The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-09 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY, MAY 5.

Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet J. B. Prynn
to be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet C. 0. Baker to
be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet C. Wolrige to be
Second Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet R. S. Molesworth to
be Second Lieutenant.

Commission by the Queen.
Pembrokeshire Miiitia—J.Holland, Lieut., half-pay Royal
Marines, to be Adjutant, with rank of Captain, vice Owen,
resigned, April 4.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Linlitbgowshire.
W. E. H. Vere, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; G. Dun-
dai, Jun., Esq., to bo Deputy Lieutenant, April 17.
Ist or Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Peebles Re-
giment of North British Militia—A. IL Baillie, Esq., to be
Captain, vice Thomson, resigned, Feb. 20; J. D. Martin,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Hav, promoted, Feb. 25.
ommissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.
Duke of Cornwall's Rangers—Lieut. C. G. P. Brune to be
Captain, vice Eveleign, resigned ; Second-Lieut. W. B. Call
to be Captain, vice Howell, deceased; Second-Lieut. H.
O'Neil to be Lieutenant, vice Brune, promoted ; Second-Lieut.
G. A. Hicks to be Lieutenant, vice Mercati, deceased, May 2;
Second Lieut J. R. Rodd to be Lieut., vice Kelly, deceased ;
F. J. Trick, Gent., to be Lieut., vice Archer, resigned; J. W.
Peard, Gent., to be Lieut., vice Carew, promoted; W. H. H.
Messenger, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice Call, promoted ;
the lion, S. K. Lysaght to be Second Lieut., vice Hicks,
promoted E. Ccrthew, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice
O'Neil, promoted; S. Ilext, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice
Rodd, promoted ; L. P. Johns, Gent., to be Second Lieut.,
vice Coel:s, resigned, May 2.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire—
Royal Denbigh ha; Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu-
tenant H. Robertson Sandbach, to be First Lieutenant, vice
Nicholls, resigned, Ftdt. 20. Sir T. Erskine, Bart., to be
Second Lieutenant, vice Sandbacb, promoted, March 17. ,
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of

Yorkshire.
Ist West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain
the Hon. W. T. S. W. Fitzwilliam, commonly called Visct.
Milton, to be Liutenant-Colonel Commandant ; Major J. E.
G. Elmsall to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord Wharncliffe,
resigned ; the Hon. C. W. W. Fitzwilliam to be Captain, vice
Viscount Milton, promoted, May 4.
WHITEHALL, MAY 6.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Harry Edgell Bush,
Gent., of Trowbridge, in the county of Wilts, to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
George Seabrook, straw hat manufacturer, Luton, Bed-
fordshire..

Joseph Fearnb BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Freeman, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheap-
side, to surrender May 15, at twelve, and June 18, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street ; Guillaume, Bucklersbury.
Windsor-
terrace, City-road, May 19, at half-past eleven, and June 19,
at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit mere,
Y, worsted stuff manufacturer,
official assignee, Bwinghall•street ; Loughborough, Austin-
friars.

Christopher Clarke, draper, Goswell-road, May 19, at two,
and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen-
nell, official assignee; Soles and Turner, Aldermanturv.
John Joseph Taylor, tobacconist, Tooley-street, South-
wark,
uMpatcy 14,
at two, and June 18, at one, at the Court of
Y. Johnson, official assignee, Dasinghall-street ;
liV°64l.lle, TOleY-dreet Southwark,

James aed Thomas Whitelaw, builders, Liichficld-street,
Soho, May 15, at two, and June 13, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aklermanbury ;
Smith, Fpruival's Inn.
John Dodsworth Abram; tailor, York, May 19, and June
16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds; Rushworth, Staple Inn, London; Jackman,
York ; llarle, Leeds.

William Gill, corn merchant, Warrington, Lancashire, May
22 and June 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Gre-
gory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Ssirrow, Bedford-row, London ;
Nicholson and. Sons, Warrington.
Samuel Shann, cloth finisher, Leeds, May 25, and June 15,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official
assignee ; Strangways, Barnard's Inn, London ; Robinson,
Leeds.

Samuel Ogden, cotton factor, Manchester, May 20 and
June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott,
official asignee, Charlotte street, Manchester; Johnson and
Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple; Needham, Man-
chester.

