The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-19 00:00:00

DEOLA RATION OF 'INSOLVENCY,

Edward Slater, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, Montpel-
lier square, Bromoton.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
James Miller, boot and shoemaker, Southampton.
BANKRUPTS.
William Bristow Stern', sail maker, Jamaica-row, Ber-
mondsey, to surrender April 29, at twelve, and May3o, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall- street ; Brown, Walbrook.
Thomas Popkins Rees, iron merchant, Crooked-lane-cham-
bers, King William-street, City, A.pril29, at half-past eleven,
and May 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Al-
sager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lawrence and Plows,
Bucklersbury.
William Underwood, grocer, High-street, Southwark,
April 25, at half-pact twelve, and May. 30, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin •
lane; Turner, Mount-place, Whitechapel.
Job Bant, saddle-tree-maker, Hollen-street, Wardour-
street, Soho, April 25, at two, and May 30, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; A'Beckett,
Son, and Sympson, Golden-square.
Thomas Holbrook Coyle, wine merchant, Argyll-street,
May 2, at eleven, and June 6, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street ; Cross, Surrey. street, Strand.
John Pickering, general dealer, Cornbury-place, Old Kant-
road, April 29, at half-past one, and May 28, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Desborougb and Young, Size lane.
Charles Mousley Firth, lithographic printer, St. Michael's-
alley, Cornhill, April 29, and May 28, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Brown, Bedford-row.

Henry Polley Cook, brewer, Coggeshall, Essex, April 25,
at two, and June 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry; APLeod and Stenning,
London-street, Fen church-st reet.

John Warden Sprague, grocer, Poole, Dorsetshire, April
25, and May 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
rnptcy. 'lcurquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers,
London ; Wilkins, Furnival's Inn.

Joseph Long. linendraper, Tavistock, Devonshire, April
29, at one, and May 22, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Turner, Exeter;
Spver, Broad-street-buildings, London.
Thomas Jones, coal dealer, Liverpool, April 25, and May 20,
at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee, Liverpool ; Parker, Smith, and Co., Bedford-row,
London ; Greatley, Liverpool.
George Frederick Stanley Isherwood, engraver to calico
printers, Hulme, Lancashire, May 1 and 22, at eleven, at the
Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man-
chester; Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Temple, London ;
Barlow, Manchester.

