The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-24 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 21, 1838.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood upon Henry Wilmot Seton, Esq., one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of Bengal.

DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 21.
The Queen bas been pleased to appoint John Longley, Esq., to
be Treasurer of the Island of Triiidad.

DOWNING-STREET, NlARcif 22.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward M'Dowell, Esq.
to be Attorney-General of the Island of Van Diemen's Land.

DOWNING-STREET, Ma acti 23.
Tha Queen has been pleased to appoint Herbert C. Jones, Esq.,
to be Solicitor-General of the Island of Van Diemen's Land.

WHITEHALL, 11Ahcrt 21.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed
under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, conferring the honour of Knighthood upon Allan Napier
APNab, Esq., Colonel of the Militia of the province of Upper
Canada.

The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting to James Whitley Deans
Dundas, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy, the office of Clerk of
the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Commission% by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester.
Worcestershire Regiment of Militia.—R. F. Cross, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, ♦ice Albrecht, resigned; H. C. Hopkins, Gent., to be
Ensign, vise Walker, resigned, March 20.

The Tithe Commissioners for England and Wales have appointed
John Mee Matthew, Esq. of Churchyard-court, Temple, barrister-
at-law, aid assistant Commissioner for an especial purpose, and he
has taken the oath required by an Act passed in the reign of his
late Majesty, intituled " An Act for the commutation of tithes in
Eng and and Wales," before George Keene, Esq., a Master Extra-
ordinary in Chancery, at Stafford, in the county of Stafford.

WHITEHALL, ALutcH 15.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John James, of Wrexham, in
the county of Denbigh, Gent., to be Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 23.

14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Ensign George K. Massy
Dawsom, from the 90th Regiment of Foot, to be Cornet, by per-
chase, vice Bodkin, who retires, March 23.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain G. J. M'Dowell to
be Major, by purchase, vice Mercer, who retires, Aug. 4 ; Lieut.
P. Bonham to be Captain, by purchase, vice M'Dowell ; Cornet
D. H. Mackinnon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bonham ;
J. R. O'Connor, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Mackinnon, March 23.
Ist, or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Captain Hon. J.
Lindsay to be Adjutant, vice Torrens, appointed Major of Brigade,
March 23.

Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—W. T. C. Robinson,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, March 23.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Capt. Hon. D. H. Murray, from the
25th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, ♦ice D.
Willan, who exchanges, March 23.
25th Regiment of Foot—Captain R. D. Willan, from the Scots
Fusilier Guards, to be Captain, vice Murray, who exchanges,
March 23.

40th Foot—Ensign H. Halkett to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Willock, who retires ; J. Johnston, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Halkett, March 23.
45th Foot—Ensign J. 0. Cuffe to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Tulloch, promoted; H. J. Shaw, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Cuffe, March 23.
47th Foot—Major Lord G. A. Hill, from the half-pay Un-
attached, to be Major, vice M. Dalyell, who exchanges, March 28 ;
Captain J. Gordon (2d) to be Major, by purchase, Tip' Lord G.
A. Hill, who retires ; Lieut. J. B. Blake to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Gordon: Ensign D. West to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Blake ; R. J. Ebriugton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice West, March 24.
62d Foot--Ensign G. Mackay to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Mathias, promoted ; L. B. Tyler, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Mackay, March 23.
71st Foot—Capt. W. Percival, from the half-pay of the 9th Re-
giment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major W. Long, who
exchanges, March 23 ; Lieut. W. Speer to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Percival, who retires; Ensign W. Hope to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Speer; J. E. Fleeming, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Hope, March 24 ; Surgeon T. Bulkeley,
from the half-pay of the 4th West India Regiment, to be
Surgeon, vice T. Young, placed upon half-pay, March 23.
90th Foot—Lieut. W. J. Owen to Le Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Bowlby, deceased; J. H. Bringhurst to be Lieutenant,
vice Owen, March 17 ; T. Ross, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Dawson, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, Marsh
23 ; Gentleman Cadet W. P. Purnell, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, vice Bringhurst, March 24.
95th Foot—Ensign F. A. Whimper, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Kennedy, who retires ; R. Stephenson, Gent. to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Whimper, March 23.
BREVET.

Captain F. Bussiett, of the Royal Malta Fencible Regiment, to
b. Major in the Army, with local and temporary rank, Jan. 10, 1837.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
FREDERICK STRONG, merchant, Great Tower-street.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
HARDY WOOLLEY, grocer, Moulton, Lincolnshire.
JAMES ALLEN and JOHN SHERWIN, farriers, Dartford,
Kent.

BANKRUPTS.
THOMAS ANDREW, licensed victualler, Moor-street, Soho,
to surrender April 2 and May 4, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. I.ackington, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Pollock,
Red Lion-square.
WILLIAM BELL, common brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
April 16, at eleven, and May 4, at one, at the Bankrupt Commis-
sion-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearce,
Hunt, and Stevens, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London; Gibson,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
SAMUEL FOX, iron-master, Sheffield, March 31, and May 4,
at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Tattershall, Great James-
street, Bedford-row, London ; Palfreyman and Bingle Sheffield.
SAMUEL NICKOLS, carpet-merchant, Leeds; March 29, at
one, and May 4, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds. Ray,
Leeds; Strangways and Walker, 6, Barnard's-inn, London.
THOMAS BODDY and ROBERT CATLEY, timber-mer-
chants, Leeds ; March 2ii, and May 4, at ten, at the Court-house,
Leeds. Rayner and Bradley, Leeds ; Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow,
Chancery-lane, London.
JOHN JENKINS, leather-seller, Windsor, April 3, and
May 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official
assignee, Finsbury-square ; Poole, Clement's Inn, London.
SAMUEL GOWAR, wine-merchant, Tanner's-hill, Dept-
ford, March 30, at eleven, and May 4, at twelve,
at the
en-
hCourt
• of
Bankruptcy. Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ,
Ken-
nett, Cornbill.

FRANCIS MARGETTS, wine-merchant, Oxford, March 30,
at twelve, and May 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lock, Smith, and Allistons, Free-
man's-court, Cornhill.