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London, England, 1854-10-04 00:00:00

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT,

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 2.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of the Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Elsinore, inclosing a
notice (a translation of which is subjoined) relative to an
intended change in the Lightship on the Coppergrouud off
Lasso Island.
(Copy

(Translation.)
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Instead of the temporary Lightship, which was placed
on the Copporgronnd off L93SO Island on the 24th Septem-
ber last year, a Lightship with three masts, a stronger
light on each, mast, and a ball on each mast head, will be
placed on that shoal about the end of next month.
The light on the fore and mainmast mast will be shown
28 feet, and that on the midship 40 feet, above the level of
the water.
This preliminary notice is hereby given, and further
particulars will be made public when the new lightship
shows her light for the first time.
Marine Board, the 4th September, 1854.
(Signed) STEEN BILLS.
SITENSON.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 2.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consnl-General at Chris-
tiania, inclosing a translation of a public notice respecting
a sea mark, lately erected to indicate the channel leading
to Tromso°, through the Malangen Fiord.
(Copy.) (Translation.)
PUBLIC NOTICE.
Herewith is made known, that in the Island of Hekkin-
gen, at the entrance of the channel leading toark, in the
Tromsoe,
through the Malangen Fiord, is erected a day m
form of a wall, the breadth of which at the base is 24 feet,
and at the top 16 feet, and the height 32 feet.
The mark is painted of a light colour, and exhibits its
greatest front directly towards the in-sailing, or in a N.W.
direction according to true conapss.
Long., east of Greenwich, 17 deg. 51 min. ; lat. N.
69 deg. 36 min. ; height above high water, 300 Norwegian
feet, and visible 8 to 12 miles.
I The Royal Norwegian Marino Department, Christiania,
I 20th September, 1851.

(Signed) PETERSEN.
RCEDER.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 29.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant Oliver
Robert Stokes to be Second Captain, vice Mytton, de-
ceased ; Second Lieutenant Robert Loftus Tottenham to
be First Lieutenant, vice Stokes, Sept. 21.

MEMORANDUM.
The dates of promotion of the undermentioned Officers
have been altered as follows, viz :—Second Captain H. A.
Thrnpp and First Lieutenant A. H. C. Hamilton, to 19th
July - Second Captain E. C. Mainwaring and First Lieu-
tenant
E. C. Cuthbert, to 3d August; Second Captain A.
Gordon and First Lieutenant P. Jackson, to 4th August ;
Second Captain W. I. Williams and First Lieutenant I.
Tucker to 24th August ; Second Captain C. F. Young and
First Lieutenant B. F. Schreiber, to 13th September.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Lieutenant John
Major Henniker to be First Lieutenant, vice St. John,
deceased, Sept. 22.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Invei ness—The Right Hon. Godfrey William
Wentworth Bosville Macdonald, Baron Macdonald ; the
Right Hon. Alexander Fraser, Baron Saltoun ; the Right
Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P. ; James Evan Baillie, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenants, Sept. 11.
Fifeshire Regiment of Militia —John Balfour, Esq., one
of the Deputy Lieutenants of the shire of Fife and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel of the Fife Militia, to be Vice-Lieutenant
of the said county, Sept. 2.
Argyll and Bute Regiment of Militia—The Most Noble
the Marquis of Breadalbane to be Colonel, Sept. 18.
Leicester Militia—William Henry Chapman, Esq., to
be Captain; George Turville, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
Sept. 15.
Cambridgeshire Militia—Francis Boynton Cowper, Esq.,
to be Captain, Sept. 1.
East York Regiment of Militia—George Hibbart Mar-
shall, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Raines, resigned,
Sept 20.
North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Major Alan
Frederick Cathcart, commonly called Lord Greenock, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Healey, resigned, Sept. 25 ;
Captain Robert Coiling to be Major, vice Lord Greenock,
promoted, Sept. 26 ; Lieutenant John Wind Coates to be
Captain, vice Coiling, promoted, Sept. 27 ; Second Lieu-
tenant John Edward Buckle to be Lieutenant, vice Coates,
promoted, Sept. 28.
2d Devon Regiment of Militia—Charles George Clarke
to be Lieutenant, Aug. 13 ; John Camden Goodridge to bo
Captain, vice Palk, resigned ; Henry Godfrey to be Lieu-
tenant ; John Gore Hawkins to bo Ensign, Aug. 14
Frank Hodgkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Templer, re-
signed, Sept. 25.
Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle Battalion—
William Henry Kitson to be Second Lieutenant ; Thornas
Pearson to be First Lieutenant, July 30 ; John Philip
Frost Palmer Haines to be Second Lieutenant, July 31.

