The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-30 00:00:00

Mb SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1860.

THIR L) EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, &ven o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.)

Lord REDESDALE (in the absence of the Lord Chancellor)
took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock.

Petitions against the abolition of church rates were pre-
sented by Viscount Dungannon, Lord Colville of Culross,
and Lord Southampton ; and for their abolition by Lord
Teynham.

G.C.8., G.C.M.G., Colonel of the 2d Regiment of Life
Guards, to be Field-Marshal.
. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Leonard
Wilson Atkinson, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be
Lieutenant, vice 'Webster, who exchanges.
Ist Dragoons—Edmund Bacon Hutton, Gent., to be Cor
net, by purchase, vice Hall, oromoted.
6th Dragoons—Surgeon Gavin 'Ainslie Turnbull, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Baxter, who
exchanges.
10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel John Lewes,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Brevet-Colonel John 'Wilkie, who exchanges, receiving
the differences between Infantry and Cavalry; Major
Valentine Baker to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase,
vice Lewes, who retires ; Captain Richard Playne Smith
to be Major, by purchase, vice Baker; Lieut. Edward
Picton Baumgarten to be Captain, vice Smith ; Cornet
William Morgan Maunder to be Lieutenant, vice Baum-
garten; Herbert Davies Evans, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Wood, promoted.
12th Light Dragoons.—Surgeon Francis Hastings Baxter,
M.D.,fr.)m the 6th Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Turn-
bull, who exchanges.
13th Light Dragoons.—Lieutenant Richard William Ren-
shaw, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dearden, who
retires; Cornet Thomas George Johnson to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Lethbridge, who retires ; Cornet
Henry Stnithsm Lie Wilson to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Renshaw; Ensign William Harle, from the
81st Foot, to be Cornet, vice Willes, appointed to the 3d
Light Dragoons.
16th Light Dragoons—Lieut. Guy 'Webster, from the Ist
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Atkinson, who
exchanges; Lieut. Henry Clement Wilkinson, from the
17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Corballis, who ex-
changes.
Royal Artillery—Brevet-Major Arthur Vandeleur to be
Captain, vice Bent, placed on the Supernumerary List;
Lieut. Thomas Lloyd Still to be Second Captain, vice
Vandeleur; Lieut. Joseph Hanwell to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Haig, placed on the Supernumerary List.
Military Train—Charles Stuart Campbell, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Davies, appointed Quar-
termaster of the 76th Foot.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Luke Norman, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Stansfield, promoted.
6th Foot—Roberti Grmatne, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Howley, promoted.
17th Foot—Lieut. 'William R. Corballis, from the 16th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, receiving the differ-
ence between Cavalry and Infantry, vice Wilkinson, who
exchanges.
18th Foot—Major and Brevet-Colonel George J. Carey,
from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Major, vice
D'Arcey, who exchanges.
21st Foot—John Jacob Warner, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Coke, appointed to the 25th Foot.
22d Foot—Ralph Drake Backhouse. Gento to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Powys, promoted.
24th Foot—Ensign Francis M. Pearson to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Crutchley, promoted.
25th Foot—Ensign Richard Webster, from the 3d West
India Regiment, to be Ensign ; Westropp Thomas Mor-
gan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase; William Grogan
Knox, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase; George Dixon,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase.
28th Foot—Stephen Joseph McKenna, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Brett, promoted.
31st Foot—Thomas Starrier, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Maynard, promoted.
48th Foot—Ensign Edward Cecil Brown to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Horne, promoted in the 25th
Foot ; Lieutenant John Rawlins to be Adjutant, vice
Home, promoted in the 25th Foot..
57th Foot—Philip Edward Powys, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Waller, promoted.
59th Foot—The second Christian name of Major and Bre-
vet .Lieutenant-Colonel Burraester is " Edward."
60th Foot—Lieutenant Anthony Carlisle to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Baynes, deceased.
61st Foot—Ensign James Graham Hamilton to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Young, promoted in the

