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

DENMARK.

Letters from Copenhagen of the 12th, published
in the Augsburg. Gazette, inforins us that the new
elections are completed. The result, twee rding to
the reasoning of the Danish papers themselves, will
be the overthrow of the Ministry as soon as the
States assemble, its power having been already
greatly weakened by the cessation of the war.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the ♦ct 7th and sth of Victoria, cap. /19,ftm
the Week ending on Saturday, the 21st day of OctoDer, 1848.
1831:71 DEPARTMENT.

X. - -
Notes i55ued........ 26,592,550

Government debt. • • 11,65,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,082,641
Silver bullion • • • • • • b 09,909

X2G,592.550

Dated the 26th day of October,

I X 26,592,550
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1848.
OEP AZTMEN T.

SANYING D.

Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest • ••• • • . 3,386,465
Public &posits (In-
al tiding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Dl-
-

Government securi. —.
ties (Including Dead
Weight Annuity) • . 13,400,019
Other securities .• 10,847,210
Notes . . . . . • • • • • • • 8,032,515
Gold and silver coin.. 570,426

vidend accowts).. 3,162,909
Other deposits .. •• •• 10,660,880
Seven day and other
bills.. •• .• •• —.• .. 1,066,886

£32,850,240

.C 32,450,240
H. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1848.

Dated the 26th day of October. I.

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, Oar. 27.
7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas Fodder,
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, vice Pil-
grim, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons, Oct. 27.
21st Regiment of Foot—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, vicellood,
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.
58th Foot—Lieutenant Joseph Hely, from the 7th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Pedder, who
exchanges, Oct. 27.
112 d Foot—Lieutenant Bryan Thornhill, from the 3d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Roberts,
Rho exchanges, Oct. 27.
79th Foot—Lieutenant William Arthur Mainwaring
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Aynsley, who retires;
Ensign Charles Minns Ilarrisson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, rice Mainwaring; John Scutt, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrisson, Oct. 27.
Sbus Foot—Major-General Sir Edmund Keynton
Williams, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General
Sir Maurice Charles O'Connell, deceased, Oct. 24.
82d Foot—Major Charles Francis Maxwell tope Lieu.
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice John James Slates',
who retires ; Brevet Major James Alexander Robertson
to he Major, by purchase, vice Maxwell; Lieut. Edmund
Robert William Wingfield Yates to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Robertson ; Ensign Charles Joseph Ilarford
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yates; Marmaduke
Nelson Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Harford, Oct. 27.
85th Foot—Captain Thomas nubbins Ward, from the
1 Ith 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., deceased,
Oct. 24; Lieutenant Charles Roberts, from 62d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice 'f hornhill, who exchanges, Oct. 27.
UNATTACEIED.—Lieutenant Charles Thomas Bentley,
from 51st Foot. to be Captain, without purchase, Oct. 27.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon John 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,
vise Davies, promoted; Assistant Surgeon Duncan
M'lntyre, M.D. from the 26th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon to the Forces, vice Smith, promoted in 49th
Foot, Oct. 27.
MENORANDUM.—Lieutenant-Colonel George Currie
Page, upon halt-pay of the Royal Engineers, has been
permitted to retire from the service by the sale of an
Unattached Lieutenant-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, Om 26.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Hugh
Kennedy to he Captain, vice G. H. Logan to half-pay;
Second Lieutenant John Busteed Seymour to be First
Lieutenant, vice Hugh Kennedy, promoted.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Samuel Hall, jun., miller, Tipton, Staffordshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Frederick Cooly Chappell, stockbroker, Throgmorton-
street, City, to surrender Nov. 7, at two, and Dec. 8,
at one, at the Court of 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;
Treherno and White, Barge-yard-chambers, Bucklers-
bury.

'Ames 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 ; Dixon and Sou, King William-
street.

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, Nov.
2 and Dec. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Haines,
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 Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Norris and Sons,
Bedford-row; Radcliffe, Liverpool.
Samuel Pearson, licensed victualler, Manchester, Nov.
10, at ekven, 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,
1848, is 225. 114 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 ti
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.---MT.
Thomas Valpy French, scholar, and Earl of Leicester's
exhibitioner of this college, WAS this clay elected ;9 the
vacant fellowship.