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London, England, 1855-03-24 00:00:00

G, MARCH 24, 1855.

Bremen haven to the Danish coast. At,Elsinore the ice had
all broken up, and it was anticipated that the navigation to
Flensburg would be open on the 4th of April.
The Apothecaries' Company have shipped 13 large cases of
medical and surgical stores, for conveyoce to Eupatoria, for
the use of the hospital staff attached t 4 the Turkish army.
Messrs. Hodgkinson and Co., of Uppert Tlaames-street, have
also sent a large quantity of medicines to the military hos-
pitals at Scutari, and to the surgical star of the army beforo
Sebastopol.

TEE LONDON GAZETTE OR LAST NIGII7'.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 22.

The Queen has baen pleased to present the Rev. Wm.
Montgomerie Walker to the church and parish of Dailly,
in the presbytery and county of Ayr, vacant by the death
of the Rev. David Strong.

WAR-OFFICE, lllA.n.cir 22.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards.--Lieutenant St. George
Caulfield to ba Captain, by purchase vice Streatfeibl, who
retires ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant James Keith Fraser
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Caulfield; March 23.
2d Life Guards.—Corporal John Reid to be Riding
Master, ITeh. 9.

3d Light Dragoons.—Henry Fawcett, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Manse!, promoted, Marzh 23.
4th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry. Jennings to be
Adjutant, vice Ellis, promoted, Mardi 23.
Grenadier Guards—Assistant-Surgeon Frederick Gus-
tavus Hamilton, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Wardrop, promoted, March 23.
. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Lvgatt to be
Adjutant, vice M`Kenna, who resigns the Adj utantcy only,
March 23..

7th Foot—Ensign William Hope to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Nevin, promoted, March 23.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant G. E. Huddlostone to be Pay-
master, vice Hartley, deceased, March 23.
9th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign
Arthur Francis Bingham Wright, from the Dorset Militia,
March 22; John Dane, Gent., March 23.
11th Foot--E,.sign Thomas Hill to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Maclean, promoted in the Rifle Brigade,
March 23.

14th Foot—George John Newman Beamish, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, March 23.
15th Foot—Ensign W. G. Hawkins to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Powell, appointed Paymaster, 51st Foot ;
William Starke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hawkins, March 23.

17th Foot.—Tl be Ensign, without purchase—John
Moore Travers, Gent., March 23.

19th Foot—Ensign H. J. Browne to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Molisell, deceased, Feb. 17 • En-
sign E. N. Kindersley to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Browne, whose prouletion on the 9th March, 1855,
has been cancelled, March 9:

2lst Foot—Ensign Isaac T. Coffin to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Templeman, promoted, March 23.
32d Foot—Edwin Harmar, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Webb, promoted, March 2 t.
39th Foot—Ensign John Tryon, from the Ist West
India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
March 23.

