The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-15 00:00:00

WIGNEYS' BANKRUPTCY.

On Thursday morning a meeting took place, at the
Town-hall, Brighton, before Messrs. Merrifield,
Attree, and Cooper, under the fiat issued against
Messrs. Wigney, for the audit of accounts and proof
of debts.

Mr. Furner, Mr. Upperton, and Mr. Verrall, of the
firm of Upperton and Co., attended as solicitors for
the assignees.
Amongst the debts proved was one for 6301.35. 6d.,
by Mr. Slight, for the Commissioners of Brighton.
Mr. Dale attended to prove a debt of 400/. ;_ 3001.
was deposited on an interest note in 1833, and 1001.
on the sth of January, 1836.
Mr. Furner submitted that the debt was barred by
the Statute of Limitations. The interest notes mere
not properly stamped securities. They werebot such
documents as could be recovered upon.
Mr. Commissioner COOPER said the question was
whether the payment of interest within the six years
was sufficient to take it out of the Statute of Limita-
tions and make it a running account?
Mr. Bennett cited a case where the payment of a
drainage account was held sufficient to create a run-
ning account. Mr. Bennett submitted that the pay-
ment of interest was quite sufficient to prove that it
was a running account. •
The Commissioners rejected the proof.
CAUTION TO ELECTION COMMITTEES. _ .

Mr. Price, of lierrison Arms Hove, attended to
prove for 2131. 13s. 10d. against the private estate of
Mr. I. N. Wigney for goods supplied at the last elec-
tion. Mr. Price's house was the head-quarters of the
western committee, and the account was for three
weeks' score.
Mr. Commissioner COOPER inquired whether the
orders were given by Mr. Newton Wigney himself.
Mr. Price admitted that he was one of the commit-
tee, and that Mr. Wigney never gave the orders, but
was aware his house was open. Mr. Wigney was at
the committee-room the night it was agreed the
house should be opened. Mr. Thomas Cooper acted
as Chairman, and gave the orders. The account was
disputed, when it was agreed to be referred to arbitra-
tion; but whilst that was going on the bank stopped.
Mr. Commissioner MERRIFIELD said there was no
proof whatever to charge Mr. I. N. Wigney. Mr.
Price might have recovered it against the committee,
but unfortunately he was a committee-man himself,
and had consequently lost his claim against them.
Proof disallowed.

Mr. Marchant tendered a proof for 551. 7s. 2d.,
which was also rejected; but in this case he was in-
formed he had a remedy against the committee.
The meeting then adjourned until eleven o'clock
the following day.

The new penal code and code of criminal procedure,
which, by order of the Pope, have been drawn up by a
Committee composed of the most eminent legists in
Italy,. presided over by Cardinal Bernetti, have just
been published. These two codes, entitled " Regola-
mento Organico di Procedure Criminale," and " Re-
golamento Organico oui delitti sue le pene," are a real
work of improvement, and bear the mark of an
enlightened, philanthropy. By them all the privi-
leges and *exemptions hitherto enjoyed by the
higher classes are abolished. They establish the
perfect equality of all citizens before the law,
that no person can be withdrawn frem his natural
judges. They maintain no exceptional tribunals
except the ecclesiastical ones, and those only for per 7
s.ms in orders, and for crimes and misdemeanours
committed in the exercise of their functions. The
punishment of death is preserved, hut restricted to a
very small number of crimes. All other punishments.
evidently have for object the amendment of the indi-
viduals on whom they are inflicted. As to foreigners,
the enactments which relate to them are exceechngly
liberal. After a delay of two months together in any
part of the Pontifical States, they are no longer to be
amenable in criminal matters to the police authorities,
but to the ordinary tribunals, and in all cases in
which they shall be found guilty of misdemeanours,
or slight' Offences with extenuating circumstances,
they are to be condemned to the smallest amount of
p unshment.— Galignani.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 12,—The average price of Wheat
last week was 21f. and 13c., and that of Rye 13f. 67c.