The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

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No. 19,523.]

LONDON, WE.DN ESBAY EVENING, APRIL 25 1855.

PUBLICATIONS.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

soldier, and the same attentions and acts of courtesy be-
tween officers of the two services, mark their passage
through now as when the troops of our allies fir.t
reached the island.

Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Portrait,
MEMOIRS OF THE LATE nr. 1101.
itIOHARD LALOR SIIEIL.
By TOHRENS APCULLAGH, Esq.
" Such a man as Sheil entity ntly deserved a b'ograpliy, and Mr.'
M'Cullagh has, wa think, proved himself an exceedingly proper per-
son to undertake it. His narrative Is lucid and pleasant, sound and
hearty in texiliment, and sensible in dissertation. Altogether, we
m ty emphatically call this book an cxcellent biography."—Daily
Ne ws.
Published for H. Colburn, by his succesurs, Hurst and Blaekett.

The crew of the Vengeance,. 84, Captain Lord Edward
Russell, at Plymouth, are to be paid down half- wages to-
day, and granted 15 days' leas e of absence. It is pro-
bable that the ship will be supplied with a screw.
That part of the crew of the screw steam-ship Sanspa-
reil, 70, Captain Woodford J. Williams, at Plymouth,
whose leave of absence expires to-morrow, will be turned
over to the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, Captain Charles
Wise, in the Hamoaze.

"The Bremen screw steam-ship Hansa, employel in
the British transport service, arrived on Sunday, on her
return from Corfu. She brought letters of as latex date
as the 12th,'on which day Sir Henry Ward was to leave,
direct for Alexandria, thence to proceed to the seat of
his government.

"His Excellency Sir John Young had already reached
the seat of government and entered upon his duties,
having taken the prescribed oaths.
" Her Majesty's ships Sidon and Leopard had 'both
arrived at Corfu to convey the Ist Royals and the 48th
t, the Crimea. Both .these regiments embark in their
full strength—not less than 900.
"A letter from Gibraltar of the 90 inst. says :—`We
have nearly 500 horses and some splendid mules ready
11-e.,tic
fort
East. The War Cloud will take 200 of the latter
this w , and other ships which have been taken up
about t same number of horses. The regiments have
been for some time und(r Olde-s to move, but nothing is
known as to the period of their departure.' •
" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Valetta left on Saturday, and the Tagus on Sunday (the
14th and 15th inst.), for Alexandria..
"The Hansa left for Genoa the day after her arrival
here from Corfu.

The Hastings, 60, screw block-ship, Captain Caffin,
left Portsmouth harbour and joined the squadron at
Spithead yesterday.
The crew of her Majesty's ship Excellent, Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland, C. 8., were paid wages yesterday at
Portsmouth. The naval training brigs Rolla and Sealark,
Lieutenants Lowther and Fenwiek, eailed from Ports-
mouth yesterday, on a cruise of extreise and evolution.
The Retribution, 28, paddle frigate, Captain Fisher,
hauled over to the west shore in Portsmouth harbour
yesterday, to swing for the adjustment of her compasses.
The paddle-wheel steam-ship Hecla, 6, Commander
Henry S, Hawker, from Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth
Sound yesterday morning.
The screw steam gun-vessel, Tenzer, 3, Lieutenant-
Commander Beville G. NV: Nicolas, sailed from Ply-
mouth on Sunday for the West Coast of Africa.
The Myrmidon, iron steam-vessel, is ordered to be
officered by Mr. Tonkin, assistant-master, attendant at
Portsmouth eh. okyard, Mr. John Davey, chief engineer
of the first class, and two assistant engineers, and
manned by a crew of dockyard riggers, to proceed to
Pembroke today to take charge of and navigate to
Portsmouth the newly-launched 50-gun frigate Sutlej.
The Arthur the Great, sailing transport, arrived al.
Spithead yesterday morning from the Thames to embark
troops for the Cape of Good Hope.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols.,
SAM SLICK'S NEW WORK,
" NATURE and HUMAN NATURE."
"We enjoy our old friend's Qmpany with unabated relish: These
new volumes are full of fun and fancy."—Athenteum.
"Every page of the book is amnsing."—Examiner.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

"The Himalaya and the Andes, with the Lancers
from'lndia, have left Alexandria for the Crimea.
"The City of Landon yesterday for the Crimea.
Several officers left in 'her, including Major Mills,
Lieutenant Horne, of the 48th, and the Rev.Mr.Robson,
of the Leander.

"One of the prizes to het Majesty's steamer Retribu-
tion, recently condemned in. England—the Greek ship
Ellissova—will be brought to tie hammer on Thursday
next at the Borsa; by Messrs. Dalgel and Gingell, auc-
tioneers."

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Second Class, vice Wall, appointed to the 38th Foot;
April 24. - .

