The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-10 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 9.

2d Dragoons—Lieutenant Philip Antrobus, from the I
91st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice William Crawford, who
retires upon half-pay, Jan. 1.
16th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Michael Creagh
Singleton, from half-pay 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Cassidy, promoted, Jan. 9.
20th Foot—Ensign George Huish Adams to be Adju-
tant, vice Hallewell, promoted, Jan. 9.
32d Foot—Ensign Edward Chippendall to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Reed, who retires ; Ensign Pen-
rose John Dunbar, from 31st Foot, to be Ensign, vice
Chippendall, Jan. 9.
37th Foot—Lieutenant John Brown, from the Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Cumming, who
exchanges, Jan. 9.
62d Foot—Quartermaster John Nowlan, . from the
70th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Boyd, who ex-
changes, Jan. 9.
66th Foot—Lieutenant George Charles Downman to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Astley, deceased;
Ensign George Watson to be Lieutenant, vice Down-
man, Nov. 14, 1848; Edward James Storey, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Watson, Jan. 9, 1849; Quartermaster
Mathew Reilly to be Adjutant (with the rank of Ensign),
vice Ross, deceased, Nov. 26, 1848.
70th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Boyd, from the
62d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Nowlan, who ex-
changes, Jan. 9.
72d Foot—Lieutenant William Parke to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Hope, deceased; Ensign Cecil
Rice, from the 80th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, Jan. 9.
80th Foot—George Sullivan, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Rice, appointed to 72d Foot,
Jan. 9.
91st Foot—William George Conway Gordon, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunbar, appointed to
32d Foot, Jan. 9.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant James Henry
Robeson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Minty,
deceased; Ensign Samuel Head to be Lieutenant, vice
Robeson, Nov. 20, 1848; Robert Horatio George Minty,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Head, Jan. 9.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Gordon
Cumming, from 37th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Brown, who exchanges; Lieutenant Charles Theophilus
Clement to be Adjutant, vice Bagenall, promoted, Jan. 9.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Windsor
Henry Humphreys, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to
bl Lieutenant, vice King, appointed to the 74th Foot,
Jan. 9.
MEMORANDIM—The commission of Lieutenant John
Rotton, as Adjutant of 36th Foot, has been antedated
to 13th September, 1848.
REDUCTION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Thasury
having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the
,National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th
1 George IV., c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of
1 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ex-
ceeded the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended
the 10th day of October, 1848, by the sum of one million
seven hundred and eighty-four thousand and thirty-one
pounds and twopence;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notive, that no sum will be applied
by them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the
ll
pro-
visions of the said Act, between the 7th day of January,
1849, and the sth day of April, 1849.
National Debt-offisc.e,HJlGanntlazc4o,mlBp4tr9oer-General..
WHITEHALL, JAN. 4.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Samuel Gaskell,
of Lancaster, Esq. (Surgeon), to be a Commissioner in
Lunacy, in the room of James Cowles Prichard, Esq.
(Physician), lately deceased.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
1 John Jackson, farmer, Clifford, Herefordshire.
, Charles Peach,' Downman, gunpowder and guano mar-
' chant, Birchin-lane,BCAitsy
Thomas Drayton, glass RsiUlvierTeSr, Brunswick-cottage,
Park Village East, Regent's Park, to surrender Jan. 18,
at two, and Feb. 22. at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Parson, Pancras-lane.
Richard Rees, shoemaker, Duke-street, Westminster,
Jan.Bau
nrlBpcy 18,
Bankruptcy.
Green,
e, and twelve,
Feb. 17, at at the Court of
official assignee, Guildhall. cham-
bers, Basinghall-street ; Barton, Wolsingham-place,
Lambeth.
John D'Monte Arbuthnot, merchant, Great Saint
Helens, City, Jan. 19, at one, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;
Steele, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
William Walter Irving, merchant, Gloucester-street,
Bloomsbury, Jan. 16 and Feb. 19, at half-past twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee,
Guildhall-chambers; Holmes, Fenchurch-street.
John Philpotts, shawl warehouseman, Holborn-bars,
Jan. 20, at two, and Feb. 24, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street ; Marden and Pritchard, Newgate-
street.
Joseph Oxley, cottonwarp dyer, Bradford, Jan. 26,
and Fob. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Clarke, Southampton_
buildings, Chancery-lane; Terry and Watson, Bradford;
Bond and Barwick, Leeds.

