The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-24 00:00:00

YEOMANRY CORPS.

A return has just been presented to the House of
Commons of the total expenses of the yeomalrivrye
select cavalry t
hien
fGorne
ja,st i
ng
detailsßritain,
the Ayrshire
ferent corps in Scotland :—ln 1842,
regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 27_officers, and
trcoomnneleBt4e2d tNovitlhB4th6.e dy-
71:14pertro\oVpasr,d lolf
14s. In 1843,
officers,4i i
a4n a
rmen,hshai
and
Lanarkshire
costr2c2,
g43i,4mllne/nt. ,
,4 e
cc.
004ns dii
consisting
i,
nltgshoei
.OLi,
the Ayrshire regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28
officers, and 473 men, cost 2,8231. 19s. 7d. ; the Upper
Ward of Lanarkshire regiment, consisting of 4 troops,
13 officers, and.24B men, cost 1,4401.„155. 4d. ; the Royal
Mid-Lothian regiment, consisting of 8 troops, 26 oftwers,
and 379 men, cost 1,9681. Is. 9d. In 1844, the Ayrshire
regiment, consisting of 6 troops, 28 officers, and 475
men, cost 2,8231. 9s. 7d. ; the Upper Ward of Lanark-
shire regiment, consisting of 4 troops, 13 officem and
251 men, cost 1,3551. 12s. 10d. ; the Royal Mid-Lothian
regiment, regiment, consisting of 8 troops, 26
consisting men, cost
'),8541. 16s. ; the Upper Ward ofe
o f 6 troops,
13 26d officers,
3 5 officers,
amned
n 253,253 men, cost
and
consisting of 4 troops,
13
(Aliid-Lrso'thian regiment, con-
-1,37
9/. 12s. 6d. ; the Royal
officers, and 364 men, cost
sisting of 8 troops, 24h
Ayrshireci regiment, consisting
1,9461. 14s. In 1846,Lanarkshiren
regiment,e(gni 7 coste
the Upper Ward of
Cost 1,955/. 11's. ; the East
men, cost 1,385 C. 2s. 101 ;
Lanarkshireaend47s men,regim ceonstt,
C2o,Bn3sBisLtinl3gs.o;t.
4 troops,
troops,
cos sting of 2 troops, 6 officers, and
costregiment,nrinstlL 2s. he total charge of the whole
3alind-Lothian regiment, consisting el 8
regiments of Great Britain, in 1842, air.ounted to
2th3eolfititel;rasl,
11,70.11. ; the number of officers to 845, and the
number of men to 13,358. In the year 1843 the total
98 men,
rcg . ,
charge amounted to 95.47e1. ; the nutuber ot officers to
893, and the numner of men to 14,311. [n 1844 the
cBh73ar,
884,
guaenn and
da
mtthoheue
nntneuudntlbt
oe:Bo2to,.ltBm2le;ii
charge amounted to 87,6221. ; the number cif officers to
thtue lh-tu,
mlBh9e. r
ofo6n 18c4e5r s t h
toe
ot hffie c teortsa
tl
oc hBaBrtg, melt to 14,353. And in 1846
ea
naduitohuent ed
numberto of,m94eBn/ numbertot.th3e.Bls.

Tim WEATHER.—In the early part of the week
considerable quantity of rain fel!, and laid the grain to
some extent. Very warm weather has now succeeded ;
and will, doubtless, repair the little injury done by the
rain. From all quarters the most favourable reportsfin
received. Mr. Macqueen, Fingask, has sent us
Herd
501.--OdnandSahtluarr„ait even-
ingliotnepotsatToE,AnmeaurolyA'TasillaArcgEe as an orange and perfectly
dasouttd.
a race between the Scottish M__
mouth of the Tyne to the buoy Sunder-
landaaalbt osueta2i roomff
miles, the
buoy at the
steamboats, for 25 aa
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t
The
Bar and back,
engines, equal to about 22-horse.
