The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-02 00:00:00

JAN. 31.

Sir William Berkeley Call, of Whiteford, in the County
of Cornwall, Baronet, has been appointed Sheriff of the
County of Cornwall.

WAR DEPARTMENT, FEB. 1.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. Wray Har-
topp, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Brunt,
who exchanges.
3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant James Swinburne to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Knatchbull, who retires.
lst Dragoons—Lieutenant Joseph Brunt, from the
RGyal Horse Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Hartopp, who
exchanges.
4th Light Dragoons—Cornet Roxburgh has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-
mission.
9th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Donald Sinclair
Smith, from the 81st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Bassano, promoted on the Staff.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Alexander to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Giveen, who retires.
13th Light Dragoons—Cornet H. E. Wood to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Vivian, who retires.
Grenadier Guards—Quartermaster John Payne has been
permitted to retire upon a military allowance.
2d. Regiment of Foot—George Washington Smith, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice H. P. Phillips, promoted ;
George Faulkner Francis Norwood, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Smith, appointed to the 08th Foot.
3d Foot--Lieutenant Leonard Sidebottom to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major John Lewes,
whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive
Rank under the Royal Warrant, 6th October, 1854 ' • En-
sign Lionel St. Aubin to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Sidebottom ; Colour-Serjeant John Cotton to be En-
eige, without purchase, vice St. Aubin, promoted ; Ensign
Johu Cotton to be Adjutant, vice Sidebottom, promoted.
4th Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel J. J. Hort to be Lieut.-
Colonel, without purchase, vice ;sadleir, who retires upon.
full-pay ; Capt. A. Rutherfoord to be Major, without pur-
chase, vice Hort ; Lieut. A. J. Sykes to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Rhtherfoord; Lieut. Hem y John Bower
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major M.
H. Dowbiggen, whose Brevet Rank bag been converted
into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct.,
1354 ; Ensign J. J. Martin to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Sykes ; Ensign Joseph Daniel Dickinson
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bower.
Ensign Wue. Ferrier, from the Renfrew Militia, vice
Dickinson, promoted; the Hon. Jamas Wilfrid Hewitt,

vice Niartin, promoted.
6th Foot—Lieutenant F. B. Hassard, from the 98th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Twyford, who exchanges.
9th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Oswald Richards to be
Captain, witheet purchase, vice Brevet-Major H. Ralph
Browne, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Sub-
stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1851;
Ensign A. F. Bingham Wright to be Lieutenant, without
purchas,,, vice Richards.
13th Foot—Ensign W. L. Leet to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, '
rico Anderson, who retires • William Lawrence
Bridges.
Gent.,
to ho Ensign, by purchase, vice Bingham,
appointed to te 13th Light Dragoons ; Edward Mortimer
Pritchard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lest,
promoted.
14th Foot—Ensign Charles Costin to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase ; George Leslie Bryce, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Costin.
17th Foot—Lieutenant W. D. Tompson to be Captain,
-without purchase, vice Dyer, whose promotion, without
purchase, on 14th Dec., 1855, has been cancelled ; Ensign
F. H. Hartwell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Dyer, promoted ; Ensign G. D. Webber to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Hartwell, whose promotion, with
out purchase, on 9th Nov., 1855, has been cancelled ; En-
sign John G. King Houghton to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, rico Webber, whose promotion, without pur-
chase, on 11th Dce., 1855, has been cancelled ; Ensign
David Seymour, from the 67th Foot, to he Ensign, with-
out purchase; Lieut. W. H. J. Disbrow() to be Adjutant,
vice Dyer, promoted.
24th Foot—Lieutenant W. V. Munnings to be Adjutant,
vice Madden, who resigns the Iljtitantcy only.
30th Foot—Ensign A. 'ST. M`Kenzie, from the Antrim
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Allardice,
promoted.
36th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Clement
Sheriff Townsend Sale, Gent., vice Mahon, promoted ;
Lyndhurst Burton Towne, Gent., vice Knapp, appointed
to the 63d Font.

