The Sun.
London, England, 1839-04-20 00:00:00

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averred that so long es they live they will never pay
the Churi4t-rate, and, from their known determinaglion, it
is not likely that they will succumb. The Whigs tAT.
aitnogt dery F,ted fir having left things in this state. They
made the abolition of Church.rates one of the great means
by which to get into power, and titcn, because they were
met cn the part of the Church by a bold front, they aban-
doned the questi'm ; whereas, had they adopted an hunester
and a b ,Ider policy, they would have gained the good opi-
nio❑ of the country, and avoided the contemptible position
in which they are now placed.
The sale of the :articles so honestiv obtained will take
place on Friday. Whether there will be another such a
scene enacted as was witnessed on the occasion when Oke
sold thliproperty of the persons now in gaol -ernajos to
be ascertained. The public arc very much excited, but
there will certainly be an avoidance of anything that the
Tory spies can swear to of a I iotous nature.
TO THE EDITOR OF TILT SUN.

Sta —The inietest occasioned by the prt.c edings at
Tiuro on Cie qu:stion of Church-rates, as well as the striu-
minb up and sentence of Baron Gurney, when he presided
at the trial of Barrett and others the- Cornwall Assizes,
leads me to inquire whether any of your readers ran give me
any information as to the accuracy of a statement which I
have heard made with respect to the former professions of
that Learned Judge. I wish to know whether, when Ba-
ron Gurney was a member of the Baptist Church at Maze
Pond, he was a party to the passing a resolution, which
was entered on the Church-book, to the effect that if any
member of that Church should at any time take any place
under the Government, it should be held to be a sufficient
reason for the discharge of such member from the commu-
nion of the Church there assembling? If such a resolu-
tion was ever passed, and if Baron Gurney was a party to
that resolution, a knowledge of that fact will be very use-
ful to the people of this county, many of whom cannot
comprehend what could have occasioned the extreme bit-
terness of the Judge on the day of trial. If it should 'be
so, the conduct exhibited would be explained, as no par-
tizan is so malignant as a renegade, especially when the
apostscy takes place in the latter years of life.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Cornwall, April 16, 1839. INQUIRNA
We should be obliged to any Correspondent'who
infoun us how the Learned Baron disposed of himself an
Sundays between the time that he left the Baptists in
Maze Pond-street and joined the Presbyterians in Jtiwin-
street. We have been told that be had a taste of the In-
dependents in the interval. If so it is clear that he is a
member of the Body called " The Three Denominations."]

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETT

S f. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 17, 1839.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour df
KniOithood upon Major Thozias Livingston Mitchell, Surver-
General of New South Wales.

Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire."
Queen's Own Royal Staffordshire Regiment of Yeomanti.
Cavalry—ll. W. G. Lord Paget to be Captain, vice Lord Ver-
non resigned, March 2G.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Glou-
cester, and of the City and County of the City of G'ou-
cester, and of the City and County of the City of Bristol.
Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—C. R.
J. Sawyer, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Hughes, resigned; W. H.
Fletcher, Gent., to be Regimental Surgeon, vice Carden, re-
signed, April 1.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.
PIETER VAN DEN ENDE, merchant, London-w All.
CHARLES DAWSON, fruiterer, Covent-garden-market.
GEORGE FINISTER, wine merchant, Edmonton.
BANKRUPTS.
JAMES WILLIAM BALL and WILLIAM MILLAIi,
letter-press printers, Mount-pleasant, Gray's Inn-road to sur-
render April 26, at two, and May 3-1, at half-past elciOn, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Smith, Wilmington-square, *a-fields ;
Carman, Finsbury-square, official assignee.
FRANCIS LEETE, victualler, Chipping Ongar, Essay
May 3, at half-past one, and May 31, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Carts, Witham, Essex ; Brooksbank mud
Gray's Inn-square ; Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official
assignee.
WILLIAM HICKMAIC, rag- merchant, Upper Thames•
street, May 1, at one, and May 31, at eleven, at tho Court 4:;,f
of Bankruptcy. Phillips, Size-lane; Lackington, Coleman-
street-buildings, official assignee.
JOHN HA [UTLEY BUTTER WORTH, victualler, Leaden-
hall Market, April 26, at two, and May 31, at twelve, at'the
Court of Bankruptcy. Harpur, Kenningttm-cross; Johnson,
Basinghall-street, official assignee.
RICHARD PHILLIPS, victualler, Queen-street, Chelsea,
April 29, at half-cast one, and May 31, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Helders, Clement's Inn ; Clark, New Broad-
street-court, New Broad-street, official assignee.
THOMAS HARRIS, grocer, St. Alban's, May 2, and 31,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Teesdale, Symes, apd
Weston, Fenchurch-street; Gibson, Basinghall-street, official
assignee.
THOMAS PATEN, lodging-house keeper, Worthing, May
2, and 31, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Brighton. Edmunds,
Worthing ; Waugh and Fisher, Great JA'nes-street, Bed-
ford-row.

JOHN SMITH, baker, Torpoint, Cornwall, May 4, at too,
and May 31, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Sole,
Devonport ; Soles, Ahlermanbury.
RICHARD BYNON, clothes dealer, Devonpert, May 11,
an-]3l, at ten, at the Royal Hotel, Devonport. Elworthy,
Plymouth ; Surr, Lombard-street.
JOHN CHAPNIAN, victualler, Wisbeach St. Peter's,
Cambridgeshire, April 29, and 'May 31, at tWelVe; at the elcke,
King's Lynn, Norfolk. Jackson, Wisbeach St. Peters ; Wing
and Twining Gray's Inn-square.
WILLIAM DAVIS, linen-draper, Bath, April 30, and
May 31, at twelve, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Prideattx,
istol ; Holme, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, •London.
SIMEON PINKARD, brewer, Southampton, May Lad
31, at twelve, at the Commercial Hotel, Portsea. Lew,
Pertsea ; Francis, St. Swithin's-lane.
PHILIP BRAY, dealer in potatoes, Bronzy d, Hertford-
shire. May 28 and 31, at twelve, at the Kir* Arms Inn,
Bromyard. Deveroux, Bromyard ; Hastings, Red Lion-
square. •

DIVIDENDS. '
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghill-strict. •
S. 'loadley, coach maker, New Bond street,' May Ip, at
one—lL Clarke and J. forges, coal factors, Coal ExchUlge,
City, May 10, at one—C. and R. D. Jiaeob, merchants,.
George-yard, LonZard-street, Slay 10, at twelve—R. Taylor,
mercer, Southwark, Slay 13, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
H. Poole, innkeeper, Carnarvon, May 25, at twelve, at the
Sportsman Hotel, Carnarvon—W., Hirst, merchant, Leeds,
June 14, at one, at the Court House, Leeds—R. Maeheil,
innkeeper, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, May 11, at eleven, at the
Court House, Leeds—W. Wise, picture merchant, Manchester,
May 14, at twelve, at the Commissismers Rooms, Manchester
and W. Greenwood, cotton spinners, Wheley, York-
shire, May 17, at twelve, at the Magistrates' Office, Halifax,