The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-17 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 13.

The King has been pleased to directletters patent to pass the Great
Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nomi-
nating the Venerable George Jehosaphat Mountain, D.D., Arch-
deacon of Quebec, to be Bishop of Montreal, in the province of
Lower Canada.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 9.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Dilnot Sladden, of Canter-
bury, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary
in the High Court of Chancery.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Wilts.
Wilts Regular Militia—W. C. Grove, Esq., to be Major, vice
Vilett, promoted, Feb. 3.

BANKRUPTS.

GEORGE COOPER, victualler, Barbican, to surrender Feb.
26, and March 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Smith,
King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street; Cannan, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street, official assignee.
PIERRE FRANCOIS LAPORTE, bookseller, Haymarket,
Feb. 26, at one, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Sculthorpc,
South-square, Gray's-Inn.
JOHN HAMILTON, wine-merchant, King-street, St. James's,
Feb. 19, at two, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Temple, Furnival's Inn; Goldsaaid, official assignee, Iron-
monger-lane.
THOMAS BROWN, merchant, 'Watling-street, London, Feb.
23, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Hudson, Bucklersbury.
JOHN ALSOP, shopkeeper, Glossop, Derbyshire, Feb. 27,
and March 29, at ten at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester.
Brundrett, Randall, Simmons, and Brown, Inner Temple, London ;
Thompson, Oldham.
EDWARD LAWRENCE IRELAND, factor, Birmingham,
Feb. 23, and March 29, at two, at Radenhurst's Hotel, Birming-
ham. Swain, Stevens, and Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ;
Whateley, Birmingham.
JOHN HADLEY, grocer, Cradley, Worcestershire, Feb. 26,
at two, and March 29, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Stourbridge.
Gough, East-street, Red Lion-square, London Fellowes, Dudley.
CHARLES JACKSON, boot and shoe !dealer, Northwich,
Cheshire, Feb. 26, and March 29, at eleven, at the Angel Inn,
Northwich. Taylor, Turner Sharpe, and Field, Bedford-row,
London ; Holland, Northwich.

JONATHAN COLLING, jun., hatter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
March 11, at eleven, and 29, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission
Room, Newcastlupon-Tyne. Watson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;
Preston, Newcastle ; Shield and Harwood, Poultry, London.
ROBSON MILLER, watch-maker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
March 11, at one, and 29, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Commission
Room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Chartres, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;
Shield and Harwood, Poultry. London.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy.
J. T. Gritton, ironmaster, Tipton, Staffordshire, March 8, at
twelve—D. Mackinnon, wine merchant, Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-
square, March 8, at half-past twelve—J. Greenhill, horse dealer,
West Hamfrith, Essex, March 10, at eleven.
In the Country.
L. Dobson, woollen cloth merchant, Leeds, March 14, at eleven,
at the Court House, Leeds—B. Marshall, woollen manufacturer,
Huddersfield, March 15, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—W.
Allen, linen-draper, Alnwick, Northumberland, March 11, at one,
at the Star Inn, Alnwick—T. Wroe, cotton spinner, Hollinwood,
Lancashire, Mcrch 14, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man-
chester.