The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-07 00:00:00

YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.

Flirt, Nymph, Fair Rosamond, Enchantress, Foam,
Arrow, Aurora, Amazon, Camilla, Mischief, Cygnet.
Sir B. Graham has been trying his yacht, the Flirt,
against the Madeira packet Brilliant, the fastest brig on
the station, but she stood no chance againkt the Vice-
Commodore's yacht.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S -OFFICE, OCT. 6, 184$.
Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Sun-
day next, the Bth inst., for her late Majesty the Queen
Dowager of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, viz..—the
ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white
gloves, necklaces and ear-rings, black or white shoes,
fans and tippets. The gentleman to wear black, full
trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and
buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Sunday
the 22d instant, viz.:—The ladies to wear black silk or
velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain
white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with
black ribbons. The gentlemen 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 29th instant, the Court
to go out of mourning.
WHITEHALL, OCT. 5.
The Queen has heeu pleased to appoint Thomas
Southwood Smith, M.D. to be the Medical Member of
the General Board of Health.
WAR OFFICE OCT. 6.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Assistant-Sur-
geon Fergus Kerin, from the 88th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Cockburn, promoted in the Ist Regiment
of Life Guards, Oct. 6.
25th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas
DehaneLightbody, M.D., from 4th Foot, to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice M4Donald, promoted in 73d Foot, Oct. 6.
38th Foot—Captain William Milligan, from half-pay
Unattached, to bo Captain, vice Brevet Major Robert
Sherbourne Murray, who exchanges; Lieutenant Coe-
kayne Frith, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Milligan,
who retires; Ensign George Green, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Frith; Archibald Campbell Snodgrass,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Green, Oct. 6.
48th Foot—Surgeon Joshua Paynter, from 73d Foot,
to be Surgeon, vice Dyce, deceased, Oct. 6.
50th Foot—Captain2 Mervyn Archdall, from half-pay
unattached, to be Captain, vice James John Enoch, who
exchanges; Lieutenant Robert Bridges Bellers to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Archdall, who retires ;
Ensign Edward George Hibbert to be Lieutenant, by
purchase. vice Bellers, Oet. 6.
73d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Duncan Donald M'Cay
M'Donald, from the 25th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice
Pay nter, appointed to the 48th Foot, Oct. 6.
78th Foot—Lieut. James Duncan M'Andrew to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Ellington, who retires ; En-
sign Joseph Webster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
WAndrow ; Alfred Wickham Pym Weekes, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webster, Oct. 6.
91st Foot—Ensign John M'Pherson to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Stein, who retires; Alexander Watson
Mackenzie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice •
M'Pherson, Oct. 6.
t4th Foot—Lieut. Septimus Lyster to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Fisher who retires; Ensign Charles Wil-
liam St. John to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lyster;
Richard Raphael Meade, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice St. John, Oct. 6.
Cape Mounted Riflemen.—Brevet Lieutenant-colonel
William Sutton to be Major, by purchase, vice Warden,
who retires; Lieutenant George Jackson Carey to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Sutton; Ensign Edward Lister
Green to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carey; Tho-
mas John Lucas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Green, Oct. 6.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—David Charles Pitcairn, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, Oct. 6.
BREVET.—Captain William Milligan, of the 38th
Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, OCT. 6.
ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT .—David Field
Rennie, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon Sept. 19.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of? the East Riding
of Yorkshire.
East York Militia—Henry Wilkinson Todd, Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Holmes. promoted, Sept. 16.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 1.
Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant George
Lambrick to be Captain, vice Searle, reared on full pay;
Second Lieutenant Henry Bradley Roberts to be First
Lieutenant, vice Lambrick, promoted.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
Henry Brading, licensed victualler, Shepherdess-
walk, City-road, Middlesex.
George Farnworth, Henry Farnworth, and James
Farnworth, jun., calico printers, Enfield, Lancashire.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Cracknell, painter, Sheldon-street, West-
bourne-terrace, to surrender Oct. 16, at half-past twelve,
and Nov. 20, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall-
chambers, London; Smith, Temple-chambers, Fleet
street.
William Wilton, victualler, Upper St. Martin-'s-lane,
Oct. 20, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 20, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street; Thornlike, Staples:lnn.
William Godfrey, carpenter, London-wall, Oct. 14,
at one, and Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Randall, Tokenhouse-yard.
William Kuper, wire rope maker, Camberwell, Oct.
23, at one, and Nov. 17, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry; Hind-
man and Co., Basinghall-street.
Alfred Drake, attorney, Banstaple, Devonshire, Oct.
17, at ten, and Nov. 15, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogden,
Exeter; Keddell, Baker, and Grant, Lime-street, London.
James Ashworth, woollen manufacturer, Nunhills,
Lancashire, Oct. 20, and Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man
cheater; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple; Lord,
Rochdale.
John Holt, tailor and draper, Bury, Lancashire, Oct.
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Lancashire.
Reuben Hemingway, merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 16 and
Nov. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley, and Cu.,
Chancery-lane, London ; Holden, Liverpool.
official assignee, Cole-
James Graves, bootmaker, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk,
Oct. 16, at half-past one, and Nov. 21, at eleven, at the
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Clarke, Bishopsgate
Caleb Ratford, apothecary, Uckfield, Sussex, Oct.
14, and Nov. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Wilde,
Union-court, Broad-street,
Oct. 14, and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the
William Woodward, plumber and glazier, Newcastle-
ußßriiirrdmmeriin-ngham;
Lgiieni me'Distriet Court. Christie, official assignee,
Stanier, Newcastle ; Motterans, Knight,
and Emmet, Birmingham.
Nathaniel Denton, hat manufacturer, Gorton, Lanca-
shire, Oct. 13, and Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Manchesi er
District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
DIVIDENDS.
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Norris, .Allen, and Simpson, Bedford-row, London;
Messrs. Norris, Manchester.
At the
J. W. Hammon, Seklorde-street, St. John-street- road,
Clerkenwell, watch case manufacturer, Oct. 27, at eleven
O'Donnell, Sidney-street, Chelsea, builder, Oct. 27,
at twelve.

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In the Country.
D. Jevons, Tipton, Staffordshire, grocer, Nov. 7, at
eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—W. H. Hyde, New-
castle-under-Lyme, printer, Nov. 7, at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—T. Edwards, Burslem, Stafford-