The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-10 00:00:00

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DOWNING-STRET, JAN. 8, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Fish
bourne, Esq., to be Magistrate for her Majesty's Settle.
ments in the Falkland Islands.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 8. _ _

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev.
James Gillan, Master of Arts, to the church and parish
of Alford, in the presbytery of Alford and county of
Aberdeen, vacant by the death of Doctor James Farqu-
harson, late Minister thereof.
The Queen has also been pleased to present Doctor
John Crombie to the church and parish of Scone, in the
presbytery and shire of Perth, vacant by the transporta-
tion of the Reverend James Craik, late Minister thereof,
to a church at Glasgow.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Re-
verend Henry Taylor, M.A., to the church and parish of
Westruther, in the presbytery of Lauder, aLd county of
Berwick, vacant by the resignation of the Reverend
John Crosbie, late Minister thereof. .4
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
Walter Low to the church and parish of Lochlee, in the
presbytery of Brechin and county of Forfar, vacant •by
the admission of the Rev. Alexander Tod, late minister
thereof, to the church and parish of Monifietb, in the
presbytery of Dundee.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire.
T. Hussey, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;
J. Floyer, Esq., to be ditto, Dec. 29 ; Capt. C. A. Man-
ning., R.N., to be ditto, Jan. 1, 1844.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.
Queen's Own Regiment of Worcestershire Yeomanry
Cavalry—J. Harward, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Graze-
brook, promoted, Jan. 2.

The following places have been duly registered for
solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th
and 7th Will. IV., chap. 85 :
Mill-street Chapel, Evesham, Worcestershire.
Wesleyan Chapel, King's Lynn, Norfolk
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, bookseller,

Great Marlborough-street.

BANK.RIIPTCY SUPERSEDED.
WILLIAM GORTON, fishmonger, Gutter-lane,
Cheapside.

BANKRUPTS.

CALEB CLARKE, linen-draper, Banbury, Oxford-
shire, to surrender Jan. 19, at half-past eleven, and
Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit-
more, official assignee, Basiaghall-street; Sole and Sole,
Aldernmnbury, London.
JAMES TURNER, cabinet-maker, Grange-place,
lloxton, Jan. 16, at three, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell. official assignee ; Wire
Child. St. Swithin's-lane, City.
IXHIBALD SCOTT, auctioneer, Cambridge-
l'ect, Golden-square. Jan. 16, at half-past twelve, and
16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
,*; hir,rmanhury, official assignee ; Davies and Son, War-

llcgent-stroet.

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ALEXANDER. BLAZDELL, harp maker, Upper
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, Jan. 16, at two, and
Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green,
official assignee, Ahlermanbury ; h Beckett, Son, and
Sympson, Golden-square.
CHARLES BASSETT ROE and THOMAS JOHN
BLACHFORD, bankers, Newport, Isle of Wight,
Jan. 19, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at tlie Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Fo-ifer and Evans, John-street, Bedford-row ; Sewell,
Newport, Isle of Wight.
GEORGE SMITH carpenter, Northampton, Jan.
16, at twelve, and Feb. 14, at one, at the Court ofßank-
rup''T• L'lckington, official assignee, Coleman-street-
ito's ; Wrig!it, Now Inn, London.
JOHN S IMP WOOD, stationer, Wood-street, Cheap-
side, Jan. 26, at half-past twelve, end Feb. 16, at twelve,
at t!l, Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frcleri;•!:s-place, Old Jewry ; Harman, Earl-steet,
Mick triar3.
OIIBELL, victualler, Rumford, Jan. 25, at
two, and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane, _Lombard-
; Flower, Ro:nforil ; Gadsden and Flower, Fur-

GEORGE COTTON BRIDGE, grocer, Mahlon,
Jan. 19, at half-past two, and Feb. 16, at eleven,
at ti..o Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee,
Abcorch-lanc, Lombard-,treet ; Stevens, Wilkin.son, and
Satchen, Queen-street, Cl-wapst?c,
NV lIL LIA DUN —NEW, auctioneer, Manchester,
Jan. 22. anil Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis-
trict 0): Stanway, oiici,l assinee, Manchester ;
Greorv, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-
row. Lc ; Cooper, Manchester.
EVAN EVAY:S, draper, Llan.gurdirne, Carmarthen-
shre, Jan. 25 and Ft.b. 22, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Acraman, official assignee ; Clarkes,
Bristol.

WILLIAM EASTHOPE, white smith, Shrewsbury,
Jan. 23, at halc-past eleven, and Feb. 23, at one. Chris-
tie, official assignee, Binning!'Am ; Neq-man, Lincoln's
; Weington ; Hodgson, Bir

NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
T. Joy, bee-seller, Liversedge, Yorkshire.
D. M. Thomas, surgeon, Cum Ammen, Carmartbenshire.
B. Woffenden, woollen yarn maker, Water-gate, Yorksh.
(3, Buckley, beer retailer, Ahnondbury, Yorkshire.
Joseph, oilman, Richmond, Surrey.
T. Iloilo, farmer, Sandwich, Kent.
M,)niton, gard,ner, Garden-row, Clerkenwell.
.7. E. Leese, lodging housekeeper, Regent-st., City-road.
schoolmaster, Lewes, Sussex.
P. Robinson, traveller, Warrington, Lancashire.
J. Mews, jun., confectioner, Great St. Andrew•street,
Seven Dials, Middlesex. _

G. Cal!away, grocer, King-street-terrace, Islington.
R. Lockett, beer-seller, LZogton, Staffordshire.
W. Parsons, attorne-y, Tottenham-ecurt-road. •
F. Manning, messenger, Park-place, Walworth.
F. Tucher, discount agent, Upper Stamford-street.
R. Mamie], carpenter, David street, Ne w-road, Middlesex.
B. G. Cattle, tobacconist, Goswell- street.
J. Nicholas, iron fitter, Dudley.

J. Sherrntt, card case malier,Berkeley• street, Lambeth.
M. Sides, farmer, Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropsh

A. H. Tanner, schoolmaster, Ebury-strcet, Pimlico.
B. Levick, clqrk High Holborn.
B. Rodwell, pianoforte maker, Providence-place,
Kentish-town.
G. Berkeley, farmer, Eastington, Worcestershire.
J. 11:)rlteley, farmer, Longdon, Worcestershire.
A. Berkeley, farmer, •Easting,ton, Worcestershire.
P. M'Elroy, dresser of silk, Salford, 2,lanchcster.
,T. Holmes, school proprietor, Tottenham-green.
I. Shayer, tailor. Berwick-street, Westminster.
J. Simpson, oilman, Grosvenorrow, Pimlico.
J. W. Mott, sheriff's officer, Chancery-lane.

E. easement, earpenter,West-st.,Neekinger,Bermondley.
L. West, attorney, Bath.
E. Webb, servant, Wolstanton, Staffordshire.

T. Firth, innkeeper, Altuondhury, Yorkshire.
I. Robson, farmer' Thornton, Yorkshire.
J. Garner, joiner, Woodchurch, Cheshire.
T. Croy, provision dealer, Liverpool.
L. B. Bartholomew, Whitley, Berkshire.
W. Swain, joiner, Hulme, Lancashire.
A. L. Moore, Leicester.

T. Cheshire, cabinet maker, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

J. Carden, grocer, Penshutst, Kent.
G. Foulds, stone mason, Bingley, Yorkshire.

R. Pettit, bricklayer, St. Thomas'a-square, Hackney.
H. Woodgate, farmer, Heathfield, Sussex.
R. Routh, Camberwell-grove, Surrey.
J. Routh, jun., Camberwell-grove, Surrey.
W. Forster, whitesmith, Warrington.
SECOND NOTICES.

G. Chapman, Nicholl's-square, Aldersgate-street, Jan.
15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee.
Ti. Hedges, Bridge-street, Southwark, Jan. 15, at half-
past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee.
P. F. Faucher, Cook's-ground, Chelsea, Jan. is, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official
assignee.
J. Ogden, coach-smith, Sliculdham. street, Maryle-,
bone, Jan. 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
U. Payne, mast-maker, Wapping-wall, Shadwell, Jan.
15, at half-past twelve, at' the Court of Bankruptcy.
. .

Turquand, official assignee.
G. Clutterback, locksmith, Old Compton-street, Soho,
Jan. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee.
J. Woodman, Hampden-street, Camden-town, Jan.
15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,
official assignee.

J. L. AtiCock, carpenter, Southampton-street, Fitzroy-
s‘loare, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee.
J. Huckstepp, Lewes, Sussex, Jan. 13, at eleven, at
Court of Bankruptcy, Green, official assignee.
J. H. Greenhigh, medical student, Edward-street,
Ilampstead-road, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee.
J. Turner, lodging-house keeper, Amwell-street,
Clerkenwell, Jan. 17, at half-past two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
J. B. Shillcock, chemist, Bromley, Kent, Jan. 17. at
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking-
tcn, official assignee.
J. Walker, milkman, Oxford, Jan. 17, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee.
J. R. C. Colman, surgeon, Hethersett, Norfolk, Jan.
17, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lack-
ington, official assignee.
T. Hird, upholsterer, Tottenham-court-road, Jan. 17,
at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lack-
ington, official assignee.
H. Marks, jeweller, King's Lv;in, Norfolk, Jan. 20, at
half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.

G. A. Giobons, shipowner, Dempsey• street, Commer-
cial-road East, Jan. 20. at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
J. Mullins, commission traveller, Baldwin-street, City-
road, Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee.

11. 0. Stutely, solicitor, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-
park, Jan. 20, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee.
J. I coach painter, Queen-street, Oxford-street,
Jan. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groor., otfir_iftl assignee.
J. IT. Thomson, tinman, Liverpool, Jan. 13, at twelve,
at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee.
J. Iloldroyd, joiner, Robert-town, Yorkshire, Jan. 13,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official

assignee.
R. Davies, timer, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Jan. 13, at
eleven. at the Leeds District Court. Hope, ptficial assignee.
W. Teale, cloth maker, Yeadon-moor-end, Yorkshire,
Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee.
J. Bratt, brass founder, Birmingham, Jan. 20, at
eleven, at the. Birmingham District Court. Bittileston,
official assignee.
R. Buckeridge, clerk, Forebridge, Staffordshire, Jan.

19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
M. Gill, farmer, Hoton-mills, Leicestershire, Jan. 16,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
J. Clark, paviour, Toxteth Park, Lancashire, Jan. 15,
at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee.
T. Jones, law stationer, Liverpool, Jan. 15, at eleven,
at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee.
K. Bennett, Littleton, Cheshire, Jan. 15, at one, at the
Liverpool District Court, Turner, official assignee.
J. Topham, linen draper's assistant, Bristol, Jan. 15,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman,
official assignee.
J. Redfern, file manufacturer, Grenoside, Yorkshire,
Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Femme,
official assignee.
J. Marshall, butcher, Stannington, Yorkshire, Jan. 13,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, officia;
assignee.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingball-street.

T. Chappell, licensed victualler, Sudblry, Suffolk, Feb.
2, at two—S. P. Gladstone, shipwright, Poplar, Feb. 2,
at half-past two—J. E. Beerbohm and W. E. Slaughter,
merchants, Fenchurch-street, Feb. 2, at one—C. Hollo-
way, victualler, Stockbridge, Hampshire, Jan. 30, at
half-past one—H. Jones, victualler, Canterbury, Jan. 30,
at one—A. T. Harwood, lodging-house keeper, Streatham,
Feb. 1, at eleven—R. Collier, draper, Hythe, Kent, Jan.
30, at twelve—A. 14 Bensusan and J. Brandon, mer-

chants, Walbrook-buildings, Jan. 30, at one—R. Parker,
linen draper, Deptford-row Rotherhithe, Jan. 30, at
twelve—J. H. Arnold and W. H. Woollett, ship agents,
Clement's-lane, City, Jan. 30, at half-past twelve—H.
M. Low and W. M. Westerman, merchants, Chunder-
nagore, Feb. 2, at eleven.

