The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-02 00:00:00

BREVET.

Major Wilkingon, retired full-pay Rifle Brigade, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary
only. - - - - -

Captain the Earl of Leitrim, of the 51st Foot, to be
Major in the Army.
Brevet-Major the Earl of Leitrim, of the 51st Foot, to
be Lieutenant-0016nel in the Army.
Captain E. S. Mercer, of the 9 tth Foot, to have the
local rank of ➢iajor while serving with the Turkish Con-
tingent.
The following gentlemen to have the local rank of Staff-
Sui geons of the First Class in Turkey while serving with
the Turkish Contingent :—Major Aiuger, Esq., and Archi-
bald Cockburn.

The following gentlenian to have the local rank of Spur•
geon in Turkey, while servinEr, with the .Irregular Horse,
under the command of Major-General Matson :—Dr,
Fraser.

The followiig gentleman to have the local rank of
Veterinary-Surgeon in Turkey, while serving with the
Turkish Contingent :—William Ford, Gent.
STAFF.—Lieutenant James Pope, from the'3d Foot, to
have the substantive commission of Adjutant of the Depot
for Invalids, at Ckatham, with the rank of Lieutenant,
vice Rand, promoted.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
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Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—Fames Fallon, Esq., to be Paymaster.
Ross, Caithness. Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment
of Rifle Militia—John Alexander Fraser, late Captain in
her Majesty's 93d Highlanders, to be Adjutant, with the
rank of Captain.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
George Gun Munro, Esq., and John Mackenzie Fraser,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants of the County of Cromarty.
Galloway Rifles—Eneas Blair, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
David Alexander Gordon, Esq., appointed to the Rifle
,Brigade; George Augustus Westphal , Barry, Gent., to be
Ensign.
Royal South Gloucester light Infantry Regiment of
Militia—George Fowler, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Millet,
promoted ; Ensign John Worsley Waterloo Costly to be
Lieutenant, vice Curwoocl, resigned ; Frederick George
Holbrook°, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thomas, resigned.
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Ensign.
Nigel Greeley Rabbitts to be Lieutenant, viced Holder, ap-
pointed to, the 621 Foot; Ensign Arthur Fitzgerald Howe
Daniel to be Lieutenant, vice James, appointed to the 42d
Foot. _ . . .

Regiment of Royal London Militia.—Lieutenant Charles
Mackinnon Walmisley to bo Captain, vice James Thom-
son, resigned; Robert Francis Molesworth, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice Edward Charles Grant, promoted ; En-
sign James Duke Hill to be Lieutenant, vice Francis
George Warwick, resigned ; Ensign Augustus Charles
Twentyman to be Lieutenant, vice Matthew Friend Cos.
greave, resigned ; Edward Sackville Smith, Gent., late of
the Royal Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, vice Thomas Jo-
seph Jones, promoted ; Arthur C. J. Barrow, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Edward Vere Jones, promoted ' • Graham
Gilmour, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Alfred Augustus
James, resigned ; Edgar Wainwright Bishop, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Murdock William Pollard Robertson, pro-
mote. '
Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment—William David
Lloyd Sparrow (late Lieutenant Northampton Militia) to
be Lieutenant, vice Gem ; Ensign William Henry' Betts
to be Lieutenant, vice Rawlins. - 2d Regiment—Geo. W.
Plevins, Gent., to be Ensigns ; Robt. Henry Pearce, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Edward Snow Mason,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Farquharson, resigned.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—John Mahon Williams,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; Wm. Augustus Trydell Heiden,
Gent., to be Lieutenant; Charles Rothwell Norris, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Edward Colpry Johnson, whose
commission is cancelled.
Hertfordshire Militia.—Ensign Henry Harrison Bartlett
to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Edward Vernon White to be
Lieutenant ; Henry Joseph Toulmin, Gent., to be Ensign ;
Edward Dorrieu Newbolt, Gent., to be Ensign.
South Herti Yeomanry Cavalry—Dudley Henry Ryder,
Esq., to be Lieutenant.
Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
Thomas Bowyer Bower, to be Lieutenant, vice Whieldon,
resigned.
Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry--Lieutenant
the Earl of Dalkeith to be Captain, vice Wauchope,
resigned ; Lieutenant John M. Mowbray to be Captain ;
Cornet James Furman to be Lieutenant, vice the Earl of
Dalkeith, promoted ; Cornet William M. Wardrop to be
Lieutenant, vice Ramsay, resigned ; Lord Cardross to be
Lieutenant, vice Mowbray, promoted ; Cornet William
Forbes to be Lieutenant, vice Andrew Wauchope, resigned ;
Thomas Macknight, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lord
Cardross, promoted ; James Walker, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Borthwiek, resigned ; Archibald David Cockburn,
Gent., to be Cornet, vice Forman, promoted ; Peter Mae-
lagan, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Wardrop, promoted.

