The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-19 00:00:00

V:‘,l4kiy. AUGUST 19, 18 5

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
(Before Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.)

PASSING FORGED NOTES.—Joseph Collins, aged 42,
and Thomas Collins, aged 40, were indictedfor feloniously
uttering a forged five pound Bank of England note.
The jury found the prisoners guilty, and they were sen-
tenced to ten years' penal servitude.
ARSON.—Asher Sterne, a respectably attired man,
carrying on the business of a waterproofer, in White-
chapel, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to his
dwelling house. The facts of this case have been already
fully reported in Tire Sun.
The case had not terminated when our report left.
THE. CASE OF ARDUOTION.—CIark was yesterday sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard
labour.

THE PERSIAN WAR.

(Prom the Gazette of last Evening.)
INDIA BOARD, Arra. 17.

Tim following notification has bre❑ received from tLe
Governor•Geuerv.l of India in Council, in addition to
those published in the London Gazette of the 11th inst.

NOTIFICATION.

Fort William, Foreign Department,
July 1, 1857.

Since the Notification No. 140, dated the 18th ult.
was published, the Right Honourable the Governor-
General in Council has received a dispatch dated the
27th of May, 1857, from Lieutenant-General Sir James
Outram, K.C.8., bringing to notice the services of cer-
tain officers attached to the Expeditionary Force whose
names were not before the Government at the time the
Notification above referred to was issued.
The Officers now noticed by the Lieutentant-General,
are—
Captain Pottinger, Brigade Maj )r Artillery at Bushire.
Captain Graves, 3rd Light Cavalry, who brought the
regiment out of action at Bushire.
Captain Aitcheson, Brigade Major Infantry at Bushire.
Brevet-Major Sibley, Brigade Major Infantry at Bushire.
Captain D. Hay, Acting Brigade Major Infantry at

i3ushire.
Brevet-Majorßaynes, commanding 20th Native Infau-

try at Bushiro.
Surgeon Stovell, Superintending Surgeon at Bushire.
Brevet-Major neatly, Aide-de Camp to Brigadier-

GeneralLiavelock at Mohumra. _
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutt, C. 8., commanding Artillery

at Mohumra.
Captain `Dorgan, commanding mrrtars on the raft at

Mohumra.
Captain Douglas Brigade Major Artillery at Mohumra.
Captain Bouvtrie, Brigade Major Infantry at Mohumra.
Captain M‘Sechnie, Brigade Major Infantry at Mo-

humra.
Lieut.-Colonel Le Grand Jacob, commanding Light

-
Battalion at Mohumra.
Major Boileau, commanding Madras Sappers and Miners.
Lieut. C. Clerk, Madras Cavalry, Aide de-Camp.
Captain Lucas, Assistant-Commissary-General.
Lieut. Havelock, Assistant-Quartermaster•General.
Surgeon Mackenzie, Superintending Surgeon at Bushire
and Koosh-ab.

To all these officers; no less than those who were
honourably mentioned in the Notification of the 18th at.,
Lieut.-General Sir J. Outram, R.C.8., has expressed his
obligations ; and the Right Hon. the Governor General
in Council has great pleasure in offering to them his cor-
dial thanks, and assuring them that it will be his care
to recommend their services to the most favourable con-
sideration of her Majesty's Government and the lion.
the Court of Directors.

G. F. EDMONSTONE,
Secretary to the Government of India.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 10.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Reverend J.
Bowen, L.L.D., to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of
Sierra Leone, in the room of the Right Reverend John W.
Weeks, deceased.

DOWNING-STREET, AIM. 16.
The Queen has been pleasedto appoint J. Jardine,Esq.;
C. St. George Cleverly, Esq., (Surveyor-General) ; H. T.
Davies, Esq., (Chief Magistrate) ; and George Lyall,
Esq., to be Members of the Legislative Council of the co-
lony of Hong Kong.
Her Majesty has also be pleased to appoint Michael
Henry Gallwey, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the
colony of Natal ; Augustus Frederick Gore, Esq., to be
Assistant Government Secretary for the colony of British
Guiana ; and Charles Waters to be Solicitor-General, and
James Brown, Esq., to be Surveyor-General, for the Pro-
vince of New Brunswick.

