The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-23 00:00:00

BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place conee4
quent upon the deaths of the following officers, viz. :
General John Viscount O'Neill, died 12th February.
Lieutenant-General Sir T. H. Browne, died 11th March.
Lieutenant-General John Duffy, C. 8., died 17th March.
Major-General Hugh H. Rose, teing the senior super-
numerary Major-General, to succeed to the vacancy on the
fixed establishment.
Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Smith, 29th Foot, to be
Colonel, March 22.
Major William Case, 321 Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
March 23.
Captain William Justin Maeearthy, 84th Foot, to be
Major, March 23.
The undermentioned Officers of the Royal Artillery
having retire]. upon full pay, under tho provisions of the
Royal Warrant for the Ordnance Department, dated 3d
November, 1854, to have the honorary Rank of Colonel
in the Army :
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Tylee, March 8.
Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour Hamilton, March 8.
Lieutenant Richard Leeke Bingham, of the Bombay
Fusiliers, doing duty at the East Company's Depot at
Warley, during the absence in Turkey of the Adjutant, to
have the rank of Lieutenant while so employed, March 23.
The uudermentioned Cadets of the East India Company's
Service to have the local anti temporary rank of Ensign,
timing the period of their being placed under the command
of Lieutenant-Calonel Saudhana, of the Royal Engiueei
at Chatham, for field instruction in the art of Sapping and
Mining :
Morton Edward Eden, Gent., March 23.
Frederick Augustus Howes, Gent., March 23.
George Battine, Gent., March 23.
Captain E award Adams, Secretary and Adjutant of the
Royal Military Asylum, to be Major in the Army, Novem-
ber 11, 1851.
MEMORANDA.—The Christian names of Captain Layard,
38th Foot, are Arthur John.
The Christian names of Ensign Butts, appointed to the
77th Foot on the 9th March, 1855, are Aubrey Thomas.
The Christian names of Ensign Woodrooffe, appointed
to the Cape Mounted Riflemen ma the 9th March, 1855,
aro William Erskine.

The promotion of Ensign W. H. Gill to a Lieutenantcy,
without purchase, in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to bear
date the 7th July, 1851, in lien of 25th August, 1851, as'
previously stated.
The names of Ensign Cave of the 68th Foot, aro Bowyer
Wonwan Cave Browre Cave.
The second Christian name of Ensign Booth, of the Rifle
Brigade is Bower, and not-Been, as previously stated.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF AR! ILLERY.
Captain Peter Maclean to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Tylce, retired upon full-pay, Marell'3; -
Second Captain George Leo Chandler to be Captain, vice
Maclean, March 8
First Lieutenant William John Bolton to be Second
Captain, vice Chandler. March 8.
Seecnci Lieutenant Charles Edmund Southouse Scott to
be Fiat Lieutenant, vice Bolton, March 8.
Captain Anthony Benn to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Hamilton, retired on full-pay, March 8.
Second Captain Charles George Arbuthnot to be Cap-
tain, Tice Benn, March 8.
First Lieutenant Samuel George Batchellor to be Second
Captain, vice Arbuthnot, March 8.
Second Lieutenant Henry Dowdeswell Pitt to be First
Lieutenant, vies Batchellor, March 8.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 22.
Tim Queen has been pleased to approve of the 2d Regi-
ment of Derbyshire Militia being formed into a Rate
Corps.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Derby—Edward Radfcrcl, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, March 16. _ _ .

County of Hon6nrablo Robert Temple Har-
ris Temple to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 19.
County Palatine of Lancaster—Thomas Fairbairn, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 17.
West _Riding of Yorkshire—Thomas Clough Taylor,
Esq., and Godfrey Armitage, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenants, March 17. _ . _

3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
John Mosse, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Loftus, appointed
to the Grenadier uards March 17 ; Major Edward Pro-
thero to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Barnett, deceased ;
Captain Thomas John Str.nnard M'Adam to be Major,
vice Protbero, promoted ; Lieut. John Henry Mainwaring
to be Captain, vice M'Adam, promoted ; Ensign Alfred
Andrew Pins rn to be Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, pro-
moted ; Ensign Kynaston Walter Smith to be Lieutenant,
vice F. P. Smith, retired ; Athelstan Owen Powell, Gent.,
to be Ensign, March 20.
4th Regiment Of West York Militia— Charles Spiller,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 20.
Ist West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—
Lieuteiaant John Field Wright to be Captain, vice Sir
William Cooke, Bart., resigned ; Cornet Mansfeldt de
Cardonnell Elmsall to be Lieutenant, vice Wright, pro-
moted ; John Thomas Cator, Gent., to be Cornet, vice
Elmsall, promoted, March 20.
Tower lianilets—King's Own Light Infantry Regiment
of Militia—Ensign Cambell Knolly's Price to be Lieute-
nant, vice Feotham, who retires.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Henry Lionel Dymoke,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Parkinson, resigned,
March 15.
West Essex Militia —William Alexander Gilbert, Gent.,
to be Ensign, March 17.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Ensign Robert Hickman to be Lieutenant, vice Legge,
appointed to the Coldstream Guards, March 2.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment cf Staffordshire Yeo-
manry Cavalry—Walter Williams, Gent., to be Lieute-
naLt, March 0.
"Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—William Henry
Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, March 2; Lavallen Henry
D'Arcy, Gent., to be Ensign, March 6.
Stirliugshire, &c., or 90th Regiment of Militia—Alex-
ander McFarlane, Esq., jun., to be Lieutenant, vice James
George Syroe, resigned.
Fifeshi re Militia—William Welwood Manconochie, Cap.
t ii.o Bengal Light Cavalry, to be Captain ; William Haig,
Grnt , to be Second Lieutenant, March 19.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Morgan Cul-
lum°, Surgeon, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 22.
Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles Militia
Artillery—James Connell, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
March '2O.

lit or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En-
sign Matthews Copplestone to be Lieutenant, vice Ross,
resigned. March 15.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry. Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Daniel Williams, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Swan, promoted, March 15.
The Galloway Rifles—Maximilian Grant, Gent., to be
Surgeon, vienMr..David Blair, retired, March 1.
East Suffolk Militia—Artillery Corps—William Henry
Horsley Dakins, Esq., to be Captain, vice Whithead, re-
signed, March 19.
Dorset Regiment of Militia—Reginald Foot, Esq., late
14th Regiment, to be Captain, vice Sands, retired,
March T 9.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap 32, fcr
the Week ending on Saturday the 17ill day of March, 1855.
Notes issued .•.•• .... k 7, -79,575

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,479,915
Silver latl.lon ........ -

.E 7,170,975

£27,479,975
4. AiAI:SHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated tho 221 day of March, 1;

BANKING DE'
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,0'?0
Rest .... •••••• • • • • • • 3,644,317
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 5,077,843
Other depo-di s ... •• • 11,153,862
Seven Day and other
. . 891,692

;PARTMENI:.

Government stleuritles

(includg.llead Weight
Annuity-) • • 11,583,885
Other securities.-- 14 521,596
Notes .• .. .......... 8,495,565
Gold and silver coin.. 721,26 S

£35,322,714
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 22d day of March, 1855.

£35,322,714

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com-
puted from the returns'made in the week ending the 20th
March, 1855, is 208 9:ld per hundredweight exclusive of
the duties of Customs pv.id or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.