The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-04 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, JULY 27.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the
following Regiments—viz., 4th (or the Queen's Own) Light
Dragoons, 16th (or the Queen's) Light Dragoons, 2d (or the
Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot, 13th (the Ist Somerset-
setshire) Regiment of Foot, and lith Regiment of Foot, being
permitted to bear on their second or regimental colours, and also
on their appointments, the words " Affghanistan," and " Ghuz-
nee," in consideration of the good conduct of those corps during
the campaign in Affgh tnistan in 1839, and of the gallantry dis-
played by them at the storm and capture of (..huznee, on the
23d July in that year.
Her Majesty has been further pleased to approve of the 2d
and 17th Regiments of Foot being likewise permitted to bear
the word •° Khelat," in commemoration of their gallant con-
duct at the assault and capture of that fort, on the 13th No-
vember, 1839.

WAR-OFFlCE,Atrcust 4.

Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain F. Hammersley,
from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, v. Lord Amiens,
who exchanges, Aug. 4.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Benjamin
O'Neale Viscount Amiens, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to
be Captain v. Hammersley, who exchanges, Aug. 4.
6th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant J. F. Jones, from the
17th Foot, to be Lieutenmt, vice Messiter, who exchanges,
May 4.
15th Foot—Lieutenant H. B. E. Dickinson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Colman, who retires ; Ensign J. A. Wilkin-
soo to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dickinson; J. Wil-
kinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilkinson,
Aug. 4.
:7:h Foot—Lient. G. H. Messitei, from the 6th Root, to be
Lieutenant, vice Jones, who exchanges, May 4.
kt F. ot—Lient. C. A. H. tiumbold, from the 51st Foot.
to be First Li, utenant, vice Crookshank, who exchanges.
August 4.

50th 1..• o —Lieutenant W. Sheaffe to be Captain, wilhow
purchase, vice Best, deceased, Feb. 16; Ensign J. G. Smyth
to be Lieutenant, vice Sheaffe, Feb. 16 ; Gentleman Cadet
H. J. Frampton, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
sign, tics Smyth, Aug. 4.
Slit Foot—Lieutenant B. C. G. Crooksham, from the 21st
Foot. to be Lieutenant, vice Ytumbold, who exchanges, Aug. 4.
80th Foot—Lieutenant F. C. Aylmer to be Captain, with-
ont purchase, vice Poppletou, deceased; Ensign W. J. C. D.
Aptin to be Lieutenant, vice Aylmer, Alay 20; Gentleman
Cadet G. D. Robertson, from the Royal Military College, to
be vie Aplin, Aug. 4.
MEstO It A Nutt M. —The exchange between Lieutenant Louis
Guy, of the 81st Foot, and Lieutenant David Richard Jones,
on half-pay of the 45th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of tix
sth June, 1840, has been cancelled,

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
WILLIAM STEAD corn miller, Boronahbridge, Yorkshire

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

IS IIA H BAKER, screw forger, Ettingshall, Staffordshire.
JOHN CUR WEN, tea brokt•r. Great Eastcheap.
BANKRUPTS.

BENJAMIN BILLING CROSS, glover, New Wood-
stock, Oxfordshire, Aug. 14 and Sept. 15, at twelve, at the
house of Thomas Lucas, Oxford. Helder, Clement's-inn,
London.

SAMUEL EASTMENT, farmer, Bradford, Wiltshire,
Aug. 21 and Sept. 15, at twelve, at the White hart inn, Bath.
Frampton, South-square, Gray's-inn, London ; Miller, Freme
Sel w,q)d, Somerset.
THOMAS WOOD, cloth-merchant, Leeds, Aug. 18, at
one, and Sept. 15, at ten, at the Commissioner's-rooms,
Leeds. Naylor, Leeds; Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chan-
cery-lane, London.
WILLIAM JONES, currier, Carnarvon, Aug. 15, and
Sept. IS, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Carnarvon. Taylor,
Furnival's Inn, London ; Williams, Carnarvon.

EUGENE TEOBALE TILLOT, merchant, Trinity-
chambers, City, Aug. 13 and Sept. 15, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, Official Assignee;
Ashurst, Cheapside.
EDWARD LEA, coal-merchant, Birmingham, Aug 14
and Sept. 15, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Wil-
son, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, London ; Tarleton,
Bennett's- hill, Birmingham.
THOMAS ANDREWS, builder, Wednesbury, Stafford-
shire, Auguts 18, and September 15, at, twelve, at the Swan
Hotel, Wolverhampton. Whitehouse, Chancery-lane, Lon-
don ; or Rowlinson, Birmingham.
PETER JONES, shoemaker, Birmingham, August 7 and
September 15, at two, at ::he Office of Mr. Hodgsoi
Cherry-street. Birmingham. Vincent and Sherwood, King's-
Bench-walk, Inner Temple, London ; or Hodson, Cherry-
street, Birmingham.
ELIZABETH NICHOLSON, dress maker, New Bond-
street, August 18 and September 15, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore Basinghall-street, official assignee ;
Hoffmann, Clifford's-inn.
GEORGE FIELD, coach-maker, Marylebone, Aug 17, at
one, and Sept. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee; Goren, South
Molton-street, Hanover. square.

AR I'HUR BROWNING and WILLIAM SMELT, jun.,
merchants, Manchester, August 15, and September 15, at
eleven, at the Commissioners'. rooms, St. Jamc't-square, Man-
che•s'er. Hill and Mathews, New London-street, London ;
Elopps, Leeds; Upton, Manchester.
RICHARD ELLIS, laceman, Manchester, August 15, and
September IS, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester. Walmsley, Kt.i.:etley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane,
London ; Dicken, Manchester.

EDWARD WOODS, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Au-
gust 15, and September 15, at eleven, at the Clarendon-romns,
Liverpool. Evans, Lord-street, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry,
London.

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JOHN KENYON WINTERBOTTOM, banker, Heaton
Norris, M.in,hester, August 17, at. ten, and September 15, at
two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry,
Milne, an I Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, London ;
Slater t:11 Heals, Manchester.

THOMAS WATTS, victualler, Manchester, August 15,
at eleven, and Sept. 15, at ten, at the Commissioners'roorns,
Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett,
Bedford-row, London ; Chew, Manchester.
JAMES PROCTER and HAMLET APPLEBY, com-
mon brewers, Longport, Burslem, Staffordshire, Augu3t 17,
and Sept. 15, at twelve, at the Leopard Inn, Burslem. Ward,
Bur lem : Wol-ton, Furnival's-inn, London.
THOMAS WHIG HT, ship •broker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
August 25, at eleven, and Sept. 15, at one, at the Bankrupt
Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Swain, Stevens,
and C,,., Frederick's-place, Gld Jewry, London; Gibson, New-
castle-upon-13 ne.
TII O.IIAS PICKARD, builder, Chesterfield, Derbyshire;
Aug. 12, and Sept. 15, at eleven, at the Rutland Arms Inn,
Bakewell, D. rbyshire. Lucas and Cutts, Chesterfield; Spence
and litillivant, Alfred -place, Bedford-square, London.
EDWARD BENTLEY, tea-dealer, Manchester, Aug. 13,
ann Sept. IS, at eleven, at thr Commissioner' Rooms, Man-
chester. Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London; Booth,
Liverpool.
JOSHUA RUSSELL, muslin manufacturer, Manchester,
Aug. It 3 at one, and Sept. 15, at two, at the Commissioners'
Rooms, Manchester. flaaeld, Manchester; Johnson, Son,
and Weatherall, King's Bench Walk, Temple.

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterdam .....C. F 12 5
Ditto, at sight l2 2
Rotterdam ......... 2 U 12 5i
Antwerp ....... • •••••• 12 5
Hamburg......... 1 B l3 11i
Altona
i-aris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 65
Marseilles ... 25 65
Bourdeaux
Frankfort on Maine —l5O

ANGE —(THIS DAY)
Gibraltar 4B
Leghorn
Genoa
Milan
Venice
Naples .................. 401
Palermo, per oz 122
Lisbon s4i
Oporto 54
Rio Janeiro
Bahia
Buenos Ayres 274
Network, 21 days'sight 46
Philadelphia
PRICE OF BULLION, mt. oz.
Portugal G01d.90M40 0
Foreign Golci, "lsars..:3 17 9
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10
Silver in Bars 0 5 0i

Petersburg, 3Us 37/
Berlin ..,T
Vienna, effec. fl 3 10 4
Trieste, ditt0............ 10 6
Aladrid .................. 37
Cadiz . ......... "...,
~•• • :16.1
Bilboa ............... .... 36/
Barcelona ............ 366.
Seville ... 36

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