The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-03 00:00:00

SICILY.

The official journal of Catania of the 9th ult. an-
nounces that serious disturbances had taken place at
Nicosia and Grammichele, two communes of the pro-
vince of Catania, in consequence of the re establish-
ment of the tax on flour, which had been abolished
by the Provisional Government. Several wealthy
inhabitants had fallen victims to the popular fury. A
military force was marched against the rioters and
order was restored.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 29, 1849.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to
pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter
of the cathedral church of Norwich to elect a Bishop of
that see, the same being void by the death of Doctor
Edward Stanley, late Bishop thereof; and her Majesty
has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean
and Chapter the Very Reverend Doctor Samuel Hinds,
Dean of the cathedral ohurch of Carlisle, to be chosen
by the said Dean and Chapter of Norwich Bishop of the
said see of Norwich.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Octave
Delopierre as Consul, ad interim, in London, for his Ma-
jesty the King of the Belgians.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, SEPT. 29.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased
to appoint Edwin Saunders, Esq., to be Surgeon Dentist
in Ordinary, in the room of Mr. Nasmitb, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE OCT. 2.

4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet John Mac-
Donnell Webb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Richardson, who retires, Oct. 2.
6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Francis Richard Hawker
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brocas, who retires,
Oct. '2.

9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Frederick Ellis to be
Lieutenant, by I urchase, vice Atkinson, who retires,
Oct. 2.

lath Light Dragoons—Cornet Eyre Coote to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Boynton, who retires, Oct. 2.
12th Light Dragoons—Cornet Arthur Wellesley
Williams (Ridingmaster) to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Goring, who retires, Oct. 2.
18th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles
James Coote, from the 69th Foot, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Dillon, who exchanges, Oct. 2.
29th Foot—Lieutenant Carey Handfield to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Fraser, deceased; Ensign
George Augustus Ferris to be Lieutenant, vice Hand-
held, April 30.
31st Foot—Captain James Croft Brooke to be Major,
by purchase, vice Munro, who retires; Lieutenant Ed-
ward Andrew Noel to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Brooke; Ensign Amyatt Ernie Brown to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Noel; Lieutenant Thomas Scarman to
be Adjutant, vice Bolton, promoted in the St. Helena
Regiment, Oct. 2.
46th Foot—Ensign Dacre Ives Barrett Leonard to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crymes, who retires, Oct 2.
59th Foot—Quartermaster.Sergeant Adam Mcßride
to be Quartermaster, vice Macdonald, deceased, Oct. 2.
65th Foot—Ensign Francis Beaumaris Bulkeley, from
the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice Radish whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled, Oct. 2.
69th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Francis William
Dillon, from the 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
vice Coote, who exchanges, Oct. 2.
73d Foot—Brevet-Major George Hankey Smith to bs
Major, without purchase, vice Brown, July 20 ; Captain
Thomas Prior, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain,
vice Smith, Oct. 2.
3d West India Regiment—Brevet-Major William
Shaw to be Major, without purchase, vice Clarke, de-
ceased, July 17 ; Ensign Richard Plunket Ireland to be
Captain, vice Shaw; Ensign William Henry Walsh to
be Lieutenant, vice Ireland, Oct. 2.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant Charles
Cliffe to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pearson,
who retires, Oct. 2. _ _

UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major John Thorne Weyland,
from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Major,
vathout purchase, Oct. 2.
BREVET.—Captain Frederick Thomas Maitland, on
half-pay Royal Staff Corps (Town-Major of Portsmouth),
to be Major in the Army, Nov. 9, 1846.
MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Ensign in the 38th
Foot (March 23, 1849) are "Frederick Beswick," and
not "Frederick Bailey," as previously stated. The
Christian names of Ensign Lance, of the 98th Foot, are
" William Henry Joseph."
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 1.

Corps of Royal Engineers—Second Captain Roger
Stewart Beatson to be Captain, vice FariP, promoted;
First Lieutenant James Swayne Baker to be Second
Captain, vice Beatson; Second Lieutenant Alexander
Rtes Clarke to be First Lieutenant, ♦ice Baiter, Aug. 6.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

John Bell and Jamfs Bell, jun., drapers, Richmond,
Yorkshire.

