The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-07 00:00:00

BREVET.

Major-General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Bart,
K.C.8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in
North America.

Captain Robert Ficklin, 47th Foot to be Major in the
Army.

Brevet. Major Robert Ficklin, 47th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Army.
Lieut. Charles Johnson Nicholson, of the 54th Regi-
ment Bengal Native Infantry (doing dut at the East India
Depot at Worley, vice Gordon, resigned), to have the rank
of Lieutenantin wfure so ems oyed.
MEMORANDUM.—Brevet-Colonel Charles Robert Raitt
and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Stewart, upon half-
pay as Majors unattached, have been permitted to retire
from the service by the sale of their Commissions, for the
purpose of becoming settlers in Canada.

WAR •OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MAY 6,

MEMORANDUM.—Lieut. William Griffin Stack having
obtained a First Class Certificate at the School of Musketry
at Ilythe, has been appointed by the General Command-
ing-in-Chief. with the concurrence of the Secretary of State
for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to the sth Mid-
dlesex Regiment of Militia.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
County of Middlesex—To be Deputy Lieutenants—Joseph
Arden, Esq.; William Bird, Esq. ; Hans Busk, junior,
Esq. ; Samuel Fisher, Esq. ; William Henry Griffiths,
Esq. ; Richard Hall, Esq. ; Charles Henry Mills, Esq. ;
James Montgomery, Esq. ; Henry Paull,
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County of Lincoln—Guildford James Hillier Onslow,
Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—Charles Edmond Hassell
Alpe, Gent., to be Ensign.
County of Norfolk—The Honourable George Watson
Mines to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Richard Henry Weyland,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
Norfolk Militia Artillery—Second Lieutenant the Honour-
able Harbord Harbord to be First Lieutenant, vice
Thierens, resigned ; Henry Harington Molyneux Seel,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Harbord, promoted.
West Somerset lteghnent of Yeomanry Cavalry—Brins-
ley De Courcy Nixon, Gent , to be Cornet, vice Sewell, re-
signed.

-5-Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Edwin Robert Ives,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Montagu Calcraft, Gent.,
promoted Richard George Glyn, Gent., to be
Queen's Own Regiment
to
of Yeomanry
haugh, promo , Cornt , vice t her Cavalry—Williams
t on-
Cornet, vice Hussey, resigned.
ThomasEnFsiirgu John Gatehouse to be Lieutenant, vice
First Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Mott, promoted ; Lieutenant Walter Richard Hickman to
be Captain, vice Mott, resigned ; Ensign Walter Ormerod
Beales to be Lieutenant, vice Hiclanan, promoted. •
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Evan Francis Anderton, Esq., to be Captain, vice James
Robert James Gregg, resigned.
Royal Carnarvonshire Militia—Her Majesty has been
graciously pleased to accept the resignation of the commis-
sion held by Captain. Pennant Athelwold Iremonger, as
Adjutant of the Royal Carnarvonshire Militia.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—The Queen
has been graciously pleased to accept the Resignation of
Captain Joseph Dingwell.

BANKRUPTS. • •
Thomas Wescott and William Wescott, paiier` manu-
facturers, Commercial-road, Lambeth, to surrender, May
17, at one, and June 16, at twelve, at the Court of, Bank-
ruptcy.

henry SherwoOd, cloth man'ufaturer, Esholt, York-
shire, May 31 and June 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. -

Arthur Ledger, grocer, Great, Pearl-street, Spitalfields,
May 12, at half-past one, and June 9, at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Gyies Bingley, druggist, Manchester, May 19,
and June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Frederick Mayaton, grocer, Huddersfield, May 31. at
half-past eleven, and June 21, at twelve, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. _ , _

Thomas Cheethath and Thomas Thornley, hosiers, Bu-
ford, Nottinghamshire, May 17, and Juno 14, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court.
George Cox and George Cox, jun., butchers, Northamp-
ton-row, Holloway, May 20, at half-past twelve, and ,Tune
7, at one, at the Court ef Bankruptcy.
John Penney, merchant, Lincoln, May 25 and June 22,
at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
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artatihne, iEroxnemteornDgieart,HEctxecteora,rtM. ay 18, and Juno 18,
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

John Blair, joiner, Glasgow.
John Chambers Proudfoot, timber merchant, Glasgow.
Frederick James Audsley, merchant, Glasgow.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the Week ending on Wednesday, the 4th day
of May, 1859:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ... ... x 31,016,035 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 16,571,035
Silver

£31,016,035j

£31,040,035

BANKING DEPARTMENT.
proprietors' Capi- Government Secu-
tal £14,553,000 rities (including
Rest
Public Deposits (in- unity) X11,371,118
eluding Exche- Other Securities 19,137,314
quer, Savings Notes
Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver
rnissioners of Coin
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) ......... 5,468,008
Other Deposits.... 15,963,971
Seven Day and
other Bills 781,760

634,445