The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-07 00:00:00

WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 3.

Tho Queeii has boon graciouily pleased to give orddrs
for tho appointment of Major Generals Henry William
Barnard, C. 8., and Ifenry, Lord Itokeby, to be Ordinary
Members of the Military Division of the Second Class, or
Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of
the Bath.

WHITEHALL, MAY 3.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appuict
the Right Hon Robert Montgomery, Lord Belhaven, to
be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General As-
sembly of the Church of Scotland.
BOARD OF TRADE, MAY 2.
A statement having been made by a witness at the in-
vestigation held at Liverpool, in the matter of the ship
'Mermaid, relative to the depth of water on the bar of the
port of Pernambuco, which appeared to Mr. Cowper, her
Majesty's Consul there, to be injurious to the interests of
the port, as giving an incorrect view of its capabilities for
the accommodation of shipping, the following report has
been obtained from the chief pilot there, and is published
for the information of mariners:—

Most Illustrious Sir,—ln reply to the questions which
your lordship put to me yesterday, it is my duty to inform
you,-
Ist. That at spring tides the bar of the port of this city
has 20 feet of water, and the mall bar from 16 to 17, wirer
which vessels drawing from 14 to 15 feet of water can
enter, those drawing as much as 17 can do so no higher up
than the Poco.

2d. That as vessels come from the llosqueira in going
out, and have to pass the inner btr near the lighthouse,
they can do so, only drawing from 14 to 15 feet, with a
favourable wind.
31—lastly, the great bar of which I first. spoke, being
in a line with the Recipe, is open to the swell ; that within
the harbohr, whieh is the greater impediment, is in smooth
water.

I may add, although the question was not put to me by
your Lordship, that in those andaorages called the Lam-
erao and Samonbeos, vessels of.any draft of water can load
and unload with facility.
God preserve your Lordship.
Pernambuco, March 12, 1856.
(Signed) JOSE FAUSTINO POSTO,
Chief Pilot.

The Most Illustrious H. Augustus •
Cowper, Consul of England.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHA.LL, rttAY 5.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Stockholm, re-
porting that the following articles of food will be admitted
into Sweden, free of import duty, until the end of the pre-
sent year :
Grain of all kinds, bread of all kinds, grits and rice of all
kinds, maize, potatoes and potato meal, butter and cheese,
meat of all kinds. Animals—Oxen, cows, and young
cattle, calves, and swine. Fish, salted—Of all kinds, ex-
cept anchovies, sardines, and thornash. Fish, dry or
smoked—All sorts, except salmon and eels. Tallow—Oil
and fat of all kinds. Candles—tallow, stearine, and
mazarin.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Ma.Y 5,
The Right Honourable the Lords of the C3intnittee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, report-
ing that the Neapolitan Board of Health has established an
absolute quarantine of ten days on all vessels arriving
from Malta.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Hampshire Regiment of Militia.—Ensign Edward Chas.
Forward to be Lieutenant, vice Brown, appointed to the
59th Font.

Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—Major Geo.
Palmer Evelyn to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Campbell,
resigned.

2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—To be Lieu-
tenants—Ensign Louis Perre Goodchap, vice Cerjat, pro-
moted ; Ensign James Elyard, vice Sharpe, promoted ;
Ensign William Douglas Legge, vice Chaplin, appointed
to the Turkish Contingent.
Ross, Caithness, Satherland, and Cromarty Regiment of
Rifle Militla.—Ensign William Sinclair Sutherland to be
Lieutenant, vice Godfrey Wentworth Davidson, pro-
moted ; Robert Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign.
MEMORANDUM.- • Aberdeenshire Royal Regiment of Mi-
litia—The resignation of Ensign William Grant's commis-
sion has been accepted by the Lord-Lieutenant, from 18th
April, 1856. _

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Rowland Bateman and Robert Hardwicke, printers and
stationers, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn.
James Flood, junr., and Cornelius Robert Schaller, auc-
tioneers, &0., Charles-stree's, Middlesex-hospital.

BANKRUPTS.
James Welch, bulkier, York-grove North, Old Kent-
road, to surrender, May 15, at half-past one, and June 19,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official as-
signee, Coleman-street-buildings; Weatherfield, Basing-
hall- street.
Graham Phillipson, wine merchant, Stamford, May 20
and June 17, at half-past tea, At On Di rijainzbanoat.
Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Law,Stith=
ford ;.Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. •
Robert Webb, ironmonger, Newport, Mayl9 and June
17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol.
Samuel Isaacs, cigar dealer and tobacconist, Manchester,
May 22 and June 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Solo-
man, Borough-read, Southwark; Sale, Worthington, and
Shipman, Manchester.
Thomas Horner, surgeon, chemist, and druggist, Hoz-
ton, May 17, at half-past eleven, and June 13, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official
assignee, Basinshall-street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street.

Timmas Bate, hat manufacturer, Birmingham, May 17,
and June 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham; Faulkner, Manchester; Reece, Birming-
ham.

Louis Adolph Hue, confectioner, Albany-street, Re-
gent's-park, May 2, at two, and rune 17, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Stubbs, Moorgate-street.
Harcourt Master Marley and Foster Reynolds, silkmen,
Old Broad-street, May 16, at half-past eleven, and June
17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee ; Linklaters and Hackwood, Sise-lane.
John Lizars, general dealer, Birmingham, May 19 and
June 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; East,
Birmingham.