BANKRUPTS.
William Clerk, builder, Kingston-upon-Thames, to sur
render, Oct. 13, at eleven, and Nov. 16, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street-buildings; Spinks, Great James-street, Bedford-row.
John Rolfe, tailor, Faversham, Oct. 11, at eleven, and
Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Bower and
Son, Chancery-lane.
John Barnes, grocer, Ulverstone, Oct. 11 and Nov. 14,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, offi-
cial assignee, Manchester ; Worthington and Shipman,
Manchester.
Joseph Peers, scrivener, Ruthin, Denbigh, Oct. 13, and.
Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Lierol District Court. Gaze-
novo, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and San,
Liverpool.
John Smart, wine merchant, Great Tower-street, City,
Oct. 10, at one, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham-
bers ; Stevenson and Ley, Victoria-street, Holborn-bridge.
DIVIDEND DECLARED.
Samuel Walton, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufac-
turer, first dividend of ld. in the pound, payable at 7,
Charlotte-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday.
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
John Arthur, of Neath, Glamorganshire, ironmaster
(separate estate), October 26—Joseph Pratt, of Manches-
ter, bookseller, November 2—James Guest, of Manchester,
cotton' spinner, October 27—Samuel Barnes, of Oldham,
Lancashire, machine rnifkers, October 26—Henry Brow-
nentt, of Liverpool, merchant, October 26—Joseph Birk-
beck Blundell, of Seacombe, Cheshire, rectifier, October
26—George Rennie, of Liverpool, merchant, October 26—
John Halstead, of Bradford, Yorkshire woolstapler (sepa-
rate estate), November 7—Henry Richard Halstead,f
Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstaPler (separate estate), No-
vember 7.
CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
Thomas Cummins, of Gateshead, Durham, painter, Oct.
25—Samuel Garratt, of Perran-wharf, near Penryn, Corn-
wall, and of Bedminster, near Bristol, coalpit proprietor,
October 26—Iliehard Cave, of Bristol, Manchester ware-
houseman, October 27—William Henry Elkington, of
King's Neath, Worcestershire, brickmaker, October 26
Cornelius Terry, of Birmingham, cut nail manufacturer,
October 26—Samuel Siviter, of Brierly-hill, Staffordshire,
auctioneer, November 2—John Jackson, of Kingston-
upon-Hull, commission agent, November 15.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
RichardLobley, of Liverpool, boot maker—Charles Till,
of Walton, Lancashire, manager of a beer house—John
Towers, of Liverpool, assistant to a brewer—John Anders,
of Liverpool, baker—James Roberts, of Liverpool, flour
dealer—William Clare, of Liverpool, retail coal dealer—
Thomas Jacob, of Broughton, Lincolnshire, shoemaker—
Ebenezer Clarke, of Bri
eghtonid Pit, surgt, of Shoreham, eon—Jesse Pope,
Sus-
of
Brighton, tailor—Georg Dav
sex, gardener—John William Comerford, of Southsea,
Southampton, bookseller—Henry Bloomfield, of Salford,
and Manchester, draper's agent—Joseph Nicholson, of
Salford, retail beer seller—Charles Tew, of Kidderminster,
grocer—William Lloyd, of Stafford, clicker—Ch,lrles
Fegen, of Exeter, brevet-major in her Majesty's Ro,val
Marines--George Patrick, of Little Oakley, Northampton -
shire, stonemason—James Ditchfild, of Runcorn, Che-
shire, beer house keeper—Charles Gwatkin Hill,
Preston, drawing master.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
William Wadsworth and Henry Matthews,
of Shef-
field, carpenters—Nicholas Duckworth, John Armstrong,
