The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-14 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 11.

With reference to the paragraph which appeared in the
Gazette, of the 6th instant, announcing that Com-
mander Francis William Austen would be promoted
to the rank of Captain, as soon as he had
served the required period at sea, the Board have
this day signed a commission conferring that rank upon
Commander Austen. The Board have also been pleased to
promote Lieutenants Edward Halked Beauchamp Proctor
and Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon to the rank of Com-
mander, for the services during the recent operations in the
Parana.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 11._

With reference to the announcement which appeared in
the London Gazette of the 10th instant, in the list of Com-
manders to be Captain s, the name of Richard Burridge, Esq.
should have been included between the names of Captains
Ralph Barton and Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse.
And the name of Captain Charles Hope Reid is to remain
on the retired half-pay of eighteen shillings per diem, as ori-
ginally announced in the London Gazette of the 3d of
November.
MEMORANDUM.—The surnames of the under-mentioned
Officers of the Royal Navy should be spelled in the following
manner :
Commander John Thomas Nott, for Knott.
Lieutenant James Stephen Dare!, for Darrell.
Lieutenant Thomas 'rocker Hambley,for Hawley.
Mr. Robert Hayward (Surgeon), for Haywood.
Mr. Edward D. Back (Paymaster and Purser), for Bach.
Mr. Joseph E. Autey (Paymaster and Purser), for Antey.
And the Christian names of Mr. Ruffell Dalton, are
William Ruffell. _ _ .

LIST OF SiIRIFF". FOR 1846.
(From the London Gazette of last Evening.)
The names of those who were nominated for Sheriffs by
the Lords of the Council, at the Exchequer, on the Morrow
of Saint Martin, iu the tenth year of the reign of Queen
Victoria, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hnndred and farty-six:
BEDFORDSHIRE—Robert Newland, of Kempston, Esq.;
Thomas Abbott Green, of Pavenham, Esq.; Richard Gilpin,
of Hockliffe Grange. Esq.
BERKSHIRE—NV ii ian Henry Stone, of Stieatley-house,
Esq.; John Hopkins, of Tidmarsh, Esq. ; Robert Allfrey, of
Wokefielt! Park, E,q.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE—Tbe Baron Meyer Amschel de
Rothschild, of Mentmore ; William Lowndes, of the Bury,
in Chesham, Esq. ; John Kay, of Fulmer, Esq.
CAMB. AND HUNT.—Robert Francis Pate, of Wisbeach,
Esq. ; John Vipan, of Sutton, Esq.; William Whiting, of
Manea and Thornev Abbey, Esq.
CUMBERLAND—GiIfrid William Hartley, of Rose-hill, Esq. ;
Henry Dundas Maclean, of Lazonby, Esq. ; Andrew Fleming
Hudleston, of Hutton-John, Esq.
CHESIIIRE—RaIph Gerard Leycester, of Toft-Hall, Esq. ,•
Henry Brooke, of Grange, Esq. ; Thomas William Tatton, of
WpithEeßnßtailvmE__J
, Esq.
ohn Bell Crompton, of Milford, Esq. ;_
Sir Robert Burdett, of Foremark, Bart. ; Jedidiah Strutt, of
Belper, Esq.

. .
DEVONSIIIRE.—Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester, of
Arlington Court, Bart.; Henry Champernowne, of Darting-
ton, Esq. ; Henry Richard Roe, of Guaton House Esq.
DORSETSHIRE.—Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwerne Min-
ster, Esq.; Henry John Reuben Earl of Portarlington, of
Milton Abbas ; John Goodden, of Over Compton, Esq.
DURHAM—John Fawcett, of South Bailey, Esq.; Sir Wil-
liam Eden, of Windleston Hall, Bart.; Henry John Spear-
man, of Newton Hall, Esq.
EssEx—William Coxhead Marsh, of Park Hall, Thoydon
Garnon, Epping, Esq. • Beale Blackwell Colvin, of Mang-
ham's Hall, Waltham Holy Cross, Esq.; Charles Preston, of
Luthers, near Sewardstone, Esq.
GLoucEsTm -- tsuißE.illiam Edwards Lawrence, of
Greenway House, Badgworth, Esq. ; Charles Greenaway, of
Little Barrington, Esq.; Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker, of
Hardwick Court, Esq.

llEnEFoansmax.—Thomas Hill, of Felton, Esq. ; Sir
Yellers Cornewall, of Moccas, Bart. ; Robert Manikin Ling-
wood, of Lystone, Esq.
HERTFORDSIIIRE.—Humphrey Harper Burchell, of Bushey
Grange, Esq. ; William Parker, of Ware Park, Esq.; Fulke
Southwell Greville, of North Mimms Park, Esq.
KENT.—John Pelly Atkins, of Halsted, Esq. ; John
Ashley Warre, of Ramsgate, Esq. ; William John Evelin, of
Saint Clair, Esq.
LEICESTERSIIIRE—WiIIiam Wootton Abney, of Sweep-
stone, Esq. ; Henry Freeman Coleman, of Evington-hall,
Esq. ; J'ihn Goodacre, of Lutterworth, Esq.
LINCOLNSMIRE—TheophiIus Fairfax Johnson, of Spalding,
Esq. ; Richard Ellison, of Sudbroke-Holme, Esq. ; James
Whiting Yorke, of Walmsgate, Esq.
MoNmourrismn—Charles John Kemeys Tynte, of Cefn-
mably, Esq. ; William Mark Wood, of Rumney, Esq. ; John
Jones, junior, Llanarth-Court, Esq.
NonFor,x—Wyrley Birch, of Wretbam, Esq. ; Sir Jacob
Henry Preston, of Beeston St. Lawrence, Bart. ; William
Mason, of Necton, Esq.
NonTnAmpTossittnE.—Thomas Tryon, of Bulwick Park,
Esq. ; John Moncton, of Fineshade Abbey; Esq. ; the Hon.
Henry Ilely Hutchinson, of Lois Weedon.
NoaTnumnEaLAND.—James Henry Hollis Atkinson, of
Angerton, Esq. ; George Burdon, of Redden House, Esq. ;
William Hodgson Cadogan, of 13rinkburn Priory, Esq.
NOTTINGHAMIHRE—John Vere, of Carlton-upon-Trent,
Esq.; John Whetharn, of Kirklington, Esq.; John Henry
Manners Sutton, of Kelharn, Esq.
OXFORDSHIRE Samuel Weare Gardiner, of Coombe
Lodge, Whitechurch, Esq. ; Matthew Piers Watt Boulton,
of Great Tew, Esq. ; Henry Baskerville, of Crowsley Park,
Esq.
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SOMERSETSIIIIIE—John Matthew Quantock, of Norton,
sub-Harndon, Esq. ; Edward Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead