The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.
At the Court of Windsor, tho 25t11 clay of November,
1853, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty in Coun-
cil. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that
the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Tuesday the
29th clay of N ovember instant, be further prorogued to
Tuesday the third day of January.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 28.
It is hereby notified that the Earl of Clarendon, her
Majesty's Principal Seeretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
has received from Monsieur Charles Baudin, First Secre-
tary to the French Embassy (in the absence of the Am-
bassador), a note, dated the 23d inst., stating that the
Minister of Marine has announced to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs that, iu conformity with the orders of his
Imperial Majesty, Captain Baudin, the Commander-in-
Chief of the French naval forces on the west coast of Africa,
has declared that part of the coast which extends from the
left bank of the Grand Lahou to the right bank of the
river Assinee to be in a state of blockade ; that the force
at the disposal of Captain Baudin will render this blockade
effective, and that it was to be carried into execution from
the 25th of September last.

DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 26.
Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lons-
dale, Esq., to be Colonial Treasurer for the Colony of
Victoria.

tier Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward
Stephens, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council
of the Colony of South Australia.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal for appointing Henry
Cadogan Rothery, Esq., M.A., Registrar of the High
Court of Admiralty of England, to be Registrar of her
Majesty in Ecclesiastical and Maritime Causes, in the room
of Henry Birchfield Swabey, Esq., resigned.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint David pure,
Esquire, Advocate, to be Sheriff of the Shire or Sheriff-
dom of Perth, in the room of James Craufurd, Esquire,
her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
Sir John Romilly, Knt., Master of the Rolls of her Ma-
jesty's High Court of Chancery ; the Right Hon. Sir John
Jervis, Knt., Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Com-
mon Pleas ; tho Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, Knt. ;
Charles Hay Cameron, Esq. ; John M`Pherson M‘Leod,
Esq. ; John Abraham Francis Hawkins, Esq. ; Thomas
Flower Ellis, Esq. ; and Robert Lowe, Esq.—to be her
Majesty's Commissioners in England to examine and con-
sider the reform of the Judicial Establishments, Judicial
Procedure, and Laws of India.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 29.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Henry
Lempriere to be Captain, vice Warburton, retired on full
pay ; First Lieutenant Henry Heyman to be Second Cap-
tain, vice Lempriere ; Second Lieutenant William Carey
to be First Lieutenant, vice Heyman, Nov. 29.
Corps of Royal Engineers--Second Lieutenant John
Mervin Cutliffe Drake, with temporary rank, to be Second
Lieutenant, with permanent rank, Dec. 17.

