The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-16 00:00:00

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 15.

BREVET.—To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army-
Major Henry Knight Storks, half-pay Unattached ;
Major Thomas Charlton Smith, half-pay Unattached ;
Major William Sutton, Cape Mounted Riflemen; Major
Sir Harry Darell, Bart, 7th Dragoon Guards; Major
George Thomas Conolly Napier, Cape Mounted Rifle-
men, Sept. 15.
To be Majors in the Army—Captain George An-
thony Darnford, 27th Foot; Captain William Glendon-
wyn Scott, 91st Foot; Captain John Walpole, Royal
Engineers; Captain Charles Herrick Burnaby, Royal
Artillery ; Captain Thomas Donovan, Cape Mounted
I 3 flemen ; Captain Charles Seagram, 45th Foot;
Captain St. John Thomas Browne, Royal Artil-
lery ; Captain Charles Assheton FitzHardinge Berke-
ley, Scots Fusiler Guards; Captain William Hogge,
7th Dragoon Guards; Captain Charles Lennox Brown-
low Maitland, Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot
Guards; Captain Charles Colville Young, Royal Artil-
lery; Captain John Jarvis Bisset, Cape Mounted Rifle-'
men, Sept. 15.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Elginsbire.
Henry Joseph Brodie Dunn, Esq., to Deputy-Lieute-
nant ; Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming, jun.,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; James Duff, Rig.,
M.P., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; William J. Taylor,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Alexander Forteath,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Robert Grant, Esq., to
be Deputy-Lieutenant; Major Peter Grant Peterkin, to
be Deputy-Lieutenant; Patrick Sellar, Esq., to be De-
puty-Lieutenant, Aug. 26.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire.
Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant-Colonel
Richard Thomas Gilpin to bo Colonel, vice Sir John
o.,born, Bart., deceased, Sept. 11; Major William
Bar-
tholomew Higgins to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Gilpin,
promoted,omm i
s sio
n s Sept.byl2 the
Lord-Lieutentnt of Northumber-
land.
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Commissions

Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry—
Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart., to be Major, lice
deceased; Laac Thomas Cookson, Esq , to
vice Ridley, promoted; Henry Hollis Brad-
iginn's'on, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Cookson,
promoted;fbßoerradCn aAdpi
tltkiai
Widiarn Loch Anderson, Gent., to be Cor-
net, vice Anderson.
BANKRUPTS.
George Frederick Widnall, stationer, Edgeware-road,
to surrender Sept. 20, at half past two, and Oct. 27, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee; Greatorex, Upper Norton-street, Portland-
place.
Charles Abbott, market gardener, Lower Edmonton,
Middlesex, Sept. 27, at half-pest eleven, and Oct. 24,
at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard street ; Archer,
Harpur-street, Red Lion-square.
Henry Carey Brown, builder, Southampton, Sept. 29,
at eleven,er and Oct. 24, at half past two, at
;the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-
street, Cheapside.
Phillip Coxford, timber merchant, Mary-place, Hert-
ford-road, Middlesex, Sept. 26, .at half-past two, and
Oct. 24, at half past. one, at the -Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Atkinson, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn.
John Strongi'th'arm, brewer, Walsall, Staffordshire;
Sept. 26 and Oct. 26, at half-past ten, at the Birming-
ham District .Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Tarlton, Birmingham.
David Gibson Currie, draper, Merthyr Tydfil, Sept.
29, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller,official assignee, Bristol; Stretton, Southampton-
buildings, London; Phillpotts, Cardiff.
Michael Wilson, grocer, Leeds, Sept. 28, and Oct. 23,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row, London;
Shackleton, Leeds.
John Jackson, builder, Lackenby, Yorkshire, Sept.
26 and Oct. ‘24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Tilson and Co., Cole-
man-street ; Allison, Darlington ; Blackburn, Leeds.
John Hartman. boot and shoe manufacturer, Liver-
pool, Sept. 29, and Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Kennedy, Chancery-lane ; Henry, Liverpool.
William Peak, draper, Liverpool, Sept. 29, and Oct. 20,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Reed and Co., Friday-street, Lon-
don ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Jonathan Robinson Ashworth, fustian manufacturer,
Manchester, Sept 28, and Oct. 26, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee Man-
chester Newman, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Willoughby,
Manchester.
William Flint, builder, Manchester, Sept. 28, and Oct.
20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn-
fields; E. and R. W. Bennett, Manchester.
half-past
James Bel,n ship broker, South Shields, Sept. 27, at
, and Oct. 19, at half-past twelve, at the
assignee, Newcastl
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
e- upon. Tyne ; Plumptre, Temple, Lon•
don; Cram, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

DIVIDENDS.
J. In the Country.
Mann, Warwick, grocer, Oct. 10, at half-past ten,
at the Court Birmingham—S. L. Trotman, Liverpool,
merchant, Oct. 6,
D. flay, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, baker, Oct 10, at hall-
at eleven, at the Court Liverpool—W.
past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T.
Tyson, Whitehaven, builder, Oct. 10, at half-past one, at
the Court,
Manches-
ter, cattle dealer, Oct. 10, at twelve, at the Court Man-
chester. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Bumby,

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
T. M'Tear, W. lladfield, and E. Thompson, Liverpool,
merchants and shipowners, 71d., on Wednesday, Oct.
18, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
C. Williams, Liverpool, flour dealer and licensed vic-
tualler, Is. 3d., on Wednesday Oct. 18, or any sub.e-
quent Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
T. Crowther, Liverpool, wine merchant and ships'
stores dealer, 3s. 10d., on Wednesday, Oct. 18, or any
subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the cffice of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court,
Basinghall-street.
Oct.. 11. Toovey, Fashion-street, Dock-head, Bermond-
sey, licensed victualler, 9, at half-past eleven.

In the Country.
• R. Yarnell, Newport, Monmouthshire, gardener, and
florist, Oct. 12, at eleven at the Court, Bristol—W,
Turnbull, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
victualler and tavern
keeper, Out. 6, at hall-put eleven, at the Court, Neff.