40th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Dawson to be Captain,
without purchase; vice Wise, died of his wounds, Dec. 22;
Lieutenant G. Owen Bowdler to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Athorley, appointed to the Rifle Brigade,
March 23 ; Ensign Charles F. Brooke to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Dawson, Dec. 22 ; Ensign L. Nes-
bitt Lloyd to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brooke,
whose promotion on 12th Jan. has been cancelled, Jan. 12 ;
Ensign John Armstrong to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Bowdler, March 23.
41st Foot —Lieut. J. E. Harvey, from the 36th Foot, to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Barnard, promoted,March 23.
42d Foot—Ensign Charles Douglas, from the Royal Ca-
nadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Mill, who resigns; Percy Mackie Bosworth,
Gent., to ba Ensign, without purchase, vice Leith, who
resigns, March 23:
43d Foot—Ensign Honourable A. E. Harris to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, 'vice Honourable Richard
Monck, promoted in the Rifle Brigade, March 23.
48th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Benbow, from the Royal
Elthorne or sth Middlesex Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, March 23.
49th Foot—Major W. H. C. Baddeley to beLieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase; Ensign Alexander Daniel Gil-
son, from the West Essex Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, March 23.
50th Foot--_-To be Ensigns, without purchase—Edward
Hugh Hamou Massy, Gent., March 22 ; William Langmead
Lewes, Gent., March 23.
55th Foot--RobertFitzGerald Dalton, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, March 23.
57th Foot—Edmund Filmer, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, March 23.
60th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Bedford
to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 23.
To be Majors, without purchase. —Captain W. Butler,
vice Bedford ; Captain J. Douglas ; Brevet-Lieutenant-
Colonel the Hon. A. Hope, March 23. To be Captains,
without purchase.—Lieutenants A. Fitz Gerald, vice But-
ler; F. A. St. John, vice Douglas; F. Andrews, vice
Hope; F. Dawson ° • J. P. Battersby ; J. L. E. Baynes ;
B. E. Ward • V. Tongue ' • H. Robinson ; R. W.
Brooke ; R. Freer ; F. C. Fletcher ; E. Bowles ;
R. J. E. Robinson ; C. W. Earle, March 23. To
be Lieutenants, without purchase—Secand Lieutenakts
H. P. Eaton, vice Fitz Gerald; W. Cubitt, vice St. John ;
F. D. Farquharson, vice Andrews; J. J. Phillipps ; J. S.
D. M`Gill ; J. D. Mathias ; James Hare ; Ensigns H. G.
Deedes, J. D'O. George, L. E. Traherne, J. J. Collins,
and D. G. N. Watts-Russell. To be nsigns, without
purchase—Francis Vernon Northey, _Gent., March 22 ;
Philip Jule, i Cut tis, Gent, March 23. To be Quartermas-
ter Q uartermaster-Serjeant Hugh Oa pbell; March 23.
62d Foot—Lieutenant J. W. Tibbits to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Kilvington, deceased; Ensign W.
' Drin," to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tlbbits,
Feb. 26; Ensign W. M. Tharp to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice ll.ing, whose promotion on the 9th March
has been cancelled, March 9; George Fox Grant, Geut.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, March 23.
6lth Foot-George Henry John Haldane, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Hudson, promoted, March 23.
77th Foot—William James Wanklyn, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, March 21 ; Harcourt Mortimer Ben-
gongh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchasa, March 22 ; Robt.
Arthur Rising, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
March. 23. •

79th Foot—George Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, March 23.
82d Foot—Stuart Douglas, Gent., to bs Ensign, by pur-
chase, March 23.
85th Foot—Lieutenant J. Boyd, to be qapiain, without
purchaso, vice Brevet-Major O'Brien, deceased ; Ensign
A. R. Ord to be Lieutenant; without purchase, vice Boyd,
Jan. 23.

83th Foot—Major G. V. Maxwell to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase ; Captain Edward John V.
Brown to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Jeffreys, promoted ; Lieutenant S. Hen-
ning to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brown ; John
Daniel Garner Dodgin, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, March 23.
89th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Edward
Hales., Gent, March 21 ; Notterville John Baron, Gent.,
March 22; John Cordeiro Warne, Gent., March 23.
91st Feot.—To be Assistant-Surgeons.—Acting Assist-
ant-Surgeon Philip Frank, M.D. ; Acting Assistant-Sur-
geon William Gordon, M D., March 23.
93d Foot—Lieutenant C. W. M‘Donald to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Woodford,
who retires; Ensign Oliver Goldsmith, from the 3d Royal
Lancashire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
March 23.
95th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Gresham Parke, from the
East Norfolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
March 23.
97th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Henry
Proctor, Gent., March 21 ; John Wright Shaw, Gent.,
March 22 ; David John Dickson Safford, Gent., March 23.
99th Foat—Assistant-Surgeon William Joseph Macfar-
lane, from the GOth Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Hadley, pro•
!noted on the Staff, March 23.
Rifle Brigade—Major E. A. Somerset to be Lieutenant-
Colcnel, without purchase ; Captain Henry Hardinge to
be Major, without purchase, vice Somerset, March 23.
To be Captains, without purchase—Captain F. H. A.ther-
ley, from the 40th Foot, ♦ice Hardinge ; Lieutenants
Hoarce F. Hill, from the 55th Foot; H. J. Maclean, from
the 11th' Foot ; the Honourable R. Houck, from
the 43d Foot ; H. R. L. Newdigate, vice Hardinge ; A.
H. Stephens ; G. S. Windham ; P. Lo B. Egerton ; W.
Deedes ; Boyd Francis Alexander,. March 23. To be
Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns A. L. Tot-
tenham ; W. T. Rooper ; W. J. H. Rutliven ; J. F. Hen-
ley ; J. Clerk ; J. C. Pester ; H. D. Baillie ; E. S. G.
"Woodford ; H. A. Striven ; Palmer Whalley from the
40th FOot, March 23. To be Ensigns, without purchase—
Lieutenant Andrew Green, from the 3d Royal Surrey
Militia, March 20; Lewis Percival, Gent., March 21; Fitz-
Roy Stephen, Gent., March 22 ; Edmund George Johnson,
Gent., March 23.

