The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-15 00:00:00

THE SUN,
_LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1854.

THE POST-OFFICE PACKET SERVICE.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

from half-pay Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Graham,
appointed to the 41st Foot; Lieutenant Edmund Galland
Horne to be Adjutant, vice Williamson, promoted ; Wm.
Hemphill, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith,
appointed to the 2d Dragoon Guards, July 14.
63d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Flower,
from the Depot Battalion at Templemore, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, July 14.

The following table, partly compiled from a Parlia-
mentary paper, shows the estimate for the Post-office
packet service for the current year, ending the sth of
April, 1855, as compared with that for the preceding
twelve months. The decrease last year was 34,946/.,
and there is now a further diminution of 22,3861., caused
by the abandonment of the extension line to Mauritius
and Calcutta by the General Screw Company, and a re-
duction of the expense of the Government packet esta-
blishments. The cessation of the contract with the
General Steam Company for the Dutch mails removes a
sum of 11,6201. from the list, but the creation of lines
from Dover to Calais and Ostend causes an addition of
15,5001., while the new arrangements on the Indian
route involve upon balance an additional outlay in that
branch of 26,9641.:

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 9.

The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Colonel Josias Cloete, Companion of the
Most Hon. Order of the Bath, Knight of the Royal Hano-
verian Guelphic Order, and Deputy-Quartermaster-General
to the Forces at the Cape of Good Hope.
WAR OFFICE, JULY 14.
IST OR GRENADIER REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS.

64th Foot-ILientenant William John Chads to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Cum berlege, deceased ' • En-
sign Alexander Benison to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Chads, June 30,..

To be Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels without purchase.
Lieutenant and Captain Ralph Bradford, July 14.
Lieutenant and Captain Michael Bruce, July 14.
Brevet-Colonel Frederick Clinton, from half-pay 22d
Light Dragoons, July 14.
To be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel by purchase.
Lieutenant and Captain the Hon. Charles Hugh Lindsay,
vice Clinton, who retires, July 14.
To be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel T. Sydenham Conway, C. 8.,
from the 22d Foot, July 15.

68th Foot—Captain William Hervy Fitzgerald, Adju-
tant of Depot Battalion, to be Captain, without purchase,
July 7.

nth Foot—Edward Kingborough O'Neill, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice lirKinnon, promoted in the Rifle
Brigade, July 14.

7bth Foot:—Lieutenant Adam Maitland, to be Adjutant,
vice Mackay, promoted, July 14.
86th Foot—Richard Chapman Lofthouse, M.D., to be
Assistant• Surgeon, vice Todd, promoted on the Staff,
July 14. . .

To be Lieutenants and Captains without purchase.
Ensign and Lieutenant William Andrew M. Barnard,
vice Bradford, July 14.

88th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Gilling Maynard, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Sawrey, who re-
tires, July 14.

.--Ensign and Lieutenant Claud Alexander, vice Bruce,
July 14.
Ensign and Lieutenant John Murray, July 14.
To be Lieutenant and Captain by purchase.

RIFLE BRIGADE.
To be Lieutenants without purchase.
Second Lieutenant Henry Richard Legge Newdigate,
June 6.

Ensign and Lieutenant William Brough Phillimore, vice
Lindsay, July 14.
To be Lieutenant and Captain without purchase.
Captain Arthur E. Valetta Ponsonby, from the 62d
Foot, July 15.
COLDSTREAM FOOT GUARDS.
To be Captains and Lieutenant-Colonels without purchase.
Lieutenant and Captain Dudley Wilmot Carleton,
July 14.
Lieutenant and Captain Lord Augustus Charles Lennox
Fitzroy, July 14.
Brevet-Lieutenant Colonel Arthur St. George H. Step-
ney, from the 54th Foot, July 15.
Major James Talbot Airey, from the 22d Foot, July 15.

Second Lieutenant Julian Bargus Yonge, June 6.
To bo Ensigns without purchase.
Ensign Charles Arthur Talbot, from the 63d Foot, vice
Newdigato, July 11.

Fitzßoy Fremantle, Gent., vice Yonge, July 14.
George Robert Saunders, Gent, July 15.
Christopher Edward Musgrave, Gent., July 16.
Charles Browne Dashwood, Gent., July 17.
To be Assistant-Surgeons.