In the Country.

J. Levett, farmer, Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, Feb.
A, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court
—J. B. Williams, wholesale ironmonger, Bristol, Feb. 1,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—W. Castle, sheep
dealer, Wanborough, Wiltshire, Jan. 31, at one, at the
Bristol District Court—R. Potter, Jn. Potter, and Js.
Potter, cotton spinners, Manchester, Feb. 7, at eleven, at
the Manchester District Court—W. Scott, blanket ma-
nufacturer, Earl's Heaton, Yorkshire, Feb. 2, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court—J. Senior, fancy cloth ma-
nufacturer, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, Feb. 3, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court—B. Hargreaves, tailor, Man-
chester, Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—R. Conibere and E. Butler, jun., woollen drapers,
Birmingham, Feb. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court—C. J. Williams and E. Nevill,
factors, Birmingham, Feb. 5, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.

G. J. Poucbc,e, stationer, Oxford-street, Feb. I—S

Pears, wine merchant, Old Jewry, Feb. 2—J. B. L.
Tarrant, agricultural machine maker, Maidstone, Kent,
Feb. 1-11. W. Diamond, surgeon, Frith-street, West-
minster, Feb. I—W. B. ?vPPherson, victualler, Ifox ton,
Jan. 30—W. B. Cockerill, butcher, Reedham, Norfolk,

Jan. 30 —P. A. Nuttall, newspaper vender, Cheltenham,
Feb. I—J. M. Wintle, silversmith, Drury-lane, Jan. 30
--W.. Rolfe, farmer, Therfield, Hertfordshire, Jan. 30—
L. Mosely, Staffordshire warehousemen, High-street,
Siladwell, y Jan. 31—W. Warren, blacksmith, Pownall
Fee, Wiltshire, Feb. I—J. Millington and T. Salter,
calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 30—R. Stevens, farmer,
Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, Ja,n. 30 —G. Taylor, mercer,
Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire, Jan. 30-11.
13ourne, scrivener, Wolsingham, Durham, Jan. 30—W.
S. and T. Bate, brz,wers, Rugeley, Staffordshire, Jan. 30.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 4

D. Prince, E. Hopewell, and J. E. Barnes, slop sellers,
Leadenhall-street—W. Wilcox and C. Lord, mercers,
Grantham, Lincolnshire—J. Rowden, J. Downer, and
G. Oakley, booksellers, Newport, Isle of Wight—A. and
Ahlous, grocers, Great Russell- street, Bloomsbury—
A. Prat and L. J. Mature, goldsmiths, Lower Ashby-
street, St. John-street-road—T. H. Bough and E.
Sax: on, attorneys, Shrewsbury—R. Higgin. T. Chippin-
dal!, and J. Chippindall, calico printers, Manchester—J.
Clarke and R. Milne, grocers, Liverpool—W. H.
Walker, J. Winship, and W. Winship, ironfounders,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne-- J. R. Tetley and R. Lewis,
eaten brokers, Mineing-lane—J: L. Sanders and T.

Higgins, merchants, Exeter---x,. sawyer, H. N. Perry,
and S. Perry, haberilashcrs, Marlborough, (so far
as regards E. Sawyer) J.' Colling-w,od and M.
O'Sullivan, surgeons, Corby and Castle Bytham, Lin-
colnshire—J. 11. Burlingson and A. Pare, boot makers,
Old Broad-street—W. Wilson and F. W. Hoysted, cattle
saLsmen, Liverpool—W. Drowse, J. Prowse, H. M. Bar-
clay, and C. E. Cheshire, ironmongers, Liverpool—T.
Lowrey, F. Staniford, and J. Elliott, jun., ship brokers,
Newcastle-upon-Tynn—T. Sims and J. Watkins, rope-
makers, Bristol—T. Buist and A. Thompson, joiners,
Ashton-under-Lyne—J. Munro and M. H. Simpson,
theatrical managers, Eirmingham—E. and W. Ea4er,
mealinen, Newark, Surrey—G. and E. Freeth, cheese-
mongers, St. John-street, Clerken wel I—W. 11. Fitz Hugh.

R. E. Walker, and J. Fitz Hugh, merchants/ Liverpool
(so far as regards J. Fitzllugh)—E. Gwver and R.
Gibbs, ironmongers, Bri,:tol—W. and J. Darlock,
common brewers, Ely, Cambridgeshire—E. Cooban and
and J. Barton, brewers. Liverpool—NV. Browne and G.
Dean. eating-house keepers, Parringdon-street—W.
Sparkes, jun., and J. Thompson, ironmongers, Bridge-
water, Somer;::etshire—R. Crawford, 'l'. Muir, and A.
Morton, ship brokers, Liverpol (so far as regards 11.
Crawf.rd)—A. Whitaker, J. Leek, and J. Bridgeford,
newspaper propriet(Ts, Sheffield—W. and S. St. J. Butt,
shoemakers, Winchester—J. and G. Cootnbe, builders,
Perskore, Worcestershire—J. Page, C. Page, and N.
Page, maltsters, Ware, Hertfordshire.

SCOTCH SEQUESTR A TIONS.

JAMES lIALKETT, Manufacturer, Dundee, Jan,

15 and Feb. 5, at two. at the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
CHRISTOPHER KEEN-AN, linen draper, Edin-
burgh, Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, at one, at the Old Signet
Hall, Edinburgh.

EARL SPENCER and the NORTH-
AMPTONSHIRE TORIES.
The following letter has been addressed by Earl Spencer to
Mr. Whitworth, the secretary of the Northamptonshire
Farming and Grazing Society, and by him communicated to
the members of that Society, who are summoned to meet on
the 20th instant :

" Alth prp, January 6, 1844.
Sir,—l have always been of opinion, and have frequently
stated, that an Agricultural Society which had anything of a
political character, was an evil instead of a benefit to the coun-
try ; and have invariably declined to connect myself with any
such society, unless ore of the conditions of its formation was
the total exclusion of all political discussions. The step which
several gentlemen, who are deservedly considered among the
most respected and eminent farmers of this county, have taken
of withdrawing their names from the Farming and Grazing
Society, and the reason which they hare given for so doing,
must necessarily give a political character to this society, if I
continue one of its members. I therefore must beg you to with-
draw my name from it. lam very sorry to feel it my duty to
take this step. I have had great satisfaction in acting with the
Society, believing as I do that it has greatly improved the
agricultt.re of this neighbourhood, but I am confident this has
been mainly owing to the total exclusion of all political feeling
from every part of its proceedings. If I remain a member,
this can no longer be the case, but when lam withdrawn I
hope the farmers will carry it on in the same spirit which has
hitherto animated it.

•' With respect to the prizes which I have been in the habit
of giving as a member of the Society, I shall, of course, give
those which are announced for this year. After this year, I
shall continue to offer those for cheep-shearing, for mowing,
and for hedge-cutting to the labourers ; for none of them, at
least, will think that they have a right to dictate to me what
my political opinions shall be, because I offer prizes for their
competition.
" I shall be quite ready also to continue the other prizes, if
the Society will accept them, unless I find that it is imputed
to me that I have any political or interested motive in so
doing.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
humble servant, " SPENCER.

" H. B. Whitcvorth, Esq."
This letter was occasioned by several members of the Society
having met on January 4, and resolved amongst other things—
" That in the opinion of the Undersigned, the recent avowal of
the Right Hon. Earl Spencer in favour of free trade inicorn,
has rendered it incumbent upon, such independent agriculturists
in this county, as are convinced of the evil tendency of such a
measure, to show to the public their sense of the ruin in which
they believe it would involve them, by withdrawing from the
Agricultural Society of which his Lordship was the founder
and is the patron.
The Society, we must add, on the authority of the Nor-
thampton Mercury, under the name of the Northamptonshire
Farming and Grazing Society, was established in 1819, for
the promotion of improvement in agriculture in all its
branches, and for encouraging skill, industry. and good conduct
in servants and labourers in husbandry. It is utterly false to
assert that it was established for a political purpose. It was
one of its earliest conditions that no political question—no
question under parliamentary discussion—should be intruded
upon it. The following is a copy of the rule upon the subject :
" No question shall be discussed at the meetings of this
Society of a political tendency, or which shall refer to any mea-
sure to be brought forward or pending in either Howse of Par-
liament."

ANOTHER INTERDICT.--11l the eastern parts of
the county of Moray, and a few miles eastward from the
burgh of Elgin, lies the landward parish of Urquhart. Of
this parish, the ancient family of Fife possess nineteen-
twentieths,_ or thereby; the remaining twentieth belonging
to the Duke of Richmond, successor to the estates of the
noble family of Gordon, at Gordon Castle. There was
lately built by the beritors of the parish a new church
for behoolof the Establishment; the old church having been
left standing for the accommodation of the parish, until
such time as the new one would be ready to be occupied.
The new church was ready a few weeks ago, and was
taken possession of by the residuary minister, and some
twenty persons, partly belonging to the parish. In the
mean time the trustees of the late James Earl of Fife,
understanding that nearly the whole of the parish had
adhered to the free church of Scotland, and had been
worshipping in a barn since the disruption, did, at their
request, grant the parishioners the use of the old church.
Any one can imagine %%ith what feelings of joy and
thankfulness the 'good people of Urquhart returned to
their old church, and to yheir old and accustomed seats in
that church, with the dust of their forefathers around
them, and also with what feelings of gratitude towards the
honourable trustees for their kind and liberal conduct
towards them. Everything seemed prosperous for the
rural people; when, lo ! on Friday evening week, an in-
terdict, at the instance of the Duke of Richmond. was
served. on their beloved pastor, and some of their ma-
nagers, prohibiting them from the use of the old church;
and the people are again cast out at this severe season,
to worship where they best may ; and all because this
generous Duke is the trustee—only the trustee—of a few
pounds-wcrth of its stone and lime.- -The Witness.
TAXES.—Some months ago we stated that a de-
crease would be found in the assessed taxes, in consequence
of parties having closed up windows and reduced articles of
establishment to balance against the oppressive and odious in-
tome impost. This has proved to be the case, as the revenue
accounts just published show. This year, for the reason we
,have given, there will be a further falling off in the assessed
taxes department.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT
,OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 9.
IN RE HENRY TURNER.

In this matter the bankrupt had carried on business as a
shipping agent, and had also been engaged extensively as a
stockbroker, and in speculations upon 'Change. The whole
amount of his debts and liabilities exceeded 40,0001., out of
which nearly 7,0001. was contracted on account of his brother,
and his available assets, according to his schedule, appeared to
be about 13,0001.

Several creditors appeared to oppose the application made by
the bankrupt this day to be discharged, on the grounds that he
had not truly accounted in his schedule for the proceeds of a
cargo which he had been instructed by Mr. Wells, the principal
creditor, to ship fur New York. The value of this cargo, it
was elicited by the evidence of the opposing creditor, was up-
wards of 4,000/. and on account of which he only rendered a
sum of 2,5001. It was therefore contended, on the part of
Mr. Wells, that the bankrupt had been guilty of fraudulent
conduct, and was, consequently, not entitled to pass his final
examination.

Other auditors also opposed, but the nature of their opposition
was of the usual character in such ewes.

The further hearing of the case was adjourned to the 7th of
February, in order that evidence might be adduced with re-
spect to the manner in which the bankrupt had acted, in his
capacity of consignee of the property entrusted to him by Mr.
Wells.