The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-13 00:00:00

BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hall, of the Grenadier
Guards, to be Colonel in the Army.
Lieutenant-ColonA Thomai Holloway, of the Royal
Marines, to be Aide-de-camp to the Queen, with the rank
of Colonel in the Army.

The undermentioned-officers of tho East India Company'o
Service, retired upon full pay, to hare a atop of honorary
rank, as follows :

Colonel John Forbes Musgrove, Madras Infantry, to be
Major General.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Lang, Bengal Infantry, to be
Colonel.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Major Thomas Francis Mors, Bengal Infantry.
Major John Howard Wakefield; Bengal Infantry.
Major William CharlJs Birch, Bengal Infantry.
Major William Jervis, Bengal Infantry.
Major Charles Thorold nib, Madras Infantry.
Major Henry E. D. Jones, Botnbay Infantry.
Major H. A. Morrieson, Bengal Infantry.
Major John Guise, Bengal Infantry.
TO BS MAJORS..

Captain T. W. Cooke, .Madras Infantry.
Captain A. H. Corfield, Bengal Infantry.
MEMORANDA.

Lieut.-Colonel Richard Palmer Sharp, on half pay, 72d
Foot, has been permitted to retire front the service by the
sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler
in Nova Scotia.

Captain Theodore Minet Haultain, on half-pay Unat-
tached, has been permitted to retire from the service by
the sale of his commission, he being about to become a
settler in New Zealand.
WAR OFFICE, MARCH 13.
The Queen has been p'eased to appoint the undermen-
tioned officers to be her Majesty's Aides-de-camp for the
service of her Militia Force :
Walter Francis Duke of Baccleuch, K.G.' Colonel of the
Edinburgh or Queen's Regiment of Light Infantry Militia.
Colonel John Wilson Fatten, of the 3d Royal Lancashire
Regiment of Militia.

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, of
the. Suffolk Artillery Regiment of Militia, with the rank
of Colonel in the Militia Force.
Her Majesty has, at the same time, been pleased to direct
that the above officers shall take rank with the Senior Colo-
nels of Militia inixediately after the Junior Colonel of her
Majesty's Forces.

The -Queen has been pleased to appoint 'Charles Bruce,
Marquis of Ailesbury, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal
Wiltshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, to b 3 one of
her M:•ljesty's Aides-de-camp for the service of her Yeo-
manry Force, with the rank of Colonel in that Force.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Huntingdon Regiment of Militia—Gronville G. Wells,
Esq., to be Adjutant, from tb4 23d September, 1836.
lit Devon Regiment of Militia—John Macdonald to be
Quartermaster, from Ist August, 1856.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Henry Mayne,
Gent., to be Quartermaster, from the 13th December, 1856.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Essex— Edward Warner, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant.

County of Radnor—James Watt Gibson Watt, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant.

County of Northampton—John Poynta Spencer, com-
monly called Viscount Alth, rp, to be Deputy Lieutenant.
City and County of the City of Edinburgh—Colonel W.
Geddes, C. 8., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
let Devon Rogiment of Militia—H. T. Hattnoll to be
Surgeon, vice King, resigned; T. W. Caird to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Martin, resigned.
HOME-OFFICE, MAR= 11.
The Old Mill Reformatory School, near Aberdeen., in
the county of Aberdeen, bar been certified by the Secre-
tary of State as fit to be a Reformatory School, under the
provisions of the Statute 17 an 1 18 Vict., c. BG.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 7.

The Lord Chancellor has &pp' °hand Peter Bartholomew
Long, of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, Gentleman, to
b 3 a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Coma
of Chancery in England.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturdi

:NGLAND.
th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, for
• the 71.11 day of March, 1857.
,111.111111.101 T.

ISSUE nee,
A
Notes tamed .. 24,094,045

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities.- 11,459,400
Gold coin and bullion 11,623,045
Silver bu11i0n........ -

£24,098,015

I 424,098,045
if. MARSLIALL, Chief Cashier
857.
irAITIUNT.

Dated the 12th day of March, il

JUNKING Ds:
A
eroprietors' capital .. 14,553,009
Rest ........ 3,7813,603
Public deposit E (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 8,137,341
Other deposits ...... 9,935,504
Scven Day and other

Government ieetnities

(i ncludg.Dead Weigh t
Annuity) .. 11,678,516
Other securittes 19.h35,19G
Notes .. 5,270,880
Gold and silver coin.. 687,451

Bills •• •• •• 739,595

X 37,172,013

£37,172,043
E. MARSHALL, Chief Winkler.
157.

Dated the 12th day of March, 1-8!

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

the Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from tho returns made in the week ending March
13, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : s. d.
From the British Possessions in America 3/ 54
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 43 6
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 3l. 9
Average of the_three above descriptions . 39 3i