at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.-James Alcock and Richard Bell, Longton, Staffordshire, auctioneers, Feb. 7 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.

To be granted, unless an Appeal be duly entered. F. P. R. Webb, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-st., London, merchant.-T. L. Powell, Romsey, Hampshire, upholsterer. Henry M. Haviland, Denham, Buckinghamshire, cowkeeper. -Wm. Warrington the elder, Upper Berkeley-street West, Hyde-park-square, Middlesex, painter.-James Horder, Wimborne, Dorsetshire, market gardener.-Thos. Fenwick, Tynemouth, Northumberland, common brewer.-J. Fish, Helmshow, near Haslingden, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

John Ridley and John Porter Dolphin, Newcastle-uponTyne, and Hexham, Northumberland, attornies-at-law and solicitors.-Thomas Hanson Peile, Rowland Babington Peile, and Wm. Henry Murch, (under the firm of Peile, Son, & March), Mansion-house-place, London, attornies and solicitors, (so far as regards the said Wm. H. Murch).—Charles Deane and Arthur Goodrich, (under the firm of Deane & Goodrich), Lincoln's-inn-fields, Middlesex, attornies-at-law and solicitors.-Richard Nation, Richard Stileman, and John Neate, Orchard-street, Portman-square, London, attornies and solicitors. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

Wm. King, Glenpatrick, near Johnstone, Renfrewshire, distiller.

Richard Nuttall, Ramsbottom, Lancashire, beerseller, Feb. 8 at 11, County Court of Lancashire, at Bury.-Wm. Pogson, Rashcliffe, Almondbury, Yorkshire, out of business, Feb. 2 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Huddersfield.-Edward Margetson, Westfield, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, yeoman, Feb. 2 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Huddersfield.—John Gothard, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, drysalter, Feb. 2 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Huddersfield.-A. Cocking, Clown, Derbyshire, coal miner, Feb. 11 at 11, County Court of Nottinghamshire, at Worksop.-Francis George Sherrard, Bristol, attorney-at-law, Feb. 1 at 11, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Bristol.-Wm. W. Wilkes, Darlaston, Staffordshire, ironfounder, Jan. 26 at 10, County Court of Staffordshire, at Walsall. George Harvey, Walsall, Staffordshire, carpenter, Jan. 26 at 10, County Court of Staffordshire, at Walsall. - Daniel Porcher, Saffron Walden, Essex, confectioner, Jan. 31 at 10, County Court of Essex, at Saffron Walden.

The following Persons, who, on their several Petitions filed in the Court, have obtained Interim Orders for Protection from Process, are required to appear in Court as hereinafter mentioned, at the Court-house, in Portugal street, Lincoln's Inn, as follows, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

Feb. 3 at 10, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Thos. Harrington, Tavistock-court, Covent-garden, Middlesex, clerk in the Inland Department of the General Postoffice, St. Martin's-le-Grand. London.-John Finch, Pleasant-place, King's-cross, Holloway-road, Middlesex, cheesemonger.

Feb. 4 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILlips. Joseph Smith, Catherine-street, Strand, Middlesex, mamaging clerk to a stationer.-Henry Hugh Hatton, Barrowhill-road, High-street, Portland-town, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, cowkeeper.-Wm. Harding, Brand-street, Blandfordsquare, Middlesex, out of business.-S. Wray, Gerrard-st., River-terrace, City-road, Middlesex, out of business.

Feb. 6 at 11, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Samuel Ayler, York-street, High-street, Camden-town, Middlesex, lint manufacturer.-John Groves, Bishopsgate-st. Without, London, saddler.

Feb. 6 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Henry Robinson, John's-place, Little James-street, Bedford-row, Middlesex, labourer.

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before the Court, in Portugal-street, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

Feb. 3 at 10, before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER. Henry Wells Young, Westbourne-park-road, Paddington, Middlesex, attorney-at-law.

Feb. 3 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner MURPHY. John Philip Newman, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-innfields, Middlesex, tailor.

Feb. 4 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Frederick Wm. St. John Dawson, Tarling-street, Commercial-road East, Middlesex, attorney's clerk.

