The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 5.

Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon W.
0. Mackenzie, ALD., frum the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Smith, promoted on the Staff, Oct. 5.
Sth Regiment of Light Di agoons—Cornet E. Seager to be
Adjutant, vice Brown, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Oct. 5.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon H.
Pilleau, from the 63d Foot, to be Assistant,Surgeon, vice
Chapman, promoted in the 63d Foot, Oct. 5.
30th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Al. P. Lock-
wood, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Suageen, vice Edmond-
son, promoted on the Staff, Oct. 5. _

51st Foot—Lieut. H. D. Baker to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Forman, who retires; Ensign A. H. Irby to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Baker; E. Stansficld, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Irby, October 5.
60th Foet—Assistant-Surgecn T. Cowan, M.D., from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fergusson, promoted on
the Staff. October 5.

33d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. S. Chapman, from the
16th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Watson, appointed
to the Staff; J. E. Stephen,i M.D.,' to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Pilleau, appointed to the 16th Light Dragoons, Oct. 5.
65th Foot—Assistant•Surgeon T. D'Arcey, from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Humfrey, promoted to the Staff,
Oct. 5.

86th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon C. Stewart, from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Strath, promoted on the Staff;
J. Coghlan, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Oct. 5.
92d Foot—L eut. H. N. Sutherland to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Noel, who retires upon full pay, Oct. 5 ;
_Ensign A. H. Tattnall to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Monro, deceased, Aug. 25 ; J. Gordon, Gent., to be &sign,
vice Tattnall, Oct. 5.

98th Foot--Captain W. Roberts to be Major, by purchase,
vise Gregory, promoted; Lieutenant F. A. Whimper to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Roberts ; Ensign J. A. Street to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Whimper ' - E. Grantham, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Street, Oct. 3.
99th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. T. Galbraith, M.D., from
the Staff, to be Assif tont-Surgeon, Oct. 5.
UNArrAcitED.—Major A. C. Gregory, from the 98th Foot,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, Oot. 5.
&EV/CT.—Captain H. Brown (seconded in command of
the East India Company's Depot, at Chatham) to have the
loaal rank of Major, as long as he may continue to do duty with
the Depot, Oct. 6.
_ _

STAFr•.—Lieutenant R. Macheath, from half-pay of the 16th
Foot, and Paymaster of Detachments, at Edinburgh, to be
Paymaster of a Recruiting District, July 1.
HOSPITAL STAFF—C. G. Logie, 11. D., to be Assistant-
Suigeon to the Forces, vice Fraser, appoir.ted to the Rifle
Brigade, October 5.
blamoaANnum—The Christian name. of Ensign Bold, who
was appointed to the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Com-
panies, on the 6th August, 1841, are Walter Saxton. •

- Ala:or-General William Stewart has been allowed to retire
from the service, by the sale of an Unattached Lieutenant-
Colonelcy, Oct. 5.
The half-pay of Ensign Jean Baptiste Pajas, of Dillon's
Regiment: hrs been cancelled, from sth Octobert 1641, he
having accepted a commuted allowance.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire,
Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry Ca-
valry—Lieut. —Rufferd to be Captain, vice Turner, resigned;
P. T. Rufford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Rufford, pro-
moted, Sept. 28.
commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding
of the county of York, and of the city and county of the city
of York.
Southern Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry
Cavalry—D. Nisbett, Gent" to be Cornet, vice Did-bury, re-
signed, Sept. 10.
Commissione signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry—H. W. De Vans, Esq., to
be Captain, vice Viscount Paget, resigned; Cornet W. Har-
topp to be Lieutenant, vice Hunter resigned; Baron D. Web-
ster, Gent,, to be Cornet, vice Hartopp, promoted ; Dec. 17.

