The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

TEE BRAZIL _MAIL.

PERNAMBUCO, Oct. 21.—Exchange on London,
251. Cotton 10,800 reis, and sugar 2,200 reis per
arroba.
The Oneida sailed hence on the 20th October.

CLEARANCE OF 7HE PRISONS.

THE QUEEN'S PRISON.
(REGISTRAR WINSLOW'S Comm)
The examination of debtors incarcerated in the
Queen's Prison was resumed on Saturday Mr.
Registrar Winslow went through twelve cases,
some of which occupied a considerable time.
(MR, REGISTRAR HIGGINS' COURT.)
The case of a barnster, who had been in prison
for the last eight years under a writ of outlawry,
was argued at some length before Mr. Registrar
Higgins. The managing clerk to the firm of
Rogerson and Ford appeared on the part of one
of the detaining creditors, and raised a preliminary
objection to the jurisdiction of the rJgistrar in the
matter until the prisoner was purged of his out-
lawry. He cited various authorities to show that
an outlaw could not bo heard in any court of jus-
tice either as plaintiff or defendant, no matter what
grounds of action or defence he might have.
The prisoner contended that though he had been
an outlaw, the fact of his person having been
seized, he was purged of his outlawry by the very
circumstances of his being in prison on the writ of
ad legatunt. He also referred to a decision of Re-
gistrar Miller in the Whitecross-street Prison, in
w hich" he held that outlawry was no reason why a
debtor in prison should not be adjudicated a
bankrupt.

The Registrar said he should reserve his decision
In the course of the day two prisoners were dis•
charged by Mr. Registrar Higgins, who disposed oi
18 cases in all.

WHITECROSS STREE I' PRISON.
The Registrar (Mr. Miller) sat on Saturday for
the purpose of disposing of cases No. 31 to 40 on
his list.
Thomas Dike, formerly a builder, of Denbigh-
place, Pimlico, who had been in prison since July
last, and who had never been a bankrupt before or
petitioned the Insolvent Debtors' Court, was op.
posed by the detaining creditor for a sum of
£1,500, odd lent him on mortgage. He stated his
debts to be about £2OO, and amount of mortgages
£5,500. His property consisted of eleven houses
in Pimlico, and a small house in Dorsetshire ; he
had also effected a policy on his life for £l,OOO in
the London Assurance, which had been as-
signed to Mr. Mayhew. He attributed his
bankruptcy to the fact of Mr. Mayhew having
called upon him to pay the £1,553 due on mort-
gage without giving him a moment's notice.
Mr. King, on the part of Mr. Al &yhew, produced
the judgment obtained against Dike in the year
1855. The bankrupt repeated his statement, that
he never knew of the judgment which was out
against him till he was arn,sted in July. Mr. King
said that the cause of his being opposed was that he
was continually annoying the tenants in possession
in every possible way. This was contradicted, and
again Dike vowed he had never been sued. The
Registrar declared that this was impossible upon
the face of the documents produced. He was will-
ing to be adjudged a bankrupt, having no means ;
another adjudication was granted, with the dis-
charge fretn prison.
In the case of Joseph James Dale (or Dell) it ap-
peared he had been made bankrupt on Aug, 16, 1856;
has passed his last examination, when his certificate
was refused, and there was nothing on the order to
permit his release after any period, he being im-
prisoned by the assignees on a B.A. certificate. He
was also detained by a creditor who had not proved
his debt under the Bankruptcy Act, The Registrar
said he could not release the prisoner, but advised
him ti make an application to the commissioners.
He had been in prison nearly four months. Two
prisoners had been discharged, and others had peti-
tioned the Insolvent Court, being "pending cases."
This concluded the business of the day.

LISBON, Nov. 16.
The Messageries Tmperiales steam-ship Beam,
with the above mails, arrived here at 8 30 a.m. this
morning, en route for Bordeaux,
She brings 600,000 fr. in specie.
Rio DE SA NTPTRo, n„ f. 95. Ri.olinnge on London,
251 to 251 ; on Paris, 370 to 375. Coffee, good
first, 6,400 to 6,600. The shipments of coffee since I
the departure of the last mail amount to 106,400
bags, of which 56,945 bags were for the Channel.
Stock, 160,000 bags.
Exchange at Bahia, 251 to 25!. Sugar, 2,400 to
2,600 rein per arroba.