The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.)

WINDSOR CASTLE, OCT. 20.
This day had audience of her Majesty, Mons. Pacheco,
Envoy Extraordinary and Miniskr Plenipotentiary from
the Queen of Spain, to deliver his credentials ' • to which
he was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon,K.G., her
Majesty's secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Ocr. 22.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Signor Gio-
vanni Luigi Vanderspaar as Consul in Ceylon for his Ma-
jesty the King of Sardinia.
DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 21.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Aston Davoren,
Esq., Chief Justice of the Island of St. Christopher, to be
Chief Justice of the Island of Nevis.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint John Le
Gall, Alexander MacLood, William Gemmill Alves,
Charles Douglas Stewart, John James Hughes, George
M`lntosh Browne, James Graham, James Mayer Grant,
William Ross and John Audain, Eicirs., to be members of
the Executive Council for the Island of St. Vincent.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 24.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Madrid,
reporting that the Spanish Government have extended the
privileges hitherto enjoyed by the English Royal Mail
Steam Packet Company, in the island of Porto Rico, to all
steamers touching at that island in their periodical voy-
ages.

WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, 00T. 24.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant C. Ed-
ward Barrett Lennard, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, paying the difference, vice Richards, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference.

CI Light D-agoons — Captain Charles A. Gunter
Browne, from half-pay of the 4th Light Dragoons, to be
Captain, vice Ellis, deceased.

6th Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Oliver Barnett, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Grylls, resigned.
fith Light Dragoons—Captain Francis Dragoons,Macnaughten, from half-pay of the Bth Light to be
Captain, vice Lord Killeen, promoted.
17th Light Dragoons—Brevet-Colonel Andrew Brown,
from half-pay, of the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Brevet-Colonel Lawrenson, who exchanges; Majlr
Henry Roxby Benson to bo Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Brown, who retires ; Captain Alex. Learmonth to
lie Major, by purchase, vice Benson.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieut.-Col. Edward W.
Crofton, from the Supernumerary List, to be Lieutenant.
Colonel, vice Ellis, retired upon half-pay ; Staff-Sergeant
Henry Penson to be Quartermaster. Veterinary-Surgeon
John Mason has been superseded; he having been absent
without leave.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel John Wm.
Gordon C. 8., to be Deputy Adjutant-General, vice Mat-
son, who has resigned that appointment ; Lieut. George
Reid Lempti ere to be Instructor of Musketry.
2d Foot—Lieutenant Chas. Gibbs to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Holclaworth, who retires ; Ensign Henry Hurd
Mulock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gibbs ; Arthu,.
Wellesley Gosset, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Mulock.

3d Foot—Captain Thos. Kains, to be Instructor of Mut-
ketry.
sth Foot--Lieutenant Francis Henry Fender to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Nicholas, who retires upon
full-pay ;
Ensign George Eyre Massy to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Pander.
9th Root—Litnit. )3, 3, Follezien Bastard has been per-

mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-
t mission.
11th Foot----Captain Frederick Torrens Lyster to be In-
structor of Musketry.
13th Foot—Ensign E. C. R. Arundeil de P. O'Kelly has
beer permitted to resign his commission.
1(1111 Foot— Captein James William Bostock to be In-
structor of Musketry.
2Uh Foot—Lieut. WilliamV. Maskelyne to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Butler, promoted.
2.. th Foot—James Bridge, Esq., to be Paymaster, vice
Craigie, appointed to a District.
98:11 Foot—Lioutenaut William F. Richards, from the
sth Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice C. E. Barrett
Leonard, who exchanges.
38th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick James Roopor has
been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his
commission.
39th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Prichard has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-
mission.
47th Foot —Brevet-Major Charles Elgee to be Instructor
of Musketry.
49th Foot—Lieutenant Patrick Cahill to be Adjutaht,
vice Gibson, who resigns the Adjutantcy only.
50th Foot—Capt. George Wm. Banbury to be Instructor
of Musketry.
52,1 Foot—Brevet-C, lonel John Leslie Dennis, from the
91th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Mills, who exchanges.
533 Foot—Lieut. Johe Maxwell Macneill to be Adju-
tant, vice Follows, deceased ; Paymaster Robert Thomp-
son, 4th Light InfantrP
y, British German Legion, to boaymaster, vice Peel, deceased.
59th Foot—Assistant Surgeon John Henry Gouldsbury
Meares, from the Staff, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice
O'Leary, promoted on the Staff.

