The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-25 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 24.

3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Wood,
from half-pay of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster,
vice Clay, deceased, March 21.

6th Dragoons—Captain Methuen Stedman, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Paymaster, vice Barbor, who retires
upon half-pay as a Captain Unattached, Marchi 24.
10th Light Dragoons—Captain Alnred Charles McMurdo,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Stedman,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant Butler Mildmay Giveen to be
Captain, by purchase, vice McMurdo, who retires; Cornet
'RebTy Faltdrton Richmond to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Giveen, March 24.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class
Charles Bush Hearn to be Surgeon, vice Knox, appointed
to the Staff ; John Baker Greene, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, March 24.
2nd Foot—Captain William Elford Adams, from the
18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Inglis, who exchanges,
March 29.

7th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Alexander McArthur,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 21.
18th Foot—Captain Raymond Inglis, from the 2nd
Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges,
March 21.

19th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Peile, from the Ist
Dragoon Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
20th Foot—Ensign George Shuldham Peard to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Maxwell, who retires ; Ensign
John William Doveton Lewis, from the 63d Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Peard, March 24.
21st Foot—John Henry West, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, March 24.
23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Ebenezer Alfred Jenkin,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
25th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Jonathan Head, from
Paymaster, 38th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bruce, pro-
moted, without purchuse, to an Unattached Company;
Ensign Lionel Holmes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Head, who retires; Archdale Williaw Chalmers Magrath,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes, March 24.
27th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Hallam D'Arcey Kyle,
from half-pay 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Burnley, appointed to the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst
Barracks, March 24.

38th Foot—James Henry Lewis, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon March 24.
41st Foot—Ensigni Hugh Charles Harriott to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Lawes, who retires; Ensign
George Peddie, from 71st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Har-
riott, March 24.
42nd Foot —Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander Mac-
kinnon, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
47th Foot—John Alexander Pope, Esq., to be Pay-
master, vice Eyre, transported, March 24.
63d Foot—Charles Arthur Talbot, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lewis, appointed' to the 20th Foot ;
Assistant-Surgeon, Samuel Gibson, M. 8., from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
69th Foot—Ensign Richard Dorington, to be Lieut.,
by purchase, vice Maclean, promoted ; Edward Gatty,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dorington; Lieu-
temint Robert Aufrore Leggett to be Adjutant, vice Mac-
lean, promoted, March 24.
74th—Lieutenant Arthur Charles Pretyman to be Capt.
by purchase, vice Napier, who retires ; Ensign Marcus
Langford M'Causland to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Pretyman ; Frederick Nind Woodall, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice M`Causland, March 24.
77th Foot—Lieutenant and Adjutant William Rickman
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wallack, who retires,
March 24.

79th Foot— Thomas Miller, M.D., to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, March 24.
88th Foot—Thomas Robert William, M. 8., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, March 24.
95th Foot— Assistant-Surgeon John Clarke, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.
57t1t Henry Porter,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 24.

3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Beverley
Robinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Duckett, who retires, March 24; Ensign and Adjutant
George Alexander Moorhead, to have the rank of Lieute-
nant, March 23 ; Ensign Thomas John Barlow Connell to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robinson, March 24;
John Carson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Connell, March 23 ; Henry Wellington Hartford, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, March 24.
Depot Battalion of Parkhurst Barracks—Lieut.-Colonel
Randal Burnley, from the 27th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel ;
Major Ferdinand White, C. 8., from half-pay Unattached,
to be Major, March 24.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Alex. Knox, M.D., from
the Ist Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice
Hearn, appointed to the Ist Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon
Edward William Bawtree, M.D., from half-pay of the 67th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
M'Arthur, appointed to the 7th Foot ; Assistant-Staff-
Surgeon Fenwick Martin Tweddell, from half-pay, to be
Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Clarke, appointed to
the 95th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward James Franklyn
from the 46th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Mackinnon, appointed to the 42d Foot, March 24.
To be Assistant-Surgeons—George Evans, Gent., vice
Porter, appointed to the 97th Foot ; John By Cole Reade,
Gent., vice Ovens, appointed to the 9th Foot ; Andrew
Knox Drysdale, Gent., vice Jerkin, appointed to the 23d
Foot, March 24.
To be Purveyors to the Forces—Acting Purveyors
William Macdonnell,William John Arnold Tucker, James
M'lnnes Green, April 27.
BREVET.--The undermentioned officers to be Brigadier-
Generals while employed upon the Staff of the Forces about
proceeding upon a particular service :—Colonel John Ly-
saght Pennefather, C. 8., half-pay 28th Foot ; Colonel the
Earl of Cardigan, 11th Hussars; Colonel the Lord de Ros,
unattached ; Colonel, James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt,
unattached; Colonel Henry William Adams, 49th Foot;
Colonel the Honourable James Yorke Scarlett, sth Dra-
goon Guards; Colonel Sir John Campbell/ Bart., 38th
lOoot ; Colonel George Buller, C. 8., Rifle Brigade, Feb.
21. Captain Morel Charles McMurdo, of the 10th Light
Dragoons, to be Major in the Army ; Captain Anthony
Cunningham Sterling, titlattviched, on the Staff of the
Army proceeding on a particular setvie,e, to he Major in
the Army, Nov. 9, 1846.
CHAPLAINS —The Reverend Robert Halpin, now acting
as Chaplain to the Garrison in Dublin ; and the Reverend
Robert Hamilton, now acting as Chaplain to the Garrison
of Gibraltar, to be Commissiunod Chaplains to the Forces
from March 24.

