The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

WAR-DEPARTMENT.
ARMY WORKS CORPS.

William Thomas Doyne, Esq., to be Chief Superinten-
dent.

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 28.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Frederick Palmer, Gent., to b
Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, vice the Hon.
H. Annesley, promoted.

BREVET.
Captain and Brevet-Major the Hon. Leicester Curzon,
of the Rifle Brigade, the bearer of the despatch announcing
the brilliant and important success achieved by the army
under the command of General Simpson, and the capture
of Sebastopol, to be promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel in the army.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 27.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Frederick
Edward Budd to be Captain, vice Halliday, retired on
full-pay ; Second Lieutenant James Smail to be First
Lieutenant, vice Budd, promoted.
NAVY BILLS.
The Commissioners of the Admiralty have established
regulations relative to naval payments and the mode of
drawing bills, which have been approved by her Majesty
—viz., navy bills for supplies of provisions, &c., aro to be
made payable at seven clays after date. All bills of ex-
change drawn on the Accountant-General of the Navy are
to be drawn at seven days.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 27,

BREVET —Captain Francis Augustus Halliday, wLo has
been permitted to retiro on full-pay, under the provisions
of her Majesty's Order in Council, 13th September, 1851,
to be Major, tho rank being honorary only.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.

The Essex Rifles.—Stephen Orrell, Gent., to be Quar-
termaster, from the 14th Aug., 1855.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia.—Lieutenant-Colonel
George Dears to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, vice
Colonel Earl Jermy n, resigned.
William Hankey, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the
county of Linlithgow.
Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles Regi-
ment of Militia Artillery.— First and Second Lieutenant
John Dawson to be First Lieutenant, vice Hog, promoted.
Warwickshire Militia (2d Regiment)—Ensign William
Henry Middleton to be Lieutenant, vice Bedford, resigned;
Francis Thursby, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Thomas
Hunt, Gent. to be Ensign vice Sherwood, appointed to the
21st Fusiliers ; Philip Herbert Elliot, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Brooke, appointed to the Engineers.
Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Fredk.
William Jones, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice An-
derson, resigned ; Jonathan Darby, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Palmer, appointed to the Rifle Brigade.
Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia
Rifles—Fredk. Lattin Fitzgerald, late Lieutenant 63d Re-
giment, to be Captain ; Ensign Alexander M`Lauchlan to
be Lieutenant; Fredk. Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign.
let Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Johnson Bourne,
Esq., to be Captain, vice Captain De Courcy, Gent., re.
signed; Ensign John Jessop to be Lieutenant, vice George
Webb, resigned; Samuel Ashton Preton, Gent., to be En-
sign, vice Jessop, promoted.
let Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—To be En-
signs—Maxwell Knightly Horlock, Gent., and Egbsrt
Charles Septimus Hely, Gent.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Augustus Edward Dixey, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hurman, resigned.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery James Roche
Nagle, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Heritage, pro-
moted.

[This Appointment is substituted for that which appeared
in the Gazette of Tuesday the 3d July last.]
Royal Berks Militia-11cm; Bayntum, Gent., to be
Ensign.
BANKRUPTCIES' ANNULLED.

Francis Stephen Foley, warehouseman, Gold smi th-st.
William Jefferson, Westoe, and Thomas Dixon, South
Shields, alkali manufacturers.
BANKRUPTS.
Charles John Mare, ship-builder, Blackwall, to surren-
der, Oct. 12, at two, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
George Fox Eames, oil and colourman, Paul,street,
Finsbury, Oct. 8, at two, and Nov. 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman-
bury; Stopher, Cheapside.
Barnett Behrens, general dealer, Snow-hill, Birming-
ham, Oct. 13 and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
East, Birmingham.
Thomas Lumsden, shipbuilder, South Shields, Oct. 11,
at eleven, and Nov. 14k, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyno District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Su flow and Co., Bedford-row ; Hodge and
Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
John Pitt, retail brewer, Birmingham, Oct. 13, and
Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Harding, Bir-
mingham.
John Daffield, publican, Oldbury, Worcester, Oct. 13,
and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, o'hcial assignee, Birmingham; Watson, West
Bromwich ; Motterain and Knight, Birmingham.
James Ellis, timber merchant, Spring Hill, Warwick-
shire, Oct. 13 and Nov. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
East, Birmingham.
Samuel Bridge, builder, Manchester, Oct. 10 and Nov.
6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester ; Dye% Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Rev. John Millar, Master of the Nest Academy, Jed-
burgh.
Andrew Scott, paper manufacturer, Dunfermline.
- •DIVIDENDS DECLARED-
Jolla Bockliugton,l!tiancliester, malt factor, fixat dividend