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side,
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distancec a ne
ofo 7
run, the Scottish Maid came bac , a winner by about
and considerable sums changed hands.—
The distance was gone over in one hour
boats were alike in size,
andbait tawmelill-ee.miLutes. There was a good deal or spirit in
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parts with whitening, placed a hod upon his shoulders,
and quietly passed through the doors. He was soon
missed, and on the following day was discovered in a
den in St. Stephen's.—Bur;Post.
CHINESE GRANITE.—TLe vessel John o' Gaunt,
arrived from Shanghae and Hong-Kong respectively, hes
brought, in addition to a general cargo of too and otherr
Chinese productions, seventy-eight slabs of granite. lle
know of no former instance of an arrival or this valuable
description of stone from the Chinese empire, and this
notice of the matter will prove of interest and impor-
tance. The importation alluded to took place at the port
of Liverpool last week.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 22d day of
July, 1847, present, the Queen's most excellent Majesty
in Council, this day the Right Hon. William Sebright
Laacellea and the Right Hon. Sir William Meredyth
Somerville, Bart., were by her Majesty's command,
sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
and tock their respective places at the Board accord-
ingly.
Her liiajasty in Council was this day pleased to ap-
point :he Right Honourable Henry Labouchere, Presi-
dent of the Committee of Council appointed for the
consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign
plantations.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the
Right Hon. George William Frederick Howard (com-
monly called Viscount Morpeth) to be Lord Lieu-
tenant and Custos Rotulorum of the East Riding
of the county of York, his Lordship this day took the
oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the
oaths of allegiance and supremacy.
FOREIGN. OFFICE, JULY 21, 1847.
It is hereby notified, that her Majesty's Principal Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received a dis-
patch, dated the 3d instant, from Sir Hamilton Seymour,
her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary at Lisbon, containing a Decree of the Queen
of Portugal, of which the following is a translation:—
DECREE.

The motives having ceased for which the Bar of the
river Douro was declared in a state of blockade, under
decree of the 20th of October last, I am pleased to cause
it to be published, that the town of Oporto is open to
navigation, as it was previously to that decree, as also
all other ports in the river Douro.
The Ministers, &e., of the several departments shall
so cause it to be executed, &c.
Palace of Necessidades, July 1, 1847.
(Manu Regia) RAINHA.
Countersigned by all the Ministers.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 23.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
the Hon. Frederick Bruce to be her Majesty's Consul
General in the republic of Bolivia.
The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint
James Brooke, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioner
and Consul General to the Sultan and independent chiefs
in the island of Borneo.
CAMBRIDGE-HOUSE, JULY 22.
The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint
the Reverend William Henry Dickinson to be one of his
Royal Highness's Chaplains.
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 23.
nth Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward M'Evoy to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vavasour Carter, who re-
tires; John Jestyn Williams Fredericks, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice M'Evoy, July 23.
sth Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster Sergeant Ro-
bert Webster to be Quartermaster, vice William Tiller,
who retires upon half-pay, July 23.
24th Foot—Ensign Henry John Hinde, from the 50th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hibbert, who exchanges.
July 23.
28th Foot—Lieutenant Archibald Edward Cochrane
Forster, from the sth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bur-
rell, appointed to the 45th Foot, July 23.
50th Foot—Ensign Edward George Hibbert, from the
24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hinde, who exchanges,
July 23.
72d Foot—Sergeant- Major John Lindsay to be
Quartermaster, vice William Hume, who retires upon
half pay, July 23.
90th Foot—Paymaster Henry Yielding Eagar has
been superseded, for being absent without leave, Mar. 6.
Rifle Brigade—Second- Lieutenant Arthur de Vere
Viscount Malden to be First Lieutenant, :by purchase,
vice Sir Henry Tyrwhitt, Bart., who retires ; Arthur
Warren, Gent.,} to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Viscount Malden, July 23.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant Geddes
Sansoni Twynara to be First Lieutenant, by purchase.
vice Brereton, who retires; Ensign William Charles
Bruce, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Twynam, July 23.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Bedford Davies, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bruce, appointed to the
Ceylon Rifle Regiment, July 23.
