The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

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Major-General Arthur Wellesley Torrens to be Deputy
Quartermaster• General to the Forces.
PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION.
TO BE PAYMASTERS.

Captain H. C. Watson, from the 3d West India Regi-
ment.
Paymaster T. M. Creagh, from the 41st Foot.
TO BE QUARTERMASTER.

Quartermaster William Dougherty, from the sGth Foot,
vice Williamson, who retires on half-pay.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
TO BE STAFF-SURGEONS OF THE SECOND CLASS.
Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Connor O'Leary, from the
59th Foot, vice Jar e, deceased.
Assistant-Surgeon Edward William Thomas Mandeville,
from the 66th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon James Crerar, from the 60th Foot.
Surgeon Arthur Wood, M.D., from the 16th Light Dra-
goons, vice Park, who exchanges.
TO BE ACTING ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
Richard Bran well, Gent., Feb. 17.
Frederic John Robinson, Gent., March 7.
George Leeworthy Thorne, Gent., March 16.
James Maxwell, M.D., March 16.
George Burnside Bryden, Gent., March 28. ..
BREVET.

The under-mentioned orlicers to have the local rank of
Major-General, while serving with the Turkish Contingent
Force :
Colonel Arthur Shirley, half-pay, unattached, April G.
Colonel Michael Wm. Smith, half-pay, 15th Light Dra-
goons, April G.
The under-mentioned officer, having completed three
years' service in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, to be
promoted to be Colonel in the Army, i❑ accordance with
the provisions ot the Royal Warrant for the Ordnance
Department, Nov. 3, 1854:
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Wm. Wingfield, Royal Ar-
tillery, March 18.
The undermentioned officers of the East India Com-
pany's Service to be promoted to a step of local rank in
Turkey, while employed in Olio Turkish Contingent
Force :
Major John Richard Abbott, 12th Bengal Native In-
fantry, Vibe Lieutenant-Colonel, April G.
Captain John George Jubilee Johnston, Bombay Re-
tired List, to be Major, April G.
Lieutenant James Vincent Valentine, 2d Regiment
Bengal Cavalry, to be Captain, April G.
MEMORANDA.

The name of the Quartermaster appointed to the 62d
Foot, on the 2d February, is Gamble and not Gandle, as
previously stated.
The surname of Lieutenant Hewett of the Ist West
India Regiment, is Hewett, and not Hewitt, as previously
stated.
The surname of tbo Cornet appointed to the 4th Light
Dragoons, on the 30th ult., is Weatherley, and not Wea-
therby, as previously stated.
The Christian name of Purveyor Fitzgerald is David,
and not Daniel, as previously stated.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.

Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Wm.
John Robinson, of the Royal Cumberland Militia, to be
Quartermaster, vice Lamb, who retires, April 3.
Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Militia—William Elston,
Esq., to be paymaster, March 22.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Tower Hamlets—John Humphreys, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.
Royal Nortb Gloucester Regiment of Militia—John
Leete Eland, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cripps,
resigned, April 2.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
John George Pitt, Gent., from the 4th or Duke of Lancas-
ter's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia, to
be Ensign, April 4.
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7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Ches-
ter, Esq., late Captain 85th Foot, to ibe Major, April 4 ;
John Hardy Thursby, Esq., late 90th Foot, to be Major,
April 5 ; Henry Hawker Arnaud, Esq., late Captain 34th
Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to be Captain,
April 4.
HertfordshireMilitia—William Henry Frederick Cross-
man, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Ap, it 4.
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia—Anthony Henderson Fowke, Esq., to I.e
Captain, vice Edge, resigned ; Arthur Peniston Moore,
Gent., to Lieutenant, vice Watson, appointed to the •Bth
Regiment ; E iwai d Alexander Sloane, Gent., to he En-
slgn, vice A. P. Gray, resigned ; William Francis
Gent., tube Ensign ; Abraham Hulton King, Gent., to be
Ensign.

The Essex Rifles—Robert Swann, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice St. George, resigned, March 17.
Royal London Al.ilitia—Ensign Murdock William Pol-
lard Robertson to be Lieutenant, vice Francis George
Warrick, resi',ned, March 30.
Ist Royal Lanatkshire Militia—Thomas Williamson,
Gent., to.be Lieutenant, Feb. 10.
Ist or Royal E.,.st Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En-
sign Williain Henry Bent to be Lieutenant, vice Cole, pro-
moted, March 29.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—John Willcocks, Gent., to be Ensign,
March 9.

