The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-09 00:00:00

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Distria Surgeon Muttlebury to be Surgeon to the
Forces.
Surgeon Richard Humphries, from the tat Dragoons, to be
Surgeon of a Recruit►ng Distria, vice Muttlebury. • •
.BARRACKS. • -
Charles Massey, Gent. late Barrack-Master at Mahlon, to be
a Deputy Barrack-Master in Great Britain.
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kILMOZA.Sing, .
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The Appointments of Thomas )army, Gent. to be Ensign in
the 6th Battalion of Reserve, and William Hamner, Gent.
to be Ensign in the 7th Fattalion of -Reserve, as stated in
the Gazette of the.igth July last, have not taken place.
Ea a. tt'r LT at in the Gazette of the 27tkuliirrio.
9th Battalion of Rqerve.
For Tohn Kernati, Gent. to be Ensign, read John Sharman,
Gent;to be En's,ign. -

I Commission ih the 'London NI ill tia; signed 49 Tiis 2tfaje.qy's Coin.
missioners of Lieutenancy jor the said City.
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West Regiment.
Thomas Thomas, Gent. to be Ensign,-vice Farmer, resigned.
Dated Dec. as, iSo:3. , -
Coirmis-sions'in the Second Regimenfof Tower Hamlets Min.;
tia, signed by the Ltd Lieutenant, Dated Dec. 25, 803
Ensign George Edward Carruthers to be Lieutenant:, vice
Leeson, resigned. William Leeson, Gent. to be Ensign,
vice Carruthers, promoted. '
Commissions in the Inverness-shire, &c. Regiment of Militia,
• signed by the Lord Lieutenant.
Major Hugh Rose to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Francis
Stewart, resigned. Dated November is, 1303. fames
Watson, Esq. to be Captain, vice the Hon.' Archibald
Fraser, _appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Aird Volun-
-teers. Dated December 1, 1103. Ensign john Munro to
be Lieutenant; vice fames Grant, resigned. Dated No-
vember 9, 11103. Peter Grant, Gent.' to be Ensign, vice
Munro, promoted. Dated as above..
Commissions in the Nottinghamshire Militia, signed by the Lord
' Lieutenant. Dated November 29, ISo3.
john Bogle Delap to be Captain. Alexander Fotheringham
to be Lieutenant. " ,
Commisiion in lb! Bedfordshire Militia, signed ay the Lord Lien=
tenant.
Charles Catmur, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Odober z 6,
1803.
Commission in the Norfolk Militia,-
signed by the Lot d Lieute-
nant.
Eastern Regiment. Edward Whaites, Gent. to be Lieute-
nant. Dated Dec. 241803.
Commissions signed 6y the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wor-
cester. Dsited Dec. 14, 1803.
To be Deputy-Lieutenants—Hon. George William Coven-
try.- William Beauchamp Lygon, . Esq. John Lygon,
Esq. Thomas Wakeman, Esq.
Commissions in the Leicestershire Regiment of Militia, signed
by the Lord Lieutenant.
Lieutenant-Benjamin Hands to be Captain. Dated Nov.
to, 1803. Ensign John Pitts to be Lieutenant. Dated as
above. John • Maule, Gent. to be ditto. Dated as above, '1
Lieutenant and Adjutant John Burgess, to. be. Captain by
Brevet. Dated Dec. 7t 1803. Lieutenant John Maule to
be 'Assistant-Surgeon. Dated Nov. 25, 603.
Commission in the Royal Regiment of Devon and Cornwall
- Miners, signed ,•11.,e Lord Warden: Dated Dec. 17, 1803.
Daniel Webb, Esq. to be Captain, vice Dickenson, deceased.
Commi.,,lons in the Royal Lanark Regiment of Militia, sign
by the Lord Lieutenant.
fohn French, Esq. to be Captain. Dated Dec. It, ad'
Edward Huie' Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated Dec.
• ttlos. Edward Brown, Gent. to. be
.Ensign. Dated as,
above,

(To continued.)

