The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 15.

The Queen hai been pleased to approve of Mr. James
Thompson, as Consul at Gibraltar for the Free Hanua-
tic cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
John Fergusson, as Consul at Belfast for the Republic
of Venezuela.

Commissariat Clerk Wm. dames Tyrone Power.
The commissions of the above-named officers to bear

date the 24th December, 1844.
MEMORANDUM—The Christian na.nes of Second
Lieutenant Dawkins, appointed to the 60th Foot, are
Clinton Francis Berens, and not Bewes, as previously
stated.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Forfarshire.
Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia—J. B.
L'Amy, jun., of Dunkenny, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 7.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Samuel Hammond, jun., market gardener, Upminster,
Essex.

BANKRUPTS.
William Aldred, builder, New Kent-road, Jan. 21, at
twelve, and Feb. 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-cham-
bers ; Beart, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street.
Antonio Nicholas Armani, merchant, Bush-lane, City,
Jan. 28, at twelve, and Feb. 26, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Crofts, Scott's-yard, Bush-lane.
Thomas Browning, innkeeper, Old Bailey, Jan. 29, at
twelve, and Feb. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Lambe,
Bucklersbury.
Andrew Donald, bookseller, St. Alban's, Hert-
ford, Jan. 22 and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Buchanan and Granger, Basinghall- street.
Joseph George Todman, licensed victualler, Gray's
Inn-lane, Jan. 28 and Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Dimes, Bread-street, Cheapside.
Henry Rome Stutchbury, bookseller, Theobald's-road,
Bedford-row, Jan. 24, at half-past one, and Feb. 25, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official as-
signee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Webber, Caro-
line-street, Bedford-square.
Thomas Richard Withers, brewer, Eling, Southampton,
Jan. 31, at two, and Feb. 28, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry; Sowton, Great James-street, Bedford-
row; Coxwell and Harefield, Southampton.
George Dickinson, farrier, South Portman-mews,
Portman-square, Jan. 24 and Feb. 28, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab-
church-lane, Lombard-street; Buchanan and Grainger,
Basinghall-street.
William Robertson, coffee-house keeper, Eagle-ter-
race, City-road, Jan. 24, at eleven, and March 1, at half-
past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, ambrook-court, Basinghall-street; Buchanan
and Grainger, Basinghall-street, City.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
W. F. Mills, gunmaker, High Holborn—second div.
of 6s. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18, and three
following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.
T. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, Tunbridge-wells—second
div. of 3d. in the pound, on Saturday, Jan. 18, and three
following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.
W. Fairclough and E. Swainson, merchants, Lfiferpool
—second div. of 7d. in the pound, on Monday, Tin. 20,
or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird,
Liverpool.
J. Banks, tallow chandler, Liverpool—second diVi. of
4d. in the pound, on Monday, Jan.2o, or any subsequent
Monday, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
R. Allinson, ironmonger, Whitehaven—first div. of
3s. 4d. in the pound to all the creditors who have proved
their debts since July 16, 1844, and a second div. of 3s.
in the pound to all who have proved before or on
Nov. 27 last, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. Perkins, ship builder, Saint Wollos—second div.
of Id. in the pound, on Monday, Jan. 20, or any subse-
quent Monday, at the 'iffice of Mr. Acraman, Bristol.
E. Reynolds silk and woollen printer, Merton, Surrey
—first div. of 28.111 d. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at, the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
J. Oliver, J. York, and R. Harrison, coal and iron
masters, Tipton, Staffordshire—second div. of 3s. in the
pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whit,
more, Basinghall-street.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

E. Adams, livery-stable keeper, Blenheim-street, New
Bond-street, Feb. 7, at twelve—C. Daly, hookseller,
Red Lion-square, Feb. 7, at eleven—C. Newman, miller,
Little Coggeshall, Essex, Feb. 7, at half-past eleven—
J. Richards, livery-stable keeper, Oxford-street, Feb. 7,
at two—C. S. Masterman, grocer, Croydon, Feb. 7, at
half-past one—S. Billingsley, jun., merchant, Harwich
Feb. 14, at twelve.

