The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LOIID•LIEUTENANTS.

North Devon Regiment of Mounted Rifles—Henry Lee
to be Captain, vice Lee, resigned ; John Johnson to be
Lieutenant, vice Lee, promote ; Sept. 29.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Alexander Ridgway to
be Ensign, Halifax Wyatt to be Lieutenant, Sept. 20 ;
Hon. John William Fortescue to be Lieutant-Colonel,
Henry Marsh to be Major, Sept. 23 ; Edmund Pitman to
be Captain, Sept. 26 ; Henry Thomas Hartnoll to be Lieu-
tenant, Sept. 28 ; William Arnold, to be Lieutenant, Oct.
5 ; Henry Thomas Hartnoll, to be Assistant-Surgeon,
Nov. 24.

2d Devon Regiment of Militia—John Butter Ashford,
to be Ensign, Sept. 26 ; Nicholas William Prettijohu
Pitts, to be Ensign, Oct. 7; Robert Trood, to be Lieute-
nant • William Kennell Coleridge, to bo Lieutenant ;
Charles Augustus Coles, to be Lieutenant, Oct. 10.
Devon Militia Artillery—Edward Bar well, to be First
Lieutenant, Sept. 22 ; Adjutant John Lakin, during his
Adjutancy to serve with the rank of Captain, Nov. 22.
Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion—
James Elliott, to be Lieutenant, vice Buller, resigned,
Oct. 15.

BANKRUPTS.
Claudius Alfred Scrivener, milliner and flower merchant,
Old Change, to surrender, Dec. 27, and Jan. 31 next, at
twelve, at the' Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official
assignee ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Cheapside.
Thomrs Archer, woollen draper and clothier, Braintree,
Essex, Dec. 31 at half-past twelve, and Feb. 4, at half
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Aldridge and Bromley, Gray's
Inn.

Daniel Antrobus, sharebroker, Manchester, Jan. 6, and
27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee,
official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson and Last, Man-
chester.

Daniel Edwards and William Bishop, builders, Camden-
town, Dec. 31 and Feb. 4, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee Basinghall-street ;
Goren, South-Molton-street.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
W. Woods, jun., Wilmington-square, Clerkenwell, com-
mercial traveller—J. Horton, Edward-street, Hampstead-
read, upholsterer's salesman—C. Davey, Rockingham-row
East, New Kent-road, wholesale milliner—T. Glover,
Greenwich, Kent, cowkeeper—C. Goodman, Globe-terrace
and Globe-road, Mile-end, carpenter—C. Tavernor, Hill-
street, Knightsbri& e—J. Amey, Enfield-highway, baker
—W. Gillbanks, Lewisham, Kent, and Watling-street,
City, commission agent—F. J. Ross, Church-street, Lam-
beth, music smith—G. Aylmore, Vincent-terrace, River-
terrace, Islington, letter carrier—G. L. Cope, Albert-place,
Chelsea, butcher—S. Wray, Gerard-street, River-terrace,
City-road, clerk to a certificated conveyancer—R. Hutch-
inson, Woolwich, Kent, shopman to a grocer—J. King,
Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road,' clerk—G. F. White,
Tyers-street, Lambeth, and Farringdon-market, potato
salesman—W. F. Parslow, St. Andrew's-road, Horsemon-
ger-lane, Newington, timber dealer—D. Macleau, Britan-
nia-terrace, City-road, commission agent—C. Hatcher,
Croydon, Surrey, licensed victualler—J. C. Web-
ster, Sion-cottage, Beresford-street, , Walworth, isin-
glass manufacturer —J. Winter Little Shire-lane,
near Temple-bar, liceuced retailer of beer —A.
Symons, Southwark Bridge-road, Surrey, engineer—
W. Lang, Loat's' cottage, Acre-lane, Brixton, bricklayer—
H.*A. Duncan, Brecknock-crescent, Camden-town, sur-
geon—C. S. Finlasou, Stratford-grove, Putney, clerk in an
Insurance office—W. Stribling, Northumberland-street,
New-road, Marylebone, carpenter—F. L. Moore, Black-
friars•road, Surrey, wine merchants—C. N. Combolts,
John-street, Amenba-square, merchant —J. P. Vale,
Spring-street, Baker-street, Portman-square, and George-
street, Oxford-street, plumber—H. S. J. Thew, George-
street, Portman-square, envelope manufacturer—J. Rowe,
Stratford, Essex, and Coleman-street, City, auctioneer—
W. Mitchell, Upper Thames-street, tin plate worker—J.
Elmer, Barking, Essex, journeyman sail maker —J.Wilks,
Springlefield-cottages, Kilburn, and Denmark-street, Soho,
mechanical tool maker.
DECLARATION OF Dl VIDENDS.

David Allan, Coleman-street and Lothbury, City, mer-
chant, 2nd dividend of 5d., and 4s. sd. on new proofs, Dec.
17, and three subsequent Saturdays, at Edwards', Sam-
brook-court.

John Dobson, High Holborn, mathematical drawing in-
strument maker, 2d dividend of 2s. 10d., and 10s. 10d. on
new proofs, Dec. 17, and three subsequent Saturdays, at
Edwards', Sambrook-court.
Samuel Edwards, Deptford, Kent, linen-draper, Ist di-
vidend of ls. Bd., Dec. 17, and three subsequent Saturdays,
at Edwards', Sambrook-court. _ .

George Clapham, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, watch-
maker, Ist division of 2s. 9d., Dec. 17, and three subse-
quent Saturdays, at Edwards', Sambrook-court.
John Henry Gould and Frederick Herman Gould, Wat-
ling-street, City, wholesale warehousemen, Ist division of
ss. 6d., Dec. 17, and three subsequent Saturdays, at
Edwards', Sambrook-court. _ _

Kate liymes, St. Thomas the:Apostle, Devonshire, dealer
in marine stores, division of ss. latd., any Tuesday or
Friday, at Hirtzel's, Exeter.
Matthew Brickdale and John Brickdale, Taunton,
Somersetshire, bankers, division of is. 6;d., any Tuesday
or Friday, at Hirtzel's Exeter.
Richard Stephens, Truro, Cornwall, draper, division of
25., any Tuesday or Friday, at Hirtzel's, Exeter.
Richard Pike, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, butcher,
Ist division of 2s. 6d, any Tuesday or Friday, at Herna-
man's Exeter.

John Cornish, Tiverton, Devonshire, grocer, IA and
final division of 3s. 3d., any Tuesday or Friday subsequent
to Dec. 22, at Hernaman's, Exeter.
John Liley, Liverpool, merchant, dividend of 2s. 8] cl. on
new proofs, Dec. 12, and any subsequent Monday, at Bird':,
Liverpool.
James Matonniee, Liverpool, commission merchant, let

* The receipts include the traffic on the Orleani aU Central, Or.
.e 423 and 139rdon; and Duro and Noted.

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