The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 31, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the lion.
Charles Augustus Murray to be Extra Groom in Wait-
ing to her Majesty.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 12.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Norris,
of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 31, 1844.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the
Hon. Charles Augustus Murray to be Secretary to her
Majesty's Legation at the Court of Naples.
WHITEHALL, Dec. 30, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Rev.
Frederick Anson, jun., Master of Arts, the place and
dignity of a Canon of her Majesty's Free Chapel of St.
George, in her Majesty's Castle of Windsor, void by the
death of the Hon. and Rev. Richard Bruce Stopford.
PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL-CHAMBER,
SOMERSET-HOUSE; DEC. 28.
Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that letters
patent shall be prepared for the appointment of Edward
Smirke, Eaq., to be Solicitor-General to his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales.

WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 31, 1844.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Captain J. Stuart, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain (repaying the differ-
ence), vice G. Adams, who exchanges ; Capt. E. Croker,
from half-pay 84th Foot, to be Captain, vice J. Stuart,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant H. M. Campbell to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires; Cornet
W. F. Carruthers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Campbell ; George Henry Earl of Mount-Charles to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Carruthers, Dec. 31.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W. I'.
Waugh to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bonham, who
retires ; Cornet W. K, Orme to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Waugh; G. B. Williams, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Orme, Dec. 31.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Major and Brevet Colonel
B. Drummond to be Lieutenat-Colonel, by purchase,
vice W. H. Scott, who retires upon half-pay Unattached;
Captain and Lieutent-Colonel Henry Colvile to be
Major, by purchase (with the rank of Colonel in the
army), vice B. Drummond; Brevet-Colonel J. E. Cairnes,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Colvile, Dec. 21.

Lieut. and Captain C. J. J. Hamilton to be Captain and
Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Cairnes, who retires :
Ensign and Lieut. J. H. E. Dalrymple to be Lieutenant
and Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton ; Ensign Sir K
Poore, Bart., from 32d Foot, to be Ensign and Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Dalrymple, Dec. 31.
20th Regiment of Foot—J. G. Hay, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Coffin, who retires, Dec. 31.
27th Foot—Lieut. W. Butler, to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Byrne, deceased ; Ensign A. Dalzell, to
be Lieutenant, vice Butler, Sept. 20 ; Gentleman Cadet
B. Thomas, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
sign, vice Dalzell, Dec. 31.
29th Foot—Ensign St. G. M. Nugent to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Mackworth, who retires ; A. A.
Dick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nugent,
Dec. 31.

32d Foot—J. W. Boissier, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Sir E. Poore, appointed to the Scots Fu-
silier Guards, Dec. 31.
35th Foot—Lieutenant A, Leslie, from half-pay Glen-
garry Light Infantry Fencibles, to be Lieutenant, vice
Ward, promoted ; Ensign F. G. Elkington to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Leslie, who retires ; C. B.
Daveney, Gent , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elking-
ton, Dec. 31. _ _

46th Foot—Lieut. D. D. Wemyss, from the St. Helena
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Lacy, promoted, Dec. 31.
51st Foot—Ensign E. C. Singleton to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Doveton, who retires ; Ensign W. L.
F. Sheaffe, from the 57th Foot, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Singleton, who retires, Dec. 31.
57th Foot—J. 11. Lothian, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Sheaffe, appointed to the 51st Foot,
Dec. 31.

60th Foot—C. F. B. Dawkins, Gent. to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hetherington, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled, Dec. 31.
66th Foot—Lieut. E. M. Davenport to be Captain by
purchase, vice Rainsford, who retires ; Ensign W. M. S.
Cauldfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davenport;
R. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
.Caul-
field, Dec. 31.

G9th Foot—ll. Peard, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, Dec. 31.

98th Foot—Ensign R. Young to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Dallas, deceased, July 28 ; Quarter-
Sergeant J. Reardon to be Ensign, vice Young, Dec. 31.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant Sir 11. Tyrwhitt,
Bart., to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dundas,
who retires ; F. A. Thesiger, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Sir 11. Tyrwhitt, Dec. 31.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant G. T.
Dawson to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith,
who retires ; J. Hill, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Dawson, Dec. 31.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieut. J. Campbell
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Naah, who
retires ; Ensign L. G. Cox to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Campbell ; A. F. English, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Cox, Dec. 31.
STAFF.—Paymaster J. 11. Matthews, from the 31st
Foot, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice
Macbeath, deceased, Oct. 1.

