The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-18 00:00:00

WAR OFFICE, MARCH 18.

Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Cornet Ellis Flet-
cher, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice
Scholefield, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons, March
18.

3d Dragoon Guards.—Quartermaster John Gillespie,
from the 11th Hussars, to be Cornet, without purchase ;
Cornet !John Gilleland to be Adjutant, vice Hunt, who
resigns the Adjutantcy only, March 18.
12th Light Dragoons.—Cornet William Cotterill Schole-
field, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice
Ellis Fletcher, appointed to the Ist Dragoon Guards,
March 18.
18th Regiment of Foot.,—Lieutenant Anthony William
Samuel Freeman Armstrong to beraptain, without pur-
ehase, vice Gillespie, deceased, Dec. 12 ; Lieutenant
William Peter Cockburn to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Armstrong, whose promotion,' without purchase, on
the 15th of March, has been cancelled, March 15 ; Ensign.
Alexander Hope Greaves to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Armstrong, Dec. 12.
21st Foot—First Lieutenant William John Legh to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Cotton, who retires ; Second
Lieutenant John Charles Sheffield to be First Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Legh ; Charles Bruce Gaskell, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant, bypurchase, vice Sheffield, March 18.
45th Foot—Richard Blair, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Egan, who retires, March 18.
67th Foot —Assistant Staff-Surgeon Michael Fenton
Manifold to be Assistant-Snrgeon, vice Edward William
Bawtree, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, March 18.
73rd Foot—Lieutenant William Creagh O'Brien to be
Captain, .without purchase, vice Faunce, killed in action ;
Ensign Spencer Vassal] Francis Henslowe to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice O'Brien, Dec. 21; Ensign
Allen Allicock Young, from the 45th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Henslowe, March 18.

77th Foot—Frederick ohn Butts, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Chawner, promoted, March 18.
78th Foot—Ensign Andrew Cathcart Bogle, to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Moncrieffe, who retires ; Fred-
erick Henry Walsh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Bogle, March 18.
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89th Foot—Richard Edwark Beck, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Cresswell, promoted, March 18; Augustus
Breedon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Morris,
promoted, March 19.

92nd Foot—Lieutenant Robert Bethune, to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Scott, who retires ' • Ensign William
David Inverarity, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bethune March 18 ; Lieutenant Donald Patrick Campbell,
to be Adjutant, vice Cameron, promoted. Jan. 28.
lst West India Regiment—Lieutenant George Allan,
has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale
of his Commission ; Walter William Harris, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cross, appointed to the, Staff,
March 18.

3rd West Regiment— Ensign Blake Goble to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Conran, promoted, March 18.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—First: Lieutenant John Hen-
derson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rushont, who
retires ; 2nd Lieutenant George Charles Henry Waters
to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henderson,
March 18.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert
Cooper to be Staff-Surgeon of the 2nd Class, vice
Mc Bean, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon Philip Henry
Eustace Cross, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be
Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Cooper, promoted ;
Charles Thompson Abbott, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces, March 18.
MEMORANDUM.—The appointment of Lieutenant Ed-
dmond William Sargent, of the 18th Foot, to the Adju-
tancy, and the promotion of Ensign Eteson, of that Corps,
to the Lieutenancy in succession, have been ante-dated to
April 15, 1852.
The Christian names of Ensign Norton, of the 52nd
Foot, are Charles Grantley Campbell.
Assistant-Surgeon William Stewart James Horne
Munro, M.D., has been .appointed. from the 93rd Foot to
the 83rd Regiment, and not to the 82nd, as appeared in
the Gazette of the 11th instant.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cumberlandshire.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia.—John Stuart
Coxon, Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 29; Edmund Lionel
Welles, Esq., to be Captain, March 12.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Royal Wilts Militia—Nathaniel Whitchurh Sloper,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 8.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia.--
Lieut. Edward Scott to be Captain ; Lieut. John Cap el
Philips to be Captain, vice Garnett, resigned ; Charles
Richard Lovett, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, Pro-
moted ; Charles James Ashton, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Philips, promoted, March 15.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Thomas Dicken, Gent., to be Cornet, vice
Knight, resigned, March 15.
BANKRUPTS.

William Ayres, nurseryman, Blackheath, Kent, to sur-
render, April Ist and 29th, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, 18 Aldermanbury ;
Bristow and Tarrant, 2 Bond-court Walbrook.
Frederick Arthur Butt, grocer, 22, Henry-street, Pen.
tonville, Middlesex, April 1, at half-past two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, 2, Basing.
hall-street ; Fraser and May, 78, Dean-street, Soho.
John Francis Bricknell Cabburn, licensed victualler,
King's Cross, March 23, and May 6, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Bas-
inghall-street ; Dimmock and Burbey, Cannon-street, City.
Joseph Boys, draper, Peckham, March 30 and April 26,
at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Braddon, Gray's-inn-
place.
Joseph Henry Dunne and John Venables, shipowners
Craven-street, Strand, March 23 and May 6, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Philp, Bucklersbury.
Thomas Kent Clay, woollen warehouseman, Ironmonger-
lane, April 1 at eleven, and April 30 at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Miller and Horn, King William-street.
John Johnson, cabinetmaker, Wakefield, April 11 and
May 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Westmoreland and Taylor, Wake-
field.

James Broadhead, manufacturer, Scholes, Yorkshire,
April B. and May 2, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Cariss and Cudworth,
Leeds.

Thomas Brock, coal and potato merchant, Kingston-
upon-Hull, April 13 and May 4, at twelve, at the Leeds
District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Lovett
and Champney, Kingston-upon-Hull.
George Earnshaw, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, April 5,
and May 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Brooks, Ashton-under-
Lyne.

