The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-24 00:00:00

MAY 23,

County of Kilkenny--TheiiOnoUrable Leopold Agar Ellis,
of Gowran Castle, county of Kilkenny; John Greene,
Esq., of Ballynooney, county of Kilkenny.

LO.YDON GAZETTE-( THIS EVENING )

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 24.
The Right Honourable 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 Minister at Lisbon, en-
closing a copy of a Portuguese Royal Decree, authorising
the admission into the Cape de Verde Islands, until the
end of the present year, free of import duty, of Indian corn,
rice, beans, lentils, Indian corn meal, Mandioca flour, hog's
lard, beef, mutton, and pork, fresh, dried, or salted, includ-
ing bacon.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 24.
2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Acting Regimental
Serjeant-Major Allen Deane to be Cornet, without pur-
chase, and Adjutant in succession to Lieutenant Calvert,
promoted.
Ist Dragoons—Cornet Henry St. George Osborne to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clarke, promoted.
4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward William Blackett
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Goodrich, who retires ;
Cornet John Kennedy to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Blackett.
6th Dragoons—Paymaster ThomaS Smales, from the 9th
Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Mahon, who ex-
changes.
9th Light Dragoons—Paymaster Maurice Hartland Mahon,
from the 6th Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Smales,
who exchanges.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Swaine has been permitted
to retire from the iervice by the sale of his commission.
7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Jas. Kennedy M'Adam
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carpenter, promoted ;
Ensign Douglas Flood to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice M'Adam.
Bth Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander
Cunningham Robertson's promotion, without purchase,
to bear date 23d July, 1858, instead of 24th August,
1858, as previously stated.
13th Foot—Major Herbert Vaughan Mundell, from the
96th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant• Colonel
the Hon. Augustus Murray Cathcart, who exchanges.
14th Foot—Ensign Charles Curtis, from the Royal Lime-
rick Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase.
15th Foot—Surgeon Usher Williamion Evans, M.D., from
the Staff, to be Surgeon.
16th Foot—Captain Charles Lorenzo De Winton to be
Major, without purchase, vice Lucas, who retires upon
full pay ; Captain John George Dartnell, from half-pay,
unattached, to be Captain, vice De Winton ; Lieutenant
Richard Calvert Healy to Le Captain, by purchase, vice
O'Callaghan, seconded, being appointed Permanent In-
structor at the School of Musketry, vice Captain John-
stone, appointed District Inspector of Musketry of the
South-Western District, in the room of Brevet-Major
Lutyens, 20th Foot, who retires from the service.
19th Foot—Lieut. George Forbes to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Sheaffe, who retires ; Ensign Robert Briscoe
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Forbes.
20th Foot—Captain Charles Lutyens has been permitted to
retire from the service by the sale of his commission ;
Lieut. Edward Augustus.Patrickson to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Davies, deceased ; Ensign 'William
Unwin to be Lieut., without purchase, vice Patrickson.
37th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Isaac Hoysted, from the 80th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Inkson, who ex-
changes.
47th Foot—Ensign George Vachell Boyd to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Gamier, promoted.
50th Foot—Surgeon James Fraser, M.D., from the Staff,
to be Surgeon, vice Crerar, appointed to the Staff.
52d Foot—Ensign Charles Middleton Prendergast to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Frederick Le
Peer Trench, promoted to an Unattached Company.
54th Foot—Surgeon William Mills Dowding, from the
Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Grant, appointed to the 84th
Foot.
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lth Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Walter Barnett, Rams-
botham, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Knaggs, appointed to the Cape Mounted Riflemen.
'oth Foot—Ensign Arthur Stronge Gilbert to be Lieuten-
ant, without purchase, vice Hilton; Sergeant James
M‘Pherson, from the 93d Regiment, to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Gilbert.
80th Foot—Lieutenant Erasmus Borrowes to be Captain,
by purchase, vice H. Morris, who retires ; Assistant-
Surgeon James Inkson, M.D.. from the 37th Foot, to be
Assistant- Surgeon, vice Hoysted, who exchanges.
84th Foot—Surgeon James M'Grigor Grant, M.D., from
the 54th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice La Presle, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled.
92d Foot—Lieutenant Percy Feilding Gooch to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Elphinstone, who retires.
95th Foot—Ensign Edward Chapplo to be Lieutenant, by

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purchase, vice trealock, promo-fed.
96th Foot Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable

Augustus Murray Cathcart, from the 13th Foot, to be
Major, vice H. F. Mundell, who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign James Hook to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Richards, died of his wounds.
Cape Mounted Rifles—Assistant. Surgeon Henry Knaggs,
from the 69th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bout-

flour, deceased.
Saint Helena Regiment—Major William Forbes Macbean
to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Col.
H. N. Vigors, promoted to the rank of Major-General ;
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Henry Gahan to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Macbean ; Lieut. John Baldwin Hain-
ault Rainier to be Captain, without purchase. vice Ga-
han • Ensign John LysaghtHewson to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Rainier.
UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Chas.
Henry Morris, C. 8., of the Royal Artillery, to have the
Substantive Rank of Major, under the provisions of the
Royal Warrant of 3d Nov., 1854.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon. James Crerar, from the 50th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Evans, appointed to the 15th
Foot.
BREVET.—Major Francis Lucas, retired full-pay 16th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank
being honorary only.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
John De-Heley Mavesyn Chadwick, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
Royal East Kent Regiment of Mounted Rifles Yeomanry
Cavalry—James Cuthbert Ottaway, Gent., to be Surgeon,
vice Beattie, deceased. 2
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West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Captain Fuller Mait-
land Wilson to be Major, vice Ross, resigned; Lieutenant
Edward Daubeny to be Captain, vice Wilson, promoted ;
Lieutenant James Holmes to be Captain.
Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—
Frederick Stephen Steele, Esq., late of the 2d Queen's
Regiment, to be Captain.

Hampshire Milli& Artillery—Thomas Evelyn Yenablea
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.

NAVALne
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Departofthe a Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house 1 ay 21, 1&59.
Notice is hereby given to allpersons, 11
interested therein,
that preparations are now being made for the intended
distribution of proceeds received and tonnage bounty
awarded for the Name Unknown, captured on the 10th
September, 1857, by her Majesty's chip Sappho.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize oilers, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-
House."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the
" London Gazette," of the date proposed for the commence
'
ment of distribution; and, at the same time, the amount of
an individual's share in the respective classes will be an-
nounced.

BANKRUPTS.
Patrick M‘Parlin, milliner, Liverpool, to surrender, June
9 and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
John Collins, grocer, Liverpool, June 9 and 30, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court.
Morritz Gingold, merchant, Manchester, June 6 and 27,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Thomas Young, licensed victualler, Wapping-wall, June
1, at half-past one, and July 5, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
George Stacey, tobacconist, New Windsor, June 4, at
twelve, and July 4, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Freeman and Charles Chartier, licensed vic tuallers,
June 6, at eleven, and July 4, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
John Bagshaw, lodging-house keeper, Dovercourt, near
Harwich, June 8 at twelve, and July 5 at one, at the Court
Thomas, shipsmith, Liverpool, June 9 and
of
EbbaednkrApere.cyh
30 at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.

SCOTCH 8A31daT1777-------.—"
AberdWatigh, Cattle, and Co., railway
contractors, Turriff,
eenshire.
John Stevenson, flesher, Glasgow.
George Milne, fanner, Tillyoairn, Aberdeenshire.
George Nicolson Berwick, farmer, Wedderbie, Fifeshirit.
John Macpherson, Crubenmore, near Kingusaie, In
William Musgrove, glazier, Edinburgh.
Daniel Cameron, spirit-dealer, Ednburgh.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.
Amsterdam
2.15 1152 t
5
Ditto
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Brussels
mburgh
3 Months. 11 15
11 15 11
-- 24 .95
-- 24 95
13 3
25 21-
Ha 13 S
Paris
Short 25 2i 25 10
Ditto
Marseilles .. ..
Frankfort on Maine.. 1154 116
Vienna ............ - 14 36 15 20
Trieste .. . ......... —. 14 30 15 30
Petersburgh ........ 32 32f
Madrid ............ 461 49k
Cadiz ..............
314910 49
Leghorn
31 10 31
,30
Genoa
Naples
39
Palermo — 117 1171
39#
Messina — 117 117
5
Lisbon
Orto
Rio6l 52f
Janeiro
New York .

Calcutta, Co.'s rupee
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto
• •
East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 2d to
the 10th May.

E.I. Co.; bls. House bis. 604.
231

Bengal
Madras
Bombay

£0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

£0 0 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Stsadard)....per oz. 1.3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
/I
0 5 21