Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-10 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. Co»zinisszoner Perry.)
IN RE DENIS DIE GAuwlN.—The bankrupt
carried on business at Liverpool, as a shipbroker,
under the firm of " Deme Gauwin and Co." This
was the certificate sitting.—Mr. Wynne appeared
for the assignees ; Mr. Littler, barrister, instructed
by Messrs. Lowndes, for the bankrupt, and Mr.
Pemberton on- behalf of an opposing creditor.
Mr. Pemberton examined the bankrupt at some
length, with the object of chewing that his private
expenditure had been extravagant and improper,
but was stopped by Mr. Littler, who objected to
his inquiring beyond the time when the debt with
the opposing creditor, was contracted, in June of
the present year.—His Honour held that Mr. Pem-
berton must confine his examination to the period
since then. He afterwards addressed the court,
contendinc, that the bankrupt's balance-sheet dis-
closed sufficient to call for the suspension of the
certificate.—Mr. Wynne, for the assignees, was
merely instructed to call attention to the defici-
ency of £3,800, with which the balance-sheet com-
mences.—Mr. Littler then replied on behalf of the
bankrupt, and asked the court for an immediate
certificate.—His Honour, referring to the items in
the balance-sheet, said that the bankrupt's per-
sonal expenditure had been small ; but, looking at
the amount of his debts, and the small amount
that the estate would realise, he should suspend
the certificate for three months, and when granted,
to be of the second class.

Tun ROYAL CHARTER.—The portion of the gold
saved by the divers from the sunken wreck of the Royal
Charter, arrived at the Bank of England on Thursday
morning. It consisted of 19 boxes, 15 ingots, and a
quantity of gold and nuggets, weighing, altogether; over
30 cwt. This, with the other part previously saved,
makes a total in value of £190,000, more than half the
bullion that was onboard.
SERFS IN RUSSIA.—The question of the enfranchise-
ment of the 'serfs is causing at this Moment considerable
agitation in St. Petersburg. The deputies of the nobles
require to be allowed to decide themselves on an affair
which interests them greatly. In consequence, they
wish to form a deliberative, committee, and they put
forth this pretension in terms which cause the Govern-
ment to fear that this is only a starting point, and that
if the demand were accorded, they would make others.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE.—
A meeting was held in St. James's-hall, en Thursday,
for the purpose of founding an asylum for the relief of
decayed farmers, their widows and orphans—a benevo-
lent scheme,• originating with Mr. Alderman Meehi.
The project was approved of. and the institution will
go by the name of the Royal Benevolent Agricultural
College. The royal family are likely to render it sup-
port,' and large and liberal subscriptions were announced.
STORMS AND SHIPWRECKS.—A good deal of damage,
accompanied with loss of life, was done to shipping and
other property on the Cumberland and other parts of the
Solway coast on Sunday and Monday last. A violent
gale prevailed on those days, and the sea was very rough.
Even up to the close of Tuesday, though the gale had
a good deal moderated, there was a heavy sea. At
Workington, three vessels were reported on shore on
Sunday morning, two on the north side,—the Unity,
a regular trader, with a general cargo, from Liver-
pool, and the Rob the Ranter, an Irish schooner,
from Dublin, both of which will doubtless be got
off without much damage. On the south side
of the harbour, just outside the pier, a Liverpool
schooner, the Intrepid, laden with pig iron, from
Ardrossan to Liverpool, lies stranded upon the bank, her
bulwarks cleared away, and the surges breaking through
her, with . every appearances of becoming a wreck.
During the gale at Maryport, two vessels, named res-
pectively, the Hazard and the Shamrock, both belonging
to that port, went on shore a little to the north of the
harbour. At Allonby a vessel has been washed on
shore, bottom up ; it proved to be the Manx sloop,
Margaret and Ann, bound to Maryport, laden with
black-jack, from the Isle of Man. It is supposed that
she had capsized, and that her crew, consisting of
three men; are drowned. The body of one man was
found entangled in the rigging, very much mutilated ;
and another body has since been washed ashore. Other
pieces of wreck of various kinds have been washed on
the shore between Maryport and Allonby. An inquest
on the bodies of the two men who have been found, and
whose names are Thomas Christian, mate, and James
Bridgett, seaman, has since been held before the district
coroner, and a verdict of "Found dead" returned. In
the immediate locality of Whitehaven, no material
damage has been sustained ; but a good deal of damage
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