Chatham, Kent, hotel keeper: in the Debtors Prison for London and Middlesex.-T. E. Cole, Lower-marsh, Lambeth, Surrey, baker: in the Gaol of Horsemonger-lane.-Noah Bond, High-st., Southwark, Surrey, baker: in the Gaol of Horsemonger-lane.-C. Tyrwhitt, Brompton-sq., Brompton, Middlesex, gentlemen: in the Queen's Prison.-E. Bell, Piccadilly, Middlesex, gentleman: in the Queen's Prison.-Mat. Winn, Bassingham, near Lincoln, Lincolnshire, farmer: in the Gaol of Lincoln.-Thos. Bond, Spalding, Lincolnshire, iron founder moulder in the Gaol of Lincoln.-George Baker, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, professor of music: in the Gaol of Nottingham.-George Dicken, Rugeley, Staffordshire, tailor: in the Gaol of Stafford.-John Sommers, Tamworth, Staffordshire, blacksmith: in the Gaol of Stafford.-John Morton, Clifton, near Rugby, Warwickshire, railway sub-contractor's clerk: in the Gaol of Coventry.-Frederick Stephenson, Bradford, Yorkshire, saddler: In the Gaol of York.-Wm. Whiteley, Aspley, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, shoemaker: in the Gaol of York.-Vere John Clarke, New Lenton, Nottinghamshire, hatter: in the Gaol of Radford Peverel.-G. Topham, Alfreton, Derbyshire, grocer: in the Gaol of Derby.-Richard Graham, West Teignmouth, Devonshire, shoemaker: in the Gaol of St. Thomas the Apostle.-Thos. Leigh, Onslow-hall, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, butler: in the Gaol of Shrewsbury.-John Schofield, Top of the Hill, Sandbach, Cheshire, bricklayer: in Chester Castle.

The following Prisoners are ordered to be brought before a Commissioner on Circuit:

Court-house, LEWES, Sussex, March 24 at 10. Thos. Munn the younger, Brighton, lodging-house keeper. -Joseph Duffield, Beach, Little Hampton, tailor.-Charles Penneycud, Brighton, out of business.-Robt. Henry Salmon, Horsham, hotel keeper. Thos. George Medhurst, Brighton, porter merchant.-Joseph Best, Horsted Keynes, East Grinstead, farmer.-John Blake, Brighton, out of business.

Court-house, TAUNTON, Somersetshire, March 25 at 10. James Hurst, Axbridge, tailor.—Wm. Cook, Bridgewater, builder.-John Tanner, Walcot, near Bath, out of business.Benjamin Cook, Burton St. David, near Somerton, out of

business.

Court-house, BRISTOL, (City), March 23 at 10. John White Emblin, Bristol, out of business.-Edw. Matthias, Bristol, hair dresser.-Eliz. Dark, Bristol, maltster.Thos. Millsom, Bristol, cabinet maker.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' DIVIDENDS. Thomas Redwood, Sion-place, Walworth, Surrey, clerk in her Majesty's Ordnance Office, Tower, Bloomfield, 2, John'sterrace, Avenue-road, Lewisham: 158. 6d. in the pound.-J. Fenner, Luton, near Chatham, Kent, pensioner in the Royal Navy, Davies, 2, Victoria-place, Perry-street, Northfleet: 11s. 6d. in the pound.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12.

JOSEPH THOMAS TOWNSEND, High-street, Islington, Middlesex, carpet dealer, dealer and chapman, March 23 at 11, and April 24 at half-past 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Follett; Sols. Pain & Hatherly, 83, Basinghall-street, London.-Fiat dated March 9.

HENRY CHARLES BROOM, Lawrence Pountney-hill, London, grocer, dealer and chapman, March 23 at half-past 11, and April 24 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Green; Sols. Van Sandau & Co., King-street, Cheapside, London.-Fiat dated March 5.

EDWARD ABEL TAYLOR, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, licensed victualler, dealer and chapman, March 23 at 1, and April 23 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Edwards; Sols. Holmer & Son, 24, Bridge-street, Southwark, Surrey.-Fiat dated March 3.

WILLIAM LITTLE, Borough-road, Southwark, Surrey, paper manufacturer, (carrying on business in copartnership with James Berwick), March 24 at 1, and April 29 at 12), Court of Bankruptcy, London: Off. Ass. Bell; Sol. Hall, 49, Moorgate-street, London.-Fiat dated March 10. HENRY LOVATT and WILLIAM HINDE LARKMAN CORRAN, Liverpool, merchants, March 26 and April 27 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool: Off. Ass. Cazenove; Sols. Norris, Liverpool; Norris & Co., 20, Bedford-row, London.-Fiat dated March 8.

