The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-07 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Samuel Wood, broker, Liverpool, to surrender, May 17,
and June 10, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Charles Armstrong, hotel-keeper, Salford, May 17, and
Juno 5, at twelve, at the Manchester Disfrict Court.
George Elliott, blacksmith, Farnham, May 17, at half-
past twelve, and June 21, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Morgan Morgan, grocer, Gelligaled, Glamorganshire,
May 27 and June 18, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court.

John Hickson, builder, Sheffield, May 18 and June 15, at
[en, at the Leeds District (;oust,

William Matthias Bruster, letter press printer, Swansea,
Glamorgan, May 16, at eleven, and June 16, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Carter, painter and plumber, Saint Clements,
Oxford, May 21, at two, and June 20, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Robert Pratt, bricklayer, Great Yarmouth, May 21, at
twelve, and June 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Bailey and Henry John Hunt Skinner, chemists,
Colchester, May 17 and June 24, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John Pheby, dealer in Hams, New North-road, Middle-
sex, May 17, 91 half-past eleven, and June 21, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Todd, jun., builder, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, May
17, at half-past one, and June 19, at half-past eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy.
Henry Blake, brewer, Newport, Isle of Wight, May 14,
tactyAo.useb,ury, engineer, Birmingham, May 17 and
at
Georgetss,o, and
it.royucene, ImB,ilaletrrpe,uadtdlnhgte Court of oofrtßha_ Bankruptcy.
and June 26, at twelve, at the Court of
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treß,oclutTiltaPlysTg.oSw.
JBMuaannVyekilr26liami'at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
John
Vicars,
Buchanan, 8
wCoOo
WilliamJoh
James Jamieson, straw hat manufacturer, Glasgow.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE..—Tms DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 19 11 191
Antwerp
Brussels — 16 421 25 521
Hamburgh -
Paris
n• 44...,
garseilles — 25 50 25 55
Frankfort on Maine — 118 118 k
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 331 331
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan

49- 49i
25 65 25 75
25 621 25 6n

SALE AT THE EAST INDIA HOUSE-

Yesterday there was a giant
asiaht
hug
erte_oolnegbhutbehiY:
ed ainuah
other articles
furniture, fittings, and thousands of
mina/7 to the
at the East India House, gcot
Majesty'sit oet
snl
doi in
sale on a future day of the i the spacious
From an early hour in the mesa° nof " the rooms in which the bulor
depart-
ments" was carried on P
eision of the East India.
PeosBsp.Lious theatre in which,
Government taking
tnhindiang
direction and transfern g.
Were pronounced
eulo ia
Governors and con-
here the grievances of unfortunate
Victoria-street,
iunpeu past d
itsifii n g
discussed, Were filled with Hebrew
Rajahs and others, Who eagerlyscrutinized
gentlemen, .
querom_sesred w
on the articles arranged for their inspection, with a
view to securing good bargains. Mr. Thomas Fox
was the auctioneer, and in the discharge of his duties_
he made some pertinent remarks on the antiquity of
the articles -which he was offering for competition
and the useful purposes they had served in their
room
ux
generation. The rostrum was transferred
new
to room as necessity required, andsitniena
cham-
ber which was visited new interesting articles were
case meeting 'with
se."-Seyveral hours having
further proceedings
exhibited
ready
buyers for
and sale,
g in
nn nearly eparri lfe
been spent in
g, when the sale
will be continued,
terminating on Thursday even-
ing, so that at the close of the present week all that
were adjourned untili'
this my:ornin
will be left of the once thriving and populous esta-
blishment in Leadenhall-street will be the walls of
the deserted house. At present it is impossible to
guess what 'will be the fate of the old house itself.
In the course of a week or two it will be knocked
down to the highest bidder, who will be able to
apply it to the extension of Leadenhall Market
(whichhas been suggested as probable), to convert
it into a railway station, chambers, offices, or any-
thing else he pleases. The East India-house„ was
built in 1726, and the present portico was added
om`o
°ccu:
pany'l surveyor.
it in 1797 from the designs a Mr. Juni', tae