ADMIRALTY, MARcI29.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadell Frederick
Gasper le Grand, Samuel James Graham, Robert Yeredo-
rick Tayler, jamcc William Vaughan Arbuckle, Ailier'ty.
Henry Ozzard, tdwarki Prace Pritchard, George Frederick
Blake, Robert Kirwan, Al6irtrder Donellan, Otway
Wheeler Cuffe, Henry Villiers Forliid; !trolley Henry Fal-
wasser Barnes, to be Second Lientenanfrid
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 21.

Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Frederick
Ley to be First Lieutenant, vice Symonds, deceased.

COMMISSIONS SIGNID LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Nottingham—Arthtit gdittatd Hill, Esq.,
commonly called Lord Edwin Hill, to D'ep'uty Lieu-
tenant ; the Right Hon. Edward Strutt tcl be Deputy
Lieutenant ; Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyilf4 Bat §•.,.
to be Deputy Lieutenant ; William Taylor, Esq., to' bb'
Deputy Lieutenant ; William Waldegrave Pelham Clay,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Sherwin Sherwin,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Broughton
Charlton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Charles John
Hill, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant Franois John Savile
Foljambe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamdiite Regi-
ment of Militia—George Stretton Watson, Gent., to be
Lieuien2. ,
Oxfordshire
cogiment of Militia—The Hon. Algernon
Aidney kaneeeT to be Captain, vice Hobhouse,
retired, 2.larcli 18;
West Essei Swynfen St. Vincent
Jervis to be Captain, 'Parch 21.
Dorset Regiment of MiiithEnsign Arthur jobt
Jfaw-
king to' he Lieutenant ; Reginald Hussey, Gent., to
"ft; Mardi/ W.
, d atinionteri Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex
Yake'nham Alderson, Gent., to be First
Lieutenant, Mateli ; Charles Ruddell Todd, Gent., to be
First Lieutenant, viond Cddi resigned ; Nassau John Senior,
Gent., to be First LieutenarTh March 17.
Royal Gloucestershire Regime!, of Hussar Yeomanry
UaValrY--Waltet Frp,pcis wrang.hara/ Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Foley, retirdcli Marcii 21.

B &Nitta:frig.
Peter Leicester, iron merchant, Illrchin4ane, Cornhill,
td surrender, April 4, at half-past two, and 11e.' 2, at one
St the Cdurt of Bankruptcy. Edwards, fficial assignee,
Saminook,dortfb Brewer, Philpot-lane.
Minnie Sterne) trierehant, Great Saint Helens, April
5, at two, and May 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee Norton and Son, New-street,
Elishopsgate.
Itohert Bro*n and John Burnham, blowers, Potton,
Bedfordshire, Marsh 29 and May 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Isaac Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Rhodes, Lane, and Rhodes,
Chancery-lane ' • Messrs. Smith and Argles, Potton, Beds.
John Sagar, Birkenhead, brewer, April 6 and May 5, at
aleyeti, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, South
John-8.4213A Lirisrpoon!, official assignee ; Fletcher and
Hull, Liverpool.
Robert Isherwood and Strethill Foden, wool and cotton
dealers, Liverpool, April 6 and May 5, at eleven, at the
liiverpoolDistrict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Booker, Liverpool.
Henry Husbands King, bookseller, Bristol, April 4 and
May 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee, Bristol ; Britten, Bristol.
William Livesey, bell-hanger and gas-fitter, Vauxhall-
bridge-road, April 5, and May 13, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basingha,ll-
- ;, Chidley, Gresham-street.
William-Billinge, stone mason eilad builder, Rainhill,
Lancaster, April 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Evans and
, „ •
Son, Liverpool. ,
1 Francis Otiiick, jeWeller and silversmith, Bristol, April
7, and 5, at half-past one, at the Bristol',Diatriet
Court. Whitmore, official aniguee, issalughill-stroot ;

Bevan and Girling, Bristol ; Taylor and Collisson, Bed-
ford-row.
James Rogers, mason and builder, Paddington, March
31, at eleven, and May 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Dawson and Bryan, Bedford-square.
William Shuttleworth, licensed victualler, Stratford-
upon-Avon, April 5 and May 3, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
William Morris, innkeeper, Ludlow, April 3 and May 1,
at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Backhouse, Bridgnorth ;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
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Henry Bladon and Henry Coates, stuff merchants, Man-
chester.

