The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-14 00:00:00

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British Consulate, Rotterdam,
6th December, 1855.
Sir,—l beg to hand you the translation of a Notice to
Mariners issued by the Netherland Minister of Marino,
and published in the Netherland Staats Courant, of 4th
December, 1855, No. 287, relative to a vessel sunk in the
Gocreo Channel. _ _ .

I have, &c.,
(Signed) JAS. H. TURING.
To the Secretary of the Board of Trade.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

The Minister of Marine hereby gives notice, that in the
middle of the navigable channel of Goeree, at a cable's
length distance to the south of the black buoy No. 6, a
brig has sunk in a depth of 3i fathoms at ordinary low
water, the masts of which are still visible, and that the
needful measures have been taken should the masts come
out of the ship, to indicate the spot of danger by a wreck
buoy, painted in black and white checks.
Its bearings and soundings are three times the thickness
of the steeple of Gooreede to the oast of the foot of the
high sandhill, or exactly between the third and fourth
dykes, the third dwelling-house within the Dirkland Sas,
in the Coffee Harbour.

In soundings, Goedereedo, S.W.iIV., by unadjusted
compass:

The Hague, the 3d of December, 1855.
For the Minister aforesaid.

'['he Secretary-General,
MULLER.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 14.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet William
Baillie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice G. P. C. A.
Lord Stanhope, who retires.
ith Light Dragoons—Cornet Richard Newaham Peddar,
from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without pur-
chase, vice Hale, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons--Captain Anthony Molloy Fawcett,
from the sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Trower, who ex-
changes.
15th Light Dragoons —Lieutenant James Boyd Miller to
be Captain, by parehase, vice Elinxmau, who retires ;
Cornet Edwyn Walker to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Miller.

16th Light Dragoons—Richard Newsham Pedder, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice James P. W. Gwynne
Holford, who has retired.

3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign F. Morley to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Hyndman, deceased ; Ensign
L. E. Lewis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Morley, whose promotion, without purchase, on the 9th
November, has been cancelled ; Ensign A. B. Letts to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lewis, whose promo-
tion, without purchase, on 16th November has been can-
celled ; Albert Peachey, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Letts.
4th Foot—Ensign W. A. Nash, to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase ; Richard Boyce, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Nash.

10th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas John
Tucker to be Assistant-Surgeon.
17th Foot —Lieutenant S. H. Dyer to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Brevet-Major W. t. Armstrong, whose
brevet rank has been converted into Substantive rank
under the Royal Warrant of Gth October, 1854 ; Ensign
G. D. Webber to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice
Dyer ; Lieutenant Isaac Colhoun, from the Donegal Mili-
tia, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Webber.
23d Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Chas. Frederick
Morris to be Assistant-Surgeon.
25th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Jonas K.
Carr, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice M`Gregor, promoted on
the Staff.

28th Foot—Quartermaster Henry A. Berry to be Pay-
master, vice Benson ; Serjeaut-Major Thos. Lumaden to
be Quartermaster, vice Berry, appointed Paymaster.
29th Foot—Ensign F. S. Eckersall to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Simmons, deceased ; Ensign W.
Winn, from the 76th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Eckersall, promoted.
39th Foot—Ensign John Sharpies to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice De Robock, promoted.
40th iFoot--Lieut. William O'Hera to be Captain, by
purchase, ♦ice Brodhurst, whose promotion, by purchase,
on the 25th May, has been cancelled.
42d Foot—Ensign W. T. Fraser to bo Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Sir P. A. Halkett, promoted.
43d Foot—Ensign Harry Gorton to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Dick, who retires.
50th Foot—Captain F. C. Trower, from the 9th Light
Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Fawcett, who exchanges.
56th Foot—Hamilton Finlay, Esq., to be Paymaster,
vice Lawson.

60thioot--Lieut. C. D. C. Ellis to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Salmon, who retires ; Ensign Frank Sadlier
Broreton, from the North Gloucester Militia, to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Parr, appointed to the Rifle
Brigade.
62d Foot—Ensign A. G. Keen to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Tompletuan, who has retired.
64th Foot—Ensign F. Du Bois Lukis, from the 26th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Twemlow, pro-
moted in the ith Foot.

