The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-17 00:00:00

INDIA OFFICE, OCT. 16.

Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under-
mentioned promotions and alterations of rank amongst the
Officers of her Majesty's Indian Military forces :
BEN GAL.
PROMOTIONS.

Late 32d Native Infantry—Lieutenant William Studdy
to be Captain, vice Rannie, retired.
Late 22d Native Infantry—Lieutenant Robert Stewart
to be Captain, vice Smith, deceased. •

General List of Infantry Officers—Ensign Chas, Paken-
ham to be Lieutenant, vice Copeland, late 30th Native In-
fantry, deceased ; Ensign William Franco Dodsworth to
be Lieutenant, vice Smith, 22d Native Infantry, desceased.
ALTERATION OF RANK.

General List of Infantry Officers—Lieut. Hugh Bladen
Swiney to take rank from 29th April. 1862, vice Studdy,
late 32d Native Infantry, promoted; Lieut. John Edward
Paget Mosley, to take rank from 2d May, 1862, vice Fitz-
gerald, late 68th Native Infantry, resigned ; Lieut. Wm.
Pringle Harrison, to take rank from 19th May, 1862, vice
Wall, late 16th Native Infantry, promoted ; Lieutenant
John Edwards Werge nowey, to take rank from 6th June,
1862, vice Browne, late 15th Native Infantry, promoted ;
Lieut. Walter Charles:Farwell, to take rank from 9th June,
1852, vice Foley, late 624 Infantry, resigned ; Lieutenant
David Robertson, to take rank from 14th June, 4862, vice
Baryn Von Audlau, late 28th Native Infantry, deceased ;
Lieutenant Howe Frederick Showers, to take rank from.
15th June, 1862, vice Bruce, late 43d Native Infantry, pro-
moted.
Resignation—Ensign Charles Oldfield Bowles, of the
General List, Infantry.

BOMBAY.
Army Rank—The undermentioned officer having com-
pleted 15 years' service, to be Captain by Brevet—Lieut.
Alexander Ferguson, of the late 2d European Regiment.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of any commereia
importance which appear in the " Gazette"
Charles R. Maby, licensed victualler, Bristol
Anna Taylor, milliner, Exeter
Charles Watson, brewer, Birkenhead
Michael Gunn, grocer, Liverpool
Alexander Vlies, merchant, Manchester
Joseph B. Fuller, attorney, Birmingham
Charles Gibson, shoemaker, Hoxton
William Vincent, coach painter, Pimlico
John H. Brown, patent parchment manufacturer, Rom-
sey, Hants
"'John C. Urquhart, baker, Kingston-on-Thames
Jean B. Levavasseur, wine merchant, Fenchurch-street
Edward E. Holiday, printer, Sheffield
George Butler, watchmaker, Christchurch, South-
amptonshire

Win. H. Chattaway, cabinetmaker, Warwick
James L. Gardner, ropemaker, Great Yarmouth
James Johnson, silk dyer, Macclesfield
John William Southern, printer, Wednesbury, Stafford
William Furse, bootmaker, East Teignmouth
Charles Thompson, builder, Nottiughill
George Marsh Lake, warehouseman, Friday-street City
Thomas Hatfield, smith, Rugeley, Staffordshire
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

G. and J. Gilchrist, wholesale ironmongers, Glasgow

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—T His DAY.
Amsterdam
-a
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 171 11 rit
Antwerp .. 25 40 25 47i
Brussels — 25 40 25 471
liamburgh — 13 if 13 n
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 119 1191
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin —

Madrid
Cadiz
Legh0rn..,,,..., — 25 521 25 60
Milan
Genoa
.. _ 25 521 25 57}
........
Naples • ............ 3911- 391
Palermo ........... 119 119}
Messina ............ 119 1191
Lisbon — 521 52k
Oporto —52 i
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard)
0 0 0
South American Doubloons