BANKRUPTS.

Thomrs King, sen., baker, Orchard-place, East Green-
wich, to surrender Oct. 10, at halt-past twelve, and
Nov. 16, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee ; Moss, Gray's Inn-square.
Joseph Ford, licensed victualler, Richmond, Oct. 8, at
two, and Nov. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Harris,
Moorgate-street ; Roberts, Richmond.
Lion Guilleaume, artificial flower manufacturer,
Berners-street, Oxford-street, Oct. E, at one, and Nov.
19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of itnkruptcy.
Graham, cfficia assignee, Coleman-street ; Sydney,
Finsbury-circus.
James Ford, publican, Colchester, Oct. 8, at eleven,
and Nov. 26, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Bull,
Ely: place.

Henry Paterson,:horse dealer, Notting-hill, Oct. 10, at
twelve, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, cfficial assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Pain and Hatherly, Great Marlborough-street.
John Thompson, linendraper, Piccadilly, Oct. 18, at
twelve, and Nor. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane;
Moseley, Bedford-street.
Henry Clarke, cabinetmaker, Leicester, Oct. 12, at
eleven, and Nov. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official
assignee, Nottingham; Hardwick and Davidson, Weavers'
Hall; Hodgson, Birmingham.
Richard Truswell, banker, Sheffield, Oct. 20, and Nov.
10, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
oficial assignee, Sheffield; Moss, Sergeants' Inn; Ryalls,
Sheffield.

John liartas, miller, Sinnington-with-Marton, Yet k-
shire, Oct. 18, and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Payne,
Eddison, Ford, and North, Leeds.

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Michael M.Donnell, ship owner, Liverpool, Oct. 15,
and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley and
Co., Chancery-lane; Holden, Liverpool.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.

At the Court, Bakiogball-street.
G. H. Blake, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, eabinei
maker, Oct. 24, at eleven—M. Nunn, Kegent•circus,
Oxford-street, child bed linen warehouseman, Oct. 26, al
twelve.

In the Country.
J. Forrester, Whitehaven, mercer, Oct. 23, at half-past
ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Labroy,
Manchester, grocer, Oct. 25, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester.

By the Vice• Chancellor, Oct. 23,
W. H. Cooke, Denton, Lancashire, hat manufacturer
—G. Mathias, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, scrivener
J. 0. Lyon, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, farmer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

W. Vaughan and T. Wilcoxon, Liverpool; wholesale
tea dealers—A. Crossley and T. Crossley, Rochdale,
Lancashire, chemists—G. Philcox and R. Hawkins,
Westfield, Sussex, farmers—T. Kingsley and J. Adnam,
Old Fish-street, Doctors'-commons, wine merchants—J.
S. Price and H. S. Brown, Liverpool, ship brokers—
Mary Elisabeth Russell and Sarah Maund Shaw, Pall-
mall, milliners—Mary Burton, Mary Ann Burton, and
Letitia Beardmore, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square,
milliners (so far as regards Letitia Beardmore)—W.
Johnson, Eliza Johnson, W. Collinson, and J. Labron,
Liverpool, dyers (so far as regards W. Johnson)—W, H.
Castle and T. R. Guppy, Dock-street, Whitechapel, rice
merchants—T. Salley and W. Selley, Budock, Cornwall,
farmers—B. Abbott, jun., and IL Abbott, jun., jun., Gun-
lane, Limehouse, cow farmers—R. Wilson and L. Nash,
Liverpool, merchants—W. Madgen and G. Pattinson,
Haltwhistle, woollen manufacturers—F. Lyon and D. J.
Fynney, Liverpool, corn merchants—J. Twiname and
F. Maxwell, Liverpool. corn merchants—J. Dutton and
W. Pickford, Nantwich, Cheshire, millers—J. Waggett,
W. Allen, and J. Waggett, jun., Albany-street, organ
builders—lL L. Redhead and S. R. Redhead, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne,
INSOLVENTc()r a ndgeneral rere_ ha
PETITIONERS.