The Press.
London, England, 1854-03-11 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Davies, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Davies.
79th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Cockburn lifcßarnet
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Monro, who retires ; En-
sign Randolph Ralph Adderley to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Moßarnet ; Ensign Francis Gore Currie, from
the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice Adderley.
82nd Foot—Lieut. D. Stratton Collings to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Beague, who retires ; Ensign H. Apreece
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Collings; Edward P.
Thompson, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Apreece,
. 86th Foot—Lient. Chas. Osborne Creagh to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Woodgate, deceased; Ensign J. Kenneth
Douglas Mackenzie to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Creagh.
88th Foot—Ensign Arthur Dillon Maule to be Adjutant,
vice Dunning, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
91st Foot—Lieutenant John Theophilue Dasher to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Cahill, deceased ; Ensign
Thomas Thornhill Lane to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Umber ; Ensign Charles Goddard Dowell to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lane, whose promotion,
by purchase, on the 10th of February, 1854, has been can-
celled ; Gentleman Cadet Walter Overbeck Wade, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Lane.

92nd Foot—Lieutenant Christopher Edward Blacket to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Carden, deceased;
Ensign Edward Augustus Stotherd to bo Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Blacket; Gentleman Cadet Edward
Welch, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Stotherd.
99th Foot—Sergeant-Major William Browne to be Quar-
termaster, vice Alexander Macdonald, who retires upon
half-pay.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—adward Alexander Lynar,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Davis, pro-
moted in the 74th Foot.
UNArracusn.—Lieutenant William John Kirk, from
half-pay 48th Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to be Cap-
tain, without purchase.
MEMORANDUIC—Grenadier Guards—For Henry Law-
rence, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, read Henry John
Hughes Lawrence, Gent., dx. both Foot—For Edward
Gregg Noot, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice J. C.
Purves, M.D., who resigns, read Edward Gregg Noott,
Gent., arc. The Christian names of Ensign and Lieute-
nant Amherst, appointed to the Coldstream Regiment of
Foot Guards, are the Hon. William Archer and not
Arthur, as previously stated. The removal of Lieutenant
Charles Nedham from the 10th Foot to the b3rd Regiment
has been cancelled.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 111Aucti 9.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Sergeant William Reuben
Kirkman to be Quarterme.stcr ; Hicks Withers, Gent.,
to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Percival', retired on
half-pay.

tip Sabi.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
APPOINTICINTL
Commodore of the Second Class--Hsnry Byam Martin, C.8.,t0
the Nile.
Captains—Edmund M. Lyons to the Miranda; Bartholomew
J. Suliven to the Lightning ; George Ileatheote to the Archer ;
John Foote to the Conflict; John Fulford to the Conway; Lyons
to the Miranda; Frederick Hutton to the Neptune; Henry
Smith to the Prince Regent.
Commanders--Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane to the Driver; Geo.
Wodehouse to the Rosamond; H. C. Otter to the Alban; E. B.
Rice to the Prometheus; Arthur Cumming to the Gorgon; Bo-
bertJenkins to the Talbot; Benjamin H. Bunoe to the Neptune ;
Richard D. White to study steam at Woolwich dockyard; Fre-
derick A. Egerton to the Boacavoen.
Lieutenants—John de C. Agnew to be Flag Lieutenant to
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier ; J. C. T. Mackenzie and Cecil
W. Buckley to the Miranda; James E. Elliot to the Placenta ;
John H. Glower and William B. A. F. Paterson to the Rosamond
G. T. Nott to the Royal George; Henry P. Dieken, Richard
Hoops, St. Leger Aldworth, Thomas Atkinson Butler, and Tho-
mas Jame to be agents for transports; Edward M. Hogge to
the Wellington; Henry G. St. J. Mildmay to the Monarch; Tho-
mas A. Swinburne to the Miranda; Charles 0. H. P. St. John to
the Excellent ; Augustne P. Arkwrlght to the Neptune ; Robert
Reid to the Conway ; Charles S. Forbes and Henry N. Iftiox to
the Archer; John B. Balfour to the Eurgakis; Thomas L. Ward
to the Blenheim; Charles G. G. Perceval to the Majestic; Tho-
mas Blandreth to the Neptune; Thomas C. Bruce to the Prince
Regent; William H. Edye to the Prometheus ; Charles T. W. G.
Cerjat to the Hogue; James Yule, J. B. Kestley, and D. B. Bed-
ford to be agents for transports; Robert M. Sand= to be agent
hi charge of mails; C. O. B. Hall to the Cceuliet ; Augustus T.J.
Bullock to the Lightsvieg; E. G. Hors to the Colviiet; John B.
Scott, Robert B. Beale, and William Lombard to the Neptune ;
John O. Freeland, Edward W. Lang, Charles Sullivan, and Ito-
bert J. Wynnlatt to the Prince Regent; Edward Bunten to the

