The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

The Queen has bawl pleased to present the Rev. James
Campbell to the church and parish of Balmerino, in the
presbytery of Caper, and county of Fife, vacant by the
death of the Rev. John Thompson.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
John Barnett to the church at Sbieldbag, in the parish of
Applecross, in the presbytery of L :chcarron, and county of
Ross, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Roderick
Nicholson to the church and parish of Applocross.
RE VRESENTA.TION OF OLDLIANI.
. .

Dy virtue of an act, passed in the 24th year of the reign
of his Majesty King George the Third, iutituled, " An
act to repeal so much of two acts made in the 10th and
15th years of the reign of his present Majesty, as autho-
rises the Speaker of the Hens° of Commons to issue his
warrant to the Clerk of the Crown for making out writs
for the election of members to serve in Parliament, in the
manner therein mentioned, and for substituting other pro-
visions for the like purposes :"
I do hereby give notice, that the death of James Platt,
Esq., late a member serving in this present Parliament for
the borough of Oldham, hath been certified to me in writ-
ing, under the hands of two members serving in this pre-
sent Parliament, and that I shall issue my warrant to the
Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the elect
ing of a member to servo in this present Parliament for the
said borough of Oblharn, at the end of 14 days after the
insertion of this notice in the London oa:ette.

Given under my hand this 17th day of September
1557.

JOHN EVELYN DENISON, Speaker.

BOARD OF TRADE -WHITEHALL, Sat% 24.
Tho Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council tor Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris,
enclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, increasing the
quantity of salt permitted to he taken on board vessels for
tie fisheries in Yarmouth Reads, and on the coasts of
France, from 90 kilos. to 100 kilos. par ton measurement.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Tra 'e and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from Her Majesty's Agent and Consul-
General iu Tanis) reporting that the Duty of 12i per cent.
ad valor,,m, lately levied upon the importation of Pulse
into that Regency, has been withdrawn.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 25.
31 Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant John Joseph
Corrigan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sara], whose
promotion from the 9th Light Dragoons on the 25th
August, 1857, has,been cancelled.
7th Light Dragoons—The commission of Captain Sir Wm,
Russell, Bart., to be Major, without purchase, to bear
date 13th instead of 14th August, 1857, as previously
stated.

Bth Light Dragoous—Johu Mathew Biddle, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice Hanbury, promoted ;
Sergeant Thomas Riohards, from the ltith Light Dra-
goons, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Hayrues,
promoted.
11th Light Dragoons—Riding-Master R. R. Harrison
Dungate is permitted to resign his commission.
Military Train—Lieutenant James Powell to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Penton, appointed to the Bth
Light Dragoons. T• be Lieutenants, without purchase
Ensign Frederic Bond, vice Powell ; Ensign John Bruen
Rutledge, vice Caldwell, appointed to the 7th Dragoon
Guards.

Royal ROgiment of Artillery—Second Captain Phillip
Daves Margesson to be Captain, vice P. F. G. Scott, de-
ceased ; Brevet-Major Win. Henry Randolph Simpson,
from the Supernumerary List, to be Second Capt., vice
Margesson ; Captain Frederick Alexander Campbell, on
the Supernumerary List, to be Lieut.-Col. ; Capt. Henry
Philip Goolenough to b 3 Lieutenant-Col., vice Thomas,
retired upon half-pay ; Second Captain James Frederick
D'Arley Street to be Captain, vice Goodenough ; Second
Captain George Kepplo Taylor, from the Supernumerary
List, to be Second Captain, vice Street ; Second Captain
Archibald Motteux Calvert to bo Captain, vice Brevet-
Lieutenant-Colonel J. C. W. Fortescuto, promoted to be
M ,jor Unaqached, unler the 13th clause of the Royal
Warrant of 3.1 November, 1554; Lieutenant George
Sissen -Harward to be Second Captain, vice Calvert ;
Lieutenant William Frederick Moore has been permitted
to resign his commission.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant John
Paynter, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase,
vied Vise Hint Kirkwall, who retires ; Ensign and Lieu-
tenant George W. Knox to bo Lieutenant and Captain,
by purchase, vice Robert Farquhar Shaw Stewart, who
retiree ; Robert Alfred Cunliffe, Gent., to be Ensign
and Lieutenant, by purchase, vise Paynter; Gerard
Smith, Gent., to be Ensign 'and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Knox.
2 1 Regiment of Foot—Ensign Alexander Robert A. Boyd,
from the 911 Foot, to be En,ign, vice Gray, whose trans-
fer from the 97th Foot s cancelled ; Robert Hamilton
Sitnpsou, Esq., late Paymaster, British Italian Legion,

to be Paymaster.
14th Foot—Capt. Wm. 'Heywood, from half pay 14th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major John Dwyer,
whose Brevet rank has been converted into substantive
rank, under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1854.
18th Foot—Captain W. ()Try en Taylor, from half-pay 18th
vies
v
Foot, to be Captain, ; n , Cormick,
whose Brevet Rank has'inen converted into Substantive
R,mk, under the Royal %Varrant of 6th October, 1854 ;
Licut • G. B..Puckliogton to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Borrow, promoted ; Ensign Hugh Shaw t 3
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Pocklington ;
Sergeant-Major Thomas Watt to bo Ensign, without,
purchase, vice Shaw.
2dth Foot—The surname of the Captain restored to full-
pay on the 30th July, 1357, in the gazate of the 7th ult.
is Meares, and.not Mears, as therein 'stated.
221 Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Pym Harding, from
half-pay Uuattachel, to ho Lieut.-Colonel, vice Boiloao,
who exchanges; Brevet Lieut -Colonel 11. B. Harvey,
from half-pay 331 h Foot. to be Major, vice Brevet Lieu'. -
Colonel Francis Pym Harding, whose Brevet Rank has
been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal
Warrant of Oct. 6, 1854 ; Captain Sir G. A. Robinson,
Bart., to'be,M,ijor, by purchase, vice Brevet. Lient.-Col.
Harvey, whp retires ; Lieut. Boner Millett Deane, to he
' Captain, by purchase, vice Sir G. A. Robinson.
27th Foot—Frederick Alexander Campbell, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Vonour, deceased.
28th Foot—Ensign William Seaton is permitted to resign
his commission.
41th Foot—Henry Garland Matthews, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Salis, promoted.
47th Foot—Henry William' Marshall, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice thomas Bailie Thomson, for
whose sorvices'her Majesty has no further occasion,