The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-01 00:00:00

Sudlow, Chancery-lane, London ; Craddock, Nuneaton, War
wickshire.

CERTIFICATES—Dac. 21.
H. and A. Wood. Blackwell-ball-factors, Basinghall-street—
P. M'Ardle, victualler, Liverpool—W. H. Taylor, apothecary,
Norwich—J. Morris, victualler, Birmingham—O. Staite, lace
warehouseman, Wood-street, Cheapside—M. Wardall, lodging-
house keeper, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn—T. Crowther, wine
merchant, Liverpool—C. Lawson, shoemaker, Liverpool.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
M. an 1 S. Gerard, lodging-Lowe keepers, Ardwick, Man-
chester—S. and T. Harwood, accountants, Shrewsbury—J.
Gwillim and C. Mansell, wine merchants, Devonshire-square,
London—T. 111‘Leod and D. Thompson, brewers, Camber-
well—G. Roskell, W. Williamson, and J. B. Tipton, lead
smelters, Flint, Flintshire (so far as regards J. B. Tipton)—
S. Shiuglers and S. I'. James, linen drapers, Liverpool—R.
Brunton and T. T. W. Williams, brush makers, High-street,
Whitechapel—W. Coleman and J. Parkes, chemists, Coventry
—M. W. Hooper and. W. Gibbons, victuallers—A. C. and
S. B. Lutley, hop merchants, Wiveliscombe, Somersetshire—
W. Steward and J. Thomas, carpenters, Little Stanhope-street,
Mayfair—R. Barker, R. Barker, jun., J. L. Barker, and J.
Fenwick, jun., solicitors, Tynernouth, Northumberland—T.
Potter, J. Potter, S. H. Norris, R. Potter. and T. B. Potter,
general Manchester warehousemen, Manchester (so far as re-
gards R. Potter)--J. Foster and L. Ellis, general brass
founders. Liverpool—W. and J. B. Grierson, linen drapers,
Bidgnorth, Salop—G. Webster, A. Scott, and J. Geary,
wholesale booksellers, Charterhouse-square (so far as regards
G. Webster)—W. M'Call and D. Ross, jun., manufacturers,
Glasgow.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
JOSEPH and JAMES FINDLAY, merchants, Glasgow,
Dec. 6 and 27, at the writing chambers of Moncrieffs and Pa-
terson, Glasgow.
JOHN and WILLIAM APLACHL AS, china merchants,
Coatbridge, Dec. 6 and 27, at twelve, at Alein's Hotel,
Glasgow.
DAVID ANDERSON, merchant, Montrose, Dec. 4 and
25, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Montrose.

HONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
POST.—The new Spanish Minister, Senor
Sancho, has,- we find, reached London, as was
anticipated. The Commissioners charged with
the Three per Cent. capitalisation of the coupons
of the Active Debt may be looked Ibr almost
immediately.
The failure of the small, but respectable, bank-
ing-house of Messrs. Hector and Co, of Peters-
field, of which some mention was made in the
City on Saturday, appears, unfortunately, to be
confirmed. The liabilities of the concern are
estimated at 30,0001. The effect of the failure of
the Chichester Old Bank, recently made public,
on the local interests of the neighbourhood, was,
from all accounts, greatly mitigated by the
seasonable interference of some members of the
Lennox- family, and other influential residents
of that part of the country ; but, although
Messrs. Hector and Co. are said to be sanguine
as to the payment of a good dividend, we do not
hear that they have as yet been able to make
any arrangement that can be attended with pre-
sent benefit or relief to the holders of their
notes, and creditors generally.
CHRONICLE.—The banking-house of Hop-
kins, Druid, and Co., of Arundel, has been com-
pelled to suspend payments. In these alarming
times of monetary pres Sure and commercial dis-
tress, the fluctuations or contractions and expan-
sions that have taken place in the currency ne-
cessarily demand attention and inquiry. We
have frequently traced back the serious contrac-
tions in the currency to the stringent operations
which the Bank of England was compelled to
adopt in self-defence, after the abstraction of
7,000,0001. of gold from her coffers in a few
months of the year 1839, to pay for food to the
people after the bad harvest of 1838, whereby
the gold in the Bank coffers was pulled down
from 9,600,000/. in December, 1838, to 2,500,0001.
in August of 1839. We have shown repeatedly,
by facts and figures, that from that time to the
present the Bank has been labouring hard, and
that with all her appliances of the screw the Di-
rectors have never got much over 5,000,0001. of
specie in their coffers since that time, and at the
present the stock of bullion does not exceed
4,500,000/., while it is threatened with a spring
drain to pay for further importations. The cir-
culation of the Bank drooped from 20,249,409/.
in July, 1838, to 15,823,000/., in December, 1839;
and in December, 1840, it stood at 15,714,2001.,
while the 'bullion at the last-named period was
only 3,942,000/. These are clear results from
plain causes.

