The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-19 00:00:00

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Nov 18.

MR. RAIKES'S BANKRUPTCY.
(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
The total liabilities which exist against the estate of the
bankrupt amount to 100,0001. The accounts of the bank-
rupt firm having now nearly been completed by the posting
up the books of the firm, the assets, it is calculated, includ-
ing the proceeds of the 4,0001. Bank Stock, which Mr.
Raikes held as his qualification for the office of Governor
of the Bank of England, and whicfh is of the value of nearly
9,000/., amount to between 15,0001. and 16,0001. The
principal claimants against the estate are resident abroad,
and some time must elapse before the proofs can be for-
warded to this country. The Hindoostan Insurance Com-
pany will, it is expected, be claimants to the amount of
nearly 16,000/., Mr. Raikes having been agent for this
establishment, which is very opulent, having branches
in Calcutta, Madras, and other places. The bank-
rupt held considerable sums in his character of
agent to this company. Another creditor of some mag-
nitude is Count Demidoff, the large Russian ironmaster, to
whom also Mr. Raikes was agent, and whose claim against
the estate is estimated at about 12,000/. The splendid
yacht which Mr. Raikes owned has been brought up into
the River for the purpose of sale, but some difficulties have
asisen to its disposal, in consequence of its having been in
the hands of a party who has made advances to the bank-
rupt. It is expected, however, that the vessel will be given
up to the assignees. In the report of the proceedings of
the first meeting of creditors it was stated that the books
of the bankrupt had not been well kept. Up to the period
when Mr. Raikes discovered his affairs to be in so embar-
rassed a state as to require private investigation, the ac-
counts of the establishment were most accurately made up,
and as the statement previously made that the accounts
were not well kept is likely to injure the parties to whom
that„duty was entrusted, it is necessary to mention that it
was only for some short time previously to the failure that
the accounts were not regularly balanced.
Mr. Raikes having had his protection renewed withlrew,
and the further proceedings were adjourned.

The brig Janet:, Mitchell, of Dundee, which arrived
there on Tuesday se'nnight, from Archangel, bringi the
following melancholy intelligence :—Having taken a pilot
on board, on the morning of the 25th September, at the
guard-ship in the Neva, the brig set sail and crossed the
bar, with a strong gale blowing from W.S.W. Instead
of the master (who, it seems, was somewhat " groggy")
putting the pilot ashore on the small island, a few miles
below, as is customary on such occasions, he hoisted a
press of sail, and bore onwards. notwithstanding the cries
and expostulations of the poor Russian pilot, and the risk
which the vessel ran of being every moment thrown on her
beam ends. When they had run about thirty miles below
the bar, being fully two miles from the shore, the master
ordered the mate and some of the men to launch the small
boat and put the pilot ashore. The order, under such
circumstances, being deemed that of a madman, was at
once rejected by the crew. The master became infuriated
at their refusal, and instantly resolved on going himself,
accompanied with a Shetlandman, named Lawrence Lamb,
and a Swede boy, named Alex. Mitchell. After ordering
the mate to " fill upon her, and near in to the depth of
five fathoms," he set off, in defiance of all remonstrance, at
twelve at noon, with the small skiff, for the purpose of
landing the pilot. The Janet: accordingly stood in under
double-reefed topsails—reaching seven fathoms the first
cast, and five the second. At this time it was blowing
very hard from the sea, and the vessel running the hazard
of being thrown on a lea shore. The mate went up into
the top with the spy-glass to watch the progress of the
skiff, and saw it distinctly founder and disappear about a
quarter of a mile from the shore. Nothing, as far as could
be seen, appeared again on the surface of the troubled
waters. Notwithstanding the hazardous situation of the
vessel, she was kept " off and on," with a light hoisted, till
ten o'clock at night, when, in addition to the strong gale,
the weather became thick and dark, with a heavy fall of
slow. They were then compelled to bear away to save
the vessel ; and, by, day-light next=►nornjng,lt was found
impossible to work baCt, even although they had had their
full complement of hands. The Janet: met in with the
schooner Brothock, of Arbroath, on the following day, and,
on relating the melancholy occurrence, got on board one of
her men to enable her to proceed on the homeward voyage.
--Sunderland Herald.