Surgeon H. G. Roby, to the Bulldog ; Charles Thomas Simpson Kevern. to the Dragon ; Surgeon Dr. D. Geddes and Assistant-Surgeons Thomas H. Huxley and A. R. B. Preston, to the Illustrious; Surgeon John Moody and Assistant-Surgeon Dr. R. Wallace, from Healer, to the James Watt; Surgeon Maurice T. West and Assistant -Surgeon C. 1-r. Chambers, to the Cesar; Thomas Seccombe, to the Coast Volunteers; Assistant- Surgeon John C. Ingles, to Hasler Hospital; Surgeon I)avid T.IOMIIB, and Assistant -Surgeon Archibald 11. Archer. to the Nile Chaplains—Rev. Francis Hannan, 8.A., to the Hogue; Rev. Samuel K. Stothett. to the Queen. Paymasters—H. R Cole, to the Edinburgh ;R T. Crispin, to the Kite; William H. Dutton. t.l the Monarch; Walter 1). Bate man, to the Ajax; Charles W. Eeles, to the Arrogant. Naval Instri.ctors—Rev. Kempster M. Knapp, 8.A., to the James Watt ; the Rev. Charles J. E. R. Archdeacon, to the Cressy. Midshipmen—Richard B. Creagh, J. F. Prowee. A. G. Wooton, A. T. Denham, A. G. R. Roe, and R. H. Coulson, to the Nile; John Coles, to the Euryalus; G. D. Fitzroy, H. A. Wilmot, and Frederick Greer, to the Cesar; H. C. Lloyd. and Sholto Doug las, to the Bulldog ; L. Chichester. to the Pique ; R. P. Dennis ton, to the Jaws Watt ; Hon. Richard Hare, to the Princess Royal; W. B. Stubbs and C. H. Murphy, to the Dragon; Nowell Salmon, Herbert Hilton, Richard A. Cumberlege, Win. MR. Power, and Henry R. Wrotisland, to the James Watt. PROMOTIONS. Second Masters—John P. Dillon, of the Scorpio's; William Francis Greet, of the Arab ; George Brockman, of the Wildfire; Francis Skead, of the Enterprise; John W. H. Harvey, of the Dolphin; Thomas Kerr, of the Pandora ; Norman, of the Niger; and Horace St. Hiller Cook, of the Banshee—to the rank of Masters. ettlesiastital. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. Hugh Owen, to the Incumbency of Llanerchymedd. The Rev. W. Richardson, 8.A., to the Ministry of the eccleei• &slice district formed out of the parish of Miles Platting. The Rev. Charles Augustus Hulbert, M.A., to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Ripon. The Rev. E. B. Finlay, BA., to the Second Mastership of the Grammar School, Dedham, near Colchester. The Rev. Charles Marshall, MA., to the Perpetual Curacy of Harpurhey, near Manchester. The Rev. Daniel Slyman, to the Perpetual Curacy of Withnell, near Chorley. The Rev. George Garbett, MA., to the Perpetual Curacy of Accrington. The Rev. George Philpot, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Ann's, Manchester. THE PRESS. The Rev. Charles F. Smith, M.A., to the Vicarage of Crediton, Devonshire. The Rev. Edward Percy Brett, M.A., to the Vicarage ofSand • burst, near Gloucester. The Rev. Alfred Jonour, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John's Church, Blackpool. The Rev H. D. Blanchard, MA., to the Incumbency of Kiln wick-by-Watton, Yo.kshire. The Rev. W. R. Duncan, M.A., to be a Surrogate for the dio cese of Chester. The Rev. H. J. Cummins, MA., to the Rectory of the united parishes of St. Alban, Wood-street, and St. Olave, Silver-street, in the city of London. The Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, MA., to the Rectory of Weyhill. The Rev. C. W. Pritchard, BA., to the Curacy of St. Wei , berghs, Derby. The Rev. Wm. Valiance, M.A., to the Rectory of Sontlichurch, near Southend, Essex. The Rev. David Dale Stewart, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Maidstone. _ _ _ The Rev. Walter Halton, M.A., to the Rectory of Branetone, near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The Rev. Robert Walker, M.A., to the Vicarage of Bumeted Hellen. near Haverhill, Essex. The Rev. Joseph Barnard Smith, M.A., to the Rectory of Dor. sington, Gloucestershire. The Rev. J. Champney, M.A., to the Rectory of Epperstone, Nottinghamshire. The Rev. H. C. Mitchinson, M.A., to the Curse, of Louth. The Rev. George Hans Hamilton, M.A., to the Vicarage of Berwick-upon-Tweed. The Rev. Thomas Fawsett, M.A., to the Vicarage of East Stoke, with Coddington annexed, near Newark. The Rev. Win. Rawson, M.A., to be Diocesan Inspector of Schools for the Deanery of Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The Rev. John Cale Miller, M.A., to be Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Warwickshire. VACANCIES. _ _ The Curacy of Chard, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. In the gift of the Rev. Henry