The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-18 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, DEc: 16.

The Queen has been pleased to ratify and confirm the ap-
pointment of George Geddes, Esq., to be a Member of the
Legislative Council of the Island of Jamaica.

WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, DEC. 18.

Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Corbet Smith, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry Aylward Keogh, who

retires.
Bth Hussars—Captain Horace Durrant, from the Bth Foot,
to be Captain. vice Ross, who exchanges.
12th Lancers—Cornet John Brooke Maher Camm has been

permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his

Commission.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Edward Henry Baker to be
Second Captain, vice Horace Seymour Kerr Fechell,
resigned—Gentleman Cadet Oliver Franeis Theodore An-
nesley to be Lieutenant, vice Bethune, deceased.
Roy al Engineers—Lieutenant, with temporary rank Robert
John WClure has been permitted to resign his Commis-

son.
Bth Regiment of Foot—Captain George Campbell Ross,
from the Bth Hussars, to be Captain, receiving a portion
of the former difference between Cavalry and Infantry,
vice Currant who exchanges.
23d Foot—Ensign George William Adolphus Fitz George
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert Comer Bacon,
who retires—Charles George Bell, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Fits George.
24th Foot—Lieutenant Redmond O'Mabony to be Captain
by purchase, vice Henry Charles Marsack, who retires—
Ensign Oscar Henry Blount to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice O'Mahony—Thomas Harris, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Blount.
48th—Edward Henry O'Dowd, Gent., late Lieutenant 7th
Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster,
with the honorary rank of Captain, Alexander William
McKenzie, transferred to the 54th Foot.
51st Foot—Lieutenant Smeeton Walker to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Edmund Moresby Crowe, uho retires—
Ensign George Beverley Bird to be Lieutenant by pur-
chase, vice Walker—Richard Read Towson, Gent., to be
Ensign,Foot—Paymaster, te
by purchase,
with
e,
viß
the ird
54th honorary rank of Captain,
Alexander William M'Kenzie, from the 48th Foot, to be
Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of
Major, William Marriott, deceased.
67th Yoot—Lieutenant Thomas Dawson to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Thomas Stack, retired upon lull
pay—Ensign Herbert Reid Lempriere to be Lieutenant,
Alison,wa°2 Gent., to be Ensign,
tFhoooutt_eh purchase,arle
German vice Da
by purchase, vice John Breadalbane Campbell, who re-
91wEsti

tires
4th West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur Hill Ringland
Ferguson, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John
Bland Sawyer, deceased—Frederick Benjamin Price
White, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fer-
guson.
UNATTACRED.—Lientenant Louis D'Acosta, from the 64th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase.
MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT.—Assistant-Superinten-
dent of Stores W. S. Forster to be Deputy-Superinten-
dent of Stores, vice Douglas, Superanuated—Deputy
Assistant-Superintendent or Stores E. K. Dwyer to be
Assistant-Superintendent of Stores, vice Dame, placed
on retired pay—Deputy Assistant• Superintendent of
Stores W. F. Wright to be Assistant-Superintendent of
Stores, vice Forster, promoted.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—AIfred Lewis, M.D., to be Staff
Assistant-Surgeon—The Services of Staff Assistant-
Surgeon Alexander Mackay have been dispensed with
from the 24th November, 1863.
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.— Actin g Veterinary- Surgeon
Thomas Shannon has been permitted to resign his
Appointment.

