The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-03 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of Janu-
ary, 1844, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the
Right Hon. John Edward Cornwallis, Earl of Stradbroke, to
be Lord Lieutenant and Custom Rotulorum of the county of
Suffolk, his Lordship this day took the oaths appointed to be
taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and
supremacy.
Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, upon the re-
presentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of
Council on Education, to appoint the Rev. Henry Moseley,
A.M., Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, and
the Rev. Frederick Charles Cook, A. M., to be two of her Ma-
jesty's Inspectors of Schools.
THE PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
SOMERSET HOUSE, FEB. 2, 1844.
Henry Lewis Stephens. of Tregenna Castle, in the parish of
St. Ives, has been this day appointed Sheriff of the county of
Cornwall for the present year.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. David
Ross Master of Arts, to the church at Tobermory, in the island
of Mull, in the parishes of Kilninian and Kilmore, in the
prEsb}te y of Mull and shire of Arg)ll, vacant by the trans-
portation of the Rev. Donald Stewart, late minister thereof, to
the pari h of Fortingall, in the presbytery of Weem.
WHITEHALL, Feß. 2. _ .

The Queen ht,s been pleased to present the Reverend Angus
Logan to the church at 13erriedale, in the parish of Latheion,
in the presbytery of Caithness and shire of Caithness, vacant in
consequence of the Reverend Samuel Campbell, late minister
thereof, having ceased to be a minister of the Church of Scot-
land.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
Donald 3PDonald to the church at Kilmenny, in the united
parishes of Bowmore and Kilmenny, in the presbytery of Ida
and Jura and shire of Argyll, vacant in consequence of the Rev.
James Pearson, late minister thereof, having ceased to be a
minister of the Church of Scotland.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 31.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord
Forester, to appoint George Denne, Esq., as one of her Ma-
jesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Tatman,
who retires.
WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 2.
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. T. Brunt to be
Adjutant, vice Munro, superseded; Cornet J. Brunt, from the
3d Light Dragoons (Riding Master), to be Cornet, without
purchase, Feb. 2.
9th Light Dragoons—Cornet P. Antrobus to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Dixon, who retires ; C. E. Law, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Antrohus, Feb 2.
13th Light Dragoons—Lieut. R. J. Elrington, from the
47th Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Leech, appointed to the
9th Light. Dragoons, Feb. 2.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—J. G. C. Dis-
brovre, Esq., Page of Honour to her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase,
Feb. 2.

4th Foot--Lieutenant J. Cumming, from the Nth Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Campbell, who exchanges, Feb. 2.
7th Foot—Ensign J. H. F. Stewart, from the 24th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pakenham, promoted,
Feb. 2.

ISth Foot—Ensign W. H. Graves to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, rice Simmons, deceased; T. Mostyn' Gent., to
be Ensign, vice Graves ; Assistant-Surgeon R. Stevenson,
M.D., from the 3d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice M`Kinlay, de•
ceased, Feb. 2.
24th Foot—Ensign W. Hartshorn, from the Cape Mounted
Riflemen, to be Ensign, vice Stewart, promoted in the 7th
Foot, Feb. 2.
26th Foot—Lieutenant W. M. Campbell, from 4th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Cumming, who exchanges ; T. W. An-
drews, Gent., to be Ensign, vice De Montmorency, promoted
in the 7th Foot, Feb. 2.

36th Foot—Ensign J. T. Bettesworth to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Harries, who retires ; W. H. Fortescue, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bettesworth, Feb. 2.
59th Foot—Brevet Livut. Col. A. H. Trevor, front the 95th
Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Fuller, who

retires, Feb. 2.
67th Foot—L. Newman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Orlebar, whose appointment has been cancelled, Feb. 2.
95th Foot—Capt. T. St. Leger Alcock to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Trevor, promoted in the 59th Foot ; Lieut. H. 0.
C. Master to be Captain, by purchase, Nice Alcock; Ensign
T. Davis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Master ; F. T.
Patterson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davis, Feb. 2.
ht West India Regiment—To be Lieutenants without pur-
chase—Ensign F. Huson, vice Grant, promoted, Jan. 30;
Ensign G. H. Robeson, vice Meehan, promoted, Jan. 31 ;
Ensign A. Croad, vice Clements, appointed to the 64th Foot,
Feb. 1 ; Ensign M. Gernon, vice Ilingham, appointed Ad-
jutant, Feb. 2.
To b..: Ensigns, without purchase—F. J. Hills, Gent., vice
Huson, Jan. 30; J. M. Tittle, Gent., vice Robeson, Jan. 31 ;
M. Fanning, Gent., vice Croad, Feb. 1 ; W. R. Spratt,
vice Gernon, Feb. 2.

