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33. The conrt may enlar
rendering himself.
3.4. Penalties on bankrupts fer destroyir

ge the time for the bankrupt sur-

or falsifying their

books, &c.
35. Penalty on bankrupts for carrying on business and ob-
taining goods in contemplation of bankruptcy, &c.

36. -Provision respecting certificates, &C

37. Bankrupts not entitled to certificates, and such certifi-
cates, if obtained, to be void, if they have lost by gaming £2O
in one day, or £2OO within 12 months, or £2OO by stock-
jobbing, or if they have concealed hooks, or committed other
fraudulent acts specially mentioned in this act.
. .

3g. Prescribes the mode of obtaining certificates of con
formity, &c., &c. _ .

39. All contracts and securities given to induce creditors
to forbear opposing such certificates, to be void.
_

40. Penalty on creditors for obtaining money, goods, &c
as an inducement to forbear opposition, &c.

42. No bankrupt to be liable upon any promise to pay
debts discharged by virtue of such certificate, unless such
promise be in writing.
_ _ .

The remainder of the cl

ses relate to matters of minor

importance to the public

ENORMOUS CoLLEcrtoN.—We have been informed that
on Sunday fortnight a sermon was preached at the parish
church of Elawstead, for the benefit of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel, when an enormous collection was
tnade amounting to threepence. The population of the pa-
rish is, we believe, 480.—Bury Herald.

LOSS OF A FRENCH FISHING SAf ACK, AND NINE LIVES.
—O❑ Saturday morning intelligence was received in the city
of the total loss of the fishing-smack St. Louis, No. 52, be-
longing to Boulogne-sur-Mer, during a strong gale on Friday
morning, near Dungeness. The crew, consisting of the
master, five fishermen, and three apprentices, unfortunately
perished.
Mr. FERRAN D AND THE LF,AGLI ERS.—No man has lately
made such a sensation in the House of Commons, on a sud-
den, as Mr. Busfield Ferranti, member for Knaresborough.
He is not an orator, neither is his manner very good ; but he
goes straight on to the mark, and will not be put down. Ile
is master of his subject too, and has great self-possession.
The etiquette of parliament paralyses some men—it cannot
affect Ferrand. He does not mind it in the least. That eti-
quette requires, for instance, that a member must not name
another in his speech ;—it must be " the hon. member for
Salford," " the hon. member for Wolverhampton," or " the
right hon. member for London." Instead of that, Mr. Fer-
rand speaks of Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Villiers, and Lord J.
Russell. precisely as if the said etiquette was (as it ought to
be) a dead letter ; or as if he knew nothing of it. He has
made very serious charges against Cobden, Brotherton, and
others ; and, while making them looks full in their faces, as
if his duty was to address them instead of the Speaker. He
tells plai❑ facts, in a plain way ; and the millocrat members
hate him for exposing them. Put him down in the usual way
(by crowing, grunting, scraping. and coughing,) they cannot.
If they apply strong language to him, he coolly retorts with
stronger. He is quite a thorn in the side of the league. He
has an excellent temper, and a good voice. They tried to
bully him, by saying that he had charged all the manufactu-
rers who are members of the league with being truck-masters,
&c. ; but he pinned them to what he did say—and many of
them were. Mr. Ferrand is quite a young man—under 30.
He was a solicitor in Yorkshire, and did not dream of en-
tering parliament until his mother's succeeding to a very
large property made him independent. He lost little time in
presenting himself to the electors of Knaresborough, by whom
he was returned last June.—Salopian Journal.

THE GENTLEMEN OF THE LAW.—The number of per-
sons who have risen by the ''
from low fortunes to the very
highest places in the stateAdiws(s extraordinary. The present
Attorney-General of En(gklta:on,dvo
toir F. Pollock) is the son of
a saddler. The shop sporting. characters) at
Charing-cross, now kept by Messr • Cuff, belonged. to Pol-
lockwho disposed of his business uFssoi.nliess to its. present pos-
pere,
Follett (Solicitor-General)
pos-
sessors. The father of Sir W
still keeps a timber-yard near Exeter. Sir J. Williams (of
the Queen's Bench in England), is the
of,, a Yorkshire
horse-dealer. The Chancellor of Irelinlna(Sugden) is the
this profound
son of a barber : it is only fair to say
lawyer glories in his origin. At the Cambridge ge election,
while speaking from thetion;e:rfa2?B::oSli,r,
when Lord Monteagle beat him by a majority d
Edward was assailed,
a cry from a whig snarler, of •• Off! off! you baurrillgs, with
Sir Edward, not at all disconcerted, said at The
difference between the person who thus assails me Lid
is simply this—had he been horn the son of a barber, he
would have remained in the same condition during all 11;1's life,;
I was horn one, and have risen from that humble sphere."
ere. '
The father of Mr. Platt, Queen the
' l
Queens counsel, one of '
most
eminent of the English common law bar, was a clerk to the
late Lord Ellenborough. Baron Gurney a
Gurneys mother kept
small shop. for political pamphlets. Mr. Petersdorff's father
was aiurrier. Lord Kenyon, who was successively Attor.
ney-General (under Lord "Rocking Liam's second administra-
tion), a baronet, and Master of the Rolls in 1784, and in
1788 Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench (in succes-
sion to the Earl of Mansfield), and who died worth £300,000,
was clerk to an attorney. Lord Hardwicke, who was Attor-
ney-General in the 34th year of his age, was son of an
attorney at Dover, who, according to some persons, was
hanged for forgery. Lord Eldon was son of a coal-fitter at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, and his brother (afterwards Lord
is borrowed £lO in order to enable him to go his first
circuit. Lord Tenterden's father was a barber at Canterbury.
Lord Langdale was formerly an accoucheur. Lord Camp-
bell and Serjeant Spankie were formerly reporters on the
Morning Chronicle.—Dublin Monthly Magazine.

