The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-06 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 28.
CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES.
BREVET.

With reference to her Majesty's Order in Council of 13th
September, 1854, the following promotions are to tako
place :

TO BE GENERALS.

Lieutenant-General Walter Tremenheere, K.H.

Lieutenant-General Edward Nicolls.
The undermentioned officers, who were placed upon
retired full pay previously to her Majesty's said Order in
Council, to be each promoted to a step of Brevet rank.

TO BE COLONELS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry James Gillespie.
Samuel Garmston.
John Harvey Stevens.
Charles Fegen.
Richard Lyde Hornbrook.
William Lewis Dawes.
William Calamy.
James Clarke.
John Tothill.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 30.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Henry Way
Mawbey to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice Wil-

liams, Promoted.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD•LIEUTENANTS,

County of Wigtown—J ohn Carrick Moore, Esq., younger,
to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 20.
County of Sutherland.—To be Deputy-Lieutenants—
William Sutherland Fraser, Esq., Sidney Had win, Esq.,
Charles Hood, Esq., Evander Maclver, Esq., Boyce Mac-
kenzie, Esq., Nov. 27.
County of Somerset—To be Deputy-Lieutenants.—Geo.
Templer Graham, Esq. ; George Barons Northcote, Esq. ;
Richard Leckonby Phipps, Lieutenant-Colonel in the Ist
Somerset Regiment of Militia, Dec. 1.
Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia—Ensign Geo. Deedes
\Varry to be Lieutenant, vice Louch, resigned, Nov. 21;
Ensign Henry, Cornish Henley to be Lieutenant, vice the
Hon. A. Poulett, appointed to the Grenadier Guards, Nov.

25. _ _
2cl Somerset Regiment of Militia Alfred Hudson
Ricketts, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Harwood, resigned,
Nov. 28.
County of Perth—To be Deputy Lieutenants.—Jam es
Hunter, Esq. ; Robert Bruce, Esq. ; Alexander Haig,
Esq., Nov. 24.
Regiment of Royal Perthshire Rifle Militi I—George
Webster Absolon, M.D., to be Surgeon, Nov. 24.
Ist Regiment of West York Militia—Thomas Joseph
Hercy, Gent., to be Ensign, Nov. 22 ; John Hebden, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Nov. 24.
2d Regiment of West York Militia—George Thomas
Mowbray, Esq., to be Captain ; Alfred Banwell Letts,
Gent., to be Ensign; Robert Johnston Stansfield, Gent.,
to be Ensign, Nov. 24.
3d Regiment of West York Militia—Edward Gould
Hasted, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Nixon, resigned, Nov.
17; Alfred Andrew Pinson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
James, resigned, Nov. 21.
4th Regiment of West York Militia —James D. Mac-
Damara, Goat., to be Lieutenant ; Robert Dennistown,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 21.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—George Prickett,
Esq., to be Captain, Nov. 21.
Yorkshire Hussar Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry
Cavalry—Francis Digby Legard, Gent., to be Cornet,
Nov. 28. _ .

MEMORANDUM.—That the name of Ensign George Deigg,
of the 4th Regiment of West Riding Militia, was by mis-
take inserted in the Gazette of the 21st November as En-
sign George Doff.
Royal Wiltshire Militia—William Fred. Foxcroft Jones,
Esq., to be Captain, Nov. 20; Arthur George Pears°,
Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Norton Knatchbull, Gent., to
be Ensign, Nov. 14; Frederick Duncan Mant, Gent., to
be Ensign, Nov. 15.-
Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regi-
ment of Militia—George Tomline Gordon, Esq., to be Cap-
tain, vice Mortimer, resigned.
Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign George
Sharpe to be Lieutenant, vice Mitchell, resigned, Nov.lo.
South Hertfordshire Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Cor-
net Arthur de Vere Viscount Malden to be Major, vice
Thomas Plumer Halsey, deceased ; James Bishop, Esq., to
be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Kemble, resigned, Nov. 30.
Hertfordshire Militia—Major Robert Algernon Smith
Dorrien to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lionel Ames, fete-
signed, Dec. 2.
Royal Glamorgan Artillery Militia—Evan Morgan, Esq.,
late a Captain in her Majesty's Royal Artillery, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, Dec. 2.
Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—

Charles James Roe, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Brooks, promoted, Dec. 1.
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Francis Wright, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 1.
[This article is substituted for that which appeared in
the "Gazette" of the 24th of Nov. last.]
2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Ensign James Dillon Macnamara to be Lieutenant, vice
Gardner, resigned, Nov. 21.
The Essex Rifles—Lieutenant Samuel Geo. Savill, to
be Captain, vice Hansler, resigned, Dec. 1 ; Lieutenant
Capel Coape, late Captain in the 67th Regiment, to be
Captain, vice Budworth, resigned, Dec. 2.

