Mr. Newton Wigney underwent a second examination before the Commissioners
of Bankruptcy, at Brighton, yesterday. His disclo- sures were delivered with the air of a man who desired to make a clean breast of it, and hardly knew the light in which his acts would be viewed. He stated that they had not struck a general balance for years. At the time of his father's death, the bank was not solvent without the private property, which was estimated at 90,000/. or 100,0001. All the capital which he and his brother had in the bank was 2,5374 until they put in their shares of the 40,0001. accruing from the sale of a brewery, and divided among four. The bankrupt had taken shares in a great number of speculations—an India Rubber Company, to which the last payment was 4,5001. in cash ; a Potato Sugar Company, in which 7,5551. had been sunk since December 1841; a concern at Glasgow, loss unknown, perhaps 30,0001., but he thought not 73,000L, since 1838; an American Land Company, Gas, Iron, Steam-boat, Tennis-Court, and Insurance Companies. Since the bankruptcy, he had had about 500/. in cash ; of which he had invested 3001. in Foreign Stocks. These bonds, Mrs. Wigney's jewellery, and 1,100/. in money, were surren- dered at the examination. The usual protection was then given to the bankrupt.
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