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

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 18.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Co-
lonel William Henry Cornwall to be her Majesty's Marshal
of the Ceremonies, in the room of Thomas Seymour Hyde,
Esq., deceased.
_ LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18.

The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has
appointed 'William Carter Hoffmeister, Esq., Doctor of Medi-
cine, and William Cass, Esq., Surgeon, to be Apothecaries in
Ordinary to her Majesty, in the Isle of Wight.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18.

The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has
appointed Alexander Nasmyth, Esq., to be Surgeon-dentist
n Ordinary to her Majesty.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 12.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie to the place and office of
Clerk of her Majesty's Registers and Rolls in Scotland, in
the room of the Right Hon. William Dundas, deceased.
WAR• OFFICE, DEC. 19.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut.-Col.
C. J. Hill. from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain ant' 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 Bill, who retires; Ensign and
Lieut. R. Bradford to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Freke, Dec. 19.

Scots Fusilier Guards—Lord 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. Wetharall to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires; Ensign H. L
Barton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wetherall ; G.
Taafe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vire 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. Ruxton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Read, who retires, Dec. 19.
17th Foot—Lieutenant T. 0. 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 Foot—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 he 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 R. Cole to be Major, without
purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. M'Cleverty, who retires
upon half-p?y ; 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
vice H. C. Reade, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 19.
81st Foot—Captain R. S. C. • Neynoe, from Ist %Vest In-
dia Regiment, to be Captain, vice Bowyer, who exchanges,
Dec. 19.

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 be Captain, vice Neynoe, who exchanges, Dec. 19.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon
P. W. Itlaclagan, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Blake-
nev, promoted on the Staff, Dec. 19.
lINATrAcHED,—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut.
F. B. Muller, from the 6th Foot ; Lieut. 0. 13. 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.

Hosram. 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.
H. Blakeney, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Jitegunent, to be
Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice D. C. Pitcairn, su-
perceded, 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, from 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.

MEMORANDUM.—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.
Iler Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir George
Jackson, K.C.11., to be Commissioner on the part of her Ma-
jesty in the Mixed British and Portuvwe 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
for the suppression of
the slave trade, in the room of John Thomas, Esq.. deceased.
ADMIRALTY, Mc. 16.
Corps of Royal Marines—P. M. C. Croker, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant ; J. C. Giles,
Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 10.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Boom Chalmers,
of Weston-super-Mare, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEc. 16.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry James Dainant,
of Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
Edward Ledgard, oil crusher,
BANKRUPTS.
Mirfield, Yorkshire.
Jessupto d e
su rar enndlrDec.3o,ns
V . Johnson, builders, Queen's .road,
Dat twelve, and Feb. 6, at
Holloway, James
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee; Keighley. Basinghall-street.
George Graham, Thomas Adams, and Michael Bogle Mac-
farlane, calico printers, Cheapside, Dec. 27, atone, and Feb.l3,
J
at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assig-
nee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Brace, Surrey-
treet, Strand.
George Craft, baker, Hitchin, Ifertfordshire, Dec. 29 and
Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, 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, London ; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester.
Henry Charles, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 3, and
22, at twelve, at the Manchester iDistrict Court; Hobson,
official assignee ; Fearnhead, Cliffora's
Inn, London ;
Andrews, Manchester.
John Kelsey, builder, Manchester, Dec. 80 and Jan. 20, at
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 Manchester District Court. Pott, offi-
cial assignee, Manchester; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn, London ;
Andrew, Manchest4r.
John Howe, lirAndraper, West Bromwich, Staffordshire,
Dec. 31, and Jan. 24, at .eleven, at the Birmingham District
Gaut. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
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, BirminghaPßlCME Om ; otteraF SUGARm and Knowles, Birmingham.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
produce of the British possessions in America, corn-
'puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 16,
1845, is 345. 3icl. per cwt.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Batt, milkman, Old Broad-street, City--first div. of 14s.
6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pen-
' nell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall- street.
J. B. Lusson, clerk, Sheerness—first div. of 16s. Gd. in the
pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild-
hall-chambers, Basinghall-street.