62d FOOt—Captaiu Joseph to be instructor of
Musketry.
70tk Foot--Lieutenant John Mackay M`Kenzie to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Bellers, deceased ; En-
sign Henry Berkeley Good to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Maenzie.
S3d Foot—Sergeant Major Anthony M'Clymont to be
Ensign, without purchase; Ensign Anthony M'Clymont
to be Adjutant, vice Maiuwaring, deceased.
88th Foot —Lieutenant Michael Joseph Cunningham,
from the ,Sth Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Belfield, placed
on half-pay.
90th Foot—Captain John Christopher Guise to be In-
structor of Musketry.
94th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles James Conway
Mills, from the 51.1 Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colone:,- vice

Brevet-Colonel Dennis, who exchanges.
Pith Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry B. Har-
vey, from a Depot 133ttalion, to be Major, vice Wing, who
exchanges.
96th Foot—Captain Herbert Vaughan Mundell to be
Instructor of Musketry.
2,1 West India Regiment—James Franklin, Gent., to
be Easign, without purchase, vice Di wardes, promoted.
St. Helena Regiment—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thos.
Beckham, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice
Stack, appointed to the Gsth Foot; Lieutenant William
Henry Hole to he Captain, by purchase, vice Beckham,
who retires; Ensign John Baldwin Hainault Rainier to
bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hole.

DEPOT BATTALION.
Major Vincent Wing, from the 95th Foot, to be Major,
vice Harvey. who exchanges.
Captain Eiward Hungerford Eager, 40th Foot, to be
Instructor of Musketry.

UNATTACHED.
TO BE CAPTAINS.

Lieutenant Frederick Smythe, from half-pay 23 Foot
(Staff Officor of Pensioners).
Lieutenant Arthur Hill Hull, from half-pay 50th Foot
(Staff o:ficer of Pensioners).
Lieutenant Patrick McCarthy, from half-pay 77th Foot
(Staff Officer of Pensioners).

STAFF.
Lieutenant Elwin Griffiths, from half-pay as Paymaster
of the 96th Foot to he Paymaster of the British Depots,
Chatham, vice Dalgety, deceased.
Lieutenant Robert Collins Craigie, from Paymaster
26th Foot, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice
Middleton, placed on half-pay.
•
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Goorge M. Swinhoe has been
permitted to resign his commission,
Acting Assistant-Surgeons James Lander, M.D., and
James Winter, M.D., have ceased to do duty, there being
no longer occasion for their services.

BREVET.
Captain Griffin Niehola6, retired full-pay, of tho sth
Fout, to be Major iu the Army, the rank being honorary
only.

Captain William E. Evans, of the let Regiment of Bom-
bay European infantry, to be Major in the Army.
Lieut. Ales. George Bax, of the 50th Regiment Bengal
Native Infantry, to have the rank of Lieutenant in the
Army, while employed at the East India Company's Depot
at Warley, vice Bingham, resigned.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANT,
Warwickshire Militia--let Regiment—Ensign Henry
Garland Matthews to be Lieutenant, vice Robert Dytnock
Vaughton, resigned.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Oct.
21, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : a. d.
From the British Possessions in America 32 11i
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 25 11
Average of the three foregoing descriptions 32 Oj

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and lith Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the Pith day of Oct., 1856.
1880 E DEPARTMENT.

N rtes issued • 23,706, 13S;

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 9,231,185
Silver bu11i0n........ -