The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-07 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

John Roberts, clothier, Kidderminster, to surrender on
Feb. 13, at half-past one, and March 20, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-
lane, Cornbill ; Cox, Son, and Walrond, Sise-land, Buck-
lersbury.
Samuel Noller, carrier, Debenham, Suffolk, Feb. 12, at one,
and March 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Buchanan,
Basingball-street.
Hon. Francis Henry Needham, dressing-case maker, New
Bond-street, Feb. 17, at one, and March 20, at half-past one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee;
Fisher, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn.
Richard Charles Turner, builder, Houndsditch, Feb. 12, at
eleven, and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Belcher, official assignee; Norton and Son, New-street,
Bishopsgate.
Robert Gunn, corn dealer, Clare, Suffolk, Feb. 13, at half-
past eleven, and March 20, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Hughes and Turner,
Charles-street, City-road.
John William Frost, coffee dealer, Back-lane, Kingsland-
road, Feb. 13, at three, and March 20, at half-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Shear-
man and Slater, Great Tower-street.
William Stockbridge, tobacconist, Wandsworth, Feb. 17
and March 18,'at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Lawrence and
Co., Old Fish-street.
Joseph Henry Nock, outfitter, High-street, Poplar,
Feb. 12 and March 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Hodgson
and Co., Lincoln's Inn-fields.

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Alexander Inglis, draper, Portsea, Feb. 17, at eleven, and
March 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Soles and. Turner, Alder-
manbury.
George Duckham, butcher, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan-
shire, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 20, at twelve, at the
Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ;
Hassell, Bristol.
John White, wine merchant, St. Benet's-place, Grace-
church-street, Feb. 14, at eleven, and March 14. at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder-
snanbury ; Eyre, Bond-court, Walbrook.
John Burbidge, and John Burbidge, jun., cabinet makers,
Tysoe-street, Clerkenwell, Feb. 11, and March 14, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street; Macphail, Wilmington-
square.
Charles Moyle, linendraper, Whitchurch, Shropshire,
Feb. 20 and March 13, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Reed and Co.,
Friday-street; Worthington and Shipman, Manchester.
Edward White Baxter, ironmonger, Coventry, Feb. 18 and
March 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Bir-
mingham ; Vincent and Co., Temple.
Francis Ward, rag merchant, Batley, Yorkshire, Feb. 19
and March 24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Free-
man, official assignee, Leeds; Taylor, Nicholas-lane; Hanby,
Dewsbury •, Bond, Leeds.
John Hill, currier, Birmingham, Feb. 18 and March 20,
at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Harding, Birmingham.
James Duke, brick-maker, Newark-upon-Trent, Fob. 16
and March 16, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jaques and Ed-
wards, Ely-place; Brown, Nottingham.
George Handel Openshaw, power loom cloth manufacturer,
Over Darwen, Lancashire, Feb. 19 and March 12, at one, at
the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee,
Manchester; Bower and Son, Chancery-lane; Ainsworth
and Sons, Blackburn.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
F. A. De Wilde, furnishing ironmonger, Wells-street, Ox-
ford street—a div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, Feb. 4, at the
office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
T. Dousberry, boot factor, Farriagdon-street—a div. of 3s.
4d in the pound, Feb. 4, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's
Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
T. Rowell, hotelkeeper, Queen's Head passage, Newgate-
street—a div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, Feb. 4, at the office of
Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.
T. Davies, merchant, Liverpool—first div. of Ss. in the
pound, an 3 Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liver-
pool.
W. D. Townsend, pawnbroker, Little Russell -street, Co-
vent-garden—second div. of 3id. in the pound, any Wednes-
day, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

R. Mackenzie, commission aagent, Hunter-street, Bruns-
wick-square, Feb. 27, at eleven—J. Hind, merchant, George-
rew, Bermondsey, Feb. 27, at twelve—R. Lee, R. J. Brassey,
F. Farr, and G. Lee, bankers, Lombard-street, Feb. 27, at ease
—W. Tuck, miller, Elsing, Norfolk, Feb. 27, at eleven.
In the Country. _ . _

D. Selden and W. Hynde, merchants, Liverpool, March 3,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—E. T. Jones, and
H. M. Crosskill, booksellers, Rochdale, Feb. 17, at twelve, at

the Manchester District 6:turt—E

Jones, bookseller,

Rochdale, Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—H. M. Crosskill, bookseller, Rochdale, Feb. 17, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court—T. Todd, dealer
in cotton goods, Manchester, Feb. 18, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court—T. Gallimore, earthenware ma-
nufacturer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Feb. 27, at eleven, at
the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contra 7, on the day herein mentioned.

