The Sun. — London, England, 1848-06-14 00:00:00

HE REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA. The following intelligence from Caracas will be read with interest by all persons commercially con nected with the Republic of Venezuela. We under stand an agent of the Venezuelan Government is at the present moment in London, charged to negotiate a loan of 240,0001. The following address from British merchants engaged in business with Caracas and La Guayra was presented on the 25th of April to the British Chargé d'Affaires—a similar address was presented on the 28th by the English merchants at Puerto Cabello : " Caracas, April 25, 1848. " The undersigned British merchants, engaged in business here and in La Guayra, have the honour of addressing you as the representative of her Britannic Majesty in Venezuela, for the purpose of soliciting your attention to the law passed on the 21st instant, copy and translation of which are annexed, for the issue of bonds to the extent of 5,000,000 of dollars, the first article of which they apprehend will have the most disastrous con sequences to their interests. " It does not belong to them, as foreigaers, to pass a judgment on the policy of the measure in question, as regards its bearings on the general welfare and prospe rity of this Republic; but they entertain the conviction that the provisions of the first article attack the sanctity of property, and are a manifest violation of the solemnity of contracts made in virtue of, and in accordance with, the laws of the country. It determines that payment of debts, contracted in conformity with the law of the 10th of April, 1834 (copy and translation of which we ac company), may be made in the bonds to be issued by the Government, secured on property, in most cases it may be presumed, already mortgaged to the creditors, and which, therefore, it is no longer within the power of the debtor to load with fresh incumbrances. If the creditors (and every British subject engaged in business is so) re fuse to accept them in satisfaction of their claim at the nominal value, it is left to the option of the debtor, within the period of one year, to demand that time (espera) be granted, or a reduction of the debt, one or other of which to be determined by arbitration, in the manner therein provided, which it is to be obligatory upon the creditor to accept in all its consequences, for the same article determines that the sen tence is without appeal. The advantages thus conferred on the debtor are even greater than at first sight they appear. Of the arbitrators one is sure to be his friend, and when the umpire comes to be named, of course he insists upon a person favourable to the interests he re. presents being chosen, or the matter stands over, to the injury of the creditor, who is thus kept out of his money, by which the object of the debtor is attained; or, if sentence be pronounced, it must be a modification of the original engagement, and no modification can take place that is not an immediate benefit to the debtor, tor it is here to be borne in mind, that the debtor has received, under the original contract, full value for the amount of his engagement. " No one ventures to hope that the bonds to be issued by the law will be equal in value to those of the domes tic debt, which at present may be quoted at 40 per cent. Few believe that it will reach the half of this price, and as the necessities of the planters, who thus burden their properties,and proclaim th e ir pecuniary embarrassments, compel them to force to sale at whatever sacrifice such of these assigned to them as they may retain in their hands in order to obtain the means of carrying on cul tivation and even of support, it will be scarcely an ex aggeration- to set down the probable money - va lu e of this paper at one-tenth or one-twelfth of that w hich it pro fesses to represent. " With no inclination to advance aught tha t may be deemed disrespectful to the institutions of this country, after what has been stated above, they feel it incumbent upon them to declare, that the manner in which the tri bunal is constituted, which is to decide upon the value of their claims, inspires in them no confidence whatever, and that they look upon its sentence as, in all cases, cer tain to favour the debtor at their expense. " The monstrous injustice of allowing the party who bas benefited in a contract, to seek to exempt himself from the fulfilment of stipulations that are favourable to the other, without both being restored to the position in which each stood when the engagement was originally entered into by appealing to the decision of arbitrators, in the choice of whom the creditor, whose rights are in vaded, possesses no security beyond that of the debtor who his favoured in his attempts to deprive him of what the law awarded, must be apparent to all, and will have the attention at your hands which it so eminently de serves. "If, therefore, the creditor is to be sacrificed, either in the amount awarded, the indulgence granted, or the way in which payment is made, what prospect short of ruin awaits those who, in perfect confidence that the laws would be observed and justice impartially administered, have intrusted their own capital and that of others on guarantees, which now, by the retrospective character of the proposed measure, are scandalously set aside or shamefully evaded? The preservation of credit is im possible where the creditor is thus placed at the mercy of the debtor; and the peculiar hardship and injustice sought to be inflicted are the more apparent, when these concessions to the one party, absolutely incapacitate the other from the fulfilment of conditions towards the public and the State, as in the case of custom-house duties, &c., which are rigorously enforced. In the case of the Colonial Bank, the retention of specie and the conversion of its notes are obligatory, while the means of doing so at all times must be provided by its debtors, who nevertheless may appeal to the provisions of the contemplated law, and require it to take bonds, or to submit to an indefinite term for payment, awarded by a tribunal whose sympathies would be, it is not too much to say, in favour of those whose case, in all probability, would soon aiter be their own. "This confiscation of property, by bringing transac tions legally completed, within the sphere of enactments only now submitted to the executive in order to become Jaw, is confidently asserted to be a violation of the treaty stipulations, and upon this ground your attention is called to the Bth and 11th articles of the treaty with our country, wherein it is provided that absolute freedom shall be allowed in all cases to the buyer and seller to bargain and fix the price of any goods, wares, and mer chandise,' and that their effects and property, whether intrusted to individuals or to the state, shall not be liable,' even in the time of war, to seizure or seques tration.' Much less is Venezuela, in the tine of peace, in virtue of the real or assumed distress of a compara tively small portion of its citizens, and those among the higher and wealthier classes, to insist abruptly upon her Majesty's subjects surrendering their claims, and sub mitting to a confiscation of the fruit of their labour, and possibly of property, for the safety of which they are responsible, invading the principle universally recog nised, that no law of posterior date can have a retro active effsct. " In virtue of the above considerations, arising out of their situation generally, and the wide-spread misery which must follow the sanction of the law by the Execu tive, the undersigned, being quite content to intrust the conduct of this affair to your discretion, have to entreat that, in the event of such a course meeting with your approbation, you will take the earliest opportunity of bringing the matter under the consideration of the Ve nezuelan Government, pointing out its dangerous ten dencies and palpable injustice, and seating, finally, that if their friendly re, reseetalions are disregarded, they are prepared to protest, and to throw the consequences of this violent proceedin g on the Venezuelan Government, calling, as they must then do, upon their own for re dress. "Her Britannic Majesty's subjects have the most en tire confidence that their interests will find in you, as they always have done, a zea l ous and able advocate' on this occasion, and the undersigned scarcely can contem plate the possibility of an emergency, wherein their in terests may be more extensively or deeply implicated, nor one in which more flagra n t i n j ustice may be defeated.' " With sentiments of the highest t, res e we have the honour to be, sir, your obedi ent humble servants, (Signed) ,6 George Ward; L. Miranda, manager of the Co-' lonial