30th Foot—Eneugn Gilbert Walter Coventry, from the
2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Vigors, promoted ; the Commission of Assistant-Surgeon
A. M. Humphrey has been antedated to 11th May, 1854.
41st Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign
Charles William Taltnalge, from the Antrim Militia, vice
Pack, promoted ; Ashton Henry Warner, Gent., vice
Dixon, promoted ; the Christian names of Ensign Quayle
are Mylred Tellet, and not Mylred Tillet, as previously
stated.
42d Foot—Ensign Henry Wenlyss Feilden, from the
59th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase.
44th Foot—Ensign Edward 111`CArroll, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; Richd. Yarde Foley, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase. in succession to Lieut. Hercy, pro-
moted ; Ensign Francis O'Neill, to lie Adjutant, vice
Wood, who resigns the Adjutantcy only.
47th Foot—Ensign Gerald. F. King to be Lieutenant,
without purchase ; John Stanley, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice King.
51th loot—Ensign John Stevenson to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ramsey, who retires ; Joshua Gladwyn
Jebh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stevenson.
55th Foot—Ensign Geo. Pirrie to bo Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Twystlen, promoted.
59th Foot—Henry Wemys.e Feilden, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Cockell, promoted; Telford,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Feilden, ap-
' pointed to the 424 Foot.
61/th Foot—Wm. Greer Turle, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Morgan, promoted.
67th Foot—David Seymour, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Robertson, promoted;- Lieut. Thomas
Dawson, from the Antrim Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase. vice Seymour, appointed to the 17th Foot.
6Sth. Foot—Lieut. H. L. Battiszombe to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Storer, deceased ; Ensign George
Tumor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Battis-
combe ; Ensign William Weston Turnor, from the id
Stafford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Turner.

7,st Foot—John Doulderson, Gout., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Forteacue, promoted,
76th Foot—Lieutenant John Wm. Poole, from half-pay
Ceylon Regiment, to beLieutenant, vice White, promoted,
without purchase, to an Unattached Company.
77th Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. John Colborne to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Win. Rick-
man, whose Brevet rank has ben converted into kiubstau-
tive rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 18:1; En-
sign Nathaniel Ford Peach to be Lieutenant, withoutpur-
Chase, vice the Hon. John Colborne; Lieutenant Percy
Kirk, from the Su,sex Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase. vice Peach, promoted.
8 et Font—Assistant-Surgeon W. H. Corbett, M.D.,
from the Stair, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, ap-
pointed to the 9th Light Dragoons.
86th Foot—A. It. Chute, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, iu succession to Lieut. Adams, promoted.
89th Foot—The Christian name of Ensign Pott, ap-
pointed on the Bth January, 1856, is "William," and not
" James," as previously stated.
l'Oth Foot—Ensign A. R. Chute, from the 86th Foot, to
be Ensign, without purchase; G. H. Powell, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Trencher, promoted.
92.1 Foot—Captain B. hope Johnstone, from the
Dumfries Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Kilvert, promoted.
97th Foot—Lieutenant B. C. Boothby to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brown, appointed Paymaster of
the 95th Foot ; Eciigu W. Fleming to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Boothby ; Henry Grantham Fill.
ford, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fleming,
promoted.
98th Foot--Lieutenant H. It. Twyford, from the Gth
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges ;
Ensign G. W. Smith, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign,
without purchase.
Rifle Brigade—Serjeant-Major George Rogers to lie
Quartermaster, vice Gough, appointed Paymaster.
BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.
IST JAGER CORPS.

To be Lieutenants—Paul-E. Thun- ; Ensign Octavius
Braun, vice Goebel, deceased.
To be Ensigus—Baron Richard von Reichlin Meldegg;
George Roemer, vice Braun ; George C. Bayne, vice
Ziscka, deceased ; Edward Grosse.
To boSnrgea—Assistant-Surgeon B. Krause, vice
deceased. To be Assistant-Surgeon.—Friedrich
Ke
Koietneel'
e ke, vice Krause.
2D JAGER. CORPS.
To be Captains—Friedrich C. von Hcnnings, Count
Carl A. von Lilieustein, Heinrich F. Obslen, Johann W.
C. Schneider, Oscar von Kropff, Louis Hartmann, Henry
Cooke Lanauze, Ludwig Hanesee, Hugo Schultz, Clemens
D. Soest.
To be Lieutenants—Friedrich von Zeska, Christian
Reichenan, Carl Theodor Rust, Bernhand Folchard
Willins, Baron Rudolph von Rosenberg-Lipinski, Her-
mann Reuter, Oscar Oelschlagel, Friedrich Wettstein,
Johann Heinrich Lattner, Otte Berg, Charles L. von
Tempsky, Adjutant.
To be Eusigns—Robert von Boetticher, Edward A. F.
Reach, Wilhelm Adolapchon li, oHelekne;yJuAllibuesrriFctlatt
Victor la'
Arthurßlond,
Kenrick Verulam B
John Wenborne, John Pringle Thom.
To be Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. Ferdinand Schutz° and
Dr. Franz G. A. Fincke.
Ist Light Infantry—Johann reterson to be Lieutenant ;
Augnst Patusclika to be Ensign.
2d Light Infantry—Alexander Descoudree to be Lieu-
tenant ; Friedrich GOldner to be Ensign; Arthur Petersen
to be Ensign.
3d Light Infantry—Friedrich Schermbrucker to be
Lieutenant ; Edward Virnard to be Ensign ; Lieutenant
Reisewitz has been permitted to resign his commission.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.
2D LIGHT INFANTRT.
To be Captains—Joseph Schaerr.
Count Antoine de Travers.
Johann Friedrich Burgd.orfer.
To he Lieutenants—Bertold Humor, Joseph Leoni.
To be Ensigns—Johann Scherrer, Melchior Matten-
hereerr, Heinrich Graff, Johann Mattei, Moritz Rodkon.
To be Adjutant—Lieutenant George Hitr,
WI? be Qurturautor—riainael I ._

