On Monday the Lord Mayor received the following.communication from a gentleman resident at Paisley "My Lord, excuse the liberty I take in calling your Lordship's attention to the enclosed papers, which I have received to-day from some party in your city of London. I have ordered

A Declaration of Insolvency, under the Act of 6 Geo. IV., Cap. 16, has been filed by the Undermentioned person, which is an act of Bankruptcy, upon which a Fiat may be issued by any Creditor, at any time within two months from the date of the notice in the Gazette. WRIGHT, Thoma

PARSONS, John Mainwaring, Bilston, out of business, formerly at Bloxwich, Coal Master, • 25 September, at twelve. County Court, Wolverhampton. T2TTITT, John, Wingham, Bricklayer, 25 September' at ten. County Court, Deal. RHODES, George, Wolverhampton, Carrier's Clerk, 25 Septemb

BARCLAY, C. F., & Co. C. F. Barclay & Co. (see previous Circular) have by the exposu res o f thi s an d o th er T ra d e Protection Societies, been driven from Maidenlane, College-street. They did not, during their short stay there, appear to have done much business, although th

E. J. Simmons of 3 Kender-street liatcham, . 2 has been' giving an order to a firm in Birmingham ; he calls himself a builder, but has no shop or place of business. The above address is a house of a very mean description,. where E. J. Simmons is a lodger, and a new comer. SMITH,

of every day experience, especially such as are noticed below; and the object of this advertisement is to direct attention to a means, which, in most instances, will prevent their cccurrenee, and in all others insure detection, so as to produce demonstrably correct accounts. Fir

2/. is. for goods sold. It appeared that the parties had been in the habit of dealing together for some time. The plaintiff alleged that it. 14s. of the debt was a balance due since 1846, and produced his books to prove this. On the contrary the defendant produced a great number

the petition of the bankrupt. The balance-sheet extends from March, 1847, to the date of the fiat. It contains the following items on the debit side :—Creditors, 3281.; capital, 1941.; profits, 1421.; and on the credit side, good debts, 67.; losses, 2191. ; trade expenses, 2397.

Mr. T. Macfarlane's, Edinburgh. Mr. J. Livingstone's, Edinburgh. Mr. A. Harris's, Glasgow.