The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-28 00:00:00

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MURDOCH.

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BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner FAKE.)
IN RE HOPKINS.
This bankrupt, who had carried on business as a trader in
Portman-street, Portman-square, came up to pass his last
examination.
A Solicitor said he attended as solicitor to the assignees:
The Learned CommissioNxit asked if he was the solicitor
to the fiat, and was answered in the negative.
The Learned COMMISSIOPMER said he never recognised any
one as solicitor to the assignees, they were, if appointed, so-
licitors of the Court working out the fiat.
The Solicitor said he had been appointed after the choice
of assignees.
T Learned COMMISSIONER said he could examine the
bankrupt.
i app
eared that the bankrupt had started in business
without capital, and there would not be a shilling to his cre-
ditors, as he had made a post nuptial settlement on his wife
in 1844. He had not kept any cash-book, and his accounts
were very imperfect.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said that these were properly
subjects for discussion when the bankrupt applied for his
certificate.
The bankrupt was then allowed to pass.

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POTATO PEEL AS SEED FOR POTATOES.—EarIy in the
first week in May last, Mr. I. F. Conies, of this city,
directed his gardener to try an experiment in planting
potatoes. He took three potatoes of rather large size, and
peeled them—the substance of the peel not exceeding the
thickness of a shilling—taking care in all cases to preserve
the eyes perfect. The peel was divided into portions varying
in size from the dimensions of a penny to a shilling. The
gardener at first thought his master was joking; and did not
anticipate that the potato peel would produce any fruit. It
was planted in the ordinary way; the soil (the garden is
situated at Kingsholm) is light and suited to potato culturb ;
but the place selected was rather disadvantageous, being
near a large and thick hedge. At the same time some sets of
three other potatoes were planted in the usual manner in
ground close adjoining. At the close of last week the latter
were taken up, but owing to an accidental circumstance, the
exact produce cannot be ascertained. On Monday evening
Mr. Coutes ordered the rows which had been sown with
potato peel to be dug up; when it was ascertained that the
produce of the peel of the three potatoes, which were of the
common Cockney sort, amounted to sixty-two of good size
and excellent quality, besides some smaller ones; the weight
of the sixty-two being rather more than 81bs. We have
not seen, in fact, a better sample this season, and it is stated
that the produce from the potatoes planted in the ordinary
way was certainly not larger, if so large. The experiment,
although not perfectly novel, is interesting. The eatable
portion of the root may apparently be preserved for food at
seed time—an important circumstance, to Ireland especially,
where, in many districts, there is annually a " potato scar-
city." From what we have heard since we learned the result
of Mr. Coules's experiment, we entertain doubts whether
the plan would succeed with some species of potatoes—be
invariably successful; and probably the nature of the soil is
a material ingredient in the matter. We hope, however,
that this notice may lead to a series of experiments. Mr.
Conies exhibited a portion of the produce of his peel seed at
our horticultural meeting last Thursday. It excited consi-
derable interest, and an extra prize was awarded.—Gloucester-
shire Chronicle.

REPRESENTATION OF STOCKPORT.—As an early
general election becomes more and more probable, to are the
burgesses of this borough more speculative in the candidates
who are likely to offer themselves whenever a dissolution of
Parliament shall be declared. The recent letter from Mr.
Cobden to his constituents is understood by many to be a
virtual resignation of his seat. If so, we hear th(Te is a de-
termination on the part of a large body of the electors to put
forward Mr. Orrell as a candidate, should any one venture to
'Fier himself as the successor of Mr, Cobden tho representaT
tion of Stockport —Stockport Advertiser.
Another letter from Rome announces the death of
Cardinal Bernettl. _

Two folio pothions of pgrtipniprs of tile Royal
christening were giyen in Sunday's qbse'pver. - ,
POwding, of I riatol hag, we
uncientand, manufactured a coffee kettle, capable or bolting water.
out of a " mitße" orieo2l f t7O 1f he
rpresent coinage, with mistecu grains of copy*);
to apare.—..

Mr. ROLT, Q.C., continued his argument on behalf of th,
defendants, the trustees of one of those chapels built by vo
luntary subscription in Scotland connexion with thi
Established Church, before the disruption. His argumen.
yesterday proceeded on the special circumstances of the case,
by which he endeavoured to show that the residuary
church established by law had no claim over the cha-
pel by the deeds. But to-day he assumed that there
might be something in the deeds apparently supporting
the claim, and argued that the trustees of this chapel did no-
thing more than elect to follow a model, and that for this
model they took the Church of Scotland as it then existed.
He contended that so far as this model of a Christian chuich
was concerned the Church of Scotland and the Free Chuich
did not differ, in support of which he referred to the Veto
Act of the Church of Scotland, as expressive of her opinion
in 1835, to the secessions which were made from her com-
munion in the same spirit in 1733 and 1752, and to sevdral
passages from the first and second books of Church Didci-
pline. He denied that they had connected themselves with
the Church of Scotland or the Free Church.

RAILWAY COIVIMITTEES.

(THIS DAY)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Room D.
This Committee met this morning at eleven o'clock, the Earl of St.
Germans in the chair, when the case against the

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