The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-29 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Maria Drake was charged with having stolen a
silver watch and a watch-stand from the house 0."
Mrs. Myers, of Tysson-place, Kingsland-road, on the
23d of February last,' and with having committed
divers other robberies.
The prisoner was a young woman of respectable
appearance, and was stated to he a sister of Mrs. Tib-
bitts, whose name bus been lately before the public in
connection with that of the Rev. Mr. Boddington.

The prisoner had 'been remanded since Friday, on
which occasion it came out in evidence that on the
23d of February last she had called at the house of
Mrs. Myers to inquire for furnished apartments. Pre-
vious to leaving the house the prisoner, under the pre-
tence of having dropped, a glove, returned alone to
one of the rooms, from which she was supposed to have
stolen the watch and watch-stand. The latter article
had been lately found in her possession.
A series of other charges against the prisoner was
next entered into, and after some investigation she
was committed for trial.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

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WHITEHALL, Oar. 26, 1842.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and. Ireland, constituting and ap-
pointing the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, Keeper or
Master of the boils and Records of the Court of Chan-
cery in that part of the said United Kingdom called Ire-
land. in the room of Sir Michael (YLoghlin, Bart., de-
ceased. • _ _ _ _

WHITEHALL, OCT. 26.
The Queen has Lem pleased to grant the office of her
Majesty's Advocate for Scotland to Ditncan M'Neill,
Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, in the
room of Sir William Rae, Bart., deceased.

FOREIGN- OFFICE, OCT. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Dillon
as Consul at Newcastle, for his Majesty the King of
the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M.
Charles de Witte as Consul in, New Zealand, for his Ma-
jesty the King of the Belgians.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
JAMES BROWN and ROBERT HUMPHREYS
BARRETT, machinists, High-street-place, White

Horse-lane, Stepney.
GEORGE RICHMOND, corn-dealer, Cowley, Ox-
fordshire.