A. S. Tucker and G. M. Bidwell, grocers, Melcombe Regis,
Feb. 28—J. Robinson, cloth merchant, Leeds, March 2—M.
Sturley, organ builder, Southam, Warwickshire, March 4--
W. Brown, ironmonger, Atherstone, Warwickshire, Feb. 28
—G. B. and A. J. Rudge, japan leather manufacturers, Glou-
cester-street, Curtain-road, Feb. 27—W. Wood and J. Holmes,
tea dealers, Maidstone, Feb. 27—W. Hulley, tailor, Bake-
well, Derbyshire, Feb. 27—C. J. Russel, scrivener, Ludlow,
Feb. 27—W. G. Taylor and E. Guy, hosiers, Liverpool, Feb.
27.—T. Bailey, builder, Bristol, Feb. 27—J. C. Kendall,
tavernkeeper, Canonbury, Islington, Feb. 27—J. Savage,
victualler, Old Compton-street, Soho-square, Feb. 27—J. T.
Maund, laceman, Birmingham, Feb. 27—R. T. Terry, ship-
chandler, Bristol, Feb. 27.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. ilampson, J. Burgess, and J. Fawcett, railway con-
tractors, Sedgwick, Westmorland—W. Sampson, T. R. Ba-
tard, and T. Tooke, jun., merchants, London—T. and S.
Badget, linendrapers, Wakefield—J. Milne, J. Seville, T. Se-
vilee, and J. Turner, cotton manufacturers, Royton, Lanca-
shire (so far as regards J. Turner)—W. Gibson and J.
Dover, brokers, Manchester—R. Kay and C. Green, stock-
brokers, Manchester—W. Gent and M. Jones, hatters, Bir-

mingham—P. Nowell and C. Smith, timber merchant
Bradford—J. Mason, M. Wright, and W. Bradshaw, coal
masters, Ash ate-collier Derbyshire—W. Kehler and J. A;
L'Enfant, lithographic printers, Rathbone-place—J. F.d
W. Peters, tobacconists. Drury-lane—H. Love and J. Evans,
factors, Basinghall-street—J. Towel ar-
and J. Rendle, met-
chants, King's Lynn—W. H. Robinson and G. Sparkes, c
penters, Northampton—E. Glover, R. Haywood, and A.
Haywood, licensed victuallers, Walton, Staffordshire—C. P.
Hays, J. J. Hays, and A. Hays, Meriton's-wharf,
Bermondsey (so far as regards J. J. Hays)—J. Gough all
T. Smith, carpet manufacturers, Kidderminster—R. D. an
R. Fretwell, grocers, Gainsborough—G. and J. B. lifaltbp
wine merchants, Nottingham—R. T. Morley and G. s"'
Smith, linendraperF, Scarborough—A. Cockburn, H. Dui'
and A. Cockburn, merchants, Oporto (so far as regards
Dunlop)—G. Briscoe, .H. Twyford, J. Steward, and
Beley, Monte Video io far as regards G. Beley)—T•
Hams and T. A. Knight, estate agents, Liverpool—A. aal
Parker, milliners, Kendal—J. Torkington and R. Tarair,:
railway contractors, Ashton-under-Lyne—W. Walfinl't
Greenwood, W. M. Tufnell, B. Sparrow, and W. Wa,,.ci
jun , bankers, Chelmsford (so far as regards W. Walfol'uts.
T. Greenwood)—J. Brook, jun., C. \V. Brook, and
Brook, woollen cloth merchants, Huddersfield (so far as n—.
gards J. Brook, jun.)—J. Edens and W. Clarke, shoe T.,„11,ut,
facturers; Stafford—A. Ackers, J. Davies, and E. rierriG.
glass manufacturers; Newton, Lattcashire—R. Parker an°
E. Beane, carriers, Old Bailey.
PRICE OF SUGAR. the
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar,
produce of the British possessions in America, 01P; is
from the returns made in the week ending :Feb. 311°7'
355. lid. per swt.

