The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-25 00:00:00

£24,881 1 8

By balance at 31st of December, 1853, por
last Report
Balance of profit and less at London office
and branches at 30th of June last 21,102 1G 5

3,778 5 3

£24,881 1 8

July 1, 1854:
By balance bronght down

£6,977 11 9

T EIE CIVIL SERVICE.

GMT HEAL POST-OrFICE.-Mr. John Wake, chief clerk
of the Hull post-office, has been appointed postmaster
at Darlingten. The postmasterships of Durham and
Worcester are both vacant; the farmer is in the gift of
the Lords of the Treasury, the latter iu the Postmaster-
General.
CusToMs.—Mr. Jekn A. Messenger has been pro-
moted to be inspector-general of imports and exports in
London. Mr. George Duncan has been promoted from
second to first class of landing surveyors in London.
Mr. William Barber has been promoted from third to
second class landing surveyor in London. Mr. John
Lucoek has been promoted from second class of landing
waiters to third class of landing surveyors in London.
Mr. A. Brown, principal coast officer at Carsethorn,
Dumfries, has been promoted to be principal coast officer
in Alderney. Mr. John James, Jun., tidewater, has
been promoted to be principal coast officer at Porten-
lease. Mr. Andrew Jennings has been appointed clerk
at Belfast. Mr. Peter Clerk, extra clerk, Glasgow, has
been appointed extra clerk in Lonien.
A landing waitership in London is vaunt, but it is
one of those vacancies which are to be filled by compe-
titien amongst tke lockers and tide surveyors. The
usual notice has therefore been given inviting candidates
to come forward. The test is a severe one.
A landing waitership at Liverpool is vacant, caused
by the superannuation of Mr. W. kiidebottom, salary
11501.—Civil Service lazette.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Noy. 24.

FSTOCIE EXCEINGE.—The market opened lower again
this morning, and remained flat until late in the day,
when a sudden improvement took place, grounded on some
♦ague political rumours, but the improvement was not
maintained to the close. Caledonian, 30i ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 71i ; Lanoaster and Preston (i shares,
issued at 41. 145.), 8; ; London and North-Western, 98i ;
Midland, 64 ; South-Eastern, 17i j.

LEEDS, Nor. 24.
STOOL EXCIIANG/I.—The market this morning as
manifested renewed symptoms of a decline. Terms
are lower and buyers still reluctant to operate. The fol-
lowing are from the closing sales. Midland, 67i ; Little
North-Westerns, 6 ; Leeds Northerns (sths), p.m. ;
Leeds Northern Extensions, No. 1, 2 pm,

MANCHESTER, NOT. 24.
STOOK Excite/a-LT-There, waa a moderate business,
and prices wore steadily mai nt ained. Sheffields, 21i ;
hovers, 17 13-16 ; Leeds ,Sock, 71; Caledonian, 29 15-16 ;
; E. Counties, 114
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196 y. Midland,

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major Thomas West-
ropp McMahon, from half-pay unattached, to be Major,
vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Le Marchant, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference between cavalry and in-
fantry only, Nov. 24.
lst Dragoons—Thomas Price Greatrex, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase ; Cornet Thomas Price Greatrex
to be Adjutant, vice Webster, who resigns the Adjutautcy
only, Nov. 24.
4th Light Dragoons—Edward Lavillin Puxley, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Martin, promoted, Nov. 24.
6th Dragoons—Cornet. William Sawrey Rawlinson to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dawson, deceased,
Oct. 6; Cornet Nicholas De Jersey Lovell to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Rawlinson, whose promotion by
purchase on the 20th October has been cancelled ; Ensiga
Arthur Finch Dawson, from the 77th Foot, to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Rawlinson, promoted ; Joseph
Thomas Wetherall, Gent., to be Cornet isy purchase, vice
Baillie, promoted in the Coldstream Guards, Nov. 24.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles Steel, from
the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ricketts,
appointed to the 52d Foot, Nov. 24.
15th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Lord Walter Scott,
from the 52d Foot to be Lieutenant, paying the difference,
vice Steel, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons ; Edwin
Walker, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Steel, pro-
moted, Nov. 24.
17th Light Dragoons —Assistant-Surgeon St. John Stan-
ley, from the 334 Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Kendall, promoted in the 4th Light Dragoons, Nov. 24.
Grenadier Guards—Assistant-Surgeon George Eloazor
Blenkins to be Battalion Surgeon, vice Huthwaite, de-
ceased, Oct. 8; Gilbert Proud Girdwood, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Blenkins, Nov. 24.
Coldstream Guards—The Honourable William Edwards
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wyndham,
who retires, Nov. 24.
3d Regiment of Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Wil-
liam Homy Day to be Assistant-Surgeon, Nov. 24.
19th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Henry
John Browne, Gent., vice Cardew, promoted, Nov. 22 ;
Richard Molesworth, Gent., vice Mitford, promoted, Nev.
23 ; James Robert Dalton, Gent, Nov. 24.
23d Foot—Ensign Frederick William Jebb to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Thomas, who retires ; Honour-
able Nathaniel Fiennes to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Jebb, Nov. 24.
Nth Foot—Lieutenant William Macdonald Mill, from
the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Lieutenant, vice Quart-
ley, promoted, Nov. 24.
30th Foot—Edward St. George Smyth, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Hobbs, promoted, Nov. 24.
33d Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Vernon Sed-
don, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Stanley, ap-
pointed to the 17th Light Dragoons, Nov. 24.
35th Foot—Captain Richard Protyman Apthorp, from
half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Bowman, who
exchanges ; Lieutenant Henry Edward Moore to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Apthorp, who retires ; Ensign
Thomas Lloyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moore ;
Mars Mourier Pohle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Lloyd, Nov. 24.
38th Foot—Walter Douglas Bayly, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Tupper, promoted, Nov. 24.
41st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Stratton Bush to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Paterson, who retires; Ensign Jas.
Alexander Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bush ; Walter John Johnson, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Hamilton, Nov. 24.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Nathaniel George Philips to be
Captain, by purchase, vice El,gee, whose promotion, by
purchase, on the 3d Nov., has been cancelled ; Oliver Gas-
pard do Lancoy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice White, appointed to the Gth Dragoons, Nov. 24.
52d Foot—Lieutenant George Thorne Ricketts, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord Walter
Scott, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons, Nov. 24.
62d Foot—John Joshua Rowan, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice the Hon. Edward Fitz Clarence,
appointed to the 7th Foot, Nov. 24.
79th Foot —Assistant Staff-Surgeon Andrew Knox
Drysdale to be Assistant-Surgeon, vico Miller, who re-
signs, Nov. 24.
80th Foot—Captain Herbert Morris, from tho 82nd
Foot, to be Captain, vice Boxer, who exchanges, Nov. 24.
90th Foot—Lieutenant Vere Henry Close to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Bastard, who retires ; Charles B. Wynne,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Nev. 24.
TO BE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.

Acting Assistant-Surgeon Douglas Arthur Reid, M.D.,
ITov. 24.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Charles Robert Nelson, Nov. 24.
let West India Regiment—Patrick Malone, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Proby, appointed to the
lst Foot, Nov. 24.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign William Henry Peel
to be Lieutenant, by purchase; vice Mill, appointed to the
26th Foot; John Charles Kingsley, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Peal, Nov. 24.