The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-04 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 1.

Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Sun-
day next, the sth inst., for her late Serene Highness the
Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, maternal
grandmother to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, :
The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces and earrings, black or white
shoes, fans and tippets.
Th© gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed
or plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Sunday, the
19th inst.:—

The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured
ribands, fans atul tippets, or plain white, or white and
gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribands.
The gentleman to wear black coats, and black or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff
waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And on Sunday, the 26th inst., the Court to go out of
mourning.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2d day of
March, l84S:

Present—the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council.

Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased to ap-
point Robert Holden, of Nuttall-Temple, Lq., to be
Sheriff of the county of Nottingham, in the room of
John Henry Manners Sutton, of Kelham, Esq.; and
John Edwards, of Beguildy, Esq., to be Sheriff of the
county of Radnor, in tho room of John Abraham Whit-
taker, of Newcastle-court, Esq.
FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 29, 1848.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lord Cowley,
now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy to the Ottoman
Porte, to be her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Confederated States of the Swiss Cantons.

The Queen has also been pleased to appoint the
Honourable Charles Ashburnham, some time Secretary
to her Majesty's Legation in Mexico, to be Secretary to
her Majesty's Embassy to the Ottoman Porte.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCU 2. _

The Queen has been graciothly pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Major-Generals Sir Dudley
St. Leger llill and John 11,,dt, Companions of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath, to be Ordinary Members
of the Military Division of the Second Class or Knights
Commanders of the said Order.
WAR-OFFICE, MAr&sl 3.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieu-
tenant and Captain Henry ueorge Conroy, to be Cap-
tain and Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, ♦ice Sir John
Montagu Burgoyne, Bart., who retires; Ensign and
Lieutenant the Honourable George Stephens Gough, to
be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Conroy;
Second Lieutenant William Thomai Francis Wallace,
from sth Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant,, by pur-
chase, vice Gough, March 3.
7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant James Duncan
Longden, from 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant? vice Busby,
who exchanges, March 3.
10th Foot—Sergeant Major James Murphy to be
Quartermaster, vice Joseph Goodfellow, who retires
upon half-pay, March 3.
13th Foot—Lieutenan't John Busby, from 7th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Longden, who exchanges,
March 3.

16th Foot—Quartermaster Sergeant John Banyard,
to be Quartermaster, vice Collins, deceased, March 3.

49th Foot—Lieutenant Marcus Willy De la Poer
Beresford, from half pay 17th FOot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Maclean promoted, March 3.
57th Foot— Captain John Alfred Street, from 98th
Foot, to bo Captain, vice Warren Ahmuty, who ex-
changes, March 3. _ _

88th Foot—Major Heiratio Shirley to be Lieu-
tenant• Colonel, without purchase, vice Phibbs, deceased;
Captain William Irwin to be Major, vice Shirley;
Lieutenant John Brooke Johnson to be Captain, vice
Irwin; Ensign Zee Steere Steere to be Lieutenant, vice
Johnson, Jan. 18; Arthur Dillon Maule, Gent., to be
Ensign, viee Steere, March 3.
89th Foot—. Lieutenant Thomas Dopping Buchanan
D'Arcy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Griffis, who re-
tires; Ensign Thomas ilanelagh John George Thomp-
t4 n to be Lieutenant,'by purchase, vice D'Arcy; Alfred
Nixon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomp-
son, March 3.
94th Foot--Ensign Richard Hull Lewis to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Ashton, promoted in 3d West
India Regiment; William Dean Hoare Guinness Day,
Gent,. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lewis, March 3.
95th Foot Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Edmund
John Cruise, who exchanges, receiving the difference ;
Captain Aylmer Lambert Bourke, from half-pay Unat-
attached, to be Captain; vice Charles Frederick Parkin-
son, who exchanges; Lieutenant Thomas Davis to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Bourke, wild retires ; En-
sign Edward Spicer Charlton, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Davis ; William Davies Shipley, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charlton, March 3.
98th Foot—Captain Warren Ahmuty, from the 57th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Street, who exchanges; En-
sign Robert Mends, from 99th Foot, to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice John Augustus Macdonald.
cashiered by the sentence of a General Court-martial,
March 3.

3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas Henry
Ashton, from 94th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Ogilby, who retires, March 3.
St. Helena Regiment.—Louis Rirett Carnac, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, March 3.
UNATTACHED.--Lieutenant Alexander Gordon Moor-
head, from Adjutant of a Rceruitiog District, to be
Captain, without purchase, March 3.
MEMORANDIIM.—The date of the promotion of Lieu-
tenant Stewart, of the 21st Foot, to be Captain, in the
Fist Foot, has been antedated, Nov. 21, 1848,
Commision signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County

Palatine of Lancaster.

2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia.
—The Honourable Charles James Fox Stanley to be
Colonel, vice the Honourable Henry Thomas Stanley,
resigned, Fob. 25.
WHITEHALL, FRB. 24.

The Lord Chancellor bas appointed George Wells
Snell, of Callington, in the county of Cornwall, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Charles
Frederick Shackles, of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull,
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court
of Chancery. . _ _

WHITEHALL, FEB. 25.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Pratt, the
younger, of York, in the county of York, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Hawkes, whitesmith, Bucking, Essex, to sur-
render March 10 and April 14, at half-past twelve, at the
Court, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official assignee ;
Thurgood, Pinner's-hall, Broad-street; Lane, Braintree,
Essex.
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John Shepard, jun., plumber, Southampton, March 10,
at half-past one, and April 14, at half-past eleven, at the
Court, Basinghall- street. Cannan, official assignee,
Bi robin -lane •' Sow ton, Great James-street, Bedford- row ;
Coxwell andHarfield, Southampton.
Sophy West (widow,) saddler, Hornchuroh, Essex,
March 10, at half-past one, and April 14; at twelve, at
the Court, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official assignee;
Buchanan, Basinghall-street.
Charles Farmer, ironmonger, Edgeware-road, March
11, at two, and April 22, at eleven, at the Court, Basing-
ha.ll-street. - Green, - official .assignee,_ A,ldermanbury;
Hunt, New Boswell-court.

Robert Thompson, printer, Little James-street,