The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-29 00:00:00

WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JULY 29.

sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Robert James
Montgomery to be Captain, without purchase, vice Elliot,
whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive
Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854.
7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward E. Lawrence,
from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without
purchase, vice Fife, appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons ;
Assistant-Surgeon John Harrison Robotham, from the
Staff, to he Assistant-Surgeon, vice Llewelyn, promoted
on the Staff. _ __ _ . .

llth Lightpragoons—Edward E. Lawrence, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, ♦ice Brooke, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Ralph Shelton Bond
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lennox, who retires ;
Cornet R. Eintoul to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Bond ; Erasmus Gower, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Rintoul.
6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign R. Bolton to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Grogan, who retires ; Irving
Stoning Affray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Bolton.
36th Foot—Ensign Thomas Scarlett to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Mahon, deceased.
69th Foot—Captain Charles Newton Biggs, from the
82d Foot, to be Captain, vice the Hon. Alfred Bury, who
exchanges.
72d Foot —Lieutenant John Thomas Campbell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Atkinson, who retires.
81st Foot —Ensign F. K. Fitzßoy, from the 54th Foot,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
82d Foot—Captain the Hon. Alfred Bury, from the
69th Foot, to be Captain, vice Biggs, who exchanges.
BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.

The following Officers to be permitted to resign their
Commissions :-
2d Light Infantry—Ensign Victor Julius. —Lieutenant
Panl Reimer.
3d Light Infantry—Lieut. Wilhem Strecher.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 29.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Peter John Douglas has been
appointed to receive a pension of 150/. a-year, as provided
for in her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th Jane, 1851,
vacant by the decease of Admiral Henry Richard Glynn,
and the name of Vice-Admiral Peter John Douglas has
been removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly ;
and, in consequence of this removal, the following promo-
tions, dated the 21st inst., have taken place :
Rear-Admiral of tho Red Robert Wauchope to be Vice-
Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Henry John Rous
to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Roar-Admiral of the Blue George William Conway
Courtenay to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain John Miligan Laws, and Captain Sir Burton
Macnamara, to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List.
Captain Right Hon. the Lord George Paulet, C. 8., to
be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
Captain Joseph Harrison, on the Retired List, has also
been promoted to be a retired Roar-Admiral on the terms
proposed in the London Gazette of Sept. 1, 1846, without
increase of pay.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
2d (Light Infantry) Regiment of Ki❑g's Own Stafford-
shire Militia—Eyre Trench John Richard Nugent, Esq.,
to be Adjutant, vice Gardiner, resigned.
BANKRUPTS.

John Fisher, bolt manufacturer, Wolverhampton, to
surrender Aug. 11 and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham;
Powell and Son, Birmingham.
Daniel Grigg. grocer, Westbromwich, Aug. 11 and Sept.
1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; Jackson, Westbromwich.
James Bilsborrow, haberdasher, Coventry, August 9
and 30, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Minster,
Coventry ; Reece, Birmingham.
Harriett Leonard, baker, Bristol, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9,
at eleven, et the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assiene-e, Bristol; Niblett, Bristol, Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.
Edwin Peeks, builder, Torquay, Aug. 7, and Sept. 4,
at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official
assignee. Exeter ; Carter, Temp-lay ; Stogdon, Exeter.
John Robinson, silk manufacturer, Manchester, Aug. 8
and Sept. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington,
sod Shipman, Manchester.
Joseph Wright, cotton spinner, Heaton Mill, Heaton
Norris, and Forge Mid, C..bon, Lancaster,. Aug. 8 and
Sept. 4. at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson, Saunders, and
Last, Manchester.
Samuel Howard, machine broker, Manchester, Aug. 8
and Sept. 5, at twelve, at tho Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Jackson, Manchester.
George Thode, ship-builder, &c., 5, Wellington-build-
ings, Castle-street, Liverpool, Aug. 13, and Sept. 1, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, offi-
cial assignee, Liverpool ; King and George, King-street,
Cheapside, London ; Haigh and Thompson, Liverpool.
Peter Allen, horse dealer, Huntsworth-mews, North
Dorset-square, Aug. 4, at two, and Sept. 10, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ;
Messrs. J. and J. H. Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane.
Francis Brigden, saddler, Arundel, Sussex, Aug. 9 and
Sept. 10, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee; Allen and Nicol, Queen-street,
Cheapside.
Richard Babstook French, corn merchant, Winchester,
Aug. 7, at half-past twelve, anti Sept. 5, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Alderman-
bury • Miller, Son, and Bugg, Norwich.
John George Belford, tobacconist, Upper King-street,
Blootnsbury, August 8, at one, and Sept. 5, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Sydney, Jewry street, Aldgate.
John Box, brickmaker, Beckenham Kent, August 7, at
one, and Sept. 5, at half-past one, at theCnogurtolfsit3raenele:
Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basihitu t
Watson and Son, Moorgate-street.
Samuel Adams, banker, Ware, Hertfordshire, Aug. 8,
at eleven, and Sept. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba.singhall-street ;
Armstrong and Phillips, Guildhall-chambers; Gisby,

Ware.
William Duncan and Thomas Hamper, hop merchants,
Tooley•street, Aug. 11, at two, and Sept. 10, at twelve. at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official asignee•
Eawrance, Flews, and Buyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Charles Margerißon and Ernest Benj'i • min Fort, wine
and spirit merchants, Aug. 9, at twelve, and Sept. 10, at
half-past eleven, at the Court of BankruptcyaGrabam,
official assignee ; Roberts, Bargeyard-chambors, Bucklers-
bury.
Francis Davy, builder, Saint Paul's•street, New North-
road, Aug. 9, and Sept. 10, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Tucker, Greville, and
Tucker, Swithin'adane.
William Houghton Fisher, coal proprietor, Preston,
Lancashire, Aug. 22 and Sept. 25, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manches-
ter ; Atkinson, Saunders, and Last, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
William Aitkin, deceased, writer, Glasgow.
Barclay and Co., merchants, Glasgow.
Joseph Lomas and Co., machine makers, Glasgow.

