The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-08 00:00:00

tt* No*. nroaa-street, April go, 11326.

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Alit ,9relivroo and Mr. Parham have commenced an active
vs ist .te As Iliiroukle-21' Biockbritlge, inueh to the satisfaction
.'of , - *9ftliteiecidna. ~'. - ' •; , .•. , •
-..'s i . ei,aitie:Aiiiictiliatilii demoralizing process is at, present go-
liiivoTktfinuitefOct+,,,in.,Auoiipotioo of tlhe approaehiug eon-.
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Ap,,,441,4,004. , rihilftboEougii. , Not only numbers of the
: ITC indepg tr gec.tors themselves, but many of their
es ilfil gad ;'`afe/afitiskiiiing inveterate habits of dissi-
qiit onVaVitio"etyst of the candidates, some of whom give al-
!Tilast hip,iitiy knitartainments ; and it is no, uncommon thing, in-
,tleatit jfign ',affair ,ofl.dfiily occurrence, to find decent-looking
:IKil i!ealpeogips of the %cobs ticktit9 to obtain bottles of spirits,
at the itthiity-hbisii,-fiit .the 'prime: of drinking.at their own
tife-aildq with the wives of their neighbours. It is expected that
tliet.llo4f; iriartUtti iftt'iwille 'same spirit as at present, will
• eziLt each W Ae;coiiditizited 86001, .4.leaa. Owing to the skill
«.9f234p;)(ll9lthlswortles agents, be has become quite
,the popular
emululate—his election is now considered certain, and the event
of .the contest, :will lie betsveen Mr. Hardy and Mr. Starkie.
I''L,4ltitOiplity'eveiting them Was a tea-drinking and ball at the
:•,11ter;,..glvon, to Mr. Houldsworth's friends, at which about 160
•,.Persinav,. male and. female, attended, and kept up the festivity till
till nearly day-light on the following morning.—Leeds Puper.
L,:l),,Ak, Jonathan Peel (brother to Mr. Secretary Peel), has offered
~. Nopeglor Noiviich, on the Tory interest. No opposition, it is
—tint, 4111 be offerill to the return of Mr. W. Smith.

HURSTS' AND ROBINSON'S COMMISSION

- The second Meeting under the Commission of Bankrupt issued
stgainst,Tbomas. Hurst,, John Hurst, and Joseph Ogle Robinson,
Booksellers, •of Waterke-place, Pall-mall, took place on Satur-
day, before the. Commissioner,! Alesers. Montague, Meggison,
&c., at theCOUrt,. Iluaingball-street.
•.Mr,, HatuNpow," a'''Sdliciter, who has co-operated with the
Othettiimiiiesion, addressed Mr. Meggison, one of the
Couirniasiimers on ''t`6 Bauch, relative to the publication of the

vanes ant) anguto,-0 the debts which were proved at the first'
Meeting,din the. D4Serater, Isievi,Spaper of Suuday, awl also in the
London Journals of ItiondAy, 44, He requested, as there were
Ot
otkmeit,presput pculturt4 with the Press, that the Commis-
sioners:wouldinteipw tileir,;ailOutity, and prevent any further
puldie.ation of tha.names of the sufferers by the, failure of Hursts,
Robinson, and Co., because, atich publication was an exposure
of their private affairs, and would. tend isiisome instances greatly
,td mystic the zrodit of :the. (mirth** r. • .
Mr. M gum so rt. repliol •th at lb WM an open Court, and he could
nor.take upoi himself 'to, interihrit with Newspaper reports.
litcumsti!upt, the Solicitor under the Commission, said,'
thSt some of the Creditors had complained to him that their names
an 4 the amount of their debts had been published in all the papers;
an 4 be hoped Mr. Idontagtut would express his opinion upon the
impropriety of sin,th publication, as it might prevent a continu-
sane of the evil., _ _