John Williams, carpenter, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,
May 1, at one, and May 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Nash, Bristol.
Joseph Hill, hatter, Stroud, May 1, and June 3, at twelve,
at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bris-
tol ; Kearsey, Stroud.
William Parsons, brewer, Bristol, May 1, and June 3, at
elevea, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official as-
signee, Bristol ; Leman, Bristol.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
W. Mathew, Post-office stamper, Groswell-street—first
and final div. of 2s. in the pound, April 23, and two following
Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
M. Camp. St. Helen's, Berkshire—first div. of Is. 3d. in
the pound, April 23 and two following Wednesdays, at the
office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
J. Oliver and J. York, bankers, Stoney Stratford—third
div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, April 18, at the office of Mr.
Parrott, Stoney Stratford.
W. G. Moss, Post-office clerk, Guildford-place, Kenning-
ton—first div. of ls. 10d. in the pound, April 23, and two fol-
lowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr.Turquand, Old Jewry.
W. Hayward, bonnet shape maker, Bedford-place, Mile-
end Town—first div. of 6s. in the pound, April 23, and two
following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old
J ewryC.
E. . Schram, schoolmistress, Westbourne-green, Padding-
ton—first div. of sd. in the pound, April 23, and two follow-
ing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry.
T. L Shapcott, master of the Grammar-school, Southamp-
ton—first div. of Is. 4d. in the pound, April 23, and two
fellowing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old
Jewry.
J. Tristram, beer house keeper, Basford, Nottinghamshire
—final div. of 5s in the pound, April 21, and any subsequent
day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
R. Jackson, engineer, Leeds—first and final div. of Is.
in the pound, April 21, and any subsequent day, at the office
of Mr. Young, Leeds.
W. Roberts, un., merchant, Calverley, Yorkshire—first
and final div. of 94d. in the pound, April 21, and any sub-
sequent day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
A. Blazdell, harp maker, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-
square—first div. of 10d. in the pound, any Saturday, at the
office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
J. W. Thomas, corn merchant, Corn Exchange, Mark-lane
—first and final div. of Is. 3d. in the pound, any Saturday,
at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
T. Gorton, jun., bookseller, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, May
9, at one—T. Johnson, sen., banker, Romford, May 10,
at twelve-4. Overton, coach and harness plater, Queen-
street, Grosvenor-square, May 9, at two—George Flintoff,
bookseller, Plymouth, May 9, at nine—P. R. Morrison, mer-
chant, Liverpool, May 9, at eleven.
In the Cy.
J. Millichamp, wine merchant, ountrnirmingliam, May 9, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—R. K. Mann,
wine merchant, Hull, May 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court—J. Green, merchant, Birmingham, May 9, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District Court—J. Harley, plumber, Wol-
verhampton, May 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court—S. Grew, brush maker, Birmingham, May 9, at eleven,
at the Birmingham District. Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Wilson, boot-maker, Jerrnyn-street, St. James's, May
9—T. Metcher, plumber, Southampton, May 9—J. llart,
builder, Greenwich, May 9—J. Ayling, cabinet-maker,
Leeds, May 13—P. Wright., grocer, Leeds, May 12—W. C.
Whittenbury, cheese factor, Leeds, May 12—W. Conyer,
T. Ridsdale, J. Senior, B. Turne, E. Bailey, T. Turner, E.
Bailey, J. Milnes, W. Mavman, J. Oldroyd, J. Castle, S.
Oldroyd, J. A. Ellis, M. Ilealey, J. Bailey, and J. Clegg,
woollen millers, Batley Carr, Yorkshire, May 13—E. Bayley,
apothecary, Cheswardlne, Shropshire, May 16—S. Libbis,
innkeeper, Stratton St. Mary, Norfolk, May 2—C. N. Wil-
son, brewer, Batley Carr, Yorkshire, May 9—J. Newbold,
tailor, Nottingham, May 9—G. E. White, tailor, Reading,
May 9—W. Newton, coal merchant Bath, May 9—P. Blake,
mohair manufacturer, Norwich, May 9—J. lace-
man, Manchester, May 9-4. W. Robson and J. Barrow,
pat ent
.pump manufacturers, St. Anne's-place, Limehouse,
May 9.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—The host of petitions presented to the house of
Commons against the Maynooth Endowment Bill fully
bear out the admission made by Mr. Gladstone,
that the majority of the nation is against the measure.
'l'he people, with an tuianimity and earnestness almost
wholly unexampled, have exercised their " constitutional
right," and petitioned and protested against-an application
of a portion ofthe taxes, which they pay, to a purpose which
they believe to be inimical to the interests, as it is opposed
to the feelings,.of the majority of the people of this country.
The unrestrained expression of their opinion is the con-
stitutional privilege and the inalienable duty of a free
people. To freely canvass, and, through their repre•
sentatives in and by their petitions to the Legislature,
to convey their opinions upon great national ques-
tions, is essential to the stability of the constitution,
as well as to the right administration of public affairs. Pub-
lie
meetings, at which the discussion of their great interests
thay be undertaken—the public voice raised loudly, yet
beacefully, to the Parliament and the Sovereign—so far from
eing inimical to the representative system, or in the least de-
gree inconsistent with it, flows naturally from it, and gives it
life and vigour. Surely, it will not be pretended that the
people of England are only-once in seven years to exercise
the right of interfering with the management of their
affairs, and that this inference is to be confined to one func-
tion—the choice of their representatives Were this the
case, only see with what powers those representatives are
invested, and consider both how impossible it would be to
Sod persons worthy of so onerous a trust, and how ridiculous
to elect them for more than a few months. Then, Weed,
the foolish sarcasm of Itosseau would have some meaning—
that " once in seven years the people of England are free; at
all other times, slaves." A people limited to the exercise of
this cue function of election, would be very soon either
cajoled, or forced, out of the exercise of it. The elective
franchise—the whole system of representation—may safely
be pronounced at an end, from the moment that the people
confine themselves to the exercise of this one political function,
and are indifferent to, or neglectful of, the correlative duties
which pertain to it. But every argument which sustains the
right and enforces the duty of the people to watch with vigilance
the course of legislation and the acts of the Government, also
proves the danger of a disregard by the Government and the
Legislature to the voice of the people, when constitutionally
expressed. If the petitions of the people—when their num-
bers attest that they speak the voice of the majority—be
treated with indifference by the representative body, the
result will be a deeply-seated and dangerous convic-
tion that the public voice has no influence within the
walls of Parliament Such a conviction is fraught with the
elements of discontent, and is pregnant with danger to
the social institutions of the country. Though we by no
means maintain that the representatives of the people
are strictly the agents of their constituents, and bound, on
each particular question, to follow their specific instructions
—a doctrine wholly untenable, in our apprehension—yet he
would err just as far on the other side, and in a far more
dangerous kind, who should hold the representatives to be
quite independent of the people, except when before them at
the hustings. This would be to maintain that the govern-
ment of England is a mere oligarchy; and that the people,
exercising no voice in the administration of their affairs,
limit themselves in their political capacity to the bare per-
formance of an empty ceremony at a general election. A
Member's conduct would thus pass unnoticed, and be for-
gotten at each succeeding election, if the mass of
his constituents stood by, idle and listless, during ,
the whole duration .of the Parliament. But if
this were not the consequence, and supposing the
people to retain their regard for public questions, and
to be resolved, as far as in them lays, to be consulted ;
and if we still suppose them only to interfere in the act of
election—then an evil of an opposite kind, and scarcely less
hurtful to the representative system, must infallibly arise.
The electors, unable to trust him whom they can neither
watch nor control, will take care to choose such a man as
may be tied down, regarding each vote he is to give, by pre-
vious: stipulations. So niggardly and jealous a delega-
tion of this important trust would be detrimental
to the working of our representative system. Yet
the first evil is most to be deprecated : this would
merely impair the system, by fettering the free deliberations
of the representatives: that would destroy the elective
system itself. But if the public voice, expressed with the
unanimity it has been on the Maynooth Endowment Bill, be
treated with indifference by the Legislature and the Go-
vernment, does not that indifference to popular opinion,
when thus constitutionally expressed, imply either that the
public voice is powerless, and therefore to utter its senti-
ments on questions before Parliament, is futile; or that the
Members of the Legislature require to be bound by distinct
,pledges to their respective constituencies, to prevent them
from, treating the opinions of the constituencies with con-
tempt ?

