The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-28 00:00:00

PROMISSORY NOTES.

(From Last Night's Gazette.)
An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis-
sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been
in circulation in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those
circulated by Private Banks, and by Joint-Stock Banks, in
England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank
of Ireland, and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the
four weeks ending the 14th day of September, 1844, pursuant
to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 :

ENGLAND.

Private Banks
Joint-Stock Banks...

4,338,569
3,158,290

SCOTI,LND.

Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks 2,940,456

IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland 3,359,150
Private and Joint-stock Banks

Total
H. L. WICKHAM.
Stamps and Taxes, Sept. 27, 1844.

We are requested to state that Mr. J. Fenimore
Cooper's new work, entitled "Lucy Hardinge," in three
vols., post Bvo., is this day published by Mr. Bentley,
of 8, New Burlington-street, and may now be had at all
the libraries. Mr. Bentley has also just published
" The History of Sweden," edited by Mrs. Mary Howitt,
in two vols., post 8 vo., which may now be had of all
booksellers.

Mr. Glyn and a deputation transacted business
yesterday at the oflioe of the Board of Trade.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 27, 1844.

THOMAS WILLIAM 13UriERWOR,Tif, draper,
Hulme, Lancashire.

BANKRUPTS.

EDWARD APLAiGHEIIs, hair merchant, Long-
lane Bermondsey, to surrender Oct. 16, at half-past
eleven, and Nov. 8, at half-past two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
ploce, Old Jewry ; Keddell and Baker, Lime-street, City
FREDERICK BOTH STACY and WILLIAM
STACY, warehousemen, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside,
Oct. 5, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 8, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Crowder and Maynard,
Coleman-street, City.
JOHN GREGORY WEBB, mineral water-manufac-
turer, Oct. 11, at one, and Nov. 8, at half-past one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street ; James, Basinghall-street.
THOMAS ELDRIDGE, coach-builder, Upper North-
place, Gray's Inn-road, Oct. 11, at half-past twelve, and
Nov. 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street;
Chamberlayne and Meaden, Great James-street, Bed-
ford-row.

WILLIAM WILLIAMS and JOSEPH SAWTELL,
corn merchants, Newport, Monmouth, Oct. 14 and Nov.
8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Kynaston,
official assignee, Bristol ; Prothero, Newport.
JAMES LEYBOURN, cabinet maker, Bradford, Oct.
9 and 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Free-
man, official assignee, Leeds; Foster, Bradford; Nether-
sole, Essex street, Strand.
JOHN LAMBERT, grocer, New Elvet, Durham,
Oct. 10, at half-past two, and Nov. 18, at two, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyno District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and Compton,
Church-court, Old Jewry, London ; Thompson, Dur-
ham ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
INSOLVENT PETITIONS.

tohffiatwheeikaelwrassignee.
E. Lovett, hurdle maker, Ellisfield, near Basingstoke,
Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit-
more, official assignee.
J. A. Deadman, horse dealer, Deptford, Oct. 8, at
half:past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee.
T. Curtis, Lisson-grove, St. Marylebone, Oct. 12, at
half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.
S. Roast, baker, Little Laver, Essex, Oct. 12, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee.
W. Butter, Great Suffolk-street, Oct. 12, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
E. T. Sacheverell, coffee-housekeeper, New Windsor,
Oct. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.
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W. Laslett, wheelwright, Swaleeliffe, near W:htidhtws,taaorbdclest:,
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official assignee.
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at the Leeds District Court. Rope, official assignee.
J. Mountford, auctioneer, Barnard Castle, Durham,
Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne,
official assignee.
Halifax,Young official assignee.
Oct. 11, at eleven,
at J.
the HLeeebdles thDwirJ. Woodman, Stonegate, Yorkshire, Oct. 11, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Rope, official assignee.
bsatiitec,tcourt. butcher,
E. Woodhouse, horse breaker, leirton, Lindsey, Lei-
cestershire, Oct. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee.
F. Richter, professor of languages, York, Oct. 18, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official

assignee.
S. Harris, carpenter, Stalbridge, Dorsetshire, Oct. 17,
at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official
assignee.
J. Thomas, innkeeper, Falmouth, Oct. 17, at eleven,
at the Exeter District Court. Ilernaman, official as-
signee.
J. Ballard, shoemaker, Chilvers Coton, Warwickshire,
Oct. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee.
T. Newton, jun., Wisbeach, Oct. 18, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee.
T. Minster, boarding-housekeeper, Liverpool, Oct. 7,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official

