The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-14 00:00:00

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

W. S. Matthew, Wellington-street, Bethnal-green, but-
cher—W. Lyno, Southampton-street, Strand, and Bishop's-
yard, Grosvenor-square, carpenter—R. Pei tie, Brompton-
road, Knightsbridge, consulting engineer—W. Fell, sen.,
Snow's-fields, Bermondsey, tailor—J. Richards, Woolwich,
stove and range manufacturer—W. Charlick, Romford,
Essex, tinman—J. Brown, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn,
cabinet maker—J. Eglington, Somer's-place, St. Pan-
cras, carriage broker—C. Gay, sen., Watford Hertford-
shire, baker—J. R. Smith, New Oxford-street, and College-
place, Camden-town, business agents—W. D. Lea, Cam-
bridge-place, Paddington, clerk in the Great estern
Railway Company's service— F. T. B. Haine' Princes-
square, Kennington, journeyman bricklayer—C. Chapman,
Park-place, Lambeth, cowkeeper—W. Newton, Arbour-
square, Stepney, Secretary to a fire and life insurance com-
pany —V. Elkins, St. Martin's-lane, Leicester-square,
baby linen warehouse —J. Casbon, Bartholomew-place,
Kingsland, dealer in hats—C. Strang, Leadenhall-street,
City, wholesale and retail perfumer—E. H. Delafosse,
Kingsteignton, Devonshire, and Craven-street, Strand,
captain on the retired list of the Royal Navy on half -pay
- -E. Oliver, Hampton-terrace, Camden town, boot and.
shoemaker—C. K. Fox jun., Gerard-street, Soho, travel-
ling servant—W. Golding, Newton-street, Holborn ; Da-
vies-street, Berkeley-square ; and Little James-street,
Portman-square, gunmaker— A. F. Callaghan, Panton-
street, Haymarket, messenger in the House of Commons—
W. T. Catt, Hounslow Barracks, licensed victualler—C.
Suckling, Sydney-street, and Raven-row, Mile-end, rope
manufacturer—G. A. Craven, Clephane-road, Islington,
clerk—A. Sandiman, White Hart-court, City, official
manager of the Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport
Railway Company—H. Forrest, Grafton-street East, Fitz-
roy-square, clerk in the Secretary's department of the
General Post-office.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.

James Burt and James Burt, jun, Manchester, and
William Tottie Watson, Leeds, Yorkshire, commission
agents-3d div. of 38d.., May 24, and any subsequent Tues-
day, at Fraser's, Manchester.
Charles Edmonstone, Over Drawen, Lancashire, paper
manufacturer-3d div. of 7i d., May 24, and any subse-
quent Tuesday, at Fraser's, Manchester.
Robert Pritchard, Bangor, Carnarvonshire, ale and
porter dealer, Ist div. of 2s. 61d., May 16, and any subse-
quent Monday, at Bird's, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.

June 8. D. Keith and T. Sheebridge, Wood-street,
Cheapside, City, warehousemen—June 4. S. M. Latham,
Dover, Kent, banker—June 3. R. Temple, Brisley, Nor.
folk, grocer—J. M. Latham, and H. Latham, Dover,
Kent, bankers—June 4. E. Blekeley, Conduit-street, Re-
gent-street and Norwich, linendraper—June 4. P. C. Blac-
kett, Green-street, Grosvenor-sq., lodging-house keeper—
June 4. H. Sandys, W. Sandy; and H. Sandy; jun.,
Crane-court, Fleet-street, City, scriveners—June 2. B. J.
Maunder, Mark, Somersetshire, draper—Juno 7. R. W.
Johnson, Gloucester, wine merchant—June 6. W. W.
King, Liverpool, chemist—Junel6. C. Gough, Altrincham,
Cheshire, ironmonger—June 9. H. Kay, Heywood, Lan-
cashire, cotton spinner—June 9. R. Kay, Heywood, Lan-
cashire, cotton spinner—June 9. W. Kay, Heywood,
Lancashire, cotton spinner—June 10. N. Crook, Preston,
Lancashire, tailor—June 6. J. Price, Birmingham,
jeweller.
Certificates to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary on the day. of meeting.
June 7. W. Wright,' Maldon, Essex, linen draper—June
7. J. Lockyer, Cleikenwell-green, and St. John-square,
Clerkenwell, metal tool warehouseman.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Ford and H. Birch, Stalybridge, Lancashire, cotton
doublers—R. Gledhill, J. Ashworfh, T. Ashworth, and W.
Marshall, Bradford, cotton warp sizors, so far as regards
W. Marshall—G. E. Inger and D. M`Lachlan, Manchester,
commission agents—S. Tolson, and T. Fozard, Dewsbury,
Yorkshire, joiners—l. Percival and H. Worrall, Manches-
ter, plumbers—T. S. Bradley, J. S. Tolson, J. Kaye, and
W. Robinson, Huddersfield, wino merchants, so far as re-
gards J. Kaye and W. Robinson—J. Farrar, S. Farrar,
and T. Farrar, Chapelfield, within Pilkington, and Man-
chester, Lancashire, linen manufacturers, so far as re-
gards J. Farrar—J. H. Burgess and A. Smith, Cheap-
side City, librarians Frederick Scarfe and Francis
Scarfe, Cadogan-terrace, Sloane-street, Chelsea, builders—
J. Peck and C. Pizzie, Silver-street, London, and Ha-
verhill. Suffolk, carpet manufacturers—G. Butcher and
E. Phillips, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, City, and Regent-
street, coal merchants— J. C. Falcon and A. W. Falcon,
Mill-street, Toxteth-park, near Liverpool—D. Pickard and
T. Pickard, Leeds, Yorkshire, drapers—W. Coffin and W.
0. Hunt, Dinas Colliery, and Cardiff, Glamorganshire,
coal owners—J. Elliott and G. Peace, Dore, Derbyshire,
Ann Batten, W. Batten, T. J. Batten, and D. Batten,
Holsworthy, Devonshire, drapers, so far as regards D.
Batten—C. Armstrong and F. D. Lockwood, Sun-court,
Cornhill, City—W. S. Evans, T. Thomason, and T. Brawn,
Birmingham, manufacturers of ecclesiastical furniture, so
far as regards W. S. Evans—Sarah Lacey and Samuel
Lacey, Thame, Oxfordshire, plumbers—J. G. Truswell and
W. Keeling, Nottingham, carpet-dealers--J. Armstrong,
H. Goodall, and H. Chilton, Tokenhouse-yard, London,
and Lloyds, commission merchants, so far as regards J.
Armstrong—W. Withers and R. Withers, Bath, hatters
—J. Parsloe and C. W. S. Birt, Canton, Llandaff, Gla-
morganshire, brewers.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

