Thos. Goddard, Nottingham, out of business.--Wm. Woodhead Smith, Toton, Nottinghamshire, out of business.

At the County Court of Sussex, at LEWES, Feb. 27. Nicolas Amable Dubois, Brighton, confectioner. - John Jacob Willard, Brighton, out of business.-Alfred Playstead Bartlett, Lewes, plumber.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' DIVIDENDS.

Thos. Wild, Victoria-grove, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, clerk in the Custom House: 54d. in the pound.-Charles Forbes Christie, Upper John-st., Fitzroy-square, Middlesex, captain on half-pay, 2nd Bombay European Regiment of Light Infantry: 11d. in the pound. Philip Henry Smallbone, Cole-st., Swan-st., Dover-road, Surrey, fruiterer: 104d. in the pound.-Walter Bullen the elder, Garden-st., Stepney, Middlesex, locker in the Customs: 48. 2d. in the pound.-A. Burdett Vyse, Liverpool-st., Walworth, Surrey, clerk to a straw hat manufacturer: 4d. in the pound.-John Game, Tyssons-road, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, driver of an omnibus: 18. 1d. in the pound.-Henry White, Doddingtongrove, Kennington, Surrey, reader to a printer: 10d. in the pound.

Apply at the Provisional Assignee's Office, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London, between the hours of 10 and 1.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16.

INSOLVENT. JEREMIAH ADDISON, Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire, corn dealer.

BANKRUPTS.

SAMUEL BENNETT, High-street, Islington, Middlesex, draper and laceman, dealer and chapman, Feb. 23 at 1, and March 29 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sol. Abrahams, 4, Lincoln's-inn-fields.— Fiat dated Feb. 8.

RICHARD COOPER, Chipping Ongar, Essex, licensed victualler, Feb. 22 and April 2 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Turquand; Sols. Turner & Son, Mount-place, Whitechapel-road.-Fiat dated Feb. 7. GEORGE KINNELL, late of Cashalton, Surrey, and now of Bolton-terrace, Edward-st., Walworth, Surrey, spinner and hearth-rug manufacturer, dealer and chapman, Feb. 26 at 2, and April 2 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Graham; Sols. Dickson & Overbury, Frederick'splace, Old Jewry.-Fiat dated Feb. 8. HENRY PRESTON WILLS, High Holborn, Middlesex, victualler and tavern keeper, March 3 at 2, and March 31 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sols. Messrs. Barrow, Great Portland-street, Marylebone.-Fiat dated Feb. 14.

WILLIAM SOLOMON, Union-street, Southwark, Surrey, and High Holborn, Middlesex, tea dealer and grocer, March 3 at half-past 1, and March 31 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Green; Sol. Matthews, St. Mary Axe. -Fiat dated Feb. 12.

WILLIAM IRVING, Birmingham, draper, dealer and chapman, Feb. 24 and March 28 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Valpy; Sols. Nield, Manchester; Hodgson, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Feb. 1. WILLIAM RODEN, Evelith, Shiffnal, miller, and Coppice Farm, Kemberton, Shropshire, farmer, Feb. 22 and March 20 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Glover, Shiffnal; Motteram & Co., Birmingham.-Fiat dated Feb. 7. JOHN EDWARD CHRISTIAN, Liverpool, ship broker, dealer and chapman, (carrying on business at Liverpool, in partnership with Thomas Wilkinson, under the style or firm of Christian & Wilkinson), Feb. 27 and March 20 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Bird; Sols. Dodge, Liverpool; Bridger & Co., King William-st., London.-Fiat dated Feb. 9.

LEVI DAVIS, Redditch, Worcestershire, needle manufacturer, dealer and chapman, Feb. 28 and March 28 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Christie; Sol. Hodgson, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Feb. 10. JOSEPH BUSST, Walsall, Staffordshire, timber merchant, dealer and chapman, March 3 at 12, and April 10 at halfpast 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Hinchliffe, Westbromwich; Hodgson, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Dec. 23.

