The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

COAIMISSION SIGNED _BY THE QUEEN.

East Kent Regiment of Militia.—Robert Murphy
Nicolls, Esq., late a Captain in the 65th Regiment of Foot,
to be Paymaster, from the 3d February, 1859, vice Atkin-
son, appointed to the 21st Fusiliers.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT__

Artillery Reiinient of Royal Lancashire Militia.—First
Lieutenant James Sotheron to be Captain, vice Charles
Blayds Molyneux, resigned ; Second Lieutenant Daniel
George Atchison to be First Lieutenant; vice James Sothe-
ron, promoted; Thomas Christie, Gent, to be Second
Lieutenant, vice George James Wilson, resigned.
Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders.—Lieutenaut Robert
Macfarlane to be Captain, vice Archibald Garden, removed
from the strength of theAegiment.

Durham Artillery Militia:—Octavius Pelly, Gent.# to be
Captain, vice G. J. Scurfield, resigned; Frederick Black.-
lin, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. - -
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 29th March lad.)
Royal Ayrshire Rifies.—James Montgorderie, F.R.C;t3.,

to be Surgeon.

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Robert Clayton, leather dealer, Deansgate, Manchester.
Thomas Swift, grocer, Sheffield.

BANKRUPTS.

91-tql:1;

John Henry Rawll, tailor, Leadenhall-street, to surren-
der April 15, at half-past twelve, and May 19, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Rushworth Sims and Arthur Rushworth lima
merchants, Fish-street-hill, April 15, at -half-past one, and
May 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johu Cooper Newey, pork butcher, Wolverhampten,
April 18 and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham ,Dis-
trict Court.

George Howbeach Banaster, tailor and draper, Oldbury,
Worcestershire, April 15 and May 6, at doyen, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.
John Slorah, glass and lead merchant, Kidderminster,
April 18 and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.

Richard Day and Thomas Day, ship builders, Goole,
York, April 15, and May 13, at eleven at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. .
Joseph Deeley, beerseller, grinder, and polisher, Aston,
Warwickshire, April 18 and May 9, at eleven, at the Bit-
mAnghtim District Court.
Stephen Wrathall, cattle dealer, Linton, Yorksliiie,
April 15 and May 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
David Landale, junr., and Co., sometime the Durie Coal
Company, near Leven, Fife.
James Melven, clothier, Aberdeen.
John Dunsmuir and Sons, coalmasters, Barr Mill, Beith.
John Charles Sandell, Edinburgh, late army exchange
agent, Warw ek-street, Charing-cross.
George Middleton, wood merchant, Mansfield, Strath•
miglo, Fifeshire.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE..THIS DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto - 11 16f 11 161.
Antwerp -25 10 2.5 16
Brussels — 25 10 25 ,15
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 271 25 321
Frankfort on Maine — 1171 Int
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 351 3591
Madrid
Cadiz — 4910 -,•'4
Leghorn — 20 29 0
Genoa .-- 25 35 25 421
Naples
Palermo --121 121
Messina — 121 121
.—Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

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E.I. CO's big. House Ws. flOd:
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 .2
Bombay ditto -26i 24
Madras ditto - 26 - • 24
East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 18th ult, to
the 25th ult.

Benbal£343 19 0
Madras 0 0 0
Bombay. 0 0 0

£34319 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz. L 3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard).. ...... fl
0 5 2

WILLS.—The will and codicil of the Right Hon.
Frederick John Earl of Ripon, F.R.S., P.C. of Nocton
Park, Sleaford, Lincolnshire ; Mowbray Lodge, Ripon,
Yorkshire ; and Putney-heath, Surrey, were proved in Lon-
don on the 18th of March, 1859, by Vice-Admiral Sir
George Tyler, K .H., the acting executor • the other execu-
tor, Mr. Robert Gosling, of Botley, Chertsey, and of Fleet
street, having renounced. These two executors were
appointed by the codicil, dated the 23d July, 1856, the
testator having named in his will, dated the sth of Septeln
ber, 1850, as his executors Viscount Hardinge and the
Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, both of whom predeceased
the testator, who died on the 28th of January, 1859. The
will and codicil are short. His lordship has bequeathed to
his countess £20,000 absolutely, and all the furniture, linen,
china, &c., and the farming stock and a life interest in the
estates at Putney-heath, Nocton and Dunston. Leaves all
his manuscripts, correspondence, and papers to the countess •
for her life, and then to his son. Leaves the countess the
onepo rt roaf i thoi
mf,
shoe,
b father,ysir Robert, Duke of Buckingham, and
Thomas
Lawrence ; all other por-
traits, and the bust of King George IV,, which his Majesty
had himself presented to the earl, are to go and be held with
the estate of Nocton. Bequeaths to Madame Gandillot, who
was the companion of his late daughter, the interest of
£l,OOO for her life, and the principal to her son Charles.
Directs £l5O to be expended in the education of the children
of a late servant, deceased ; also an annuity of £5O to be
given to a former servant, who has since been in the employ
of his son ; £lOO to his steward and bailiff; and one year's
wages to all his servants, gardeners, and gamekeepers. Ap-
points his son, now Earl of Ripon, heretofore Viscount
Goderich, who is his only surviving child, the residuary
legatee. The personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. The
will of Vice-Admiral Villiers Francis Hatton of Eaton-
place, Belgrave-square, and of Dalgarry, Ireland, was
proved in London in- the principal Registry of the Court
of Probate by Colonel the Honourable James Lindsay
(Grenadier Guards), and Lieutenant-Colonel Villiers, La-
touche Hatton (Grenadier Guards), the son, the joint
executors. The personal property in England was
sworn under £B,OOO. The admiral has bequeathed his
freehold estates in Wexford and Waterford, Ireland, to
his son and to his issue, and, in default thereof, then
to his own. daughters and their issue. To each .daughter
he has given a sum of £lO,OOO, settled on them-
selves. To his executor, Colonel Lindsay, 100 guineas. To
his son he leaves the house in Eaton place, with all the
furniture, pictures, plate, ebina„ and,t4lS carriages and
horses ; and to his son's chi/dial ''he leaves the residue of
his property. The will is of some length, and was raid°
on the 18th of November, 1856. The admiral died on the
9th day of February, 1859. The will of the Right
Honourable Lady Sarah Taylor, of 3, Fairlawn House,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was proved in London on the 18th
of March, by Miss Elizabeth Lucy Taylor, her ladyship's
eldest daughter and sole acting executrix, a power being re-
served of making the like grant to Mr. William O'Bryen
Taylor, her ladyship's eldest son, and also executor, ap-
pointed by the will. Her ladyship has bequeated to her
said eldest son the salver and silver breakfast service pre-
sented to her late husband by the inhabitants of the town of
Tunbridge Wells ; also leaves to her said eldest son the
plate and plated articles which were baqueathedto her late
husband by John, Earl of Chatham ; with these exceptions,
she bequeaths the whole of her property to be divided
equally amongst her six children. The will is in ho lady-
ship's own handwriting, dated the 10th of April, 1858. Her
death occurred on the 9th of February, 1859. The person- 'l4
alty was sworn under £lB,ooo.—lllustrated London News.
SINGULAR DEATH.—An accident of a very- sin-
gular character occurred a few days ago to Mrs. Watson,
wife of Mr. Watson, dyer, of Artillery-place, Roundhay-
road, Leeds. A fortnight ago Mrs. Watson, whilst asleep,
swallowed four false teeth, which stuck fast in her throat.
Medical aid was called in, and she was attended by Mr.
Morley and Mr. S. Smith, who performed an operation, and
succeeded in partially dislodging the teeth, but not suffi-
ciently so, and Mrs. Watson expired on Saturday.—Leeds
Intellijencer.

THE MAIL SERVICE,--SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.
—The steamship Ceylon, Capt. Evans, left this day, with
the East India and China mails, 3,555 boxes of specie and
jewellery to the value of £960,U3, and 69 first class and 26
second class passengers, among whom are Major Fytche,
Col. Haly, Captains Campbell and Munroe, Lieutenants
Bailey, Hithers, Robinson, Butler, Carey, and Lloyd, and
13.0g14 Waton,