The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-06 00:00:00

Co URT OF BANKRUPTCY.

IMPORTANT TO CREDITORS.
Our readers will recollect that a short time since we
appriied them of the cancellation of all checks in the
hands of the assignees, which had then six months to
run, by order of the Lord Chancellor. It was evident,
however, that something should be immediately done
to supply their place, and thus prevent considerable in-
convenience to creditors, and hence the following order
from the Learned Commissioners upon the subject has
just been issued :
" At the Court in Basinghall-stroct,
" London, 15th July, 1842.
" Whereas by an order of the Lord Chancellor, made
on the 28th of June last, it was therein directed that
all drafts for dividends, under any bankruptcy 'estate,
which had been delivered to any official assignee by the
accountant in bankruptcy, for more than six calendar
months, the same having previously been signed by
such accountant, but which had not been issued to any
creditor of such estate, should be forthwith brought by
such official assignee, together with a separate list
thereof, under such estate, to any one or more of the
Commissioners of her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy,
who should thereupon be at liberty to cancel the same,
and to direct such several lists to be filed with the pro-
ceedings of the respective bankruptcies.
4' And whereas the said order further authorisod any
one or more of the said Commissioners to make such
order or orders, as should be necessary, of a new draft or
drafts for the dividend or dividends, due to any such
creditor or creditors, upon his or their applying for the
same, and directed that such new drafts should be pre-
pared in the form prescribed in schedule B, annexed to
the order of the Lords Commissioners for the custody
of the Great Seal, dated October 31, 1835, and should be
signed and countersigned in the same manner as the ori-
ginal draft, and afterwards paid by some one of the
cashiers of the Bank of England out of the monies stand-
ing to the credit of the accountant in bankruptcy;
" We do therefore order, that on the application of a
creditor for any dividend or dividends, the official assig-
nee of the estate, from which such dividend is payable,
shall, if satisfied that the creditor is entitled to receive
it, and upon the production of the securities (if any)
exhibited on the proof of the debt, make a new draft in
the following form [here follows the form which credi-
tors applying for the payment of their dividends will
find at the office of every official assignee in London.
And which draft shall be left with one of the Commis-
sioners, who will compare it with the list of cancelled
drafts filed with the proceedings, and, if correct, make
an order upon the draft, directing the accountant in
bankruptcy to sign the same, which the said accountant
will afterwards return to the official assignee of that es-
tate, and when so signed and countersigned by the ern-
cir,l assignee, may then be issued to the creditor or cre-
ditors, or to some party duly authorised by him or them,
on signing a receipt for the dividend.
" CHAS. F. WILLIAMS.
" J. H. MERIVALE.
" J. S. M. FONBLANQUE.
" R. G. C. FANE.
" EDWARD HOLROYD."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIGHTON RACES.—FRIDAY.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats. T. Y. C.
The winner to be sold for 200/., &c. (5 Subs.)
Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Heatheete, aged, nst 101 b 2 1 1
Mr. Theobald's Pocahontas, 5 yrs, Ilst 21b ...... 1 2 2
Mr. Tollett's Delusion, aged, list 101 b, went to the post,
and at the word " Go" went off with Pocahontas, and after a
tolerable race, was beaten cleverly ; it then appeared that Miss
Hea.thcote had been left behind, aud that it was no start. De-
lusion was then drawn. The first heat was won on the post by
a head, and the others in a canter.
A Free Handicap Plate of 501., given by the Stewards. Heats.
The New Course.
Sir G. Hcathcote's Nora Creina, 4 yrs, 7st6lb (Crouch) 1 I
Lord. G. Bentinck's St. Jean d'Acre, 3 yrs, Est 101 b... 2
Mr. Balchin's Affection, 4 yrs, 6st 81h
Lord Chesterfield's f hyMuleyMoloch—YoungPetuaria
3 yrs, Est
Mr. 'Rush's ch g by Plenipotentiary, out of Obelisk's
dam, 3 yrs, ist 4 4
First Heat-6 to 4 agst Nora Creina, and 4to 1 agst St.
St Jean d'Acre. Won in a canter.
Second Heat-2 to lon Nora Creina. Won by two lengths,
A dead heat for second place.
Handicap Plate of 401. Mile heats.
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THE SHIPPING INTEREST -The number of uu-
employed seamen at the port of London is now greater
than on any previous occasion within the remembrance
of the oldest shipowners. The reasons assigned for this
unfortunate state of things are conflicting. Upwards of
500 able-bodied seamen are now traversing the purlieus
of the London, St. Katharine, and the East and West
India Docks, without employment, or the prospect of
any. It is painful to witness the large number of first-
class vessels unchartered in the various docks, and ex-
hibiting brooms at their mast-heads— tbe nautical adver-
tisement indicating that they are for sale.
THE SHEARING 1N NANTUCKET.—The Nantucket
Islander says that some nine or ten thousand sheep of
that island were stripped of their fleece last week ; that
the shearing has been more profitable than any for seve-
ral years past ; and that a hundred sheep perished in a
storm last Thursday night.