The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-27 00:00:00

"Damages awarded by the jury to be secured for the
benefit of the injured person.''
After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM, the clause
was agreed to.
On clause 22 being put,
Mr. BRIGHT said that this clause was likely to
occupy some time, and as it was now near twelie, o'clock
he hoped the Right lion, Gentleman would have nq ob-
jection to postpone the discussion.
Sir J. GRAIIANI having assented.
The House reunacd, the CHAIRMAN reported progress,
and obtained leave to sit again.
POOR- LAWS.

The Committee on the poor-laws was postponed till
Friday, the 10th of May. •
On the motion of Mr. AGLIONBY a Select Com-
mittee was agreed to, to inquire into the state of the co-
lony of New Zealand, and the proce,dino of the New
Zealand Commissioners, and to report the evidence and
their opinion to the House.
The House then adjourned at Twelve o'Clock.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL. APRIL 25, 1844.

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
Thomas Herbert Maddock, Esq., of the Bengal Service.
DOWNING-STREET, Aral L 26.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles 'Bennett,
Esq., to be Provost Marshal General for the Island of St. Luta.
• CROWN OFFICE, Aran, 24.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

BOROUGH OF IItINTINGDO;:—ThOMaS Baring, of No. 40,
Charles-street, Berkeley-square, in the county of Middlesex,
Esq., in the room of Sir Frederick Pollock, Knt., who has
ac. epted the office of Chief Baron.of the Court of Exchequer.
BOROUGH OF Wooostrom—The Right Honourable John
Winston Spencer Churchill, commonly called Marquis of
Elandford, in the room of Frederic Thesiger, Esq., who has
accepted the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-General.
CITY or EXETZIL.—Sir William Webb Follett, Knt., her
Majesty's Attorney-General.
WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 26.
Ist Dragoon Guards—W. H. de Rhodes, Gent., to be Cor-
net, by purchase, vice Sutton, appointed to the 12th Light
Dragoons, April 26.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant T. Bernard to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Philips, who retires ; Cornet J. Williams to
be Lieutenant, by pureas.e. vice Barnard; Cornet H. G.
Sutton, from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, vice Wil-
liams, April 26.
9th Regiment of Foot—Captain J. Harvey, from 44th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Ballard, who exchanges, April 26.
I lth Foot—Lieut. S. S. Cox, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Forbes, who retires; Ensign J. Pattisou, to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Cox; W. Goode, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Pattison, April 26.
23d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. G. Watt, from the Staff,
to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Loinsworth,who resigns,April 26.
25th Foot—Lieut. E. G. Whitty, from 26th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Rudyerd, who exchanges, April 26.
26th Foot—Lieut. H. E. S. Rudyerd, from 25th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Whitty, who exchanges, April 26.
44th Foot—Captain V. V. Ballard, from 9th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Harvey, who exchanges, April 26.
46th Foot—Lieut. W. H. O'Toole to be Adjutant, vice
Sharpe, deceased ; Ensign J. E. Spilling to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice O'Toole, appointed Adjutant; J. G.
Clarke, Gant. to be Ensign, vice Spilling; April 26.
47th Foot—Lieut. F. Estvrick, from the 94th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, vice Clarke, who exchanges, April
51st Foot—Lieutenant W. Birch, from the 25th Foot, to bo
Lieutenant, vice Stansfield, who retires; Lieutenant W. Birch
to be Adjutant, vice Carey, promoted, April 26.
71st Foot—Brevet-Major W. Guard, from half-pay, Sub-
Inspector of Militia in the lonian Islands, to be Captain, vice
H. E. Austen, who exchanges • Lieutenant T. H. Colvill to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Guard, who retires; Ensign W.
Hutchinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colvill ; J. I.
Macdonnell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutchin-
son, April 26.
74th Foot—Serjeant-Major F. Dunbar to be Quartermaster,
vice D. M'Curdy, who retires upon half-pay, April 26.
87th Foot—Lieutenant W. Boyd to be Captain, by purchase,
vice W. Boyd, who retires, April 26; Second Lieutenant W.
E. Adams to be First Lieutenant, vice Vigors, deceased,
April 11 ; Second Lieutenant F. Colegrave to be First Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Boyd, April 26; Ensign A. Dewar,
from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Second
Lieutenant, vice Adams, April 25 ; J. Doherty, Gent., to be
Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colegrave, April 26.
94th Foot—Lieut. R. N. Clarke, fro:a 47th Foat, to be
Lieutenant, vice Estwick, who exchanges, Aprii 26.
Ist West India Regiment--T. Clark, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Thompson, deceased, April 26.
Royal Canadian Rise Regiment—J. G. Stewart, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dewar, appointed to the
87th Foot, April 26.
Unattached—Lieut. G. R. Langley, from the 19th Foot, I.
be Captain, without purchase, April 26.
Commisssons by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex.
C. S. Hawkins, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; W. F.
Vernon, Esq., to be ditto, April 22.
Royal Eastern Regiment of Middlesex Militia—T. M.
Carvich, Esq., to he Captain, April 22.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutlandshire.
The Hon. C. G. Noel, commonly called Viscount Campden,
to be Deputy Lieutenant ; the Hon. W. H. Dawnay to be
ditto ; H. B. Pierrepont, Esq., to be ditto, April 20.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex.

