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to be Captain, by purchase, vice Macdonald, who retires.
Dec. 31.

88th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel S. W. Nicholson, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Robert
O'Hara, who exchanges; Major 0. Phibbs to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, by purchase, vice Nicholson, who retires;
Captain H. Shirley, to be Major, by purchase, vice Phibbe ;
Lieutenant 11. B. Sawrey to be Captain, by purchase, vice
Shirley; Ensign J. B. Johnson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Sawrey ; E. G. Maynard, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Johnson, Dec. 31.

91st Foot—J. D. Cockrane, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Barton, who retires, Dec. 31.
94th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel C. Cadell from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice G. W. Paty, who ex-
changes; Major H. R. Milner to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Cadell, who retires ; Brevet -Major J. W. Ran-
dolph to be Major, by purchase, vice Milner; Lieutenant G.
Maun-sell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Randolph ;
Ensign F. Estwick to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maun -
sell ; Ensign T. H. Ashton to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Dillon, appointed to the 97th Foot; Ensign W. Roberts,
from the 99th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Estwick ; J. A. Sykes,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ashton, Dec. 31.
97th Foot—Lieut. R. Dillon from the 94th Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Padley, who retires, Dec. 31.
99th Foot—R. B. Mends, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Roberts, appointed to the 94th Foot, Dec. 31.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Gentleman Cadet A. F. Colley,
from the Royal Military College, to he Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Hopson, promoted in the 7th Foot, Dec. 31.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Major G. L. L. Kaye, from the
10th Light Dragoons, to he Major, by purchase, Dec. 31.
IloserrAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon A. West, M.D.,
from the Ist Dragoons, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second
Class, vice Dumbreck, appointed to the 72d Foot ; H. G.
Gordon, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
Stewart,-appointed to the 41st Foot, Dec. 31.
BREVET.

To be Lieut.-Colonels in the Army.—Major G. D. llall,
half-pay Royal Staff Corps, lately employed ors particular ser-
vice in -Canada ; Major G. Head, half-pay unattached, lately
employed en particular service in Canada ; Major T. W. 0.
M•Niven, half-pay unattached, lately employed on particular
service in Syria; Major S. D. Pritchard, half-pay Unattached,
lately employed en particular service in Canada; Major E.
H. D. E. Napier, 46th Foot, lately employed on particular
service in Syria ; Major E. Harvey, 14th Light Dragoons,
lately employed on particular service in Syria, Dec. 31.
To be Majors in the Army—Capt. E. Pope, of the 65th Foot ;
Capt. J. Armstrong, of the 57th Foot, Jan. 10, 1837 ; Capt.
G. de Rottenburgh, employed on particular service in Canada ;
Captain 3. e. Swan, half-pay Unattached, lately employed on
particular service in Canada; Captain F. H. Robe, 87th Foot,
lately employed on particular service in Syria; Captain it.
Wilbraham, 7th Foot, lately employed on particular service in
Syria; Captain C. R. Scott, half-pay Royal Staff Corps,
lately employed on particular service in Syria ; Captain E.
Aldrich, Royal Engineers, lately employed in Syria, Dec. 31.
MEMORA ND U 31. —The commission of John Maharg,
of the 70th Regiment of Foot is dated 11th March, 1840, and
not 242 d May, 1840, as previously stated. The Christian name
of Quartermaster Holt, of the 95th Foot, is William; and not
John, as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign
Cornish, of the 97th Foot, are Francs Cole, and not Francis
only, as before stated. Major H. Welman, half-pay Unat-
tached, has been allowed to retire from the Army, with the
sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in
New South Wales, Dec. 31.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire.

J. Jones, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 15.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
C. C. Wells, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; E. I'.llassy,
Esq., to be ditto, Dec. 20.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 23.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Tattersall Auck-
land, of Lewes, in the county of Sussex, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The following places have been duly registered for solemniz •
ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th and 7th William
IV., chap. 85 :
The Independent Meeting, Castle Hedingham, Essex.
Kingstanley Baptist Chapel, Kingstanley, Gloucestershire.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

JONAS HENRY ROBBERDS and STARLING DAY,
paper-makers, Taverham, Suffolk.
BANKRUPTS.

