The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY.

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Fitzherbert Grant, Dec. 13.
Lieutenant-Colonel George John Beresford, Dec. 13.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Robert Chas.
Henry Spencer, Dec. 13.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Coope Stace, Dec. 16.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 4.
In consideration of the attack on the forts of Sebastopol,
on the 17th October, 1854, the following naval promotions
have taken place, Nov. 13.

TO BE CAPTAINS.
Commander John James Bartholomew Edward Frere.
Commander Leopold George Heath.
Commander Henry Downing Rogers.
TO BE COMMANDERS.
Lieutenant William Thorp.
Lieutenant Isaac Newton Thomas Taulez.
Lieutenant William Rae Rolland.
Lieutenant Gabriel Johnston.
Lieutenant Henry Lloyd.
Lieutenant William Bowden.
Lieutenant John Proctor Luce.
Lieutenant William Gore Jones.
TO BE LIEUTENANTS.
Mr. George Francis Aston.
Mr. Francis Rhodes Hartwell.
Mr. Arthur Joseph Day.
Mr. Robert Roberts.
Mr. Ernest Augustus Travers Stubbs.
Mr. Henry Joseph Challis.
TO BE MASTER.
Mr. Robert Lawcay Cleveland.
TO BE SURGEONS.
Mr. George Henry Ryan.
Mr. John Forbes (D.)
Mr. David Lloyd Morgan.
TO BE PAYMASTERS.
Mr. William Warburton.
Mr. Henry Gray (A.)
Mr. James Huggard Jackson.
Commander Augustus Frederick Kynaston will be pro-
moted to the rank of Captain on his completing the re-
quired period of service at sea.
The Beard have further directed the promotions of the
under-named officers, contingent on their passing the neces-
sary examinations and bellb, duly qualified.
Mr. Robert Sterne to be Lieutenant.
Mr. Thomas Hooper to be Lieutenant.
Mr. George Spinks Aldricks to be Master.
Mr. Narcissus George Arguimbeau to be Master.
Mr. Edward Codrington Ball to be Master.
Mr. John Frederick Pritchard to be Surgeon.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia—George Elliot, Gent.,
to be Quartermaster, Dec. 15.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
COunty of Cambridge--Charles Culledge, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant, Dec. 29.
County Palatine of Lancaster— Charles Henry Tempest,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Jan. 2.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Ohm Militia—
Thomas Howard Spence Campion, Gent., to be Ensign,
Jan. 1.

3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Oliver Goldsmith, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 1.
County of Salop—To be Deputy Lieutenants —The Ho-
nourable Robert Charles Herbert, Richard Lloyd, Esq.,
George Pritchard, Esq., Jan. 2 ; David Francis Atcherley,
Jan.
Esq., Ja. 3.
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West Essex Militia—Edward Jodrell, Esq., late Captain
in the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, to be Major, vice Hirst,
resigned, Dec. 29 ; Arthur Henry M`Kenna, Gent., to be
Ensign, Dec. 26.
The Essex Rifles—John Savill, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Beresford, resigned, Dec. 29; Henry Other Cham•
pion de Crespigny, Esq., to be Captain, vice Western, re-
signed, Jan. 3 ; Ensign Marcus William Davis to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Savill, promoted ; Ensign Griffin Curtis Galt
to be Lieutenant, vice Coape, promoted, Dec. 30.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Joseph Ganef Robin-
son, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 14.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Joseph Pitman, Gent., to be Ensign ' • George William
Henry Holysake, Gent., to be Ensign; Robert Hickman,
Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 23.
2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia.—
Lieutenant Thomas Salt the younger to be Captain, vice
Locker, resigned ; Isaac de Lioncorn Wilson, Gent., to be'
Lieutenant, vice Salt, promoted ; Ensign Archibald Geo.
Keen to be Lieutenant, vice Chinn, resigned ; John Aston,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Martin Joseph Browne, Gent., to be
Ensign ; Arthur Reginald Mecham, Gent., to be Ensign
Carr Hnmfrey, Geut to be Ensign ; Edward Chinn, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Dec. 23.

Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia-
-James Martin, Esq., late Captain in her Majesty's Rifle
Brigade, to be Captain, vice the Hon. E. S. Jervis, re-
signed, Dec. 23.

2,1 Somerset Regiment of Militia—Wm. John Everod
Poolo,Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 26.

ist'Somert:et Regiment 'of Aiiiiiia—May Jenkins Free-
stun, Gent., to bo Ensign, vice `Parry, promoted, Dec.
27 ; Reginald Follett Badcock, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Henley, promoted, Dec. 28 ; Thomas Hill Lucas, Gent.,
to be Ensigh, vice Foster, resigned, Dec. 29 ; Schofield
Patten, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Foy, resigned, Dec. 30.
Royal Bucks King's Own Militia —Humbley Knapp,
Esq., to be Lieutenant, vice Crewe, resigned; Alfred John
Russell, Esq., to be Ensign.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia Hadolig
Ximenes Gwynne, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Dec. 30.
Royal Montgomery Rifles—Richard Tanfield. Vachell,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jones, promoted, Jan. 4.
Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia
—David Davidson Manson, Esq., M.D., to be Captain,
vice Rose.

Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire Militia
Rifles—Lieutenant John Crichton to be Captain, vice
Kennedy, resigned ; William Legge Reid, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; George Ponsonby Cranford, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; William Archibald Hamilton, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; David Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 21.
Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Archibald Fennie
to be Lieutenant, vice Warner, deceased ; Cornet W. A.
0. Paterson to be Lieutenant, vice Cuninghame, resigned ;
John Spier, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Fennie, promoted ;
Charles George Shaw, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Paterson,
promoted, Dec. 21.

REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having 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 King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ending the
10th day of October, 1854,
The Commissioners for the reduction of the National
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. 4, c. 27, between the 7th day of Jan.,
1855, and the 31st day of March, 1855.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 22.
The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief Jus-
tice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at Westmins-
ter, has appointed Edward Brown Fiske, of Beceles, in
the county of Suffolk, Gentleman, to be one of the
Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments
of deeds to be executed by married.women, under the Act
passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the
substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Suffolk.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, fo
the Week ending on Saturday the 30th day of Dec., 1854.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued .. •• .... 27,18;835

Government debt.... 11,615,108
Other securities...... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,180,835
Sliver bu11i0n........ -