Bank; W. Anderson; O'C a ll aghan and ; Mocatta and Co.; Michael and Law rence O'Callaghan; J. Halle; Meyer and Ren- nedy; A. Dunbar; Edwprd Thornbrough Har rison; Pp. L. Steinthal and Co.; J. Theodor; H. J. Lord; S4ntiago M'Manus; L. B. Adams ; Miguel Ellui; Bartolo Bontante; Thomas IV, Filler; Gregor MacGregor; Robert J. Boulton; Pp. John Boulton; G. K. Circowich; C. Chitty." Mr. Wilson, Charge d'Affaires of her Britannic Majesty, made the following reply : "TO THE BRITISH MERCHANTS AND BANKERS AT CARACAS, LA GUAYRA, AND PUERTO CABELLO, ETC., ETC., ETC. "British Legation, Caracas, April 28, 1848. " Gentlemen,—l have to-day had the honour of re ceiving your memorial dated the 25th instant, calling my attention to a project of law for affording pecuniary relief to solvent Venezuelan landed proprietors at the cost of their creditors and of the Venezuelan nation, which project was on the 21st instant approved of by the Venezuelan Legislature, and has been sent up to the Executive Government for its constitutional action. "You complain of the hardship and injustice both of the provision s of the law its, If and of the attempt to g i ve to them a retroactive effect with prejudice to your interests, and in violation of your rights in Venezuela as British subjects; and you state, in conclusion, that if such a measure of confiscation of the just fruits of your labour be carried into effect, no prospect short of ruin will await you. _ "I fully concur with yo u on a ll t h ose points; and I have, therefore, submitted a copy of your memorial and of its enclosures to the Venezuelan Government, with tthheateixtpression of my confident hope and expectation will adopt in this grave matter such a decision as may be Mist consistent with political integrity andin ternational good faith. "I have to express to you my thanks for the terms in which ou have y bee pleased to notice my constant en deavours, as in dut n y bound, to up hold the rights an d protect the interest s o f British subjects in Venezuela; confidence t and to assure you that y our declare ti pon any other d in th e DOT u pon connuance of thosoc casi e exertio on, h ns e will no °n the present, - " I have the honour to be, Gentle men disappoi nted. Yeur most obe client humble servant, " BELFORD HINTON 'WILSON, H. B. M. Charg6 d'Affaires." " PROJECT OF LAID FOR A TERRITORIAL INSTITU TE. " The Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Venezuela in Congress assembled: " CONSIDERING: " 1. That in consequence or former and recent causes, the agriculture of Venezuela and all the other industrial interests of the country have been, and are still, suffer ing in an ex t raor di nary manner, w hi c h i s ren d ered manifest in the decay and paralyzation of every kind of labour, and in the alarming decrease in the transactions generally. " 2. That the debts, which weigh principally on the agricultural proprietors although in general guaranteed with th e i r plantations and cattle foundations in a good state of production and increase, absorb all the profits and burden th e cap i ta l s o f t h e d e bt or s m o r e an d more every day, ow i ng to the heavy interests which, being beyond their power to satisfy in due course, are capi talised within short periods. " 3. That in this state of things, the debt cannot be paid off except by means of a general and most ruinous transfer of property (espropiacion), owing to the conse • quent decrease in the marketable value of the securities, in which extreme and painful case the depreciation of property must be greater, and complete the ruin of the industrious Venezuelans. " 4. That to the national exchequer it is of the utmost importance to find a remedy for this melancholy situa tion of affairs, whereby its receipts are diminished, and which prevents compliance with its most sacred obli gations. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE CHAIVCELLOteS COURT, .Tune :2. (Before Vice Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE). Henry Lindon and William Attwood, actors, were then placed at the bar, charged, the former with a similar of fence, and the latter with assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty. It appeared that Lindon annoyed the whole house with the celebrated Protons whistle, and upon being taken into custody a scuffle ensued, when the other de fendant struck the officer in the mouth with a stick, but not severely. Mr. Lewis then proved that he took a part in the proceedings, considering them p er fe ct l y l egal, and that Attwood never committed any assault, but having fol lowed his friend to the station, he was taken into custody. Some demonstration was here evinced in the court, upon which Mr. Jardine ordered it to be cleared. Mr. JARDINE then said he regretted the witness Lewis did not read his law books to better advantage ; and, as a solicitor, he ought to have known that such riots in a theatre were strictlylillegal. 1 its Worship then ordered Lindon to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of 100/. to :keep the peace for two months, and Attwood to pay a fine of 51. for the assault. The fine was immediately paid, and the defendants were discharged. MARLB OROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL OF A MEMBER OF THE IRISH CON FEDERATION.—AIexander M‘Manus, a member of the Irish Confederation, which holds its meetings at No. 83, Dean-street, Soho, was placed before Mr. Hardwick, charged with violently assaulting the police. Mitchell, 25 0, stated that about half-past 9 o'clock on Monday night he was sent by his superintendent to No. 83, Dean• street, where the Irish Confederation hold their meetings. Witness had been in the room about 20 minutes when a cry was raised that a policeman was in the room. Some man pointed w i tness out to the audience, and witness fearing violence f rom t h e part i es tried to get out of the room. Witness was immediately surrounded by a mob, some of whom knocked him down. The prisoner then came up to wh ere he was lying on the floor and seized him by the collar of his coat, and dragging him to the door, th rew h i m down a flight of stairs. Before witness could recover himself the prisoner came up to him again, an d sa id if that would not do he would throw him (wit ness ) d own the other flight. The prisoner then pushed witness down several other stairs, and he was severely injured across the loins. 'Witness, as soon as he could recover himself, got up and ran out of the house. He subsequently procured assistance, and after the m ee ti ng was over went up stairs and took the prisoner into custody. Sergeant Gray, 10 C, said on Monday night he was sent to the above meeting, which was composed of the lower order of Irish. The chairman was reading from a newspaper, and after he had concluded a voice called out, " Here is Gray, do not let him take any notes; keep him out." Witness was then standing near the door, and the prisoner came and pushed him out, and shut the door violently in his face. The gas was then extin guished, and he was " bonnetted" and thrown down stairs, but could not say by whom. There was a great noise in the street, and the inhabitants were under such terror and alarm that he was obliged to send for several constables to clear the street. THE DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTER- SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY V. SEWELL. This was a demurrer for want of equity and want of p p a a n rte. y i w s as T p h ro e je b c il t l ed sta f te o d r t ra ha a t, kin in g the year 184 5 , arailwayl m .roma ccoar smh Car mock, shire , R in a i i t w h e a y c o a u t n u t y t t o n f x e S t t e a r ff , o t r o d b , e t o c a t l h l e e d t N h North e r S b t > i s ff h o i r r d e: Staffordshire, passed h and Worcestershire Bill throughiredun thection Clioamilmwoayns; that the in 1840, but f that a an was o f thrown l n out c e h y witht e Lords the standing t i a n a d c ionng sequence o orders; that in 1836, a subscribers' agreement was executed, by which it was provided that the defend ants w it t were appointed the committee of management, and such committee or directors were thereby empowered " to retain and reimburse themselves respectively out of the funds of the company for their loss of time already incurred, or to be thereafter incurred, in the management of the affairs of the company, and also for all damages, losses, costs, charges, or ex penses, which thay might incur." The Bill passed, and received the royal assent in July, 1847. By that Act the company became incorporated, and the defendants were named the first directors. By a resolution of the board of directors, agreed to in July, 1847, it was or dered that, in pursuance of the clause in the subscribers' agreement, the sum of 2,000 guineas should be appro priated