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London, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.)

OCT.WAR DEPARTMENT, l6.
graciously pleased to give orders for
The Queen has been
Lo Comte Vaillant, Marshal of
appointing
his
Excellency
Honorary If ber and General James
France, to be a
Simpson to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Divi-
sion of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the
'
Most Honourable Order of the Bath ;
M:qor-General Hugh
Commissioner at
Henry Rose, C. 8., her Majesty's Military %me
East,
the Head Quarters of the French Army it
an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Secondto be
Class or Knights Commanders; and Lieutenant-Colonel
_
Edward Stopford Claremont, her Majesty's Military Com-
missioner at Paris ; Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable
Sir George Gerald Foley, her Majesty's Assistant Commis-
sioner at the Head Quarters of the French Army in the I
East ; and Lieutenant Colonel John Linton Arabin Sim.
mons, her Majesty's Military Commissioner at the Head
Quarters of the Turkish Army in Asia, to be Ordinary
Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or
Companions of the said Most Honourable Order.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 15.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Stockholm,
enclosing copy of a Royal Decree, allowing the free impor-
tation into the kingdom of Sweden, until the end of May,
1856, of the following articles, viz.:—Corn of all kinds,
ground and nnground ; bread of all kinds ; grain of all
kinds; Maize; rice in the husk, or paddy; potatoes or
potato
meal , • butter , • cheese ; meat of all kinds ; animals,
viz.—oxen, cows and young stock, calves, pigs; pork;
tallow ; train and other oils of all kinds ; stearine ; candles
of stearine,
tallow, and margarine ; fish, salted, of all
kinds,
except anchovies, sardelles, and tunny fish ; fish,
smoked
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Oct 15.
the _Lords of the Committee of Privy
The Right Hon.
Plantations have received, through
Council far Trade anti
Foreiem Affairs, a copy of a clo-
the Secretary of State for
ACiister at Stockholm, en-
*patch from her Majesty's i ir
temporarily exempting
closiug copy of a Royal decree,
Swedish t s.
from quarantine foreign vessels arriving inport

WAR-OFFICE, OcT. 16.

6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant George
Wardlaw to be Captain, by purchase, vice Morton, who
retires.

4th Light Drag°°llß—Lieutenant C. A. G. Browne to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Marshall, de
ceased ;
Cornet E. W. Blackett to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Browne.
Royal Artillery—Second Captain Charles Neville Lovell
to be Captain, vice Fitzßoy, died of his wounds ; Lieute-
nant Robert Horsley Ricketts Rowley to be Second GlP-
tain, vice Lovell. The dates of promotion of the under-
mentioned Officers to be altered as follows, viz. :—Captain
Samuel E. Gordon to 11th September, 1855 ; Second Cap-
tain Frederic Luard to 11th September, 1855 ; Captain
John G. Boothby to liiih September, 1855 • Second Cap-
tain Alexander H. Hurray to 16th September, 1855 ;
Second Captain John A. P. Adams to 16th September,
1855. And the commissions of Captain Matthew Bligh
Fords, and Second Captain Reginald Henry. Champion to
be dated the 18th of August, instead of the 17th August,

