The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-30 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, Arm, 27.

The Queen has been plmed to appoint Frepman Tup-
per, Charles Dickey, and Chas. Whitman, Esquires, to be
Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of
Nova Scot:a ; Alexander Perceval and Angus Flet-
cher, Esquires, to be Members of the Legislative Coun-
cil of the Colony of Hong Kong; Nathaniel Butter-
field, Esquire, to be a Member of the Council of the
Bermudas, or Somers Islands; and Robert Hutchison and
George Blankson, Esquires, to be Members of the Legis-
lative Council of her Majesty's Forts and Settlements on
the Gold Coast.

ller Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Daniel
William Blyth, Esquire, to be Master Attendant of Gallo,
is the Island of Ceylon; William Eversley, Esquire, to be
Postmaster for the Island of Trinidad ; and Sholto Pem-
berton, Esquire, to be Chief Justice of the Island of Do-
minica.

FOREIGN OFFICE, APRIL 18.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Capt.
Richard Francis Burton to be her Majesty's Consul at Fer-
nando Po, and in the Territories on the Western Coast of
Africa comprised within the Bight of Biafra, and lying
between Cape Formoso and Cape St. John.
Ap RIL 30.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Michel
Francois Edmond Verdier-Latour as Consul at Birming-
ham, and of M. Henri Eugene Astor Edouard Boisselier
as Consul at Leeds, for his Majesty the Emperor of the
French.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 30.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet Samuel Charles
Newton, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet (pay-
ing the difference), vice Callender, who has retired.
2d Dragoon Guards—Captain Augustus Barton White,
from the 15th Foot, to be Captain, vice Silvester Calvet t,
who exchanges.
sth Dragoon Guards—Ensign William Bennion Foulkes,
from the Cheshire Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Kington, promoted. •
6th Dragoons—Cornet William Valentine King to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Napier, promoted ; Cornet
Hamilton John Wallace to bo Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Billingt on, promoted.
11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Waste' Brisco to be Lieu-

tenant, by purchase, vice Charles Philip Viscount
Royston, who retires.
16th Light Pragoons--Lieutenant Frederick Stoodley to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Francis Paynton Pigott,
who retires ; Cornet William John Wauchope to be
Lieutenant by purchase, vice Stoodley.
Royal Engineers—Paymaster William Henry Browning,
from the 3d West India Regiment, to le Paymaster,
vice Charles Wilkinson, appointed to the 3d West India
Regiment.
2d Regiment of Foot—Cheslyn Abney Blyth, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice George Cox, appointed
to the 87th Foot; William Mackie, Gent., to be Ensign,

without purchase, vice Van llonirigh, promoted.
sth Foot—llenry Fertars lluntley, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice James John Peter, appointed to

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Foot.
foot—Lieutenant
lath St. Andrew B. St. John to be Cap-
tain,the
without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Patterson,
who retires upon full-pay; Ensign George Henry Wynn
Tremenheere to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice

St. John.
11th Foot—Lieutenant William Mclntosh, from half-pay
Unattached, late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieuten-
r ant, vice Benjamin Oliver Johnson, who retires upon
half-pay ; Samuel Halahan, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice James John Peter, appointed to the
sth Foot.
121.:I.1 Foot—Lieutenant Sewell Ormsby, from half-pay 6th
Foote to be Lieutenant, vice James Fielding Sweeney,
promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Com-
pany ; Ens:sn IYillnrn T.nwis Murphy to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ormsby, who retires.
15th Foot—Captain Silvester Calvert, from the 2d Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain, receiving the former difference
between Cavalry and Infantry, vice Augustus Baron
White, who exchanges ; Ensign Do Burgho Edward
Hodge to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas
Shfrley Ball, who retires.
24th FOt—Ensign Oscar Henry Blount, from the 77th
Foot, to he Ensign, vice Sinclair, appointed to the 38th
Foot.
49th Foot—Ensign Wm. John Gillespie to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Wm. Magee, who retires •, Lieutenant
Walter James Tvnled, from the Royal North Lincoln
Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gillespie.
.57th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Aldersey James Shortt to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Henry Douglas M. Shu:e,
deceased ; Ensign Henry Francis Emly to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Shortt ; Sergeant-Major George
flummin to bo Ensign, without purcase, vice Ently.
58th Foot—Ensign Richard Pearson Crozier, from the
15th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Creagh, appointed to the
42d Foot.
65th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Baillie to be Captain,
without purchase,-vice Thomas George Strange, killed
in action; Ensil Andrew Pagan to be Lieutenant,
. without purchase, vio Baillie
66th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Austin to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Charles Jaines Fox Gore, who retires;
Ensign Thomas Gambell to be Lieutenant, by purchase,

vice Austin.
68th Foot—Walter John Clifford, dent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Bolden, promoted.
84th Foot—Ensign Arthur Henry Messiter to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Alexander Jason Hassard, who
retires ; Henry Aldridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Messiter.
96th Foot—For Ensign Augustus Frederick Arthur Hill,
as hitherto stated, read Ensign the Hon. Augustus Fre-
derick Arthur Sendys.
Rifle Brigade—Captain and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. Lei-
cester Curzon to be Major, by purchase, vice Edward
Newdigate, promoted to an Unattached Lieutenant-
Colonelcy ; Lieutenant Charles Thomas Bunbury, ti bo
Captain, vice Brevet-Colonel the Hon. L. Curzon; En-
sign Gcorge Stanley Byng to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice 13unbury ; Henry Studholme Brownrigg, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Byng.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Henry Kean,
from half-pay, Unattached, late Land Transport Corps,
to be Lieut!nant, vice James Gerrard King, who retires
upon half-pay.
3d West India Regiment—Paymaster Charles Wilkinson,
from Pa' master of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engi-
neers, to bct Paymaster, vice William Henry Browning,
appointed to the Royal Engineers.
Ceylon Rifle Reg: went—Captain and Brevet-Major Lionel
Hook to be Major, without purchase, vice Wm. Charles
Vanderspar, decease .1 ; Lieutenant Gother Mann Parsons
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major
Hook ; Ensign John Jables to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Parsons; Daniel Rogers Falkiner, Gent.,
ti be Ensign,without purchase, vice James.
St. Helena Regiment—Ensign George Henry Evans, from
the Bedford Militia, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Nash, promoted.
UNATTACHED.—Major Edward Newdigate, from thq.Ritle
Brigade, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase.
CI AI DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Henry Hutton
Parry, M.A., Chaplain of the 4th Class, has been per-
mitted to resign his Commission.
BREVET.
Captain George Lyon, half-pay, Unattached, to be
Major in the Army,
Second Captain Charles Bailey, half-pay, Royal Engi-
neers, to be Major in the Army.
Captain .Walter Butler, half•pay, Unattached, to be
Major in the Army.
Brevet-Major George Lyon, half-pay, Unattached, to b@
Lieutenant. Colonel in the Army.
Brevet• Major Chiß. Bailey, half-pay Royal Engineers,
to be Lieutenant-Coloxel in the Army.
Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Doyle Patterson,
retired, full pay, 11th Foot, to have the honorary rank
of Lieutenant-Oolonel in the Army.
The under-mentioned Paymasters to have the honorary
rank of Captain under the Royal Warrant of the 27th
January. 1860 :
Paymaster (The Winans, Military Train.
Paymaster Thomas Bryson. Military Train.
MEMORANDA.
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Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan Munro Bethune, half-pay,
unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his Commission, ho being about to become a
sot`ler in British North America.
The undermentioned Officers, upon half-pay, have been
permitted t retire from the Service by the sale of their
Comnlisions, under the conditions of the Horse Guards'
Circular Memorandum of the 15th Feb., 1861.
Captain George Lyon, half-pay, Unattached.
Captain Walter Butler, half•pay, Unattached.
Captain and Brevet-Colonel John R. Blagden Hale,
half-pay, Unattached.
Secoud Captain Charles Bailey, half-pay, Royal En-
gineers.

ADMIRALTY, APRIL 26.
Corps of Royal Marines—Firkt Lieutenant and Adjutot

Francis William Thomas to be Captain, vice Dyer, placed
on half-pay; Second Lieutenant Henry Holdsworih Kelly
to be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas, promoted.

BANKRUPTS.

Jarnes Perrott, draper, Cheddar, Somerntshire, to sur-
render May 13 and Juno 10, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court.

Alfred Williams, builder, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, May
15 and June 12, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court.
John Gibson, licensed victualler, Birmingham, May 9
and 30, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
James Graham, blue manufacturer, Liverpool, May 7
and June 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Thomas Theophilus Tyzack, flour dealer, Liverpool,
May 14 and June 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court.

Thomas Mould, farmer, Sudbury, May 16 and June 6,
at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham.
Thomas William Randall, corn dealer, Wrexham, Buck-
inghamsbit e, May 14 and June 12, at half-past twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Ann Cox, publican, Bedminster, May 13 and June 10,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.

George Pearson, machine maker, Manchester, May 17
and June 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.

George Peffani, sail maker, Minories, May 10, at half-
past one, and Juno 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Trevett, bootmaker, Sheffield, Msy 11 and June
15. at ten, at the Leeds District Court.

Charles Wakefield Jenner, surgeon, Hunmanby, York-
shire, May 22 and June 19, at twelve, at the Town-hall,
Kingston-upon-Hul.
George Wall, brewer, Canterbury, May 14, at twelve, and
June 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lucinda Tails, bookseller, 21, Warwick-square, City,
May 14 and June 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Robert Waudby Kirkus, druggist, Walton-on-the-Hill,
Lancashire, May 7 and June 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court.

William Clayton, Joseph, Wilkinson Clayton, and
Christopher Billington, builders, Maningham, Yorkshire,
May 27 and Juno 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
John Argent, innkeeper, Fleet-street, May 14 and June
18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Benfield, innkeeper, Nuneaton, Warwickshire,
May 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.

TVMA RKET RA CES.—(This Day.)

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