WHITEHALL, AUGUST 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Ding-
wall Fordyce, Esq., advocate, to be Sheriff of the shire or
sheriffdom of Sutherland and Caithness.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AITG. 18.
Erratum in the Gazette on the 14th August, 1857.
BREVET.

For Captain Thomas Baker Pleydell, retired full-pay
Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Major-Gene-
ral, read, Captain Thomas Baker Pleydell, retired full-
pay Royal Marines, to have the honorary rank of Major.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED B Y LORDS LIEUTENANT.
Castlernartin Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Douglas
'Arthur Reid, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Joshua Paynter,
Esq., resigned; Arthur Bellairs Harries to be Cornet of a
Troop, vice Decimus William Byers, promoted.
Royal Pembrokeshire Militia—John Delaware Lewis,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
William Henry Brown, steel roller and merchant, Shef-
field.

BANKRUPTS.
Edward Simmons Cooper, leather seller, Commercial-
place, City-road, to surrender Sept. 2, at one, and Sept.
30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, offi-
cial assignee; Strong, Jowin-street.
William Chappin, straw hat manufacturer, Tring, Ilert-
fordshire, Aug. 28, at two, and Sept. 24, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Pearce, Giltspur-strcet.
John Witherden, coal merchant, late of Dunstablo, Bed-
fordshire, Aug. 27, at eleven, and Oct. 2, at one, .at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Armstrong, Old Jewry.
Charles Dorrett, dealer in wines, Lincoln's-inn, Aug.
27, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Rees, Copthall-court, City.
George Young, victualler, Old-street-road, Aug. 28, at
one, and Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Wright and
Bonner, Fenchurch-street.
John Frederick Augustus Minch, merchant, Mincing-
lane, Aug. 31, at ono, and Sept. 28, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhal-cham-
bers ; Dawson and Bryan, Bedford-square.
John Hinkley, jun., corn dealer, Brentwood, Essex,
Aug. 28, at half-past one, and Oct. 2, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Marton, Thomas and Hollams, Mincing-
lane.
Thomas Burbridge Marston, dyer, Leicester, September
8 and 22, at half-past ton, at the Nottingham Shirehall.
Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Davis, Leicester;
Knight, Birmingham.
Thomas Wilson, railway carriage maker, West Brom-
wich, Aug. 28, and Oct. 9, at ten, at the Birmingham
District Court. Whitmore, officialassignee,Birrningham ;
Smith yard Burdkin, Sheffield ; Smith, Birmingham.
Joseph Willmott and Johu tartloy, sawyers and timber
merchants, Essex-street, Kingsland-road, August 29, at
twelve, and Sept. 2, at half-past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alderma.nbury ;
Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury.
Robert Sutton and William Haywood, booksellers,
Liverpool, Sept. 8, and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Pem-
berton, Liverpool.
Hugh Mackay and William Bishtou Davies, shipwrights,
Liverpool, Sept. 1 and 21, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Cazanove, official a3signeo, Liverpool; Dodge,
Liverpool ; Ewer, Liverpool.
John Matthews, statuary, Plymouth, Aug. 31, at ton,
and Oct. 5, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Eider; Elworth, Plymouth.
Joseph Bradbury Robinson. hosier, Macclesfield. Aug.
31, and Sept. 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Parrott,
Colville, and May, Macclesfield.
Hector Melville, cooper, Liverpool, Sept. 8 and 0, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, offi-
cial assignee, Liverpool; Blackhurst, Liverpool.
Benjamin Moseley, scythe manufacturer, Broadway,
Derbyshii e, Sept. 5 and 26, at ten, at the Leeds District
Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Ryalls, Shef-
field.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Kidd, mathematical instrument maker, Dundee.
Hernnlewicz, Main, and Co., iron and wire fence manu
facturers, Glasgow.
William Thompson, cattle dealer, Drumboy.
Hugh Smith and Co., dyers, Glasgow.
John Lamb, miller, Glasgow.