The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-30 00:00:00


At the commencement 4 to 1 was betted agst St.
Hubert, but towftrds the close a reaction took place, and
300 to 100 was booked. 4 to 1 was taken to upwards
of 1001. about Bonnie Morn, and 6 to 1 to various sums
about Lord of the Isles ; at last 500 to 100 was taken.

St. Hubert's position was again shaken. At first 8
to 1 was betted, but an attempt to rally 750 to 100, and
350 to 50, were booked with a strong display of confi-
dence ; but, notwithstmding this demonstration, St.
Hubert fell back again to 8 to 1 laid in fifties. Oulston,
however, gained nothing by the motion-20 to 1 was
still betted agst him. The Cruiser, steadily afloat,
reached 20 to 1 (taken). Further comment is unneces-
sary. Closing prices :—

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 7 apt Miss Mowbray (taken)
100 to 7 aget Bourton (taken)
15 to Lagst Dalkeith (taken)
15 to 1 agst Spring (taken)
16 to 1 agst Bastion (taken)
20 to 1 agst The Nugget (taken)
20 to 1 agst The Pottcr (taken)
25 to 1 aget Warner (taken)
25 to 1 agst Tom Thumb (taken)
GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.
15 to 1 agst Fandango (taken)
20 to 1 apt High Priest (taken)
20 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (takei)
20 to 1 agst Paletot (taken)
20 to 1 aget Pharsalus (taken)
25 to 1 agst Winkfield (taken)
25 to 1 agst Redlands (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst The .Reiver (take 25 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (take 25 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Rotherham (take 25 to 1)
30 to 1 aget Early Bird (taken)
30 to 1 agst Annlovas (taken)
, 40 to 1 agst Brown Brandy (taken)
50 to 1 agst Dalkeith (taken)
50 to 1 aget Bright Phcebus (taken)
50 to 1 aget Scythian (taken)
50 to 1 agst Knight of St. George (taken)
1000 to 15 ag't Bracket, (taken)
THE TWO THOUSAND.
3 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken)
4 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken)
5 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken)
9 to 1 agst Polydoro (taken)
20 to 1 agst Claret (taken)
DEEM'. •
8 to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken).
11 to 1 agst De Clare (offered)
12 to 1 agst Grseculus Esuriens (taken)
12 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken).
15 to 1 aget Rifleman (taken).
20 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken).
20 to 1 agst Oulston (taken)
22 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn
40 to 1 agst Affgban (50 to 1 also laid)
50 to 1 agst Rambling Katie (taken)
50 to 1 agst Vexation colt (taken)
2000 to 30 agst Rotherbatn (taken)
The Prime Minister is struck out ef the City and Su-
burban and th© Newmarket Handicap; and St. Clare is
scratched for the Liverpool Spring Cup, the Northamp-
tonshire Stakes, and Chester Cup.

The General Screw steam -ship Calcutta, which ar-
rived yesterday morning at Southampton from Austra-
lia, will it is expected, be taken up by the Government
for the conveyance of troops. The ship is in excellent
condition, and about a week only is required to render
aher agin fit for sea.

On the motion of Mr. EIADFIELD, the following
order was made :—That the return ordered on the 5th
day of May last of all stuns of money expended or then
due by the several companies, proprietors, or shareholda rs
in the United Kingdom, in obtaining acts of Parlianae:rt
for establishing such companies and their undertakings, or
subsequent thereto, and for branches and additions, or for
purchasing other railways, or amalgamating with ra
il-
ways or canal companies, or otherwise howsoever ; and
all costs, charges, and expenses incurred and occa-
sioned by any actions, suits, and other proceed-
ings at law or in equity, by the said companies,
proprietors, and shareholders, and particularly in-
cluding in such sums, costs, charges, and ,expenses,
all legal charges and engineering expenses of any kind,
and sire;ving what proportion of the said sums, costs,
charges, and expenses has been paid and borne out of
capital, and -what part has been paid and borne out of
the profits of the said companies respectively, be made
forthwith by the railway companies who have not already
complied with that order.
NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
On the motion of Mr. FREW= the following return was
agreed to :—Iteturn of the number of newspaper stamps
at one penny issued to newspapers in England, Wales,
Scotland, aucl Ireland, for the year 1854 (in continuation
of Parliarnelatary paper No. 117, of session 1854).
The house then adjourned at 20 minutes to five
o'clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS ,EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 26.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Joaquin
Pardal as Covsul at St. John's, Newfoundland, for the
Queen of Spain.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. F.
B. Wells as Consul at Bermuda for the United States of
America.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Adolfo Patzot as Consul at Gibraltar for the Oriental Re-
public of the Uruguay.
WAR OFFICE, JAN. 30.

In consequence of the deaths of the following General
Officers, the undermentioned promotion to take place, in
accordance with the provisions of her Majesty's warrant of
theGth October, 18M, viz. :—

General Sir dordonDruirmiond, died Oct. 10, 1354;
General Viscount Lorton, died Nov. 20, 1851;
General Sir James Kempt, died Dec. 20, 1854;—
Lieutenant-General Henry D'Oy]y to be General, Jan
30.

