The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-10 00:00:00

BREVET.

Brevet• Colonel John Henoage Grubbo, on retired full-
pay of the 66th Foot, to be Major-General in the Army,
the rank being only honorary, Jan. 9.

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 9.
BREVET.

In consequence of the death of Lieutenant-General Sir
Henry Goldfinch, and the retirement upon full-pay
of Major-Generals Calder and M.C.Dixon, a vacancy having
occurred upon the effective list of General Officers of the
Royal Engineers, Colonel Thomas Blanchard to be pro-
moted to be Major-General, Dec. IG.
The following Officers of the Royal Engineers, who have
been permitted to retire upon full-pay, to receive a step of
honorary Brevet Rank, viz. :

TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel William Henry Slade, Dec. 1.6.
Colonel Jame 3 Conway Victor, Dec. 16.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Harry
Kersteman, Gent., to be Cornet, Jan. 2.
Royal Pembrokeshire Artillery Regiment of Militia--
John Brogdou Labarte, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 5.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—George Frederick Shep-
pard, Gent., to he Ensign, Dec. 18 ; Wm. Augustus
Trydell Helden, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 19 Montagu
Stephen Williams, Gent., to be Emign, Dec. 20.
East Ycrk Regiment of Militia.—Wm. Thos. David
Lloyd, Gent., to be Lieutentant, vice Buckle, not joined
since 1852, Dec. 19 ; Allen Mackarmich Beauchant, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Wilkinson, resigned, Dec. 20 ;
Jonathan Wynyard Haynes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Ward, resigned, Dec. 21; George Fraser Smith, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Holmes, promoted and since resigned,
Dec. 27.

4th Regiment of West York Militia.—Baker Bridge,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec 27.
6th Regiment of West York Militia.—Christopher Spen-
cer Breary, Esq., to be Captain ; Henry Robert MArkham,
Esq., to be Captain • Henry Hartlwy Taylor, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; John George Mayo, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
Dec. 27.

2d Regiment (Light Infantry) West York M ilitia—En-
riga John Edward Hawker English to be Lieutenant ; En-
sign George Cleghorn to be Lieutenant; Arthur Murray,
Eeq., late 62d Regiment, to be Captain ; Francis Morley,
Gent., to be Ensign; Lloyd Salisbury Baxendale, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Jan. 1.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Thomas Bischoff,
Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 1.
MEMORANDUM.—That the name of Lieutenant Stoddart
of the 6th Regiment West York Militia was by mistake
gazetted as Stodhart ; and that the Christian names of
Ensign Staines, of the sth Regiment of West York Militia,
are John Augustus.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia--Newton
Jones Pauli, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6.
King's Own Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—
George Cole, Gent., late 35th Foot, to be Ensign ; Henry
Banks Wright, Gent., to he Ensign, Dec. 29; John Price
Mackinnon, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 2.
Royal Flintshire Militia. —Reginald Bythell, Gent., to
be Ensign.
East Kent Regiment of Militia —Ensign Augustus Wal-
ter Lewis to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzpatrick, resigned,
Jan. 4; Robert Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Griffith,
proMoted, Jan. 3 ; Thomas William Valiance, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Zaba, promoted, Jan. 4.
West Essex Militia—George Richard Layton, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, Dec. 26; Humphrey Richard George
Marriott, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Chapman, re-
signed ; Charlel Gabriel Alfred Barnes, Gent., to be
Ensign, Jan. 6.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Lieutenant Charles Bayntum, from Royal Sussex Militia
Artillery, to be Lieutenant, vice Simmons, resigned ;
Marmaduke Constable, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 1; Cap-
tain Charles Foveaux Kirby to be Major, vice Tyndale,
deceased, Jay. 4.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Beckham,
half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice Cotter, resigned,
Nov. 17.
East Suffolk Regiment of Militia Artillery Corps--Ed-
ward Head Everard, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 4.
Hampshire Regiment of Militia Artillery
Samuel Greatheed, late Lieutenant 41st Regiment, to be
Captain ; James Harry Bartlett Reynolds, Gent., to be
Ensign, Dec. 30.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Henry Charles Tem-
pest Graham, Gent., to bo Ensign, Jan. 6.
Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbright Regiment of Militia,
called the Galloway Rifle Corps -William Charles Stewart
Hamilton' Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice David Hannay,
Dec. 25.
Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia
—James Duff, late of her Majesty's 74th Regiment, to be
'Major; James William Whyte, to be Lieutenant;
Thomas Brown, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 2.
Renfrewshire Regiment of Militia.—William Cunning-
hame Bontine, Esq., to be Major; James Lowndes, Es 1.,
and James Stewart, E,q., to he Captains ; Francis Robert-
son Reid, Gent., and Daniel Shaw Stewart, ,Gent., to bo
Lieutenants ; William Canninghame, Gent., to be Ensign,
Jan. 6.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Charles Parker and Edwin. Parker, boot and shoo mann
lecturers, Northampton.
BANKRUPTS. _ . .

James Sewell, timber merchant and wl'aelwright,
Brackley, to surrender, Jan. 18, at eleven, and Feb. 22, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assig-
nee, Coleman-street-buildings; Clarke, Bedford-row.
William Burridge, builder, dealer, and trader, Stains-
by-road, East India-road, Lirnehouse, Jan. 19, at eleven,
and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ni-
cholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Moss, Moor-
gate-street.
James Aitken, draper, Liverpool, Jan. 19, and Feb. 16,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee, ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
William Davey, baker, Wellington, Somersetshire, Jan.
16, and Feb. 15, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Terrell, Exeter.
Henry Simons, linen draper, Church-street, Woolwich,
Jtin. 19, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 23, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Davidson and Bradbury, Basinghall-street.
Jesse Shaw, stationer, Longton, Staffordshire, Jan. 22
and Feb. 12, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; W. and E. Clarke, Long-
ton ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
William Hall, butcher, Fordingbridge, Southampton,
Jan. 19, at eleven, and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Holme, Loftus, and Young, New-inn, Strand; Davy,
jun., Ringwood, Hants.
Edward Goldsmith, hatter and tailor, Nottingham, Jan.
23 and Feb. 13, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Notting-
ham ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
Juan Oliver, ironmonger, Daventry, Northamptonshire,
Jan. 19, at half-past two, and Feb. 20, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman-
bury ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Sise-lane, Bueklersbury ;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
James Hall, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 26,
and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Atkinsons and
Last, Manchester.
John Dixon, cooper, Liverpool, Jan. 22, and Feb. 12,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, offi-
cial assignee, Liverpool; Dodge, Liverpool.
Meyer Jacobs, warehouseman, Steward-street, Spital-
fields, Jan. 23, at half-past two, and Feb. 20, at 'twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Sambrook-court; Lawrance, Plews, andßoyer, Old Jewry
Chambers.

James Whiting Fisher and James Basoy, cabinet
makers and upholsterers, Norvrich, Jan. 17 at twelve,
and March 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Sole, Turner,
and Turner, Aldermanbmy ; Miller, Son, and Bugg, Nor-
wish.

Charles Dixon, draper, Gateshead, Jan. 17 at half-past
twelve, and Feb. 27 at twelve, at the District Court, New-
castle-upon-Tyne. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Brook, Freeman, and Batley, Huddersfield ;
Watson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Van Sandau and Cum-
ming, King-street, Cheapside.
Joseph Harriman, hosier, Loughborougb, Leicestershire,
Jan. 23, and Feb. 13. at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Giles,
Loughborough ; blotter= and Knight, Birmingham.