The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-10 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
R. Jewesson, merchant, Fenchurch-street, April 30,
at half-past one—J. J. Such, auctioneer, Bolingbroke-
row, Walworth-road, Newington, April 30, at halt-past
one—J. and T. Batt, silknaen, Old Broad•street, City,
April 30. at eleven—J. Batt, silkman, Old Broad-street,
April 39. at eleven—C. Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street,
April 30, at eleven—J. Dodgson, ironmonger, Bishops-
gate-street Without, April 30. at eleven—ll. Castle,
ship owner, Rotherhithe, April 30, at eleven.
In the Country.
W. Senior, hosier, Sheffield, April 30, at ten, at the
Town-hall, Sheffield—W . Marshall and H. Rodgers,
ironfounders, Liverpool, May 4, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court—G. Strutton, hotel keeper. Chester,
May 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unlesscause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
R. Womersley, hat mannfacturer, Northampton,
May 3—S. Cunningham, sawyer, Minerva-street, Hack-
ney-read, May I—W. Lovett, builder, Barrossa-terrace,
Cambridge-heath, Hackney, May 3-11. Hunter, con-
fectioner, 01d-street, April 30—A. Daniels, merchant,
Alexander-square, Bromoton, April 30—J. Bagnall,
builder, Birmingham, May I—T. Jeynes, butchur,
Longdon, Worcestershire, May 3—P. Calliet, leather
dealer, Manchester, May 3—M. Forster, timber mer-
chant, Copley, Durham, April 30 —J. Graham, son.,
bookseller, Alnwick, Northumberland, April 30—T.
Hulse, shoe seller, Birmingham, April 30—E. M. Ivene,
salesman, Lung Itchington, arwickshire, April 30—J.
King, jun., tea dealer, Budge-row, City, April 30-11.
%V. Carr, share broker, Liverpool, April 30.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
James Walton, wright, Glasgow, April 13 and May 4,
at one, at the chambers of Mr. Jameson, Glasgow.
J. and I. Carrie, grocers, Dundee, April 16 and
May 14, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Shaw, Reid,
and M`Lachlan, Dundee.
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John Lothian and Company, merchants, Glasgow,
April 16 and May 7, at twelve, at the chambers of
Messrs. Gray and Wilson, Glasgow.
William Murdoch soa maker, ,
and May 6, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Monteith,
Glasgow, Glasgow, April 15
Macdonald, Brothers, stationers, Edinburgh, April 15
and May 7, at one at Dowell's no"ais'
Edinburgh.
John Stewart, saddler, Crieff, April 14 and May 5, at
twelve, at Robertson's Inn, Crieff.
Donald Campbell and Company, provision merchants,
Glasgow, April 12 and May 10, at two, at the rooms of
Mr. Sinclair, Glasgow

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PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending April 6,
i 1847, s 335. 31/id. cwt.

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COMMITMENTS Br JUDGES OF THE NEW COUNTY
Coniers.—lt was mentioned in The Sun of Wednesday
that the judges of the new courts had power to commit
a defendant on the hearing of a cause, and of making
an order, as in the case of an unsatisfied judgment. On
reference to the 98th and 99th sections of the Act (9
and 10 Victoria, cap. 95), it will be seen that a debtor
can be committed for forty days to the common gaol, or
house of correction of the county, district, or place in
which be resides. There is no power of appeal under
the Act further than giving permission to a judge to
rescind or alter his orders. By the 98th section it is
provided that any party holding an unsatisfied judgment
or order under this Act, or any Act repealed by the
same, may obtain a summons, and the defendant may
be examined on oath, as well as witnesses, and the costs
of such summons, and all proceedings thereon, be
deemed costs of the cause. Then follows the provision
giving the power of commitment :—" And be it enacted,
that if the party so summoned shall not attend as required
by such summons, and shall not allege a sufficient excuse
for not attending, or shall, if attending, refuse to be
sworn or to disclose any of the things aforesaid, or if
he shall not make answer touching the same to the satis-
faction of such judge, or if it shall appear to such judge,
either by the examination of the party or by any other
evidence, that such party, if a defendant, in incurring the
debt or liability which is the subject of the action in
which judgment has been obtained, has obtained credit
' from the plaintiff under false pretences, or by means of
fraud or breach of trust, or has wilfully contracted smch
debt or liability without having had at the same timea rea-
sonable expectation of being able to pay or discharge
the same, or shall have made or caused to be made any
gift, delivery, or transfer of any property, or shall have
charged, removed, or concealed the same, with intent to
defraud his creditors or any of them, or if it shall appear
e of the said court, that
en or has had since the
judgmenttt to the
partyso
satisfaction
obtained
summoned
th
o f
against
e has
j s then
dt
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sufficient means and
ability to pay the debt or damages or costs so recovered
pay the same as shall have been so ordered,
neglectopt
think
iosny shall
fit,
which h . t h
e party
party
against him, either altogether, or by any instalment or
instalments which the court in which the judgment was
ordered, pursuant to the power hereinafter
beadleldto, it shall be lawful for such judge, if he shall
obtained shall have ordered, and if he shall refuse or
tst erde
stio.
masyumbemcoonmedmii
the common gaol or
shallco r
originalr e cbt correction nproof
hearing,vtidhee caoanusdntthnyeo,
district, or place in
dent, or to any
in bankruptcy or protecting order shall dis-
charge of the court, for any period not exceeding forty
days." By other sections, a judge can rescind or alter
operate as a cacenhratorigfirdecaerte;
the
It is provided by
another section (the 103 d), " That no imprisonment
party so committed.
commitsphraisil°ni atnw a:
anywise
satisfac-
tion or extinguishment of the debt or other cause of
action on which a judgment has been obtained, or
protect the defendant from being anew summoned and
under this Acaent
imprisoned for any new fraud or other default rendering
him liable to be imprisoned under this Act, or deprive
the plaintiff of any right_defendant,
to take out execution against
the goods and chattels of the in the same man-
h
ner as if such imprisonment had not taken place."
FIRL—On CALAMITOUS Monday evening the
stable at Mr. Allan'f farm, Old Liston, near the Ratho
station of the Glasgow Railway, was
completely burnt
down, and twelve valuable work horses, which were in it
at•the time, were suffocated or burnt to death. The
conflagration spread to the contiguous offices, and in a
short time the whole steading was consumed. The
origin of the fire is involved in uncertainty ; it was dis-
covered about du;k by the man who attends to the
horses, when he went as usual to put them right for the
night, and might either have been the work of an in-
cendiary, or been owing to the culpable negligence of
some smoker who had access to the stable. We under-
stand that Mr. Allen is insured, but whether to the ex-
tent of his loss we aro not aware.—Edinburgh Evening
Post.