The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 15.

The Queen has i3een graciously pleased to appoint David
Livingstone, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in the dis-
trict of Quillimane, Senna, and Tete, on the Eastern
Coast of Africa.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 2.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Sir B. P.
Henniker, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice the
Hon. G. W. Mines, who retires; Cornet and Adjutant
George Ball to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet
Philip Bennet to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir
B. P. Henniker.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Captain Thomas Walter Still, from
the 65th Foot, to be Captain (paying the difference),
vice Kemp, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
6th Dragoon Guards—Thomas Macnaughten Turner,
Gent. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Grainger,
promoted; Cornet William Howley Burder to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Grainger, whose promotion,
by purchase, on the 4th December, 1857, has been
cancelled.
3d Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry H. Unet, from the Llth
Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Annesley. appointed to 11th Light Dragoons ; Reignald
Piffard, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice W. H.
Davis, promoted in the 4th Light Dragoons; John
Ormsby Phibbs, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase,
vice Lomax, promoted in the 10th Light Dragoons.
4th Light Dragoons —Cernet William Hors Davis, from
the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice the Honourable K G. Ellis, promoted.
9th Light Dragoons—The second Christian name of Cor-
net Starkey, appointed by purchase oa the 15th Jan.,
1858, is Stanton, and not Staunton, as previously
stated.
10th Light Dragoons —The second Christian name of Cor-
net VandEleur, appointed by purchase on the 15th
January, 1858, is Toler, and not John, as previously
stated ;the appoint men t of Ferdinand Ogilvy Fi tzGe raid,
Gent., to a Cornetcy without purchase, on the Bth Jan.,
1858, has been cancelled.
11th Light Dragoons —Cornet John George Annesley,
froM the 31 Light Dragoon., to be Cornet, vise Unett,
adpointed to the 3d Light Dragoons.
13th Light Dragoons—William Napier Carleton, Gent., to
be Comet, by purchase.
Military Train—Ensign Vincent Aplio' to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vise Beatty, who resigns • Ensign
James Bodkin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Young, who resigns. -
Royal Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon William Tanner, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon; Assistant-Surgeon
William James Cumming, M.D. from the S:aT, to le,
Assistant-Surgeon,
Scots Fusilier Guards—Brevet-Colonel Frederick Henry
Turner, from half-pay Unatta.rhei, to be Captain, and
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Brooke, who
exchanges ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet.ltajor
the Hon. Alexan ler E. Fraser to be Captain and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Turner, who retires ;
Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Reginald
Gipps to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Moorsoin, who retires ; Ensign and Lieute-
nant the Hon. W. R. Trefusis to be Lieutenant and
Captain, by purchase, vice Gipps ; Archibald Alexander
Spiers, Gant., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Trefusis.
2d Regiment of Foot--Lieut. A. M. A. Page to b.) Instruc-
tor of Musketry.
3d Foot—Ensign James H. Le Cocq to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Roe, promoted ; Dudley George Cary
Elwes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Le Coeq.
sth Foot— To.ba Captains, without Purchase—Dent. E.
L. Green, from the Cape Mounts I Rifles ; Lieut. T. C.
B. St. George, from the 80th Foot ; Lieut. J. T. N.
O'Brien, from the 70th Foot ; Lieut. S. B. Kekewich,
from 55th Foot. To be Lieutenants, without purchase
—Lieut. C. F. Houghton, from 5 'th Foot ; Lieut. S. F.
Sewell, from 57th Foot; Lieut. R. Cook, from 21st
Foot ; James Wray, Eeq., late Paymaster, let Light In-
fantry Regiment, British Swiss Legion, to be Paymas:er.
7th Foot—Poulett G. Henry Somerset, Esq., late Captain
and Liout.-Colonel, Coldstream Guards, having raised a
Battalion of 1,00) Rank and File, to be Lieut.-Cs!onel,
without purchase. To be Captains, without purehaso
—Lieutenant G. Wedderburne, from 76th Foot; Lieute-
nant and Adjutant R. Harbord, from 36th Foot. To be
Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieutenant A. J. Ar-
natt, from 55th Foot; Lieutenant A. Gardner, from
let Foot ; Lieutenant H. S. Frarrison, from 30th Foot;
Lieutenant W. Hartrick, from ,Ist Foot. To 131 En-
signs, without purchase—Ed w ard Wynne Griffiths,
Gent. ; Vincent Upton Langworthy, Gent. ; Edward
Henry Loveridge, Gent. ; George Holyoake, Gent. ;
William Loraine Geddes, Gent. ; Ed werd Lloyd Gat-
acre, Gent. ; Arthur Ashton, Gent. ; Charles Godfrey
Bohm' Gent. ; Robert Fowler Butler, Gen'.
11th Foot—The undermentioned appointments to Ensign-
cies, without purchase, which were published in the
Gazette of the 15th ultimo, hare been canc,3ll,l Ferdi-
nand George Gambier, Gent ; Hammond Journeausn
Gent. ; Charles Gregory 'Way, Gent.
12th Foot—Ensign Matthew Coke Lobe Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Fraser, whose transfer from the 42d
Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the 12th January,
1858, has been cancelled.
21st Foot—Edward Essex Dighy Boycott, Gent to be
Ensign, by purchase. •
36th Foot—Edward Dorrien Nowbolt, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Sale, promoted.
41st Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Francis Beddington has
been permitted to retire from the Scrvice by the sale of
his Commission.