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4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia.—
John Bourke, Gent., to be Ensign ; Augustus .Daniel
Keane, Gent., to be Ensign. March 27.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia.—Ensign Thomas Leslie to be Lieutenant,
vice Clay, resigned; William Henry Mor aunt, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Packe, resigned ; Robert Hill Ross, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Miller, appointed to bOtii Re. iment ;
Sanderson William Mathew Walker, Gent., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Cane, deceased - March 29.

[This 'article issubstituteri for that which appeared in the
Gazette of 9th March last] :-
96th Regiment of North British Militia, formed by the
Shiles of Ross, Caithness, Suthe,Lind, and Crowarty.—
Kenneth Mackay, Esq., to be Captain ; Francis Jeffrey
Sinclair, Gent, to be Lieutenant; George Sinclair Smith,

The Queen has been pleased to apnrove of M. Ernst
Marwedel as Consul at Hobart Town Van Diemen's Land,
for the King of Hanover.
REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her M-jesty's Treasury hav-
ing 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 Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ended the sth day
of January, 1855 :
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Notional
Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by
them on account of the sinking fund, under the provisions
of the act 10 Geo. IV., cap. 27, between the Ist day of
April, 1855, and the 30th day of June, 1855.
A. Y. SPEARMA.N, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, April 3, 1855.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL G.

Bth Regiment of Foot.—Lieutenant-General Roderick
Macneil to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General John
Duffy, deceased, March 18.
80th Regiment of Foot.—Lieutenant-General Thomas
William Rubins to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General
Sir Thomas Henry Browne, deceased, March 12.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 6.

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Lieutenant G. T.
Ricketts, from the 52d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Mac-
kinnon, who retires on half-pay.
9th Light Dragoons.—Lieut. R. D. Upton, from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be lieutenant, vice King, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
16th Light Dragoons.—Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class William Ker Park to be Surgeon, vice Wood, who
exchanges.
Ist Regiment of Foot.—Ensign James Deacon to be
Lieutenant, without purchase.
12th Foot.—Lieut. W. Rice Olivey, from the 91st
Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Kyffin, whb retires on half-
pay-
17th Foot.—John James Perceval, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
18th Foot.—Lieut. T. Esmonde to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Hilliard, who retires.
19th Foot.—Alexander Brook Morgan, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
21st Foot—To be Ensign, by purchase—Robert Cook,
Gent., in succession to Lieut. Clark, who retires, April -t.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—George Wm. Furlong,
Gent., April 5 ; Edward Thos. Bainbridge, Gent, April
23d Foot—John Tilly, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, April 6.
34th Foot—Hopton Scott Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, April 6.
39th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
sign John Daunt, from the 56th Foot ; Ensign E. Gatty,
from the 49th Foot, April 6.
41st Foot—Arthur Vivian Bradshaw Blanchard, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, April 6.
42d Foot—To be Captains by purchase—Lieutenant H.
C. Jervoise, vice Chisholm, who retires ; Lieutenant G.
Fraser, vice Hon. G. H. E. Grant, who retires, .A...ril 6.
41th Foot—Ensign Philip Morton Pitt, from the King's
Own Tower Hamlets Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, April 6.
46th Foot—George Philips, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, April 6.
47th Foot—Spencer E lwa.rd Orr, Gent., to be Ensign
without purchase, April 6.
50th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Blackall, to be Captain
by purchase, vice Gray, who retires. April 6. To be Lieu-
tenants without purchase—Ensign E. Leach, vice Johnson,
whose-promotion on the 9th February has been ea -celled,
Feb. 9 ; Ensign It C. Goff, vice Leach, whose promotion
on the 9th March has bean cancelled, March 9.
53d Foot —Lieut.-Col. T. S. Powell, from half-pay unat-
tached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel W.
R. Mansfield, who exchanges, April 6
58th Foot—Ensign John Horner to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Hill, promoted in the Rifle Bri zade ;
Ensign W. R. Russell, from the 55th Foot, to be Eusigr.
without purchase, vice Ridgway, appointed to the 94th
Foot, April 6.
60th Foot—Depot-Serjeant-Major James Forbes to be
Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant, April 5; Robert
Morris Hazen, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase ;
Assist.-Surgeon John Matthew Biddle, from the 43d Foot,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Crerar, promoted on the
Staff, April 6.
66th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles James Daven-
port, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeou, vice Mande-
ville, promoted on the Staff, April 6.
79th Foot—William Alexander Dobie, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, April 6.
88th Foot—Edward Charles Mallet, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Dunlevie,
who retires, April 6.
89th Foot—Second Lieutenant S. H. Hobbs, from the
Ceylon Rifles, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, April 6.
90th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Charles
Dawson Barwell, Gent., April 5; George Robert Miller,
Gent., April 6.
93d Foot—Albert Vidler, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Rollo, whose appointment has been cancelled,
April 6.
95th Foot—Assistant-surgeon Stanhope Hunter Fasson,
3/1.D., from the Ordnance Medical Department, to be Sur-
geon, vice Smith, deceased, March 23.
97th Foot—Ensign J. ;organ, from the 4th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase ; Thomas Winter Shep-
pard, Gant., to be Ensign, without purchase.
Rifle Brigade—Geoffrey Lewis Austin, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Henry
King, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Upton, who exchanges.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Christopher John Barnard,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kingsley, whose
appointment has been cancelled.
STAFF.

