The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-12 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 7, 1849.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Lieutenant-General the Right
Honourable Sir Edward Blakeney, Knight Commander
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an
Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the First
Class, or Knights Grand Cross of the said Most
Honourable Order.
DOWNING-STREET, MAY 11.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute the island
of Hong-Kong and its dependencies to be a bishop's see
and diocese, to be called the Bishopric of Victoria, and
to name and appoint the Rev. George Smith, Doctor in
Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated bishop of the
said see.

WHITEHALL, MAY 9.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Carter
Morrison, of Reigate, in the county of Surrey, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan-
cery.

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 11.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Claud
Alexander, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Ellison, promoted, May 11.
'Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Lord
Adolphus Frederick Charles William Vane to be Lieu-
tenant and Captain, by purchase, vice William Yates
Peel, who retires; George Grey Dalrymple, Gent.. ro be
Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord A. Vane,
May 11.
10th Regiment of Foot—Captain Stephen Francis
Charles Annesley, from the 37th Foot, to be Captain,
vice Sall, who exchanges, May 11.
26th Foot—John Stratton, Gent. to be ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Wilson, promoted in 83d Foot,„May 11.
-35th Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Tisdall to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Faris, who retires; Ensign James
Spratt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tisdall,
May 11.
37th Foot—Captain Henry McManus Sall, from 10th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Annesley, who exchanges,
May 11.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Meade Hamilton to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Shrine, who retires; Ensign
Thomas William Wollocombe to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hamilton; Charles John Perceval, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wullocombe, May 11.
59th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Kendal Bushe, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Butler, who retires; Ensign
Godfrey. doodman Mosley, to be Lieutenant, Gent,ur-
chase vice Bu he; Samuel John James Burns,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mosley, May 11.
69th Foot—Lieutenant Charles William Parker, to be
Captain, without purchase. vice Tudor, deceased; En-
sign Charles Gilborne, to be Lieutenant, vice Parker,
April 24; Thomas Henry Charleton, Gent., to be En-
sign, vice Gilborne, May 11.
79th Foo;—Sergeant Robert Jamieson to be Quarter-
master, vice Alexander Crulkshanks, who retires upon
half-pay, May 11.
831 Foot—Ensign Sylvester W. F. M. Wilson, from
26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crowe,
who retires, stay 11.
91. st, Squid, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vine Whitle, promoted, May 11.
HOSPITAL STAFF —John Berry, Gent., to be Assistant
Surgeon to the Forces, vice William Smellie Johnstone,
resigned, ;April .13 ; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Vesey
Agmondishana Brown, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to
the Forces, vice Finlay, deceased, May 11.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
The Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayrshire
Militia—Nathan M-Neil, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wil-
liam Cunni-ighame Gommoll, promoted, April 4.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
'Lancashire hussars—Wiliiim Ince And&ton, Esq., to
be Captain. May .5.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 7.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant
Lambert Henry Deune to be First Lieutenant, vice G.
W. Drummond Hay, removed from the regiment, being
absent withemit leave, May 2.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 9.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Vice-Admiral Samuel
Butcher:—
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Matthew Godwin, to be Vice-
Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Francis' Mason, K.C.8.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Ad miral of the White William Croft, to be Rear-
Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Nesbit Josiah Wil-
loughby, C. 8., K.C.11, to be Rear-Admiral of the White.
Captain Sir George Rose Sartorius, to be Rear-Admiral
of the Blue.

