The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-03 00:00:00

CHURCH PREFERMENT.

THE ADVOWSON TO ST. NEOTS.
'We called the attention of our readers a few days
since to the circumstance of the intended sale of a
valuable rectory in Suffolk, on the 17th inst. The
printed particulars are now in due course of dis-
tribution. This has afforded us the opportunity to
glean a little from Mr. George Robins's original
remarks on Church property ; but our present in-
tention is simply to notice an interesting record con-
nected with the living, which his research has
discovered in White's " History of Suffolk," and which
we annex to this short statement, observing that in
times like the present, when there is not the least
chance of war, it is not very easy to provide satisfac-
torily for a family; however profitable trade may be,
a man of family cannot sacrifice his son to become a
tradesman. " What then is open to him ?" We rejoin,
nothing but the Church, and the natural consequence
that seems to arise is, that Church property is now in
the ascendant. The annual value is about 8801.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION WHEREIN
THE LIVING IS PLACED.

"Rattlesden is a large village, in a picturesque valley,
on one of the sources of the river Gipping, five miles
W. of Stowmarket, and nine miles E.S.E. of Bury
St. Edmund's, has in its parish 1,142 souls, and about
3,200 acres of land, generally having a fertile clayey
soil, and including a small enclosed fen, several open
greens or commons, and the hamlet of Puy-street-
green and Hightown-green, from one to two miles
S., and Clopton-green, one mile N. of the village.
The greater part of the open fields, &c., were enclosed
about ten years ago, and the fen about seventy years
ago. Clopton Hall, with the estate attached to il, is
the seat and manor of Captain Windsor Parker, and
was long the residence of the Clopton family. John
Mosely, Esq., is Lord of the Manor of Rattlesden,
which was held by the Bishop of Ely until the
fourth of Elizabeth, and was granted, in the second
of James the First to Philip Tyse and William
Blake. It passed to the Moseloys in the early
part of last century, together with the Advowson of
the Rectory. The Coeksedge, Boldero, Mudd,
Winson, Canham, Eaton, Finnan, Pettit, and some
other families, have estates in the parish, and the soil
is mostly freehold. The church (St. Nicholas) is a
neat edifice, with a tower containing five hells, and
surmounted by a spire. The rectory, valued in K.B.
at 201. Os. 2 d., has about .50 acres of glebe, and a
yearly modus of 7801. awarded, in 1840, in lieu of
tithes. The Rev. James Oakes is the incumbent, and
John Barney, Esq., is patron, and has the next pre.
sentation. The Baptists have a chapel here, built in
1808, and rebuilt in 1823."—Vide "White's History
of Suffolk."
The glebe extends to 44 acres, and the land is
exceedingly good. There is a capital garden, and
all the auxiliaries essential to comfort. The incum-
bent is seventy-five, but the on dits affirm he is nearer
to eighty.
The parsonage-house will afford the new purchaser
an opportunity to display his taste in alterations and
improvements. This will employ his leisure time when
he succeeds to the living, and try his pocket to the
extent of a few hundreds.

spectacle
ASTLEY'S THEATRE.
K'n Mr. Carter
Batt)-,oetnhiec,
musical, and
dtoequsseys.,
night, for the benefit of the Lion f ;
of Themaz
eKiwas ever-attractiverevrevived
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Theatreequestrian
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that
and iitnisall duethe
trian aids, the re-production of the piece will stand g,
sueoessfa comparison with 11
original introduction
to the stage, in the season of 1831, by the late Du•
crow. Amongst the principal incidents entitled
t°essMentriail3saot
to notice for their excellent arrangements,
are, the tournament scene, the gardens of the
palace, and expulsion of Mazeppa, borne on the wild
horse, with the encampment of the Tartar tribe, and
the overthrow of the Count Palatine and the Castellan.
Mazeppa was vigorously sustained by Mr. Danaville.
Barry, the comedian clown, taxed the risibility of the
audience to the utmost ; and Mrs. Short imparted %o
the heroine, Olinska, a degree of feeling seldom grit•
nessed in this theatre. The piece was vehemently
applauded throughout, and the entire arrangement*
reflected great credit on the atage manager, Mr. W. D.
Broadfoot, the successful manager and producer of
the spectacles, the Affghanistan and Chinese War,
and on whom the mantle of Ducrow has most
worthily fallen. The entertainments terminated with
the Lion of the Desert, the chief astounding novelty
of which was the introduction of a lady with Mr.
Carter in the lion's den, which was hailed by the
audience with most tumultuous plaudits. The re•
ceipts of the night amounted to the large sum of 3201.,
the whole of which was presented by Mr. Batty to
Mr. Carter for the success attending his engagement•

DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAT...-^Thif

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
• 17.0 X TEE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAI.
• • STANDARD.—The measures of the present
Government suffer much injustice when compared
with those of almost any other Government within
• memory. They are distinguished from the different
systems of Government measures with which we
have been made fanirliar in this—their not being
introduced for any merely party purpose ; they
are constructed for endurance. That the measures
of Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet are not directed
to gratify the wishes, or to promote the present
interest of any party, is abundantly proved,
on one side, by the resentment with which these
measures are pretty generally received by all short-
sighted and self-seeking Conservatives ; on the other,
by the obvious fact, that the non-Conservative
Party is too weak to render the conciliation of
that party an object of importance in party war-
fare. This process of government, with regard
principally to the future, involves a consider-
able sacrifice of party support on the part of
those who use it ; but it is the best for the
country,, and the most faithful even in respect to
party principles. The defect in free governments—
a defect which goes far to balance the great advan-
tages possessed by such governments in intelligence,
energy, and public spirit—is the instability of insti-
tutions and the variety to which, from the nature of
the democratic spirit, the policy of such governments
is subject. Were it not for this defect, the
free governments of the earth would have
long since left despotically governed states much
farther behind them, than they have done,
in the career of civilisation and social pros-
perity. The first consideration with the wise states-
men of a free country, therefore, will be to remedy
this defect as far as it is capable of being reme-
died, by placing all the valuable institutions of
the nation, and all its important interests, in a
position to protect and to perpetuate themselves,
and to insure that into whatever hands the
sidministration of affairs may fall, by the caprice
of Prince or people, the policy to be pursued
shall be that which wisdom and patriotism approve.
•These provisions for the future can, however,
Lordly be made with the entire concurrence of any
party—for party rarely looks beyond the present
moment, and almost as rarely is party perfectly rea-
sonable. Institutions and interests, therefore, mo-
dified and protected exactly in the spirit of party, will
not be modified and protected so as to remain perfectly
reasonable for the future, if they are so at the time
when the arrangements are made; then will come
excuses for further changes, to which party interest
will have supplied motives, and the work effected
with too much heat on one side, will be destroyed
by an opposite zeal on the other. It is an error very
prevalent with common reasoners in politics, to sup-
, pose that a people constant in principles, as the people
of England we believe are, must be so constant in a
vigilant and jealous care for those principles as to re-
move them from all danger. We have had proof, in
eleven years of Whig government, that this is very far
from being the case. The people of England were
as deeply devoted to the Protestant religion at that
time when their Government was dealing to it
"heavy blows and great discouragement," as when
they dismissed the Stuarts or dismissed Lord Mel-
bourne, but they had rashly confided power to a bad
Parliament and a bad Government, while they were
'led astray in pursuit of another object. What has
',happened before may happen again. Indeed, we have
lately seen an attempt made by the same Whigs to
steal again into office by a side door (an Euro-
pean war), and if they had succeeded in ex-
citing the people *to the desired madness upon
the particular point which they pressed, they. would
have come into power little obstructed by their noto-
rious disregard of the religions and all the other
most important interests of the r•ountry; as the
peop ,le when highly excited, rarely thin!Ssesf anything
but that which excites them. The Whig:;. how-
Qv er, in power as a popular war Ministry, avS'ald
soot avail themselves - of anything anomalous,
or in appearance (though in appearance only)
unreasonable, to gratify their adherents by
the sacrifice of the institution or interest
in whiA,it should be found. There is, it is
true, happi!ir, no present appearance of such a
calamity as a Whig Government, but the visitation
seemed almost as distant in 1828, and statesmen
would be without excuse if they did not profit
by the experience of the last sixteen years.
That the statesmen who occupy the seat of
Government are resolved to pesfit by that expe-
rience, and to leave the couiAry safe, even
in the hands of a Whig Administration, is manifest
from their exertions to settle every great 'institution
and interest in the country, upon a raloting to
protect and perpetuate itself—because on a noting
so manifestly just and reasonable, and even mosies•
rate, that any attack upon it must appear a de-
claration of war on principle against the object
attacked, a declaration which, when the object
of the attack is prized by the people, will
always recoil fatally upon him who makes it.
In one word, the policy of the reforms of the last
three years has been devoted to place for ever in the
wrong the assailants of all the great institutions and
interests of the country, to bring these institutions
directly and constantly under the protection of the
public opinion ; and thus to make the personnel of
the Government a matter almost of indifference. We
all see that these reforms are effected at some cost of
party support ; and otherwise it is impossible to deny
that they are disinterested and patriotic.
GLOBE.—The Game-laws continue to find em-
. ploy ment for the Buckinghamshire magistrates. Not
a session of the Ashenden Bench is holden but there
are cases brought before this Petty Sessions of of-
fences against the statutes " made and provided" for
the preservation of game. The clergy who are in the
eommission of the peace seem to be the most regular
in their attendance, and most zealous in the discharge
of their magisterial functions, and most severe in
their sentences upon the poverty-stricken creatures
who are convicted .before them of poaching—that
", high crime and misdemeanour" in the eyes of a game-
preserving 'squire, and . more especially so, of a
game-preserving clergyman. The cherished indig-
nation of the latter against the crime is sharpened by
his charitable desire to reclaim the criminal. If the
salutary pains and penalties of the law can stop the
perpetration of the offence, it is obvious that it be-
comes a special duty in the clerical magistrate to
take care that the discipline do not fail of producing
its effect, through any lack of the quantity admi-
nistered to the offenders. This may account for
the proverbial severity of clerical magistrates. It is,
possibly, fur thie also, among other reasons, that cler-
gymen are selected for the office. The functions of the
Bench, whence the law deals forth its terrors, may
appear, at first sight, somewhat detrimental to the in-
fluence of the parish priest : it may appear incon-
gruous that God's messenger of mercy to sinful men
should on the Sabbath preach forgiveness of sins, on
the terms of forgiving the trespasses committed
• against them ; and, on the following day, doom to the
containinatioi and punishment of a gaol, and their
wives and children to the privations of a workhouse,
a number of their erring fellow-men, who
have " trespassed " on the lands of some rich man
—perhaps on their own land—" in pursuit of
game.' We have often thought the two functions-
sadly at variance with each other—that the higher
and holier was in danger of being neutralised by
the secular. Wo have wondered that clergymen
will consent to compromise their sacred voca •
tion by holding both. The consideration we have
suggested may account for their doing so—al-
though we are not quite sure that even this is
a sufficient justification for the injury which their
clerical character and influence must sustain by
the association. We, however, leave the vain and
unsatisfactory speculation, as to the propriety of as
junction of the two apparently antagonistical
offices of clergyman and magistrate, to adduce fur-
ther instances of the working of the Game-laws in
the county which gives a ducal title to the " farmer's
friend," and agricultural labourers' benefactor.
We are indebted for these further instances to the'
vigilance of the same correspondent from whom
we received those kindred statements to which
we last week drew attention in an article on the same
subject :—" At the Asheridon Petty Sessions yester-
day (Monday), before T. T. Bernard, Esq., and the
•Revs. George Chetwode, Thomas Martyn, and J. S.
Baron—Thomas Botley, a young man, of Grendon
Underwood, was brought up in custody, handcuffed,
having been apprehended under a warrant
on the preceding day (Sunday), charged, on
the information of Thomas Plested, one of
. the Rev. G. Chetwode's gamekeepers, with
having on the 18th October, 1843, used a gun for the
destruction of game, in the parish of Boarstall.
Thomas Hoperaft, one of Mr. Chetwode's lookers
out,' deposed that he saw the prisoner on the day in
question shoot a hare, which was picked up by a com-
panion of the prisoner. The complainants had been
unable to ' catch defendant for this offence before.—
Fined 51. ; costs, 10s. 6d.; to be paid forthwith ; in
default, to be imprisoned in Aylesbury gaol for three ca-
lendar months, with hard labour.—Committed." There
are .several circumstances in this short narra-
tive which deserve to be specially noticed. The ma-
gistrates present were three clergymen arid one
layman ; the offender was "handcuffed • " as
though charged with one of the most heinous Crimes
known to the law ; to secure whom from the possi-
bility . of escape, the most stringent precautions
were necessary. The sanctity of the Sabbath had
been violated by the constables; who, doubtless, held
themselves fully justified in neglecting their re-
ligious duties to apprehend and secure so great a
criminal. The Rev. Mr. Chetwode and the
other clerical magistrates who were associated with
.him on Monday in convicting this poacher, do not
semi to have reproved the constables for neglecting
• "their church on the preceding day ; they probably,
when enforcing the observance of the fourth com-
mandment, make a special exception in favour of

