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

BANKRUPTS.

JOHN M4G A HEY, printer, Liverpool, to surrender, Aug.
15, and Sept. 16, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Clem en tson , Liverpool ; Addison, Mecklenburgh-square, London.
JOHN EARLY, jun., girth-web manufacturer, Witney,
Oxfordshire, Aug. 8, and Sept. 16, at twelve, at the Mitre
Inn, Oxford. Close, Furnival's Inn, Holborn, London.
THOMAS ARMSTRONG, merchant, Conduit-street,
Paddington, Aug. 12, at twelve, and Sept. 16, at two, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Wadeson,
A ustin- friars.

ROBERT ROLLO, merchant, Durham-street, Vauxhall
road, Aug. 16, at one, and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee; Mil-
lard, Tokenhouse-yard. Lothbury.
JOHN HADDOCK, bookseller, Warrington, August 19,
and September 16, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool.
Beamont and Urmson, Warrington.
ROBERT LOOSEMORE, dealer and chapman, Tiverton,
August 18, and September W. at twelve, at the Half-Moon
Inn. Moore, High-street, Exeter.
STEPHEN KNIGHT, cattle-dealer, West Hoathley, Sus-
sex, August 16, at half-past eleven, and September 16, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-
place, Old Jewry, official assignee ; Palmer, Mitre-cout t Cham-
bers, Temple, London ; Burt, East Grimatead, Sussex.
ROBERT LYON, cabinet-maker, High Holborn, August
16, at half-past one, and September 16, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcp. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. b?licial
assignee ; Dangerfield, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, ; grin-
ton, Kidderminster.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, D'asinghall-street.
W. Ward, draper, Blackfriars-rnd, Aug. 29, at twelve—J.-
Hands and E. Gill, ribbon manufacturers, Coventry, Aug. 29,
at eleven—D. Bidmead, warehouseman, Bread-street, Cheap.
side, Aug. 27, at twelve.
In the Country.
E. Haitiley, cleth manufacturer, Leeds Sept, 3, at three, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds--T. dales,_ W. J. Guest, J.
F. Naisby, and M. Kirtley, ship builders, Hylton, Durham,
Aug. 29, at twelve, at the Bridge Hotel, Bishop Wearmouth—
S. Flitcloft, ironmonger, Liverpool Aug. 29, at one; at the
Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—R. Watson,' piece manufacturer,
Colne, Lancashire, Sept, 2, at one, at the King's Head Inn,
Colne—J. Davy, draper, Sheffield, Aug. 29, at one, at the
Town-hall, Sheffield—T. Swallow, corn factor, Manchester,
Atm. 27, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms,Manchester--
C. Potts, A. Potts, and J. Potts, ship builders, Monk Wear-
mouthshore, Durham, Aug. 29, at two, at the Bridge Hotel,
Bishop Wearmouth—J. and T. Hill, merchants, Wisbeach St.
Peter's,. Cambridgeshire, Aug. 29, at one, at Standwell's
Hotel, Stamlbrd, Lincolnshire—W. Barrett, girth web manu-
faeturee, Haselbury Plucknett, Somersetshire, Aug. 30, at two,
I at the Bull Inn, Bridport, Dorsetshire—J. Hayward, miller,
Milverton, Warwickshire, Aug. 29, at one, at the Lansdowne
Hotel, Leamington Priors—H. Wilckens and J. G. Migault,
merchants, Liverpool, Aug. 30, at one, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool—T. Gidden, licensed victualler, Farringdon,
Berkshire, Aug. 30, at ten, at the Bell Inn, Swindon, Wilt-
shire—H. H. Downman, tin plate manufacturer, Kidwelly,
Carmarthenshire, Aug. 31, at twelve, at the Ivy Bush Hotel,
Carmarthen—W. C. Buchanan, money scrivener, Dursley,
Gloucestershire,, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Old Bell Inn,
Dursley—H. Davis, scrivener, Bristol, Aug. 26, at twelve, at
the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—W. N. Procter, cotton dealer,
Manchester, Aug. 27, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms,
Manchester.

CERT/FICATS— AUG. 26.
J. Wilson, wine merchant, LivEerpool—R. Cockrill, grocer,
Kirtothan-Lindsey, Lincolnshire—N. M'Leodand C IL Yar-
row, ship brokers, Liverpool—W. R. Webb, wine merchant,
Knightsbridge.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Wright, H. Allis, and J. Bagnall, printers, Bristol—Jo.
Noble, Js. Noble, and S. Hartley, manufacturers of fancy goods,
Almondbury, Yorkshire—S. and J. Sheppard, corn merchants,
Eltham, Kent—J. S. Kenway and J. D. Fox, twine manufac-
turers, Bridport—H. Elliott and T. Gardner; paunbroke4a,
Epsom—J. J. Brawah, A. B. Cochrane, sen., and A. B.
Cochrane, ~;1171., 4.ountasters, Dudley, Worcesterauire- -G.
Fryer Fry knAl, 4. W, Sprn•ae, tea dealers, P0rt,,e4....j .
7tfolmes
4. H. eruu.):, paiat manufacturers. Livervo,o._w. Biggs
and J. A •,.„....".nnif cabinet makers. Great Lichfield-street
:ety.iebo.n.se----f, -gni and W, H. Cast)-.,
k d or. - ' brewers, Liverpool-1
1
J. B. Kirk and J. Thac reh Y ~ Leeds—C. Mellor, J. Are-
nables, T. Pinder, and J. Jw:orewood, Burslem (so far as re-
gards J. Morewood)NV. Cannon and J. Woodhams, millers,
Canterbury—S. Isaacs and T. Ponder, army outfitters, Chat.
ham—J. Anion and S. Billington, tailors, Birkenhead,

Having endeavoured in vain to impress on the Knis
ters of the Crown the absolute necessity of something
being immediately done for the revival of trade, the em-
ployment of the working classes, and the sustenance of
those of the people who could not find work, I have left
my place in the House of Commons with unmingled dis-
may and disgust at the treatment those vital questions
have received from the Queen's advisers, and have re-
turned home with the determination of laying before
you., very briefly, the part I have taken in bringing for-
ward these matters, together with the opinions I have
formed regarding your future interests and those of the
country in general.
The public prints will have informed yon that the
House of Commons has been occupied for nearly a fort-
night with one discussion after another regarding the
existing general distress. The debates I allude to were
on motions by Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Villiers, and myself,
(for Lord Howick allowed the valuable motion to be pro-
posed by him to end in smoke ;) and you may bare
seen that, in spite- of all the varied terms in which the
universal distress was - 'represented, and ineontestibly
proved, the Queen's advisers decidely refused, in the
most explicit manner, to give anything like a promise or
pledge that they would propose any other measures for
the restoration of trade, and the employment of the
millions who are idle and starving, than those which are
unavailingly in force already, namely, the new Corn Law,
the Tariff, and the Income-tax.

Firmly believing that the Corn-law is a cunningly
contrived delusion, and that the Income-tax will be a
fearful drag on the industry of the country, and that the
tariff would do but little to relieve us from our dismal
condition, I lose no time in stating to you that, wafts
some other measures be resorted to, I see no reason to
expect that trade will revive in time to relieve the wants
of the suffering millions, or to save from ruin and des-
truction the capital remaining in the hands of the pro-
(Weave classes.

The Ministers of the Crown have declared, both
publicly and privately, that they will not consent to the
application of public mono• for the support of the starv-
ing population. Nay, more, that they have unequivocally
stated that the poor and less wealthy must be supported
by those around them, who are still a little more wealthy
than they are. This is an awful state of society, involv-
ing a responsibility by one party, none the less fearful
because it is undefined i❑ extent and in degree, than.
painful on account of the consequences too certain. -to
follow ; while to the poor, the destitute, and helpless, it
presents nothing. but the certainty of tontinuallx aggra-
vating misery.

No part, however small, of the fifty-four millions of
money which is to be wrung from our pockets in this
year of unexampled distress, is to be applied to keep the
starving millions from being starved by hunger, na-
kedness, and cold ; for this enormous taxation is all to
be applied to other purposes, which in.the eyes of the
Ministers of the Crown are more legitimate and urgent
objects for the application of the taxes, than the preser-
vation of the people ; and more than this, they have re-
fused to raise a sum for the express purpose of meeting
the present unexampled exigency. This is a nue and.
faithful picture which cannot be contravened from.
authority-. . _

