The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-01 00:00:00

BREVET:

To be Lieut.-Colonels in the Army.—Major G. D. Hall,
half-pay Royal Staff Corps, lately employed on particular ser-
vice in Canada ; Major G. Head, half-pay unattached, lately
employed on particular service in Canada; major T. W. 0.
.11• Niven, half-pay unattached, lately employed on particular
service in Syria; Major S. D Pritchard, half-pay Unattached,
lately employed on 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 Z. 4. C. 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 R.
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 N num. —The commission of John Maharg, M.D.,
of the 70th Regiment of Foot is dated 11th March, 1840, and
not ood May, I-3,10. 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, be 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, No:. 15.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
C. C. Wells, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; E. T. Alassy,
Esq., to be ditto, Dec. 20.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 23.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Tattersall Auelc-
Lind, 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 solemnia•
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.

JON A ROBBERDS and STARLING DAY,
paper-makers, Taverham, Suffolk.
BANKRUPTS.
WILLIAM RIDDLE, 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 SHINGLER and SYLVANUS THOMAS
JAMES, silk mercers, Liverpool, Jan. 14 and Feb. 11, at
one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Bocker, Liverpool;
Holland, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, London.
JAMES 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 Ccrn-
miisioners'-rooms, Manchester. Willis, Bower, and Willis,
Tokenhouse-yard, London ;, Barrett, Ridgway, and Ford,
Manchester.

GEORGE CARPENTER, chemist, Chelmsford, Jan. 10,
at one, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official-assignee, Basinghall-street ; Pain and
Hatherly, Great i•larlborough-street, London.
WILLIAM GOOD WIN, 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.

WILLIAM ELTON PONTEN, chemist, Ludgate-hill,
Jan. 13, and Feb. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. •Panons, 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 DRUMMOND, 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. 2(1 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 ELIZABETH FISHER, spirit
merchants, Meghtill, Lancashire, 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 ; I3ennetts, Manchester.