The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-24 00:00:00

street, and discovered that the new Smith's Hal

(negro) in Lombard-street, just below Seventh, was
in a blaze. This Hall was not quite finished. It was
being built by the rich negro lumber merchant, Ste-
phen Smith, at an expense of several thousand dollars,
and was the place at which the grand coloured con-
vention was to have been held on the last Tuesday of
this month. In about half an hour the building was a
mass of ruins.

iof P. M.—The bells are now tolling for another
fire. The light is intense. The coloured Presbyterian
Church, in St. Mary-street, between Sixth and
Seventh, hag been fired, and is now a mass of flames.
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The surrounding buildings and the contents of the
church, the firemen are saving.
11 P. M.—The church is burned down. The walls
are yet standing bare, naked, and desolate. Not a

negro is to be seen in any direction ; all have fled or
hidden. The riot has entirely subsided. The Mayor
has just visited the scene of disorder, and the first
regiment of City Volunteers are, patrolling about in
squads to preserve the peace, having been ordered out
by Major-General Patterson.
Fifteen of the rioters are confined in the Moyamen-
sing Hall.

WEST INDIA MAILS.
IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS.

The Answer of the Lords of the Privy Council to the
Memorial of the Members of the Manchester
Chamber of Commerce.
" Office of the Committee of Privy Council
of Trade, Whitehall, Aug. 8, 1842.
" Sir,—The Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council of Trade have had under their consideration
the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce and
Manufactures, praying that the privilege of trans-
mitting letters to the West Indies per packet twice
a month, may on no account be interrupted ; and my
Lords, having conferred with the Lords of the Ad-
miraltS-, are enabled to state to you for the informa-
tion of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, that
there is no intention on the part of her Majesty's
Government of giving up the communication with
the West Indies by packet twice a month, though the
communication to some places, not being colonies of
this country, will be diminished to once a month.—
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,.
" JOHN SHAW LEFEVRE.
" To Holland Hoole, Esq., Chamber of
Commerce, Manchester."

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
CROWN-OFFICE, Atm. 22, 1842.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA-
MENT.
Bonoucu or IPswicu.—John Neilstone Gladstone
and Sackville Lane Fox, Esqrs., in the room of the Earl
of Desart and Thomas Gladstone,- Esq., whose election
for the said borough has been declared to be void.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 22.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant S. P,
Townsend to be Second Captain, vice Campbell, retired
on full-pay; Second Lieutenant A. C. Hawkias to be
First Lieutenant, vice Townsend, Aug. 22.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—A.
Capel, Gent., to be Cornet, Aug. 19.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
HENRY BIRD, surgeon, Hampstead-road.
BANKRUPTS.
CORNELIUS EDWIN GARMAN, chemist, Totten-
ham-court-road, to surrender Aug. 31, at twelve, and
Oct. 4, at:eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee ; Chamberlain, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-
square.
HENRY HICKMAN, druggist, Dudley, Sept. 9, and
Oct. 4, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton.
Cole, Adelphi-terrace, Strand ; Dalton, or Fellowes,
jun., Dudley.
WILLIAM HEAP, ironmonger, Burnley, Sept. 15,
and Oct. 4, at ten, at the Court-house, Burnley, Croix and
Jeyes, Harpur-street, Red Lion-square Alcock and
Dixon, Burnley.
THOMAS. GIBSON, coal merchant, North Scale,
Sept. 5, and Oct. 4, at one, at the Swan Inn, Lancastep,
Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Temple 1 Poso
thwaite, Ulverston.

