The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-16 00:00:00

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 13.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Brenton Halliourton, Esq., Chief Justice of
Nova Scotia.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 14.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
John Stewart to the church at Lochgilphead, in the parish
of Glassary, in the presbytery of Inverary, and shire of
Argyll, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Mac-
farlane.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 15.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain George Thomas
Gough, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain,
vice King, who exchanges.
3d Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Richard James M. St.
George, from the 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, paying the
difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice Teevan,
who exchanges.
12th Light Dragoons--ilaptain William Wallis King, from
the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Gough, who
exchanges.
Military Train—Captain William Banks, from half-pay of
the late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Mac-
donald, promoted to an unattached Majority, without
purchase; Captain C. F. Hutton, from half-pay of the
late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain, vice Brevet-
Major Shervinton, promoted to an Unattached Majority,
without purchase; Lieutenant George Hall, from half-
pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice
Banks, who reverts to the half-pay of his former rank of
Captain in that Corps from the Ist April, 1857; Lieu-
tenant George Edwards, from half-pay of the late Land
Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Hutton, who re-
verts to the half-pay of his former rank of Second Cap-
tain in that Corps from the Ist April, 1857.
9th Regiment of Foot—Captain John Molloy, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the difference,
vice Brevet-Major H. B. Scott, seconded, having been
appointed District Inspector of Musketry at the Cape of
Good Hope; Lieut. Henry Collingwood Vibart to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Molloy, who retires ; William
Queale, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roberts,
promoted.
11th Foot—Captain Edward G. Keppel Ravenhill, from
the 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dickinson, who ex-
changes.
15th Foot—Lieut. William Robertson Tyler to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Morshead, who retires.
36th Foot—Lieut. Arthur Francis Kelsey to be Adjutant,
vice C. D. James, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
39th Foot—Ensign Edward John Armytage, from the Rifle
Brigade, to be Ensign, vice Kerr, who exchanges.
41st Foot—Lieut. Henry Seymour Hill to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Dixon, deceased ; Ensign Ralph Sadler
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hill.
52d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Henley to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bayley, who retires; Ensign
Reginald G. Wilberforce to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Henley.
64th Foot—Lieutenant David Gardiner to be Instructor of
Musketry.
70th Foot—For Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be Lieu-
tenant, &c., which appeared in the " Gazette" of Bth
April, 1859, read Lieutenant Arthur Saltmarshe to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Mulock.
72d Foot--ILieutenant Charles Wellesley Vesey to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Buchanan, who retires ; Ensign
James Drummond Stewart to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Vesey.
74th Foot—Ensign William Henry Beere, from the 12th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Whimster, deceased.
84th Foot—The appointment of Surgeon La Presle. from
the Staff, as stated in the " Gazette " of 314 December,
1858, has been cancelled.
86th Foot—Lieutenant George Albert Conran has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his com-
mission.
94th Foot—Lieutenant George James Teevan, from the 3d
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice St. George, who
exchanges.
96th Foot—Ensign Charles Edward Wright to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice H. L.. Williams, who retires.
99th Foot—Captain William Speke Dickenson, from the
11th Foot, to be Captain, vice Ravenhill, who exchanges.
Rifle Brigade—Ensign Francis Ernest Kerr, from the
39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Armytage, who exchanges ;
Surgeon Joseph Thomas La Presle, from the Staff, to be
Surgeon, vice Sanders, who exchanges.
DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain William Edward Wal-
lace, from the 26th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Buchanan,
promoted to an Unattached Majority, without purchase.
COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy-Commissary-
General William Bishop to be Commissary-General ; De-
puty-Commissary-General Thomas Christie Weir to be
Commissary-General.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon H. S. Sanders, from the
Rifle Brigade, to be Surgeon, vice La Presle, who ex-
changes.
UNATTACHED.—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
Donald Stewart, from half•pay, 84th Foot, Staff Officer of
Pensioners, to be Major, without purchase.
BREVET.—Captain ohn Molloy, of the 9th Foot, to be
Major in the Army; Brevet-Major John Molloy, of the
9th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 15. •
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant Robert Hanson Coldwell.
having obtained a first-class certificate at the School of
Musketry at Hythe, has been appointed by the General
Commanding-in-Chief, with the concurrence of the Secre-
tary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to
the 2d Stafford Regiment of Militia, vice Captain Wilson,
promoted.

COMMISSIONS BY THE QUEEN.
King's Own Light Infantryßegiment of Militia—James
Little, Esq., to be Paymaster.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Captain Bryan Thornhill to be Adjutant.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Colonel John Wilson Patten, M. P., to be Vice-Lieutenant
of Lancashire 'luring the temporary absence from England
of the Lord-Lieutenant of that county.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Lieutenant
George Rashleigh Gompertz to be Captain, vice Traherne,
promoted.

- - Norfolk Militia Artillery—Second Lieutenant the Ho-
nourable Harbord. Harbord to be First Lieutenant, vice
Thierens, resigned.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia.—George
Duke Ormsby, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice John
Allan Johnson, resigned ; William Constable Brown Con-
stable, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice John Hay,
promoted ; John Allan Johnson, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, vice Augustus Walter Cruikshank, promoted.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the " Gazette" of the 12th instant.]
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—John Lechmere,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, promoted.
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment
of Militia.—The Queen has been pleased to accept the resig-
nation of his Commission by Ensign Edwin Robert Ives.

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE
MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 14.
Notice is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and Ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri-
bution of proceeds received and tonnage bounty awarded for
the slave schooner Abbot Devereux, captured on the Ist
August, 1857, by her Majesty's ship Teazer, will commence
on Wednesday, the 20th April, 1859, in the Prize Branch of
the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of
any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are reques3ed
to present the same at this office.
Any Officer, Seaman, Marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or
of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required
to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On Prize
Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London "
in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely
stated, as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Cus-
toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it Would be con-
venient to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in the
several classes :

Flag share ..... £62 19 1
Commander.... 149 10 5
Fourth class ... 69 0 4
Fifth class .... 38 6 10
Sixth class 34 10 1

Seventh class X 23 0 2
Eighth class ll 10 4
Ninth class 7 13 4
Tenth class 3 16 8

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Adam Bannister Goss, brewer, Ormskirk, Lancashire.

BANKRUPTS.

James Newton, hop merchant, Camberwell, Surrey, to
surrender. May 2, at half•past twelve, and 30, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
James Brent Price, draper, Leicester, May 3 and 31, at
eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Francis Worrall Stevens, dealer in shares, Royal En.
change, City, May 2, at eleven, and May 30, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
James Hamer and John Hamer, flour dealers, Bolton-
le-Moors, Lancashire, May 3 and 24, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court.

William Norris and Jane Norris, ship and anchor smiths,
Liverpool, May 5 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
John M'Lachlan, ironmonger, Stirling.
John Wright, grocer, Hanley, Staffordshire, now residing
in Glasgow.
Alexander Christie, now deceased, ironmaster, Burntis-
land, Fifeshire.
Alexander Hay, shoemaker, Glasgow.

BANK OF ENGLAND'.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day
of April, 1859:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £32,397,090 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 17,922,090
Silver Bullion .... -

X 32,397,090
BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-__ _
___ 1

£32,397,090

IEPARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £11,371,118
Other Securities 10,938,400
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 674,444

tit y £14,553,000
Rests 3,133,972
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
mis stoners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

counts) 5,026,939
Other Deposits 15,981,833
Seven Day and
other Bills

819,228

£39,514,972
M. ]

x 39,514,972
.RSHALL, Chief Cashier,

Dated April 14,1859.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 12th day
of April, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

From the British possessions in America Pere
27s 61c1
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius .. 32s 3fd
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 30s 110
Average price of the foregoing ............ 304 8d

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 8.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
B. Kerferd as Consul-General in England for the Republic
of Salvador.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 16.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John
Treeby as Vice-Consul at Plymouth for his Majesty the
King of the Belgians.