The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-11 00:00:00

TRE7SEIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1840.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, MAacit 5, 1840.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas James Sheppard,
of East Stonehouse, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

WHITEHALL, MAacti 9.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto
Alexander Young Spearman, Esq., late Assistant Secretary to
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and the
heirs male of his body lawfully begotten.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARCH 6.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Thomas Marrable, Esq., Secretary to the
Board of Green Cloth.

DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Stewart Henry Paget,
Esq., to be Police Magistrate at Gibraltar.

DOWNING-STREET, Maact 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Anthony Browne
Johnston Clogstoun, Esq., to be Marshal of the Island of
Trinidad.

CROWN OFFICE, MARCH 9.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRTSENT
PARLIAMENT.
DISTRICT OF BURGHS OF INVERNESS, NAIRN, FORRES,
AND FORTROSE.—James Morrison, of Foothill, in the county
of Wilts, Esq., merchant, in London, in the room of Roderick
Macleod, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 6.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieutenant M. 0.
Nixon to be First Lieutenant, vice Hotham, resigned, Feb. 25.

ComAttion by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.
The King's Own Regiment of Staffordshire Militia—The
Hon. W. Wrottesley to he Captain, Feb. 20.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet
R. L. Surtees to be Lieutenant, vice Chapman, resigned ;
J. H. H. Bradford, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Surtees,
promoted, March 1.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

WILLIAM YATES, victualler, Maidstone.
ROBERT HATTON, woollen draper, Liverpool.
BANKRUPTS.

WILLIAM WHEELER and EDWARD WHEELER,
horse dealers, Oxford, to surrender March 16, and April 24, at
nine, at Mr. Lucas's office, Oxford. Miller and Fallows, Pic-
cadilly, London ; Roberson, Oxford.
THOMAS WINSMORE WILSON, yarn merchant,
Barnsley, March 20, at one, and April 21, at ten, at the Court
House, Leeds. Newman, Barnsley ; Pocock and Wilkin, Bar-
tholomew-close, London.
JOHN WREFORD HUNT, lamp-manufacturer, Liver-
pool, March 24, and April 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool. Hall, Bishop, and Mourilyan, Verulam-
buildings, Gray's Inn, London; Neal, Liverpool.
JAMES ROBINSON and WILLIAM ROBINSON, en-
gineers, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, March 16, and April 21,
at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. Chester, Staple-
inn, Holborn, London; Armstrong, Preston.
JOHN HUGILL, spirit merchant, Whitby, Yorkshire,
March 17 and April 21, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Whitby.
Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple,
London ; Belcher and Langborne, Whitby.
JAMES WILSON, wine merchant, Liverpool, March 23
and April 21, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Whitley and Rogerson, Liverpool ; Lowe, Garey, and Sweet-
log, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London.
EDWARD BARNES, cutler, Sheffield, March 23. and
April 21, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. Rodgers,
Devonshire-square, London; Goodison, or Rodgers and Son,
Sheffield. '
HENRY BLACKBURN, grocer, Halifax, March 19, at
;helve, and April 21, at ten, at the Trustee's Office, Halifax.
Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row,
London ; Wavell, Halifax.
JAMES WAINRIGHT, wine and spirit merchant, Bir.
mingham, March 20, and April 21, at one, at the New Royal
Hitel, Birmingham. Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London;
Harrison, Birmingham.
JOHN MARTYN and THOMAS MOODY, woollen dra-
pers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 30, at eleven, and April 21,
at one, at the Bankrupt ommission-room, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. Gibson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Swain, Stevens, and
Co., Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London.
JOHN SEVILLE and JAMES WRIGHT, cotton-spin-
ners, Oldham, Lancashire, March 23, and April 21, at ten, at
the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Johnson, Son, and
Weatherall, Temple, London ; Heron, Grave, and Heron,
1 Manchester.
EDWARD BURROW, draper, Liverpool, March 20. and
April 21, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool.
Evans, Liverpool; Knapper and Woolwright, Liverpool;
Oliver, Old Jewry, London.
ISAAC SMITH, CHARLES SMITH, and AMOS
SMITH, cotton-spinners, Heywood, Lancashire, March 23,
and April 21, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Man-
chester, Braekenbury, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and
Wertherall, Temple, London.
ROBERT PALMER, coal-merchant, Reading, March
23, and April 21, at one, at the George Inn, Reading.
Blandy, Reading; Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Fol-
lett, Bedf-,rd-row, London.
JAMES HITCHMAN, shopkeeper, Aberdare, Glamorgan-
' shire, March 24, and April 21, at two, at the Commercial-
rooms, 'Bristol. Poole and Gamlen, Gray's-inn•square,
London; Livetts, Bristol.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Harding, jeweller, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell, April
2, at twelve-W. Anderson, baker, New-road, St. George's-in-
the-East, April 2, at one-S. Brown and T. H. Scott, wine-
merchants, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, April 2, at half-past-one-
B. Farebrother, wine merchant, Oxford, April 1, at one-D.
Davidson, A. J. Steele, and W. Harrison, merchants, Lime-
street-square, April 1, at eleven-W. Bridger, draper, Ux-
bridge, April 1, at twelve-J. Smith, Broad: street-buildings,
City, March 31, at twelve.
In the Country.
' J. Gamble and T. Kidd, wood-sawyers, Sutton in Holder.
ness, Yorkshire, March 31, at one, at the George Inn,
Kingston-upon-Hull-J. Gough, victualler, Newent, Glou-
cestershire, April 13, at one, at the office of Mr. Washhourn,
Gloucester-J. and B. Trenor, bacon factors, Bradford, York.
shire, April 13, at eleven, at the Court-house, Bradford.
. CERTIFICATES.-Maited 31. _
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11. Hall, ironmonger, Lamb's Conduit-street—S. Vaughan
oilman, Pratt-street, Lambeth—W. Woodcock, straw hat ma•
nuracturer, Deal—H. C. Albrecht, spirit dealer, Fenchurch
street, City—H. Reynolds, druggist, Liverpool.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