Cuthbert Parker, linen draper, Liverpool, May 20, and
June 16, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Coze-
rove, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co., -Bed-
ford-row ; Green, Liverpool.
Benjamin Clarke, grocer, Stroud, May 19. and June 19,
at eleven, at the. Bristol District Court. Hutton, official
assignee, Bristol; Kearaev, Stroud.
Robert Foale, victualler, Kingibridge, Devon, May 21, at
one, and June 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court,
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Weymouth, Kings.
bridge ; Weymouth and Co., Angel-court, London ; Turner
Exeter.

Stephen Knowles, brewer, Exeter, May 20, and June 17,
at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official
assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter; Keddell and Co., London.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

G. Graham, T. Adams, and M. B. Macfarlane, calico-
printers, Cheapside—a div. of Is. in the pound, any Friday, at
tt:e office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
R. Payne, brassfounder, Hatton-call—second div. of 2s.
in the pound, May 9, and three following Saturdays, at the
office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
T. Chapman, dairyman, Tottenham-court-road—third div.
of lid. in the pound, May 9, and two following Saturdays,
at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.

G. Barnes, innkeeper, Portsea—first div. of ls. 6d. in the
pound, May 9, and two following Saturdays, at the office of
Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
T. J. Ashton, tailor, Pall-mall—fourth div. of Sid. in the
pound, May 9, and two following Saturdays, at the office of
Mr. Groom, Abchureh-lane.

F. Fothergill and J. M‘lhnes, lamp-black manufacturers,
Bell's-close, Northumberland—first div. of ss. in the pound,
any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
H. Docker, oilman, Pall-mall, June 1, at eleven.
In the Country.
_ . . .

J. Haigh, clothier, Hogley, Yorkshire, Juno 4, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court—J. Clough; chemist, }Judders-
tif ld, June 4, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. H.
Bennett, timber merchant, Cheltenham, May 29, at twelve,
at the Bristol District Court—R. Warr, auctioneer, Beamin-
ster, June 3, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—J.
Long, linendraper, Favistock, June 3, at eleven, at the
Exeter District Court—•J. Austen, draper, Devonport, June 3,
at eleven, at the-Exeter District Court—A. T. Patterson and
J. M. Malonck, merchants, Liverpool, June 1, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court—F. T. Walker, merchant,
Liverpool, June 1. at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court
—T. Hodgson, bookseller, Liverpool, June 1, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court—J. Ogle and W. Walton, mer-
chants, Liverpool, June 1, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dis-
trect Court —S. Pilling and R. G. Watson, wine merchants,
Gateshead, June 5, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon• Tyne
District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Giro, merchant, Moorgate-street, May 29—J. T. Pascoe,
metal refiner, High-street, Mile-eral New-town, May 29-2
C. H. Waters, dealer in paintings, Queen's-row, Pimlico,
May 29—T. K. Rowbotham, book-keeper, Huddersfield, June
I—t:. Pickles, linen manufacturer, Barn-ley, June :B—J.
Clough, chemist, Hudder,field, June 4—J. C. Chambers,
needle-maker, Ipsley, Warwickshire, May 30—J. Hall,
sharebroker, Rochdale, May 29—J. Riding and J. Fielding,
cotton manufacturers, Leyland, Lancashire, May 30—R.
Howland, auctioneer, Thame, May 29—S. Harrison' provi-
sion merchant, Poole, May 29—G. P. Payne, optical instru-
ment dealer, Liverpool, May 29—G. Middleton, wine mer-
chant, Nottingham, May 29—J. G. Gore, innkeeper, Chel-
tenham, May 29—J. Turner, manufacturer of printing ma-
terials, Brooke-street, Holborn, May 29—F. Lingard, teacher
of music, Durham, May 29—T. Parnell, laceman, Manches-
ter, May 29—J. D. Williams, blacking manufacturer, New-
castle•street, Farringdcn-street, May 29—D. Davis, dealer
in regimentals. Jermyn-street, St. James's, May 29.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. Buchanan and J. Parlane, timber merchants, Liverpool
-T. Pearson and R. Troughton ship builders, Liverpool—S.
C. Fox and A. Banks, jun., bankers, Liverpool—J. and A.
Wadsworth, builders, Sheffield—l. Firth, S. Firth, and J.
Firth, worsted spinners, Halifax, Yorkshire—J. Lawton, J.
Woodcock, and B. Holroyd, manufacturers of fancy waist-
coatings, Huddersfield—W. Phipps, T. D. Phipps, and J.
Carrington, curriers, Bath (so far as regards J. Carrington)
—W. Cheetham and W. Wrigley, hat manufacturers,
Oldham, Lancashire—W. Dicker and S. E. Clark. envelope
manufacturers, Crane-court, Fleet -street—B. C. Boast and
T. Shillito, coach builders, Leeds—D. G. Clarke and 11. Kin-
mouth, warehousemen, Aldermanbury—G. M. Davidson and
'l'. Waters, coal miners, Siston, Gloucestershire—W. Thomas,
S. Lepard, and D. Williams, attorneys, Cloak-lane, City—J.
Robson, R. Robson, J. Robson, M. Robson, and G. Robson,
plasterers, Durham—J. and W. Bennett, stone masons, Bir-
mingham—T. Wild, W. Wild, and L. Wild, cotton sninners,
Walmersley cum Shuttleworth, Lancashire—H. L. Ginther:
and T. A Staple, merchants, Basing-lane—G. Webb and J.
Killick, silversmiths, Knit4litsbridge- terrace, Knightsbridge.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Reid Prentice, picture dealer, Edinburgh, May 16
and June 13, at one, at tha Royal Exchange Coffee-house,
Edinburgh. •
John Graham, bookseller, Greenock, May 16 and June 4,
at one, at the Tontine llotel, Greenock.
John Robert Finlay, stockbroker, Glasgow, May 14 and
June 3, at two, at the chambers of Messrs: Marshall, Hill,
and Hall, Glasgow.