BREVET.
The Commission as Colonel of Lieutenant-Colonel
George Frederick Stevenson Call, 18th Foot, to be ante-
dated to the 21st October, 1861.
Captain Thomas Stack, retired fall-pay, 67th Foot, to
have the honorary rank of Major.
The undermentioned officers having completed the quali-
fying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, under the
provisions of the Royal Warrant of the 14th October, 1858,
to be Colonels :
Lieutenant-Colonel John Hall Smyth, t.E., Royal
Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Augustus Chapman, 18th
Foot.
Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Gwilt, 34th
Foot.
Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Capel Cure,
Grenadier Guards.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard,
of Wellington. K.G., has been permitted to retire from the
service by the sale of an Unattached Lieut-Colonelcy, under
the conditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum
of 15th February, 1861.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 16.
Royal Marine Light Infantryirst Lientenaht Jelin-
ger Henry Symons to be Captain, vice Daly, placed
on half-pay—Second Lieutenant Frederic Vincent God.
frey Bird to be First Lieutenant, vice Symons—First
Lieutenant Howard Sutton Jcnes to be Captain, vine
Goold, retired on full pay—Second Lieutenant Percival
Robert Champion to
B b
ANe First
KRUP T S Lieutenant, vice J ones.
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im-
portance in the Gazette :
Wm. Randle, o rn dealer, Norwich:
Robert Case, oil merchant, Upper Thames-street
James Durham, jun., paper maker, Oxford
James Osborne, upholsterer, Hoxton
Edward Upjohn, dairyman, Lower Belgrrve-street
Huntriss Kitson, chemist, Scarborough
John Slidell, stationer, Sheffield
John Victor De Fleury, artist, Ramsgate
William Griffiths, grocer, High-street, Poplar
Win. J. Ginger, carpenter, Bexley-heath
Charles Harris, innkeeper, Tewketcbury
Samuel Pratt, clog maker, Kidderminster
George Hillman, fallow, Aston, Warwickshire
Richard Taylor, coal merchant, Goole, Yorkshire
John R. Edwards, grocer, Pensarn, Denbighshire
Samuel Perry, watch hand maker, Birmingham
Samuel Careless, fruiterer, Birmingham
Henry Hall, iron merchant, St. Martin's-le-Grand
Thomas Hind, builder, Walworth
Josiah Ruff, British wine manufacturer, Kingston
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED,
James Little, baker, Bristol
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

Messrs. A. anYi.lienn le & Co., house factors, Glasgow
Wm. Findlay, builder, Glasgow

Course of the Exchange—This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 0 12 Oi
Antwerp .. •• 25 70 25 75
Brussels — 25 70 25 75
Hamburgh — 13 8 13 8i
Paris
Ditto .. 3 Months: 25 70 25 75
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1191 119 k
Vienna
Trieste .. 12 20 12
3245
Petersburgh —32 i

Berlin
48k
Nladrid
48}
47k_ .

Cadiz

25 05

Leghorn — 25 O
- 2.5 921 25 971

M iian —
6 enoa —
25 90 25 °-
Naples
Palermo .— 25 921 25 971
Messina — 26 921 25 971
21
Lisbon — 5 62i
521 521
' 9

Oporto
Foreign (fold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 .
0 5 1
Mexican Dollars ..... • .............. 0
0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) .................... 0 0
.
South American Donblons .................. 0

At the first ordinary general meeting held to-
day of the shareholders of the London,
Buenos A yres,
and River Plate Bank, Mr. H.l3ruce in the chair, the report
of the directors was unanimously adopted. It stated that the
profit and loss and account, showed that, after deducting
£10,782 18s lid for rebate of discount on bills not then due
at the branches, £l,OOO in diminution of prelinitinay ox.
poises, £2Ol 12s Id for depreciation of
doubtful
furniture,
r
dto., and after providing for all bad
and
debtg, there remained a net profit of t 9,6
out of which it was recommended to appropriate
to 60e pr velod,
additionsl 6 't,lo the
i 2,00
onfultivaservle2dooBho, in
aresis
issued in February,
reemsieurm
and to declare a dividend of 30s,
per
equal to 7i per cent, per annum on the
Snare, which was
calls from the date of their receipt deposits and several
till the 30th September,
nude to the Government of
1863. Application had been
Monte Video for tht B,:nk to be
emand thereitting its own notes, allowed the privilege of
lieve that the concession was every reason to b©'
would be granted.