The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-05 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOLYROOD PALACE, AUG. 28, 1851.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour
of knighthood upon the Right Hon. William Johnston,
of Kirkhill, Lord Provost of Edinburgh.
OSBORNE HOUSE, Au°. 25.
This day had audience of her Majesty, the Baron
Bentinck, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary from the King of the Netherlands, to deliver his
credentials, to which ho was introduced by Viscount
Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 4.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr.
Gideon S. Holmes as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope
for the United States of America.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 4.
Corps of Royal Marines—Captain and Brevet Major
William Lews Dawes to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice
Coryton, to half-pay; First-Lieutenant and Adjutant
John William Wearing to be Captain, vice Dawes,
promoted ; Second Lieutenant Charles Jolliffe to
be First-Lieutenant, vice Wearing, promoted ;
Brevet Major John Alexander Philips to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice John Harvey Stevens, retired on full-pay;
First-Lieutenant Alexander Ramsay to be Captain, vice
Philips, promoted; Second-Lieutenant Henry Lindsay
Searle to be First-Lieutenant, vice Ramsay, promoted.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—
James Hylton de Cardonnel Lawson, Gent., to be Cor-
net, vice Webster, promoted, Sept. 3.
The following buildings have been duly registered for
solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th
and 7th William IV., cap. 85:—
Saint Mary's, Hartlepool, Durham.
Zion Chapel. Florence-place, Deptford.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Win. Henry Haigh, flour and malt factor, Wakefield.
Arthur Robert Fry, chemist, Mile-end-road.
Henry Hayes, tailor, Regent-street.
John Brown, grocer, Deal, Kent.
BANKRUPTS.
John Valentine. grocer, Northampton, Sept. 13, at
half-past one, and Oct 24, 73 one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Miller and Carr, Eastcheap.
John Brudenell, brewer, Windsor, Sept. 13, at half-
past twelve, and Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin- lane,
Cornhill; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry
Chambers; Bunny and Son, Newbury.
Thomas Edward Newstead, draper, Norwich, Sept.
13, at one, and Oct. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers;
Hardwick, Davis, and Bradbury, Boadnghall-street.
Frederick Wintle and Henry Moreton Shaw, dra-
Drs, Liverpool, Sept. 10 and Oct. 7, at the Liverpool
District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool;
Avison and Pritt, Liverpool; Mason, Ironmonger-lane.
Robert Nelson Forsyth, victualler, Birmingham, Sept.
16, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 6, at half-past ten, at
the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee,
Biraniughatn; Bartleet, Birmingham.
John Linnia Mumford, miller, Stoke Gabriel, Devon-
shire, Sept. 17, and Oct. 8, at oue, at the Exeter District
Court. Hernaman, (Alicia' assignee, Exeter; Windeatt,
Totnes; Terrell, Exeter.
John Forman and Robert Frow, builders, Kingston-
upon-Hull, Sept. 24, and Oct. 22, at half-past twelve, at
the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee,
Hull; Thorney and Son, Lightfoot, Earnshaw, and
Frankish, Kingston-upon-Hull.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Sept. 2,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British possessions in America 235. l Od. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... 275. 3d. ~
From the East Indies ... No return. ~
Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 235. 114 d.
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICS.NELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Sept. 5.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria,cap. 32 for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day of August, 1851.
13SUR DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued • . .• .• • . 27,763,415

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities .. • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,730,040
Silver bullion ...... 33,375