THEATRE-ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.
(IN EASTER MONDAY, March 28, will be presented,
V 1 for the first time in Liverpool, Shakspeare's

MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM,
With entirely New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, Decora-

tions, and Appointments;
Preceded by Mendelsshon's celebrated Overture.
The Musical Arrangements by Mr. Aldridge:

The Scenery by Mr. C. Pa;ker, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kelshaw,

and Assistants.
The Decorations and Appointments by Mr. M'Crum
The Machinery by Mr. Willmore._

The Dresses by Mr. Coombe, Mrs. Hall, and Mrs. Watson
The Dances by Mons. Schmidt.
The whole under the direction of Mr. W. J. Hammond.

Theseus .. (Duke of Athens).. Mr. Mude.
Lysander.... (in love with Hermia).... Mr. Nantz,
From the Theatres-loyal, Bath and Birmingham, his first

appearance on this stage.
Quince.... (the Carpenter).... Mr. Baker.
Bottom (the Weaver)
Flute.. (the Bellows-mender).. Mr. Slaiter.
5nug......
Hermia (in love with Lysander)
Helena.. (in love with Demetrius).. Miss Julia Bennett.
FAIRIES.
Oberon (King ol' the Fairies) Miss Gardner.
Titania.. (Queen of the Fairies).. Miss Ellen Chaplin,
From the Adelphi Theatre, London.
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow.... (a Fairy).... Miss Webster..
First Fairy Miss E. Honner.
Second Fairy Mrs. Barton.

The Scenery will represent Colonnade in the Palace of
Theseus ; the Terrace, Statuary, Gardens, and distant View
of Athens.—Room in Quince's Cottage.—Fairy Haunt, andL
Titania's Bower.—Wood near Athens, by Moonlight and.
Sunlight.—Grand Hall in the Palace of Theseus.—With.
temporary Stage for the Representation of the most Lament-•
able Comedy and Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe.—
Prologue by Quince (the Carpenter.) Pyramus by. Bottom.
(the Weaver.) Thisbe by Flute (the Bellows mender.),
Wall by Snout (the Tinker.) Moonshine by Starveling (the
Tailor.) Lion by Snug (the Joiner.) Concluding with an,
Illuminated Gallery ! Oberon and Titania assemble their
Fairy Troop to bless the Nuptials of Theseus and Hippolyta..

The •Evening's Entertainments will terminate with the

Farce of
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER,

Sir Mark Chase.. Mr. Baker I Alfred Highflyer.. Mr.Nantx
Fixture.... Mr. W. J. Hammond.
Maria Darilngton.. Miss Julia Bennett.
The Box-office will be opened daily, when Places may be
taken of Mr. COOKS, from Ten until Three o'clock. No,
Places can be secured unless Tickets are taken.
Doors to be opened at half-past Six, and the Performances
to commence at Seven o'clock precisely.
Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. 6d.
Gallery, ls.
SECOND PRICE will be taken at the end of the Third Act:
of the Midsummer [Night's Dream. Lower Boxes, 2s. 6d. ;.
Upper Boxes, 23. ' • Pit, ls. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d.
A limited number of Season Tickets, not transferable and
not admissible on Benefit Nights, may be bad on application.
to Mr. CooKE, at the Box-office.

THE Proprietors of the AMERICAN COMPANY OF
I EQUESTRIANS beg leave to intimate, tbat having
taken the

ROF

AMPHITHEATRE,

it is their intention to OPEN that Establishment for a li-
mited number of Representations, with a select AMERICAN
COMPANY, including a sylendid _ _

STUD OF AM.ERICAN HORSES.
They will have the honour of making their first appearance
in Europe on

EASTER MONDAY.

The Entertainments will be of the most novel and varied
character : a full and particular Programme of which wilt
appear in future announcements.
March 18th, 1842.

TO PROFESSIONAL GENTLEMEN AND
OTHERS.

jB. HEWITT, SHORT-HAND WRITER AND PRINCIPAL
• REPORTER TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, begs to
offer his services to Legal Gentlemen and others who may
wish to obtain SPECIAL REPORTS of any Cases for Triai
at the ensuing LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.
Standard-office.