The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

Notice respecting the Officers and Crews of her Majesty's
Ships Erebus and Terror.
Admiralty, Jan. 19, 1854.
Notice is hereby given, that if intelligence be not
received, before the 31st March next, of the officers and
crews of her Majesty's ships Erebus and Terror being alive,
the names of the officers will be removed from the Navy
Lists, and they and the crews of those ships will be con-
sidered as having died in her Majesty's service. The pay
and wages of the officers and crews of those ships will
cease on the 31st day of March next; and all persons
legally entitled, and qualifying themselves to claim the pay
and wages then due, will be paid the same on application
to the Accountant-General of her Majesty's navy.
Security will be required in certain cases, for which
special provision will be made.
By command of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty.

W. A. B. HAMILTON, Secretary.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.

3d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Frederick
Lewis Austen, Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 2.
Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia —Thomas Edmund
Marsland, Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 16.
2d Somerset Militia—William Barrett, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice Johnston, superseded, Jan. 10.
King's Own Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—
Harry Tichbourne Davenport, Gent., to be First Lieute-
nant, Jan. 14.

BANKRUPTS.
Benjamin Miller, mercer and draper, Landport, Portsea,
to surrender Jan. 31, at eleven, and March 2, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Alderman-
bury.

George Newman, builder, Stratford-place, Camden-town,
Jan. 28, at eleven, and March 3, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing-
ball-street ; Laurence, Smith, and Fawdon, Bread-street.
John Hales Sweet, seedsinan, Tunbridge Wells, Jan. 27
and Feb. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Pawle, New Inn.
Harry Winton, Harry John Langridge Winton, and
Edwin William Winton, agricultural implement makers,
Birmingham, January 31 and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Wright, Birmingham.
William Taylor Warren, Matthew Warren, and Charles
Denroche, contractors and builders, Cardiff, Feb. 3, and
March 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol ; Savery, Clark, and Fussell,
Bristol.

George Killick Kent, plumber and painter, Taunton,
Jan. 26, and Feb. 23, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Fenchard, Taunton ;
Stogdon, Exeter.
William Hesketh, manufacturer, Blackburn, Jan. 31,
and Feb. 21, at noon, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Wilkinson, Black-
burn ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
John Worsley, cabinetmaker, Macclesfield, Feb. 6 and
28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official assignee, Manchester ; Taylor, Finsbury-square,
London ; Taylor, Manchester.
Charles John Poole, baker, Bridgewater, Somersetshire,
Jan. 26, and Feb. 23, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hermann, official assignee, Exeter; Smith, jun., Bridge-
water ; Stogdon, Exeter.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

T. Harrington, Tavistock-court, Covent-garden, clerk in
the Inland Department of the General Post-office—J.
Finch, Pleasant-place, Holloway-road, cheesemonger—J.
Smith, Catherine-street, Strand, clerk—H. H. Hatton,
Barrowhill-road, St. Marylebone, cowkeeper—W. Hard-
ing, Brand-street, Blandford-square, milkman—S. Wray,
Gerrard-street, City-road, valuer— S. Ayler, York-street,
Camden-town, lint manufacturer—J. Groves, Bishops-
gate-street Without, saddler—H. Robinson, John's-place,
Bedford-row, labourer—H. W. Young, Westbourn-park-
road, Paddington, attorney—J. P. Newman, Great Queen-
street, draper—F. W. St. John Dawson, Tarling-street,
Commercial-road East, attorney's clerk—J. .51`Cabe,
Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, currier—A. S. Sparke, Little
Queen-street, Westminster ; Lincoln's-inn-fields ; Dean-
street, City ; and Old Bond-street, commission agent.

DECL &RATIO N S OF DIVIDENDS.
David Nutt, Stratford-green, Essex, dealer-Ist div. of
6d., Jan. 23, and any subsequent Monday, at Cannan's
Aldermanbury.
John Hadfield, Manchester, and Ashton in Mackerfield,
Lancashire, dealer-Ist div. of ls. 3i(1., Jan. 24, and any
subsequent Tuesday, at Lee's, Manchester.
Joshua Bowker, Hyde, Cheshire, innkeeper—let div. of
6d., Jan. 31, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Fraser's,
Manchester.
Robert Johnson, Macclesfield. Cheshire, silk manufac-
turer, Ist div. of 2s. 9p., Jan. 31, and any subsequent
Tuesday, at Fraser's, Manchester.
Christopher Samuel Flood and Harry Buckland Lott,
Honiton, Devonshire, baukers-Ist div. of 6d., any Tues-
day, at Hirtzel's, Exeter.
Christopher Samuel Flood, Honiton, Devonshire,
banker-Ist dir. of 25., any Tuesday or Friday, at Hirt-
zel's, Exeter.
John Fiddaman, of Newark-upon-Trent, currier-Ist
div. of Gs. Jan. 28, and any subsequent Saturday, at
Harris's, Nottingham.
Thomas Shelton Catlin, Leicester, grocer-Ist div, of
as. Jan. 21, and three subsequent Saturdays, at Harris's,
NoVingham. _ _