The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-17 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Moore, furniture broker, St. Albans, Oct. 22, at
one, and Nov. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Spyer,
Broad-street-buildings.
George Luck Harvey, wine-merchant, Rood-lane, City,
Oct. 27, at half-past two, and Dec. 3, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
Thomas Thompson, grocer, Brighton, Nov. 3, at half-past
eleven, and Dec. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch• lane ; Simpson and Cobb,
Moorgate- street, London.
John Brooke Hillver, dealer and chapinan, Leeds, Nov. 3
and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official
assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row, London;
Rogerson and Co., Liverpool.
George Crawshaw and George Davison, jun., soap boilers,
Leeds, Nov. 3 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds; Lambert, Raymond's-build-
ings, London ; Snowdon and Co., Leeds ; Coriss, Leeds.
Thomas Shaw, victualler. Stoke-upon-Trent, Oct. 31, and
Nov. 18, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Williams, Hanley
in the Potteries; Smith, Birmingham.
Joseph Howard Freeman, builder, Birmingham, Oct 31, and
Nov. 18, at twelve. at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Ivimey, Chancery-
lane, London ; Wright, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

J. Townsend and G. Brooke, bankers, Honiton, Devon-
shire—final div. of 5%d. in the pound, on any day after
Oct. 23, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter.
G. Brooke, banker, Honiton, Devonshire—final div. of
3 qd. in the pound, on any day after Oct. 23, at the office of
Mr. Hernaman, Exeter.
J. Townsend, banker, Honiton, Devonshire—final div. of
Is. 3d. and 7-10ths of a penny in the pound, on any day
after Oct. 23, at the (Alice of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter.
C. N. Cutlitre, surgeon, Pilton, Devonshire—first div. of
Is. 6d. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mt. Hernaman,
Exeter.

J. Hargraves, worsted spinner, Kild wick, Yorkshire—final
div. of 3d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr.
Kynaston, Leeds.
J. Clarke, R. Mitchell, J. Phillips, and T. Smith, bankers,
Leicester—second div. of is. 6d. in the pound, at the following
places :—At the Three Crowns Inn, Leicester, those creditors
whose names commence from Ato F on Monday, Oct. 19 ;
G to 0 on Tuesday, Oct. 20 ; P to Z on Wednesday, Oct. 21
—at Melton Mowbray, at the George Hotel, on Tursday,
Oct. 22—at Lutter.vorth, at the Hind Inn, on Friday, Oct. 23
—and at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS.
At the CO urt of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
S. Whatley, grocer, William-street, Li-son-grove, Nov. 9,
at eleven—A. C. Fowler, draper, Louth, Lincolnshire, Nov. 9
at half- past eleven—E. Cawdell, toy dealer, Hull, Nov. 9, at
half past eleven—J. Bickerton, hat manufacturer, Castle-
street, Southwark, Nov. 9, at twelve—M. Goodale, builder,
Rutland-terrace, Hornsey New-road, Holloway, Nov. 9, at
twelve—F. Rolfe, tailor, Great Marlborough-street, Nov. 7,
at half-past one—R. C. Turner, builder, Hounsditch, Nov. 6,
at half-past twelve—W. Burleigh. scrivener, Haverhill, Suf-
folk, Nov. 6,at twelve—S. Stocker, sen., hydraulic engineer,
Seckford-street, Clerkenwell, Nov. 9, at half-past eleven.—W.
Locks, timber merchant, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, Nov. 10,
at half-past twelve—J. Perry, linendraper, Harlow. Essex,
Nov. 10, at twelve—C. King, J. Sandell, and D. H. King,
paper stainers, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Nov. 10, at two

LAI. Cross, saddler, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Nov. 10, a,
half-past two. _ .

