The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1859.

FRoilf THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 26.
The Queen Las been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the
Right Hon. Sir Ji;hn Pakington, Bart. ; Vice-Admiral
William Fanshawe Martin ; Vice-Admiral the H on. Sir
Richard Saunders Duncla,s, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Alex-
ander Milne, K.C.B. ; Captain the Hon. Swynfen
Thomas Carnegie, C.B. ; and Algernon George Percy,
Esq. (commonly called Lord Lovaine) to be her Majesty's
Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Ad-
miral of the said .United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories there-
unto belonging.
DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Mai.
William Ewart Gladstone to be her Majesty's Lord High
Commissioner in and for the United States of the lonian
Islands.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 28.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Assistant-Surgeon
Stewart Aaron Lithgow, from the 75th Foot, to
be Asiistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted on the Staff.
9th Light Dragoons.—Cernet and Adjutant Richard Freer
Thonger to have the rank of Lieutenant.
17th Light Dragoons.—Cornet Henry Richard Abadie,
from the 14th Light Dragoons, to bo Cornet, vice F. J.
King, promoted.
Military Train.—Lieutenant Noel Harris has been per-
mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com-

mission.
2nd Regiment of Foot.—The second Christian name of
Lieutenant Hatchell, is Melville.
Bth Foot.—Walter Mowbray Johnston, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Shirreff, promoted ; Charles
Thomas Frederick Blair to bo Ensign, without purchase,
vice Cooper, promoted.
10th Fooot.—Henry Francis Brouncker, Gent., to be En-
sign by purchase, vice Matthews, promoted; Edward A.
H. Roe, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Kenny, promoted.
11th Foot—Ensign Stewart Charles Dixon to bo Lieuten-
ant, by purchase, vice Stack, promoted.
12th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Henry Francis
Lynch, from the Staff, to be Assistant•Surgoon.
13th Foot—Gerard Septimus Burton, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wynen, promoted ; Charles F.
. Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hugh
Robinson, who resigns; Assistant-Surgeon John Stuart,
frOm the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
14th Foot—Brevet-Major Wm. Temple Parratt, from the
58th Foot, to be Captain, vice Angus Wm. Hall, who
exchanges; Robert Hall, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Atkinson, promoted ; John Daly,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Briscoe, pro-
. mote.
16th Foot—Edward Daly, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Lungbourne, whose appointment has been
cancelled.
17th Foot—Wm. Frederick Woods, Gent., to be Ensign,

without purchase.
20th Foot—Geo. D. Wahab, Gent:, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Mansel, promoted. The second Christian
name of Ensign Harris is Frederic, and not " Francis,"
as stated in the Gazette of 31st Dec., 1858.
21st Foot—Lieut. S. G. B. St. Clair to be Captain, by pur
chase, vice the Hon. W. L. Talbot, promoted, by pur-
chase, to an Unattached Majority; Ensign Alfred Wm.
Channer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice St. Clair;
Lieut. Michael Thunder, from the 3d West York Militia,
to be Ensign, without purchase.
22d Foot—Henry Allen Gosset, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Nunn, appointed to the 66th Foot.
24th Font—The promotion of Ensign E. IL B. Sawbridgo
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Waring, who retired,
as stated in the Gazette of 11th Jan., 1859, has been
cancelled ; Ensign Redmond O'Mahony to be Lieut.,
without purchase, vice Waring, deceased ; Ensign Henry
Francis Brouneker, -from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign,

vice FitiMaurice, promoted.
34th Foot—Gerald Brenan, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Saunders, pro-

;noted.
38th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Stokes, from the 63d Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Boyd, who exchanges; John
Smyth Nelson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Boyd, promoted.
45th Foot—Captain James John Wood, from the 67th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Stack, who exchanges.
50th Foot—Ensign H. E. W. Preston to be Instructor of
Musketry, vice Captain Bunbury.
58th Foot—Major Charles Hood, from a Depot Battalion,
to be Major, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel C. L.
Nugent, who exchanges ; Captain Angus William Hall,
from the 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major
William Temple Parratt, who exchanges; Assistant-
Surgeon William Snell, from the 65th Foot, to be Assist-
tant-Surgeon, vice McShane, who exchanges.
63d Foot—Lieutenant James Power Boyd, from the 38th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stokes, who exchanges.
65th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Eugene McShane, from the
58th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Snell, who ex-
changes.
67th Foot—Capt. Thomas Stack, from the 45th Foot, to be
Captain, vice James John Wood, who exchanges.
75th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Wm. Semple, from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lithgow, ap-
pointed to the 6th Dragoon Guards.
77th Foot—Capt. Edward Lister Green, from the sth Foot,
to be Captain, vice St. John, who retires upon half-pay
Unattached.
83d Foot—Frederick Ford, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Salmond, appointed to the 21st Foot.
89th Foot,--!-The second Christian name of Ensign Hayward
is Jonas and not Jones, as stated in the Gazette of Feb. 11.
91st Foot—Arthur Elkington, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Buller, promoted.
99th Foot—Kearns Deane Tanner, Gent., to be Ensign, by

