The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-04 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

William Clerk, builder, Kingston-upon-Thames, to snr
render, Oct. 13, at eleven, and Nov. 16, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-
street-buildings; Spinks, Great James-street, Bedford-row.
John Rolfe, tailor, Faversham, Oct. 11, at eleven, and
Nov. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Bower and
Son, Chancery-lane.
John Barnes, grocer, Ulverstone, Oct. 11 and Nov. 14,
at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, offi-
cial assignee, Manchester ; Worthington and Shipman,
Manchester.
Joseph Peers, scrivener, Ruthin, Denbigh, Oct. 13, and
Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Case-
nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son,
Liverpool.
John Smart, wine merchant, Great Tower-street, City,
Oct. 10, at one, and Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham-
.lsers ; Stevenson and Ley, Victoria-street, Holborn•bridge,

DIVIDEND DECLARED.
Samuel Walton, of Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk manufac-
turer, first dividend of ld. in the pound, payable at 7,
Charlotte-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday.
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
John Arthur, of Neath, Gla.morganshire, ironmaster
(saparate estate), October 26—Joseph Pratt, of Manches-
ter, bookseller, November 2—James Guest, of Manchester,
cotton spinner, October 27 Samuel Barnes, of Oldham,
Lancashire, machine makers, October 26—Henry Brow-
neat, of Liverpool, merchant, October 26—Joseph Birk-
heck Blundell, of Seacombe, Cheshire, rectifier, October
26—George Rennie, of Liverpool, merchant, October 26—
John Halstead, of Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstapler (sepa-
rate estate), November 7—Henry Richard Halstead, of
Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstapler (separate estate,,, No-
vember 7.
CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
Thomas Cummins, of Gateshead, Durham, painter, Oct.
25—Samuel Garratt, of Perran-wharf, near Penryn, Corn-
wall, and of Bedminster, near Bristol, coalpit propr;etor,
October 26 —Richard Cave, of Bristol, Manchester ware-
houseman, October 27—William Henry Elkingtun, of
King's Neath, Worcestershire, brickmaker, October 26
Cornelius Terry, of Birmingham, cut nail manufacturer,
October 26—Samuel Siviter, of Brierly-hill, Staffordshire,
auctioneer, November 2—John Jackson, of Kingston-
upon-Hull, commission agent, November 15.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

