The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Assistant-Surgeon Henry Clinton Martin, from the 9lth
Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of tho Second Class, vise Park,
appointed to the Royal Artillery.
The Commission of Assistant-Surgeon William Henry
Leslie, M.D., to bear date 7th May, 1855, instead of ht
August, 1857, as stated in the Gazette of the 28th ultimo.
BREVET.

Major-General Alexander Cavalie Mercer, Royal Artil
lery, to be Lieutenant-General, vice Hutchesson' deceased.
Colonel William Bell, Royal Artillery, to be Major-
General, vice Mercer.
The undermentioned Officers, to have the local rank of
Lieutenant-General in the East Indies :
Major-General Marcus Berestbrd.
Major-General the lion. Thomas Ashburnham, C.B.
In consequence of the promotion of Col. of W. Ball to be
Major-Goneral, the following officers on the Retired Full-
ply List of the Royal Artillery, who stood above him on
the Effective List to have the honorary rank of M•ijor-
General, viz. :
Brevet-Colonel William Dunn.

Brevet-Colonel James Gray.
Brevet-Colonel James Fogo.
Brevet-Colonel Hon. Wm. Arbuthnot.
Brevet-C,lonel Henry Blochley.
Brevet-Colonel George John Belson.
Bievet-Colonel Robert Franck Romer.

Brevet-Colonel Richard C. Molesworth.
MEMORANDUM—The Christian names of Mojor the
Honourable Clifford, on -pay Unattached,
ha lfare " Henry.
Hugh."
ADMMALTY, SEPT. 8.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Adjutant
John Horndon. Parry to be Captain, vice Savage, de-
ceased.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Ross, Caithness Sutherland, and Crommty Regiment
of Militia—James Ewing, Gent., to be Quartermaster, as
from 27th July, 1857.
com,rdisroNs SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Royal Merionoth Militia—Ensign Arthur Edward Mor-
gan to bo Lieutenant, vice William Ellis, resigned.
Royal Brecknocli Rifle Regiment of Militia.— Morisco°
Lloyd Freddriek, Gont.;. to be Lieutenant, vicce Gwynne,
resigned; Loftus Neynoe, Gant., to be Ensign.

—JallieS

Ist Devon. Regialt2ot of Yeomanry Civalry
Templer to b 3 Cornet, vice Brown, resigned.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Richard Marker
Mirka to be Ensign.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 7, 1857.
Notice is hereby given, to all parties interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended dis-
tribution of proceeds arising from the grant for the
destruction of pirates in the Chinese seas. by her Majesty's
ship Bittern, between the 27th June, 1851 and the 30th
March, 1856. .•

Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said
Court.

Agents and all other persons holding powers of attor-
ney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by
virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the
sbaTe belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little
delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by
the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart-
ment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi-
ralty, Somerset-house. •t
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence-
ment of distribution ; and at the same time, the amount
of an individual's share in the respective classes will be
announced.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
John Lowden and William Lowden, ship owners, Coles-
hill-street, Pimlico.

BANKRUPTS.

William Harding, builder, Lewisham and Margate,
Kent, to surrender Sept. 23 and Oct. 23, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptev. Cannan, official
assignee, Alderrnanbury ; Towne, Broad-street-buildings;
Towne, Margate.
Edward Small, plumber, St: Gregory, Kent, Sept. 17,
at eleven, and Oct. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Walker and Son, St. Swithin's-
lane.

John Badham, builder Ruislip, MiAdlesex' Sept. 12, at
twelve, and Oct. 30, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Pool and Gam-
lin, Gray's-in-square, London.
John Hamilton and Robert Hamilton, wire workers,
Halifax, Sept. 24, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, La eds ; Wavell,
Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.

Ho ward Gill, merchant, Gloucester-crescent, Bayswater,
Sept. 23, at half-past, one, and Oct. 23, at three, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Ed-
wards, Coleman-street.
Thomas John Marshall, engineer, Bishopsgate-street
Without, City, Sept. 23 at one, and Oct. 29 at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Linkhiter and Haekwood, Sise-lane.
Samuel P. Diprose, grocer, Saint Leonard's-on-Sea,
Sussex, Sept. 23, at two, and Oct. 29, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Link-
later and Hackwood, Sise-lane.
Thomas Taylor, grocer, Blackheath, Sept. 24, at eleven,
and Oct. 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stalls fold, official assignee; Atkinson, Chancery.
lane.

John Passam Smith, grocer, Coventry-street, Haymar-
ket, Sept. 23, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 28, at half-past
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. G 1 aham, official assignee ;
J. and J. H.
_Link later and Hackwood, Sise-lane.
George Ward, hotel keeper, Sandgate, Kent, Sept. 24,
at two, and 23d Oct., at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Froy and Loxley, Cheapside ; Wightwick, Folk°.
stone.

Watson White, grocer, Bisnop Wearmouth, Durham,
October 2, at one, and October 28, at twelve, at the Nevi'
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Forster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;
Bolding and Simpson, Gracechurch-street.
Thomas Gutteridge, innkeeper, Wilton, Wiltshire, Sept.
25 and Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Gilham, Bartlett's buildings,
Holborn.

James Scruby, grocer, Bishopstortford, Hertfordshire,
Sept. 25 and Oct. 30, at twelve, at tho Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Harrison and Dobree,
Hart-street, Bloomsbury.
Robert Hall and Thomas Hyde, mill manufacturer,
Dudley, Worcestershire, Sept. '25 and Oct. 15, at half-past
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, offi-
cial assignee, Birmingham ; Caldicott and Canning, Dud-
ley ; Smith, Birmingham.
Henry Hunt Sayer, corn and seed factor, Bristol, SoPt•
22 and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.

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Richard Burge, bookseller, Manchester, Sept. 25 and
Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official assignee, Manchester ; Hickson and Robinson,
chester.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Israel Guttstam, manufacturer, Glasgow.
The Montrose Foundry Company, Montrose.
Alexander Macintosh, coal merchant, Edinburgh.
John Mather, merchant, Aberdeen.
William Ruthven, shipowner, Dundee.
John Baxter Stuart, wine merchant, Edinburgh.
John Bannerman, baker, Glasgow.
David Alexander Bruce Murray, commission merchant,
Glasgow.
rendreigh and Daly, drapers, Glasgow.
James Alexander, draper, Airdrie.
Mrs. Catherine Ponsonby, editor and proprietor of the
Christian Family Advocate and Literary Review, E din.
burgh.

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

ENGLAND.
Tth and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the sth day of Sept., 1857.
&ATMXNT.

160176 11/6/f
£
Notes issued —125,311,410

Government debt .... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 10,836,410
Silver bullion . • • • • • • • -

$25,311,410

I £25,311,410
ff. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 10th day of Sept., 18-,

BANKING DE
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ........ .... 3,893,251
Public deposit s (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and

;PLaTMENT.

Governmentsecuritios

(includg•Dead Weight
Annuity) • • • • .. .... 10.593,653
Other securities .. . 18,351,990
Notes .. ...... 6,06 ;,5/0
Gold and silver coin.. 654,903

Dividend Accounts) 7,087,314
Other deposits ...... 9,350,219
Seven Day and other
.Bills•• •• .• •• •• . 771,332

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f 35,60,116
3f. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 10th day of Sept., 1857.

£35,665,116

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn•
puled from the returns made in the week ending Sept•
8, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid on
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : 8. d.

From the British Possessions in America 36 51
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 44 6
Average of the above descriptions.