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twelve, and June 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sydney, Fins-
bury-circus.
William Stiles, maltster, Stratford-upon-Avon, May 11,
and June 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official ass ghee Birmingham ; Lane, Stratford-
upon-Avon ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
John Henry Whitfield and Francis Lyth, builders,
York, May 10, at half-past eleven, and June 13, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee,
Leeds ; Holthby, York, and Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
William Scales, paper manufacturer, White Hill Paper
Mill, Durham, May 10, at eleven, and June 15, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby, or Compion, Lon-
don ; and Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Joshua Bowker, innkeeper, Hyde, Cheshire, May 9 and
31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester ; Andrew, Manchester ;
Johnson and Robinson, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
John Preston, woollen warehouseman, King's Arms-
yard, Moorgate-street, May 17, at half-past twelve, and
June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Cox
and Taylor, Pinner's-hall, Old Broad-street.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
Andrew Fraser, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn merchant,
first dividend of ls. in the pound, payable at 21, Royal-
arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, May 7, or any
following Saturday.
John Petrie, of Plymouth, and Davenport, confectioner,
first dividend of 4s. in the pound, payable at Queen-street,
Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday.
Charles Rogers, of Camborne, Cornwall, draper, first
dividend of 6s. 6d. in the pound, payable at Queen-street,
Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday.
Joseph Lee, of Duesbury, Yorkshire, grocer, first divi-
dend of 4s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 8, Commercial-
buildings, Leeds, on any Monday or Tuesday after May 2.
Francis Cooke Matthews, of Driffield, Yorkshire, che-
mist, second and final dividend of 6d. in the pound, at 8,
Commercial-buildings, Leeds, on any Monday or Tuesday
after May 2.
Solomon Flatow, of Leeds, jeweller, first and final divi-
dend of 7d. in the pound, payable at 8, Commercial-build-
ings, Leeds, on any Monday or Tuesday after May 2.
James Koren, of Altringhatn, Cheshire, builder, first
dividend of ls. B.ld. in the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte-
street, Manchester, on Tuesday, May 3, or any subsequent
Tuesday.
William Haden Richardson, Benjamin Richardson, and
Jonathan Richardson, of Wordsley, Staffordshire, and 75,
Lamb's-conduit-street, glass manufacturers, first dividend
of ls. 6d. in the pound, on the separate estate of Benjamin
Richardson. payable at 7, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on
any Thursday.
James Potter, of Birmingham, mill manufacturer, second
dividend of ls. 11id. in the pound, payable at 7, Waterloo-
street, Birmingham, on any Thursday.
Francis Hollands, of Alfred Town, Kent, railway clerk,
a dividend of 4d. in the pound, payable at the County
Court, Ashford, Kent.
William Jinks, late of Brieklow, Warwickshire, black-
smith, a dividend of ls. 10d. in the pound, payable at the
County Court, Rugby.
Robert Hughes, first dividend of is. in the pound, pay-
able at the County Court, Margate.
Alex. Wm. Mihell, first dividend of ls. ld. in the pound,
payable at tho County Court, Margate.
Geo. Fred. Webb, first dividend of 4d. in the pound,
payable at the County Court, Margate.
Filmer Phipps, second dividend of 2s. 9d in the pound,
payable at the County Court, Margate.
