The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-13 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Thaws Normington, of Saffron-Walden, Essex, innkeeper,
4o surrender Jan. 24, at one, 25, at eleven, and Feb. 22,- at
one, at Guildhall, London. AttornieS, Messrs. Wiltshire
• and Bolton, Throginorton-street.
Thomas Hervey, of the Old 'Change, LOndon, baker, to sur-
render fan. 17, 24, and Feb. 22. at eleven, at Guildhall,
ktornies, :Messrs. Vincent and Upstone, Bedford street,
13..dford-square.
pales l'endred, of Brook-Green, Hammersmith, Middlesex,
. e:ealer, to -surrender !an. 14, 21, and Feb 22, at ten, at
Guildhall. A ttorlUes, Mr. Knight, Kensington; or P. P.
Popkin, Dean-street, Soho.
IC•hn Lewis, of Golden-square, Westminster, apothecary,
to surrender lan. 21, 25, and i.eb. 32, at ten, at Guildhall.
Attorney, Mr. W. Holmes, Old-square, Lincoln's-14n.
DIVIDENDS.

Feb. I. john EdWardS and George Manvell, of Caie Coch,
Flintshire, manufacturers or earthenware and co.-partners,
at eleven, at Guildhall,..LOndon.
Feb. 1.- john Debrett, of Piccadilly, Middlesex, bookseller,
'at eleven, at Guildhall.,
Feb: 22.. John Astbury, of Sheffield-street, Clare:Market,
Middlesex, carpenter, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Feb. 22. john Morgan, of Compton-street, St. Giles, Mid-
dlesex, vidualler, at eleven, at Guildhall.
Feb. 3. Rayner Cox, late of Saxmunilliam, Suffolk, money-
scrivener,- at eleven, at the. Bell Inn, Saxmundharn,
Fet3. I. 10SeVII. Anderson, of Clare-street, Clare-market,
butcher, at eleven, at Guildhall.
tan. 30. Christopher Neville, late of Dartford, Kent,
coach-maker, at eleven, at Guildhall. London.
Feb. 7. Thomas Collings, of Crediton, Devonshire, serge-
• maker, at three, at the George Inn, Nortnstreet, xeter.
Feb. t 1.- Edward Graydon, of Sunderland near the sea,
county of Durham, spirit-merchant, at eleven, at the
George Inn, Sunderland near the sea.
Feb. 4. Thomas Hopkins, of West-Green, Middlesex, var-
nish-maker; at ten, at Guildhall.
Feb. t. Richard Bury,' of Manchester, drysalter, at eleven,
at the Star Inn, Deansgate, MancheSter. •
(—tit Lrfeariro.

Feb. t. Mark Noble, of Narrow-wall, Lambeth, Surrey,
merchant and iron-founder. . .
Thomas Duffey, of Manchester, .manufadurer.
ielin Merst, of Wittersham, Kent, corn-merchant.
James Doyle, late of St. Paul, Covent-Garden, Middlesex,
china and Klansman.
lohnMiddlehurst, of Bolton, Lancashire, innkeeper.
Thomas Moyle, of Newcastle-under- Lyme, Staffigdshire,
draper. ..

i iday.noon, while a baker left his basket at a door
in the Minories, to settle an, account, some person
thiob-served put a child, about a month old, into it,
and the baker returning, swung his -basket on his
shoulder Without observing the addition which had
been made to its contents. The .infant, however,,
awakened or hurt by the violence of the motion,,
began • to- cry ; the man, not dreaming - whence the
sound proceeded, thought himself bewitched or;
haunted, and hurried home to East. Smithfield in;
the greatest trepidation. The innocent occasion oil
his alarm was then discovered and taken care
while the parish' officers set out in pursuit of its
hathral parent.
A 'Comet was discovered- on the 22d of 06tober,'
at. three o'clock in the morning, .by M. Huth, of
Frankfort on- the-Oder. It was in the hindmost foot
of the .Great Bear, and was scarcely. visible to the
naked eye. In size and brightness it resembled the
great nebulous spot in Androtheda, except that it
was almost circular. Its course waS southerly, and
seemed to proceed towards the region of Denebola.
When magnified 350 'times; it 'did not shew any
nucleus. The same Comet was discovered by Pro-
fessor Bode, at the Berlin; Observatory, on the 23d
.of Oauber.
. An Institution is.about to be formed at St. Peters-.
linsgh, the objeO of which is the ittiroVeinent of
every thing connected with the Naval Service it is
to be ea!led the Museum of the Marine ; is to be
under the direction of the Minister of- the Marine,
and its members are to ,wear a naval uniform.
A Plan is said to be matured by' the Medical Pro-
fession of England, to, restriCt. the ,Scierice the
hands of none but well-instructed PraOitioners6 The
provisions are to be prosPeCtive, and will hot operate
upon the present generation ;- but :as these die. or
retire, their situations will tie filled by personS of
competent education. The Plan--iS: in circulation
amongst all the principal Member 4 of the Profession.
On the 20th of 061ober an attempt was made by
Messrs. Pauli and Lernercier, of Paris - which proved
that Balloons can be steered-and direCted, according
to • the pleasure ,of the aeronaut, They invented
machinery, by'which they moved the wings attached
,to the balloon, and the rudder resembling the tail`
of a- bird.. On ascending they
.were conveyed 'by a
gentle east wind; ,and, on workingthe machinery,.,
they- made way slowly against it., .At length, aftera
voyage of five hours, they.desecon4ed at I)enouville,
near Chartres," convinced of the praCticability of their
experiment. -
Saturday morning as a fishWonian, named CraW;
ley, was passing Upper Thames-street, being.inuch
intoxicated, she fell under the wheel of a cart, which
crushed one of her legs to piece-S; 7arid:-rendered am-
putationsnecessary on her being carried. to St. Th.;-•

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