The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-05 00:00:00

MASTER OF THE HORSE'S OFFICE APRIL 2.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles
Edmund Phipps, Esq., to be Page of Honour to her Ma-
jesty, vice Crofton.
FOREIGN OFFICE —APRIL 5.
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The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert
Bogle as Consul in Jamaica, for the Republic of Gaute-
mala.

Commission by the. Lord LLieutenant of Middlesex.
Algernon Frederick Greville, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant, Dec. 13, 1852.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Berkshire.
David Anderson Blane, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
March 15. _ .

. Royal Berks Militia—John Mahon Williams, Gent., to
be Ensign, March 16.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower

Hamlets.

James Holbert Wilson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant,
April 2.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—Thos.
Ranelagh John George Thomson, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Ogle, superseded ; Richard Hill Webster, Esq., to be Cap-
tain, vice Rickford, resigned ; George Kitson, Esq., to be
Captain ; Wm. Henry Taylor, Esq., to be Captain ; Clave-
ring Redman, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cotton, re-
signed ; John William Gordon Woodford, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; John Feetham, Gent., to be Lieutenant ;
Leonard Strong, Gent., to be Lieutsnant, April 2.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottingham.
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia.—Francis Rawson, Gent, to be Lieutenant.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall.
Royal Cornwall Rangers—Ernest Frederick Peel, Gent.,
Stephen Nowell Usticke, Gent., and John Borlase, Gent.,
to be Second Lieutenants, March 26.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kent.
West Kent Regiment of Militia.—Major Sir Thomas
Maryon Wilson, Bart., to be Colonel, vice Sir John K.
Shaw, Bart., resigned, April 1.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Leicestershire Regiment of Militia.—Alfred Whitby,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 21.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex.
Western Regiment of Militia.—The Right Hon. Charles
Henry Spenser George Canning, Baron Garvagh (late Cap-
tain in the 10th Hussais), to be Captain, March 31.
Eastern Regiment of Militia.—Matthew Henry Lister,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Frederic William Kirby, Gent.,
to be Ensign, March 31.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia.—Captain Alfred Ed-
ward Hill, late Captain 68th Foot, to be Captain, vice
Marsh, resigned ; Captain Henry C. Cotton, late Captain
21st Fusiliers, to be Captain ; Godfrey Russell, Gent., to
be Lieutenant ; Roger G. C. Owen, Gent., so be Lieute-
nant ; John Bennett, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Charles
Phillips, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 31.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey.
3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—To be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Commandant. Thomas Chaloner Bisse
Challoner, Esq., formerly Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
of the 4th Royal Surrey Light Infantry Regiment, Local
Militia, March 26.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.

Cambridgeshire Militia.-. Lieutenant and Adjutant
Michael Dickment to be Captain ; James Michael Hankin
Turvin, Esq., to be Lieutenant, March 30.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—John
Hippisley, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Blagrave, resigned,
March 31.

BANKRUPTS.
- William Wright, draper, Malden, to surrender, April
14, and May 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bakruuptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Overbury,
Old Jewry,
William Crowley, wheelwright, Newport Pagnell, April
9 and May 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, 2, Basinghall-street ; Sargent
and Justice, 5, Essex-court, Temple ; Jagger, Bir-
mingham.
Charles Grant Wilson, woollen warehouseman, Foster-
lane, April 15, and May 28, twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Cheapside.
Edward Hunt, auctioneer, King William-street, City,
April 19, at half-past two, and May 10, at one. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, King William-street ;
Miller and Horn, King William-street.
John Llewellin, haberdasher, Bristol, April 20, at twelve,
and May 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Metteram and Knight,
Birmingham, and Prideaux, Bristol.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.-•(THIS DAY.)

ELECTION OF HEAD MASTER.

The election of a successor to the lamented Dr. Rice
took place this day. Upon the present occasion, the
old rule of confining the choice to the persons educated
on the foundation of Christ's Hospital was set aside for
the first time. At a preliminary meeting of the Court
of Almoners, under the presidency of His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, the names of three gentle-
men were selected, among them Mr. Harper, head-
master of the King's school, Sherborne, who afterwards
withdrew from the contest. The Court of Governors,
as the superior power, met this day for the purpose of
selecting from the two remaining candidates, namely,
the Rev. Andrew George Jacob, Doctor of Divinity,
and the Rev. Henry Newport, Master of Arts. _ _

At the hour appointed, the counting-house, and the
various thoroughfares or court-yards leading thereto,
assumed a very animated appearance, the number of
governors attending the election being greater than can
be remembered for many years.
The preliminary proceedings having been gone
through, the election, which was by ballot, commenced.
The abilities and high character of each of the candi-
dates having been dwelt upon, each of the governors re-
ceived two printed slips of paper, each bearing the name
of either gentleman, and each governor having made his
selection, at three o'clock the numbers were announced
as follows :

Rev. Andrew G. Jacob, D.D. l4O
Rev. Henry Newport, M.A.
The salary attached to the office is, we believe, 8001.
per annum, with a residence.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of this day.)

SUGAR.—To-day the market for West India sugar pre-
sented a dull appearance, and the rates accepted are rather
under those of Friday for both grocery and refining sorts.
At the public sales of 120 hhds Demerara crystalised
prices declined is per cwt.—good greyish selling at 38s to
395, low to middling 35s to 37s 6d, and brown from 33s to
34s 6d per cwt. Total purchases aro only 166 hhds, &c.
REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with
caution for home consumption, and prices declined, brown
lumps selling at 45s 6d to 465, and low to fine grocery 46s
Gd to 48s 6d per cwt. In crushed Sugar not much is
doing for export, still rates are sustained.
MAURITIUS.—To-day the quantity of Mauritius Sugar
offered was greater than previously, and amounted to 18,903
bags ; of this, 15,000 found buyers at prices fully 6d per
cwt under those of Friday ; fine yellow went at 3Gs Gd to
37s Gd, low to good 34s 6d to 365, good to fine brown 32s
to 34.5, ord to mid 30s to 31s Gd, low 27s to 295, corn to
good grey 33s to 365, superior 36s 6d to 37s 6d, and fine
grainy yellow 39s to 40s per cwt.
EAST INDIA.—To-day there was not much desire to
operate in Bengal sugar. The quantity offered at auction
was, 5,780 bags, and only 2,000 sold at Gd reduction ;
Benares good to fine white went at 375. to 38s, low to mid
35s to 36s 6(1, superior grainy yellow 39s Gd to 40s, fine
soft yellow 34s to 34s 6d. Madras is yet plentiful, and of
6,000 bags in public sale a very small part only sold at
rather low terms, low to mid grocery at 32s to 345, and
ord to fine soft yellow 29s to 32s per cwt.
MOLASSES.—Few buyers are to be met with, but supply
being limited in price, scarcely any change has occurred.
West India is held for 168 to 18s for low to fine quality,
Bengal and Mauritius 144 to 15s, Cuba and Porto Rico 17s
to 18s per cwt.
COCOA.—Purchases in West India have been on a small
scale, and prices incline downwards, although the supply is