The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-28 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNI6SDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1855.

TilE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Lowrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewrpolaamloore.
Gerge Hoffmann, brewer, Park-terrace, Park-road,
Clapbt.m, April 4, at half-past two, and May 2, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee; Da Jersey and Son, St. Ann's-lane, City.
Robert }arbor, rosin distiller, Deptford, April 17, at
two, and May 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Nichol], Essex-
street, Strand.

Will iamCOrnish, grocer and draper, Great Thurlow,
Suffolk, April 4, at half-past one, and May 8, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee;
Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury.
George Beresford, carver, gilder, &c., Wych-street,
Stn old, April 4, at twelve, and MayB, at half-past twelve,
at, ilia Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Levy, Arundel-street.
William Gibson, innkeeper, Alford, Lincolnshire, April
18 and May 9, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court.
Carrick, official assignee, Hall; Brackenbury, Alford,
Lir colnsh ire.

Thoulas Itasting3 Irwin, share broker, Southport, April
Il and May 11, at eleven, a►t the Liverpool District Court.
!3ird, official assignee, Liverpool; Lac; Rigge, and
Roscoe, Liverpool.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
J. T. Barnes, Lime-street, City, musical clock maker—
T. S. Williams, Grange-road, Bermondsey, schoolmaster
—W. Lee, Turk-street. Bethnal-green, out of business—B.
Batt, Nichol-square, Hackney-road, carpenter—T. Tring,
Wilton-street, Finsbury-quart,, brush manufacturer—S.
L Howell, Aske-terrace, Hextm New-town, wholesale
milliner—W. Lucas, Harriett-s.treet, Fulham-road, builder
—H. Cox, Alpha-road, St. John's-wood, collecting clerk—
G. Caßingham, Ewell, Surrey, plumber—R. Caless, Wim-
bledon, Surrey, plumber—J. Birch, Harland-square,
Kinolland-road, journeyman saddle-tree maker—R. Harris
Pra:a-street, Paddington, Barr, Heath-lane,
Twickenham, carpenter—AL Wright, Woolwich, steward
of the Warrior-hulk—lt. Atopsey, Victoria-terrace, Ken-
sington, accountant—J. P. D. Camp, Wood-street, and
C'Aurch-street, Spitalfields, stati ner—W. Walker, Cleve-
-I.s-ad-street, Pimlico, schoolmaster—C. Bowling, Black-
friars-road, carman—E. C. Vine, Abbey-street, Bermond-
sey, staymaker—S. Cole, Manchester-street, Alandhester-
square, portrait painter—C. Gudstou, York-road, Lana-
beth —A. G. Addy, Union-street, Kinttsland-road, baker—
s. Newman, South Mims,..liiddlesex,lailor—J. IL- Tully,
Southampton-street, Strand, professor of music----Flora-
Petit, Alpha-road, St. John's-wood.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Walter Cobbett, Bear-garden, Southwark, plumber-2d
div. of ;is. 101, on new proofs, March 28, and three snb-.
sequent Wednesdays, at Eiwards's, Sambrook-conrt.
Thomas Wagburn, R3clrester, Kent, draper—let dir. of
a. 2d., March 29, and 'three subsequent Thursdays, at
Staufeld's' Basinghall-street.
Edward Hopewell and Autheny Thacker, Leadenhall-
street, City, outftttars—Final div. of 4d., March 29, and
three subsequent Thursdays, at Staufeld's, Basieghall-
street.

Ebenezer Heath, Bridge House-place, Newington-cause-
way, leatherseller—lst div. of 21. 'N., March 29, and three
subßequent Thursdays, at Graham's, Coleman-street.
Henry Hill. High-street, Hampstead, builder—let dir.
of 11/d., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
Benjamin West, Fleet-street, City, and St. James's-
walk, Clerkenwell, bookseller-2d dir. of 2s. 4d., any
Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basioghall- street.
Charles Staples and John Collyer, Southampton, ship
Plumbers—let div. •f 10s., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's,
Basi ns'aall• street.