COMMISSION SIGNED RY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid-
dlesex Militia—Deane John Hoare, Gent., to be Lieute-
nant, vice Duff, resigned, Nov. 11.
Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia—William
Robert Brereton, Esq., late Captain in the 70th Infantry,
to be Captain, Nov. 25.
East Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Major Wil-
liam Deeds to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant ; Cap-
tain Sir Ed ard Cholwely Dering, Bart., to be Major,
vice Dee es, promoted, Nov. 20; Lieut. Charles Manners
Lushington, Nov. 20 ; Lieut. Narbrough Hughes D'Aeth,
vice Sir Brook Wm. Bridges, Bart., resigned, Nov. 21; Cornet
Philip Oxendon Papillon' Nov. 22 ; Matthew Bell, Esq.,
Nov. 23, to be Captains.—Cornet Francis Colville
Hyde, vice Fairman, deceased, Nov. 20 ; William Oxen-
den Hammond, Gent., vice D'Aeth, promoted, Nov. 21 ;
Thomas Henry Mackay, Gent, Nov. 22 ; Edward Leigh
Pemberton, Gent., vice Lushington, promoted, Nov. 23 ;
Charles Pemberton Carter, Gent, Nov. 24, to be Lieuten.
ants—Edward Twopeny, the younger, Gent., vice Hyde,
promoted, Nov. 20 ; John Featherston Briscoe, Gent.,
vice Papillon, promoted, Nov. 22, to be Cornets—James
Beath). Gent., vice Sieard, resigned, Nov. 20, to be
Surgeon.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Rolph, builder, Lee's Mews, Grosvenor-square,
to surrender, Dec. 6, and Jan. 6at half-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street-buildings ; Tampler, Fenchurch•street.
Charles Geal, grocer, East-row, Kensal New Town, Dec.
13, at half-past one, and Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street ; Ambrose, Manchester-square.
Henry Reading, draper, Birmingham, Dec. 14, and Jan.
11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle-
ston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jones, Sise-lane ;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
Michael Robinson, linen draper, Halifax, Dec. 16, and
Jan. 27 following, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Brierley, Halifax.
Robert Walker, grocer, Stalybridge, Dec. 10 and Jan. 5,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Lee, Man-
chester, official assignee ; Hampson and Sons, Manchester.
Douglas Bradbury, builder, Derby, Dec. 9 and 30, at
ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official
assignee, Nottingham; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
John Hodges and John Foster Hodges, hosier 4, New
Bond-street, Nov. 28 at two, and Jan. 7 (and not Dec. 7,
as previously advertised) at ore, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Depree and Austen, Lawrence-lane.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
T. G. Dewall, St. John's-wood-road, St. John's-wood,
artist—J. Bennett, Nicholas-square, Hackney-road, bil-
liard-mai ker—J. H. Browne, sen., Royal Avenue-terrace,
Chelsea, commission agent —W. Lang, Loats-cottage,
Brixton, bricklayer —T. Shenton, Bethnal-green-road,
grocer—F. Allen, St. Martin's-le-Grand, City, bookseller
—J. Dabbs, Gee-street, St. Luke's—C. N. Combottis,
John-street, City, merchant—A. Rawlinson, Winchester-
terrace, Agar-town, clerk to an attorney--C, Hatcher,
Croydon, Surrey —G. Birch, jun., Lower Brunswick-
terrace, Barnsbury-road, Islington, clerk—l. T. Woods,
Westbourne-street, Pimlico, upholsterer —A. Corbett,
Adams-row, Hampstead-road, boot and shoe maker—J.
T. Richardson, Church-street and Church-row, Bethnal-
green, wholesale and retail clothier—J. Z. Williams, Upper
Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, optician—J. W. Her-
bert, Prospect-place, Dalston, grocer—J. H. Gray, Lon-
don-street, Paddington, goldsmith.

DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS.
Edward Gibson, St. Albans, banker-2d div. of 3s. 9d.,
Dec. 3, and three subsequent Saturdays, at Green's, Ab
church-lane.

David Douglas, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire,
draper—final div. of ls. 3id., Dec. 6, and any subsequeni
Tuesday, at Lee's, Manchester.

Thons William Johnson, Stockport, Cheshire, publi-
can-Ist div. of 4s. 6d., Dec. 6 and any subsequent Tues-
day, at Lee's, Manchester.
John Law and Eli Hudson, Ramsdell Wood, near Tod-
morden, Lancashire, cotton spinners-2d div. of is. 5p..
Dec. 6 and any subsequent Tuesday, at Lee's, Manchester.
William Witty, Louth, Lincolnshire, draper-2d and
final div. of lid. Nov. 29 and any subsequent Tuesday,
at Carrick's, Hull.

John Ireland, Kingston-upon-Hull, draper-Ist div. of
7s. Nov. 29 and any subsequent Tuesday, at Carrick's,

