The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

From the London Gazette of Last Nigh'

DOWNING-STREET, DSO. 24.
Captain William S. Moorsora, Civil Engineer' has been
ppointed, by Mr. Secretary Labonehere, to be Chief En-
gineer to the Government of Ceylon, for the purposes of a
Railway Survey.

- WHITEHALL, JAN. 8.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev,
Aithur Penrhyn Stanley, M.A., the office and 'place of
Regius Professor in Ecclesiastical History in the Univer-
sity of Oxford, in the room of the Rev. Robert Hussey,
deceased.

WAR-DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, JAN. 9.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Surgeon Hampden
Hugh Massy, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Sur-
geon, vice Mockler, who exchanges.
17th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Edward Mockler, from
the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Massy, who
exchanges.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
Captain James Benjamin Dennis to be Lieutenant-Co-
lonel, vice Fitzgerald, retired upon half-pay.
Second Captain and Brevet-Major Win. Edward Moyses
Reilly to be Captain, vice Dennis.

Lieutenant A.lured Clarke Johnson to be Second Cap
tain, vice Reilly..

The undermentioned Lieutenants Ath temporary rank,
to he Lieutenants with permanent rank, viz. :
Lieutenant Alexander Doull.
Lieutenant Robert Emmett Kane.
Lieutenant Archibald Hamilton Bell.
Lieutenant George Budd.
Lieutenant John Haughton.
Lieutenant Henry Rogers Lavers.
Lieutenant Robert Lloyd.
Lieutenant Thomas Clarke.
Lieutenant William Godeffroy Brancker
'lieutenant Donald Roderick Cameron.
Lieutenant William Henry Noble.
Lieut. Richard Newton Young.
Lieut. Joseph Haythorne Edgar.
Surgeon Stauhope Hunter Fasson, M.D., from the
05th Foot, to be surgeon.
• TO BE ASSISTANT-lIIIRGEONII.
Assistant Surgeon William Beale Wallis, from the Hos-
pital Staff,
Assistant Surgeon Wra. Younge Jeeves, from the Hos-
pital Staff.
Assistant Surgeon Joseph Fletcher Loughaed, from the
ifie Brigade.
Assistant Surgeon Wm. Morris, from the Hospital Staff.
Assistant Surgeon Andrew Robertson Smith, from the
Hospital Staff.
Assistant Surgeon Cyrus Octavius Daniell, from the
Hospital Staff.

Assistant Surgeon John Whittle Rimmer, from the
Hospital Staff.

Acting Assistant Surgeon Richard Uniacke Cashman,
from the Hospital Staff.
Acting Assist.-Surgeon Henry Richard Lobb Veale,
M.D., from the Hospital Staff.
The rank in the Army of Assist.-Sargeon R. U. Cash-
man, to bear date 18th May, 1855.
The rank in the Army of Assist.-Surgeon H. R. L
Veale, M.D., to bear date the 14th Azgust, 1855.

9th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Croker Miller has been
superseded, being absent without leave.
16th Foot—Acting Assist.-Surgeon Hector Ferguson to
be Assist.-Surgeon.
18th Foot—Ensign Hugh Shaw to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Wolseley, who retires; James Francis Dau-
beny, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Shaw.
21st Foot—Major the Hon. David Erskine, from the
51st Foot, to be Major, vice Knox, who exchanges.
23d Foot—Ensign J. De Gorreqner Dolmage has been
superseded, being absent without leave.
32d. Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant Francis Stribling to
be Quartermaster, vice Giddings, appointed Paymaster.
35th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel John M'Neill Walter, from
the 53d Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel
Faber, who exchanges.
41st Foot—Ensign Matthew Ellison has been superseded,
being absent without leave.

42a Foot —Lieut. Wilsone Black to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Orde, who retires ; Captain Herbert Henry
Moseley, from half-pay of the regiment, to be Captain, vice
Black, placed upon half-pay.
50th Foot—Lieut. Charles Mills has been permitted to
retire from the service by the sale of his commission.
51st Foot—Major the Hon. William Stuart Knox, from
the 21st Foot, to be Major, vice Erskine. who exchanges.
53d Foot—Brevet-Colonel W. Raikes Faber, from the
35th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Walter, who
exchanges ; Ensign Charles Bagnall to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Humphrey, who retires; George Campbell
Sidebottom, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bag,
nall.

74th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel James W. Dal-
gety, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vioe 'Adam
Campbell, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Sir David. Baird,
Bart, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dalgety, who re-
tires ; Ensign Robert Elphinstone Dear to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sir David Baird ; Francis Pavy, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dear.
78th Foot--Assistant-Surgeon Samuel Stacy Skipton,
M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
O'Neill, deceased. •
88th Foot —Ensign Edward Cape has been superseded,
being absent without leave.
95th
gFoot—Staffurgeon, Second Class, John Ewing to
be Sur eon,
vice Casson, appointed to the Royal Artillery.
2d West India Regiment The surname of the Ensign,
appointed on the 6th inst., is Platt, and not Pratt, as pre.
vioualy stated.

Lieutenant John Gilleland, fromUNATTACHED 3d Dragoon Guards,
to be Captain, without purchase.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William Hanbury,
from half-pay, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class,
vice Ewing, appointed to the 95th Foot.
The undermentione4 Acting Assistant-Surgeons to be
Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces ;
George Clarenrie
Francis John Scott.
Henry Selsali,
Edmund Gr eswold McDowell.
John Good-,vin.