1855. Lieutenant William George Le Mesurier to be
Second Captain, vice Batchellor, retired on half-pay.
Royal Engineer—Lieutenant George Ranken to be Se-
rond Captain, vice Arthur P. Smith, deceased,
7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Charles S. Courtenay to
he Lieutenant, without purchase; Fitzmaurice Beau-
hemp. Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Courte-
•may. The first Christian name of Lieutenant Waller, ap-
;ointed Adjutant on 9th October, 1655, is Ge,sge and not
rohn as previously stated.
9th Foot—Wm. Frederick Field, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
20th Foot—Captain George Steevens to be Major, -with-
out purchase, vice Crawley, who retires upon full-pay.
To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. Francis Pad-
field, vice Brevet-Major Chapman, died of his wounds;
Lieut.W. L. D. Meares, vice Steevens. To be Lieutenants,
without purchase—Ensign W. D. Munn, vice Padfield ;
Ensign Honourable Adolphus E. P. Vereker, vice Meares.
To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign George B. Dian,
vice Warren, promoted ; Ensign George Gethin, vice
Rotherham, who retires. To be Ensign, by purchase—
Robert Blount Gent., vice Gethin. To be Ensign, with-
out purchase--Frederick Augustus Ramsay, Gent., vice
Vereker.
22d Foot—Graham Palliser, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase.
23d Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
sign Edwin Utterton and Ensign W. Bloxsome. To be
Ensigns, without purchase—Lieutenant J. W. W. Cost-
ley, from the Royal South Gloucester Militia, vice Utter-
ton ; George Packe, Gent., vice Bloxsome.
27th Foot—Lieutenant Christophilus Garstin, from the
96th Foot, to be Lieutenants without purchase.
28th Foot—Napoleon FitzStubbs, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Kingsley, promoted.
29th Foot—Captain Frederick Edward Sorell, from the
41st Foot, to be Captain, vice Tonnochy, who exchanges.
To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign Warrington
Taylor, vice Hart, deceased ; Ensign N. P. Ledgard, vice
Taylor, whose promotion on 27th July has been cancelled.
To be Ensign without purchase— Ensign George F. Hart,
from the 40th Foot, vice Ledgard.
31st Foot—Lieutenant Hubert C. Gould, from the let
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzmaurice,
who exchanges.
33d Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign
Richard Statham ; Ensign R. L. Bayliff ; Ensign R. H.
Roberts. To be Ensigns, without purchase—James Mau-
rice Shipton, Gent., vice Statham ; Marcus Lynch, Gent.,
vice Bayliff; Frederick Easton Gent., vice Roberts.
40th Foot—Samuel Roden Handy, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Hart, appointed to the 29th Foot.
41st Foot—Major Robert Pratt to be Lieutenant-Co-
lonel, without purchase, vice Einan, killed inaction ; Cap-
tain R. 0. F. Steward to be Major, without purchase,
vice Pratt.
43d Foot—Ensign F. G. E. Glover to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Grace, deceased. The surname of
the Lieutenant promoted to be Captain on the 9th Oct.,
1855, is Col vile and not Colville as previously stated.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Palmer to be Adjutant,
vice Buchanan, promoted.
48th Foot.—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
signs J. Rawlins, G. G. G. F. Piggott, H. J. W. Wilkin-
son, L. de Montmorency Prior. To be Lieutenant by pur-
chase—Ensign C. Campbell, vice Hon. R. J. Handcock,
who retires. To be Ensigns without purchase—Henry
Theophilus Sheppard, Gent., vice Rawlins ; Charles Henry
Chauncey, Gent., vice Piggott ; Henry O'Brien, Gent.,
vice Wilkinson.

49th Foot—Ensign R. F. Burrowes to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Michell, whose promotion, without
purchase, on the 2d as been cancelled.
.oth Foot—Ensign Oct.,V. F. Le Poer Trench to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Young, whose promotion,
without purchase, on 2d Oct., has been cancelled.
62d ',out—Ensign John A. Chippindall to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Eao.ar, deceased.
81st Foot—Captain Valens Tonnochy, from the 29th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Sorell, who exchanges.
83d Foot—Ensign G. W. 11. Wardell, from the 26th
Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Culthurst, pro-
moted.

84th Foot —The name of the Ensign appointed on 14th
May, 1855, is J. B. Maclennan, and not J. B. Macleman
Is previously stated.
85th Foot—Captain William Williamson to be Major,
by purchase, vice Massy, who retires • Lieutenant Charles
Wells Hogge to be Captain, by purchase, vice Williamson.
83th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En-
signs J. D. G. Dodgin, E. C. Mallet, and M. N. Woodard.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign Douglas Nichol.
son, from the Sligo Militia, vice Dodgin; Quartermaster
Edmund de Blaquiere, from Westmeath Rifle Regiment
of Militia, vice Mallet.

90th R;ot—Lieutenant P. A. L. PI-.ipps to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Vaughan, killed in action ; Ensign
James Barr to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Phipps ; Henry William Hassard, Gent., to be Ea,ign,
without purchase, vice Barr.

92d FOot—LieUtenant G. P. Drought, from the 62d
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
96th Foot—Lieutenant Octavius Lowry to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Hon. L. W. Mlles, appointed to the
Rifle Brigade; Ensign John Whitty to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Garstin, appointed to the 27th
Foot; Lieutenant William Cameron Geddes, from the
Edinburgh Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Whitty; Alfred Edward Cookson, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice G. Irwin Thompson, promoted.
97th Foot—First Lieutenant Richard Butler Hamilton
Lowe, from the South Tipperary Militia, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice J. E. D. Hill, promoted.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant G. R. 11. Fitz-
maurice, from the 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gould,
who exchanges.
3d West India Regiment—Staff-Serjeant-Major Thomas
Dunn to be Ensign, without purchase, vice blorrah, ap-
pointed to the Cape Mounted Riflemen ; Serjeant Martin
Doorley to be Quartermaster, vice Grant, appointed Pay-
master 41st Foot.

BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.—Henry Barret Bromley,
Esq., to be Paymaster.
UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet-Toientenant-Colonel
the Hon. FrancisColborne, 15th Foot, to have the substan-
tive rank of Major in conformity with the Royal Warrant
of Oct. 6, 1854 ; Lieutenant J. Theodore Ling, from the
14th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase; Lieut.
Alexander Hawtrey, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be
Captain, without purchase.
STAFF.—Paymaster Alexis Conccran, half-pay 46th
Foot, to be Paymaster of a Depot; William Summerfield,
Esq., to be Paymaster of the East Indi t Depots, at Chat-
ham, vice Macdonald, who zetires upon a military allow-
ance.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Snrgeon Alex,
Stuart has been permitted to resign his appointment.
BREVET.

Major Henry Crawley, retired full-pay, 20th Foot, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank being
honorary only._ _

Lieutenant-Colonel John Thomas Leslie, C. 8., Com-
mandant of the East India Company's Depot at Warley,
to have the local rank of Colonel is the Army while so
employed. _

kafor Edward Falconer Hay, Second in Command of
the East India Company's Depot at Warley, to have the
local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army while so
employed.
Captain Stephen James Stephens, C. 8., Captain and
Paymaster of the East India Company's Depot at Warley,
to have the local rank of Major while so employed.
Alick John Fraser, Esq., to have the local and tempo-
rary rank of Major in Turkey while employed on a special
service with the Turkish Forces.
The undermentioned gentlemen, having been attached
to the Medical Staff of the Turkish Contingent, to have the
local rank of Acting Assistant-Surgeon in Turkey, while
so employed : S. A. Marshall, Gent. ; William Boyd,
Gent.
MEMORANDUL—Brevet-Major James Speedy, on half-
pay Unattached, as Captain, has been permitted to retire
from the service by the sale of his commission, he being
about to become a settler in New Zealand.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Tower Hamlets,—Edward John Coleman, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant.

Worcestershire Regiment of Militia.—Lieutenant Mar-
tindale Edwin Vale to be Captain, vico William Tumour
Granville, resigned; Ensign Redmond Browne Clayton
Daubeny Daubeny to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Brown
Westhead, resigned ; Ensign Robert John Villers to be
Lieutenant, vice Edward Wildman Busigvy Villers, ap-
pointed to the 34th Foot ; Ensign Join Peel Durdin to be
Lieutenant, vice Roland Davies, appointed to the 4th
(King's Own) Foot.
lit or Royal East Middlesex Regiment ::of Militia—En-
sign Thomas Buckland to be Lieutenant, vice Kittoe, re-
signed; Ensign Robert Holden Stone to be Lieutenant,
vice Hodges, resigned.
Leicester Regiment of Militia— Ensign William Edward
Phelp to be Lieutenant; Samuel Allyne, Gent., to be En-
sign.

-Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia—Ensign Charles Fredk. Surplice to be
Lieutenant, vice R. N. Surplice, appointed to the 56th
Foot.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Ensign Ttomas Shirley
B tll to be Lieutenant, vice Willson, resigned • John A.
Bridges, Ger.t., to be Ensign, vice Ball, promoted.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Fredk.
John Atkinson Dunn, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Lieutenant Conway Whithorne Lovesy to be
Captain, vice Bontein, resigned.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Fielding
Trimmer, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice &Ail, who re-
tires.
Cambridgeshire Militia—John Tibbles, Gent., to be En-
sign vice Layton, promoted.
2ti Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—The
lion. Arthur Wrottesley to bo Major, vice Dyott, pro
moted.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia—
Campbell Rilzind Bedford, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Kerr,
resigned.
Hertfordshire Militia—Ensign George Thomas Dolma
Radcliffe toB
iirffe Regiment
Infantry) of West York Militia.—
late let West York Yeomanry Ca-
vaiThomas a , Gent.,n.
4tl;
3d L(Lieiguhtetn ant.
n' West York Militia—Arthur Hay
Regimen to be Ensign.
of
Regiment be Ensign.
Regiment
6th York Militia—Fred. Bathurst
Cooper, Esq., to be
Maude, Gent., toofb
West
Captain.
Oct. 15.
Admiralty, Somerset-House,
interested therein,
Notice is hereby given, to all persons
Department NofAtihreAALccPoßunlZtaEt-General of the Navy,
MONEY.
that preparations are now making
distri-
bution of proceeds arising from the, loop ju iea
captured on the 3d September, 180-4, by
Archer. forptelithee
ehr intendeds Majesty
's ship
Agents or other persons having
any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said
proceeds, are re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to
.n artier
the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, 1
by
that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed
of
that officer, and paid under the
sanction of the judge the said court.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little de-
lay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the
usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department
of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty,
Somerset House."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution
; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individuals share in the respective classes
will be announced.

