The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-21 00:00:00

TAFF VALE WAGGON.

The half-yearly meeting was then held—Mr. E. J. Hutchins
in the chair.
The report stated that the Taff Vale Railway Company
would not require any further advances of capital this year
from this company. Th• amount of capital paid up was
£120,000; the amount set apart half-yearly for the redemp-
tion fund was £2,128; and the whole amount invested up to
the 30th of June was £12,103. A portion of the amount
remaining for investment had been applied to the purchase
of seine of the company's shares, and the remainder, to-
gether with the interest, upon the company's securities
accruing, would be invested.
The CHAIRMAN briefly moved the adoption of the report,
congratulating the proprietors on the amount of interest
they were receiving, and tie motion having been seconded
1 and carried, the proceedings terminated.

1111 L. SUN, LONDON, SATURDAYI":EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1858.

LAW INTELT JGENCE.

COURT OF BANKRUI )zsgy......AuG. 20.
(Before Mr. Commies.; mer Face.)
ix RE POW) :LL.

This bankrupt, who was a chees ei nonger, of Leather-lane,
and since a prisoner for debt in C.:at sterbury gaol, applied for
his certificate.
The accounts, by Mr. S. T. C. C ooper, of the Commercial
Institute, show—debts, £6,10 •, a ssets consist of doubtful
debts, £lll. The bankrupt begs n on the 29th October,
1856, with a deficiency of £1:39. 'The profits were £454;
expenses, £731; and losses in • bad debts, £lO9.
Mr. Perry, of Guildhall 4 ,lhambers' for the assignees,
direct'2d the attention of the Court to the facts. The sum
collected by the official assigtu ..te was only £5O, not sufficient
to pay the expenses. The at signee had a good ground of
complaint, es the bankrupt ke pt no beoks.
The Commissioner asked what excuse the bankrupt had
to offer ?
Mr. Perry said the bank rupt failed in 1856 ' • but be would
not comment on that failut e, as it was caused by the Royal
British Bank. Under an assignment he paid 7s. H. in the
pound. The bankrup', severer, ought to have exercised
greater caution.
The Commissioner granted a common certificate.
IN iL3i PARNER.
This was a choice of assignees under the bankruptcy of
R. A. Farmer, of We'tmi nster-road, grocer, chemist, and
druggist.
The bankrupt's roisfortt tiles are stated to have originally
arisen from his connection t with the Royal British Bank as
a shareholder.
The preliminary eaten] ent of Mr. March, Basinghall-
street, shows debts, X 1,01.13; assets, £l5O.
Assignees were host U.

IN RR TOWNSEIIII, M.P. POR GREENWICH.
A few days ago an min sination meeting was held under
the bankruptcy of John Ti bwnsend, an auctioneer of Green-
wich, and M.P. for that b orough. It was then adjourned,
in consequence of the accounts, though prepared, nut hav-
ing been tiled, the accounts.. 'us, Messrs. Butler and Cannings,
hating refused to part %rid t them until their costs had been
paid. An arrangement, het' Never, was made in the course of
the proceedings, by which 11.Tessrs. Butler and Cannings con-
sented to take a portion of th eir costs (L3O in all), to be paid
at once, and deliver up the !ounts, and thereupon an order
was made that they should be placed on the proceedings on
or before the 23d inst. This has already been done, and the
following is a copy of the balance-,sheet as prepared by Messrs.
Butler and Cannings. It commences the Ist July, 1852, and
ends the 20th March, 1838, embracing a period, therefore, of
five years and three quarters :•-•.
DR.
Unsecured creditors .. £3,286 3 9
Creditors under decree of the High Court of
Chancery. 1,226 4 6
Creditors holding security
Creditors to be paid in full
02. 19 .2

If "
170 19 8
To claim relinquished
To liability upon an acceptance
To profits from Ist July, 18.52, to 24th June,
1856, and from 22d July, 1857, to 29th
March, 1858 (four years and nine months) 7,218 9 8
To share (viz., two-thirds) of act profits of
firm of Townsend and Wynn, from 24th
June, 1856, to 22d July, 18,57 (one year
and one month)
To rents received and receivable, deducting
ground-rents and other outgoings,including
repairs
To capital, viz., surplus on the let July, 1852
as per statement of affairs 659 10 8

£14,177 19 7

CR.
By cash at bankers 6 5
By debtors, good 43 6 0
By debtors, doubtful 4B 3 0
By debtors, bad, carried to losses £482 7 1
By property amended—
Estimated to realise lB5 0 0
Less creditors to be paid in full 78 0 6
106 19 6

By property held by creditors as security—
Estimated to realise 5BB 0 0
Less creditors to be paid In full 92 19 2
£495 0 10
By excepted articles
By law costs 1,122 8 4
By interest
By trade expenses
By political expenses
By domestic and personal ditto (51 years) 4,636 15 7
By losses
By bad debts £1,418521 7
611 1;633,
By liability per contra B5 0 0

