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London, England, 1854-12-12 00:00:00

ar'h s appoint, provisionally and pending _
esty's pleasure, the serjeants so recAmmended, to regi-
ments in the army undor his command- ; and her Majesty
has further been graciously pleased to signify her intention.
that, on the several recommendations receiving her
Majesty's approval, the commission shall in each case bear
date the sth November, 1854.

WARRANT GRANTING ANNUITIES AND GRATUITIES TO
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE
ARMY SERVING UNDER THE COMMAND OF FIELD-
MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.
VICTORIA R.—Whereas by Our Royal Warrant of the
4th June, 1853, we were pleased to extend the rewards to
serjeants of our Army for distinguished service from 2,0001.
a year to 4,009/. a year, by an annual progression at the rate
of 2501. a year, or such other rate as might be deemed.
most expedient by Our Secretary at War ; and whereas
We deem it expedient to mark our sense of the distin-
guished, gallant, and good conduct of the army serving in
the East, under the command of Field-Marshal Lord
Raglan, our will and pleasure is, that one serjeant in each
regiment of cavalry and infantry, and of each battalion of
, the Foot Guards, and of the Rifle Brigade serving in the
East, in the Crimea, or elsewhere, under the command of
Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, shall be selected by the corn-
mulcting officer and recommended to us for the grant of an
annuity not exceeding 201., provided that the aggregate,
of grants now made, and to be made, shall not exceed.
4,0)01. in any one year.
The annuity so granted is to be at the disposal of such
serjeant, although he may be still in our service.
It is also our will and pleasure to extend the provisions
of our Royal Warrant of the 13th April, 1854, and with
the special view of marking our sense of the distinguished.
service and gallant conduct in the field of our army now
serving in the East, in the Crimea, or elsewhere, under
the command of , Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, to order
and direct, that the commanding officer of each regi-
ment of cavalry shall be allowed to recommend one
serjeant, two corporals, and four privates, and the com-
manding officer of each regiment of infantry, and of each
battalion of Foot Guards, and of the Rids _Brigade, shall
be allowed to recommend one serjeant, four corporals, and
ten privates, to receive a medal and a gratuity of
For a serjeant £ls
For a corporal £lo
' For a private £ 5
The gratuity to be placed in the Regimental S►zvings'
Bank, there to remain In deposit at interest until hie dis-
charge from our service, and to be deemed to be lifs per-
sonal property, in conformity with the terms of our royal
Warrant of 13th April, 1854.
Given at our Court at St. James's, this fourth da3• of
December, one thousand eight hundred and finv-
fear, in the eighteenth year of our reign.
By her Majesty's command.
SIDNEY HERBERT.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 12.
The following officers of the Royal Artillery and Roval
Engineers to be promoted for distinguished service
BREVET.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE ARMY.
Captain and Brevet-Major John Miller Adye.
TO BE M.4.JORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain David William Paynter.
Edwin Wodehouse.
Gecrge Ashley Maude
William ;3winton
Charles Lawrence D'Aguilar
John James Brandling
John Turner
John Richard Anderson
John Charles William Fortescue
Charles Henry Morris
Second Captain Edward Bruce Hamley
Samzel Enderby Gordon
Hon. Edward. Thomas Gage
Dixon Edward Host()
Henry Peel Yates
James Farrell Pennycnick
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONIII., IN THE .AMT.
Captain and Brevet-Major Richard Tylden.
TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain John William Gordon
Frederick Edward Chapman.
Second Captain John Williamson Lovell.

ADMIRAMTY, DEC. 7.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Hu ;gh
Stukely Buck, of the Artillery Companies of the Corps,
to be Captain, vice Parker, killed in action ; Secc ,nd
Lieutenant Robert Abernethie Brutton to be Fi rat
Lieutenant, vice Buck, promoted.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEITTENANS PS.
County of Oxford—Andrew Marriott Matthews, Es qi.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 7.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Henryßrouglaai al
Loch, Gent., to be Captain, Dec. 6.
Royal Flintahire Militia—Edward Bacon, Gent., te• 'be
Ensign.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Joseph Percival Swan, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, Dec. 4.; Lewis Hough, Gent., to be Lien'
tenant, Dec. 8.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia-4Th°
Right Hon. Henry Charles Howard, commonly called
Viscount Andover, to be Ensign, vice Route, promoted,
Dec. 9.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Wm. Thway tee,
Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 4.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militi.
Edmund Samuel Grimshaw Woodford, Gent., to be tn-
sign, Dec. 4 ; John Sidgreaves, Gent., to be Ensibrga,
Dec. 5.,

COURSE OF EXCI
Amsterdam 11
Ditto, three months .. 11 17%
Rotterdam . ..... 11 17%
Antwerp 25 35
Brussels 25 35
Ilaniburgh .......... 13 5%
Altona ..............
,- -. • • .. •. 25 12%
Ditto, three months .. 25 37%
Marseilles ............. 25 40
Bourdeaux • -
Frankfort-on-Maine .• .. 11g
••
112 224
2 2
Petersburg .......• •• •• 35%
Madrid 504,
Cadiz ........ •• ..... 50% 1
Barcelona ............
Seville .....

lANGE.—TinsiDAr.
Gibraltar •• •• • •
1 Leghorn .. •• • • 30 3:
Genoa
Milan ...• •• • • •• •• • • ••
Venice ........ • • •• • • ••
Naples ........ ...... •• 4414,/
131
Palermo ...... 71
Messina ... ......... 1114
Lisbon
Oporto .......... •• • • 534
Rio Janeiro ..... ••• • • •
Buenos Ayres.. ••• • • • •
New York, 60 days' sight
Philadelphia •• . ...
PRICES OF atmucst, PER eZ•O
Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 0
Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0
Mexican Dollars ~ 0 0„.
New Dollars 0 0 '1,4
Silver in bars • 0