To be Assistant-Surgeons.—Edward Hugger, Adolph
Burcher, Jacob Kleiner, Joeeph Vogt.
To be Dispenser.—Adolbert Udo Seldeopp.
BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION.
Regiment.—The promotion of Lieutenant-Col. Sir
Coutts Lindsay, Bart., tolbear date 9th Jan., 1855, in lieu
of the 18th ult., as previously stated ; Lieutenant War-
den, let Bengal Grenadiers, to be Captain ; R. Hamiltbn
Simpson, Esq., to be Paymaster. vice Ryan, resigned.
2d Rogiment---Brevet-Malor W. H. Beaumont De Hor-
sey, Grenadier Guards, to be Lieut.-Colonel • Richd. H.
Fitzherbert, late Molar, Rifle Brigade, to be Lieut.-Colonel;
; Capt.
Acheson, late 2rl Royal Surrey Militia, to be Captain ;
Roht. Deranges, Eeq.' to be Paymaster.
To be Chaplain to the Forces—The Reverend George
Lawless, M. A..
UNATTACHED.
The undermentioned Officers to have their Brevet Rank
converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War-
rant of 6th October, 1851: -Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel W.
B. Caldwell, half-pay unattached ; Brevet-Major G. Skip-
with, 41st Foot ; Brevet-Major J. Lewes. P.d Foot;
Brevet-Major M. H. Dowbiggen, 4th Foot ; Brevet-Major
H. R. Browne, 9th Foot; Brevet-Major J. Nason, 49th
Foot; Brevet-Major W. Rickman, 77th Foot.
HOSPITAL STIFF.
Surgeon John Grant, from the Depot Battalion at Win-
chester, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class ; Acting
Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Kennedy, to be Assistant-Sur-
geon.
To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Wm.Canniffe, M.D.;
Wm. Leiehman' M.D. ; Jas. Greatorex, Gent.; Ebenezer
John Hatchell, Gent. ; John James Henry, Gent.; James
Graham Hildige, M.D.; Augustus Morphew, Gent.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Goodrich Campbell has
been permitted to resign his appointment.
To be Deputy Parveyer-in-Chief—Purveyor David Fitz-
gerald.
BREVET.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Sadlier, retired full-pay of
the 4th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being
honorary only.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Brevet-Major
John Linton Arabin Simmons, C. 8., Royal Engineers ;
Major James Dodington Carmichael, 32€1 Foot. ; Major
Carlo Cutajar, of the Royal Malta Fencibles, to have the
local and temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel ;
Thomas O'Donnel, Gent., to have the temporary rank of
Veterinary-Surgeon, while attached to the Land Transport
Corps.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Thomas
Gleeson, Esq. (late Capt. 90th Foot), to be Paymaster.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
Wm. Edward Baxter, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of
the county of Forfar.
Robert Reid, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the
county of Sutherland.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—Bartholomew Lloyd O'Brien, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Troughton, resigned.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Anthony
Blake Lynch, Gent.., to be Ensign, vice Cruise, resigned ;
Mathew Blake, Gent., to be EnSign, vies Bicknell, re-
sieeed ; Henry John Barker, Gant., to be Ensign.
'6th Regiment of Royal Lancaster Militia—Ensign Wil-
liam Begot D'Arcy to be Lieutenant, vice Roche, re-
signed.
Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Ensign Charles Bisset Thomson to be Lieutenant, vice
Cunuinghame, appointed to a Cornetcy in the 11th Dra-
goons ; Abraham Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Thomson, promoted.
The Essex Rifles-John Cottinehain Wadling, Gent.,
to be Ensign ; Arthur Thomas Godfrey, Gent., to be
Ensign.
West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Arbuth-
not Goldicutt, Gent., to be Ensign.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Eusign the Hon.
Heturan Stapleton to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, ap-
pointed to the 531 h Foot ; Walter Philip Walahe, Gent.,
to be Ensign ; Henry Chayter. Gent., to be Ensign ;
Eustace W.Psoxby, Gent., to be Ensign.
31ExtoutiNDUM—Commission cancelled,r23d June, 1855.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Anthony B. Lynch,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Berks Militia—Samuel Harrison, Gout., to be an
Ensign, vice Staves, promoted.
West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—George Collyer,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Moody, Gent., to bo Ensign.
Cambridgeshire Militia—Ensign Arthur Harris Reeves
to be Lieutenant ; Ensign William Philip Newton to be
Lieutenant.
Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Edward James Tyler, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice Clifford, resigned.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Henry Ham-
mond Spencer, Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—The Hon. Edward
Cavendish to be Ensign, vice Davies, appointed to the
Turkish Contingent.
Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Lieutenant William
Condie to be Captain, vice Robertson Williamson, re-
signed.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment odellitia
Raymond South Paley, Gent., to be Ensign, Gold-
ing, promoted.
Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia --eßobert
Carter, Gent., to be Eusign.
2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign
Chas. Frederic Allen to be Lieutenant, vice Wood, pro-
moted ; John Garners Freeman, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Allen, promoted.
[The following appointment is substituted for that
which appeared in the Gazett(; of Dec. 14, 1355,]
let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Frederick
Thos. Tegart, Gent., to be Ensign.

