The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-20 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 19.

The following promotions, dated tho 13th inst., conse-
quent on the death, on tho 12th inst., of Admiral of the
White John Sykes, have taken place :
Admiral of the Blue Sir George Francis Seymour,
K.C.8., G.C.H., to be Admiral of the White.
Vise-Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir Fleetwood B.
R. Pellew, C. 8., K.C.H., to be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White Sir John Gordon Sinclair,
Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Provo William Parry Wallis
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.

Rear-Admiral-James Ryder Burton, K.H., on the Re-
served List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List.
Rear-Admiral of the Red William Fanshawe Martin to
be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Henry Smith, C. 8., to be
Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry John Codrington,
C. 8., to lie Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Richard Henry King to be Rear-Admiral on
the Reserved List.
Captain Richard Laird Warren to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Stafford—Thomas Fletcher Boughey,
Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant.
County of Gloucester—Digby Cayley Wranghara, Egg.,
Sergeant-at-Law, to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
County of Forfar—The Right Hon. James Earl of
Southesk to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery—
John Hay, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Chaytor,
promoted.
Northamptonshire Militia -- Stuart Vivian Fraser, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Platt, promoted ; Grice Richard Smyth,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Richard Henry
Remus, Gent., to be Ensign.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Richard Salkeld, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Page. resigned.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia Henry Wilson, Esq., late Captain Ist Dra-
goon Guards, to be Captain, vice Peters, resigned.
West York Rifle Regiment of Militia.—Lawrence Wm.
Toulmin, Gent., to be Ensign ; Caicraft Neeld Wild,
Gent., to be Ensign ; Charles Frederick Ledger, Gent., to
be Ensign.
Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia.— Stephen
Ryder Dampier, Esq., to be Captain, vice Lumaden, re-
signed.

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
James Packwood, tailor, Woollaston, Northamptonshire.
Henry Holmes Woodfull and Lowell Gimber, stationers,
Aldermanbury. _

BANKRUPTS.
John Smith, warebou.eman, Bow Church-yard, March
4, at one, and April 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.

William Field, grocer, Bexley Heath, Kept, Merck 4
and April 12, at twelve, at tho Court of Bankruptcy.
Reuben Brooks, auctioneer, King-street, St. James's,
March 4, at eleven, and April 12, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.

Joeepii Slows, manufacturer, Newuham-street, Good-
man's Fields, March 1, at half-past twelve, and April 6, at
eleven, at tho Court of Bankruptcy.
Adolphus Ackerman, printseller, Beaufort-buildings,
Strand, March 4, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. _ _

Ed win Gearing, jeweller, Saint John's Wood, Middle-
sex, March 5 and April 9, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
William Darnton, pianoforte manufacturer, Islington,
Feb. 26, at twelve, and April 9, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Edwin Griffin, auctioneer, Colchester, March 2,
and April 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George William Bennett, draper, Eastbourne, Mardi 4
and 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph and James Watersons, builders, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, March 5, at half-past twelve, and April 9, at twelve,
at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
Ed ward Davies, shoemaker, Liverpool, March 5 and 25,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
William Humphreys, corn merchant, Liverpool, March
8 and 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Alexander George Gray, alkali manufacturer, Gatos-
Immo Riley, 'milder,
head, March 4, at eleven, and April 8, at twelve, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
Dalehall SOffordslaire, March 6