60th Foot —Pierce O'Brien Butler, Gent., to be En3ign,
without purchase, vice Wilmot, whose appoixtment ag
stated in the Gazette of 15th January, 1853, has been
cancelled.
cancelled.

65th Foot—Captain John Kemp, from the let Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain, vice Still, who exchanges.
76,h Foot—Ensign John Bland Sawyer to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice James Cumming Clarke, pro-
moted ; Lieutenant Luke Edward O'Connor to be Adju-
tant, vice Jahn Cumming Clarke, promoted in 13th
Foot; Sergeant-Major Riward C,ghlan to be Quarter-
master, vice Henry Tyler, whe retires upon half-ply.
78th Fool—James Erskine, Gent., to ba Eneigc, without
purchase, Nice Caldecott, whose appointment on the 15th
Jan., 1858, has been cancelled.
81st Foot—Ensign John Frederick Jellicoe to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Neville, deceased ;
Quartermaster-Sergeant Michael Carry to be Easign,
without purchase, vice Jellicoe.
84th Foot —Lieut. William AVG. Keats to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Pakenbarn, killed in action ;
Lieut. Frederick Hardy to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Keats, whose promotion, on 21h Novem-
ber, 1857, has been cancelled; Ensign Ebert C.
S. to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice.
Seats; Ensign Montgomery Williams to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Humphrey, whose pro-
motion, on 14th August, 1857, has been cancelled.
To be Ensigns, without purchase—Sergeant-Major Geo.
Lambert, vice Hely ; Ensign Seaton Rilph Forster, from
the 48th Foot, in succession to Lieutenant Sandwith,
killed in action; Ensign Gilbert Walter Coventry, from.
39th Foot, in succession to Lieutenant Gibaut, killed in,
action; Ensign Frederick Cornwall, from the 6 lel FOO4,
in ancceesien to Lieutenant Poole' killed in action ; En-
sign George Ralph Hassell, from the 30th Foot.
87th Boot--Assietaet-Surgeon Philip Brooke Smith, M.D. I
from the Staff, td be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Davidson,
8,3 appointed to the Staff.
Foot—Lieutenant John Arthur Barstow to b 3 Adju-
tant, vice Holmes, promoted. 93d Foot—Major and Brevet Lient.-Col. Robert L. Ross,
from a Depot Battalion, to
Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Gordon,'whe be
Major, vice Brevet-Lieu-
96th Feet—Ensign Johnllatniletzonh'hilogen"p.
tboynp
Tbnrcohmes;es,ovnictoe Kbi:kA,,piirtoitTn7,3d son to be Lieut.,
Lieut. John Hamil-
Kirk, promoted;
Robert Thorp, Gent., to be En:4one, by purchase, vice
Thompson.
Rifle Brigade— Lieut. John Simpson KnoXto be
instructor
of Musketry ; Wilmot Grant, Gent t
h°Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Allaira, promoted. •,

DEPOT BATTALIONS.
Major an.l Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Charles Henry Gordon
from the 93d Foot, to be Major, vice Ross, who exctlange,:
Captain Richard George Colas, of the Ist Foot, to be
Instructor of Musketry.
Captain Thomas Rowland, of the 25th Foot, to be In-
structor of Musketry.

the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant
of the 17th Dec., 1855.
The under-mentioned promotion has taken place in the
East India Company's Army, consequent on the death of
Major-General Michael Bagnold, Bombay Infantry, on let
Dee., 1857.
' T 3 BE MAJOR-GENERAL•

•
Colonel Henry Prior, Madras Infantry.
The death of General Brackley Kennett, of the Bombay
Infantry, having taken place on the 12th October, 1857,
instead of the Bth, the undermentioned promotions are to
bear date the 13th, instead of the-Bth October, 1857, viz :
Lieutenant-General Brook Budges, Parlby, C. 8.,
Madras Infantry, to be General.
Major-General James Ketchen, Madras Artillery, to be
Lieuten ant-General.
Colonel Walter Nugent 'Thomas Smee, Bombay Infantry,
to be Major-General.
The undermentioned officers of the East India Com-
pany's service, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of ho-
norary rank, as follows :
TO BE MAJOR-GENEIZA.LS.