2d West India Regiment—Edmund Froderick Tarte,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davy, promoted,
March 23.

Royal Military Asylum—Captain Edward Adams, Un-
attached, to be Secretary and Adjutant, vice Addison, ap-
pointed Deputy Assistant-Adjutani -General, March 23.
IJNATTACIIED.—Brevet-Colonel Sir Abraham Josias
Cloete, C. 8., Major on half•pay Unattached, late Deputy
Quartermaster-General at the Cape of Good Hope, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, March 23.
STAFF.—Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Selby
Smyth, of the 2d or Queen's Regiment of Foot, to be
Deputy Quartermaster-General to the troops serving at the
Cape of Good Hope, with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in
the army, vice Sir A. J. Cloete, C.8.,wh0 resigns ; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel E. R. Jeffreys, from alf-pay unattached,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel of a Provisional Depot Battalion
vice Horsford, appointed to the Rifle Briga ; Quarter-
master Daniel Doherty, from the 38th Foot, to be Quarter-
master of a Provisional Depot Battalion, vice Goddard,
whose appointment has been cancelled, March 23.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Henry Hadley, M.D.,
from the 99th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class,
vice Marshall, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon W. Mac A-
ndrew, M.D., from the 96th Foot, to be Staff• Surgeon of the
Second Class, vice Delmege, promoted, March 23.
BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent upon the deaths of the following officers, via.:—
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. Rese, being 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, 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
March 23.
Captain William Justin MacCarthy, 81th Foot, to be
Major, March 23.
The undermentioned Officers of the Royal Artillery
having retired upon full pay, under the provi,ions of the
Royal Warrant for the Ordnance D,Tartineut, dated 3d
November, 1854, to have the honorary Rank of Colonel
iu the Army :
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Tylee, March 8.
Lieutenant• Colonel Francis Seymour Ilamilton, March 8.
Lieutenant Richard Lecke 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 undermentioned Cadets of the East ludi
Service to have the local and temporary rank of Enaign,
during the period of their being placed under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Sandham, of the 113y.1 Engineers
at Chatham, for field instruction in the art of Sapping and
Mining :
Morton Edward Edon, Gent., March 23
Frederick Augustus Howes, Gent., March 23.
George Battine, Gent., March 23.
Captain Edward 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 aames of Ensign Woodrooffe, appointed
to the Cape Mounted Riflemen oa the 9th March, 1853,
are William Erskine.
The promotion of Ensign W. H. Gill to a Lieuteuantcy,
without purchase, in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to bear
date the 7th July, 1854, in lieu of 25th August,lBsl, as
previously stated.
The names of Ensign Cave of the 68th Foot, are Bowyer.
Wentnan Cave Browre Cave.
The second Christian name of Ensign Booth, of the Rifle
Brigade, is Bower, and not B3wen, as previously stated.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
Captain Peter Maclean to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Tylee, retired upon full-pay, March 8.
Second Captain George Lee Chandler to be Captain, vice
Maclean, March 8.
First Lieutenant William John Bolton to be Second
Captain, vice Chandler, March 8.
Second Lieutenant Charles Edmund Southouse Scott;to
be First Lieutenant, vice Bolton, March 8.
Captain Anthony Been to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Hamilton, retired on full-pay, March 8.
Second Captain Charles George Arbuthnot to be Cap-
tain, vice Bean, March 8.
First Lieutenant Samuel George Batchellor to be Second
Captain, vice Arbuthnot, March 8.
Second Lieutenant Henry Dowdeswell Pitt to be /114
Lieutenant, vice Batchellor, March 8.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 22.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of the 2d Reg-
went of Derbyshire Militia being formed into a Rifle
Corps.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Derby—Edwaid Radford, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, March 16.

County of Kent—The Honourable Robert Temple Har-
ris Temple to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 19.
County Palatine of Lancaster—Thomas Fairbairn, Esq.,
to bo Deputy Lieutenant, March 17.
West itiding of Yorkshire—Thomas Clough Taylor,
Esq., and Godfrey Armitage, Esq., to be Daputy Lieu-
tenants, March 17.