Richard Lobley, of Liverpool, boot maker—Charles Till,
of Walton, Lancashire, manager of a beer house—John
Towers, of Liverpool, assistant to a brewer—John Anders,
of Liverpool, baker—James Roberts, of Liverpool, flour
dealer—William Clare, of Liverpool, retail coal dealer—
Thomas Jacob, of Broughton, Lincolnshire, shoemaker—
Ebenezer Clarke, of Brighton, surgeon—Jesse Pope, of
Brighton, tailor—George David Pitt, of Shoreham, Sus-
sex, gardener—John William Comerford, of Southsea,
Southampton, bookseller—Henry Bloomfield, of Salford,
and Manchester, draper's agent—Joseph Nicholson, of
Salford, retail beer seller'—Charles Tew, of Kidderminster,
grocer—William Lloyd, of Stafford, clicker—Charles
Fegsn, of Exeter, brevet-major in her Majesty's Royal
Marines—George Patrick, of Little Oakley, Northampton-
shire, stonemason—James Ditchfeild, of Runcorn, Che-
shire, beer house keeper—Charles Gwatkin Hill, of
Preston, drawing master.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
William Wadsworth and Henry Matthews, of Shef-
field, carpenters—Nicholas Duckworth, John Armstrong,
and John Robinson, of Manchester, silk manufacturers—
Frederick James and Andrew Wardrop, of Liverpool, corn
brokers —James Booth, Martha Booth, and John Mar-
chant, of Huddersfield, confectioners—Jonathan Chapman,
Matthew Watson Thomas, William James Thomas, and
Thomas Thomas, of New Broad-street, City, merchants
(so far as regards Matthew Watson Thomas)—Salomo
Ball, Louis Heinemann, and Alexander Cohn, .of Man-
chester, commission agents (so far as regards Alexander
Cohn)—Robert Wells, Joseph Coltman Smith, and Ed-
ward Dodd, jun., of Kingston-upon-Hull, attorneys-at-law
(so far as regards Edward Dodd)—Robert Braithwaite and
James Thompson, of Kendal, Westmoreland, card makers
—Henry Render and John Milner, of Manchester, commis-
sion agents—Joshua Coke Monkhouse and John Wesley
Septimus Monkhouse, of Barnard Castle, Durham, carpet
manufacturers—Henry Ilden Tilby and William Hedges,
of 14 Nowgate-street, City, meat and butter salesmen—
Philip William Lovett and Thomas West, of Guild-
ford, Surrey, solicitors—Wilfred Steele and Edward
Catterall; of Liverpool, cotton broker—John Philpott
and Francis Bullivant, of Philpot-lane, City, whole-
sale tea dealers—Robert Purtill and Charles John
Moore, of 12, Wellington-street, Strand, coffee and
chop louse keepers—James Whittaker Evans, Francis
Moore, and John Waugh Dawson, of Manchester and Old-
ham, Lancashire, and Newcastle-under-Lyne, Stafford-
shire, cotton spinners—Simeon Dyson, Thomas Berwick,
and, John Hatfield, of Salford, Lancashire, dyers—Joseph
Blackwell and John Tombs, of Marsh Court and Marsh
Farm, Worcestershire, farmers—William Bettison, Thomas
Ostick, and William Ostick, Kingston-upon-Hull, malt-
sters—George Smith and George Moorby, of Oldham,
Lancashire, plasterers—John Kimber and Charles Kimber,
of Newbury, Berkshire, tallow chandlers—Peter Moun-
field and Joseph Cooke, of Leese, Cheshire, farmers—
Charles Bray and Elijah Cook, of Hulme, Lancashire,
joiners—Richard Hooper and William Stuckey, of
Bristol, silk mercers—Henry Potter and George Hailey,
of 66, Fe.rringdon-market, City, importers of leeches
—Edward Frederick Crowe and Edwin Randall, of 5,
Hungerford-street, linend rapers Zachary Brooke
and William Henry Drage, of New Boswell-court,
Lincoln's-inn, solicitors—John Frederick Croft and Henry
Cromer, of 79, Old Broad-street, City, wine merchants—
Thomas Wardell and William Fossey, of Millwall, Poplar,
timber merchants—William Grozier and William Yeal,
of Sunderland, Durham, block and mast makers—Thomas
Robsin and Thomas Hall, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, iron-
mongers-Robert Johnson and Henry Banghan, of 417,
Oxford-street, saddlers—John Haigh, Martin Goldstein,
Henry Bowman Cromwell, and Luke Gledhill, of Hud-
dersfield, Bradford, and Leeds, commission merchants (so
far as regards Henry Bowman)—Maxfield Honey and
James Bennett Tolputt, of Maidstone, Kent, grocers—
John Reay, Thomas Potts, Thomas Hay, Christopher
Walker, and James Young, of Midclleton-iu-Stranton,
Durham, glass bottle manufacturers—John Henderson
Porter, Neale Porter, and Robert Stuart, of Birmingham,
ironfounders (so far as regards Neale Porter).

A SINGULAR MANORIAL CUSTOM.—There are many
strange customs still observed at manor courts. We
have lately heard of a most remarkable one—namely.. a
court is held on King's-bill, Rochford, on Wednesday
morning next after Michaelmas-day, yearly, at cock
crowing, The parties present whisper, and have no
candle, nor any pen or ink, but a coal, and he that owes
suit or service there, and,does not appear, forfeits double
his rect.—Lutz &pato.