The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-06 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY 5.

The Qneen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
R;ght Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint James Went-
worth Cookney, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable
Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms, vice Clarke, retired.
REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty'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 31st
March, 1855, the Commissioners for the reduction of the
National Debt, hereby give notice that no sum will be ap-
plied by them on account of the sinking fund, under the
provisions of the Act, 10 Gao. IV., cap. 27, between the
Ist day of July and the 30th day of September, 1855.
A. Y. SPEARMAN, Comptroller-General.
National Debt office, July 4.
WAR-OFFICE, Jut 6.
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant F. J.
Ma.cfarlane, from the 9th Lancers, to be Captain, withott*
pnrchase : Cornet David Wale to be Adjutant, vice Brad-
bury, promoted.

Gib Dragoon Guards—Captain Edward George Swinton,
from half-pay of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain,
without purchase ; Cornet Oswald Petro, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase. To be Cornets, without purchase—
Cornet Atcphen Holdforth, from the 3d Dragoon Guards ;
Ensi4n Courtenay William Bruce, from the 72d Foot.
Ist Dragoons—Ensign John Gordon Graham, from the
88th Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Glyn,
promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet C. J. H. Ellis to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Macfarlane, promoted in
the Ist Dragoon Guards.
13th Light Dragocns—Reynold Alleyne Clement, Gent.,
to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Goad, promoted.
15th Light Dragoons—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class,
Henry Mapleton, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Mure, pro-
moted ou the Staff. _ _

17th Light lir.7goons—William Partridge, Gent., to be
Veterinary Surgeon, vice Gavin, deceased.
let Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant
Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart., from the 69th Foot, to be En.
;,•11 and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable J. B.
J. Dormer, promoted.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant Charles Greenhill, from
the 92d Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by parchase,
'rice Burton, promoted.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Charles Shelley, Gent.,, to be
Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lambton, pro.
motel.
Ist
—Ceor Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase
•
Charles g
. e Gilmore t
. Gent., vice Thompson, promoted ;
A•tkinsonogan Gent. ; John Pyne, Gent., vice
Stewart,
Gent. Pr°moted; William Henry Alexander Plasket,
12th Fe.._ •
Ensign, without porch
Here Hatchell, Gent., to be
the 31st Foot. Purchase, vice Cromartie, appointed to
13th Foot--Lieten nt
West India Regimen; C. G. Anderson, from the let
chase ; Second Lieuten' t°
be Lieutenant, without pur-
toar J. C. Conington, from tho Cey-
lon Ritielßegiment, e Lieutenant, without purchase.
To be Ensigns, without
from the Royal Litn erickl),,eha"—Ensigns William Cox,
Gent. ; , William Knox L' retY Militia; Duncan Stewart,
t, Gent. ; Charles Edward
Palmer, Gent., vice Clayton, promoted ; Edward Lut-
wyche England, Gent.
15th Foot—John Low Gent., to bo Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Tyler, promoted.
18ha th
noviceFt—H Adenramy
son Adams, Gont., to be Ensign, without
purc, promoted.
23d Foot—Lieutenant James Duff to be C 'with-
, on 29th
vice Bathurst, whose promotion atain,
out purchase,
G. H. J.
December, 1854, has been cancelled; Lieutenant.
ham from the 76th Foot, to be Capta n by
, who retires.
vlceeigire-v'et-Lieutenant-Colonel Falkiner 1 purchase,
28th Foot--Ensign
J. W. M'Cormack to bo Lieutenant
purchases vice Gandy, deceased; Mark ,i,
without , he Ensign, without purchas - ar-ey
W,,aidei,'-FG:ont. tobeEnsigns, without purchase—Lieuten
K e-frc -li -HtilT,Tfr°Oni Antrini Queen's Royal Rifle Re,itnaennt•t
; Walter
of militia, ; , Celia —amp
n bell Mclntyre, Gen,t.
John Tarte, Gent. ;
•ffenry Leeson, Gent.
3411 a Foot-- al
.witliont purchr sc.!,
3`ltla l'o t k
Ensig, 9 °lir te
3,3thtoithout purchase.
out pni...01,,°t----Ilettry .. TC lc
-ward Connor Lavery, Gent., to be Ensign
oh vd promoted.
Li cAe !It y- t. °e- n ' - Parry Jones, Gent,, to be
A 1. Tan, Gent., to be Ensign, with.
appointed to the Ceylon Rifle
Regtcnent:"..' vice Halahan,
ltith '
Foot
1:
Burgess to be Lieutenant,
'without purei, nman C. J. wb etires ; Peter
Andrew John ve, vice Dumarescl, r b urchase,
vice Burgess. 4"c'''''", Gent. to be Ensign, y p
48th FOQI.--Ekl
, purchase. rattud•Ran, Gent.,be Ensign, without
to
1 50th F J- r A oo.— ,re.,eriei- vi• .
I land, Gent., to be En..i, inial'a
a, Goswych Cor6' §h4l.'"
1 aPPOinted to the 13th l'no'otw---trut purchase, vi3p. Ruck,
I appointed to an Ennizney on 19V''rte of t - [;3ntleman
nut Bustield, as previously stated Juee is Ilu42ild, and
52d Foot—Ensign I. A. Julian to be Lieutenant, by
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purchase, vice Coote, who retires ; George Cruden Fraser,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Julian.
sth Foot—Archibald James Arnott, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hobbs, promoted.
62d Foot—To be Ensigns, with purchase—Ensign Beau-
champ Coiclough, from the Carlow Rifle Regiment of
Militia, vice Dundas, promoted; Gerald Butler Beere,
Gent., vice Sawyer, promoted; Henry Arthur Cane,
Gent, vice Hume, promoted.
68th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign
A. F. Marshall, from the 9th Foot ; Henry Patrick John-
ston Mackenzie Gent., vice Duesbury, promoted.
69th Foot—Ensign J. W. H. Anderson to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Sir Henry Fletcher, Bart. op-
pointed to the Gienadier Guards ; Edward Boyle, dent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
72d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Douglas; from the 78th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. To be Ensigns
without purchase—Lieutenant James Stewart, from the
Ist Royal Surrey Militia; William Theobald Butler, Gent.,
vice Bruce, appointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards ; John
Hickens Bonifield, Gent.

