The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-28 00:00:00

WAR OFF ICE, FEB. 28.

4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon
Hamoden Hugh Masisey, M.D., from 31st Foot, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, •ice Reid, deceased, Feb. 28.
Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Colour-
Sergeant John Atkinson to be Quarteruipster, vice Ri-
chard France, who retires upon half-pay, F.-b. 28.
31st Foot—Thomas Johnston Atkinson, Gent., to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Massey, appointed to 4th Light
Dragoons, Feb. 28.

43d Foot—Captain Henry Skipwith to be Major, by
purchase, vice Bruere. who retires; Lieutenant James
Abercromby Dick to be Captain, by gurchase, vice San-
ford, who retires; Lieutenant Richard Henry Weyland
to be captain by purchase, vice Skipwith; Ensign Lum-
ley Graham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dick;
Ensign John Francis Girardot to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Weyland, Feb. 28.
52d Foot—Ensign Charles Anthony Bacon to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Blacthwayt, who retires,
Feb. 28.

60th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Henry Rose to be
Captain, by purchase, vice John Francis Jones, who
rettres; Second Lieutenant Charles William Earle to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rose; Second Lieu-
, enant Charles David Cunninghame Ellis, from 21st
Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Earle, Feb. 28.
61st Foot—Major William Henry Vicars to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Campbell, who retires;
Captain Thomas N. Dalton to be Major, by purchase,
vice Ticars; Lieutenant William James Hiathon to be
Captain by purchase, vice Dalton; Lieutenant Frederick
Nassau Dore, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be
Lieutenant, vice Hudson, Feb. 28.
UNATTACHED.—To be Captain, without purchase—
Lieutenant Richard Sweet Cole, from the 91st Foot,
Feb. 28.
MEMORANDUM. The commission of Lieutenant
Charles Carter as Adjutant, sth Foot, has horn ante-
dated to the 19th November, 1850.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk.
The Hon. Edward Keppel Wentworth Coke to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Colonel Hugh Fitz-Roy to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 10.
EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEB. 25.
Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to
assent to a medal being granted to the surviving
officers and soldiers of the Crown and of the East
India Company who were engaged in the several ser-
vices enumerated in the following list, including the
officers and seamen of the Royal Navy, and
the Company's Marine, who took part in the Bur-
mese war; notice is hereby given, that general and other
officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the
East India Company's Army, who are entitled to
this honorary distinction, are to apply for the
same to the Secretary to the Court of Directors of the
India Company, and to send at the same time, in
writing, a statement of the claim, specifying in what ac-
tion and in what period of time they served, accompanied
by any certificates calculated to substantiate the claim.
List of services for which the India Medal is ;o be
granted.
Storm of Allighur, 4th September; 1803.
Battle of Delhi, 11th September, 1803.
Battle of Assye, 23,1 September, 1803.
Siege of Asseergbur, 21st October, 1803.
Battle of Liswarree, 1s; November, 1803.
Battle of Argaum, 28th November, 1803.

Siege and Storm of Gawilghur, 15th December, 1803.
Defer-ce of Delhi, October, 1804.
Battle of Deig, 13th November, 1804. •
Capture of Deig, 23d December, 1804.
War in Nepaul in 1816.
Battle of Kirkee and Battle and Capture of Poona,
November, 1817.

Battle of Seetabuldee and Battle and Capture of Nag-
poor, November and December, 1817.
Battle of Maheidpoor, 21st December. 1817.

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Defence of Con gawp, Ist January, 1818.
War in Ava, 1824 to 1826.

Siege and Storm of Bhurtpoor. January 1826.

BANKRUPTS.

Jahn Whitehead, John Whitehead the younger, and
George Wyatt, rectifiers, Princes-street, Lambeth, to
surrender, March 11, at two, and April 15, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane ; Michael, Red Lion-square.
Daniel 0d,,11, grocer, Clophill, Bedfordshire, March
11, at one, and April 11, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; :tinder and
Eyre, John-street, Bedtord-row; Austin, Shefford,
Bedfordshire.

Thomas Seymour Dickinson and Robert Cooper Dic-
kinson, warehousemen, Gresham•street, City, March 10,
at two, and April 5, at eieven, at the Court of Bank.
ruptcy. Bell, of assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Ashurst and San, Old Jewry.
Mary Astlo, Joseph Thomas Astle, George Astle, and
Charles Astle, bookbinders, Coleman-street, City, March
8, at one, and April 14, a eleven, at the Court of
Balkruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
streA ; Gregson and Keweil, Angel-court, Throgmor-
ton-street.

William Brown, engineer, Brunswick-streei, Stam-
ford-street, March 7, at half-past eleven, and April 3, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coltman-street. buildings; Blake and Poole, Black-
friars-road. 6;;‘*:r`4,
Henry Smith, iroufounder, West Bromwich, Stafford-
shire, March 13 and April 10, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Robinson and Fletcher, Dudley; Woodward,
Wednesbury; Knight and Emmet, Birmingham.
William Hale, baker, Bishampton, Worcester, March
12 and April 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Work-
man, New, and Prance, Eversham; Reece, Birmingham.
Thomas Carter, coal dealer, Stafford, March 10 and
April 14, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Chal-
linor, Hanky, Staffordshire; Smith, Birmingham.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Feb. 2i,
1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereot into Great Britain:—

From the Britisll possessions in America 295. 6id. per cwt
Frcm the Mauritius ... s. —d.
From the East Indies ... ..• ... 31s. bid. „
Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty 295. 104 d.
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN ELL. Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Feb. 28.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.--CULTIVATION
OF FLAX.—A meeting of the Council of the Agricultural So-
ciety was held at the Society's Nooms, Hanover-square, on
Wednesday, for the purpose of hearing an explanation of
the process by which Chevalier Claussen adapts the flax fibre
to spinning, either alone or in combination with cotton, silk,
or wool, upon the existing machinery. We shall give a copy
of the official report of the proceedings of the Council as soon
as it has been prepared, which we understand will be in a
day or two.