The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-25 00:00:00

WHITEHALL, DlAucn_lB

The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry
Brooke, of Dudley, in the couty of Worcester, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Benjamin Harris, corn-merchant, Tewkesbury.
BANKRUPTS.
John Ellis and Charles Ellis, builders, Warner-road,
C amberwell, to surrender March 31 and May 5, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as-
signee, Basinghall•street; Hall, Moorgate-atreet.
William Duy, brickmaker, Hilgay, Norfolk, March
31, at eleven, and May 8, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street, London; Megison and Co.,King's-road, Bed-

ford-row; Iteed, Downham Market.
William Wheeler, builder, Notting-hill, Kensington,
April 4, at two, and May 9, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee
Abchurch-lane ; Thrupp, Winchester-buildings, Broad-

street.
Lewis Goodheim, cap manufacturer, Birmingham,
April 6 and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. V alpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harri-

son, Birmingham.
Joseph Baldwin, coal merchant, Camberwell, Surrey
March 31, at half-past one, and May 5, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Stead-
man and Place, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall- street.
Richard Winaall, grazier, Mathon, Worcestershire,
April 6 and May 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Harding, Birmingham.
John Edward Jones, engineer, Upper Charlotte-street,
Fitzroy-square, March 30, at one, and May 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Aldermanbury; Gregory and Co., Bedford-row; Ford-
shaw, Liverpool.
Francis Edward Moorish, draper, Leicester-square,
April 3, at half-past one, and May 8, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee,
Guildhall-chambers; Reed, Langford, and Marsden,
Friday-street.
William Dingley, victualler, Bridgwater, Somerset,
April 7 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Lovibond and
Carslake, Bridgwater; Bishop, New Bridge-street,
Blackfriars.
John George, grocer, Jackfield, Shropshire, April 8
and May 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Bir-
mingham.
Frederick Merrell, grocer, Halifax. Yorkshire, April
7, and May 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co.,
Gray's-inn; Rudd and Co., Halifax; Bond and Barwick,
Leeds.
Henry Hollis, tea-dealer, Bold-street, Liverpool, April
5 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Rogerson, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields ; Davenport and Son, Liverpool.
Ryan Owen, auctioneer, Ruthin, Denbighshire, April
3 and 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee„Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry;
Evans and Son, Liverpodl.
Joseph Taylor Woolner, currier, Bury, Lancashire,
April 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Appleby,
Harpur-street, Red Lion square, London; Grundy, Bury.
William Lax, land-surveyor, Darlington, April 4, at
twelve, and May 11, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon Tyne ; Allison, Richmond, Yorkshire ;
Harle, Newcastle upon-Tyne.
James Dove, tanner, Darlington, Durham, April 4, at
eleven, and May 11, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Mewburn, Great Winchester street, Lon-
don; Mewburn, Hutchinson and Mewburn, Darlington;
Rymer, Darlington; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
William Price, engraver, Bristol, April 7, and May
5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol; Trehern and White, London;
Sabine, Bristol.
James Penny, brewer, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan-
shire, April 6, at half past eleven, and May 4, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee,
Bristol; Bishop, New Bridge-street, London ; Lovibond
and Co., Bridgwater.
James Bonnin, jun., builder, Onslow-cottage, Bromp-
ton, April 11, at half-past one, and May 9, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street, London; Tucker and Steavenson,
Threadneedle-street.
(Dividends. &c., in our next.)
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made ir. the week ending March 21,
1848, is 245. Bd. per cwt.

COMPLETION OF THE LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF
EXOLANP.—We are r( quested to state that Mr. Col-
burn has this day published the twelfth and concluding
volume of " The Lives of the Queens of England,"
embellished with a portrait of the Authoress, &e. which
can now be had of all Booksellers. Also just published
—2. " king Arthur," by the Author of " The New
Timon," post Bvo. ss. 3. " Reminiscences and Reve-
lations of Prince Talleyrand," 2 vols. 4. " The Story
of the Peninsular War," complete in 1 vol., with six
portraits and map, 7s. 6d. bound. 5. " Mademoiselle
de Montpensier, an Autobiography," 3 vols. 6. " Zoo-
logical Recreations," by W. J. broderip, Esq. F.R.S.,
1 vol. 10s. 6d. bound. And 7. " Sir George Simpson's
Overland, Journey Round the World," 2 vols. Bvo.,
with map &c. 3s. 6d. bound.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The immense
quantity of rain which has fallen almost continuously
for a very long period, threatens already to commit rude
havcc on the agricultural prospects of our own county
in this eventful year. It appears that in great part of
the country, the wheat is completely inundated, and
farmers find it impossible, in the present state of the
weather, to proceed with barley sowing and other agri-
cultural operations. The barometer was never known
to be so low for so extended a period; and on Sunday
last, the instrument in the Philosophical Room, sank to
a lower figure than at any recent period. Whether the
coming comet has really exerted any influence in pro-
ducing these natural phenomena we really cannot tell;
but certainly both in the political and in the natural
world, the aspect of the; horizon is peculiarly gloomy
and clouded at this moment.—Cambridge Advertise,.
MILTON, A SMARTISH MAN.—Sueces3—business
success—is, in an American community the inexorable,
touchstone of merit in every undertaking. And if a
man should publish another " Paradise Lost" L. num-
bers, which would not sell, he would lose among us in
' personal respectability, for throwing himself away on an
empty enterprise. " That Milton (quoth a shrewd spirit
from Wall-street)—that John Milton was a smartish
man, but he showed a great want of practical sense in
giving so much time to a book, which it seems, after all,
the public did not want."—New York Literary World,