ADMIRALTY, MAY 11.
With reference to the naval promotions announced in
the London Gazette of the 4th inst., the following further
promotion, :also dated the 4th inst., has taken place:—
Retired Captain George Gustavus Lennock, to be
Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms proposed in the
London Gazette of the Ist Sept 1846.
BANKRUPTS.
Isaac Terry, watch and clock manufacturer, Hay-
market, to surrender, May 18, at half-past eleven, and
Jane 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can-
non, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Cox, Pinner's Hall,
Old Broad-strc et.
Henry Edmonds, dairyman, Charles-street, West-
bourne-terrace, May 18, at twelve, and June 22, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basingh all-street ; Bignall, Connaught-terrace, Edge-
ware-road.
Fisher Alderton, coach builder, Manningtree, Essex,
May 23, at one, and' June 22, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Cocker,
Nassau-street; Ambrose, Essex.
William Sergeant, fruiterer, Portsmouth, May 21 and
June 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tnr-
quand, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers, City; Mar-
ten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane.
NathanieeCobb, upholsterer, Colchester, May 17, at
two, and June 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Bull, Ely-place.
Charles Johns, fixture dealer, Great Queen-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields, May 21, at half-past twelve, and
June 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street;
Rodman, Bucklersbury.
Thomas Hebard, merchant, Old Trinity-house,
Water- lane, Tower-street, May 25, at twelve, and June
19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Eilleary,
Fenchurch-street.
John Battams Shouler, draper, Leicester, May 25 and
June 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court,
Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham;
Robinson, Queen-street-place; Whateley, Birmingham.
Charles Pritchard, wine merchant, Hereford, May
26 and June 27, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Bloxam, Birmingham.
John Harrison, mercer, Hereford, May 26, and June
27, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; Smith and Sons, Blooms-
bury-square; G willim, Hereford; Suckling, Birming-
ham.
Thomas Johnston, draper, Manchester, May 25, and
June 14, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory and Co.,
Bedford-row; Makinson, Manchester.
Martin Brown Bell, victualler, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
May 23, at eleven, and June 19, at twelve, at the New-
castle-upon-Typo District Court. Wakley, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Forater, Newcastle-
upou-Tyne.
Sylvanus Miller, banker, Eamont Bridge, Cumber-
land, May 24, at half past ten, and June 21, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, cffi-
cial assignee, Newcastle-upon Tyne • Lawrence, Crowdy,
and Bowlby, Doctors' Commons; Griffith and Crighton,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
F. H. Bourquin, Northampton-square, Clerkenwell,
watch manufacturer, June 8, at eleven—R. Tate, Regent-
itreet. silversmith, June 1, at one—T. T. Haydon,
Wandsworth,. butcher, June 1, at twelve—Catherine
Elton, Whitechapel, ironmonger, June 1, at eleven—J.
Christie, R. Christie, and J. Stewart, Mark-lane, City,
and Manchester, merchants, June 1. at eleven—A. A.
Mackey and N. J. W. Holt, St. Helen's, Bishopsgate,
merchants, June 4, at twelve—G. Rougemont, Broad-
street-buildings, City, merchant, June 4, at two—R. C.
Kingsford and H. L. Barnwell, Seaton, Kent, and Ca-
therine-court, Tower-bill, millers, June 6, at twelve—G.
Teil and B. M. Ronald, Old Jewry-chambers, City, East
India merchants, June 5, at eleven—W. Buchanan, Old
Jewry-chambers, City, merchant, June 6, at eleven—W.
H. Mann, Maiden-lane, Queen-street, Cheapside, lead
merchant, June 8. at twelve—H. S. Brazier, Oxford,
tailor, June 8, at twelve—J. Price, Belle Sauvage
Hotel, City, and Plaistow, Essex, innkeeper and farmer,
June 8, at one.

In the Country.
E. Parry, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, draper, June
7, at eleven—T. Coates, Sunderland, wine merchant,
June 12, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—
W. Todd, Whitehaven, Cumberland, ironmonger, June
14, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
—T. Rowell, Hartlepool, Durham, merchant, June 14,
at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. Gales,
Ford, Durham, ship builder, June 8, at twelve, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—N. Brown, flexham,
Northumberland, timber merchant, June 14, at twelve,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Tench, Winla-
latcua, Durham, grocer, June S, at half-past ten, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. M. Penman, Sunder-
land, apothecary, June 11, at one, at the Court, New-
castle-upon-Tyne—A. James, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, oil
merchant, Juno 7, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—C. A. Wawn, West Cornforth and Thris-
lington, Durham, and Regent's Canal-basin, Ratcliffe,
lime burner, June 14, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—J. Faulkner, Manchester, coach lace menu-
tacturer, June 5, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—
W. Barker, Royton, Lancashire, millwright, June 6, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Tattersall, Over
Darwen, Lancashire, coal dealer, June 6, at twelve, at the
Court, Manchester—R. Smith, Ashton-under-Lyne,
tailor, June 6, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—A.
Fletcher, jun., Cheetham, Manchester, stuff m-Tchant,
June 4, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Torn-
kinson. Liverpool, and Runcorn,
.Cheshire, stonemason,
Juno 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Cheshire,
Hartford, Cheshire, salt manufacturer, June 12, at twelve,
at the Court, Liverpool—T. Hardwick and W. Hard-
wick, Leeds, auctioneers, June 4, at twelve, at the Court,
Leeds—J. Swift, Huddersfield, chemist, June I, at eleven,
at the Court, Leeds—J. Morfitt, jun., Leeds, flax spinner,
i June I, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Ibbotson,
KEffS"'"4`. merchant, June 2, at ten, at the Court, Leeds—
le, Wolverhampton, printer, June 13, at
e Court, Birmingham—L. Davis, Redditch.
ire, needle manufacturer, June 16, at twelve,
I.Birgunghatn—W . Kirk, Leicester, builder,
`weave, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham—L.

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