The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-29 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Sommersby Edwards, scrivener, Long Buckby, North-
ampton, to surrender, August 5, at one, and September 4,
at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. cannan,
official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Linklater, Sise-lane.
John Humphrey, butcher, Dorking, August 4, and
September 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit.
more, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
j eant's-inn. Young, Ser-
Anthony Deals, patent ocean float manufacturer, Lead-
enhall-street, Aug. 7, at three, and Sept. 12, at two, at the
Court of B wkruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-
street ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Sisc-lane.
James Maynard, butcher, West Chelsea, Aug. 8, and
Sept. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith and Son, Bar-
nard's-inn.
Horatio Clagett, patent ocean float manufacturer, Lead-
,enhail-street, City, Aug. 7 at three, and Sept. 12 at two,.
at tho Court of Bankruptcy, Lee, official assignee, Moor-
gate-street ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Sise-lane,. Bucklers-
bury.;

Michael Neville, brassfounder, Liverpool, Aug. 14, and
Sept. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Case-
love, official assignee, Liverpool; Dodge, Liverpool.
Gordon Henry Cripps, wine merchant, Shrewsbury,
Aug. 8 and Sept. 12, at half-past two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, cfficial assignee, Sambrook-court;
Taylor and Colllsson, Great James-street, Bedford:rOw.
James Abraham Bell, hop merchant, Great- 4addow,, „
Essex. Aug. 7, at half-past two, and Sept. 12, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Sambrook-court; Bastard, Rood-lane.
William Dundas house decorator and paper hanger,
Celbridge-place, Paddington, Aug. 3, and Sept. 8,
atone, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee; Basinghall-street ; Lee and Pemberton, Lincoln's-
inn-fields.
Francis Kay, nail manufacturer, Sheffield, Aug. 5, and
10, at ten, (instead of 6th, as advertised in last Friday's
Gazette), at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official
assignee, Sheffield ; Branson and Son, Sheffield.
Henry Anderson, manufacturer of carved frames, Leices-
ter, August 8 and 29, at ten, at.the Birmingham District
Court, Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Harvey,
Leicester ; Hodgson, Birmingham.
Robert Kirkpatrick, brass and iron founder, Man-
chester, August 15 and September 5, at twelves at the
Manchester District Court. llernaman, officia assignee,
Manchester ; Sutton, Manchester.
Joseph Pratt, bookseller and printer, Manchester,
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Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-
Saeupta. 9, at tewr'elyPee,lastet tadhe
street; Pownall, Son, and Cross, Holborn; Newman and
Harper, Hadleigh, Suffolk.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
George Brooks, of Tonbridge Wells, Kent, tailor, first
dividend of 11d. in the pound, payable at 2, Basinghall-
street on any Wednesday.
Thomas Lumley, late of Gutter-lane, merchant, third
and final dividend of id. in the pound, payable at 35,
Moorgate-street, City, on Wednesday, August 2, and the
subsequent Wednesday.
Charles Button, of Holborn-bars, chemist, first dividend
of ss. in the pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on
Monday, July 31, and two subsequent Mondays.
Edmund Spettigue and George Farrance, of 67, Chan-
cery-lane, law booksellers, second dividend of lid. in the
pound, payable at 8, Aldermanbury, on Monday, July 31,
and two subsequent Mondays.
Thomas Byrom, of Wigan, Lancashire, grocer, a further
dividend of Gid. in the pound, payable at 69, Princees-
street, Manchester, on Tuesday, August 8, and any subse-
quent Tuesday.
John Steele, of Spotland-bridge, near Rochdale, brewer,
a further dividend of BA. in the pound, payable at 69
Princess-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday.
Thomas Wilson and Henry Corbett, of Madras and Man-
chester, dealers, first dividend of 2s. Bd. in the pound, pay-
able at 69 Princes-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday.
John Ford and Joseph Alfred Hadfield, of Glossop,
paper manufacturers, a further dividend of 6id. in the
pound, payable at 69 Princess-street, Manchester, on Tues-
day. August 8, and any subsequent Tuesday.
Thomas Cartwright, of Manchester, toy merchant, a
further dividend of Bd. in the pound, payable at 69 Prin-
cess-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, August 8, and any
subsequent Tuesday.
William Elgood, of Leicester, merchant, first dividend.
of Bs. in the pound, payable la Middle-pavement, Not-
tingham, on Monday, July 31, and two subsequent Mon-
days.
William Shuttleworth, of Bradford, Yorkshire, stuff
manufacturer, first dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable
at 8 Commercial-buildings, Leeds, on any day before Au- •
gust 10.

- Thomas Wright, of Upton, a dividend of 7141. in the
pound, payable at the office of Mr. C. Margetts, Hunting-
don, on any day after July 31.
DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED.
John Bradeley Beaumont, late of Newcastle-under-
Lynn, Staffordshire, common brewer, August 21—Valen-
tine Henry Gay, of 23, Blackfriars-road, and 67, Strand,
tailor, Anz,ust 21.—Mary Ann Thomas and Wm. Thomas,
of 14, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury, and 12, GI eeu-
' street, Theobald's-road, builders, August 21—Cecil Sober
Taylor Walker, ,of 159, Oxford-street, artificial florist,
August 21—James Harper Gibbons, of 66, Wood-street,
Cheapside, hat warehouseman, August 21—Alexander
Dalrymple, of 11, Lime-street, City, merchant, August 18
—Benjamin West, of 173, Fleet-street, and 2, St. James's-
walk, Clerkenwell, August 18.

