The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-30 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Atm. 29.—Wind, S.E., fresh breeze, and fine.
DEAL, AUG. 28.—Wind, N.N.W. to .N.E., P.X
E.S.E.—Arrd. Castle Lacklan, Bruce, Jamaica ; Eliza-
beth, Dinnel, Ballina ; Percival Foster, Hall, Memel ;
Olive, Brown, Cuba. Arrd. from the River and sld.
Elizabeth and Antoinnette, Batavia; Prince of Wales,
Hopkins, Calcutta ; Oscar, Wrangles, and Mary Rowe,
Gable, Ichaboe ; Emma Searle, Chambers, Prince Ed-
ward's Island.

FALMOUTH, Atm. 28.—Wind, variable airs and light.—
Off port 27th, Stag, Pearson, Matanzas; Sir John Mar-
shall, Paysheep,
LIVERPOOL, Atm. 28.—Wind, N.W., light.—Arrd.
Leviathan, Weale, Galveston; Mary, Laing, Honduras.
Sid. Hashemy, Calcutta ; Mary Cousin, Ichaboe ; George
Glen, Arthur, lehaboe ; lona, Morrison, Ichaboe ; Ga-
zelle, Westerburg, Brazil ; Susan Drew, Page, Mobile ;
Herries, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Royalist,
Lawson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Commerce, Man-
sell Richebueto ; rbit, Larkin, and Ottawa, Dryman,
Quebec ; Margaret Ann, Cole, Newfoundland.
DUBLIN, AUG. 26.—Sailed Antelope, Casey, Prince
Edward's Island. _

WATERFORD, AUG. 26.- —Arrd. James, Reiley,
Quebec.
RAMSGATE, AVG. 28.--Sid. La Piedad, Riva de Sells.
CowEs, Am. 28. Arrd. Thames, Prince, Havannah ;
Astrachan, Porter, New Orleans.
OFr SALCOMBE, AuG. 27.—Murat, Boling, New York,
fur Amsterdam.

SWANSEA, AUG. 27.—Arrd. Jessie Anderson, Mor-
rison, Valparaiso. Sid.' Appleton, Cuba.
LEITH, AuG.27.—Arrd. Conquerol., Gleig, Montreal.
MILFORD, AuG. 27.—The Friendship, from Aber-
dovery to Newport, which was run ashore in Martin's
Haven, 25th inst., got off last night, and has been
brought here, with part of forefoot knocked away.
Oct MARGATE, AUG. 27.—Cordelia, Havannah.
NEWPORT, AUG. 27.—S1d. James Edward, Charles-
ton; Lord Althorp, Miramichi.
SALCOMBE, AUG. 27.—The Eliza and Mary, of Poole,
Lock, is ashore at Newfoundland.
HULL, AUG. 28.—Sid. Julie Bruscovitz, China.
ALDBOROUGH, AuG. 28.—The Neptune, from Dantzic,
full of water and abandoned, was passed, 22d inst., by the
Brant, arrived off.
KINGSTON, NEAR ARUNDEL, AUG. 26.—A bottle, Con-
taining a paper with the following information upon it,
was picked up off this yesterday :—" On a raft off the
Bermudas, made from the wreck of the Thunder, of Ply-
mouth, caught in a gale on the 22d of June last aban-
doned on the 25th ; two hands lost and one child pas-
senger. Pity us unfortunate souls." This is addressed
to Mr. Edmunds, 52, Crawford-street, London.

HONORARY REWARD BY THE KING OF THE

FItENCII.

Admiralty, 28th August, 1844.
Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith a copy of
a letter from the Foreign-office, transmitting a gold
medal which has been awarded by his Maj. sty the King
of the French to Captain Kreeft, of the English mer-
chant service, for his assistance to a French vessel
wrecked on the coast of Africa; and I am to signify their
Lordships' request that you will cause the said medal to
be delivered safely to Captain Kreeft.—l am, Sir, your
most obedient servant,
(Signed) JOHN BARROW.
W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's.
(Copy.)
Foreign-office, Aug. 23, 1844.
Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to trans-
mit to you a copy of a note from the Count St. Aulaire,
the French Ambassador at this Court, together with a
gold medal, which the King of the French has been gra-
ciously pleased to award to Captain Kreeft, of the Eng-
lish merchant service, for the important services ren-
dered by him to the crew of a French vessel ship-
wrecked on the coast of Africa, in the month of No-
vember last ; and I am to request that you will cause
the medal to be forwarded to Captain Kreeft.
I am, &c. (Signed) H. U. ADDINGTON.
Sir John Barrow, Bart., &c., &c., &c.

