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

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

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WHITEHALL, JAN. 26.

The Queen has 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 John Paking,ton, Bart. • Vice-Admiral
William Fanshawe Martin; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir
Richard Saunders Dundas, L.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 Hen.
William Ewart Gladstone to be her Majesty's Lord High
Commissioner in and for the United States of the lonian
Islands.

WAR-OFFICE, DALL-MALL, JAN. 28.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Assistant-Surgeon
-Stewart Aaron Lithgow' from the 75th Foot, to
bo Assistant-Surgeon, vice Smith, promoted on the Staff.
9th Light Dragoons.—Cornet anid Adjutant Richard Freer
Thonger to have the rank of Lieutenant.
17th Light Dragoons.—Cornet Henry Richard Abadie,
from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be 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 be 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 be Lieuten-*
ant, by purchase, vice Stack, promoted.
12th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Henry Francis
Lynch, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. •
13th Foot—Gerard Septimus Burton, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wynen, promoted ; Charles F.
Powell, Gent., tobe Ensign, without purchase, vice Hugh
Robinson, who resigns; Assistant-Surgeon ohn Stuart,
from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon.
14th Foot—Brevet-Major Wm. Temple Parratt, from the
68th 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-
moted.
16th Foot—Edward Daly, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Longbourne, 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 Fopt—The promotion of Ensign E. H. 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 Brouncker, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Fitz Maurice, promoted.

34th Foot—Gerald iii-enan, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Saunders, pro-
motod.

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 Parrett, who exchanges ; Assistant-
Surgeon William Snell, from the 65th Foot, to be Assist-
tent-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 Assistaiit-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.ll.
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.
Rifle Brigade—William Coracle° 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.B. 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 BITTALION.—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles

Lavallin Nugent, from the 58th Foot, to be Major, vice
Hood, who exchanges.
UNATTACHED.—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.

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 March
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 Ceiling, shipping agents,
Skinner's-place, Sise-lane, Feb. 8, at one, and March 11, at
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Fox Oppenheim, master mariner, John-street,
Minories, Feb. 12, at one, and March 15, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Wm. Hunt. Ben., greengrocer, William-street, Lisson-
grove, Feb. 11. and March:ll, 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 M'lntosh, general merchant, Portree.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account,- pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 26th day
of January, 1859 • - -

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
i
Notes issued £33,031,885 Government Debt £11,015,100
-Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 18,556,885
Silver Bullion .... -

Z 33,031,8851

033,031,885

Proprietors' Capi-
tal£l4,ss3,ooo
Rest! 2,258,769
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis -
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

.EPARTMNNT.
1 Government Secu-

rities (including
Dead NV eightAn-

nuity) £10,698,807
Other Securities 16,595,620
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 620,969

counts) 6,520,053
Other Deposits 15,037,304
Seven Day and
other Bills 867,370
£40,236,496
M. 3
Dated Jan. 27,1859.

240,236,496
SHALL, Chief Cashier.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 26th day
of Jan., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :
Per owt.
From the British possessions in America 29s ld
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 36s lid
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 29s 2'd
Average price of the foregoing 3os 5d

of Corpus Christi College, are desired to pay the statutable
fee of £l.

The Laudian 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. Gandall, M.A., Mag-
dalene Hall, on Tuesday, February 8, between 2 and 3
o clock.

The Reader in Experimental Philosophy (Mr. Walker)
propeses to deliver during the present _term two courses of
Lectures on Heat. The 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 have 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 in the lecture room at the
Clarendon on Wednesday next, between the hours of 2 and
3, or before the first lecture.
The Pnelector of Theology in Magdalen College (Mr.
Hansen) will continue his course of Cateehetical 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-
ting to the Teit 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 " Fanailus uterque Frocuratonun in annum
designatUs,' haec verba '5O 0 0' abrogare, et in eorum loeum
subrogare 30 00. "