The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.

To be QuaqerMratera-Acliog(ioartermanter Edward
Pierson, late Commissary Storekeeper ; Acting Qnarter-
master Duncan Mclntyre, from Quartermaster-Serjeant
79th Foot.

DEPOT BATTALION.
Captain Richard D. Astley, 49th Foot, to be Instructor
of Musketry.

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Staff-Surgeon of the First Class R. Templeton, M.D.,
from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice
R. Dane, M.D., placed upon half-pay.
Purveyor's Clerk C. B. Knapp, to be Purveyor to the
Forces.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon T. A. Finnimore has been
permitted to resign his Commission.

BREVET.
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. Jacob, C. 8., of the Bom-
bay Artillery, to be Aide-de-camp to the Queen, with the
rank of Colonel in the Army.

The following promotion's to take place in consequence
of the appointment of Colonel Thomas Gordon Higgins, of
the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General, on the retire-
ment to full pay of Major-General Bastard, of that corps :
Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Maephail, half-pay of
h Light Dragoons, to be Colonel.
Major Frederick Douglas Lumley, half-pay Unattachtl,.
to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Francis Lucas, of the 16th Foot, to be Major.
The undermentioned officer having completed three
years' actual service on the :id February, 1857, in the rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the
Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th of October,
1851 :

---Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Wage Whitfeild, of 2d Wes
India Regiment.

The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired on half-pay,
to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal
Warrant of the 17th December, 1855

Quartermaster William Betson, half-pay, 15th Ligh
Dragoons.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 13.
Corps of Royal Marines.—Captain Walter Cossar to be
Paymaster, vice Lawrence, deceased.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 16.
Corps of Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant Frederick
Llewellyn Alexander to be Captain, vice Cossar.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
County of Cambridge—Henry John Adeane, Esq., to be
Deputy-Lieutenant.
County of Salop—The Honourable Rowland Clegg Hill
to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Sir Charles Frederick Smythe,
Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
William Philip d'Allington Jones, Gent., late of the Ist
Lancashire, to be Ensign.
Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Charles Rodney
Huxley to be Lieutenant. vice Tessop, resigned.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to tho Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 11th day of March, 1857.
18317 E DEPARTMENT.

X
Votes issued ..... .•• 24,049,625

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 9,574,625
Silver bullion .. .. .. .. -

£24,049,625

£24,049,625
MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.
[857.
iPAITMENT.

Dated the •19th day of March, 1

BANKING DE
Proprielers'eapital .. 14,553,000
Kest ................ 3,800,464
Pablic deposits (in-
. eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 8,674,488
:Jther deposits ...... 9,798,857
even Day and other
.. 700,367

Government securities

(ineludg.pead Weight

-Annuity) •• •..:.. 11,696,733
Other securities ...... 19 575,143
Notes • • • • .... , 5,532,26
Gold and silver coin., 723,04 i;

£37,527,176

437,527,176
If. MARSHALL, Chief Caskier.
1857.

Dated the 19th day of March, 1

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending March
17, 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/ 101
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius--
Average of the two above descriptions