BANtRUPTCY ENLARGED.
Feb. ig. T. Thomas, of S pread- Eagle-court, Finch-lane.,
merchant, at ten, at Guildhall.
BANKRUPTS.
John Edgar, late of Blackburn, dealer, to surrender jan.
at five, 16, and Feb. it, at eleven, at. the Queen's Helti4
Blackburn. Attorney, Mr. Dewhurst, Blackburn. •
Thomas Ilanierton, of Lynn, Norfolk, paper-maker, jan.
16, at three, 17, at ten, and Feb. 18, at three, at the Castle,
Muntroft, Norwich. A Rowney,- Mr. Hainerton, Lynn.
john 13rockbank, of Keswick, Cumberland, dealer, Feb. 7,
$, and 18, at eleven, at the Globe, Cock ermouth. Attor-
nies, Mr. Benson, Coekermouth ; or Messrs. Clayton and
Scott, Lincoln's Inn, London.
john Scott and Charles Steward Bissett, of Liierpool, mer-
chants, lan.' 37,, 3r, and Feb. 'lB, at eleven, at the York
Hotel, Liverpool. Attornieg, Mr. Dardis, Liverpool "or
Mr. l\earsey, Hare-court, Temple, London.
Richard Baticock, of Marcham, Berks, maltster, jan. ,at
one, 14, and Feb. 18,.at eleven, at the Lamb Inn.
don, Berks. Attornies,•ll.lr. Morland, Abingdon ;or r.
13Iagrave, Salisbury-streer, Strand.
Henry Loftus Hodson of Huntingdon, merchant,
.Jan, 24,
25, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Fountain Inn, Hunting-
, don. Attomies, Mr.'Sweeting, Huntingdon ;or Messrs.
Cooper and Lowe, Southampton-Buildings, Chancery-
lane, London.
Thomas Barker, of Brickwall, Hertfordshire, victualler,
Jan. 14, at eleven, 21, and Feb. iB, at ten, at Guildhall,
London. Attorney, Mr. Cookney, Staple-Inn, London.
john King Corder, of Rotherhithe, maltster, jan. 10, 24, and
Feb. 38, at one, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr, Druce, of
Billiter-square.
Thomas Hall, of Berwick-upon,Tweed, merchant, Jan.
14, 2.4, and Feb. 18, at ten, at Guildhall, London. Attor-
ney, Mr. Carruthers, Jun. Clement's-Inn, London,
. Edward Davies, of Ivy-Lane, furrier, jan. la, 17, and Feb,
zB, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Wild, Warwick-
square.
j ames Saunders, now or late of Charlotte-street, f
Road, builder and plaisterer, Jan. 14, at one. 21, and Feb.
18, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Crawford,
Craven-Buildings, City-Road.

DIVIDENDS. te, -
Feb. 3. E. Mawby, late of Long Buckby, Northampton.
shire, cordwainer, at eleven, at the, Raul Inn, North.
ampton.
Feb. 17. W. Wilkinson and T. Chapman, of fewry.street
and Coal Exchange, coal-fatiors and copartners, at ten, at
Guildhall.•
Jan. 3. It. Early, of Chelmsford, coal-merchant, at ten,
at Guildhall.

Feb. LI. F. Jackson, of Basinghall.strect, London,' faa.or,
at ten, at Guildhall.•
Jan. 2S. j. Farquhar, of Winchester-street, London, trier.
chant, at eleven, at Guildhall.