25th'Foot.
70th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Ralston to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice James, who retires; Ensign
John Frederick Augustus Grierson to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Ralston.
73d Foot—John Parnell Clarke, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice McGill, appointed to the Royal Canadian
Rifle Regiment.
77th Foot—John Potts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Hoskins, promoted.
79th Foot—Ensign John Busfeild, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice M'Causland, promoted.
80th Foot—The commission of Captain James John Dud-
geon to be antedated to the 26th March.
97th Foot—Madoc Davis,Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Thompson, promoted.
Rifle Brigade—Quarterinaster George Rogers to be Ensign,
without purchase, and Adjutant, vice Lieutenant David
Alexander Gordon, retired ; Sergeant Frederick Piper to
be :Quartermaster vice Rogers, appointed Ensign and
Adjutant.
3d West India Regiment—Comet Richard George Collins,
from half-pay of the late Land Transport Corps, to be
Ensign, vice Webster, appointed to the 25th Foot.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Major Oliver Barker D'Arcey,
from the 18th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Colonel
Carey, who exchanges.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Thomas Wm. Goodall, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Edward Moore, de-
ceased.

(to the honorary rank of Captain, with the date of 2d March,
1830, has been cancelled.
MEMORANDUM.—In the Gazette of 27th inst., the letters
".M.D." were erroneously inserted after Deputy Inspector.,
General Longmore's name.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 30.
NOTICE.—From and after the Ist July next, the mini-
mum age of candidates to be examined for direct Com-
missions in the Army will be fixed at eighteen years.
BANKRUPTS.
James Eiger, grocer, Fletton, Huntingdonshire.
Charles Noble, builder, Northampton.
• Henry Coney, builder, Townsend-road, Regent's-park.
Henry Joseph Smith, corn dealer, Newbury, Berkshire.
Thomas Simmons, warehouseman, Cheapside, City.
Peter Taylor, licensed victualler, Saffron Walden, Essex.
Charles Austin Gibson, timber merchant, Bristol.
Abraham Wooti,on, timber; merchant, Walsall, Stafford.
John Legge, beer retailer, Walsall, Staffordshire.
George William Neales, upholsterer, New Oxford-street,
Middlesex.
William Sharp, jun., underwriter, New Broad-street.
Joseph Oldroyd, blanket manufacturer, Batley, York-
shire.

Thomas Mills, web manufacturer, Leicester.
Christopher Langridge and Joseph Midgley, drysalters,
Manchester.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria,
cap. 32, fur the week ending on Wednesday, the 28th day
of March, 1860:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued £29,063,010! Government Debt XII,' 15,100
Other Securities .. 3,439,900
! Gold Coin & Bullion 14,588,010
Silver Bullion .... -

£29,063,040,

BANKING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal 414,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

X 4033,010

,EPARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weig-htAn-

nuity) £10,221,190
Other Securities 23,955,189
Notes
Gold and Silver

counts) 10,384,110
Other Deposits 15,556,124
Seven Day and
other Bills 691,008

X 42,942, 725
M. 3

Coin 653,661

Dated March 29,1880.

£42.912,725
ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 27th day
of March, 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain:—
Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America 26s 41d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 2Bs 81d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 32s 111 d
Average price of the foregoing 2Bs 4d

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tars D.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 164 11 I6f
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 25 25 32}
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Nlarseilles — 25 35 25 40
Frankfort on Maine — 117+ 7f
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 34 341
Madrid --, 494 49+
Cadiz —
__49a_. 49'

Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
--
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto

30 '3'7f
25 37i
25 40
40f
122
122
52f
63

30 42!
25 42!
25 45
40;
122 k
122 k
524.
7!

CROXTON RACES—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SCURRY STAKES.

Mies Eleanor.
Alfred
Buttercup....
GRAN BY HANDICAP.
Dead heat with Norton and Tommy Noble. Wanderer
third. Eight ran.