for the services and attendance of the five direc tors between August, 1845, and July, 1847 ; and at a subsequent' meeting cheques were drawn pursuant to that resolution, and the particular cheque in favour of the defendant, Ur. Johnson. The cheque was as fol lows :—" London, August 13, 1847 ; Messrs. Hankey, pay Dani e l T urton Johnson, Esq., or bearer, 4201. J. M. Mathew, W. King, E. J. Spiers ; R. Shelton Mackenzie, secretary." This cheque had been assigned to the de fendant, Mr. Sewell, and had been presented, but the • beakers, not having in their possession sufficient funds of the company refused to pay it. Under thee circum stances, Mr. Sewell bad commenced an action against the company. The object of the bill was to have the cheque delivered up to be cancelled, on the ground that it was void, as against the company, and that it would be considered in equity as a fraud. The case made by the demurrer was, that only a per sonal liability was shown against the directors, and that the drawers of the cheque had not been made parties. Mr. Calms appeared in support of the demurrer ; Mr. Russell and Mr. Aniphlett appeared in support of the bill. " 5. That the means to bring about this alteration, which are within the reach of the nation, are to apply the public credit to the assistance of industry by means of proper guarantees, and a system of indemnization or re payment on the part of the agriculturists and other in dustrious classes, according to the nature of their landed or agricultural property. " DECREE. " Art. 1. The Executive Power is hereby authorised to issue certificates (vales) of national debt to the sum of five millions of dollars, which will be given in exchange for obligations with mortgages of at least double the value, the object of this issue being to give encourage ment to industry, and to enable debtors under contracts, authorised by the law of the 10th of April, 1834. to pay with said certificates. But should the creditor re fuse to receive said certificates in payment, the debtor will have the right, within one year, to demand from the creditor either a respite, or a reduction in the amount of debt as may be decided on, in a judgment of equity, by two arbitrators, friendly compounders of differences, one to be named by each party before a competent authority, having regard to the amount of capital in question, and according to the forms prescribed in the code of proceeding for those who form juries of arbi tration; said arbitrators are to elect a third beforehand, from whose decision in cases of non-agreement there shall be no appeal. " Art. 2. The certificates will be entitled to 6 per cent. interest per annum, payable half-yearly, an d towards their redemption (amortization) shall be applied annually 4 per cent., to be decided by lot, in addition to the amount of interest on the certificates cancelled (vales arnortizados). " Art. 3. For this purpose all debtors for obligations and mortgages under this issue shall pay to theh t h e ir debt, edcutirvinega amountterna e o v f e t r w y e s n ix ty ns y o e n a t r h s s , 4 per cent. of his e c y o t rr e e l - r at :otA A hr c eorrr a ttp p . s 4 t . al . Aanndyidbetebrtoesrt, t hwaitl dues cancelled.s n o t py sponding amount to the Government in due time, shall be proceeded against for the reimbursement of all he may be owing, which will be effected either by selling partyertym w o i r t t n g mortgaged, or requisite i b s y i te securities. transfe rring the claim to The Executive Power will issue the regula tions necessary for the due execution of this law, defin ing the forms required to be observed for the full secu rity of the State in regard to the mortgages ; which do cuments are exempted from the registry fees of one quarter per in ca ercen President of the Senate , , G Caracas, the 21st o f A pr il, 1848.—T he Pre sident o f the H ouse o f , Representatives, A. rEtaedron—antdhee Ota varria—the Secretary of the Senate, Jose a Frey re—the t n a t e i p v u e sty, , W S . ec u r r e r ta u r t y i . ad interi m o f th e House of Represen " LAW OF THE 4. IOTH OF APRIL, 1834, RESPECT ING THE RIGHT TO MAKE CONTRACTS. " The Senate and House of Representatives in Con grass assembled : His HoNona said it was his impression that the docu ment stated in this bill, on which the action was alleged to have been brought, neither made the plaintiffs liable, nor purported to make the plaintiffs liable, according to the statements in the bill. Therefore a case was not stated in which the Court ought to interfere, in the pre sent state of the record, as to parties, if at all. He would give leave to amend on the payment of costs. COURT OF comaioN PLEAS, June 13. (Sittings in Banco). HARVEY V. JOHNSON. This was an action for breach of promise of mar riage, and was tried before the Chief Justice, in Hamp shire, when the verdict was for the plaintiff. The facts of the case, as far as they are now material, were these. The plaintiff was a daughter of a farmer, at Lisan Hopping, Tyrone, in Ireland, and the defendant was a surgeon in the navy, the former being 30, and the latter 46 years of age. At the trial witnesses were called In reply to the charge the prisoner denied laying a hand on either of the constables. Those that com mitted the violence were neither friends to them nor the Chartists. ' Mr. HARDWICK committed him to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court, but agreed to accept bail in two responsible housekeepers in 401. each, and the prisoner in the SUM of 80L, with 24 hours' notice, in order to make the necessary inquiries as to the respectability of the parties proposed. A PHYSICAL-FORCE CHARTIST.—John Haynes, a carpenter, residing at No. 4, King Henry-street, Back road, Kingsland, was placed at the bar charged with having a gun and several ball cartridges in his possession, supposed for an unlawful purpose. Jones, 33 C, was on duty on Monday night about half past nine, in King-street, Soho, when he met the prisoner and four other men. As he was passing the prisoner he observed part of a gun barrel projecting from his coat pocket. Witness followed them as far as the cor ner of Dean-street, when he heard one of the men say " Shall we go up to the rooms now." One of them said " No, not now, it is not time." Knowing there was a meeting in Dean-street, witness concluded that that was the place where they intended to go. Witness then went up to the prisoner and asked him what he had got under his coat? He answered. " Oh 1 only a gun." Witness then put his band into the prisoner's coat pocket and felt seve ral ball cartridges. Witness asked him what he intended to do with them ? The prisoner refused to answer him. Witness then asked him where he got the gunpowder ? He replied that he bought it of Mr. Smith, No 39, Great Hall, Hungertord Market. Not being satisfied with the prisoner's answer, witness took him into custody, and conveyed him to the station, where he was searched, and nine ball cartridges and a quantity of percussion caps were found in his pocket. Cheekier, 184 C, identified the prisoner as a regular frequenter of the Chartist meetings in Dean-street, and bad heard him say several times " No moral force— use physical force." Witness had also seen him at Chartist meetings at the Green Man, Berwick. street. The prisoner, in defence, said he was very sorry for what he had done. He had been very foolish, but had been led away by others. He denied ever being in the Green Man public-house in his life. Mr. HAnnwicic said there were various ways to punish the prisoner, and he would remand him till to-morrow (this dad) in order to consider what course should be adopted. . who proved that the parties had " kept company" for a considerable period, but it appeared that the defendant's mother had strenuously opposed their marriage. The plaintiff, under these circumstances, made up her mind to leave Ireland with her sister, and join a brother and sister who were doing very well in America, and in furtherance of this determination they went to America, and set up in bu siness for themselves in Toronto. The defendant, how ever, still continued to write to the plaintiff letters which were described by the plaintiff's counsel as being " love letters " in every sense, they being " v er y f u ll o f nonsense and very long," but a ll them contained professions of ardent affection for the plaintiff. The last letter of this correspondence was dated the 31st May, 1845, and in it the defendant addressed the plaintiff as " Beloved," and informed her that his friends had consented to their union, as he could not live without her. He assured her that if she would come over she should not be disap pointed as to the marriage, for " on her arrival it should be done as soon as possible;" and concluded in the