TO BE ACTING ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.
Valentine Mumbee M`Oaster, Gent., March 27.
Alfred Hoyt°, Gent., March 27. '
Nathaniel Philip Botts, Gent., March 29.
Thomas Kennedy, Gent., March 30..
Nathaniel Norris, Gent., April 2.
James Robert Crawford, Gent., April 2.
Join Whittle Rimmer, Gent., April 2.
George Bayly, Gent., April 1.
Edward Ralph Blackett, Gent., April 4.
Joseph Watts, Gent.; April-5.
George Thomas Bourke, Gent., April 8.
David Stranagan, M.D., April 8.
The undermentioned Officers and Gentlemen having
been selected for service with theTurkishContiagent Force,
to be each promoted to a step of local rank while so em-
ployed ; their commissions to bear date March 27, 1855 :

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cra, Gent., March 27; Norman Alexander MacLeod, Gent
and Donald Colin Cameron, Gent., April 12.
The Galloway Rifles—The Right lion. Alan Plantagenet
Lord Garlies to bo Captain ; Ensign Thomas Hugh Vans
Dalrymple Hay to he Lieidenant, April 16.
Aberdeenshire Royal Regiment of Militia—John Ram-
say, Esq., to be Captain; James Power Boyd, Esq., to be
Lieutenant; John Turner, Esq., to be Lieutenant; John
Hunter, Esq., to be Lieutenant; Isaac W. Horne, Esq.,
to be Lieutenant ; Gersharn Herrick, Esq., to be Liente-
cant ; William Marshall Priest., Geat., to be Ensign ; Ste-
phen Balfour, M.D., to bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Will,
promoted, March 26.
Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign
George Kerr Hallett to be Lieutenant, April 13; William
A tliff, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 14 ; Charles Thom-
son, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Aprill6.
Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment George Digby
IVingfield, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Nicholas William
Butler, Gent., to be Ensign, April 11.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery—
James Anderson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, April 12.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Car-
iington Jones, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Graham,
whose appo'ntinent has been cancelled, March 26.
2.1 Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Lieutenant John
Knight Fitz Herbert to be Captain ; Edward Ward Fox,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Fitz Herbert, April 21. To
be Ensigns—Bernard Lucas, Gent. ; .Felix Garinston
Goodwin, Gent. ; William Davis, Gent. ; Frederick Hal-
brook Peat, Gent. ; Edward Brabant, Gent. ; William
Stephen Henry Dunlevie, Gent., April 21.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.

Stephen Cowperthwaite, bobbin turner, Manningham,
Bradford.
Ezekiel Meade, tavern-keeper, Bristol.
BANKRUPTS.

John Appleton, flour dealer, Stoke Newinzton-road,
Middlesex, to surrender, May 4, at half-past eleven, and
June 7, at one? at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Heath, Finsbury.
Daniel Cutter and Thomao Hunter, tailors,- Regent-
street, Westminster, May 4, at twelve, and June 1, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cajan
official assignee, Aldermanbury; Ford and Lloyd, Blooms.
bury-square.
Joseph Webb, hotel-keeper, Scarborough, May 4 and
25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds ; Dimmock and Burbey, Cannon-
street ; Preston, Bond-street, Leeds.
Martin Brown and Robert Ingham, power-loom cloth
manufacturers, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, May 9 and June
6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
fficial assignee, Manchester ; Radcliffe, Blackburn ;
Accrington.
Ann Gregory, licensed victualler, Liverpool, May 9 and
28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Payne, Liverpool.
Daniel Harris, bookseller and stationer, Upper Hollo-
way, May 4, at eleven, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Dinn, Doctors'-commons.

William Alfred Putnam, glass and china dealer, Strand,
May 4, at twelve, and June 7, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build-
ings; McDuff, Holborn; Lock, Chelsea.
Edward Pritchard, clothier, Monmouth, May 7 and 29,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
assignee, Bristol; Nicholas, Monmouth ; Bevau and Gir-
ling, Bristol.
Samuel Oldfield, John Allan, and John Sinclair Con-
zens, merchants, Huddersfield, May 4 and June 15, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Betty Worsley and James Heys, cotton manufacturers,
Helmshore, Lancashire, May 11 and June 7, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assig-
nee, Manchester ; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester.
Josiah Snibson, Thomas Snibson, and William Snibson,
wholesale grocers and drysalters, Manchester, May 10 and
May 25, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Manchester • Atherton, Manchester.
James Lamb, Edward Lewis, and William Thomas
Allum, cement manufacturers, Wouldham, Kent, and
Kingsland-road, trading under the firm or style of Thomas
Freer-(and not Fuen, as advertised in the Gazette of the
13th inst.), and Co., April 23, at half-past ono, and June
16, at twelve, at tha Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, offi-
cial assignee, Guildhall Chambers; Lawrance, Plows, and
Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Shields, grocer and spirit merchant, Dunferm-
line ; creditors meet May 9, at Turnbull's Commercial
Hotel, Dunfermline.

James Cormie, smith and machine maker, Glasgow;
May 7, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow.
J. and J. I,l`Donald, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow ;
May 1, at Grab am's London Temperance Hotel, Glasgow.