The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-26 00:00:00

No. 17,420.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING

S OCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER
COLOURS.
The Forty-fourth Annual Exhibition will CLOSE, on SATURDAY
next, July 29, at their Gallery, 5, Pall-mall East.
Admittance, One Shilling.—Catalogue. Sixpence.
GEORGE A. FRIPP, Secretary.

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET,
The Natural History of Electrical Eels, illustrated by Galvanic E -
periments.—Also, New and Important Experiments in Electricity, by
Isham tans, Esq., explaining the Phenomena of Thunder-storms
and the Cause of Liahtning.—Popular Lectures by Dr. Ryan and
Dr. Bachhoffner.—Dioramic effects are exhibited in the new Did-
solving Views, which, with the Chromatrope and Microscope, are
shown on the large disc.—Experiments with the Diver and Diving-
bell.—New Machinery and Models described.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price,—The Now Catalogue, Is.

ASEA. LIONESS.—The greatest curiosity of
the age, just landed, and to be seen alive at the COSMO-
RAMA ROOMS, REGENT-STREET, a SEA LIONESS, about
Seven feet long, being half animal and half fish, caught on the Crozet
Islands, South Pole, and brought with much difficulty from the Cape
of Good Hope to this country in the " Diathesis," Captain Triscott.
It is worthy the attention of naturalists and the intelligent public, as
forming another important link in animal creation. A living speci-
men has never been brought to this country before, and is only met
with in very rare instances, and in extreme southern and nortberff
latitudes.

Admission, Is. each.—Children, Half-price.
Hours of Exhibition, Ten till Six. Feeding Time Twelve o'clock.

Just published, price 4s. 6d.,
THE ISLAND of LIBERTY.
By the Author of " Theodore."
The design of this work is to expose the fallacy of "Equality" and
" Community."
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ON FLtYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
"FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 21, 1848.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Fran-
cisco do Rivere, as Consul-General in England for the
Republic of Peru.
DOWNING-STREET, JULY 25.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John R. Parte-
low, Esq., to be Provincial Secretary, and Lemuel A.
Wilmot, Fidel., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General, for
the province of New Brunswick. -
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey.
Joseph Alfred Hardcastle, Esq., to beDeputy-Lieute-
uant, April 1, 1848.
WHITEHALL, JULY 13.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Farley
•Rutter, of Shaftesbury, in the county of Dorset, Gent,'
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Shepard Mayfield, builder, Ware, Hertfordshire.

I3ANKRUPTS.
Thomas Earle, funeral carriage master, Castle-street,
Long-acre, to surrender Aug. 3, at eleven, and Sept. 1,
at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan,
official assignee, Birohie-lane; Smith, New Inn.
Charles Langley, licensed victualler, Little Moorfields,
Aug. 1, and Sept. 1, .at half past one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street; Catterns, Mark-lane.
George Parker, chemist, St. Martin's-lane, Aug. 1, at
eleven, and Sept. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane; Clarke,
George-street, Mansion-house.
Richard Webb, licensed victualler, Chelsea, Aug. 1
and Sept. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit-
more, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Dimmock and
Burbey, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street.
Ann Drew, stationer, Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-
fields, Aug. 7, at half-past one, and Sept. 4, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assig-
nee, Coleman-street; Rivolta, liart-street, Bloomsbury-
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square. -
Matthew Death, shoemaker, Hadleigh, Suffolk, July
31, at eleven, and September 9, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury;
Smith, Furnival's Inn.
Felix Lieven Bauwens, candle manufacturer, Croydon,
August 3, at one, and September 9, at half-past one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee,
Sambrook-place, Basinghall-street ; Cutten, Coleman-
street.

