The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-15 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

DOWNING-STREET, DF.CE3IIIEIt 14,1838.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-General Sir
Ini Colborne, G.C.8., to be Governor-General, Vice-Admiral,
and Captain-General of all her Majesty's Provinces within and ad-
jacent to the Continent of North America.

WAR OFFICE, DEC. 14.
4th Regiment of Light Driyoons—J. Byrne. Gent., to be, Ve-
terinary Surgeon, vice Green, deceased, Dec. 14.
15th ilegiment of Light Dragoons—Surgeon J. Chambers, from
the 22d Regiment of Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Jeys, promoted on
the Staff, Dec. 14.

Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant H. D. Keith to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Jack:on, deceased; Ensign G. N. K. A.
Yonne. to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Keith, June 29,
1837 ; Ensign G. Piercy to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Dalway, deceased, April 16 ; Ensign T. W. E. Holdsworth to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Piercy, whose promotion, by pur-
chase, has not taken place, Dec. 14 ; Ensign R. Stephenson, from
the 98th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Young, Dec. 13;
Colour- Scrjeant 11. Cox to be Ensign, vice Holdsworth, Dec. 14.
4th Foot—Lieut. J. Hilton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dellsle,
who retires; Ensign J. A. Madigan to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Hilton : J. L. Al'Andrew, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Madigan, Dec. 14.
13th Foot—Ensign the Hon. E. J. W. Forester to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice Shakespear, deceased, April 9.
15th Poet—Lieutenant J. A. Cole to be Captain, by purchase,
;
vice Barry, who retires Ensign 1). Capel to be Lieutenant,, by
purchase, vice Cole ; J. Barry, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Capel, Dec. 14.
18th Foot—Captain J. J. Sargent, from the 58th Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, vice Boddain, who exchanges, Dec. 14.
224 Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon J. S. Huston, M.D., to be
Surgeon, vice Chambers, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons,
Dec. 14.

44th Foot—J. Mouat, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Ferguson, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 14.

45th Fooi-:-Lieut. J. Killikelly, from the half-pay of the 7th
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Roche, appointed
Paymaster to the 34th Regiment of Foot, Dec. 14.
57th Foot—Ensign E. A. T. Lynch, to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Shadforth, deceased, May 6 ; Ensign H. C. Carders
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lynch, whose promotion, by
purchase, has not taken place, Dec. 14.
58th Foot—Lieutenant J. B. Mann to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Wynn, deceased, June 2 ; Captain A. Boddam, from
the 18th Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Sargent, who ex-
changes. Dec. 14 ; Ensign C. Dresing to be Lieutenant, vice
Mann, June 2.

62d Foot—Lieutenant T. D. Price to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Gray, deceased; Ensign A. M. Herbert to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Price; Gentleman Cadet G. E. Hillier, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Herbert, Dec. 14.
64th Foot—Gentleman Cadet C. Handtield, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dillon, de-
ceased, Dec. 14.

77th Foot—Lieut. A. J. Macpherson, from the Royal Newfound-
land Veteran Company, to be Paymaster, vice H. B. Mackenzie,
ho retires on half-pay, Dec. 14.
82d Foot—Captain J. Temple, from the half-pay Unattached,
to be Captain, vice William Newhouse, who exchanges, receiving
the difference, Dec. 14.

Ega Foot—C. W. Austin, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Dundas, who retires, Dec. 14.

93th Foot—Gentleman Cadet J. Montresor, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, Vice Stephen-
son, appointed to the 2d Regiment of Foot, Dec. 14.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant N. Fenwicl; to be
First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice lleyliger, deceased,
Sept. 17.

UNATTACHED—LieIa. W. White, from the 3d Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, Dec. 14.
HOSPITAL STAFF—Assistant-Surgeon J. Ferguson, from the
44th Regiment of Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Huston, promoted to the 22d Regiment of Foot, Dec. 14.
BREVET—Major G. Whichcote, on the half-pay Unattached, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, June 28.
MEMORANDA—For Ensign Christie to be Lieutenant, in the
13th Regiment of Foot, vice Shakespear, deceased, read—Ensign
Christie to be Lieutenant, in the 13th Regiment of Foot, vice
Wade, appointed Adjutant.
The date of Quartermaster liume's appointment to the 72d Re-
giment of Foot, is 24th April, 1838, and not 24th May, 1838.
Capt. B. Rooth has been allowed to retire from the Service, with
the sale of his commission as a Captain Unattached, he being about
to become a settler in Canada, Dec. 14.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent
East Kent Regiment of Militia—W. Love, Gent., to be En,
sign, Dec. 6.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 10.
The Lord Chancellor has apponted John Tyas, of Barnsley, in
the county of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.

