The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-24 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 23.

2d. Regiment of Dragoons—Thomas Gonne, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Dunbar, promoted.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Joseph P. North, from
the Gth Dragoons, to be Lieutenant and Adjutant, vice
Kauntze, promoted ; Lieutenant W. D. N. Lowe, from
the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice W. W.
King, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Richard Lomax, from
the sth Lancashire Militia, to be Cornet, without pur-
chase, vice Dymond, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—William Tomkyns, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Blair, promoted.
13th Light Dragoons—Francis William Eveleigh Savage,
Gent., to be Cornet, withont purchase, vice Wright, ap-
pointed to the 15th Light Dragoons.
17th Light Dragoons— Lieutenant William Wallace
King, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
W. D. N. Lowe, who exchanges.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Francis William Eveleigh
Savage has been allowed to resign his commission ; John
Bunn William Skoulding, Gent., to be Veterinary Sur-
geon, vhe Briggs, resigned.
Grenadier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Claud Alexander
to be Adj etent, vice Higginson, who resigns the Adjutantey
only.
Coldstream Guards—Brevet-Colonel air G. A. F. IL
Boswall, Bart., from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel, vico Lord A. C. Lennox Fitzßoy,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-
Major Honourable P. R. B. Fielding to be Captain and
Lieut -Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Boswall,
who retires.
Ist Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign H.
J. Lawrtll, from the 6th Foot, vice J. M. Brown, pro-
moted; Ensign W. C. F. Kel!y, vico Smith, promoted.
To be Ensign, by purchase—Win. Manger Davey, Gant.,
in succession to Lieutenant J. M. Brown, promoted.
2d Foot—George Thomas Gape, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hifernan, promoted.
1(:th Foot—Ensign Percy Beale to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Chandler, promoted in the 62d Foot ;
Montagu M`Pherson Bettye, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Beale.
16th Foot—Thomas Russell, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Lombard, promoted.
17th Foot—Lieutenant Roger Swiro to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Edward Croker, who retires.
22d Foot—Captain J. H. 11. Gammell, from the Old
Foot, to bo Captain, vice Bouverie, who exchanges • En.-
sign H. G. L. Campbell, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Gammell, promoted in the 63d Foot ; Francis Alger-
non Cobham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Tyacke, promoted ; Charles Tucker, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Campbell.
The surname of the Ensign promoted to a Lieute-
nantcy on the 2d inst., is Deane, and not Dean, as previ-
ously stated.
30th Foot--To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
sign R. H. Neville, vice Forbes, lied of his wounds; En-
sign H. S. Smith, vice Neville, whose promotion, on Rh
September, 1855, has been cancelled.
32d Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Patterson to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Seward, deceased ;
Ensign R. T. Knox to bo Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Patterson ; Joseph Brackeubury, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Knox.
42,1 Foot —To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign
Thomas Mansfield James, vice Jervoise, promoted; Ensign
J. W. Haynes, vice Bennett, who has retired ; Ensign W.
Underwood, vice G. Fraser, promoted.
41th Foot—Ensign G. Mellish to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase ; Ensign Augustus Richard Trimmer, from.
the West Suffolk Militia, to bo Ensign, without purchase,
vice Mellish ; Lieutenant Michael Bradford has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commis-
sion.
46th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Carlow are
Stewart James.
48th Foot—Lieutenant Seaton Ralph Forster, from the
2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice E.
Hall, whose appointment on 9th Nov. has been cancelled.
49th Foot—Ensign E. D. Crossmaa to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Rochfort, promoted.
59th Foot--Brevet-Major W. W. Louder to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant. Colonel Boughey
deceased. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. Jas.
Layne, vice Lodder ; Lieut. Henry Kean, vice Leynoi
whose promotion on 14th Sept., 1855, has been cancelled.
To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign B. H. Burge,
ice Leyne ' • Ensign George Joy, vice Burge, whose pro-
motion on 14th Sept. 1855, has been cancelled. To be
Ensign, without purchase—Thomas Frederick Bowen,
Gent., vice Joy.
60th Foot—Captain Richard Francis Jennings, from the
Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Militia, to bo Ensign, with-
out purchase.

