The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-28 00:00:00

BANKING v
D.

Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest •. • •••• • • • • 3,386,565
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-

hags-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts).. 3,162,909
Other deposits ...• •• 10,660,880
Seven day and other
bills•• .. •• •• .. .... 1,086,886

£32,850,240

Dated the 2Gth day of October.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 24, 1848.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of M.
Blancheton, as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope for
the French Republic.
WAR-OFFICE, Ocrr. 27.

7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Pedder,
from the 58th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hely, who
exchanges, Oct. 27.
11th Light Dragoons—Captain John Bunce Pilgrim,
from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Ward, appointed to the 85th Foot, Oct. 27.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Augustus John Cure-
ton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bennett, who
retires ; Thomas Edward Gordon, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Cureton, Oct. 27.

15th Light Dragoons—Captain Lord Spencer Scott
Compton, from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, ♦ice Pil-
grim, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons, Oct. 27.
21st Regiment of Foet—Staff Surgeon of the Second
Class Francis Charles Anuesley to be Surgeon, vice
Dempster, promoted on the Staff, Oct. 27.
26th Foot— Acting Assistant Surgeon Frederick
Clarke to be Assistant Surgeon, vice M`lntyre, ap-
pointed to the Staff, Oct. 27.

43d Foot—Captain Daniel Henry Mackinnon, from
the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Paymaster, vice Hood.
appointed to a Recruiting District, Oct. 27.
49th Foot—Assistant Staff Surgeon John Stewart
Smith, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice William Lorimer, who
retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
59th Foot—Lieutenant Joseph Hely, from the 7th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Pedder, who
exchanges, Oct. 27.

tad Foot—Lieutenant Bryan Thornhill, from the 3d
Wcsi India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Roberta,
ho exchanges, Oct. 27.

79th Fool—Lieutenant William Arthur Maiawaring
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Aynsley, who retires;
Ensign Charles Millns Frarrisson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mainwaring; John Scott, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Ilarrisson, Oct. 27.
80th Foot—Major-General Sir Edmund Keynton
Williams, K.C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General
Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell, deceased, Oct. 24.
82:1 Foot—Major Charles Francis Maxwell to be Lieu,
tenant-Colonel, by purchase. vice John Jaeger; Slater,
who retires ; Brevet Major James Alexander Robertson
to be Major, by purchase, vice Maxwell; Lieut. Edmund
Robert William Wingfield Yates to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Robertson ; Ensign Charles Joseph Harford
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yates; Marmatluke
Nelson Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Harford, Oct. 27.
85th Foot—Captain Thomas Robbins Ward, from the
11th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Lord Spencer
Scott Compton, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons,
Oct. 27.

3d West India Regiment—Major-General Sir Guy
Campbell, Bart., C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-
General Sir Charles William Maxwell, C. 8., deeeased,
Oct. 24; Lieutenant Charles Roberts, from 62d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Thornhill, who exchanges, Oct. 27.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Charles Thomas Bentley,
from 51st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Oct. 27.
HOSPITAL STAlF.—Surgeon Juhn Dempster, M.D.,'
from 21st Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of First Class, vice
Robert Andrew M'Munn, M.D., who retires upon half-
pay ; Assistant Staff Surgeon John Davies to be Staff
Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Annesley, appointed
to 21st Foot; Assistant Surgeon John William Mostyn,
from 6th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces,
vice Davies, promoted; Assistant Surgeon Duncan
M'lntyrc, M.D. from the 26th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon to the Forces, vice Smith, promoted in 49th
Fc.ot, Oct. 27.

MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant-Colonel George Currie
Page, upon half-pay of the Royal Engineers, has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of an
Unattached Lioutenant-Colonelcy of Infantry, from the
20th of October, 1848, inclusive, he being about to be-
come a settler in Canada. The removal of Veterinary
Surgeon John Kingsley, from the Cape Mounted Rifle-
men to the 16th Light Dragoons, as stated in the Gazette
of 24th December, 1847. has been cancelled.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 26.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Thomas
Beckett Fielding Marriott to be Captain, vice Payne,
retired on half-pay; First Lieutenant Charles Trigance
Franklin to be Second Captain, vice Marriott; Second
Lieutenant Thomas Edmond Byrne to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Franklin, Oct. 14.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
The Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill to be Adjutant,
vice Hamilton, resigned, Oct. 21.
ADMIRALTY, OCT 26.

Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Hugh
Kennedy to be Captain, vice G. H. Loga❑ to half-pay;
Second Lieutenant John Busteed Seymour to be First
Lieutenant, vice Hugh Kennedy, promoted.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Samuel Hall, jur., miller, Tipton, Staffordshire.
BANKRUPTS,
Frederick Cooly Chappell, stockbroker, Throgmorton-
street, City, to surrender Nov. 7, at two, and Die. 8,
at one, at the Court pf Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee ; Smith Golden-square.
John Henry Caton, cattle dealer, Standon Massey,
Essex, Nov. 7, at half-past one, and Dec. 8, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee;
Treherne and White, Barge-yard-chambers, Bucklers-
bury.

James Hunt, builder, Brentwoods-butts, Middlesex,
Nov. 10, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 11, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee,
Guildhall-chambers ; Itixon and Son, King William-
strcet.
Thomas Poole, money scrivener, South-square, Gray's
Inn, Nov. 3, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 11, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street; Empson, Bucklersbury.
Alexander Broad, builder, Brixton-road, Surrey, Noy.
2 and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Ilain( 9,
Parliament-street.
Thomas Jones, grocer, Old Swinford, Worcestershire,
Nov. 7 and Dec. 5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith,
Birmingham.
Arthur Peters, spirit merchant, Manchester, Nov. 13,
and Dec. 4, at one, at the Manchester District Uom
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Norris and Sons,
Bedford-row ; Radcliffe, Liverpool.
Samuel Pearson, licensed victualler, Manchester, Nov.
10, at eleven, and Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man-
chester; Newman, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Willoughby,
Manchester.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending October 24,
18.18, is 225. 11 tA d. per cwt.

INFANTICIDE.—Last night an adjourned inquest
was held at St. Martin's Workhouse, on the remains of
a child, evidently murdered, found a few days ago in a
cesspool at the rear of the house No. 4, Taylor's.
buildings, Chandos-street. No satisfactory Evidence
being obtainable, the jury returned a verdict of" Found
dead."
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD, OCT, 27. Mr.
Thomas Valpy French, scholar, and Earl o'i Leicester's
exhibitioner of this college, was this day Owtod to the
vacant fellowship.