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London, England, 1842-01-08 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE
WHITEHALL, JAN. 7, 1842.

Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Henry Hobhouse ; the Right Hon. J. Nichol],
Judge Advocate General; George Carr Glyn, Esq.; and
John Shaw Lefevre, Esq. to be Commissioners to conduct
a strict investigation. with a view to ascertain in what
manner Exchequer bills have been made out and issued
since the remodelling of the Exchequer by the Act of Par-
liament, passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign
of his late Majesty William the Fourth, and to point
whether any and what defects are to be found in the ex-
isting system, and what additional checks or regulations
can be established, with a view to guard in future against
the forgery of Exchequer bills, or against the fraudulent
or unauthorised issue of them.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 26, 1841.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Herman Dirs
Mertens, of Margate, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
having ccrtfied to the Commissioners for the Reduction
of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10th Geo.
4, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual expenditure of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland exceeded
the actual revenue thereof, for the year ended the 10th
day of October, 1841, by the sum of two millions three
hundred and fifty-four thousand and ninety-six pounds,
five shillings, and two-pence three farthings ;
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt hereby give notice, that no sum will be applied by
them on account of the Sinking Fund, under the provi-
sions of the said Act, between the 7th day of January,
1842, and the sth day of April, 1842.
S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General.
National Debt-office, Dec. 31, 1841.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 7.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut.-Colonel
the Hon. G. F. Upton, from the 6ild Foot, to be Captain
and Lieut.-Colonel, vice Ashburnham, who exchanges,
Jan. 7. •

11th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-Colonel Sir Michael
Creagh, from the 86th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice
Derinzy, who exchanges, Jan. 7.
22d Foot—Lieut. H. F. Saunders, from 3d West India
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fitzgerald, appointed
to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, Jan. 7. •
37th Foot—Lieut. W. T. Servantes to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Thoreau, promoted in the St.
Helena Regiment ; Ensign H. R. Manners to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Servantes ; Sergeant-Major J. Jones to be
Ensign, vice Manners, Jan. 7.
45th Foot.—Gentleman Cadet R. H. Rock, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Stack, promoted in the St. Helena Regiment, Jan. 7.
53Voot—Lieut. J. A. O'Neill, from half-pay 13th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Wheatstone,
promoted ; Ensign 11. M. Atkins to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice O'Neill, who retires ; C. H. Dowker,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Atkins, Jan. 7.
60th Foot—Lieut. C. N. North, from the 6th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Beresford, deceased, Jan. 7.
6lst Foot—Brevet Major A. M'Leod to be Major,
without purchase, vice Simmonds, promoted in the St.
Helena Regiment ; Lieutenant W. H Vicars to be Cap-
tain, vice APLeod ; Ensign G. E. Coryton to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Vicars ; Gentleman Cadet J. P. Redmond,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Jones, promoted in the St. Helena Regi-
ment, Jan. 7; Gentleman Cadet W. Maycock, from the
Royal Mil. College, to be Ensign, vice Coryton, Jan. 8.
62d Foot—Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. T. Ashburnham,
from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Upton, who exchanges, Jan. 8.
73d Foot—Ensign J. F. Murray to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Carnac, who retires ; the Hon. W. J. G.
Che twy nd to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray, Jan. 7.
75th Foot—Ensign J. F. Galitfe to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Carruthers, promoted in the St.
Helena Regiment ; G. F. Berry, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Bicknell, deceased, Jan. 7 ;
Gentleman Cadet W. S. Portal, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Galiffe,
Jan. 8.

78th Foot—Captain H. F. Alston, from the 99th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Bull, who exchanges, Jan. 7.
86th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel B. V. Derinzy, from
the 11 th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir M.
Creagh, who exchanges ; Serjeant-Major D. Morrow to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Macbean, promoted in
the St. Helena Regiment, Jan. 7.
'9lst Foot—Lieutenant J. E. Barney to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Barnes, appointed to the St. He-
lena Regiment ; Lieut. R. S. Cole, from the 6th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Barney, Jan. 7.
99th Foot—Capt. J. E. N. Bull, from the 78th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Alston, who exchanges, Jan. 7.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign G. B. T. Colman
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Saunders, ap-
pointed to the 22d Foot ; J. F. Birch, Gent., to be En-
sign, vice Colman, Jan. 7.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieut. W. 11. Fitz-
Gerald, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G.
Chapman, who reverts to his former position on the
Retired List, Jan. 7.

St. Helena llegiment—Major 11. Simmonds, from the
61st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ;
Brevet Major J. Thoreau, from 37th Foot, to be Major,
without purchase, Jan. 7.
To be Captains, without purchase—Capt. 11. E. O'Dell,
from half-pay 67th Foot; Capt. G. Woodlard, from half-
pay Unattached; Capt. G. A. Barnes' from the 91st Foot;
Lieut. W. Carruthers, from 75th Foot ; Lieut. F. N.
Skinner, from the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Com-
panies, Jan. 7.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieut J. Keat-
ing, from the 4th Foot; Ensign and Quartermaster A.
Imlach, from the Ist Foot; Ensign W. F. Macbean, from
the 86th Foot; Ensign T. Jones, from 61st Foot; Ensign
F. R. Stack, from the 45th Foot.

To be Ensigns, without purchase—R. J. Hughes,
Gent., Jan: 7; A. Clarke, Gent., Jan. 8; 'l'. P. Stephens,
Jan. 9 ; C. R. Butler, Jan. 10 ; G. Thompson, Gent.,
Jan. 11.

