The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-02 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 28.

In consideration of the successful operations against
Rangoon and Pegu, and in the Irrawaddy River, the fol-
lowing Naval Promotions have taken place, dated the 25th
instant :

To be Captain—Commander Charles Frederick Alex-
ander Shadwell.
To be Commanders.—Lieutenants John William Dor-
vine, Henry Shank Hillyar, Rowley Lambert, and George
William Rice.

To be Lieutenants.—Mr. Hugh Alan Hinde, Mate ; Mr.
Charles Ashwell Boteler Pocock, Mate.
To be Master.—Mr. Richard Sturgess, Second-Master.
To be Surgeons.—Mr. Thomas Seccombe, Assistant-Sur-
geon; Mr. Henry Slade, Assistant-Surgeon.
To 'be Boatswain of the Second Class.—Mr. John Camp-
bell, Boatswain of the Third Class.

The Board have further directed the promotions of the
undermentioned officers, contingent on their passing the
required examinations:—
Mr. Robert Cronyn Copland, Mate, to be Lieutenant ;
Mr. John Felix Johnson, Assistant-Surgeon, to be Sur-
geon ; John Minton, Boatswain's Mate, to be Boatswain.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
The Right Hon. Charles William, Earl Fitzwilliam,
K.G., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 16.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets.
Robert Hanbuay, junior, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieuten-
ant ; Hugh Parnell, Esq., be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb.
16.

Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia.—Theophilus Caractacus Lewis, M.D., to be
Surgeon ; Ensign Frederick Bush, to be Lieutenant ; Wm.
Noble, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Clarence Holcombe Judd,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 26.
Commissionsby the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex.

Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia Theodore
Edwin Houghton Platt, Esq., late of her Majesty's 49th
Regiment of Foot, Feb. 21; Arthur Chilver Tupper, Esq.,
Feb. 22—to be Captains.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—To be Lieutenants—
Ensign John Frederick Nicholls, vice L'Estrange, who re-
tires on the allowance, Jan. 3 ; Alfred Waring, Gent.,
vice Chivers, who retires on the allowance ; Isaac Wil-
liams, Gent., vice Callanan, who retires on the allowance ;
Samuel Baker Coates, Gent., vice Tucker, who retires on
the allowance ; Alfred Ainge Harris, Gent., vice Barker,
who retires on the allowance ; Wallington Coates, Gent.,
vice Perham, superteded, Feb. 15. To be Ensigns—Robert
Blindman fowling Marshall, Gent, vice Williams, re-
gsined ; Henry Lionel Nicholls, Gent., vice Homer, re-
signed, Jan. 4.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Miltia—Ro-
bert Thomas Kennedy Lovett, Esq., to be Captain • John
Capel Philips, Gent. ; Edward cott, Gent. ; 411liam
Johnson, Gent. • Thomas Salt the younger, Gent.; Reginald
John Buller, Gent. ; the Hon. William Vernon ; Greville
Charles Lane, Gent. ; Thomas Moreton Johnson, Gent. ;
John Plimley Edwards, Gent, ; Newton John Lane, Gent.
—to be Lieutenants ; Henry Sinckler Chinn, Gent., to be
Ensign, Feb. 22.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Henry Vennall, mason, Hastings.
BANKRUPTS.

James Kerslake, sawyer, Collingwood-street, Blackfriars-
road, to surrender, March 10, at half-past eleven, and April
12, at eleven, atPthe Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offi-
cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hare, South-square,
Gray's-inn.
Edmund Plumber, butcher, Diss, Norfolk, March 11, at
half-past one, and April 15, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
White and Borrett, Whitehall-place ; Hazard and Son,
Harleston, Norfolk.

