The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-10 00:00:00

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAX 2.

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The Queeu was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Samuel Bignold, Esq., of the city of
Norwich, Mayor of that city, Deputy Lieutenant and Ma.
gistrate of the county of Norfolk.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 6.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint William Hand-
cock Middleton, Esq., one of her 'Majesty's Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Cotter, retired.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 6.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. Heath Havi-
land, Esq., to be a member of the Executive Council of
Prince Edward Island.

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 8.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Alexander
Bannerman, Knt., now Lieutenant-Governor of Prince
Edward Island, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over the Bahama Islands, and their dependencies.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Dominick
Daly, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward
Island.

RUSSIAN CONSULAR OFFICERS.
Notice is hereby given, that the " Exequaturs" hereto-
fore granted by her Majesty to the former Con-
sul-General and Consuls of his Imperial Majesty the Em-
peror of all the Russias, in various ports and places
throughout her Majesty's dominions, have been with-
drawn ; and that no person is recognised or permitted to
act within her Majesty's dominions as Consul-General,
Consul, or Vice-Consul, -or to perform any other duties
as, or to act in any respect as, a Consul, Vice-Consul,
Consular Officer, or Agent, on behalf of his Imperial Ma-
jesty.
Foreign-office, May 6, 1854.
CROWN-OFFICE, MAT 9.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARMA.

lIENT.

County of .Flint—The Honourable Thomas Edward
Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, in the room of the Honourable
Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, no* Lord Mostyn, sum-
moned to the House of Peers.

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 9.
Royal Horse Guards Blue—General the Right Honour-
able Fitzßoy James Henry Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Master-
General of the Ordnance, from the 53d Foot, to be Colonel,
vice Field Marshal Henry William Marquis of Anglesey,
K.G. and G.C.8., deceased, May 8.
53d Regiment of Foot—Major-General John M‘Donald,
C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Lord Raglan, G.C.8.,
removed to the Royal Horse Guards Blue, May :
70th Regiment of Foot—Major-General. George William
Paty, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Gage John Hall,
deceased, May 8.

86th liegincient of Foot—Major-General Lord James Hay
to be Colonel, vice Major-General Roger Parke, deceased,
May 8.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 5.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant George
John Young to be First Lieutenant, vice St. John, de-
ceased, March 17 ; Mathew John Harpley, Gent., to be
Veterinary Surgeon, April 24.
MEMORANDUM. —The dates of the promotion of the
under-mentioned officers have been altered as follows :
First Lieutenant A. L. Kaye, Jan. 28 ; First Lieutenant
W. A. P. Willie, Feb. 17 ; First Lieutenant C. G. John-
son, Feb. 24; First Lieutenant H. Cardew, March 7;
First Lieutenant H. Perceval, March 12,

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En-
sign Henry Newton Brown to be Lieutenant, May 4.
3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia—Lieutenant William Henry Burgess
to be Captain, vice Perrott, resigned ; Joseph Erlam,
late 2d Queen's Own Regiment of Militia, to be Captain,
May 4.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—
Lieutenant George Barrington Godbold, to be Captain, vice
Bliss, resigned ; Charles Foveaux Kirby, Esq., late Cap-
tain 14th Regiment Madras Native Infantry, to be Cap-
tain, vice Nelson, appointed Adjutant to the Depot Batta-
lion at Walmer, April 27 ; Charles Mortimer, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, May 2.
Cambridgeshire Militia—Lieutenant Lancelot Reed to
be Captain ; Robert Muria', Gent., to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, May 4.
Derbyshire Militia, Ist Regiment—To be Lieutenants—
George Webb, Gent. ; Hiram Manful', Gent., May
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—John Stubbs, Gent.,
to be Ensign, May 4.
King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Alex-
ander Milford Sutherland, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Leonard Bid-
well, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April 28 ; Percy Charles
Stanhope, Esq., to be Captain, May 4.
Ist Regiment a the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Bryan Walter Atkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Patersion,
resigned, April 28.
4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal
Lancashire Militia—Ensign Charles Andrew Irwin to be
Lieutenant, vice Kershaw, promoted, May 5 ; Ensign
George Arthur Crawford to be Lieutenant, vice Knott,
resigned, May 6.
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Arthur Ray-
mond Pelly, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 3.
Hertfordshire Militia—Bryan Viney Douglas Vernon,
Esq., to be Captain, May 1.
2cl Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Henry Sharp
Taylor, Esq., to be Surgeon, May G.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gentle-
men to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the
High Court of Chancery :
Henry Shepherd Law, Bush-lane, City.
Joseph Ivimey, Southampton-buildings.
Frederic Morehouse Metcalfe, Wisbeach.
John Casley, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
Edward Mackeson, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
Richard Horn, King William-street, City.
William Sutton Page, Stroud.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Lewis Davis, shipowner, Canton-street, East India-road.
BANKRUPTS.
William Hill and Thomas Campion Lawrence, ship and
insurance agents, Lime-street, to surrender, May 19, at
two, and June 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Ellis, Phillips, and
Salomouson, Clement's-lane.
Nockalls Johnson Cottingham, surveyor, Regent-street,
May 19, and June 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street ; Depree and Austen, Lawrence-lane ;
Darvill, Windsor.
Robert Ewin, upholsterer, High-street, Islington, May
at eleven, and June 17; at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Pain Gresham street.
William Holloway, coal and corn merchant, Watford,
Hertfordshire, May 18, at half-past eleven, and June 17, at
half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assignee; Basinghall-street ; Thompson, Debenham,
and Brown, Swithin's-lane, London, and St. Albans,
Herts.