BANKRUPTS.*
Francis Butter, baker, Berkley-street, Clerkenwell, to.
surrender June 12, la.t half-past two, and July 37, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee,
Aldermanbury; Gole, Lime-street, city.
William Skipp Peebles, builder, East Dereha.m, Nor-
folk, June 11 at half-past one, and July 10 at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ;
Reed, Ironmonger-lane.
George Gent, grocer. South-row, Now-road, June 9, at
half-past one, and July 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Willan and Stevenson, Bedford-row ; Pywell, Willan, and
Stevenson, Northampton.
Thomas Itoutbadge and .T.oseph Routledge, saw mills pro-
prietors, Lambeth, June 8, at one, and July 21, at t7o,
at th e Cour t of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assign ee,-Guild'.
liall-chambers ; Solo, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury.
Thomas Forolett Brown, licensed victualler, Woolwich,*
c.'*
June 8 and July 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt v
Cannan, °Maid assignee, Aldermar.bury • P , Diddel ey,
Leman-street, Goodman's-fields.
George John Humphreys, underwriter and insurance
broker, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, City, '
Juno 15 at
one, and July 13, at half-past one, at the Court of B
sing a -sta'nk-
ruptcy. • Whitmore, official assignee,Ba ' h 11
reet ;
Linklaters, Siso lane.
Peregrine Joyce, commission agent, Worcester, Juno 12
and July 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, '
Birmingham; Bartleet, Bir-
mingham. John Parkinson the elder, and John Parkinson, the
younger, hosiers, Leicester, June 12 and July 17, at ten,
at Nottingham. , Harris, official assinee Nottingham ;
, Birmingham.
Walter and Paget, Leicester James,*
Walter Brettell, printer,. Little Marlborough-street,
Regoat-streot, June 8, at half-past eleven, and July 12, at

half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street Buildings ; Lawrance, Flews,
anßoyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Robert Blacklock and Douglas Blacklock, drapers, New-
road, Whitechapel, June 8, at twelve, and July 12, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assig-
nee, Basingh9.ll.street ; Emmett and Son, Bloomsbury-
square ; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.; Rawson,
George, and Wade, Bradford.
John Leake, woollen manufacturer, Ramsden, Kirkbur-
ton, Yorkshire, June 15 and July 20, at eleven, at thp
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds;
Clough, Huddersfield ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
James Meadows and Richard Edwin Bibby, lime mer-
chants, Manchester, June 12 and July 3, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man-
chester ; Trappes, Manchester.
Thomas Davies, currier, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire, June
12 and July.lo at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Brooke, Smith, and
Vassall, Bristol.
John Lupton, innkeeper, Bradford, June 19; at one, and
July 23, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds; Duckit, Bradford • Bond and Bar-
wick, Leeds. ,

