The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-16 00:00:00

SCOTCH BA NK R UPTS.

August ,11. James Honey, merchant, Pcrlb—Creiliters
me..t in the White Bell inn there, stalk August mid lath Sep.
Amber; nut •
August K. William Ciottrlie, grocer, and spirit-dealer, Glas,
go‘v•-'-.Ceeilitors meet in the Prince of Wales tavern there,
20114 August, and 10th Septembers at 2. -
August' 8." John Clark, merchant, Inverness—Creditors
meet in Cant's hotel there, 2tith August and 12th September,
at 14.
Lewis Morrison, tenant, cattle-dealer, and ;horse-dealer,
Milling, to he examined in Kinross's inn, Dqulrlanet 14th
and 99th August, it ie. '
'CV4liani 11t1413rairi merchant, Dumfries, to be, examined in
the Sheriff clerles,office there, 42d August and 6th Septem-
ber, at te.
George Sharp, merchant, Grasssnarket, Edinburgh, to be
examined ln the Sherilf-clerk's office, Edinburgh, 21st August
and "Ole September, at 1.
Creditors of David Pattison, merchant, Glasgow, meet in
tle.chatpbt rsof Macpherson asaltfaclaehlane, writers there,
41`li August,ut 14.
-Stites of the affairs of Alexander Yearnan, matinfacturer,
Forfar, lie with the trittte—No dividend.

TRISH BANKRUPTS.
Thornas Dawson Atkinson, Dame-street, in fire City of
Publin, to surrender on the,l9th and 200 days Of August
inst. and on the 19th of Swemher next.
Wm. Kirk, of Antrim, County Antrim, dealer and char-
man ; Pat Fagan, Oldeastle, County Meath, dealer and Chair-
man; Samuel Ball, Dublin, earthenware-merchant, all to
surrender on the 21st and 22dAugust, end 121st of Septeas-
her next.

The five criminals under sentence of death at
Berwick, for coining, have received a respite
during the PRINCE RRGIINT'S pleasure. One of
them, Mary Moen, has been delivered or t► son,
slaw 411 c received sentence of death.

.-.Str.,—Your Correspondent I. G.; whose letter
:was inserted in THE-SbN of the 14th inst. contain-
ing .retrtarks on a part of the plan of building ships
invetited by Mr. SEITING, one of the Surveyors of
the Navy, does‘not appear to be acquainted that
that part of the plan, " the frames,"
the novelty of which he gives to Admiral &HANK,
tines not belong either to that gallant Admiral or
Mr. Si:WINGS, it having been practised more or
less in his Majesty's Nary tor a century. The
only' novelty is in the mode of tilling-in practised
by Mr. SEYPINGS, that of doing it by. wedges
driven alternately from within and without board.
It never has been doubter) thitt "
giveS coOderable strength tau ship's frame ; but
whether the internal surface of the timbers would
not lie subject to decay if footweling were placed
over them,. is very questionable; this is the chief
,reason, I presume, that, has induced Alr.-Ser-
PINGS- not to carry this system higher than the
orlop clamps.
As a diigonal (ranting, covering only a small
part of the timber, is substituted for the foot-
waling, the interior surface of the timbers is chiefly
exposed, and their durability thereby increased.
The external surface of the timbers% not so like-
ly to decay, as the air is extlieled, and the tent-
perature kept comParatively low, by the water in
which the ship is immersed:
Much as lam in favour of filling-in the tinr-
hers, so as to form a compacted body below the
orlops- of ships of the line,'yet I am of opinion
the greatest caution should be used in extending it
above the line of flotation, and particularly so in
situations where both surfaces of the timbers are
covered by planking.
No one can be more alive to the merits of'Ad
miral SCISANK than myself, or lament more than
I do the circumstance which has deprived his
country of the full exercise ut his talents and in-
genuity.
Aug. it;, tile. .K.