The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-19 00:00:00

IN RE GOLDING.-NOVEL APPLICATION.

This bankrupt was a tradesman, of 24, Great Maryle-
bone-street, and to-day came up for choice of assignees and
proof of debts.
Mr. Robertson Griffiths applied that the choice of assig-
nees might be postponed.
The Registrar asked if the learned counsel had any affi-
davit showing the ground of the application.
Mr. Griffiths stated that an affidavit had been prepared,
and it set forth the illness of a creditor who was unable to
attend, and therefore could not prove his debt. No doubt
if he were present he would be able to carry the choice.
The Registrar did not think he ought to accede to the re-
quest in the absence of a medical certificate, but the rights
of the creditors could not suffer as the management of the
estate would be in the hands of Mr. Aldridge.

Mr. Griffiths said, if that were so, he should be quite
satisfied.

THE MULLER REWARD QUESTION.

It is generally believed that this matter will be finally
disposed of to-day upon terms advantageous both to the
creditors and to Matthews. It will be remembered that
Matthews put a stop upon the £lOO in the hands of the
North London Railway Company to his credit, and this
stop still remains. A suggestion was made recently that
the creditors should be satisfied with the £2OO already in
the hands of the assignees for division, leaving Matthews
the other £lOO for himself. This idea has not been un-
favourably received, so far as our informant can learn,
and a meeting of creditors has been called for this
afternoon, at which an offer will be made to settle matters
in an amicable manner, .and so as to spare any great and
unnecessary outlay in law expenses. Tho general opinion
appears to be that this would be the wisest course to pursue,
as in the e , ent of an appeal to a law court to determine
who is really entitled to the whole £3OO the costs would
necessarily be very heavy indeed. The sum already in the
hands of the assignees would pay a clear ss. in the pound,
leaving a margin for the costs already incurred ; and no
doubt the proceedings will be forthwith removed out of
the hands of the officials of the Court of Bankruptcy.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Tuesday Morning.

The Easter holidays have brought an accession of
labour to the Lord Lieutenant. Last night his Ex-
cellency and Lady Wodehouse attended a " Grand
Reunion Musicale, and Science and Art Conversa-
zione"—this is the official title of the entertainment
at the Antient Concert Rooms, in aid of the Sick and
Indigent Roomkeepers' Society. To-morrow after-
noon 'Lord and Lady Wodehouse will visit the Royal
Dublin Society's Cattle Show, which opens to-day.
To-morrow evening they are to be present at the
distribution of prizes in connection with the cattle
show aforesaid. And on Thursday the Punches-
town races are to be patronised in person by the
Viceroy and his lady.
According to the Northern TVhig, the people of
Belfast have at length resolved to bestir themselves "
with their Albert monument. Designs have been
advertised for, and it appears that the architectural
idea of the committee is to erect an ornamental
clock-tower, not less than 90 or 130 feet from the
ground, and to dedicate it to the memory of the Prince
Consort. The clock, we are told, will occupy a most
conspicuous position in Queen's-s luare, and will be of
great service in telling people the time, especially if it
is to have an illuminated dial. It must be confessed
that there is a touch of hard-headed utilitarianism in
this highly practical way of doing honour to the virtues,
of the illustrious dead. Talking of Belfast, the News
Letter has " reason to believe that Mr. John Porter
who died some short time since in Paris, has left
some very handsome bequests for charitable and
public objects in Belfast. Mr. Porter was an un-
tiring traveller, constantly moving from country to
country and from town to town, and we believe he
collected some very valuable curiosities, and kept a
diary in which his journeys were noted. A very
large bequest has been made—as much, as is ru-
moured, as £5,000—for the erection of a museum,
in which the collection of curiosities and the diary
are to be placed. A large sum has also been
left for building schools in the Cromac-street
district, and smaller amounts to the General
Hospital and other institutions." Another item
of Belfast news is that the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland meet there to-day,
to make preliminary arrangements for the opening
of the Magee College in Derry.
Wind and weather being greatly in their favour,
the Holyhead mail boats have been making the
cross-Channel passage in three hours and three-
quarters. Indeed, the Connaught reached Kingstown
the other day no less than 25 mins. before her con-
tract time, and as the contract time is four hours,
this would make her passage only 5 mins. more than
three hours and a half. Some of the papers here are
urging the desirability of keeping up this rate of
speed, so as to make the regular passage in three hours
and three-quarters. The Cork Herald mentions that
the 500 passengers belonging to the steamer Louis-
iana (National Steam Navigation Company) are
waiting to re-embark at Queenstown to-morrow.
The Louisiana had been ashore at Kinsale on her
outward voyage, and, failing to obtain dry-dock
accornmodatfon at Cork, had to laud her passen-
gers and return to Liverpool for reuairs. Either
the Louisiana or some other steamers of the same
line is to take the passengers on.

A curious case of accidental poisoning has oc-
curred at Blackpool, Cork. Some children went
to fish in a pool near the railway, and found what
they took to be a wild carrot growing near the
water. The vegetable, however, was poisonous,
being a water-parsnip. The children ate some.
There were eight of them, and they were all taken
ill immediately. One of them, a boy 13 years of
age, was seized with giddiness, and fell into the
water in consequence ; he was drowned, although
the water was only two feet deep. As to the rest,
the application of prompt remedies soon put them
out of danger.