The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-26 00:00:00

DOWNING-TRET, MARCH 24.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henry
Sherwood, Esq., M.D.; to be Colonial Surgeon to her
Majesty's settlements m the Gambia; and Miles Gerald
Keon, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Bermudas, or
Somers Islands.

CROWN. OFFICE, MARCH 19.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR.
LIAMENT.
' Borough of Harwich—Henry Jervis White Jervis, Esq,,
Captain Royal Artillery, in the room of John Bagshaw,
Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Ma-
jesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 25.
3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Clermont Costo-
badie, from the lit Dragoons, to be; Lieutentant, vice
Park-Yates, who exchanges.
Ist Dragoons—Lieut. Edmund W. Park-Yates from the
3rd Dragoon Cuards,lo be Lieutenant, vice Costobadio,
who exchanges.
3rd Light Dragoons—Anthony Strother, Gent., to be Cor -
net, by purchase, vice Piffard, promoted.
Gth Dragoons—Lieutenant Denison Montagu M. Inge,
from the 18th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice
Shafto Orde, who exchanges.
7th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Allen
Thornhill, M. 8., from the 42d Foot, to 'be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Lynch, deceased.
18th LighiDragoons—Lieutenant W. Jocelyn Shafto Orde,
from the 6th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Inge, who
exchanges.
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,oyal Artillery—Assistant-Surgeon Langoa Carey, M.D.,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Milton,
deceased.

Grenadier Guards—Captain George Henry Grey, from the
Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Coul-
son, who exchanges.
4th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Bar-
rett Kearney, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
6th Foot—Ensign John Giffard to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bolton, promoted.
7th Foot—Captain Baker .Creed Russell, from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, vice Charles Edmund Thorn-
ton, who exchanges.
9th Foot—The date of Ensign Henning's appointment is
18th March, 1859, and not 18th February, 1859, as pre-
viously stated.
10th Foot—Lieutenant Henderson to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Cator, deceased; Lieutenant Frederick
Browne Sandwith to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Ward, deceased ; Ensign Henry Long W. Phillips to be
Lieutenant, without purchase vice Henderson.
15th Foot—Captain Hugh Robinson, from the 43d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Hudson, who exchanges.
18th Foot—Charlton Dawson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Thacker, promoted.
29th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon St. John Killery, from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mackinnon, ap-
pointed to the 42d Foot.
42d Foot— Assistant-Surgeon William Alexander Mac-
kinnon, from the 29th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Thornhill, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons.
43d Foot—Captain John Hudson, from the 15th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Rubinson, who exchanges.
59th Foot—Henry Turner Herchmer, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Wakefield, who retires.
70th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Cumberland, who retires ; EnsivL
Alexander Boydell Wright to be Lieutenant, by var-
- chase, vice Saltmarsho.
87th Foot—Alfred Herbert Hugh Smith, Gent., to be.ln-
sign, by purchase, vice Devereux, promoted.
98th Foot—The first Christian name of Lieutenant 'Weise-
ley is George, and not John, as stated in the Garotte of
18th March, 1859.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant and Captain John Byron B.
Coulson, from the Grenadier Guards, to be Captain, vice
Grey, who exchanges.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel Henry
Edward M'Gee, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Lewes, who exchanges] ; Captain Sir
William Parker, Bart., from half-pay 44th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Francis R. Taylor, who exchanges ; Lieu-
tenant Robert Eckford to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Sir William Parker, Bart., who retires..
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign John James Mathew
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lazenby, pro-
moted to an Unattached Company, without purchase;
Gisborne Horner, Gent., to be Ensigr., without purchase,
vice Mathew.