Colonel Peter James Begbie, Madras Artillery.
Colonel Charles Forbes Jackson, Bombay Cavalry.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.

Major Frederick !inchin, Madra3 Infantry.
Major Frederick Knyvett, Madras Infantry.
Major Robert Mackenzie, Madras Infantry.
Major Henry Rolland, Bombay Infantry.
Major Thomas Smythe, Madras Engineers.
Major John Hill, Bombay Engineers.
TO BB MAJOR.

Captain James Mungavin, Bombay Veterans. •
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.

Shropshire Regiment of Militia -Lieut. Robert Phipps
Dod to be Captain, vice Corbett, resigned ; Ensign Robert
Ilaesfield to be Lieutenant, vice Dod, promoted.
Warwickshire Militia, 2d Regiment —Richard James,
Gant., to be Ensign, vice Henry Howkins, promoted.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia —Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Crswley, late of the
20th Regt. of Foot, to be Second Major; Edward Danger-
field, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Lynch, resigned :
John Thomas Jackson, Gent., to be Ensign ; John Wm.
Berrington, Gent., to be Ensign.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia.—
Henry Edmund Stanley, Gent., to be Ensign.
Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia.—Theo-
dore Henry Skinner, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice
M. M. Turner, resigned.
West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Edwin A.
Cook, Esq., late Brevet-Major in the Army, and Captain
Ilth Hussars, to ba Lieutenant, vice Shaw, resigned.

E A.NKRUPTC,'Y ANNULLED.

Samuel Mendel, commission agent, Fanchurch-street.

BANKRIA'TS:

John Watson Litler, apothecary, Lower Edmonton, to
surrender, Fab. 12, at twelve, March 12, at half-past eleven,
at the oJurt of Bankruptcy.
John Schofield, mason, Morley, Yorkshire, Feb. 18 and
March 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Benjamin Hill, builder, Wolverhampton, Feb. 15 and
March 3, at ten, at the2Birmingham District Court.
William Newey, grocer, Wolverhampton, Feb. 17 and
March 10, as half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court.

Francis Stevens, currier, Earls Barton, Northampton-
shire, Feb. 11, at two, and March 11, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Michael Michael, grocer, Aberaman, Glamorganshire,
Feb. 16 and March 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. _

John Browne, fringe maker, Plymouth, Feb. 18 and
March 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
James Bradbury, grocer, Lindley, Huddersfield, Feb.
22, at ha'f-past eleven, and March 22, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court.

Wm. Wadsworth and John Harrison' cotton waste
dealers, Salford, Feb. 12 and March 5, at eleven, at the
Manchester District Court.

Lewis Dransfield, rope maker, Leeds, Feb. 22, at one,
and March 15, at half-past eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. '

Thomas Elisha Deacon, tanner, Hemel Hempstead, Feb.
1.2, at half-past two, and March 12, at eleven, at•the Court
of Bank.uptcy.
John Burgess, licensed victualler, Tipton, Feb. 18 and
March 11, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.

Henry Brown, ship owner, North Shields, Feb. 15, at
sloven, and ►Larch 19, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Typo District Court.

John Knibb, baker, Dnnchurcb, Warwick, Feb. 13, and
March 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.
Thomas Tomkinson Riley, wine merchant, Wolver-
hampton, Feb. 13, and March 6, at half-pact eleven, at
tha Biraiingliam District Court of Bankruptcy.
William Bowef=, edge tool manufacturer, Keswick, Feb.
J.?, at eleven, and March 12, at twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRA.TION3.
James Calder, draper, Birchin, Forfarshire.
James Moncrieff, drysalter, Glasgow.
Barclay, Elder, and Company, merchants, Glasgow.
John Wyper anl William Wyper, builders, Glasgow.
Macdonald and Lambie, sewed muslin' manufacturers,
Glasgow.
Charles Edward Chaldock, merchant in Lond)n, now
residing in Glasgow.
Macfarlane an .1 Mackay, tobacco pipe manufacturers,
Glasgow.
Bryce and Ferguson, manufacturers, Glasgow.
James Gray, contractJr, Four-Mile House, Forfarshire.
Hugh Gebbie, skinner, Kilmarnock.
Richard Parker, commission merchant, Partick, near
Glasgow.