The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

To-day was appointed for the last examination of this
bankrupt. who bad cartied on business as a banker at
Petersfield under the firm of Butterfield and Co.

The bankrupt did not surrender at the last meeting,
and it was stated that he had gone abroad to avoid his
creditors, and he has not since been heard of.
Proofs to a considerable amount were tendered or
claimed against the late firm, in which Mr. Currie, a
solicitor of Lincoln's Inn, was a partner; the partnership,
however, was dissolved. An objection was taken to the
claims being admitted against the separate estate of the
present bankrupt, as there were large assets of the joint
estate, and Mr. Currie was also a solvent partner.
His HONOUR hell that the proof could not be admitted,
but the remedy was against the joint estate or the solvent
partner.
No accounts have been filed, but the debts are esti-
mated at from 10,0001. to 12,000/., and the assets, in
round numbers, at 8,0001., but subject to a decree in
Chancery for a heavy sum.
The assignees are Samuel Seward, of Weston, gent.,
Charles :Parr, of Sheet, gent., and, Richard Gale, of
Horndean, merchant.

The bankrupt, should he not surrender, will he pro•
claimed outlawed in the usual.manner at the rising of the
Court.

THE SALMON FISHING IN THE NORTH.—The
salmon fishings in the north closed on Friday last (14th
instant). The season, though not very successful, has
yet been better than the preceding one. The Doveron
has been moderately good, and the principal catch has
been grilse, which infallibly indicate a good salmon-
fishing for next year. The Spey river fishing has been
much below the average ; and, indeed, it has been de-
creasing for several years, owing, it is supposed, in
some measure, to the great number of bag nets around
it, the produce of which has been pretty fair. The Ness
fishings have been considerably below an average, caused
chiefly by the ravages of the late flood. Such, indeed,
is the state of most of our Scottish rivers, that it may
become a matter worthy of the consideration of the pro-
prietors whether they might not profitably follow the
example of the Duke of Sutherland, and grant the fish
a year of jubilee.—Banffshire Journal.
ELEGANCIES OF YANKEE JO UENALISM.—We quote
the following elegant paragraph from the New York
Tribune:—" The mnskitoes are bigger and plentier
this year than ever before. Our Southern friends say
it gives them quite a home feeling every time they go
to bed. We believe all parts of the city are more or
less infested with the little scamps, although they are
the worst in the lower wards, but bad enough anywhere."
Two MEN SUFFOCATED IN A COAL PIT.—An
accident of a melancholy nature occurred at the
Garallan coal-works, parish of Cumnock, on Tuesday,
by which John Miller and William Hastings lost their
lives. They were engaged, along with several others,
in drawing the pumps out of a coal-pit. Miller was
lowered down the pit on a scaffold suspended by a
rope, for the purpose of screwing off a joint. He
was heard to give a heavy groan, and one of the
men asked if anything was the matter? He received
no answer, and Hastings, on the impulse of the moment,
slid himself down by the rope to see if anything was
wrong. He reached the scaffold in safety, but did not
return any answer to the inquiries of those on the pit-
head regarding Miller, and immediately after Hastings
was observed to fall powerless from off the scaffold into
the water below. It was then observed, for the first

time, that the pit was charged heavily with carbonic acid
gas, or, as the colliers term it, " choke-damp," and this
tact at once accounted for the accident. They then
commenced to pull the scaffold (with Miller on it) cau-
tiously up the pit, and dispatched a messenger to Cum-
nock for medical assistance. Mr. Sharpe was in attend-
ance at the pit mouth before Miller was got out, but
human skill was of no avail. There being at the time
about 50 feet of water in the pit, the body of Hastings
was not got out till the following morning, after mae-
sures had been taken to clear the pit of gas. Both of
thei deceased were married, and have left wives and
families to lament their untimely fate.--AyrObserver.
EXTENSION OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The
Electric Telegraph Company, Lothbury, having now
completed their arrangements with the Postmaster-
General, and the different lines of railway, for a further
extension of the transmission of messages, or expresses,
from their branch office at the General Post-office, St.
Martin's-le Grand, the public can, by this facility, send
any information to the following places at the rate of ld.
per mile for the first 50 miles, id. for the second fifty,
and id. per mile for any distance beyond 100 miles (for
20 words) :—Alnwick, Attleborough, Ambergate, Brox-
bourne, Birmingham, Burtcrn on-Trent, Ba.rnesley, Be-
verley, Bridlington, Bradford, Berwick-upon•-Tweed,
Bishopstile, Chelmsford, Colchester, Cambridge, Chel-
tenham, Chesterfield, Derby, Durham, Dunbar, Dar-
lington, Ely, Edinburgh, Gloucester, Gosport, Glasgow,
Hertford, Hull, Halifax, Ipswich. Lincoln, Loughbo-
rough, Leicester, Lowestoffe, Leeds, Liverpool, Leith,
March, Melton, Manchester, Mahon, Morpeth, New-
castle, Newmarket, Newark, Nottingham, Norwich,
Northallerton, Normanton, Peterborough, Romford,
Rugby, Rotherham, Rochdale, Slough, Stortford, St.
Ives, Stamford, Sheffield, Selby, Skipton, Scarborough,
Sunderland, South Shields, Southampton, Thetford,
Tamworth, Tedmorden, 'fhirsk, Witbam, Wisbeach,
Worcester, Wakefield, Ware, York and Yarmputh. The
establishidg a branch office at St. Martin's-le• Grand is a
great facility to that department, in receiving intelligence
of the arrivals and departures of the foreign and colonial
mails from Dover, Southampton, Liverpool, and Fal-
mouth, and for the transmission of orders to the post-
maaters and others throughout the country, and other
official purposes.
The Earl of Egmont has considerately made a
reduction of 20 per cent. on his rents at his recent half-
yearly audit,