following style,—" Now, beloved, come to your Tommy, if you have any regard to his happiness. May the Lord put it into your head to come. Anything that you have that you think will be useful to us bring with you—especially feather-beds. Now, beloved, don't disappoint your Tommy." In consequence of this letter, the plaintiff left America; but on arriving in Ireland she found that the defendant had changed his mind, and had written her a letter to that effect—which, however, did not reach America until after she had left. The declaration set out the promise in this form, that the defendant, in con sideration of the plaintiff coming to Lisan Hopping, Tyrone, Ireland, to marry him, promised that he would marry her; and at the trial sir. Sergeant Kinglake objected that the consideration was improperly stated, for it should not have been simply that the plaintiff would come from America for the purpose of marrying the defendant, but that she would actually marry him on her arrival. Upon this, it was proposed that the de claration should be amended in this respect, and the amendment was ultimately made, leave being, however, given to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., and Mr. Phinn, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Jones for the defendant; but the argil. meets of the Learned Counsel were not of a character to interest the public. The points submitted to the Court were, first, that the Chief Justice had no power to allow the amendment; and, secondly, it he had such power, then that the evidence did nut support the declaration as amended. " CONSIDERING ; " That the liberty, equality, and security of contracts is one of the most powerful means of contributing to wards the prosperity of the Republic, " DECREE : " Art. 1. It is allowed to be freely stipulated in all contracts, that in order to render effective the payment of any claims, the property of the debtor can be sold to the highest bidder, for such amount as may be offered for it at public auction on the day and hour appointed. " Art. 2. In all other contracts, as well as in the rate of interest which may in them be stipulated, the will of the contracting parties is to be carried strictly into effect. " Art. 3. In the public auctions referred to is Art. I are to be observed the formalities prescribed in the laws regulating executive proceedings. "Art. 4. Ia the public auctions that rmay take place by virtue of Art. 1 of this law, the privilege of retraction (retracto) ceases; and no corporation or person can claim damages or restitution in ietegrum. "Art. 5. The creditor or creditors may become pur chasers in the public auctions. "Art. 6. The purchaser, by the act of buying and subsequent possession, becomes owner of the property sold at auction. " Art. 7. All laws inconsistent with the present are hereby repealed. " Given in Caracas the sth day of April, Anno Do mino 1834, of law sth and of independence the 24th. The President of the Senate, Manuel Quintero; the President o f th e H ouse o f R epresentatives, Fermin Toro; Secretary of the Senate, Jo' Maria Pelgron; Secretary of the House of Representatives, Rafael Dominguez. " Caracas the 10th of April, 1834, 5 and 24.—Ap proved.—The Vice-President of the Republic in exer cise of the Executive Power, Andres Narvarte. Coun tersigned, the Secretary of State for the Department of the Interior and Justice, Diego B. Urbaneja." WESTMINSTER. Colonel Charles Collins Blanc, of 16, Grosvenor;.street, Grosvenot -square, was summoned to appear yesterda) to show cause why he should not be adjudged to be the lather of an illegitimate child. As the Colonel was not in attendance, nor any person on his behalf, the case was proceeded with in his ab sence. Panting, the summoning officer of the court, proved that he had served the summons upon the Colouel himself. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday afternoon, at the offices of the company, New Broad -street, for the purpose of considering the terms and the guarantee of the East India Company, for the construction of the first portion of the proposed lines from Bombay. Lord Whatncliffe presided. The report stated, that after the last meeting the directors were informed that the Board of Control and the East India Company entertained objections to the Bill which had been introduced into Parliament for the incorporation of the company, and would oppose its fur ther progress, and thinking their opposition would be fatal, the directors were obliged to withdraw it. Notwithstanding that due notice had been given to the East India Com pany, before the commencement of the session, they tacitly permitted the directors for four months to incur a very great expenditure in proceeding with the Bill in Parliament. A correspondence then took place with the East India Company, which resulted in an offer from them to allow this company to proceed with a limited porti.on of the line from Bombay to Callian, and to grant the necessary land for the purpose on lease, terminable, at the option of the East India Company, at 25 or 50 years, upon their paying the market value of the line. They also agreed to guarantee 5L per cent. for 25 years upon a capital not exceeding 500,0001., upon condition that 30,0001. should be paid into the Treasury of the East India Company before the 24th of June. The East India Company were prepared to re cognize a claim to a preference on the part of this com pany in any future arrangements for the extension of the line, and wished to be sati.fied that the company, through its shareholders, would be able to raise the ne cessary capital for carrying on the undertaking. The report stated that the directors had received offers from parties who were willing to advance the required deposit of 30,0001. 1 The CHIEF JUSTICE said it had been urged that the evidence aid mgt suppurt the promise to marry, as laid in the declaration, the evidence being that it was a con ditional promise, conditional on the consent of the de tendant's family being obtained. It was his opinion that nothing could be more distinct than the defendant's promise, that if the plaintiff would come over he would marry her, and that the allegation in the declaration was supported by the evidence. It seemed to him that there was evidence enough to go to the jury as to its be ing a binding contract, and in fact, that the jury could not find any other verdict than that they had returned. He could not see anything to induce the Court to disturb the verdict, but he thought that the rule must be dis charged. Barbe Sophie Mertz, a young., pretty-lookieg, and very fashionably dressed French woman, who was said to be respectably connected, stated that she resided at 22, Upper Eaton-street, Pimlico, and on the 4th of April gave birth to a male child, of which Colonel Blane was the father. She had known the Colonel for four years, and had visited at his house nearly the whole of that time, but Colonel Diane always took good care that she should not be seen. She visited him regularly nearly every Sunday, and she generally stayed with him from seven till half past eleven. A supper was gene rally prepared for her a n d p l aced on the sideboard before her arrival. No person was admitted into the Colonel's apartments while she was there; indeed he invariably locked the door. She visited him on the 11th, 18th, and 25th of June, when the intimacy which led to the birth of the child took place. Colonel Blane accused her cousin of being the father of the child, and about six weeks after her confinement she went there with her cousin, and they saw the Colenel, when the lat ter expressed his surprise that she should have brought the young man there, and havin g t o ld h er t h at h e cou ld not discuss the matter in his presence, she requested her cousin to retire for a few minutes, which he did, but afterwards returned. The Colonel told her he should never take upon himself to be the Either of the child, when she declared that she had never been intimate with anybody else. He then expressed his opinion that the cousin was more likely to be the father ©f the child, and she called her cousin into the room, and told him. The Colonel said that from what he could see, he should ex pect her to be there every d ay ; and as what he cou ld do would never be considered sufficient, he would never begin. The Colonel asked her, in the presence of her money to p a y h er l o d g i ng w ith, cousin, aenrd she enough for th e present. He ha d g i ven he r 51. replied, h f r s e h e weeks ehada ny be fore she was confined. Complainant, who had g i ven the above answers to questions from Mr. W. Taylor, the chief clerk, here produced about forty letters she had received from the Colonel, two of which were put in and read. The follow ing is a copy of one of these, which bore no date, but was received before the birth of the child : "My dear Miss Sophia—lf you are returned to town, and I think you must be by this time, can you, do you thick, make up your mind to do penance on Tuesday evening by bestowing upon me a small portion of your agreeable society ? Your month has been a very long one, but I trust that you have enjoyed yourself, and trust that it has appeared shorter to you than to yours, "CHARLES." John Cottorel, porter, at 16, Grosvenor -street, proved that the Colonel occupied chamber s th ere , and ho had frequently seen the complainant come to the place. Frederick Miller, complainant's cousin, described her as a person o f goo d family. He w en t w i t h h er to the Colonel's, wheq the latter asked her what she wanted t o her agnoytihntinogho should some o b u u l s d in a e l s wy business with. • H e said she had told him be was the father of her child, an d she replied he w a s, a nd that she had never had illy im a ha v He her s a l a d t if his he gave back, e im proper intimacy with any other person. She said she Witness, who sp o k e Eng lish very badly, said he had only recently met with h is had been without m one y, and the Colonel asked her why she had not writt e n t o him. cousin .ince he had come to this country. 