John Featon, draper, Three Colt-street, Limehouse, May
18, at half-past twelve, and June 22, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings; Goddard, King-street, Cheapside.
Ely Kitson, saddler, Fenchurch-street, May 18, at half-
past one, and June 22, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Burkett, Curriers'
Hall, London-wall.

Henry Bioxall, carpenter and builder, Guildford, May
23, at two, and June 20, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court;
Dodd, jun., New Broad-street.
Joseph J— Wells, haberdasher, Coventry, May 19, at
half-past one, and June 23, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Goddard,
King-street, Cheapside.
James Townsend Wigney, spirit merchant, Hudders-
field, May 26 and June 10, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Robinson, Hud-
dersfield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Thomas Hind, joiner, Sheffield, May 20 and June 17, at
ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee,
Sheffield ; Fernell, Sheffield.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED,

Messrs. Boggs, Taylor, and Shand, of Great Winchester-
street, City, merchants, final dividend of 1 7-10ci. in the
pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Bisinghall-
street, on any Tuesday.
William Barnfield, jun., of 17, Mark-lane, City, wine
merchant, third dividend of 9i d. in the pound, payable at
3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
William Bolderston, of Liverpool, grocer, first dividend
of 4d. in the pound, payable at 12, Cook-street, Liver-
pool, on Wednesday, May 17, and any subsequent Wed-
nesday.
Henry Allen, of Bristol, chemist, a dividend of ss. in
the pound, payable at 19, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol,
on Wednesday, May 17, and any subsequent • Wed-
nesday.,
John Malley, of Lancaster, silversmith, second division
of lid. in the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte-street, Man-
chester, on any Tuesday.
Ann Crawford, of Warden, Northumberland, paper
manufacturer, first and final dividend of 4id. in the pound,
payable at 21, Royal Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on
any Saturday.
Henry Jordan, of Wantage, Berkshire, first and final
dividend of 2s. sd. in the pound, payable at the office of
Mr. W. D. Wasbrough Wantage, on any day.
William Blackow, of Manchester, porter, a dividend of
3s. 5d., in the pound, payable at the office of Messrs. J.
and W. Norris, Manchester, on and after May 16.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Mary Francis, of Liverpool, schoolmistress—George
Francis, of Liverpool, watch jeweller—Adam Batterson,
of Liverpool, out of business—William Henry Partridge,
Aston, Warwickshire, clerk—George Sadler, Birmingham,
huckster—William Elkington, King's Heath, Worcester.
shire, attorney—William Adolphus Howlett, Aston New
Town, Birmingham, carver—George Carter, Charing,
Kent, tea dealer—Joseph Tutt, Barbourne, Kent, baker
—John Barrow, Oaken Gates, Shropshire, provision
dealer—Robert Boustead, Allanwood, Cumberland, inn-
keeper—Joseph Rush, Peter's Syke, Cumberland, brick
mAker—William, Humffrcys, Llwyn, Montgomeryshire—
Robert Stone, Dudley, Worcestershire, licensed victualler
—William Gears, Kates Hill, Worcestershire, miner—
Samuel Gurney Read, jtin., Norwich, police constable—
Wm. Mason, Norwich, ironfounder—Stephen Peter Wells,
Norwich, clerk—Robert de Carle, Norwich, clerk—George
Franklin, Cambridge, licensed victualler—Robert Harris,
Totnes, Devonshire, baker—Alfred 'Bing, Southdown,
Suffolk, baker—James Farrow Smith, Great Yarmouth,
baker—James Bignell, Brighton, coachmaker—John
Fowles, Brighton, pewterer—Richard Boswell, 'Brighton,
publican—Edward Verrall, Alfriston, Sussex, boot w aker.
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
Micah Mellor, of Clare, Suffolk, innkeeper, 'June 1—
William Warrington, yen., of 42, Upper Berkelestreet
West, painter, June I—Robert Mulock Wright and Joseph
Smith Anstie, of 41 and 4', Upper Thames-street, City
(and on the separate of Joseph Smith Anstie), drysalters,
June I—John Barrel), of Billericay, Essex, grocer, June
I—Henry Groom, of Bray, Berkshire, miller, June 1—
Henry Jesse, of Basingstoke, Southampton, corn factor,
May 30—Claudius Alfred Scrivesor, of Old Change, City,
milliner, May .31— George Henry Bradbery and George
Rice Lowe, of 18, Great Tower-street, City, flour factors,
May 30—Joseph Windt° Cole, of 6, Great Winchester-
street, City, merchant, May' 31—Frederick Shove, of El-
thara, Kent, grocer, May 31—Robert Bislr,p, of Vero-
street, Oxford-street, hotel keeper, May 30—Daniel Wm.
Lucas and Isaac Dods, of H, Arthur-street West, hemp
merchants, May 30—Henry Huggins, of Manchester, wood
type cutter, June 2—John Ireland, of Kingston-upon-Hull,
draper, June 7—lsaac Blackburn and William Sigismund
Stiebel, of Leeds, iron-founders, June 2- James Black and,
Rupert Cope, of Earl-street, Blackfriars, iron merchants.
CERTIFICATES'

