The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBVR 22, (842.

LONDON ELECTRICAL SOCIETY,'

On 'Tuesday last, Mr. Phillips, a member, reported
to the Society the particulars of an accident by light-
ning, near St. Austell, when two out of five children,
who had taken refuge in a toll-house, were killed.
The point of interest, in connection with the acci-
dent, is that the flash struck the very low building in
which the little party had taken refuge, in preference
to higher buildings in the immediate vicinity, in this
respect bearing a close relationship to what occurred
lat the Fishmonger's Alms-houses, Newington, and a
small cottage in Lambeth. A translation by the Se-
cretary was then read of the, commencement of M.
Becquerel's Researches on the electro-chemical pro-
perties of simple bodies. The author introduces his '
subject by dwelling upon the importance of electro-
chemistry, and takes occasion to introduce some very
forcible arguments against the contact theory, of
which we quote a most important one :—" When one
substance acts on another, under the influence of
light, electrical effects are produced, as in all chemical
re-actions, which effects are manifested so long as
this influence remains. If it cease to exist, there is
no longer any sign of electricity, and, nevertheless,
the contact of the newly-formed substances with the
metallic plates still exists, and nothing is changed in
the circuit." The author then enters on his task, by
describing the mode of assaying and operating upon
gold ore, preliminary to showing, not only in this, but
in other observations with the said metal, the right
and advantageous way of applying electro-chemistry.
This portion of the subject was reserved for a future
meeting. A theoretical paper, by Mr. Prater, M.E.S.,
was then read, in which the author strives to show
that the identity between electrical and chemical
affinity is not yet established. Mr. Weekes's Electro-
Metereological Register for September was then read.
The Secretary announced that Walter Hawkins, Esq.,
M.E.S., &c. &c., had -a third time endeavoured to
obtain for the Society a live • specimen of the gymno-
notus, but had unfortunately failed. The animal had
not survived the voyage. lle has presented it, dead
though it be; and it is now in Mr. Letterby's hands
for dissection.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

CROWN-OFFICE, Om 21, 1842,

The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Balguy,
Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel Learned in the Law;
Ebenezer Ludlow and Edward Goulburn, Sergeants-at-
Law ; Walker Skirrow, Esq., one of her Majesty Coun-
sel Learned in the Law; Henry John Stephen, Sergeant-
at-Law; Nathaniel Ellison, Martin John West, Edmund
Robert Daniell, William Thomas Jeminett, Charles
Phillips, Montague Baker Bere, and Richard Stevenson,
Esqs., Barristers-at-Law, to be Commissioners of the
Court of Bankruptcy, to act in the prosecution of fiats in
Bankruptcy in the country.
ADMIRALTY, OCT. 18.

Corps of Royal Alarines.-I\r. E. Farmer, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant ; J. F. Henry, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant ; J. C. D. Morrison, Gent., to be Second
Lieutenant.

The following places havo been duly registered for
solemnizing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th
and 7th William IV., cap. 85 ;
Salem Chapel, Burley, Yorkshire.
Chard-street Chapel, Axminster, Devonshire.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.

JOHN BREAKENRIDGE and JAMES REID,
tailors, Liverpool.
BANKRUPTS.

WILLIAM STARIE, carpenter, Cutler-street, Houns-
ditch, to surrender, Oct. 27, at twelve, and Dec. 2, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ;
Ruck, Mincing .lane.
STEPHEN SIMSON, watchmaker, Shirley, Nov. 2,
at four, and Dec. 2, .at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, South-
ampton. Pocock and. Will:in, Bartholomew-close,
London ; Clement and Newman, Southampton.
WILLIAM EAST, builder, Spalding, Lincolnshire,
Nov. 10, and Dec. 2, at three, at the White Hart Inn,
Spalding. Carter and Son, Spalding ; Willis, Bower,
and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. 84
HENRY BARTON, jun., merchant, Liverpool, Oct.
31 and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Clarendon-rooms, Li-
verpool. Cotterill, Throgmorton-street, London ; Flet-
cher and Hull, Liverpool.
CHARLES O'NEIL. ROBERT SALKELD, and
GEORGE SOMERVILLE DIGBY, iron-founders,
Brinder Works, near Margam, Glamorganshire, Nov. 1,
at one, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Gibson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Tilson,
Squance, and Tilson, Coleman•street, London. ;
DAVID BRANDON, shoe manufacturer, Beech-street,
Barbican, Oct. 29, at two, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Hall, Moorgate-street.
JOHN COOPER, provision dealer, LivprpoO, Oct. 31,
and Dec. 2, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool,
Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Littledale and
Bardswell, Liverpool.
MARCUS HARRIS and SOLOMON ABRAHAM
HART, Merchants, Cullum-street, Fenchurch-street,
Oct. 29, at an e and Pep. 2, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; 4eynolds, Adam-
street, Adelphi.

WILLIAM RO WORTH, confectioner, Wellingbo.
rongli, Northamptonshire, Nov. 7, and Dec. 2, at eleven,
at the George Hotel, Northampton. Church, Bedford-
row, London ; Murphy, Wellingborough.

OpTIDENDS.
At the Court of BankrupW, Jbsinhall-street.
J. and T. Metcalfe, upholsterers, Camtiidge, Ir~oY, 4i
at half-past eleven—J. Mills, ship owner, Clapham, Oct.
131, at half-past eleveL—S. Sly, engraver,Bourerie-street,
Nov. lb at eleven—C. Robinson, tailor, High Holborn,
Nov. li, a half-past twelve—T. Woodman, farmer,
Great J3illington, Redford§hire, Nov. 11, at eleven—J.
A. Cater, maltster, Hertford, Noy, 11, at twelve—J.
Barrat, builder, Great Pulteney-strget, dolden;iquare,
Nov. 11, at half-past eleven—J. Goulding, woollen
draper, Basinghall-street, Nov. 12, at half-past one—G.
Corbet, builder, Lewisham, Nov. 12, atone—F. Alwking,
pgrrier, Langley-street, Long-acre, Nov. 12, at half-past

In the Colp
S. Evans, clothier, Road, Somersetahire, Nov. 11, at
one, at the George Inn, Frome Selwood-R. Morris,
timber merchant, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Nov. 11, at
eleven, at the Beaufort Arms, Inn, Monmouth-R. Rus-
sell, provision dealer, Bradford, Yorkshire, Nov. 11, at
one, at tho 0.0.01114i,540PPP'1,q9P3.,5i Leeds-, Turner
a
and J. Ogden, iron-fouudeFs, -teeus, 1;4: 1, t one, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds-W. Yates, son., iroe!
founder, Old Buffery-works, Worcestershire, Nov, at
four, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-j. Soue3,
cordwainer, Liverpool, Nov. 10, at two, at the Claren-
aon-reems, Liverpool-J. Chorley, merchant, Liverpool,
Nov. 11, kt row, tit the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool-
W. Burton, tanner, linnet-sten, Wafuicighire, Nov. 11,
at twelve, at the Newdegate Arms lon, IYuhoatou--•
Thwaites, brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Nov. 11, at
twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-
upe*-Tpe-J. Trubshaw, jun.' ironfounder, Stafford,
Nov. 10, "at p''2 Vine Inn, Stafford-W. Da-
venport, carpenter, Ashby:della-4014, ipit4stfirOliFe,
Nov. 11, at one, at the King's Head Inn, Loughborough
--.C: Vt 4 W. Hicks, mealinen, Southampton, Nov. 11, at
one, at the DolpFin Trig, §pailiampton-R. P. and S.
Prat, scriveners, Glastonbury, oreersetshirp' Noy, 11,at
one, at the Somerset Hotel, Well-R.l3lacltm Ore and J.
(2Ryen, porn millers, Wakefield, Yorkshire Nov. 11, at
five, !t the ppmp344l9Reql,roolps, Howorth,
wine merphint, Sweffhare, Nerfulk, Noy. at half-past
one, at the Globe Inn, eke, mer-
chant, Handsworth, Staffordihire,-Nov.ll, at two, at the
Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-W. Vavasour, wool mer-
chant, Rochdale, Lancashire, Nov. 11, at ten, at the
Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-J. G. Werninck,
mert)hant, Plymouth, Nov. 11, at three, at the Royal
Hotel, Plyrhotitb-,..4. Ford, hat ine,nufaotureg, Stockport,
Cheshire, Nov. 11, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Manchester-B. Read, wine merchant, Worcester, Nov.
11, at two, at the Office of Mr. France, Worcester-
I. Hooley, miller, Nottingham, Nov. 11, at two, at the
George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham-R. Hentig, mer-
chant, Hull, lloy, 11, at one, /it the aeor,gp, Inn, Hull-
T. L. Crompton, paper maker, Standish, Lancashire,
Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester-R. Lowe, working jeweller, Preston, Lanca-
shire, Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston-
J. and W. Wootton, refiners, Birmingham, Nov. 11, at
twelyp, a tl}e 13irmitighp1-.7D. Uarr,
grocer, Nov: '1 f, 'at at the Waterloo-
rooms,
Birmingham-A. Lambley, hotel keeper, Bir-
mingham Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms,
Birmingham-W. Thompson, shipbuilder, Monkwear-
moßthshore, Durham, Nov, 19, at 'An, at Tiomerls com-
mercial 1-fotel, Sunderland-4V. Hildrow, grocer, Dar-
lington, Dgrhilm, Npv.-10, at tv'velve-y-T. Jenson, drug-
gist, Coventry, Nov. 11, At one, at the Craven Arms
Hotel, Coventry-W. Wade, grocer, Liverpool, Nov. 11,
at three, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool-T. Lee,
grocer, Cockfield, Durham, Nov. 9, at one, at the King's
Head Inn, Darlington-B. Dawes, grocer, Ashby-de-la-
ouch, Leicestershire, Nov. 8, at twelve, at the King's
Heed fit oughhißronh -J. Park, iron merchltnt, Man-
chester, Nov. 11, at eleven, it tlie CfortimiSsiOnerst-rooms,
Manchester-J. B. Higgs and T. G. Ransford, hat manu-
facturers, Manchester, Nov. 10, at eleven, at the Commis-
sioners'-rooms, Manchester-IV. T. Tidd, grocer, Liver-
ponl, lioy. 11, at two, at the pirtri-Acicin-wonas' Liverpool
-C. Smithies, worsted spinner, Bradford, Yorkshire,
Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Court-house, Bradford-W.
and J. Losh, calico printers, '
Manchester, Nov. 11, at
three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester-R.
Hughes, timber merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 11, at four,
the 'ol4rOPlell-foems, LiyerpooW, 13cirrowdale,
paper manufapturer, Branthwaite, Cumberland, No:. 11,
at twelve, at the Black Lion Inn, Whitehaven-J.
Charlwood, hop merchant, Birmingham, Nov. 11, at three,
at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham-J. Harrison, auc-
tioneer, Birmingham, Nov. 11, at one, at the Waterloo-
rooms, Birmingham-R. Heardman, wine merchant,
245,nFliester, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Commissioners'.
g'AVinviic4ter iiinnay, corn dealer, MaaCher•-
v. 1, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man-
chester-E. Gowen and A. Shanks, common brewers,
Morpeth, Northumberland, Nov. 11, at eleven, at the
Bankrupt Commission-rooms, Newcastle-upon Tyn-
e Garbutt, linenmanufacturer, Manchester, Nov. 11, at
tens at the Commissioners '-rooms, Manchester-W.
bisseiVpipa maker, liri*tul, Nov. 11, at two, at the Com.
mercial-rooms, Bristol-M-. New, 'innkeeper, Great 11a1
vern, Worcestershire, Nov. 11, at one-J. Leicester,
printer, Manchester, Nov. 11, at one, at the Commis.
stoners'-rooms, Manchester-C. Carr, cotton manuac-
turer, Heaton Norris, Lancashire, Nov. 11, at two, at the
PR93fßivioners'-rooms, Manchester.
CERTIFTPATP-Noy. 11.
J. Wacey, bookseller, Beech-street, 'Barbie4n-G.
Boggs, W. Taylor, and W. Shand, merchants, Great
Winchester-street-D. W. Acraman, W. E. ACM, Man,
A. J. Auramso, W, Morgan, T. liolroyd, and j,

Franklyn, ship builders, Bristol—H. and R. Fawcus,
timber merchants, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham—H.
Capel, wine merchant, COoper's-ro, Tower-hill—C.
B indley and F. Copland, coach makers, Birmingham—
W. Freeman, builder, Acton-street, Bagnigge-wells-
road —R. Light, grocer, Hanley. Staffordshire—T.
llooper, chemist, Hay, Brecknockshire—T. Peters,
tailor, Cambridge—R. Sands, lace Manufacturer, Not-
tingham—J. Scott, railway-carriagellarnp manufacturer,
Birmingham—T. Bickerton, linen draper, Newtown,
Montgomeryshire—W. Pearson, tailor, Lamb's Conduit-
street.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
COURSING.

HOLYWI.I.L, OCT. 19.—The Mostyn Stakes (16 subs.)
were won by Sir P. Mostyn's Mariner, beating, in the
deciding course, Mr. Bake's Barrister.
BENDRIGG MEETING, OCT. 17, 18.—The Cup was
won by Mr. Burrows' Tom, the Bendrigg All Age
Stakes, by Mr. Buxton's Ellen ; and the Puppy Stakes,
by Lord Bective's Bellevue.