The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-08 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Frederick Wm. Whiston, druggist, Birmingham, to sur-
render April 22, and May 13. at half-past ten, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir-
mingham; Sonthal and Nelson, Birmingham; Hodgson
and Allen, Birmingham.

Samuel Richards, apothecary, BedfOrd-square,April 17,
at two, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Lawrance, Plews, and
Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Frederick Blucher Dowland, builder, Lee, Kent, April
17, and May 19, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Stopher, Cheapside.
Elijah Lawton, cotton waste dealer, Manchester, April
22 and May 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Boote and
Jellicorse, Manchester.

John Easton, builder, Clapham-road, April 17, at half-
past twelve, and May 22, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Cannon, official assignee, Aldermembury; Crouch,
Gray's-inn-square.
Christopher Hall, East India Merchant, Sun-court,
Cornhill, April 23 and May 25, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham-
bers, Basinghall-street; Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-
lane.

James Brarlshaw and Aaron Collinson, cotton manufac-
turers, Burnley, April 23, and May 14, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee,
Manchester Shaw, Sutcliffe, Tattersall, and Handsley,
Burnley ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
William John Roberts, draper, Burry Port, Pembrey,
Carmarthenshire, April 17 and May 11, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee,
Bristol ; Prideaux, Bristol.
Thomas Pyecroft, carrier, Walton, Yorkshire, April 21
and May 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds; Plaskett, Gainsborough ; Bond
and Barwick, Leeds.
William Bulmer, grocer, Bedale, Yorkshire, April 17
and May 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee, Leeds; Newton and Robinson, York;
Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Richard Jones, flannel manufacturer and slay maker,
Newtown, Montgomeryshire, April 16 and May 11, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
assignee, Liverpool; Jones, Newtown.
Edward Duke Moore, dealer in' concentrated milk and
cocoa, Minories, April 23, at half-past two, and May 19,
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-
chambers.

Henry Bishop, money scrivener and gas manufacturer,
Dursley, Gloucestershire, April 17 and May 11, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee,
Bristol ; Bevan and Girling; Bristol.
Charles Copland and William George Barnes, provision
merchants, Bodolph,lane, City, April 24, at one, and
May 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; J. and J. H. Link-
later and Backwood, Sise-lane.

William Gibbon, grocer, Spenny Moor, Durham, April
20, at eleven and May 26, at twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyno District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; Scaife, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bolding
and Simpson, Gracechurch-street.

The Princes of Oude left 1001. with J. Rateliff, Esq.,
Mayor of Birmingham, to be distributed amongst the
local chs Titles;

Capt. Mulock, 70th Foot, proceeds to China with the
expedition, as aide-de-camp to Lieut.-Gen. Ashburnham,
C.D. •

Pram OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 6 per mille premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.25 per 11. sterling. On•comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly
3-10ths per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13'3 per 11. ster-
ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there-
fore nearly 7-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg
than in London. The course of exchange at New York
on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1081 per cent.,
which, when compared with the Mint par between the
two countries, shows that the exchange is nominally
against England ; but, after making allowance for
charges of transport and difference of interest, the present
rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either
way between the two countries.
THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERIOA.—There is now living
in Murray county, Georgia, on the waters of the Holly
Creek, a Revolutionary veteran who has attained the
age of 134. His name is John Hames. He is known
throughout the region in which he lives by the appella-
tive, " Gran'sir Hames." Gran'air is contracted for
Grandsire. A grandsire he truly is. As I was on my
way to visit this relic of the expired eighteenth century,
I inquired of an oldish gentleman of about 60 if he
knew him. "Oh, yes, I know him," said he, "he is
my grandfather I" John Hames was born in Mecklen-
burg county, Virginia, and was a lad 10 years old when
Washington was in his cradle. He was 32 when Brad-
dock met his defeat in the Monongahela. He and
several of his neighbours set forth to join the headstrong
and ill-fated commander, but after several days' march
were turned back by the news of his overthrow. He
migrated to South Carolina nearly 100 years ago. He
was in 13 considerable conflicts during the War of Inde-
pendence, and in skirmishes, rencounters with Indians,
with Tories, and with the British times beyond memory.
He was with Gates at Camden, with Morgan at the
Cotypens, with Green at Hillsboro' and Eutaw, and with
Marion in many a bold rush into a Tory camp or red-
coat quarters.—Cawige (Georgia) 'Standard.