'Th-e other Judges concurred. Rule discharged. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. John Stanley, a printer, carrying on business at No. 1, Bartlett's court, Holborn, was summoned before Alderman Wilson for the following assault:— John Whiteman, of 21, Great Queen street-Lincoln's Inn-fields, by trade an engraver, stated that he called at the defendant's house about half•past six o'clock on Saturday week, for a settlement of an account due to him. At first Mr. Stanley was very civil, and said "that he could not pay thakafternoon." He replied that " it would be the same any other night," when the defendant re joined " You are a greedy fellow." Witness wished to know what he meant by that expression, whereupon Mr. Stanley laid hold of him, and twisted him round, at the same time threatening to kick him out of the place. When he was twisted round a piece was taken out of his arm. He was then pushed into the court, and at the same time he was struck on the back of the neck and kicked behind most severely by the prisoner. Henry Whiteman stated that he went with his father to Mr. Stanley's, and waited outside, and after a short time he saw his father thrust out, and both struck and kicked by the defendant. After considerable discussion the report was received, and the further consideration of the terms offered by the East India Company was postponed until this day week, to which day the meeting was adjourned. GRAND DINNER OF THE REFORM PARTY AT HARWICH. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) 11 Alt WICII, TUESDAY. Yesterday evening a grand dinner of the Liberal electors of the borough of Harwich took place at the Three Cups Hotel, on the occasion of the first visit of the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, M.P., who, it will be recollected, was returne d b y a majority o f the consti tuents in the room of John Attwood, Esq., not only in his absence, but in the face of an address positively de cmlianjiensgtyt,o m. contest . the election. est A ee f m te e r d o v, t a h inn e rad r toasts had been drank, Mr ' 13 • 08 11 A w, MP , proposed the health of her a M in i sters, coupling e a r s . i n colleague, g . ) with Sir it John !he nacmaentoaf .Hob house.—(lmmense Sir Jour( CA.` 3l house.—tr of his colleaguespan HOIROUSE , in responding to the toast, assured the co rn worthy of the confien andy that it was the anxious wish himself to prove themselves Legislature only of her Majesty, but of that which the gture of the country hvid up to the present moment d on e them the honour t o s h ow been them.—(Cheers.) It h ad theirt fortunate lot dur ing the two years they had held reins of power to meet with the fairest considers: fee m t, et il with any had the most can dida p al a i r ) ties, b a o n t d l: in in out of Parliament, opposition (where they d their opposition at i te min no o n the greatest willingness had been shown to se e honest endeavours for the prosperity of theirl country.—(Loud cheers.) Chosen under circu of great emergency, and being, he was sorry to I ay , e a s , the present moment surrounded with difficulties, suc h as few, if any, administrations fur many years past had b ed to contend with he repeated that they had every rea son to be proud of having received from those at whose hands they had a right to expect strong opposition, the fairest support and the most candid consideration of all their measures.—(Bear, and cheers.) As to the parti cular modes by which the common interests and pros perity of the country was to be advanced, and of the difference of opinion with respect to those modes, that was not the place to enter upon them, and unfortunately lie had been too much mixed up with them during a long public life to feel any wish to introduce them at that con vivi il mo ment; but suffice it to say that it was the serious, anxious, and utmost determination of the Administration with which he had the honour to be connected to carry out and think of nothing but the public good. After some further observations of a local bearing the Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic ap plause. The festivities of the evening were prolonged to a late hour. Mr. Stanley in his defence said, that he would not deny having committed the assault complained of, but he considered that he was perfectly justified in what he did, and when the worthy Aldermaa,had heard the provoca tion he received, he would be of the same opinion. William Duncan Hornsby, an artist and engraver, and John Cobb, a printer, deposed to hearing the com plainant call the defendant a b--y vagabond and swindler, and say that he would expose the whole set. No bad laugusge was used by the defendant. Mr. Whiteman denied having used itLy such words as those attributed to him. Alderman WILSON said that two witnesses had sworn that he had done so, and he was bound to believe them ; therefore he must come to the conclusion that the com plainant had used very irritating language towards the defendant to induce him to commit the assault, but still that was no justification. Under the circumstances of the case he should only fine the defendant one shilling. Mr. Stanley—This is the sweetest shilling I ever paid in my life. Tlie fine was paid, and the parties left the court. BOW-STREET. Two young men, named Henry Harrison and Charles George, were brought before Mr. : Jardine, charged with conducting themselves in a riotous and disorderly manner in Drury•lane Theatre, on the first appearance of the French company. Mr. Chapple, solicitor, of Golden-square, attended for the lessees and proprietors of the theatre; and Mr. John Lewis appeared for the defendants. Mr. Chapple, who gave evidence, stated that from the carried on the curtain rose a most violent noise wail andarned on in all parts of the house with rattles, whistles, actors other e u f n o m r unmusical-like I the -1 ik e defendant George and stoodw hen n the other eu rsh i a n l also seat, and holding an umbrella opened, bellowed in the most violent manner stood t od the same time using a rattle, a stick, au.ip4doaienfaigdusoiunnsa.eds as to prevent the performance p w e h a i t l e e d ltyh,e woes sei r no e n - ., into the pit, and having pointed them out, they ware taken by the officers into Mr. Lewis contended that defendants they. their money for admission were justly i having paid their disapprobation, as was the case w en h t e t n t entitled to express the Duke of Brunswick and certain other persons appeared to give expression against Mr. B. Gregory. Mr. JA RDINE said. that one case had no reference whatever to the other, the one being against an indivi dual, and the other against an entire company the mo ment the curtain rose. It was quite clear the defendants were not aware of the consequences, such disturbances in theatres not having occurred for many years; still the law was very explicit upon the subject; for in 1810, I n a vc whistl e t Witness s ne f when what was called the U.P. riots took place, Sir James Mansfield, who was a high authority, said—" It was time for the public to understand that such proceed- ings at a theatre were illegal." Mr. Chapple had no wish to press for punishment, but hoped that such disgraceful conduct would not be repeated. The defendants were then ordered to enter into their own recognis►ances in the sum of 1001, to keep the peace fo; two raenths. Mr. BRODIRIP said he should issue a second summons in order to give the Colonel another opportunity of at tending, end directed Panting, the summoning