The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

WHITEHALL. DEC. 26.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of
a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto Chevalier Robert Schomburgh, recently at
the head of the expedition for exploring the boundaries
of the colony of British Guiana.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 26.
Corps of Royal Engineers —Second Captain A. Gordon
to be Captain vice Rutherford, retired on full-pay; First
Lieut. R. G. H amilton to be Second Captain, vice Gordon ;
Second Lieutenant E. W. Ward. to be First Lieutenant
vice Hamilton, Dec. 18 ; First Lieutenant H. W. Lu-
gard, to be Second Captain, vice Harness, seconded ;
Second Lieutenant W. H. Jesse to be First Lieutenant,
vice Lugard, Dec. 20.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentleman Cadets to be
Second Lieutenants—J. F. E. Travers, vice Desborough,
promoted ; Hon. E. T. Gage, rice Russell, promoted ;
N. S. K. Bayly, ♦ice Shaw, promoted ; G. Barston, vice
Lennox, promoted ; G. Leslie, vice Henry, pro-
moted ; A. M. Archdall, vice Flint, promoted ; C.
Wright, ♦ice Taylor, promoted ; J. E. Thring, vice E.
Swinton, promoted ; W. M. King, rice Pipon, promoted ;
H. L. P. Greville, vice Paterson promoted ; S. R. B.
Swinny, vice Lucas, promoted ; 11. Bent, vice J. D.
Shakespeare, promoted ; F. R. Glanville, ♦ice Hamlet,
promoted; H. J. W. Jervis, vice Field, promoted, Dec. 19.
Corps of Royal Engineers—Gentlemen Cadets to be
Lieutenants—J. G. Jervis, vice Galton, promoted ;
H. W. Tyler, vice Barlow, promoted ; J. C. B. De Butts,
rice Scott, promoted ; W. S. Stace, vice Ross, promoted;
G. S. Tilly, vice Tuglis, promoted ; E. Stanton, vice
Hope, deceased, Dec. 19.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 21. _ _

Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieut. E. A. Wylde
to be First Lieutenant, vice J. L. Braimer, to half-pay.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannan-

shire.
Stirling, Dumbarton, Clackmannan, and Kinross
Militia, commonly called the 90th Regiment of British
Militia—J. F. Erskine, Esq., to be Captain of a com.
pany for the shire of Clackmannan, vice Young, de-
ceased, Dec. 10.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

Joseph Craven and John Hardman, dyers, Wakefield,
Yorkshire.