BANKRUPTS.
William Hunt, wino merchant, Bedford-row, to surr,
der, Dec. 12 and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Low, Chancery.lane.
John Bieloy, carpenter, Southampton, Dec. 12, at two,
and Jan. 19, at half-past ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee; Mackay, Southampton; Pater-
son, Bouverie-street.
Daniel Chapman, builder, Cornwall-toad, Hammer-
smith, Dec. 15, at two, and Jan. 16, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Jones, Chancery-lane.
Charles Samuel Sasso, baker, High-street, Portland-
town, Dec. 15, and Jan. 16, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Black-
more, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square.
Thomas Palmer, licensed victualler, Loveday-streot,
Birmingham Dec. 15 and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Hawkes, Birmingham.
David Ainsworsh, warehouseman, Manchester, Dec. 19
and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worthington,
and Shipman, Manchester.
Thomas Plumley Derham and William Bennett, cabinet-
makers, Bristol, Dec. 18 and Jan. 22, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bris-
tol ; Trenerry, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol.
John Bush Mercer, carpenter, Bath, Dec. 19 and Jan.
22, at !twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; Moyer, Bath.
Edward Leader Box, seed merchant, Bristol, Dec. 18
and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, gristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bris-
tol.
William Crowther, innkeeper, Halifax, Dec. 19, at half-
past twelve, and Jan. 16, at half-past eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Wavell,
Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax.
George Jones and Edmund Clegg, ironfounders, Salford,
Lancashire, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at twelve, at the Manches-
ter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manches-
ter; Slater, Manchester.
John Mitchel, worsted spinner, Morton, Yorkshire, Deo.
23 and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds; Wethorhead and Burr,
Bingley and Keighy ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
James Charles Johns, commission agent, late of King
William-street, City, and of Micklehain, Surrey, Dec. 13,
at two, and Jan. 16, at half.past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Bradden,
Gray's-inn.
Charles Kelly, auctioneer, Baker-street Bazaar, Port-
man-square, Dec. 16, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 24, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chidley, Gresham-street.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

William Scoon, baker, Edinburgh.
John Finnio, brsish manufacturer, Edinburgh.
J. and S. Fergusson, builders, Glasgow.
James Maclean and Co., merchants, Glasgow.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

William Pickering, Piccadilly, bookseller, second divi-
dend of 53. ld. in the pound, and a first and second of 10s.,
on new proofs, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-
street, on Wednesday next, and three subsequent Wednes-
days.
George Botts, Forncott St. Peter's, Norfolk, draper and
grocer, first dividend of 2d. in the pound, payable at 76A,
Basinghall-street, on Thursday, the 7th inst., and three
following Thursdays.
Cecil Sober Taylor Walker, Oxford-street, artificial
florist, second and final dividend of 11d. in the pound,
payable at 76A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, the 7th
inst., and three following Thursdays.
Valentine Henry Guy, Blackfriars-road, and Strand,
tailor and draper, first dividend of Bd. in the pound, pay.
able at 7GA, Basingball-strout, on Thursday, the 7th inst.,
and three following Thursdays.
William Wright, Thetford, Norfolk, butcher, first divi-
dend of 2s. Gd. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basinghr.ll-
- on V. ursday, the 7th inst., and three following
Thursdays.
John Angus Holmes, High street, Southwark, and Port-
land-cottages, Hatcham, woollen draper, second dividend
of Gd. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basing,hall-street, on
Thursday, the 7th inst , and three following Thursdays.
Eth% ard Coal tate (separate estate), of Manchester, broker,
first dividend of 3s. in the pound, payable at 45,
George-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, the 19th Decem-
ber, and any subsequent Tuesday.
Edward Coultato and Thomas Swindells, of Manchester,
brokers, first dividend of Bd. in the pound, payable at 45,
George-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, the 19th Decem-
ber, and any subsequent Tuesday.
Montgomorie Gladstone (separate estate), of Manchester,
general broker, first dividend of 4s. 9d. in the pound, pay-
able at 45, Georgc-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, De-
cember 19, and any subsequent Tuesday.
James Stark Skipper, of Liverpool, corn merchant, first
dividend of 3s. in the pound, payable at 11, Elden-cham-
, bars, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Thursday.
Charles Moss, a dividend of 3s, 3d. in the pound, pay-

able at the office of R. W. Atkinson, Wallingford, on and
after December 14.

John Pettit, of Wingham, Kent, butcher, first and final
dividend of 2s. in the pound, payableat the County Court-
office, Sandwich, on any Tuesday.
Joseph Pitchers Hastings, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk,
ship and boat builder, dividend of 4s. 4d. in the pound,
payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.l
'Charles Albemarle Layard, late of 5, Crown-court,
Liquorpond-street, Gra3's-inn-lane, gentleman, dividend
of Is. 6d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street,
Lincoln's-inn.

Francis Bull, late of Oxford-street, publican, dividend
of ls. 54d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street,

Samuel Knight, late of 5, Fore-street, City, cheese-
monger, dividend of 4s. 7id. in the pound, payable at 5,
Portugal-street, Lincoln's inn.
Charles Jarvis, sen., late of Birmingham, out of business,
dividend of 4d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street,

Lincoln's-inn.
William Allatson, late of Rocking, Essex, watch and
clock maker, dividend of Bs. 4d. in the pound, payable at
5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
Edmund Pain, late of Sonar's Hope, Herefordshire, far-
"ilex, dividend of 11s. in the pound, payable at 5, Portu-
gal•street, Lincoln's-inn.
Richard Roberts, late of Liverpool, superannuated offi-
cer in the quarantine service, dividend of 6s. 3d., mak-
ing u s. 8,1. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street,
Lincoln's-inn. _ .

William Lowcay, late of Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire,
retired commander in the royal navy, dividend of is. 2id.,
making 4s. id. in the pound, payable at s,Wortugal-street,
Lincoln's-inn.

Joseph Smith, late of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, in
no business, dividend of 58. sd. in the pound, payable at 5,
Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
William Wright Lucking, late of 19, Orchard-street,
Portman-square, auctioneer, dividend of 2s. Bd. in the
pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn.
John English, late of Bootle, Lancashire, shipwright,
dividend of 7id. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.