Thomas Watson, builder, Edinburgh, May 16 and June 6,
at two, at Dawell's ROOlll3, Edinburgh.
James Provan, fiesher, Glasgow, May 12 and Jun 3 2, at
twelve, at the Manchester Tavern, Glasgow.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the
produce of the British possessions in America, computed
from the returns made in the week ending May 5, 1846, is
375. 21/id. per cwt.

IRELAND.
DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE.

DUBLIN. MAY s.—The reports that have come to hand to-
day arc of the usual character, representing the prevalence of
extreme destitution, and the efforts, in many cases successful,
to provide food and employment. In some localities, where
the potato disease was not very severely felt, the price of the
esculent is not much higher than in ordinary years; but
generally it is at least double the usual rate. In Dublin the
price of inferior potatoes, with one-third at least diseased,
has risen to ninepence per stone, which is equal to one shil-
ling—three times the price in abundant seasons. Amongst
the wealthier classes potatoes are now little used ; and where
Indiaameal has been provided in the'country districts, the
labouring classes have given up potatoes as a food. On this
account they are little run upon. If anything like the or-
dinary consumption took place, we should not now have po
tatoes for sale in any market in Ireland.
The Clare Journal states that the treasurer of the Ennis-
town Relief Committee has proceeded to Ennis, " to procure
Indian meal, for the purpose of keeping down the markets,
which have frightfully risen."
In Dungarvon, and other places-on the coast of the courty
of Waterford, the people are in such a state of utter destitu-
tion that many are existing on a single meal of bran—the
husk of wheat—in the twenty-four hours!
TEIE WEATHER—HARVEA PROSPECTS.

We have rain pouring down once more, and seed-sowing is,
of course, again interrupted. For a fortnight of dry weather
considerable progress has been made i❑ the spring sowing;
but still this most important agricultural business is very in-
complete; and if there should not he a favourable change
very speedily, the worst results may be apprehended next
harvest.

The Rev. Martin Doyle, parish priest of Graig, county
Kilkenny, in a letter to the Dublin Evening Post, says
The farmers are not souring their usual complement cf po •
tatoes. The poor, who heretofore made efforts to sow a little,
seem now indifferent altogether. The consequence will be,
that their condition during the summer and-autumn months
will be much better than in winter, when the public works
will cease, but the necessity of eating will not. The poor
also will want more clothes and more fuel in winter than in
the coming season ; they will have no potatoes to live on, as
heretofore; no public employment—no money. I will be
told Indian meal, oats, barley, &c., will be abundant and
cheap—be it so, but the poor cannot purchase without
money."

