The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-19 00:00:00

DOWNING,STREEi, Mutest 16, 1842.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Earl of Elgin
and Kincardine to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief
in and over the Island of Jamaica, and the territories depend-
ing thereon.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Manor 18.
Orders for the Court's going into Mourning, on Sunday
next, the 20th instant, for his late Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin—viz., the Ladies to wear
black silk, fringed or plaint linen, white gloves, necklaces
and car-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets.
The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain
linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the
Mourning, on Thursday next, the 24th inst., viz., the Ladies
to wear b!tck silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets,
or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs,
with black ribbons ; the Gentlemen to wear black coats, and
black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver
stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles.
And on Sunday, the 27th inst., the Court to go out of Mourning.
WAR-OFFICE, Almtcx 18.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Captain J. O'Meara, from
half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain vice Brevet
Major E. C. Fletcher, who exchanges; Lieutenant G.
Rushout to be Captain, purchase, by vice O'Meara, who
retire: ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant J. T. Clifton to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rushout; H. S. Chichester,
Lord Temp/more, to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Clifton, March 18.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet W. 0. Ham•
mond to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Earl of Cassilis,
who retires ; Alfred Crawshay, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Hammond, March 18.
Ist Regiment of Foot—W. J. Bampfleld, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Broadley, appointed Quartermas-
ter, llarch 18.
11th Foot—Captain J. S. Norris, from the 34th Foot, to be
Captain, vice Lee, will exchanges, March 18.
12th Foot—Lieut. J. F. Kempt,to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Walhouse, who retires ; Ensign J. Alarcon to be Lieut.,
by purchase, vice Kempt ; R. Atkinson, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Alarcon, March 18.
34th Foot—Captain J. Lee, from the 11th Foot, to be Cap-
tain, vice Norris, who exchanges, March 18.
63d Foot—Ensign J. Hardie to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Leatham, appointed to the 88th Foot ; C. J.
Parke, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hardie, March 18.
78th Foot—Serjeant-Major J. Al. Hewson to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Wemyss, promoted in the St. Helena
Regiment, March 18.
85th Foot—Lieut. J. B. Leatham, from the 63d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Adams, deceased, March 18.
MEMORANDUM.—The date of Army rank of Lieutenant
John Gaggin Cox, of the 2d West India Regiment, is 31st
December, 1839, but that in his Regiment is to remain as at
present, viz., Bth Augnat, 1840.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 15.
Corps of Royal Marines—G. S. Dunbar, Gent., and J.
Manger, Gent., to be Second Lieutenants, March lb.
WHITEHALL, Martell 10.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Pearce, of South-
molton, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extra-
ordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
HENRY WARNE, flax-spinner, Diss, Norfolk.
GEORGE WOOD, victualler, Portland-street, Poland-
street, Middlesex.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
DAVID DAVIES, jun., flannel-manufacturer, Glan-
clywcdog, Llauidloes, Aluntgomeryshire.
BANKR.UPTS,
WILLIAM M'LEOD, merchant, Coleman-street-buildings,
City, to surrender March 24, at twelve, and April 29, at elz,Ve/4,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Bating-
hall-street ; Wilde and Co., College-hill, Queen-street.
WILLIAM BATEMAN BYNG, engineer, Old Windsor,
Berkshire, March 30, at two, and April Y 9, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinnhall-
street; Nield, Bond-court-house, Walbrook.
ROBERT MILLS, iron founder, Heywood, Lancashire,
April 5 and 29, at eleven, at the Comrnissicners'-rooms, Bolton-
le-Moors, Lancashire, Johnson, Son, and Wcatherall, Temple,
London; Blair, Manchester.
DAVID BIDMEAD, warehouseman, Bread-street, Cheap-
side, April 2, at hall.past one, and April 29, at eleven, at the
Cord of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry ; Jones, Sise .lane.
WILLIAM BARNES, fire brick manufacturer, Shincliffe,
Durham, April 5 and 29, at twelve, at the Newcastle Arms,
DurhaM. Maynard and Middleton, Durham.
JOHN MA'rf HEWS, builder, Ledbury, Herefordthire,
March 28 and April 29, at twelve, at the Feathers Inn, Led,
bury. King and Son, Sergeants' Inn, Fleet-street, London;
Ellis, Elliott, and Swann, Gloucester; Haywood and Webb,
Birmingham.
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS WHEELER, percussion-cap-
manufacturer, Birmingham, March 29, at twelve, and April 29,
at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham. Chap:in, Graf,:
into-scittare; Harrison, Edmund-street, Birmingham.
WILLIAM HOBERT BAYNTUN, surgeon, Bath, March
29 and April 29. at eleven at the offices of Mr. Drake, Bath.
Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Drake,
Bath.
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JOrIN POWELL, grocer, NeWedstfc-muler-Lytne, Staf-
fordshire, March 23 and April 29, at twelve, at the Wheat-
Sheaf Inn, Stoke-upon-Trent. Smith, Chancery-lane, Uri.
don., Harding, Burslem.
'TOMAS CLENT, victualler, Saint Helen, Worcester,
24 find April 2?,i at twelve, at Mr. Charles Cresswell's
offices, Worcester. Idr:,‘clFn; Lincoln's Inn-fields, London;
Cresswell, Worcester.
JOHN WATSON, muslin manufacturer., Manchester,
March 28 and April 29, at ten, at the Commissioners'-roonitti
Ilftelmter, Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester.
JOHN AINIERQN and WILLIAM GARROW, mer-
chants, March 26 and Aftil 9f at one, at the Clarendon.
rooms, Liverpool. Duncan and Radcliffe, Liverpool • Adling
ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-IW, London.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

