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

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL J.

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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 thO 41st Foot.
TO BE QUARTERMASTER.
Quartermaster William Dougherty, from the 56th 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 Branwell, 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 officers to have the local rank of
Major-General, while serving with the Turkish Contingent
Force :
Colonel Arthur Shirley, half-pay, unattached, April 6.
Colonel Michael Win. Smith, half-pay, 15th Light Dra-
goons, April 6.
The under-mentioned officer, having completed three
years' service in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, to be
promoted to be Colonel in the Army, in accordance with
the provisions of the Royal Warrant fur 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 the Turkish Contingent
Force :
Major John Richard Abbott, 12th Bengal Native In-
fantry, tibe Lieutenant-Colonel, April 6.
Captain John George Jubilee Johnston, Bombay Re-
tired List, to be Major, April 6.
Lieutenant James Vincent Valentine, 2d Regiment
Bengal Cavalry, to be Captain, April 6.
• MEMORANDA.

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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, ie Hewett, and not Hewitt, as previously
stated.
The surname of the Cornet appointed to the 4th Light
Dragoons, on the 30th ult., is Weatherley, and not Wea-
therby, as preliously st.ttetl.
The Christian name of Purveyor Fitzgerald is Dmid,
and not Daniel, as previously stated.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieut. Wrn.
John Robinson, of the Royal Cumberland Miltia, to be
Quartermaster, vice Limb, who retires, April 3.
Royal W iltshiro Regiment of Militia—William Elston,
Esq., to be paymaster, March 22.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.

Tower Hamlets—John Humphreys, Esq., to bb 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.

7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Ches-
ter, Esq., late Captain 85th Foot, to be Major, April 4 ;
John Hardy Thursby, Esq., late 90th Foot, to be Major,
April 5; Henry Hawker Arnaud, Esq., late Captain 3 all
Regiment of Bengal Native Infautry,, to be Captain,
April 4.
Hertfordshire Militia—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
Captain, vice Edge, resigned ; Arthur Peniston Moore,
Gent., to Lieutenant, vice Watson, appointed to the •Bth
Regiment; Edward Alexander Sloane, Gent., to be En-
&gu, vies A. P. Gray, resigned ; William Francis Scilly,
Gent., to bo 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 Militia—Ensign Murdock William Pd-
lard Robertson to be Lieutenant, vice Francis George
Warrick, resigned, March
let Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Thomas Williamson,
Gent., to he Lieutenant, Feb. 10.
Ist or Royal E,..st Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En-
sign William Henry Bent to be Lieutenant, vice Cole, pro-
mot d, March 29.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—John Willcocks, Gent., to be Ensign,
March 9.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia.—
John Bourke, Gent., to bo 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 50th Regiment ;
Sanderson William Mathew Walker, Gent., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vica Cane, deceased —March 29.
[This article issubstitutedforthat which appeared in the
Gazette of 9th March last] :-
96th Regiment of North British Militia, formed by the
Shilea of Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Crourarty.—
Kenneth Macleay, Esq., to be Captain ; Francis Jeffrey
Sinclair, Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Sinclair Smith,

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Ernst
2efarwedel as Consul at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land,
for the King of Hanover.
REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her Mjesty'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 National
Debt hereby give notiee, that no stun 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. SPEARAIAN, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, April 3, 1855. .
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 6.

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

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Lieutenant G. T.
Ricketts, from the 524 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.
ltith Light Dragoons.—Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class William Ker Park to be Surgeon, vice Wood, who
exchanges.
let Regiment of Foot.—Ensign James Deacon to be
Lieutenant, without purchase.
12th Foot.—Lieut. W. Rice Olivey, from the 91st
Fedt, to be Paymaster, vice Kyffin, who 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 .
To be Ensigns, without purchase—George Wm. Furlong,
Gent., April 5 ; Edward Thos. Bainbridge, Gent, April o.
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 Lieuten'nts, without purchase—En-
sign John Daunt, from the 56th Foot ; Ensign E. Gatty,
from the 49th Foot, April 6.
41st Foot—Arthur Vivian Brialshaw Blanchard, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, April 6.
421 Foot—To be Captains by purchase—Lieutenant H.
C. Jerv-iise, vice Chisholm, who retires ; Lieutenant G.
Fraser, vice Hon. G. H. E. Grant, who retie ea, April 6.
44th 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 Edward 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 cancelled,
Feb. 9 ; Ensign R. C. Goff', vice Leach, whose promotion
on the 9th March has been 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 Horsier to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Hill, promoted in the Rifle Brigade ;
Ensign W. R. Russell, from the 55th Foot, to be Ensign,
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 Clinics James Daven-
port, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Maude-
'guile, promoted on the Staff, April 6.
79th Foot—William Alexander Dobie, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, April G.
88th Foot—Edward Charles Mallet, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, in' succession to Lieutenant Danlevie,
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 s;' George Robert Miller,
Gent., April 6.
93d Foot—Albert Vidler, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, lice Rollo, whose appointment has been •cancelled,
April 6.
95th Foot—Assistant-surgeon Stanhope Hunter Fasson,
M.D., from the Ordnance Medical Department, to be Sur-
geon, vice Smith, deceased, March 23,
97th Foot—Ensign J. iorgan, from the 4th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase ; Thomas Winter Shep-
pard, Gent., 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.
Capo Mounted Riflemen—Christopher John Barnard,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kingsley, whose
appointment has been cancelled.
STAFF.

