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From the London Gazettes

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, APRIL 30.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace on Thursday, the 14th of May next, at two o'clock.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 12.
Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Monday the 25th inst., at two o'clock, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day.

N.B. The knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars.

WHITEHALL, MAY 9.
The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland to James Ivory, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General in Scotland, in the room of Sir William Miller, Bart., resigned.

The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the seal appointed by the Treaty of Union to be made use of in place of the Great Seal of Scotland, granting the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland to Thomas Maitland, Esq., advocate.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Thomas Baron, Great Bolton, Lancashire, cotton-spinner.

BANKRUPTS.
John Chamberlain, Lisson-grove North, Paddington, glass-merchant. Mr. W. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-buildings; and Mr. Wadeson, solicitor, Austin-friars.

Charlton Henry Sloman and Henry Phillips, West Strand, cigar-dealers. Mr. G. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; and Mr. Henson, solicitor, Mark-lane.

John Caffyn, Brighton, and Howard-street, Strand, picture-dealer. Mr. J. F. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; and Mr. Cross, solicitor, Surrey-street, Strand.

Robert Roberts, Yoxford, Suffolk, currier. Messrs. Nicholls and Son, solicitors, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-Inn.

John Wheatley, jun., Leicester, grocer. Mr. Francis Broughton, solicitor, Falcon-square.

William Howells, Old Mill, Goodrich, Herefordshire, miller. Messrs, Smith and Son, solicitors, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square.

Robert Bailies, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, draper. Messrs. Holmes and Co., solicitors, New-Inn.

Noah Backhouse, Southwold, Suffolk, whitesmith. Mr. Thomas Kirk, solicitor, Symond's-Inn, Chancery-lane.

James Brown and Benjamin Brown, Birmingham, and Wednesbury and Bilston, Staffordshire, grocers. Messrs. Clarke and Medcalfe, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields.

Samuel Tildesley, jun., Leamington-priors, Warwickshire, coal-dealer. Mr. J. Carey, solicitor, St. Swithin's-lane.

Abraham Bryant, Shepton Mallet and Wells, Somersetshire, auctioneer. Mr. J. Stiles, solicitor, Shepton Mallet.

Thomas Eagles Jones, Birmingham, leather-seller. Messrs. Elderton and Phillott, solicitors, Lombard Chambers, Clements-lane.

William Nicholl, Warley, Yorkshire, worsted-spinner. Messrs. Wigelsworth and Co., solicitors, Gray's Inn-square.

Thomas Ely, formerly of Nottingham, victualler, and late of Gedling, Nottinghamshire, farmer. Messrs. Campbell and Witty, solicitors, Essex-street, Strand.

Joseph M'Lintock, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturer. Messrs. Peacock and Wilkin, solicitors, Bartholomew-close.

Thomas Nash, Sulhampstead Banister, Berkshire, grocer. Mr. Henry Bevington Hill, solicitor, Copthall-court, Throgmorton-street.

DIVIDENDS

June 4. D. Smith, Regent-street, coachmaker - June 2. S. Wise and C. Brenchley, Maidstone, paper-makers - June 2. R. Jones, Pavement, Moorfields, linen-draper - June 2. J. D. Stevens, Two Waters, Hertfordshire, paper-maker - June 2. C. Hart and T. Lewellin, Newgate-street, woollen warehousemen - June 4. T. H. Macleod, Tokenhouse-yard, merchant - June 4. T. H. Macleod, Pinner's Hall, wine-merchant - June 4. W. Goodhall and J. Turner, Garlick-hill, wine-merchants - June 4. T. Johnson, King's-place, Commercial-road East, draper - June 4. J. Reynolds, Idol-lane, Tower-street, wine-merchant - June 4. W. Reynolds and M. M. Wright, Idol-lane, Tower-street, wine-merchants - June 2. E. Saunders, Chesham, Bucks, grocer - June 2. P. Gregory, Manchester, cotton-spinner - June 3. J. P. Butler, Cheltenham, wine-merchants - June 3. A. Davis, Arundel, chemist - June 3. M. A. Slaney, Shiffnal, Shropshire, money-scrivener --June 12. J. Lockitt, Congleton, Cheshire, grocer - June 11. J. Bradbury, Sheffield, cutler - June 4. T. Berks, Manchester, provision-dealer - June 5. D. B. Smith, jun., Birmingham, tea-dealer - June 6. B. W. Franklin, Liverpool, merchant - June 5. L. Hiley, Bordesley, Warwickshire, builder.

CERTIFICATES, JUNE 2.
James Allen and Frederick Phillips, Birmingham, manufacturers of lamps - John Aplin Howe, Bristol, umbrella and parasol manufacturers - Leonard Wild Lloyd, Royal Hotel, Richmond, Surrey, hotel-keeper, and Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. builder - John Michael David Kleffer, Southampton-street, Covent-garden; Charles-street, Covent-garden; Berkeley-street, Clerkenwell and Fetter-lane, London, baker - Charles Watson, Braintree, Essex, carpenter - William Bracher, Great Ormond-street, painter - John Jenks, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
G. H. Jones, M. Grimsher, and J. Grimsher, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall, Surrey, cheesemongers - William Stagg and Co., Nether Avon Farm, Wiltshire, farmers, (so far as regards William Stagg) - Robert Charles James and Christopher Robinson, 16, Great Trinity-lane, London, oil and colour merchants - J. W. Cross and John Robinson, Greenacres-moor, Lancashire, cotton and waste dealers - William Hubble and John Hubble, Quaker's-hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, farmers - Thomas Whiteside and John Beedzler Deacon, Liverpool, eating-house keepers - Thomas Errington and William Jenkins, Leeds, hackney-coach proprietors - Thomas Lockwood, Johnson Thorton, and Henry Leah, Salford and Manchester, cotton-spinners (so far as regards Henry Leah) - Edward Lambert and Henry Hardcastle Burder, solicitors - John Bull and Edward William Croxon, Liverpool, general merchants - William Devon and Thomas Hucknall, Nottingham, cheesemongers - Abraham Lees, the elder, and Abraham Lees, the younger, New Earth, Lancashire, coal-miners - William Millidge and John Cotterill Du Cros, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, London, glass manufacturers - Joseph Maxfield, John Maxfield, and John Smith, Lewes, Sussex, linen-drapers (so far as regards Joseph Maxfield) - Henry Bainbridge and Thomas Bainbridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, blacksmiths - Aaron Newberry and Henry Parsons, Bristol, wholesale grocers - Stephen Parsons and Brittain Beeston, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, butchers - William Binns, John Binns, and Abraham Fletcher Binns, Leeds, stuff and fancy merchants - Mary Spain and John Frederick Cork, New Bond-street, Middlesex, coach-makers - William Finch and Harriet Lacy, Laverstock, Wiltshire, keepers of insane persons - Joseph Nowell and Sons, formerly of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, general contractors for public works.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS
William Howe and David Duff, Dundee, merchants - Kenneth Mackenzie, Beauly, Inverness-shire, merchant - William Aitkin, Cumnock, ironmonger - William M'Isaac, Edinburgh, furnishing tailor. Friday, May 15.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 12, 1840.
Notice is hereby given that the Queen will hold a drawing room at St. James's Palace, on Monday, the 25th inst., at two o'clock, to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day. N. B. The knights of the several orders are to appear in their collars.

WAR-OFFICE, MAY 15, 1840.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards. - Cornet Robt. Dudley Ackland, to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wenham, who retires; Wm. Ewd. Butter, Gent. (riding-master) to be cornet, by purchase, vice Ackland.

1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. - Capt. and Lieut.-Col. Ewd. Clive, to be major and colonel, by purchase, vice Higginson, who retires; Lieut. and Col. Charles Bagot, to be captain and lieutenant-colonel, by purchase, vice Clive; Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. Alexander Gordon, to be lieutenant and captain, by purchase, vice Bagot; Sir Thomas Moncriefe, Bart., to be ensign and lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gordon.

