The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-23 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCIES-INSOLVENCIES-WRITS.

We have heard it alleged, that though the labour-
ing classes in this neighbourhood have been on the
whole fully employed, and have therefore suffered
less than on former occasions, yet their employers,
and persons in business generally, have felt the
pressure of the times with excessive severity, and
that there have been more bankruptcies, more in-
solvencies, and more legal proceedings, than in any
former period. We Kaye therefore procured some

information on these points. In the first place, we
have selected from the Gazettes for the last six years
the number of bankruptcies in the county of Lan-
caster, distinguishing. those of persons engaged in
those branches of trade which employ the great bulk
of the population, namely, spinners, manufacturers,
bleachers, and printers. The numbers are as follow:
'fatal No. Spinners, Manufacturers, &c.
In 1824 110 21
In 1825 .130 18
In 1826 314 69
In 1827 167 25
In 1828 .129 23
In 1829 .175 29

Thus the number of bankrupts in 1829, instead
of being greater than was ever known before, is
somewhat below the average of the five preceding
years. But it may be alleged that people have
adopted a different method of escaping from their
difficulties, and have more generally taken the be-
nefit of the Insolvent Act. The following are the
numbers of persons who hare applied to take the be-
nefit of the Act at Lancaster during the last six
years :—ln 1824, 359 ; in 1825, 312; in 1826,
484; in 1827, 355; in 1828, 223; in 1829, 339.
Here again the number is below the average of the
preceding five years. With regard to the legal pro-
ceedings resorted to, we hare not been able to pro-
cure information so conclusive and satisfactory as we
could have wished. It was our intention to give a
comparative statement of the number of writs sued
out in the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster for
the last six years ; but no summary being made up
in the Prothonotary's Office, we were compelled to
forego that intention. We have, however, suc-
ceeded in obtaining a return of the number of bail-
able writs issued into the county of Lancaster, from
the Court of Common Pleas, as well as from the
Courts at Westminster, in the undermentioned
years, viz.:—ln 1825, 3,063 ; in 1826, 4,940; in
1828, 2,040; and in 1820, 2,249. Here again it
will be seen that the number for 1829 is considerably
below the average.
From the preceding statements, then, it will ap-
pear :-
Ist. That the amount paid for the relief of the
poor of Manchester, in 1829 (after making the de-
duction to which we have alluded), though larger
than that paid in prosperous years, is smaller than
the average either of the five preceding years, or of
the 13 preceding years.
2d. That the extent of crime, as indicated by the
commitments at the New Bailey, is smaller than the
average of the preceding fire years.
3d. That the number of bankiuptcies (though
large as compared with some former year:) is smaller
than the average of the preceding fire years.
4th. That the number of insolvencies is smaller
than the average of the preceding tire years.
sth. That the number of bailable writs issued is
much smaller than the average of the three years,
with respect to which we have been able to procure
returns.

Now we should ask, what is the inference to be
drawn from these facts ? Is it that the distress in
this district has been going on increasing for the last
five or six years ; or that it is now greater than ever
was known before ? We think no one will main-
tain that such is the case. That 1823 was not a
year of prosperity certainly is manifest from the
statement we have given; but that there is any
thing in the distress which has prevailed, of a na-
ture to warrant a desponding view of the state of
the country, or to show that any change of system
is necessary to restore prosperity, ve do utterly
deny. It is, no doubt, the duty of the legislature
now, as it is their duty at all times, to remove
every hurthen and every impediment to the well-
being of the people which can possibly be re-
moved ; but that they ought to return to a de-
preciated currency, or to abandon the present com-
mercial system of the country, must be shown by
better evidence than any which has yet been adduced
for that purpose.

LONDON MARKETS.

COAL MAIC
Adair's , 33s. MI.
Beaumont _ 3l 0
Bede's Main 'lB 0
Charlotte 31 0
East Percy 30 6
Felling Main . S 9 0
1-lehlsurn Main 32 6
Kenton West 33 6
Killingworth 34 0
Liddell': :Ai 0
Ord's Redhugh 29 6
Peiaw
Pontop Windsor 29
T;intield Lea. 29 9
SS 6
Wylani 3 9
Walls Eud Bell and Co. 34 0
Ditto Bell Itolsson & Co. 34 6
Ditto Bewieke and Co.— 34 9
Walls End Brown's . 3
Walls End Boundary —3l 6
Ditto Clarke and Co. 32 04
Walls End Carr and Co. 3: (S
Ditto Cramlington 29 (I
Ships at market, 169%—51

ET.—Feb. 22.

Walls End Newmarcli., 358.6 d.
Ditto Gosforth 35 0
Ditto Heaton . 34 6
Ditto Hilda
Ditto NoithimaLrerland 33 2
Ditto Perkins and Co—. 33 9
Ditto 34 6
Ditto Russell's 34 3
Ditto Walker ---. 34 6
Lambton's Primrose 34 6
Walls End Hetton 33 6
Walls End Lambton— 36 6
Walls End I.yons 34 3
Walls End Stewart's 36 3
Russell's fietton's W.E. 30 0
CO%llllOl 32 6
Hartley 33 0
Shildon 29 0
Silkstone— 32 3
Tenby
S hipcote Trader 2B 9
Hetton Trader , 26 3
Ellison small
Walls End small ---. 23 6
lips sold, 71,44—Unsold, 98

SECOND EDITION
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF THIS EVENING.

Whitehall, Feb. 20, 1830.

The King has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
James Abercromby to be Chief Baron of his 2ilajesty's
Court of Exchequer in Scotland, vacant by the resigna-
tion of Sir Samuel Shepherd.
The King has been pleased to order a conbe d'elire to
pass the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of
the Cathedral Church of St. Asaph to elect a Bishop of
that See, the same being void by the death of the Right
Reverend Father in God Doctor John Luxmore, late
Bishop thereof, and his Majesty has been al.o pleased to
recommend to the said Dean and Chapter, the Right
Reverend Father in God Doctor William Carey, now
Bishop of Exeter, to be by them elected Bishop of the said
See of St. Asap!).
The King has also been pleased to grant to the Rev.
George Chandler, D.C.L. the dignity of Dean of the Ca-
thedral Church of Chichester, void by the death of Dr.
Samuel Slade.

The King has also been pleased to grant to the Rev.
Richard William Jelf, M.A. the place and dignity of a
Caton of the Cathedral Church of Christ in the University
of Oxford, by the death of Doctor Thomas Hay.
The King has also been pleased to grant to the Rev.
John Bull, D.D. the place and dignity of a Canon of the
Cathedral Church of Christ, in the University of Oxfoid,
Void by tha deaths of Dr. Phineas Pett.
The King has also been pleased to grant to the Rev.
James Somers Cocks, M.A., the place and dignity of a
Canon or Prebendury of the Cathedral Church of Wor-
cester, void by the death of Dr. Sir Herbert ()Arley,
Bart.

Foreign-office, Feb. 93.
King has been pleaded to approve of Mr. Eininuel
Zwilehenbart, as Consul at Liverpool fur the Swim Con-
federation.

Crown-office, Feb. 23.
)[EMBERS RETURNED TO SI: RYE IN THIS PRASENT PAR-