cougSli OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts DAY.
amsterdaa „„• •11 8 Gibraltar
Ditto, three months .. 12 0 Leghorn ••• ••• • ••
• • •
otter • • .......... 12 04 G„oa
.....
2•S 30 214
Antwerp •• • ....... 2.5 57V,, Han .• •• ' • 75
Brussels .. •• • • , 57? s Venice..., „ "• •
•• ••
Efamburgh .... • • ...... 13 82,4 Naples ...
Palermo
.... 133
Pari5........ .• • • • • •• •• 25 32% Messina
• •• 133
Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Lisbon .. ......... 53
arseilles 25 65 Oporto ................ 53%
Bordeau ...•• • , x
.. ••.. • • Rio Janeiro ..... .••• • ..
Frankfort-on- lfeine • 121 Buenos Ayres... •• •
Berlin ..... New York ,60 days' sight
• • 10 21 Philadelphia •• .. ......
Trieste.• .• .. •••• •• • ... 10 22 / PSICES OF BULLION, TEI OZ.
Petersburg ............ 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Madrid •• •• .• 42Sj Portugal Gold Coin 00 0
Cadiz • •••
• so Mexican Dollars 0 0 0
Barcelona New Dollars 0 0 0
1110 Ville •• «•••••• •• Silver in bars 4111. f• 0 0 0

Sporting Intelligence.

LATEST CITY BETTING.-MONDAY, 2 r.m.

STEWARDS' Cur.
7 to 1 agst Olympus (taken)
Bto 1 agst Flaer.)w (taken)
C OODWOOD
11 to 2 agst Zeta (taken)
11 to 2 agst Goldhdl (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Bandalore (offered)
12 to 1 agst Lady Tatton (taken)
1500 to 90 agst Pole Star (taken)
15 to 1 agst Vandal (taken and offered)
100 to 5 agst Pretty Boy ('aken freely)
100 to 5 agst Maid of Masham colt (taken)
GOODWOOD Cup.
5 to 2 aget Fisherman (offered)
6to 1 agst Monarque (taken)
Bto 1 agst Vandermulin (taken)
10 to 1 agst Rogerthorp3 (taken)
12 to 1 aget Heir of Linne (taken)
100 to 5 agst Nettle (taken)

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NURSERY STAKES.
4to 1 agst Beatrice (taken)
8 to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken
8 to 1 agst Farmer's Daughter filly (taken)
10 to 1 agst Epirus colt (tiken)

TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY.
Not a dozen persons were present, and no business
was transacted.

NAUTICAL STEEPLECHASE.

This event, which for some time past has attracted the
attention of the sporting world, came off yesterdayat La
Marche, attended with most favourable weather, and
drew together a considerable number, in carriages filled
with well-dressed ladies, sporting gentlemen on horse-
hack, and a great concourse of pedestrians. A few mi-
nutes before, the day's proceedings commenced her Ma-
jesty the Empress, who looked exceedingly well, arrived
in a carriage and four, with out-riders, attended by her
ladies in waiting and the principal officers of her house-
hold. Her Majesty, on proceeding to the imperial stand,
was greeted enthusiastically by the assembled crowds.
The principal event of the day was
The Nautical Steeplechase for 5,000 E., the amount of a
Handicap of 5,000 f. each, and 2,000 f. added by the
proprietors of La Marche. Distance about 1,800
yards, the principal feature of which was to cross the
river, upwards of 50 yards in extent. (Six entries.)
Mr. Byrne's F.)rester 1

Mr. Flood's The Tout
The start was made from the hill, Forester and The
Tout taking the lead, followed by the ruck to the sheet
of water. which the whole took in gallant style, accom•
panied by tremendous shouts of app'ause at this " novel
racing." After sundry attempts to shake off their jockeys
and enjoy a bath, the horses arrived at the opposite bank,
but had some difficulty in getting once more on terra
firma. Forester was the first to emerge, followed by The
Tout ; the two continued their course to the winning
stand, where Forester was hailed the victor with much
applause. The rest dropped in in a dripping state one by
one, but od course beyond the "ducking," nothing like
racing was expected. At the weighing post the jockey
of Forester coolly took his seat to be weighed as if he
had ridden an ordinary course, when a general laugh
occurred, and the weighing of the jockeys was taken as
au fait accompli.—Galignani of yesterday.

AQUATICS.

GRAVESEND AND MILTON REGATTA.

A very excellent regatta took place yesterday at Graves-
end, which it may readily be conceived, at such a crowded
summer resort, was at the present period of the season
very largely attended. The town and terrace piers were
crowded with spectators, and the water was covered
with pleasure-boats. The weather was very favourable
for such sport up to half-past seven, when Gravesend was
visited with a severe thunderstorm, which soon dispersed
the visitors, and cleared the river of boats. The regatta
was under the patronage of the Earl of Darnley, the
mayor of the town, and other persons of consideration,
and the prizes were very liberal.
The sport commenced at about 11 in the morning
with a scullers' race amongst free watermen for a new
boat and various other prizes ; the second man having
51., the third 3/. 103., the fourth 31., the fifth 2/. 10s.,
and the sixth 21. There were six competitors in five
heats.