GARRlSONS.—Quartermaster William Hume, from the
72d Foot, to be Town Adjutant of Gibraltar, vice
Campbell, deceased, July 23.
MF,MORANDUM.—Captaiu John Smith (2d), upon half-
pay unattached, has been permitted to assume the name
of Dodsworth," is addition to and after that of
Smith.
The commission of Lieutenant Rutherford, as Adju-
tant to the 70th Foot, has been antedated to 27th April,
1837.
The Christian name of Cornet Garland, of the 11th
Light Dragoons, is " Lester," not Lister, as pre-
viously- stated.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West
Riding of Yorkshire.
Henry Thynne Lascelles, commonly called Viscount
Laacelles, to be Deputy Lieutenant, July 16.
BANKRUPTS.

William and John Hammer, coach-makers, White-
chapel-road, to surrender July 30, at half-past eleven,
and Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ;
Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Parnell and Co.,
New Broad-street.
Edwin Charles Powell, baker, Bermondsey, July 30,
slid September 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Ca nnan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Buchanan,
Bastighall-street.
George Brown, builder, Southampton, July 30, at
half-past twelve, and Sept. 3, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore. official assignee,
.Basinghall-street ; Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings ;
Newman, Southampton.
Thomas Yates, joiner, Liverpool, Aug. 6 and 27, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Johnson and Co., Temple,
London ; Snowball, Liverpool.
John Corker Whittaker, licensed victualler, Man-
al:water, Aug. 6 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, George-street,
mahchester; Wathen, Basinghall-street, London; Fogg,
Tib-larie, Manchester.
Stephan Keen, brick-maker, Hillingdon, Middlesex,
July 30, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 3, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official
assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhiil ; Newbon and Evans,
Doctors'-commons.
John Smith, plumber, Croydon, Aug. 3, at three, and
Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Haniland, Bouverie•
stree t.

Frederick Cornell, ironmonger, Halsted, Essex, Aug. 6,
at half-past two, and Sept, 7, at eleven, at the Court of
Baiakruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane,
LonetThard-street ; Hindmarsh and Son, Crescent, Jewic-
street, Cripplegate.
Hera'y Tamlyn, coal-merchant, Totton, Hampshire,
Aug. 4, at eleven, and Sept. 7, at one, at the Court of
Bankrupx`cy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Oki Jewry ; Tilson and Co., Coleman-street ;
Randall, Southampton.
Charles Houghton, ironmonger, Dudley-grove, Pad-
dington, Aug. 6, at three, and Sept. 7, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Messrs. Brady and Son,
Staple Inn.
Thomas Hutchins Pinder, tailor, Southampton, Aug. 7
and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lombard-
street ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Hardwick
and Davidson. Basinghall-street.
Thomas Perry, builder, Westminster-road, Aug. 7, at
cre, and Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.b
Grslow, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, Lombard-
streot ; Collins and Rigley, Crescent-place, Bridge-
street,, Blackfriars.
Thomas Marriott, victualler, Moor-street, Seven-dials,
Aug. -4, at three, and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Court of
Bank,!aaptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street.
buildings, City ; Cattlin, Ely-place.
Job a Donaldson, brewer, Wigton, Cumberland,
Aug. 5, at half-past ten, and Sept. 16, al twelve, at the
NewcasSle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official
assignee. Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Lazenby, Wigton ;
Willis, Staple Inn, London ; Ingledew, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
Christo oher Martin, plumber, Darlington, Durham,
Aug. 5, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 16, at one, at the
Newcastle- upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, N ewcastle-upon-Tyne; Newburn, Darlington;
Rule, New castle-upon-Tyne.