R. Abbey, sen., and T. Abbey, linen drapers, Boroughhridge,
Yorkshire—J. Baldwin and NV. Scarr, cotton manufacturers.
Burnley, Lancashire—J. and W. S. Hatch, haberdashers, Bath
—W. F. Ireland and C. Smith, merchants, Newport, Mon-
moitthshire—J. W. Manfield and J. Prince, iron dealers, Man-
chester—J. B. Moody and E. A. Mister, pewterers, Ber-
mondsey-street—W. Wilson and G. Mitchell, general mer-
chants, Sunderland—J. Currie and J. Smith, saddlers, Princes-
street, Cavendish• square—J. Hughes and T. Owen, surgeons,
Abergele, Denbighshire—J. and G. Anderton, worsted spin•
ners, Bradford, Yorkshire—C. Glover, J. Siddon, and M. P.
Booth, coal dealers, Westbromwich, near Birmingham—A. and
E. Atherton, pawnbrokers, Sheffield—C. Miller and W. C.
Williamson, drapers, Grantham, Lincolnshire—W Sower and
W. Speakman, joiners, Blackburn, Lancashire—J. Tully and
C. Kelly, Rio de Jaaeiro, Brazil—NV. W. Woodward, M. An-
nesley, and T. Woodward, attorneys, Pershore, Worcester-
shire—J. Cross and E. Williams, block makers, Liverpool—J.
Carter, W. Carter, and C. Holdsworth, wine merchants, Ro-
therham, West Riding of Yorkshire—T. W. Lucas and W.
Cooke, corn merchants, Northampton—J. R. Taylor and T.
Knutton, woallen drapers, Manchester—M. Matthews and S.
Parr, dyers, Littletown,Yorkshire—J. Little and W. Thompson,
coal merchants, Cheltenham—T. R. Guppy, T. Rees. and W.
H. Castle, brewers, Liverpool—M. Braddock, S. Braddock, E.
Braddock, and A. Braddock, confectioners, Oldham, Lanca-
shire.