JOHN ARMITAGE, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woollen cloth merchant, dealer and chapman, March 29 and April 16 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds: Off. Ass. Hope; Sols. J. and W. Sykes, Milns-bridge, near Huddersfield; Sykes, Leeds; Sparham, Chancery-lane, London. - Fiat dated Feb. 26.

MEETINGS.

George Park, Bury-street, Westminster, Middlesex, tailor, March 26 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, last ex. Josiah Slough, Twickenham, Middlesex, baker, April 8 at 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.- Wm. Toms and J. Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.-John Card, Dilton, Matthews, Hungerford, Berkshire, brewers, April 8 at 12, Westbury, Wiltshire, miller, April 8 at 1, Court of Bankruptcy, London, aud. ac.- Ed. Stephens Messiter and Fred. Messiter, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, tailors, April 9 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol, aud. ac.-Wm. Giles, Brighton, Sussex, boarding-house keeper, April 7 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London, div.

CERTIFICATES.

To be allowed, unless Cause be shewn to the contrary on or before the Day of Meeting.

John Titley, High-st., Southwark, Surrey, woollen draper, April 7 at half-past 11, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-W. cloth manufacturer, April 5 at half-past 12, Court of BankCleversley, Cumberland-place, Old Kent-road, Surrey, floor ruptcy, London.-Alex. Russell, Ashford, Kent, saddler, April 14 at 12, Court of Bankruptcy, London.-T. Clarke, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, victualler, licensed victualler, April 13 at 1, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.Wm. Robert Vaughan, Bristol, builder, April 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. John Newby, Leicester, April 9 at 12, Exchange-rooms, Nottingham.-Thos. Bailey, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, printer, April 8 at 11, District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham.

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LONDON, MARCH 20, 1847.

A DOUBT has been lately suggested in the Courts of at least two of the Commissioners in Bankruptcy, whether the stats. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 116, and 7 & 8 Vict. c. 96, are applicable to the case of insolvents wholly without assets. The doubt has been attempted to be met by the observation, that, if those statutes do not so apply, the Commissioners of Bankruptcy have been erroneously administering the law for years, and that, in point of fact, it is precisely insolvents without assets who require the protection of these statutes. The first of these observations can have no weight whatever, as it amounts to no more than that the Commissioners have mistaken the law, which, if true, would be no reason for declaring the law to be in conformity with their mistake. The second may have some weight as an argument, ab inconvenienti, if it shall be found that the statutes are really ambiguous; but the general rule must of course be followed in this as in all other cases of construction, of finding the meaning of the statutes in the statutes themselves, having regard to the subject-matter on which they operate.

The question is, then, is there really much doubt about the construction of the statutes, and particularly of the 5 & 6 Vict., in which originates the particular jurisdiction in question? The preamble of that statute is expressed thus: "Whereas it is expedient to protect from all process against the person, such persons as have become indebted without any fraud, or gross or culpable negligence, so as, nevertheless, their estates may be duly distributed among their creditors. Be it enacted," &c.

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The commissioner is to examine him, and if he finds that his debts were not improperly contracted, and particularly that they were not contracted "without having at the time of becoming indebted reasonable assurance of being able to pay the debts," and if the commissioner finds that the debtor has made a full discovery of his estate, effects, debts, and credits, then the commissioner may deal with him under the statute.

On the passing of the final order, the petitioner's present and future estate is, by the 7th section, to vest in the assignees. This act prescribes no specific form of statement by the petitioner as to his debts and assets.

The 7 & 8 Vict. c. 96, does not touch, and being only an amending and extending statute, in fact adopts the preamble of the 5 & 6 Vict.; but it does prescribe a specific form of petition, which it requires to be supported by an affidavit; and that form of petition contains, among other allegations, "That your petitioner has not parted with or charged any of his property (with certain exceptions) at any time within three months of the date of filing this his petition, or at any time with a view to this petition.

"That your petitioner is desirous that his estate should be administered under the protection and direction of this honourable Court; and that he verily believes such estate is of the value of £ at the least, unincumbered, &c.; and that the same is available for the benefit of his creditors."

The almost absurdity of the doctrine, that the acts were meant to apply to persons wholly without assets, might perhaps be best detected by really considering a petition drawn in conformity with that state of things, recollecting that, as the petitioner's estate = = 0, 0 may be substituted in the petition, wherever the petitioner's estate is referred to. Thus

Your petitioner is desirous that O should be adminis. tered under the protection of the court, and he verily