The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-25 00:00:00

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DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 24, 1846.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Au-
gustus Fitsßoy, Knt., to be Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over the colony of North Australia and of its
dependencies.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Lind-
blad, as Consul-General at Gibraltar, for his Majesty the
King of Sweden and Norway.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire—
W. F. Grant, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Nov. 3, 1843.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Southampton.
R. P. Campbell Marquis of Chandos to be Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, Feb. 17.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Northumberland.

Lord F. Fitzclarence to be Deputy-Lieutenant; J. S. D.
Selby, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 10; H.;Greg-
son, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; E. J. Collingwood,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; S. F. Gillum, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Rev. J. D. Clark to be De-
puty-Lieutenant; T. Riddell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant;
W. H. Cadogan, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. H. 11.
Atkinson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; C. W. Orde, Esq.,
to be Deputy-Lieutenant • 0. A. B. Cresswell, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. C. Jobling, Esq., to he Dep.-Lieut.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Captain W. Style, R.N., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 18.
Oxfordshire Regt. of Militia—S. W. Gardiner, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; the Hon. T. E. Stonor, to be Lieutenant; A. F.
Shum, Gent., to be Lieutenant; W. W. Holloway, Gent., to
be Lieutenant ; C. W. Fuller, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 18.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Glaniorganshire.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—J.
Hewett, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 10; 11. Lewis, Esq., to be
Captain, Feb. 13, 1846.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire.
Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu-
tenant T. L. Fitzhugh to be First Lieutenant, vice
Music, deceased ; Second Lieutenant J. Hughes to be
First Lieutenant, vice Thompson, deceased, Feb 9, 1846.
B. W. Wynne, Gent, to be First Lieutenant, vice Parry,
deceased; H. 11. Sandbach, Gent., to be Second Lieute-
nant, vice Fitzhugh, promoted ; R. A. Price, to
be Second Lieutenant, vice Hughes, promoted ; E.
Lloyd, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Wynne, re-
signed; R. S. Perkins, Gent, to be Surgeon, vice Hughes,
deceased, Feb. 9.

Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of
Edinburgh.
_ _ .

Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry-Cavalry—A. G. Maitland,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, rice Craig; W. Baillie, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Maitland, Jan. 28.
BANKRUPTS.

Henry John Todd and Edward Todd, drapers, Bow
Churchyard, City, to surrender, March 6 and April 6, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Soles and Turner, Alder-
manbury.
Abraham Frebout, jun., silk manufacturer, Steward-street,
Spitalfields, Feb. 27, at eleven, and April 3, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Smith and Taylor, Basinghall-street,
George Moir, bootmaker, John's-row, St. Luke's, March
7, at eleven, and April 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Hughes
and Turner, Charles-street, City-road.
Charles Self, plumber, Sun-street, Bishopsgate Without,
March 10, at twelve, and April 6, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Wright, Lincoln's Inn.

Robert Garland, corn chandler, Walham-green, March 3,
at half-past eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Donne, New Broad-
street, City.

Jonathan Knights, cattle dealer, Great Melton and Thur-
garton, Norfolk, March 3, at half-past one, and April 7, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assig-
nee ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich.
Henry Pearson Coles, innkeeper, Wickham-market,
Suffolk, March 5, at half-past twelve, and April 7, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman street, City ; Lewis, Arundel-street, Strand.
William Kitson, soap manufacturer, White street, South-
wark, March 6, at twelve, and 31, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, fficial assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry; Lofty, Potter, and Son, King-street, Cheapside.
Samuel Holdsworth and William Holdswortb, corn millars,
Drighlington, Yorkshire, March 9 and April 2, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ;
Gregory and Co., Bedford. row, London; Taylor and West-
moreland, Wakefield.

Longbottom and Ralph Bentley, wool merchants,
Rochdale, Lancashire, March 5, and April 4, at twelve, at
the Manchester Distiict Court. Hobson, official assignee,
Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, London; Atkinson,
Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester.
Rowlandson, surgeon, -Wakefield, -Yorkshire,
March 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
hope, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford-
row, London ; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield.
Stephen Vertue, merchant, Liverpool, March 13 and
April 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-
row London ; Harvey and Falcon, Liverpool.
Joseph Walton, coal merchant, Liverpool, March 3 and
April 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner,
official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Co., Liverpool;
Robinson, Liverpool.
Richard Kirby Frankish, builder, Scarborough, Yorkshire,
March 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Kynaston, official assignee, Leeds; Kirk, Symond's-hill,
London; Ilarle, Leeds.

Edward Steane Harley, grocer, Birmingham, March 10
and April 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Yalpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and
Knowles, Birmingham.

Samuel Hutchinson, broker, Bradford, Yorkshire, March 9
and April 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds; Flower, Brend-street, Cheapside,
London ; Wood, Bradford ; Cariss, Leeds. _

[Dividends,' &c., in our next.]

COURSE OF EXCHA:
Amsterdam ....C.F. 12
Ditto, at sight.• ..., 12
Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10
Antwerp 26 15
Hamhurgh .... • • M.B. 13 .11
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 2s 75
Ditto, 3 months...... 26

NIGE.-(YESTERDAY.)
Gibraltar.. • ....... • • ..
Leghorn .
Genoa .. • ...... 26 10
Milan ..
Venice
Naples .. •••• • • • • 39%
Palermo, per oz .
Lisbon .. 52%
Oporto .. 52%
Rio Janeiro .......... 2434
Bahia .
Buenos Ayres —
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia .

Marseilles ..... • 26 10
•. 26 10
Frankfort on Maine.— 122%
Petersburgh, 3 U 5......
.... • .
Vienna, etfec.flo lO 10%
Trieste, ditto.... •••• •• 10 10%
Madrid ..... 36

PRICES OF BULLION, PER 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 1151

Cadiz .. •.. : •••• • • • • 36
Bilbao.. • • •• • • ' • " •' • '
Barcelona •• • ..... • • • •
Seville ....

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

oan—To-day
for West India Sugthrit
Su
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ai nhlap ror ve
fie improvement in
purchasingthe dem a
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descriptions with aution, and the quantity sold amounted
to only 290 hhds
previously quoted, although der thoseand trcs: the rates taken were rather un-
der
yet scanty. There we aou the suppl Yat market
Mauritius, but of Bengal large no
public sales of West India or
parcels were brought forward.
washo no
REFWED.—To-day thereergeimprovement in the de-
mand for Refined goods for home consumption, although
d,,and brown lumps,
standard lumps could be obtained
according to quality, at 61a to 625. 2Gmided Crushed Sugar
is still much in request for forward delivery, and it is difficult
to purchase first quality under 35s per cwt.
ALturtMus.—Merchants have been more inclined to
re-
alise,
and submitted to a reduction on previous prices ofd
to is for good and fine yellow, and 6d per cwt. for all other 6
kinds. The consumption is still on the increase, Mauritius
being cheaper than any other home trade kinds of sugar.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal
Sugar offered at auction was large, and amounted to 7,282
bags end 7 cases; the trade evinced little desire to operate,
and not above one half sold upon rather lower terms
FOREIGN.—To .day there was no public sale of Foreign, but
500 boxes of white Havannab, 700 ditto yellow, 200 barrels
of Rio, and 176 bags of Santa Martha are declared for
Friday. By private treaty 40 chests of low Brown Bahia
were sold at 17s. The quantity of Java declared for sale by
the Dutch Trading Company is 40,000 baskets. •
COFFEE.—To-day there was little desire shown to pur-
chase any kind of Coffee by private treaty, but good ordinary
pale Native Ceylon was pot to kto obtained under 460 per
.