53/ BANK OF ENGLAND.
Quarterly Average of the weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank
20 of England, from the 18th September to the 11 th December,
170 1838, both inclusive, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98.
69 LIABILITIES. ASSETS.
45 Circulation ...... ... £18,469,000 Securities ' £20,707,000
36:1:26 Deposits ... 9,033,000 Bullion ... 9,362,000
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101 Downing-street, Dec. 13, 18.38.
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DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
THOMAS BENJAMIN KING, licensed victualler, Aldgate.
BANKRUPTS.
HUAIPIIREY STEVENSON, lace warehouseman, Gutter-
lane, Cheapside, to surrender Dec. 18, at one, and Jan. 25, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street,
official assignee ; Hudson, Bueklersbury.
ROBERT NEECH, jun., cattle-dealer, Pakefield, Suffolk,
Jan. 1 and 25, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Beecles. Hich-
ling, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
JAMES GRAHAM, draper, Manchester. Dec. 29 and Jan. 25,
at eleven, at the Commissioner's-rooms, Manchester. Appleby,
Bedford-row, London ; Grundy, Bury, Lancashire.
HALL KERR, tailor, Woolwich, Jan. 8 and 25, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry ; Goldfinch, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-
lane.

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WILLIAM JOHN DELANCEY ARNOLD, coal-merchant,
Norway-wharf, Westminster, Dec. 21, at two, and Jan. 25, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Dods and Linklator, Northumberland-street,
Strand.

JOSEPH GUY, carpenter, Gloucester-place, Vauxhall-walk,
Lambeth, Dec. 20, at eleven, anal Jan. 25, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Harpur, Ken-
nington-cross.
EDWARD FRANCIS TUKE, boarding-housekeeper, Sydney-
house, Homerton, Dec. 21, at one, and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee;
Flower, Bread-street, Cheapside.
EDWIN BOWSER, draper, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Dec.
27 and Jab 25, at twelve, at the Mackworth Arms Inn, Swansea,
Glamorganshire. Poole and Gamlen, 3, Gray's-inn-square, Lon-
don ; Livett, Bristol.

WILLIAM PEARSALL, pearl button maker, Birmingham
Dec. 26 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birming-
ham. Austen and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn, Lon-
don ; Arnold and Haines, Birmingham.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. Goodhugh, bookseller, Oxford-street, Jan. 4, at half-past
past twelve—E. Wilson, bookseller, Swesting's-alley, Cornhill,
Jan. 5, at eleven—G. Clarkson, victualler, Sheerness, Jan. 5, at
twelve—W. Hayes, grocer, Salisbury, Jan. 5, at half-past twelve.

In the Couiltry.
T. Tomlinson, corn merchant, Wintertnn, Lincolnshire, Jan. 8,
at ten, at the Red Lion Inn, Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire—
J. W. Morley, surgeon, Horneastle, Lincolnshire, Jan. 8, at eleven,
at the White Hart Inn, Spilsby, Lincolnshire—W. Cook, inn-
keeper, Lincoln, Jan. 10, at eleven, at the Office of Messrs. Dud-
ding and Cooke, Lincoln—M. Kirkland, muslin manufacturer,
Manchester, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms,
Manchester—G. Robinson, muslin manufacturer, Manchester, Jan.
15, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, 'Manchester—T. Cox,
innkeeper, Nortiv:mpton, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Office of Mr.
T. Howes, Northampton—S. Luscombe, jun.' butcher, Broad-
hempston, Devonshire, Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Exeter—
W. Steel, glass manufacturer, Liverpool, Jan. 5, at one, at the Cla-
rendon Rooms, Liverpool.