The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-17 00:00:00

NOVP,M_BER 17. ;A55.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WAR -DEPARTMENT, Nov. 16.

Lord Panrnure has recei, ed from the Field-Marshal Com-
mandil)g-in-Chief, the followiog copy of a letter by Major
Daubeney, commanding the ii2d Regiment, addressed to
Colonel H ply, C. 8., commanding the 2d Brigade of the 2d
Division of the Army in the Crimea, and forwarded to Vis-
count Hardinge by General Sir James Simpson,

Camp, Sebastopol, Oct 22.
Sir,— In bringing to the notice of Major-General Wind-
ham, C. 8., the names of the officers and men of the 62d
Regiment, who distinguished themselves at the assault of
the Redan on the Bth September last, romitted to mention
the name of Staff Assistant-Surgeon O'Callaghan, who is
attached to the 62d Regiment ; his attention to the
wounded was not confined to men of his own regiment
on that day, but was extended to officers and men of all
regiments who happened to be brought past him • he ac-
companied the regiment as far as the fifth parallel, and
volunteered to remain behind after the regiment was
ordered back to camp, to assist in attending to, and
bringing in, the wounded from the front at dusk. Many
officers have spoken in high terms of his conduct and exer-
tio-us in behalf of the wounded on that day ; and request-
ing that his services may be brought to the notice of the
Commander-in-Chief.— I have, &c.,
(Signed) J. DAUBENEY,
Major, commanding 62d Regiment.
To Colonel Haly, C. 8.,
Commanding 2d Brigade, 2d Division.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 13.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Jules
Mosenthal as Consul at Cape Town for his Majesty the Em-
peror of Austria.
FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 16.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Lewis
Gideon as Consol at St. Helena for his Majesty the King
of Portugal and the Algarves.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint, under the pro-
visions of the " Act to make further provision for the good
government and extension of the University of Oxford, of
the colleges therein, and of the College of Saint Mary,
Winchester," the Hon. Edward T. B. Twisleton, M.A., to
be one of the Commissioners for the purposes of the said
Act, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall
Lewis, Bart., resigned.
WAR OFFICE, Nov. 16.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—John Herbert Randall Stod-
dart, Gent., to be Cornet without purchase, vice Mills pro-
, moted.

6th Dragoons—Cornet Edmund Robinson has been per-
mitted to retire from service, by the sale of his commission.
Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. Amias
Ponlett to be Lieutenant and Captain by purchase, vice
Hon. W. H. W. Quin, who retires.
Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieut. St. Vincent B.
Hawkins Whitshed to be Lieutenant and Captain without
purchase, vice Drummond, died of his wounds.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel R. Going
to be Lieut.-Colonel without purchase, vice Thos. Graham,
deceased ; Brevet• Major H. R. Marindir to be Major with-
out purchase, vice Going; Lieutenant R. G. Brady to be
Captain, without purchase, viee Marindin ; Lieutenant
Charles Hurt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Breeden,
who retires; Ensign T. S. Townshend to b 3 Lieute-
tenant, without purchase, vice Brady ; Augustus W.
Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Townshend.
3d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Walter Augustus Danbeny,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Leatham, promoted.
7th Foot—Lieutenant George H. Twemlow, from the
64th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice MacHeury,
whose promotion, by purchase, on 2d November, has been
cancelled ; Lieutenant E. S. Jervoise to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. W. Tur-
ner, promoted to the Substantive Rank of Major Unat-
tached, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign C. S. Cour-
tenay, vice Beauchamp, deceased ; Ensign F. B. Cole, vice
Courtenay, whose promotion, without purchase, on 16th
Oct.' 1855, has been cancelled ; Ensign A. N. Montgomery,
vice Jervoise, promoted. To be Ensign, by purchase
Wm. Lloyd Browne, Gant., vice Montgomery, promoted.
To be Ensign, without purchase—Edmund Waller, Gent.,
vice Montgomery.
19th Foot—Lieutenant G. A. Warburton to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Bright, promoted ; Ensign Charles
V. Hiffernan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Warburton ; Lieutenant Wm. R. Iles, from the Ist Royal
Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hef-
fernan.
20th Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Geraghty to be Adju-
tant, lice Padfield, promoted.
21st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Bruce Gaskell,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hazlerigg, promoted.
2 M Foot— Ensign E. N. L'Estrange to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Hill, deceased ; Lieutenant Wm.
Henry Middleton, from the 2d Warwick Militia, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice L'Estrange.
25th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Harry
Valette Jones, Gent., Ernest Theodore Evans, Gent.,
Thomas Stanley Mitchell, Gent.
30th Foot—Lieutenant E. N. Hill to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet Major Pakenham, promoted.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign R. H.
Neville, vice E. N. Hill ; Ensign Hyde Sergison Smith,
vice Neville, whose promotion on 26th October, 1',55,
has been cancelled. To be Ensign, without purchase—
Gentleman Cadet Henry Burtnester Pulleine, from the
Royal Military College, vice Smith.
39th Foot—Brevet-Major Thomas Wright Hudson to be
Major, by purchase, vice Herbert, who retires ; Lieute-
nant R. C. P. de Robeck to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Hudson ; Abel Henry Woodroofo, Gent., to be Ensign by
purchase, in succession to Lieutenant de Robeck.
41st Foot—Lieutenant William Sheehy, from the 64th
Foot, to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Lockhart,
killed in action ; Colour-Serjeant Lionel Fitzgerald to be
Ensign, without purchase. .