DIVIDEND
At the Court of Rant:ppt.ch iiminghttil-atreet,
J. Gale, sen. gncl Gale, sun,, rope makers, Love-
lane, shadwell., Sept. 14, at twelve,
- In the Country.
J. and W. K. Robson, grocers, Neweastle-upon-Tyne,

Sept. 20, at two, at the Bankrupt Commission-room,
I Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Bate, iron merchant, Dudley,
Woreestershire, Sept. 14, at twelve, at tile Swan Hotel,
Wolverhampton----J. Barker, miller, Titchtield, South-
ampton, Sept. 14, at twelve, at Wilson's Hotel, Notting-
ham—.J. Critchley. bricklayer, Liverpool, Sept. 14, at
one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Edwards,
wine merchant, Hun,gerford, Berkshire, Sept. 21, at nee,
at the Bear Inn, Wantage—J. Crowe, innkeeper, Sun-
derlan,l, Durham, Sept. 19, at one, at the Bridge Hotel,
Sunderland—E. Wilcock, G. Teasdale, and J. Turner,
paper manufacturers, Ulverstone, Lancashire, Sept. 13,
at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, Kendal, Westmoreland
P. Kerman and A. Samson, calico printers, Man-
chester, Sept. 22, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Manchester.

CERTIFICATES—SEPT. 13.
J. Cree, draper, Devonport—W. Gilroy, ironmonger,
Birmingham—M. Lazarus, glass merchant, Cutler-street,
lioundsditeh—E. Wilcock, G. Teasdale, and J. Turner,
paper manufacturers, Ulverstone, Lancashire—C. Ra-
theram, builder, Birmingham—B. Simmons and J. Brook,
ironfounders, Folly, Bermondsey—E. Farbrother, wine
merchant, Oxford—R. Attree, hosier, Brighton—W. G.
Gray, dentist, Bath—S. F. Stephens, bill broker, Old
Broad-street—J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, bankers, Man-
chester.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
M. Ozun and L. Godefroy, Cranmer-place, Waterloo-
road—J. D. Roche and F. F. Gibbs, ship brokers, Liver-
pool—J. and S. Gooding, boot makers, Faversham,Kent
—L. and S. Price, milliners, Regent-street—G. Atkins
and J. Fry, manufacturers of patent dye extracts, Thames
Ditton, Surrey—J. Manley and J. Borham, Paternoster-
row, City—C. and H. Robinson, linen drapers, Upper-
street, Islington—W. and S. Barber, farmers, Swaton,
Lincolnshire—E. Roach and J. Taylor—D. and W. Burp,
sail makers, Lower Shadwell—C. Nettleton and R.
flick wine merchants, Plymouth—J. Porter and J.
Scott, painters, Keswick, Cumberland—E. Snowball, T.
Clarkson, and I. Clarkson, confectioners, Leeds—E.
Hayes, C. C. Ingate, and B. .Laurence. merchants,
Zante, lonian Islands—A. Teague and D. Williams, inn-
keepers, Merthyr Tidvil, Glamorganshire—R. Marshall,
M. Waller, and J. Lockwood, cotton spinners, Thornhill
Briggs, Yorkshire (so far as regards the said R. Mar-
shal.l7)—C. Smith, S. Farrar, J. Smith, and G. Smith,
stone merchants, Gledhow, Yorkshire—T. Rees and
W. IL Castle, brewers, Liverpool.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
BENJAMIN SUTHERLAND, jun., draper, Dun-
ferinline; Aug. 25 and Sept. 15, at one, at Huttin's
Dunfermline.
JOHN POTTER, farmer, Powflatts, by Broxburn,
Aug. 30 and Sept. 27, at three, at Brown's Tavern,
Linlithgow.

JOHN MILLAR, writer, Houston, Renfrewshire,
Aug. 29 and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Saracen's Head
Paisley.
JOHN LOGAN, grocer, Rothesay, Aug. 31 and Sept.
20, at one, at M'Corkindale's Inn, Rothesay.
JAMES SMITH, glass merchant, Edinburgh, Aug-.
29 and Sept. 19, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
house, Edinburgh.
JAMES ROSS, farmer, Borrowstown Mains, Linlith-
gowshire, Aug. 29 and Sept. 27, at teu, at the Red Lion
Inn, Linlithgowshire.