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~/; 4146 AluotTAGttpt said, that Newspapers published on their own '
.responslitilitya?end he would • not pretend to give an opinion as to
the evil at good likely to arise from such reporks ; all he could '
ea 'y Was, that he had no authority to interfere on the subject.
iltltl. Alm Hurst was called, and sworn, and examined by Mr.
thlentir.O. 'IL inn a partner in the firm of Hurst, Robinson, and
—CO., Voll sellers. lit lantiary lam, Mr. Thomas Hurst joined
4,
'the 10 • . The-firrnaid partake a new name, it tontinued, as
• inlible;' I urst, Robinson, and Co.
;,: ~ Mr, Moseranott---,, Was there any notice given to the credi-
.' to-s.when the new firm commenced?"
Mr. durst—" I believe not."
: Mrs Marraunn—" Was no notice given in the London Qv,
L'itVer - . '
Mr. Herat—" I believe, there was not."
Mr. Rennuen'e, a Sdlicitor, in Charter House-square, tendered
prod& of 'a claim on Thames Hurst's estate to the amount of
' 7,7631. -It appeared that Mr. 'Thomas Hurst had given a semi-
' rity,•.to the amount of 10,0001.; to Mr. Abud, of James-street,
Clttritinsvell, for,the..peyment of debts contracted by John Hurst
'arld'ThoityiaO.,ll.9binson in case they failed to pay. Mr. Abud
:,ppfmktlf4ll9ll-pl44nerue' of the' bills, to the amount of 7,7681,
„ikod, ftlf)fome unimiwrtant Convetwitiori the claim was' admitted.
• - r. Alnul, fin hinbelf's,al partneri; proved on the :debt of
e,
.-,- , „kentlppwnis on the joint cat 4e. •
,
1901:441414, who is a consid able creditor, said he held
a number or billi of the liras; Maid ur late before last January, but
.ke enotuded that'he'was'orititled to prove' under the new firm,-
' which; estate, he underatood, would be most profitable to the ere-,
. utters, .. He ,had a letter thud one of the bankrupt* in -Wingert
last, admitting that tbe new firm considered themeelvee rinpousible,
. for his claim.
Mr. Moweaonx advised the Gentleman to defer proving, his
debt, till` a future Meeting ; it was for him to make hie electiou
upon whieh estate he would proee,- hut it might be important to
his interest that he should ascertain before he proved which estate
would pay hint most.
Mr. Rums unsex. said, he thought the new firm was not liable
• for this Gentleinan's elaitn, '. .
- Mr. WOOlBOl4 said, that the 'Gentleman had applied to the
new firm, end they had assented to hit. proposition.
Mr: MONTAGUE asked what the terms of the new partnership
were? '
' . Mr. IlterrAnnsobr replied, that the antecedent debts were to be
paid by.the partneri of the old firm, and all antecedent, debris
-, - TePoll4_,.
r,;'.„ , Mr, ,!Ropixsom, the sOlicitor, said, by the deed it appeared
,•''.that.Mr. John ,Hurst took,ehare of the Whole stock in trade; but,
- as-fat. as that went, the deed was Millity ; beenuee this stock haul
need been in his lawful poomion, from the period of executing
the. deed till the bankruptcy, it being ip the hands of booksellers
. all .4Ver the United. Kingdom. The following debts were proved:
Mr. Grus.li, ilf lityaresnme-ettuare, 3,6891. (the balance of 6,000/

lent); Mr. Ahud,/,7681. and 1,6001. ; Mr. Saunders, 1,681.
Mr. J. 1.. Barnard, 3881.; Mr. I,reseott, 3761. ; Mr. Perkins,
HOt. ; Mr. 'Norman, 1011. ; Mr: Alex. Simpson, 1,5161. ; Mr.
, T. Davi,ani, and other debts of inconsiderable amount.
to the Commission said, thatle bad effected an
arrstignaueut.etriongst the creditors, and there could be no tins)-
, sition in the4shoice. of assignees. He hail been at great labour to
elect this iropertant object, by which much litigation and many
thousands ,of• pounds of the creditors' money would be saved ;
, attd.be hoped lbe,Cononissioners would remunerate him .for hie
trouble.
Mr, lg,oief.soolc said, that if the creditors' money had been
saved by Iwt.exesthana, hntleserVed to be paid, and the question
44toulit,,Ina !lady I; giirOdtged.
The fulliMitglx4re the assignees appointed :-L-Edward Solly,
. of Curtion,street, May-fair ; Esq.',of Lin-
::; role's` ; ,George;N,Uwwn I:1, of Lincoln's Inn ;
rrbount4 ilook4eller, Strand ; Andrew Sputtiswoode, of.
Gough-sqkinrei, .Eleet-strtiet, Printer ; and Jai,
• Dickenson, of the Old 'Bailey; Statiotion
Meeting of the assignees .was appointed to take place, at
''Vreitsrs 'Lnitgilian ni 1 Co.'iPfestertlef afternoon.
Battmpt.,,, rendered in form, their protection was ex-
. tendyll and they withdreW.
=f Glrbo;J auk +rf EngianA has a claim of 00,9001., on this estate,
haiting-ittivaninal money toI)ole,-Tborntoti, and Co. on billy and
atherxecurities, •amongst which .were,6o,oool. Of 51essni. flurat
and Co.'s paper ;. it is, however, supposed that the Bank will not
prove under this commission, but will wait till it is ascertained
bow Pole and Co.'s estate turns out.

SOCIETY FOR
PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.

The last General Monthly Meeting of this Society
at their house, Lincoln's-inn-fields, was well attended,
but chiefly by Clergy. The Bishop of Gloucester
was in ,the Chair. There were present—the Akh
deacons of. St. Alban's, Essex,' Ccolchestette.;,-The
Rev. Drs. Spry, Chandler, Vivian, &c. ; Rev. Messrs.
Benson, Ward, Norris, Basil Woodd, Hale, &e. &c.
The moat important-part of the proceedings consisted
in the reading of a long and highly, interesting letter
from the Bishop of Calcutta, in which his Lordship
detailed various particulars respecting the state
of Christianity in India and the Island of. Ceylon.
—One point noticed very strikingly xas, that
nothing was found more' to retard the diffiision of
Christianity among the natives than the variety of dif-
ferent sects among those who came to teach them.
A very favourable report was made by his Lordship
of the state of the Missionary College at Calcutta,
which is now coming into very efficient operation.
Several communications were read from the Clergy

in the West Indian Islands, giving very pleasing and
favourable accounts of the progress there making in
the instruction of the Negroes.
Part of a Report was also read from the District
Committee at Quebec. Many new members were
elected, and several valuable bequests announced to
the Society, particularly one front the late Bishop of
Durham.