The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-14 00:00:00

MARCH 14, 1849.
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 9, 1849.

The Queen has bee❑ pleased, on the nomination of
Lord Foley, to appoint Robert Bryce Hay, Esq. (late
93d Regiment), to be one of her Majesty's Honourable
Corps of Gentleman at Arms, vice Tomkins, retired.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 12

With reference to the naval promotions announced in
the London Gazette of the 6th inst., the following further
promotions, also dated the 3d inst., have taken place:—
Retired Captains—Henry Thomas Davies, and the
Hon. Henry Dilkea Byng, to be retired Rear-Admirals,
on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of the Ist
of Sept., 1846.
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ADMIRALTY, MARCH 13.

A further portion of the medals for services in the
wars commencing in 1793 and ending in 1815, and for
Algiers, Navarino, and Syria, will be ready for distribu-
tion on and after the 19th instant, and will be delivered
either on personal application, or to agents, or staff offi-
cers, as previous directed. Personal application must be
made between the hours of twelve and two. The medals
now advertised are for parties whose claims were pre-
ferred shortly after the publication of the Gazette notice
of the 7th of June, 1848.
The books of the Naval Medal Committee will be
finally closed on the 30th of April, and all applications
must be sent in before that day.
By command of the Lords..CLAm B H issiolnseirlsuroofN.the
Admiralty. W.

Commissions by the Lord. Lieutenant of Shropshire.
North Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry and Cavalry
—Cornet James Henry Murray Martin to be Lieu.
tenant, vice Sparling resigned; Bulkeley Hatcbett Bul
keley Owen, Gent., to, be Cornet, vice Martin.

Providence-place, Kentish-town, linend rapers —l' .
Kemp and J. Laidley, Fleetwood, Lancashire, mer-
chants—J. Gillard, S. Gillard, and W. R. Walters, Ta-
vistock, Devonshire, coach bui!ders—T. J. Graham and
J. J. Murray, Goldsmith-street, Wood-street, ware-
housemen—J. S. Hooke and T. B. Goddard, Lyme Regis,
Dorsetshire, corn merchants—M. Cartwright, J. Rubin-
son, and R. Forman, jun., Swadlincote and Church
Greeley, Derbyshire, coal masters (as far as regards M.
Cartwright)—R. Gillespie, G. Moffatt, A. Gillespie, J.
B. Greenshields, L. Moffatt, J. Gillespie, A. Murray, 12.
Gillespie, jun.' A. Gillespie, jun., and J. 0. Moffatt, Lon-
don, Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto—J. Hammond and
W. Cotton, Sheepshead, Leicestershire, hosiers—J. T.
Thornely, T. Thornely, W. Thornely, and J. Thornely,
Liverpool—J. Burnley, S. Burnley, and J. Bendel? Bat-
ley, Yorkshire, scribbling millers—E. Criritifilhil A.
Sarjeant, Meriden, Warwickshire, surgeons—S; Gvod-
luck and B. Goodluck, Abingdon, Berkshire, plumbers
—G. Tett and W. Hurton, Long-acre, auctioneers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Bowman Jones, Liverpool, hairdresser.
Joseph Clegg, Manchester, blacksmith.
Ann Greenhow, Hulme, Manchester, shopkeeper.
Benjamin Mason, Embsay, Yorkshire, spindle forger.
George Lucre, Hindon, Wiltshire, licensed victualler.
John Coster Bryant, Poulton, Gloucestershire.
Solomon Jewson, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, stationer.
Richard Fuller, Portsea, brazier.

William Robinson, New Melton, tailor.
Ner Tyler, Gloucestershire, retailer of beer.

Edward Gartside Cowper, Old Delph, Yorkshire, ap-
praiser.
John Perkins, Birmingham, chaser.
Thomas Sanders, Tor, Devonshire, grocer.
Joseph Wild, Cheltenham, plumber.
James Buazacott, Torrington, Devonshire, whitesmith.
William Crowson, Holy Trinity, Cambridge, hairdresser.
George Elwood, Barnwell, Cambridge, licensed vic-
tualler.
Charles Thresher, St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
0. Mack and J. Rutherford, Leith, contractors, to meet
March 19 and April 9, at two, within the Royal Ex-
change Coffee-house, Edinburgh.
W. Hall, Eagleshaw, Renfrew, farmer, to meet March
16 and April 0, at twelve, within the George Inn and
Hotel, Greenock.

E. and A. M'Millan, Edinburgh, writers, to meet March
19 and April 9, at oue, within the Royal Exchange Cof-
fee-house, Edinburgh.
C. Grassick, Buchaam, Aberdeenshire, farmer, to
meet March 17 and April 13, at twelve, within the Hall,
Aberdeen.

W. Semple, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, grocer, to meet
March 17 and April 7, at twelve, within the Globe Ho-
tel, Glasgow.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COVENTRY STEEPLECHASES.—TuEsnAY.

The Craven Steeplechase Open Handicap of 20 soya.
each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added, &c.
Lord Chesterfield's Victim, lOst 121 b ...(Taylor) 1
Mr. Vever's Vengeance, 9st 121 b ... 2
Mr. Moseley's Dicky Misfortune, 10st 121 b ... 3
Mr. Cartwright's Thurgarton, lOst 91b 4
Mr. T. Mason's Prince George, list llb ... 5
The following also started but were not placed:—
Wolverhampton, llst 71b—Hope, lOst 121b—Flycatcher,
10st 81b—Solace, 10. t 61b—Alice, lOst 41b—Verax, 10 t
21b—The Slashing Painter, lOst 21b—Ballybar, 9st 121)
—and Cognac. Won easily by nearly three lengths.
The Selling Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft, and 30
added. One mile and a half.
Mr. Bagster's Forget me-not ...(H. Bradley) 1
Mr. Haddy's Flycatcher ...
Captain Frazer's Kilkenny
... 3
Polka and Ironmester also ran. Won cleverly by half
a length.
No race for the Aristocratic Stakes.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIIESDA Y.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. •-•-. 7 to 2 agst The
Tartar (Offers to take)-8 to 1 agst any other.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Lugar-
-8 to 1 agst Canezou-11 to 1 agst Flatcatcher— 16 to
1 agst Do-the-Boys.
CHESTER CUP.-500 to 35 agst Joc-o'-Sot (t)-160
to 10 agst Halo (t)-25 to rapt Chanticleer (offers to
take)-30 to 1 agst Cossack (t)-30 to 1 agst Inheri-
tress (offers to take)-33 to 1 agst Blucher (offers to take)
—5O to 1 agst Rathmines.
DERRY.-600 to 20 agst Escalade (t).