The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

TO BE COLONELS IN THE AWAY.

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Fitzherbert Grant, Dec. 13.
Lieutenant-Colonel George John Beresford, Dec. 13.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Robert Chas.
Henry Spencer, Dec. 13.

Liciiteiaant-Colonel Henry Coope Stace, Dec. 16.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 4.
In consideration of the attack on the forts of Sebastopol,
on the 17th October, 1854, the following naval promotions
have taken place, Nov. 13.

TO BE CAPTAINS.
Commander John James Bartholomew Edward Frere.
Commander Leopold George Heath.
Commander Henry Downing Rogers.
TO BE COMMANDERS.
Lieutenant William Thorp.
Lieutenant Isaac Newton Thomas Temlez.
Lieutenant William Rae Rolland.
Lieutenant Gabriel Johnston.
Lieutenant Henry Lloyd.
Lieutenant William Bowden.
Lieutenant John Proctor Luce.
Lieutenant William Gore Jones.
TO BE LIEUTENANTS.
Mr. George Francis Aston.
Mr. Francis Rhodes Hartwell.
Mr. Arthur Joseph Day.
Mr. Robert Roberts.
Mr. Ernest Augustus Travers Stubbs.
Mr. Henry Joseph Challis,
TO BE MASTER.
Mr. Robert Lawcay Cleveland.
TO BE SURGEONS.
Mr. George Henry Ryan.
Mr. John Forbes (D.)
Mr. David Lloyd Morgan.
TO BE PAYMASTERS.
Mr. William Warburton. ,
Mr. Henry Gray (A.)
Mr. James Haggard Jackson.
Commander Augustus Frederick Kynaston will be pro-
moted to the rank of Captain on his completing the re-
quired period of service at sea.
The Beard have further directed the promotions of the
under-named officers, contingent on their passing the neces-
sary examinations and being duly qualified.
Mr. Robert Sterne to be Lieutenant.
Mr. Thomas Hooper to be Lieutenant.
Mr. George Spinks Aldricks to be Master.
Mr. Narcissus George Arguimbeau to be Master.
Mr. Edward Codrington Ball to be Master.
Mr. John Frederick Pritchard to bo Surgeon.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Sussex. Regiment of Militia —George Elliot, Gent.,
to be Quartermaster, Dec. 15.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
County of Cambridge—• Charles Cu'ledge, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant, Dec. 29.
County Palatine of Lancaster— Charles Henry Tempest,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Jan. 2.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's 0 w-n Militia—
Thomas Howard Spence Campion, Gent., to be Ensign,
Jan. 1.

3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Oliver Goldsmith, Grant., to be Ensign, Jan. 1.
County of Salop—To be Deputy Lieutenants —The Ho-
nourable Robert Charles Herbert, Richard Lloyd, Esq.,
George Pritchard, Esq., Jan. 2 ; David Francis Itcherley,
Esq., Jan. 3.

West Essex Militia—Edward Jodrell, Esq., late Captain
in tho 18th Royal Irish Regiment, to be Major, vice Hirst,
resigned, Dec. 29; Arthur Henry M'Kenna, Gent., to be
Ensign, Dec. 26.
The Essex Rifles—John Savill, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Beresford, resigned, Dec. 29; Henry Other Cham-
pion de Crespigny, Esq., to be Captain, vice Western, re-
signed, Jan. 3 ; Ensign Marcus William Davis to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Savill, promoted; Ensign Griffin Curtis Galt
to be Lieutenant, vice Coape, promoted, Dec. 30.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Joseph Galiff Robin-
son, Esq., to be Captain, Dec.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Joseph Pitman, Gent,, to bo Ensign; George William
Henry Holysake, Gent., to be Ensign; Robert Hickman,
Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 23.
2d Regiment of Zing's-Own 'Staffordshire Militia.—
LaVe-17, Yeti I;i'eiriu tio G*l
Lieutenant, vice Salt, promoted ; Ensign Archibald Geo.
Keen to be Lieutenant, vice Chinn, resigned ; John Aston,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Martin Joseph Browne, Gent., to be
Ensign ; Arthur Reginald Meehan:, Gent., to be Ensign ;
Carr Humfrey, Geist., to be Ensign ; Edward Chinn, Gent.,
to bo Ensign, Dec. 23.
Rido Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia-
-James Martin, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's Rifle
Brigade, to be Captain, vice the Hon. E. S. Jervis, re-
signed, Dec. 23. .

2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Wm. John Evered
Poole,Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 26.
Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—May Jenkins Free-
stun, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Worry, promoted, Dec.
27; Reginald Follett Badcock, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Henley, promoted, Dec. 23 ; Thomas Hill Lucas, Gent.,
to be Ensigh, vice Foster, resigned, Dec. 29 ' • Schofield
Patten, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Foy, resigned, Dec. 30.
Royal Buck King's Own Militia—Humbley Knapp,
Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice Crewe, resigned ; Alfred John
Russell, Esq., to be Ensign.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia Hadolig
Ximenes Gwynne, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Dee. 30.
Royal Montgomery Rifles—Richard Tanfield Vachell,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jones, promoted, Jan. 4.
Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia
—David Davidson Manson, Esq., M.D., to be Captain,
vice Rose...

Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia
Rifles—Lieutenant John Crichton to be Captain, vice
Kennedy, resigned ; William Legge Reid, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; George Poasonby Cranford, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; William Archibald Hamilton, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; David Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 21.
Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Archibald Fennie
to be Lieutenant, vice Warner, deceased ; Cornet W. A.
0. Paterson to be Lieutenant, vice Caninghame, resigned ;
John Spier, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Fennie, promoted ;
Charles George Shaw, Gent., to ba Cornet, vice Paterson,
promoted, Doc. 21.

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the reduction of
the National Debt, that there was no surplus of actual
revenue over the actual expenditure of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ending the
10th day of October, 1854,
The Commissioners for the reduction of the National
Debt hereby givo notice, that no sum will be applied by
them on account of the sinking fund, under the provisions
of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, between the 7th day of Jan.,
1855, and the 31st day of March, 1855.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-GeneraL

WHITEHALL, Nov. 22.
The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, lint., Lord Chief Jus-
tice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westmins-
ter, has appointed Edward Brown Fiske, of Beceles, in
the county of Suffolk, Gentleman, to ho ono of the
Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments
of deeds to be executed by married women, under th© Act
passed for the abolition of lines and recoveries, and for the
substitution of more simple modes of assurance, iu and for
the county of Suffolk.

BANK OF • ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 12, fo
. the Week eudrng on Saturday the 30th day of Dec., 1854.
issu a DEPARTMENT.

Notes Issued • 27,173i,535

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities.- 2,944,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,1141,835
Silver bu11i0n........

£27,130,835 I X 27,180,835
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 4th day of Jan., 1854.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital 14,553,000
Rest 3,152,753
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Colninissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 6,695,43 G
Other deposits 10,558,337
Seven Day and other
Bills

Government securities
(includg.Dead Vircight
Annuity) .......... 11,611,553
Other securities .. .. .. 15,806,634
Notes ••.. .. • ..... 7,779,665
Gold and silver cola .. 653,822

892,118

L 35,851,694

£35,851,69
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 4th day of Jan., 185

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average prico of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending the 2d
Jan., 1855, is 18s bid per hundredweight exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable theresu on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.