PARLIAMENTARY GRANT OP 5,000/ , AWARDED
TO THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF HER MA.
JESTY'S SHIP INVESTIGATOR.
Department of the Accountant-General of
the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House,
October 15, 1855.
Notic3 is hereby given, to all puma interested

therein, that payment of the portions allotted severally
to the Officers (exclusive of Capt. Id`Clure), and Crew of
her Majesty's ship Investigator, payable in respect of spe-
cial service rendered by them whilst employed in the
Arctic Sea, will commence on Thursday. the 25th of Octo-
ber, 1855, in the Department of the Accountant-General
of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House.
Each claimant, in person, is expected to produce his
commission, warrant, or certificate of service. An agent
or other person is to exhibit a power of attorney, or other
instrument, by virtue of which he may be legally autho-
rised to receive the share of an individual entitled to par-
ticipate in the grant.
The following are the sums severally payable to each
person of the rank or rating described :

Lieutenant
Acting-Master .
Surgeon
Assistant-Sugeon
Mate
Clerk in Charge
Carpenter
Boatswain
Ice Mate
Esquimau' Interpreter,
Ship's Cook
Paymaster's Steward
Gunner's Mate
Boatswaia's Mate
Carpenter's Mate
Caulker
Captain of the Hold
Captain of the Foretop __.
Captain of the Forecastle....
Captain of the Maintop ...
Quartermaster
Captain's Coxswain
Blacksmith
Sailmaker
Serjeant of Royal Marines
Corporalof Royal Marines
Able Seamen
Carpenter's Crew
Private of Royal Marines
Subordinate Officers' Steward
Gun-room Steward
Persons who reside at a distance from London, desiring
to receive payment through the Collector of Customs or
of Inland Revenue, at any place within the 'United King-
dom, may intimate the same by letter, enclosing the pro-
per documents, to the " Secretary of the Admiralty,
London."

£ s. d.
271 6 I

174 8 4

} 96 18 0

87 4 2

53 2xo

29 1 5

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
George WeMI Hunter, ironmonger, Liverpool.
BANKRUPTS.
William Dent, plumber, Mewcastle-street, Strand, to
surrender Oct. 30, at twelve, and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
-411 street; Laurance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-
cluvol • 's.

Henry Clarke, seedsman, Church Stretton, Oct. 31 and
Nov. 19, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Kough
and Son, Shrewsbury; Motteram and Knight, Birming-
ham.

James Choat, Bishopegate-street Within, Oct. 29,
and November 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-building ; Holt,
Chatham-place, Blackfriars
William Bagley. market gardener, Fulham-fields and
Dawley-wall, Middlesex, Oct. 29, at eleven, and Nov. 29,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Smith and Son, Bar-
nard's-inn.

James Starkey, builder, Old-street, St. Luke's, Oct.
25, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 23, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court; Stopher, Cheapside.
William Dixey, innkeeper, Bradwell-near-the-Sea,
Essex, Oct. 22, at two, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stunsfeld, official assignee; Digby,
Circus-place, Finsbury ; Digby, Maldon.
Moses Hindle Burrows and Grevile Ruddock, worsted
spinners, Wakefield, Nov. 1 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Bond
and Barwick, Leeds.

Herry Wright, miller, Narrow-street, Limehouse, Oct.
25, at eleven, and Nov. 22, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Moss, Queen-street, Cheapside.
Wm. Long, laceman, Oxford-street, Oct. 25, at two,
and Nov. '29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John •
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Harris, Moorgate-
street.

Richard Jarvis, warehouseman, late of Wolverhampton,
0ct.29 and Nov. 19, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
E. and H. Wright, Birmineana.
William Henry Goodburn Mason, printseller, Brighton,
Oct,. 30, at eleven, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Dupleix, Lin-
coln's-inn-fields.

Charles Arnold, wine merchant, St. Dunstan's-hill,
Oct. 24 at half-past two, and Nov. 27, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Chidley,
Gresham-street.

John Fairbrother, brewer, Hertford, Oct. 31, at half-
past two, and Nov. 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Lawrance,
Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Walter Bick, boot and shoe maker. Gloucester, Oct. 29,
and Nov. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
John Robinson and Company, Glasgow, woollen and
cloth merchants, Oct. 24, at one, within the Crow Hotel,
George-square, Glasgow.