The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

SENDING TROOPS TM:Z.OI7GB. EGYPT.

In reply to an observation from Mr. J. FITZGERALD,
Mr. V. SMITE' repeated Lord Palmerston's eta.te-
ment of last night relative to the diffioullies and dangers
of sending troops through Egypt in June last,
and added tbat if the Governm mt had done so they
would have been guilty of impeachment.
Sir J. PAKINGTON rose and addressed the house
on the subject, and was
(LEFT SP EAKIN G.)

LONDON GAZETTE—{This Evening.)

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 8

The Qaeen has been pleased to ap: oint the Hon. Spencer
Cecil Biabazen Ponsonby to be Comptroller of Accounts
in the Lord Chamberlain's Department, and Extra Gentle-
man Usher to Her Majesty.
DOWNING STREET, DEC. 8.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Henry
Pinder, Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the District
of Long Island, and George lass, Esq., to be Police
Magistrate for the District of Abaco, in the Bahama
Islands ; Thomas Owen, Esq., to be Inspector of Schools
in the Island of Antigua; Robert Bradshaw, Esq., to be
a Member of the Council of the Colony of Sierra Leone
during the absence of the Queen's Advocate ; and Thomas
Chown, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council
of her Majesty's Settlements iu the Gambia.
CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 10.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLI i MENT.

Borough of Thetford--Alexauder Hugh Baring, of Buck-
enham, in the county of Norfolk, Esq., in the room
of the Honourable Francis Baring, who has accepted the
office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
Borough of Harwich—Robert John Bagshaw, of Dover-
court, in the county of Essex, Esq , in the room of George
Drought Warburton, Esq., deceased.

DECEMBER 11.
County of Kent, Eastern Division.—William Deedes,
of Sandhog Park, in the county of Kent, Esq., in the room
of Sir Edward Cholrnley Daring, Bart., who has accepted
the office of Steward of Her Majesty's Manor of North-
stead.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 11.
The Right Honourablo the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for 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, opening the
Custom-house of Caen, in the department Calvados, for the
importation of machinery and mechanical implements,
either complete or in detached pieces, also opening the port
of Caen as an entrepot for prohibited merchandise of all

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Dile. 11.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at
Algiers, enclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, re-
pealing the Decree of the 20th September, 18.56, and 2d
October, 1857, prohibiting the exportation of wheat and
barley from Algeria.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEO. 11.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Daniel P. Webb
to be Captain, by purchase, vice T. M. Clarke, who re-
tires ; Cornet Edward P. Baumgarten to be Lieutenant,
vice Webb ; Henry E. Bridges, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Baumgarten.
sth Dragoon Guards--William J. Scarlett, Gent. to be
Cornet, without purchase, vice Balders, promoted.
7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Newton Charlesi Chichester,
from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Dettmar, who exchanges.
Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry F, George Coleman
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Davenport, who
retires ; Cornet F. Radford to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, -vice Coleman.
3d Light Dragoons—Captain Montague Dettmar, from the
7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Chichester,
• who exchanges.
12th Light Dragoons—Cornet J. H. Randall Stoddart to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hodgson, pro-
moted in the Bth Light Dragoons; Cornet Samuel Adams
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 'White, promoted ;
James Henry Bourdieu Vaughan, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Adams.
14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Wm. H. S. Beamish to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gordon, promoted.
16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant James Christine Hart
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Severne, who retires ;
Cornet Arthur John Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hart ; James Henry Corballis, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Armstrong.
Ist Regiment cf Foot—Alfred Moberly, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Dixon, whose appointment,
as stated in the Gazette of 17th ult., has been cancelled.
6th Foot—Robert W. Macleod Fraser, Esq., late Major,
6th Foot, having raised abattalion!of 1,000 rank and file,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. To be
Ensigns, without purchase—Daniel Colin Campbell,
Gent. ; William Neal, Gent. ; Albert Henry Harrison,
Gent.
7th Foot—The promotion of Lieutenant W. M. G. Keats,
from the 81th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of Gth
has been cancelled.
Bth Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign
Andrew Moynihan, vice William Robert Webb, died of
wounds ; Ensign William Edward Whelan, vice Pogson,
died of wounds ; Ensign William Edgeworth, vice
Whelan, whose promotion, on 23d October, 1857, has
been cancelled ; Ensign R. T. B. Browne, vice Corry,
promoted; Ensign Edward Tanner. To be Ensigns,
without purcha,e—Arundel Bill Cotter, Gent., vice
Moynihan ; Philip Homer Page, Gent., vice Tanner ;
John Geor:to grown, Gent.. vice Edgeworth.
9th Foot—Brevet-Colonel William Graham, froin half-
pay
'Unattached, to be Captain, vice Cox, appointed
ro;tnhe,,tasl3:lt. Foot ; Lieutenant J. B. Taylor to be Cap-
tgictu: ra!sa, ,beie purchase,,Jihacaemic r
cvicege
Johnston,Gr h am ,
who retires ; Assistant-
10th Foot_SEu,nrißgionitn,
tithincßetegM3irieadows, appointed to the
from the Staff, to be
53d Fool-- Liautevigensinitehnal Regiment.
Lieutenant, by pur-
Gent. to b 0 eztlton,l2,wphuorcrheatsiree,sv;iceTßheaoup.hilus Scott,
Luck to be Captain, with-
out purchase,
James Winsmore Corrield to deceased ;
chase, vice Buck, whose pr)emeolaeinjtaoinn' 3wo "Oouucttte:Pbauenrt
Ensign Robert Holt Truell
1857, has been cancelled ;
to he Lieutenant, ithout purchaae vice Buck; John

