The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-16 00:00:00

WENTWORTH AND CO.'S DIVIDEND.

(From the Leeds Mercury of Saturda.y.)
Yesterday, the Commissioners under the commission of
bankruptcy awarded against Messrs. Wentworth and Co.,
of the Wakefield, York, and Bradford Banks, assembled at
the Court-house, in Wakefield, pursuant, to -public notice,
to announce the first dividend under this commission. The
meeting commenced at eleven o'clock, at which hour a
considerable number number of creditors, who had not al-
ready proVed their dots, had assembled. The proof or
debts wax continued till about half past four in the after-
noon, when, the meeting was adjourned till nine o'clock
this morning. The diVidend will be declared about one
o'clock ; and though the specific sum cannot be exactly
ascertained, we have authority to say that it will not he
less than 4s. in the pound, -and that it will not exceed SS.
At the opening. of the meeting yesterday, the Commis-
sioners expected to declare a dividend of .55., but the proof
of debts that day was double the 'amount 'expected, and
exceeded .50,000/.. A second dividend is expected, to he
declared early in the next year—probably in the 'month of
March. • • • •

LEEDS MERCURY-0 CE, • one o'clock p.m.
Our messenger .from Waketield hag just arrived with the
information that the Commisstonerm under Messrs. Went,
worth and Co.'s bankruptcy have thislnorning declared a
dividend of as. in, the pound to the creditors of the Wake-
field and:Bradford.banks, and 4s. in the pound to the cre-
ditors of the York bank, to be paid on Monday, the 6th of
November next, at the respective places. On Friday, the
10th of November, a meeting is intended to 'be held of the
Commissioners, for the purpose of declaring 'dividends on
the separate estates of the bankrupts; and in feW days
from that time dividands will probably be paid to all the
private. creditors of 2Os. in the pound upon their respec-.
tive claims.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

MYSTERIOUS CASE.

Ott Saturday, at Om: o'clock, an inquisition took place
t Ile tiltip,atak forrnood4ey „, before: it to it Atm
( !A terrat, Esq., Corenier .for Surrey, too-Wog ,thn death of
Thomas 'Burnside.
Stephen Wilfsoli bNvoto---1 tefilii4,l‘ at ,No PahnorN-
.relits, four doors 6otri the deceased; I have known this
dece,tsed about three years; 1, and toy wife occasionally
attended upon the deceased; the ldst time I SAW deceased
alive was on Tuesday evening; late on Wednesday- even
ing I went to the deceased's bedroom door, and knocked
several times, but received no answer, and haVing heard
leceased 'Say that a Alf. Gibbs was, his executor, I went
to him and informed him of my suspicions that the de-
ceased was dead; in about half an hour Mr. Gibbs and
his Man-Servant arrived at the deet:ittsed's house, and an
entrance was effected through the window into the de-
'ceased's room.
William Bud:city sworn-74 tun servant to Mr. Gibbs,
of No. 33, Walbrook, in the City, and was with Mr.
,Gibbs, when the last witness informed him of his suspi-
cions about the deceased, owing to , his non-appearance.—
I and my master. _went to the deceased's lodgings and
knocked at the door, but received no answer. r and the
last witness procured a ladder, and entered the deceased's
apartments by rorcing open the window ; when I entered
saw the deceased lying on the bed; blood and froth were
oozing from his mouth I spoke to him,; he did not an-
swer; then felt his body' ;it was then quite warm; my
master wits at the door; no surgeon was sent for.
tokoNEn.---What, the hotly warm, and neither you
nor your master Went for a medical gentleman ? 'I
-shook
him by the hand, but lie did not answer.

By a Juror—Pray, who is Mr. Gibbs, that we hear ,so
much about ? 'Mr. Gibbs is an indeliendent gentleman ;
lle•is executor to thne deceased.

Juror—ls there any other executor, ? Yes, a Mr.
Thornton, au undertaker, in the Borough; my master sent
me to him.

C oftoN F,R (with surprise anti indignution)—What ! send
fur an undertaker before you send for a doctor, and that,
too, while the body was yet warm ? This, indeed, if
true, was most strap e--nay, inhuman.
Juror—When dbl. you see tin deceased last ? On
Wednesday night.
Juror—When Wa3 We canine(' in lead. Early on Thurs.
day.
Juror—Who is the undertaker % Mr. Thornton, the
other executor.

. _
Juror—When you went into the room you found the
bed clothes on the deceased—pray what has become of
then) P. Oh, my wife was ordered to remove them to,
IVestminster to be washed.

Juror—Pray, what money was found in the room—how
much, and what became of it ?—There was money found
in the room, but how much I cannot say ; nor can I answer
positively when and by whom it was removed.
Juror—Now Sir, nn your oath, did not a gentleman, an
acquaintance of deceased, knock at the door, which was
opened by you, and request admission, to be present at
the examination of the deceased's body and room, when
you shut the door in his face ?—lt is true I did; such were
my orders.
Juror—Were not the executors to the deceased also
executors to another relation who died lately, and has not
the deceased relations'?--They were—l believe there are
two relations living
H_enry Storry, . sq. surgeon, deposed he was present at
the opening of the coffins, and had examined the body, but
"t was In' such a state of decomposition he could not tell
the
cause of his death.
The coil, N
_him
..,,,rA rat addreased the Jury and laid, that it to
it was et nail
,014 f!SePneltdrotni
on strale in the one executor refusing an
i avast: "s admittance into the room; but
reasons for thus act* o
t.,,,r,,_
ej,44. y extraordinary in the other executor (Thorn-
them being present
d'itWei7 :uwi
Heitheeterlistird m a leaden coffin, almost iirune.
The Jur ' mg' to explain dwir
_y earleamed i .
made many remark* u merlin fitiltunent with the Coroner, and
mu th -
the money, useso th! bed
,i, unaccountable secreting of
—,, Died by t Visitation cif and returned a verdict
lod."
The deceased MIN a ticket
income of 500/. per annum, which it
and had amassed an
tch it is supposed will mine
to the executors.