The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-15 00:00:00

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

Oxford Regiment of Militia.—Henry Edward Francis
Lambert, Esq., to be Captain, vice Dillon, resigned ; Ben-
jamin Williams, Esq., to be Captain, vice Holloway,
resigned ; William Wemyss Meth ven Dewar, Gent. to be
Lieutenant, vice Scott, resigned, Jan. 12.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Morayshire.

Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of
Militia.—Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming, Esq., late
Captain in her Majesty's 71st Highland Light Infantry
and 4th Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice C. L. Cumming
Bruce, Esq., M.P., who retires.

BANKRUPTS.
George Benjamin Costerton, merchant, Great Yarmouth,
to surrender, Jan. 24, at half-past one, and Feb. 24, at two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ;
Bell and Co.,'Bow-churchyard.
John Lockyer, steel and iron warehouseman, Clerken-
well-green, Jan. 24, at eleven, and Feb. 24, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Pearce, Giltspur-street.
Benjamin James and Thomas Girdwood Hardie, builders,
Newport, Monmouth, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, at eleven, at
the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee,
Bristol ; Bachelor, Bristol.
John Petrie, confectioner, Plymouth, Jan. 20 and Feb.
17, at half-past ten, at the Exeter District Court. Herna-
mann, official assignee, EXeter ; Elworthy, Plymouth.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Morse, Neithorpe, Oxfordshire, woolstaper, Feb. 5, at
half-past one—W. Hodsoll, South Ash, Kent, farmer,
Feb. 4, at twelve—W. Pike, Reading, Berkshire, tobac-
conist, Feb. 8, at one—J. Cole, Robert-street, Limehouse,
victualler, Feb. 8, at ono C. Webb, Oxford, apothecary,
Feb. 4, at eleven—E. Ritherdon, Mill-wall, Poplar, ship
builder, Feb. 8, at twelve—J. Dobson, High Holborn, ma-
thematical drawing instrument maker, Feb. 4, at eleven—
E. W. Cherrill, Ramsgate, cabinet maker, Feb. 4, at
eleven.

In the Country.

C. J. Wragge, Stourbridge, WorCester, banker, Feb. 7,
at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—T. Shaw, Birmingham,
stationer, Feb. 12, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—C.
F. Bailey, Burslem, Staffordshire, boot and shoemaker,
Feb. 7, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—H. Jones,
Chester, grocer, Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool
—M. Warren, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk dyer, Feb. 4, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

W. Boyce,sen.,Dover, hotel-keeper, ss. 3d., on Satur-
day, the 15th inst., and three subsequent Saturdays, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Hacks, Millpond-bridge, Rotherhithe, cooper, lid.,
on Saturday, the 15th inst., and three subsequent Satur-
days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
F. Long, Yore-street, Oxford-street, importer of foreign
lace, is. Lid., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Sa-
turdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
A bchurch -lane .

T. Lamplugh, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, grocer, is. 6d..,
any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Carrick, Hull.
T. C. Perritt, Kingston-upon-Hull, money scrivener,
2s. 6d., any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Carrick, Hull.
J. Beach, Bradford, apothecary, is., any day, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
R. Hunter, Swansea, linendraper, 3s. 6d., any Wednes-
day, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Miller,
Bristol.
J. Thomas, Shrewsbury, grocer, 2s. 44d., any Thursday,
between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie,
Birmingham.
C. H. Canning, Birmingham, draper, 2s. 7d., any
Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office f Mr.
Christie, Birmingham.
V. Cooke, Worcester, cabinetmaker, 98., at the rate of
is. 4d., in the "pound, any Thursday, between eleven and
three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
A. Smith, Liverpool, merchant, 3id. any Monday, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

W. Green, Harrow-road, builder, Feb. 4, at two—J. Os-
borne Leigh, Essex, butcher, Feb. 5, at one.
In the Country.

H. Hastings, Cheltenham, grocer, Feb. 9, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol—J. King, Ryeford, Gloucestershire,
mealman, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—w.
Longson, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, joiner and builder,
Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