621 Foot—Ensign N. G. Elliott to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hay, promoted ; John Joseph Carbery,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieute-
nant Templeman, whol retires.

63d Foot--Captain D. P. Bouverie, from the 22d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Gammell, who exchanges ; Ensign W.
G. Graves to be Lioutenaht, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald,
who has retired.

64th Foot—Ensign Louis D'Acosta to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Shehy, promoted in the 41st Foot;
John William Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice D'A costa.

68th Foot—Lieutenant John Cator to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Major T. H. Somerville, whose
Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank,
under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851; Ensign
H. R. Milligan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Cater; Lieutenant Edward Harrison, from the Royal Che-
shire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Milli-
gan.
72d Foot—Major W. Parke, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Gaisford who retires; Captain A. D.
Thellusson to be Major, by purchase, ♦ice Parke ; Lieut.
0. B. Fielden, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thellus-
son; Ensign J. S. Richardson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Fielden ; Peter Burnet, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Richardson.
82d Foot—Ensign W. H. C. Allen to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Dowker, deceased ; Lieutenant
Henry Mount Parkerson, from the West Norfolk Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Allen.
92d Foot—The removal of Lieutenant C. A. Humfrey
from the 53d Foot to bear date 6th October, 1855, instead
of Bth of that month, as previously sta:,ed.
97th Foot—Ensign J. C. Minto from the Capo Mounted
Riflemen to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Parks,
cashiered by the sentence of a general Court-martial.
Rifle Brigade —Lieutenant D. B. Davy, from the 2d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Davenport,
who exchanges ; Ensign Geoffrey Lewis Austen to be
Lieutenant, by purchase. To be Ensigns, without pur-
chaso—Aylmer Somerset, Gent. ; Alexander Angus Airlie
Kinloch, Gent. ; Henry E. Richards, Gent.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant S. S. Davenpor'6,
from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Davy, who
exchanges ; Norman D Arcy, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Burleigh, promoted.
.1d West India Regiment. —To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase—Francis John Green, vice Hartford, promoted ;
Spencer Cobbold Page, Gent., vice Higman, promoted in
the 23th Foot.

Cape Mounted Riflemen—The surname of the Ensign
appointed on the 2d Nov. is Fitzwilliams, and not Fitz-
William, as previously stated.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Henry Alexander
Donald, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macdonald,
promoted.

Gold Coast Corps—Lieut. Joseph Brownell to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice M'Court, who retires upon
half-pay ; Ensign J. T. W. Andrews to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Brownell.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
Lieut. Frederick Francis Faraday, from the Hampshire
Militia, to be Paymaster.
To be Quartermaster of Brigade—Quartermaster-Ser-
jeant Richard Boyd, from 64th Foot, vice Beddek, who
resigns.
To ,be Cornets—Superintendent James Milne ; Colour-
Serjeant W. Mayne, Royal Artillery ; Serjeant Francis
Bleazley, 31st Foot ; Troop Serjeant-Majors George James
and George Edwards.
The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Cornets—John
William Beatty, Esq., late 56th Foot ; James Bridge,
William Edward Whelan, Frederic Bond, John Bruen
Rutledge, Richard B. Foster, Vincent Applin, William
Spalding, Henry Keogh, Edward Jervis, James Bodkin,
Nathaniel Burslem. Arthur Galt. Robert Crowe, Colour-
Serjeant Smith, late of 86th Foot, Superintendent Wm.
Wean, Bernard H. Burke, Ruben Hill Powell.
" BRITISH Swiss LEGlON.—Erratum in Gazette of the 2d
inst.—For James Hamber, Gent., to be Paymaster, read
Thomas Hamber, Gent., to be Paymaster.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major Thomas Henry Somer-
ville, 63th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into
Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant, Oct. 6.
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Graves Chauncey Swann, Captain
on half-pay Unattached, to have the Substantive Rank of
Major. The promotion of Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
M`Murdo to the Substantive Rank of Major, to bear date
Oat. 12, 1855, instead of Nov. 9,1855, as previously stated.
PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Jas. Ran-
cor, 48th Foot, to be Assistant-Adjutant, vice Swinburne;
Robert WM. Duff, Esq., to be Paymaster.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—The name of the Assistant-Surgeon
appointed from half-pay 68th Foot on 25th September,
1855, is Robert W. Woollcombe, and not Woolcombe, as
previously stated.

- ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMERT.—Senior Surgeon
Alexander Ogilvie, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-Gene-
ral of Hospitals; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Gilborne to
lie Surgeon ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Heron
Watson, M.D., to be an Assistant• Surgeon, Royal
lery, vica Gilborne, promoted.

BREVET.
Colonel James Gordon, m Retired Fall-pay, Royal
Engineers, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary
only.

lireVet-Colonel Henry Knight Storks, Brigadier-General
in Turkey, to have the local rank of Major-General in the
BosphPrus, at Scutari, and all the dependent posts as far
as Smyrna, inclussive.
Alexander John Stewart, Gent., to have the rank of

Acting Assistant-Surgeon while serving with tie Turk-
ish Contingent.
TO BE AIDES-DE-CAMP TO HER MAJESTY, WITH THE RANK
OF COLONEL IN THE ARMY IN THE EAST INDIES.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Forsyth Tait, C. 8., Bengal
Army. _ _

Lieutenant-Colonel William Mayne, Bengal Army.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—Edward Davey Johnson,
Gent., to ba Lieutenant.

7ith, or Inverness, &c., Highland Light Infantry
Militia—Serjeant-Major John Sharp to ba Ensign, vico
William Cliefden Goldin.

Leicestershire Militia—Ensign John Henry Hosken to
be Lieutenant ; Ensign Charles Henry Morris to be Lieu-
tenant; Ensign Charles Maynard Heselrige to be Lieu-
tenant.

The Northumberland Light Infantry Militia—Ensign
Septimus Donaldson Selby to be Lieutenant; Ensign Win.
Pears to be Lieutenant.

Shropshire Militia—Thomas Bishton, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Midgley, resigned.
Royal Berk Militia—Henry James Lane, Gent., to be
Ensign.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
This Court will, on Saturday the Ist day of December
next, hold a sitting ; and will at such sitting proceed in
giving judgment in cases then standing for judgment.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Cyprian James Cotterell, draper, Abingdon, Berks.
BANKRUPTS.
Frodk. Francis Fox, tailor, Finch-lane, City, to surren-
der, Dec. 3 and Jan. 4, at eleven, at tho Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Aldermaubury; Yen-
ning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouso yard.
Henry Corley, builder, Brighton, Dec. 6 and Jan. 1,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kennett, Brighton ; Sowton,
Great James-street, Bedford-row.
Robert Gadsden, cement manufacturer, Millwa.ll, Pop-
lar, Dec. 3 and Jan. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Barrow, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
Thomas Williams, brewer, Aberdare, Dec. 7 and Jan. 8,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol ; Simmons, Merthyr ; Henderson, Bar-
ham, and Wilcocks, Bristol.

OWen Williams, corn dealer, Manchester, Dec. 4 and
Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Frasor' official assignee, Manchester ; Higson and Robin-
son, Manchester.

Joseph Stead, grocer, Leeds, Dec. 10, at twelve, and
Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
George Hannaford, baker, Saint Mary Church, Devon,
Dec. 5 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Lardman, Exeter.
Jonas Smith, worsted spinner and manufacturer, Low
Moor, York, Dec. 7, and Jau. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, offici ii assignee, Leeds ; Wavell,
Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.

John Phillips, wholesale rag and metal merchant, Wood-
street, Clerkeuwell, Dec. 6 and Jan. 1, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman-
bury; Stubbs, Moorgate-street.
Samuel Smart, builder, Lenton, Nottingham, Dec. 11,
and Jan. 8, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley,
Nottingham ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham.
John Davis, tailor, Worcester, Dec. 5 and Jan. 9, at
half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Rea, Worcester ; E. and
11. Wright, Birmingham.
Richard Briant, carpenter, Murray-street, New North-
road, Dec. 5 and Jan 2, at half-past two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Brown, Fins-
bury-place.
Richard Butler, ironmonger, Pickering-terrace, Bays-
water, Dec. 4, at eleven, and Dec. 31, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Turuer, Charles-street, City-road.
Daniel Davis, glass merchant, Newington-causeway,
Dec. 4, at one, and Jan. 2, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Stubbs, Moorgate-
street.