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London, England, 1847-12-22 00:00:00

11EMISERS RETURNED WO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR..

LIAISS NT.

Borough of Stockport—James Kershaw, Esq., of Vic.
:oria-park, in the county of Lancaster, in the room of

Richard Cobden, Esq., •;ho being chosen a Knight for
the West Riding of the county of York, and also one of
the Burgesses fur the said borough, has made his elec-
tion to sit for the said West Riding.
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme—Samuel Christy,
Esq., of Poynton-hall. in the county of Chester.

Borough of Tamworth—John Townshend, of Balls-
park, in the county of Hertford; Captain R.N., in the
room of the Right Hon. William Yates Peel, who has ac-
cepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern
Hundreds.

Lancashire (Southern' Division)—Alexander Henry,
Esq., of Woodlands, in the said county of Lancaster, in
the room of the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, ;who
being chosen one of the burgesses for the borough of
Wolverhampton, and also one of the knights for the
said southern division, has made his elketion to sit for
the said borough of Wolverhampton.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 18.

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The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom,
constituting and appointing the Right lion. George Earl
of Auckland, G.C.8.; Rear-Admiral James Whitley
Deans Dundas; Captain Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge
B,rkeley; Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8.; the Hon.
William Francis Cowper; and Alexander Milne, Esq.,
Captain in the Royal Navy, her Majesty's Commis-
sioners for executing the office of High Admiral of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the
dominions, islands, and territories thereunto belonging.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to nominate. constitute,
and appoint Viscount Sandon to be one of the Eccle-
siastical Commissioners for England, in the room of
Lord Ashley, resigned.
WHITEHALL, Dxc. 18.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom,
appointing William Henry Tinney, Esq., one of her
Majesty's Counsel learned in the Law, to be one of the
Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, in
the room of Samuel Duckworth, Esq., deceased.
DOWNING-STREET, DEc. 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 tor 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, Dac. 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, rice Wilkinson, promoted,
Dec. 9.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles John
Newbry, of Newport and Hyde, in the Isle of Wight,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court
of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 17.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Richard Arthur
Dufty, of the town and county of the town of Notting-
ham, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 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, fishmonzer, Coventry-street,Piccadilly.
John Bennet Brou
Bgh, cabinet mak.er, Macclesfield.
ANKRUPTS

William Norman, coal merchant, Gislinghara, 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 Nevin. 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 Je Arry- 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, Coletnan-street ; King and Co., Temple.
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 assignee, 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 assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Hill, Moor-
gate-street, London.
William Sandilands, 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 assignee, Basingball-street ; Tripp, Adelaide-
place, London-bridge.