Altos.
Mast/Ire--Francis T. Jameson to the Prometheus ; Edward P.
Cole to the Neptune; John C. Hutchings to the St. George; Hen-
ry A. Martin to the Rosamond; George William to the Miranda;
W. H. Harris to the Cooptiet; Joseph Cutajar to the Gorgon;
Cornelius Fox to the Driver; Joh, Thomas to the Archer; John
Symons to the Maoicienne; Henry William Allen to the Light.
sing; Vincent Williams to the Prince Regent; Edmund P. Cole
to the Horatio • F. J. 0. Evans to the lightning.
Chaplains—Rev. E. A. Williams to the St. George; Rev. Jo-
seph Smithard to the Came.
Surgeons—Walter Dickson, M.D., to the Archer; John A. Cor-
bett, M.D., to the Miranda; Nicholas Littleton to the Rosamond;
John B. Nicoisoll, M.D., to the Prometheus; William Macleod,
M.D., to the Driver; James J. Martin to the Gorgon; W. H.
Sloggett to the Conflict; Daniel Ritchie to be Surgeon-Superin-
tendent of the Rowdies.
Assistant-Surgeon—John R. Holman to the Phenix.
Paymasters—James Biggs to the Conway; Arthur A. Speed
to the Calypso; G. H. Whinier to the Argue; Harrington R.
Jones to the Coniltet; William Johnson to the Medea; Henry
Cooper to the Archer; !Alward J. Bennett to the Cruiser; James
Towell to the Miranda; F. G. Pearce to the Frolic ; Thomas C
Thomas to the Driver; Timothy Clinch to the Rosamond; John.
E. Stiles to the Gorgon; H. C. Poole to the Prometheus; George
H. Moubray to the Sanspareil:' W. H. Parmenter to the Retribto
lion; W. H. Shanks to the Niger ; Alexander Robinson to the
Leander; John E. Broomall to the Sidon; William Ellis to the

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Sampson ; H. W. V. Warrington to the Ilviezible ; G. A. Lance
to the Arettstins ; H. W. Rowlstone to the Tiger; JamesD. 011ptut
to the Firebrand; H. E. L. P. Bailey to the Wasp; Samuel H.
L. Gales to the Winchester ; George J. Starr to the Spartan;
James C. Piuboru to the C 0113418 ; Henry R. Shaw to the Medea.
Second Masters—D. Manson to the Phirsi.t• ; J. H. W. Rowlett
to the Itseistageee._

Midshipman—G. J. Richards to the Nephew.
Chief Engineers—Charles Kerr Renwick to the Phcertis; Peter
M'Dowall to the Archer.
First-Class Assistant-Engineer—Patrick G. Lambert to the
Pfusatr.
Third• Class Aseistant-Englneer—GeorgeWyshall to the Anther.
Gunner—Mr. Winnest to the Archer.
John Thomas (B) to the Archer.
PROIIOTLONB.
-Edward H. G. Lambert, of the Serpent, to be Coin-
er R. Miall, of the Duke of Wellington; Alfred John
Chatfield, of the Yukon—to be Lieutenants.
Assistant-Surgeons—Samuel 8. D. Wells, of a naval hospital;
James Jenkins, of the F *pant ; Henry Piers, of the hemengnbr
—to be Surgeons.

