The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-17 00:00:00

MAY 17, 1851.

be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Feneran, deceased,
April 29; Sergeant Major George Brown to be Ensign,
vice Kekewich, May 16.
98th Foot—Augustus Frederic Raper, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase. vice Kerr, promoted, May 16.
99th Foot—Edward Ryan, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Denny, appointed to 71st Foot, May 16.
Ist West India Regiment—Captain George Maunsell,
from 94th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cafe, who exchanges,
May 16.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Horace Musgrave, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Studdert, promoted,
May 15; Sergeant-Major Daniel Mackenzie, to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Palacios, deceased, May 16.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Edward Hammond
King, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Martin, promoted, May 16.
floserrei, STAFF.—lnspector-General of Hospitals,
with local rank, John Robertson, M.D., to be kspector-
General of Hospitals; Deputy Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals, William Racket, M.D., to be Inspector-General
of Hospitals, with local rank, vice Robertson, who retires
upon half pay; Staff-Surgeon of the First Class James
Barry, M.D.. to be Deputy Inspector. Getseral of Hos
pitals, vice Racket, promoted; Surgeon Daniel Arm-
strong, from 91st Foot, to be Staff- Surgeon of the First
Class, vice Barry, promoted; Assistant Surgeon William
Campbell Seaman, M D., from 23d Foot, to be Staff-
Surgeon of the Second Class, ♦ice Jameson, appointed to
the 91st Foot; Assistant Surgeon Gordon Kenmure
Hardie, M.D., from the 53d Foot, to bo Assistant-Sur-
geon to the Forces, vice Brown, appointed to the 23d
Foot, May 16.
BREVET.—Colonel Henry Somerset, C. 8., of the Cape
Mounted Riflemen, to have the local rank of Major-
General in the Army at the Cape of Good Hope,
May 16.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex.
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant; Major Jahn Arthur Moore, to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant; William Paynter, E.q., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
Captain William Reed, late 6th Royal Regiment, to be
Deputy Lieutenant, April 30.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Westmoreland
and Cumberland.

Westmoreland and Cumberland Regiment of Yeo-
manry Cavalry—James Salraond, Esq., to be Major,
vice Musgrave, resigned; Edward Stanley Curwen, Esq.,
to be Captain, vice Salmond, promoted; Arthur Low-
ther, Esq., to be Captain, vice Bushby, retired; George
Richard Graham Rees, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Curwen, promoted ; Matthew Benson Harrison, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Lowther, promoted ; Philip Mus-
grave, Esq., to be Cornet, •ice Rees, promoted ; Mus-
grave Horton Brisco, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Harrison,
promoted, May 3.

WHITEHALL, MAY 8.
The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Knt., Lord Chief
Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, at
Westminster, has appointed George Lewis Phipps Eyre,
of John-street, Bedtord-row, in the county of Middlesex,
Gentleman, to be oue of the Perpetual Commissioners
for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed
by married women, under the Act passed for the aboli-
tion of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of
more simple modes ossurance, in and for the city of
London ; also in and for '(he city and liberties of West-
mi❑ster ; and also in and for the counties of Middlesex,
Essex, Kent, and Surrey.
BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Cerrito, merchant, Mincing-lane, to surrender
May 27, at two, and June 24, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane;
Williams, M'Leod, and Cann, Paper-buildings, Temple.
Samuel Grinsted. victualler, Brighton, ay 27, at
eleven, and June 26, at one, at the Court of Bank.
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields;
Bennett and Houseman, Brighton.

S. Davies, Bryn!lend, Llanllwny. Cirmarthehshire,
general dealers—tip'. Steer and T. B. Webster, Sheffield,
manu(acturers and merchants—Lucy Elizabeth Moore
and H. Durham, Rathbone-place, St. Merylebone, fur-
nishing undertakers—J. Raws and G. Raws, Rawten-
-1 stall, Lancashire, iron and tin plate workers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Thomas Wilkinson, Ramsbottom, Lancashire, engraver.
James Pagett, Wolverhampton.
Thomas Webb, Bilstos, Staff moulder.
David Power, Walsall, Staffordshire, webmaker.
James Mansell, Liverpool, optician.
Thomas Garner, Liverpool, currier.
William Holroyd, Rochdale, umbrella maker.
George Talbot, Dunstable, bleacher.
Richard Simons, Toynton, St. Peter's, Lincolnshire,
farmer.
John Barber Ablard, Stickney, Lincolnshire, shoemaker
Charles Button, Halton Holegate, Lincolnshire, gardener.
James Martin, jun., Birn wood, Gloucestershire, black-
smith.
Richard Gibbins, Gloucester, tailor and draper.
George Musson, Newark-upon Trent, grocer.
Thomas Bee, Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire, joiner
and carpenter.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
W. Thotes,n, Athelstanef ,rd, Haddingtonshire, gro-
cer, to meet within the George Hotel, Haddington, May
19, and June 10, at tw, lve.
R. Dickson, Crawfordjohn, Lannarkshirs, provision
and grain dealer, and grocer, to meet within the Meal.
market Inn, Lanark, May 24, and Jnne 14, at one.
R. Leys, Aberdeen, Cartwright and merchant, to meet
within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, May 20, and
June 10, at one.
T. Oliver and A Oliver, Falkirk, seedsmen, to meet
within the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk, May 23, and June 13,
at three.

E OF .
The average pricePßl
of Brown orSUGAR Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending May 13,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :--
t'rom the British possessions in America 265. 7id. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... 28s. 84d. „
From the East Indies ... ..• 255. lid. „
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 265. 11 d. By authority of Parliament, „
HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, May 16.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last nikht's Gazette.)
AnAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,cap. 32 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of May, 1851.
xeStri DIPAITMINT.
Notes i55ued........ 26,649,110

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,615,735
Silver bullion ...... 33,375