BANKRUPTS.
AUGUSTUS JOHANN HOFFSTAEDT, merchant,
Miter-street. to surrender Oct. 9, at twelve, and Nov. 16,
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, Official As-
signee ; Jones and Son, Sise-lane
JOHN CORKE KNELL, cattle dealer, Millbrcok, South-
ampton, Oct. 9, at eleven, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, Official Assignee ; Piercy,
Three Crown-squart, Southwark.
JoHN HE'l WOOD, cotton-spinner, Heaton Norris, Lan.
cashire, Oct. 19, and Nov. 16, at ten, at the Commissionere.
rooms, Manchester. Coppock and Woollam, Stockport;
Coppock, Cleveland-row, St. James's, London.
JOHN BARRETT CAREY, lace manufacturer, Notting-
ham, Oct. '2O, and Nov, 16. at twelve, at. the George the
Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Yallop, Furnival's Inn, London ;
Parsons, London.
EBENEZER BAYLY, straw bonnet-dealer, Exeter, Oct.
9, at one, and Nov. 16, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy ;
Pennell, official assignee, Pancras-lane, Bucklersbury.
HENRY BUSB ft ID GE, livery stable-keeper, North-place,
Gray's Inn-road, Oct. 15, at one, and Nov. 16, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy; Gibson, official assignee, Basinghrll-
- ; Cutler, Bell-yard, Doctor's-commons.
ROBERT CHILVER, upholsterer, Ipswich, Suffolk, Oct.
9, at one, and Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, Basinghall-street, official
_assigns; Overton and
Jeffery, Old lewry.
EDWARD COOPER, EDWARD PETER COOPER,
BENJAMIN COOPER, and JOHN ALEXANDER
COOPER, clothiers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Oct. 16, and
Nov. 16, at two, at the White Heart Inn, Chippenham,
Keathcoate and Holman, Coleman-street.
EDWARD WILCOCK, GEORGE TEASDALE, and
JOHN TURNER, paper-manufacturers, Ulverstone, Oct. 16
and Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, Kendal.
Wilson and Hairisoa, Kendal ; Addison, Mecklenburgh-
square, London.
JOSEPH GRATTON, brick-maker, Newbold, Derbyshire,
Oct. 26 land Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Rutland Arms Inn,
Bakeurell. Hall, New Boswell-court, London; Charge,
Chesterfield.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.._( THIS DAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 4Gibraltar ~. .....~
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 i Genoa . 25 t 5
Antwerp
llamburgh M. B. 13 14 !Venice ........,......-........ li7
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 55 ,Pttkrmet, per ta.. 118*
Ditto, 3 months 25 80 !Lisbon • ..... 52
Alarscilles
i3ourdeaux 25 85 ftio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 14,9 i Bahia
Yetersburgh, 3Us ... 37* IBuenos Ayres ..
tterlin 7 New York, 21days sight
_...

- - Lys 46i
Vienna, effec. 11. 3 31. 954 Philadelphia 46
fricste, ditto ........ 959 ;riticEs or BULUON, ran. oz.
Madrid .
diz
... 361 ,Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9
,;ilboa ... 36 'New Doubloons ...... 00 0
"arcelona -
!F"

36
•eville .... . 36

,s'ew Dollars... 0 4 104
Silver in Bars 0 5 04

Several of the Cabinet Ministers visited Sir
Robert Peel this morning.
Yesterday afternoon several of the Cabinet
\linisters had a meeting at the official residence of Sir
,iohert Peel in Downing-street.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY
CouNcm.—Her Majesty has appointed Lord Wharncliffe
Lord President of the Council), the Right Hon. Sir
Robert Peel, Bart., the Duke of Buckingham, the Right
Hon. Henry Gott'burn, Lord Stanley, Lord Granville
Somerset, and Sir James Graham, Bart., to be Members
of the Committee on the subject of Education.
YANK IDEAS (4ixE A WFUL."—T•A
fecent New York paper heads an article " Awful" that
Mates that, dining the present summer, about 1.500 dogs
have been killed, under the provisions of the do law !