The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-22 00:00:00

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, APRIL 18.

The Qneen was this day pleased to'confer the honour of
Knighthood upon .Hugh Hill, Esq., one of the Judges of
her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench.

DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 19.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henry
Adams, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the Colony of
Hong Kong.

WHITEHALL, APRIL 20.
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 Somerset Pakington, Bart.; Vice-
Admiral Wm. Fanshawe Martin ; Vice-Admiral th Hon.
Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral
Sir Henry John Leeke, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Alexander
Milne K.C.8., and the Hon. Frederick Lygon, to be her
Majesty's Commissioners for executing the office of Lord
High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and territories
thereunto belonging.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 21.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Palermo, stating that
the King of Naples has granted permission to imporecorn,
free of duty, into Sicily, for two months, from the 30th of
March last.

WAR-OPFTCE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 22.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant George Paulet,
from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Geo.
Campbell Ross, who exchanges.
sth Light Dragoons—Comet Robert Mather to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Bright, who retires.
Bth Light Dragoons—Lieutenant George Campbell Ross,
from the 2d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice George
Paulet, who exchanges.
17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Walter Raymond Nolan
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Baring, who has retired.
Military Train—Lieutenant Charles Turville Wilson, from
• the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant,
vice Whittington, who exchanges. The appointment of
Cornet H. D. J. Macleod, from half-pay of the late Land
Transport Corps, to be Ensign, as stated in the Gazette
of 30th July, 1868, has been esnoollcd.
6th Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Patrick Sheeran,
from the 96th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Jamieson,
who exchanges.
7th Foot—Captain Thomas George Dupre Payn, from the
61st Foot, to be Captain, vice Thurston, who exchanges.
Bth Foot—Lieut. William Frederick Metge to be Captain,
by purchase, vice John Alan M'Donald, who retires ;
Ensign Philp Homer Page to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Metge.
9th Foot—Captain Thomas Grace, from half-pay, Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Baillie, who exchanges ; En-
sign Brownlow Villiers. Layard to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Vibart, promoted.
10th Foot—Captain William James Hales, from the 60th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Medhurst, who exchanges.
11th Foot—Lieut. A. F. De .B. Dixon to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Peebles, promoted ; Ensign Percival W.
Jordan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dixon.
18th Foot—Ensign Francis Wallis Lipscomb to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Watt, deceased.
38th Foot—Lieut. Philip Homan Eyre to be Adjutant, vice
Lieut. Evans, who has retired.
39th Foot—Lieut. John Du Boulay Blennerhassett, from
the Royal Wiltshire Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Hussey, who resigns. •
40th Foot--Lieut. Theophilus Bolton to be Captain, by
purchase, vice O'Hara, who retires.
43d Foot—Ensign-W(3min to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Benett, who retires.
60th Foot—Captain John William Medhurst, from the 10th
Foot, to be Captaintvice Hales who exchanges.
61st Foot—Captam Henry Neville Cotton Thurston, from
the 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas George Dupre
Payn, who exchanges,
69th Foot—Major Percival Fenwick to be Lieut.-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Hickey, who retires Captain Augustus
Barnard Harkey to be Major, by purchase, vice Fen•
wick.
75th Foot—Captain George Alfred Currie 'from half-pay
Unattached, to be Captain, repaying the' difference, vice
Brevet-Major B. D. W. Ramsay, who exchanges '' ' Lieu-
tenant William Clive Justice to be Captain; by puichase,
vice Currie, who retires ; Ensign Hugh Barton Gled-
stanes, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice -Justice.
76th Foot—Lieutenant William Frederick Field, from the
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice
Macdonald, who exchanges. •
78th Foot—Captain• Ang.usten E. Warren, from the 82d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Herbert Taylor
Macpherson, who exchanges.
82d Foot—Brevet-Major Herbert Taylor Macpherson, from
the 78th Foot, to be Captain, vice Warren, who ex-
changes.
96th Foot--Quartermaster James Jamieson, from the 6th
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Sheeran, • who ex-
changes. •
97th Foot—Ensign. Richard B. Hamilton Lowe to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase vice /sPliay, deceased.
99th root—Ensign Alexander Gray to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Clarkson, promoted. Coast Artillery Corps—Lieutenant Thomas G. Danger
to be Adjutant, vice Bolton, who resigns the Adjutancy
°fay.
Boyd Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant George John
Charles Whittington' freni 'the Military Train, to be
Lieutenant, vice Wilson, 'who exchanges • Lieutenant
Mortimer James Macdonald, from the -78th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Field, who exchanges. -
School of Musketry—Ensign James Slack, from the 63d
Foot, to be Quarterinaster,. with the rank of Lieutenant.
HOSPITAL STAFF—Acting •Assistant-Surgeon George
Hayward has been permitted to resign his appointment.

