The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-31 00:00:00

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Beer. additional 1 80 per imp. gal.
Fii.e ~ 010 per metrical quintal.
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-BOARD .OF TRADE; WHITEHALL, MAY 28
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Pri'Vy
CounAl for Tiatlelnd Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Malaga, stating
pat the Board of Health of that place have removed the
quarantine of three days' observation, hitherto imposed
on vesiels arriving at Malaga, from ports in the United
Kingdom: , , ,
WAR DEPARTUENTe MAY 30. •
I 3
REVET. ,
'Major-General Charles Ash Windhatn,C,l3., to be pro-
moted-to the looal rank of.LieutenantiGeneral in. Turkey.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY, THE, QZTEEN.I
• .sth West York Militia—Henry Balguy, Esq., te,Cap-
tain of the 4th Foot, to be. Adjutant, vicaTaylor, resigned.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED `BY LORDS2LTEI7TENANT.
Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Ca-
valry--4-Henry Theraa,4 Titley Palmer; Gent.,•to be. Sur-
geon, vice Coles, resigned. .. t•
The, Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry CavaliY
--7Corilet Edward 3yde Greg tohe Lieutenant, vice Mars-
land, promoted. ,
2d R,egiratut of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—
Ensign• Robert Hansom Coldwell to be Lieutenant, vice
Ilumfrey, resigned.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Ensign Henry Powys to bo Lieutenant, vice Earle ; En-
sign James Clarke Hicks to .be Lieutenant ; Ensign
Edmund Cnnliffe to be Lieutenant ; William Style poria,
Gent., to ba Ensign.
EXCHEQUER BILLS.
•
Office of Her Majeaty's Paymaster-General,
Whitehall, May 30, 1856.
The Exchequer Bills, dated in. the months of June and
August, 1855 (per Acts 18 Victoria, cap 8, and 18 and 19
Victoria, cap. 130. anno MS). with the interest due
thereon, will be paid off on the-,l7th of June, 1856; when
the interest will cease.
Such bills will be received at this Office daily, from
half-past ten till three o'clock, rtntil the 9th day of June,
ilB' 6, inclusive: l
Printed forms, containing, instructions for the prepare.
Con of the list and the arrangement; of the bills, xhiyi le
'obtained do application at this Office.'
The bearers must endorse each bill with their usual aig;
natures, and they must insert their names and adffressra
in eachPlist ; and where the names of holders are inserts d
in the bills, the ihdorsements of such holders must also be
bbtai*ed previously to their lisps and bills being left for
examination., \
New bills, bearing interest at the rate of two
"pence haTfeenny bylhe clay, upon ev ry sno hundred;
pounds;and dated Ihe said 17th day( of arm 1856, may
be obtained in.payment of the prinqipalpf tlae whole, or
part, of
,the Exchcqu7r Bills isgued under the Act Above
mentioned; on the claimants sj ‘ecify ing, in theii liSts, the
areonnemf new sills required b 6, them.
The new bills, .together with the interest on the bills
left qu og,beforo the said 9th slay, of Nine for exOlange,
will be issued.on the 18th day of Virile; 11856 ;'the fbearers
niust attend; at this officetd sign rectiptstlor the payment
of principal and:latex*. t •
Payment, in raouv,izaKel obtained 'this office for
any of the Said' xelteqde lila, previously to the said
%.17tlecTs.f. of June, 185 Li, upetr;_gthe claimant 4, leavin the
bills for examination oue day prior to that on—w•hion Raab
payment is desired.
N.B.—All Ex3heciner Bills elated prior to June, 1855,
have been previously advertised. to be paid off.
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Aecounttbnt-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, May 26.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of that portion of the proceeds to which the officers
and crews of her Majesty's ships are entitled, arising from
the Russian vessel Sitka, captured on the 7th September,
1854, by her Majesty's ships President, Pique, and Virago,
in company with his Imperial Majesty's ships La Forte,
&Eurydice, and L'Obligado.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to
the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order
that the same may be examined., taxed, and allowed by
that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of
the said Court.
Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Prizo Branch of the Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer-
set-house."
Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the sago proposed for the corn-
nencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an iniiviinal's share in the respective classes
will be announced.

