The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE-APRIL 1.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-General Sir
Robert William Gardiner, K.C.8., to be Colonel Com-
mandant, vice Lieutenant-General James Webber Smith,
C. 8., deceased, March 22.

Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major Robt. Kears-
ley Dawson to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet-Major Henry
Tucker to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Forbes, deceased;
Second Captain Chas. Duesbery Robertson to be Captain,
vice Tucker, March 29.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia—
Lieutenant Clarence Horatio Cary to be Captain, March 21.
Lancashire Hussars—Adolphus Monbert, Gent., to be
Cornet, vice Hawarden Gillibrand Fazackerley, deceased.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Charles Henry
Knox, Esq., a Captain, unattached, in her Majesty's Land
Forces, to be Major, March 21.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Cornet Joseph Challinor to be Lieutenant, vice
Cruso, resigned ; Sergison Hyde Smith, Gent., to be Cor-
net, vice Challinor, promoted, March 26.
Essex Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to direct
that the East Essex Regiment of Militia shall be formed
into a Rifle Corps.

Benjamin Bunting,BsAenN.,KßßeljnjPaTinSin Bunting, jun., and
Robert Durrant, tallow chandlers, Norwich, to surrender
April 8, at two, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. 011211931, official assignee, Aldermanbuiy ;
Hudson, Sparrow, and Coupland, Bucklersbury, and
Bailey, Norwich.
John Broome, licensed victualler, late of Air-street, Pic-
cadilly, now of Birmingham, April 13 and May 12, at
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official assignee, Birmingham ; East, Birmingham.
Thomas Nathaniel Ashman, currier, Yeovil, April 12,
and May 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Exeter; Smith, Bristol; Stogdon, Exeter.
Alexander Walker, brewer, Somerset, April 14, and
May 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court, Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol ; Sheard and Baker, Old Jewry ;
Whittington and Gribble, Bristol.
John Fare, miller, Marton, Lancashire, April 12, at
twelve, and May 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Liddell, Foul-
ton-le-Fylde ; Atkinson, Liverpool.
Henry Crowther, cabinet maker, Titchbourne-street,
Eclgeware-road, April 9 and May 7, at half-past twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
S. Handley, Brixton, builder, April 22, at eleven—G.
Enser and G. Pearce, Bethnal-green-road, grocers, April
22, at twelve—C. M. Darby, Regent-street, Marylebone,
printer, April 22, at one—J. Mariott, Gracechurch-street,
oil and Italian warehouseman, April 26, at one—C.

Walker,iLiinghall-street, and Leeds, woollen cloth-manu•
facturer, April 26, at half-past twelve.

In the Country.

T. Young, Hartlepool, grocer, April 29, at eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. Frazer, Newcastle-upon
Tyne, corn-merchant, April 22, at one,•at the Court, New-
castle-upon-Tyne—W. Davison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
gunmaker, April 29, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—D. Gibson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer,
April 22, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne--
3. Hawkins, Nottingham, currier, April 22, at ten, at the
Court, Nottingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

S. Wagstaffe and T. Bayliss, Kidderminster, carpet-
manufacturers, second dividend of is. O)d., on Tuesday,
April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street.
W. J. Buck, Queen's-road, Dalston, dealer, is. 2d., on
Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-
street.
J. Bryant, Stoke Newington, builder, Did., on Tues-
day, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street.
R. F. Long and R. W. Long. Gray's-inn-place' and
Warwick-street, Regent-street, Middlesex, builders, W.,
on Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennel, Basinghall-
street.
S. P. Willis, Portsea, trader, 3s. 2d., on Saturday next,
and the three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. Pugh, Peckham tailor, April 22, at half-past twelve,

In the COuntry.

W. Davison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gunmaker, April 29,
at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—
S. Dudgeon, Litchurch,i Derby, builder, April 22, at ten,
at the Court, Nottingham—T. Gaunt, Newark-upon-
Trent, Nottinghamshire, coal merchant, April 25, at ten, at
the Court, Nottingham—J. Fass, Far Town, Huddersfield,
innkeeper, April 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
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R. Tate, jun., irxiariige-moor, Middlesex, miller, certi-
ficate of the second class—H. Clavert, Petersfield, South-
ampton, woollen draper, certificate of the second class—
H. N. Humphreys, Dorchester-place, Middlesex, book-
seller, certificate of the second class—W. S. Rumsay,
Queen-street•place, Upper Thames-street, druggist, certi-
ficate of the third class—W. Hodge, Great Marlborough-
street, Westminster, wholesale stationer, certificate of the
third class—J. Oliver, Liverpool, draper, certificate of the
class, subject to a suspension of twelvemonths from the
12th day of March last.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
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C. Beaumont and J. Beaumont, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
—J. A. Blogden' and R. Turner, Petworth, Sussex, sur-
geons—G. Mold, and J. Mold, Northampton, builders
—J. Boothroyd, T. Haywood, and W. Warriner, Shef-
field, cabinet-makers—H. Boyle, J. Gill, W. Men-
nell, and J. Pitts, Leeds, flax spinners—E. Henry,
R. L. Henry, and J. Valery, Budge-aow, City, im-
porters of foreign goods (so far as regards R. L. Henry)
J. Smorthwaite and W. Smorthwaite, Barking, bread
and biscuit bakers—T. Lamb, A. Magraw, and R. Hodg-
son, Liverpool, house and ship joiners—G. Wilkin and R.
Cockburn, Monkwearrnouth, Durham, ale and porter mer-
chants—G. S. Amsinck and J. Matthews, Wood-street,
Westminster, brewers—W. Astins and R. A. Fish, engra-
vers and printers—H Grace, son., and H. Grace, jun,
Egham, tailep—J. Spencer and J. Ratcliff, Bradford,
Yorkshire, medical botanists—C. E. Bedoe, W. T. Gant,
and R. Brook, Bradford, Yorkshire, linendrapors—D. Hill
and T. Wood, Manchester, wholesale clothiers--E. Kovacs
and H. Oswald, Manchester, foreign booksellers--J. Bram-
well and J.Bramwell,Glossop,Derbyshire,wholesale grocers
mann-
-faclttiu..Searnsdeorfs and F. (331warraradsa,nBdellCI.sleB, Maiden-lane,rr
wickahire, farmers—W. Garstang and A. Platt, h
As ton-m-
Mackerfield s
, Lancashire, coal merchants—C. Co,dle and T
if.
J. Ferriss, Newent, Gloucestershire, mercer—Mary Gr-
as,Larigioy,
fiths and F. A. Jacobs, Cheltenham, livery stable-keepers
—G. C. Kewley and W. Mason, Huyton, Lancashire, manu-
facturing chemists—J. Thimbleby and J. Thimbleby, Chip-
ping Barnet, Hertfordshire, pawnbrokers—J. Firth and
W. Nussoy, Leeds, linendrapers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Hanson, Lindley, Yorkshire, wool trader.
James Wallas, Wigton, Cumberland, shoemaker.
James Yeomans, Camphouse, Cumberland, joiner.
Henry Browne, St. Margaret, Norfolk, porter.
James Partridge, Sharnbreois Bedfordshire, wheel-
wright,