In the Country.
R. aad J. Caldecott, silk mercers, Manchester, Feb.
12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—S.
Price, machine maker, Blackburn, Feb, 10, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court—W. Mather, C. Mather,
and J. T. Newstead, ironfounders, Manchester, Feb. 12,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. T.
Milner and C. Bedford, confectioners, Hull, Feb. 14, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
J. Raper, tailor, Bridge-road, Lambeth, Feb. 7—M.
Walker, wholesale ha rdwarem an, Fleet-lane, Farrin gdon-
street, Feb. 7—J. H. Utting, upholsterer, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, Feb. B—T. B. Hall, grocer, Cog-
gershall, Essex, Feb. 14—A. Warren, confectioner,
Parliament-street, Westminster, Feb. 11—W. H. Hay-
ward, cotton spinner, Manchester, Feb. 7—P. Robinson,
bottle manufacturer, Warrington, Lancashire, Feb. 7
T. Goldsworthy, merchant, Clifton-street, Maida-vale,
Feb. 7—B. Osborne, table-knife manufacturer, Sheffield,
Feb. 7—S. Chapman, sail maker, Liverpool, Feb. 7—R.
Currie, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 7—R.
Dunn, corn factor, Wakefield, Feb. 7—T. Pearce,
tripeman, Bermondsey-street, Bermondsey, Feb. 7.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Hanson, J. Wilson, and J. Dougill, lead pipe ma-
nufacturers, Iluddersfield—D. Miller and T. Butler,
brush makers, Hounsditch—W. B. and 3. H. Nalbo-
rough, linendrapers, Harwich, Essex—M. Sharpley and
T. Russell. silk dyers, Rainow, Cheshire—A. B. Lambe
and G. Gardner, wine merchants, New Bond-street—W.
Fisher, sen,. T. W. I lerland, and W. Fisher, jun.,
painters, Blackman-street, Borough (so far as regards W.
Fisher, sen )—G. and W. Mungeam, maltsters,
Meopham, Kent—T. Bury and W. Slater, cotton dyers,
Salford—J. G. Evans and It. P. Gould, pencil manufac-
turers, Upper Rosoman-street, Clerkenwell—A. Ryde
and J. H. Paul, printers, Monmouth-street, Seven Dials
—J. Philpot and J. Philpot, jun., surgeons, Upper
Baker-street, Marylebone—J. Samuels, J. King, and
C. J. Samuels, merchants, Manchester (so far as regards
J. King)—T. L. Nosworthy and W. Sandell, currier s,
Newton-street, Holborn—R. H. and S. Sharp, architects,
York—W. Booth, W. Wroe, J. Lord, and J. Barra-
dough, ironfounders, Barnsley, Yorkshire—J. Con-
stable and C. Foster, bone merchants, Kingston-upon-
Hull—J. Radford and W. K. Loftus, mail con-
tractors, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—J. Tolson and T. Hare,
fancy woollen manufacturers, Huddersfield—Richard
Hampson, E. Joynson, and Robert Hampson, cotton
dealers, Manchester—W. W. Whitelegg, J. Whitelegg,
and G. T. Knowles, cotton spinners—F. Esberger, J.
Norton, and R. Mason, coach makers, Louth, Lincoln-
shire—James Bateson, R. Horsfall, and John Bateson,
brokers, Liverpool—G. G. West, J. R. West, and H. W.
West, mast makers, Lower Thames-street (so far as re-
. I gards G. G. West).
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LOSS OF FIVE BRITISH SHIPS AS TA-
TheO. following is an extract of a letter received at
Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, by W. Dobson, Esq., the
secretary:—

