... THE BANKRUP.T LAW. A valuable report has hbee issued hy the Edinbturgh Gene- rid Comanmittee on Bankruptcy-Law Rel'orme, suppgrting some import int alterations ard imrprovermrents in the didmliaksrration of thle Bantkrup~t Lawi of Scotland1. AmoDg ot:er ...

... SCOTS BANKRUPTS. SlEoQIilNrnATIONS. IhIIg Rcid, acconntireit and builder' in Ayrl-cretlitols rllee' hi l thci iirg' I Arms g Hotel, Ayr, 4th Jrelliary, erieu nll tl, . Duncanrr Maciueireil, rolicitolr, can dlealei In raillivcy and bank s Iir yes, renidirig ...

... SCOTS B&ANKRUPTS. SEQUESTRATIONS. George Dickson, brewer, Star Brewery, Dundee- .reditors meet in the British Hotel, Dundee, 23r Tanuary, one o'clock-Jas. Lowson, solicitor, Dundee, agent. John M'Nellan, lately brewer in Alloi, and residing ;here, now ...

... PUNISHMENT OF FRAUDULENT . BANKRUPTS. petei (FROM THE MIERCANTILE TEST.) in a Persons in embarrassed circumstances must ag V now, under the new English Bankruptcy and In- a VjO solvency Act, 24th and 25th Viet., chap. 134, take heed what they are doing; ...

... the creditors under the Bankrupt or In- solvent Laws of Engl'and or Ireland, the said Court in either.division thereof or the Lord Or- dinary may either recall the seqnestratisn,'r pronounce a judgment fiadiiig that the bankrupt shall not be entitled to ...

... to the Coart, the bankrupt said he was ordained in England. The services of the church at Aberdeen are still going on, and there is a' gentleman acting independently of the Bishop . of' Aberdeen. or DALRYMPLu explained that the bankrupt be- Llongedtoa party ...

... as pre. ferences, and that they, as well as the pay. ments made under them, were extorted from the bankrupts, and to have it declared that the bankrupts were tot due the £230, and that the efender was not entitled to rank for that amount on the sequestrated ...

... the meeting: -Finds-lst, That it is enacted by the 58th section of the Bankrupt Act, 2 and 3 Vicet., cap. 41, that such majority may resolve that the personal protection of the bankrupt may be renewed for such time as they may think fit; and in such case ...

... trustees and Mr Webster, agent for the trustee. Neither the bankrupt, Fr Clark, his counsel, nor Mr Wilkie, his agent, appeared. This morning Mr Webster received' the following letter toom the bankrupt 24 Nortlumberland. Street, Edinburgh, December. 12, 1857 ...

... respect that the, bankrupt is bound to answer all lawful questions relating to his affairs, and also in respect the document referred to is. in the hands of his agent, Mr Torrance, and ought now to be proriun-ed, so that the bankrupt has it now in his ...

... Buchanan, I really must ia- sist upon a more explicit answer. The Bankrupt-I never refused to allow Mr Burn to make an inventory. Mr WYLIE-Sir, do you mean to tell me a lie to my face? The Bankrupt-I assure you I am not aware, of my own hnowledge that. he Wag ...

... estate. Fourubly, tihsy enome- ate several nilour evils as calculared to diminish the proceeds: of a bankrupt's estate, such as the permission to the bankrupt to retain possession of his whbole estate, books, and vouchers, until the meeting far the election ...