persons to whom the apprehension of poachers
is entrusted by warrants issued by themselves.
The lapse of 'time since the commission of the
offence does not seem to have been considered by
these magistrates. The man might have obtained
work, and by plying his powers of labour be now
able to maintain his family. This seems to have
had no effect in obtaininc, for him the favourable
consideration of the Bench. The magistrates sent
him to the county prison for three months. The
abolition of the Game-laws must form a part of any
comprehensive and efficient series of legislative mea-
sures for the improvement of the social condition
of the people. We feel persuaded that the temptations
which they offer to the labouring part of the agri-
cultural population to the commission of offences which
will never be regarded by them as breaches of the law
of property ; and the estrangement of affection from
the landlords which' the punishments inflicted upon
the poor half-starved labourers produce, and the
indignation to revenge which they supply, are at the
root of many of the crimes against property that
have prevailed of late in the agricultural districts.
While these crimes, when their perpetrators are de-
tected and convicted, must call forth severe punish-
ment, it is the duty of the Legislature to place as
many obstructions as possible in the way of their
commission, and especially to see that the poor are
not driven, by.desperation, to seek what has been de-
signated, " the wild justice of revenge."

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—We hare received several letters, animad-
verting rather severely on the practice of quoting the
shares of those railway companies who have as yet re-
ceived no Parliamentary sanction. The objection is
made on the ground that such quotations are an indirect
encouragement to gambling. The fact is, that the
transactions which are recorded by these quotations are
among the most important in the Stock Exchange, and,
perhaps more than any other, attract the attention of
those who reflect on the present state and ultimate pro-
spects of the Money-market, during the abundance that
is likely to continue under the influence of the low rate
of discount, the plenteousness of the harvest, the peace-
ful relations with foreign countries, and the payment of
the dividends. To use a common phrase of the day,
every one is " running into railroads," and as it is im-
possible to distinguish between bona fide transactions
and those merely speculative, we must adopt the alter-
native of pursuing our present course, or of withhold-
ing information which, we believe, the majority of City
readers consider highly important. If, in spite of
repeated warnings, this mere dry record of business
tempts people to reckless gambling, we can only say that
we regret it ; but if we allowed this consideration to
prevail too much, we should be obliged to cease from
quoting the time bargains in the different stock-markets.
Our office is to report business actually done, and if no-
tions of some indirect mischief that may arise from such
a course were to induce us to pass over a number of
transactions in silence, we should no longer convey a
correct impression of the state of the money-market.
With respect to a remark that certain quotations must
be incorrect because the shares could be obtained at the
office whence the scrip is issued at a lower rate than the
reported market price, it is to be observed, that many
persons purchase scrip in the market who would be un-
willing to put their names to a deed in the infancy of a
concern. Besides, it is possible that a company may not
have so many shares to dispose of as the applicants re-
quire, and in that case the latter have no other course
but to go into the market and purchase. Many of these
sort of bargains are, it is true, purely speculative, but
still they are as much bargains as anything else, and
mark the direction of capital.
The premium on gold at Paris is 10i per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 141. per
ounce for standard gold, gives ax exchange of 25
41 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 50," it follows that gold is 0.33 per con .
dearer in London- than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4341
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1014 F
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9,
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 10, it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
11 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng -
land a,74:1 America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the e.: change is 0.43 per cent in favour of England
But the quote exchange at New York being for bills
at GO days' sight; the interest must be added to the
above difference.
A brief history of the ...inerican cotton trade for the
year furnishes facts which are well worthy being made
matter of record. It is stated ti,:kt the spring of 1843
wes late and unpropitious for plantil".Z, but it was not
till August that the subject of the crop :ttracted atten•
tion, when, in consequence of a speculative hiding being
excited at New York, great anxiety was mani,C4sted for
information, especially during the picking season and
the period when frost first appeared in the south. The
month of September was the time when prices first aj-
vanced, on the opinion that the crop would be short,
and the business transacted on this assumption caused
an improvement of three-quarters of a cent. per pound.
A check, however, was subsequently given to specula-
'let by the success attending the gathering, and the
little ..'inpression produced on our side of the Atlan-
tic by the movement. Prices having receded to
their former. level, no material change took place
till November; when the advice' of heavy and conti-
nuous rains in the principal southern and western
states having act'd upon the New Orleans and
neighbouring markets, created much speculation,
and the result was, that quotations rapidly advanced,
exports were restricted, any. Mocks accumulated in
the south. It was now that estimates of the crop
were first ventured on ; 1,600,000 !Ales were said to
be about the quantity, while even the n.-ceit sanguine ad-
mitted that 1,850,000 bales was a fair sq.erage, and
hence it was calculated, certainly, that the
dish and
ether transatlantic 'markets would be forced 111;:' vdo
laia
rge profit profit made out of the foreign consumer.
... r
the middle of November to the middle of January t.
condition of affairs continued, and in New York on the
12th of the latter month the highest point was attained,
fair uplands being quoted at 10ic. to 101 c., and fair
Orleans at 11c. to l l c. per pound. The first re-action
produced in the American markets was by the news re-
ceived on the 16th of January from Liverpool of a slight
decline in that town, the advices stating that the Man-
chester spinners, instead of being willing to pay a specu-
lative price for the staple, or even the advance already
established, were combining together, not only to prevent
the market going higher, but to effect a reduction, by
working short time, using up their stocks, 'and limiting
their weekly consumption to the extent of one-half of
their usual purchases. This had the effect of rendering
the speculators more cautious, and many were inclined
to pause in their operations. The decline in price was,
however, but temporary, and at the beginning ofFebruary
the feeling in favour of advance was again predominant,
because it was considered that the fact of decreased
exports and the firmness manifested in the mar-