12th Regiment of Foot. - Lieut. Thos. Brooke, to be captain, by purchase, vice England, who retires; Ensign Francis Grey Tidy, to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brooke; the Hon. Oliver Geo. Lambart, to be ensign, by purchase, vice Tidy.

21st Foot. - Lieut. Alex. Seton, to be adjutant, vice Faunce, deceased; Second Lieut. Henry Wm. Martin, to be first lieutenant, without purchase; Jn. Nicholas Wrixon, Gent., to be second lieutenant, vice Martin.

26th Foot. - Lieut. Wm. Harding Woodgate, from half-pay 45th Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Donald Robertson, who exchanges; Ensign Rich. Palmer Sharp to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodgate, appointed to the 86th foot; Henry Lawrence Byrne, Gent., to be ensign by purchase, vice Sharp.

42d Foot. - Ensign Jas. Grant to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Johnstone, who retires; Ensign Farquhar Campbell to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robertson, who retires; Andrew Pitcairn, Gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Grant; Alex. Ramsay, Gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell.

43d Foot. - Ensign Robt. Lambert to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Levinge, promoted; Chas. Wm. Geo. Lord Tullamore to be ensign, by purchase, vice Lambert.

52d Foot. - Ensign Robt. Brownrigg Arthur Purvis to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hall, who retires; John Jas. Barry Fox, Gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Purvis.

74th Foot. - Ensign John Walker to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Obins, deceased; Ensign John Arch. MacQueen, from the 76th Foot, to be ensign, vice Walker; Wm. Bedford Sleeman, Gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Nash, whose appointment has been cancelled.

76th Foot. - Sweton Grant, Gent., to be ensign, without purchase, vice MacQueen, appointed to the 74th Foot.

86th Foot. - Lieut. Wm. Harding Woodgate, from the 26th Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Lane, who retires.

89th Foot. - Ensign Oliver Creagh O'Brien to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hutchinson, who retires; Fred. York John Stewart, Gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice O'Brien.

Unattached. - Lieut. Rich. Geo. Augustus Levinge, from the 43d foot, to be captain by purchase.

WHITEHALL, MAY 2. - The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Bailey Langhorne, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gent., to be a master extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Tombs and J. Tayler, Carmarthen, grocers - T. Lord and L. Lord, Tenterden, Lancashire, fullers - T. Eldrid and E. Eldrid, Fore-street, Cripplegate, saddlers' ironmongers - J. J. Morgan and J. Lane, Marsham-street, Westminster, butchers - G. T. Langridge and T. Langridge, Mereworth, Kent, farmers - A. Forbes and J. H. Jackson, Oddy's-row, Islington, booksellers - G. Procter, J. Deakin, and J. Deakin, Longton, Staffordshire, manufacturers of earthenware - T. Warren, T. B. Warren, and A. W. Warren, Bristol, wholesale druggists - R. Dransfield, J. Dransfield, G. Dransfield, and O. Jones, Hopkin Mill, Lancashire, cotton-spinners.

INSOLVENT
May 14. - Alexander Learmonth, Bread-street, Cheapside, drysalter.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
R. Gideon, Holywell, Flintshire, banker - W. L. Hilton, Holywell, Flintshire, banker - J. H. Ford, Holywell, Flintshire, banker - J. Pearson, Stockport, Flour-dealer - H. Tyler and W. Tyler, Dudley-port, Staffordshire, cement-manufacturers.