G. Basevi, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. H. Borrer,
jun., Esq., to be ditto ; Lieut.-Col. C W. Elwood, to be ditto ;
C. Goring, Esq., to be ditto ; M. Pringle, Esq., to be ditto ;
J. S. D. Scott, Esq., to be ditto, April 19.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Warwick.
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Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—The Hon. W. 11.
Leigh to be Cornet, vice G. P. B. C. Noel, resigned,
April 12.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.
North Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry.—R. P. Jones, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Clay, resigned; W. H. Austin, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Jones.
BANKRUPTS.

GEORGE PARK, cowkeeper, Charles-street, Common-
cial-road, Stepney, to surrender May 2, at eleven, and June 7,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall-street • Turner, Chancery-lane.
SHARRINCiTON BACHE, builder, Commercial-road,
Peckham, May 3, at half-past two, and June 7, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street • Buchanan and Grainger, Basinghall-street.
BENJAMIN WILLIAM BLAE, merchant, City-road,
May 7, at one, and June 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers;
Hill and Matthews, Bury-court, St. Mary-axe.
HENRY HAIGH, engineer, Ratcliff-highway, May 9, at
eleven, and June 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Watts, Ber-
mondsey-street.
JOHN WALTON ROBEY, builder, Upper John-street,
Fitzroy-square, May 7 and June 12, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Janson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Walton and Forbes, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street.
WATKIN ROGERS, draper, Newport, Monmouthshire,
May 10 and June 7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; W. and C. Bevan, Bristol ;
Edward and R. W. Bennett, Manchester.
THOMAS BAKE, brewer, Manchester, May 17, and
June 4, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester; Dearden, Manchester; Johnson,
Son; and Weatherall, Temple, London.
ILLIAM ASH WIN, steel pen maker, Birmingham, May
15, and June 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rawlins, Birmingham.
ROBERT HARRIS, eating-house keeper, Liverpool,
May 9, at half-past eleven, and June 7, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool
official
pistrlileetn,Caoundrt.sillposrogna,n,Bsrtiett's-buildings, Holborn ;
u assignee, Liverpool ;
N Norris,
ri A
s, Liverpool.
ROBERT DAWSON NEWMAN, corn-factor, Leeds,
May 8 and 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
JOHN SIMPSON, jun., and WILLIAM TOFT. alkali-
Leeds; Smithson
aonffideiCaloa.,BSigonuethe'amLepetodns -buildings,
manufacturers, Wakefield, Yorkshire, May 11, and June 1, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee,
Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London; Taylor and
Westmoreland, Wakefield.

NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
R. Hiller, Bradwell, Suffolk.
G. Warburton, joiner, Manchester.
P. Unsworth, butcher, Liverpool.
G. Chambers, clerk, Rosoman-buildings, Islington.
W. Pennington, draper, Bedington, Durham.
G. Sheppard, cook, Upper Stamford-street, Waterloo-road.
G. Taylor, jeweller, Meredith-street, Clerkenwell.
W . Fothergill, licensed victualler, Basley, Yorkshire.
T. -L. Rogers, farmer, Knockin, Shropshire.
J. Town, wheelwright, Halifax, Yorkshire.
F. Gooderham, nurseryman, Vassal-road, North Brixton.
H. Phillips, Temple-street, St. George's-road.
T. H. Atkey, grocer, Brighton.
J. J. Limebeer, boot maker, Great Queen-street.
E. Wilkinson, innkeeper, Blyth, Yorkshire.
H. Fearnside, carver and gilder, Leeds.
R. H. Thurston, baker, Norwich.
H. Nicholson, butcher, Leeds.
H. Snhole6eld, wood dealer, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
G. Whitworth, farmer, Olney, Buckinghamshire. -*
J. Craven, corn miller, Leeds.
S. Baxter, fisherman, Barking, Essex.
B. J. Deane, lucifer manufacturer, Sidney-street.
11. Everett, clerk, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square.
J. Way, baker, Southsea, Hampshire.
T. James, labourer, Wymondham, Leicestershire.
J. Duce, cloth maker, Leeds.
0. R. Windsor, solicitor, St. Ann's-terrace, St. John's-wood.
G. Smith, slate quarry agent, Carnarvon.
T. S. Robinson, publican, Great Neston, Cheshire.
E. M. Shaw, Manchester.
W. H. Bagnall, watch maker, Bishopsgate-street Without.
F. N. Bracher, schoolmaster, New Sarum, Wiltshire.
M. Fothergill, attorney-at-law, Pontefract, Yorkshire.
W. Dennis, joiner, Nottingham.
J. Standen, block pitcher to a calico printer, Salford.
J. Pagden, London-road, Southwark.
A. Benjamin, dairyman, Gravel-lane, Houndsditch.
G. Carreer, edge tool grinder, Sheffield.
J. Saffihill, farmer, Hillingdon.
M. Piebble, tallow chandler, Strood, Kent.
C. Hederstedt, Lambeth-road.
W. Swann, fish merchant, Great Yarmouth.
W. Barthram, livery-stable keeper, Raven-row, Mile-end.
J. Luckett, coffee-house keeper, Adam-st. West. Marylebone.
J. Thompson, veterinary surgeon, Aldborough, Yorkshire.
J. Gerrett, licensed victualler, Cock-lane, Shoreditch.
W. Curran, stevedore, Liverpool.
G. P. Trounsell, Lieutenant, R.N., King's Kerswell, Devon,.
R. A. Jefferiss, butcher, Newington.
J. Bonny, tailor, Liverpool.
W. Cornhill, coffee-house keeper, Coleman-street.
R. Hamm, carpenter, Bedford-street, Tottenham-court-road.
W. Ellerson, horse dealer, Eynesford, Kent.
E. Baker, publican, Lawrence-lane, City.