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London, England, 1853-02-18 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, FRB. 18.

Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—James Gunter, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, Feb. 18.
3d Dragoon Guards—John Joseph Corrigan, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ford, who retires, Feb. 18.
Ist Dragoons—Cornet Richard George Glyn, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Sykes, promoted,
Feb. 18. . _ - • _ . -

6th Dragoons—Lieutenant Robert George Manley to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Sir Warwick Charles Morehead,
Bart., who retires, Feb. 18.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Alexander Roberts Dunn
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowe, who retires,
Feb. 18.
16th Light Dragoons—Josseph Tarratt, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Sleeman, promoted, Fe. 18.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign Edward
Amelius Disbrowe, from the 85th Foot, to be Ensign and
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rolt, who retires, Feb. 18.
3d Foot—George Noble Roe, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Walker, appointed to tho 78th Foot, Feb.
18.
6th Foot—Thomas Folliott Powell, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Armit, appointed to the 24th Foot,
Feb. 18.
9th Foot—William Hussey, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Fairfax, appointed to the 31st Foot,
Feb. 18.
13th Foot—Captain Lovell Stanhope Richard Lovell,
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from the 16th Foot, to be Captain, vice Platt, who ex-
changes ; Cornwallis Henry Chichester, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice W. H. Jones, promoted, Feb. 18.
15th Foot—Aldred Oldfield, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Moore, promoted, Feb. 18.
16th Foot—Captain: Charles Rowley Platt, from the 13th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Lovell, who exchanges, Feb. 18.
17th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, Thomas
Cowan, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Robert Allan, who re-
tires upon half-pay, Feb. 18.
19th Foot—Thomas Woore Scott, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Clay, promoted, Feb. 18.
22d Foot—Ensign Robert Richardson Ellis, from the
40th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Poole, promoted ; Edward
Napoleon L'Estrange, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Moore, who retires, Feb. 18.
26th Foot—John Bainbrigge Story, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, `ice Elwes, promoted, Feb. 8.
31st Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Barry to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Wilmot, who retires ; Ensign Tho-
mas Eaton Swettenham to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
Tice Barry ; Ensign Charles Knight Pearson, from the
99th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Swettenham, Feb. 18.
39th Foot—Rawdon Charles Patrick de Robeck, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, appointed to the
3d Foot, Feb. 18.
44th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Cholmeloy Dering, from
the 85th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Baker, who exchanges,
Feb. 18. .

45th Foot—Allen Allecocke Young, Gent., to be Ensign
by purchase, vice Meurant, appointed to the 18th Foot,
Feb. 18.
46th Foot—James Edward Perry,'Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Fane, promoted, Feb. 18.
48th Foot—Ensign Henry Richmond Hoghton Gale to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bugle, who retires ;
Ernest Christian Wilford, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Bedingfield, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon
Thomas Goldie Scot, M.D., from the 79th Foot, to be Sur-
geon, vice James Young, M.D., who retires upon half-pay,
Feb.lB.

49th Foot--Charles Warren Adams, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Le Marchant, promoted, Feb. 18.
50th Foot—Montague de Sales McKenzie Gordon Clarke,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fawcett, promoted,
Feb. 18.

Foot--Francis Dundas Farquharson, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson, promoted,
Feb. 18. -

62d Foot—Alexander George Dickson, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Roberts, promoted, Feb. 18 ; Law-
rence Blakiston, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Tibbitts, promoted, Feb. 19.
63d Foot—Roger Swire, Gent., to bo Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Gauntlett, whose retirement was announced in
the Gazette of Jan. 21, Feb. 18.
67th Foot—Assistant Surgeon John Elliot Carte, M.B ,
from the 14th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Matthew, appointed
to the Staff, Feb. 18.
69th Foot—Charles West Hill, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Charleton, promoted, Feb. 18.
77th Foot—Arthur Francis Maine, Gent, to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Maude, who retires ; Lieutenant William
Ronalds has been superseded, for being absent without
leave, Feb. 18.
78th Foot—Ensign Melville Augustus Walker, from the
33, foot, to be Ensign, vice Sillery, appointed to the 30th
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Foot, Fob. 18.
85th Foot—Lieutenant James Gubbins to be Captain,
by purchase, vice ,Aide, retireswhonsignß
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Glynn DTheoringmas, Bwahkoere,xferhoanangtehs ; Ensign
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gubbins ; Augustine Fitz-
Gerald, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Athorpe,
promoted, Feb. 18 ; Henry Manners Chichester, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, -vice Hogge, Feb. 19.
Ist West India Reg,iment--Second. Lieutenant John
Kysh, from the sth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Patterson,
promoted, Feb. 18.
2d West India Regiment—Staff Surgeon of the Second
Class, John William Mostyn, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice
George Allman, who retires upon half-pay, Feb. 18.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain George Rushout, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major C.
Kelson, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached
Majority, Feb. 18.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Charles Studdert Maunsell,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lucas, promoted,
Feb. 18.
St. Helena Regiment—Adolphus William Campbell,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase' Feb. 18.
Hospital Staff—Surgeon Thomas Patrick Matthew, from
the 67th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class,
vice Cown, appointed to the 17th Foot ; William Brown,
M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Poole,
appointed to the 73d Foot ; William Alexander Mackin-
non, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
George, promoted in the 12th Foot, Fob. 18.1
Unattached—Lieutenant Samuel Percy Lea, from the
25th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 18.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FED. 17.
Corps of Royal Engineers--Second Lieutenant Lionel