WILLIAM BIDDLE, fishmonger, Holborn-hill, to sur-
render Jan. 7, and Feb. 11, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Hillier, Lewis, and
Hillier, Raymond-buildings.
SAMUEL SIHNGLER and SYLVANUS THOMAS
JAMES, silk mercers, Liverpool, Jan. 14 and Feb. 11, at
one, at the C!arendon-rooms, Liverpool. Rocker, Liverpool;
Holland, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, London.
JANIES LOCK, tea dealer, Northampton, Jan. 8, at ten,
and February 11, at one, at the Peacock Inn, Nottingham.
Cattlin, Ely-place, London.
WILLIAM SWIFT and ROBERT CRAMPTON, dra-
pers, Manchester, Jan. 19 and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Com-
missioners'-rooms, Manchester. Willis,' Bower, and Willis,
'l'okenhouse-yard, London ; Barrett, Ridgway, and Ford,
Manchester.

GEORGE CARPENTER, chemist, Chelmsford, Jan. 10,
at one, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptey.
Graham, official-assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pain and
Hatherly, Great Marlborough-street, London.
WILLIAM GOODWIN, malster, Dronfield, Derbyshire,
Jan. 17, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Sheffield.
Bicknell, Roberts, Finch, and Neate, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
London ; Drabble, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Si'ILLIANI ELTON PON'FEN, chemist, Ludgate-hill,
Jan. 13, and Feb. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Parsons, Temple Chambers, Fleet-street ; Ed..
wards, official assignee, Old Jewry.
THOMAS HUMFREY, jun. builder, Great Stanmore,
Middlesex, Jan. 11, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Wil-
liams, Bedford-square, London.
JOHN STEVENS and ROBERT HORATIO WIL-
LIAM DRU,IMOND, road contractors, Mile-end, Jan. 14,
at two, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee ;
M'Leod and Stenning, Billiter-street, Fenchurch-street.
JOHN THOMPSON, power-loom-cloth manufacturer,
Blackburn, Lancashire, Jan. •26 and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the
Town-hall, Preston. Fiddy, Temple, London ; Ellingthorpe,
Blackburn.

JOHN NEWSTEAD and JOSEPH HEXTALL, lace-
men, Regent-street, Middlesex, Jan. 7, and Feb. 11, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Reed
and Shaw, Friday-street, Cheapside.
JOHN FISHER and ELIZA BETH FISHER, spirit
merchants, Meghtill, Lanca,hire, Jan. 11, and Feb. 11, at
twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Carter, Lord-
street, Liverpool ; Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row,
London.

CHARLES HARVEY WEIGALL, tailor, Conduit-
street, Regent-street, Jan. 10, at two, and Feb. 11, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee,
Copthall-buildings ; Pike, Old Burlington-street.
CHARLES HILTON, cotton manufacturer, Manchester,
Jan. 18 and Feb. 11, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
:Manchester. Abbott and Arney, Charlotte-street, Bedford-
square, London ; Bennetts, Manchester.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Williamson, merchant, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street,
Jan. 21, at eleven—T. Burgon, merchant, Walbrook-buildings,
City, Jan. 21, at one—M. Blood, surgeon, North Audley-
street, Grosvenor-square, Jan. 21, at two—J. Mill, merchant,
Crosby-hall Chambers, Bishopigate-street Within, Jan. 22, at
two-1 Z. Pulhrook, boot maker, Blackfriars-road, Jan. 22,
at half-past twelve—B. Howell, linen draper, Oxford-street,
Jan. 22, at one—W. and J. Walker, manufacturers of appa-
ratus for heating buildings, St. John's-square, Clerkenwell,
Jan. 22, at eleven—J. I'. Ratcliffe, stationer, Blackman-street,
Southwark, Jan. 20, at twelve.

In the Country.
G. Bothamley, plumber, Sheffield, Jan. 27. at one, at the
Town-hall, Sheffield—B. Kew, jeweller, Norwich, Jan. 22, at
eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Norwich—T. and W. H. Carr,
woollen manufacturers, Dewsbury-moor, Yorkshire, Jan. 21, at
one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—R. Thelive'', silver-
smith, Manchester, Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Commissioners'.
rooms, Manchester—J. Midlane, jun., ironmonger, Brading,
Isle of Wight, Jan. 21, at four, at the Pier Hotel, Ryde—W.
and J. Losh, calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 24, at ten, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES—JAN. 21.