-John Heap, sen., and Richard Heap, silk printers, Man.
chester, Bth and P9th April next, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ;
Keating Taylor, Manchester ; Hartley, Cane.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 12th day of March, 1853.
1113StrE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ...• .... 32,378,600

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities.. • ... 2,984,40
Gold coin and bullion 18,359,446
Silver bullion .• • • . • • • 19,154

day there being no material increase in the quantity of
West India Sugar on offer, merchants were enabled to ob-
tain prices equal to Friday last. But all parties operated
with caution, and the sales are only 133 hhds, &c., inclu-
ding at auction 70 hhds Demerara crystalized which sold
at 36s 6d to 40s 6d, and brown at 34s to 36s per cwt. For
the week total purchases are 1,007 hhds, &c., the market
closing with a quieter aspect.
REFINED.—To day refined sugar was in excellent de-
mand for trade purposes, and rates ruled free. Brown
lumps at 465, low to fine grocery 46s 6d to 49s per cwt.
Crushed sugar is wanted by shippers at former rates.
MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the extensive quantity of
21,000 bags Mauritius sugar was offered at public sale, but
merchants submitting to a reduction of 6d per cwt., occa-
sioned a very good demand, and the whole sold—fine yellew
went ai 37s 6d to 38s 6d, middling to good 36s to 375, low
35s to 35s 6d, middling to ffne brown 31 to 34s 6d, ordinary
29s to 31, very low 27s to 28s 6d, good to fine refining 36s
6d to 38s, and inferior 33s to 365.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon prices were generally sus-
tained at the public sales of 3,600 bags Bengal, and nearly
the whole sold, low to mid white Benares at 36s 6d to 37s
6d, good to fine 38s to 395, damp and washed 35s to 38s 6d,
fine grainy white 40s to 41s 6d, good like Mauritius 36s to
36s 6d.

FOREGN.—To-day there was only a limited demand for
duty paid parcels of Foreign Sugar, still there is a decline.
Floating cargoes are wanted for export at former terms,
but few are on offer. None was offered at auction to-day.
COFFEE.—To-day Plantation Ceylon was held for full
rates, but all parties were less inclined to operate. Of 547
casks, 36 barrels, and 165 bags at auction a small part
only sold ; fine to superior at 67s to 80s, good mid to good 60s
to 665, low mid to mid 56s to 595, other sorts 50s to 555, and
Triage 45s to 495. There is firmness on the part of holders
of Native, but privately little was done, and not any was
offered at auction. The value is 47s 6d to 48s for old, and
48s 6d for new of good ordinary quality. Other sorts of
Coffee are held for full terms, still sales were limited. At
auction 63 bags Madras sold at 53s to 54s for fine ord, but
120 bags Costa Rica were taken in at 55s per cwt. The
second Dutch Company's sale of Java went rather above
the rates of the first.
Cocoe.—To-day at auction 62 bags Triniday Cocoa were
nearly all taken in at 36s 6d for ord red, and 28 brls 87
bags Grenada 32s to 33s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—In Green Tea extensive purchases have been made
both by the trade speculators, prodncing an advance of
Odd to ld per lb. ; medium and inferior having been most
in request. There is at present no advance for low to good
common Congou, but operations rather exceed those of
last week, and 9d to 104 d is the value.
SPICES.—To-day at auction 100 bags African ginger sold
at 25s 6d to 26s per cwt., being the full value.
RICE.—To-day there was little passing privately in East
India rice, and at auction 1,500 bags good white Bengal
were taken in at lls 6d to 12s per cwt., being abovp the
value. Of Farina 50 sacks sold at 17s 6d, being cheaper.
SPIRITS.—With Demerara Rum the market is more
freely supplied, and prices have rather declined ; there are
sellers of 28s to 40s per cent over proof, at 2s 6d to 2s 9d
per gallon, and with few buyers. Jamaica met with little
notice for shipping or home consumption, but at present
there is no decided reduction. ,

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TALLOW.—An advance is demanded for Russian on the
spot, yet only a limited demand has been experienced, and
445. 9d. per cwt. is the value of F.Y.C. For early deli-
very little has been done, but many contracts have been
concluded for last three months of the year at 455. Of
home melted, supply exceeds dealers' wants, and 41s 6d is
the value cash.

OlLS—Prices are further depressed for linseed oil, and
purchases have been limited at 30s 6d to 39s 9d on the
spot, and at 31s to 43s 6d for delivery. Although cod can
be obtained at a reduction, still purchases have been on a
small scale at 33/ to 33/ 10s per ton. Seal met with little
notice, and the rates accepted for pale are 35/ to 351 58 ;
other sorts 311 102 to 34/ 10s, with a downward tendency.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tms DLT.
Am5terdam............ 11 17% Gibraltar ..............
Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Leghorn 12%
Rotterdam ...... • • .... 11 19% Genoa ................25 40
Antwerp 25 30 Milan ................
Brussels 25 30 Venice .. —
Ilamburgh ..... 13 8% Naples 41%
Alton& ................ Palermo ............... 124%
Paris • • 25 7% alessina ... 125
Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Lisbon ..... • • 63%
Marseilles........ • ..... 25 32% Oporto .......... •• • • • 53%
Bourdeaux ........... Rio Janeiro
Frankiort-on•.Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayres
Berlin . New York, 60 days' sigitt 48%
Vienna ...• ..... 11 3 Philadelphia
Trieste ............ •• .. 11 4 PRICES or BULLION, PLR oz.
Peteraburgh............ --.- Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Madrid 50% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Cadiz 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
• New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Seville ................ Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1%