VICTORIA THEATRE.
A drama was produced on Monday night at this theatre
entitled The Two Locksildths. It is a translation from
the French, and contains a great deal of hatred and re-
venge, with a little repentance just at the end. The
scene is laid in London, and the plot turns upon the fact
of a rich banker having in his possession a will of his
brother, long since dead, In this will are three legatees,
the banker aforesaid, his sister, and his nephew. The
banker of course is a villain of the first water, and
therefore has kept the nephew out of his property,
or the trifling fortune of fifty thousand pounds. It is
needless, however, to give the plot or criticise the piece.
It was not successful, but the audience, with great good
nature, listened to it with calm resignation.—Mr. Paul,
who is an excellent actor, takes his benefit this evening,
which we hope will be equally gratifying to himself and
a numerous audience.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL
STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
The second Half-yearly General Meeting of the Pro
prietors of this Company was held yesterday at the Office,
No. 51, St. Mary Axe, for the purpose of declaring a
dividend and receiving the Report from the Board o
Directors, for the half-year ending the 30th of Sep-
tember. We are prevented from giving a report of th(
proceedings, as our reporter, on applying at the office,
was very uncourteously refused. admission.
SE

IZURE FOR CHURCH-RATES.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
WESTBURY, WILTS, Nov. 29.—Last week the houses
of the Rev. S. S. Watson, and Messrs. Overbury, Wil-
kins, Clift, Gough, Clift, and Applegate, were entered
by the constable and broker, with warrants granted by
the Magistrates, to seize for what their instructions called
"Church-rates duly assessed," and " justly due."
On Saturday last the farce of a sale was performed on
the property, at the Lopes Arms, in this borough. The
bidders on the occusion were the Churchwarden, an ex-
Churchwarden, and a poor man employed to do dirty
work at elections.
The lots were carried off—being sold and bought, or
supposed to be sold and bought, or pretended to be sold
anti bought—by the parties ; who, of course, thought
themselves perfortning a religious duty, iu the support
of a State Church.
Most of the sufferers are conscientiously opposed to
Church-rates ; but, in the present case, rested their re
fusal on the illegality of the rate.
Of course, th present state of things prevented their
formally making the objection before the Bench; but the
Magistrates were not left in ignorance on that point.
Is this " executing justice ?"

SCOTTISH riOSPITAL.
The Annual General Court of the Governors and Sub-
scribers to the Scottish Hospital and Corporation, took
place yesterday, at one o'clock, at their Hall, Crane-court,
for the purpose of passing the accounts of the last year,
the election of officers for the year ensuing, and other
business connected with the Corporation.
The Court was very fully attended, and the Chair was
taken shortly after one o'clock by the Hon. Mr. FRASER,
the brother of the Earl of Sal toun.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
firmed, as were also • the 'Reports of the Committees of
Relief and the Sub-Committees. Upon the Report of
the Standing Committee, approving of the election of a
person named Wishart as the Beadle of the Corporation;
beirg proposed for confirmation,
fir. MORRIS moved as an amendment that the election
of Beadle should be postponed for a month. He did so
partly on the ground that the health of Wishart unfitted
him for the 'situation, and also on account of his conduct
to his opponent. He believed that the Secretary had most
improperly interfered in the election of Wishart.
DAvinsox seconded the motion for the postpone-
ment of the election of Beadle. He believed the manlier
in which the advertisement was worded had precluded a
great number of candidates from putting forth their
claims. He thought the situation ought to be made pub-
lic to all who were competent.
Mr. MAXWELL said that the Committee which had
approved of the election of Wishart, had most care-
fully looked through all the certificates, had found
them most favourable to him ; and he considered that
they would be acting most unfairly if they now said
Wishart was not an eligible candidate.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Haswell concluded by moving that the minutes of
the Standing Committee should be confirmed.
The Rev. Mr. CUMMING seconded the motion. He
believed that Wishart was a person well qualified, in
every respect, for the office of Beadle.
The Rev. Dr. Bnows, of Swallow-street, thought
there had been some slight degree of feeling
mixed up with the election of Beadle.—(Cries •
of No, no.") He thought the Court would
do well to set it down as a general principle that it was
unwise and unreasonable for them to overhaul and re-
verse any decision that had been conscientiously come
to by any of their Committees ; that was sound com-
mon sense—(Hear, hear)—because mill the gentlemen
whom they entrusted with their confidence must be
supposed to be men of honour, and such as would ex-
ercise the powers entrusted to them not for the good of
any particular candidate, but for that of the Corporation
at large.—(Hear, hear:) Under these circumstances he
thought the appointment that had taken place should be
at
however,As, some feeling seemed to
ed.--Ti(lt
existrifi
anion; Ie
sole of the Court upon the
subject, he thought it would be better to remit the
lr;i)
matter to the consideration of a Committee, formed of
gentlemen who were not on the previou .Committee, 6

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. and G. F. Squires, plumbers, Emmett-street, Poplar,
Dec. 23, at half-past twelve—S. Hopkins, grocer, Croydon,
Dee. 23, at one—S. Barlow and R. S. Mullev, stone-masons,
Little Bartholomew-lane, West Smithfield, bee. 23, at half-
past eleven—C. Daly, bookseller, Red Lion-square, Dec. 23,
at half-past one—Peter Tagg, corn merchant, Tooley-street,
Southwark, Dec. 21, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
R. Brett, corn factor, Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire,
Dec. 23, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham
—E. Kirkby, J. Kirkby, J. Gregory, and W. K. Gregory,
silver platers, Sheffield, Dec. 21, at one, at the Town-hall,
Sheffield—J. G. Caporn, draper, Bedford, Dec. 28, at eleven,
at the George Inn, Bedford—E. Cope, scrivener,Birmingham,
Dec. 22, at two, at the Waterloo Rooms, Birmingham.