The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-16 00:00:00

TO BE LIEUTENANTS.

Sub-Lieutenant Philip Reginald Hastings Parker.
Acting Lieutenant Archer John William Musgrave (on
his passing the required examinations at the Royal Naval
College) ; Commissions to date 29th April, 1864.
The names of Lieutenant Robert Sydney Hunt, R.N.,
Robert Frederick Hammick, R.N., and of First Lieutenant
Robert Ballard Gardner, of the Royal Marine Artillery, as
well as of the seamen mentioned in the despatches, have
been ordered to be favourably noted.
In consideration also of special services in New Zealand,
the follovting further promotions have taken place, dated
July 14, 1364:

TO RE CAPTAIN.
Commander Henry Bouchier Phillimora.
TO BE COMMANDER.
Lieutenant Johm Tomlinson Swann.
TO BE LIEUTENANTS.

Sub• Lieutenant Paul &corr.
Sub-Lieutenant John Hope.
DO`VNING•STREET, JULY 15.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward John.
Eyre, Esq, (now Lieutenant-Governor) to be Captain..
General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the island of
Jamaica and the territories depending thereon.

BANKRUPTS,
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial 1m
portance in the Gazette:—
Win. Wisenden, painter, Rochester
Wm. Jones, engineer, Bethnal-green-road
Nathaniel W. Weatwood, ham dealer, Lupas-street,
Pimlico
George Fox, gasfitter, Liverpool
Aaron Hobson, builder, Birkenhead
John Hoare, shoemaker, Bideford
William Lobley, commercial traveller, Leeds
William Hadley, farmer, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Thomas R. Hyde, tailor, Nottingham
John Stokes, grocer, Nottingham
Joseph H, Venables, ironmonger, Whitchurch, Salop
Edward Holley, baker, Whiteeroas-street
Francis Masters, linendraper, Knightsbridge
Alexander Rove, grocer, Ulerkenwell
Daniel J. English, ship chandler, Chatham
Wm. S. Hanu,y, watch maker, S'arewsbary
Thomas Sage, jun., mason, Chawleigh
John Bou-tear, timber merchant, Cardewlees
Thomas Dean, grocer, Padihatn, Lancashire
James Booth, painter, Little Bolton, Lancashire

Course of the Exchange..._YeaterdaY•

&msterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam _ 12 of
Antwerp — 25 571
Brussels — 25 57t
Hamburgh — 13 171
3 81
Paris
Ditto
25 571
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine --
119
11 60
Vienna
11 80
Trieste
Peteraburgh
Berlin
Madrid .........•••
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan .......... ... •

11 17t
12 pt
12 01
.5'
25 6
25 65
13 gt.
25 22
25 65
25 65

120
11 82/
11 9w
311

48h
48i
25 624
25 67}
25 67t
25 67f
25 67f
25 G7L
51i

431
48f
25 67f
25 721
25 721
25 72k
25 721
25 72f
514
52

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Naples .
Palermo ......
Messina ..
Lisbon ......
0p0rt0..... .
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INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES.—The
annual return of registered Industrial and Provident
Societies in England shows that there were in 1863 451
sociaies, and 381 have made a return of the state of their
affairs. At the end of the year these 381 societies had
108,588 members, an increase of above 11,000 in the course
of the year. The amount of share • capital was £573,582,
and loan capital £73,545. They paid yearly £32,978 interest.
They paid £2,370,153 for goods bought, and received
£2,626,741 for goods sold. They realised a profit of £213,623.
The year's expenses amounted to .£176,554. The returns
include the accounts of the great co-operativo stores in the
North, with their £lO,OOO, L 15,000, £20,000--even £40,000
capital. The Co-operative Cotton Spinning Association at
Mitchell Hey Mills, Rochdale, returns its number of mem-
bers at 1,617; its share capital. £77,511 ; goods bought in
the year, £93,539 sales, £110,097; profit realised, £7,303 ;
expenses, £17,104.