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London, England, 1854-08-18 00:00:00

by purchase, vice Hume, promoted ; Henry Hungerford
St. Leger, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arundel,
August 18.
82d Foot—To be Lieutenants by purchase—Ensign John
Sidney Hand, vice Bailie, promoted ; Ensign Robert
Francis Henry Macgregor Skinner, vice Tinling, w o re-
tires, August 18. To be Ensigns by purchase—Patrick
Thorp Dickson, Gent., vice Skinner, An gust 17 ; Cecil
James East, Gent., vice Hand, August 18.
88th Foot—To be Lieutenants by purchase —Ensir,u
George Robert Beresford, vice Maulererer, promoted ;
Ensign George Edward Copley, vice Maynard, promoted;
Ensign, Et:affirm Delme Radcliffe, vice Ernst, promoted ;
August 18. To be Ensigns by purchase—William Lam-
bert, Gent., vice Beresford, August 16; Frederick Hall,
Gent., vice Copley, August 17 ; Robert Vernor, Gent.,
vice Radcliffe, August 18.
89th Foot—Ensign John Waldron Gray to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Atkinson, promoted ; John
Arthur Barstow, Gent., to be Ensign, b y purchase, vice
Gray, August 18.
97th Foot—Capt. Benjamin Geale Ham fret', from half-
pay, 56th Foot, to be Captain, repaying the difference ;
Lieutenant Thomas Venables to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Humfrey, who retires; Ensign Robert Children White-
head toGent., t
beLieuto be Ensign,enant,by purchase, vice 'Venables; Hales
w by purchasa, vice Whitehead,
Aug. 18.
99th Foot—Ensign Thomas Hollingwor th Clarkson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires; George
Robert Stewart Black, Gent., to be Emegn, by purchase,
vice Clarkson, Aug. 18.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Adolphus Haggerston Ste-
phens, from the 40th Foot, to be Lieuten :vat, without pur-
' chase, Aug. 9; Percyvall Hart Dyke, Ge to be Ensign,
by purchase; Aug. 17; Edward Henry Clive, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 18.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Jarttes Watson to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hawtayne,, promoted, Aug.

18.
Depot Battalion at Winchester—Captain Samuel Dun.
ning, on half-pay Unattached, to be Ass istant-Adjutant,
Aug. 18.
BREVET—The nadermentione I Officers to be Lieutenant
Generals, while employed on a Special S e rvice in Turkey
their Commissions to bear date 18th Aug ust, 1854, viz.:—
Major-General Sir Richard England, li.. C.B.
Major-General the Hon. Sir George Cathcart, K.C.B.
Major-General the Earl of Lncan.
To be Majors in the Army.
Captain Benjamin Geale Humfrey, e f the 97th Foot,
Jan. 10, 1837.
Captain John McVicar, of the 49th Foc it, Jan. 10, 1 837
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army.
Brevet-Major Benjamin Geale tfuni3,srey, of the 97th
Foot, Nov. 11, 1851-
Brevet-Major John McVicar, of tha 49th Foot, Nov.
11, 1851.
MEMORANDE3I.—The date of the coma rission in the army
of Lieutenant William Lewis Devenish Meares, formerly
of the 98th and now of the 20th Foot, i a 11th Oct., 1853.
The Commission of Ensign Charles Art .I'rtir Talbot, of the
Rifle Brigade, has been ante-dated to. 10th July, 1854.
The Christian names of Ensign Johnst nof the Ist West
India Regiment, are " William Walker Whitehall "
Errata in the Gazette of the 15th A. ugust, 1854.
31st Foot—For Assistant-Surgeon William Frederick
Porcato Ivey, <lre., read Assistant-fi urgeon William
Frederick Torcato Ivey, Sze.
HOSPITAL STMT.—For Joseph Fletcher Longheed,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, read Joseph Fletcher
Lougheed.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS
The Hungerford Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut.
William Willes to be Captain, vice Ca,pel Coape, retired,
Aug. 5 ; Cornet George William Barker to be Lieutenant,
vice Willes, promoted, Aug. 7.
Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regimemt—Hugh Massey
Ryves, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Phi.j.ip Homer Page,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Aug. 7.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Alan
Chambre, Esq„ late Captain 17th Ltuncers, to be Major,
Aug. 15.
3rd Regiment of West York Militia—Lieutenant Ed-
ward Nicholson to be Captain and Payi nester ; Lieutenant
Maurice Rogers to be Captain, vice Sutcliffe resigned ;
Ensign Henry Neville Cotton Thurston o to be Lieutenant,
vice Nicholson, promoted : Ensign Framcis Patrick Smith,
to be Lieutenant, vice Rogers, promoted; Gerald Roch-
fort, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Thurlstone, promoted ;
Robert John Bell, Gent, to be Ensign, Aug. 11. [This
article is substituted for that which ap.F,eared in the Gazette
of Friday last.]
3rd Regiment of West York Militia--Humphery Brook
Firman, Gent. to be Ensign, Aug. 3.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Charles Mee, Berlin wool and fancy needle work repo
tory, Bristol.

BANKRUPTS.

Henry Knapp, builder, New-road, to surrender, August
31, and October 4, at one, at the Co art of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Huson, ironmon-
ger-lane.
Henry Scarlett, brewer, Huddersfield, Aug. 28, at
twelve, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; J. and W. Sykes, Hudders-
field ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Thomas Deans, draper, Blackburn, Sept. 1 and 30, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman,
official assignee, Manchester ; Cobbett and Wheeler, Man-
chester.
Robert Tripp, share-broker, St. Michael's-alley, Corn-
hill, Aug. 28, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 26, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Sambrook-court, Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street.
George Thomas Chantry, paper box- manufacturer, Bir-
mingham, Sept. 1 at twelve, and Sept. '2B, at ten, at the
Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Standbridge, Birmingham.
Henry Brewer, inakeepar, Rosi, Herefordshire, Aug.
29 and Sept. 2.i, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, offiial assignee, Bristol ; Wilkes, Gloucester.
Samuel Routlege, dyer, Hudderseld, Sept. 4 and o,t.
5, at eleven, at the Leeds District C.Jurt. Hope, official
as-donee, Leeds ; Floyd and Sun, Huddersfield; Bond and
Barwick, 1.4-:eds.
Thomas Marson, dealer in horses, Finsbury, Sept. 4, at
half-past eleven, and Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court, of
Bankruptcy. .Johnson, official assignee, Basinghali-street ;
Smith and -;on, Barnard's-inn.
Sidney Milnes Hawkes, brewer, Chelsea, Sept. 4, at
twelve, and Sept. 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Martin,
Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane.
Samuel Herbert Ellis, the younger, sharebroker, Stock
Exchange, Sept. 2, at one, and Sept.3o, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Eady, Hatton-garden.
Henry Alfred Mathews, victualler, Camberwell, Surrey,
Aug. 26, at twelve, and Sept. 27, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Wilkinson,
Gurney, and Stevens, Nicholas-lane.