The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-17 00:00:00

TO BE COLONELS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Dunbar Barton, Bengal
Cavalry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Crewe, Madras Infant Ty.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Spiller Watkins Bombay In-
fantry.

Lieutenant-Colonel G. Fitzmaurice, Madras Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel John Bontein, Bengal Infantry.
TO LE LINUTENANT-COLONELS.

Major Robert Henry Miles, Bengal Infantry.
Major Henry Stockley Grimes, Bengal Infantry.
Major William Bisset, Madras Infantry.
Major William Forster Cormaek, Bombay Infantry.
Major James Edward Varner, Bengal Infantry. Major Peter Grenville Cagala, Madras Infantry.
Henry Sale, Bengal Infantry.
Major Charles William Bannisters
TO BE MAJORS.,
Captain Thomas Mouat Camaro% Bengal Infantry.
Captain Alexander George ToAl, Madras Cavalry.
tilleryCaptain Thomas Richard 'feschemaker, Bombay Ar-
.
The Brevet Commission as Major of Captain William
Gray, Ist Bombay Fusiliers, has been antedated to the
30th November, 1859,

MEMORANDUM.
The undermentioned officers upon half-pay have been
permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of their
commissions, under the conditions of the Horse Guards
Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15, 1861:
Captain and Brevet Colonel Frederick Thomas Maitland,
half-pay, Royal Staff Corps.
Captain Christopher Hampden Nicholson, half-pay,
Unattached.
Captain Thomas George Veitch, half-pay, Unattached.
Captain Edward H. Glegg, half-pay, Unattached.
Captain Alexander Daniel Cuddy,lalf-pay, Unattached.
Captain William Hodder Heard, half-pay, 86th Foot.

BANKRUPTS.
Robert Read, tailor, Newport, Isle of Wight, to surren-
der May 28, at twelve, and June 27, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Henry Holland Chambers and Prethrick Richard Par-
sons, wine merchants, Worthing, May 28, at one, and June
27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Benjamin Bateman, grocer, Norwich, May 30, at eleven,
and June 26, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Joseph Smith, ironmonger, Maize-hill, Greenwich, May
30, at twelve, and Juno 26, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Charles Nicholson, and Co., warehousemen, Cannon-
street West, City, May 29 and June 26, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Gilmore 'Wilson, engineer, Cannon-street, City,
May 27, at half-past two, and June 24, at half-past one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Benjamin Mather, grocer, Newbury, May 31, at half-
past eleven, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Robert Bryant, corn merchant, Newmarket Saini Mary's,
Suffolk, May 28, at half-past eleven, and June 26, at half-
past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Robert Overbury, hotel keeper, Henley-in-Arden War-
wickshire, May 27 and June 24, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.
John Woodford, builder, Upper Broughton, Nottingham-
shire, May 30 and June 18, at eleven, at Shirehall, Not-
tingham.
Richard Kirby, jun., butcher, Leicester, May 30 and.
June 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Thomas Kneath, wine and spirit merchant, Swansea,
May 27 and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court.
George Penrose, coal merchant, Neath, Glamorganshire,
May 30, and June 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court.

Levi Beynon, tailor, Bristol, May 27, and June 25, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Samuel Leeming and James Hill, woollen manufacturers,
Batley Carr, June 10 and July 8, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court.

James Paris and William Henry Thomas Paris, pro-
vision merchants. Liverpool, May 27 and June 24, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court.

BANK OF

ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to
cap. 32, for the week endinj
of May, 1861:

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria.
on Wednesday, the 15th day

ISSUE DEP
Notes issued ........£26,020,985i

ARTMENT.

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 10,883,008
Silver Bullion .... M 2.977

£26,020,985;

£26,020,985

BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in -
eluding Exche-

:PARTMXNT.
Government Seou-

rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) X10,180,938
Other. Securities 19,796,757
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 636,481

quer, Saving•s'
Banks, Commis-

missio'ners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

counts) 8,725,157
Other Deposits 11,591,539
Seven Day and
other Bills ..., 661,019

£35,792,351
M..

43C,792,351
.RSHILL, Chief Cashier.

Dated May 16,1861.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 14th day
of May, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain

Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT.
sessions in America

Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius .. 28s lid
Muscovado, the'produce of the East Indies.. 22e ltd
Average price of the foregoing .. 26s 41d.

MALTUIV .RACES.—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LANGTON STARES.
Scrubbing Brush
Prusack .
2
Fugleman's Daughter

Eight ran.
MEMBERS' PLATE.

Cramond .. 1
Prophet
Prince of Orange
Seven tan.
VOLUNTEERS PLATE.

Count Belo 1
Caricature colt

Four ran.
WELTER CUP.

Hegira
Interest

Five ran.
BIRDSALL PLATE.

Bookaloom 1
Jeremiah Moderate ............................ 2

Four ran.
WELHAM CUP.

Aggravator ........................................ 1
Mousetrap
Red Robin ....................................... 23
Six ran.

SALISBURY RAC.ES—(This Day.)

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
£5O HANDICAP FLATE.

Lady Clare ............................... ........ 1
Lisbon .......................................... 2
.......................... . 3
Memo ........ Eight ran.
WILTON PARK STAKES.

................................... 1
Entreznet 2
Maurice
... .......... •
.............. . •
Dusk ......................................... 3
Five ran.
RAILWAY PLATE.

Otho . . ......... .....
Gauntlet
.....
Filly by T0dine.............. ..... .
3
...
Six ran.
Priestess colt
Lady Chemerfield
• • .4
2
Tame Deer
3
Six ran.
. .-..
LONGLEAT STAKES
QUEEN'S PLATE.

_
Avalanche ... OM I••• 1
Dulcibella
Higflyer
Seven ran.
LONGFORD CASTLE STAKES.

1
Villette
Cock-a-Hoop •
Newsboy • 3
Three ran.
LATEST BETTING.
THE DERBY.
4to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Dundee (t)
9to 2 agst Lord Stamford's Diophantus (t)
7to 1 agst Mr. Henry's li.larikoff (t)
Bto 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Rouge Dragon (taken)
10 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Kildonan (t)
14 to 1 agst Mr. Thomas's Dictator (taw?
20 to 1 agst Inagua (takes freely)