The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-20 00:00:00

THE NEW STAGE COACH ACT.

The Bill now before Parliament for the purpose of amending
the present Stage Coach Act, we fear, if allowed to pass into
a law, will prove a greater public nuisance than ever, and the
lives of his Majesty's subjects will be placed in more imminent
danger than heretofore; for by the intended Bill it would ap-
pear that the proprietors of stage-coaches may, by paying to
the revenue extra duty, carry as many passengers as they please,
which will be seen by the following scale :
By paying 2d. a mile duty, a stage coach may carry five out-
side passengers; 21/2d. eight; 3d. eleven; 3 y2d. twelve; 4d.
fourteen ; 41/2d. sixteen ; M. eighteen ; 5Y2d. twenty ; and
so on, by paying a halfpenny a mile extra duty, a coach pro.
prietor may carry two extra outside passengers. It is, there-
fore, quite evident that in the framing of this Bill the safety of
the public has been a secondary consideration.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JULY IS.

The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon Graves Chamney Haughton, Esq., M.A.,
F.R.S.

WHITEHALL, JuLY 17.

The King has been pleased to present the Reverend W.
Aldwin Soames, M.A., to the Vicarage of Greenwich, in the
diocese of Rochester and county of Kent, void by the death of
the Rev. Geo. Mathew.

WAR-OFFICE, JULY 19.

3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant J. W. Yer-
bury, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice R.
Coghlan, who exchanges, dated July 19.
9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant R. Coghlan, from the 3d
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Yerbury, who ex-
charges, July 19.

12th Regiment of Foot—Capt. W. W. Rooke, from the half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice M. J. Jenkins, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference, July 19.
39th Foot—Lieut. W. Y. Moore to be Captain, by purchase,
vice C. Sturt, who retires, July 19. To be Lieutenants.—En.
sign R. N. Tinley, by purchase, vice Moore, July 19; Lieut.
C. B. Clark, from the half-pay of the Ist Foot, vice Spier,
whose appointment has not taken place, July 20. To be En-
signs, by purchase—E. Bligla, Gent., vice Tinley, July 19; T.
White, Gent., vice Sutherland, who retires, July 20.
40th Foot—Ensign J. F. Elton to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice J. Todd, whose promotion has not taken place,
July 5.
47th Foot—Lieut. C. Lane to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Webber, deceased; Ensign J. J. D. H. Macdonald to be
Lieutenant, vice Lane, July 9; Gentleman Cadet H. Bridges,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Macdo-
nald, July 19.
63d Foot—Ensign G. B. Pratt to be Lieutenant, by pur.
chase, vice W. W. Barrow who retires ; T. Harris, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Pratt, July 19.

MEMORANDA.
The appointment of W. W. Baker, Gent., to an Ensigncy in
the 40th Regiment of Foot, is vice Elton, promoted, and not
vice Todd, as stated.
The Christian name of Ensign Watson, of the 82d Regiment
of Foot, is David, and not Daniel.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
JOSEPH IVON WINSTANLEY, hosier, Holborn hill.
BANKRUPTS.

SAMUEL STOCKTON, wine cooper, Long.yard, Lamb's
Conduit-street, Middlesex, to surrender July 27, at twelve, and
August 30, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn.
FREDERICK POUT, attorney-at-law, Surrey-street, Strand,
July 26, at one, and August 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Constable, Symond's Inn, London ; Whitmore, Austin.
friars, official assignee.
SAMUEL STREET, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lanca-
shire, Aug. 6 and 30, at two, at the Palace Inn, Manchester.
Kershaw, Manchester; Johnson and Weatherall, Temple,
London.

JAMES HUXTABLE, freestone-merchant, Bristol, Aug.
3 and 30, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Clarke and
Medealf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Savery and Clark,
Bristol.

MICHAEL MARTIN, currier, Newbury, Berkshire,
July 24 and August 30, at one, at the George Inn,
Reading. Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard, London ; Pinniger,
Newbury, Berkshire.
ROBERT NOKES WILLIAMS, coal-merchant, Bristol,
July 26 and Aug. 30, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol.
Hicks and Braikenridge, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn, Lon-
don ; Grevile, Bristol.
RICHARD HILLIER, provision-merchant, Newport,
Monmouthshire, Aug. 1 and 30, at eleven, at the office of
Messrs. Prothero and Phillips, Newport. Platt and Hall, New
Boswell court, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Prothero and Phillips,
Newport.
DIVIDENDS.

J. Cuthbertson, linen-draper, Hampton-street, Walworth,
Aug. 9, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. M. Pontin,
wire-weaver, Turnmill_street, Cow-cross, Aug. 12, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy—R. Brown, general shopkeeper,
Mattishall, Norfolk,Aug. 28, at ten, at the King's Arms Hotel,
Norfolk—E. Robinson, hosier, Wakefield, Aug. 10, at eleven,
at the Session's-house, Wakefield—J. Boxall, hotel-keeper,
Brighthelmston, at twelve, Aug. 12, at the Star and
9 Garter,ter
Brighthelmston—W. Mascord, grocer, Oxford, Aug. ,
at the Roe Buck Inn, Oxford—M. Phillips, saddler, Plymouth,
Aug. 17, at twelve, at the London Inn, Devonport—W. Kaye,
joiner, Chorlton-row, Lancashire, Aug. 10, at ten, at the Palace
Inn, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES—Am 9. _

J. E. Watson, merchant, Bucklersbury—F. Holt, mordaunt-
manufacturer, Liverpool—J. Ellis, tailor, Princes street,
Hanover-square—W. Redgrave, wire-worker, Grosvenor-
street West, Pimlico—G. C. Hall, money-scrivener, Alfreton,
Derbyshire—G. N. Bates, caster, Birmingham—G. F., W. F.,
and T. F. Bowgin, plumbers, Bristol—G. Bradley, innkeeper,
Stockport—R. Garbett, grocer, Shift'hal, Salop.

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SECRET MEMOIRS OF IRELAND,
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HISTORY OF THE UNION,
With Delineations of the Principal Characters connected
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By SIR JONAH BARRINGTON,
Member of the late Irish Parliament for Tuam and Clogher.
Published for H. Colburn by R. Bentley, New Bur-
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COMPLETION OF THE POLAR VOYAGES.
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