The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-27 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF

TUESDAY.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 23, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire
to the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of
Manchester, empowering them to elect a bishop of that
see; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recom-
mend to the said Dean and Chapter the Rev. James
Prince Lee, A.M., to be by them elected bishop of the
said see.

FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 26.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
Captain the Honourable Robert Gore, R.N., to be her
Majesty's Charg6 d'Affaires and Consul- Greeeral in the
Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 26.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Edmund
Walker Head, Bart, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the
province of New Brunswick.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Sir
Donald Campbell, Bart., to be Lieutenant Governor of
Prince Edward Island.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint John
Iles Martell, Esq., to be Chief Justice, and Sidney
Billing, Esq., to be Queen's Advocate and Police Magis-
trate, for her Majesty's settlements in the Gambia.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Walter
Ferrier Hamilton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Henry
Hughes Onslow, promoted, Oct. 18 ; George James
Campbell, Gent, to be Cornet, vice Robert Gairdner,
promoted, Oct. 19.
PRIZE MONEY.

London, Oct. 26.
Notice is hereby given to the officers and company of
her Majesty's ship Cygnet, Mr. Henry Layton, com-
mander, that the proportions arising from the bounty
money on the tonnage of the slave-ship Rosa, destroyed
September 24, 1845, in company with her Majesty's
ship Alert, will be paid to those entitled to share, or to
their representatives, on the 4th 'of November next, at
No. 3, Clifford's Inn ; and the shares not then claimed
will be rccalled every Wednesday and Thursday, for
three months to
.come, agreeably to Act of Parliament ;
but the shares of such of the officers and crew who would
have shared for the ships Merchant and Sansone will
be subject to a deduction for expenses incurred by the
detention of those vessels.
Proportions due to each Class.
£. a. d. a. d.
Commander ... 99 8 Oi Fourth-class 713 10
First-class ...... 38 9 2 Fifth-class 316 11
Second-class ... 23 1 6 I Sixth-class
Third-class
W. and E. CHARD, Agents.
BANKRUPTS.

William Lawrence, grocer, Ealing, Middlesex, to
surrender, Nov. 2, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 10, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee, Coleman-street ; Espin, Bedford row.
Henry Mockett, merchant, New Shoreham, Sussex,
Nov. 8, at one, and Dec. 6, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry Chambers; Harbin and Co., Clement's Inn;
Mardall, Shoreham.
Richard Shakespeare, tailor, Banbury, Oxford.hire,
Nov. 4, at one, and Dec. 6, at half-past eleven, at the
Co.urt of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry Chambers, Lundon ; Sharp, Verulam• buildings,
Gray's Inn.
John Laxton, coal merchant, Rickmanswurth, Hert-
fordshire, Nov. 6, at one, and Dec. 7, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankrik t°Y.Follett,l' ,official assignee, PBasing-
hall-street; Tucker and Co. Threadneedle-street.
George Holditch, John Flinn Holditch, and Edward
Duncan Holditch, cider merchants, Bank-side, South-
wark, Nov. 11, at half-past one, and Dec. 17, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Aldcrmanbury ; Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lane.
Charles Fletcher, watchmaker, Regent strt et, Nov. 3,
and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bantruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basingball-street; Taylor and
Collison, Great James sue< t, Bedtord-row.
Anthony Carter, saddler, Romford, Es ex, Oct. 29, at
half-past eleven, and Dec. 2, at half-past two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street- buildings; Rickards and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Henry Knapp, banker, Abingdon, Berkshire, Nov.
10, at twelve, and Dec. 23, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingh..ll-
- ; Neate, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Ormond, Abingdon.
Thomas Martin, licensed victualler, Nicholas square,
Hackney-road, Nov. 4, at half-past one, and Dec
8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Thrupp, Win-.

