The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-21 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, llAncii 19.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Ho-
nourable Charles John Viscount Canning, an additional Com-
missioner for the purpose of inquiring whether advantage
might Rot be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Par-
liament for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts.
Commission by the Queen.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia—Capt. T. Rose to
be Adjutant, Feb. 27, 1846.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
F. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
March 14.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—H. P. T. Aubrey, Esq. ; J. C.
B. Borough, Esq. ; P. Broughton, Esq. ; G. Brooke,
Esq. ; R. Burton, Esq. ; R. H. Cheney, Esq. ; St.
J. C. Charlton, Esq. ; E. Corbett, Esq. ; Hon. E. J.
H. Viscount Clive; J. W. Dod, Esq. ' • T. C. Eyton,
Esq.; Right Hon. G. G. L. G. Earl Granville;
W. 0. Gore, Esq. M.P. ; R. Gardner, Esq. ; R. F. Hill, Esq. ;
Hon. G. F. Hamilton ; R. H. Kinchant, Esq ; Sir B.
Leighton, Bart. ; R. M. Leeke, Esq.; J. V. Lovett, Esq. ;
T. Lovett, Esq.; C. K. Main waring, Esq.; E. W. S.
Owen, Esq. ; J. Owen, Esq. ; W. Oakeley, Esq. ; W. H.
Poole, Esq. ; J. Rocke, jun., Lsq. ; R. A. Slaney, Esq. ; H. C.
Taylor, Esq. ; T. Twemlow, Esq., March 10.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Glamorganshire.
To be Deputy Lieutenants—R. Bassett, Esq. ; H.A. Bruce,
Esq. ; W. Meyrick, Esq. ; T. Powell, Esq. ; E. Williams,
Esq., Feb. 28.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire--Richard
Price Puleston, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Commissions b the Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire.
Harry Young, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Sir G.
Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Wil-
liam Patrick Adam, Esq.. jun., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Ro-
bert Neilson, Esq.. to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Stirlingshire, &c., Regt. of Militia—A. Black, Gent., to
be Ensign.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex.

West Essex Regiment of Regular Militia—Captain Dick
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Houblon, resigned, Feb. 11;
W. M. Tufnell, Esq., to be Captain, vice Rush, resigned, Feb.
; H. Bullock, Esq., to be Captain, vice Foaker, resigned,
Feb. 12; J. Wright, Esq., to be Captais, vice J. J. Tufnell,
resigned, Feb. 13 ; A. T. Schreiber, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Stane, resigned, Feb. 14 ; A. E. Williams, Esq , to be Captain,
vice Smith, resigned, Feb. 16; P. H. Meyer, Esq., to be
Captain, vice Fortescue, resigned, Feb. 17 ; H. Edinboreugh,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lucas, promoted, Feb. 11.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire.
Brecknockshire Militia—W. R. Stretton, Esq., to be Major,
vice H. Price, resigned; W. Bridgwater, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant, March 17. _ _ _

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the Comlty of Sussex.
Arundel and Bramber Corps of Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry
—Colonel W. G. K. Gratwicke to be Lieutenant, vice G.
Rideout, deceased ; Lord B. I'. F. Howard to be Cornet,
vice W. G. K. Gratwicke, promoted ; T. Evans, Gent., to be
Surgeon, vice 0. Evans, deceased, Feb. 22.
BANKRUPTS.

John Kirkup, coal merchant, Rotberbithe to surrender
March 31 and May 8, at eleven, at the Court Of Bankruptcy.
Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Hodgson,
Broad-street-buildings.
William Collins, tailor, Rugby, Warwickshire, March 31,
at one, and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee; Burbidge, Hatton-garden.
James Bryant, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, March 27, at
half-past twelve, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-street ; Soles
and '1 urner, Aldermanbury.
Isaac Harris, clothier, Croydon, March 26, and May 4, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Jacobs, Winchester-
buildings, Winchester-street.
Henry Ward, paper manufacturer, Ludgate-street, City,
March 31, at two, and May 4, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Mardon and Co., Newgate-street, City.
William Stone, laceman, Wood-street, City, March 2s, at
one, and April 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy
Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Lloyd, Milk-street,
Cheapside.
Ellison and Goodworth, linen manufacturers, Barnsley,
York, March 31 and April2o, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Pocock, Bartholo-
mew-close; Mance, Barnsley; Bond, Leeds.
Joseph Whalley and Charles Whalley, seedsmen, Liver-
pool, March 31 and April 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hall and
Co., Yerulam• buildings, London ; Neal, Liverpoo.
Richard Barnes Preston, coa dealer, Leigh, Gloucester,
April 3, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Newman
and Co., Cheltenham. _ _ _ _ _

Cornelius Brady, commission agent, Aston-nigh Birming-
ham, April 4, and May 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Changer and C'., Gray's Inn-square, London; Harding,
Birmingham.
Richard Edwards, woollen-draper, Huddersfield, April 6
and 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds; Robinson, Huddersfield; Bond, Leeds.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
produce of the British possessions in America, computed
from the returns made in the week ending March 17, 1846, is
353.31 d. per cwt.
[Dividends, &e., in our Next.]

COURSE OF EXCHA
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 932
Ditto, at sight ..... . 12 6
Rotterdam ...... 2 U. 12 10
Antwerp. ...... ....... 26 15
llamburgh ......M.B. 13 153(2
Altona.. —
Paris, 3 days' sight .... 25 80

S.GE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar.. ......
Legh0rn........
Genoa .....
Milan ..
N...... • .....
Palermo, per ox 1193
Lisbon.... 52%
0p0rt0,,,,,, • ... 52%
Rio Janeiro
Bahia .. -
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia

Ditto, 3 mouths 26 5
Marseilles • . • 26
80urdeaux.......... •
Frankfort on Maine 122%
Petersburgh, 3 Us —

Berlin ...... .... .• ..
Vienna, effec.flo .. 10 10%
Trieste, ditto... ....... 10 10%
Madrid .............. 3614
Cadiz .• •.. : ........ 36%
Bilbao..
Barcelona ............
Seville.. ........ •• •...

rarcss OF BULLION, PEE OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5
New Doubloons . ..... 0 0 0
New Dollars • ..... .. 0 4 9%
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11 4

RAILWAY RETURNS.

RAILWAY Taal'Fic.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail-
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year: