The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-18 00:00:00

adjourned for six months, in consequence of proceedings
which bad been pending in Chancery.
Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, asked for a further
adjournment, as the proceedings had not•been concluded.
It was expected that., by an arrangement with the exe-
cutors of Mr. V7hittingstall, the creditors under this
estate, 600 in number, would receive 20a. in the pound ;
but there were other persons interested, and the repre-
sentatives of about 20 parties would have to be consulted.
The matter would again come before the Court of Chan-
cery in January next. The funds in that court would
not permit the executors of \Vhittingstall to pay a
dividend, and it had been determined not to realise part
of it until the spring, as it would be injudicious at the
present time to press such an estate into the market.
The case was adjourned till the 24th of April next.
• RIFE'S INCOME. --IN RE FRAITEI.

This bankrupt was described as of Cambridge-road,
Mile-end, provision merchant, and to-day came up to
pees his last examination, oia accounts prepared by
Messrs. Butler and Cannings. It appears that the bank-
rupt now owes to creditors 6,6501., and to ditto holding
mortgages 1,8721., and to creditors holding security
1,1271.; and l►abilities, 3,9951. The trading from Jan.
7, 1856, to July, 1857, amounted to 23,0001., and
the losses therein amounted to 1,9551., and he had re-
ceived 1,0001. as a gift out of his wife's income, as she
was a lady of very large property. The assets were—
Cash, 1501., doubtful debts, 2961.; property,3s4l.; ditto
mortgaged, '2,100/4 other property in the hands of ere
ditors, 7791.
The bankrupt passed without opposition.

THE DISCUSSION ON THE SUNDAY
QUESTION.

The discussion between the Rev. R. Maguire and
Mr. Langley, which was noticed in The Sun of
yesterday- was resumed last night at Exeter-hall,
under the presidency of Mr. Baxter and Mr. Loa-
den, the latter gentleman appearing in the place of
the Rev. B. Powell, who was prevented from at-
tending by indisposition. The hall was again
crowded to the utmost, and the appetite for Sab-
batical controversy manifestly whetted rather than
appeased by the contest of the previous evening.
The proposition to be affirmed on the one side and
denied on the other was " That the opening of the
public museums, galleries, libraries, and gardens,
after divine service on Sunday mornings, would
tend to elevate the moral and social condition of the
people." In support of it, Mr. Langley referred at
some length to the mode of observing the Sabbath
in some parts of the Continent, to the opening of
the Dublin Zoological Gardens and the gardens at
Chatsworth, and to the Sunday band experiment,
as proving the beneficial influence thus produced
on the moral and social character of the working
classes ; and he draw the inference that an exten-
sion of Sunday recreation in this country would lead
to a corresponding extension of benefit. On the
other hand, Mr. Maguire maintained that Sunday
recreation was not the true cure for moral and
social evils, and in his concluding address—for, as
on the previous night, both the disputants were
heard twice—he warned the working men present
that if the ♦iews of the League were carried out,
they would ultimately lose Sunday as a day of rest.
The meeting seemed to be pretty equally divided
between the opposite views of the question, but no
resolution was proposed at the close of the discus-
sion beyond a vote of thanks to the two chairmen.
The proceedings last night were very animated, and
at times even uproarious.