71st Foot—Captain Wm. Hope to be Major, without
purchase, vice Hunter, deceased ; Lieut. Otway Weinyss
to bo Captain, without purchase, vice Hope ; Ensign Robt.
Lewis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wemyss ;
Ensign F. H. A. Hamilton to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Lewis, whose promotion without purchase, on
16th Nov., has been cancelled ; Ensign Francis Fawkes,
from the Stirlingshiro Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Hamilton.
72d Foot—Matthew John Baillie, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase.
76th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Grant, from the Done-
gal Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wino,
appointed to the 29th Foot.
81st Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Herman Bicknell
to be Assistant Surgeon.
8 id Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Frederick Stephen-
son, M.D., from. the 81st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Clark,
deceased.
84th Foot—Ensign A. Gibaut to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Brackenbury, deceased.
88th Foot—Ensign Rowley Miller to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Ilamilto_n_,
T. Patterson to be Major, by.
91st Foot—Captain W pro_m.oted.
purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel
Scott, who re-
tires ; Lieutenant T. T. Lane to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Patterson Ensign J. E. Burton to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Laps-
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92d Foot—Ensign
by purchase. _
Grenadier Guards.
95th Foot—Lieutenant William Braybrooke to be Cap-
chase vice Dymock killed in action ; En-
tain, without p
sign H. G. Pa9-icuert.o be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Braybrooke ; Ensign Joseph Gabbett to be Lieutenant by
pnichaao, vice Pasko, whose promotion, by purchase, on
-
Nov. 9, has been cancelled.
97th Foot—The Christian names of Quartermaster
Woodruff° are William John, and not Robert, as previously
stated.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign T. R. Parr, from the 60th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Johnson, promoted.
Ist West India Regiment—Augustus Sullivan, Gent
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Edmunds, promoted".
2d West India Regiment—George Hayter Macaulay,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieu-
tenant Caster, who retires ; Martin Lynch, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Arbuckle, promoted in the
39th Foot.

3d "West India Regiment—George O'Connell, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Lieutenant R. L. Thursby to
be Captain, by purahase' vice Bramley, who retires.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Captain George Seton
to be Major, by purchase, vice Holmes, who retires; Lieu-
tenant A. P. Kerr to be Captain, by purchase, vice Seton ;
Ensign W. F. Marsou to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Kerr.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—The commission of Serjeant
Joseph Harris, aointed Quartermaster of Brigade, to be
dated 19th August,pp 1855, instead of 7th September, 1855,
as previously stated.
BRITIsiI SWISS LEGION.—The second Christian name of
Surgeon Oschwald, of the 2d Regiment, is Martin.
BRITISH ITALIAN LEGlON.—Staff—Lieut.-Colonel W.
L. Grant, King's Own Light Infantry Militia, to be Lieu-
tenant• Colonel ; Captain Thorasa Berrington, King'a Own