The young wheat, sown in winter,
,generally look well
and healthy.

LLOYDS SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—Monarch, 'Walker, front Bengal, off Portsmouth,
sailed Jan. 29, St. Helena March 31; Glenelg. Harvey, from
China, off Falmouth, sailed Jan. 7, Cape, March 10, St.
Helena March 22; Anna Robinson, Munro, from China, in
the Downs, sailed Dec. 24, St. Helena March 17; Augustus,
Clarence, front South Australia, in the Downs, sailed Jan. 12,
St. Helena March 19; Harebell, Eales, front Mauritius, in
the Downs, sailed Jan. 17, St. Helena Feb. 28; Jane Godry,
Birnie, from. South Australia, in the Downs, sailed from
Adelaide Jan. 9, St. Helena March 21; Charlotte, Carter,
from Bengt], in the Downs, sailed Dec. 19 St. Helena
March 15; Manchester, Morice, from Bengal
in the Downs
sailed Oct. 23, Demerara March 12; Jane irances Crosby'
Van Diemen's Land, off Plymouth, sailed from Hoba'rt Town
Jan. 12; Napoleon, Miller. from the Cape of Good llope, in
the Downs, sailed from Table Bay March 2 Ann Bates,
Weighell, from Mannila, off the start, sailed Dec. 6, St.
Helena March 9 ; Grecian, Langford, front China, in the
St. Katherine Docks, sailed Dec. 24, St. Helena March 18.
Arrivals at St. Helena—A schooner, prize to her Majesty's
ship Cygnet, March 23; Koning Will am 11., 24th, from
Java, and sailed 26th to Amsterdam; St. George,
from Ichaboe, and sailed 23th to Falmouth; Chaucer, Elrder,
from Colombe, and sailed 24th to London ; Tampere,
from Singapore and Cape, and sailed to London; IJetcorn,
26th, from Swan River, and sailed to London ; her Majesty's
ship Alert, from Loando ; Voyageur, 25th, from Bourbon, and
sailed to Marseilles; Crusader, 27th, from Batavia; Duncan,
from Calcutta; Neptune, 28th, fromMauntius;lara, prize,
to her Majesty's ship Cygnet; Cowslip, frontCeylonC .
.NaN a-
rino, 29th, front London ; Nimrod, front Bombay; Theodora
and Sara, 30th, from Batavia ; Barbara, from Mauritius.
Arrivals at Adelaide—Water Witch, ac. 26, from Mau-
ritius; Cleveland, Jan. 9, front Port Philip.
Arrivals at Sydney—Watkins and Slrah,•from Liverpool.

STATE or TRADE.—The principal manufacture of
the hosiery trade, namely, wrought cotton hose, keeps de-
clining. The cut-up branch is rather better than the wrought
departments. The cotton glove trade keeps in a tolerable
state. The silk glove trade hal sr) far declined, that the
hosiers give out their materials with a very sparing hand.
The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch has a shade further
improved. The silk hose trade is, if anything, further de-
clining, silk stockings being almost out of fashion. The
fancy hose trade is in general considered worse. The cotton
warp trade is still very much depressed, and few of the hand:,
11.7.ve more than half employment. The silk blonde branch
is considerably better, that is, what remnant is left of thi,
once extensive manufacture.—Nottingliam Review.
FATAL EFFECT OF LIGHTNING.—During the brie•
hut destructive tempest of the 25th ult., as John Jenkins, of Aber-
dare, travelling bookseller and tea-dealer, was proceeding aerosl: ti
common from Hirwain to Rhigos, the bras point of his umbrella'
which was open, attracted the electric fluid, and the current passint,
through the brim cf his hat, above his right eye, lacerated the tio:
and discoloured the collar-bone. Of course death was iiistantaneou
The body was removed to his residence, and on Monday an inquest
was held at the Carpenters' Arms, when tits jury returneda e•st
of " Died by the ylsitettou of %AV—Tim-AV Journal.