The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-25 00:00:00

TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS.

Colonel Joseph Nash, C. 8., Bengal Infantry.
Colonel James Alexander, C. 8., Bengal Artillery.
ALTERATION OF RANK.
Major-General R. Budd to rank from 10th Fab., 1850.
Major-General G. Hicks, C. 8., from 13th Feb., 1856.
Major-General H. F. Cayley, from 18th March, 1553.
Major-General H. Dick, from 2d April, 18E6.
The undermentioned officori4 of the East India Coin
pang's Service, retired upon full-pay, to have a step of ho-
norary rank as follows :

TO BE MAJOR-GENERAL.
Colonel Henry Tod Tucker, C. 13., Bengal Infantry
TO BE COLONELS.

Liantenant-Colonel John. Cooper, Botnlyty Infantry.
Lieutenant-Oelonel A:uthony Blake R ithbone, Bombay
Infantry.

TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL.
.Major Robert Henry Seale, Bengal Infantry.

TO BC MAJOR.
Captain Robert Wilberforce Bird, Bengal Infantry.
The following promotion* to take place consequent on

the death of Lieutenant-General Alexander Macdonald,
C. 8., Royal Artillery ;
Major• General Edward Charles Whinyates, C. 8., to be
Lieu tenan t-General.
Major-General Sir Richard. James Dacres, K.C.8., the
Senior Supernumerary, to be placed on the fixed Establish-
ment.

Colonel R,obort Andrews, retired full-pay, Royal Ar-
tillery, to be Major-General, the rank being honorary
only.

The following promotions to tale place, consequent on
the deaths of Generals George Wright and John Francis
Birch, of the Royal Engineers :
Major-General Sir Harry David Jones, K.C.8., at pre-
sent Supernumerary, to be placed upon the fixed Estab-
lishment, in the vacancy occasioned by General Wright's
decease.

Colonel Sir William Reid, K.C.8., to be Major-General
in the vacancy occasioned by General Birch's decease.
MEMORANDA.—Quartermaster John Mingay, on half-pay
of the 92d Foot, has been permitted to resign his commis-
sion.

Captain G. S. Robertson, on half-pay Royal Artillery,
has been permitted to retire from the service, by the sale
of his com►Aissiou, he being about to become a settler in

Captain C. H. Montresor Smith, on half-pay 00th Foot,
has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale
of his commission, he being about to become a settler in
New Zaaland.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry
Cavalry.—Capt. Sir John S. Pakington, Bart., M.P., to
be Major, vice Martin, resigned ; Lieut. John S. Paking-
ton to be Captain, vice Captain Sir John S. Pakington,
Bart , M.P., promoted ; Cornet Cameron Galion to be
Lieutenant, vice Pakington, promoted; Henry Pidcock,
Esq., to bo Cornet, vice Gallon, promoted ; Lieutenant
John Harward to be Captain, vice Hickman, deceased ;
Cornet Hy. Hickman to be Lieut.,vice Harward, promoted;
Walter D. Blunt,Gent., to bo Cornet,vice Hulme, resigned ;
Cornet Edward W. Haywood to be Lieutenant, vice
Knight, promoted in 1852; Cornet Charles Michael Ber-
rington to be Lieutenant, vice Stone, resigned ; Cornet E.
C. Rudge to be Lieutenant, vice Gist, resigned ; James
Kerr Meilliett, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Mynors, promoted;
Cornet Frederick Smith to be Lieutenant, vice Hunt, re-
signed ; Pynson Wilmot Beunitt, Gent., to be Cornet,
vice Smith, promoted ; Charles Freeman Malden, Esq., to
be Surgeon, vice Ricketts, resigned; Abraham Hoskins,
Esq., to be Assist.-Surgeon, vice Walsh, resigned ; the
Rev. Thomas Legh Claughton to be Chaplain, vice the
Hon. and Rev. W. T. Talbot, resigned.
Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry
Cavalry—Lientenant William Henry Harrison to be Cap-
tain, vice Morritt, resigned ; Cornet the Right Hon. Fran-
cis Thomas De Grey, Earl Cowper, to be Lieutenant, vice
Harrison, promoted • Sir George Ormby Wombwell, Bart.,
to be Cornet, vice the Earl Cowper, promoted.
East York Regiment of Militia.—Adjutant Richard
William Cradock to serve with the rank of Captain.
2d Cornwall Rifles. —John George Cook (late of her
Majesty's 53d Regiment of Foot) to be Ensign, vice Will-
yams, resigned. _

- Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Mi-
litia—John Zamoister, Gent., to be Ensign.l
sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Edward
Middleton, Geut., to be Ensign, vice De Visme, resigned;
Edmonstone Lendrick, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Rawlins, resigned.
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared iu the Gazette of Tuesday the 10th June inst.]
3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York- Militia.—
Joe Drury Bottomley, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Landon,
promoted. Dated 30th May, 1850.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
George Read, corn dealer, High-street, Shoreditch.
BANKRUPTS.
Chanon Searle, baker, Warwick•street, Pimlico, to sur-
render, July 3 and Aug. 14, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build-
ings ; Hilleary, Fenchurch•buildings.
George West, grocer, Eytiaorne, Kent, July 3, at half-
past twelve, and August 14, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Linklators and Huckwood, Size-lane.
William Copeland Strange, bricklayer, Henley-on-
Thames, July 8, at half-past one, and Aug. 6, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stausfeld, official assignee ;
Surr and Grible, Abchurch-lane.
Thomas George Watts, coal merchant, Clapham, July 3,
at eleven, and August 1, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Shephard, Clifford's-inn.
Thomas Truman, ironmonger, Pontypridd, Glamotgan-
shire, July 7 and August 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; R. and W.
Leonard, Bristol.

Samuel Bennett, tailor and draper, Camberwell, July 5,
nt two, and Aug. 11, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Nicholson, ofilcialassignee, Basinghall-street;•
Fraser and May, Dean-street, Soho.
Thomas Alfred Young, wine merchant, Sussex, July
3, at half-past eleven, and August 14, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
Street-buildings ; Dawson, Westminster.
James Bentall, grocer, Great Bentley, Essex, July 8, at
one, and Aug. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Rixon, Son, and Anton Can-
non-street ; Philbrick, Colchester. ,

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
Murray Gow, muslin manufacturer, Glasgow.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.
H. Cottman, Sandgate, Kent, grocer, second div. of 2d
in the pound, any Wed.nesuay, at the office of Mr. Whit
more, Basinghall-streot.

T. Main, late of King-street, Southwark-bridge-road,
and Albert-street, Penton-place, Walworth, engineer, first
div. of ls. 3d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office
of Mr. Whitemore, Basinghall-street.
R. Clark, Liverpool, miller—first div. of 10s. in the
pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver-
pool.
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J. H. Nuttall, Liverpool, commission merchant—third
div. of 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
J. Newsome, Dewsbury, woollen manufacturer—first
div. of 53, in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr.
Hope, Leeds.
S. Amer, Bradford, grocer—first div. of 3s. in the pound,
any day, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. Wailes, Dewsbury, scribbling millet and rag merchant
—first div. of Li. in the pound, any day, at the office of
Mr. Hope, Leeds.

J. and H. R. Halsted, Bradford and Wakefield, wool-
staplers—second div. of 11d, in the pound, and first and
second .livs. of 38. 11d. on new proofs, any day, at the
office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
B. Keurick, Frampton, Lincolnshire, shipowner—first
div. of 33. in the pound, Monday, June, 23, and three
subsequent Mondays, at the office of Mr. Harris, Not-
tingham.

