The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Braneis Claxton, innkeeper, Dovercourt, Essex, to sur-
render, Jao. 8 and Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Thomas Roach, mining agent, Old Broad-street, Jan.
11, at eleven, and Feb. 18, at one, at the Court of Bank-
r*ptoy.
Henry Watkins, merchant, Irongate-wharf, Freed-
street, Paddington, Jan. 12, at twelve, and Feb. 18,
at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Scott, coal dealer, Shrewsbury, Jan. 16 and Feb.
4, at Kali-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Barnard George Dyer, ship chandler, Cardiff, Jan. 11
and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
George Wall, baker, Cheltenham, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
William Quayle, ship broker, Liverpool, Jan. 13 and
Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
William Taylor the elder, William Taylor the younger,
and Henry Taylor, linen manufacturers, Barnsley, Jan. 18
at half-past eleven, and Feb. 22, at ele7en, at the Leeds
Distr.,t Court.
Samuel Perry, jeweller, Birmingham, Jan. 13, and
Feb. 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Adolph F. Beckman, shipcbandler North Shields, Jan.
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12, at eleven, and Feb. 24, at one, n. the Royal-arcade,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
William Hues, commission agent, Warwick, Jan. 16
and Feb. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.

Gilliam Cook, stone mason, Birmingham, Jan. 16 and
Feb. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court.
John Curford and James Thompson, Bradley Hall Iron-
works, Staffordshire, Jan. 25 and Feb. 15, at half-past ten,
at the Birmingham District Court.
Daniel Edgar Monies, merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 18, at
eleven, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Macdonald, partner of the Western Bank of Scot-
residing in Musse'burgh.
Ronal& and Co., shawl manufacturers, Paisley.
'George Oughterson, iron merchant, Greenock.
Robert Blair and Co., hot-presser, Glasgow.
Peter 51`Laren, ship carpenter, Glasgow.

The reduction i.he rate of discount seems likely to
renew, to a partial extent, the draiu of silver to the
Although the amount by tts ateamer of the 4th
January will be small, preparations are a;ready being
made for the despatch of a larger supply by the next
mail, when it is calculated the increasing cheapness of
money may render the operation profitable.
THZ SPANISH MINISTRY,--Private letters from Madrid
are full of speculations on the state and prospects of the
Ministry; they purport to show that if M. Mon and his
colleagues fall by Palace intrigue, or the open hostility
of parties, the Liberal cause will havesustained another
and a severer blow, and the regeneration of Spain by
pac.fic vacate., will be postponed to an indefinite period,
THE NEW AND THE OLD )(PAR.— ,I*, teeny of the
i3nrches lest night there were taidni4h,
servick s, Ica the purpo.les of ,inabiln4 ceugregatious to
spend in devetional exercises the devirtitre ot the old
year and the ;,A-,tiDgr ;rt ,tf the eow, "ustorn
sated amongs. the WeOdy3n Methodists, the last. night
of the year being termed the " Watch Nigt t ;" but
latterly the custom has extended to other Nonconformist
denominations, and has also been adopted by some
clerical members of the Church of England.