The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-19 00:00:00

COAL BIARK.E.

Bate's W. Hartley 15s Od!
Buddle's West Hartley 15s 6d
Carr's llartley
Chester Maia l4s Od,
Davison'sWestHartley 15s 6d'
Dean's Primrose
Dipton 'ranfield ......
Hasting's Hartley lss 6d
North Percyllartley lss Odj
Neson's West Hartley 15s 6d,
Pontop Windsor .. . 13s 6.i
South Peareth
Tanfield Moor
Tanfield Moor Butes l4e Od'
Townley lss Air
West Wylam
Wall's End, &c.
Bell and Brown ......
Bewicke and Co.
Gestural 143 6,1'
I
Hatton . .... ...... 14s 6d,
Medley
Hilda l4s 6cl,
Riddell's l4l ad';
Walker

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 18.
Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness
Prince Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold
Levees, at St.James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty,
on the following days, at two o'clock—Wednes-
day, Ist March next ; Wednesday, 22d March next.
It is her Majesty's pleasure, that presentations to his
Royal Highness at these levees shall be considered
equivalent to presentations to the Queen. Addresses
to the Queen may either be forwarded to her Majesty,
through the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, or may be reserved until her Majesty shall hold a
Levee.—N.l.l. Tie Knights of the several Orders are to
appear in their collars at the Levee ou the Ist March, it
being a Collar-day.

REGULATIONS TO NE OBSERVED AT THE LEVEES AT
ST. JAMES'S PALACE.

The Noblemen and Gentlemen, who purpose to at-
tend the Levees, at St. James's Palace, are requested to
bring with them two large cards, with their names
clearly written thereon, one to be left with the
Queen's Page in Attendance in the Presence-
chamber, and the other to 'be delivered to
the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name.
Those Gentlemen who aro to be presented are hereby
informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names,
with the name of the nobleman or gentleman who is to
present them, should be sent to the Lord Chamberlain's-
office before 12 on the Monday previous to each Levee, in
order that they may be submitted for approbation; it
being her Majesty's command that no presentation shall
be made at the Levees, hut in conformity with the above
regulations. It is particularly requested, that in every
case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards
to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that
there may bo no difficulty in announcing them. The
state apartments will not be open for the reception of
company coming to Court, until half-past one o'clock.
WIIITELIALL, FEB. it;.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
theß ght Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, Master of the Mint;
William Cotton, Esq.; Commissary. General Sir Edward
Pine Coffin; and Colonel William Nairne Forbes, 11. E.
I. C. Bengal Engineers, to be Commissioners to conduct
an inquiry into the Royal Mint; and has empowered
and commanded them to inquire into and report upon
the constitution, management, and expense of the Royal
Mint, and to suggest such alterations as may appear to
them to be required to ensure the economical and sa-
tisfactory execution of the duties belonging to that es-
tablishment.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint General the
Hon. Sir Alexander Duff, Knight, to be Lieutenant and
Sheriff Principal of the shire of Elgin, in the room of
Francis Earl of Moray, deceased.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 18.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Lang,
Esq., to be Police Magistrate for the province of South
Australia.

CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 18.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS FRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.
County of Shropshire (Northern Division).—John
Whitehall Dod, E,q., in the room of Edward James
Herbert, commonly called Viscount Clive, now Earl of
Powis, called up to the House of Peers.
WAR.OFFICE, Fun. 8.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Thomas Edward Bid-
good to be Adjutant, vice 'Parker, deceased ; Ensign
Williara Fertescue Scott to be Lieutenant, vice Bidgood,
Adjutant ; Alexander Draper, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Scott, Feb. Is.
17th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Thwaytes, from 2d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Wedder-
burn, who exchanges, Feb. 18.
19th Foot—George Lidwill, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Taylor, who retires, Feb. 18.
47th Foot—Lieutenant Robert William Lowry to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Collins, who retires; Ensign
the Honourable Ernest George
Curzona :°o tb—e
Charles Elgee to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowry ;
hblf2aYl°'eb.ELlnile;uigtennant, by purchase, 'vice Riley,
Richard George Ellison, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Elgee, Feb. 18.
51st Foot—Thomas Crawford, M.D., to be Assistant
Surgeon, vice Thomas Leopold Belcher, who retires on
who
retires ; Carisbrooke James Lyon, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purcase, vice Curzon, Feb. 18.
61st Foot—Lieutenant Andrew David Alston Stewart,
from 21st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Herbert, deces,ed, Feb. 18.
Ist West India Regiment—Waring Alexander Biddle,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fottrell, who
retires, Feb. 18.

- 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Augustus Wed-
derburn, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Thwaytes, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon William
Henry Brownson, M.D., from the Staff, to be Surgeon,
vice Collings, appointed to the Staff, Feb. 18.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Adolphus Collings, M.D.
from 2d West India Regiment, to be Staff Surgeon of
Second Class, vice Robinson, deceased, Feb. 18.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Plomer
Young, from Major half-pay Unattached, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel without purchase, Feb. 18,.
BREVET.—Captain William C. E. Napier, of the 25th
Foot, to be Major in the Army; Captain William M.
G. M'Murdo, of the 78th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, Feb. 18.
MEMORANDUM.—The exchange between Paymaster
Low, of 53d Regiment, and Paymaster Erskine, of
21st Foot, as stated in the Gazette of Ist October, 1847,
has been cancelled.
The Christian names of Ensign Walsh, of 73d Foot,
are Thomas John.
Erratum in the Gazette of Feb. 11.
73d Foot—For Lieutenant John R. S. Fitz Gerald,
from half-pay 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Murray,
promoted; read vice Faunt, killed at the Cape of Good
Hope.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12.
Corps of Royal Marines—Archibald Alexander
Douglas, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant; Charles Loftus
Tottenham Usher, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant ;
George Laacelles Blake, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.