James Munro M'Kenzie and James Fraser, ware-
housemen, Pancras-lane, City, Aug. 3, at twelve, and
Sept. 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Reed, Lang-
ford, and Marsden, Friday-street, Cheapside.
Joseph Lowe and Thomas Farnell Read Shaw, fac
tors, Birmingham, Aug. 5 and 29, at half-past ten, at
the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official as•
signee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet,
Birmingham.
Thomas Merrill and Charles Benson, type founders,
Salford, Lancashire, August 7 and 28, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee,
Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow,
Bedford-row, London; Hampson and Son, Manchester.
Edward Jones, snuff manufacturer, Bristol, Aug. 8
and Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Short and Co., Bristol;
White and Co. Bedford row.

Squire Bland, malster, Rothwell, Yorkshire, Aug. 11
and Sept. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Williamson, Great
James-street, London ; Bulmer, Park-row, Leeds.
George William Corrie, wine merchant, Plymouth,
Aug. 10, at one, and Sept. 13, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter;
Little, Devonport; Stogdon, Exeter; Soles and Turner,
Aldermanbury, London.

Mary Riley, tobacconist, Sheffield, Aug. 5 and Sept.
16, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee, Sheffield; Walter and Pemberton, Symond's
Inn; W. and B. Wake, Sheffield.

DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.
E. C. Blackwell and J. N. Dunsford, Newbiggin-by-
the-Sea, Northumberland, brewers, Aug. 17, at eleven,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—R. Wilson, Hart-
lepool, Durham, shipowner, Aug. 18, at eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—P. J. Antill, Newcastle •
upon-Tyne, wine merchant, Aug. 17, at one, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. Harrison, Gateshead,
alkali manufacturer, Aug. 17, at half-past eleven, at the
Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

bury, City, commission agents—W. Petchell :end
J. H. Twigg, Stafford, millers—M. 11. Eggleston
and D. Leadley, Kingston-upon-Hull, engravers—
Elizabeth Williams and Elizabeth Williams, Duke-
street, Manchester-square, dressmakers—T. Rich-
ardson and G. Garner, Leeds, wool 'merchants
—C. Bridgewater and W. Hollingworth, Liverpool and
Bury, railway contractors—T. Clarke and I. Cartmell,
Carlisle, tanners—W. Batchellor and J. G. Maynard,
Brighton, confectioners—R. Skegg and G. M. Pritchett,
St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, surgeons and
apothecaries—J. Mason and J. A. Moore, Paul-street,
Finsbury, cabinet makers—T. Horwood and W. H.
Griffin, Austin-friars, Old Broad-street, City, attorneys
and sulicitors—T. Hills and J. Begrie, Chelmsford,
cabinet makers—W. B. Carrick and T. Carrick, Kings-
ton-upon-Hull, merchants—Sarah Ann Cooke and Jane
Cooke, Manchester, proprietors' of a ready-made linen
warehouse—W. Smith and J. B. Smith, New Church-
street, Bermondsey, rope makers—T. Croonae eat' W.
Pearce, Stone, Gloucestershire, pig butchers—X. Kings-
ton and D. Bishop, York-street, St. James'iAine mer.
chants—D. Hill and J. Coulson, Herbert's-passage,
Beaufort-buildings, Strand, bottled beer and whisky
merchants—A. Wolff and R. Haines, Shoreditch—R.
Fort, W. Bates, J. Mercer, J. Hindle, J. Bates, and J.
Mercer, jun., Manchester, calico printers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Rebecca Haynes, Ratcliffe-upon-Trent,Nottinghamshire,
licensed victualler.
Thomas Dunk, Canterbury, publican.
Robert Aspland, sen., Sohatu,•Cambridgeshire, thatcher.
Robert Freeman Janes,
car-
penter.
Issnchar Roberts, Mold, Flintshire, grocer.
John Christian and Thomas Wilkinson, Stockport, tai-
lors. Frampton, Dorsetshire,
J. Filkin, Bilston, Staffordshire, blacksmith.
Lionel Buller, clerk.

