The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-13 00:00:00

TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.

Captain Thomas Stevenson, of the 30th Foot, June 28,
1838.
Captain Edward Parker, of the 60th Foot, Nov. 9, 1846.
Captain Charles Frederick Gibson, of the 24th Foot, June
20, 1853.
Captain John Gore, retired full-pay Royal Artillery, the
rank being only honorary, Nov. 28, 1854.
MEMORANDA.

The appointment of Acting Veterinary Surgeon Par-
tridge t) be Veterinary Surgeon of the 11th Light Dra-
goons, as stated in the Gazette of the 29th ultimo, has been
cancelled.

The first Christian name of Ensign Woodford, appointed
to the Rifle Brigade, Doe. 28, is Edmund, and not Ed-
ward, as previously stated.

WAll-OFFICE, JAN. 12.

BREVET.

The undermestioned officers who had retired upon full-
pay of the Royal Marines, previously to her Majesty's
Order in Council of the 13th September, 1854, to be pro-
moted to a step of Brevet Rank, in order to place them in
as favourable position as those of their rank who may here-
after obtain retirement under the provisions of the said
Order in Council, viz.:—

TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Hearlo
Lieutenant-Colonel John McArthur
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Clondon
TO BE LIETJTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Brevet-Major Joseph Williams
Brevet-Major Thomas Lemon
Brevet-Major Julius Fleming
Brevet-Major Thomas Scott
Brevet-Major James Fy more
Brevet. Major Wm. Mainnon
Brevet-Major Francis Smith Hamilton
Brevet-Major Charles Cartwright Williamson
Brevet-Major Charles William Pearce
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain Thomas Hurdle
Captain Gilbert Langdom
Captain Richard J. F. Crowther
Captain Joshua S. Sayer •
Captain Thomas Carr Steward.
Captain John Hay
Captain Wm. Stephens Knapman
Captain John. Wilson
Captain John Humby
Captain Thomas Waters
Captain George Thomas Welchman
Captain John George Richardson
Captain John Evan Jones
Captain Robert Webb
. Captain William Ford
Captain John Hewett
Captain George 13ownell Pepyat
Captain William Henry Devon
Captain Hugh Brown.
Captain George Pattonn
Captain David Galloway
Captain Thomas Rees Thomas
Captain Jervis Cooke
Captain James Shute
Captain John Tudor Tucker
Captain William Davis
Captain James Thomas Cracknoll
Captain Henry James
Captain John Brutton
Captain John Richard Muscall
Captain Richard William Pascoe
Captain Richard Searle
Captain Henry Smith
Captain Peter John James Dusantoy
Captain Thomas Park
Captain George Griffin
Captain James Dowman
Captain Charles Clarke
Captain John Law
Captain Edmund Nepean.
Captain Valentine Beadon
Captain Joshua Edleston
Captain• Robert Wright
Captain William Gordon
, Captain Edward Appleton
Captain Caleb Baines
Captain Peter Martin Mgiellar
Captain John Miller
Captain Charles Miller
Captain Pitcairn Onslow
The above Commissions to bear date Nov. 2g, 1854.
COMMISSIONS. SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

County of Cornwall—William Pryce Michell, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 30.
let Cornwall Rifles.—William Rasleigh, jun., Gent., to
bo Lieutenant, vice Vivian, commission cancelled, Jan. 4.
Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Thomas Baskerville
Mynors, Gent, to be Ensign, vice Chatfield., appointed to
49th Foot ; John Michael Browne, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Cockburn, appointed to 11th Light Dragoons; Richard
Thomason, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon.
Warwickshire Militia—let Regiment—Assistant-Sur-
geon Tranter to be Surgeon, Dec. 19 ; Frederick William
Strickland, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 28 ; &land
Wolseley Oldham, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 21 • John
Peter Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 27; William
Powell,Gent, to be Ensign, Doc: 28. _

Royal Buclie King's Oiin. Regiment of Militia—Roper
Augustus Sullivan, Gent., to be Ensign.
Hertfordshire Militia Samuel Wood Graves, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, Jan, 2 ; George Thomas Delme Rad-
cliffe, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan, 5.

Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Captain Edmund Her-
bert to be Major, vice Rolls. resigned ; Lieutenant George
Griffin Tyler to be Captain, vice Herbert, 'promoted ;
Ensign Henry Somers Morgan Clifford to be Lieutenant
vice Tyler promoted, Jan. 6. ,
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Edwin Andrew Corbet,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 9.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—The Hon.
Edward Bootle Wilbraham, Colonel Unattached, late of
the Coldstream Guards, to be Honorary Colonel, Jan. 8;
John Henry Pringle, Esq., Colonel Unattached, late of the
Coldstream,Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding,
Jan. 9.

The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Mili-
tia—John Ayton Wood, Gent., to bo Lieutenant ; Joseph
Jones, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 3 ; Edmund Douglas
Crossman, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 4 ; Septimus
Donaldson Selby, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
Stirlingshire, or 90th Regiment, of Militia—William
Downing Bruce, Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice John 31`Nab,
Jan. 8.

Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Marcus Auto-
ninus Waters, Gent., late Lieutenant in 53d Regiment, to
be Lieutenant, Doc. 30; John Charles Hamilton Parks,
Gent., late Lieutenant in the 27th Regiment, to be Lieu-
tenant, Jan. 5 ; Sidney Henry Heywood, Gent., to be En-
, sign, vice PalM, resigned, Dec. 30; Edward Harrison,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan: 2.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Nassau Wm..
Stephens, Esq., late Captain in the 94th Recipient, to be
Captain, Dec. 30 ; Thomas James Meredith', late Captain
in the 90th Regiment, to be Captain, Jan. 2 ; John Jestyn
Williams Fredericks, Esq., late Lieutenant in the 46th
Regiment, to be Captain, Jan. 5; George Lewis Cuming,
Gent., late Captain in the sth Jersey Militia, to be Lieu-
tenant, Jan. 2 ; James Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan.
1; Arthur Lloyd Reade, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 5 ;
Lieutenant Charles Poppleton to be Captain, Jan. 10 ;
William Esdaile Goring Thomson, Gent., late Lieutenant
in the 26th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Poppleton,
promoted ; Salusbury Sewell Davonport, Gent., to be
Ensign, Jan. 10. •
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia--
William Henry Young, M.D., half-pay 28th Regiment, to
be Surgeon, vice Duke, resigned, Jan. 6.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Valentine Great-
rakes Coates, Gent., to bo Lieutenant ; Henry James Wil-
liam Wilkinson, Gent.' to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia
Rifles—George Ponsonby Cranfurd, Gent., to bo Lieu-
tenant ' • James Meichlehani, Gent., to be Ensign ; Hugh
John Baird, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 21.
[The following appointments are substituted for those
which appeared in the Gazette of December 29, 18541
Hertfordshire Militia—To be Ensigns— Henry Harrison
Bartlett, Gent., Edward Vernon White, Gent., George
Thoinas Gape, Gent., Dec. 27.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
George Simcox Yates Bricknell, coach proprietor and
accountant, Cheltenham.

BANKRUPTS.
Isaac Unwin, builder, Poland-street, Oxford-street, to
surrender, Jan. 23, at half-past one, and Feb. 22, at two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall•street ; Chidley, Gresham-street.
John Casey, builder, Blackburn, Jan. 25, and Feb. 15,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Manchester ; Etty, Liverpool.
Josiah Tillett, plumber, Colchester, Jan. 24 and March
7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Abell and Jones, Rodney.
terrace, Horsefox ry oad
Henry Quartorman, carpenter and builder, Qaford,E,,Tan,

23, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 21, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. l aw, o scisl as,]i,„Lee;lilacs, GrLat
James-street, Bedford-row.

John Maclincss, baker, Iligh-street, Stratford, Jay. 25 and
Feb. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hilleary, Fouchurch-
buildinp._

Jeremiah Cox, builder, Saint George's-square, Pimlico,
Jan. 19, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ;
Mayhew and Salmon, Great George-street, Westminster.
William Bond, licensed victualler, Drury-lane, Jan. 24,
at one, and March 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basingliall-street ;
Wilson, Gresbam-street.

Henry Elgar, grocer, Ashford, Jan. 23, at half-past
twelve, and Feb. 22, at one, at tho Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Nichols and
Clarke Cooke's-Court, Carey-street.

John Marke, butcher an,' horse dealer, Duke-greet,
Manchester-square, Jan. 30, at twelve, and Feb. 20, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld,
official assignee, Basinghall-street; Page, Mark-lane.
James Tilling, farmer and dairyman, Edgware-road,
Middlesex, Jan. 23, at twelve, and Feb. 23, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Hall, Ifoorgate•street.
Frederick Noake, baker, Southampton, Jan. 22, at one,
and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Westall, South-
square, Gray s-inu ; Coxwell and Bassett, Southampton.
James Whiting Fisher and James Basey, cabinet makers
and upholsterers, Norwich, Jan. 17, at twelve, and
March 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Nicholson,
official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Sole, Turner, and
Turner, Aldermanbury ; Miller, Son, and Bugg, Nor-
wich.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Alexander Wark Murphy, lithographer,-Glasgow.
John Anderson, grocer, Edinburgh.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

C. W. Bevan, Montpelier-row, Twickenham, manager of
an insurance company—H. Windett, Claremont-place,
Ilornsey-road, tailor—T. Clarke, Mare-street, Hackney,
foreman to an engineer—W. Gardner, Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury, shirt cutter—W. F. Bliss, Tedding-
ton, Middlesex, licensed victualler—R. Stanley, Cowley-
place, Peckham. journeyman smith—G. R. Caldwell,
Charles-street, Westminster, sergeant to the Ist Royal
Dragoon's—G. L Cooke, Maud's-place, Stepney, shopman
to a grocer—Simonni Victoire Kirton, Piincess•street,
Hanover-square, lodging-house keeper—j. C. Clayton,
Acton•street, Gray's-inn-road, journeyman weod engraver.