The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-22 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, bEC. 21.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Henry
Darling, Esq., to be Lieutenant• Governor of the island
of St. Lucia.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert
Russell, Esq., to be Registrar of the Court of Chancery
and Clerk of the Patents for the island of Jamaica,_

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James
Watson Sheriff, Esq., to be Coroner for the island of
Antigua.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Pait-
eld Mills, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General
for the island of Nevis.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint James
Coleman Fitzpatrick, Esq., to be Assessor or Assistant
to the Native Sovereigns and Chiefs within the countries
adjacent to her Majesty's forts and settlements on the
Gold Coast.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Macartney, -Esq., to be Superintendent of Police at
Colombo, in the island of Ceylon.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint
Edward Bage, Esq., to be Assistant Surveyor and En-
gineer, and Robert Armstrong, Esq., to be Police Ma-
gistrate, for the colony of Sierra Leone.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 21.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Chris-
topher Hempstead, as Consul at Belize, in Honduras, for
the United States of America.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
John Conrard Stiffel, as Consul in London, and of Mr.
Joseph Maunder, as Consul at Liverpool, for the Republic
of Hayti.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of

Bedford.

Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Ensign John
Lowden to be Lieutenant, ♦ice Wilkinson, promoted,
Dec. 9.

WHITEHALL, Dzc. 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles John
Newbry, of Newport and Ryde, in the Isle of Wight,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court
of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Dzc. 17.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Arthur
Defty, of the town and county of the town of Notting-
ham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Dzc. 21.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Grimley,
of Market Drayton, in the county of Salop, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
Henry Turner, fishmonger, Coventry. -street,Piccadilly.
John Bennet Brough, cabinet maker, Macclesfield.
BANKRUPTS.

William Norman, coal merchant, Gislingham, Suffolk,
to surrender Dec. 29 and Jan. 28, at two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Galsworthy
and Nichols, Cook's-court, Carey-street.
Frederick Nevill, commission agent, Little Love-lane,
City, Jan. 3, at half-past one, and Feb. 7, at half- past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official
assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Lloyd, Milk-street,
Cheapside.
Thomas Orpwood, coach currier, Bear. street, Leices-
ter-square, Dec. 27, at half-past one, and Feb. 7, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-street ; King and Co., T,
Thomas Woods, draper, Cambridge, Jan. 3, at two,
and Feb. 7, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
Henry Ready, builder, Hounslow, Dec. 29, and Jan.
27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, offi-
cial asagnee, Coleman-street; Brady and Son, Staple
Inn.
Thomas Chapple, tailor, Borough-road, Dec. 30, at two
and Feb. 3,. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assitpee, Coleman-street-buildings; Hill, Moor-
gate-street, London.
William Sttndilands, piano-forte maker, Walnut-
tree- walk, .Lambeth, Dec. 29, at half past one, and Feb.
2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official a asignee, Basinghall-street ; Tripp, Adelaide-
place, Lc nidon-bridge.

William West, linen draper, London terrace, Hackney -
road, Jan. 4, at twelve, and Feb. 1, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry;
Muss, Sergeants' Inns
John Richards, vvoollep draper. Merthyr Tydvil, Jsn.
4 and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Linklaters, Leaden-
hall-street, London. ,

John Harvey, bookseller, Sidinonth, Devon, ,Tan. 1
and Feb. 3, at one, at the Exeter District
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Nicha-tts, Brid-
port; Stogdon, Exeter; Brace, Surrey-street, Strand.
Nathaniel Bishop. jun,, victualler, 11.initon, Devon,
Dec. 31 and Feb. 3, at one, at tP:e Exeter District
Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Townsend
and Stamp, Honiton; Daw, Exeter; Rolasen and Bar-
low, Essex-street, Strand.

James Stephenson, cowkeeper, West Kirby, Cheshire,
Jan. 4 and Jun. 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dist! iet
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent,
Temple, London; Jones, Liverpool.
Samuel Timperley and Joseph Timperley,
linen-
drapers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lanea.,llire, .lan. 3 and
26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. I'o.t,
official assignee, Manchester; Atkinson, Sanders, and
Atkinson. Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte•street, Bed-
ford-square.
George and Joseph Hargreaves, merchants, Man-
chester, Jan. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester•;
Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester; Ab-
bott, Charlotte-street, !Bedford-square, London.
George Hargreaves, merchant, Manchester, Jan. 4
and 25, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Atkinson, Saunders,
and Atkinson, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street,
Bedford. square, London.
James Harper, mercer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Jan.
5 and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Reed, Longford,
and Marsden, Friday-street, London; Sale, Worthing-
ton, and Shipman, Manchester.
Joseph Fielding, corn dealer, Middleton, Lancashire,
Dee. 31, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Keightley, Cunliffe, and Beaumont, Chancery-lane ;
Barrett, Manchester.

George Callam, shawl manufacturer, Manchester,
Jan. 5, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. You, official assignee, Manchester ; Reed,
Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street, London ; Sale,
Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
George Hobson Steer, commission agent, Sheffield,
Dec. 31 and Jan. 28, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield ; Nixon,
Clifford's Inn, London ; Binney, Sheffield.
John Willcox, provision dealer, Birmingham, Dec. 28
and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Harding, Birmingham.
William Gimson, builder, Leicester, Dec. 31 and Jan.
28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bit-
tleston, nsignee, Nottingham ; Gregory, Leices •
ter ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.

DIVII)EN DS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

J. Sawyer, Ee,ham, butcher, Jan. 13, at half past one
—F. Clark, jun., Bury St. Edmunds, innkeeper, Jan. 11,
at twelve—John and James Boyd, Wellington-cham-
bers, Southwark, hop merchants, Jan. 13, at halt-past
twelve—G. H. Green and G. C. Green, Barge yard,
Bucklersbury, wholesale stationers. Jan. 21, at two—T.
Carter, Reading, jeweller, Jan. 21, at one—H. Forman,
Fulham St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, baker, Jan. 21, at
one—J. T. Townsend, High-street, Islington, carpet
dealer, Jan. 13, at twelve—J. Parrish, High street, New-
isgton, draper, Jan. 13, at eleven—R. Johnson, jun.,
Pakefield, Suffolk, grocer, Jan. 13, at twelve—S. Yorke,
Cambridge, upholsterer, Jan. 13, at half-past twelve—
E. Snowden, Alton, Hampshire, painter, Jan. 13, at half-
past eleven—T. A. Curtis, Tokenhouse-yard, merchant,
Jan. 13, at one—J. C. Lucas and T. Lucas, Aldersgate-
street, lozenge manufacturers, Jan. 13, at half-past one—
H. Woodhouse and T. T. Woodhouse, Aldermanbury,
warehousemen, Jan. 13, at two—J. B. Cooper, Harleston,
Suffolk, coal merchant, Jan. 13, at two.
In the Country.
J. Birley, Lower Bentcliffe Mill, Lancashire, card
manufacturer, Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court, Man-
chester.