In the Country.
J. Forth, hatter, Nottingham, Nov. 13, at eleven, at the
Nottingham District Court—J. Philp, stationer, Bristol,
Nov. 13, at twelve, at the liristol District Court—J. G.
Wernnick, merchant, Plymouth, Nov. 18, at eleven, at the
Exeter District Court—J. Came., sen., provision merchant,
Truro, Cornwall, Nov. 12, at one, at the Exeter District
Court—J. Caines, corn dealer, Chilton Cantelo, Somersetshire,
Nov. 18, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—B. Jones,
victualler, Birmingham, Nov. 28, at twelve, at the Birming-
ham District Court—R. Lees, ironmonger, Wolverhampton,
Nov. 12, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—
T. Nelson, hosier, Nottingham, Nov. 12, at twelve, at the
Birmingham District Court—J. and G. Clarke, carpet manu-
facturers, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, Nov. 14, at ten,
at the Birmingham District Court—J. Russell, coal mer-
chant, Kidderminster, Nov. 14, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court—S. Griffiths, di uggist, Wolver-
hampton, Nov. 10, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court—
D. Antrobus, apothecary, Audlev, Staffordshire, Nov. 24, at
half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to

the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
R. Moir, stationer, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Nov. 6—R. D.
Markham, boarding-house keeper, Edmonton, Nov. 2—J.
Boddington, corn dealer, Manchester, Nov. 7—H. Savage,
apothecary, Dorset-square, Nov. 9—D. James, licensed vic-
tualler, Cardigan, Nov. I O—T. Benbow, mercer, Cheltenham,
Nov. l7—T. Wainwright, surgeon, Barnsley, Yorkshire,
Nov. 19—J. Hall, chemist, Leeds, Nov. 19—J. Came, pro-
vision merchant, Truro, Cornwall, Nov. 10—J. Brindley,
laceman, Coventry, Nov. 6—T. C. Fletcher, chemical manure
manufacturer, Nottingham. Nov. 6—W. Taylor, sharebroker„
Worcester, Nov. 6—J. Davis, miller, Worcester, Nov. 6—A.
Smith and T. Irvine, merchants, Liverpool, Nov. G—J. Biggs,
undertaker, Houndsditch, Nov. 6—W. Rouse. baker, Rother-
hithe, Nov. 6—J. Wyatt, brewer, Ockham, Surrey, Nov. 6
T. Winfield, tea dealer, Bristol, Nov. 6—R. K. Frankish,
builder, Scarborough, Nov. 6—R. Knight and A. Knight, jun.,
stationers, Budge-row, City, Nov. 6—T. Kempster, builder,
Blackman-street, Southwark, Nov. 6—T. Moger, poulterer,
Holborn-hill, Nov. 6—W. T. Makin•, woollen merchants,
Hull, Nov. 6—M. Kelly, provision dealer, Liverpool, Nov. 6
—R. Bleakley, builder, Liverpool, Nov. 6—T. Read, cigar
dealer, Manchester, Nov. 6.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. Hamer and R. Langton Pearson, paper makers, Horse-
forth, Yorkshire—lV. Little, J. Berwick, and T. Wescott,
paper manufacturers, Borough-road, Southwark—J. Wilkin-
son and W. Walley, Chester—C. Edwards and J. Roper,
grocers, Framlingham, Suffolk—J. Musson and S. Clarke,
linendrapers, High-street, Islington—S. and B. Smith, truss
makers, High Holborn—J. Sol ton and G. Wrench, brewers,
Ardwick, Lancashire—lV. and J. Puttick, farmers, U ther-
bridge, Sussex—R. and T. Robinson, masons, Whitby, York-
shire—W. Gregory and W. Watkinson, hosiers, Huddersfield
—M. Sheen and J. Roberts, wheelwrights, Emanuel-court,
Redcross-street, Borough—E. Gladwin and J.AVeir, printers,
Ship-alley, Wellclose square—T. C. Grut, E. I. Hambro, and
F. Helmsing, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—l. Fisher and G. Read,
licensed victuallers, Islington—R. E. Turner and G. C. Arney,
auctioneers, Shoreditch—H. Cohan and H. Cohan, jun., pawn-
brokers, Liverpool—J. Atherton and G. E. Holt, drapers,
Liverpool—J. S. Hedderly and W. Astill, ironmongers, Not-
tingham—A. F. Williams and R. H. Thomson, commission
agents, Liverpool—R. Purser and G. Firby, brush makers,
Vine-street, Golden-square.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Maclean Beatts, auctioneer, Dundee, Oct. 22 and
Nov. 16, at two, at the British Hotel, Dundee.
Robert Maxtor, engineer, Devon Bank, Clackmannan
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PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro-
duce of the British possessions in America, computed from
the returns made in the week ending October 13, 1846, is
325. 31A d. per cwt.