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Can. 31. s. Bishop, of Gil,,Vecirport-streer, SOL°, Sta-
tioner, at one, at Gull& , London.
lan. 28. L. Waller, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, coach-
master, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
fan. 3r. H. Cooper, of Sandwich, Kent, linen-draper, at
eleven, at Guildhall, London.
Tan. aS. Z. Brown and S. Fixen, of Coleman=street, mer-
chants, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Feb. L. S. Edwards, of Manchester, cotton-spinner, at
three, at the Star Inn, Manchester.
Jan, 30. R. Milne, of Rochdale, Lancaster, scrivener, at
eleven, at the Roebuck Inn, Rochdale.
Feb. a. W. Britt, of Loddon, Norfolk, shopkeeper, at
eleven, at the Rampant Horse, Norwich.
Jan. 22. J. Lightly and'(. Thoinpson, of Upper •Thames-
, street, partners andpaper-dealers, at eleven, at Guildhall.
CERTFICATES.
Tan. 23. T-. Currie, of Cross-street, Finsbury-square, mer-
chant.
T. Severey, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, vintner.
T. Binns and J. Brown, of Tottenham-street, engine-makers.
W. Losh and G. Losh,ot Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchants.
J. Dean, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, woollen-draper.
M. Nicholson, or 1-10v4teiv„:Yorkshire, grocer.
I. Gale, v.l- 8r,..:' r,', "li'ts, clothier.
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DOCES',.I7,INALS, :.qt•-. • , -
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The foil: of the-progress:and pre-
sent state of
.1.04 most
.consiclesable and im-
portant o olr public Works, will not pgrhaps be
found unip.,:resting
The Wt.,. occupying a surface of
thirty acres for unloading all vessels coming from
the West Ind?a—r;lands and Ctiloni&; have been
Completed some time..since, and there is, nOvv,suf-
Acient accommodation-in. the substantial and exten-
sive stacks of warehouses, for such Merchants as
wish
.to bond or to house their commodities within
the walls; unexposed to fire or plunder, as no lights
are.suffered at any time, nor any person allowed to
remain on board, or within the Walls: after dark.
The exeavatiOn 'Of the Dock'forloVing, which is
to occupy twentY-four acres, 'is proceeding' in with
great spirit ::--In'the meanwhile, his highly grad_
Eying to,' the SUbscribers, and encouraging to these
grand national undertakihgs, 1O find that the profits
warrant a dividend a to per cent. On the sums al-
ready subscribed; and which 'the' Subscribers have
begun to receive.
The.Londonbock, forming in Wapping, for the
accommodation of shipping bringiog wines, spirits,
rice,
:and :tobacco, and for the lz.v.hole trade of the
port (West East. India shipping excepted) of such as
choose to avail, themselves thereof, ate io a
I. very.a&
vanced.state of forwardness and there is every rea-
son to believe that the. )ock for Imports will be
ready to receive vessels in the course. of the ensuing
Summer. Immense warehouses, arc forming, and
in particular, a most stupendous sock for housing
bondecl..tobaccoes, which Govern:penf are to rent,
besides giving every encouragementin their power
to the concert:, with a view toithe.security and in.
crease of the Public Revenue, and to the safety_and
dispatch of the property of the Merchant.
vely
The East India 'Stock, "for the use of the East
India shipping e,xclusi
infancy. The Dock ,
is as yet in a state of
Company have purchased
Messrs. Perry's and Wells' Wet Dock for the put.
pPse of forming part of :the Dock for loading out-
wards and the Dock for unloading is excavating
with all possible dispatch, on a suite or marsh above,
and is to occupy a
surface of about eighteen acres,
and likely to b.e. completed in
Abe Spring, of next
year.—The Capital subscribed is 200,0001.—There
are thirteen Direaurs„.of which four must always
be Direflors of the
-accommodations to trade,
•a wide road,
--4 n addition to these immense
East India Company.
Commercial Road.
Commercial Road is 1 and finished,
~ near y paved .
commencing at the North-west-corner of the West
called the
India Dock, and coming out into Whitechapel near
Aldgate. This Road has been used since the open-
ing of the West India Dock, and the Tolls'yield
weekly from 701. to Sol. and are daily increasing,
and with the profits of houses and lands purchased
by the trust, and let, will very shortly yield the
Subscribers their. limited to per cent, profit on the
al *of so,Oool. Subscribed.----The Road is in-
, to be carried on to the East India Dock, and
immunicate with the London Dock,
The Crane! 7undion Canal, a concern of
im
mense importancee to the commerce of the country,: is now pretty. Well known to the Public.—They,
have lately experienced some' impediment from the
drought during the Suniiner but, on the other!
hand, it has enabled thetif to repair and cleanse the'
'bottom in some pttris*Whetili wanted. The sum
subscribed for this concern
.is about 1,350,c001.
`and when the tunnel ancraqu'edua at' Blisworch are
arripleteel, which, it is expeded will be so at the
-end of this year, this 'immense undertaking will be
considered as quite complete, and well supplied with
water, without interruption ; then the Subscribers
will 'begin to look forward 'for a gradual and rapid
•increass of their Dividends, which, there can be no
manner of doubt, will very amply. remunerate them
for their long patience and spirit of perseverance in
assisting a work of this national consequence.