Light Infantry Militia, to be Captain. lei Regiment—Sir
Coutts Lindsay, Bart., to be Major Commandant.
PROVIKONAL DEPOT BATTALlON.—Paymaster Stephen.
Lawson, from the 56th Foot, to be Paymaster; Quarter.
master Thomas Moore, from the 83th Foot, to be Assist.
ant-Quartermaster.
UNATTACHED.—BreVet-Major William A. Armstrong,
of the 17th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into
Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oc-
tober, 1854.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon James M`Gregor, from the
25th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class ; Assist-
ant-Surgeon John Andrew Woolfryes, from the 10th Foot,
to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class. To be Assistant-
Surgeons Assistant-Surgeon Michael Charles Tonnere,
from the Depot Battalion at Fermoy, vice Hales, appointed
to the 7th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon David Woods, from
the 23d Foot, vice Jackson, appointed to the 13th Foot.
The promotions of Surgeon John Charles Cameron, M.D.,
from the 37th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class,
and of Assistant-Surgeon James William Fleming, to the
Surgeoncy of the 37th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of
20th July, 1855, have been cancelled.
Brevet—Colonel Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, corn-
mantling the troops in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
to have the local rank of Major-General while so employed.
Erratum in the supplement, of the 27th Nov. to to the
London Gazette—For " I was also ably supported 'by Bre-
vet-Major Best," read Brevet-Major Bent.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Neville Smith and
William Tibbs, Gents., to be Ensigns.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Astley Jephson, Gent., to be Ensign.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Ensign Peyton Sheals to be Lieutenant, vice Patten, ap.
pointed to the Ist Life Guards • Ensign Thomas Court'
Knox to be Lieutenant, vice Walker, resigned.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Lieute-
Rant William Brookes to be Captain, vice Hopton, de-
ceased ; Ensign Andrew Pepys Cockerell to be Limits-
nant, vice Brookes, promoted ; John Averley Lathbury to
be Ensign, vice Cockerell, promoted.
2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Richard Marker,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Clarke, resigned.
Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Frederick
Foster Tegart, Gent., to be Ensign.
West York Rifle Regiment of 11 ilitia—Lieutenant
Thomas Pollock to be Captain, vice Whitehead, resigned ;
Nathaniel Edward Bruce Kindersley, Gent., from the
Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice Pollock, pro-
moted ; Fitzhugh Bathurst Henderson, Gent., to be En-
sign. _

2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Lieutenant Wm. Hall Wilkinson to be Captain, vice
Holdsworth, resigned ; Ensign John George Lloyd to be
Lieutenant.

3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West Turk Militia—
John Cadman, Gent., to be Ens gn.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Henry Williams
Pemberton, Esq., to be Captain, vice Chamberlain, re-
signed,_

sth Regiment of West York Militia—Godfrey Edward
Allister Radcliffe, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Edward Tew,
Gent., to bo Ensign.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeored in the Gazette of Friday the 30th of Novem-
ber last.]
oth Regiment of West York Militia—John Stansfeld,
Gent., to be Ensign.

BANKRUPTCY ANNTLLED.

Robert Peare Stephens, shipowner, Liverpool.
BANKRUPTS. '

Robert More, picture dealer, &c., Great Russell street
Bloomsbury, to surrender Dec. 27, at eleven, and Jan. 31,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as.
signee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Blyth, St. Swithin's.
lane.

Samuel Proby Ekin, soda water manufacturer, Godman•
chaster, Huntingdon, Dec. 21, at 11, and Jan. 22, at 12,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alder-
inanbury ; Sewell, Fox, and Sewell, Old Broad-street ;
Hunnybun, Huntingdon.
William Insull, stationer, Dudley, Dec. 2G and Jan.
16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lowe, Dudley;
Wright, Birmingham.
William IVathen, upholsterer, Hereford, Dec. 29 and
Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bodenham and
James, Hereford ; Mottoram and Knight, Birmingham.
Edwin Verdon Blyth and William HonryGoddard, mer-
chants, Birmingham, Jan. 7 and 28, at half-past ten, at
the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Reece, Birmingham.
James Whittaker and John Ellison, ironfounders and
millwrights, Church, near Accrington, Lancashire, Jan.
8, and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Higson and Robinson,
Manchester.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Turner, builder, Glasgow.
John Davie Martin,Protherton, wood merchant, West
Calder.

Alexander Diu, coach proprietor, Regent-terrace,
Edinburgh.
John Allan and Co., merchants, Glasgow..
Duncan M`Nab, cattle dealer, Shirrabeg, Laggan, In.
vernesa-shire.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
In Account purivant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the Bth day of Dec., 1855.
ISBIII DEPLBTILIWT.
Notes Issued 24,439,525

fi
Government debt.... 11,015,1 c 0
Other securities...... 2,9434,9 0
Gold coin and bullion 10,439,6:6
Silver bu11i0n........ -

£24,4 19,5 25

524,439,525
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Datil the 13th day of Dec., 18

PARTMENT.

Government securities

(includg.Dead Weight
Annuity)
Other securities .... 18,141,269
'Notes • • •• • • • • , • • • 5,759,185
Gold and silver coin.. 640,053

1 .£34.804,833
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
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