THE NEW INSOLVENT ACT.
IMPORTANT INTIMATIONS.

In the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court. on Satur-
day last, Mr. Commissioner Balguy made the follow-
ing remarks on the above-named Act :
" It may be of some general importance that I
should take the opportunity of alluding to the pe-
titions of insolvents presented under the Act lately
passed for the amendment of the law of ' Insolvency
Bankruptcy, and Execution ; and I am particularly
led to do so from the circumstance of my being
obliged to return two petitions to the partiev, who
applied to file them, upon the ground that the sig-
natures to such petitions were not duly attested. The
38th section of the Act to which I have just referred.
expressly enacts, that the rules and orders made by
the Judges and Commissioners of the Court of Bank-
ruptcy under the said recited Act (the sth and 6th Vic.,
c. 116), shall extend and be applicable to this Act, ex-
cept as otherwise provided by this Act.' Now the 4th
order requires that each sheet of such petition and
schedule shall be signed by the petitioner in the pre-
sence of, and shall be attested by, his attorney.' lam
of opinion that this means an attornev-at-law—a
known and recognised officer; and I think it very
material for the interests of the insolvents themselves
that it should.be so. Assuming that a party may consti-
tute an unprofessional man his attorney or agent to act
for him in the matter of his petition (which, however, I
am not at this moment prepared to concede), I am
quite sure that it would not be to his advantage
to do so. In that case, the authority must be
given by power of attorney, which to be used in
this Court must be verified by affidavit ; here, I sus-
pect, in the article of expense alone, the insolvent
would be damnified. Again, the petition, the sche-
dule, and the affidavit annexed to those documents,
are to be in a certain prescribed form, and if not in
that form, such petition shall be dismissed; for so
says the section of the late statute. Here, as it ap-
pears to me, the habits of a professional man are re-
quired, or it is to be feared that in too many instances
the parties will be delayed, if not altogether defeated,
in the protection they are seeking. An effective pro-
tection can be secured only by attending to the re-
quirements of the Act. One false step might render
it unavailing, and the unfortunate insolvent, after
some expense and anx;ety, would ultimately find him-
self in the predicament in which he stood when he
first made his application to this Court. And I may
add that it is not altogether unimportant that these
proceedings are under the guidance of those over
whom this Court can exercise control, and whose
charges are subject to its taxation."— Worcestershire
Chronicle.

SINGULAR DISCOVERY or SMUGGLED SrIRITS.—
RociiEsTEß, AuG. 26.—At the Rochester Police-court
this day, Mr. Francis Higginson, Lieutenant, R.N., and
chief officer of the coast-guard stationed at this port, ap-
peared before the Mayor of this city, Mr. Larkin Allen,
to prefer a charge of smuggling against Robert John
Russell, a waterman of Chatham, under the Act of Par-
liament 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 53, sec. 51—an Act
for the Prevention of Smuggling. The prisoner who was
brought up from the station-house, having been con-
fined since Saturday night, was taken by Peter Doherty,
a boatman of the coast guard, about eleven o'clock at
night of the 24th instant, having in his possession a box
and two hampers, which be was landing from a boat at
the Sim-hard, Chatham. The property was secured by
the coast guardsman, and locked up in a room at the
Sun-hotel, and the prisoner was taken before
Lieutenant Iligginson, when that officer asked
the prisoner if the hamper and box contained
spirits ; if they did not, he should not detain him,
as he was bound to be very jealous of the liberty
of the subject. The prisoner said he did not know what
they eontsined, as he had brought them ashore from the
Hussar hulk, he having. been induced to do so by order
of Dr. Ferrier, and the gun-room steward of her
Majesty's ship Thunder, Commander E. Barnett, which
ship was lying alongside the Hussar, off the Dockyard.
The prisoner, on being informed by Lieutenant Higgin-
son that he must be detained, made a statement which
induced Mr. Higginson, on Sunday morning, to go on
board the Thunder, and see the commander on the sub-
ject, and the prisoner was confined at the station-house.
On board the Thunder, the gun-room steward admitted
giving the prisoner the box containing twelve bottles of
foreign Geneva, and hampers containing thirty-five
bottles of port wine and sherry, to take on shore, which
had been given to him by the doctor of the ship ; and
the doctor admitted giving the same to the steward, but
denied knowing anything of the box and hampers
leaving the vessel. The property, on Sunday morning,
was deposited in the Custom-hou,e of this city. The
prisoner, who is a married man, and has a family of
children, was remanded till Friday next ; and, in the
meantime, the depositions taken are to be forwarded to
the Board of Customs in London for their decision.