Henry Thornton, baker, Birmingham, May 19 and June
16, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Ludlow, Birmingham.
Edmondson Aspinall and John Abraham Robinson, ma-
chine makers, Bolton-le-Moors, May 20 and Jane 10, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee, Manchester ; Richardson and Hinnell, Bolton ;
Fligson and Robinson, Manchester.
Christopher Tuer, machine maker, Bolton-le-Moors,
May 20 and June 10, at twelve, at.the Manchester District
Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester; Richardson
and Hinnell; Bolton.

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SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
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John M'Nab, grocer, LimekilGusla,
Glasgow.
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OF ;diitviii.de DIVIDENDS.ad of 3s. id.
South Castle-street, Liverpool,
City, straw hat manufacturer,
dividendeet:coitfyl,lt.
Tinbuthrsed pound,_ payable at
10, B e..
rwsadyar'Aividend of iid. in the pound, payable
ionnNtreyEr:osujungd Monday.rpaoy
ladb Ice
Change,
,
Wallingford, ou any day.
Hungate, Lincolnshire, licensed victualler,
Thursday, May 8, and three fol-
lowing
Mr. R. W. Atkinson's office,
DIVIDENDS TO BE DEC3LaAnyRcEaDMy.r. F. Up-
,SAulrdreyal
pdlievbi(yle'sntolffiofcei,sSi7lider.-isntrteete,PLunun'olinpac!:able at
SnoTo.ki.- .KB King-eslree t..
Courtenay,
W. p. Lillicrapp, Davies-street, Berkeley q.
mndith, East
Jewry-street,
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-lisitfireeya cowkeeper,
fur-
rier May 29—V. Snook and J. T.
Hammersmith, linen.drapers, May 29
merchant, May 29—A. Bradbury, Oldhagm ei, provision
cotton spinner, May 23—W. Clarke, Altrinch, in Lancashire,
Tmhasym2e,s_Dj.i. t tNe n
Smith,
, Cheshire,
joiner, May 28—S. Archer, Rochdale, Lancashire,
manufacturer, May 27 D. W. Acramau, w. woollen
A. J. Acraman, W. Morgan, T. Holroyd, a Acraman,
Franklin, Bristol, ship builders, May 27—E. Dawes,nd J. N.
Wol-
verhampton, Staffordshire, licensed victualler, u
F. D. Blyth, Birmingham, factor, May 30—W. anNevrP—
ilson
and R. Vause, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants, May
W. French, Bedlington, Durham, brewer. May 33' 28—
Ball and T. Ball, Totnes, Devonshire, millersMa —,,Wo'
H. H. Dyer, Boscastle, Cornwall, grocer, May 29—Z.'""--
and H. Ede, St. Thomas by Launceston, Cornwall, bGill
dere, May 29—8. Vickers, Newton Bushell, Devonshire,
and spirit merchant, May 29—S. Rose, and R. 49
Rose, Honiton, Devonshire, drapers, May 29 (and on the
separate estates of R. W. Rose)—R. Minifie, Honiton,
Devonshire, baker, May 29.
CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
D. Deacon, Kilburn, butcher, May 29—8. Gorton,
Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, music smith, May 2:
E. Davis, Oxford-street, cabinet manufacturer, May 27
R. Nicholson, Southampton-court, Holborn, carpet-bag
maker, May 27—W. Bennett, Margaret-street, Cavendish-
square, victualler, May 27—J. H. Eying, Abergavenny,
Monmouthshire, surveyor—J. P. Veysey, Exeter, hatter,
June 5—F. W. Emerson, Trereife Chemical Works' near
Penzance, Cornwall, manufacturing chemist, June 5—R.
Clark, Liierpool, miller, May 29—W. Stevenson, Leices-
ter, butcher, June 24—R. Greene, Lichfield, banker, June
12—H. Smith, Sedgley, Staffordshire, farmer, June 12—
R. Welsh, Huddersfield, woollen 'merchant—June 6—J.
Douglas, York, tailor, June 6—H. Baird, Sheffield, linen
draper, May 31.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
J. Phillips, Maestag, Glamorganshire, publican—E.
Morgan, Maestag Iron Works, Giamorganshire, miner—.
J. Potts, Macclesfield, out of business—M. Thompson,
Cambridge, cow keeper—J. S. Barnes, Manchester, out of
employment—F. Barber, Manchester, commercial travel-
ler—E. Worrall, Manchester, salesman—C. Reynolds,
Witton, Cheshire, surgeon—E. Farrington, Tipton, Staf-
fordshire, out of business —E. Derecourt, Tipton, Stafford-
shire, ,shopkeeper—J. Maddox, Tipton, Staffordshire,
greengrocer—M. Shaw, Wellington, Shropshire, innkeeper
—T. Jarvis, Nailstone, Leicestershire, shoemaker—J.
Butt, Southampton, bailiff—T. Marsh, Southampton,
watchmaker—J. Wilson, Ipswich, grocer—W. powis,
Bilston, Staffordshire, batty collier—J. Pawls, Wolver
hampton, fancy milliner.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

S. Mallory7nciC-. H. Cowley, Warwick, grocers—H.
Steegmann, New York, America, E. Steegmann, and H.
T• Zimmorn, Nottingham, merchants (so far as regarda