The undermentioned promotion to takeplace consequent
ou the death of the following General Officers, viz. :—
Lioutonant-Gtneral J. F. Ewart, died 23d Oct., 1554 ;
Lieutenant-General Lord F. Fitzclarence, died 30th
Oct., 1854 ;
Lieutenant-General R. Egerton, died Nov., 1854 ;
Major-General Mildinay Fane to be Lieutenant-General,
Jan. 30, 13;5.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the death of the following General Officers, viz. :—
Lientenant-Ge noral Archibald Maelachlan, died 23th
Dec., 1854 ;
Major-General Adams, died 19th Dec., 1854 ;
Major-General Sir James Dennis, died 14th Jan., 1855
Colonel John Bloomfield Gough, C.B., half pay 3d
Dragoons, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, Deputy Quarter-
master-General in Ireland, to b3 Major-General, Jan. 30,
1855.

Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable Charles G. Scott, of the
Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Colonel in the Army, Je.n.30,
1855.

Major Hector Harvest, half-pay 'Unattached, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Jan. 30, 1855.
Captain Richard Clement Moody, of tho Royal En-
gineers, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 30, 1855.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 30.
BREVil T.

The under-mentioned Officers on the Retired Full-pay
List of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, in conse-
quence of the promotion of the officers who stood next
below them on the effective establishment at the time of
their retirement, to receive a step of Brevet promotion, in
accordance with tho 21st clause of the Royal Warrant for
the Ordnance Department, of the 3d Nov., 1854, viz. :—
ROYAL ARTILLERY RETIRED LIST.
TO EN MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel Joseph ➢arby, in consequence of the promotion
of Colonel Crawford, Nov. 28, 1851,
Colonel Richard Thomas King, in consequence of the
promotion of Colonel W. D. Jones, Dec. 13, 1854.
TO BE COLONEL IN TEE ARMY.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Houton Hyde, in consequence
of the promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Flude, Dec. 30,
1854.

ROYAL ENGINEERS RETIRED LIST.
TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel Charles Dixon, in consequence of the promotion
of Colonel Slade, Dec. 13, 1854.
Colonel Sherburne Williams, in consequence of tho pro-
motion of Colonel Blanchard, Dec. 16, MM.
The undermentioned olBeer having completed three
years' service as a Regimental Lieutenant-Colonel of Ar-
tillery; to be promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Army,
viz. :—

Lieutenant.Golonel Thomas Peters Made, Dec. 30, 1854.
The undermentioned officers having been permitted to
retire upon the full-pay list of the Royal Artillery and
Royal Engineers, under the provisions of the Royal War-
rant for the Ordnance Department of the 3d November,
1854, to he promoted to a -step of honorary rank, in ac-
cordance with the regulations established by the said war-
rant, viz. :—
RETIRED FULL-PAY ROYAL ARTILLERY.
TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel Irwin Whitty, Jan. 6, 1855.
Colonel Charle:s Dalton, Jan. 6, 1855.
Colonel Richard Borne Rawnsley, Jan 6, 1855.
TO BE LIEUTESANT-COLONEL.
Brevet-Major Alexander Graham Wilkinson, Dec. 27,
1831.

RETIRED FULL-PAY ROYAL ENGINEERS.
TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.
Colonel Philip Barry, Jan. 13,1855.
Colonel Frederick Wm. Whiny aces, Jan. 13, 1855.
TO BE COLONEL.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hostner Rimington, Jan.
13, 1855.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 29.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
Erratum in the Gazette of Jan. 23, 1855. •
For Captain Thomas Beckett Fielding Marriott to be
Lieutenant-Colonel,
Read Captain Thomas Beckett Feilding Marriott to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.

Artillery Corps of the Royal Lancashire
Blaydes Molyneux, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, Jan. 24.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—Ensign •Thomas Boyce, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Irwin, Jan. 25.
5th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—James
Edard Ford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 25; Thomas
A.rthisr Mills, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 25 ; James
Nolan, Gent., tobe Ensign, Jan. 26.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Greg-
son Harrison, Esq., M.D., to bo Surgeon, Jan. 27.
Royal Wilts Militia—Arthur Austin Moultrie, Gont.,
to be Lieutenant, Jan. 12 ; Frederick Adolphus Somerset,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 13; Francis Frederick Pinkott,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 16.

1st Somerset Regiment of Militia—Ensign William
George Villiers Villiers to be Lieutenant, vice Landon,
resigned, Jan. 23 ; Herbert Parker Owens, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Villiers, promoted, Jan. 24.
Royal Cardigan Militia—Thomas John Hughes, Gent.,
to be Ensign ; Sylvanus Lewis, Gent., to be Ensign ;
Athelstone Owen Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 24.
1st Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—John Buckfiold
Frizell, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 24.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Redmond Browne
Clayton Daubeny Daubeny, Gent., to be Ensign ; Robert
John Villers, Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Shirley, Gent.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon.
MEMORANDUM.—The date of Lieutenant Samuel Skey
Burton's Commission has been altered, so as to place him
next belowLieutenant Sanderson in tho list of Lieutenants.