UNATTACHED.
Cornet H. D. J. Macleod, from half-pay of the late Land
Transport Corps, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.

BREVET.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry C. Rawlinson, K.C.8.,
a Member of the 'Council for India, and a retired officer on
the Bombay Establishment, to have the local rank of Major-
General in Persia, while holding the office of her Majesty's
Minister, in that country.
Captain George Alfred Currie, 75th Foot, to be Major
in the Army.
Captain Huntly Rothery Garden, 2d Bengal Native In-
fantry, to be Major in the Army.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the death of Lieutenant-General Sir Joseph Thackwell,
G.C.8., Colonel of the 16th Light Dragoons, on Bth April,
1859 :

Major-General Berkeley Drummond, Colonel of the 3d
Foot, to be Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel George Bell, C. 8., Inspecting Field
Officer of a recruiting district, to be Major-General.
Brevet-Lieutenant Colonel John F. du Vernet, Captain
half-pay Royal African Corps, Staff-Officer of Pensioners,
to be Colonel. '
Brevet-Major William Henry Kenny, Captain half-pay
6/st Foot, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant•
Colonel.

Captain Thomas Teulon, 35th Foot, to be Major.
The following promotion should have been included in
the succession to the late General F. C. White '
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Major-General J. H. Richardson, upon half-'pay as Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Unattached, to have the rank of Lieutenant-
General.

The undermentioned promotions to take place in the
Indian Military Forces of her Majesty, consequent on the
death of General William Charles Fraser, Madras Infantry,
on 4th March, 1859, and of General John Mac limes, Ben-
gal Infantry, on 12th March, 1859 :

TO BE GENERALS.

Lieutenant-General John Carfrae, Madras Infantry.
Lieutenant- General George Jackson, Madras Infantry.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS.

Major-General Samuel-Shaw, Bengal Artillery.
14ajor-General Fredk. Larkins Doveton, Madras Cavalry.

TO BE MAJOR GENERALS.
Colonel Henry Macan, Bombay Infantry.
Colonel William Sage, Bengal Infantry.
The undermentioned Officers of the Indian Military
Forces of her Majesty, retired upon full-pay, to have a
step of honorary rank, as follows
Colonel Augustus Samuel Hawkins, Bombay Infantry,
to be Major-General.
TO BE CLONELS.
Lieutenant-Colonel FrederiOck Conyers Cotton, Madras
Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel-Tudor Lavie, Madras Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Wilson Auld, Bombay In-
fantry.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Major William Charles Western, Madras Infantry.
Major William Henry Larkins, Bengal Infantry.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT
County of Wilts—John Du Boulay, Esq., to be Deputy
to be Deputy
Lieutenant; William Henry Hitchcock, Esq.,
Lieutenant.,
Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Charles, Lord Wors-
ley, to be Captain, vice Nanney, resigned.
West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Capt. the
Earl of Darnley to be Major, vice Chapman, resigned,
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Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
Rupert P. Featherstonhaugh to bo Lieutenant, vice Lieut.
the Lord Ashley, resigned.
4th or Royal. South Middlesex Regiment of Militia
Michael Angelo, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Jackson, pro-
'noted. . _ _ _

sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia—James Edward Gibson, Gent., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Pierce, resigned.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own Light Infantry Regi-
ment of Militia—Lieut. George Barlow to be Captain, vice
Cohn 'Henry Blake, resigned; Ensign Henry Maxwell
oward to be Lieutenant, vice George Barlow, promoted.
Royal Ayrshire Rifles—Robert Sheddon Patrick, Gent.,
Lo be Lieutenant.