76th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Anthony
Robert Keogh, Gent.; Henry Filkes Hooper, Gent., vice
Vincent promoted.
77th Foot—Edward Standish Baker, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Dauncey, promoted ; Henry Stewart
Weigall, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase.
78th Foot—Ensign M. A. Walker to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Douglas, promoted in the 72d Foot.
81st Foot—Captain A. F. F. Boughey to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Sorell, deceased ; Lieutenant Alfred
Wright to be Captain, Without purchase, vice Boughey.
87th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. M'Zahon
Kidd to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel Campbell, who retires; Captain the Hon. A. G.
Chichester to be Major, by purchase, vice Kidd ; Lieute-
nant W. Wiltshire to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chi-
chester; Second Lieutenant C. Lynch to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Wiltshire.
88th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieute-
nant John Foot, from the North Cork Rifle Regiment of
Militia, vice Waring promoted ; James Ephraim Perrin,
Gent., vice Blyth, promoted.
89th Foot—Alex. Dixon Grier, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Russell, appointed to the Rifle
Brigade.
91st Foot—Ensign W. P. Gurney to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hibbert, promoted.
92d Foot—Ensign H. R. Wallace to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Greenhill, promoted in the Coldstream
Guards.
93d Foot—Ensign Edward S. Wood to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Ball, deceased ; Colour-Serjeant
John Joiner to be Quartermaster, vice Sinclair, who re-
tires upon half-pay.
96th Foot—liolwell Hely Hutchinson Walshe, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
_ _ _

97th Foot-George Malcolm, Gent., to be Ensign with-
out purchase.
98th Foot—Eustace Cay, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase. _ _

99th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purcbase—Thomas
Lowrie Grenville, Gent,; Eustace Wilberforce Jacob,
Gent.

Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant the Hon. A. H. A. Anson to
be Captain, by purchase, vice '.hoick, appointed to the
Coldstream Guards. To be Lieutenants, without purchase
—Ensign John Bainbrigge Story, from the sild Foot ;
Ensign E. Fortescue, Ensign W. Stott, Ensign C. G. Slade.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign J. W. Russell,
from the 89th Foot, vice Fortescue ; Lewis Vaughan
Williams, Gent vice Stott.

Ist West Indian Regiment—Ensign Patrick Malone to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Anderson, appointed
to the 13th Foot.

3cl West Indian Regiment—Richard Alexander Skues,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dunlop, pro-
moted.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—To be Ensigns, without pur-
chase—Ensign Samuel Halahan, from the 39th Foot, vice
Francis, promoted in the 20th Foot; Benjamin Stephen
Du Jardin, Gent., vice Gould, promoted in the 13th Foot;
Charles Lynott, Gent., vice Ball, appointed to the 15th
Foot.

Royal Canadian Rifla Regiment—Robert Passe, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Innes, promoted.
Land Transport Corps—Colour-Son eant Joseph Hamil-
ton, from the Royal Artillery, to be Quartermaster of Bri-
gade, vice Jones, appointed Regimental Quartermaster.
Hospital Staff—Surgeon John Mure, M.D.; from the
15th Light Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First
Class ; Assistant Surgeon George W. Pennington Sparrow,
from the Staff, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class,
vice Mapleton, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons.
To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Peter O'Connell, Gent.;
William Frederick De Faberk, Gent.; Freeman James
Eaton, Geut.; Thomas Wiley, Gent.; Alexander Craw-
ford Robertson, Gent.; Nathaniel Farley, Geut,; Thomas
Lambert Hinton, Gent. ; Jean Valleton de Boissiere,
M.D ; Samuel Job, Gent.; Henry John Phillips, Gent.
STAFF—Captain Edwin Robert Wethered. Paymaster of
the 93th Foot, to be Paymaster of a Provisional Depot
Battalion ; Quartermaster Thomas Cassidy, from tho 21st
Foot, to be Paymaster of a Depot Battalion.
UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Mason, from the 75th Foot,
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Sutherland, who
retires.

Hernaman, official sasignee, Alitnchester ; Chew and Son,
Manchester.

Joseph Grimehaw, licensed victualler. Bolton-le Moors,
July 17, and Aug. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Ferns,
Stockport.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
William Morris, police treasurer, Dundee, July 16, at
twelve, within the British Hotel, Dundee.
Thomas Yuill, silk, woollen, and calico printer, Spring-
bank, Renfrewshire, July 16, at twelve, within the
George Inn, Paisley.