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
John Robins Vivian, of 29, Cheapside, dealer in mining
shares, and of Stonehouse, Devonshire, coal merchant,
August 21—Thotnas Harris, of West Wycombe, Bucking-
hamshire, chair manufacturer, August 21—George Butler,
late of Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, City, auctioneer,
August 18—Nicholas Kennedy, of Manchester, ivory
turner, September 28 -James Rankin, of Liverpool,
wholesale clothier, August 21.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
John Luck, of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, tailor—John
Kernpster, of Naphill-common, Buckinghamshire, baker—
Emma Ayres, of Liverpool, dealer in tobacco—Owen 0 wens,
of Liverpool, provision dealer—William Pickup, of Black-
burn, Lancashire, bricklayer—William Spearing Rogers, of
liOnthampton, grocer—Thomas Jefferys, of Eling, South-
ampton, dealer in hay—Robert Thomas Stark, of Eastover,
in Bridgwater, Somersotshire, tailor--John Hickling, of
Loughborough, Leicestershire, joiner—Henry Williams, of
Newport, Monmouthshire, beerhouse keeper—Rebecca
Sutton, of Fulshaw, Cheshire, out of business—Joseph
Sutton, of Hough, Cheshire, railway clerk—Thomas Sut-
ton, of Fulshaw, Cheshire, railway clerk—Richard Sutton,
of Fulshaw, Cheshire, railway clerk—John George Webb,'
of Gloucester, tobacconist—John Snelus, of Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire, greengrocer—William Taut, of Lower
Tonge in Bacup, Lancashire, dissenting minister—George
Hook, of Beaufort, Breconshire, mine contraetor;i:JiTithee
Molyneux, of Linthwaite, Yorkshire, silk dresser—Wiliam
Lester, of Thornton, Leicestershire, saddler—James Chap..
man, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, chemical macure.„ ley
manufacturer—Robert Twells, of Basford, Nottingham._ shire, labourer—William Ingram, of Nottingham, licensed "—P'
victualler—Thomas Bishop, ofßreeknock,. attorney-at.law'er 21.1
—George Bannister, of Tipton, Staffordshire, bookkeeper Charles Edwin Rettle, of Hall-green, Staffordehire, tour. •'.-
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geon—John Samuel James, of Tipton, Staffordshire, hair
dressor—William James, of Abersychan, Monmouthshire,
butcher—George Wall, of Oxford, journeyman rope suakeir —a•—John Watts Wyllie, of Oxford, out of business..
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Summers, and John James Charles, of Sheffield, joiners cj
—George Henry Nash and John Charles Nash, of 12, it
Motcomb.street, Belgrave-square, London, bookseller's
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Elijah Wilcox, of Kingswinford, Staffordshire, charter
miters (so far as regards Joshua Mullet)—William Peet
and Thomas Shore, of Nottingham, lace makers—James
Douglas, John Thompson McCandliah, and Robert Douglas,
of Bradford, Yorkshire, stuff merchants—Edward Casten-
dieck, Theodor Schlutow, and John Schlutow, of Mincing.
lane, City, ship brokers (so far as regards Edward Castett-
dieck)—Charlesi Lodge and James Dimble Henwood, of
Camberwell, Surrey, surgeons—O. B. Hobbs and William
Sheppard, of Liverpool, share brokers—Joseph Fearnley,
Abraham Swaine, William Walker, and Samuel Hill, of
Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spinners—James Wovenden
and Robert Charlesworth, of Manchester, victuallers—
Thonas Huntley and Thomas Whinfield, of Manchester, "
general smiths—William Sharp and Joseph Eickett, of the ,
Oak Wharf, Times Wharf and other wharves, and the
Coal Exchange, City, coal merchants—Elizabeth Herna-
man, Thomas and Emily Wearing, of Bristol, schoohaise
tresses.

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SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
David Millar, wood merchant, Annfield, Fifeshirs; cm'
ditors meet Ang. 5, in Robertson's National Hotel, Kik•
caldy.
William Taylor, builder, Glasgow; Aug. 7, in Carrick's
Royal Hotel, Glasgow.
John Laing and Sons, postmasters, Edinburgh; Aug.
8, in Dowells and Lyon's Rooms, Edinburgh.
Malcolm Niven, merchant, Glasgow; 7, in the
Globe Hotel, Glmgow.
James M'Connell and Company, bleachers, Hezelden ;
Ang. 9, in the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar corn.
puted from the returns made in the week ending the 25%
July, 1851, is 21s. 80. per hundredweight, exclusive
of
the duties of Customs' paid or payable thereon on the ha,
ported= thereof into Great Britain.

an extraordinary general meeting of this
DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSIMIITII RAILWAY COM.
rear.—At
company,
agreement between the Direct London and
held yesterday at the London Tavern, the
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Railway and the Portsmouth Railway Com-
P _which it is at the option of the shareholders
I to receive
am Y
reorereicv(°be a stun of money for each share, or to take
shares in the Portsmouth Company), and for winding up
the affairs or the Direct London'and Portsmouth Rail-
way Company, and for vesting the assets and liabilities
of that company in the Portsmouth Railway Companyi
wee unanimously approved by the meeting.