The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-31 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, AUG: 28.

The Queen has been pleaiel to appoint Archibald
William Douglas, Eq. (commonly called Viscount
Drumlanrig). to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of
the Shire of Dumfries, in the room cf the Marquis of
Queensberry, resigned.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 29.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General Thomas
Paterson to be Colonel Commandant, vice Lieutenant-
General Worsley, deceased, Aug. 15.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
2nd Regiment of Rue :1 Bucks Yeomanry Cavalry—
Quartermaster Daniel Dennett to he Cornet, ♦ice
Trower, resigned, Juno 15; Charles Patrick, Gent,, to
be Cornet, vice Loveridge promoted, July 31.
Commission by the Lord•Lieutenent of RJss-shire.
96th or Ross-shire, &c,, Regiment of North British
Militia—George Richard Mackenzii', Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice Alexander Mackenzie, deceased,
Aug. 2.4..
[The Gazette contains a notice from the Spaker that
ho intends to issue a new writ for the borough of Pot:At!,
in the room of the lat 3 George Richard Robinson, Esq.]

BANKRUPTS.

Robert Barker and Henry Davey, drapers, Bicester,
Oxfordshire, to surrender Sept. 9, at one, and Oct. 10,
at twelve, at the Coors of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official
assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill; Hardwick, Davidson,
and Bradbury, Weavere-hall, Basinghall-street.
Virgil James Powell, snuff manufacturer, King's-
place, Commercial-road East, Sept. 7, at half-past
(eleTen, and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Whitmore., official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Burnell, Fenchurch-street.
Robert M'Dowali, draper, Worthing, Sept. 7, at
eleven, and Oct. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, ofiicial assignee, Basinghall-
street; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn.
Charles Porter, grocer, Booking, Sept. 11, at one, and
Oct. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee; Cotterell, Tbrogrnorton-street.
Samuel Wilson. grocer, Wolverhampton, Sept. 12, at

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twelve, and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Chaplin, Birmingham.
William Jefferson, painter, Kingston-upon-Hull,
Sept. 1S and Oct. 16, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds
District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Moss,
Hull.
Robert Smith, tavern keeper, Liverpool, Sept. 11 and
Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Owen, Liverpool.
William Miller and Alexander Miller, wino and spirit
merchants, Liverpool, Sept. 11 and Oct. 4. at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Turnar, official as-sigoee,
Liverpool; Cooper, Manchester.
John Snowball, builder, Gateshead,- Durham, Sept.
13, at half-past ten, and Oct. 15, at one, at. the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assig-
nee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle; Bell,
Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basingliall-street.
H. W. Hernssvorth, Primrose-street, Bishopsgate-
street, wine merchant, Sept. 23, at eleven—W. Willis,
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, wool broker, Sept. 23, at eleven
—W. J. Duckham, Little Love-lane, Wood-street,
Cheapside, hosier, Sept. 21, at half-past one—J. Coker,
Narford, Norfolk, timber dealer, Sept. 26, at half-past
twelve—G. Tell and B. M'Kenaie Ronald, Old Jewry-
chambers, East India merchants, Sept. 26, at eleven.
In the Country.
J. R. Henderson, Leicester, wino merchant. Sept. 27,
at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—J. Boycot, Kidder-
minster, draper, Sept. 24, at twelve, at the Court, Bir-
mingham—B. Royle, Manchester, and Ardwick, Lanca-
shire, check and gingham manufacturer, Sept. 20, at
twelve, at the Court, Manchester—P. Little, Blackburn,
Lancashire. currier, Sept. 20, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At th© Court, Basinghall-street.

S. Gillatt, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-street, builder,
Sept. 27, at twelve—J. Ryan, Mark-lane, and Manor•
lane, Bermondsey, manufacturing chemist, Sept. 26, at
two—J. Aruadell, Titchfield, Hampshire, commun
brewer, Sept. 21, at half-past eleven—J. Barnard, Stan-
ford Rivers, Essex, baker, Sept. 28, at eleven—T. Col-
lingwood, Abingdon, Berkshire, butcher, Sep. 21, at
eleven—D. Prety man and G. H. Hobson, Cornhill, iron-
mongere, Sept. 23, at two.
In the Country.
R. H. Parkinson, Manchester, warehouseman, Sep. 20,
at twelve, at the Court, Marc4ester.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

J. H. Musgrave, Elstcott-plac-, Ferdinand-street.
Hanapstes,d• road, embroiderer, certificate of the second
class—W. Ashdown, Chatham, ironmonger—W. Gar-
ret, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, bookseller, after 21 days from
Aug. 28—T. Long, Belgrave-str,,er, South, Pamlico,
picture dealer, certificate cf the secodd class—J. Belbin,
Beaumont-street, St. Marylebone, coachtnaker, certificate
of the second class—G. Johnson, Liverpool, coal mer-
chant, certificate of the second class, after 21 days from
Aug. 29, subject to a suspension of three calendar months
from the date thereof—W. Beaumont, Rotherham. York-
shire, grocer, certificate of the third class, after 21 days
—J. Pennock, York, farrier, certificate of the second
class, after 21 days—M. Jarvis, Leeds, wool merchant,
certificate of the second class, after 21 days—G. Wilson,
Wakefield, Yorkshire, draper, certificate of the second
class, after 21 days.