The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

MAGDALEN HALL.

The Rev. B. M. Gana, of this Kali, curate of Ztoniton,
Devon, has been appointed to a chaplaincy in the Hon.
East India Company's service.

T. MARY'S HALL.

Married, at Leamington, the Rev. Francis Wheler
Molony, of this hall, second son of James Molony,
Esq., of Killanon, county of Clare, to Harriet, eldest
daughter of Capt. George Baker, Royal Navy.
DIOCESE OF OXFORD.
The Lord Bishop of the diocese will hold a confirma-
tion at St. Thomas's Church, Oxford, on Tuesday next,
being All Saints' Day. Morning service will begin at
11 o'clock.

NOVA SCOTIA.
The Rev. J. Stannage, who has been engaged for
twenty years in missionary work in St. Margaret's Bay,
Nova Scotia, is at present in Oxford, collecting sub-
scriptions for aiding him in procuring the additional
assistance of a fellow-labourer. On Thursday, the 28th
instant, he addressed a parochial meeting in the school-
room of St. Mary Magdalen parish, in that city, on
which occasion he gave an interesting account of his
own experience among a people whom he found sunk in
practical heathenism, and in the lowest stage of social
discomfort, having been long without the ordinances of
divine worship; although many of them are descendants
of Protestants, who were driven from France at the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

Mr. Stannage has succeeded in erecting three churches
and seven school-rooms, and has four churches under
his charge. He is most anxious to return to his poor
people, who are all fishermen, many of whom, when he
parted from them for awhile, procured R aggons and ac-
companied him and his family twelve miles through the
woods ; they also paid his salary in advance. Mr.
Stannage has, besides, three other stations to visit, at
considerable distances from his parish.

The meeting was also addressed by the Rev. J. Ley,
the vicar of the parish, the Rev. W. D. Macray, curate,
and the Rev. G. W. Kitchen, student and tutor of
Christ Church.

Mr. Stannage has been on a visit to the Bishop of the
diocese.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, OCT. 29.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn).

JUDGMENT.-IN RE WESTBROOK.-IN RE KIRK.-THE
ISLINGTON CATTLE-MARKET CASE.

This case, which had been before the Court on several
occasions, occupying a considerable period at each
meeting, was on Saturday brought to a conclusion
by the delivery, by his Honour, of an elaborate judg-
ment upon the many points in dispute, the main ones
being as to whether there was a bona fide trading, and
whether the adjudication was or was not a collusive one,
obtained merely for the purpose of relieving Westbrook
of liabilities amounting to about 36,0001. incurred by
him as one of the directors of the Islington Cattle-mar-
ket, and not for the purpose of the distribution of assets
amongst trade creditors, as required by the act of Par-
liament. It was sought to upset the adjudication in
the case of Henry Kirk, also a director of the cattle-
market, upon grounds somewhat similar to those urged
in Westbrook's case. The case appeared to excite con -
siderable interest, and there was a large number of in-
terested parties present.
His Honour, in giving judgment, said—Two petitions
have been presented to this Court by a gentleman named
Adams, a banker, at Ware, in Hertfordshire, praying
the Court to annul the adjudications: in bankruptcy
which had taken place against Richard Westbrook and
Henryo
dispute the adjudications ; they were petitions addressed
e s ee exercisebe are
before r eo n:t proceedingsm
the
e ; and original
t is merelyrnisdcconferred upon it by the last act of Parliament. It
happens that this is the first instance in which such an
applicationtheCourtKirk.
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a s theTcohm
carefully to examine the character of these proceedings,
and what is found in the books relating to
such
applica-
tions. After entering into the facts of the case t a length,
and alluding to the law and precedents bea • ring upon it,
his Honour said Under all the circumstances,
I
have brought my mind to a very clear
in each of the two cases a tradinghcaosnclusion, that
estab-
lished sufficient to bring these parties
. been
ese parties within the opera-
tion of the bankrupt law, and as such, I shall dismiss
the petition in each case ; and I shall dismiss it with
costs, to be paid by the petitione• . t w
r to the petitioning cre-
ditors in each case. The reason Idoso is this. If the petitioner had confined himself
simply to the question of
trading, I should have said that that was a question on
which different views might be taken, and which might
very properly be discussed and reasoned on in a court,
and that there the rule of the unsuccessful paying the
costs of the unsuccessful party ought not to apply. But
I give costs in this case because this petition is stuffed
with matter highly inculpating others, without a tittle
of proof to sustain it ; and the petitioner, having done
that, ends with praying that the other party may pay
his costs. He says in effect, "I charge you with fraud
and conspiracy of the grossest kind ; and though I have
not a tittle of proof to sustain the charge, though it is all
suspicion and implication, and I cannot bring myself to
swear that I believe it, I will ask the court to grant whastsle
want, and to make you pay the costs of my rcakicgoftbthis
unfounded allegations." I think that petitions
aid,
kind ought to be discountenanced to the utmost;et will
acting under that impression, the order of th
the
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be, that these petitions be dismissed, and. thatcr yrs";
be paid by the petitioner to the petitioning creditors
each case. lient's intention to
Mr. Cooke gave notice of his
tcof costs should be
appeal, and asked that the paymen
stayed. to hear that the matter
His Honour said
he was glad
tribunal.
would be brought before anotherdthat no order would be neces-
sary Bagley submitted
the costs wouldabide one,
as the
sary beyond the usual
result.
gnees.
lied for the costs of the assi
Mr. Lucas app that the assignees His Honour, observing. had taken
beyond •
part in the discussion,simply
no appearing
by
reserved the question.
counsel,
on behalf of Mr. Kirk, then
A gentleman, . en applied for
his discharge from prison, under the 112th secti •
on
Mr. Cooke opposed it, OR the ground that he* could
not be re-taken in the event of the
adjudicationj not
being sustained.
After a short argument,
His Honour directed that he should be discharged on
entering into his own re
to t d
cognisance of 1,0001. to render
himself back
being set aside. cus 0 y in the event of his adjudication

LARGE MERCANTILE FAILURE.
An adjudication in bankruptcy was this day made
against Lionel Goldsmith, merchant, of No. 2, Queen-
street, Cheapside, described as the surviving partner of
Samuel Goldsmith, late of the same place, deceased, and
formerly trading with Samuel Goldsmith, under the firm