Henry VA anstall, grocer, Durham, Aug. 5 and Sept.l6,
at half-past; .one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court, Takley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; Cr. "shy and Compton, Old Jewry, London ;
Hodge, Nev 'castle-upon-Tyne ; Moor, Durnam.
Richard Rich, currier, Bodmin, Cornwall, Aug. 5 and
Sept. 2, at on )e, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assigi see, Exeter ; Wallis, Bodmin ; Turner,
Exeter ; Stog don, Exeter.
George Wfsnnall, coach-builder, Worcester, Aug. 4
and 31, at tw e.lve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, °SA al assignee, Birmingham Finch, Wor-
cester ; Mttrani and Knowles, Birmingham.
;
Richard Watta ns and Samuel Watkins, tailors, Man-
chester, Aug. 3 ;and 26, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. .Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Wood and Franey , Dean-street, Soho, London ; Claye
and Welco, Mai lettester.
George Wils on, ironfounder, Salford, Lancashire,
Aug. 5 and 27, llt twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott,
Charlotte-street, .Bedford-square, London ; Atkinson,
Saunders, and Atlkinson, Manchester.
Robert liippax,. cotton spinner, Colne, Lancashire,
Aug 3 and 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson, otEcial assignee, Manchester ; Cragg
and Jeyes, Bedford-row, London ; Alcock and Dixon
Burnley.
William Francis Westall, wine merchant, Manchester
Aug. 3 and 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson offidal assignee, Manchester; Johnson,
Son, arid Weatherall, Temple, London; Bagshaw, Ste-
venson, and Lycett, Manchester.
John. Jeeny,jun., boot and blic,maker, Cardiff, Aug. 5,
and Sept. 3, .at eleven, at the Bristol 'District Court.
Miller, officiaLassignee, Bristol; Trehern and Co., Barge
.yard-chambers, London; Sabine, Bristol.
George Coombe, builder, Bedminster, Aug. G, and
:Sept. 3, at &teem, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
iman, official assignee, Bristol; Trehern and Co., Barge-
yard-chambers, 1.-ondon ; Sabine, Br
g4Joseph Smith, worsted spinner, Kendal, Aug. 5, at
twe;ve, and Aug. 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. _Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Taylor, Nicholas-
lane, Lon don; Hodgson, Bradford; Bond and Barwick,
-Leeds.

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DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
R.. -Staffol 'd, share agent, Warnford-court, City—final
div. 4(1. in
the pound, on any Saturday, at the office
of
Aldermanbury.
of Mr. Green,
C. E dmondsti. one, paper manufacturer, Over Darwen,
Lancas't,ire—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on Tuesday,
Aug. 3, or any sutlsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Fraser,._ %ilichestery

W. Smith, printer, I:ttoxeter—first div. of 3s. 6d. in
the pound, on any day, excepting Tuesday and Saturday,
until Aug. 12, at the office of Mr. Valpy,.Birmingham.
H. C. Howells, jun., share broker, Bristol—first div.
of 10d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Miller, Bristol.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Paddon, clothes salesman, Milner-place, Lower-
marsh, Lambeth, Aug. 13, at eleven—J. Barwise, watch
maker, St. Martin's-lane, Aug. 13, at two.—A. Quarter-
man, glover, Oxford, Aug. 14, at eleven—H. S. Brazier,
tailor, Oxford, Aug. 14, at twelve.
In the Country.