Chas. Barber, to be First-Lieutenant, vice Sandeman, de-
ceased, Oct. 3.
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Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Wm. Armstrong, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Sir
John Fife, Knight, to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Geo. Fen-
wick, Banker, to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Thomas Emerson
Headlam, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; James Hodg-
son, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Joseph Hawks, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Robert. Plummer, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant ; Henry West, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant, Feb. 7.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex.

Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia—
Lieutenant Edward Murray to be Captain, vice George
Edward Cook resigned ; George Perrott, Esq., late Cap-
tain 15th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Price, resigned,
Feb. 10.
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Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.

Leicestershire Regiment of Militia—Edward Harry
Thomas, Esq., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 27.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Southampton.
North Hants Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant William
Henry Digweed to be Captain ; Ensign Thomas Best to ba
Lieutenant, vice William Henry Digweed, promoted,
Feb. 12. _ .

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North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Wyndham
Spencer Portal to be Captain, vice Melville Portal, retired?
William Wither Bramston Beech, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Wyndham Spencer Portal, promoted, Feb. 14. .

BANKRIJPTS.

Isaac Unwin, builder, Poland-street, Oxford-street, to
surrender, March 1, at eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Riyolta, Hart-street, Bloomsbury.
Henry Manmngton Morgan, shipowner, Reading, March
7, at twelve, and April 6, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Freeman and
Bothamley, Coleman-street, City.
William Booth, iron merchant, Norpeth-terrace, Hack-
ney-road, March 2, at half-past ono, and April 6, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee;
Linklater and Co., Sise-lane, City.
John Leech, dealer, Newton Moor, Chester, March
1 and 22 at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Buckley, Ashton-
under-Lyne, Lancashire.
Goorge Armstrong, builder, South Shields, Durham,
Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Baker, official assignee, Gray's-inn-square ; Bag-
nal, Durham.
Luke Jagger, merchant, Huddersfield, March 7 and April
4, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee ; Sykes, Huddersfield ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Henry Cannings, plumber, Market-Lavington,Wltshire,
March 1 and 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, ristol ; Neat, Devizes ; Abbot
and Lucas, Bristol.
John Davis, licensed victualler, Colney Hatch, Middle-
sex, Feb. 26, at one, and April 9, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennel, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street,
official assignee ; Ashurst and Son, Old Jewry.
Robert Brennand, warehouseman, Addle-street, Wood-
street, City, March 4 and April 12, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, King William-
streot, official assignee; Linklater and Co., Sise-lane, Buck-

lesbury.
Richard Parkes Hunt, hosier, Kidderminster, March 2
and April 15, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Saunders and Son,
Kidderminster ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Bir-
mingham.
Daniel Dale, builder, Bidsgrove, Stafford, March 9 and
30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Llewellyn, Tunstall ;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
George Henry Tyerman, hosier, Plymouth, Feb. 26, at
half-past one, and March 24, at half-past ten, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, xeter ; Solo,
Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Overbury, Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry; Little and Billing, Devonport.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap for
the Week ending on Saturday the 12th day of February, 1853.

ISSUE DEP,LIITMENT.

Notes issued .... 31,7b9,710 Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 2,984,,,00
Gold coin and bullion 17,780,156
Silver bul ion 19,151

£31,79,710 I £31,799,7 s 0
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 17th day of February, 1853.

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000

Government securities

Rest.. • • ......... 3,313,924
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 6,239,297
Other deposi.s ...... 12,012,578
Seven Day and other
8i115.............. 1,417,834

(ineludg.pead W eight

Annuity) 13,618,600
Other securities ...... 13,790,754
Notes • • 9,494,625
Gold and silver coin.. 601,650

£37,536,633

£37,;36,633
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1253.

Dated tho lith day of February,

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending the 15th day of
February, 1853, is 255. 41d. per hundred. weight, exclusive
of the duties of Customs paid or paya-ale thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

:ANGE—Tuts DAY.

Leghorn .. 5
'Genoa 25 47'.
Milan
Naples .. , . 41N
ralermo . • .. 124%
Messina .. .. 125
Lisbon .. 5314
Oporto .. s:i
Rio Janeiro

BuenosAyres ..........

New York, 60 days' sight
Philadelphia ..........

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11%
New Dollars ..... 0 0 0
311vor in bars 0 5 1