chester-buildings.
Howard Horsley, warehouseman, Liverpool, Nov. 5
and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Vincent, Temple,
London; Irlam and Fletcher, Liverpool.
A ndrew Leighton, broker, Nov. 6 and 26, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official as-
signee,Liverpool ; Rowland and Co., Threadneedle-street,
London; Jevons, Liverpool.
Robert Davies Evans, draper, Wrexham, benbigh•
shire, Nov. 5 and 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Phil-
pot, jun., Montague-street, Russell-square ; Hughes,
Wrexham ; Evans and Sons, Liverpool.
Richard Scholes, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, Nov. 9
and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Putt, official assignee, Manchester •, Clarke, Gray, and
Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Whitehead,
Bury.
Thomas Dawber, calico printer, Manchester, Nov. 5,
at eleven, and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Johnson, Son, and \Wetherell, Temple; Higson and
Robinson, Manchester.
Joel Gee, cotton spinner, Dukinfield, Cheshire,
Nov. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Atkinson,
Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester ; Abbott, Char-
lotte-street, Bedford-square, London.
James Guest, cotton spinner, Manchester, Nov. 6, and
Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson' official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-
street, Bedford-square, London ; Messrs. Atkinson,
Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester.
William Smith, cotton manufacturer, Colne, Lan-
cashire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 6, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester;
Atkinson, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bed•
ford-square, London.
Mary Warburton, hat manufacturer, Bury, Lan-
cashire, Nov. 9 and 30, at eleven, at the .Manchester
District Court. Pott, official assignee, .Minchestia';
Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields ;
Whitehead, Bury.
John Hooper, n”Oet gardener, Hoaniton, Devonshire,
Nov. 4 and •30;" at one, -at the Exeter District Court.,
merchant, Newcastle upon-Tyne,
ET eraman, official assignee, Exeter; Laidman, Exeter;
!Climes and Co-.; Temple, Lond,,n.
oil m • T
81 lqt 64%;t5Iltdurgitimlf-eps;st ten, and Dec. 17, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; B Ailing and Pope,
Scott's-yard, Bush- lane, London ; Forster, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
Thomas Ridehough and John Ridehoueh, worsted
spinners, Mytholm Boyd, Yorkshire, Nov. 9 and Dec. 7,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee, Emmett and Co., Bloomsbury-square,
London; Alexander and Hammerton, Halifax; Cour-
tenay, Leeds.
John Ross, hosier, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Nov. 5 and
Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham; Brown, Not-
tingham.
Henry Turner, scrivener, Wolverhampton, Nov. 3
and 27, at one, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Robinson, Wol-
verhampton; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
John. Lenton, butcher, Bourn, Lincolnshire, Nov. 5,
and Dec. 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Lees, Not-
tingham.
Daniel Pearson, engine manufacturer, Tipton, Staf-
fordshire, Nov. 10, and Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir-
mingham ; Bolton, Dudley ; Motteram and Knowles,
Birmingham.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
R. Cogan, Leicester-square, glass merchant, Nov. 20,
at one—W. Jennings, Bungay, Suffolk, maltster, Nov.
20, at half-past one—F. Wakefield and C. G.-Wakefield,
Old Broad. street, brokers, Nov. 17, at half-past twelve—
W. Morton, Cannon-street-road, Commercial-road, dra-
per, Nov. 17, at eleven—W. Burrows, Grove-street,
Hampstead-road, builder, Dec. 1, at eleven—L. Briant,
Stamford-hill, coal merchant, Nov. 18, at twelve—J.
Ager, Northampton, boot and shoe manufacturer, Nov.
19, at one—W. S. Brows, sen., and W. S. Brown, jun.,
Broad-street, Ratcliff, sail makers, Nov. 19, at eleven—
C. Vyse, Ludgate-street, straw bonnet maker, Nov. 19,
at half-past two—Mary Elizabeth Bell and J. Bell,
Finch-lane, Carnhill, nei;svenders, Nov. 19, at halt-past
one—T. H. Pinder, Southampton, Cheltenham, and
Gloucester, tailor, Nov. 19, at half past eleven—C.
Houghton, Dudley-grove, Paddington, ironmonger, Nov.
19,. at twelve—l. Boyd and R. Harmer, Spital-square,
silk manufacturers, Nov. 17, at twelve—J. Coney, Hol-
derness-%harf Harrow-road, mason, Nov. 16, at two—
T. H. May, Little Britain, baker, Nov. 16, at one—W.
Tydeman, Chelmsford, Essex, timber merchant, Nov. 19,
at twelve—R. Hayday, Milk-street, Cheapside, silk
warehouseman, Nov. 19, at eleven.

J. Gliddon, In the Country.
J. Carne, jun., Falmouth, grocer, Nov. 18, at one, at
the Court, Exeter—C. Burrows, East Stonehouse, and
Plymouth, Devonshire, beer brewers, Nov.
17, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter-4V. D. Hay, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, baker, Nov. 22, at half past ten, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—G. Bagnall, New-
castle upon-Tyne, music-seller, Nov. 18, at half-past ten,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—C. Fox, Kirg,ton-
upon-Hull, victualler, Nov. 17, at half-past ten, at the
Court, Kingston-upon-Hull—T. M-Conkey and A.
Howie, Lambeg, Down, and Lancashire, bleachers, Nov.
23, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—F. Berner, West
Kirby and Birkenhead, Cheshire, tea-dealer, Nov. 23, at
twelve, at the Court, Liverpool.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
R. Gatvit, Ingmanthorpe, Yorkshire, rape dust-mer
chant, ss. Bd., cn Thursday, Oct. 28, or any subsequcn'
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mi
Stansfeld, Leeds.
G. Stravvbridge, Bristol, mason, 2d., on Wednesday,
Oct. 27, or any subsequent Wednesday, between twelve
and twos at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol.
J. Taylor, Golcar, Yorkshire, commission agent, 2s.
6d., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, or any subsequent Wednes-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free-
man, Leeds.
J. Corbett, Mansfield, Nottingham, wool dealer, 155.,
on Friday, Nov. 19, or any subsequent Friday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield.
J. Woodhead and J. Woodhead, Bradford, Yorkshire,
worsted stuff manufacturers, 6d., cn Wednesday, Nov