Gent., to be Ensign ; John Woodman Smith, Gent., to be
A.sio,nt-Surgeon—Fel). 22.
[T11;: appoi.ituients are Rubstituted for OM
which appeared in the Gazette of the 6th March list.]
Durham Militia Regiment of Artillery—Second LW'
tenant Edward Featherstonhaugh to be First Lieutenant,
vice Hopkins, resigned; Hugh Stafford, Gent, to be Fir'
Lieutenant, vice Wood, resigned, March 1.

BANKRUPTS.
John Burrowes and Alexander Mearns Reid, merchants,
Leadenhall-street, to surrender, April 20 at two, and AK
11 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 'Stansfel°'
official assignee; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jowl".
chambers.
John James Parker, builder, Greenwich, April 14 old
May 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore'
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sadgrove, Mark-lan%
Robert Todd, sen., wine merchant, Westbourn-10„;
Villas, Paddington, April 13 and May 18, at two, at
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, 13r
singhall-street ; Liuklaters, Si-e-lane, Bueklersbu*r
John Bigham, ship-owner, Liverpool, April 19, and
10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
Liverpool ; Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson, Liverpo•T',„
Gabriel Webster, plumber and glazier, Dewsbury,
1, at one, and May 22, at eleven, at the Leeds Distr'c
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Scholes and S°l3'
Dewsbury; Blackburn, Leeds.
John Walsh, corn merchant, Liverpool, April 17 Ana
May 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan'
official assignee, Liverpool ; Yates, jun., Liverpool.
Thomas Lands, otherwise White, boot and shoe vendor'
Camden Town, April 20, at eleven, and May 18, at Weill,
at the Court a Bankruptcy; Cannan, official asignes,
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dermanbury ; Harrison and Lewis, New Boswell-court,
Lincoln's. inn.
James Piper, carver and gilder, Holborn Hill, April 11'
at three, and May 15, at twelve, at the Court of 801 l
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury; James I'7l
Curtis, Ely-Place, Holborn.
John Maples, upholsterer, Nottingham, April 24, an
.ti
May 8, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. lis,n7g
official assignee, Nottingham; Coope, Nottingham; sa-6".
rison and Wood, Birmingham.
William England and Frederick Henry England, 01°'
thiers, Westbury, Wilts, April 17, and May 14, at eleiSOP
at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assigrle.%l
Bristol; Bevan ar.d Girling. Bristol.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Dick, merchant, Glasgow, April 13, at one, within
Carlick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow.
Findlay and Barr, wrights and builders, Glasgow, APril-
-17, at one, within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturda;

ISSUE DEP.
dotes A
ISISLIOd • e • • •• • • ',8.510,20

428.510,23(1

Dated the sth day of April, nil

asmario DEI
eroprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
test ......... 3,653,450
eutilic deposits Lin-

eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-

WGLAND,
for
th and Bth Victoria, cap .2
the 31st day of March, 1855%
RTBIZIZT.

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Government debt.... 11,015,11;7,
Other securities...... 2,984,9 u" 6
Gold coin and bullion 14,510,230

tug's Banks, and

Silver ........
' .E2410.•130
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier'

Dividend A‘;coants) h,381,834
Other depoiti ...... 10,932,629
cloven Day and other

Bills ••.• •• •• •07• 8€6,312

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.I.4ITDIENT.

Government securities

(includg.Dead Weight 1
Annuity) .... ••• •• 11,59 '941-
Other securities...... 14,091,
„, „. 9,021,920
Gold and silver eoiii.. 695'991

435,390,225

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435,390,2-
%, MARSHALL, Chief Cashier•

Dated the sth day of April, 1851

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar cor3ci
-puted from the returns made in the week ending the
April, 1855, is 21s 7id per hundredweight exclusive..,
the duties of Customs paid or payable therein on the 'l'.
portation thereof into Great Britain.