The Sun.
London, England, 1815-11-09 00:00:00

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

SEQUESTRATIONS, EXAMIN.XTIONS,
;John Fraser, some time agent for the
.Bank of Scotland at
Ittverness,• now or lately distiller:Wry:wahine!) of V..intosh,
&c. &c. to be examined on the 14th and '29th NoVember.
Alexamlernrcaman, merchant, Forfar, to be examined in
the Sheritr-Court-house there, v.Oth November and 4th De-
cember, at 12.

Joseph Tlionkpuni, spirit-dealer, F.dinhnrgh, to 11e exa+
milled in the Sheriff-Clerk's Office there, Isth Nuveiuher and
2d Deeeinber, at t.•

Creditors of Donald Campbell and Son; merchants, Wick,
meet in,the.trustee's office, Thurso, 29th Nov. at • •
Creditors of John Moir, merchant; Musselburg-h, meet in
the Rival Exchange Coffeehouse, Edinburgh, 18th Nov. at 2.
Creditors of -Robert Wilson, soap-boiler, Renfrew, will re-
ceive a dividend from James Kerr, accountant, Glasgow, 17th
January. . .

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On Monday evening a female infant, apparently
about three days old, was found by a Gentleman
in Lark-lane, Lanthetli, wrapped up in a silk
handkerchief, and. very neatly dressed in long
frocks ; there was a Gentleman's glove under the
child.—lt • was taken toad neighbouring public-
house .and fed, and. appeared have received-no
injury ; it. as now in'tambeth Workhouse. •

A dreadful mortality has taken place' in little
more than a week, in the family of Mr. Nicholas
Chantler, of Stapiehurst. On Thursday, the 26th
nit. he lost a son, aged about 19 years; and on the
Sunday following (whilst attending the funeral of
his Sofa) 0 daughter aged 19 years also eqired.—
And in the course of the last week, Mrs. Chant-
ler (I:is wife), also died ;
.and likewise two more
of her children, 4cl the three latter were all en-
tombed in one sepulchre fin Sunday.
A- few flays since a child belonging to the
gardener Of J. W. CROKER, Esq. at B'ull►am, wm
playing near the lire, its clothes were caught by at
spitrk, and before assistance could be afforded, it
was so dreadfully burnt as to cause its death in 1
few houts after.

LAW iNTELLIGENCE.

'COURT 01, CHANCERT, Nov. s.

ALgTON V. WHITEITEAD.

Sir SAMUEL 1t! ILLY and Mr. IIAnT stated this
to be an applicatlon on tht;;Art of the petitioner
for liberty to prgve 1-107. the arrears of an :I'l4
nuity, and 6,10.1/. as the vdice of that annuity,
instead of 2.6001., the staii at which the annuity
had been valued by the Commissioners.' In the
year 1808, the bankrupt piirchased an annuity of
the petitioner, and gave for it 2,50G1. stipulating
fur its redemption the sum of 2,6501. The peti-
tioners, for the purpose 'of ascertaining the value
Of the annuity, referred the same to Mr. Morgan
and Mr. Mills, the actuaries of two of the Life
Insurance Offices, who reported that it was worth
upon•an average 11,1001. This they stated upon
an estimate of what was the value of the annuity,
not with reference to what was its actual money
price, but upon the ordinary profit of money.—
The Cotranissioners rebutted the evidence, and
fiXed the value according to the redemption price.
This the petitioner now Meant to call under the
review of his Lonfship, ant) in so doing, they
begged to recall to his Lordship'S recollection the
caw of ex-parte Thistlewood,, where his Lordship
had found the petitioner entitled, upon the same
footing as the petitioner had adopted in the pre-
sent instance, to a larger sum than the annuity
bail originally cost, -namely, to 10,0001. instead
of 8,000/.
Atter hearing Counsel on both' sides,

The Loan CHANCELLOR agreed in the impor-
tance of the case. There was at present, at least
there was ‘vheir his Lordship last inquired into
the practice, no general practice observed, either
in the Master's °lice, or by the Commissioners
of Bankrupt, some of them deciding one way,
others another way. Thistlewood's case did not
seem to his Lordship to decide this case, but de-
pended upon peculiar circumstances. At all evem.s
his Lordship had no hesitation in saying, that the
opinion of the Commissioners could not be cor-
rect, in taking the redemption price as, the crite-
rion Ity which ti) judge. Thatsurn was fixed as
the value to he band( d over entire, not as a price
Ott which the petitioner would accept of a corn-
position. The rule should be the sarne,.whelber
this tvas or was not a clause of redemption. His
Lordship take thne
,to consider the case,
and ordered the Report of Mr. Morgan and. Mr.
Mills to be handed to him.

COURT OF ,KING'S BENCH, S.