The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-09 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 7.

Corps of Royal Engineers.—Lieutenant Charles Her-
bert Sedley to be Second Captain, vice Crofton, died of
wounds before Sebastopol, April 16.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 5.

The following promotions, dated the 2(1 inst., have this
day taken place consequent on the decease, on the Ist inst.,
of Rear-Admiral of the White Arran!. Lowry Corry :
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, the Hon. Richard Saunders
Dundas, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Follett Walrond. Pennell, Captain William
Alexander Baillie Hamilton, Captain Edward Purcell,
Captain Charles Elliot, to be Rear-Admirals on the re-
served half-pay list.
Captain Thomas Bennett to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.
The following captains on the retired list have also
been promoted to be retired Rear-Admirals on the terms
proposed in the London Gazette of Sept. 1, 1816, without
increase of pay :
Captain Theobald Jones.
Captain George Lloyd.
ARM T.AND ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPART-

MENT, MAY 5.
The office of the Army and Ordnance Medical Depart
ment has been removed from No. 13, St. James's-place,
St.. James's, to No. 6, Whitehall-yard, Westminster.
[This Article is substituted for that which appeared in
the Gazette of 6th April last.]
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.

Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant
William John Robinson. of the Royal Cumberland
Militia, to be Acting Quartermaster, vice Lumb, who
retires, April 3.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Berks—The Honourable Jacob Pleydell Bou-
vet ie, commonly called Viscount Folkestone, to be De-
puty Lieutenant the Right Honourable William Good-
enough Hayter tlO be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Walter,
Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Allfrey,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 2.
Royal Berks Militia—Ward Soane Braham, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Williams, resigned, May 2.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Ensign
Peter Wells to be Lieutenant, vice Kell ; John Robert
Conway Hickson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice White ; Alex.
Milford Sutherland, Gent., to be Ensign; Willis Peat,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—Wiliam Maitland Chiffney, Esq., to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Ridge, who retires.
Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—
James John Pickford, Gent., to be Ensign ; Charles Wal-
linger, Gent., to be Ensign, May 1.
2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia—
Captain Charles Augustus Co bbe to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Brandling, retired ; Lieutenant Robert Greaves
Walker to be Captain, April 26 ; George Williams, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Francis Morley to be Lieutenant;
Henry Charles Chanmer, Gent., to be Ensign, May 1.
6th Re(ii oent of West York Militia—John Bradley
Swann, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; James St. Clair Glassun,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, April
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
William Philip Allington Jones, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
April 25.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—John Ireland
Blackburne, Esq.. late Paymaster of the 4th, or Dike of
Lancaster's Own ( Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia,
to be Captain; Edward Francis Roche, Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; Joseph Banks Sladen, Gent., to be Lieutenant;
William Edward Whelan, Gent., to be Ensign, May 5.
West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieu-
tenant Alexander Henry Rosa to be Captain, vice Godden,
resigned, May 1.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Ensign James Henry MiEwen to be
Lieutenant, vice Halswell, resigned ; Ensign Henry Bulke-
ley to be Lieutenant, vice Lea, resigned ; Frederick Alfred
Stone, Gent., to be Ensign, vice M`Ewen, promoted,
May 4.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Major Lodge Murray Prior, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Commandant, vice Villiers, resigned;
Charles Seaton, Gent., vice Blake, resigned, May 4.
Warwickshire Militia-2d Regiment—Wm. Henry
Bennett, Esq., late of the 30th Foot, to be Captain ; Geo.
Woodyatt, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 27.
2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Seaton Ralph
Foster, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 27.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of Jan. 23.]
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Stafford Chas.
Mathews, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 9.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the Ist May inst.)
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery
Charles Frederick Gibson, Esq., late Brevet-Major 24th
Regiment, to be Captain.