:

CHARLES HENRY HUSKINSON, Birmingham, licensed victualler and innkeeper, dealer and chapman, Feb. 27 and March 20 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham Off. Ass. Valpy; Sol. Wright, Birmingham.-Fiat dated Feb. 8. THOMAS DIXON, Little Dawley, Dawley, Shropshire, grocer, March 1 and 28 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham: Off. Ass. Whitmore; Sols. Phillips, Shiffnal; Motteram & Co., Birmingham. - Fiat dated Feb. 10. FRANCIS PAYNTER, Penzance, Cornwall, attorney and money scrivener, dealer and chapman, Feb. 27 and March 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter: Off. Ass. Hirtzel; Sols. Rogers, Helston, Cornwall; Stogdon, Exeter ; CHARLES JEPSON, New Malton, Yorkshire, innkeeper Gregory & Co., Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 12. and farmer, dealer and chapman, March 2 and 29 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Young; Sols. Scholfield, York; Harle & Clarke, Leeds; Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 10. GEORGE LATHAM, Liverpool, hotel keeper, licensed victualler, dealer and chapman, Feb. 26 and March 28 a 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass Morgan; Sols. Woodburne, Liverpool; Keighley & Co., Chancery-lane, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 13. FRANCIS GEORGE HARBORD, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, (lately carrying on business at Liverpool, in co-partnership with William Dalgliesh, under the style or firm of William Dalgliesh, as wine and spirit merchants, and at the same time carrying on business at Liverpool aforesaid, in co-partnership with William Dalgliesh and Robert Dutton Reeves, under the style or firm of R. D. Reeves & Co., as wine and spirit dealers), Feb. 27 and March 20 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Turner; Sols. Greene, Liverpool; Maples & Co., Old Jewry, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 12.

AUGUSTUS MONGREDIEN, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 26 and March 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Avison & Prett, Liverpool; Surr & Gribble, Lombard-street, London.-Fiat dated Feb. 10.

JAMES CAIRSFIELD ALLON, North Shields, Northumberland, brewer, builder, dealer and chapman, Feb. 23 at half-past 12, and March 29 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Off. Ass. Baker; Sols. Lutch & Kewney, North Shields; Jobling & Fleming, Newcastle; Bell & Co., Bow Church-yard, London.-Fiat dated Dec. 29.

RICHARD ENGLISH, Sunderland, Durham, wine and spirit merchant, Feb. 23 and March 20 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Off. Ass. Baker; Sols. Cooper, Sunderland; Loveland & Beckitt, 64, Lincoln's-inn-fields.-Fiat dated Feb. 9.

MEETINGS.

Thos. R. Hazard, Liverpool, merchant, March 2 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, pr. d.—R. Dawson, Thorney, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, grocer, March 1 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-Wm. Trap, Warminster, Wiltshire, mason, March 3 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex.-H. E. Stevens, Grays, Essex, grocer, March 14 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex. and aud. ac.-Wm. Shaw the younger, Salford, Lancashire, printer, Feb. 28 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, last ex.-Gilbert Currie, Church-row, Upperstreet, Islington, Middlesex, and St. Swithin's-lane, Lombardst., London, Italian warehouseman, March 15 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-J. Gurman, Bitterne, South Stoneham, Southampton, builder, March 13 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-Ann Evans, Raglan, Monmouthshire, victualler, March 13 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-James Coop, Radcliffe, Lan

cashire, timber merchant, March 13 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester, aud. ac.-Thos. Nesbitt and R. C. Nesbitt, Sunderland, Durham, brewers, March 13 at half-past 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aud. ac.-Thomas Davis, Halifax, Yorkshire, commission agent, March 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; at 12, first and fin. div.-Thomas Ridehough and John Ridehough, Mytholme Royd, Halifax, Yorkshire, worsted spinners, March 26 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; at 12, fin. div.-John Sykes, Birstall, Yorkshire, corn miller, March 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds, aud. ac.; at 12, first and fin. div.-W. Blain, Liverpool, corn merchant, March 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, aud. ac.; March 14 at 11, div.-T. Priestey, Bedford, grocer, March 15 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-Joseph King, North Audley-st., Grosvenor-square, Middlesex, coach builder, March 15 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-E. M. Totterdell and John Gruchy, Portsea, Hampshire, woollen draper, March 15 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.-John Morgan the elder and John Morgan the younger, Hereford, and Glasbury, Radnorshire, woolstaplers, March 13 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. and div. sep. est. of John Morgan the elder.-Francis Bassano, Aston, near Birmingham, coach founder, March 13 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac.; March 20 at 10, div.-John Matthews and Chas. D. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, bankers, March 13 at 10, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham, aud. ac. and fin. div. sep. est. of C. D. Matthews, and fin. div. sep. est. of J. Matthews.-Edw. Christian, Liverpool, shipsmith, March 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.-Jonathan Beckett, Liverpool, ironmonger, March 12 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool, div.