MARK.SII w,s--(Ttliz DA

HAY MARKETS.
toy.er
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 153 ; C--
ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 Gs to 1/ 12s per lop
A full average supply and a sluggish demand. pe
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 51 Os ; alod.
lath, 31 Os to 5/ 15s; and straw, 1/ Os to 1/ 13s per los,
Supply tolerably good, and trade firm.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 26 16s to 4/ 15s; dov
ditto, 31 Os to Os ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per loade!.
Both hay and straw sold slowly.
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BANKRUPTS.
William Joyce, engineer, shipbuilder, and ironfoun clert
Greenwich, to surrender, Dec. 21, at eleven, aid Feb.l, "
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assig• sec,
Coleman-street-buildings ; Compton Smith, Lincoln's-i nu-
fields.
D Lniel Lefavour, New Oxford-street, merchant, Dice.
21, at two, and Jan. 23, at one, at tho Court of Bank
ruptcy. Lee, official asainee, Aldermanbury; Ashuruts,
Waller, and Morris, Old Jewry.
James Norton Weeks, hotel keeper, East Cowes, I; Slo of
Wight, Dec. 19, and Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Cou.4 of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Ley, Linco
inn-fields.
Henry Crimer, wine merchant, Old Broad-street, City,
Dec. 20, and Jan. 23, at one, at the Court of EankruP. t'cl*
Graham, official assignee ; Pullen, Lime-street, City.
Robert Board, blacksmith, Churchingford, Devonsh are,
Dec. 19 and Jan. 18, at one, at the Exeter District Cols rt-
Maze], official assignee, Exeter ; Miller, Bristol.
George Donisthorpe, grocer, Syston, Leicestershire, 2 4
and 16th Jan., at ten, at Nottingham. Harris, offiO
assignee, Nottingham ; R. and G. Toiler, Leicester;; or
James, Birmingham.
Francis Kinch, chemist and druggist, Margate, Dee- 22
and Jan. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. b 22
and
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official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Buchanan, Basingh3
street.
William Littell Tizard, mechanical engineer, Alclgo
High-street, Dec. 21 and Feb. 2, at half-past eleven, "
the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assig:ney,
Aldermanbury ; Silvester, Great Dover-street, Newing :ton,
Surrey.
Thomas Hollier, woolstapler, Liecester, Jan. 2 an. 1.1.61
at ton, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, of acial
assignee, Nottingham ; Stone and Paget, Leicester ; Jf ape'
Birmingham.
Isaac Pothocary, boarding-house keeper, Grove-1104
Nutshalling, Southampton, Dec. 19, at half-past elt )vee,
and Jan. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. S tans'
feld, official assignee ; Reed, Ironmonger-lane, City.
Robert Russell, bulkier, Elgin-road, Notting-hill, DO'
22, at two, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of I laav
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-at rest;
Patten, Austin-friars.
John Cartmell, bootmaker, Liverpool, Dec. 27 and Jan'
15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caz,ePve'
official assignee, Liverpool ; Daly, Liverpool.
Edward Tregenza, shoe dealer, Stockton-on-Tees, Pgr'
haw, Dec. 22, and :Tan. 16, at twelve, at the Neu rcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Baker official assignee , New'
castle-upon-Tyne ; Sangster, Leeds; Cariss and Cue lwortho
Leeds; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyr Le.
John Marshall, brewer, Bradford, Jan. 8 and 29, "
twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee ; Terry and Watson, Bradford ; Bond &mei Bar-
wick, Leeds.
G. Haworth, J. Walsh, and T. Ainsworth, power-loora
cloth manufacturers, Over Darwen, Lancashire, Disc. 22,
and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District l )ourt,
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Rowley, Man*
, the ster.

Josiah Overbury, cloth manufacturer, Wottonwender:
Edge, Gloucestershire, Dec. 20, at two, and Jan. 31, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, ()facia'
assignee, Basingliall•street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer'OlJewry-chambers.
John Barrington Joyce, chemist., Barslem, Staffordshire,
Dec. 22 and Jan. 19, at twelve at the Birminghamtrict Court. Whitmore, offic'lal assignee, Birmingham'
Hodgson, Birmingham.
Thomas Heywood, lace warehouseman, Cheapside Dec;
20, at one, and Jan. 31, at half-past twelve, at the Court (",
Bankruptcy. Pennel, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers
Gidley, Guildhall-chambers.
Henry Martyn, woollen warehouseman, Bishopegst„.B'
street Without, Dec. 20, at twelve, and Jan. 31, at, hrar
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennel, Moil
assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Ashurets, Waller, an
Morris, Old Jewry.
John Bailey, baker, grocer, Cannock, Staffordshire,
Dec. 23d and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham Div
trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Duigan and Hemmant, Walsall.
James Sanders, ironmonger, Darlaston, Staffordshire'
Dec. 23 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham pis"
trict Court. Biddleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Walsall; E. and H. 'Wright'
Duignan and Hemmant,
Birmingham.
Abram Hanson, yarn manufacturer, Huddersfield, lir",k:
shire, Jan. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 29, at eleven, 93 Le"'
District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Dow
field, or Bond and Barwick, Huddersfield.

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