The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-16 00:00:00

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Ensign. and Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Whitshed,
promoted.

- 9th Ragiment (If Foot—The undermentioned officers have
been permitted to res;gn their conimisions :—Lictenau
Andrew Fitz James 0. Rollo, and Vim. Henry Rainsfot d
12th Foot—Ensign Francis Augustus Fitz Gerald to be
Lieutena.nt, by purchase, vice Adams, who retires; Wm.
Edward Whelan, Gent., tube Ensign, by purchase, vice
FitzGurald.

221 Foot—Charles Watkins, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Carter, who retires.
35th Foot—Brevet•Major Frederick English to be
Major, without purchase, vice Tedlie, who retires upon
full pay ; Lieutenant Samuel F. Blyth to be Captain,
without purchase, vice English ; Ensign Richard Trimen
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Blyth ; Lieute-
nant Robert Hill Ross, from the sth Middlesex Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Trimen.
42d Foot—Lieut. R )thes Lennox Deubar to be Captain,
by purchase, vice J. G. Campbell, who retires.
52d Foot--Ensign Stephen Murphy to be Lieutenant,
by nurchase, vice Crosse, promoted; Thos. Simpson, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murphy.
54th Foot—Ensign Sir C. W. Burdett, Bart., from the
55th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Whyte, who exchanges.
55th Foot—Ensign George Lewis Whyte, from the 54th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Sir C. W. Burdett, Bart., who
exchanges.

56th Foot—Major R. W. Lacy to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Cox, who retires; Brevet-Major John
James Bull to be Major, by purchase, vice Lacy.
60th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieute-
naut Stanley Mortimer, from the sth Middlesex Militia ;
Lieutenant William John Everad Poole, from the 2d So-
merset Militia ; Ensign Alfred Spencer Heathceto, from
the Ist Surrey Militia.
83d Foot —Maji.,r John Kelsall to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel W. H. Law, who
retires upon fell-pay; Capt. Charles Wilson Austen to be
Major, without purchase, vice Kelsall ; Lieut. Samuel
Read to be Captain, without purchase, vice Austen ; En-
sign Pater Clifford Browne to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Read.
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90th Foot—Ensign William Henry Hassard has been
permitted to resign his commission.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Watson Stott has boen per-
mitted to resign his commission.
Gold Coast iorps—anond Morphy Elgee, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Lazenby, promoted.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—To be Second Captains—
Lieut. Henry Miller; Lieut. J. Cheese; Lieut. J.
Granger; Lieut. Wm. Smith ; Lieut. John Mackenzie ;
Lieut. Ralph Norman; Lieut. John Addy ; Lieut. Geo.
Donnelly ; Lieut. John Smith ;—To be Lieutenants—Cor-
net George Hall ; Cornet James Pettigrew.
CAVALRY DEPOT.—Paymaster John Hely, from the 11th
Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster.
UNATTACIIED.—Lieut. Rodney Payne O'Shea, from the
75th Foot, to he Captain, without purchase.
The Commissions of the following ollicers appointed to
the British German, British Swiss, and British Italian Le-
gion, to bear the dates opposite their respective names,
viz. :

BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.
sth Light Infantry—Major James Bathurst to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Commandant.
To be Captains—Gottfried Hartmann, Joseph do Inhasz,
Edward ißoner, Heinrich de Brasier, Oscar von Kropff,
Carl von Brandis, Gustav Hovet, Gustav von Stawitzky.
To be Lieutenants—Arthur S. de Weldyez, Hermann
Kuhl., Carl Sergel, Wilhelm von Pentz, Oscar Maischall
von Bieberstein, Hugo von Buddenbrock, Otto Setzer,
Car: Siefert. To be Ensigns—Carl Stoll, Edward A.
Robinson, Adalbert Caspari, Benjamin Simmer, Clermont
Costobadie, Henry Mansergb, George von Braudis,
Anton Stohr, Franz Fohringer. To be Adjutant— Ensign
A. Robinson.
6th Light Dragoons—to be Captains—Colin Maxwell,
Emil Schultz, Wilhelm von Goenuer, Carl Sprawl, Schutz
von Brandis, Michael Thumser, Wm. Gibbon, Ludwig
Raven, Count Rudolph von Ronow, Alfred von Diebitch,
To be Lieutenants—Anton Wascelewsky, Franz Streng,
Julius von Kursinger, Heinrich Krauseneck, Baptiste de
Packh, Carl von Tettenborn. To be Ensigns—Oscar Ehrt,
Theodor Dittmann, Friedrich Doesel, Edward von Saha-
den, Richard Wettstein, Friedrich Kernpo, Alfred von
Mauntz, Alexander Gordon. To be Adjutant—Ensign
Richard Wettstain.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.
To be Captains -Jacob Sperli, Viscount Aiello 'do Fo
restier, Charles Arnold, Francis Eicker, Rudolph Schwarz
Abram Zigerli.
To be Lieutenants—Antoine Colombara, Salomon El-
liken

To bo Ensigns—Jean Pierre Fridez, Johann Casper
Bleuler.
To be Quartermaster—John Newey.
3D REGIMENT.
To be Captains—Lieutenant Serafino Da Claudia, Lieu-
tenant Girolaino Daneri.
To be Lieutenants—Ensigns Luigi Bitonti, Carlo Litts,
Binrni.
To be Ensigns—Signors Giuseppo Ganda, Giovanni Al-
fonso Costa, Gaetano Tatfuri' b and Felice Vero.a.
To bo Assistant-Surgeons—Signora Giulio Toramaso Gal-
lose, and Stefano Stevani.

'WHITEHALL, MAY 16.
KENT.--Her Majesty the Queenhas been plossed to give
permission for the East Kent Regiment of Haunted Rides
to be called "the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles."

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANTS
County Palatine of Lancaster—Robert Barnes, Etq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant.
Gth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Lieutenant
Richard Whelan to be Captain, vice Dundas, deceased;
Ensign William Edward Whelan to be Lieutenant, vice
Whelan, promoted.
Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant
Walter Thomas 'Waring to be Captain, vice Webb. re-
signe i ; Second Lieutenant John Standard to be First
Lieutenant, vice Ellison, appointed to her Majesty's 41st
Regiment of Foot.
West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet W.
W. Hayward to be Lieutenant, vice the Hon. E. V.
Bligh, resigned ; W. S. Nicholson, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Hayward, promoted.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
&n Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, .12, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 10th day of May, 1856.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes Issued .• .• .• •• 23,633,920

Government debt.... 11,015,10(:
Other securities.- 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 9,158,820
Silver bu11i0n........