To be Quartermaster—Acting Sergeant-Major W.
Miller, of the 91st Foot, Jan. 7.

MEMORANDUM.—Lieut.-Col. A. T. Maclean, from
half-pay of the lath Regiment of Light Dragoons, to
be Lieut.-Col. of Cavalry, for the purpose of taking
charge of the Depots of the Ist Regiment of Dragoon
Guards and 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons, during
the stay of the Service Troops of those two Regiments
in Canada, Jan. 7.
BREVET.—Captain H. O'Dell, of the St. Helena Regi-
ment, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10 ; the under-
mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India
Company's Service, to have the local and temporary rank
of Ensign during the period of their being placed under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. Smith, •of the
Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for field instructions in the
art of Sapping and Mining :—W. A. Crommelin, Gent. ;
A. De Lisle, Gent. ; G. Y. Hibbert, Gent.; S. E. Sneyd,
Gent.; F. H. Rundall, Gent. ; J. E. T. Nicolls, Gent.,
Jan. 7.
Commissariat.—Commissions to bear date the 24th
of December, 1841.
To be Deputy Commissary-General—Assistant-Com-
missary-General C. Graham.
To be Assistant Commissaries-General—Deputy As-
sistant-Commissary-General S. Carr; Deputy-Assistant-
Commissary-General C. Bridge's; Deputy Assistant-
Commissary-General G. Adams ; Deputy-Assistant-
Commissary-General J. R. Comper; Deputy Assistant-
Commissary-General C. Swain; Deputy Assistant-Com-
missary-General T. Walker ; Deputy Assistant-Com-
missary-General T. E. Trew ; Deputy Assistant-Com-
missary-General F. T. Coxworthy ; Deputy Assistant-
Commissary-General T. G. S. Swan.

To be Deputy Assistant-Commissaries-General—Com-
missariat-Clerk G. A. F. Simpson ; Commissariat Clerk
J. Tomes ; Commissariat-Clerk W. Young ; Commis-
sariat-Clerk T. M‘Lean ; Commissariat-Clerk F. S. Car-
penter ; Commissariat-Clerk K. Osborn.
MEMORANDUM. The promotion of Colonel Peter
D'Arcy, on half-pay 7th Garrison Battalion, to be
Major-General in the Army, as stated in the Supplement
to the Gazette of Nov. 23, 1841, has been cancelled ;
the names of the Assistant-Surgeon appointed to the
14th Foot, on the 31st ultimo, are John Elliott " Carte,"
M.D., not " Carter," as previously stated ; the Christian
name of Ensign Mends, 99th Foot, is "Robert" only,
not " Robert Brown," as previously stated.
BANK OF ENGLAND.

Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of th•
Bank of England, from the 12th of October, 1841, to the 4th
of January, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to the
Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98.
LIA BILITIES. ♦SSETS.
Circulation .......£16,632,000 Securities £22,680,000
Deposits 7,948.000 Bullion 4,779,000

£24,550,000
Downing-street, Jan. 6, 1842.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
JOSEPH HEY, jun., carpenter, Halifax.
COOPER EWBANK, merchant, Liverpool.

£27,459,000

BANKRUPTS.

THOMAS WOOD, jun., merchant, Heathfields,
Yorkshire, to surrender Jan. 13 and Feb. 18, at twelve,
at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds. Fiddey, Paper-
buildings, Temple, London ; Barr, Loft-house, and Nel-
son, Leeds.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, builder, Moon-street,
Bristol, Jan. 18, and Feb. 18, at two, at the Commercial-
rooms, Bristol. Clarke and Metcalf, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, Loudon ' • Smith, Bristol.
WILLIAM BARNFIELD, wine merchant, Mark-
lane, City, Jan. 14, at two, and Feb. 18, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ;
Wadeson, Austin-friars.

WILLIAM DURRANT, wharfinger, Brighton, Jan.
8, at two, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Town-hall,
Brighton, Bennett, Brighton ; Rickards and Walker,
Lincoln's 'lnn -fields, London.

GEORGE SWIFT, tailor, Manchester, Jan. 21, and
Feb. 18, at ten, at the Commissioners'. rooms, Manches-
ter. Vincent and Sherwood, King's-bench-walk, Tern •
ple, London ; Simpson, Manchester.
JOHN SHAND, victualler, Liverpool, Jan. 19, and
Feb. 18, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool.
Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bartlett's-buildings, Hol-
born, London ; Toulmin, Liverpool.
MARY PARKES, printseller, Golden-square, Jan.
22, at half-past one, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane,
Lombard-street ; Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard.
SAMUEL TARBOTTON, chemist, Leeds, Jan. 13
and Feb. 18, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds.
Fiddey, Inner Temple, London ; Barr, Lofthouse, and
Nelson, Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Davidson and S. Bradley, merchants, Fen-court, Fen-
church-street, Jan. 28, at one—W. Ball, bookseller, Paternos-
ter-row, Jan. 31, at half-past one.
In the Country.
J. Rawlings, innkeeper, Gloucester, Jan. 31, at three, at the
Office of E. Washbourn, Gloucester—J. Jenkins, auctioneer,
Haverfordwest, Feb. 3, at half-past ten, at the Mariners'
Hotel, Haverfordwest—J. Scowcroft, scrivener, Haverfordwest,
Feb. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Mariners' Hotel, Haverford-