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

FROM THE
OF LONDIDON GAZETTE
FRA.Y.
DOWNING-S MEET, MAY 7, 1549.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the .pio,inment cOr. Lieutenant-General the Rirht
Honourable Sir Edward Blakeuey, Kni;,rht Comurinder
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, to be an
Ordinary :vlerab,,r 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 Chanceil.)r has appointed George Carter
Morrison, of Reigate, in the county ot Surrey, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chan.
eery.

WAR OFFICE, MAY 11.
let 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 and Captain, by purehase, vice William Y
Peel, who retires; George Grey Dalrymple, Gent.. to 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 he. 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; Ensi
Tis gn James
Spratt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice dall,
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 Skrine, who retires; Ensign
Thomas William Wollocombe to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Hamilton; Charles John Perceval, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wollocombe, May 11.
59th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Kendal Bushe, to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Butler, who retires; Ensign
Godfrey • Goodman Mosley, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Bushe; Samuel John James Burns, Gent.,
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 Foot—Sergeant Robert Jamieson to be Quarter-
master, vice Alexander Cruikshanks, who retires upon
half-pay, May 11.
83d Foot—Ensign Sylvester W. F. M. Wilson, from
26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crowe,
who retires, May 11.
91st Foot—William Squirl, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice 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
Agmondisham 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-
ham Cunninghame Gemmel!, promoted, April 4.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Lancashire Hussars—William Ince Anderton, 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 without 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 or 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-Admiral 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 init., 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
June 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Can-
non, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Cox, Pinner's Hall,
Old Broad-street.
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,
Basinghall-street ; Bignail, 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. Tar-
quand, official assiznee, Guildhall Chambers, City; Mar-
ten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing lane.
Nathaniel Cohn, upholsterer, Colchester, May 17, at
two, and June 25, at halt•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;
Bodman, 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; Hilleary,
Fenchurch-street.
John Battams Shouler, draper, Leicester, May 25 and
June 29, at eleven, at thu Birmingham District Court,
Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham;
Robinson, Queen-street-place; Whateley, Birmingham.
Charles Pritchard, wine merchant, H. reford, May
26 and June 27, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
I3loxam, Birmingham.
John Harrison, mercer, Hereford, May 26, and June
27, at tw,-lve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham; Smith and Sons, Blooms-
bury-square; Gwillim, Hereford; Suckling, Birming-
ham.
Thomas Johnston, draper, Manchester, May 25, and
Juno 14, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Robson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory and Co.,
Bedtord-row;. Mski.,son, Manchester.
Martin Brown BelL, victualler, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
May 23, at eleven, and June 19, at twelve, at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Forster, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
Sylvanus Miller, banker, Eamont Bridge, Cumber-
land, May 24, at half past ter., and June 21, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon Tyne District Court. Baker, offi-
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. Bnurquin, N,,rt,%ampton. square, Clerkenwell,
watch manufacturer, June 8, at eleven—H. Tate, Regent-
street. silversmith, June 1, at one—T. T. Hayden,
Wandsworth, butcher, June 1, at twelve—Catherine
Elton, Whitechapel, ironmonger, June 1. at eleven—J.
Christie, R. Christie, and J. Ste.vart, Mark lane, City,
and Manohest.-r, merchants, June- 1, at eleven—A A.
Mack,y and N. J. W. Holt, St. 11,1-n'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-hill, millers, June 6, at twelve—G.
Toil and B. M. Ronald, Oil Jewry-chambers, City, E tat
India merchants, June 3, 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. Costes, 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, Hexham,
Northumberland, timber merchant, June 14, at twelve,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Tench, Win's-
Durham, grocer, June 8, 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-upnn-Tyne—A. James, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, oil
merchant, June 7, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—C. A. Wawn, West Cornferth and Thris-
lington, Durham, and Regent's Canal-basin, Rateliff..,
lime burner, June 14, at one, at the Court, NeWcastle-
upon-Tyne—J. Faulkner, Manchester, coach lace manu-
facturer, 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:—B. Smith, Ashton-under-Lyne,
tailor, Jane 6, at eleven, at the Court. Manchester—A.
Fletcher,
,jun., Cheethem, Manchester, stuff merchant.
June 4, at twelve, et the Court, Manc;aester—J. Torn-
kinson. Liverpool, and Runcorn, Cheshire, gt..riecna4on,
June 13, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Cheshire,
Hartford, Cheshire, salt man ufacturer, 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. Swif , Huddersfield, chemist, June 1, at eleven,
at the Court. Le.- ds—J. Morfitt, jun.. Leeds, flax spinner,
June I, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Inbotson,
Sheffi-ld, merch olt, Jane 2. at ten. at_ the Court, Leeds—
G. Y, ice, Wolvt•rhampton, printer, June 13. at
twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—L. Davis, Redditch.
Worcestershire, needle mulatto tuner, June 16, at twelve,
at the Court, Birmingham—W. Kirk, Leicester, builder,
June 8, rtt twelve, at the Shir,e-hall, IsTettintittra—L.