£14,17719 7

In explanation of the item " creditor under decree of the
High Court of Chancery," the following statement is given :
—Wynn, £1,226 4s. 61.—Creditor under High Court of
Chancery. Amount payable to him pursuant to a decree of
Vice-Chancellor Stuart's, made 25th June, 1858, being the
amount received from him in 1856, on his entering into
partnership with me, as purchase money of one-third share
of profits of my business £9lo 0 0
Costs, say . 300 0 0
Amount due to him upon balance of liquida-
tion accounts of the late partnership, he
having been appointed receiver by the Court
of Chancery

£1,226 4 6
The item " Political Expenses," is thus explained :
Expenses incurred upon my being returned to
Parliament as one of the representatives of
the borough of Greenwich, in March, 1857 £BB2 16 3
Entertaining expenaes (including banquet
given in August, 1852)

£1,341 4 0

Under the head of "Property In Possession rrtfle particu-
lars of 19 pawntickets are given in detail. They represent
various descriptions of property, comprising silk, painting.,
plate, linen, furniture, and jewellery; the largest amount
being for a quantity of plate, £'l, beyond which sum no
pledge appears to have been made for an amount larger than
£4, the lowest amount being one for lls. The "estimated
value " of these mortgage deeds is stated as " nil."
Of the unsecured creditors, in number there are 164, and
of these 34 are c: editors for cash lent, interest, etc., and, in
some instances, law costs swelling the original amount. By
far the greater number are expenses incurred during the
election, for printing, hire of carriages and of committee
rooms, advertising, erks' fees, bell ringers, messengers,
and so forth. Thus, for printing, the following amounts
are stated as due:— _ _ _

itidexcOWDeptford l6 2 0
Berryman
emkshoot, Deptford 3 10 0
Cherry, Woolwich lB 4 6
Dashwood Brick-lane .
Dandridge, Deptford
Dye, Deptford
Edwards, Woolwich
Flashmao, Greenwich
Helyer, Greenwich ..
Horton
Jackson. Woolwich
Mason, Woolwich
Mackie, Woolwich
Pyrke, Deptford
Richardson, Greenwich
The creditors for hire of committee rooms ars thus
statcd :
_ _ _

...........
Brats 2 2 0
Bradhen, Woolwich
Boyd, Woolwich 3 0 0
Cook, Deptford
Coles, Woolwich
Carter, Woolwich
Daunt, Woolwich 6 0 0
Duly, Woolwich
Griffiths, Woolwich 2 0 0
Hartle}, Charlton
.10,, Woolwich
King, Woolwich
Lockwooi, Greenwich d.. '2 7 0
Lee, Woolwich
Mead, Greenwich 2 18 6
Porter, Dept ford
Reardon, Woolwich
Richard•, Woolwich
Reynolds, WoolALth
Ward, Greenwich
Ware, ditto
Beyond the above the f►llowing items appear

in the list of creditors:—
Bell-ringers, for ringing bells in Greenwich at
election
Ditto, ditto, ditto, at Deptford.. 1 1 0
Frederick Chapman, returning officer, poll
clerks' fees (a balance)
Cash and interest and horseshoeing lO6 0 0
Deptford bill sticker
Jellis, a messenger
Kingman, ditto 0 10 0
Sundry creditors' names unknown, being a■ ac-
count subscribed in small sums to enable rae
to supersede my first bankrup'cy 132 10 0
Williams, a messenger
The statement of affairs at the commencement of the
balance-sheet, namely, Ist July, 1852, shows that the
bankrupt's position was then as follow.:

fos.
To creditors unsecured £7ol 15 0

To creditor', fer balatiice in my hands out of money
received by me as an auctioneer and house-
1Q36 12 7
agent
(Tl.ese creditors have been all duly paid.)
Mrs. Pattenden, holding leasehold property as
security . 100 0 0
Balance surplus carried down 650 10 8

X 309719 0

CR.
By cash at bankers
By ditto in house
430 13 6
By debtors, good 924 0 0
By property in possession, as per statensent... •
By leasehold houses in Thames-street, Green-
wich, held by a creditor per contra, esti-
mated value lBO 0 0
House agency business, carried on at Nelson-
street, Greenwich ; since sold to H. Hum-
-1212 10 0
phrey
£309719 0
The adjourned examination meeting will be held on the
23d October next.
IN RE GODFREY AND GODFREY.
This was a sitting for the choice of assignees to the estate
of John and Thomas Godfrey, coopers and packing-case
makers, of No. 25, Widegate•street. The following is a
copy of an approximate statement of affairs on the 9th
August, 1858 (date of adjudication),
as prepared by the
accountants, Messrs. Butler and Cannings
DR.
To creditors unsecured £1225 18 1
To disputed liabilities l3B 14 2
To creditors whose claims are relinquished,
the composition accepted by them liming
been paid as agreed—
Original claims £1659 18 3
Amount paid 826 19 2
Claims relicqui=hed .. £829 19 1

To separate creditors of John
Godfrey
To separate creditrrs of J. T
Godfrey lO 0 0
28 0 0
To creditors for rent, rates, and
taxes (deducted per contra),. £63 210
To liability fur George Godfrey. 116 0 0

£1,5(8 13 3