Kowa SEQUESTRATIONS.

Thomas Braid, builder, Glasgow.
Andrew Oliver and Company, merchants, Glasgow.
Patterson and Neilson, calico printers, Linwood, Paisley.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Michael Fowler, of Bushey, Hertfordshire, cattle dealer,
second and final dividend of id. in the pound, payable at
35, Moorgate-street, City, ou March 29 and following Wed-
nesday.
Charles Vanderyacht, of the Quadrant, silk mercer,
second and final dividend of 10. in the pound, payable at
35, Moorgate-street, City, on March 29 and following Wed-
nesday.
Thomas Linnoll, of 40, Gresham-street, City, commis-
sion agent, first dividend of Gs. id. in the pound, payable
at 2, Basinghall-street, on any Wednesday.
Richard Pope and John Buckingham Pope, of 3, Ade-
laide-place, London-bridge, and Crigglestone, Yorkshire,
brick manufacturers, first dividend of sid. in the pound,
payable at 2, Basinghall-street, on any Wednesday.
David Furminger Kennett, of l 1, Oxford-street, vic-
tualler, second dividend of 7d. in the pound, payable at 3,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Robert Charles Rooseinale Cocq, of Ceylon, East Indies
merchant, first dividend of 12s. 3d. in the pound, payable
at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tues-
day.
John George Lacy, of Great St. Helen's, London, gun
manufacturer, second dividend of 3s. in the pound, payable
at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tues-
day.
Richard Tamsett, of Woolwich, builder, second dividend
of 80. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Charles Jacob, of Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, mer-
chant, a dividend of 4s. in the pound, payable at three,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
John Davis, of the Railway Hotel, Colney Hatch, Mid-
dlesex, first dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 3,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Joseph Slater, of Friday-street, Cheapside, warehouse-
man, second dividend of led. in the pound, payable at 3,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Henry Aldrich, of Ipswich, corn merchant, first divid-
end of Bid. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-cham-
hers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Benjamin Cubitt Scily, of North Walsham, money
scrivener, first dividend of Is. 2d. in the pound, payable
at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tues-
day.
Thomas Ballard, of 10, Southwick-place, Paddington,
apothecary, first dividend of ls. in the pound, payable at
3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Thomas Manson, of Lloyd's Coffee-house, underwriter,
second dividend of 7d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild-
hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Holt Taylor, of Waterfoot, Lancashire, corn-dealer, a
further dividend of 4id. in the pound, payable at 69, Prin-
cess-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday.
Mackinsey Bowell, of Manchester, publican, first divi-
dend of 9s. in the pound, payable at 69, Princess-street,
Manchester, on any Tuesday.
Benjamin Smith, of Droitwich, Worcestershire, salt
manufacturer, first dividend of 7d. in the pound, payable
at 7, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on any Thursday.
Thomas Alesworth, late of Liverpool, merchant, a divi-
dend of ls. lid., making 9s. 7cl. in the pound, payable at
5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
John Henry Romer, later of Brewer-street, St. James's,
licensed victualler, a dividend of 9id. in the pound, pay-
able at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
John Read, sen., late of Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-
square, tailor, a dividend of 55., making ss. 4d. in the
pound, payable at 5, Portugal-treet, Lincoln's-inn.
John Thomas Dickens, late of Woolwich, grocer, a divi-
dend of ls. 11d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-st.,
Lincoln's-inn,
Wm. Chapman, late of Chingford, Essex, a dividend of
3s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin-
coln's-inn.
James Lillicrap, late of East S tonehouse, Devonshire,
Captain R.N., a further dividend of 55. 4d., in the pound,
payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
David Davies, late of Tregarron, Cardiganshire, inn-
keeper, a dividend of is. sid. in the pound, payable at 5,
Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
Joseph Walker, late of West Auckland, Durham, wool-
len draper, a dividend of is. 20. in the pound, payable at
5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
James Thomas Yates' late of Greenwich, Lieutenant
R.N., a dividend of Bs. 10d., making 10s. lOid. in the
pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
William Twisdon, late of Upper George-street, Portman-
square, gentleman, a dividend of 4s. od. in the pound,
payable, at 5 Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
William Lupton, of Brighton Waterloo, Lancashire,
auctioneer, a dividend of 1.00. in the pound, payable at
5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
Margaret Seymour Elliott, late of Greenwich, no busi-
ness, a dividend of ss. id., making Bs, 4id. in the pound,
payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.