BANKRUPTS.
STEPHEN WHITE, surgeon. Lamb's Conduit-street, .
to surrender Nov. 8, at two, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
B tsinghall-street ; Boydell, Devonshire-street, Queen-
square.
THOMAS CORNISH, wine-merchant, Great Marl-
borough-street, Nov. 8, at one, and Dec. 9, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee,
Coleman-street-buildings, Moorgate-street ; Wright,
Percy-street, Bedford-square.
WILLIAM THORPE, scrivener, Thorne, Yorkshire,
Nov. 4, and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Guildhall. Doncas-
ter. Bell, Bedford-row, London ; Cartwright, Bawtry.
JOHN PEPPER, tailor and draper, Wetton-under-
Edge. Nov. 5 and Dec. 9, at two, at the Old Bell Inn,
Dursley. Messrs. T. and F. Edwards, Bristol.
JOHN GREAVES, factor, Campsall, Yorkshire,
Nov. 4, and Dec. 9, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Doncas-
ter. Lever, Bedtord-roW, London ; Campion, York.
JOHN BUCKLEY, coal master, Higher Compton,
near Oldham, Lancashire, Nov. 11 and Dec. 9, at tell,
at the Commissioners' -rooms Manchester. Rickards
and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Higginbot-
tom, Buckley, and Lord, Ashton-under-Lyne.
HENRY FULLFORD, draper, Birmingham. Nov. 9,
and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Binning
-
ham. Burfoot, Inner Temple, London ; Page, Bir-
mingham.
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Cloak-lane, Cheapside ; Ryalls, Sheffield.
WILLIAM LYON, jun., chemist, Woodford. Essex,
Nov. 8, at ten, and Dec. 9, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall..
court ; Nicholls, Cook's-Court, Lincoln's Inn ; Fetch,
Cambridge.
ANTHONY METHERAL TERRY, confectioner,
New Broad-street, City, Nov. 11, and Dec. 9, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Basinghall- street ; Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lane.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Stickland, T.
P. .Shaw, and F. Mattock, cheese-
mongers, Newgate-market, Nov. 18, at half-past twelve
—J. Hood, sen.. and .J. Hood, jun., tailors, Cork-street,
Burlington-gardols, Nov. 18. at twelve—F. Roberts and
C. Rowe, milliners, New tridge-street, Blackfriars, Nov.
18, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
T. Turpin, innkeeper, Wivenhoe, Nov. 25, at one, at
the Waggon and Horses Inn, Co!chester—W. C. Bu-
chanan, money scrivener, Dursley, Gloucestershire, Nov.
10, at twelve, at the Old Bell Inn, Dursley.
CERTIFICATES—Nov. 18.
P. Mann, army contractor, Leeds—J. Cotton, hosier,
Nottingham—H. M. Walker and T. Casson, corn factors,
Manchester—S. Prosser, merchant, Portsea. Southamp-
ton—S. Birtwisle, flour dealer, Northwich, Cheshire—R.
R. Walker and R. J. Peel, Scotch warehousemen, Man-
chester—T. Beal, corn factor, Sandwich, Kent—P.
Petrie, shipwright, Liverpool—J. M. Jabber, wine mer-
chant, Oxford—M. Gibbon, grocer. West Peckham.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
E. Skey and J. Knewstub, coal merchants, Queenbo-
rough, Kent—J. Edwards'and W. .T. Hancock, naltsters,
S2ittlegate, Lincolnshire—A. Baird and E. Favell, iron
merchants, Liverpool—J. Voyles and W. Holbrook, lace
makers, Sneinton—F. T. Fricke and C. Turpin, hotel
keepers, Brighton— T. Hutton anti W. Miller, wine mer-
chants, Great Scotland-yard, Whitehall--J. French and
E. Confield, coach builders, Suffolk-street, Cambridge •
road, Mile-end—J. Stuckey, F. Meade and S. Stuck.
drapers, Langport Eastover, Somersetlire—A. aryl E.
Wilson, importers of Berlin wool, Queen-street, Chep.
side—J. E. Wright, W. Parker, J. Barrowforth, E.
Wilson, W. Rayner, and J. Rayner, seed crushers, Iver,
Buckinghamshire (so far as regards W. and J. Rayner)
—J. Milroy and J. Hyndman, drapers, Newport, Mon-
mouthshire—J. Burlingham and L. Ererdell, milliners,
Worcester—T. Trudell and H. Edwards, ironmongers,
Leatlenhall-street —J. J. Gauguin, S. Small, and C.
Alison, Berlin wool dealers, Nevcastle-on-Tyne.
SCOTC fl SEQU ESTRATIONS.
WILLIAM PROVAN, tanner, Thornhill, Perth-
shire, Nov. 5 and
-26, at twelve, at T . Kinross's,inn-
keeper, Durublane.
ALEXANDER M'KENZIE, farm Drumheads,
Forfarshire, Nov. 4 and 25. at twelve, at the British
Hotel, Dundee.
ANDREW M'LEAN, basket manufacturer, Leith,
Nov. 2 and 28, at two, at the Old Signet-hall, Edinburgh.
JAMES RUSSELL, grocer, Hamilton, Nov. 3 and
24, at one, at Roger's Hamilton Arms Inn, Hamilton.
JAMES LAIRD, merchant, Greenock, Nov. 2 and
30, at one, at Melvin's Coffee-house, Greenock.
JAMES MILLAR, ship owner, Moult e, Nov. 3 and
Dec. 1, at two, at the British Hotel, Dundee.
GEORGE BARR, shoe merchant, Paisley, Nov. 1
and 22, at one, at Reid and-Hen& r :Am's, writers, Paisley

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Aluscovado Sugar, coma uteri
from the Returns made in the Wreck ending Oct. 25, 18.42, is
345.2%d. per ewt,, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid to
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great 111 itain.

PROMISSORY NOTES.
(From Last Night's Gazette.)
An account of the average aggregate amount of Promissory
Notes payable to bearer on &wand, which have been in circula-
tion in the United Kingdom, distinguishing those circulated by
the Bank of England, by Private Banks, and by Joint Stock
Banks, in England and Wales, by the Banks in Scotland, by
the Bank of Ireland, and by al other flanks in Ireland, and of
the Average Amount of Bullion in the Wink of England, during
the four weeks endir g the 15th day of October, 1 t 342, pursuant
to the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 :