Thompson, M.A. The Curacy of West Lydford, near Somerton. Value 1001. a year, with other advantages; in the gift of the Rev. Dr. W. H. Colston. The Curacy of Laycock, near Chippenham. In the gift of the Rev. James Paley, M.A. The Vicarage of Ilam. Staffordshire. Value 380!. a year; in the gift of Mr. J. W Russell. The Rectory of Honily, Warwickshire. Value 180/. a year ; in the gift of Mr. C. Granville. The Curacy of Chalfont, near Amersham ; in the gift of the Rev. George T. Pretyman, LL.13., Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral. The Chaplaincy of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary; worth 100!. a year, in the gift of the committee. The Rectory of Newchurch, near New Romney. Kent; worth 5001 a year, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Curacy of St. Mark's Church, Gloucester; in the gift of the Rev. J. J. Barlow, M.A., worth 801. a year. The Curacy of Swaffham, Norfolk: in the gift of the Rev. Salisbury Everard, M.A., and will confer a title at the Bishop's next ordination. The Vicarage of Nidd, near Knaresborough ; worth 100/. a year, in the gift of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Incumbency of St. Peter's Church, Croydon; worth 250/. a year, in the gift of the Vicar of Croydon. The Head Mastership of the Plymouth Grammar School; the appointment is one of considerable value, and is in the gift of the Corporation. The Incumbency of Llanychaiarn, near Aberystwith ; worth 1001. a year ; in the gift of Mr. I'. B. P. Chichester. tinibtrsitg OXFORD. No candidate of the name or kindred of Lord C raven ap• peering for the scholarship on his foundation, recently de• Glared vacant, the same is open to all undergraduate mem bers of the University who are not fellows or scholars of any college. The following degrees have been conferred:— D.M.—John lons, Magdalen Hell. M.A.—John Archibald Steward Nicholson, Grand Compounder, Christ Church; Rev. Charles Richard William Waldy, University; Rev. Henry Nutcombe Oxenham, Balliol; Alexander Manlove Kennedy, Exeter Philip Newman. Exeter ; Arthur Ridding, Fellow of New ; Rev. William Goldstone, Lincoln ; Rev. Edward Downes Jackson, Brasenose; John Edmund Severne, Brssenoae; John Buttanshaw, Corpus Cnristi ; Henry Furneaux, Corpus Christi; Rev. Philip Henry Lee, Worcester; Francis Hayward Joyce, Christ Church; Rev. William Scratton. Christ Church; George Griffin Tyler, Christ Church; Charles Waidegrave Sand ford, Christ Church; Rev. Henry Weare Blandford, Wadham; Walter Waddington Shirley, Wadham. B.A.—Charles Edward Underhill, Habil; Charles Samuel Palmer, Exeter, William Borrow, Exeter; John Withers Valen tine, Wadham; Charles A. Cookson, Oriel. MAX. M IiLLER, ESQ., Hon. M.A., Christ Church, has been appointed Professor of Modern European Languages in the room of F. H. Trithem. MR. EDMUND HENRY LACON Witxts, Michel Exhibitioner of Queens' College, haabeen elected a scholar on the same foundation. CAMBRIDGE. THERE will be an election of three scholarships on the Bell Foundation on Friday, the 31st of March. The ex aminations begin on March 8. THE Sierra PRIZES, given annually to the most profi cient in mathematics and natural philosophy, have been awarded to De Routh, St. Peter's College, and Ds Maxwell, Trinity College. The examiners consider both gentlemen to possess equal merit. ON Wednesday the Rev Thomas Jarratt, M.A., of St. Catherine's-hall, and Professor of Arabic, was elected Regius Professor of Hebrew. The professorship of Arabic thus becomes vacant, and must be filled up within thirty days. MR. GEORGE POPE, B.A. ' 20th wrangler, 1858, has been elected to a foundation fellowship at Sidney Sussex College THE following degrees were conferred on Wednes( ast:— Honorary 31. A.—Lord Frederic George Sutherland Leveson. Gower, Trinity ; the Hon. George l'epys, Trinity ; the Hon . John Harbord, Magdalen ; Richard Lewis as Capell Brooke, Trinby ; the Rev. Ralph William Lionel Tollemache, St. Peter's. B.A.—Henry Day, Trinity.hall ; Lloyd Salistur7 Baxendale, Downing. MA.—Francis Paul Methuen, Trinity; James Pearson, Trinity; John Mee, Christ's ; Charles Felton Smith, Queens'. 