CERTIFICATES.

To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting.

Wm. Bruce, Albany-st., Regent's-park, Middlesex, baker, March 16 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Elizabeth Ling, Norwich, brush maker, March 12 at half-past 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thomas Mannington, Brighton, Sussex, tobacconist, March 10 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Charles Brackett, North-st., Spitalfields-market, Middlesex; fruit salesman, March 15 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Thos. Jordan, Hammersmith, Middlesex, brick maker, and Jewry-st., Aldgate, London, machine maker, March 15 at 2, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-Fred. Wm. Luck, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, tailor, March 15 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-James Dredge, Bath, Somersetshire, brewer, March 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.-John Pearson, Middleton, Yorkshire, miller, March 19 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds.— Wm. Linley, Conisbrough, Yorkshire, scythe manufacturer, March 10 at half-past 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield.James Johnston, St. Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, tea dealer, March 8 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. -Wm. Corns the younger, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, builder, March 10 at 12, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Samuel Taylor, Poynton, Cheshire, butcher, March 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester. To be allowed by the Vice-Chancellor of the High Court of Chancery, acting in Bankruptcy, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before March 9.

(under the style or firm of Cullington, Son, & White), so far as respects the said George White.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Griffiths & Son, Edinburgh, umbrella manufacturers.-A. Thomson, Glasgow, spirit dealer.-William Gibb, Galston, grocer.-James Laidlaw, Kelso, coach builder. Thomas M'Queen, Dornock, Dumfries, salmon fisher.- William Mackersy, Edinburgh, writer to the signet.-John Muir, Gartferry, Lanarkshire, lime contractor.-John Williamson, deceased, Glasgow, grocer.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS

Who have filed their Petitions in the Court of Bankruptcy, and have obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process.

Thos. Lewis, Rhiwgoch, Llanrhystid, Cardiganshire, student of divinity, Feb. 28 at 10, County Court of Cardiganshire, at Aberystwith.-Dennis Potter, Birdwood, Churcham, Glouces tershire, schoolmaster, March 12 at 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester. - John Madelin the elder, Gloucester, coal merchant, March 12 at 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester. Jonas Hoyle, Green-hillbank, New-mill, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, clothier, March 5 at 11, County Court of Yorkshire, at Holmfirth.-H. Darnley, Aspatria, Cumberland, grocer, Feb. 27 at half-past 9, County Court of Cumberland, at Carlisle.-Saml. Rayner, Stamford, Lincolnshire, publican, March 5 at 2, County Court of Lincolnshire, at Stamford.—Wm. Emerson, Lincoln, licensed victualler, March 5 at 11, County Court of Lincolnshire, at Lincoln.-Masta J. Cooke, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, analytical and consulting chemist, March 13 at 10, County Court of Durham, at Stockton.-Richard Floyd, Truro, Cornwall, eating-house keeper, March 9 at 10, County Court of Cornwall, at Truro. John L. Tisseman, Scarbro', Yorkshire, tailor, Feb. 26 at 10, County Court of Yorkshire, at Scarbro'. -Saml. Pawley, Tormoham, Devonshire, tailor, Feb. 24 at 11, County Court of Devonshire, at Newton Abbot.-Wm. J. Robinson, Sutton-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, plumber, March 3 at 12, County Court of Nottinghamshire, at Newark. -Thomas Brown, Gloucester, coal dealer, March 12 at 10, County Court of Gloucestershire, at Gloucester.- Thomas Dawson, Goulceby, Lincolnshire, wheelwright, March 15 at 10, County Court of Lincolnshire, at Horncastle.-William Breward, Alla-wood, Barthomley, Staffordshire, out of busi ness, Feb. 21 at 11, County Court of Staffordshire, at New. castle-under-Lyme.-Wm. Johnson and Frederick Gurnell, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, coach makers, March 15 at 10, County Court of Lincolnshire, at Horncastle. The following Person, who, on his Petition filed in the Court, has obtained an Interim Order for Protection from Process, is 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 :

March 5 at 11, before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS. Thos. Lane, Maze-pond, Southwark, Surrey, retailer of

beer.

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:

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