The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-18 00:00:00

TO BE MAJOR-GENERAL.
Colonel Hugh Evans.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 14.
CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.
TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.

Colonel-Commandant Henry Ivatt Delacombe, vice Pratt,
removed to the Retired List, under the provisions of her
Majesty's Order in Council, 13th September, 1854 ; and
The following officers, who had been permitted to retire
upon full-pay previously to her Majesty's said order in Coun-
cil, to receive a step of Honorary Rank, by the promotion
of those who stood originally below them on the effective
establishment of the corps, viz. :

TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.

Colonels Donald Campbell, Henry James Gillespie, Samuel
Garmston, John Harvey Stevens.

COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
West Essex Militia—Captain James Edward Boggis, half-pay
55th Regiment, to be Adjutant ftom the 30th of May, 1855.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
County of Salop—Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acto
Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
West Riding of York—Major Henry Van Straubenzee to be
Deputy-Lieutenant; Captain Charles Edgcumbe Davenport
to be Deputy-Lieutenant.
3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—John
Charles Flood, Esq., late sth Foot, to be Captain.
4th Regiment of West York Militia—Anthony B. Lynch,
gent., to be Ensign.
2d West Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Thos.
Grey Fullerton, gent., to be Cornet.
West Essex Militia—Zechariah Dawson Wilson, gent., to be
Ensign.

Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—
Frederick C. Thynne, gent., to be'Ensign.
Royal Montgomery Rifles—Lieutenant John P. Harrison to
be Captain, vice Beadnell, promoted.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Joseph Pitman, gent., to be Ensign.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Richard
Parnham Ridley to be Lieutenant, vice Lomax, appointed to
the 4th Light Dragoons ; Ensign Frederick Alexander C.
Macdonnell to be Lieutenant, vice Porter, appointed to the
82d Foot.

7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia --Richard John
Sommers, gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia— Sir Robert Menzies, Bart.,
to be Captain, vice Rollo, who retires.
MEMORANDUM.—The appointment of George Robertson,
gent., to be Ensign of the Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of
Militia, which was notified in the Gazette of the 10th inst.,
does not take place.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
W. Pickering, Piccadilly, bookseller—fourth din. of2s. 6d.,
and 17s. 6d., on new proofs, on Wednesday next, and two
subsequent Wednesdays, at Mr. Edwards's, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall•street.

W.-Harrison, Clyde-terrace, Caledonian-road, Islington—
first div. of 10s., on Wednesday next and two subsequent
Wednesdays, at Mr. Edwards's, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-
street.

T. O'B. Gleadah, Leamington, musicseller—first div. of 4s.
2d, on Wednesday next, and the subsequent Wednesday, at
Mr. Lee's, Aldermanbury.
Smith and Ashley, Great Coram-street, linendrapers—
second div. of 8.1 d., on Wednesday next, and the subsequent
Wednesday, at Mr. Lee's, Aldermanbury.
C. T. Griffis, Lloyd's Coffee-house, underwriter—first div.
of 7s. on new proofs, en Wednesday next, and the subse-
quent:Wednesday, at Mr. Lee's, Aldermanbury.
J. Haydon, Barnstable, draper—final div. of ls. 7id., on
Thursday, July W, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Mr.
Stausfeld's, Basinghall-street.
W. Levy, White's-row, Spitalfields, maccaroni manufac-
turer—second div: of 6d., on Thursday, July 19, and three
subsequent Thursdays, aMr. Stansfeld's, Basinghall-street.
J. M. Bentley, Dudley, Worcestershire, grocer, first div.
of Os., on any Friday, at Mr. Whitmore's, Birmingham.
W. Houston, Manchester, joiner—first div. of 6s. Bd., on
any Tuesday, at Mr. Pott's, Liverpool.
J. Walsh, Liverpool, corn merchant--first div. of 2s. on any
Wednesday, at Mr. Morgan's, Liverpool.
Stivens and Stower, Liverpool—first div. of ls. 2id., ou
any Wednesday, at Mr. Morgan's, Liverpool.
H., H. J. L., and E. W. Winton, Birmingham, agricultu-
ral implement makers—first div. of 18s., on the separate es-
tate of H. J. L. Winton, and first div. of 205., ou the sepa-
rate estate of E. W. Winton, any Thursday, at Mr. Christie's,
Birmingham

BANKRUPTS.
Job William Mecars, Croydon, chemist, to surrender, July
30, at half-past 11 o'clock, Sept. 1, at half-past 12, at the
Bankrupts' Court : solicitor, Mr. Taylor, Bucklersbury ;
official assignee, Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers, Basing-
hall-street.

J. and C. Ellis, Trinity-square, Brixton, builders, July 27,
Aug. 24, at 2 o'clock, at the Bankrupts' Court • solicitors,
Messrs. Jones, Quality-court, Chancery-lane; official assig
nee, Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.

William Wood, Wells-street, South Hackney, grocer, Aug.
2, at 11 o'clock, and 31, at 1, at the Bankrupts' Court : soli.
citor, Mr. Beavan, Old Jewry; official assignee, Mr. Whit.
more, Basinghall-street.

George Wild, Oxford-street, grocer, Aug. 2 and 31, at 12
o'clock, at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor, Mr. Holmer,
Bncklersbury; official assignee, Mr. Cannan, Aldermanbury.
Thomas Kerley, sen., St. Mary-extra, Southampton,
butcher, July 28, at 1 o'clock, Aug. 25, at half-past 12, at
the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors, Messrs. Trinder and Eyre,
John-street, Bedford-row; and Messrs. Sharp, Harrison, and
Sharp, Southampton ; official assignee, Mr. Canaan, Alder-
manbury.

Thomas Toynbeo, Slough, horsedealer, July 28, Aug. 31,
at 11 o'clock, at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor, Mr. Emp.
son, Moorgate-street ; official assignee, Mr. Cannon, Alder-
manbury.

Joseph and Robert Dent, Athorstono, Warwickshire, build-
ers, July 27, Aug. 17, at 11 o'clock, at the Biriningham Dis-
trict Court of Bankruptcy; solicitors, Messrs. Power and Pil-
grim, Atherstone ; Mr. Hodgson, Birmingham ; official as-
signee, Mr. Bittleston, Birmingham.
Robert Lyuham Courtney, West Bromwich, auctioneer,
July 30, Aug. clo, at half-past 10 o'clock, at the Birmingham
District Court of Bankruptcy: sormitors, Messrs. Duignan
and Hemmant, Walsall ; official assignee, Mr. Bittleston,
Birmingham.

William' Poole, Kingston-upon-Hull, provision merchant,