The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

County of blontgoinery Herbert Watkin Williams
Wynn, Esq., of Saint James's- square, in the county of
Middlesex, in the room of the Right Honourable Charles
Wa,:kin Williams Wynn, deceand.
WAR OFFICE, OCT. 15.

4th Ithgiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John
Williams Wallington to be Captain, by purchue, vice
Grant, who retires; Cornet Henry Astley Sparke to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wallington, Oct. 15.
14th Light Dragoons—Arthur Edmund Manse', Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchas-, vice Gordon, prom3tcd,
04. 15.

15:h Light Dragoons—Thomas Francis Maude, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Howell, promoted,
Oct 15.

Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards—Alex-
ander Mitchell, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Rowley, promoted, Oct. 15.
30th Foot—George Francis La Toache, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Luxmore, promotei, Oct. 15.
31st Foot—Georg Flower Herbert, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Barry, promoted, Oct. 15.
47th Foot—Major John Gordon to be 'Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice Philip Dundas, who re-
tires upon full-pay; Captain John Sutton to be Major,
vice Gordon; Lieutenant John Sinnott to be Captain,
vice Sutton; John Sherwood Gaynor, Gen'., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Ellison, promoted, Oct. 15.
48th Foot—Quartermaster Edward McMullin to be
Paymaster, vice James Mastermsn Pennington, who has
retired upon half-pay; Lieutenant and Adjutant -James
Anderson, from half-pay 67th Foot, to be Q:tartermas-
ter, vice McMullin, appointed Paymaster, Oct. 15.
51st Foot—William Agg, Gent., to bo Ensign, by
purchase, vice Robbins, who retires, Oct. 15.
52.1 Foot—Augustus Tapp Gervis, Gent., to be En-
stn, by purchase, vice Coote, promoted, Oat. 15.
59th Foot—Monteforti Spread Morgan, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Burns, appoititel to the 24th
Foot, Oct. 15

65th Foot—Thomas Walter Still, Gent., tozbe En-
sign, by purchase, Oct. 15.
69th Foot—Staff Assistant- Surgeon, Alexander Brown
Cleland, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice John Bathurst
Thomson, M.D., decease 1, Oct. 15.
74th Foot—John Edmondstoune, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Pretymao, promoted, Oct. 15.
79th Foot—Charles Francis Browne, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Harrison, promoted, Oct. 15.
93d Foot—Mark George Sprot, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Macdonald, promoted, Oct. 15.
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant George Hilliard, from the
18th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Oct. 15.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon John Riggs
Miller Lewis, NI.D., from the Rifla Brigade, to be St4ff
Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cleland, promoted in the 69th
Foot, Oct. 15.
MEMORANDUM.—Tho date of Lieutenant Andrew
Baxter's commission, in the 86th Foot, is the 14th De-
cember, 1847, instead of the 13th of January, 1847.
TREASURY WARRANT.

Whereas by a❑ Act, passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for the
regulation of the Duties of Postage," the Postmaster-
General is authorized to charge on all letters conveyed
by packet-boats between one port in any foreign country
and another port in the same or an other foreign country,
where post communications shall be established, such
rates of postage as the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury, by warrant under their hands, shall from time
to time direct. _ .

Now, we the undersigned, being two of .the Commis-
sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the
power and authority in us fir such purp )se Tested in
and by the said Act, and of all other powers and autho-
rities enabling us in this behalf direct, that on every
letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, transmitted
by British packet-boats beta e,,n Lisbon or any other
port in Portugal and Madeira, the Canary Isles, the Caps
de Verde Isles, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, or Monte Video,
or between the Cape de Verde Isles and the Canary
Isles, Madeira, Brezil, Buenos Ayres, or Monte Video
(without in any case passing through the United King-
dom), there shall b? charged and paid in lieu of any rates of
postage now payable thereon a rata of postage of one
shilling.

Andwe further direct that on every letter trans-
mitted, as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half
an ounco in weight, there sh ,11 bo charged and paid
progressive and additional rates of postage as follows
(that is to say):—

On every letter exceeding half an ounco in weight, and
not (Acceding ono ounce in weight, two rates of

poster.
On every letter exceeding one ounce, and not exceeding
two ounces in weight, four rates of? postage.
On every letter exceeding two ounces, and not exceeding
three ounces in weight, six rates of postage.
And on every letter exceeding three ounces, and not
exceeding four ounces in weight, eight rates of postage.
And for every ounce in weight above the weight of four
ounces there shall be charged and taken two additional
rates of postage, and every fraction of an ounce above
the weight of four ounces shall be charged as one ad-
ditional ounce, and each progressive and additional
rate chargeable under this clause shall be estimated
and charged at the sum which any such letter would
be charged with under this warrant, if not exceeding
half an ounce in weight.

And we further direct that nothing herein contained
shall be deemed or construed to annul, prejudice, or
affect any of the exemptions and privileges granted by
the said recited Act, or by any other Acts of Parliament
relating to the Post-office, or by any Treasury Warrant
issued under any of such Acts, and that all such ex-
emptions and privileges shall remain in full force.
And we further direct that the terms and expressions
used in this warrant shall be construed to have the like
meaning in all respects as they would have had if in-
serted in the said Act passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty.
Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct,
that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury, or any two of them, by warrant
under their, hands, at any time hereafter to alter or re-
peal any of the rates hereby fixed, or the regulations
hereby made, and to make and establish any now or
other rates or regulations in lieu thereof.
Whitehall Treasury Chambers, Oct. 10, 1850.
Men,
IL M. BELLEW.

This Gazette contains notices that the following places
have been duly registered fur tha solemnization of mar-
riazes therein:—
The High-street Chapel, situated in the parish of
Halsted, in the county of Essex, in the district of Hal-
sted Union.
Unitarian Chapel, situate at Oldham, in the township
of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, in the district of
Oldham.

BANKRUPTS,
Thomas Wesley, hotel-keeper, Newport Pagnel, to
surrender Oct. 29, at one, and Nov. 28, at eleven, at the
Court of Binkraptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street; Pooley, Beisley, and Reed, Lincoln's
Inn-fields.

llenry Pooley, oarpenter, Wisbeach Saint Peter'e,
Cambridgeshire, Oat, 23, at eleven, and Nov. 26, at