The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-13 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Powell, worsted yarn merchant, Monkwell-street,
city, to surrender April 21, at half-past one, and May 26, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William Baumann and Carleton de Courcy Barrett, car
penters, &c., Chiswick, April 19, at half-past one, and May
24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edmund Tucker, linen draper, Portland, Dorsetshire,
April 27, at one, and May 18, at twelve, at the Exeter Dis-
trict Court.
Frederick Saldorf, corn factor, Plymouth, April 28, at
ten, and May 26, one, at the Exeter District Court.
Thomas Middleton, gas-fitter, Sheffield, April 23, and
May 28, at ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Alfred Briggs, builder, Sheffield, April 23, and May 28,
at ten, at the Leeds District Court.
Harris Tallerman, outfitter, Houndsditch, April 30, at
twelve, and May 30, at eleven at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Thomas Davis, hotel keeper, 11, Chapel-street, St.
George the Martyr, April 30, at one, and May 30, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Mary Todd and William Waddell Todd, merchants,
Newry, Ireland, May 6, and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court.
William Henry Palmer, merchant, Southtown, Suffolk,
April 29 and May 20, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Anthony Barnaschina, general dealer, Gravesend, April
30 and May 23, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Andrews, fellmonger, Liverpool, May 6 and 26, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Edmund Masters, wine merchant, Mark-lane, City, April
23, at half-past twelve, and May 24, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
John Wyatt, butcher, Chipping Campden, Gloucester-
shire, April 29, and May 30, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. _ _ _

John Yates and James Cook, manufacturers, Little
Bolton, Lancashire, May 2 and 25, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court,

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Gray Tennant and Richard Dick, commission
agents, Leith.
David Smart Christison, merobant, Drmulithie, Kincar-
dine. _ _

Matthew Rodger Mackellar, COMMISSIOIIagent, Glasgow

The repetition in the Pays of the device which
has been practised nearly every week since the lst of Jan-
uary to quiet the vigilance of the public with regard to the
designs of France by a semi-official assurance that the way
has at length been smoothed to a removal of every difficulty,
produced but a faint effect this morning on the Engliab.
funds. To a certain class of operators notwithstanding four
months of constant experience, the idea that the Emperor
Napoleon yet intends to promote a pacific adjustment on a
basis that shall clearly recognise the treatyrights of Austria,
and consequently prove such as can be accepted by that
Power, while it will utterly disappoint Sardinia, seems still
within the capacity of belief, but the public at large have
become less credulous. The suggestion that France will
disarm, and thus undo all for which she has been draining
her exchequer for years past, is regarded as equally un-
worthy of reliance, and it is likewise seen that if an arrange-
ment were patched up to-morrow with the existing feelings
of France, Austria, Sardinia, and Russia still left in play,
the
_prospects of the repose of Europe would not be, in the
slightest degree, better than at this moment,--Fromthe
rinfee City Article,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY).

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from Aberdeen,
praying that Scotland might have equal electoral rights
with England in any reform of the representative system.
THIRD READINGS.

On the motion of Lord REDESDALE the following bills
were severally read a third time and passed :—Banff,
I4lacduff, and T.urriff Junction Railway ; Formartine and
Buchan Railway ; Norwich Corn Exchange ; and Great
Western and Brantford Railway.
THE INDIAN ARMY.

Earl GRANIYITE;I;Ithe noble earl whether be
would lay the report of the commission on the organisation
of the Indian army on the table of the house.
The Earl of DERBY said he had not yet seen the report
alluded to, but he had no doubt it would be laid before their
lordships before the prorogation.
THAMES WATERMEN AND LIGHTERMEN'S