141 Vontg Parlirt nub (4 ittriligratt. FamAT EVVITNG. WE last week stated that such was the easy state of tha Money Market, that, were it not fvr the menacing position of politics, the Bank of England would imme diately lower their rate of discount. We believe that the subject was mooted in the Bank parlour yesterdot and political considerations alone swayed the dim- tors in not reducing the rate of discount to 4e per cent., and even at that rate they could scarcely hop* to obtain many bills, as the joint-stock and private banks are eagerly discounting bills at 41 per cent., and even lower. The bills under discount at the Bank must be fast running off, and money accumulating, arising in a great measure from the curtailment of business con- sequent on the state of the Eastern question. Money cannot be employed at call above 8j per cent., and in the Stock Exchange stock is so scarce that it is dearer for money than for time. We need hardly say that such a state of things es this would indicate a prospect of a material rise in the tunds, which nothing short of war and a creation of stock could prevent. The fact of Exchequer Bills rising to 20s. pm. is in itself a sufficient indication of the large amount of capital seeking employment. The fluctuations in the funds during the week have been very frequent, the extreme pnces having been 921 and 91i. The principal feature ha, been large sales of Reduced Three per Cents. by the South Sea Company to pay for purchases of their own stock at 115. Large speculative sales have taken place for the March account, but stock remains scarce for the pro cent settlement, and 1-16th is given to obtain it. This is an immense advantage to bankers and others, so long as they can employ their capita. at interest. The arrivals of bullion this week amount to about 400,0001., principally from Australia, from which colony the accounts are extremely favourable. Gold is sent to Paris, but the balance continues in favour of the imports. The Bank of France has made an advance to the French Government of 2,400,0001. sterling, and it is stated that the Credit Mobelier has offered to advance 8,000,000/. on Bons de Tresor, on condition of having the option of converting them into Three per Cent. Rentes at 72. a fine operation in the event of peace being preserved. We last week drew attention to the improved state of the New York banks, and the last advises are still more satisfactory. The amount of the gold in the New York Bank and Sub-Treasury is again increased by the sum of 280,000dels.; on the 81st December it was 13,240,000 dole., and on the 21st January it amounted to 16,035,000 dols., being an increase of 14 per cent. on the former amount in three weeks. Consols opened to day at 021 I ; but large specu lative sales have taken place, in consequence of troops being about to be immediately sent to the East. The price of Consols has receded to 91$ I, at which they close. The exchanges are much the same, with the et• eption of Paris, which is rather lower. FOREIGN FUNDS. The official returns of the quantity of guano in the Chincha Islands is, that it amounts to 18,500,000 tons. Whether the quantity be R,500,000 tons, as reported b) Admiral Moresby, or 10,5 0,00(1 tons, it i. equally important, both for the bondholders and the agricul. tural interests of the country, that an arrangement should be made, under the sanction of the British Government, that a sinking fund should be estab lished of sufiltient amount to extinguish the Peru- vian debt held in this country in ten years. This arrangement would be alike beneficial to the bondholders and the agriculturists, as it. would ensure a certain quantity of guano being sent to this country annually. We wonder Peruvian bondholders and agents do not contrive with the agricultural body to bring about some specific arrangement under the sanction of the British Government., and we beg to draw the attention of the Peruvian bondholders' committee to the subject, the more especially as the guano question will he brought under the attention of Parliament on Tuesday next. We may mention, however, for the information of members, that the sale of guano is quite as great a monopoly in the United States as in England, and that it is about to be raised there V. per ton. Peruvian Bonds remain at 66 to 8: they are susceptible of a very considerable advance, but until the sinking-fund question is settled the public are cautious in investing in them. Mexican Stock has evinced great firmness. we believe the treaty for the sale of a quantity of land to the American Government., for 20,000,000 dole. payable by instalments of 3,000,000 per month, has I J