The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-20 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEc. 16.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Most Hun. Constantine Henry, Marquis of Normanby,
to be hor Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Mini-
ster Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Hermann
Von- Ronn as Consul at Port Elizabeth for the Free Han-
seatic City of Hainburgh.
WAR OFFICE, DEC. 19.
BREVET.

Colonel William Fenvricic%.Villiams, C. 8., of the Royal
Artillery, now acting as her Majesty's Commissioner with
the Turkish army in Asia, to have the local rank of Briga-
dier-General while so employed, Dec. 19.

The tinier-mentioned officers, who retired upon full pay
of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and the corps_ of Royal
Engineers, previously to her Majesty's Royal Warrant of
the 6th Oct Jber, 1854, to be promoted to a step of brevet
rank, in order to place them in as favourable a position as
those of their rank who may hereafter obtain. retirement
under the provisions of the said warrant, the rank in both
eases being only honorary, viz.,—
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY.
Brevet-Major Frederick Wright
James Robert Colebrook°
Lewis Shuldham Barrington Robertson,
James Smith Law
John Pascoe
George Spiller
William Greenwood, C.B.
George Markland
TO BE MAJORS IN TEIE ARMY.
Captain Oliver Fry
Second Captain John Smith
Oliver Fleming
Henry Clinton Martin
Robert Fryer Philips
Captain John Morse Stephens
William Lemoin
Charles Manners
Andrew Orcher William Schalch
Hugh Morgan
Richard Robinson Drew
Even Morgan
Lewis Edward Walsh
Frederick Augustus Griffiths
Francis Holcombe
William John Stokes
John Dyson
William Dumas

William Young Fonwick
John Sidney Farrell
Henry Higgins Donatus O'Brien
Arthur Gosset
Second Captain Samuel James Skinner
Robert Luard
Captain James Turner
John Low
Richard Matthews Pouldon
Second Captain Patrick Scott Campbell
Captain Henry Stephen Tireman
Robert Roe Fisher
William Baird Young
Charles Cheetham
Alexander Frederick William Papillon
William Fulford
Charles Robert Wynne
George Drought Warburton
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN TUE ARMY.
Brevet-Major Richard John Baron
Charles Rivers
Richard Howorth
James Lynn

TO Bit MAJORS IN THE ARMY.
Captain Edward Fyers
floury Augustus Colby
Samuel Camplin Melliuish
John Lyon Huhn°
John Watson Pringle
Ives Stocker
George Vaughan Tinling
James Hunter Rutherfoid
Colin Mackenzie
George Charles Degen Lewis
Francis Wm. Pettingal
Lancey
Charles Oldersbaw -
Charles Stuart Miller
The above commissions to bear date Nov. 28.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEc. 18.
Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant Louis John
Amadea Armit to be second Captain, vice W. M. Inglis,
deceased ; Second Lieutenant Constantine Phipps Carey to
be First Lieutenant, vice Armit, promoted,
Nov. 15.
Ordnance Medical Department--Edward Willis Camp-
bell, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice weishe_
pro-
!noted into the Army Medical Department, Dec. 8. '
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
The Tower Hamlets—Arthur Ballantine, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—rfimry
Bishop, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—John Maddy Moore
Hewett to be Adjutant with the rank of Captain ; Wm.
Wanklyn, Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Regiment of "loyal Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry--Cor-
net Charles Patrick to be Lieutenant, vice Northey, re.
signed • John Compton Maul, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Levi, promoted.
West Suffolk Militia—Frederick William John Hervey,
commonly called Lord Hervey, to be Lieutenant, Dec. IA ;
James Holmes, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 15.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—William John
Robinson, Gent., to be Ensign Dec. 12.
Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion—
Thomas Pearson to be Captain; Frederick Gifford to be
Ensign, Nov. 23.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Major
John Williams Wallington to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Sir M. H. Beach, deceased ; Henry Bonrchier Osborne Stk.
vile, Esq., late Captain Royal Artillery, to be Major, vice
Wallington, promoted ; Charles Mansfield, Gent., Thomas
Merrett, Gent., and Elliott Arthur Raymond, Gent., to be
Ensigns, Deo. 16.
East Kent Regiment of Militia.—Ensign David White
Griffith to be Lieutenant, vice Kobbel, promoted, Dec. 8 ;
Ensign Stanilas Zaba to be Lieutenant, vice Bourne, who
retires, Dec. 10.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—Tho-
mas John Popplewell, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 10.
Kent Militia Regiment f Artillery.—Second-Lieute-
nant Walter Thomas Waring to be First-Lieutenant, vice
Leslie, who retires, Dec. 10.
2d Regiment of King's Own %taffordshire Militia.—
Archibald George Keen, Gent., to be Ensign, vice her,
promoted, Dec. 15.
Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Arthur William
Arkwright, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 9.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—William Constable
Brown Constable, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 15.
Royal Perthshire Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Wal-
ter Wedderburn, Esq., late Captain 42d Royal Highlanders,
to be Captain ; Thomas Mules Riddell, Esq., late Lieute-
nant 7th Regiment Dragoon Guards, to be Captain,
Dec. 13.

4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—Eftward Worrall, Gent., to be Ensign,
Dec. 14.

Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Wm.
Neville Billingsby Parry, Gent., to be Lieut., Dec. 11.
Wigtonshire and Kirkcudbright Regiment of Militia,
called " The Galloway Rifle Corps"—Colvin Stewart, Es,
younger, to be Lieutenant, vice John M'Crackan, retired;
Thomas Hugh Vans Dalrymple Hay, Esq., to be Ensign,
vice Walter Laurie, Esq. resigned, Dec. 7.
Northamptonshiro 311rib:a —Lewis Percival, Gent. to heEnsign, Dec. 11; Hewitt Litton, Gent., to be Emig?,
Dec. 13.
This article is substituted for thai ' •
the Gazette of the 21th Nov.:—

Northamptonshire Regiment of Mili
Molloy, Esq., M.D., to be Assistant-Su
Jackson, Esq., M.D., resigned, Nov. 2C

B &NKR-UPS.
Joshua Vines and James Smith, bulk-.
Borough, to surrender, Dec. 28 at balf-Te...
Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bank
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings-r,_
gate-street.
G.:ergo Wilson and Raynham, '
mer-road, Notting-hill, Dec. 30 and Feb. 10, -
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assi:„
hall,chambers ; Rush bury, Surrey-street, Stra,
Charles Atuskett, chemist anal drtrT,ist, Diss,
Jan. 2, at two, Feb. 2, at twelve, nethe Court
ruptcy. wank, official assignee, Satubtonk .
flattop, 4t, Noble-htrce, Clacapsitle • Cream, Suffoa
John I'. White, merchant, Mark lane, City, Dec. •
half-past one, and Jan. 3t, at two, at the Court of
ruptey. Stanstielki, official assignee ; Crowder and
nard, Coleman-street, City.
Gorge Climance, baker, St. Albans, Hertfordsbit
Dec. 22, and Jan. 21, at two, at the Court of Bankrupt.,.
St:in ;fad, official assignee; Crossley and Burn, Lombal
stie4 ; Simpson, St. Albans.