R. Wilson, Cambridge, grocer and tea dealer, certificate
of the second class—H. G. Winstanley, chemist and drug-
gist, Poultry, certificate of the first class—E. Winstan-
ley, Poultry, chemist, and druggist, certificate of the first
class—R. Pitt, East Donyland, Essex, shipowner and
builder, certificate of the second class—R. Tamsitt,
Woolwich, builder, certificate of the second class—J. F.
Silby, Poole timber-merchant, certificate of the second
class—J, laddell, Gravesend, brewer, certificate of the

third class—Ann Puckett, Melton-street, Euston-square
lodging-house keeper, certificate of the third class—T:
Staley, Stockport, Cheshire, grocer, certificate of the second
class—R. C. Sharp, Manchester, merchant, certificate of
the first class—J. C. Pail ling, Manchester, merchant, cer-
tificate of the first class—H. C. Canning, Birmingham,
draper, certificate of the first class—R. Shelton, Welling-
ton, Shropshire, saddler, certificate of the second class—C.
W. Cross, Birmingham, surgeon and apothecary, certificate
of the first class—T. James, Rushall, Staffordshire, miller,
certificate of the second class—J. Marlow, Walsall Staf-
fordshire, ironfounder, certificate of the second class—T.
Bell and ,A. Champ, Liverpool, provision-dealers, certifi-
cates of the second class, twenty-one days after Jan. 7.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. J. J. Sudlow. jun., and A. V. Gunnell, Great George-
street, Westminster, Parliamentary agents—W. Bromley
and J. Derbyshire, Old Accrington, ironfounders—Sarah
Ann Matthews and Caroline Mary Chamberlain, Wor-
cester, Berlin wool dealers—G. T. Sainsbury and H.
Saunders, Devizes, wharfingers —E. Roberts and T.
Matthews, Leicester, framesmiths—R. G. Horton and H.
Marsh, Leeds, surgeons—F. J. Calling, J. E. Beer-
bohm, and H. Chittenden, Mark-lane, corn factors (so
far as regards H. Chittenden)— G. Handford and C.
Howard, Birmingham, lace manufacturers—Charlotte
Bontoft, H. Bontoft, and J. A. Bontoft, Boston,
Lincolnshire, stationers (so far as regards Charlotte
Bontoft)—J. Waddington, W. E. Waddington, and
R. E. Waddington, Coleman-street, City, umbrella
manufacturers (so far as regards R. E. Waddington)-11.
T. Bayley and W. L. Cole, Canterbury, linendrapers—W.
H. Little and J. Little, Brighton-place and Edward's-place,
Hackney-road, timber merchants—P. Stephens and J. H.
Crane, Cross-street, Islington, leather sellers—W. K.
Perrens and 0. Wakefield, Porto Bello, millwrights—S.
Foster and A. Scholes, Lindley, Yorkshire, cabinetmakers
—J. Dearden and C. Dearden, Leeds, painters—J. Hodg-
kinson and G. Hodgkinson, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and
Black Prince-row, Walworth, Surrey, wine merchants—
M. Hecht, S. Hecht, and Hecht, Seething-lane, City, mer-
chants (so far as regards M. Hecht)—B. Hall and
C. Maltby, Bradford, painters—G. Chapman and H.
Hansell, Norwich, attorneys—J. W. Brooks and C. J.
Whalley, Gray's Inn-square, attorneys—T. Archer and
11. W. Pryke, Braintree, Essex, tailors—J. Cordeaux
and T. S. Cordeux, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen manufac-
turers—J. Bancroft, J. Bancroft and J. Harrop, Barnsley,
Lancashire, cotton spinners—J. Ashton and B. Ashton,
Weruerth and Bredbury, Cheshire, and Manchester, cot-
ton-spinners—T. Booth and C. Booth, Liverpool, mer-
chants.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Thomas Highway, Dorrington, Salop, innkeeper.
Jonathan Munn, King's Langley, Herefordshire, grocer.
Joseph Bedford, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, potatoe.
dealer.
William Rawlinson, Hughendon, Buckinghamshire,

farmer.
Abraham Whitlaw, Bristol, grocer.
Joseph Humphreys, Chester, grocer.
Thomas, Povall, Tarporley, Cheshire, corn-dealer.
William Henry Webber, Exeter, commercial traveller.
Hugh West, Utley, Yorkshire, millwright.
James Woods Turtill, Kenton, Suffolk, farmer.
William Mallinson, KirkeatonYorkshire, manufacturing
chemist.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
T. Hamilton, Edinburgh, wood-merchant, to meet Jan,
21, and Feb. 14, at two, within Kennedy's Ship Hotel,
Edinburgh.
J. Henderson, DumferJine, bookseller, to meet Jan. 19,
and Feb. 9, at one, within Milne's New Inn, Dunfermline.

BANK OF I
An Account pursuant to the Act 7
the Week ending on Saturday t

ENGLAND.
th and Sth Victoria, cap 32, for
he Bth day of January, 1853.
IHTMENT.

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securitics...... 2,984,''00
Go'd coin and bullion 11',151,011
Silver 19,151

£33,170,165

f. MARSLI ALL, Chief Cashier,
1853.

:PAATMENT,

'Government securities
(includg.Dead W eight
Annuity) .. 13,870,796
Other securities... . 15,025,553
Notes .............. 9,859,480
Gold and silver coin.. 595,456