Henry Payne, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
C. Finlay, Edinburgh, tailor, to meet within Steven-
wife Rooms, Edinburgh, July 31 and Aug. 21, at two.
J. Gibson, Birkford of Stewarton, bonnet-manufac-
turer, to meet within Mrs. Smith's, Waggon Inn, Stew-
arton, July 20 and Aug. 18, at two.
J. Macfarlane, Glasgow, horse dealer, to meet within
the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow, July 28 and Aug. 18, at
twelve.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, July 25.
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WILLIAM Howl.
The bankrupt, who was a bookseller and publisher,
carrying on business in the Strand, and is an author,
came up on the question of passing his last examination.
Messrs. Lawrance and Plews were solicitors to the
assignees, and Mr. Childe appeared for the bankrupt.
The balance sheet, which begins May 1, 1846, and
ends at the date of the fiat, June Bth, 1848, has the fol-
lowing items :—Sundry creditors, 3,0061.; creditors
holding security, 6181.; profit 1,7311.; capital May 1,1846,
1,0361.; liabilities 2001.; liabilities on account of the late
firm of Saunders, Turrell, and Howitt, 2,0541. The
credit side as the following:—Good debts, 3691.; doubt-
ful ditto, 121.; property, 6411.; property in hands of a
creditor, 4741.; trade expenses, 1,227 L; personal ex-
penses, 1,8721., and losses, 1,7921.

Amongst the creditors are Messrs. Braine and Payne.
of Fleet-street, the London Joint Stock Bank. Under
the head of profits are these items:—" Amount received
for the sale of works written by me, 5171.; amount re-
ceived for sale of copyright of several works, 700/.;
amount received for translations and literary contri-
butions to various periodicals, 4131. Amongst the
liabilities is 2001. to the London and Joint Stock Bank,
which holds Saunders and Turrell's acceptances for that
amount. Messrs. Venables and Co. are liability credi-
ditors for 1,490/ ; and Messrs. Bradbury and Evans for
189/4 sundry newspapers, 2141. The above liabilities
were incurred on account of the firm of Saunders, Tyr-
rell, and Howitt.
The property consisted of stock of " journals " on
the premises, 3,200 sets in 3 vols. each, and about
135,000 numbers, estimated at 9001.; stereotype plates
for 35 numbers and 80 wooden blocks for engravings,
estimated at 2301. This property, however, valued at
1,130/, only realized 5251. The copyright of Howitt's
Journal realized 60/. An enormous loss occurred in the
printing press, fixtures. lc., which cost 2,029/, and
realized only ;80/. Under the head of losses is, by
Howites Journal, 3821.; bad debts, 124 L; on realization
of stock of journals, 605/.; loss in connexion with the
People's Journal, 4001.
Mr. LAWRANCE, on behalf of the assignees, called the
attention of the Court to the fact that the bankrupt had
executed an assignment to his mother-in-law in October,
1847, in order to secure to her the amount of a loan
which she had advanced to him in July, 1846. There
was no entry of this transaction in the books of the
bankrupt, but there was other evidence to establish the
fact of the loan, which he did not dispute.
It was urged against the bankrupt that he had gone
on trading after he was insolvent.
The COMMISSIONER said he had never laid down the
principle that the moment a trader was in difficulties he
ought to stop, but there was one period to which he (the
Commissioner) always looked, namely,ithat at which the
trader was first sued by a creditor.
Mr. LAWRANCE said it could not be denied that in
this case there was a lamentable discrepancy between
the debts and the assets.

The COMMISSIONER said that he must take into ac-
count the fact that great depreciation of the stock had
taken place in consequence of the forced sale. But the
question really before him now was, not the conduct of
Mr. Howitt, but whether the accounts were correct. He
thought they were so, and would express no opinion
whatever upen the bankrupt's conduct as a trader. He
must say, however, that he did not think the bankrupt
was to blame in forming the estimates of his property
which he bad done, for although great loss occurred
from the realization, that was owing to the peculiar
circumstances under which the realization took place ;
neither did he see any reason why Mr. Howitt should
not have continued to struggle, with the hope that he
would ultimately get over his embarrassments.
The official assignee was of opinion that the balance-
sheet was a correct one.

The bankrupt passed.
Mr. CHILDE applied for an allowance to the
bankrupt.
Mr. LAWRANCE offered no opposition, and a sum of
31. a week was granted.