BANKRUPTS.
James Lomax, victualler, Warrington, to surrender,
Feb. 11 and March 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Marsh
and Barratt, Warrington.
Samuel Doyley, cotton spinner, Macciesfiehl, Feb. 11 and
March 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court
Hernamann. official assignee, Manchester; Cunliffes and
Bury, Manchester.
Joseph Dixon Sewell and Thomas'Pattinson, chemists,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 13 and March 17, at eleven, at
the Newcastle•upon.-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Bell. Broderick, and Bell,
Bow Church-yard ; Messrs. Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Henry Field, grocer, Staverton-row, Walworth-road,
Feb. 12, at half-past two, and March 17', at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Ed,..vards, official assignee, Sam-
bro:)k-court ; Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
John Shoollired, tailor, Jerinyn-street, Feb. 12, at two,
and March 11, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Cole,
Tokenhonse-Yard.
Richard Gill and Henry Ede, builders, St. Thomas,
Cornwall, Feb. 13 and March 12. at one, at the Exeter
District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Gurney
and Cowbird, Launceston ; Stoglen, Exeter.
Frederick 'Roberts, provision dealer, Wrexham, Feb. 13
and March 11, at Liverpool. Cazenove, official assignee,
Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
Edgar Crowe, boot and shoe maker, Colchester, Feb. 8,
at eleven, and March 15, at half-past twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Jones, Southampton. buildings.
Thomas Iteslington, straw dealer, Birmingham, Feb. 15,
and March 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Webb, Birming-
ham.
George Fossey and James Steel, timber merchants,
Millwall, Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, and March 29, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as-
signee, GUildhall-chambers ; Linklaters and Hackwood,
Size-lane.
Charles Williams, tea dealer, formerly of Wilbv-terrace,
Mile-end and now of Whitecross Prison, Feb. 8, and March
14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi-
cial assignee, Basing-hall-street ; Marshall, Sion College-
gardens, London-wall.
DECLARED.
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A. Elswood, late of Chard, Somersetshire, money scri-
vener, a div. of 7e. 10,1. in the pound, payable at Queen-
street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday.
J. Bronson, Liverpool, hosier, first div. of ls. GI in the
pound, payable at 53, South John-street, Liverpool, on
an Wednesday.
J. L. kVard, Fullego, Lancashire, cotton spinner, first
div. 4s. lid. in the pound, payable at 45, George-street,
Manchester, on Tuesday, Feb. lb, or any subsequent Tue-
sday.
W. Scales, Whitehall, paper manufacturer, first and
final div. of 4s. lid. in the pound, payable at the office of
Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday.
T. Younger, son., Sunderland, builder, first and final div.
of Is. Bd. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. T.
Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday.
J. 0. Holmes and Y. L. Marshall, Sunderland, timber
merchants, fourth div. of Is. Bd. in the pound (in addition
to 4s. Ojd. in the pound previously declared), also a second
div. of 24. 6d. in the pound (in addition to 15c. is the
pound previously declared on the separate estate of J. 0.
Holmes), payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, on any Saturday.
T. Lumsden, South Shields, shipbuilder, first div. of
3e Gd. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday.
T. Adamson and H. H. Bell, Sunderland, curriers, first
div. of 9e. Gil. in the pound (on the separate estate of T.
Adamson), payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, on any Saturday.
G. Newey, Birmingham, grocer, first div. of ss. in the
pound, payable at Waterloo street, Birmingham, on any
Thursday.
T. Wray, Market Woighton, Yorkshire, joiner, a div. of
2s. in the pound, payable at the County Court on and after
Feb. 16.