The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 10.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John
William Foster as Vice-Consul at Hull for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.
WHITEHALL, AUG. 9.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Graham
Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff
Principal of the shire of Kinross, in the room of Admiral
Sir Charles Adam, deceased.
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 1.
Lord Mostyn has this day been app,,inted Vice- Admiral
of North Wales, in the room of the Marquis of Anglesey.

CROWN-OFFICE, AUG. 10.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Cockertnouth—John Steel, of Derwent
Bank, in the county of Cumberland, Esquire, in the room
of Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire, deceased.

WAR-OFFICE, Arc. 11.

ist Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase
—Serjeant-Major James Deacon, vice Williams, pro-
moted, Aug. 9 ; Gentleman Cadet William Freeborn,
from the Royal Military College, vice Stuart, promoted ;
Ensign Charles Howe Proby, from the Ist West India
Regiment, vice Gregory, promotedg Aug. 11.
2nd Foot—Ensign George Pomeroy Colley to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
4th Foot—Ensign Cuthbert Eccles to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, Aug 11.

sth Foot—Second Lieutenant Frederick J. Mylius to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
7th Foot —To be Ensigns without purchase—Ensign '
Lord Richard Howe Browne, from the 43rd Foot, Aug. 9 ;
Gentlema❑ Cadet George Henry Walker, from the
Royal Military College, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet
Napier Douglas Robinson, from the Royal Military Col-
lege, Aug 11.
9th Foot—Ensign William Crosbie Harvey to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase ; Serjeant Thomas Renant, from
the G►enadier Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase,
Aug 11.
11th Foot—Ensign Richard Hotham to he Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Ensign Robert Carr, from the Gold
Coast Corps to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 11.
13th Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
sign Cornwallis H. Chichester; Ensign George Henry
Cobham, Aug. 11.
14th Foot—Ensign Thomas Prittie Cosby to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase ; Serjaant Alexander Gordon,
from the Scots Fusilier Guards; to be Ensign, without
purchase, Aug. !1.
15th Foot—Ensign Philip Alexander Anstruther Twy-
nam to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
17th Foot—Ensign Evan F. Mcßayne to be Lieutenant,
ithout purchase, Aug. 11.
18th Foot—Ensign Robert Hoey Jex-Blake, to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
19th Foot—Sergeant Thomas Thomson to be Ensign,
without purchase, Aug. 11.
20th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Wellington Mitchell, from
the Royal Military College, to beEnsign without purchase,
Aug. 11.
21st Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Gentleman
Cadet Thomas Burchell Holloway, from the Royal Military
College ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Coakley, from the
Royal Military College, Ang. 11.
28th Foot—Ensign James Williams to be Lieutenant,
without purchase; Quartermaster-Serjeant Henry A.
Berry, to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 11.
30th Foot—Ensign James Cavendish Hobbs to be Lieu-

tenant without pnrehase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns with-

out purchase—Serjeant John Forbes, Aug. 10; Gentleman
Cadet Henry Corbet Singleton, from the Royal Military
College, Aug. 11.
31st Foot—Ensign Ralph Leeson to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, Aug. 11.
33rd Foot—Ensign Henry Thorold be Lieutenant,
without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns without pur-
chase—Serjeant-Major John Owens, Aug. 9 ; Gentleman
Cadet Charles Whateley Willis, from the Royal Military
College, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Edward
Augustus Ellis, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11.
34th Foot—Ensign Hector Maclean Lawrence to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
36th Foot—Ensign Alexander Frederick Stewart to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
37th Foot—Ensign Charles Edward Ascough Evered to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
38th Foot—Ensign De Vic Tupper to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, Aug. 11 ; Serj ant Philip Homar Eyre
to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet
Arthur Johnson Allis Ewen to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, Aug. 11.
40th Foot—Ensign Philip George Hewett to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
41st Foot—Ensign Armar Graham Lowry to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, August 11. To be Ensigns
without purchase Gentleman Cadet Edward Leslie
Barnwell Lowry, from the Royal Military College, Aug.
; Gentleman Cadet Henry James Nowlan, from the
Royal Military College, August 11.
42d Foot—Ensign William G. Everard Webber to be
Lieuten ant, without purchase Aug. 11. To be Ensigns
without purchase.—Serjeaut Major John Wilson, August
10: Gentleman Cadet Wilson() Black, from the Royal
Military College, August, 11.
41th Foot— Eusigu William Arthur Wood to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, August 11. To be Ensigns
without purchaso—Serjelnt-Major Peter M'lnnis, Augu-t
10 ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur de Montmorency Fleming,
from the Royal Military College, August 11.
45th Foot—Ensign Thomas Augustus Burrowes to iii
Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
48th Foot—Eusign Arthur George Wyse to be Lieuten-
nt purchase. Aug. 11.
49th Foot—Ensign George Rochfort to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns without pur-
chase—Colour-Serjeant Patrick Cahill, Aug. 10; Gentle-
man Cadet I homas Fox Eustace from the Royal Military
College, Aug. 11.

50th Foot—Ensign Ea ward Crawfurd Antrobus to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns
without purchas-J—Colour-Serjeant John Turner, Aug. 10 ;
Gentleman Cadet Clement Richard Johnson, from the
Royal Military College, Aug. 11.

51st Foot —To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign
Arthur Percy Kerr ; En,ign Henry Rodulph de Anvers
Aug. Willis, ll. To be E•isign without purchase—Gen-
tleman Cadet Francis James Buchanan Reed, from the
Royal Military College, Aug. 11.
54th Foot—Ensign Andrew Robert Guy Evered to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
55th Foot—Ensign Lea Birch to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensign without purchase--
Sergeant-Major Henry Burke, Aug. 10; Gentlemen Cadet
Richard John Thorley Stone, from the Royal Military
College, Aug. 11.
56th Foot—Colour Serjeant Henry Williams to be En-
sign, without purchase, and Adjutant, Aug. 11.
57th Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
sign Cavendish Venables ; Lieutenant Henry Piggott,
from half pay 49th Foot, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns with-
out purchase—Gentleman Cadet Henry Bird, 'from the
Royal Military College, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet John
Nixon Gooch Macattney, from the Royal Military College,
Au. 11.
58th Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign
John Hill Crosse ; Ensign Joseph Charles Lake, Aug. 11.
59th Foot—Ensign Edmund Beauchamp, Tucker to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
60th Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—Se-
cond Lieutenant Charles David Cunninghatne Ellis; Se-
cond Lieutenant Athol' Charles John Liddell ; Second
Lieutenant Charles Williamson, Aug. 11.
To be Ensign without purchase—Gentleman Cadet, Her-
bert George Deedes, from the Royal Military College, Aug.
11.

Wi6t3h,oluFtopoutr—chEan,:iy,AnuAg(.lrlila.n Wm. Fraser to be Lieutenant
65th Foot—Ensign Ernest Christian Wilford. to be
Lieutenant without purchase, Aug. 11.
66th Foot—Ensign James Lorenzo Verschoyle to be
Lieutenant, without purchase,,Aug. 11.
67th Foot—Ensign James John Wood to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, Aug. 11.
68th Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—En-
Sign Harry Edmond Smyth ; Ensign Henry Lumsden Bat-
tiscombe ; Ensign Christopher Brice Wilkinson, Aug. 11.
69th Foot—Ensign Richard Cooper Hutchison to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
7,3 d Foot—Ensign Frederick Tichfield Greatrex to be
Lieutenant without purchase; Sergeant-Major William
Retinie to be Ensign, 4without purchase, Aug. 11.
76th Foot- -Ensign Charles ThornasCaldecott to be Lieu.
tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
77th Foot—Ensign Audley Lempriere to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Sergeant George Bernard Morgan to
be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant; Ge tlernan
Cadet George Carden, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 11.
79th Foot—Ensign George Alexander Harrison to be
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WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 11.
3a Light Dragoons—John Crown Agnis, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Salter, appointed to the Staff,
Aug. 11.
14th Light Dragoons—Captain Arthur Scudamore to be
Major, without purchase, vice Goddard deceased ; Lieu-
tenant Arthur Need to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Scudamore; Cornet Lawre ice St. Patrick Gowan to be
Lieutenant without purchase, vice Need, June 1.
Ist Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign
Edward Andrew Stuart; Ensign Thomas John Gregory,
Aug. 11.
371 Foot—Lieutenant Jones Harper Reade, from the
98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
6th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Robert Twyford, from the
98th Foot, to he Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
13th Foot—Lieutenant O'Neil S. Segrave, from the 96th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
16th Foot Lieutenant Charles Monckton Gibbons
Quantrille, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, Aug. 11.
19th Foot —Lieutenant George Alexander Warburton,
from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
Aug. 11.
2Uth Foot—Lieutenant William Lewis Devenish Meares,
from the 93th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
Aug. 11.
:51st Foot—Captain Samuel William Henry Hawker,
from Adjutant of the Depot Battalion at Ternplernore, to
be Captain, vice Charter, u-ho exchanges, Aug. 11.
26th Foof —Lieutenant William Edward Wallace to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Johnstone, deceased ; En-
sign Matthew Holford Hale to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Wallace, July 9; Sergeant-Major George
Meldruin to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant,
vice Wallace, Aug. 11.
39th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Frederick Raper, from
the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug.