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BANKRUPTS.
....Richard Blackburn, tailor, London-wall, to surrender
'laY 5 and June 2, at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy. _
William Willsher, licensed victualler, Maidstone, May 5)
at eleven, and June 2, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Casper, shoe manufacturer Norwich, May 6 and
June 2, at one, at the Court of Bankimptcy.
William Nathaniel Wynn, auctioneer, Greenwich, May
6, at twelve, and June 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bank
Ptcy.
John Latch, ship broker, Bristol, May 3, and June 6, at
eleven at the Bristol District Court.
ohi
John Hutchinson Stothard, saddler, Swinefleet, York-
re, May 10, and June 6, at eleven, at the Commercial-
buildings, Leeds.
Mark Benton, and John Benton, builders, Leeds, May 6,
and June 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
, William Hamilton, joiner, Holytown, Lanarkshire.
Alexander Kelt, watchmaker, Dundee.
Alexander Anderson, tavern keeper Edinburgh.
Thomas Brown, flesher, Glasgow.
' 'William Smith, fruit dealer, Glasgow.
George Gunn, farmer, Rhives, Sutherlandshire.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
• Admiralty, Somerset-house, April 20, 1859.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now being made for the intended
distribution of the award for salvage services rendered to
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MANLY MARICET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

As usual on Good Friday, the Bank, Lloyd's,
Stock Exchange, and other places of business resort,
are closed. To-morrow (Saturday) will also be
observed as a holiday at the Stock Exchange, and,
as was the case last year, transactions in other
departments will be curtailed as much as possible.
It is expected, however, that there will be a
larger attendance of speculators in the City to-
morrow than is usual on a holiday, owing to the
excitement and depreciation caused yesterday by
the advices from the Continent.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam Short. 11 141 11 15f
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17
Antwerp - 25 15 20 0
Brussels — 25 15 20 0
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 27/. 25 32/
Frankfort on Maine —117 i
Vienna
Trieste
Petershurgh — 341 34
IVladrid
Cadiz — 491 49f
Leghorn — .30 0 30 5
Genoa — 25 30 25 35
Naples -40a 40'
Palermo — 121} 121:
Messina — 121 122.
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

E.I. 6"s ble. House ble. 60d,
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 241
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto — 26
East India Company s Bills drawn, from the 26th ult. to
the 9th inst.

Bengal £433 6 8
Madras 0 0 0

Bombay

0 0 0

£433 6 8

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard). per oz. L 3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 2

THE NA VY.

The Hannibal, 91, screw steam ship, Capt. G. T.
Gordon, C. 8., steam reserve guard ship at Ports-
mouth, was yesterday brought down the harbour
and berthed alongside the Bellerophon. She will be
unable to go into dock until the next spring tides.
Her crew are to be granted short leave ashore.
The Doris, 32, screw steam frigate, Capt. E.
Heathcote, yesterday got under weigh from Spit-
head for a screw trial in Stokes Bay. The common
screw was used on this occasion of the same
dimensions as would be the case were the ship
proceeding to sea, the diameter being 18 feet.
The mean speed of four runs at the measured
mile gave a result of 11.873 knots, showing a con-
siderable improvement on her last trial. In mak-
ing the sixth run through the bay an accident
occurred which unfortunately was attended with
the loss of the life of a boy. A small coasting
smack, the Lark, of Christchurch, was seen stand-
ing towards the ship's course, and was motioned
to port her helm, but whether the men got flurried,
and too confused to carry out any measures for their
own safety, it is impossible to say, but every possible
exertion used on board the Doris to prevent a col-
lision was of no avail—her whisker caught the
smack's topmast, and considerably damaged her
stern. A boy on board the smack jumped over-
board and was drowned.

Her Majesty's screw steam troop ship Urgent,
Commander Hire, arrived at Spithead yesterday
from Bantry Bay.
The Supply, screw steam storeship, sailed from
Spithead yesterday for Boudron Bay.
Mr, Alex. Minnoch was yesterday appointed
acting assistant-surgeon to the Victory ; and Mr.
Robert Walker, acting assistant-surgeon to the
Impregnable.
The Victoria Rifle Regiment of Volunteers as-
sembled last Wednesday at Allen's riding school,
and marched, under the command of Capt. Jordan,
to Kilburn, where target practice and drill will
take place every Wednesday afternoon during the
summer months.