The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-12 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.
William Swift, cart owner, Liverpool, to surrender
Sept. 21, and Oct. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Etty, Liverpool.
Hipkins, grocer, Birmingham, Sept. 21. and
Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bartleet, Bir-
mingham.
George Alexander M`Lean, tailor, late of High Holborn,
Sept. 28, at half-past two, and Oct. 18 at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street ; Gilham, Bartlett's-buildings,
Holborn.
Henry Evans and Samuel Evans, saddle tree makers,
Dudbridge, Gloucestershire, Sept. 24 and Oct. 22, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official as-
signee, Bristol ; Phipps, Caincross ; Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.
Henry Houghton, merchant, Friday-street, City, Sept.
21, at two, and Oct. 16, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court;
Read, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside.
William Broadhurst, and William Marshall Broadhurst,
table-knife manufacturers, Sheffield, Sept. 29, and Oct.
27, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, offi-
cial assignee, Sheffield ; Webster, Sheffield.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Elliot Brothers and Co., merchants, Glasgow, Sept. 21,
at twelve, in the Queen's Hotel, George-square, Glasgow.
Barnhill, Wardrope, and Co., merchants, Glasgow,
Sept. 24, at twelve, in the Queen's Hotel, George-square,
Glasgow.
William and Robert Laing, drapers, Dundee, Sept. 21,
at two, in the British Hotel, Castle-street, Dundee.
DIVIDEND DECLARED.
H. Peters, Cambridge, a dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound,
payable at 16, Sidney-street, Cambridge, any day after
Sept. 15.

DIVIDENDS TO RE DECLARED.
Oct. 2—J. Whitmore, Leicester, woolstapler—H. Swin-
dell, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, wine and spirit merchant—
O. Appleton, Leicester, trimmer and dyer—T. Chapman,
Leicester, woolstapler—J. Parkinson, sen., and J. Parkin-
son, jun., Leicester, hosiers—S. Thraves and W. Harrison,
Nottingham, upholsterers—T. Charlesworth, Nottingham,
plumber. Oct. 5—T. Briggs, North Shields.

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
M. H. Francis, 3, George-yard, Lombard-street, dealer
in mining shares, Oct. 3 W. Tyree, 17, Blackfris.r's-road,
boot and shoe manufacturer, Oct. 3—T. Davies, Narbeth,
Pembrokeshire, leather dealer, Oct. 2—T. Harvey, Groat
St. Helen's, money scrivener, Oct. 3—J. Durrant, 146,
High Holborn, victualler, Oct. 5—S. Warren, Gloucester,
licensed victualler, Oct. 2—P. Sharland, Penzance, Corn-
wall, tailor, Oct. 18--C. Tiptaft, Taunton, Somersetshire,
druggists assistant, Oct. 25—J. Horrocks, Salford, Lan-
cashire, grocer, Oct. 4—A. Hall, Manchester, garden net
manufacturer, Oct. 2—W. Williams, Liverpool, tailor,
Oct. 2.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
C. Watson, jun., Newport, Isle of Wight, grocer—J.
Jackman, Coppins Bridge, Isle of Wight, grocer—J. Tur-
ner, Ryde, Isle of Wight, saddler—R. Jacob, Felin-
' Newydd, Cardiganshire, miller —C. Harrison, Sutton,
Cheshire, baker—R. Taylor, Leamington Priors, Warwick-
shire, bricklayer—J. Beilby, Feniscowles, Lancashire,
clerk—C. Gibson, Manchester, out of business—T. Mur-
phy, Manchester, potato merchant—W. Hall, Manchester,
bricklayer—S. Bradshaw, Warminster, Wiltshire, trainer
of race horses—H. D. Donovan, Cheltenham, stay maker
—H. Roth, Sunderland, coal exporter—T. Atkinson, South
Shields, manufacturer of watches—J. Caton, sen., Wolfs.
tanton, Staffordshire, butty collier—W. Rees, Cwmavon,
Glamorganshire, miner—T. Woollett, Hastings, Sussex,
lodging-house keeper.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Briggs and W. H. White, York, grocers—M. Watson
and J. Watson, Darlington, Durham, stationers—E. Wil-
kinson and J. Wilkinson, Aberford, Yorkshire, drapers—
G. Chilie and B. Truelove, Birmingham, timber merchants
—J. R. Williams and T. S. Bickersteth,, Liverpool, print-
ers—J. Neve and C. Lathbnry, Wolverhampton, iron mer-
chants—B. S. MacGeagh and W. L. Fielding, Shrewsbury,
general drapers—R. Cole and D. Morley, Brockford, Suf-
folk, farmers—E. D. Welford and T. W. Welford, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, attorn.ys-at-law—Jobn Evans, James
Evans, F. Evans, and S. Evans, St. Agnes, Cornwall, ham-
mer millwrights—R. Wardle and R. S. Frazer, Bishop•
wearmouth, Durham, engine builders—E. Roberts, G.
O'Reilly, and M. Horsfall, Liverpool, general drapers (so
far as regards E. Roberts)—P. Humphreys and J. Clark-
Gariton, Lancashire, blacksmiths—E. Hainsworth
and D. Fielding, Halifax, Yorkshire, common brewers—
R. Senior and T. Steel, of Bishop Auckland, Durham,
shoddy and flock merchants—W. A. Goodall, G. Bellamy,
J. M. Stanley, and William Booth, of Sheffield, stove
manufacturers (so far as regards W. A. Goodall)
—Frederick Charles Wilkins and James Granville Sharp,
of Great Winchester-street, City, bullion brokers—Wm.
Bell, Wm. Thos. Bell, Win. Stobart, Win. Kimpster, and
Christopher Croudace, of Durham, owners of the Wash-
ington colliery (so far as regards Christopher Cronclace)--
Mary Ann Mundy and John Andrew Mundy, of 21, Back ;
Church-lane, Whitechapel, carpenters—Robert Armstrong
and Thomas Kirkbride Waller, of Carlisle, joiners.

Boston, August 14, 1855.
BOARD OF TRADE, SEPT. 11.
TO MERCHANTS, SHIPOWNERS, AND TRADERS.
Reduction of the Outward Wharfage, Rates payable to
the Dock Company of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Notice is hereby giveu, that the Board of Trade have,
in exercise of the power given to them by the Hull Dock
Act of•I844 (7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 103), reduced the
rates above-mentioned, as follows :
"The outward wharfage rates now collected by the
Hull Dock Company, under the powers given to them by
the Act of the eighth year of her present Majesty, chapter
one hundred and three, shall be reduced by one-third of
their present amount, in such manner that two-thirds
only of the rate which is now collected in respect of each
article shall be collected in respect thereof; and that no
outward wharfage rates whatever, except two-thirds as
aforesaid, shall be collected by the said company.
" The said reduction to take effect on and after the Ist
October next.
" The said reduction to be effected by an abatement of
one-third upon the amount of every separate charge."
WAR-OFFICE SEPT. 11.
87th Foot--General James Simpson to be Colonel, vice
General Viscount Gough, G.C.8., recently removed to the
Royal Horse Guards.
Bt
Foot—Lieutenant-General the Hon. Charles Gore, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Gabriel Gordon, de-
-1 ceased.
96th Foot—Lieutenant-General Mildmay Fane to be
Colonel, vice
.Lieutenant-General Charles Edward Con-
yers, C. 8., deceased.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 6.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Henry Lind-
say Searle to be Adjutant, vice Doraville, promoted.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
County of Essex—Myles Lonsdale Formby, Esq., to be
Deputy Lieutenant.
Royal Monmouthshire Militia—Robert Reddall Wil-
liamson, Gent., to be Ensign.
The Galloway Rifles7—Erasusus Gower, Esq., to be
Ensign.
[This appointment is substituted for that which ap-
peared in the Gazet'e of Tuesday last, the 4th inst.]
76th or Highland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia.—
Donald Macßae to be Lieutenant.