James Crofts, 48, Threadneedle-street, City, wine broker,
June I—Ssliomia Sterne, Great St. Helen's-chambers,
City, merchant, Al ay 31—Frederick Shove, Either% gout,

grocer, May 31—Daniel William Lucas and Isaac Wet
ti, Arthur street West, City, hemp merchants, May 30--
William Adams, formerly of C mterbury, miller, May 30
—William Jones, Liverpool,,i,lasterer, June I—William
Duncan, Kingston-upon-Hull, grocer, June 7—Noah Lee,
Bingley, Yorkshire, innkeeper, June 16.
PARTNERSHIPS DISOLVED.
Richard S. Crankrien B. E. Crankrien, and B. A. MiP
pelblom Beyer, Rotterdam, merchants—Thomas Wells
and Joseph Francis Cotterell, 35, Basinghall-street, litho.
graphers—John Mitchell, Henry Peel, John Horroeks,
and Thomas Greenhalgh, of Freetown, Lancashire!
cotton manufacturers,, so far as regards John
shell)—Henry Peel and John Mitchell, Bury, Laney
share, spindle makers—Wm. Mills and Wm. Henry_3oll6
Gwennap, Cornwall, boot and shoe makers—Win. Kenyon
and Giles Haworth, Blackburn, Lancashire, coal dealers--
Thos. Charlton, Thos. Allen, and Wm. Wagstaff, Mount.,
street, Grosvenor-square upholsterers (so far as regalWm. Wagstaff)—Thos. Green and Alex. Prince, Trafalgar'
square, patent agents—Edm. Wm. Dubois and Charlotte
Cuplestone, Park-terrace, Park-road, Regent's-park, hosiers
—Thos. Orchard and Geo. Jas. Eady, attorneys—G. Leek
and C. Hardy, London, cabinet makers—Win. Thorn
Chambers and John Chambers, Dunstable, Bedfordshire?
grocers—Thos. Thomas and m. Morley, Liverpool,
pawnbrokers—Henry Andrews and Henry Elgar, Ashford,
Kent, coal merchants—Edm. Barker, Reuben Haigh, Eau.
Lord, and Win. Sutcliffe, Todmorden and Walsden, Lan:
aashire' cotton spinners (so far as regards Wm. Sutcliffe/
—Richard Hope and John Walker, Manchester, cotton,
manufacturer—Thos. Binney, Win. Thos. Binney, and
Robert Binney, Kingston-upon-Hull, corn merchants
(so far as regards. Thomas Binney)—Charles Dillon
and Thomas Hawley, Coventry, dyers Frederick
Hilton, Join Spencer, and John Skilbeck, Manchester,
cotton spinners (so far as regards John Spencer)—Chas. •
Beddoe and Thos. Tindal, Bradford, Yorkshire, linen (Iry
pers—James Chapman and Joseph Brown, Sunderland
commission agents—Thos. Prince and John Soar, Heannr,
Derbyshire, late makers—Eli Lees and Isaiah Brooks, Old*
ham, Lancashire, brickmakers—John Fletcher and Joseph
l
Hague Hulme, Lancashire, joiners—Thos. Hogg and Israel
White, Waltham, Lincolnshire, proprietors of thrashing
machines—Alfred Robinson and Robert Haynes, Orchard:
street, Portman-square, solicitors Samuel Wilkes and
John Watson, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, patent ker
tle manufacturers—Joseph Slaughter and Thos. Gladwient
Mark-lane, merchants— Joseph Parker, John Goodier,
Krauss, and James Parrott, Manchester, commission met"
chants—Beckingsall-and Co., Cheltenham, grocers—John
Fawcett, Thomas Nelson, and James Nelson, Fire-chi,'
Works, Haltwhistle, Northumberland (so far as regards
John Fawcett).

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
William Naismith, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow.