The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-11 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHTS' GAZETTE.

WHITEHALL, cß7lratsen. tto be passed
The King hasbeenple
asedt to direct
letters
under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon Lord Wharncliffe,
Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir James Kempt, G.C.B.
Dudley Ryder, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Sandon); the
Right Hon. Sir Edward Hyde East, Bart. ; the Right Hon. Robt.
Cutlar Fergusson ; Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.B. ;
and Major-General Sir Thomas Reynell, Bart., and K.C.8.,
his Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into several modes
of punishment now authorised and in use - for the main-
tenance of discipline and the prevention of crime in his Ma-
jesty's land forces, and to report whether, after a careful re-
ference to all the circumstances and conditions under which
the British army isconstituted, and all the services which it is called
upon to perform, it may be practicable to dispense with the power
of inflicting corporal punishment, or to make any other changes or
modifications in the punishments now applicable to offences com-
mitted by the soldier, without detriment or danger to the paramount
object of maintaining 'strict discipline, and effectually repressing
crime in the ranks of the British army, throughout all the various
contingencies of military service to which his Majesty's troops are
necessarily liable.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Northumberland.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet I.
Cookson to be Lieutenant, vice Himsworth, resigned ; R. L. Sur-
tees, Gent., to be Cornet, vice J. Cookson, promoted ; F. Surtees,
Gent., to be ditto, vice I. Cookson, promoted.

DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
GEORGE TELFER, coal-merchant, Phoenix-wharf, City
Baran.
CHARLOTTE BEVAN, glass-dealer, Great Portland-street,
Marylebone.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
WILLIAM KEY, cheesemonger, London-wall.
•
BANKRUPTS.
JOHN SHIELDS, wire-worker, Bridge-road, Lambeth, to
surrender, March '2O, and April 21, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee ; Wigley, Pickitt-
street, Strand.
ROBERT COLE, scrivener, Basinghall-street, London, March
16, at one, and April 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Nind and Cotterill, Throgmorton-street ; Clark, official assignee,
St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street.
ANN HIDER, cheesemonger, Otford, Kent, March 20, and
April 21, at Twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pan-
cras-lane, official assignee ; Sandom, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane.
WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, brewer, Dorset-street, Clapham-
road, Surrey, March 20, and April 21, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Barber
and Davidson, Furnival's Inn.
SAMUEL TIPPER, paper manufacturer, Whitebrook Mills,
Landogo, Monmonthshire, March 19, at twelve, and April 21, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lofty, Potter, and Crowe,
King-street, Cheapside ; Cannan, official assignee, Sambrook-mita,
Basinghall-street.
RICHARD BARNARD, paper-maker, Hollingbourne, Kent,
March 20, at one, and April 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Dawes, Sergeant's Inn ; Turquand, official assignee, Cop-
TAMES BULMAN, porter-merchant, Great Tower-street,
March 17, at one, and April 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Blunt, Roy, Blunt, and Dun-
can, Liverpool-street, Broad-street-buildings.
JEREMIAH CARTER, woollen-warehouseman, Coleman-
street, London, March 16, at three, and April 21, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, official assignee ; Tilson, Son, and
Squance, Coleman-street.
NATHANIEL THOMAS, upholsterer, Manchester, March 26,
and April 21, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester.
Chester, Staple Inn ; Chapman, Manchester.
PHINEAS ABRAHAMS, jeweller, Leeds, March 20, at ten,
and April 21, at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. Sydney,
New London-street, London ' • Ftxlen, Leeds.
WILLIAM PITT WILLIAMS, and WELLINGTON WIL-
LIAMS, drapers, Bexley, Kent, March 17, and April 21, at two,