keis of New York, New Orleans, and Charleston, would
establish an opinion in England concurrent with that
prevailing in America relative to the crop. On the 20th
of February Liverpool accounts were received in New
York, stating that fair uplands had reached 6d., and
fair Orleans 6id. per lb., with the report of the eaten •
sive sales which had taken place in that town during the
latter part of January, the quantity disposed of during
the week ending the 3d of February amounting to
109,500 bales, exceeding by 8,660 bales the memorable
week ending the 23d of April, 1825, and the greatest
amount ever sold in the same time. It appears, how-
ever, that this intelligence did not create the wished-for
stimulus, and prices drooped under the disappointment
prevailing. The steamer that left for England on the
Ist of March took qut increasedestimates of the crop, and
the amount was roundly stated as being 2,000,000 bales,
which, with positive orders to sell at the market price,
under the peculiar feeling in America and England, soon
brought the fall that for some time previously had
threatened to occur. In America it was evident that

prices could not be much longer supported, since the
total receipts of the article amounted to 1,181,694 bales,
while the total exports were only 419,682 bales, of
which but 282,474 bales had been shipped to Great
Britain, the stocks in all the ports in the meanwhile
having run up to 620,994 bales, of which New York
alone held 152,000 bales. The consequence of this po-
sition of affairs was, that a general desire to sell became
apparent, and the decline in the New York market in
the month of March was fully lie. per pound. In the
month of April prices further declined, the Liverpool
accounts showing the effect of the increased estimates,
and the large shipments making for export from Awe-
ribs. During the months of May, June, and July prices
remained without. material alteration, the fluctua-

tions not exceeding 4c. per pound. Since August a
further fall has taken place of lc. per peund, the re-
sult of the unusually heavy stocks, and the flattering
prospects of the next crop. It is said, and most truly,
that the fluctuations here exhibited satisfactorily demon-
strate the, folly of transacting business on the faith of
the early estimates which are from time to time made
of the crop, and those probably the production of in-
terested parties, who are ready to seize every opportu-
nity they can, at whatever risk or cost, to make an ad-
vantageous market for themselves. The total receipts
of cotton for the year 1843-44 have amounted to
2,030,409 bales. • Tho manufacturers of America have
taken for their own consumption during the year
346,744 bales, which is an increase of 21,615 bales com-
pared with last year. Many new mills are said to have
been built, and more are in course of erection, which is
made the foundation of an opinion that the domestic
consumption of the United States is destined in future
to exercise a much greater influence upon the price of
the raw material than has hitherto been the case.