BANKRUPTS
Henry Harrison, Bruton-street, Bond-street, builder. Mr. Bishop, solicitor, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane.
Samuel Glyde, Southampton-row, Russell-square, grocer. Messrs. Hardwick and Co., solicitors, Cateaton-street.
Jonas Brocklehurst, Manchester, fishmonger. Messrs. Adlington and Co., solicitors, Bedford-row.
Joseph Linsley, Leeds, woollen-cloth merchant. Messrs. Williamson and Hill, solicitors, Verulam-buildings.
William Henry Parker, Brecon, printer. Messrs. Gregory and Son, solicitors, Clement's-Inn.
John Hudleston, Monkwearmouthshore, Durham, boat-builder. Mr. Hodgson, solicitor, Broad-street-buildings.
Samuel Ferks, Dudley, Worcestershire, builder. Messrs. Alban and Benbow, solicitors, Lincoln's-Inn.
Daniel Horton and George Horton, Russell's Hall Iron Works, Dudley, iron-masters. Messrs. Jenkins and Abbott, solicitors, New-Inn.
John Braddock, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, chemist. Messrs. Clarke and Medcalf, solicitors, Lincoln's-Inn-fields.
James Tatlock, Liverpool, saddler. Messrs. Norris and Co., solicitors, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn.
Thomas Rabone, Burnt Tree, Staffordshire, huckster. Messrs. Amory and Co., solicitors, Throgmorton-street.

DIVIDENDS
June 5. S. Breckels, High-street, Southwark, bedstead-maker - June 5. T. Kirby, New Bond-street, oilman - June 6. L. E. Gordon, South Lambeth, Bookseller - June 8. r. Bishop, Greenwich, grocer - June 8. C. Sharp, High-street, Southwark, tailor - June 8. Mr. Fenwick, St. James's-Place, St. James's-street, man-milliner - June 8. W. H. Turnham, Leicester, innkeeper - June 9. J. Woods, Stowmarket, Suffolk, ironfounder - June 8. t. Vertue, Woodbridge, Suffolk, corn-merchant - June 16. E. Marriott and J. Marriott, Northampton, drapers - June 10. W. T. Barker, Birmingham, plater - June 4. W. Woop, Kirbymoorside, Yorkshire, innkeeper - June 10. J. Hawthorn, Birmingham, brassfounder - June 9. J. Hamilton, Liverpool, merchant - June 25. G. R. B. Cooke, Leamington-priors, hatter.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS
William Aitken, Glasgow, merchant - Alexander Kennedy, Edinburgh, insurance-broker - John Cowper, Glasgow, baker - Francis Davidson, Edinburgh, merchant - Archibald Wright M'Intyre, Fort William, merchant - John Low, jun., Dundee, wood-merchant - James Halket, Dundee, manufacturer.

SUGAR. - The average price of brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending May 12, is 44s. 10½d. per cwt., exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

GRAIN. - General average of the price of grain for the week ending May 8: - Wheat, 68s. 1d.; barley, 38s. 6d.; oats, 26s. 10d.; rye, 36s. 9d.; beans, 43s. 11d.; peas, 41s. 4d.

BIRTHS .
At Ross, Herefordshire, on the morning of the 11th instant, the lady of W. C. Cocks, Esq., of a son, her first child, grandson of the late Rector of Ross, and great-grandson, and great-great-grandson of the two preceding Rectors, all Canons of Hereford. At Manchester, on the 9th inst., the lady of John Reid, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 8th inst., at No. 10, Upper Woburn-place, the lady of John Salt, Esq., of a son.
On the 7th inst., at Queen-street, May-fair, Mrs. J. Wilson, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Woodcott House, Oxfordshire, Mrs. A. Duff, of a son.
In Bryanston-square, the lady of Frederic Thesiger, Esq., M.P., of a daughter.

MARRIED
On Monday, the 11th inst., at Rotherham Church, Yorkshire, David Bromilow, Esq., of Merton Bank, St. Helens, Lancashire, to Harriet Susan, eldest daughter of James Sothern, Esq., of Eastwood House, Rotherham.
At Henfield, Commander T. Smith, R.N., to Susanna, daughter of the late J. Bridger Norton, Esq., of Shoreham.
At Leckhampton, Forrester Wilson, Esq., of Devonshire-place, to Elizabeth, daughter of H. Keilly, Esq., of Glanaboy, Waterford.
At Croom, Limerick, J. M. Cantillon, Esq., of Manister, to Caroline, daughter of Jeffrey Browning, Esq., of Carass, and niece to Sir David Roche, Bart., M.P.
At Cork, William Beamish, Esq., M.D., to Prudence, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Gregory, 45th regiment.