and John Robinson, of Manchester, silk manufacturecorn
Frederick James James and Andrew Wardrop, of Liverpool,
brokers —James Booth, Martha Booth, and John Mar-
chant, of Huddersfield, confectioners—Jonathan Chapman,
Matthew Watson Thomas, William James Thomas, and
Thomas Thomas, of New Broad-street, City, merchants
(so far as regards' Matthew Watson Thomas)—Salome
Ball, Louis Heinemann, and Alexander Cohn, of Man-
chester, commission agents (so far as regards Alexander
Cohn)—Robert Wells, Joseph Coltman Smith, and Ed-
ward Dodd, jun., of Kingston-upon-Hull, t-
(
so far as regards Edward Dodd)—Robert Braithwaite and
James Thompson, of Kendal, Westmoreland, card makers
—Henry Render and John Milner, of Manchester, commis-
sion agents—Joshua Coke Monkhouse and John Wesley
Septimus Monkhouse, of Barnard Castle, Durham, carpet
manufacturers—Henry Ilden Tilby and William Hedges,
of 14 Newgate-street, City, meat and butter salesmen—
Philip William Lovett and Thomas West, of Guild-
ford, Surrey, solicitors--Wilfred Steele and Edward
Catterall, of Liverpool, cotton broker—John Philpott
and Francis Bullivant, of Philpot-lane, City, whole-
sale tea dealers—Robert Purtill and Charles John
Moore, of 12, Wellington-street, Strand, coffee and
chop house keepers—James Whittaker Evans, Francis
Moore, and John Waugh Dawson, of Manchester and Old-
ham, Lancashire, and Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffor
shire, cotton spinners—Simeon Dyson, Thomas Beswick,
and John Hatfield, of Salford, Lancashire, dyers—Joseph
Blackwell and John Tombs, of Marsh Court and Marsh
Farm, Worcestershire, farmers—William Bettison, Thomas
Ostick, and William Ostick, Kingston-upon-Hull,
halt-
stern—George' Smith and George Moorby, of Old
Lancashire, plasterers—John Kimber and Charles Kimber,
of Newbury, Berkshire, tallow chandlers—Peter Moun-
field and Joseph Cooke, of Leese, Cheshire, farmers—
Charles Bray and Elijah Cook, of Hulme, Lancashire,
joiners—Richard Hooper and William Stuckey, of
Bristol, silk mercers—Henry Potter and George Halley,
of 66, Farringdon-market, City, importers of leeches
—Edward Frederick Crowe and Edwin Randall, of 5,
Hungerford-street, linendrapers Zachary Brooke
and William Henry Drage, of Now Boswell-court,
Lincoln's-inn, solicitors—John Frederick Croft and Henry
Cremer, of 79, Old Broad-street, City, wine merchants—
Thomas Wardell and William Fossey, of Millwall, Poplar,
timber merchants—William Grazier and William Yeal,
of Sunderland, Durham, block and mast makers—Thomas
Robson and Thomas Hall, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, iron-
mongers—Robert Johnson and Henry Baughan, of 417,
Oxford-street, saddlers—John Haigh, Martin Goldstein,
Henry Bowman Cromwell, and Luke Gledhill, of Hud-
dersfield, Bradford, and Leeds, commission merchants (so
far as regards Henry Bowman)—Maxfield Honey and
James Bennett Tolputt, of Maidstone, Kent, grocers—
John Reay, Thomas Potts, Thomas Hay, Christopher
Walker, and James Young, of Middleton-in-Stranton,
Durham, glass bottle manufacturers—John Henderson
Porter, Neale Porter, anßobert Start, of Birmingham,
ironfounders (so far as regards Nealeu Porter).
OD

A SINGULAR MANORIAL CUSTosl.—Thers are many
strange customs still observed at manor courts. W.
have lately heard of a most remarkable ono—namely, a
court is held on King's-hill, Rockford, on Wedat nesdk
ay
morning next after Michaelmas-day, yearly, coc
crowing. The parties present whisper, and have no
candle, nor any pen or ink, but a coal, and he t
otha owes
suit or service there, and does not appear, forfeits ue
his rent.—Easa accutte.