John Dodderidge Humphreys, New Wharf-road, Cale-
donian-read, engineer--Ist div. of ls. Md., any Wednes-
day, at Whitmore's, B%singhall-street.
James Russell, Chichester. cabinet maker—lst div. of
ss. 34d., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basingball-street.
Thomas Allison Readwin. Winchester-buildings, Great
IWinchester street, City, dealer in shares-Ist div. of 9d.,
any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street.
Thomas Burton, Hagley, Worcestershire, builder-Ist
div. of 3s. 3jd., any Friday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham.

DIVIDENDS.
April 20. J. Evans, Toy Hotel, Hampton-court, licensed
vicAsaller--April 20. J. A. Smith, Queen-street, Ham-
mersmith, and Newport,street, Lambeth, lighterman—
April 24. J. Midgley, Nottingham, soda water manufac.
tar-sr—April 10. J. B. Mercer. Bath, carpenter —April 20.
G. Pearson, Birkenheal, Cheshire, grocer.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Bruce and Co., coal merchants, Paisley,
Bannerman and Morrs, merchants, Glasgow.
Addison and Stables, carriers, Leith.
John Strathern, commission merchant, Glasgow.
John Dick, carter, Glasgow.
John Jack, grocer, Uddingston, Lanarkshire.
Wm. W. Mansell, commission merchant,'Glasgow.
Smellie, Brothers, cartwrights, Patrick.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INT.ELLIGEZYVIL

Yesterday advices were received under date March 17
and 18, from Dantzic and Fredericksbaven, announcing
that the navigation had opened. At Memel, on the 18th
inst., no ice ad been seen seaward for several days pre-
vious. At Riga, on the 17th March, the ice remained
unaltered. Numbers of vessels had entered the port of
tlsinore since the 20th of March, from London, Liver-
pool, &c.

The fleet at Spithead partially got up steam again
yesterday to take up their berths more accurately, the
movement of the previous day having been considerably
bungled by some of the ships. They are now moored
in better order. There are about 500 seamen needed to
man the fleets at Spithead. Rear-Admiral Dundas, the
Commander-in Chief, will return and rehoist his flag on
board the Duke of Wellington this day, and.it is now re-
ported in the force that the fleet will sail on Monday
next. All the quarterly bills of the officers wiil be paid
on Saturday. Her Majesty is not expected to see them
off. The Gorgon, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Craw-
ford, joined on Monday evening ; and the Harrier, Ro-
samond, Pembroke, Hastings, James Watt, Russell,
Hawke, Cornwallis, and others, may be expected to drop
in by the time of sailing.
The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Captain
arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Bleak. Sea. She
left Balaklava on the 21 ult., Constantinople on the 9th,
Malta on the 27th, and Gibraltar en the 14th inst. ; at
the last date the Hecla, 6, paddle sloop, Commander
Hawker, which had been ashore at Neutral Passage,
was nearly refitted for a voyage to Malta, to be docked.
The Malacca brought home Lieutenant Markham, of
the Royal Horse Artillery, Lieutenant Owens, of the
33d (late Serjeant-Major, promoted for his distinguished
gallantry at Inkerman), and 30 wounded• and, sick in.
valids ; five died on the voyage. She made a tedious pas-
sage, owing to strong contrary wind=, against which she
was unable to make headway with her steam.,, The in-
valids thus brought were landel yesterday, and shared
the bounties distributed by Major-3eneral and Lady
:Smith, -at the garrison hospital, consisting of clothing,
personal comforts, and nourishing confections. Major-
General and Mrs. Bentinck hare also forwarded a quan-
tity of similar good things for Sir Frederick and Lady
Smith to distribute among the sick.
Th. Deva, hired sailing transport No. 96, embarked
80 artillery horses at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday
for the seat of war. They were hoisted in by slings ; 113
of them are for the Royal Horse Artillery, with which .
18 men proceed. The r:mainder of the horses for the
artillery employed, with the army, amounting to 200, are
to be sent to Scutari, where they will be formed by the
detachments accompanying them into depot, and trained
and forwarded to the forces as required. The men of the
Artillery who form these detachments are selected for
that duty.

