The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-20 00:00:00

VAR OFFICE, DEC. 19.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut.-Col.
C. J. Hill, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice G. W. Eyres, who exchanges; Lieut. and
Capt. the Hon. P. A. E. Freke to be Captain and Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ; Ensign and
Lieut. R. Bradford to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Freke, Dec. 19.

Scots Fusilier duardsLord R. C. Taylor to be Ensign and
Lieutenant by purchase, vice the Hon. P. Barrington, who
retires, Dec. 19.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. E. R. Wetherell to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires; Ensign H. L.
Barton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wetherell; G.
Taafe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barton, Dec. 19.
9th Foot—Captain C. F. Havelock, from 53d Foot. to be
Captain, vice Tytler, who exchanges, Dec. 16.
15th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Wilshart, M.D., from
the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Braybrooke, appointed
to the Staff, Dec. 19.
16th Foot—F. W. Buxton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice 'Read, who retires, Dec. 19.•
17th Foot—Lieutenant T. O. Ruttledge to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Grant,• deceased ; Ensign J. Bourke
to be Lieutenant, vice Ruttledge, Sept. 9.
20th Foot—N. Steevens, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Johnson, who retires, Dec,. 19.
29th Not—Ensign H. Francis to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Dobbs, deceased, Sept. 14; F. Kneebone,
Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 19. •
31st Foot—Lieut. E. A. Noel, from the 53d Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Gray, who exchanges; Sept. 27.
32d Foot—Captain T. H. Kirkley, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice J. H. Evelegh, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference; • Lieut. J. P. Pigott to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Kirkley, who retires; Ensign J.
L. Philipps to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott ; H. D.
O'Callaghan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phi-
lipps, Dec.l9.
48th Foot—Brevet Major It. Cole to be Major, without
I purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. M'Cleverty, who retires
upon half-pay ; Lieut. G. M. Lys to be Captain, vice Cole ;
Ensign F. Andrews to be Lieutenant, vice Lys; Gentleman
Cadet J. Gubbins, from the Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, vice Andrews, Dec. 19.
53d Foot—Captain G. A. Tytler, from 9th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Havelock, who exchanges, Oct. 16; Lieutenant
H. W. J. Gray, from 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Noel,
who exchanges, Sept. 27.
79th Foot—H. D. Fowler; Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon
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84th Foot—Lieut. W. M. Mitchell to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Kelly, deceased ; Ensign J. M'Cann to be
Lieutenant, vice Mitchell; Gentleman Cadet B. Sandwith,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice M'Cann,
Dec. 19.
Ist West India Regiment—Captain E. Bowyer, from 81st
Foot, to he Captain, vice Neynoe, who exchanges, Dec. 19.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon
p Maclagan, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Blake-
nev, promoted on the Staff, Dec. 19.
tlissTrAcugn.—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut.
F. B. Muller, from the 6th Foot; Lieut. 0. B. D'Arcey, from
73d Foot, Dec. 19.
STAFF.—Major W. A. M'Cleverty, .of the 48th Foot, to be,
Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces in New Zea-
land, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Dec.
19._

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff
Surgeon . of.. the First Class,
A. Smith, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals, vice Dr. T. Gordon, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon E.
11. Blakeney, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be
Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice D. C. Pitcairn, su-
perseded, Dec. 19. .
To be Staff Surgeons of. the. Second Class—Assistant-
Surgeon R. Smith, from the 19th Foot; "Assistant-Surgeon
J. D. M'lllree, from the 77th Foot, vice O'Callaghan, ap-
pointed to the 11th Light Dragoons; Assistant-Surgeon N.
S. Campbell, M.D., from the 56th Foot, vice Lawson, ap-
pointed to the 30th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon J. G. Courte-
nay, front the 75th Foot, Dec. 8.
TO be Assistant Surgeons to the Forces--Assistant-Sur-
geon W. Braybrooke, from- the 15th Foot, vice Wishart, ap-
pointed to the 15th Foot ; H. F. Robertson, Gent., vice
Maclagan, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment,
Dec. 19. . .

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314/I°RANDUM.—The names of the Cornet and Adjutant,
appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, on the 24th October,
1845, are Thomas Irwin, and not Edward Hall, as previously
stated.

• FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 10.
Tier Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir George
Jackson, KC.H., to be Commissioner on the part of ber
,Ma-
jesty in the Mixed British and Portuguese Commission, es-
tablished at the city of Loanda, in the province of Angola,
under the treaty concluded at Lisbon, on the 3d July, 1842,
between Great Britain and Portugal
Corps of Royal Marines—P. 31. for the suppression of
the slave trade, in the room of John Thomas, Esq., deceased.
ADMIRALTY, DEC' 16.
C. Croker, Gent., to be
Sesond Lieutenant ; J. C. Giles, Gent., to be second Lieu-
tenant.

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Master Chancery.
be a Master Extraordinary in the
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WHITEHALL, Dim 10.
DED.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Boom Chalmers,
of Weston-super-Mare, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to
of Cowes, in the IWsleitolfTNEVl:
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry James Damant,
Sighent., tC°c, buiet
Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
Queen's .road,
BANKRUPTCIESgAh: LS: IP
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Edward Ledgard, oil crusher, Mirfield, Yorkshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Holloway, to surrender Dec. 30, at twelve, and Feb. 6, at
James Jessup and W. Johnson, builders,
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee ; Keighley, Bssinghall-strut.
George Graham, Thomas Adams, and Michael Bogle Mac-
farlane, calico printers, Cheapside, Dec. 27, at one, and Feb.l3,
at one,
_at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assig-
nee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Brace, Surrey-
treet, Strand.
George Craft, baker, Hits bin, Hertfordshire, Dec. 29 and
Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptc Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jevarch‘lnlbers, London; Chappell,
Quality-court.
John Leadbeater, merchant, Blanchester, Jan. 5 and 26, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester ; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-
square, Landon ; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester.
. Henry Charles, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 3, and
22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court ; Hobson,
official assignee ; Fearnbead, Clifford's In T
n, ..ondon ;
Andrews, Manchester.
anchester, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20, at
John Kelsey, builder, M
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee, Manchester; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn, London;
Andrew, Manchester.
John Collins, common brewer, Salford, Dec. 31 and Jan.
21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi-
cial assignee; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow,
Bedford-row, London; Cooper, Manchester.
Thomas Findley, plasterer, Manchester, Dec. 30 and Jan.
20, at twelve, at the Blanchester District Court. Pott, offi-
cial assignee, Manchester ; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn, London ;
Andrew, Manchester.
John Howe, linendraper, West Bromwich, Staffordshire,
Dec. 31, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lloyd,
Milk-street, Cheapside, London ; Bartlett, Birmingham.
John Lewis, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan. 2 and 23, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official
assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
produce of the British possessions in America, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 16,
1845, is 345. Bid. per cwt.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Batt, silkman, . Old Broad-street, City—first div. of 14s.
6d. insthe pound. any Wednesday, at the office of 11r. Pen-
nell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghan.street
J. B. Lusson, clerk, Sheexness--firet dm. of 16s. 6d. in the
pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild-
kadllamVas, Basinglaall4treet.
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