" Taganrog, December 11, 1844.
" Since my report of the loss of the British schooner
Elizabeth, and the dangerous position of four other
British ships, the masters and crews of the latter have
been obliged to abandon their vessels, and are now here,
like the men of the Elizabeth, all destitute; for, although
the said ships have not yet gone to pieces, their po-
sition is such that no hope remains of their being
saved ; and I fear that by reason of the dis-
tance from the land, and the dangerous state
of the ice, very little of the cargoes, or even
of their stores, can be got out of them. Thus,
as you already know, the crew of the Elizabeth, which
is utterly lost, consisting of seven persons, have saved
nothing. The Ann Metcalfe is lying on her beam ends,
and is full of water, and the crew, of twelve persons, has
also saved nothing. The Countess of Dunmore is lying
on her side, and must upset with the first shift of wind.
This vessel, notwithstanding an early application from
myself to the acting Governor, both verbally and in
writing, for the protection of the property, has, it is this
day discovered, been plundered by the fishermen of all
her stores, &c., the crew, consisting of twelve persons,
having previously reached the shore with extreme diffi
culty, and without being able to bring away anything.
The crews of the Hants and British Queen, which ships,
having their sides cut through, are mere wrecks, were
More fortunate, having brought on their shoulders some
effects, but most of their clothes were lost during their
passage to the shore, their lives having been in great
peril while passing over the moving ice. These two
crows consist of twenty persons."
(Sig,ned by the British'Vice-Consul.)
CLEARANCE OF SURPLUS STORES IN THE

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PORTS OF BRAZIL.
A decree of the Brazilian Government, received at the
Board of Trade, has been forwarded to Lloyd's. The
articles, which are only of importance io merchants
trading to the Brazils, can be seen at Lloyd's.
LOSS OF THE BRIGS NINE AND PRINCE

