The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-01 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
let Somerset Regiment of Militia—J. D. Bishop, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, vice S. A. Aveline, deceased, July 13.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and of the City and County of York.
2d Regiment of West York Militia—W. E. Richardson,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, July 25.
Southern Regiment of the West Biding Yemanry Cavalry
—M. Ellison, Gent., to be Cornet, vice J. Jeffcock, promoted.
June 20.

An Account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Notes in
Circulation in England and Wales, by Private Banks and by
Joint Stock Banks, distinguishing each in every week, from
the 28th March to the 27th June, 1840.—From Returns
directed by 3 and 4 W. 4, c. 83.
Private Banks £6,973,613
Joint Stock Banks 4,138,618

£11,112,231
HENRY L. WICKHAM.
Stamps and Taxes, July 31, 1840.

The following places have been duly registered for solemniz-
ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th
William IV., chap. 85 :
The Independent Chapel, Billericay, Essex.
The Independent Chapel, Bath-side, Essex.
Providence Chapel, Oldham, Lancashire.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
JOHN GREEN, printer, Sloane-square, Middlesex.
BANKRUPTS.

JOHN SPOONER, cheesemonger, Richmond, Surrey, to
surrender August 10, at one, and September 11, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official
assignee; Burkitt, Curriers'-hall, London-wall.

JOHN DREW GIBBONS, mercer, Ledbury, Hereford-
shire, August 26, and September 11, at eleven, at the Black
Swan Inn, Hereford. Clarke and Medealf, Lincoln's Inn-
fields London ; Reece, Ledbury, Herefordshire.
RICHARD TOOLE, licensed victualler, Sheffield, August
22, and Sept. 11, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. At-
kinson and Pilgrim, Church-court, Lothbury, London; Smith
and Hinde, Sheffield.

LEONARD JASPER HOBSON, cloth-merchant, Leeds,
August 18, at three, and Sept. 11, at two, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Leeds. Wilson, Southampton-street, Blooms-
bury-square, London ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.
JOHN HEPARD, sen., and JOHN SHEPARD, jun.,
painters, Southampton, Aug. 8, at twelve, and September 11,
at two, at the Star Hotel, Southampton. Plucknett and Ro-
berts, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Mackey, Southampton.
EDWARD ROWELL, cotton manufacturer, Manchester,
August 15, at ten, and September 11, at eleven, at the Com-
missioners'-rooms, Manchester. Hadfield, Manchester; John-
son, Son, and Wetherell, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London.
THOMAS LISLE, farmer, Cawthorne, Yorkshire, August
18, at two, and September 11, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Leeds. Scholes, Dewsbury ; Battye, Fisher; and Sud-
low, Chancery-lane, London.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Stanbridge, W. F. Marshall, and T. R. Williams manu-
facturers of artificial skins, Lamb's-buildings, Ilunhill-row,
Aug. 21, at half-past twelve—G. Horsey, callenderer, Camo-
mile-street, Aug. 21, at eleven—J. Kidd, coach currier,
Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, Aug. 21, at twelve—H. N. Har-
ris, oilman, Uxbridge, Aug. 21, at half-past eleven—R. Feild,
varnish manufacturer, Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, Aug. 21,
at one—W. Timson, wine merchant, Bush-lane, Cannon-street,
Aug. 21, at half-past one—J. Poynter, money scrivener, Wil-
mington-square, Aug. 21, at two.

In the Country.
G. Brown, timber merchant, Southampton, Aug. 29, at
one, at the Dolphin Hotel, Southampton—J. Gifford, cord-
wainer, Bridport, Dorsetshire, Aug. 26, at one, at the Bull Inn,
Bridport—E. Sheppard, sen., and E. Sheppard, jun., clothiers,
Uley, Gloucestershire, Aug. 28, at twelve, at the Old Bell Inn,
Dursley—J. and M. Nicholson, manufacturers of cutlery, Shef-
field, Aug. 19, at one, at the Town-hall, Sheffield-3'. Wild,
ivory dealer, Sheffield, Aug. 19, at three, at the Town Hall,
Sheffield—E. Mahony and T. Slattery, merchants, Liverpool,
Aug. 28, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms. Liverpool—J. Nash,
brewer, Bristol, Aug. 28, at two, at the Commercial-rooms,
Bristol—E. Sutcliffe, victualler, Rochdale, Lancashire, Aug.
27, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—E.
Jones, alkali dealer, Bristol, Sept. 18, at one, at the Commer-
cial-rooms, Bristol.
CERTIFICATES—Au G. 21.

C. Prockter, hotel keeper, Bridge-road, Lambeth —T.
Mc:Raley, surgeon, Ellesmere, Salop—J. and E. Milne, cotton
spinners, Newhey, Lancashire—J. Barlow, grocer, St. He-
len's, Lancashire—R. Johnston, victualler, Gun public house,
Wapping-street, St. John, Wapping—E. Elsworth, worsted
spinner, Kirkstall, Leeds—W. Reynolds, baker, St. Peter,
Worcestershire—D. Hodgson and J. Wright, cotton spinners,
Glossop, Derbyshire.