Charlesßell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Truell.
71st Foot—Lieut. Charles George Wingfield has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Com-
mission ; Assistant-Surgeon W. Pirrie, M.D., from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M`Neece, who re-
signs. The second Christian name of Ensign Musgrave,
appointed on 17th ult., is Courtenay.
75th Foot—Lieut. W. J. J. Smith to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Chancellor, died of his wounds ; Ensign
Montague C. Morris to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Fitz Gerald, killed in action ; Ensign Henry O'Brien,
from the 48th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Morris.
84th Foot—Brevet-Major W. Justin MacCarthy to be
Major, without purchase, vice West, retired on full pay;
Lieut. Wm. M'G. Keats to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice MacCarthy ; Ensign Robert Fraser Humph-
rey to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Saunders,
killed in action ; Wm. Chas. Driberg, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Humphrey.
97th Foot—Ensign Frederick W. Parker to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Aylmer, who retires; Henry Chaw-
pante Crespin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Parker.
99th Foot—Ensign George Clayton to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Ely, promoted ; Charles Coates, Gent„ to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clayton.
Ist West India Regiment—Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class Thomas Moore Sunter, M. 8., from half-pay, to be
Surgeon, vice Daniell, appointed to the Staff.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon
Robert Wyatt Meadows, from the 9th Foot, to be
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Kingdom, promoted on the
Staff.
Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Charles Francis Herbert
Lloyd, Gent.,..to be Ensign, vice Thompson, promoted.

COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.
Commissariat Clerk Charles Das is O'Connor to be a
Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General.
HOSPITAL STAFF.
Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Wellington Poole, from
half-pay, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class.
For James Jameson, M.D., to ba Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Cruice, appointed to the 86th Foot, which appeared
in the Gazette of the 27th nit.,—read Jas. Jameson, M.D.,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cruice, appointed to the 84th
Foot.
BREVET.
ElLient.-Colonel Alfred H. Horaford, C. 8., of the 'Rifle
Brigade, having completed three years' service in the rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel on 23th September, 1857, to be
Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of Gth
October, 1851.
Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert John Lane Buchanan, of the
Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in
the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army,
under the Royal Warrant of 3.1 November, 1854.
Captain and Brevet-Major Vincent Eyre, of the Bengal
Artillery, to be promoted to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in
the Army.
Second Lieutenant George Grant Gordon, of the Bengal
Artillery, doing duty at the East India Company's Depot,
at Warley (vice Arbuckle, resigned), to hare the local
rank of Lieutenant while so employed.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 8.
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, Admiral of the
Red Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., has this day been promoted
to be Admiral of the Fleet ; and, in consequence thereof,
the following promotions, also dated this day, have taken
place :

Admiral of the White the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of
Dundonald, G.C.8., to be Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas J. Cochran; K.C.8.,
to be Admiral of the White.