BANKRUPTS.
James Walker Ninnes (and not James Walker Minnes,
as formerly advertised), watchmaker, Tonbridge Wells,
to surrender Jane 7, at twelve, and July 11, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Al-
dermanbury ; Wilkinson and Stevens, Nicholas-lane.
Benjamin Ridge, apothecary, Putney, June 11, at half-
past eleven, and July 9, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Laurance, Plews, and
Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
George Tindall and Ranson George Wilkinson, insurance
brokers, Great St. Helen's, June 16, at one, and July 5,
at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Norton and Son, New-
street, Bishopsgate.
Alfred Quilter, grocer, Malden, Jane 13, at, two, and
July 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rooks, Bedford-row ;
Hance, Malden.
Richard Para yJones, serivener,Whitchureh, Salop, Juno
14, at half-past eleven, and July 3, at ten, at Birmingham.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson and
Allen, Birmingham.
Goo. Winn, builder, Bottosfora, Leicestershire, Jane 17,
and July 8, at half-past ten, at Birmingham. Harris, offi-
cial assignee, Nottingham ; Wigelsworth, Donnington,
Lincolnshire.
James Seddon, sculptor, Liverpool, June 11 and July 9,
at eleven, at Liverpool. Cazenove, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Francis and Almond, Liverpool
Augustus Buchanan, baker, Plymouth, June 9 and
July, 7 at one, at the Exeter District Court.
official assignee, Plymouth ; Stogdon, Exeter.
George Bums and Godfrey Biens, cloth manufacturers,
Hartshead Moor, Popplewell Mill, Yorkshire, June 13
and July 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Jackson, Cleckheaten -;
Carriss and Cudworth, Leeds. .
Catharine Solomon, outdtter, Bristol, June 9 and July
7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol; Bevan and Girling, Bristol.
Frederick George Beale, Gloucester, bill broker, June
16 and July 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Wilkes, Gloucester.
William Dodds, ironfounder, Wenlock-road, and of 28,
Leadenhall-street, June 11, at half-past twelve, and July
5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater and Hack-
wood, Sise-lane.
George Rowland, brewer, Erith, June 10, at two, and
July 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Sambrook-conrt, Basinghall-street ; Mat-
thews, 2, Arthur-street West, London-bridge.
Thomas Craven, builder, Birmingham, June 7 and July
4, at eleven at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Baker, Birmingham ;
Reece, Birmingham.
William Hill, timber merchant, Cleobury, Salop, June
9 and 30, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee. Birmingham ; Boycott,
Kidderminster ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

P. Jackson, Manchester, druggist, first div. of 6s. 2id.
in the pound, payable at 69, Princes-street, Manchester,
on any Tuesday.
J. Hartley, Middleton, licensed victualler, first div. of
4id. in the pound, payable at 69, Princes-street, Manches-
ter, on any Tuesday.
C. Fox, Manchester, printseller, first div. of 2s. 8?d. in
the poand, payable at 69,. Princes-street, Manchester, on
any Tuesday.
B. Travis Luzley Brook Mills, Oldham, cotton spinner,
first div. of? ss. Bid. in the pound, payable at 69, Princes-
street, Manchester, on any Tuesday.
T. Spray, Lenton, Nottingham, lace manufacturer, first
,liv. of 3s. in the pound, payable at Middle Pavement,
Nottingham, on Monday, June 2, and two following Mon.
dos.
T. Bramich, Harborne, Staffordshire, corn dealer,
first div. of ls. 6/d. in the pound, payable at 37, Waterloo-
street, Birmingham, on any Thursday.
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLA.RED.
Cameron,, T. Johnston, and W. Bever!),
T. Stocker Stocker, Sloane-street, drapers,
Westminster, tailors, Juue 20--T. Hut-
jnchueinnneris,e2Ht4t—uaniterrefeotr'd, butcher; W. Wiggins, Dartford, Rent,
and St. Paul's Churchyard, paper manufacturer ; H. M.
Goodwin .and C. Lee, Bishopegato-street-within, ship-
' owners, June 21—G. Davis, Wigmore-street, Cavendish-
' • square, cabinetmaker, June 24711. and W. Coop, Ow-