Feb. 4 at 10, before Mr. Commissioner MURPHY. J. M'Cabe, Tabernacle-walk, Finsbury, Middlesex, currier.

Adjourned.

Feb. 4 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Algernon Sydney Sparke, Little Queen-st., Westminster, Middlesex, commission agent.

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before a Judge of the County Court, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

At the County Court of Lancashire, at LANCASTER, Feb. 3 at 12.

Thomas McKie, Wigan, provision-shop keeper.-Wm. John Brooks Collins, Liverpool, foreman in a biscuit manufactory. -F. Barker, Chorlton-upon- Medlock, Manchester, butcher. worth Drury, Preston, grocer.-James Adamson, Manchester, —Julius Ahlborn, Liverpool, haberdasher.-Thomas Wateraccountant.-John Richardson, Salford, out of business.-J. Guilford, Hulme, Manchester, grocer.- Chas. Hooper Cope, Manchester, accountant.-J. Wormald, Manchester, packer. James Calvin, Liverpool, joiner.-Abel Pimblett, Boltonle-Moors, out of business.-Ann Davidson, Liverpool, lodginghouse keeper.-John Runcliffe, Blackburn, fishmonger.-Jas. Gee, Preston, mechanic.-J. Wilson, Blackburn, fishmonger. At the County Court of Somersetshire, at TAUNTON,

EMILE DUNIN, (known as Count Dunin), of Westbourne-terrace, Paddington, formerly of Saville-row, Burlington gardens, and prior to that of Queen Charlotte-row, and Gloucester-place, New-road, Marylebone, Middlesex, machinist, Feb. 4 at 12, and March 10 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Cannan; Sol. Colombine, 21, Margaret-st., Cavendish-square.-Petition dated Jan. 14. HENRY CLARE TIMPSON, Woolwich, Kent, surgeon and apothecary, dealer and chapman, Feb. 7 at 1, and March 7 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Lee; Sol. Carttar, Greenwich, Kent. Petition filed JAMES COWDEROY, Hammersmith, Middlesex, omnibus proprietor and licensed victualler, Feb. 7 and March 7 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Stansfeld; Sols. Selby & Mackeson, 59, Lincoln's-inn-fields.-Petition filed Jan. 16.

Jan. 23.

GEORGE HAINES, late of Tocknells Mills, near Painswick, but now of Kingstanley, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, miller and mealman, dealer and chapman, Feb. 8 and March 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol: Off. Ass. Miller; Sol. Wilke, Gloucester.-Petition filed Jan. 10.

beer: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex. Jules George Kammerer, Cranbourn-street, St. Martin-inthe-Fields, Middlesex, coffee-house keeper: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Wm. Bright Heighton, Spring-garden-place, Pimlico, Middlesex, out of business : in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex― George Flynn, London-road, Southwark, Surrey, out of business: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-H. Askham, Arlington-st., Camden-town, Middlesex, foreman to a tailor: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-N. Bull Jay, Grove-villas, New-road, Shepherd's-bush, Middlesex, boarding-house keeper: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thos. Beesley, Bay-street, Mayfield-road, Dal

ston, Middlesex, accountant's clerk: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Humphrey Stevenson, Mariastreet, Kingsland-road, Middlesex, draper: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-H. Nicholson, Sussex

place, Enfield-road, Middlesex, secretary to the East Bosorn Mining Company: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thomas Hill, Chatham, Kent, commission agent for the sale of horses: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-Thomas James Boardman, Albion-road, Wandsworth-road, Surrey, doctor of music: in the Gaol of Surrey. -Moses Dearden, Gannow, near Burnley, Lancashire, out of business: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Wormald, Manchester, packer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Jas. Gee, Preston, Lancashire, mechanic: in the Goal of Lancaster.-James Wilson, Blackburn, Lancashire, fishmonger: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Ann Davidson, Liverpool, lodging-house keeper: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Rawcliffe, Blackburn, Lancashire, fishmonger: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Jas. Calvin, Liverpool, builder: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-Chas. Butterfield, Kirkgate, Leeds, Yorkshire, out of business: in the Gaol of York.-William Dickinson, Pontefract, Yorkshire, joiner in the Gaol of York.-George Parker, Westonsuper-Mare, Somersetshire, tailor: in the Gaol of Wilton.Samuel Jane, St. Dominic, Cornwall, farmer: in the Gaol of Bodmin.-W. Dearden, Padiham, near Burnley, Lancashire, farrier in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Guilford, Hulme, Manchester, provision-shop keeper: in the Gaol of Lancaster. -John Greenwood, Halifax, Yorkshire, out of business: in the Gaol of York.-Joseph Lighttowler, Knottingley, near Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, lime burner: in the Gaol of York.George Butcher, South Shore, near Blackpool, Lancashire, builder: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-J. Gwatkin the younger, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, builder: in the Gaol of Monmouth. -Wm. Quinlan, Blackheath, Kent, share dealer: in the Gaol of Maidstone.-Thos. Hitchmough, Runcorn, Cheshire, salt merchant: in the Gaol of Chester.—Wm. Tytherleigh, Birmingham, foreman at the Crown Works: in the Gaol of Coventry.-H. Sibley, Ampton-place, Gray's-inn-road, Middlesex, attorney-at-law: in the Gaol of Dover.-Edw. Dalton, Salford, Lancashire, joiner: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Marshall, Salford, Lancashire, joiner: in the Gaol of Lan-Wm. Clifton, Preston, Lancashire, farmer: in the Gaol of Lancaster.-John Rossiter, Westbury, Leigh, Wiltshire, clothier; in the Gaol of Fisherton Anger.-Elizabeth Adams, Barking, Essex, out of business: in the Gaol of Springfield.-The Hon. B. T. M. Cecil, Dover, Kent, in no profession: in the Gaol of Dover.- Fanny Watts, Chatham, Kent, out of business in the Gaol of Maidstone.-A.

caster.

:

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought up before a Judge of the County Court, to be examined and dealt with according to the Statute:

At the County Court of Kent, at MAIDSTONE, Feb. 7 at 12. T. Kirtley, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, linendraper. —Wm. Quinlan, Lloyd's-place, Blackheath, share dealer.Thomas Richards, Whitstable, mariner.-Arthur Saunders, Greenwich, licensed victualler.-Fanny Watts, Chatham, out of business.

At the County Court of Cornwall, at BODMIN, Feb. 8 at 10. Samuel Jane, St. Dominic, farmer.

At the County Court of Essex, at CHELMSFORD, Feb. 9

at 12.

John Lozell, Love's Green, Writtle, out of business.-G. Clarke, North Ockendon, cattle dealer.-Elizabeth Adams, Barking, out of business.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' DIVIDENDS.

Wm. Aiken, Davies-street, Grosvenor-square, Middlesex, wine merchant: 5d. in the pound.-Joseph Clapham, Leeds, Yorkshire, builder: 63d. (making 58. 64d.) in the pound.Thomas Stoker, York, butcher: 78. 14d. in the pound.James Tucker, Street, Somersetshire, farmer: 28. in the pound. - Margaret Ball, widow, Salcombe, Marlborough, Devonshire, in no business: 18. 9d. in the pound.- William Hex, Northumberland-court, Northumberland-street, Strand, Middlesex, lodging-house keeper: 14d. in the pound. - Henry Seed, Preston, Lancashire, plasterer: 28. 44d. in the pound.Samuel Clapham, Grainthorpe, near Louth, Lincolnshire, tailor: 18. 11 d. in the pound.—Wm. Huddleston, Lancaster, plasterer: 104d. in the pound.-Joshua Mayston, St. George'sroad, Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex, classical tutor 148. 2d. in the pound.-John Tomlin, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, coachmaker: 78. in the pound.-John F. Loader, Dartmouthhill, Lewisham, Kent, clerk to a glass cutter: 38. 10d. in the pound.

Apply at the Provisional Assignees' Office, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London, between the hours of 11 and 3. MEETING.

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