The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-01 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 26.

The Queen was this day pleased to cooler the honour
of Knighthcoci upon John Thomas Briggs, Eaq., Ac-
countant-General of the Navy.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev.
Norman Mleod to the church and barony parish of
Glasgow, in the presbytery of Glasgow, and county of
Lanark, void by the death of Dr. William Black, late
minister thereof.
CROWN-OFFICE, FEB . 28.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Glamorgan—Sir George Tyler, of Cottrel,
in the county of Glamorgan, in the room of Edwin
Richard Wyndham Quin, commonly caLlal Vii.count
Adare, now Earl of Dunraven, %IR; has accepted the
office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern lluudreds.
WAR OFFICE, FEE. 28.
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4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon
Hampden Hugh Massey, M.D., from 31st Foot, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, (1, ceased, Feb. 28.
Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Colour-
Sergeant John Atkinson to be Quartermaster, vice Ri-
chard France, who retires upon half-pay, Feb. 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 b• Captain, by purchase, 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 Blathwayt, who retires,
Feb. 28.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Henry Rose to be
Captain, by purchase, vice John Francis Jones, who
retires; Second Lieutenant Charles William Earle to be
First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rose; Second Lieu-
tenant Charles David Cuninghame 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 Vicars; Lieutenant William James Hudson to be
Captain by purchase, vice Dalton; Lieutenant Frederick
Nassau Dore, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be
Li.-utenant, vice Hudson, Feb. 28.
UNATTACRED.—To be Captain, without purchase—
Lieatenant Richard Sweet Cole, from the 91st Foot,
Feb. 28.
MEMORANDUM. The commission of Lieutenant
Charles Carter as Adjutant, sth Foot, has been ante.
dated to the 19th November, 1850.
'Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk.

The Hon. EdWard Koppel Wentworth Coke to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Colonel Hugh Fitz-Roy to be
Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Thorniaagh 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 f.,llovvinix 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, noncommissioned 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
ast 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 to be
granted.
Storm of Allighur, 4th September, 1803.
Battle of Delhi, 11th September, 1803.
Battle of Assye, 23d September, 1803.
Siege of Asseergbur, 21st October, 1803.
Battle of Liswarree, Ist November, 1803.
Battle of Argaum, 29th November, 1803.
Siege and Storm of Gawilghur, 15th December, 1803.
Defence of Delhi, October, 1804.
Battle of Deig, 13th November, 1804.
Capturo of Deig, 23d December, 1804.
War in Nepaul in 1816.
Battle of Kirkee and Battle and Capture cf Poona,

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November, 1817.
Battle of Seetabuldee and Battle and Capture of Nag-
poor, November and December, 1817.
Battle of Maheidpoor, 21st December. 1817.
Defence of Corygaum, Ist January, 1818.
War in Ava, 1824 to 1826.
Siege and Storm of Bhurtpnor, January 1826.
BANKRUPTS.
John Whitehead, John Whitehead jun., and George
Wyatt, rectifiers, Princes-street, Lambeth, to sur-
render, March 11, at two, and April 15, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy- Groom, official assignee,
Abehureh-lane ; Michael, Red Lien-square.
Daniel Odell, grocer, Clophill, Bedtordshiro, March
11, at one, and April 11, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; :Tinder and
Eyre, John-street, Bcdtord-row; Austin, Shefford,
Bedfordshire.
Thomas Seymour Dickinson and Robert Cooper Dic-
kinson, warehousemen, Gresham-street, City, March 10,
at two, and April 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Ashurst and Snn, Old Jewry.
Mary Astle, Joseph Thomas Astle, George Astle, and
Charles Astle, bookbinders, Coleman-street, City, March
8. at one, and April 14, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Gregeon and Kewell, Angel-court, Thrograor-
ton-street.

William Brown, engineer, Brunswick-street, Stam-
ford-street, March 7, at half-past eleven, and April 3, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,