HOSPITAL STAFF.
TO BE ASSISTANT-SITILGEONS.
James Dow Sainter, Gent., vice. Milton, appointed to the
Royal Artillery.
Edwin Granville Ley, M.D., vice Bourke, appointed to
the Royal Artillery.
Edward Corrigan Markey, Gent., vice Hogg, appointed
to the Royal Artillery.
Hammerton. Crump, M.D., vice Graves, appointed to the
Royal Artillery.
John Clarke, vice Temple, appointed to the Royal
Artillery.
William Dlillr, Gent., vice Harrison, appointed to the
Royal Artillr,,ry,
Hunter Alexander Coghlan, Gent., vice Burland, ap-
pointe"., to the Royal Artillery.
Ting John Parr, Gent., vice Lower, appointed to the
Royal Artillery.
William Orr, Gent., vice Lindsay, appointed to the 39th
Foot.

Edwin Parsonage, M.D., vice Greig, appointed to the
23d Foot.
Joseph William Carter Noynoo Murphy, Gent., vice
Pinkerton, appointed to the Royal Artillery.
Colin Alexander Fraser, Gent., vice Semple, appointed
to the 75tb Foot.

Henry Sacheveral Edward Schroeder, Gent , vice Lynch,
aPP9intad to the 12th Foot.

PURVEYOR'S STAFF.
Purveyor's Clerk of the First Class 'William Amey to be
Purveyor to the Forces, vice Acheson deceased.
CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.
The Reverend Charles Green, M.A., Chaplain to the
Forces, to be Chaplain to the Forces of the third class.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Warwickshire Militia (2nd Regiment)—Rice Davies
Knight, Esq., to be Adjutant, vice Captain and Adjutant
Mackenzie, resigned.

icommlssloNs BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
3d Regiment (Light Infrantry) of West York Militia—
Ensign Joseph Henry Palmer to be Lieutenant, vice Thun-
der, resigned; Thomas Walter Lambert, Gent., to be En-
sign, vice Murray, resigned.
Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—Spencer George
Augustus Thursby, late Captain Ist Royals, to be Captain,
vice Wanchope, resigned ; Henry Surtees Bowes-Watson,
Gent., to be Captain, vice Neale Porter, resigned. Ed
Regiment—Adjutant Rice Davies Knight to serve with the
rank of Captain.

Huntingdonshire Militia—Henry Jordan Thornhill,
Gent., to be Captain; William Whitter Goldicutt, Gent.,
to be First Lieutenat.

BANKRUPTS.
John White, joiner, Leicester, to surrender, April 12 and
May 3, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Thomas Leake, jun., upholsterer, Nottingham, April 12
and May 3, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Joseph Redwood, apothecary, Charminster, Dorsetshire,
Ayril 7 and May 3, at eleven, 'at the Exeter District Court.
Edward Callow, shipowner, Billiter-street, City, April
8, at eleven, and May 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Webber Reed, grocer, Ottery Saint Mary, Devon-
shire, April 7, and May 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court.

John Bernard Munkenbeck, draper, West Hartlepool,
April 4, at half-past twelve, and May 5, at half-past one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
James Calkin, draper, Rothbury, Northumberlandshire,
April 4, at twelve, and May 5, at one, at the Newcastle•
upon-Tyne District Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Alexander Tulloch, clothier, Perth.

Robert Roberton, stationer, Glasgow.
Patrick Binell, farmer, Forfar.
Ezekiel Hill, boot and shoe maker, Dumbarton.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day
of March, 1859:

ISSUE DEI',I=RTMENT.

Notes issued £33,642,950

Government Debt t 11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 19,167,950
Silver Bullion ... -

£33,642,950;

£33,642,950

BANKING D'
Proprietors' Capi-
ta £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis -
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

,EPARTHENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead IV eight A-
nnuity) £10,696,147
Other Securities 16,908,094
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 696,585

counts) 8,998,757
Other Deposits 13,601,339
Seven Day and
other Bills .

804,205

£41,611,591
M.]

.C 41,611,
,RSHALL, Chief C ashier.s9l

Dated March 24, 1859.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 22d day
of March, 1859, 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 27s 71d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 30s 1 d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies,. 31s 6 d
Average price of the foregoing . 28s 11 d