The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-11 00:00:00

service,. by the sale .of his commission, ha being about to
hecomea settler in Canada. • • '
Tho nntlermentioned-ofgcera
_upon' half-pay 'have been
Permitted to retire from the service, by the sale of thelicom-
miesions, trader the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum
of Feb. 15, .1861 - - • . •
: Major and Brevet-:Ceionel William Henry Adams, half-
Pay, Tieattacbed.
nSecond Captain Robert Bate' ler, half7pay, Royal Enki-
eere.- • - • - =
Captain Arthur Davies, half-pay, Unattached; . •
Captain the lrorithu'able Adolphus Frederick Cathcart,
half-pay, tnattachea; : - -•- Cornet John cooper, half-pay, late Land. Transport
Corps.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL .MALL, MAY 10. •
The Queen has beengraciously pleases to approve of the
Colonelcy of the 'Royal Regiment of Artillery and of the
Corps of Royal Engineers, formerly held by the Master
General-of the Ordnance, being 're•established, and of-its
being held ry ekio by the General Commanding-in-Chief,
or Commander •in-Chief of the Army for the time being.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 6.
Corps of Royal -Marines—First Lieutenant Henny
Dickenson. Nightingale to be Captain, vice 'Huck, to Half- -
pay ; Second Lieutenant Andrew Donald to be. First
tenant, vice -Nightingale, promoted. - . .

BANK RUPT S.
Edward ,Richards Sherren, builder, Richmond-villas,,
Bayswater, to surrender May 21, at eleven, at June 25, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. - .
William Brew, tailor, Liverpool, May
.22 and June 13,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court:.
James Martin, bootmaker, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, May-
-27,-and June 17, at eleven at the Leeds District Court.
Lewis Alpha Lewis, bookseller, Fleet-street, tosurrender
May 24, at one, and June 20, at half-past eleven, at the of Bankruptcy. - • , -
Joseph Pickering, drysalter, Mark-lane, city, May 23,44
eleven, and June 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruntc3r.
John' Eaton,' auctioneer,: Attleborough, Nortolkshire,
May 24, at twelve, and Juno 20, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Louis Simon, manufacturer, Nottingham, May 21 and
June IS, at bleVen_, at the District Court, Nottingham.
Samuel Harvey, gold and silver chain manufacturer,
Birmingham, May 23 and June 21, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham Distriot Court.
John Frederic Ruffle, bill discounter, Coleman-street,
City, May 21, at
.two, and June 25, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John Miller, bookseller, Chandos-street, Covent-garden,
May 21, at half'past two, and June 21, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Colley, grocer, Princes-street, Westminster,
May 24, at eleven, and June 21, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Abraham Harris, tobacconist, Shoreditch,. May 23, at
half-pest one, and June 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ru
Jtcohny. Smith, Patrick O'Neill, and Henry Dawe Leaman,
warehousemen, Milk-street, City, May 21, at one, and June .
19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.

BANE OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victo•
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the Bth 'day
of May, 1861:

ISSUE DEP ARTM ENT.
Notes i55ued!.......426,190,700 Government Debt 411,015,100
[
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 11,302,248
Silver Bullion .... 713,452

426,490,700;

£26,490,700

BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commiti-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

EPARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) ' £10,272,938
Other Securities 19,141,648
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 857,919

counts) 6,0;3,595
Other Deposits 12,070,911
Seven Day and
other Bills

636,172

£36,5E38,520
M..
Dated May 9, 1861.

£3C,588,520
.RSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

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The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 7th 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 ' 2ss 3101
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the'produce of the East Indies l9s 7id
Average price of the foregoing .. 26s 10Id