THE CORN QUESTION-
(From M. Faucher's Studies of English Life.) be
Having glanced at the history of the corn-hors' 0.
says :—" When we have studied with attention the tar
ments of the two parties in this debate, we remain c°to
vinced that if the landed proprietors wished serieceltteit
devote time and capital to the amelioration of er
estates, they would have no need of the precarious
pie
sistance of laws to preserve or augment their ier,sn°ols
The noblemen best versed in agriculture ion
Spencer, Dude, Fitzwilliam, and Radnor, hold on vii,
point the same language as Cobden, Ashworth, nr tof
Hers. But the question presents a political eleinen
which we must not lose sight, and which tends to nn b.O
u'Pefe
cote the solution. The landed proprietors wish to have
high rents, but they are at least equally anxious to ci;o,
their farmers so dependent on them as to find oe's
willing instruments at the time of an election.
these'
and skilful farmers would not suit them ; for
before investing large capitals in the cultivatioc_„°l
soil, would demand leases as a security ; but tarr,ef
ers
who had thus placed themselves beyond the reach eit;rs.
abuse of power would be found independent elegyos
Farmers who consent to till the ground withetts areibre,
cannot expect to realise much profit ; it is, tne
necessary to offer them the illusions of c;no',
tective system. Thus the maintenance of tul;
laws is not for the aristocracy so much a citlet;siltile
money as of political influence, and hence gni not
difficulty of obtaining any concession." We sintetes
extract the conclusion of this chapter, because it
the causes which render the doom of the corn-bleu
and
vitable, even if the harvest had proved favoura
potatoes had escaped the murrain The condrijovar
tion of the corn laws is written in every page _,;°` tiO
mercial legislation. The more they are discus'"L'rtets,
more apparent does the weakness of their suifizeooa
become. The mediating party which proposed L'
duty as a compromise has disappeared, and the ( "
ment refuses to pledge itself to the maintenance
ast modification of protection which it accorded?

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AMERICAN OPINION UPON o'"
PEEL'S MEASURES.
(From the New York Herald.) 011!
THE NEWS FROM ENGLAND—THE REPEAT
_A° frO-
CORN-LAWS. The accounts we have reeetr% Teri
Great Britain, by the recent arrivals, have been of die"
important nature. Notwithstanding the very cllnt t°
tory manner in which they come, there is surv7-beis°
establish the fact that great changes are abut
made in the commercial policy of England. differefl.
There was very little unanimity among the t Brie
individuals composing the Ministry of Grelti
tain, and it was probable that a change melt
importance would be made, before any InefetTe tb
relation to the corn-laws was made, or beLr (On
meeting of Parliament. From all we can get—of the
the conflicting statements put forth by the orgeta tear
different parties in England, we cannot resist trby tbr
elusion that the corn-law question will be settleurn
lye
Parliament now in session; that the present c°/re.ie
will be repealed, and a moderate fixed duty UP° Hcric";
grains established. The lower House of the Jose'
Parliament will dispose of the matter Witbgilt-I
trouble, but the fate of any Bill reducing the uglirio`'
foreign grain in the House of Lords is a In°reand
affair, and will be involved in much doubt°f the
ei
certainty until the last moment. The oppositio
Duke of Wellington to the measure. in- ilia „36
0
Cabinet meetings, created great anxiety in ,eefiapP4
of the friends of the repeal, as, without in.
in the upper House, the repeal is utterl to $1
the question. It will be a difficult matter 101;
it through that body, even with his sup Per! ew
e °
without it, there is no chance. This is admitteu odor
A repeal of the corn-laws of England, awillnd tb
leof
d te
tion of a low fixed duty on foreign grain,
complete revolution in the commercial systenls .„
and other nations. We learn that our Minister I;oter'
don is engaged in negotiations in relation to thiSfiThoce't
'and we are prepared to receive at any time the SiliA"%lefi.l
merit that a treaty between the United States ce-,,erci:,
Britain has been concluded, entirely of a 03°3„0" ticel
character, opening the ports of each for thehr I we°l,-
and manufactures of the other upon re het
advantageous terms than any yet proPth7—__,,i
closer these two nations can be brought to e'r" f
in the pursuits of commerce, the danger the ty
rupture becomes reduced, and the greater latio°,
terest each has in maintaining peaceful fete,fe Jr"
The Conservative, or middle party, in the owbe
'r
this in view ; and as they hold the balance of P
they will, without doubt, accomplish their object:ito
course Mr. Calhoun is pursuing has this end to bri,l
and he will make every honourable sacrifire,"soite',
about such a desirable result. With him all. I"- of
of the Oregon question is an affair of UO3„ Lisioo4l
secondary consideration, compared with a Inet"ro-030,re,:pi
our tariff, and a thorough change in our 'oestv'tio
system. He takes a more extended view of the
Brit
at issue ; knowing that, if we can give Otre‘,/- ",
greater advantages, in a commercial point ;;e'rs: '1)0
she now enjoys, the settlement of other lee.,""eesol'of
looked upon as very difficult, will become verJr,foorthe
the influence on both sides of the Atlantic ie.r-1 of ;3,
peace will be very much strengthened, and °ril 10
differences now existing will become very !nue- :efe''fcl;
The policy of Mr. Calhoun will undoubtedlY,.,P ncer!„-0
far as the movements of our Government areri
r
and while it will tend to preserve our pearel'haretv of
with Great Britain, it will secure to us come
vantages greater and more valuable than we
yet enjoyed.