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FRIDAY EVIIIINO.
Tae Consol Market opened quietly on Monday, dealers
holding back for the day, in anticipation of the
budget speech. Quotations were accordingly dull for
some hours, but ultimately, and in the absence of
any serious speculation, the prevailing scarcity of
stock exercised a certain influence over prices, which
improved by nearly 4 per cent. before the close,
namely, from 904 to 91, at which they left off, both
for money and account. Exchequer Bills stood at
12s. to 17s. prem.
On Tuesday the tenor of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's speech, and especially his announce-
ment that there would be no creation of new stock,
at all events for the present, caused considerable
relief to the market, and English stock of every
description showed much buoyancy. Prices ad-
vanced 4 per cent., and remained very firm for some
time. The subsequent announcement, however, of
the new French loan for 10,000,0001., on some large
sales being made, caused a reaction, but the market
afterwards rallied, and became even better. The
improvement, nevertheless, was not finally main-
tained, as the telegraphic reports late in the after-
noon were unfavourable.
The market for the unfunded securities was
necessarily fiat by reason of the new issue of Ex-
chequer Bills, and the quotation was almost nominal
at 12s. to 10s. prem.
Wednesday brought rumours of a heavy defeat of
the Turks and capture of Kalafat, which, though
unauthenticated, exerted some depreciating influence,
and Consols receded to 904. Late in the day the re-
port in question became discredited and the market
rallied slightly.
The tone of business improved during Thursday,
and Consols were done at 914 early in the day, and
stock was scarce. Afterwards some large parcels
were brought forward for sale, which occasioned a
decline of 4, but this was partially recovered before
the business terminated.
Yesterday the market was even more apathetic
than earlier in the week, caused partly by the absence
of any stirring intelligence from the Continent, and
partly by the approach of settling-day. Consols were
done at about tho prices of the previous day, 91 to 4.
The books for New Three.snd-a-Quarter per Cents.,
Three per Cent. Reduced, Bank Stock, and Annui-
ties, were shut. Exchequer Bills remained without
change at 12s. to les. pm.
There has been an unusual deficiency in the
specie arrivals lately, no vessels having reached from
Australia for some time ; and, the present rate of
exchange leaving no profit on remittances from
America, we are not likely to receive supplies from
thence. Some Russian payments are now, owing to
the disorganised state of trade with that country,
made in gold to London ; but, on the other hand,
the French exchanges are heavily against us, and
the drain of specie in that quarter far exceeds the
supply from St. Petersburg. On several days
during the week the shipments of gold to France
have been from 100,0001. to 150,0001.
The consideration of the Bank dividend for the
past half year will take place at a general court of
the proprietors to be held on Thursday, the 14th
instant.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
The Foreign Market has been almost inanimate
during the week. The heavy tall in Russian stock
which took place last week resulted, according to
custom, in a partial reaction, prices of the Four-and-
a-half Bonds improving nearly Oro per cent. on
Monday. Since this, however, all the Russian stock
has dropped again, and left off last evening at 814 2.
Spanish have also suffered, in nonce of the
unpleasant political rumours whieetilte followed the
abortive attempt at insurrectiod, The announce-
ment of the new French loan of ten millions has
been received in the City with tolerable favour, and
will attract a fair share of subscribers. Austria
has also promulgated the scheme of a loan for Ave

millions, which is to be rendered more seductive
to capitalists by an admixture of the lottery prin-
ciple. Prizes varying in value from 20,0001. to 301.
are offered to lucky adventurers in the loan, the
events coming off periodically during a long course
of years which the stock is appointed to run prior
to complete extinction.

RAILWAY SHARES.
Business in the Share Market has been languid,
but the quotations on the whole present considerable
firmness.

BRITISH FUNDS.

OFFICIAL Qi
Mond.
8 per Cent. Consols 9Ol 1
Ditto for Account
8 per Cents Reduced
8 per Cents
Loug Annuities
Bank Stock, 7 per Cent 220181
India Stock,lol per Cnt. 235
Each. Bills, 2d. per diem 13 pm
India Bonds, (1,000)

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