The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

INSOLVENTS' COURT-(THIS DAY

An extensive " bazaar keeper," Charles Aranson, un
opposed, applied for his discharge.
Commissioner REYNOLDS having looked at his schedule,
the following examination ensued—Have you no debts
owing to you ?" Insolvent—No.

Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—Why, you state thatyou
owe 9361. Is nothing owing to you ? Insolvent—No,
mine were all ready money transactions.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—You describe yourself, I
see, as a " bazaar-keeper along the coast of Kent, Faver-
sham, Margate, Ramsgate, Sheerness, Gravesend,
Greenwich ?" &e.—(A laugh.) Insolvent.—Yes. (The
insolvent appears to have been one of the " bazaar"
keepers who itinerate during the " season" from one
watering place to another—diversifying the monotony of
buying and selling with " raffles," comic songs, &c.)
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—How were your debts
incurred.? Insolvent—By the expenses of business, which
were very great.

Mr. Com-missioner REYNOLDS—Are you a married man,
nsolvent—No.

Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS---A single man, with
9361. debts, and having nothing owing to him I I see some
hundreds for advertisements.

The Insolvent—That is combined with the expenses of
fitting up the bazaars at the various places ; that cost me
a great deal.

Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—What are you now ar-
rested for? Insolvent-701. by a Mr. Callasher.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—Now did you not know
he was going to arrest you ? Insolvent—No.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—That you swear? In-
solvent—l swear I was arrested without my knowledge.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—But did you not expect
it ? Insolvent—No.

Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS-I'll tell you why I ask.
You are arrested on the 17th, and file your schedu!e on
the 19th.—llischarged.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS enquired of the official
assignee if he had not been appointed in various other cases?
Assignee—Yes.

Air. Commissioner Reynolds—Why have you not filed
your accounts, which you are bound to do within three
months ? Assignee—l received nothing.
Mr. Commissioner REYNOLDS—Then you should have
stated that for the information of the creditors. The Court
will only allow you to act in this case when you have filed
your accounts in the other cases.

It deserves mention ; as an instance of the change pro-
duced by steam communication with America, that it came
out in one case, that since the Court last sat, letters had
been received from America, in answer to certain letters
which had been sent to parties resident in that part of
the world.

_
INCENDIARY FIRES.—The destruction of the pro-
perty of Mr. Blockle), as narrated in our last, has been
followed by two other conflagrations in the same neighbour-
hood, both of them unquestionably the wilful acts of some
insane or malicious wretches, who can reap enjoyment from
the calamities of their neighbours. On Sunday morning
early two wheat ricks on the farm of Mr. Meakin, of the
Lunts, a few miles from Drayton, were discovered in
flames, and though all around lent their willing assistance,
yet every effort to extinguish the fire was in vain ; the
grain was almost entirely consumed. On the ensuing
Tuesday morning, while the workmen on the same farm
were enjoying their lunch, two other stacks in the farm-
yard were discovered to be burning ; and these also were
totally destroyed, in spite of every exertion to save them.
These events following each other with such rapidity
have excited great consternation in the neighbourhood,
and a good deal of sympathy, for Mr. Meakin was not
insured, and is not a man of wealth. All efforts to discover
the incendiaries are yet without any satisfactory result.—
Shrewsbury Chronicle.
ASSESSMENT OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-
IN-THE-FIELDS.—A great deal of excitement has been
caused in this parish by the new assessment which has re-
cently been made, of which a large portion of the pa-
rishioners complain, some having been raised from 1001.
to 2001. and 3001., whilst others are not rated at so much
as " they let the second floors for." Yesterday a meeting
was held in the vestry-room to take the subject into con-
sideration, when, upon the motion of Mr. Staunton, Mr.
Churchwarden Cuff took the chair. Mr. Simpson moved,
that an application be made by the churchwardens to
the magistrates to postpone the appeal-day for one month.
The motion was carried unanimously, and the meeting ad-
journed.

The floating ice on the Elbe on Friday last was
already sufficient to interrupt the navigation. The steam-
boats from London and Hull left Hamburg early in the
morning, and succeeded in getting down the river before
the ice had accumulated to such a degree as to make the
passage impracticable.