The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-08 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, MAY 4, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the
Right Hon. Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be her
Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of
the Church of Scotland.
WHITEHALL, MAT 5.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral the Hon.
Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8., the office or place of Vice Ad-
miral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of
Admiral Sir Davidge Gould, deceased.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir
Thomas Byam Martin, G.C.B. the office or place of Rear-
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Admiral
the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, appointed Vice-Admiral of the
said United Kingdom.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 7.
10th Lill t Dragoons—Captain Richard Pattinson, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Townley, who
exchanges, May 7.
IRh Light Dragoons—Paymaster William Houghton,
front 87th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Bedford, who ex-
changes, May 7.
15th Light Dragroons—Regimental Sergeant Major George
EiLs, from 4th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, without pur-
chase, vice Miller, promoted, May 7.
16th Light Dragoons—Captain Richard Greaves Townley,
from 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Pattinson,
who exchanges; Lieutenant Thomas Pattie to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Reynolds, who retires ; Cornet Walter
Scott Lockhart, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pattle;
Thomas Woolaston White, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice Lockhart, May 7.
17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Charles William Miles
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scobell, who retires; Cornet
John Charles Watts Russell to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Miles ; Alexander Campbell, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Russell, May 7.
2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Richard Hill Rocke
from 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Reed, who ex-
changes.
10th Foot—Major Sheaffe Montizambert, from 62d Foct,
to be Major, vice Goode, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John
Mapes Webb Ensor, from 39th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Emerson, who exchanges, Feb. 16.
39th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Emerson, from
10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ensor, who exchanges,
Feb. 16.
40th Foot—Captain James Davis, from half-pay unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major John Gray, who
exchanges; Lieutenant William Augustus Fyers, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Davis, who retires; Ensign Richard
Sowden Payne, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fyers ;
Robert Hare, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Payne, May 7.
43Foot—Lieutenant Granville Levison Proby (who was
superseded on the 19th February, 1847) has been reinstated
in his rank.
62d Foot—Major William Henry Goode, from the 10th
Foot, to be Major, vice Montizambert, who exchanges,
Feb. 16.
65th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Philip O'Connell, from 51st
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Blake, appointed to the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, May 7.
68th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Tipping to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Cross, who retires; Ensign Henry Gosset
Carmichael, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Vice ;
William Henry Seymour, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Carmichael, May 7.
78th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas James Drummond Reed,
from the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rocke, who ex-
changes, May 7.
80th Foot—Brevet Major Charles Lewis to be Major,
without purchase, vice Nunn, deceased, Feb. 3; Lieutenant
Hercules Atkin Welman to be Captain, vice Lewis, Feb. 3.
87th Foot.—Paymaster William Devaynes Bedford, from
11th Light Dragoons, to be Paymaster, vice Houghton, who
exchanges, May 7.
88th Foot—William James Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, May 7.
91st Foot—Quartermaster John Forbes, from half-pay 92d
Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Gordon, appointed Adjutant,
May 7.
95th Foot—Ensign Lionel Fraser to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Taylor, who retires; Anthony Morgan, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fraser, May 7.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Henry Hardinge to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Hale, who retires; Second Lieutenant John
Cole Nicholl to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hardinge ; Robert Baillie, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Nicholl, May 7.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign Frederick George Syma,
from 3d Foot, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Bagenall, appointed Adjutant, May 7; Lieutenant William
Bagenall to be Adjutant, May 13.
BREVET.—Captain James Davis, of the 40th Foot, to be
Major in the Army; Captain Richard Wolfe, on half-pay, as
Sub-Inspector of Militia, in the lonian Islands, Commandant
of Rubben Island, Cape of Good Hope, to be Major in the
Army, Nov. 9, 1846.
UNalTactiEn.—Lieutenant William Graham, from Adju-
tant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without pur-
chase, May 7.
&ram—Lieutenant Benjamin Hutchins Edwards, from
halt-pay Unattached, to be Adjutant of a Recruiting Dis-
trict. vice Graham, promoted, May 7.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Cornet Grogan,
of the 7th Light Dragoon, are Charles Edward.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—George
Churchill, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ffooks, promoted, May 3.
Commissioned by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—William
Henry Powell Gore Langton, Esq., to be Captain, vice
Blatliwayt, resigned, May 1.
ADMIRALTY, APRIL 29.
Corps of Royal Marines—Quartermaster-Sergeant Richard
Samson to be Second Lieutenant ; Colour-Sergeaut Walter
Gillies to be Second Lieutenant.
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BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Robert A. Stace, upholsterer, Sandgate, Kent.
BANKRUPTS.