Jaines Smith, tea dealer, Philpot-lane, City, June 14, at
eleven, and July 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Lawrance,
Plews, and Bowyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Thomas Loaring Coombe, baker, Lambeth-walk, June
8, at eleven, and July 12, at half-past twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Phillips and Sons, Abchurch-lane.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Robert Jackson, wool merchant, Douglas•street, Glas-
gow—Waverley Hotel, George-street,. June 13.
David Alexander, victualler and lime merchant, Eirkin-
tilloch---Elephant Inn, Dumbarton, June 15.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Plimmer, Chelsea, brewer, second dividend of lid. in
the pound, payable at 20, Aldermanbury, City, on Wed-
nesday, June 6, and any subsequent Wednesday.
R. Smith, 10, Newcastle-street, Strand, licensed vic-
tualler, first dividend of ls. 16d. in the pound, payable at
1, Sambrook-court, on Wednesday, June 6, and three sub-
sequent Wednesdays.
J. Ffooks, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, brewer, further divi-
dend of ls. 6d. in the pound, payable at Queen-street,
Exeter, or any Tuesday or Friday.
R. . Hopekirk, Exeter, perfumer, first dividend of is.
2d. in the pound, payable at Queen-street, Exeter, on any
Tuesday or Friday.
H. Davy, Crediton, Devonshire, linen and sail cloth
manufacturer, first dividend of ls. 10c1. in the pound, pay-
able at Queen-street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday.
J. Crosthwaite, of Liverpool, merchant, third dividend
of 4d. in the pound, payable at 53, South J ohn-street,
Liverpool, on Wednesday, Juno 6, and any subsequent
Wednesday.

J. Clay,Virednesfield, Staffordshire, builder, first divi-
dend of ls. 10d. in the pound, payable at 7, Waterloo-
street, Birmingham, on any Thursday.
C. Dixon, Gateshead, Durham, draper, first dividend,
on new proofs, of Bs. in the pound, payable at the Royal
Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, June 2, and
any subsequent Saturday.
W. Martin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, joiner, first dividend
of 4s. in the pound, payable at the Royal Arcade, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, June 2, and any subse-
quent Saturday. . .

- E. Tregenza; Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, shoe dealer,
first dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at the Royal
Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, Jane 2, and
any subsequent Saturday.
J. Whittaker, Oldham, publican, first dividend of 11d.
in the pound, payable at 69, Princess-street, Manchester,
on Tuesday, June 5, and any subsequent Tuesday.
H. Hunt, Heaton Norris, paper manufacturer, second
dividend of 6d. in the pound, payable at 69, Princes-street,
Manchester, on Tuesday, June 5, and any subsequent
Tuesday.
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
W. R. Rickman, Clement's-lane, City, insurance broker,
June 23—W. Aspin, jun., Morgan's-lane, Tooley-street,
Southwark, carrier, June 26—G. Stringer, Chamber-street,
Goodman's-fields, Italian warehouseman, June 22—G.
Howes, Mortimer-road, Kingsland, licensed victualler,
June 22—S. W. Gilham, Tarlington-place, Edgware-road,
wine merchant, Juno 22—F. White, Ewell, Surrey, and
Chelsea, brewer, June 22—G. Lawrence, Abingdon, Berk-
shire, saddler, June 22—C. K. Witt, New Sarum, Wilt-
shire, grocer, June 22—J. Peers, Ruthin, Denbighshire,
scrivener, June 25—W. Clarobrough, Sheffield, mason,
June 23—J. Dyson, Sheffield, scythe manufacturer, June
23—W. Phillips, Prendergast, Pembrokeshire, cooper,
Juno 12—R. Sales, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, dealer
in ale and beer, June 12—J. Lewis, Rodruth, Cornwall,
veterinary surgeon, June 14—S. Daniell, Rodruth, Corn-
wall, bookseller, June 14—R. Ivey, Portreath, Cornwall,
beer seller, Juno 14—E. J. Morris, Wednesbury, Stafford-
shire, schoolmaster, June 15—D. Palmer, Gelliswick, Pem
brokeshire, out of business, June 13—T. Wilson, Nor-
thowrans, Yorkshire, grocer, Juno 22 W. Wood, Clifton,
Yorkshire, shopkeeper, June 22—W. Shaw, Denholme,
Yorkshire, woollen manufacturer, June 22—J. Nicholl,
Northowram, Yorkshire, mason, June 22—R. Holmes,
Halifax, Yorkshire, wool sorter, June 22—C. Jebson,
Halifax, Yorkshire, butcher, June 22—John Clibren,
Halifax, Yorkshire, wheelwright, June 22—Henry Faw-
throp, Halifax, Yorkshire, general shopkeeper, Juno 22.