3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia:—
John Mosse, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Loftus, appointed
to the Grenadier Guards, March 17; Major Edward Pro-
thero to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Barnett, deceaseC. •
Captain Thomas John Stannard M'Adam to be Majcir:
vice Prothero, promoted ; Lieut. John Henry Mainwarieg
to be Captain, vice M'Adam, promoted ; Ensign Alfred
Andrew Pinson to be Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, pro.
meted ; 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—
Lieutenant 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 Hamlets—King's Own Light Infantry Regiment
of Militia—Ensign Cowbell Knollys Price to be Lieute-
nant, vice Feetham, who retires.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Henry Lionel Dymoke,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Parkinson, resigned,
March 15.

West Easex 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 of Staffordshire Yeo-
manry Cavalry—Walter Williams, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant, March 9.
:Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—William Henry
Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, March 2 ; Lavallen Henry
D'Arcy, Gent., to be Ensign, March 6.
Stirlingshire, &c., or 90th Regiment of 3filitia—M4-
ander McFarlane, Esq., jun., to be Lieutenant., vice Jamps
George Syme, resigned.
Fifesbire Militia—William Welwood Maconochie, Cap-

tain Bengal Light Cavalry, to be Captain ; William Hai',
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 19.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Morgan Cul-
hano, Surgeon, M.D., to bq Assistant-Surgeon, March 2?.
Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peebles Militia
Artillery—James Connell, Gent., to be Lientenaut,
March 20.
let or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—E -
sign Matthews Copplestone to be Lieutenant, vice Ro ,
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, vice Mr. David Blair, retired, March 1. •
East Suffolk Militia—Artillery Corpi—William Henry
Horsley Baking' 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 19.

BANKR UPTS.
Philip Henry Hatch, woollen warehouseman, Wood-
street, City, to surrender, March 30, at half-past two, and
April 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee,
official assignee, Aldermanbury ; J. and J. H. Linklater,
Bucklersbury.
Thomas Hudson, grocer, Chobliam, April 3, at half-past
two, and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; J. andfJ. H. Link-
later, Bucklersbury.
George Harris, grocer, Chichester, Sussex, April 3, at
three, and May 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Basiugliall-street ; Palmer,
Palmer, and Bull, Bedford-row, London ; Titchener,
Chichester.
Henry Bunny, brickmaker, Newbury, March 30, at two,
and May 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can-
nan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lawrence, Plewis,
and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers • Talbot, Newbury.
Isaac William Walton, hotel keeper, Haymarket,
March 30, at half-past one, and May 4, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Bailey, Mitre-court Chambers, Temple.
James 'Wilson, tailor, Princes-street, Hanover-square,
April 3 and 30, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfold, official assignee ; Campbell and Witty,
Exeter-street, Strand.
Frederick George Teal. and Francis Smith, builders,
Blsckfriars-road, April 4, and May 2, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Wetherfield,
Basiughall-street.
Thomas Leavesley, silk dyer, Coventry, April 7, and
2S, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; Minster, Coventry ; Reece,
Birmingham.
Charles James William Morris, draper, Bilston, April 2
and 30, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assigneb, Birmingham ; Cowdell,
Hinckley ; James, Birmingham.
Heekin Osborn, wine merchant, Leicester,
April 3 and May 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Spooner,
Leicester; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
Walter Wilde, corn broker, Liverpool, April 5 and
May 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
James Crinan, grocer, Burnley, April 4 and 25 at eleven;
at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official as-
signee, Manchester ; Haigh, Liverpool ; Sale, Worthing-
ton, and Shipman, Manchester.
Martha Hope Ireland, dyer, Newton Heath, Lancashire,
April 4 and 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; J. and B.
Whitworth, Manchester.
John Morgan, spinner, Preston, April 3, and May 1, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee, Manchester ; Bickerstaff and Myres, Preston.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
• "

Robert Cruickshanks, grOcer, Auchinairn, Lanarkshire.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturds

ENGLAND.
'th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, fo
the lith day of March, 1855.
LSTMENT.

ISSUE DEP,
X
Notes issued ..•• .... 27,479,975

Government debt.... 11,015,10,
Other securities ...... 2,983,90,
Gold coin and bullion 13,379,97
Silver bunion

£47,479,975

X17,479,9'
r. MARSITA.LL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 22d day of March, 18