The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-13 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

William Joyce, engineer, shipbuilder, and ironfounder,
Greenwich, to surrender, Dec. 21, at eleven, and Feb.l, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings; Compton Smith, Lincoln's-ink-
fields.

Daniel Lefaveur,
,New Oxford-street, merchant, Deo.
21, at two, and Jan. 23, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderraanbury ; Ashursts,
Waller, and Morris, Old Jewry.
James Norton Weeks, hotel keeper, East Cowes, Isle of
Wight, Dec. 19, and Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Ley, Lincoln's-
inn-fields.

Henry Cremer, wine merchant, Old Broad-street, City,
Dec. 20, and Jan. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Pullen, Lime-street, City.
Robert Board, blacksmith, Churchingford, Devonshire,
Dec. 19 and Jan. 18, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Miller, Bristol.
George Donisthorpe, grocer, Syston, Leicestershire, 2d
and 16oh Jan., at ten, at Nottingham. Harris, official
assignee, Nottingham; R. and G. Toiler, Leicester; or
James, Birmingham.
Francis Kiuch, chemist and druggist, Margate, Dec. 22
and Jan. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee,
official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Buchanan, Basinghall.-
street.

William Littell Tizard, mechanical engineer, Aldgate
High-street, Dec. 21 and Feb. 2, at half-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Silvester, Great Dever-street, Newington,
Surrey.
Thomas Hollier, woolstapler, Leicester, Jan. 2 and 16,
at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official
assignee, Nottingham ; Stone and Paget, Leicester; James,
Birmingham.
Isaac Pothecary, boarding-house keeper, Grove-place,
Nutehalling, Southampton, Dec. 19, at half-past eleven,
and Jan. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stans-
feld, official assignee; Reed, Ironmonger-lane, City.
Robert Russell, builder, Elgin-road, Notting-hill, Dec.
22, at two, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Patten, Austin-friars.
John Cartmell, bootmaker, Liverpool, Dec. 27 and Jan.
15, at eleven, at the Live .pool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Daly, Liverpool.
Edward Tregenza, shoe dealer, Stockton-on-Tees, Dur-
ham, Dec. 22, and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Newcs.st!e-
upen-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Sangster, Leeds; Cathie and Cudworth,
Leeds; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
John Marshall, brewer, Bradford, Jan. 8 and 29, at
twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee; Terry and Watson, Bradford; Bond and Bar-
wick, Leeds.
G. Haworth, J. Walsh, and T. Ainsworth, power-loom
cloth manufacturers, Over Darwen, Lancashire, Dec. 22,
and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Rowley, Dian-

Josiah Overbury, cloth manufacturer, Wotton-under.
Edge, Gloucestershire, Dec. 20, at two, and Jan. 31, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer,
Old Jewry-chambers.

John Barrington Joyce, chemist, Burslem, Staffordshire,
Dec. 22 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Hodgson, Birmingham.
Thomas Heywood, lace warehouseman, Cheapside, Dec.
20, at one, and Jan. 31, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
3ankruptcy. Pennel, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers;
Gidley, Guildhall-chambers.
Henry Martyn, woollen warehouseman, Bishopsgate-
street Without, Dec. 20, at twelve, and Jan. 31, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bahkruptcy. Pennel, official
assigree, Guildhall-chambers; Ashursts, Waller, and
Morris, Old Jewry.
John Bailey, baker and grocer, Cannock, Staffordshire,
Dec. 23 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Duignan and Hemmant, Walsall.
James Sanders, ironmonger, Darlaston, Staffordshire,
Dec. 23 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Biddleston, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Duignan and Hommant, Walsall; E. and H. Wright,
Birmingham.

Abram Hanson, yarn manufacturer, Huddersfield, York-
shire, Jan. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 29, at eleven, at Lecds
District Court. Hops, official assignee, Leeds ; Drans-
field, Bond, and Barwick, Huddersfield.

ADDITIONAL MAILS TO HER MAJESTY'S
FORCES IN GREECE, TURKEY, AND THE
BLACK SEA, AND ALTERATION IN DAYS
FOR DESPATCH.

The following Post-office order has been issued :-
- General Post-Office, December, 1854.
The French Government having made arrangements'
for despatching a mail packet from Marseilles to Constan-
tinople twice a week, instead of six times a month as
heretofore, mails containing the correspondence for her
Majesty's forces in Greece, Turkey, and the Black Sea,
will in future be made up in London, for conveyance
through France and by the French Mediterranean packets,
every Monday and Friday evening.
The following are the combined British and French
rates of postage chargeable upon this correspondence :
For a Letter addressed to an Officer in the British
Army or Navy, or to a Non-Commissioned Officer or
Private Soldier or Seaman in Greece, Turkey, or the
Black Sea.
Weighing under oz.
Weighing oz., and under A oz.
Exceeding / oz., and not exceeding 1 oz ls. Od.
Exceeding 1 oz., and not exceeding 2 oz ls. 2d.
Exceeding 2 oz., and not exceeding 3 oz ls. 4d.
Exceeding 3 oz., and under 34 oz.
Exceeding 31 oz., and not exceeding 4 oz 2s. 4d.
And so on, adding 2d. British for each additional ounce,
and 10d. French postage for every 3-1 ounces.
The above rates of postage must be paid in advance,
or the letters will be opened and returned to the writers.
Newspapers are chargeable with a postage et 2i.
each, which must also be paid in advance ; otherwise the
neawi ss pvaipae r iarnssetiellaed of
s,w ill be detained
forward in the
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vesseloffer in
the
offers of despatchingservioe
of herthem o
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t.ay ship-of-War or
other
Letters for soldiers or seamen serving in the British
forces in Greece,id. only Turkey,lyis paid,
ortheZl slack
in ack Sleika,eumpoannnwerhicbhe
a postage of
forwarded either by a ship-of-war or other vessel in her
Majesty's service, or by the British packets via South-
ampton and Malta, and thence to their destination as
opportunities may offer.
In order to prevent, as far as possible, the delay of
letters and newspapers for invalid officers and soldiers
in the British Military Hospital in Turkey, which would
result from such letters, &c., being sent to the head-
quarters of the army, a separate bag is made up for the
correspondence referred te, and letters and newspapers
are sent in this bag addressed to " The Hospital,
Scutari, Constantinople."