2d West India Regiment—T. P. Wright, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Smith, deceased; C. Macartney,
M. 6., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice M'Kinnon, appointed to

the 78th Foot, Feb. 2.

3d West India Regiment.—Ensign E. T. Fitz Gerald to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Butcher, deceased, Dec.
20; W. S. Cumming, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Fitz Gerald,
Feb. 2.

Royal Newfoundland Companies.—Lieutenant-Colonel R
Law, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, Feb. 3.
UNATTACIIED.—Major Robert Law, from the Royal New.
foundland Companies, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur-
chase, Feb. 2.

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Edward Pilkington. from the
17th Light Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class,
vice St. John, promoted, Feb. 2 ; Alfred Crocker, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Young, deceased,
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire.
Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia.—
Thomas Smith, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Morgan,
deceased, Jan. 27._________ _ _ _

Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett
official assignee.
C. J. Mathews, comedian, Westbourne-green, Paddington,,
Feb. 8, at half-past eleven, at the Court 01 Bankruptcy. Tar-
quand, official assignee.
H. Ilarriton, baker, East street, Walworth, Feb. 8, at two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee.
R. Setchell, butcher, Buckden, Huntingdonshire, Feb. 7, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
W. Porter, coffee-house keeper, Upper Wellington-street,
Covent-garden, Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee.
W. Barrett, Fairfurd, Gloucestershire, Feb. 7, at half-past
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee.
A. Mayor, tailor, Liverpool, Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee.
J. Mayor, tailor, Liverpool, Feb. 7, at half-past eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee.
E. Jones, farmer, Suckley, Worcestershire, Feb. 9, at half-
past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
W. Roberts, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, Feb. 7, at eleven, at
the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee.
W. Jeffs, Bristol, Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Acraman, official assignee.
J. Horrocks, tea dealer, Bolton, Lancashire, Feb. 8, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee.

... Eccles, horse dealer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb. 7, at
one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee.
D. Pryde, joiner, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Feb. Si, at twelve,
at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee.
J. Hubberstey, book agent, Blackburn, Lancashire, Feb. 8,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official

assignee.
J. Butcher, shopman Leyland, Lancashire, Feb. 8, at
twclve,at the Liverpool District Court. Fraser, official assignee.
W. Gamble, omnibus driver, Manchester, Feb. 8, at one, at
the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee.

0. Moseley, attorney-at-law, Stockport, Cheshire, Feb. 8, at
twelve, at the l‘lanchester District Court. Stan% ay, official
assignee.
I'. Smith, Liverpool, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Bird, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Baainghall-street.
A. Laing, draper, Halifax, Yorkshire, Feb. 23, at two—J.
Bedford, iron merchant, Melina-place, Westminster-road, Feb.
28, at:three--S. Jones, jeweller, Cheapside' Feb. 28, at eleven
—R. Yallop, s scrivener, Basioghall-street, Feb. 23, at half-
past two—D. Hodgson, banker, Sandwich, Kent, Feb. 24, at
two—J. Collins, hotel keeper, Staines, Feb. 23, at one—W.
Fry, J. Fry, awl J. Chapman, bankers. St. Mildred's-co la,
Poultry, Feb. 23, at half-past one—l). Bidmead, warehouse-
man, Bread-street, Cheapside, Feb. 23, at two—R. Lyon, ca-
binetmaker, High Holborn, Feb. 23, at half-past twelve.

