The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-22 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)

IN THY MATTER OF CHARLES JOSEPH CARTTER.
The bankrupt in this case, who was a solicitor, residing in
Greenwich, having appeared in Court on his examination,
Mr. Binns, a solicitor, applied on the part of Mrs. Mary
Edward, to have the bankrupt examined relative to the dispo-
sal of certain moneys which he received under the will of Mr.
Rout, who died in the year 1815. Mr. Binns said that he was
instructed to state that the bankrupt, in his capacity as agent
for certain parties, had received money to a large amount, and
he now wished to know how it had been disposed of, and to
whom paid over, as his (Mr. Binns') client was a legatee under
the will of Mr. Rout, and likewise under the will of a Mr.
Panton, in which the bankrupt was also concerned.
Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said he did not think that he
would be justified in acceding to Mr. Binns' application, as
it appeared to him that the bankrupt was acting as the soli-
citor to another party, and under such cirenmstances an exa-
mination into these private relations would be improper.
Mr. Binnes said his client was very poor, and had been a
long time waiting for the legaoy to which sue was entitled
under those wills, and he understood the money, to a large
amount, had been received, and all he now required was, that
the bankrupt should state in Court to whom the money had
been paid.
The LEARNED COMMISSIONER said there might be hard-
ship attending the case, but still he could not require the exa-
mination of the bankrupt.

GUILDHALL-(THIS DAY.)
CHURCH-RATES.--Mr. Matthew Nash, a silversmith, re-
siding at No. 3, Oxford Arsus-passage, Newgate-street, ap-
peared before Mr. Alderman LUCAS, on a summons, at the
instance of the Churchwardens of the parish of Christ Church,
London, to show cause why he refused to pay the sum of 10s.,
being the amount due for one quarter's assessment for Church-
rates.
Mr. Dowding, the Churchwarden, having produced the
rate-books, and sworn to the assessment, said that frequent ap-
plication had been made to Mr. Nash, who peremptorily re-
fused payment, although he was the only defaulter in the parish.
Mr. Nash said his reason for refusing the payment of the
present demand was that he considered it highly unjust, be-
cause up to the year 1831, he was never rated for more than
ss. quarterly ; however, at the time the Church required to
be repaired, and to meet the consequent expenses the rate was
doubled throughout the parish, and instead of ss. he had to
pay 105. quarterly. He and every other parishioner (in the
same ratio) were thus rated up to the present quarter, al-
though he was sure that the extra expenses arising from
repairing the Church bad been long since liquidated.
With respect to the assertion of Mr. Dowding that he (Mr.
Nash) was the only person who refused to pay, such was not.
the case, for numbers of the parishioners exclaimed against
paying double the usual rate for nearly ten years on account et
the repairs of the church, and he now called upon Mr.Dowding
to show whether there was any balance due by the Church-
wardens on this account.
The Churchwarden (as we understood) said it was for the
• defendant to prove that. The vestry in which the assessment
was made was an open one, and he or any other parishioner
could have attended there and opposed the rate if they consi-
dered it exorbitant.
I Mr. Alderman Li; cAs said that he had looked over the rate-
books, and saw that they were signed by some of the most re-
spectable persons in the ward, and he had no doubt but the
assessment was a fair one, as the Church had undergone coasi•
derable repairs. However, be that as it might, that Court was
not a place of appeal against it, and he was bound to grant a
warrant for the amount claimed. He would, however, alvise
the defendant to pay the rate at once, and save himself andthe
Churchwardens further trouble.
Mr. Nash said he would not abject to what he considered
to be a fair rat e, but as the present one was enormous, and he
was sure that the expenses of repairing the Church had: been
long since liquidated, he would not voluntarily consent to pay it.
A subsequent application was made to Mr. Nash, but he still
persisted in his original determination, and a warrant was ac-
cordingly issued.

MADEMOISELLE RACHEL,
Mademoiselle Rachel appeared last night in a third charac-
ter, before the best house that her performances have yet at
tr:bcted. With the tragedy of Bajazet all who are conversant
with French literature are acquainted. Written and repre-
sented for the first time in 1672, only thirty-four years after
the seraglio intrigue which supplied the ground-work of its five
acts, it is justly considered one of the best pieces of that orna-
ment of the French drama, Jean Racine. Mdlle. Rachel enactec
the part of Roxane, which has been one of her triumphs at
Pads. In her second scene, at the commencemen; of the
long paasage,
"Je sais que des Sultans l'usage m'est contraire,"
there was some apprehension of her being indisposed, for she
stopped once or twice in a manner th it seemed to denote pain,
and the prompter's assistance was very perceptibly required ;
but it happily proved but a very transient desertion of her ex-
cellent memory, and by the time she reached the third act she
was in complete possession of her wonted powers. Even
in
the first two, which do not bring much into play the brightest
qualities that distinguish her, she took not a few opportunities
of di-playing the extreme care and taste with which she studie,
her text. It was, however, at the conclusion of the third act
that she won the great approbation so frequently manifested
again in the following scenes. One of her finest bursts of pas-
s►on was where the letter of Atalide to Bajazet is put into her
hands. In this passion she gave the greatest satisfaction, as
well as in the concluding lines of the same scene. The man-
ner in which she uttered the command, " Sortez," when
Roxane indignantly dismisses Bajazet after her last appeal to
his affections, was also attended with much effect, following, as
it did, her skilful effolislo check the tumult of her mind.
On the fail of the curtain there was a universal call for her,
and she came forward amid't renewed plaudits. Among the
company present were their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and
Princess Augusta of Cambridge,:and a considerable number of
persons of rank and fashion.