T. Bourne, corn factor, Liverpool, Aug. 13, at twelve,
at the Liverpool District Court—T. Bointon, money
scrivener, Pickering, Aug. 19, at twelve, at the Leeds
District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Shea, woollen warehouseman, Aldermanhury,
Aug. 14—W. S. Brown, the elder, and W. S. Brown,
the younger, ship chandlers, Broad-street, Ratcliff,
August 13—G. Burbidge, auctioneer, Moorgate-
street, City, August 14-11. Morant, fishmonger,
Connaught-terrace, Edgeware-road, Aug. 13—C. Vyse,
draper, Ludgate-street, Aug. 13—J. and J. Collins,
jewellers, Bath, Aug. 17—T. Herbert, grocer, Llanelly,
Breconshire, Aug. 13—J. Burrell, surgeon, Wakefield,
Aug. 17—J. Harland, banker, Merrick, Yorkshire,
Aug. 17—G. F. Howe, merchant, Chester-place, Ken-
nington, Aug. 15—J. Parker, corn chandler, Clapham,
Aug. 13—W. H. Noyes, registrar of births and deaths,
Longparish Southampton, Aug. 13—E. Jones, jun.,
paper manufacturer, Watling street, Aug. 13—P. Black-
more, saddler, Little James- street, Bedford-row, Aug. 14
—W. Bainbridge, grocer, Corrie-place, Old Kent-road,
Aug. 18—A. Norval!, painter, Liverpool, Aug. 13—R.
Witkin, quarryman, Beddgelert, Merionethshire, Aug. 13
—C. H. Perry, baker, Liverpool, Aug. 13—J. Spray,
framesmith, Gelding, Nottinghamshire, Aug. 13—T.
Shipman, jun, W. Birks, and B. Shipman, lace manu-
facturers, Nottingham, Aug. 13—J. Lee, cabinet case
maker, Four Oaks, Warwickshire, Aug. 14—J. H.
Mackay, merchant, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate- street,
Aug 13—J. L. Wilks, tailor, Worcester, Aug. 13— IL
H. Facey, builder, Exeter, Aug. 13—W. Shuker,
licensed victualler, Salisbury, Aug. 13—W. Thomas,
grocer, Treforest, Glamorganahire, Aug. 13—J. Green,
rodginghouse keeper, Greenwich, Aug. 13—J. Tyler,
hop merchant, Wcrcester, Aug, 13—T. Barraclough,
woollen cloth manufacturer, Halifax, Aug. 13.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Thorp, J. Thorp, J. Terry, and J. Scholefield,
sawyers, Bradford (so far as regards James Thorp)—
J. Farrington, G. Greaves, and J. Greaves, yarn
doublers, Manchester—H. Bradley, H. Ford, and W. E.
Parker, sharebrokers, Manchester—R. Walker and L.
Pluright, spinners, Huddersfield—A. Hale and A. E.
Brown, confectioners, High-street, Clapham—J. Gillett
and W. Colbourne, agricultural implement makers,
Brailes, Warwickshire—J. Atkins and T. Blake, grocers,
Commerce-place, Lansdowne-road, South Lambeth—
F. Binns, Z. Drake, and B. Woodcock, chemists, Hud-
dersfield (so far as regards F. Binns)—H. Tootal, J. B.
Tootal, and J. W. Garnett, Wakefield—E. Leaf, J. W.
Barnett, F. Scotson, and S. T. Carnegie, warehousemen,
Cheapside (so far as regards S. T. Carnegie)—J. Cliff
and J. Husler, stone merchants, Isle of Dogs—T. Cook
and H. Payne, beersellers, Kennington-lane—T. Win-
tinborne and J. Sabin, booksellers, Oxford—P. Oliver,
J. Griffiths, and R. Griffiths, miners, Pew y Cofa Mines,
Cardiganshire—J. Burley and J. Thompson, finishers of
fancy woollens, Halifax—J. Barber and W. North,
jewellers, York—W. H. Dobson and R. Dewsbury,
woollen drapers, Leeds —C. 31. Collett, G. Laurie, and
T. A. Attree, attorneys, Chancery-lane (so far as
regards C. M. Collett)—J. Aitchison and T. Eathering-
ton, carpenters, Pitt-street, Old Kent-road—H. Fisher
and N. Fearon, commission merchants, Liverpool—S.
Sergeant and C. Lazarus, coal merchants, New Crane-
wharf, Wapping wall—T. Brock and W. Briddon,
drysalters, Liverpool—W. Brown, G. Smith, W. Smith,
and T. Haddock, Lanchester, Durham (so far as regards
W. Brown.)