In the Country. -
G. Allison, scrivener, Darlington, Durham, Feb. 22, at
eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Buck-
ley, coal master, Higher Crompton, Lancashire, Feb. 27, at
one, at the Manchester District Court—W. Collings, baker.
Devonport, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court
—M. Cullen, merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
D. Rowlands, wine dealer, Pwlaieli, Carnarvonshire, Feb.
24—J. Wilkinson, grocer, Leeds, Feb. 27—S. Partridge, tea
dealer, Birmingham, Feb. 27—W. and J. Statters, cotton spin-
ners, Feb. 26—J. Al. Wintle, silversmith, Drury-lane, Feb.
23—J. Zuliani, merchant, Commercial Sale-rooms, Alincing-
lane, Feb. 23 —L. Mosely, Staffordshire warehou'eman,
High. street, Shadwell, Feb. 23-11. G. Clapton, warehouse-
man, Bristol, Feb. 23—F. Messenger, corn merchant, Liver-
pool, Feb. 23—H. W. Diamond, surgeon, Frith-street, West-
minster, Feb. 23—E. Locke and A. D. Mills, needle manufac-
turers, Lawrence Pountney-hill, City, Feb. 23—P. A. Nuttall,
newspaper vender, Edward-terrace, Chalk-road, Feb. 25.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. and R. F. Bailey, auctioneers, Wood-street, Cheapside—
R. Harrison and T. G. Robinson, merchants, Philpot-lane,
City—W. Walker, sen., and W. Walker, jun., manufacturers,
Manchester—C. R. Penfold and W. S. Watson, surgeons,
Brighton —R. Pitt and L. Lane, lace dealers, Ludgate-
street, City—J. Alexander and H. Gibbons, chemists, Wol-
verhampton—J. R. Dutton, C. Dutton, and J, Wilkinson,
winemerchants, Chester (so far as regards J. Wilkinson)—W.
S. Plane and W. Martin, bottled ale dealers, Gravesend—M.
Bloome and A. Gatliff, attorneys, Leeds—Js. and Jn. Puttick,
grocers, King-street, Long-acre—l. and J. G. Somers,
Houndsditch—W. and E. Garside, coach builders, Ashton-
under-L} ne—W. and W. Watson, butchers, Great Easton,
Essex—H. A. and T. Rodgers, news agents, Sheffield—J.
Heaton and J. S. Ellison, joiners, Gomersal, Yorkshire—T.
and S. R. Drury, stone masons, Leeds—T. Ellis, E. A. Ellis,
J. Alexander, G. Thomson, G. A. Brown, J. Thompson, and
A. Thompson, forming the Westminster Mining Association
(so far as regards T. Ellis, E. Ellis, and G. A. Brown)—W.
and B. Watson, dyers, Leeds—J. Spencer and E. Wood,
bakers, Goswell-street—J. Lampray and A. S. Field, attor-
neys, Warwick—C. and T. Burrows, timber merchants Wil-
lington, Derbyshire—W. Clapham and J. H. Whitaker,
worsted spinners, Esholt, Yorkshire—W. H. Coleman and J.
Manton, tea dealers, Crown-street, Finsbury—J. Cooper, H.
Cooper, W. Cooper, D. Turner, and T. Cooper, grocers, Shef-
field—S. Faulkner and J. Pierrepont, surgeon dentists, Man-
chester—'!'. Delf and W. Kent, drapers, Beccles. Suffolk—J.
and U. Knowles, fustian shearers, Manchester—F. Danby and
W. Dobbings, cabinet makers, Leeds—The Shields and New-
castle Steam Navigation Company.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

SPENCER SUTHERLAND, harbour contractor, Ar-
broath, Feb. 7 and 28, at one, at the Star Hotel, Perth.
DAVID M'EWEN, banker, Dundee, Feb. 12 and March
11, at one, at the British Hotel, Dundee.
ROBERT M'ALI STER, farmer, Shotte. Lanarkshire,
Feb. 8 and 29, at two, at the chambers of M. Waddell, Glasgow.
ROBERT BRYCE, brassfounder, Edinburgh, Feb. 9 and
March 1, at twelve, at the chambers of R. Deuchar, Edinburgh.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending Jan. 30, 1844, is 355. 04d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Im-
rortatien thereof into Great Britain.