BANKRUPTS.
John Saunders Rayment, builder, Thomas-street,
Millwall, Poplar, to surrender Feb. 25 and March 31, at
-past twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Pen-
nell, official assignee; Wallis, New Broad-street.
John Edward Smith, James Rait Beard, and Richard
Tew Smith, warehousemen, Cheapside, Feb. 25 and
March 31, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street.
Pennell, official assignee; Hensman, Basing-lane.
John Brocklehurst, gas-fitter, High Holborn, Feb. 25,
at two, and March 24. at one, at the Court, Basinghall-
street. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Ba-
singhall-street; Edwards, Nelson•square, Blackfriars-
road.

Stephen Stringer, coach plater, Northumberland-
street, New-road, March 2 and 28, at one, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-
lane; Abrahams, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
James Scott, chemist, Strand, Feb. 25, at two, and
March 31, at eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street.
Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Lewis, New Inn.
John Bentley, linen draper, St. John-street-road,
Clerkenwell, March 1, at one, and March 31, at eleven,
at the Court, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official assignee;
Tucker and Steavenson, Sun-chambers, Threadneedle-
street.

William Pain Beecham, banker, llawkhurst, Rent,
March 2, at twelve, and March 28, at one, at the Court,
Basinghall- street. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick 'a-
place, Old Jewry; Palmer and Co., Bedford-row.
Robert Martin, ale merchant, Plymouth, March 6 and
April 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt-
zel, official assignee, Exeter; Layers, jun., Plymouth;
Stogdon, Exeter; Keddell and Co., Lime-street, City.
Charles Westbrook, shoe maker, Stafford and Shifual,
March 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Bowen,
Stafford.

John Birch Gregory, straw plait dealer, Birmingham,
Feb. 26 and March 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham;
Powell, Birmingham; Stanley, Millman-street, Bedford•
row, London.

John Binch, grocer, Nottingham, March 3 and 31, at
eleven, at the Nottingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham.
Francis Blair Henderson, ironmonger, Liverpool, Feb.
29 and March 22, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Milne
and Co., Temple, London; Francis and Co., Liverpool.
John Packer, quarryman, Cheltenham, March 2, at
twelve, and April 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Lindo, King's
Arms-yard, London; Packwood, Chelt enham.
Charles James Challenger, dealer in salt, Quay,
Bristol, March 6 and April 3, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acratnan, official assignee, Bristol;
White and Co., Bedford-row, London; Hartley, Bristol.
Alexander M'Nauglitane Paterson, John Walker,
James Boydell, and Charles Blayney Trevor Roper,
iron founders, Oak Farm Works, Kingawinford, Stafford-
shire, March 4 and April 11, at eleven, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Collis, Stourbridge ; Motteram and Co., Bir-
mingbettc.
George Garton, stock broker, Sheffield, March 3 and
31 at ten, at the Sheffield District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Sheffield; Rodgers, Sheffield; Rodgers
and Co.' Cheapside, London.
Ralph Darling, miller, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 25,
at half-past ten, and April 7, at one, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Wild and Co., Queen-street,
London; Wilson and Faber, Stockton.
James Jackson Ferens and Robinson Ferens, 'drapers,
Durham, Feb. 24, at half-past ten, and April 3, at one, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Marshall, Durham;
llarle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Peter Cruikshank, corn dealer, Ardwick, Manchester,
March 4 and 22, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Mitten and Co.,
Southampton-buildings, London; Moseley, Manchester.
Jehu Townley, commission agent, Manchester, March
3 and 22, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Bower, Token-
house-yard, London ; Joynson and Bromley, Man-
chester.

James Birbeck, coach proprietor, Manchester, Feb.
29 and March 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson
and Co., Temple, London; Taylor, Manchester.
Richard Martin, tanner, Tavistock, Feb. 28 and March
22, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman,

official assignee, Exeter; Elveorthy, Plymouth; Stog-
don, Exeter; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street, London.
Henry Gully Fey, surgeon, Taunton, Feb. 28, at eleven,
d March 23, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
111 rnaman, official assignee, Exeter; Reeve and Son,
Taunton; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London; Tur-
ner, Exeter.

Thomas Payne, licensed victualler, Falkingbam, Lin-
colnshire, March 3 and 31, at eleven, at the Nottingham
District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Notting-
ham; Bewley, Nottingham.
(Dividends,.&c., in our next.)
PRICE,OF SUGAE.
The average price of Browapr Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in'the week ending February 15,
1848, is 255. 514 d. per cwt.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, parsuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 82, lot
the Week ending on Saturday, the 12th day of February, 1848.

ISSUE DIPARTNENT.

Notes issued.... •• • • 27,582,8)5

X.
Government debt .• 11,015,10t1
Other securities .... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 12,149,880
Silver bullion •.• • •• 1,443,015

£27,5112,895

£ 27,882,895
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
, 1848.
EPAITMEN T.

Dated the 11lh day of February,

Government securt-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 11,h74,921
Other securities • ... 13,343,470
Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 9,064,225
Gold and olive( coin • • 621,E29

£34,604,665
MARSNALL, Chief Cashier.
, 184 S.