DIVIDENDS.
July 15. I. W. H. Brown, Little Browden, Northamp-
tonshire, horse dealer; H. M. Marley and F. Reynolds,
Old Broad-street, silkwen; W. Gascoyne, Hitchin, butcher;
W. H. Dean, Fleet-street, auctioneer; J. Brake, jun.
Middleton, Northamptonshire coal merchant ; W. T.
Curtis, Great St. Helen's, City, merchant and commis-
sion agent—July 15, W. Schenk, Royal Exchange-build-
ings Port Wallace,Nova Scotia; and St. John's, New-
foundland, merchant—Julyl6, W. S. White, Handsworth,
chemist and druggist—July 29, J. Haywood, Derby, iron-
founder ; W. Elgood, Leicestershire, merchant, &c.—July
15, J. Rushton, Carlisle, plasterer and cementer, and
plaster of Paris and cement manufacturer—July 17, S. M.
and N. S. Lotinge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and North
Shields, merchants and ship and insurance brokers—July
16, W.N. Monies, Liverpool, spirit and wine merchant.

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
July 17. R. J. Polglaise, Borough-road and Jupps-ter-
race, Commercial-road East, engineer; J. Barney, Addle-
street, City, warehouseman; E. D. Cooper, Bawdsey, near
Wcodbridge, grocer and draper—July 16. W. Ford,
Chipping Lambourne, Berkshire,-iunkeeper—July 16. J. C.
Johns, late of King-William-street, City, and Mickleham,
Surrey, commission agent and share dealer—July 16, J.
Brake, jun., Middleton, Northamptonshire, coal merchant
--July 15, J. Lea, Dartford, tailor ; M. Lasker and G.
Bitter, New Basinghall-street, merchants and commission
agents; L. A. Hare, Albany-street, 11,3 gent's-park cook,
confectioner, and dealer iu preserved meats ; B. 5. Ryder,
Gough-street North, Gray's inn-road, paper-stainer—July
17, J. Best, South Shields, spirit and porter merchant ;
W. Blackburne, Liverpool, tailor; J. Sandiford, Hinckley,
Leicestershire, draper and mercer—July 29, W. Fryer,
Nottingham, wholesale draper; G. Phillipson, Stamford,
wine and spirit merchant.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED,
June 17, S. Norton, Town Mailing, Kent, scrivener
(second class) ; S. J. Giffin, Diddington-place, Caledonian-
road, draper (second class)—June 18, T. Andrews, Gates-
head, ironmonger (second class)--June 16, J. Foden,
Liverpool, grocer (third class)—June 17, W. Schofield,
Romily, Cheshire, coal dealer and commission merchant
(first class)—June 19, J. Smith, Rochdale, grocer (second
class)—June 18, T. Jones, Shrewsbury, draper (second
class)—June 19, G. Pennell, Stoke-upon-Trent, grocer
(second class); J. W. Price. Wolverhampton, commission
agent and oil merchant (third class)—Juno 23—J. Hip-
kiss, Tipton, iron master (second class)—June 18, R.
Wells, Kingstou-upon-Hull, tailor (third class).

DIVIDENDS.
J. Dolton, Paignton, baker and confectioner —div. of
4id. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Bryett,
Totnes.

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T. Davey, jun., Exeter, boot and shoe maker—div. of
nd. in the pound, Friday, June 11, or any subsequent
day, at the office of Mr Daw, Exeter.
R. Browning, Exeter, boot and shoe maker - div. of 4id.
in the pound, Thursday, July 17, or any subsequent day,
at the office of Mr. Daw, Exeter.
J. Walker, Exeter, photographic artist, engraver,
printer, and lithographer div. of lid. in the pound,
Thursday, July 17, or any subsequent day, at the office of
Mr. Daw, Exeter.
W. B. Stevens, lieutenant in the Madras Artillery—first
div. of 19. 44d. in the pound, Friday, July 11, or any sub-
sequent day, at the office of Mr. Davy, Exeter.
J. H. Warr, Exeter, mail guard and lodging-house
keeper—div. of 9d. in the poupd, Thursday, July 17, or
any subsequent day, at the office of Mr. Daw, Exeter.
E. Seage, Exeter, whitesmith and coach axle-tree manu-
facturer—div. of Md. in the pound, Friday, July 11, or•
any subsequent day, at the office of Mr. Daw, Exeter.
W. Simpson, late of Exeter, draper and tea dealer—div.
of 21. in the pound, Friday, July 11, or any subsequent
day, at the office of Mr. Daw, Exeter.