MYSTERIOUS DEATIL—An inquest was held on
Monday afternoon, before Mr. Higgs, at the
Monster
Tavern, George-row, Pimlico, on the body of Sarah
Smalley, aged thirty-six, who was found dead under the
following circumstances :—Deceased, on Saturday even-
ing last, was at the Bag of Nails, Pimlico, drinking
with her husband and a young man named Innis,
an engineer. She left shortly after on an errand
for her husband, Innis leaving shortly after her.
About nine o'clock she was found in Waterworks-
lane, near the wooden bridge, Pimlico, sitting on
the ground in a dying state. She never spoke, and
expired before medical aid could be procured. A wed-
ding-ring, which the husband swore was on her finger
an hour previously, was not to be found, and force must
have been used in removing it from her hand. Innis was
subjected to a severe cross-examination by the jury, he
being the person who found the body; but nothing could
be elicited throwing any light on the mysterious affair.
The mark of the. ring was on the finger of the deceased,
but no marks of violence on any part of the body. Ver-
dict—“ Died by the visitation of God."

BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE
REGISTRATION.
(Before D. C. MOYLAN, Esq.)
The revision of the lists of voters for St. Maryle-
bone parish was resumed yesterday at the Court-
house, Marylebone-lane.
Referring to the objection made by the Conservatives
against the name of Samuel Colver, of 39, Earl-street
East, who was objected to on the ground that he had been
relieved of his assessed taxes, and with respect to which
the Revising Barrister reserved his decision,
Mr. Young a collector, stated that Colver had been re-
lieved of one year's assessed taxes, amounting to a 10s.
9d., by the Commissioners, to whom he applied for that
purpose, and who acceded to his request on the score of
poverty. He was relieved of them for the year ending
in April last.
Mr. Allen said the question was, whether a person
who had been relieved of his assessed taxes, was in the
same position as a person who had paid them ?
The REVISING BARRISTER allowed the objection, and
quoted several clauses from the Act in support of his
decision. He held that a person who had not paid his
assessed taxes, and a person who had been relieved of
them, to be placed in the same position, and neither to
be entitled to vote.—Objection allowed.
The Conservatives hare sustained nearly 100 objec-
tions on similar grounds.
The REVISING BARRISTER also gave his decision in a
case of considerable importance to persons who occupy
lodgings, which will have the effect of considerably aug-
menting the number of electors for the borough.
Two persons, named Smith and Watts, the former
ccupying the second, and the latter the first floor,
of a house, No. 6, Great Carlisle-street, for which
they respectively paid ss. 6d. and 65., claimed
to have their names placed on the register. The land-
lord did not reside in the house, but he paid the rates.
He stated that the value of the house was 331. a-year.
Although opposed, the claims were allowed by the Re-
vising Barrister. The revision will terminate to-morrow.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 2.
(Before Sir G. F. WILLIAMS.)

IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM DUNN, AN INSOLVENT.

Mr. STURGEON said that before the regular business
was entered upon, he wished to make an application in
the cats of William Dunn, an insolvent, who was now in
custody at the instance of his creditors.
Sir C. WILLIAM said that as the ease had been part
heard before another Commissioner, he should not wish
to enter upon it. Such a course would be inflicting
trouble and expense upon the creditors—two things he
(Sir C. Williams) was most anxious to avoid—as they
would be obliged to attend before any new Commissioner,
in order to show cause why the insolvent should not be
emancipated. He, therefore, would rather that the pre
sent application should be made to the Commissioner
before whom the insolvent had already been.
• Mr. STURGEON had .been instructed to apply to Sir
Charles Willianis.—(A. laugh.) Probably the well-
known humanity of the Hon. Commissioner was the
reason.

Sir C. WILLIAMS was always most anxious to alle.
vista their condition, but he must also act with strict
justice to the body of the creditors.
Mr. STURGEON then withdrew his application.
IN THE CASE OF WILLIAM HENRY CLARKE.

Mr. SMITH applied that the Court should extend its
protection to the insolvent until he could pay into the
hands of the messenger of that Court the sum required
for advertisements, &c., before he could receive his final
order. It was understood that he would sot be opppoaod
by any'of the creditors.
The protection of the Court was granted till the 4th
of November.