The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-17 00:00:00

WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 16.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John
Biggs, from the Bth Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Ralston,
who retires on half-pay. •
6th Dragoon Guards—Major Henry Richmond Jones
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hay, who
retires; Captain William Neville Custance to be Major,
by purchase, vice Jones; Lieutenant Alexander Augus-
tus Melfort Campbell to be Captain, by purchase. vice
Custance; Cornet Henry Roebuck Johnston to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Campbell.
7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Ridley
Charles Cooke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord
Garvagh, who retires; Cornet and Hiding Master David
Philip Brown to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cooke;
Musgrave Dyne Brine, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Brown.
9th Light Dragoons—Francis Richard Charles Grant,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ross, appointed to
the 17th Light Dragoons.
10th Light Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Marshall to
be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Meason, who retires.
11th Light Dragoons—The Hon. Robert Juhn Annes-
ley to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Knight, promoted.
17th Light Dragoons—John William Cradock Har-
topp, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Knight,
promoted.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Charles James Phil-
lipps to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chrystie, whose
promotion, by purchase, on Ist August, 1851, has been
cancelled; Frederick Henry Hope, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Clarke, appointed to the 53d Foot.
7th Foot—Ensign Montagu Hamilton Dowbiggin, from
the 71st Foot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Payne,
who retires.
11th Foot—Lieutenant John Alexander Hunter to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Thornton. who retires; En-
sign G. Todington Osborn to be Lieutenant, by pur-
ehase, vice Hunter; Joshua Harry Copper, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Davies, appointed to the 33d
Foot.
17th Foot—Cecil McPherson. Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchaie, vice Williams, promoted.
19;h Foot—Peter Godfrey, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bennett, who retires.
21st Foot—Second Lieutenant the Hon. William
George 13,,y1e to be First Lieutenant, by purchse, vice
Arthure, who retires; Quartermaster Thomas Cassidy,
from half. pay 45th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Ma-
hood, who retires on half-pay.
25th Foot--Captain Samuel Wells to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Griffiths, who retires upon full-pay;
Lieutenant and Adjutant Henry Torrens Walker to be
Captain, vice Wells.
31st Foot—Ensign John Selby Smyth to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Elanslie, who retires.
32d Foot—Lieutenant John Moore to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Hough, who retires; Ensign William
James Anderson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Moore; Ensign William Morse Crowdy, from the 99th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Anderson. •
36th Foot—John Mandeville Hugo, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchtpe, vice Rice, promoted.
44th Foot—The Honourable Henry Handcock to bo
Ensign, by purchase, vice Moore, who retires.
52d Foot—Walter James Stopford, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice the Hon. D. J. Monson, pro-
moted.
55th Foot—George Anthony Morgan, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Bernston, promoted.
56th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Hans Stevenson St.
Vincent Marsh, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Faithful!, appointed to
the 75th Foot.
58th Foot—Joseph Charles Lake, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, v ce Palmer, promoted.
71st Foot—Frederick William Lembton, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Dowbiggin, promoted to the
7th Foot.
75th Foot—Ensign George Charles Norris Faithfull,
from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Amos, who
resigns.
85th Foot—John Althorpe, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Sitwell, promoted.
97th Foot—Henry Currie, Gent,, to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Borrows, who retires.
Rifle Brigade—Henry Richard Legge Newdigate,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wad-
dington, promoted.
let West India Regiment—Edward Mayne Blaikie,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muphy, promoted.
2d West India Regiment—Ensign Charles John Pat-
terson to be Lieutenant. without purchase, vice M'Court,
promoted in the Gold Coast Corps; Edward James
Laughlin, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice
Jones, promoted.

Gold Coast Corps—To be Lieutenants without pur-
chase—Lieutenant Thomas Cochrane, from the Ceylon
Rifle Regiment; Lieutenant Alexander John Blair
Child, from 2d West India Regiment; Lieutenant Ro-
bert Horsley, from the 3d West India Regiment.
MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Ensign appointed
to the 98th Foot, on the 29th November, 1850, are
" William Lewis Devenish Meares."
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire.
Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Ca-
valry—William Earle Welby, Gent., to be Cornet, vice
Ark wright, promoted.
The following buildings are certified as places duly
registered for solemnizing marrhges, pursuant to the
Act of the 6th and 7th William IV., c. 85:—
The Roman Catholic Chapel, Niillbank, Shropshire.
The Independent Chapel, Amble, Warkworth, North-
umberland.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

John Hotheriugton, grocer, High Holborn.
George Butcher, china dealer, Holborn hill.
BANKRUPTS.

John Cook, builder, Assembly-row, Mile.end-road,
to surrender, Sept. 27, at twelve, and Nov. 3, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, ofll.ial assignee,
Basiughall-street; Sorrell. Fenchurch street.
Edward and Henry Martin, woollen drapers, Aldgate
High-street, Sept. 22 and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers; Reed and Co., Friday-street. Cheapside.
Richard Isemonger and Peircy Isemonger, merchants,
Litt!ehamptoo, Sussex, Sept. 23, at eleven, and Nov. 8,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
a4gnee, Guildhall-chambers, Bisiughall• street; Lewis,
Wood, and Street, Raymond-buildings; H. Ames and Son,
Arundel.

Elijah Solomon, jeweller, Haydon-square, Minories,
Sept. 23, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 1, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild-
hall-chambers ; Sydney, Finshury•cus.
John Septimns Marygold, provision dealer, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Sept. 30 and Oct. 21, at half-past eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official
assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet,
Birmingham.
William Bell, music seller, Aberzavenny, Sept. 29,
and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Paxon, Bloomsbury-
square.