Joseph Glew, of Kingston-upon-Hull, bricklayer, final
dividend of 35. 10d. in the pound, payable at 36, Salthouse-
lane, Kingston-upon-Hull, an and after May 2.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Loth, of Seaforth, Lancashire, professor of
languages—William Penn, of Liverpool, assistant-clerk—
Edward Parker, of Liverpool, commission agent—Thomas
Maddocks, of Liverpool, storekeeper—Thomas Hesselgrave,
of Liverpool, keeper of a tap—Henry White, of Leiceso-
ter carver—Thomas Stannage, of Leicester, cordwainer
—William Young, of South Lynn, Norfolk, licensed
victualler—Henry Read, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, licensed
victualler—Edward Middleditch, of Malden, Essex, miller
—Henry Mellins, of Scarborough, dealer in jet ornaments
—James Gunyer, of Milkstone, Lancashire, out of business
—Mary Pescod, of Harting, Sussex, plumber— William
Boden, of Walsall, Staffordshire, but of business—John
Wilkins, of Walsall, Staffordshire, chain maker—William
Rutherford Cox, of Kingston-upon-Hull, licensed vic-
tualler—Robert Green, of Ipswich, railway porter—
George Thomas Shelton, of Ipswich, out of business--
Thomas Ager Baker, of Ipswich, butcher—Alfred Dixon,
of Oxford, licensed brewer Byham Hewes, jun.,
of Colchester, Essex, commission agent—George Light,
jun., of Addingbourne, Sussex, horse dealer Wil-
liam Phillips, of Lynderford, Devonshire, out of busi-
ness—David Preston, of Batley, Yorkshire, joiner—James
Carter, of Lymm, Cheshire, licensed victualler—Joseph
Tollitt, of Warrington, Lancashire, fustian cutter—Ed-
ward Homfray, of Salop, Shropshire, clerk Richard
James, of Shrewsbury, labourer Flinton Clarkson, of
Kingston-upon-Hull, hay dealer—William Cowans, of
North Blyth, Northumberland, butcher—Henry Watson
Kett, of Norwich, coal merchant—Samuel Green of Ips-
wich, railway guard—Thomas Gudgin, of Ampthill, Bed-
fordshire, butcher—George Robinson, of Gateshead, Dur-
ham, out of business.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Alexander Matheson, David Jardine, Joseph Jardine,
Alexander Grant Dallas, Alexander Campbell Maclean,
Robert Jardine, and Alexander Perceval, of China, mer-
chants (so far as regards Alexander Matheson)—James
Cogswell and Wm. Cogswell, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire,
woollen cloth manufacturers—Edward Ducker, Edward
Minshull, and Edward Henry Edwards, of Chester, book-
sellers—William Rushforth and William Hargreaves, of
Bradford, Yorkshire, ironfounders—Joseph Davidson
and James Anderson, of Pendleton, Lancashire, joiners—
Arthur Hammond Jenkins and Edward John Wood-
house, of Gloucester, wine merchants—John Mainwaring
and John./ Woods, of Liverpool, coal dealers—John
Copland and Edward Copland, of Chelmsford, Essex, attor-
neys—Charles Andreae and Leopold Osmund, of 33, Great
St. Helen a, Bishopsgate, merchants—Frederick HenryVer-
huven and Emile Adolphe Hermann, of 2, New Broad-
street, City, merchants—John Barsham, Edmund Hyde,
and William Henry Sams, of Kingston-upon-Thames, cocoa
fibre manufacturers—Richard Verity and William Rich-
ards, of Cardiff, Glamorganshire, sail-makers—Dionysius
Wilfred Dowling, and Cunninghame Borthwick, of 75,
Old Broad-street, City, stockbrokers Herman Broux,
Wilhelm Emanuel Fraenkel, and Alexander Went-
' worth Laidlaw, of 3, Bury-court, St. Mary Axe,
general agents (so far as regards Wilhelm Emanuel
Fraenkel)—Hugh Thomas Shaw and William Henry
Newstead, of Ely-place, Holborn. attorneys— William
Laffin and James Wilson, of 17, Princes-street, Hanover-
square, tailors—William Thrower and Edward Harvey, of
Birmingham, schoolmasters Frederick Richards and
Thomas Ettwell, of Salisbury, stable-keepers Samuel
Charles Hardy and Arthur Hardy, of Hanley, Stafford-
shire, drapers—James Jones, John Boon, and William
Camwell, of Coventry, contractors (so far as regards James
Jones)—George Kemp and John Motherell, of Liverpool,
surgeons—George Rood and Edwin Taylor, of Baltons-
borough, Somersetshire, skin manufacturers. 6
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
John Shaw, of Fountainbrige, near Edinburgh, cattle-
dealer, May 6 and 30, and two, and Kennedy's Ship Hotel,
Edinburgh.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 23d day of April, 1553.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ........ 31,972,475

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities.. .... 2,984;400
Gold coin and bullion 17,973,321
Silver bu1'i0n........ 19,151