The Hansa, steam-transport No. 201$, went alongside
the dockyard jetty at Portsmouth yesterday to get a
supply of coals. She is being surveyed by the dockyard
officers, and will need some repairs and fittings before
being employed in the Government troop transport ser-
vice. She was in the German navy, and carried the
commodore of that service. She mounted ten great
guns.

A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral Seymour,
President, captains Codrington, Sir T. Maitland, Mundy,
Elliott, Ramsay, Hope, Warren, G. Elliot, Pelham (Cap-
tain of the Fleet), Stopford, Denman, and George Sey-
mour, assembled yesterday morning on board her Ma-
r jesty's ship Victory, to try William Thomas, a private of
,the Royal Marines, serving on board the St. George,
120, at Spithead, on charges of drunkenness, on board, on
the 17th inst., disobedience of orders, and using abusive
language towards his superior officer, Lieut. Symons.
The prisoner appeared to be a youth of about 19. He
admitted his fault, and said that he had not been per-
mitted to go ashore for a considerable time, and that
during that period he had received 121. pay, and had not
been allowed to leave to spend a fraction of it. Lieut.
Symons said his character had been good up to the time
of the offence. The Court adjuged the prisoner, "on
account of his youth," to receive only 24 lashes on board
the St. George, and to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour in Lila county gaol of Winchester for the term of
8 calendar months. John Butler, a private of marines,
also of the St. George, who was called up as a witness
by the Court who tried biz companion Thomas, gave
his evidence in a manner which the court considered so
partial, with the view of screening his comrade, whom
he had himself taken into custody and placed in iron 4,
that they gave him into the custody of the then acting
Provost Marshal, and summarily sentenced him to two
months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in Winchester
gaol.

Her Majesty's and the Prince Consort's bounty (a
donation of 300/, and a conditional promise of 2001.
more) towards the Portsmouth Royal Sailors' Home,
encouraged the directors to take measures for carrying
immediately into effect the much-needed enlargement of
that institution.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants—James W. Vaughan, from the Britannia
to the James Watt; Joseph Marryatt, to the Hawke,
for service in the Clinker tender ; Henry J. Grant,
from the Cressy, to the Colossus, for servica in the
Dapper tender ; Francis T. Hamilton, from the St.
George to the Pembroke, for service in the Grinder
tender; William H. Truscott, from the Powerful to the
Hastings, for service in the Jasper tender.
Clerks—Henry T. Read, from the Neptune to the
Cmsar ; Adolphus Albutanson, to the Duke of Welling-
ton ; Edward A. Bsrnston, to the Majestic.
Acting Clerk —Alien F. Gain, to the Geyser.
Temporary Clerk—W. R. Watson b the Exmouth.
Naval Cadet—E. C. Drummond, to the James Watt.
Boatswain—Henry A. Searle, to the Teazer.
114 civil artificers, collarmakers, wheelwrights, and
blacksmiths embarked at Woolwich on Monday, on
board one of the transport vessels ready to leave for the
Crimea.

50 non-commissioned officers and gunners of the Royal
Artillery, with 80 horses, marched from Woolwich on
Monday, for the purpose of proceeding to Liverpool,
whence they are to embark for the Crimea.
there have been promoted from the East India Com-
pany's service, to have local rank in Turkey, while em-
ployed in the Turkish Contingent, 1 lieutenant-colonel
to have the local rank of colonel ; 9 majors to have the
local rank of lieutenant-colonels ; 17 captains to have
the local rank of majors ; 37 lieutenants to have the
local rank of captains ; and 4 second-lieutenants and 1
ensign to have the local rank of lieutenants.
Captain South, Paymaster, Brigade of Guards, who
came home sick in the Arabia, still remains at Ports-
mouth, in very infirm health, from an illness contracted
in the Crimea.