William Allaway, dentist, Southport, Lancashire, Jan.
4 and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor-
gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool.
Jabez Cooper, linendraper, Blackheath, Staffordshire,
Jan. 3 and 24, at half-part ten, at the Birmingham Distritt.
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Pres-
cot, Stourbridge; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
James Sothern Tonge, commission agent, Liverpool,
Dec. 29 and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Roby, Liver-
pool.
Robert Wilson Wyllie, dealer in music and musical in-
struments, Saint Leonard, Devon,Dec. 28, and Jan. 24, at
one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official
assignee, Exeter; Bishop and Pitts, Ex ter.
Frederick Reeves Barrntt, music seller, Stamford, Jan.
2, and Feb. 6, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Harks, official assignee, Nottingham ; Law, Stamford ;
Hoigs)n, Birmingham.
Jonathan Wright,WilliamWright, and Lupton Wright,
worsted spinners, Oxenhope, Yorkshire, Dec. 29 and Jan-
-26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds ; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.
William Yates, cotton broker, Liverpool, Dec. 29 and
Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Sons,
Liverpool.
Betty Baron, Henry William Knowles, and JiranesdijaeTi:
worth, manufacturers, Bacup,
official assignee, Manchester; Rowley an
17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
2,Fraser,
Man-
chester.
John Fletcher, c
Jan.
10 and 31, at the Manchester
at"mambfaisettruirectrCo' Muratn. chFers
taesre'r,
h blacking mann ac urer,Great Joseph Lon
fields, and John James Limebeer,
offi-
cial assignee ; Grundy,
.Manchester.f
Queen.
street, Lincoln s-inn
and 10, at twelve, at the Court ofßankruptey.
blacking manufacturer, Saint James-street, Dec. 30, at
eleven, Feb..
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; C. and J.
liveryCarlisiset-astb le
Carlisle-street.
Joseph keeper, Gray's-inn-road, Jai.
2, el
t nne
one,i and.'2, Feb at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
aGtbs,
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbnry ; Young ani
AP
alnela
Flews, Mark-lane.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

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Thomas Waddell, contractor, Gartcraig.
'Charles Staples, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow.
James Horbertson and Brothers, builders, Glasgow.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The James Watt, 91, screw-steamship, Captain Elliot,
went into the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday to
have her defects made good.
The Penelope, 16, paddle frigate, Captain Caffin, that
arrived at Spithcad yesterday afternoon, from the Baltic,
came into harbour yesterday to have repairs effected.
As the Penelope was coming in a shocking accident
happened to a seaman named George Powell. Whilst
engaged in his duty on the maintop, he lost his hold and
fell on deck, receiving most severe injuries, from which
there is little hope of his recovering. The Penelope was,
it will be remembered, the ship that got ashore under
the guns of Bomarsund, and had to throw all her own
guns overboard to lighten her and get her afloat, the
Russian artillery playing upon her with great danger to
her. She got off, and, on the capture of the place, re.
covered her guns. Many of them, however, are split,
and of no further use.
The Royal Victoria steam-transport, laden with stores
for the Crimea, hauled
will from
the dockyard at Porta-
mouth yesterday, and will leave this day or to-sorter
for her destination.
The smack Daring, of Jersey, Captain
Wanrd on Tu boys,froe.
fro
m
Denia for London, put into Plymouthon
day, and reported that in lat. 43 56 isT $
long. 9 28 W.,
wapor,
lsheogg
logged a
passed
ndabandoned,
thebfig C
main-hatches
xo nof North ShieldsP wter.
off, and bowport
gone, decks swept, and bulwarks carried away fore and
aft. Remains of closereefed topsails were hanging to
I the yards.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain John Fraser (1841) to be borne on the books
of the Fisgard,
flag-ship,'-ship, at iNroolwich, for service in
thy Royal Naval Coast Volunteers.
Lieutenant Edward Scott (1847), recently serving in
the Cumberland, 70, to the Monarch, 84, at Devonport.
Paymasters—Charles S. Giles (1846), from the
Amphion, 24, screw steam-frigate, to the Imperieuse,
51, screw steam-frigate ; James F. Phillips (1850), to
the Amphion, vice Giles.
Clerk William IL Richards (Paymaster of 1853), to
the James Watt, 91, screw steam-ship.

The Esk, 21, screw steam-corvette, Captain Birch,
left Woolwich, yesterday, for Greenhithe, where she is
to take on board about 250 tons of shot, shell, and
munitions of war, for conveyance to Balaklava. After
'minting these stores there, she will return through the
Straits of Gibraltar, and proceed to Hong Kong, for
service in the China seas. Stbuld she meet with any
Russian frigates, she will give a good conduct of them,
as she carries a powerful armament of 20 8-inoh and on*
10-inch gun.