The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-17 00:00:00

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

East Kent Regiment of Militia—John Arthur Capel
Branfill to be Ensign, vice Barry, resigned.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Horace Kaye,
Gent., to be Ensign; Edward Whitacre Davies, Gent., to
be Ensign.
Oxfordshire Kegiment of Militia—Herbert Buchanan,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Aston, promoted.
3d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Domi-
nick Herbert Trant, Gent., to be Ensign.
2d Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Henry Dunlop, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice Mariette, resigned ; Oliver William
Simpson Hoare, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Townley, re-
signed.
NOItTII YORK RIFLES.—Her Majesty has been pleased
to direct that Lieut. Henry James Story, of the North
York Militia, who absented himself from the recent train-
ing of the Regiment, and disobeyed the orders of the Com-
manding Officer, shonld be removed from the strength of
the corps from the 27th Oct., 1858.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED,
William Weller, stono mason, Woolwich.
• BANKRUPTS.

George Rogers, stock broker, Abchurch-lane, City, Dec.
24, at two, and Jan. 28, at one, at at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Frederick Edward Bear, tobacconist, Crown-row, Mile-
end, Dec. 28, at twelve, and Jan. 27, at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
George Henry Venables, paper maker, Clapton's Mills,
near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Dec. 28, at half-put
twelve, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Samuel Unwin, draper, Nottingham, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20
at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
William Jackson, elder, soap manufacturer, Kingston-
upon-Hull, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, at twelve, in the Town-
hallof Kingston-upon-Hull.
Thomas Hastings and Samuel Heron, drapers, Kington •
upon-Hull, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Townhall,
Kingston-upon-Hull.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Andrew Gillespie, merchant, Edinburgh.
_ _ _

J. Smith and Co., coal agents, Helenshurgh, Dumbarton-
shire.

Alexander Wallace, Wright and builder, Glasgow.
William Miller. jun., oil merchant, Springfield, Glasgow.
John Campbell, see merchant, Queen-street, Glasgow.
William M'Larty, grocer, Invercloy, near Brodick, in
the Island of Arran.

Elizabeth Cuthbertson, Edinburgh.
Robert Ross, shipowner, Willowbwk, near Wick, Caith-
ness-shire.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 15th day
of December, 1858:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £32,852,470 Government Debt £11,015,10)
Other Securities 3,45,309
Gola Coin & Bullion 18,377,470
Silver Bull,on

532,852,470

X-32,852,4701
BANKING DEPARTUNT.
Proprietors' Capi- Government Seen-
tal £14,553,000 rities (including
Rest -
Public Deposits (in- nuity) .£10,808,501
eluding Exche- Other Securities 15,958,503
quer, Savings' Notes
Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver

nnssioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
coons) 9,526,771
Other Deposits 12,606,131
Seven Day and
Other Bills

Coin

C 46,899

X 40,550,203
:

.£40,550,NS
.RSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Dec. 16, 1858.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 14th day
of Dec., 1858, 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 2Bs 61d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 27s ltd
Muscovado,. the produce of the East Indies 30s 8d
Average price of the foregoing 29s lid
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COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tnis DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 171 11 171
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 30 25 35
Hamburg i 1
Paris
.Ditto -
-Marseilles — 25 32i 25 :,7 i
Frankfort on Maine —113 k
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh ---= 1010 40 33 10 42
10 43
351
49t 361
Madrid
1
Cadiz —49 i
Leghorn — 29 60 29 67
Genoa _ 25 45 25 50
Naples
401 40*
--
Palermo — 122 122{
Messina —122 k
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Nev; York .

E.I. Co's bis. House bis. 601
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 . 231
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto — 26 231
East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to
the Bth inst.

Benxal £1,201 5 0
Madras 0 0 0
Bombay

£1,201 5_ 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ....per oz. el 17 9
Me:dean:Dollars .
Silver in Bars (Standard