The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-05 00:00:00

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 3.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Alexandria,
announcing that vessels arriving iu Egypt from Syria are
admitted to immediate pratique.
WAR•OFFICE, APRIL 4.
26th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Philip Bain-
C.B , to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Lord
Seaton, G.C.8., removed to the 2d Regiment of Life
Guards, March 31.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 1.

The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent on the removal of the name of Rear-Admiral
of the Blue Sir John Franklin from the list
. .

Captain Right_ Honourable Charles Lord Colchester to
be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved List.

—Captain Charles Hope to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry— Sir Robert Peel, Bart., to be Captain, vice Des
Vceux, resigned, Match 29.
Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Charles Henry Wyndham A'Court, Gent., to be Lieuten-
ant, March 3t.

Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—James Master.
son Pennington, Esq., to be Captain, vice Powe, resigned,
March 24.

The Essex Rifles—Robert Augustus Sandell, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant, March 31.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia—Joseph Deane Freeman, Gentleman, to be
Lieutenant, March 18.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—William Herman, Gent., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Nunn, resigned, March 30.
Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Marcus
Merryweather Turnor, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
March 23.

Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Major Henry Wenman Newman to bo Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Jenner, decease I; Captain John Surman to
be Major, vice Newman, promoted ; Lieut. George Henry
Bengough to be Captain, vice Surman, promoted ; Ensign
Robert Heane to be Lieutenant, vice Bengough, pro-
moted, April 3.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Spencer Perceval Robbins, Esq., to be Captain, vice Mac-
clintoch, resigned.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia —William Dickason Clay, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, March 30.
Regiment of Royal London Militia—Major George Mac-
Call to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Samuel Wilson, pro-
moted ; Ensign Thomas Dennis Rew to be Lieutenant, vice
Cnristian William Mc Niell, promoted, March 31; Frede-
rick Robinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice William
Robertson, promoted, April 1; James Duke Hill, Gent.,
to be Ensign, March 31; Alfred Peachey, Gent., to be
Ensign, April 1.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle-
men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the
High Court of Chancery :
Joseph Unwin Harwood, Clement's-lane, Lombard-st.
John James, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East.
William Hunter, Bloomsbury-street, Bedford-square.
William Henry Cave, Thatcham, Berks.
William Edward Ratcliffe, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Thomas Rymer, Liverpool.
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.

Henry Charles Palmer, hatter, Stones End, Southwark.
Thomas Dawson, butcher, Dalton, Yorkshire.
BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Stanbridge Rogers Clarke, dealer in hay, Rich-
mond Villas, Bayswater, to surrender, April 12, at half-
past one, and May 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ;
Elliott, Doctor's-com,,,ons.
John Solomon, shipowner, Liverpool, April 12 at half-
past two, and May 15 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee ; Ashley and Watts, Old Jewry.
Frederick Hellyer, wood carver, New Brompton, April
11, at half-past two, and May 16, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Hillyer and Fenwick, London.
William Lloyd, licensed victualler, Great Russell-street,
Covent-garden, April 12, at half-past two, and May 19, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official as-
signee, Alciermanbury ; Parnell and Guillaume, New
Broad-street, City.
George Haslam, currier, Higham, April 22 and May 6,
at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official
assignee, Sheffield ; Barker, Huddersfield ; Dixon and
Blackwell, Sheffield.

Noah Lee, innkeeper, Bingley, York, April 21 and May
5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Park-row, Leeds ; Weatherhead and Burr,
Keighley ; and Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Stephen Meredith, draper, Birmingham, April 20, and
May 11, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit.
more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birming-
ham.