assignee.
llutton, official assignee.
Oct. 29, at eleven, at
theS.BTriasytolelr Districtbak cr,
G. Kennedy, grocer, Aspatria, Cumberland, Oct. 3, at
half-past eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District
Court. Baker, official assignee.
Cour Cheltenham,
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. Hill, jun., and W. Brookes, merchants, St. Mary-
Axe, Oct. 19, at twelve.
In the Country.
T. Kearsley, cotton spinner, Tyldesley, Lancashire,
Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J.
Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Philips, and T. Smith, bankers,
Leicester, Oct- 22, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham
District Court—J. Andrew, banker, Maryport, Cumber-
land, Oct. 22, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court—R. Lamb, iron merchant, Stockton,
Durham, Oct. 22, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause he shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
T. Wallace, grocer, Pentwyn Ironworks, Monmouth-
shire, Oct. 21—J. Bass, draper, Brecon, Oct. 21—J. An-
drew, banker, Maryport, Cumberland, Oct. 23—R. Ed-
wards, draper, Aberdovoy, Merionethshire, Oct. 23
J. F. Garnett, hatter, Wellington-street, Oct. 18—J.
Boyle, corn dealer, Manchester, Oct. 18—J. Holland,
draper, Butted, Sussex,
Oct. 18—G. Muir, draper,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 18.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Holland and W. Sadler, architects, Duke-street,
Adel phi—E. and E. Atkisson, milliners, Liverpool—
W. Jackson, S. S. Jackson, and B. Jackson, tobacco
manufacturers, Leeds (so far as regards E. Jackson)—
M. and A. Blaekmore, milliners, Davies-street, Berkeley-
square—ll. B. Addison and J. Greenwood, engineers,
Sumner-street, Southwark—E. Rigmaiden and J. Eller-
ton, ale merchants, Liverpool—E. and J. Cox, wheel-
wrights, Upper East Smithfield—R. P. G. Penny and
E. Randolph, attorneys-at-law, Exeter—J. Lovegrove
and .T. Young, barge builders, Rotherhithe-street, lto-
therhithe —J. Walsh and W. Padgett, scribbling millers,
Yeadon, Yorkshire—E, Gregory and E. Davenport,
milliners, Church-street, Spitalfields—J. Yates and R.
Slater, cotton manufacturers, Preston, Lancashire—H.
Southan, sen., and 11. Southan, jun., carriers, Worcester
—J. A. Bate and J. A. Faulkner, factors, Birmingham—
T. Barton, H. P. Barton, and J. Ormerod, calico
printers, Manchester—T. Orford, R. G. Ramsden, and
H. Holland, merchants, Liverpool—G. B. Yates and W.
Galloway, lace manufacturers, Nottingham—E. Abra-
hamsh and J. Watkin, engravers, Manchester—W. G.
Cornforth and S. L. Gaskell, pawnbrokers, Congleton,
Cheshire—T. Holland and T. Holland, jun., cattle
dealers, Cirencester, Cheshire.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOHN WATT, turner, Edinburgh, Oct. 3 and 25, at
two, at the chambers of W. Saunders, Edinburgh.
DAVID MILN, grocer, Dundee, Oct. 4 and Nov. 1,
at twelve, at the British Hotel, Dundee.
HENRY LECK, manufacturer, Glasgow, Oct. 7 and
Nov. 4, at one, at the Commercial Hotel, Glasgow.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Sept. 24, 1844, is 335. 3d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on. the im-
partation thereof into Great Britain,

i Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet H. D.
Trelawny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Earl
of March, promoted ; F. W. F. Berkeley, Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, vice Trelawny, Sept. 27.
10th Light Dragoons—Capt. B. Harrison, from 11th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Cathcart, who ex-
changes, September 27.
11th Light Dragoons—Capt. A. Cathcart, from 10th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Harrison, who ex-
changes, September 27.
7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign R. Kaye, from 70th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dickinson,
appointed Adjutant, September 27.
Bth Foot—Lieut. C. Holder, to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice West, who retires ; Ensign It. W. Hartley
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holder ; S. C.
Craster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hartley,
Sept. 27.
22d Foot—Captain T. White, from 42d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Goldie, who exchanges, Sept. 27.
33d Foot—Lieut. E. A. Milman to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Todd, who retires ; Ensign R. Lacy to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Milman ; N. Kemp,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice L.lcy, Sept. 27.
39th Foot—Lieutenant )E. W. Fraser to be Captain,
without purchase, vice J. Blackall, whe retires on full-
pay ; Ensign H. D. Gaynor to be Lieutenant, vice
Fraser ; G. Wolfe, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gaynor,
Sept. 27.
42d Foot—Captain M. W. Goldie, from the 22d Foot,
to be Captain, vice White, who exchanges, Sept 27.
51st Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. Pepper, from
half-pay 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice 11. C. C. Somer-
set; who exchanges ; Lieutenant A. J. W. Northey to
be Captain, by purchase, -vice. Pepper, who retires ;
Ensign D. Stephenson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Northey ; G. W. Drought, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Stephenson, Sept. 27.
70th Foot—F. A. Willis, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Kaye, promoted in 7th Foot, Sept. 27.
92d Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. Blake, from half-pay
6th Garrison Battalion, to be Captain, vice R. Pitcairn,
who exchanges ; Lieut. K. D. Mackenzie to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Blake, who retires ; Ensign C. M.
Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macken-
zie ; F. Macbean, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Hamilton, Sept. 27.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. W. Stevens to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Wickham, who retires ; En-
sign C. Q. Dick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Steevens ; H. L. Cafe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Dick, Sept. 27.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment--Second Lieutenant J. A.
Layard to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kolson,
whose promotion has been cancelled, Aug. 23 ; Lieute-
nant R. Hartman, from half-pay 96th Foot, to be First
Lieutenant, vice Stewart, promoted ; Second Lieutenant
W. H. Kelson to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Hartman, who retires ; L. A. Forbes, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kelson, Sept. 27.
UNATTACHED.—Lieut. C. H. G. Lennox Earl of
March, from the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, to
be Captain, by purchase ; Lieut. G. R. Pole, from 93d
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Sept. 27.
MEMORANDUM.—Second Captain J. H. Caddy, upon
half- pay of the Royal Artillery, has been allowed to re-
tire from the Service, by the sale of an Unattached
Company, he being a settler in Canada, Sept. 27.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.