Joseph Hastings, lace manufacturer, Gentian , Not-
tinghamshire, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Bittleston, official assiguee,
Nottingham ; Bowley, Nottingham.
George Adison, builder, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan.
23 and Feb. 20, at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. • Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Bol-
ton, Dudley; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birming-
ham.
James Hellings, brewer, Rugeley, Jan. 17 and Feb.
22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram,
Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham.
William Lyndon, provision dealer, Birmingham, Jan.
27, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Ben-
son, Birmingham.
Benjamin John Maunder, draper, Mark, Somerset,
Jan. 23, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Clarke,
Bristol; Abbott and Co., New Inn.
John Crossfield, linen merchant, Warton, Lancashire,
Jan. 25, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Corn-
thwaite and Co., Old Jewry-chambers; Fisher and Stone,
Liverpool.
Gieles Francis Henry and Henry John Chambers,
vinegar brewers, Kirkdale, Lancashire, Jan. 22, and
Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Keightley and
Co., Chancery-lane; Holden, Liverpool.
Thomas Coates, wine merchant, Sunderland, Jan. 19
and Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Newcastle• upon-Tyne
District Court. Waltley, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Wrights, Sunderland ; Maples, Pearce,
Maples, and Pearce, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
DIVIDENDS.
At the'Court, Basinghall-street.
S. M. Half hide, Cheahunt, Hertfordshire, linen draper,
Feb. 2, at one—H. Colenutt, Portsea, baker, and Ports-
mouth, furniture broker, Feb. 9, at eleven—J. Balsam,
Enfield, smith and farrier, Feb. 7, at twelve—J. Nokes,
New Ormond-street, builder, Feb. 1, at eleven—J. Phil-
lips, Cross-street, Finsbury, horse dealer, Feb. 1, at
twelve—F. Davis, Luton, Bedfordshire, merchant, Feb.
2, at two—J. Ball, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, mer-
chant, Feb. 2, at twelve.
In the Country.
J. B. Browne, Newcastle-under-Lyme, wine and spirit
merchant, Jan. 30, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—
W. H. Gratrix, and J. Travener, Nuneaton, Warwick-
shire, silk and ribbon manufacturers, Feb. 7, at twelve,
at the Court, Birmingham—J. W. Burton, G. Cotman,
and W. Smith, Manchester and Leeds, manufacturers,
Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Lord,
Crawshaw Booth, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, Feb.
5, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. _

I. Willis, Lower Grosvenor-street, St. George's, Han-
over-square, music seller, Is. 6d., any Saturday, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
G. Tattersall, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, saddler,
4d., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basing-
hall-street. _

S. R. Durant, Woodbridge, Suffolk, linen draper,
3s. 4d.,
two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers,
any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and
Basinghall-street.
R. K. Aitchison, Windmill-street, Haymarket, wine-
merchant, 11. 4d., any Saturday, between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street.
G. Heath, and G. Dann, Canterbury, drapers, Is. 10d.,
any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers, BasinglLll-
street.
G. Heath, Canterbury, draper, Is. 9d., any Saturday,
between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall•street.
T. Peirson, Warwick-court, Holborn, money scrivener,
Is. 6d., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street.
P. Rosselli, Lime-street, City, merchant, 2id., any
Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office, of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
street.

W. Child, Chertsey, Surrey, grocer, 2s. 5d., any Sa-
turday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
W. Silcock, jun., Crawley-street, Oakley-square, St.
Pancras, victualler, 7d., any Saturday, between the hours
of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street.
W. Tiley, Reading, Berkshire, common brewer, 4s. 9d.,
on Thursday, Jan. 11, and three following Thursdays,
between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of
Mr. Stansfeld, Bassishaw-chambers, Basinghall-street.
Mary Gilbert Lawrence-lane, City, innkeeper and
coach proprietor, lid., on Thursday, 11th instant, and
three following Thursdays, between the hours of twelve
and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Bassishaw-
chambers,
Basinghall-street.
J. Bromley, Kingston-upon-Hull, glass and china
dealer, a second and final dividend of 2d., together with
the first dividend of ss. 2d. on new proofs, on Friday,
Jan. 12, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours
of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull.
Drinkwater, Liverpeel, draper, so. 3d., ea Aleaday,

Jan. 8, or any subsequent Monday, between the hours
of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. Deakin, Liverpool, wine and spirit and porter
merchant, 12s. 6d., on Monday, Jan. 8, or any subse-
quent Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. S. Pierce, Southampton, saddler and harness maker,
2s. lid., any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven
and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmoro, Basinghall-
street.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
S. M. Halfhide, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, linendraper,
Feb. 1, at twelve—J. Graves, Bury St. Edmund's, boot-
maker, Feb. 1, at eleven—W. M. Hill, Cbarlton-place,
Islington, builder, Jan. 31, at twelve—T. Brown, Not-
tingham-mews, High-street, Marylebone, coach smith
and ironmonger, Feb. 8, at two—J. Rhodes, Queen's-
row, Pimlico, builder, Jan. 31, at eleven—R. G. Ward,
Doddington-place, Walworth, Surrey, butcher, Feb. 3,
at twelve—J. Dowson, Colchester, butcher, Jan. 31, at
half past eleven—W. H. Mackay, Southampton, attorney,
Jan. 31, at half past twelve—T. Rose, jun., Dorking,
grocer and poulterer, Jan. 31, at twelve—W. Godfrey,
London-wall, City, carpenter, Jan. 31, at half past one.
In the Country.
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J. F. Cartner, Oalth i 11, Somerset hire, surgeon, Feb. 6,
at eleven, at th,-, Court, Bristol—W. W. Dann, Bath, W.
Keene, Bath, H. B. Marriott, Llanganroyd, Glamorgan-
shire, and S. i 3. Waring•, Bristol, brewers, Feb. 2, at
eleven, at the Court, Bristol.
Court of Review, Jan. 30.

S. L. Gaskell, Congleton, Cheshire, clock and watch-
maker—F. •C. Chappell, Angel-court, Throgmorton•
street, and Cottage-green, Camberwell, stockbroker—
W. Rees and E. Roberts, Liverpool, joiners and buil-
ders—J. Hughes, Walmesley.cum•Shuttleworth, Lan-
cashire, papermaker H. Browne, Ferdinand-terrace,
Hampstead-road, surgeon—H. G. Clode, Windsor, corn
and coal merchant—A. Gilmore, Stamford-hill, mer-
chant.