The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-08 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

IN RE DAY AND DAY.-OUTLAWRY.-SINGULAR
BANKRUPTCY.

These bankrupts were described as of Tunbridge-wells,
gunmaker.;, and to-day was appointed for their last exa-
ination. They, however, did not surrender, and will be
proclaimed outlawed at the rising of the Court.

The adjudication took place about six weeks ago, but
it has been ascertained that, just previously, they sold
off everything and absconded, and nothing has since
been heard of them.

The amount of the debts and liabilities has not at pre.
sent been ascertained.

The other cases did not require the attendance of the
learned Commissioner.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly
general meeting, held yesterday, at the society's house,
in Hanover-square, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk,
Vice-President, in the chair, his Grace the Duke of Ar-
gyll, Viscount Maidstone, Lieutenant Calvert, R.N.,
Major IL D. White, Dr. Travers Twiss, and Messrs.
T. Broadwood, J. Fowler, G. R. Griffiths, E. Thornton,
J. Leeming, A. Mordan, J. Durdin, T. Fenn,' W. Field,
C. G. Logie, M.D., A. Lelievre, and Miss Thackeray
were elected Fellows of the Society ; and Sir Edwin
Landseer R.A. Captain Laffan, R.E., J. Clutton, J.
N. Tomkins, W. H. La Serre, R. Hill, W. J. Lock-
wood, T. De la Rue, H. R. Mark, J. Dixon, and G.
Prevost were proposed as candidates for the felloWship.
The report of the Council stated that the visitors in the
month of June presented a very large increase over the
corresponding period of 1852, in consequence of the
great interest created by the collection of zoophites and
other marine animals which have been recently added to
the menagerie. The number of species exhibited in the'
glass tanks receive continual additions by the successive
donations contributed from various parts of the coast,
and the list now includes a considerable proportion of
the rarest forms known to inhabit our seas. The society
received yesterday a highly interesting collection from
Egypt, through the intervention of the lion. C. A.
Murray, by whose exertions the gardens have been en-
riched on so many previous occasions. The most popu-
larly interesting objects now obtained are a group of
flamingoes and a pair of asudads—a singularly beautiful
and active wild sheep from the hill country of Soudan.
A second Eland calf was produced in the menagerie on
the sth inst., and among the young birds most recently
hatched are three rheas,or South American ostriches.
NEW SEWING MACIIINE.—We have lately had the
gratification of inspecting the Lancashire sewing ma-
chine at the company's depot, 2, Lawrence-lane. This
machine works with extraordinary rapidity, and pro-
duces both fine and coarse work as occasion may require ;
and we understand will stitch every part of a garment,
except the buttons and button-holes, it being adapted to
stitch boots, shoes, corsets, sacks, bags, sailcloth, tents,
&c. The machine is simple in its construction, and may
be worked by a child, and will sew a circle, curve, or
turn a square corner equally as well as a straight line.
It is only twelve inches square, and is driven by the
hand or foot. We were also informed that the machine'
will produce as much work as 20 hands and with greater
uniformity and strength. It is certainly a most clever i
invention, and likely to prove highly beneficial in many
respects, particularly to ships and regiments on service,
as one or two of the machines would be sufficient to
make clothes for either. We recommend our friends to
view the excellent contrivance.
UNIVERSITY REFORM.--Mr. Heywood has given notice
of his intention, on the 2d of August, to move for leave
to bring in a bill to remove certain disabilities which
prevent some classes of her Majesty's subjects from re-
sorting to the University of Oxford, and from proceed-
ing to the first, or bachelor's, degrees in arts, law, or .
medicine in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.