J. Butler, saddler ironmonger, Walsall, Staffordshire—H.
Taylor, hat manufacturer, Andenshaw, Lancashire—E. Whit-
more, J. Wells, J. Wells, jun., and F. Whitmore, bankers,
Lombard-street, City—W. Mather, C. Mather, and J. T. New-
stead, ironfounders, Manchester—A. G. W. Biddulph, J.
Wright, H. Robinson, and E. Jerningham, bankers, Hen-
rietta-street, Covent-garden—L. Neumegen, bookseller, High-
gate—W. Borrowdale, paper manufacturer, Branthwaite, Cum-
berland.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

A. Wilson, C. J. Venables, W. Tyler, and D. Kidd, sta-
tioners, Queenhithe (so far as regards D. Kidd)—H. A. Bed-
well and S. Arrigoni, tobacconists, Victoria-road, Pimlico—
T. and J. Chubb, tailors, Queen•street, Cheapside—W. and J.
Billiter, leather factors, New Leather-market, Bermondsey—
F. Hodgson and E. Abbott, brewers, Bow, Middlesex—J. P.
and J. W. Sampson, millers, Great Chesterford, Essex--G.
Sangster and G. Watt, cotton factors, Queen-street, Claeapside
—J. Sherwood and W. Clements, booksellers, Wood-street,
Cheapside—M. Wildy and R. T. Davis, law booksellers, Lin-
coln's Inn—B. I3ovill, and T. Bayley, corn factors—J. and J.
Wilde, sugar brokers, Commercial Sale-rooms, Alincing-lane—
J. Ives, A. A. Innell, and T. Cookes, varnish manufacturers,
Little Queen-street, Holborn—W. R. Acraman, S. Briggs, R.
'l'hurburn, F. W. Collard, It. Tburburn. and R. C. Jenkins,
merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards W. E. Acraman)—J.
Liversidge, T. Liversidge, andl Liversidge, hat manufacturers,
Heckmondwike, Yorkshire—J. F. Kensington, C. Paine,
jun., W. D. Paine, and T. Young, jun., East and West India
Brokers, City of London (so far as regards E. Kensington)—
C. Vizard, J. Vizard, and W. C. Buchanan, attorneys-at-law,
Dursley, Gloucestershire (so far as regards W. C. Buchanan)
--R. Saunders and J. Chalmers, woollen drapers, Leadenhall-
street—M. Steinthal, C. Worms, and H. Schlesinger, mer-
chants, Bradford, Yorkshire (so far as regards H. Schlesinger)
—J. G. Mayhew and J. Harrington, hackneymen, Gravesend
--.J. Barnes, T. Barnes, and C. S. Medley, bank, rs, Farrine-
don, Berkshire—G. and J. W. Gull, Russia brokers, Old
Broad-street, City—B. M. Willcox and A. Anderson, ship
owners, St. Mary-axe, City—C. fuckett and J. Corss, boot
makers, Shoreditch—S. Walker, G. F. Walker, and S. J.
Walker, architects, Nottingham (so far as regards S. Walker)
—T. H. Lavers and W. Hill, coal merchants, Lewisham, Kent
—J. Andrew and J. Price, hatters, Mansfield, Nottingham—T.
Holmes and T. Atkinson, silk spinners, Nottingham—E. P.
Amyot and F. A. Young, ship agents, East India Chambers,
Leadenhall-street— A. Kay and 'l'. Kitts, cotton spinners, Bol-
ton-le-Aloors, Lancashire—G. Atkins and G. Atkins, jun.,
wine merchants, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire—J. Jones and
H. Rowlands, joiners, Liverpool—W. Thompson and S.
Shepard, mast makers, Wapping—J. Battistessa, A. Molteni,
J. Guanziroli, and L. Guanztroli, looking-glass manufacturers,
Hatton-garden—T. and J. H. Bryant, bakers, Bristol—
M. Cornthwaite and J. Alston, saddlers, Lancaster—J. rtooker
and A. Seignette, merchants, Liverpool--V. Potter, A. Potter,
and J. Potter, general commission merchants, Manchester—l.
Niblett and W. H. Townsend. stage-coach proprietors, Bristol.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOHN ROBERTSON, cattle dealer, Back of Muir, near
Bannockburn, Jan. 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Star Hotel,
Stirling.
ANDREW NICOL, cabinet maker, Kirkaldy, Jan. 5 and
26. at twelve, at the Victoria Hotel, Kirkaldy.
WILLIAM MAYNE, builder, Glasgow, Jan. 6 and Feb. 1,
at one, at Thomson's Tavern, Glasgow.
NINIAN BANNATYNE, provision merchant, Glasgow,
Jan. 3 and 24, at two, at the Office of J. Monteith, Glasgow.
ROBERT WATERSTON, bookseller, Leith, Jan. 8 and
29, at two, at the Chambers of J. Mackenzie, jun., Edinburgh.
JOHN MAIN, grain dealer, Glasgow, Jan. 6 and 27, at
one, at the Office of A. flarviQ, Glasgow.
WALTER FORSYTH, grocer, Coat Bridge, Lanarkshire,
Jan. 6 and 26, atone, at the Waterloo Inn, Glasgow.