purchase, vice Batcheler, promoted.
Rifleßrigade—William Caradee Smith, Gent., to be En •
sign, by purchase, vice Richards, promoted.
3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Bligh Scott
has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale

of his commission.
STAFF.—Brevet-Colonel John S. Brownrigg, C. 8., upon
half-pay as Lieutenant-Colonel, Unattached, to be De-
puty Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in Ireland,
vice Wood, who resigns that appointment; Brevet-
Colonel Edward Robert Wetherall, C. 8., upon half-pay
as Major Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-Gene-
ral to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Brownrigg.
DEPOT BANTALION.—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles
Lavallin Nugent, from the 58th Foot, to be Major, vice
Hood, who exchanges.
TTACIIED.—Captain the Hon. W. L. Talbot, from the
21st Foot, to be Major, by purchase.
HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon Donald Sinclair
Smith, from the 6th Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice
Clarke, deceased.

BREVET.
Major Henry Bird, Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be
Lieut.-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Thomas Cochrane, Gold Coast Artillery Corps,
to be Major in the Army.
The following promotions to take place in • succession to
General Richard Seeker Brough, of the Royal Artillery,
Who died on 15th Jan., 1859 :
Lieut.-Colonel Philip Smyly, 99th Foot, to be Colonel.
Major William Bell, 32d Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel.
Captain Charles Monteath Hamilton, 92d Foot, to be
Major.
Captain Charles Penrose Coode, retired full-ray of the
Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Major, under
her Majesty's Order in Council of 13th Nov., 1858..

merchants, Worcester, Fcb. 11 and March 3, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court,
Philip. William Sanders, spade and shovel manufacturer,
Smethwick, Feb. 14 and March 7, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.

George Bench, innkeeper, Cheltenham, Feb. 8 and Mar&
8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. - -
Henry Follett, ship builder, Dartmouth, Feb. 9 and
March 10, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Robert Steward licensed victualler, Park Tavern, Park-
road, Battersea-fields, Feb. 4, at half-past one, and March
11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Jesse Machin and William Calling, shipping 'agents,
Skinner's-place, Siso-lane, Feb. 8, at one, and March 11, at
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Yox Oppenheim, master mariner, John-street,
Mhaories, Feb. 12, at one, and March 15, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
• Wm. Hunt, men.' greengrocer, William-street, Lisson-
grove, Feb. 11 and March 11,. at one, at the Court 'of Bank-
ruptcy. • • -
Wm. Jennings, carpenter, Rochester, Feb. 11, at two,
and March 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Nix, miller, Werrington, Northamptonshire, Feb.
8, at eleven, and March 10, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Hugh Fraser, jun., commission.agent, Aberdeen.
Alexander Robertson, solicitor, Perth.
Malcolm Wlntosh, general merchant, Portree.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Amount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 26th day
of January, 1859

IMRV} DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £33,031,885 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,450,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 18,556,885
• Silver Bullion .... -

433,031,885]

J 133,031,885

,EPARTNIZNT.
Government Seen-
ritles (including
Deadli( eightAn-
unity) .V0,698,807
Other Securities 16,595,620
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin . 4120,969

/40,236,496
ARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

of Corpus Christi College, are desired to pay the statutable
fee of £l. . -
The Lkudian Professor of Arabic (Mr. Reay) intends to
begin his lectures at the Clarendon on Wednesday, the 9th"
of February, at 3 o'clock; to be continued every Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday during the term. There will also
be an elementary lecture, and those who •wish to attend it
are requested to call on the Rev. R. Gar:dall, M.A., Mag:
dalene Hall, on • Tuesday, February 8, between 2 mid 3
o'clock.
The Reader in Ex:erimental Philosophy (Mr. Walker)-
proposes to, deliver during the present term two courses of
"Lectures on Heat. l'he first course will commence on Fri-
day, Feb. 4, at 1 o'clock. The second will commence on
Wednesday, Feb. 22.
These lectures are open to all those who hail) attended
any former course. A fee of £1 is required when a name is
entered in the list of attendants for the first time, and this
entitles to free admission to any number of courses after-
wards. Those gentlemen, who require certificates are re-
quested to enter their names iu the lecture room at the
Clarendon on Wednesday next, between the hours of 2 and
3, or before the Bast lecture.
The Prailector of Theology in Magdalen College (Mr.
Hansen) win continue his course of Catechetical Lectures
in St. John's Gospel on Friday, February 4, in the Col-
lege-hall, at 12 o'clock. These lectures will be continued
on Mondays and Fridays at the same hour. He also pro-
poses to deliver the course of lectures on "Evidences rela-
tinc, to the Text of the Gospels." Both courses are open
to all members of the University; those who may wish to
attend are requested 'to put down their names at the con-
clusion of the first lecture, Friday, February 4.
In, a Congregation to be holden on Tuesday, the Bth of
February, at two o'clock, the following form of statute will
be promulgated :
" Placuit Universitati in Stat. Tit. XV: (XIX) (p. 195),
post verba " Famulus uterque Procuratorum in annum
designatus,' hate verba '5O 0 0' abrogare, et in eoruni locum
subrogare '3O 0 o.'"