DIED

At Rome, on the 9th ult., aged 88, the Right Rev. Charles Edward, fifth Duke of Melford, &c., and a Roman Catholic prelate. This venerable nobleman was chief of the ancient and distinguished family of Drummond, and heir to the forfeited earldoms of Perth and Melfort, and other titles in Scotland, to which he would have been restored at the time of the restoration to the titles of Earl of Mar, Viscount Strathalan, &c., in 1825, but being a Roman Catholic and a prelate of that church, his claim was not then preferred. He is succeeded by his only nephew and heir, George Drummond, Esq., a captain in the army, late of the 93rd Highlanders, who, as these titles have never been dropped by his ancestors, now bears them, which was generally done by the lineal descendants of the nobles attainted for their adherence to the unfortunate house of Stuart, before they were restored, as Wemy, Airlie, &c.

On the 8th inst., in Essex, lamented by all his friends, William Barrington Browne, late of the 68th light infantry, and son of Lieutenant-Colonel Gore Browne, of the royal artillery, in the 23d year of his age. On the 6th inst., in Bury-street, St. James's, C. S. De Lancey, Esq., lieutenant in the royal navy.

On the 30th of January, from the effects of a wound received whilst gallantly cheering on his men to attack the fortress of Peeshot, William Clinton Peter Collinson, lieutenant in the 37th regiment Bengal N.I., second son of the late C. S. Collinson, Esq., of the Chantry, Suffolk.

At Kilmarnock, of consumption, Mr. James Bryan, aged 31. This is the person, who, last summer, under the title of the "Queen's Scots Lover," paid daily visits to Windsor Castle, and gained some notoriety in the public prints.

H. Studdy, Esq., of Watton Court, Devon, in his 84th year.

At Ashburton, Mrs. Joanna Adams, aged 78. She has left upwards of 10,000l. to be distributed amongst her poor relations, amounting to 18 persons.

At Shepton, Somerset, John Scott, aged 105. When 100 years old he reaped an acre of wheat in two days with ease.

May 14, at his residence, Hyde Park-terrace, in the 68th year of his age, Sir Wm. Bolland, late one of the barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer.

The aborigines' protection society

The vastly increased importance of our colonies, and the evident advance in the spirit of emigration, have at length aroused the attention of the public to the benevolent efforts of this philantrophic society, which has for its chief object the direction of colonization in the spirit of humanity towards the natives of new regions - the Aborigines of our colonies and settlements. The society, among its modes of appealing to the public, has, lately, undertaken a species of Conversation-meeting which, while it engages the curiosity of the general auditory, calls forth all the information and suggestion which individuals in the auditory may be enabled to afford. In this way very curious communications have been obtained, and peculiar interest excited. The society meets at Hackney-road, at the Literary and Scientific Institution on Monday next: Mr. N. F. Buxton will preside. Mr. Catlin, Mr. Schomburgh, Mr. Scoble, and other travellers are expected to speak, as well as several members of the society, and a very interesting meeting is expected. On the following Friday, a similar meeting will be held in Grafton-street. At the crown and Anchor, Strand; at the Friends' Meeting House, St. Martin's-lane; and at Salvador House, in Bishopgate-street, Conversation have been held: and on Monday was renewed a Conversation, adjourned from the previous Thursday, from Colebrooke Academy, Islington, which excited considerable interest. The constitution of the society, and of its offshoot, the British India Society, was the subject of a spirited conversation; then the sufferings of the native Indians; and lastly, the state of the aborigines in South Australia were discussed. At the adjourned meeting, Mr. Wright, a fellow-traveller of Lord Selkirk, spoke of the horrid examples set by white men in the Hudson's Bay Company's territory, and Mr. Scoble painted the evils to which the native inhabitants of Guiana were exposed. Resolutions were passed, pledging the meeting to support the society in its humane purposes, and we cannot but expect the greatest good from the continued efforts of a body of men so energetic in their exertions, and devoted to so benevolent an object.

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