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[The foLowing appointments are substituted for they
which appeared in the Gazette of the 6th March last.] ,
Durham Militia Regiment of Artillery—Second De,
tenant Edward Featherstonhaugh to be First Lientenol,l
vice Hopkins, resigned; Hugh Stafford, Gent, to be
Lieutenant, vice Wood, resigned, March 1.

BANKRUPTS.
John Burrowes and Alexan ler Mearns Reid, naerchamt
Leadenhall-street, to surrender, April 20 at two, andfe id,
11 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stang
official assignee ; Lawrance, Plows and Boyer, Old Jew''
chambers.
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John James Parker, builder, Greenwich, April re
May 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy: Whitelee.'
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; S ,dgrove,
Robert Todd, sen., wine merchant, Westbournse
Villas, Paddington, April 13 and May 18, at two,
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
singhz.ll-street ; Linklaters, Si e-lane, Bucklersbury.
John Bigham, ship-owner, Liverpool, April 19, and er
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10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Tali,
Liverpool ; Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson, LiverPe;
Gabriel Webster, plumber and glazier, Dewsbury! ff..,6
1, at one, and May 22, at eleven, at the Leeds Dog„'o,
Court. Flope, official assignee, Leeds ; Scholes and
Dewsbury ; Blackburn, Leeds.
John Walsh, corn merchant, Liverpool, April 17
May 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. 31orr-'
official assignee, Liverpool ; Yates, jun., Liverpool. r
Thomas Lands, otherwise White, boot and shoe venu,°,'
Camden Town, April 20, at eleven, and May 18, at till
at the Court of Bankruptcy; Cannan, official asigneer„,4,
derrnanbury ; Harrison and Lewis, New Beswell•e°'
Lin col n's- inn.
James Piper, carver and gilder, Holborn Hill,
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at three, and May 15, at twelve, at the Court of
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury Jaraeo sII
Curtis, Ely-place, Holborn.
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John Maples, upholsterer, Nottingham, April
May 8, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. tit".- •
official assignee, Nottingham; Coope, Nottingham;
rison and Wood, Birmingham.
William England and Frederick Henry Englatukcin°,
thiers, Westbury, Wilts, April 17, and May 14, at ele7o;
at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assign"
Bristol; Bevan and Girling. Bristol.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Dick, merchant, Glasgow, April 13, at one,
Carrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow.
Findlay and Barr, wrights and builders, Glasgow, .14111
17, at one, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.

BANK OF
Art Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturdi

Government debt.... 1„1,°5:10
901,
Other securities...... 4,43A1104 SP
Gold coin and bullion 14,5.-1,
Silver bu11i0n........
£24,51°'2j9
A. MARSHALL, Chief Casttiet.
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)I;PASTMENT.

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria, cap
.y the 31st day of March, 180.
ARTNENT.

ISSUE DEP.
Notes lEstied ..•• 28,510,.30

2.28,510,230

Dated the sth day of April, 1881

BANKING D 1
eroprieZors' capital , 14,553,000
hest ...... 3,653,450
deposits
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
N dtional Debt, Say-

ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 5,381,834
)tlAer depoc ...... 10,932,629
seven Day and other
. 8,6,312

Government securities
(lncludg.llead Weight
Annuity) I J,581'961
01
Other securities 14,09490
Nutes .......... 9,021,g
Gold and silver coin.. 695

£35,390,225

£35.37":
E. MARSHALL, Chief Ca °.

Dated the sth day of April, 185,

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugare.
puted from the returns made in the week ending tu"
April, 1855, is 21s 70 per hundredweight exclusi/0,
the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon the '
portation thereof into Great Britain.