The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-19 00:00:00

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, mes Henderson,
M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice
Barry, promoted.
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, Richard Dane, M.D.,
from half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice
Henderson.
Assistant-Surgeon John Smith Chart ri from the 29th
Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Maoli innon, appointed
to the 29th Foot.

BREVET.
The undermentioned promotions to• take place conse-
quent on the death of Lieutenant-Gene rad Wodehouse, on
11th December, 1857 :
Major-General Sir Duncan McGregor, 8.C.8., to be
Lieutenant-General.
Brevet-Colonel Frederick Charles Griffiths, 12th Light
Dragoons, and Commandant of the Cavalry Depot, at
Maidstone, to be Major-General.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Barry, half-pay as
Captain, Unattached, to be Colonel.
Major Charles Lavallin Nugent, 58th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel.
Captain Henry Montagu Smyth, half-pay, 44th Foot,
and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Ms jor.
ADMIRALTY, DEC.. 14.
Corps of Royal Marines—Gentlemnam Cadet Duncan
Gordon Campbell to be Second Lieutenant.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.

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Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia of: the County of Den-
bigh—Lieutenant George Tyrwhitt Drake to be Captain, •
vice John Jocelyn Ffoulkes, promoti!,ll.
East Kent Regiment of Militia—Robert Owen Hordern,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brodrick, appointed to the Rifle
Brigade.
Inverness, Banff,*Elgin, and Nairn. Regiment of Militia
—Captain the Hon. James Grant, ti) be Major, vice Sir
Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming, Bart., resigned.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Rog iment of Militia—
Willoughby Burrell, Gent., to be :Ensign, vice Scriven,
promoted.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia
Lieut. Edmund Molyneux Seel to be Captain, vice Lam-
bert Disney, resigned.
Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—Daniel George At-
chison, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Ford, re-
signed.
2nd Devon Regiment of Militia--Henry Smith to be
Ensign ; Henry Downe C. Barton to be Ensign ; Henry
Wm. Barbor to be Ensign ; Christopher Wolston to be
Lieutenant, vice Godfrey, resigned ; John P. Burnett to
eb Lieutenant, vice Parr, resigned ; Arthur Wonlfe Bell
Wilson to be Ensign, vice Wolston, promoted ; Hugh C
Tanghan to be Ensign, vice Barnett, promoted ' • Clarence
H. Irvine to be Ensign ; Edward M. R.. Rendle to be Sur-
geon, vice Tucker, resigned; Frederick V. Sandford to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rendle, promoted.
Devon Militia Artillery—Wolfran. Cornwall Charles
Nugent. Guinniss to be First Lieutenant, vice. Thomas
Clarke, resigned ; William Tomkyns to be Second Lieu-
tenant, vice Dunsterville, resigned.
COMMISSIONS RESIGNED.

Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Moreton Le
Brookes, Captain ; Hiram Manfall, Lieutenant ; William
Lynch, Ensign; Raymond W. Radford, Ensign; Samuel
Ashton Pretor, Ensign.

B tiNKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Benjamin Phillips, bolt manufacturer, Bir
mingham.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Tally, builder, Tudely, Kent, to surrender, Jan.
5, at half-past two, and 29th of the same month, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomson Webb, cheesemonger, Park-terrace, Camden-
Town, Deo. 29, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 28, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Belsey, corn-dealer, Isle of Tlaanet, Jan. 12, at
half-past one, and Jan. 29, at half-paat twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
John Coling, timber merchant, Stratford, Essex, Dec.
29, at three, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court ofßank-
ruptcy.
tamuel Pearce, oilman, Minories, City, Dec. 23, at one,
and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Kempeon Walker, skin merchant, Wolver-
hampton, Jan. 7, and 21, at half-past eleveb, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.
John Owen and John Matthew Gutch, bankers, Wor-
cester, Jan. 8 and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Birmingham
District Court.

Joseph Davenport, silver plater, Sheffield, Jfan. 2 and
30, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield.
Samuel Bracegirdle, timber merchant, Leftwich, Cheshire,
Jan. 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
John Griffith Williams, ropeniaker, NewpOrt, Mon-
mouthshire, Jan. 4, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court.

George Parsons, ironmonger, Oakhill, Somersetshire,
Jan. 4, and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Robert Henry Anderson, scrivener, York, Jan. 8 and
12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
George Johnson, upholsterer, Notting-hill, Jan. 6 and
29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Britten, dealer in worsted braids, Park-road, Dal-
ston, Jan. 5, at two, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John Hubbersty, broker, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 13,
and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
John Walker, coal merchant, Bridlington, Yorkshire,
Jan. 13, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
John Lancaster and John Brayford, iron manufacturers,
Walsall, Jan. 8, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 22, at ten, at
the Birmingham Disti ict Court.'
William Rainford, cabinet-maker, Liverpool, Jan. 7
and 28, at the Live, pool District Court.
Alfred Guttnaann, lace manufacturer,
Manchester, Dec.
29 and Jan. 27, at the Manchester District Court.
William Wild, machine maker, Rochdale, Dec, 29, at
eleven, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court.
Robert Lees, cottonspin
art,
the Priory
Manchester MilMil Mills, OldDi slitar
t,
Jan. 4th and 25th, at twelve,
Court.
Elizabeth Onion and William Onion, coach fringe
manufacturers, Drury-lane, Dec. 28, and Jan. 25, at half-
past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
George Ashworth, manufacturer, Manchester, Dec. 30,
and Jan. 20, at one, at the Manchester District Court.
Christopher Cross, cotton manufacturer, Habergham
Eaves, near Burnley, Dec, 29, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
William Brown cattle, oil merchants, Glasgow.
John llil‘Dougall, dealer, Rothesay.
Charles Greenshields Reid, writer to the signet, Porto-
bello.
James Simpson, solicitor, Keith, Banffahire.
David Neill, stoneware manufacturer, Glasgow.
William Bailey, jun., merchant, Edinburgh and Leith.
William Hailstones, grocer, Clarkston Lanarkshire. ,
Patrick R. Russell, draper, Bathgate.
Alex. Chalmers, grocer, Greenock.

•
BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1857.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT'.

Notes issued . ...... . 25,400,735
N.B. Of which two
millions are issued un-
der the authority of
the letter from the
First Lord of the Trea-
sury and the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer.

Government debt. • • • 11,015,100
Other securities .. • . 5,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 8,925,735
Silver bullion.. • •

......................•
425,400,735

£25,400,735
L MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1857.

Dated the 17th day of Decemb

BANKING D]
X
Proprietors' capital 14,553,000
Rest • ... • •
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissio era of
National Debt, Sav-
ings' Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 6,944,352
Other deposits
Seven Day and other
Bills ~ .. • • ...... 893,754

'ARTiSENT.

Government securities
(includg.DeadWeight
AnnuitY).. " 5,446,131
Other Securities•
NoLes ..... .•• .• 5,757,175
Gold and Silver Coin 525,120

£40,993,366 i £40,993,366
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 17th day of Dec., 1B.—.
AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn•
puled from the returns made in the week ending Dec.
15, 1857, eAteuluusi:oje tihulpeDbrutatizsonotfhCeruesotfominstopaGi(rioat
or
pay.ulo the , t
Britain : s• d,
From the British POSSOSSiOna
in America
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius....
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies
. l9
101
7i
Average 0f26
the above descriptions, , 24 114