►'ice-Admiral of the Red Sir James W. D. Dundag,
G.C.8., to be Admiral of the Blue.

Vice:Admiralof the White Sir Augustus William James
Clifford, Bart„ C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of tho Blue Francis Erskine Loch to be
Vice-Admiral of tho White.

Rear-Admiral Sir George Tyler, Knt., K.H., on the
Reserved List, to be a Vice-Admiral on the Reserved List.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White George William Conway
Courtenay to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Henry Wolsey Bayfield to be
Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain William Ramsay, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of
the Blue.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD SLIEUTENANT.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—John Reed Bowling to
be Ensig❑. 12d Devon Regiment of Militia—Arthur Leroux
Whipple to be Ensign, vice Whitloeke, resigned. Devon
Militia Artillery—Charles Blandford. Crease to be Second
Lieutenant.

Royal Wiltshire Militia—Musgrave Wroughton Ander-
son, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Pocock, promoted.
Leicestershire Militia—Henry Moody, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; Arthur Dixon Rawlins, Gent., to be Ensign.
Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—John William.
Thomas Locke, Gent., to be Captain, vice Milnes, re-
signed.

BANKRUPTS.
Thoma 3 Tyrrell, factor, Tonbriclgo, Kent, to anrren,lcr
Dec. 2, at eleven, and Jan. 21, at ono, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.

George fia,mit, machine maker, Haddenham, Cambridge.
shire, Jan. t, at twelva, and Jan. 19, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
f„.George Carnm, grocer, Sheffield, Jan. 2, and 3:), at ten,
at the Council Hall, Sheffield.
George Morton, farmer, Hope, Derbyshire, Jan. 2, and
30, at ton, at the Council Hall Sheffield.
Thomas Wolf, corn chandler, Wellington-street, Wool-
wich, Dec. 23, at eleven, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Wm. Baker and Lucy S. Baker, milliners, Church-
street, Camberwell, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 27, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thea. M. Pritchard and Thos. Higginson, rice mer-
chants, Liverpool, Dec. 29, at eleven, and Jan. 19, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Thos. E. Pickford, commission agent, Manchester, Dec.
23 and Jan. 25, at twelve, at, the Manchester District
Court.

Edward Horton, grocer, Well-street, South Hackney,
Dec. 22 sad Jan. 19, at half-past 2, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Charles Middleton, builder, Upper North-street, Poplar,
Dec. 22 and Jan. 19, at 1, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Robinson, ironmonger, Manchester, Dec. 21 and
Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Samuel Rhodes and John Armstrong, cotton manufac-
turers, Tintwistle, county of Chester, Dec. 23 and Jan. 18,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.

James Law, shoemaker, Halifax, Dec. 31 and Jan. 29,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.

David Roberts, spinner, Halifax, Dec. 31 and Jan. 22,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Edward Jones, timber merchant, Welshfrankton, Dec.
24, and Jan. 16, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court.

Rupert Allport, butcher, Stafford, Doc. 23, and Jan. 13,
at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
John Vigrass, timber merchant, Walsall, Staffordshire,
Dec. 23 and Jan. 1:3, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham
District Court.

Elizabeth sviunerton, victualler, Stoke-upon-Trent,
Staffordshire, Dec. 24 and Jan. 16, at half-past eleven,
at the Birmiugham District Court.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

James Stark, grocer, Pollockshaws.
John Dott, joiner, Kinguasie.
Robert Stewart and Son, merchants, Glasgow.
William Bennet, fleFler, Perth.
James Watson, painter, Glasgow.
Wm. Boyack, flasspinner, Dundee.
Alexander Leask, merchant, Dundee.
Duncan Weier, and Co., merchants, Greenock.
Bachap Yuil, anti Co., ca,lico-printers, Springbank
Printworks, Neilston.

James Donald and Sons, flaxspinners and manufacturers,
Dundee.