BANKRUPTS.
Henry Joseph Pratt, trunk-maker, New Bond-street,
Middlesex, to surrender, May 22, at eleven, and June 19,
at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stans-
feld, official assignee; Smith and Sons, I3arnard's-inn,
Holborn.
John Bradbury, joiner, Sheffield, May 19 and June 30,
at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assig-
nee, Sheffield ; Unwin, Sheffield.
Thomas Purdy, wine merchant, Great Yarmouth,
May
18 aed June 19, at half-past one, at the Court o f Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Jay and Pilgrim, Nor-
wich ; Jay, Bucklersbury.
Thomas Thompson, bookseller, Sunderland, May 23' at
half-past eleven, and June 26 at eleven, at the Newcastle
District Court. Baker, official assignee, N ewcastle-upou-
Tyne ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Frederick Newell, linen draper, Bradford, Yorkshire,
May 18 and June 22, at eleven, at the Leeds - District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Carriss and Cud-
worth, Lead-.
Erasmus Symonds, merchant, 15, Great Bell-alley,
Moorgate-street, May 17, at half-past one, and June 21, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assig-
nee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Ashurst, Son, and Morris,
Old Jowly.
John Horrocks, grocer, Salford, May 18 and June 8, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hornaman,
official assignee, Manchester ; Lamb, Manchester.
Thomas Southward, corn and flour merchant, Bolton-
le-Moors, Lancashire, llay 2? and June 19, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee,
Manchester ; Richardson, Bolton-le-Moors.
Thomas Spurrier, maltater, Walsall, Stafford-hire. May
19 and June '5, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee' Birmingham ; Jeck"-1,
West Bromwich; Hodgson' Birmingham.
David Foster, gunsmith, jun. 4, Goole, Yorkshire, at
114114a° ei""a 1/24 July 2, at glove,. at tho limit Dip

filet Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Wilson,
Goole ; Naylor, Leeds.
Joseph Whiteley Broadhead, woollen manufacturer,
Green °whirs, near Holinbridge, Volk, May 24, and June
22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds; Kidd and Jessop, Holuafirth ; Bond and
Barwick, Leeds.
sourca SEQUESTRATIONS.
Robert Leckie, wrigbt, Pollokshiovs, Renfrowshire ;
Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley, May 16.
George Robson, interim factor, Ghtsgow. „
• DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Owen Gray, of 23, Great fower-street, City, bundler,
first dividend of 2s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 25, Cole-
man-street, City, on Thursday, May 10, and three follow-
ing Thursdays.
Stephen Harris, of Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, iron-
monger, first dividend of 3s. 10d. in the pound, pay able
at 25, Coleman-street, City, on Thursday, May 10, and
three following Thursdays.
Mary Ann and Williwn Thomas, of Upper King-street,
Bloomsbury, builders, first dividend of 33. ld. in the pound,
payable at 25, Coleman-street, City, on Thursday, May
10, and three following Thursdays.
Henry Sheppard, of &distally, grocer, Ent dividend of
2s, sd. in the pound, payable at 25, Coleman-street, City,
on Thursday, May 10, and three following Thursdays.
Joseph Head, Exeter, silversmith, a final dividend of
3s. 11d. in the pouad, payable at Queen-street, Exeter, ou
any Tuesday or Friday,
Robert Wils,n Wyllie, St. Leonard, Devonshire, first
dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at Queen-street,
Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday.
Francis Blamey, Crofthandy, Cornwall, grocer, further
dividend of 2s. 7id. in the pound, payable at Queen-street,
Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday.
John Bush Mercer, Bath, carpenter, a dividend of 2s.
4d. in the pound, payable at 19, St. Auguatine's-place,
Bristol, on Wednesday, May 9, and any subsequent Wed-
nesday,

William Rollason, jun. Birmingham, tin plate worker,
first dividend of ls. 11d. in the pound, payable at 29,
Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on Thursday, May 10,
Thursday, May 24, and the two following alternate Thurs-
days.

Horatio Adolphus Port, Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford-
shire, hairdresser, a dividend of 2s. i 4d. in the pound, pay-
able at the County Court, Burton•upon-Trent.
John Morris, Fishpool, Lancashire, journeyman black-
smith, first div. f 2s. 81. in the pound, payable at 14,
Union-street, Bury, on any Tuesday.

DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
C. and J. Heaton, 23 and 25, Lime-street, City, and 15,
White Lion•street, Spitalfields, export oilmen, May 31—
E. Harratt and J. Bland, Huntingdon and Godmanchester,
builders, May 31—J. Haydon, Barnstaple, Devonshire,
draper, May 29—H. Savill, Colchester, grocer, May 29
T. Freck, Nottingham, grocer, May 29.