The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-14 00:00:00

WHITEHALL,' JAN. 13.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, granting un:;o James Andrew,
Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., the office of Constable of her Ma-
jesty's Castle of Dover; and also the office of Warden and
Keeper of her Majesty's Cinque Ports ; and the office of
Admiralty within the said Cinque Ports and their Mem-
bers ; and likewise all wrecks of the sea whatsoever.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 13.

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The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
1:e passed under the Great Seal, granting unto William
.‘ilonsell. Esquire, the office of Clerk of the Ordnance of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
CROWN-OFFICE.

ME3IBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAIIENT.
JAN. 13.

County of Dumfries.—The Right Hon. Archibald
liam Douglas, commonly called Viscount Drumlanrig,
Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household.
County of Haddington.—The Hon. Francis Wemyss
Claarteris, one of the Lords Commissioners for executing
the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain,
and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.
County of Cavan.--Sir John Young, Bart., of Bailie-
borough Castle, in the said county of Cavan, Chief Secre-
tary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.
ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, JAN. 12.
The Qu-an has been pleased on the nomination of the
-Right Hon. Lord Foley, to appoint Frederic William
Hamilton, Esq,,, late Captain of the 12th' ROyal Lancers,
one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms,
vice Morison, retired.

WAR-OFFICE, JAL 14.

Ist Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Knox
Birnie, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Jan. 14.
6th Foot—Lieutenant James Wallace Danlop Adair,
from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bennett, who
exchanges, Jan. 14.
20th Foot—Lieutenant George Bennett, from the sth
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Adair, who exchanges, Jan.
14.

21st Foot—Lieutenant John Francis Do Cal tere:;, from
the 3r.1. West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Savage, who exchanges, Jan. 14.
31st Foot—Lieutenant Honourable Eyre Challoner Henry
Massey, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pedder, who re-
tires ; Ensign Robert Place Gould, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Honourable E. Massey • Ensign William
George Herbert Taylor Fairfax, from the' 9th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Gould ; Assistant-Surgeon John Meane, from
the 20th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Jan. 14.
46th Foo:,—Ensign John Augustus Fane to be Lierte-
Pant, without purchase, vice Sir Arthur Henry Dillon,
Bart., decc:-,sed, Dec. 31.
74th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Lapsley, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robinson, ap-
pointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 14.
85th Foot—Actin, Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Fisher
Bartley, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Jan. 14.
92d Foot—Ensign John Allan M'Donald, to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Miller who retires, Jan. 14.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Savage,
from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice de Carteret, who
exchanges, Jan. 14.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 13.
Ordnance Medical Department.—Snrgeon Dempsy to be
Senior Surgeon, vice Richardson, retired on half-pay ;
Assistant-Surgeon Elliot to be Surgeon, vlce Dempsy ;
Temporary Assistant-Surgeon Wright to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, vice Elliot, Jan. 1.
The following article is substituted for the one whidi
appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 11th January :
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County
Palatine of Durham.
Richard Lamb, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Jan. 1.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ross-shire.

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Bart., Sir Kenneth Mackenzie,
Bart., Keith William Stewart Mackenzie, younger, Esq.,
Louis Mark Mackenzie, Esq., James Falconer Gillanders,
William Cruickshank Robertson, younger, Esq.,
Kenneth Mackenzie, younger, Esq., John Andrew Shaw
Mackenzie, Esq., and John St. John Munro, younger,
Eq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, Dec. 21.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
King's Owa Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Cap-
tain James Scott Walker, late of the 88th Regiment of
Foot, to be Major, vice Grant, promoted, Jan. 11.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire.

Royal Radnor Militia—Edward Mawthill Tearne, Gen
to be Surgeon, Jan. 8.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Ridin,
of Yorkshire.

3d Regiment of West York Militia—Theophilus Smith
to be Ensign, Jan. 4; Frederick Durham to be Ensign,
Jan. 8.

2d Rgiment of West Yo::_k Militia—Lieutenant John
Michael Barstow to be Captain ' • Lieutenant Wormley
Edws rd Richardson to be Captain ; Robert Stansfield, Esq.,
late 17th Foot, to be Captain ; Ensign Thomas Holy Holds-
woT.th to be Lieutenant, Jan. 8.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—The
Ron. Dudley-Francis Stuart Ryder, commonly called Vis-
count Sandon, to be Captain ' • Charles Oldham, Esq., to be
Captain ; William Thomas Locker, Esq., to be Captain ;
Robert Hargreaves, Esq., to be Captain ; Charles Garnett,
Esq., to be Captain ' Edward Mayne, the younger, Esq.,
to be Captain, Jan. 5.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Oxford Regiment of Militia.—Henry Edward Francis
Lambert, Esq., to be Captain, vice Dillon, resigned ; Ben-
jamin Williams, Esq., to be Captain, vice Holloway,
resigned ; YJilliam Wemyss Methven Dewar, Gent. to be
Lieutenant vice Scott, resigned, Jan. 12.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Morayshire.
Inveraess, Banff, Elg,in, and Nairn Regiment of
74ilitia.—Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming, Esq., late
Captain in her Majesty's 71st Highland Light Infantry
and ''t-% Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice C. L. Cumming
Bru`..e, Esq., M.P., who retires.

BANKRUPTS.
George Benjamin Costerton, merchant, Great Yarmouth,
o surrender, Jan. 24, at half-past one, and Feb. 24, at two,
.r.t the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ;
dell and Co. 'Bow-churchyard.
John Lockyer, steel and iron warehouseman, Clerken-
'well-green, Jan. 24, at eleven, and Feb. 24, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Pearce, Giltspur-street.
Benjamin James and Thomas Girdwood Hardie, builders,
Newport, Monmouth, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, at eleven, at
the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee,
_Bristol ; Bachelor, Bristol.
John Petrie, confectioner, Plymouth, Jan. 20 and Feb.
17, at half-past ten, at the Exeter District Court. Herna-
Llann, official assignee, Exeter ; Elworthy, Plymouth.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act '
the Week ending on Saturday
ISSUE DEP.

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Bth day of January, 1853.

-Notes issued••• •.. 33,170,165

233.170,165

Dtted the 13th day of January: