The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent on the death of Lieutenant-General G. G. Lewis,
C. 8., Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers, on the 24th
October, 1859
Major-General Sir J. M. F. Smith, to bo Lieutenant-
General.

Colonel Thomas Foster, Royal Engineers, to be Major
General.

Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Forbes, Captain half
pay Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Colonel.
Major Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe, of a Depot Battalion.
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain Charles Joseph lladfield, Royal Marines, to be
Major.
Second Captain Thomas Samuel Poer Field, of the Royal
Artillery, to be Major in the Army.
The Brevet Rank of Brevet-Major Wright Westcott
Davidson, 32d Bengal Native Infantry, has been antedated
to the 16th January, 1849.
Captain Robert Maxwell Johnstone, Ist Bombay Native
Infantry, to be. Major in the Army.
Captain Henry Knightley Burne, 2d Bengal Native In-
fantry, to be Major in the Army.
The Chriahtuutimo* of Dr.ovet-Lieutonarit -Colonel Spur-

gin, who was described in the "Gazette" of 28th October,
1859, as T. B. Spurgin, are "John Buck."
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.

Royal Cumberland Militia—William JohnJolui Robinson,
Gent., to be Quartermaster.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the
Resignation of the Commission held by Lieutenant "William
John Robinson.

COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Thomas
Mosley Crowder to be Captain, vice Raitt, resigned ; En-
sign Charles Rivers Bulkeley to be Lieutenant, vice Crow-
der, promoted. .

Oxfordshire Volunteer Rifie Corps--Joseph Henry War-
ner, Esq., of Balliol College, Lieutenant of the 2d Com-
pany, to be Captain of the 3d Company, vice Cullen, re-
signed ; William Holding, Esq., of St. s.ohn's College, to
be Lieutenant of the 2d Company, vice Warner, promoted.
6th Company of the Surrey Rifle 'Volunteers—Sir Henry
Fletcher to be Captain.
let or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Fre-
derick Joseph Thomas Nantes, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Crespin, resigned ; Charles Dowell, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Wells, promoted.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Robert Fair Sproule, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gunning,
resigned. _ _

South Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps—The Right
Hon. Thomas Heron Jones, Viscount Ranelagh, to be
Major.

4th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—Alfred Alexander, Esq..
to be Captain; Edward Russell Cummins, Gent., to be
Lieutenant ; John William Docwra, Gent., to be Ensign.
9th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers—The Right Hon. Gran-
ville Augustus William, Baron Radstock, to be Captain.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Wm. Coventry Oak and Chas. Hastings Snow, bankers,
Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire.

BANKRUPTS.

Wm. Attwells, victualler, Arundel-street, Strand.
Charles Koeber, woollen-draper, Vigo-street, Regent-
htreet, Middlesex.
William Maynard Aylward, wine merchant, Sermon-
lane, Doctors'-commons, City.
Walter Phillips Gunnyon, clothier, Liverpool.
Samuel Walters and Thomas Walters, cattle dealers,
Caverswell.
Thomas Henry Fairhall and William Suter, jun., iron-
mongers, London-road, Southwark.
William Rex, oowkeeper, Wandsworth and Putney.
Edward Leatherlands, licensed victualler, Aston•street,
Toll End, Tipton.
Percivall Tunstall, builder, Golden-hill, Stafford.
Benjamin Geldart Goode, brickmaker, Heston, Middle-
sex.

Leon Millard and Richard Harcourt, modellers, Birming-
ham.

Chas. Williner, printer, Liverpool.
Joseph Porter, Joseph Walmsley Porter, Thomas
Walmsley Porter, and Robert Rogers, screw bolt manfac-
turers, Salford.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

Robert Angus, milliner, Leith.
George Watson, farmer, Borelands, Perthshire.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act ith and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 2d day
of November, 1859:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £30,755,905 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 16,280,905
Silver Bullion .... -

230,755,9051

£30,755,905

BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal
Rest £14:135531:78000
3 5
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
rnissioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

3PARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities including
Dead NV ei,g,htAn-
unity) £10,875,157
Other Securities 18,800,026
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 555,481

Counts) 5,512,538
Other Deposits 14,571,610
Seven Day and
other Bills

£33,676,114
M. I

XV,,f;76,114
:ARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Nov. 3, 1859.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn-
putsd from Returns made in :the week ending the Ist day
of 11 1859, exclusive of thelduties of Customs paid or'
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain
Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America .. 24s 311

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS D.Y.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 151 11 15}
Antwerp
Brussels — 2.5 25 25 30
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — ll7
1171
_ _

Vienna
Trieste

12 76
12 65