Arrivals at Mauritius---jane and Jessie,
Oct. 19, from Marseilles; Robin Gray, Pattulo, 21MI
from Moulmein ; Louise, Pion, from Nantes; Drvi.,,
Malcolm, 23d, from Calcutta ; Tartar, Benier, f,11.1
Muscat ; Union, Middleton, 24th, from Calcutta; "1
liam Gales, Venus, from Bordeaux ; Persian, Grange,
25th, from Madras.' Campbell,
Departures from Mauritius—Spec, Dicey, Oct. 16, ,t°
Malabar coast; Lord Hungerford, Pigott, 17th; El 6, t°
Tremlin, and Nutcut, Lonsdale, to Cakutta; Con'
stone,
Lesport to Bourbon; Atiel, Rohomon, 180, W
' Madras; Madonna, Miller, 21st, to Ceylon; Soon
pia, 61111°°'
to Calcutta; Regis, Morrison, 24th, to Lond.
Mercer, fr
Arrival at St. Helena—Robert Clive, o'
London.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY"-The St. Vincent, 120, Ca.sP_,
re
Rowley, received her main aild fomasts
proceeding on lirednes:l
and has since been completed. she is
her fittings with considerable rapidity. is -pro"
The Royal yacht was masted on Tuesday, and is p
ceeding rapidly with her fittings. a; pmbarhed
The Harlequin, 16, Commander Hastingtnytb-
her specie at the dockyard on Tuesday,
into the stream in the evening. She is
pay off. The ransom money she brought from Chinain
was conveyed to the terminus of the Gosport BailwaYoo
28 waggons, under an escort of the 59th Reginient'.das
Wednesday, to be deposited in the Mint. The weib
was 37 tons. went
The. Cockatrice, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Oxen
on till,
arrived on Wednesday from Rio, which she left
dismana:iiil;ltfo
11th of November. She brought a, small freigl4o;
bullion, &c.; also supernumeraries from the scinsc,`,,,,o,
She also brings the news that the Gorgon stesin-sr42
Captain Hotham, which has been so long ashore at 31,,ePer,
Video, has been got afloat again after un.ceasig,,eAs.,
tions on the part of her officers and crew. The tthe
trice sailed this day fur Chatham with hano for
vessels fitting out there, and to be paid off. rifEJ
The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Young, tl,r, sick
at Ascension from the coast on the Ist ult., wit' he
and supernumeraries, to the number of 70, whenciar
took out of the Heroine, 6, Lieutenant-Coren steel'
Foote, whom she fell in with on her passage disrwhea
Private letters state that the coast MIS very sicic'Y
the Hydra left.
The Eclair, steam-sloop, ',Commander
rived at Ascension from England on the 27th
vember. „ the
The Rapid, 10, left Ascension for St. Helena °'
2d ult. j oices'
The Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Commodore 'oast..
lelt Ascension on the 3d ult. for a cruise down th'' cot'
Woo" so:
The Pelican, 16, Commander Justice, is in the ore,
hour dismantling. She has not yet landed her tre°roid
but will do so on Monday. She is ordered to 0"
off here. ithOo be
a.
The Amazon, 26, Captain Stopford, is at Sp
party of shipwrights went out to her yesterday 0
some nWessary alterations on board. i 00"
The Locust steam-vessel, Lieutenant-001-s cer
Eden, left yesterday for Devonport, with superil
ries for the vessels fitting at that port. It is expoe'e
will proceed from Devonport to the Medlterraneall,", ad.
The Vengeance, 84, was masted this day as $-
vanced ship. .are` A co the
b°
The Britannia, 120, is in dock, being pr
pendant. tber
) !Mr. White, of Cowes, has got orders to build ants%r.
"Daring ;" also another 50 gun frigate and a 5t,11
The Monkey, steam-vessel, arrlvidyesterdaY wi"
pernumeraries.
The Vindictive, 50, Captain Michael Seymo 111.9et'of
ceeding very expeditiously in her equipment for t'd,
is alongside the jetty, and entering some prime 14°00
o'o
whom, we are informed, she has already on her
upwards of' 400. siOr
The Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, and 000'
dove, 16, Commander Sir W. Danniell, were at
sion on the 3d ult. utild6f
The Lily, 16, Commander Newton, and the
10, Lieutenant-Commander Robson, are both ,nearly
ready for sea. lrisclief;
In Harbour-The Victory, the Excellent, the, aro ;
tive, the Harlequin, the Pelican, the Lily, the Pl 3; so"
the Nautilus ; and the Dwarf, Monkey,' C° the
Fearless steam vessels. tbsel
In Dock-The Britannia, the Prince Begeleat
Athol, the Magicienne, and the Bee steam earl-
,j
vessel. 4"
In the Basin-The Neptune, the St. Vincent, t e
Yacht, and the Echo steam-tug. odev
At Spithead-The Amazon, awaiting sa
and advance wages. COI
DETONPORT.-The Falmouth lighter, for
ri'ef
mender Baker, sailed on Sunday with stores for