SUBSTITUTE FOR THE POTATO.—At this crisis
any one who can succeed in recommending a substitute
for the potato, under the destruction of the crops, de-
serves the thanks of the rich and the poor. Lieutenant
Porter, of the navy, states that he brought from Chili, in
1824, a small green bulbous root, about the size of a
marble, which he planted, and in two years it produced
a fine blue-nosed potato, and this bulb is indigenous to
Chili. Lieutenant Porter says that he has no doubt that
the potato has actually run out, and unless the Chili
plant is propagated, the potato will disappear. He re-
commends the cultivation of the ram, cassada, and tare,
as substitutes, all of which can be easily and profitably
cultivated.—New York Paper.
LECTURES ON ART.—At the Western Literary
Institution on Thursday last, Mr. R. W. Buss, the ar-
tist, relivered a lecture on fresco, and the British school
of Historical Painting ; and will complete the subject
next Thursday. At the Islington Literary Institution,
Mr. Samuel Nixon will give two lectures ou modelling
and sculpture, December 10th and 17th. At the same
place on January Ist, Mr. John Ilea ksa orth will read
a paper on art, considered in its ancient, mediaeval, and
modern manifestations, with a view to the development
of its prospective tendencies. On Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, at
the Literary Institution, Newbury, Berks, Mr. George
Godwin will lecture on the architecture of the middle
ages. Professor Ifosking commenced his course at
King's College, on Tuesday last , and Professor Donald-
son's will begin at the London University on Tuesday
next.—The Builder.
HOPS.—The change of opinion upon the duty is as
remarkable as the vicissitudes of the weather. Last
week we reported a small diminution in the amount. It
is our duty this week to name a larger sum than we
have yet announced. Who is in the right we are at an
utter loss to guess, but a most extraordinary difference
prevails. A high duty backer, who is a large dealer,
sends us the following average :—Canterbury, 45,000/. ;
Rochester, 66,0001. ; Sussex, 63,000/. ; Worcester,
30,000/. ; Farnham, 16,0001. ; Kingdom, 4,0001. Total,
224,0001.—Kenrsh Gazette.
Loss OF THE BRIG CLIFTON, OF NEWCASTLE,
WITH SIX OF HER CREW.-Mr. R. Moorhead, master of
the brig Clifton, of Newcastle, of 263 tons register, ar-
rived at Penarth roads on Thursday morning in the
barque Secret, and brought the mournful intelligence of
the total loss of that vessel, as well as six of her crew.
It appears that the Clifton tom! on board at Buctush a
cargo of timber for London : and on the 9th of Septem-
ber proceeded on her intended voyage. On the 19th of
the same month she encountered violent gales, ranging
from S. to S.S.W., at which period the vessel became
water-logged, and turned bottom upwards ; her masts
then gave way, and she righted. Six men were drowned.
After the survivors had spent three days and three
nights in the main top, they were seen by Captain Gor-
a in, of the barque Secret, who took them on board. In
this vessel they arrived at Penarth road 3 on Thursday

morning.—Cardiff and Mertkur Guardian.
REDUCTION OF RENTS.—Lord Rossworo, " tread-
ing in the footsteps" of the Earl of Erne, has just issued
a circular, apprising his tenantry in the county of Mo-
naghan, of his Lordship's determination to return 15 per
cent, on the year's rent now in the course of payment .
THE WELLINGTON STATUE.—Yesterday, the upper
portion of the scaffolding around the statue of the Duke
of Wellington was so far removed, that it can be plainly
seen from Grosvenor-place. The body of the statue to
the horse is quite free from all scaffolding, while the in-
tricate portions have been taken away from the lower, so
that a fair view of the horse may be had.