The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-09 00:00:00

Commission by her Majesty the Queen.

King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—John
Ballard Gardiner, Esq., to be Adjutant, Dec. 29, 1852.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding

of Yorkshire.

The Right Hon. Lord Londesborough ; Sir Thomas
Beckett, Bart. ; John Charles Dodgson Charlesworth,
Esq. ; Robert John Coulman, Esq. ; Thomas Fairfax, Esq ;
Henry Hall, Esq. ; John Spencer Stanhope, Esq. ; John
Vance, Esq., M.P. ; Frederick William Thomas Vernon
Wentworth, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenants, Feb.
24 ; Sir Thomas Edward Pilkington, Bart. ; Colonel
Ferrars Loftus; Lieutenant-Colonel John Barnett;
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Edward Gambier Monckton ;
Captain Cuthbert Athelstan Baines ; Captain Charles
Aug. Cobbe ; Capt. Edwd. Prothero ; Joseph Priestley
Edwards, Esq.; Wm. Hey, Esq.; Wm. Hen. Leathern, Esq.;
George Pollard, Esq. (Halifax) ; William Henry Rawson,
junior, Esq. ; Francis Salvin, Esq. ; Samuel Waterhouse,
Esq. ; Francis Frederick Whitehead, Esq.—to be Deputy-
Lieutenants.

3d Regiment of West York Militia—Thomas Shearburn
Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 26.

let Regiment of 'West York Militia—Joseph Hartley,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 26.
The following article is substituted for that which ap-
peared in the Gazette of the 25th February
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Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant- of the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
2d Regiment of West York Militia—George Thomas
Thornton, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 14.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Henry William Hos-
kins, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Grimwood, resigned.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
King's Own Ist Regiment of Staffordshire Militia.—
Major the Hon. Wellington Patrick Manvers Chetwynd
Talbot to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Giffard, resigned,
March 4.

King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia.—John
Ballard Gardiner, Esq., late Captain in the 17th Regiment
of Foot, to serve as Adjutant, with the rank of Captain;
John Moore Kemp, Gent., to be Ensign, March 4.
King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Militia.—Her
Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to direct
that this regiment shall be formed into a Light Infantry
Regiment.
Middlesex Militia.—Her Majesty has been .graciously
pleased to direct that the Royal West Middlesex Regiment
of Militia shall be styled and equipped as a Rifle Corps.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Taleb Bohal, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields.
BANKRUPTS.
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Morris Harris, furrier, Regent-street, to surrender,
March 12, at two, and April 23, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury.
John M'Lachlan, auctioneer, Spital-square, Norton Fol•
gate, March 12 and April 23, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street
Messrs. W. J. and G. Boulter, Northampton-square,
Clerkenwell.

William West and John West, linen drapers and grocers,
Donnington, Lincolnshire, March 21, at one, and April 19
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Heather and
Moger, Paternoster-row.
John Wells, dealer, Bold-place, Marlborough-road,
Queen's-road, Dalston March 16, at two, and April 20, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ;
Ashley, Charles-square, Iloaton.
Joseph Symes, cheesemonger, Queen's-buildings, Knights-
bridge, March 22, at one, and April 19, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane ; Sturmy, Simpson, and Bousfield, Philpot-
lane, Eastcheap.
Richard White, cut nail manufacturer, Birmingham,
March 19, and April 9, at half-past ten, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee ; Stand-
bridge, Birmingham.
Alfred Platts, tailor, Sheffield, March 19, and April3o,
at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee, Sheffield ; Chambers, Sheffield.
Robert Carr, licensed victualler, Holyhead, March 14
and April 11, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Yates, jun., Liver-
pool.
Hugh Henry Ross, draper, Liverpool, March 18, and
April 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Tur-
ner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sale, Worthington, and
Shipman, Manchester.