BREVET.—Captain E. Croker, of the 2d Dragoons, to
be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
BREVET.—The undermentioned Cadets of the Ho-
nourable East India Company's Service to have the local
and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period of their
being placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir F. Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for
field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining, viz.:—
C. D. Newmarch. Gent.; F. C. Grindall, Gent. J. Crofton,
Gent.; W. W. H. Greathed, Gent; J. Jones, Gent. ;
F. J. Moberly, Gent. ; C. T. Boddam, Gent. ; J. T.
Walker, Gent.; J. Bean, Gent.; F. T. Haig, Genf.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieut. J. B. Hamilton, having been
appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting District, has repaid
the difference he received on exchanging to half-pay of
10th Light Dragoons, in December, 1828.
The under-mentioned Officers, having been appointed
Siff Officers of Pensioner, have repaid the differences
they received on exchanging to half-pay, viz.:—Lieut.
J. M. Tittle, half-pay Royal African Corps ; Lieut. R.
N. Rogers, half-pay Unattached.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 27, 1844.

Corps of Royal Marines.—Gentlemen Cadets to be
second Lieutenants.—B. B. Hertick, W. K. Irelan
A. F. F. Sutharland, E. Richards, F. H. Soot.
RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE.
Whitehall, 31st December, 1844.

Notice is hereby given, that the Board constituted by
the Minute of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy
Council for Trade, of the 24th August, 1844, for the
transaction of railway business, having had under con-
sideration the following schemes for extending railway
communication in the district comprising the counties of
Cornwall and Devon, viz.:—

The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway,
'rhe Cornwall Railway (Plymouth to Falmouth),
The Great Western and Cornwall Junction Railway,
The West Cornwall Railway,

The Saint Ives Junction Railway,
The North Devon (Crediton and Barnstaple) Railway,
The Exeter and Crediton Railway,
The Torquay and Newton Abbott Railway,
Have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of
The Cornwall Railway (Plymouth to Falmouth),
The West Cornwall Railway (up to the junction with
the Cornwall Railway),
The Saint Ives Junction Railway ;
Against
The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway,

The Great Western and Cornwall Junetijn Railway ;
And recommending the postponement until a future
period of
['he North Devon (Crediton and Barnstaple) Railway,
The Exeter and Crediton Railway,
The Torquay and Newton Abbott Railway,
And the Board having further had under considera-
tion the following schemes for extending railway com-
munication in the districts of Berkshire, Hampshire,
Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, and Devon, lying
intermediate between the Great Western, Bristol and
Exeter, and London and South Western Railways, viz.
The Reading, Basingstoke, and Hunderford Railway
(Great Western),
The Wilts and Somerset Railway,
The Bristol and Exetor—Durston and Yeovil Branch,
The Southampton and Dorchester Railway,
The Basingstoke and Didcot Junction Railway (London
and South Western),
The London and South-Western—Salisbury to Yeovil,
The London and South-Western—Hook Pit Deviation,
The Salisbury, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway,
Have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour of
The Reading, Basingstoke, and Hungerfurd Railway

(Great Western),
The Wilts and Somerset Railway—subject to the con-
dition of applying to Parliament in a future session for
an improved, line of communication towards Bath and
Bristol,
The Bristol and Exeter—Durston and Yeovil Branch,
The Southampton and Dorchester Railway ;
And against
The Basingstoke and Didcot Junction Railway (London
and South• Western),
The London and South-Western—Salisbury to Yeovil,
The Londo❑ and South-Western—Hook Pit Deviation,
Tire Salisbury, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway.
DALHOUSIE.
S. LAING. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN. J. CODDINGTON.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Cooper White, draper, Canterbury.
BANKRUPTS.

George Bartlett, cement ornament manufacturer, Wel-
lington-street, Goswell-street, to surrender, Jan. 14, at
two, and Feb. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Oriel,
Alfred-place, Bedford-square.
William Ellis Gould, carver and gilder, Finsbury-
place South, City, Jan. 7, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at tne
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's
Arms -yard; Yenning, Naylor, and Robbins, Token-
house-yard.
Frederick Dudley, builder, Rochford, Essex, Jan. 7,
at half-past twelve, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court
of Dankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury,
London.' Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane, City.
John Taylor, carpenter, Market-street, Mayfair, Jan.
7, at half-past eleven, and Feb, 18, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole..
maarstreet; Kirks, Symond's Inn.
Ralph Eldridge innkeeper, Bletchingley, Surrey, Jan.
8, at one, and Feb. 4 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, Oficial assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Russell and Mackenzie, lligh-street, Southwark.
Thomas William Burford, victualler, Brydges-street,