46iICFoot---Lieutenant Honourable W. H. Herbert to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Knapp, whose promotion,
by purchase, on 26th October, 1855, has been cancelled.
57th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Robert Daniel,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Waugh, promoted.
59th Foot—Lieutenant James Leyne to be Captain,
without purchase, vice iitanhope, deceased ; Ensign B. H.
Burge to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Leyne ;
John M`Mullin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Burge.
62d Foot—Major W. L. Ingall to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Tyler, died of his wounds ; Captain
111‘Kiy Rynd to be Major, without purchase, vice Ingall :
Lieutenant G. W. B. Hughes to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Rynd ; Lieutenant John Thos. Chandler, from
the 10th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Hughes, whose Fromotion, withotit purchase, on Nov. 2,
1855, has been cancelled.
71st Foot—Ensign R. Lewis to be Lieutenant, without
purchase ; James Hay Campbell, Gent., to bo Ensign,
without purchase, vice Lewis.
81st Foot—Henry Harrison Briscoe, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Franklyn, promoted.
85th Foot—Ensign Finch White to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hogg,e, promoted.
92d Foot—Ensign Robert W. S. Raper Hunton, from
the Mounted Staff Corps, to be Lieut., without purchase.
Ist West India Regiment—To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase—Henry Callaiian, Gent., vice Henderson, promoted;
William Hartrick, Gent., vice Staines, appointed to the

62d Foot.
2d West India Regiment—Walter Barnes Pugh, Gent,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kavanagh, promoted

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.

Adjutant William Henry, from the Ambulance Corps,
to be Second Captain.
The Surname of the Quartermaster appointed on 7th
September, 1855, is Walsh, and not Welsh, as previously
stated.

Balikruptcy. 8011, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; J. and J. H. Linkiater and Hackwood, Sise-
lane ; Walker, Canterbury.
John Grogan, musical instrument dealer, Pimlico, Nov.
27, and Dec. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assznee, Bainghall-street ; Burkitt, Cur-

Benjamin French, stationer, St. Mary's-terrace, Wal-
wotth-wad, Nov. 27 and Dec. 20, at one, z.t the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermaybury ;
Buchanan, Guildhall chambers.
William Tavener, Clifford-road, St. John's-wood,
bulkier, Nov. 24, at one, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba-
singhall•street ; Chapple, Great Carter-lane.
Thomas Gorton, merchant, Lincoln's-inn-fields, Dec. 4,
at two, and Dec. 26, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Jerwood, Ely-
place, Holborn.
John Bake, licensed victualler, Cambridge-terrace, Cale-
donian-road, Islington, Dec. 4, at two, and Dec. 26, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee ; Atkinson, Quality-court, Chancery-lane.
John Chambers, coal merchant, St. Martin's, Stamford
Baron, Northamptonshire, Nov. 24 at eleven, and Jan. 5
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Wright and Bonner, Lon-
don-street, Fenchurch-street ; Law, Stamford.
John Glenn, builder, Islington, Nov. 27 and Dec. 20,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee,
Aldermanbury; Chilton and Burton, Chancery-lane.
Edmund John Ludlow Whitmore, apothecary, Rams-
bury, Wilts, Nov. 30 and Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Abbot
and Lucas, Bristol.

William Usher, rope manufacturer, Sunderland, Nov.
23, at twelve, and Dec. 21, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Cooper, Sunderland.
Benjamin Vickers, wine and spirit merchant Newton
Bushell, Devonshire, Nov. 27, at eleven, and Dec. 27, at
one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assig-
nee, Exeter ; Francis, Newton Bushell ; Stogdon, Exeter.
Thomas Walker, licensed victualler, Kidderminster,
Nov. 26, and Dec. 17, at half-past twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Boycott, Kidderminster; Motteram and Knight,
Birmingham.
William Hall, grocer, Durham, Nov. 27, at eleven, and
Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle 1 Brown, New-
castle; Cooper, Sunderland; Harle, Bush, and Gaskell,
London.