ALLEGED INDISPOSITION OF

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
The following paragraphs appeared in the Horning Post of
yesterday, relative to the supposed illness of the Duke of Wel-
lington, in the House of Lords, on Wednesday night :—,
" The Duke of Wellington, whose sudden indisposition in
the House of Lords, last evening, will be found noticed in
the summary of our Parliamentary report, was, we are re-
joiced to state, on inquiry at Apsley House, shortly before
midnight, pronounced perfectly convalescent.'
"Considerable excitement was caused during the discus-
sion on this question by the sudden departure from the House
of the Duke of Wellington, leaning on the arm of another
Peer, in a state of great apparent feebleness,"
It will be seen, however, by the following letter, which we
publish at the request of the Noble Duke, that the matter
originated in mistake :

London, April 18, 1845.
F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to
the Editor of the Morning Post.
His attention has just now been drawn to two paragraphs
in the Morning Post of this morning respecting himself, which,
considering the following circumstances, the Duke must con-
sider as neither more nor less than wilfully false.
It is true that the Duke of Wellington, during the debate,
got up from his place, and gave the assistance of his arm to a
Noble Lord standing on the floor of the House, who it is well
known has the misfortune to be blind, and conducted him
towards the door of the House, when he placed him under the
care of another person.
The Duke then returned to his place, in which he remained
till the House adjourned, and even took part in the discus-
sion of the business transacted.
. A person called at the Duke's house last night at eleven
o'clock, not twelve, to inquire how the Duke was. The
answer was, " perfectly well," and not that " he was con-
valescent."

He has stated these facts as the foundation for his request
that the Editor of the Morning Post will be pleased to give
a positive contradiction to the paragraphs above referred to ;
and that the Editor will be pleased to give directions that
when his name is inserted in his paper for the future, care
should be taken that it is not made the matter of a falsehood.
The Duke makes this request, in order, first, to relieve the
anxiety of many, and next, to save himself some trouble.
To the Editor of the Morning Post.
Apsley•house was yesterday morning besieged by in-
quirers after his Grace's health. The answer was,
The Duke is very well." "Oh no," was the reply, "it is
stated in the paper that he was taken ill in the House of
Lords last night." " I can only say," rejoined the servant,
" that he came home from the House last night in his usual
health, and ate as good a dinner as ever he did in his life: he
says he is very well himself, and I suppose he ought to know
as well as the paper.'"