BANKRUPTS.
Levi Israel Themans, tea dealer, Sidney-place, Com-
mercial-road, Middlesex, to surrender, Dec. 31, at one,
and Feb. 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane. Bevan,
Old Jewry.
Ann Seed, licensed victualler, Liverpool, Jan. 6, and
Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Wilkin, Fur-
nival's- Inn. London ; Wardle, Liverpool.
Charles Strange and Robert Parsons, merchants,
Baglen, Glamorganshire, Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee,
Bristol ; Weymouth and Co., Angel-court, City.
Christopher Watson, jun., tea-dealer, Darlington,
Jan. 10, at half-past one, and Feb. 12, at two, at the
Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; James and Hamilton,
or Richardson and Glover, Leeds.
Joseph Raymond King, druggist, Bath, Jan. 8, and
Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acra-
man, official assignee, Bristol; Mansford, Bath.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
T. Sedgwick, grocer, Leeds-first and final div.
of 4s. in the pound, on any day on and after Dec. 30, at
the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
R. Bell, wool-stapler, Keighley, Yorkshire-first and
final div. of Is. in the pound, on any day on and after
Dec. 30, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
T. M. Monckmar, tobacconist, Bradford, Yorkshire-
first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any day on and after
Dec. 30, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
J. Swallow, sen., J. Swallow, jun., and G. Swallow,
corn-millers, Halifax-second and final div. of sd. in the
pound, on any day on and after Dec. 30, at the office of
Mr. Young, Leeds.
J. Mallalieu, cotton-spinner, llalifax-first div. of
Os. Bd. in the pound, on any day on and after Dec. 30,
at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
J. Clark, colonial broker, Mincing-lane, :Fenchurch-
street-first dir. of 6d. in the pound, on any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
S. E. Welldon, butcher, Cambridge-first div. of 7s. 6d.
in the pound on new proofs, and second div. of 3d. in the
pound on all proofs, on any Wednesday, at the office of
Mr. Graham, Coleman-street, City.
W. Hill and W. K. Wackerbath, ship and insurance
agents, Leadenhall-street-first and second div. of 26. 4d.
on new proofs, and a third div. of 7d. in the pound on
all proofs, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr.
Graham, Coleman-street, City.
J. 11. Loup and G. Godber, cotton-factors, Cateaton-
strtet-first div. of 31d. in the pound, on Saturday,
Dec. 28, and the three following Saturdays, at the office
of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
G. Rossiter, jeweller, Bridgewater, Somersetshire, Jan.
17, at half-past eleven-T. Marsh, miller, Canterbury,
Jan. 17, at twelve-T. G. Postan, auctioneer, Alders-
gate street, Jan. 17, at eleven-J. Lark, bootmaker,
Seymour-street, Euston-square, Jan. 17, at half-past
eleven-G. Purt, ale merchant, Upper Thames-street,
Jan. 17, at half-past twelve-W. Chamberlain, linen-
draper, Peckham, Jan. 17, at twelve-J. Woollam, silk
throwster, St. Alban's, Jan. 17, at eleven-J. Holland,
draper, Buxted, Sussex, Jan. 17, at one,
In the Country.
B.O'Beirne, wine merchant, Bath, Jan. 21, at twelve, at
the Bristol District Court-G. B. Orchard, upholsterer,
Bath, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court-
H. Drake, attorney-at-law, Barnstable, Devonshire,
Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court-
J. Row, chemist, Torrington, Devonshire, Jan. 24,
at one, at the Exeter District Court-J. Goss,
draper, Devonport, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the
Exeter District Court-G. Alexander, innkeeper, Bea-
minster, Dorsetshire, Jan. 24, at one, at the Exeter
District Court-J. Cuttell, clothier, Holmfirth, York-
shire, Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court-
J. Laycock, tallow chandler, Colne, Lancashire, Jan. 31,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court-W. Taylor,
wool merchant, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, Jan. 24, at
eleven, at the Manchester District Court-T. Dickson,
linendraper,ZThirsk, Yorkshire, Jan. 23, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court-T. Dobson, sen., J. Dobson,
and T. Dobson, jun., carpet manufacturers, Kidder-
minster, Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court-W. S. Batson, J. Wilson, and J. Langhorn,
bankers, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Jan.2l, at eleven, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court-J. W. Harris,
wine merchant, Wolverhampton, Jan. 25, at twelve, at
the Birmingham District Court-W. Fletcher, maltster,
Sedgley, Staffordshire, Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
W. Bailey, jun., currier, Whitecross-street, Jan. 17-
B. Bright, licensed victualler, Wigmore-street, Maryle-
bone, Jan. 17- W. Martin, clothier, Woodchester, Glou-
cestershire, Jan. 17.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
B. and J. Cutler, steam-boiler manufacturers, New
Gravel-lane, ltatcliff-J. Fuller and W. Thornhill, sta-
tioners Brewer-street, Golden-square-B. and M. Hiles
and B:Heald, Bolton-W. Snook and J. Taylor, dra-
pers, Portsmouth-H. Huges and A. Galt, lace rouche
manufacturers, Wood-street, Cheapside-J. and W.
Garrett, tailors, Welford, Northamptonshire-W. and J.
Adams, farmers, Plaistow, Essex-L. Lloyd, sen., S. J.
Lloyd, L. Lloyd, jun., E. Lloyd, and C.W. Tabor, bankers,
London (so far as regards L. Lloyd, sen.)-.T. Wood,
M. Lund, T. Slim w, jun., and R. Shaw, cotton spinners,
Kildwick, Yorkshire-C. J. Samuols and S. H. Ougbton,
coal merchants, Manchester-11. and G. Hawkes, iron-
mongers, Reading-J. M'Naught and F. Alexander, coal
masters, Rainford, Lancashire-W. Hatfield and J. Hall,
silversmiths, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Melrose, merchant, Fort William, Jan. 4
and 24, at one. at the George Inn, Fort William.
James Mackenzie, spirit dealer, Beauly, Jan. 4 and
Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Sheriff Court-house, Inverness.
Robert Phillips Heastie, baker, Edinburgh, Jan. 2 and
23, at three, at Gray's chambers, Edinburgh.
George Sutherland, merchant, Gret.nlaw, Jan. 2 and
23, at eleven, at Brooks's chambers, Greealaw.
Archibald Thomson, merchant, Kelso, Jan. 4 and 245,
at twelve, at Brooks's chambers, Kelso.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
the A.Terage Price of PrOWLI or Iguscoirado sugar, for the