Warwickshire Mil itia—lst Regiment—Robert Borth w ick,
Esq.' to be Captain, Jan. 9. 2d Regiment—John Hallo-
well Carew, Esq., to be Captain, vice Dunboyne B. Moore;
resigned, Jan.-9.
la Rifles Regiment Royal Cornwall Rangers—Lieute-
nant John Fincher Trist to be Captain, vice Andrews, re-
signed, Jan. 24; Edward Collins, Gent., to be Lieutenlnt,
vice Trist, promoted, Jan. 24. To be Ensigns—William
Courtney Vyvyan, Gent., Henry Sotheby Blake, Gent.,
and James Murray, Gent., Jan. 24.

Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign Edward
Williams to be Lieutnant, vice Griffiths, resigned ; James
Henry Hothersall Landon, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Dunne, resigned ; Thomas Millard Bennett, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Rickards, resigned.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Wm. Henry
Weston, Gent., late Lieutenant in the 77th Regiment, to
b r Lieutenant, Jan. 15 ; Maurice Hartland Illahon, Esq.,
late Lieutenant in the 86th Regiment, to be Captain, vice
Pennington, resigned, Jan. 5, 1855 ; Fielding Trimmer,
Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 23, 1855.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia
—William Jardine, to be Lie,uteuaut, vice Ruther-
furd, appointed to the Ceylon Rifles.
Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment of Militia
—Lieut. George James Lennock to be Captain, vice Scott,
resigned, Jan. 22.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.

Charles Bradley, iron dealer, Tipton and Great Barr,
Staffordshire.

BANKRUPTS.

Robert Desmond Sulivan, shipowner, Great Yarmouth,
to surrender, Feb. 8, at half-past twelve, and March 8, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings ; Watson and Son, Moorgate-
street Chamb3rs.
George Boys, wine merchant, Belitha-villas, Barmsbury-
park, Feb. 8, at half-past one, and March 9, at eleven' at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, BA.-
singhall-street ; Shearman and Slater, Great Tower-street.
James Daniel, coal merchant and licensed -victualler,
Bugbrook, Northamptonshire, Fob. 10, at half-past twelve,
and March 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Carman, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Melton, Bad-
ford-row, Holborn.

William Robert Schwonko, commission merchant, City,
Feb. 9, at one, and March 13, at twelve, at tko Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ;
Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and Hughes, b'ucklersbury.
William Raven and John Raven, wholesale sationers,
Fish-street.hdl, City, Feb. 10, at twelve, and March 21, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official as-
signee, Basingball-street ; Dyto, Temple.
Thomas Masters, hotel-keeper, Norwood, Surrey, Feb.
5 and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ;
Moorgate-street.
Thomas Hodson Hodson, cattle and sheep dealer, Peck-
fertan, Chester, Feb. 13 and March 5, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee,
Liverpool ; Banner, Liverpool.
James Sidebotham, grocer and tea dealer, Manchester,
Feb. 13 and March 6, at twelve, at the Manchester 'District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Harding,
Manchester.

William Rennie, James Johnson, and William Rankin,
shipwrights, Liverpool, Feb. 9 and March 8, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee,
Liverpool ; Yates, Liverpool.
John Phillips, baker, Drimpton, Dorsetsbire, Feb. 8
and March 8, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt-
zal, official assignee, Exeter; Lowman, Crewkerne ; Stog-
don, Exeter.
John Harris, grocer, Torquay, Feb. 8 and March 8, at
one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as-
signee, Exeter ; Daw, Exeter.
Thomas Rarnsden and William Bradford Baxter, manu-
facturers, Ba,iliffa Bridge, Yorkshire, Feb. 20 and March
20, at eleven, at Leeds District Court, Hope, official
assignee, Leeds; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.
George Hall, upholsterer, North-street, Brighton, Fob.
3, at two, and March 17, at half-past twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as ignee, Guildhall cham-
bers;Linklaters, Sise-lace.

William
Hughes, builder, Sheltbn, Staffordshire, Feb.
1G and March 9, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith,
Birmingham ; Moxon, Hanley.
John Latimer, draper and tea dealer, Newcastle-under-
Lyne, Feb. 12 and March 5, at half-past ten, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Hyatt and Dutton, Newcastle-under-Lyne ;
T. R. T. Hodgson, Birmingham.
George Bailey, innkeeper, Walsall, Staffordshire, Feb. l
and March 9, • at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official asAinseo,Birmingham ; Wat-
son, West Bromwich ; Hodgson,lirininglians.
builderWilliam Grain March 5,
i
a -lifst licensed
ten,
ham District Court. Whitmoro, official assignee, Bir-
nrin,zhaus ; Watson, West Bromwich; Hodgson, Birming-
haln.
Edmund Lloyd :Owen, mineral merchant, Tettenhall-
road, Wolverhampton, Feb. 15, and March 8, at half-past
ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, offi-
cial assignee, Birmingham; Hoyle and Marsh, Rotherham;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
John Richardson, umbrella manufactures., Manchester,
Feb. 15 and March 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District