James Allyosius Shorrock, Gent., July 14.
Johu Ignatius Purcell Williams, Gent., July 14.
Ist West India Regiment—Caulfield Francis Beamish,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lees, appointed
to the 76th Foot, July 14.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Thomas Hanrahan to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Moorhead, deceased ;
Lieutenant Parr William Kingsmill to be Adjutant, vice
Moorhead, deceased, May 28.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Joseph John Thompson, Gent.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Crichton, appointed to the
sth Light Dragoons, July 14.
Depot Battalion at Templemore—Daniel O'Donovan,
M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Flower, appointed to
the 63d Foot, July 14.
STAFF.— Captain William Moffatt Douglas Willan, half-
pay Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster of detachments at
Portsmouth; Paymaster Morris Robinson Campbell, from
the 71st Foot, to be Paymaster of the Depot Battalion at
Templemore, vice Bartley, who reverts to his former half-
pay, July 14.
UNATTACHED.--Lieutenant John Robert Wilton, from
the 11th Foot, to bo Captain, without purchase; Lieu-
tenant Samuel Dunning from the 88th Foot, to be Captain
without purchase, July 14.
BREVET.—Lieutenant-Colonel Fortescue Graham, of the
Royal Marines, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with
the rank of Colonel in the Army, vice Menzies, promoted
to be Major-General ; Captain John Richard Heaton, of
the 37th Foot, to be Major in the Army; Lieutenant-
Colonel Sir Frederick Abbott, C. 8., East India Company's
Military Seminary at Addiscombe, to have the local rank
of Colonel in the Army while so employed ; Captain Wm.
Falconar Hay, on the Staff at Warley, to have the local
rank of Major in the Army while so employed, June 20.
MEmonANDum.—The Christian names of Ensign Ffinney,
59th Foot, are Samuel Lee Hamilton Hamilton. The
words 68th Regiment slib'uld have appeared after the name
of Lieutenant-General Sit W. Herries, C. 8., in the Supple-
ment to the Gatette of the 20th ultimo.

To be Lieutenants and Captains without purchase.
Ensign and Lieutenant Horace William Cust, vice
Carleton, July 14.
Ensign and Lieutenant Philip Sambrook Crawley, vice
Fitzroy,
Ensign and Lieutenant Sir James Dunlop, Bart.,
July 14.
Ensign
g n and Lieutenant Gerald Littlehales Goodlake,
n si July 14.
July 14.
Captain James Armar Butler, from half-pay Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, July 15.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
East Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Thomas
Sharpe Mitchell Innes to be Captain, vice the Earl of
Gifford, retired; Cornet Archibald Bran to be Lieutenant,
vice Innes, promoted; John Fletcher, Esq., yr. of Salton,
to be Cornet, vice Brodn, promoted, July 8.
Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Richard
Trotter to be Major, vice William Burn Callander, de-
ceased ; Lieutenant Andrew Gillon to be Captain, vice
Trotter, promoted ; Cornet James Hope to be Lieutenant,
vice Sir Graham Montgomery, resigned ; Cornet William
Ramsay to be Lieutenant, vice George Mitchell Innes, re-
signed ; Robert Hawthorn Johnston Stewart, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice Gillon, promoted ; Robert Hay, Gent., to
be Cornet, vice Hope, promoted ; William Macfarlane
Wardrop, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ramsay, promoted,
July 3.
Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Charles Kelway Col-
ston, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bowdage, re-
signed, June 28 ' • Ensign the Hon. Amias Poulett to be
Lieutenant, vice Jesse, resigned, July 8 ; Thomas Warry,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Amias Poulett, promoted,
July 10.
Royal Wilts Militia—Joshua Walter Bond, Esq., to be
Captain, June 6.

Hampshire Regiment of Militia Arthur Delgamo
Swift, late Queen's Light Infantry Militia, to be Lieu-
tenant, July 8. ,

BANK OF ]
An Account pursuant to the Act 1
the Week ending on Saturda;

SGLAND.
ith and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, for
ty the Bth day of July, 1854.
ARTMENT.

ISSUE DEP,
Notes issued •• .... 27,298,660

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities...... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,298,650
Silver bu11i0n........ -

£27,298,660

X 27,298,660
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 13th day of July, l&

BANKING DE
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ................ 3,2 '.5,820
Public deposits tin-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and

Government securities
(Includg.Dead Weight

Annuity) .......:.. 12,977,237
Other securities...... 15,920,198
Notes • • •..... 6,777,420
Gold and silver coin 722,517

Dividend Accounts) 4,948,822
Other deposhs ...... 12,571,329
Seven Day and other
8i115........ ... . 1,058,431

£36,397,402

1 £36,397,402
M. MARSIIA.LL, Chief Cashiei.

Dated the 13th day of July, 1854.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending the 11th
July, 1854, is 235. 7jd. per hundredweight, exclusive of
the duties of Customs' paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Holmes Postans, wine merchant, Enfield.
BANKRUPTS.

Ward West Arliss, ale and porter merchant, Plymouth,
to surrender, July 28 and August 25, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Wyatt, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn.
Thomas Stenhouse, warehouseman, Friday-street, Cheap-
side, July 28, at one, and August 21, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Bas-
inghall-street; Abrahams, Southampton-buildings, Chan-
cery-lane.
Wm. Whitehead and Mary Ann Whitehead, innkeepers,
Leicester, July 25, and Aug. 22, at ten, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Harris; official assignee, Notting-
ham ; Spooner, Leicester ; Bonnor, Birmingham.
Cornelius Terry, cut nail manufacturer, Birmingham,
July 28, at twelve, and Aug. 17, at ten, at the
Birming-
hamßirming-
; Hayes, Wolverhampton.
Thomas Archer and Samuel Archer, tailors, Burslem,
Court. Christie, official assignee,
July 31, and Aug 21, at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittloston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith,
Birmingham.
Gordon Henry Cripps, wine merchant, Shrewsbury,
n~-inn fields ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
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JamessDvid Jon'e's and Charles Gold, tavern keepers,
Cheapside, July 25, at two, and Aug. 29, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court ; Pearce, Giltspur-street.
William Henry Fleming, brewer, Camberwell, July 27
at half-past two, and Sept. 5, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court;
Reed, Langford, and Marsden' Friday-street.
William Reado and George Reade, provision merchants,
Hibernia Chambers, London Bridge, July 26 at two, and
Aug. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee; Linklaters, Sise-lane.
James Eckley Prockter, shipowner, New Quay, St. Co-
lumb Minor, Cornwall, July 25, and August 24, at one,
at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee,
Exeter ; Gurney and Lethbridge, Launceston ; Stogdon,
Exeter.

William Sims, builder, Pimlico, July 26, at half-past
two, and August 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court; Smith, New-
inn, Strand.

George Hobson, grocer Leeds, July 27, and August 21,
at, eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as-
signee, Leeds •, Middleton, Leeds.
Timothy John Smith (trading under the name of Jen-
kinson), dealer in cutlery, Windsor, July 26 and Aug.
29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official
assignee, hloorgate-street ; Wilson, Gresham-street.
James Purdy and William Thomas Purdy, builders,
Norfolk, July 22 and Aug. 24, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Trinder and Eyre, John-street, Bedford-row;
or Nurse, King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Thomas Squire, coach builder, Grosvenor-mews, Bond-
street, July 21, at eleven, and Aug. 24, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Burkitt, London-wall.
Charles White, upholsterer, Salisbury, Wilts, July 21,
at twelve, and Aug. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith,
Argyle-street.
George Tennant, licensed victualler, Market-street,
Westminster, July 12, at twelve, and Aug. 26, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official asssig-
nee, Basinghall-street ; Gant, Nicholas-lane.
Christopher Spashett, mast and block maker, Barking,
July 27, at half-past two, and August 29, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgats-
street ; J. T. and H. Baddeley, Goodman's-fields.
John Smith and Luko Ashby, linendrapers, Great Co-
ram-street, July 26, 2. t one, and August 29, at half-past
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee,
Moorgate-street ; Davidson and Bradbury, Basinghall-
street.

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DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
Samuel Churchill, of Deddington, Oxfordshire, scrivener,
August 2—Philip Stuart Feake Martin, of Halstead, Essex,
iron manufacturer, August 4—Caleb William Elliott, of
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, grocer, August 4—Henry
Hutchens, of Portsea, Southampton, timber merchant,
August 4 —John Lle wellin, of Bristol, haberdasher, August
10—Charles Henry Gray, of Bath, provision merchant,
August 10—Thomas Morbury and Richard Bindloss, of
Manchester, silk manufacturers, August 7—John Henry
Fuller, of Flixton, Lancashire, Inwood grinder, and of
Manchester, fustian manufacturer, August B—John Law,
of Ramsden- wood, near Todmorden, Lancashire, cotton
spinner, August B—Thomas Marsden and John Clayton,
of Rochdale, Lancashire (of the joust totate), also Thomas