PI Aiftias'itt atid J. O. Christ, foreign- merchants, Mark,
lane, April 11, at iligt:pest twelve—R. Bendell, draper, New-
ton Abbott, Devonshire, April 11, gt half-past eleven—B. B.
Parlour, victualler, Stepney, April 9, at efeten,.-P, W. Carter
and J. Jackson, woollen drapers, Brewer-street, Goldett.s4stare,
April 9, at twelve. _ _

In the Country.
A; get/elicit, ironmonger, Macclesfield, Cheshire, April 16,
at two, at the Mddeleeeld Arms Hotel, Macclesfield—T.
Ward, victualler, Nottingham, Apill I/, et one, at the George
the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—G. Shaw, grocer/ Wakefield,
Yorkshire, April 15, at one, at the Commissioners'-rOr.ms,
Imeds—R. Drewry, banker, Penrith, Cumberland, April 13, at
et„, the, Crown Hotel, Penrith—S. Algar, common
bretser, Reading; Berkshire, April 11, at twelve, at the George
Inn, Reading—W. J. Wattle% wine merchant, Pickering,
Yorkshire, April 11, at eight, at the Angel Inn, Whitby—J.
H. Heron, J. S. Heron, J. K. Heron, and A. Heron, cotton
spinners, Manchester, April 26,.at twelve, at the Comoislion-
ers'-roorns, Maehester—E. IVeatherby, J. H. Ford, W. L.
Hilton, R. Addison, and R. Gibson, cotton spinners, Manches-
ter, April 22, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES—Aram 8.
W. Baner, laceman, Oxford-street—E. Bond, livery-stable
keeper, Blenheim-street, New Bond-street--T. Dare, builder,
New-town, Exeter —H. Clark, brush mannfacturer, Fleet-
street—C. S. Evans, master mariner, Hammersmith—J. D.
Wells, commission agent, George-street, City.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. F. Bray, gen., and W. F. Bray, jun., auctioneers, High
Holborn—.T. Wyko and J. Camm, iron founders, Newton-
moor, Cheshire---P. Pizzala and E. Norchi, alabaster im-
porters, Quadrant, Regent-street—.F. K. Meadows, R. Tyac,
J. 0. Smith, and J. T. G. Vizetelly, publishers. Paternoster-row,
—C. Freer and G. J. lhler, wino merchants, Liverpool—G.
and A. Greenland, booksellers, Poultry—D. and W. B. Edge,
linen dryers, Evesham, Worcestershire—T. Smith and G. S.
Taylor, commission agents—T. and W. Killingworth, watch
manufacturers, Olney, Buckinghamshire—D. and I'. Brooks,
power-loom cloth manufacturers, Stockport, Cheshire—W.
England, jun., and J. England, clothiers, Bratton, Wittshire—
.3. Ainsworth and S. Lees, coal miners, Oldham, Lancashire—
It White and H. Toussaint, tailors, South Molton-street—W.
'l'. and J. Merger, clothiers, Kingawood, Wiltshire—T. and
J. Holt, brewer., Broad-street, Hatcliff—J. Mills, J. Mills,
and J. Schofield, cotton-waste dealers, Scout, Lancashire--E.
Alotcom, M. Morcom, J. Morcom, jun,, and A. Alorcom, iron
dealers, Charlestown, Cornwall—M. and M. Fethergill, dry-
salters, Upper Thames-street—H. and G. Hanington, pork
butchers, Reading, Berkshire—W. Notman and C. Blake,
piano-forte manufacturers, John-street, Tottenham-court-road
—H. Gelder, W. Sykes, and H. Wright, coal merchants, Hun-
slet, Yorkshire—W. Gresham and 11. Carding, pawnbrokers,
Liverpool—W. R. Wilcox and W. Jones, jun., linen drapers,
Pontypool, Monmouthshire—J. Nutter and W. Elliston, com-
mon brewers, Cambridge—James and John Houston, engineers,
Manchester.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOHN WRIGHT, grocer, Glaagow, March 19 and April 9,
at twelve, at the Oak Tavern, Glasgow.
GIFFEN, HAMILTON, and CO., cotton spinners, Glas-
gow, March 22 and April 12, at two, at the Chambers of Mein
and Johnston, Glasgow.
GIFFEN, , MACLEAN, and CO., cotton spinners, Glas-
gow, March 22 and April 12, at two, at the' Chambers of Mein
and Johnston, Glasgow.
JAMES WEBSTER and JOHN SMELLIE
merchants, Greenock, March 25 and April 15, at twelve,. at
the White Hart Inn, Greenock.
THOMAS BISSET and GEORGE BISSET, grocers,
Edinburgh, March 23 and April 13, at twelve, at the Chambers
of J. Robertson, Edinburgh.
DAVID RUSSELL, inaltster, Sauchiqford, Stirlingshire,
March 23 and April 12. at twelve, at Gibb'f•inn,'Stirling.
DUNCAN M'CORQUOD ALE, baker, Greenock, March
24 and April 14, at twelve, at the Office of Messrs. Williamson
and Glagsford, Greenock.
JOHN MITCHELL, sen., builder, Blairgowrie, March 23
and April 18; at twelve, at the Commercial Inn, Blairgowrie.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending March 15, 1842, is
355. 1 l4d. per Cwt., exelnsive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATIZE.—Lucia di Lammer-
moir was rehearsed on Wednesday evening, when the new
tenor, Guasco, surpassed the expectations of his most sanguine
admirers. The orchestra and chorus testified their approba-
bation by continued applause, a saoet unusual occurrence.