Robert Cogan, glass merchant, Leicester-square, to sur-
render May 15, at half-past twelve, and June 12, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street; Richardson, Moorgate-street.
Frederick Duddelle. hair-dresser, Ryde, Isle of Wight,
Mty 14, at two, and June 19, at one, at the Court of Bank.
ruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Horsley,
Staple-inn.
James Rumsey, dry-salter, Lansdowne. villas, Fulham-
road, May 14, at half-past twelve, and June 18, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing.
hall street; Skinner, Barnard's-inn, Holborn.
William Fugler, warehouseman, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside,
May 14, at half-past eleven, and June 18, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin -
lane ; Cox, Pinners'-hall.
John Lazton, linendraper, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire,
May 14 and June 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee ; Heather and Co., Paternoster-row.
William Andrew, livery-stable keeper, llornsey-road,
May 13, at half-past two, and June 17, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, 13asingliall-street ;
Neal, King-street.
James Tate, shoemaker, Holles-street, Cavendish-square,
May 19, and June 23, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build-
ings; Burder, Bloomsbury-square.
Ray Joseph Jones, tailor, Basingstoke, Southampton,
May 19, at two, and June 23, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Heather, Paternoster-row-
Francis Buchanan Hoare, printer, L7ncoln's Inn-fields,
May 14, at eleven, and June 24, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Sewell, Gray's Inn-square.
James Riley, cheesemonger, Mount-place, Walworth,
May 17, at twelve, and June 14, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham official assignee, Coleman-
street; Stevens and Co., Queen-street, Cheapside.
John Shea, woollen warehouseman, Aldermanbury, City,
May 18, at half-past two, and June 18, at enc, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fre-
derick's-place, Old Jewry; Wilson, Aldermanbury.
George Burbidge, auctioneer, Moorgate-street, City,
May 18, at two, and June 18, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane Lom-
bard-street. Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry-chambers.
John Sansom, surgeon, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, May 17,
at half-past eleven, and Jun. 14, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers; Knight, Basinghall-street.
Henry Clare Timpson, surgeon, Woolwich, May 18 and
June 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
ofEcial assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Ilughes,
Chapel-street, Bedford- row ; Pearce, Woolwich.
_ _John Watkins, licensed victualler, Wandsirorth-road,

May 18, at one, and June 15, at half•past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Shoubridge and Bramley, Bedford-row.
Jab?z Hawkins, currier, Nottingham, May 21 and June 18,
at eleven, at the Exchange-rooms, Nottingham. Bittleston,
official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Nottingham.
Edward Swift, saddlers'ironmonger, Walsall, Staffordshire,
May 20 and June 17, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham : Thomas,
Walsall; Smith, Birmingham; Rickards and Walker, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, London.
James Tyler, hop merchant, Worcester, May 18 and
June 19, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Peachey, Salisbury-
square, London. Whitchureb, Shropshire,
Samuel Groom, auctioneer,
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May 18 and June 19, at eleven, at tlic.rig Bmirnmi.naginhar
uDedigsteroicr:
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, D
Birmingham.
Leeds District •.) •
July 1, at ten, at the .e New Inn, London; Foster,
Nethersoei
William Burton,
builder, Brad ford,curt Yorkshire,Mopae3: 18 and
assignee, Leeds ;
s*Manchester, May 19, at
t eleven, at the Manchester District
twelve, and June 10, a .
BrßacitefohradrA HR3arine
eanr, dhCotlaelrkk:e'el;eerd,
Temple,coLondon ; Wood, Manchester.
tton-manufacturer, Rochdal
Court. Hobson, official assignee, Blanchester; Johnson, Son,
21 and June 10, at twelve. at the Manchester
cashire, May
ancialnaVeesatteurt
official assignee, Manchester ; Cragg
Bdf d-row London ; Hunt, Rochdale.
and Jey, at
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Mellor, builder, Ashton- uader-Lyne., May 19
and Junfeecia assignee,
Edward
Manchester; Reed and Langford,
Districts ourt. Hobson,
9 at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, 0
Friday-street, Cheapside, London; Sale, Worthington, and
Shipman, London.
George Thomas Bradbury, cotton-spinner, Ashton-under-
Lyne, May 21 and June 10, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee. Blanchester ; Ab-
bott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London; Atkinson,
Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

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:office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane, City.
-iAnajiti.;eßGla.troN7:lliSwec?by, saddler, Norwich—first div. of ls. 3d. in the
May 10, and. two following Mondays, at the office
W. Ge°aarnosn-easn,' Bgsoirccherm:HlaunneliCnigtOn—final div. of 91,4 d. in
pound, on
on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green,
Aide' manbury.
J. and J. Jarvis, wine merchants, Great Bush-lane, Cannon-
street, City—first div. of ls. in the pound, on any Saturday,
at the office of Mr. Green, Aldernsanbury.
J. Gale, sen., and J. Gale, jun., rope manufacturers, Love •
lane, Shadwell—a div. of 21/2d. in the pound, on new proofs,
on say Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street.
J. G. Ufford, brewer, Islington—a div. of is. 6d. in the
pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street.
W. Longbottom and R. Bentley, wool merchants, Roch-
dale, Lancashire—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Tues-
day, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
D. and J. Burton, cotton spinners, Middleton, Lancashire
—first div. of 2s. 4d.l in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the
OSO of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.