depots. srri
s'
The Crane, 6, Lieutenant-Commander Lew'
on Sunday from Falmouth to repair. Per
The Osprey, 12, Commander Patten, saileo
day for China. S'Ylisy
The Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, left
on Tuesday for the South American station. Wit:,
The Pantaloon, 8, Commander Wilson, and the„ TlF,‘
witch, 8, Commander T. Francis Birch,
sailed
day to join the squadron under Commodore JO
the Coast of Africa station.
The Mutine, Waterwitch, and Pantaloon' ele-porl
their sailing qualities as far as Ascension, and
Commodore Jones. tie" 0
The Daring, 12, Commodore Watson,is bein%,, er
of stores, preparatory to again being acked, in -4.
clacked,, , ;1'
discover and stop her leakage. „al•I
Si
In Harbour-The flag-ship Caledonia, .":oi 'O4
bion, Superb, Actaeon, Racehorse, Acorn, reriOlo, ilk
ring, Espiegle, Ranger, Crane, Snipe, Fire'rsso'
Confiance steamers ; and the Hamoaze, Cameh
von lighters.
In the Sound-Flying-fish. tt.,i4
SHEERNESS JAN. 16.-The Queen, 110, stiaitY
still carries the flag of the Commander -in-Chi'.'4l6o
White, although she is quite stripped. Nothial,ersr
as to when she will be towed to Chatham Pr„ftir.
nor strictly of what nature the alterations A' lor
The Amazon, 26, Captain Stopford, left tins 401,
head, to be paid advance on the 10th. ; ec 1,14
The Is;., 44; Captain sir John Marshall, ar,,,r'so're,"l,Y
Ports Mouth on the 11th, and anchored at the
Monday, when she was towed to Chatham, t°,:i 5 1,1c4
The Trafalgar, 120, fitting for the flag at t" 4,6
being expedited for service with all dispatch. bc
The Brilliant, 28, is in dock, undergoieg
of razeeing with much rapidity, and is exptl4
to be out of hand.
The Skylark, 4, is fitting for sea in the ,
expeditiously, and will be ready in a day of tw;:flV
The Raven cutter, Lieutenant-Command, rio
equipping for service with all dispatch, On °."
in a week. ,3,413c.11.4
The Speedy cutter, Lieutenant-CcanniannliP
is refitting at sea as fast as the weather will
In Harbour-The Queen, Ocean, Raven,
Speedy cutters, and the African steam-eesseh'e
In Dock-The Hercule:, 72, repairing ;
' 28, razeeing ; the Spy, refitting for reconne.
4 t fortitir
the Crocodile troop-ship.
In the Basin-The Trafalgar, 120, pare'
flag ; the Herald, 28, repairing ; and the
tfit
class steamer, waiting for the pendant.
f 0
MELANCHOLY DEATH t• (-)j v
A
SINKERS, IN DURA'a ' a/17
On Thursday last, an inquest was held, P'e
Maynard, Esq., Coroner for Easington
abed pelt
on view of the bodies of James Robson,
eight years, Joseph Elsdon, twenty-six yests;,oo,:,'.o'
dick, thirty-eight years, and John Hunt Lod oar ;0;
years, sinkers, who were killed in the
Durham, under the following other'"circumstans
bi
They had been in company with son3e ,oci 0,5 'd
at the bottom of the Ludworth Pit shn`lbila,,t „1
being about to be fired for the purpose °„re
stone, the deceased got into a corf, and tho
to the five quarter seam, so as to be out o'o,o or,eo,
the explosion. Shortly after they were drawn pl;riof0);
men who remained at the bottom for t'se
firing the powder, heard something fa" Li. siel„d
shaft-, and immediately afterwards the
TO bei
men fell to the bottom, the whole of the be
upon the spot. of the pa"
One of the witnesses (who at the time Oisei
dent was working at the bottom of thethe co
tive the hook was fastened securely to e°,lloll
time it left the bottom of the pit, but it.l3-s of ',I fricoo4
that the corf had only rested on the Pe,.„ u,en„f
without the spring having been pushed tiest'd 0;,
diately on the corf reaching the livbegon.s
(where the men were to get out) had ti-it
the perpendicular or hanging position ea oe e
o
whilst ascending the shaft, and thus 51IPP 001°
and fell to the bottom. 0
Verdict-AccidentalDeath, with a -e
of one shilling. tis1"1":;
130
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We have been informed that at t boo ,0144(,,r1
of a Society, comprising the male Inen)which "el 704
tarian congregation in Kidderminster,
ot ooti; el,e4
on Tuesday evening last, at the Talbst, of t 140)
Talbot, jun., in the chair, in the eourci bet 1,006
" The Health of Sir Robert Peel as f
Ministers" was proposed by Mr. Thnoet °flit
warmly eulogised the Right Hon, Dar ticaeo
in support of Toleration, and his 15,1. Once,
through of the Dissenters' Chapels 131,1:04,---
also states that the toast was well OW
"lessenger.

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