Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-21
Curious Revelations of Bankrupt Chi

naman In Scotland.
On late occasion the San Francisco Blu
letin mentioned in its summary of Europea
news, the bankruptcy of a Chinaman in Scot
land named Atting Atti and alluded to som
strange developments which transpired in tn
course of his examination by the creditors
From a Glasgow paper, dated sth September
last, We find the following report of certair
proceedings in the bankruptcy:
The examination of Atting Att took plac,
Yesterday, in the chambers of Sheriff Sil
! Archibald Alison. Mr. Moncrieff Mitchell
! trustee. and Mr. Samuel Donald, law agent il
the sequestration, were present The bank
rupt, having been interrogated, ,deposed:
am native of China, having been borr
in the neighborhood of Canton. About thir
teen years agoI came to this country, and
have since become Christiun, and a mem
Der of the Free Church of Scotland Fol-
several years after coming to Britain, was
engaged as shopman in Manchester, Glas
gov, and other towns. In June, 1855, | com
menced business on my own account, as a
tea merchant, in Glasgow. At that time
had a capital of ESQ which had saved out
of my earnings as a shopman. | commenced
in Brunswick street, in the shop | at present
occupy; but | opened another branch es
tablishment in King street about Is months
ago and found it necessary to close it about
six months thereafter, because it did not pay.
| removed the stock in it to the shop in
Brunswick street | consider that | lost
about 92O0 by the King street shop.
In Jan ary or December last, | opened a
temperance coffee house in Brunswick street,
opposite my present shop, which | carried
on for about six months after which gave
it up, on account of its being an improbable
concern. carried on this business under
the name of Single, Atti d Co., myself being
the sole partner, and unmarried. gave that
name to the firm to intimate that | was a
bachelor, so that the ladies might be led to
believe that they might have some chance of
securing husband and, on that account,
might be induced to patronize the establish
ment lost fully e70 by the coffee-house
business.
About II months ago, an action of DANA
ges was raised against me before the Sheriff
Court, Glasgow, at the instance of Miss
Dorothy Smith, for breach of promise of
marriage, which l defended through nv
agent, Mr.. j. L. Lang, and in which decree
was pronounced by the Sheriff Substitute for
G3l los. and costs. The judgment is at pres
ent under appeal to the Sheriff 1t was in
consequence of this judgment my creditors
obliged me to apply for the present seques-
tration. This girl, Dorothy Smith, was al.
ways coming about my shop, evidently to in
duce me to make her ny wife, which | was
always averse to- and her mother offered me
ESQ to marry her daughter, but which re-
fused. | never promised to marry her.
gave her about f7 in money to buy a gown
and some other articles, but gave her these
articles in order to get rid of her.
| can only account for the remaining de.
fciency in my assets to meet my liabilities
from the depreciation in stock, fitting up of
shops, and the business not paying for a con-
siderable time back and my credit being af.
fected in consequence of opening the estab-
lishment above mentioned. | have no other
property or means of any description |
have nothing but my ten fingers to depend
on. l have given up all my means to my
trustee. have no property in China Nv
father is dead. | don't know whether nv
mother is alive or not She was alive when
left China. have not given preference to
any of my creditors.