The next point for your consideration, 1 think, is
what can be done in such circumstances ? As your Ye.
presentative in Parliament, I can do no more than I
have done ; and on this ground, and this alone, it is that
I have in despair quitted the House of Commons, in
order to lay these matters more speedily before yolk ;
but, though absent, lam free and unfettered, and may
immediately resume my duties should there be occasion.
I have not paired ow. First, because something un-
foreseen may turn up on which I might, by an instant
return to London, serve your interests anti those of my
country. Secondly, because I distrust equally both of
the factions who contrive by turns to misgovern and op-
press the people of these realms, and would not pair off
in favour of either. I receive my Parliamentary paps
daily in course of post, and watch every movement
which they indicate ; so that were anything usefe' to
be brought forward, and at all likely to prove suce,;essfui
against more than a hundred of a majority, w>}.o support-
Sir llobert Peel in everything he proposee or resists, 1
should be at my post in thirty hours. -
But I see no prospect whatever 'of anything being
done in Parliament for the suffering millions; and, there.
fore, I shall venture to suggest for Your consideration the
only- measure which appears to me 'likely to make an
irn-
pression on the Ministers of the Crown, and which, as yet,
has not been fairly tried. I continuo to believe that; the
Queen is kept in ignorance of the extent and suffering, and
the actual condition of her agonised subjects; and teso of
the truly alarming state of tie country. Asa last re.
sort, therefore, I would rejoice to see a (Imitation of
trustworthy men sent from every town in the kingdom,
to obtain, as a body, an audience of her 'Majesty, so as.
to represent at the foot or the throne, to the Queen in
person, a faithful picture of the appalling state in which
their fellow-subjects are, accompanled by an earnest en-
treaty that she would not pre' ague Parliament until
something be done to allevitlie their sufferings, bud give
hopes, at least, of an improvement in then condition
or, if' Parliament must be prorogued, it 'should be so
only on the clear understanding that, it be summoned
again early in October, so that, the then state of the
country should be fully considered, and provision made
accordingly for the coming winter.
This appears to mo as the only measure which could
be resorted to with hope of success, and I would fain see
it fairly tried i• for, although it is true that the Ministers
of the Crown, and their never failing. majorities in thes
Lords and Commons, have been, by -the late proceedings
in both Houses of Parliament, made more palpably re-
sponsible than usual, still I could wish, in such a fearful
crisis as is now in progress, that the Queen herself should
be warned in the most solemn and impressive manner,
of the real state of the nation, so that the three estat.ea
of Queen, Lords, and Commons, may be all united in the
fearful responsibility.
It is with sincere sorrow I am inducyd, through it sense
of duty, to make this communication, which is done, be
assured in the firm conviction of all 1 have stated being
but too true. 1 have the honour to remain,
Your faithful servant.
IIt)BERT WALLACE.

Kelly, July 19, 1842.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY,
IMPORTANT TO CREDITORS.
Our readers will recollect that a short tirne since we
apprised them of the cancellation of all checks in the
hands of the assignees, which had they, 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 ha&
just been issued :

"At the Court in Basinghall-street,
"London, 15th July, 1842.
" Whereas by an order of the Lord Chancellor, 740 de
on the 28th of June last, it was therein direete 't hat
all drafts for dividends, under any bankruptcy .„state,
'whirl had been delivered to any official assign:e by the
accountant in bankruptcy, for more than s'a
calendar
months, the same having previously be(-4 signed by
slued to any
such accountant, but which had not bola
creditor of such estate, should be fortlaylth brought by
such official assignee, together with; a separate list
thereof, under such estate, to lull etne or more of the
Commissioners of her Majesty's .;ours of Bankruptcy,
who should thereupon be at liberty to. cancel the satne,
and to direct such several lists to be filed with the pro.
ceedings of the.respective bankruptcies.
" And whereas the said order further authorised any
one or more of the said Commissioners to make snub
order or orders, as should be necessary, of a new draftAr
drafts for the dividend or dividends, due to any anch
creditor or creditors, upon his or their applying for the
same, and directed that such new drafts should lav pre-
pared in the form. prescribed in schedule B, anne7;ed 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;
" IVe 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 crerli•
tors applying for the payment of their dividends -will
find at the office of every official assignee in London.
t..meelled
And which draft shall be left with one of the (joninis.
ct, make
.untant in
official ass*ruee of that :f accountant
sioners, who will compare it
Nwrhitilichththeel:iasti
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order
efieledepowioth
the
ee and,dprreocfte,eddiinregsaing hief
pccorr
bankruptcy
afterwardsto signeet the same,urn to the
es-
tate, and when so signed and counteroned by the offi-
dal assignee, may then be issued to tf.e creditor or cre-
ditors, or to some party duly authorksecl by him or them,
on signing a receipt for the divirkpa.
" CIMS. F. WILLIAMS.
" .T. IL MERIVALE.
• " M. FONBLANQUE.
•
" G. C. FANE.
" EDWARD HOLROYI)."
THE SHIPPING INTEREST.—The number of un-
employed seamen at the port of London is now greater
than on any previous occasion within the remembrance
of the Okiestahipowuers. The reasons assigned for this
unfortunate state of things are conflicting. Upwards or
500 able-bodied seamen are now traversing the purlitee
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—the nautical adver-
tisement indicating that they are for sale.