William Armstrong, Glasgow, book-keeper, May 19 an,
June 9, at the Stock Exchange Room, Glasgow.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act '
the Week ending on Saturd:
ISSUE DEP,

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
ay the 7th day of May, 1653.
'AILTMENT.

X
Notes issued ...• ~.. 31,744,240

Covernment debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 2,954,°00
Gold coin and bullion 17,725,086
Silver bur 19,154

£31,744,240

£31,744,240
if. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 12th day of May, 18:

BANKING D:
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest....
Public deposits tin-

~PARTHENT.

Government s•nuri ties
(includg.Dead Weight

eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 4,265,469
Other deposb s . .
Seven Day and other
Bills 1,418,032

Annuity) ...... 13,221,382
Other securitfes .... • . 131,04 d 66
Notes .• . .
Gold and silver coin.. 40,981

£35,584,924

£35,534,92
L MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 12th day of May, 19

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending the 10th day of
May, 1853, is 245. 9d. per hundred weight, exclusive
of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam...." ll 1644 Gibraltar ..............
Ditto, three months ll 18%' Leghorn .............. 29 CO
Rotterdam ..... ll 184,Genoa ................ 2.5 37%
Antwerp 25 273! Milan
Brussels •• •••••• • • • • • • 25 2 7 VI. i Venice .•.• •• •• • .......
Ilamburgh ..• l3 8%; Naples ..........
Altona ................
^.— iPalermo 125
25 11) Aesstiia
„ •

Ditto, throe months •• 25 30
Marseilles ..... • .... 25 30
Bourdeaux ............
Frankfort•on•Maine .... 120%
Berlin ........•• ......
Vienna ..••..•••••.. 10 53
Trieste ................ 10 55
Petersburgh..•• •• •• •••• 37:.%

Lisbon ................
Oporto .......• •••• • • • . 53%
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
New York, 60 days' sight
Yhiia.leiphia..........
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
'Foreign Gold 'n Bus £3 17 9

Madrid •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••

rortiiial Gold Coin

0 0 0

5(
8areei0na..............
Seville ................

Ale,xCan DO11;17;12
New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
illnr in bars ...... 0 5 1

WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS.—Victoria-street is pro-
gressing rapidly towards completion, and exhibits, in
this respect, a marked contrast to the snail-like pro-
gress of other so-called " metropolitan improvements."
The difficulty of obtaining bricks in sufficient quantities
appears to be amongst the excuses raised in some quar-
ters, but in Westminster, through the employment of
Hart's machine, a moment's cessation from labour does
not appear to have occurred. From what we can learn
respecting this invention, as here applied, it would seem
that the clay worked was about the stiffest in England,
requiring, if used by hand, to be mixed with at least one-
third sand. Yet with Hart's machine it was at once
thrown in as dug out of the bank, without any previous
preparation. These machines appear to have been se-
lected, after many others, by reason of their not com-
pressing the clay much more than in hand labour. It
would be well to add that they were worked by a six-
horse engine and countershaft, and that each turned out
40,000 bricks per day, at an expense of men at 2s. per
1,000 exclusive of steam-power.—Herald.
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