William Rainford, Liverpool, cabinet maker-Ist div,
of 125., Dec. 7 and any subsequent Wednesday, at Mor-
gan's, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
Dec. 22. F. Hopkins, Cambridge, brewer—Dec. 23. C.
Baker, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, upholsterer Dec
22. A. Duncan and C. Duncan, Tokenhouse-yard, City,
merchants—Dec. 10. J. Thomas, Little Stanhope-street,
May Fair, builder—Dec. 21. H. Baker, Now Oxford-street,
Bloomsbury, ironmonger—Dec. 24. J. Brandon, Pensneth,
Kingswinford, Staffordshire, draper—Dec. 21. T. Lawson,
Bury, Lancashire, draper—Dec. 23. G. Rowell, jun., Car-
lisle, Cumberland, painter—Dec. 21. H. M'Coll, South
Shields, Durham, bookseller—Dec. 23. J. C. Reeves,
Rownham Mills, Long Ashton, Somersetshire, paint ma-
nufacturer.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
Dec. 22. C. Baker, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square,
upholsterer—Dec. 20. F. H. Thomson, Berners-street,
Oxford-street, and West-end, Hampstead, manufacturer
of silvered glass ware—Dec. 20. W. Smith, High-street,
Shadwell, licensed victualler- Dec. 20. H. J. White, Wa-
terloo-road, Surrey, straw bonnet dealer—Dec. 22. H. T.
Edwards, Liverpool, builder—Dec. 23. C. T. Potts, Sun-
derland, Durham, shipowner—Dec. 21. J. Hetherington,
T. Hetherington, and G. B. Scholes, Manchester, joiners.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Snow and Alice Snow, Kingsteignton, near Newton
Abbot, Devonshire, farmers—M. Ingram and F. H. Holmes,
Stafford, ironmongers —G. Charlton and H. Easton,
Charing-cross, tea dealers—J. Kirkman, jun., and J. Kirk-
man, Soho-square, pianoforte makers—J. Lamb and C. B.
Oman, plaster manufacturers—J. Jenkins, R. Richards,
jun., and H. W. Jones, Swansea, Glamorganshire, news-
paper proprietors L. Lefebvre and C. Pelletier, South-
wark-bridge-road, Surrey, French silk importers —H.
Carnsew and J. W. Whitelock, Raymond-buildings,
Gray's-inn, attorneys—H. Mallet, Nottingham, and J. W.
Barton, New Basford, Nottinghamshire, lace manufac-
turers—C. S. Johnson and N. Gresley, Halifax, Yorkshire,
wine merchants—R. Barker and R. F. White, Fleet-street,
City, advertising agents—R. Wilson, W. F. Harrison, and
E. J. Bristow, Copthall-buildings, solicitors, so far as re-
gards F. Harrison—J. Marchant, J. Rayment, and W.
Warren, Romford, Essex, machinists—W. Sharp and C.
Rudman, Manchester, warehousemen— C. Whitley and
H. Frost, Manchester, practical machinists—T. Mat-
thews and W. C. Gilchrist, Aldermaston, Berkshire,
millers—J. S. Rawson, H. W. Watson, W. Pickers-
gill, and J. Miller, Southwick, Durham, shipbuilders
—J. Rudge and S. Rudge, Smethwiek, Staffordshire, and
Dudley, Worcestershire, porter brewers—J. Wareing, R.
Wareing, and E. Fielding, Snipe Leach, near Oldham,
Lancashire, coal proprietor, so far as regards E. Fielding
—J. Hughes and G. Edwards, Old-street-road, and Re-
gent-street, nursery yacht manufacturers—A. Hargreaves
and M. Hardman, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton-spinners.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Hugh Frazer, Quay of Irvine, Ayrshire, innkeeper, Dec.
6, at the Commercial Inn, Irvine.
John Boyle, Edinburgh, furniture broker, Dec. 6, at the
Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh.
Peter Brown, Laurance-law, near Pennycuik, Edinburgh,
wright, Doc. 24, at Cooper's Hotel, Edinburgh.
Alexander Murray, Castletown, by Thurso, merchant,
Dec. 9, at the Caledonian Hotel, Thurso.
Charles Stewart, Dingwall, wine merchant, Dec. 12, at
the Caledonian Hotel,
Alexander Callander, Paisley, portioner, Dec.. 9, at the
Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.
William Ferguson, Crieff, innkeeper, Dec. 14, at the
Drummond's Arms Hotel, Crieff.
Robert Cochran, Dundee, druggist, Dec. 9, at the British
Hotel, Dundee.

SHORT TIME AT BLACKBURN-It is rumoured that
unless a change for the better takes place in the market
at Manchester, and in trade generally, the manufac-
turers of the town will in a short time run their mills
only three days per week. If this be the case it will
materially interfere with the assistance now rendered to
the Preston " lock-outs" by the operatives, who last
week sent upwards of 6001., to which may be added the
contributions of the amalgamated trades.
RELIEFS AND REINFORCEMENTS. —We understand
that no regiments now in the Mediterranean will this
season be sent to the West Indies, in consequence of the
disturbed state of our political relations with Russia.
The regiments named as relief are virtually to be a rein-
forcement of pie troops in Gibraltar, Malta, and the.
lonin. bloc—Naval and Military Gazette.