The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-09 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

The following are the only Bankruptcies of any commer-
cial importance which appear in his evening's Gazette :
Samuel F, Bilton, barrister, Essex-street, Strand
James H. Kendall, clerk, Pimlico
John C. Jones, tailor, Clapham-road
Henry Bessant, builder, Shirley, Southampton
Thomas Pierce, dealer in china and glass, Saint Pancras
Edwin W. Honnor, cab proprietor, Camden-town
John Richards, dairyman, Cripplegate, City
Caroline Belson, licensed victualler, Frimley, Surrey
John Copeland, grocer, St. Helens
Henry Marsden and John Clarke, manufacturers, Black-
burn

Peter Wotton Hansen, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Ernest J. A. Fitzroy, gentleman, Pimlico
Thomas Watson, tailor, Hanover-square
Edward Cain and James Fairbairn, plumbers, Richmond
Thomas Bottomley Dyson, contractor, Rastrick
Wm. Campling, licensed victualler, Lakenham, Norwich
John Parfrey, coach maker, Bristol
William Atteweli, lace manufacturer, Nottingham
Nathaniel Yenning, coach builder, Tiverton
Richard Hitchins, jun., shipowner, Bristol
William Snowden, agricultural implement maker, Long-
ford, Gloucestershire

Thomas E. Thomas, brick maker, Cwmamman, Carmar-
thenshire
Jos. Walker and Wm. Walker, woolstaplers, Gomersta,
Yorkshire

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Cairns, manufacturer, Langholm
Andrew Struthers, draper, Hamilton
Robert Whyte, carpenter, Stirling

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Y2sTrun,ti.
Amsterdam
111899 i
Ditto
3 ma...... Laths, ,251-3151994:57711
3 Months. 11 181
Rotterdam — 11 181 25
55
Antwerp 25 471
25 55
Brussels 25 471
Hamburgh
3 81 13 4
1
-- OA 25 25 30
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine 25 52
119 a
13 0
Vienna
Trieste .. .
......-- 331 33/
Petersburgh
Berlin
...... 49 491
Madrid
LCaegdhizorn —
2255495t751
22,5506t50
Milan .......... ••• . 25 55 25 60
Gen0a.............
Naples . ... -
391 39;
Palermo
Messina
Li5b0n........ — 521 521
Oporto. — 521 251
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz
Mexican Dollars
0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard)
0 0 0
South American Doubloons
0 0 0
A'

TTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A COLONEL.—PoRTS-
MOUTH, Monday.-_A report was freely circulated in Ports-
mouth to-day that an attempt had been made by a soldier
to shoot Col. Palmer, C. 8., of the 60th Rifles, 2d battalion,
quartered in Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth. The facts
are as follows :—Just before 11 o'clock last night the
report of firearms was heard from the barracks. This may be
explained by the fact that at a quarter to 11 the sentry per-
ceived a man named Michael Griffin " snapping caps" in the
barrack-square near the colonel's quarters. The sentry told
the sergeant of the guard. who went into the yard and there
saw the prisoner, rifle in hand. Griffin said, "If you don't
go away I'll shoot you," whereupon the sergeant retired
and called out a file of the guard, and while about to go into
the square again he heard the report of a rifle, which at
that hour created much alarm. Upon examination it was
found that Griffin's rifle ball had penetrated the area wall ad-
joining Col. Palmer's quarters without doing further hiaorin.
ne.
It is stated that the man's intention was to shoot hisoo_oB_6!
or one of the officers, and whether his rifle went ti c
dentally or not is yet a mystery. The present b the
Griffin hovered about, loaded rifle in hand,
°Window or
chance of Colonel Palmer's appearance at
the
doubt Eros"
elsewhere. The alarm raised by the sen
trYcartridge were
tasted his plans. Nine rounds of blank
t of the ten.
lasing ou
found in his breast, one being ra be fully ac-
course, ealiiteifni; that
allowed the men, and that can,
°fracter. . Ile was taken
counted for. Griffin bears a bad
Lbraexamination, when he
before the colonel this morningor to say anything about
declined to explain his conduct
*alwill try him shortly.
the matter. A court-re,
itigs formed under the title of
Company (Limited). The
A new undertakinb,...:
the Billingsgate Fins
the sale of ice. The proposal
carrying of
.11
object is to carry on the trawling, line fishing, and
tir smack-owners
interest of exis -g of the
is to combine into a common. joint-stock undertak-
ing the 1
owning fifty vessels,
have already r
signified their adhesion to the project.
. Reference is made to the economy with which a
• large fleet may be worked, as compared with the
cToahsvtaerno afesl'number of whom,
several small ones. Special stress is appa-
rently laid upon the fact that " the directors are
secretly negotiating a treaty for the purchase of a
property which will carry with it the exclusive
concession of fishing rights on the b
ground in Northern Europe, where the
is now excluded." The capital is filed at £50,000
in flag
in £5 shares.