11.
57th Foot—John Shaw Phelps, Gent., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, Aug 11.
62d Foot—Lieutenant George Johnstone White, from
tho 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, tic, 11.
76th Fo,,t —Lieutenant John Henry Tripp, from the 25th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Donaghue,
promoted to an unattached company, Aug. 11.
82d Foot—Lieutenant Char.es Stubbs Tinling, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, repaying the dif-
ference, vice Smith, appointed Paymaster of the 97th Foot,
Aug. 11.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant Edward Dampier Cockell, from
the 2.1 West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Car-
ter, who exchanges, Aug. 11.
92d Foot—Lieutenant Lionel Holmes, from the 25th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
91d Foot—Ensign Win. Salisbury Ewart to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Young, promoted ; Archibald
Butter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ewart, Aug.
11.

9.)th Foot—Lieutenant Philip Savage Alcock, from the
96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Carter,
from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cockell, who
exchanges, Aug. 11.
Gold Coast Corps-Company Serjeant James Taylor, of
the Royal Artillery, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Carr, appointed to the 11th Foot, Aug 11.
Depot BAttalion at Templetnore—Captain Ellis James
Charter, from the 21st Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Hawker,
who exchanges, Aug. 11.
STAFF —Brigadier-General James Bucknall Backnall
Estcourt, Deputy-Adjutant-General to the Army employed
on a particular service in Turkey, to be Adjutant-General
to the Forces so employed, Aug. 11.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Assistant-Surgeons to the
Forces—Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Salter, from the 3d
Light Dr,ogoans, vice Murray, appointed to the 66th Foot ;
Assistant-Surgeon William Kehuan Chalmers, M.D.,
Supernumerary in the 18th Foot, vice Fraser, appointed
to the 76th Foot ; Edward Patrick Boyle, Gent., Aug. 11 ;
Charles Henry Tovey, Gent ; William Ramsay Steuart,
Gent. ; Thomas Gollock Furlonge, Gent., vice Hammond,
whose appointment has been cancilled, Aug. 11.
EnEvET.—Captain Walter Collnhoun Grant, Captain
Commandant of the Mounted Staff Corps, to have the
local rank of Major in Turkey, Aug. 1.
MEMORANDUMS.—The second Christian name of Ensign
Cochrane, of the 34th Foot, is " Inglis ;" the Christian
names of Ensign Pasco, of the Gold Coast Corps are
" George Mograth Ley ;" the Christian names of Robert
Sn.wbridge' Bth Hussars, are " Robert Cooper."
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Charles Chaplin, Esq., to be Vice-Lieutenant of the
county of Lincoln, July 24.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieu-
tenant Robert Curteis Stileman to be Captain, Aug. 6.
East Kent Regiment of Milii,ia—Edwyn John King,
' Esq., M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, who re-
tires, Aug. 6.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—Charles John Bullivant
Parker, Esq., to be Captain, vice Welby, resigned, July
29 ; Thomas Edmond Adams, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
W. H. Adams, promoted, August 11; Assistant-Surgeon
Charles Ferneley to be Surgeon, vice Shipman, resigned,
August 9.
2d Regiment of West York Militia—William Hall Wil-
kinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, July 27.
_ _

3tl Regiment of West York Militia—Humphry Brook
Ferman, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 3.
Northumberland Regiment of Militia—Charles John
Reel, Esq., to be Captain in the Artillery Corps ; Wm.
De Pledge; Gent., to be Lieutenant in the Artillery
Corps, Aug. 5.
[This article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of Tuesday last.]
let Somerset Militia—Ensign George Troyte Bullock to
be Lieutenant, vice Standert, resigned, Aug. 1.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

In Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, fo
the Week ending on Sathrday the sth day of-August, 1854.

ISSUE DEPAJIMIENT.

Votes limed ...• 2,,5V3,700

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities . . 2,914,90 c
Gold coin and bullion 12,593,700
iiiver bu11i0n........

.£26,593,700 .I:z6, 93,70 u
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier

Dated the 10t% day of Autmst,

BANKING DE
Proprietors' capital .. I 4,553.nn(
3,4:9,748
deposit 3
eluding Exche,,uer,
Commissioners of
NaVonal I /OA, Say-

PARTMENT.

4overnment securities
(includg.Dead o; eight

- „ -
thnulty) 11,3"0,'83
Alier securities 13,638,937
.tes .... • • .... 6,:,91,235
.lold and silver coin .. 705,810

ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 2,347,a90
Other depoii 3 . .
Seven Day and other
tiilla ...• . 1,056,359

£31,9A, _65

X 31,996,3
M. MA.RSUALL, Chief Cashier.
1854.

Dated the 10th day of August,

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovarlo Sugar corn
puted from the returns made in the week ending the Bth
Aug., 1854 is 20s. 81d. per hundredweight, exclusive of
the duties of Customs' p%id or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

(From the London New Price Current of this day.)
SUGAR.—There has been a good demand for British
plantation, and full rates have been obtained. Barbadoes
low to mid sold at 31s to 31s 6,1, and good to fine at 353 to
37a Gd per cwt. Demerara crystallised brought 333 to :3i
for ord to mid. East India —ln the early part of the week
Mauritius sold briskly at 6d per cwt. advance, but has
been quiet since ; fine yellow went at 36s 6,1 to 37s 641,
lOW to good at 363, brown at 263 6.1 to 303 6,1, and good to
fine grainy yellow at 311 s Gd to 41s. Penang brown brought
2.5 to 208, and yellow 29s 61 to 33s 61. Msdras brown
date sold at 263 to 26s 6,1, and low yellow at ..9s to 30s.
White Benires found buyers at 40s to 403 6:1 for good.
Foreign has been taken freely and generally at full rates.
Java mid and fine white brought 37s to 39:3 6d, good to fine
grocery yellow 34s to 37s 6,1, and fine brown 52s 6d per
cwt. St. Croix good to fine bright grocery realised 37s 6il
to 393 6d., and mid grey and yellow 35s to 36s per cwt.
Havannah sold at full value, viz., good and fine dry strong
refining at 87s to 383 6d. mid to fine yellow at 34s 6d to
37s Gd, and washed at 33s Gd to 36s 6d. Porto Rico low
to fine bright grocery went at 31s to 395, and mid to hue
soft grey at :15s to 378 per cwt. Cuba very low h3avy
brown brought 303 Gd, and good bright grocery 365. Per-
nambuco low to good mid greyish realised 35s 6d to 36s 6,1,
and washed and (lamp 33s to 36s 6d. Refined was stead)
at 44s for brown lumps.

--COFFEE.—Very little hag been done and no plantation
Ceylon has been offered publicly. Native Ceylon was taken
in at 45s for good, and Costa Rica sold readily at 49s 6d
to Ms Gd for fine ord mid colory. Good and st. Domingo
was taken in at 45s per cwt. Mysore ord to good ord
realised 45s to 475, and Mocha 67s Gd for good short heavy.
COCOA.—Bahia sold at 28s to good, and 23s for ord.
Trinidad has been lower.

SPICES.—CIoves have realised previous rates, and
Pimento ord to mid has been sold at 53d to 6d. Jamaica
ginger sold at 48s to 61s for small to mid, and Penang
pepper at 4Ad to 40 fur mid. Ginger has been at full
prices.
RlCE.—Lower rates have been accepted. Good mid
Bengal sold at 12s to 12s 6d, and mid to good mid at
lls 6d. Cleaned Java was taken in at 19. s for fine. Penang
went at Os 6d to lOs for good, and Madras at Os 6d to 10,,
for good pinkey.
SALTPETRE.—A better demand has existed. Bengal 14
per cent. refraction, sold at 275, and 15 per cent. at 27,.
Bombay 32 per cent. at 23s 6d, and Madras 17 g to 15i at
25s to 258 6d per cwt.

COTTON.—this article has been steady.
TEA.—Common Congou has been in request at 10id per
lb.

TALLOW.—Operations in Russian for all purposes have
been greater than in the previous week, and stiffer terms
are obtained. First sort P. Y. candle on the spot realising
67s to 678 3d, and 69s for delivery in tl.e last three month,
of the year. A free sale prevails for home melted, and
66s 6cl is the currency cash. Other sorts are rather more
plentiful ; but a good demand existing rather higher prices
are obtained ; Australian, fair to fine mutton selling at
63s to 67s 6,1, beef, 64s to 65s ; and South American 61s
to 67s 6d. The quantity offered at auction this afternoon
was 500 casks. Stock of tallow still exceeds that of lust
year ; deliveries are 5,000 casks smaller, and rates rule
14s to 16s. per cwt. above.
OIL.—To-day at auction 60 tons Southern went at 38/.
10s. to 411. for ord to fine.