T.
The undermentioned BRE
Offic VersE on the Retired Full-pay

Lists of the Royal Artillery, to be pfotuotyd in consequence
of the promotion of the Officers who stood next below
them at the time of their retirement, in accordance with
the provisions of the 21st clause of the Royal Warrant of
Nov. 3, 18$4,
In consequence of Ctenefal Sir It Bong's promotion,
Lieutenant-General Patrick Campbell to he General.
In Consequence of Lieutenant-General Frederick Camp-
bell's promotion, Major-General Robert Douglas, C,8., to
be Lieutenant-General.

The following promotions to take place in consequenco
of Major-General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Bart.,
K.C.8., the Senior Supernumerary General OECcer of the
Royal Artillery, having been placed upon the fixed estab-
lishment of Major-Generals for the Ordnance Department :
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Augustus Arney, Unat-
tached, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major Edward James Pratt, 9th Light Dragoons,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.

Captain Robert Hawkes, 80th Foot, to be Major.
The undermentioned Officer having completed three
years' actual service on the 30th Dec., 1856, in the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the
Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 :
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Smyth, 68th Foot.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
Richard Lloyd, Esq. (late of the Grenadier Guards), to be
Captain, vice Croxon, resigned; Sornet William Shakeshaft
Lawley to be Lieutenant, vice Kinchant, resigned ; Cornet
Thomas Hugh Sandford to be Lieutenant, vice Brown, re-
signed ; Cornet Rowland Jones Venables to be Lieutenant,
vice Dod, promoted ; Lieutenant Whitehall Dod (late
Captain in 6th Dragoons) to be Captain and Adjutant,
vice John Shirley, retired ; Henry Bertie Watkin Wil-
liams Wynn, Esq., to be Cornet, vice Hodgson, promoted;
the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon to be Cornet, vice Lawley, pro-
moted ; David Francis Atcherley, Esq., to be Cornet,
vice Sandford, promoted. .
Royal Lanarkshire Militia—Lieutenant William Wilson
to be Captain, vice Lindley, resigned.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
NORM AMERICA—WEST COAST.
Light on Cape Hancock, Columbia River.—The United
States Lighthouse Board has given notice, that on and
after the 15th day of October, 1856, a light would be es-
tablished on Cape Hancock, on the north side of the mouth
of the Columbia River, Washington Territory.
The light is a fixed white light, of the first order, illu-
minating the entire horizon. It is placed at a height of 230
feet above the level of the sea ; and should be visible, in
clear weather, from the deck of a ship at a distance of 22
miles.

The light tower is whitewashed; it is 40 feet high,
and stands on the pitch of the Cape, at about 190 feet
above tho Sea. According to the United States
Coast Survey it is in lat. 46 deg. 16 min. 35 sec. N., long.
124 deg. 2 min. west of Greenwich. Variation of the com-
pass 20 deg. 45 min. east in July, 1851.
A fog bell of 1,6001b5. weight has also been placed on the
bluff in advance of the light tower, and will be sounded
during foggy or thick weather, day and night, from the
same date. The distinctive mode of striking the bell will
be published hereafter. The machinery is in a frame
building, on a level with the ground, with the frontiopen
to receive the bell, and is also white-washed.

By command of their Lordships,
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
Nov. 22, 1856.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
Columbia River, Entrance, No. 1,577, Pacific Ocean, No.
2,461, also West Coast of America Lightouse List, No. 46.

NORTH SEA—ENTRANCE OF THE WESER.
Revolving Light on Wanger-Oog.
The Government of Oldenburg has given notice that on
and after the lst day of October, 1856, a light would be ex-
hibited from the new tower recently erected near the eastern
extremity of the island of Wanger-Oog, on the west side
of the entrance of the river Jude and Weser, instead of
the old light on that island.
By command of their lordships,
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, London,
Ist December, 1856.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
North Sea, Geieral, No. 2,339, Sheet 3, No. 2,248; en-
trance to the Elbe, No. 1,875 ; Heligoland Bight, No.
1,887. Also Northern Europe Lighthouse list, No. 59.

BANK OF
♦n Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturd

ISSUE DSP,
Notes issued ...... 24,022,615

I;NGLAND.
'th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
y the 3d gay of Jan., 1857.
LIITMSNT.

424,022,615

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities 3,459,500
Gold coin and bullion 9,547,615
Silver bu11i0n........ -

£24,022,615
1. MARiIIALL, Chief Cashier.
1857.

Dated the dth day of January,

BANKING DE:
Proprietors'capital .. 14,553,000
Rest • .. •• • ... ••• • .. 3,299,314
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 7,592,2021
Other deposits ...... 10,096,525
Seven Day and other
Bills 756,521

:pAsTMENT.

Government securities
(includg.Dead Weight
Annuity) .. .. .. .... 11,6 r ,151
Other securities .. .. .. 19,295.3' 8
Notes •• .. .......... 4,797,315
Gold and silver coin .. 634,791

4;36,327,565

)' . £36,327,565
L MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
.857.

Dated the Bth day of January, 1

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.

Meyer Jacobs, Manufacturer, Steward-street, Spitalfields.
Walter Lodge, cloth manufacturer, Fennay Bridge, near
Huddersfield.