HAMBURGH MAIL.
STOCKHOLM, MAY 11.—It is reported that negotia-
tions have been commenced with Count Lowenhjelm,
the King's ambassador at Vienna, who has come home
on leave of absence to induce him to take the post of
Minister of Foreign Affairs. It is said that Count
Bjornjerna, the Swedish ambassador at the Court of
London, may be shortly expected here. It seems that
at length after the lapse of a year the Estates will meet
this week in a pleno plenorum to receive the Royal an-
swer to the memorial of the Estates respecting varior,
changes in the laws. There is reason to fear that the
Government will refuse its sanction to the most impor-
tant resolutions in this respect ; for instance, the exten-
sion of the right of representation in the Estate of the
peasants.
NEW STRELITZ, MAY 12.—The preparations for the
marriage of Princess Caroline to the Crown Prince of
Denmark gives great animation to our city. All the
public buildings are being repaired. A considerable ad-
dition will be made to the Palace, and likewise to the re-
sidence of the Minister. The town hall is entirely pulled
down, and will be rebuilt before the marriage, in a
new state.
HANovER," MAY 16.—We hear that the Government
will be able to support, by a resolution of the German
Diet, the large extraordinary grants which it will re-
quire from the next assembling of the Estates, which
will tend greatly to shorten the discussion on those:grants.
His Majesty the King, it is said, will go this summer
to Ems ; and, if we may give credit to a Rhenish
Gazette, will pay a visit to Prince Metternich at
Johannisburg.
FROM THE ELBE, MAY 9.—lt has lately been ob-
servedby the public journals that-the Russian newspapers
are not permitted to communicate anything respecting
the proceedings of the Russian Provincial Assemblies.
On the authority of private letters from 'Warsaw, we can
add that the columns of the Prussian State Gazette,
which report the proceedings of the Assemblies, are
painted over with black before the journals are delivered
in Poland (and doubtless in Russia too). This is a com-
mon proceeding in Russia with productions of the foreign
press.—Huniburgh Papers, May 18.
HAMBURG BOKSER HALLE, MAY IS.
Bills. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents. 0000000 1033 i
Bank Shares 00000 . ... ............ .............« 1656
Anglaltussian Loan .................... lO-34 10834
Russian 5 per Cent. lst series, Certificate 103% 10.1%
Inscription, Ist ..... . ....... 102
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 34 and 4th
Series .......... ................................. . 9 •34 974
Ditto in Certificates ...................»••••••• 9134 91%
New 4 per Cent. .... ....... ....... B, 71, 811,4
Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent 5134 51
Ditto .
.... . .............. per Cent...—. ........ _
Polish Bondi .............. 141%
New ticket •.................................... 163%
Anglo. Danish 1.0.18, 3 per CenL 75% 753,4
1021,Z
Noiwegian Loan, 18i1.4, Ora'
1834 3834
3p4nish,
New
fErrejHrNGES ON LONDON.
HAMBURG, MAY 18.-13 734.—Two months, 13 6.
FL-Mammon, MAY 7o months, 38% pece.
STOCKHOLM. MAY H.—Seventy-five days, 12. i.

FLEE ~.IvrAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—The illumi-
nations in honour of her Majesty's birthday were very briLiant
and general last night throughout the metropolis.
THE MOVEMENT IN IRELAND. Already
there are unerring indications that the movement in Ireland
will be most energetic, enthusiastic, and universal. The
Ulster Reform Association meets to-mot row to express its opi-
nions upon the alterations in the corn and sugar duties. The
Belfast Vindicator announces that arrangements are in pro-
gress for simultaneous meetings throughout Ulster on Sunday
' next. The citizens of Waterford assembled yesterday, under
the presidency of the Mayor, Simon Newport, Esq. A letter
was read from Lord Carew, one of the most extensive pro-
prietors in the south, announcing his approval of the commer-
cial policy of the Ministry. Thus, the greatest proprietors in
the country are declaring in favour of the fixed duty on torn,
as better calculated to protect the interests of the farmer than
the gambling and fluctuating system. Clonmel, Macroom, and
other places, are preparing to assemble, and yet the movement
is only commencing in Ireland.—Dublin Evening Post.
The Mercury Star steam-packet left Margate
Nesterda,y at half-past eight o'clock, A. 51., calling at Herne
tay to take in passengers, and arrived at Nicholson's wharf,
Loudon-bridge, at two p.m., being only four hours and a half
from Herne Bay.