William Morton, bill discounter, Belgrave-place, Pim-
lico, March 11, at eleven, and April 16, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Reed, Coleman-street, City.
William Ness and Thomas Snowdon, tar and naphtha
distillers Leeds, March 18, and April 15, at eleven, at the
Leeds District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ;
Payne, Eddison, Ford, and North, Leeds.
Thomas Lamb Atkinson, linen warehouseman, Wood-
street, City, March 11, at twelve, and April 16, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street ; Mason, Ironmonger-lane.
William Price, eating-house keeper, Cheapside, March
15, at half-past twelve, and April 13, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Thompson, Bucklersbury.
John Taylor, common brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
March 10, at half-past twelve, and April 13, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton,
Old Jewry; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
George North, coal dealer, Chesterfield, March 12, and
April 16, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Sheffield ; Palmer, Bedford-row; Busby,
Chesterfield.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall•atreet.

R. arear, Bradley-terrace, Wandsworth-road, and Long-
acre,- wax and tallow chandler, March 22, at half-past
eleven—J. Beaumont, Leman-street, Whitechapel, engi-
neer, March 23, at half-past one—W. Barleyman, Feering,
Essex, carpenter, March 23, at two—.T. Keele and R. J.
Bisdee, Riches-court, Lime•street, merchants, March 23,
at two—W. Lawson, Dias, Norfolk, chemist and druggist,
March 22, at twelve.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

A . Pinnoberg, Hertford, builder, Bd., on Tuesday, March
1, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Nicholson, Baeinghallstreet.
A. Sands, Coal Exchange, coal merchant, 25., on Tues-
day, March 1, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basing-hall-street.
E. Winstanley, Poultry, chemist, 205., on Tuesday,
March 1, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and
twoP at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street.
A. Hills, Woodside, Surrey, oil manufacturer, 2s. 10d.,
on Thursday next, and three following Thursdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham/Coleman-
street.
E. Steward, Boughton, Norfolk, corn merchant,
on Thursday next, and three following Thursdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-
street.
C. Marshall, Old Castle-street, Whitechapel, brewer, 4d.,
on Thursday next, and three following Thursdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-
street.
J. Featherstonhaugh, St. Mary-at-Hill, Lower Thames-
street, coal factor, 2d., on Thursday next, and three fol-
lowing Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
W. C. Monkhouse, Abberystwith, wine merchant, 12s,
on Wednesday, March 2, and any following Wednesday,
between ten and two, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol.
T. W. Sharland, Liverpool, tea broker, 9id, on Wed-
nesday, March 9, or any following Wednesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan Liverpool.
J. Timothy, Liverpool, flour dealer, 5s 4d, on Wednes-
day, March 9, or any following Wednesday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
P. Jones, Liverpool, joiner, 9d, on Wednesday, March
9, or any following Wednesday, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
M. Marshall, Sheffield, nail manufacturer, 2s 9(.1 and.
4s 6d, on any Monday or Tuesday on or after Feb. 24, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. E. Pearson, Sheffield, wine merchant, 13-16 d, on any
Monday or Tuesday on or after Feb. 24, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. •
R. T. Carlisle, Sheffield, builder, 3d, on Monday, March
7, or any following Monday, between eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield.
L. Palfreyman, Sheffield, scrivener, 12s. 7d., and upon
new proofs 18s. ld., on Monday, March 7, or any following
Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free
man, Sheffield

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

H. Stagg, Croydon, grocer, March 23, at one—M. H
Jacobs, Great Union-street, Borough-road, Surrey, glass•
dealer, March 22; at twelve.
In the Country.

A. Mitchell, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, draper, March 23,
at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—S. Gubb, Exeter, inn
keeper, March 23, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—H. .1,
Gunning, Okehampton, Devonshire, surgeon, and apothe•
cart', March 22, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

G. Nightingale, Great Dover-street, Southwark, draper—
J. Warren, George•street, Hanover-square, dentist, certifi-
cate of the third class—W. Thornton, St. John's-hill,
Battersea-rise, Battersea, carpenter and builder, certi-
ficate of the second class C. C. C. Geary, Colches-
ter, grocer and cheesemonger, certificate of the third
class—J. G. Menon, Birmingham, stationer and whole-
sale paper dealer, certificate of the first class—J. Askey,
Shelton, Staffordshire, timber merchant, certificate of the
first class—J. 31`Lintock, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-ma-
nufacturer, certificate of the third class, after 21 days from
Feb. 25—J. Labraon, Leeds, cloth merchant, certificate of
the third class, after six months from Feb. 25,