officer, to tell him that the highest persons who were summoned either came themselves or sent some person to represent them, and it he did not appear on the next occasion he must take the consequences. Abraham Green, a boy about fifteen years of age, was charged with stealing a cash-box , containing 651. in Bank of England notes, a cheque for 10/., 271. in gold, and some silver, the money of Mr. Thomas Cowell, butcher, 31, Knightsbridge-terrace. Mr. Cowell w as sea ted in the parlour at five o'clock on , Monday afternoo n , f ro m which, although a view could be commanded of any person who entered the shop in an ordinary way, any person, by crawling on his hands and knees, might not be seen. On the female servant entering the shop with the tea things, she saw the pri soner in the act of leaving the shop with the cash-box, which he had taken from a drawer in the counting house. She immediately called her master, when the prisoner, who was crawling at the time she discovered him, threw down the btx, and ran off, but was pursued, and brought back. Prisoner said another boy threw his cap into the shop, and he went after it. He never had the cash-box at all. He was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The Government works at Portland are nearly completed, and about 150 navvies were discharged, in consequence, on Monday last. The works were much visited by the gentry, as also by the inhabitants, and will no doubt become more and more interesting when completed. The railroad and drums are well worth in sPection. We understand the foundation-stone of the b reakwater w ill b e laid som e ti me i n July or early in Angu s and should her Majesty honour this place with her presence on this truly national occasion (as is ex pected) it will be the source of much rejoicing in this town and neighbourhood.—Salisbury Herald. Mary Do SOUTHWARK". yle, the woman charged on suspicion with having thro wn a child into the river, from one of the recesses on London-bridge, on Saturday night, was brought up for re-examination on the charge. The boy who bad seen the prisoner throw a bundle into, the r i ver was now in attendance, and stated that on Saturday night , about ten o'clock, as he was standing on one of the rtcesaes on London-fridge, looking over into the river, he observed the primer in the one next to that which he occupied, and saw her place a bag or ban- , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE. 14, 1848. dle on the parapet, it was of a dark colour, and when she placed it down he saw something move in the bundle, as if it was produced by a child extending its arms. Ho noticed the latter circumstance particularly, and in a moment afterwards he distinctly saw the prisoner with both hands throw the bundle and its contents over into the river. That upon witnessing this last act ho immediately proceeded to the recess where the prisoner was, and finding that she was detained by other parties who had seen her pitch over the bundle into the water as well as he did, he then it:- formed Hicks, the General Post-office letter-carrier (examined the day before) of his (witness's) impression that the prisoner had thrown a child over the bridge. Policeman 178 then stated, in reply to the magistrate, that he was occupied in making inquiries the whole of yesterday on the subject, and that he received informa tion that morning that the body of a child was picked up in the river on Sunday afternoon, near I3lackfriars bridge. _ _ _ Aman named Sullivan then stood forward, and he said that some years ago the prisoner lived with his brother, but that she was not his wile; that he (witness) knew she had three children alive; that she got her living by selling fruit in the streets; and (he added) that when he heard that she was charged with throwing a child into the river, he came forward to state that he did not believe it. The prisoner, who protested her innocence most vehe mently throughout, was remanded until further infor. mation could be procured. - LAMBETH. George Forrest was finally examined before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of committing a savage assault upon the person of Nathaniel Turner, a lad of eleven yeurs of age, from the effects of which the poor boy's life had been placed in great jeopardy. From the evidence it appeared that on the night of Monday week the prisoner dressed himself in his wife's clothes, and sallying into the street, commenced calling out " What's become of my husband? Oh! what's be come of my husband?" His singular appearance caused a number of boys to assemble about him, and policeman 309 P ultimately coming up, induced him to go home. Oa his way home he made use of some violent threats towards the constable, and on reaching his house he armed himself with a hatchet, and with most dreadful expressions declared he would split his skull. By this time a number of persons had collected, and the priso ner's wife succeeded in getting the hatchet from him, the latter took up a brick and flung it with all his force at the constable's head. The officer, fortunately for him ielt, avoided the blow; but the dangerous missile having hit the poor boy Turner on the left temple, the little fellow dropped as if he had been shot. Mr. Day, a neighbouring surgeon, was called in, and on examining the boy he found a frightful wound on the right temple, two inches in length, and of such a depth as to divide the temporal artery. The little fellow bled a great quan tity before the wound was properly secured, and for several days he was in a very precarious state. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. THE LATE CASE OF POISONING. BRISTOL, TUESDAY EVENING.—The jury appointed to inquire as to the death of Mrs. Maria Hill and her two children re-assembled this day, at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, and proceeded with the investigation of the cause of death of Edward Hill, the infant. It was already shown, from the evidence of Mr. Herepath, the celebrated analytical chemist, that the child had been poisoned by arsenic, and the witness produced five small glass tubes, containing the v ar i ous tests by which h e established the presence of poison. He said he had no doubt that the arsenic was admi nistered in lifetime, as a portion of it was found in the liver, to which it was passed through the circulation. Mr. Humpage, the surgeon of the family, described the symptoms of the child in its last illness to have been violent sickness and relaxation of the bowels, which, at the time, he considered natural diarrhcea. Now, however, he was of opinion that death had been hastened by the administration of arsenic. Several witnesses were called for the purpose of en deavouring to ascertain any motive which could have led to the murderous act, or the person by whom it was perpetrated, but nothing of a decided character could be elicited. Against the father, who is the suspected party, nothing could be shown beyond the tact of his having always fed the child in the absence of the nurse and his mother.. His sister, who was one of the witnesses examined, was closely interro gated as to whether she had ever fetched any poison for her brother, had seen anything like arsenic in the house, or had known him to try any chemical experi ments. Her replies to all the questions were in the negative, except that she admitted having once or twice fetched laudanum for him. All the witnesses described him as kind and attentive to the child, but it was stated that he had all along anticipated its death, and had said many times that it never could survive, as it had caught its mother's disease. There was no evidence whatever to fix suspicion on any other party, and the jury returned an open verdict, "That the deceased, Edward Hill, died from the administra tion of arsenic, but by whom administered there is not sufficient evidence to show." „ -- FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE 13. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Drawing-room at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 22d instant, at two o'clock. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 9. Royal Regiment of Artillery--Major-General James IVebber Smith, C. 8., to be Colonel Commandant, vice General Salmon, deceased, June 2. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 10. Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners—Captain John IValpole, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major of Bri• gate, vice Sandham, promoted, June 1. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh. Sir James Gardiner Baird, to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Sir Alexander Charles Gibson Maitland, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; William Gibson- Craig, Esq., jun., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Andrew Wauchope, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Balfour Waidlaw Ram say, E, q., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John Wauchope, Eq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John Letirmontn, Esq., to be Deputy• Lieutenant, April 27. WHITEHALL, MAY 23. The Lord ChanCellor has appointed Charles Joseph Smith, of Reigate, in OW county of Surrey-, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUP IVY SUPERSEDED. John Andrew Inglis, draper, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. James Prue, grocer, New Windsor, Berkshire, to stir render June 19, and July 25, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lace; Smith, Bedford-row. John Husking, sen., grocer, Canterbury-place, Union road, Newington, June 19, at one, and July 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basi,ighall-street ; Williams, Alfred-place, liAtord—quare. William Raleigh Rixter, surgeon, West Bourne, Sussex. June 23, at two, and July 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man -street; Wilson, Furnival's Inn; Goodman, Brighton. Charles Waud, cook, New Bond-street, June 20, at half-past one, and July 31, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street; Walker, Southampton -street, Bloomsbury. James Robertson, baker, Somerset-place, Kennington common, June 22, at half-past one, and July 29, at twelve, at she Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City ; Dupleix, Lincoln's Inn fields. Leonard Slater Butler, stationer, Ludgate-hill, June 23, at halt-past twelve, and Aug. 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street; Husey, Queen-street, Cheapside. 'Gervase Stanley, ironmonger, Blackfriars-road, Sur rey, June 23, at twelve, and August 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder manbury; Blake, Blackfriars-road. Abraham Prime, coach proprietor, Cambridge, June 15, at half-past eleven, and July 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall- street ; Nichols and Doyle, Bedford-row ; Hunt, Cambridge. Charles John Edwards, currier, Great Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, June 20, and July 20, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings ; Surr and Gribble, Lombard street. Alfred Binyon, musical instrument maker, Tavistock street, Coven-garden, June 22, at one, and July 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Randell, Birchin-lane. John Shephat d Mayfield, builder, Ware, Hertfordshire, June 23, at two, and July 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Jones and Wright, St. Swithin's-lane City. Thomas Powell, corn dealer, Aston, near Birming ham, June 22, and July 29, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Benson, Birmingham; Wright, Birmingham. William Webb Dunn, William Keene, Henry Brooks Marriott, and Samuel Brewer Wearing, brewers, Neath, Glainore n anshire, July 6 a n d 27, at e l even, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Whit tington and Gribble, Bristol; Surr and Co., Lombard street, London. Allred Leadbeater, grocer, Sheffield, June 24 and Aug. 5, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Fiddey, Temple, London; Branson and Co., Sheffield. George Golding, builder, Liverpool, June 27 and July 21, at eleven, at th e Li verpoo l Di str i ct Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Jonathan Penistou, drysalter, Liverpool, June 26, at twelve, and July 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; K..ightley and Co., Chancery-lane, London; Woodburn, Liverpool. Samuel Jones, timber-merchant, Manckester. June 26 and July 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn fields ; Saunders and Atkinson, Manchester. James Williamson, innkeeper, Glasson, Lancashire, Julie 26 and July 17, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Milan, Bedford-row ; Wood, Manchester ; Dunn, Lancaster. Thomas Carter, corn-merchant, Preston, Lancashire, June 23, at eleven, and July 20, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bed ford-row, London; Camerall and Catterail, Preston. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. M. Griffith and P. Pearson, New Bond-street, tailors, July 4, at eleven—T. Wallis, Oxford-street, woollen draper, July 4, at half-past eleven Mary Biddle, Brighton, grocer, July 4, at twelve—D. G. Porter, Great Tower -street, wine merchant, July 1, at eleven—J. Hope, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, grocer, July 6, at one— J. Samson), Fordingbridge, Hampshire, surgeon and apothecary, July 6. at half-past two—E. Moseley, Upper Gloucester -street, Dorsat-square, wine merchant, July 7, at half-past two—A. Baldwin, Bulatrode-street, Maryle bone, licensed victualler, July 7, at one—W.E. Jefferies, St. Michael's-alley. Cornhill, tavernkeeper, July 7, at half-past eleven—J. F. Kemp, Uxbridge, grocer and cheesemonger, July 7. at eleven. In the country. T. Chatto, Aforpeth, Northumberland, linen and woollen draper, July 6, at halt-pat ten, at the Court, Newcastle. upon •Tyne—R. Peck, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer and tea-dealer, July 6, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—W. Harwood, Bristol, merchant and commission agent, July 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Shore, Rochdale, Lancashire, flannel manu facturer, July 5, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— T. Whittaker, Manchester, warehouseman, July 4, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—G. Callam, Man chester, shawl and fringe manufacturer and Scorch warehouseman, July 10, at eleven, at the Court, Man chester—B. Sayle and T. Booth, Sheffield, and Rother ham, Yorkshire, iron masters, iron founders, machine makers, and coal masters, July 8, at ten, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Elliott, Chichester, builder, 23. 6d., on account of first dividend of 7s. 34d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the otfie of Mr. Whitmore, Basing hall street. H. F. Thole, High-street, Southwark, grocer and tea dealer, 3d., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall street. A. T. Edwards, Idol-lane, Great Tower-street, brick layer and builder, Is. 2/d., any Weduesdiy, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Bas inghall-street. 11. King,' North-end, Fulham, victualler, 31, any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. 'l'. C. Smith and 11. Hayes, Henrietta street, Covent garden, hotel keepers, ;V., any Wedtwsday, between eleven and three, at the office of M r . Whi tmore, Basing hall-street. J. W. Falshaw•, Farringdon, grocer, Is., on Satur day, June 10, and thrt , e subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office ut Mr. Groom, Abchurch lane. C. Martin, Darlington, plumber and glazier, 55., oa Saturday, June 17, or any subsequent Saturday, be tween ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, New castle-upon-Tyne. J. Waddell, Liverpool, wine and spirit merchant, ls. 6d., on Thursday, June 22, or any subsequent Thurs day, between eleven and twu, at the office of Mr. Caze nove, Liverpool. R. Billantyne, Liverpool, merchant. 104x1., on Thurs day, June 22, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool. T. Galas, Durham, ship builder, 25., on Saturday, June 17, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Air. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. T. Reader, Foleshill, Warwickshire, miller and baker, 2s. 6d., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. R. Blackford, Swindon, Wiltshire, butcher, 75., on Wednesday, June 14, or any subsequent Wednesday, be tween twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol. T. Sunpson, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, grocer, 6id., on Wednesday, June 14, or any subsequent Wednesday, between twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman, 13ristol. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-str, et. C. M. Collett, Mill street, Lambeth, baker, July 4, at halt-past eleven—D. R oss an d E. T at h am , U n i on - s treet, Southwark, hat manufacturers, July 6. at half-past one —J. Gaisford, Gravel-line, Southwark, baker, July 7, at half-past two—W. Burr, Ryde, Isle of Wight, book seller and st a ti oner , July 12, at one—G. Duglas, Bruns wick-place, Old Kent-road, linendraper, July 5, at eleven —J. Jessup, Princes-place, Notting-hill, builder, July 5, at eleven. In the Country. W. Harwood, Bristol, merchant, July 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Davis, Abercarne, Monmouth shire, iron and tin plate manufacturer, July 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—G. Wilkins, Bristol, builder, J u l y 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol— l'. Martens, Middles borough, Yorkshire, merchant and ship broker, July 4, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—T. K. Greenbank, Man chester, tobacconist, July 4, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester—W. Jones, Manchester, stationer and ac countant, July 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester-- R. Cummins, 'franmere, Cheshire, buildi-r, J u l y 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool — M. Workman, - an, Upton upon-Severn, Worcestershire, brazier arid tin plate worker, July 12, at eleven, at the Court, Birmitigh at r i - I'. I'. Peck, Liverpool, grocer and provision dealer, July Liverpool,the l7ourt ofßeview,builder a n J d u i ly i ; n 4 O . , J. southet A li t , 5, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool, burner—R. W. Barber, Croydon, coach builder aced harness maker J. Stockdale, Liverp oo l , soap * manu'acturer— T. M'Entogart, Liverpool, corn dealer—J. Robinson, Brad ford, Yorkshire, stuff and woollen ---- printer--J. Williams, Cheltenham, mercer and dra • Per--C. Warren, Shrews- SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. h a pirit John Robe r t son , Stockbridge, near Edinburg7 N ,lier dealer, to im-et within Johnson's Temperance house, Edinburgh, June 19, and July 10, at melt* RAILWAY SHARE 31ARICJ-- LIVEROOL, 13. ri Szocx EXCHANGE.—ThPe Share JUNE ve Ma r ket has been dull to-day, and p r i ces are d eclining; very few trellg t fio si ol• have taken place, the market closing h eav ily et ou lowing quotamins:—Birkenhead, Lancashire, end vli.p t;birs Junction, 31/. Sh ares, 71 . 6s. 3d. dia.—East Lancae w— rto Preference, 3 8 . 9d. p.— L ancashire and Yorks hire . 1 01 Manchester and Birmingham), 14 dia.—Ditto, Flithk or tb• West Riding Union), 3% dis.—London d a gger , Western, /ew Quarters, It 3s. 9d. - Dill°- plos p. , i; Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 101. Preference, 3 "lcdily" . „ Quarters, 51. 3s. 9d. dis.—Ditto, 20/. Shares, " sorrA Midland Stock, 101 c.—Ditto, New Halves, 6 1 4 dis 'goet fr Staffordshire, 2% dis.—North Union (A), 201. -- odor Eastern and Dover, 24 , 4—Ditto, No. 2, 10% div- 14 0 " No. 3, 94 dis.—Ditto, No. 4. Thirds, 2% dis.....yorktv castle, and Berwick (N. and B. Extension), No. 2, 17 . Ditto,(G. N. E. Purchase), 11,k' p. MANCHESTER JOKE 13. 1401.,Aci. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sal es ' are—Birkenhea d, re shire, and Cheshire Junction, 7 7-16 dis.—Lance s ' A l , sae Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 3% dis.—U n ctfllo l4 North-Western, Quarters (C), 21 4 p.—Manchester•`'. c . o ffore: and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No.l, 4% di&—Nerth e , shire, 24 n. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover , 2 15-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 13. STOCK ExcniNGs.—The sales are—North British, dis.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4 0 0 North Staffordshire, 51s 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury And ham (A), 4% dis.—Ditto (B), 3 dis. YORK, JUNE 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e b us i ness transac t e d to - d .... i cr o rl as follows: —Great Northern, 6 c.—Midland, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 9 3 and North Midland, Preference. 13 1 ,4. GLASGOW, Julia 12. A 13 0 , 11' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales cute, 925. 6d.,—Edinburgh and Dumfries and Carlisle, 61. Gs.—Glasgow , 10 11111 . 1 " - et, a G re la — sg A ow ird , riktli oc a r go s ;l Ayr, Halves, No. 'l, 7t. 18s.—Ditto, Halves, ' No. `2,1 1 - 031 1 , 1 * -- Great Northern, 5/. 14s. 6 d. —Manchestar and Sn" — Q s usrw' Bs.—North British; Thirds, 495. 6d.—Ditto, New (scrip), 4s. 6d.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlettr be ad SUICIDE OP A GENTLEMAN.—An inque3l.,•; , Do: yesterday forenoon nefore Mr. Geo. Ireland N i c e edo, puty Coroner, a t t h e B u l l and Last TOW , ' ... . e ife 4 Town. Deceased had some time previous bl e n n te geett with paralysi s w hi c h h a d disordered his h-es Twelve months back, in consequence of nunie r° o o # de' honks in the neighbourhood of Kentish Ten o wle, t o ceased directed his servant, a man named ',,„" o t h'; re load some fi re-arms which he constantly he room. Among them was a blunderbuss ' A . loaded, by direction of the deceased, w i t h ohic e s, the though exhibiting at times a weakness of .d i ljte hst t her friends never f or one moment contemphi t ` - : s be ing was any dan ger to b e apprehended from ed was kept in the same room. Added to this the t ryliorn : `,7; unable to move without assistance. On Thursday it be ing nis nephew saw him sate in bed about nine o'eic c it - h s him foe usual for him to sleep in the same room n t ,"l of firr ., protection ; but shortly after heard the repor t tto see' arms proceed from his uncle's room, lie W ,L i f il peed• 1. ) ; vents went to the spot, but found the door lee- - bt , P lodder was procured, and on forcing an entraseehelgoor window, the d ecease d was found ly i ng upon deli° bleeding from a woun d i n his b e lly, and the bit!!! bte by his side. H e was a li ve aid sensible, and said d w di is. nephew " th a t h e must h ave been insane w hen hr 0 f 0° Medical aid was immediately resorted to, but weel ibe de' avail, the decea se d expiring soon after. Ho w ebut' ceased could hav e manage d to f i re o ff the Wond _ o h the whole o f one s id e o f hi m b e i ng perfectly been could not be explained. Other evidence ha vir licti given, the jury being satisfied, returned a die " That on the Eltb of June, William. Tbody Sixt irg ieg from the effects of a wound in his belly, by dfe c 7 is r ye a blundet bus into it by hi s own h an d, h e being time in an unsound state of mind." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, the versal and most Popular Remedy for all Diseases .r.og dental to Frmiles.—The invigor a tin g and enr l ,4 qualities of this medicine are so peculi ar that fetnei;,,,i all ages, suffering from any of the diseases to which i s '," are more particularly subject, may with co n fid e nce recourse to it for relief, a few doses of which 7, 14 shortly alleviate their sufferings, and ultimat e ly re ' t 'ie them to perfect health and strength. The rennid A i o f sate and infallible, whether taken at the critical perie' rfry passing from childhood, or turning the meridian of hs ' i r and its beneficial effects are acknowledged by 11 °_, J 19 " 01 less mothers of families. Sold by all druggists, 11 ": d Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, 1 - 0- ity ° THE MURDER AT Via PORTSMOUTH D000 91 :ib; —On Monday afternoon last an inquest was held% ra, tap of the Star Inn, Gosport, before Charles Longcroft, Esq., one of the coroners for the coni . "" l -Ai Hants, on the body of James O'Connor one of the C u 0 of the convi c t esta bli shment at Ports mouth, : ~ f e have stated, had met w i th his deathin conseque" ir or brutal as s ault comm i tted on him with a hestl,:fieis bound m a ll et , b y Wi ll i am Atter, one of the co me under his charge. The evidence established tbe er we clearly a ga i nst t h e pr i soner, and proved that sh e 7 re. had been com m itt e d wi d er circumstances of Peeu llsr o fing meditation and ferocity, the prisoner having, aces de' to a convers a ti on w i t h another convict, which ie.° gag posed to on th e i nquest, watched aAconsiderableboriog for an opport un i t y o f perpetrating the. outrage' el boasted of its f ata l e ff ect, and sp it witk the „ wpe "etili` coolness and levity o f t h e consequ ences which t vete entail upon himself. A verdict of " Wilful Murde r wily' returned against him, and he was Committed ic ) Chester Gaol, to take his trial at the Hants Ass is v e heilig MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL.—This building isno:Ass, raised another story; the alterations, when e ° 74lo' will afford additional accommodation for 100 e% loit eee patients. During the progress of the works the___,, t t, of the charity have hired premises in Charles-sirv`ideeit posite the hospital, for the reception of cases elite and for the cure of the diseased poor. BIRTHS. ; 4 . On the 7th inst., at the Rectory, Tooting, the Wif e ° f t" Rev. R. W. Greaves, of a daughter. . the / life On the 9t h inst., at Porters, near Barnet, Hera , of S. C Jervoise, Esq., of a daughter. d T r°' On the 10th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. Edina° verner, ot a daughter. 00 0. On the lit h inst., Mrs. Alexander J. Ellis, of LI P- , cres O cent, Bath, of a ion. g Enti e ` n the 11th hist., at Shalimar, Acton, the lady of ,-$ Rickards, Eq. , of a dauhter. On the 12th inst., at S gidlow•bridge-cottage, near n eiga l* Mrs. Back, of a son. n, di tC On the ith inst., at St. John' s , Nottin hill, E. LE, a n d, c' t son of 0. Lynda Esq., o f H u ll, t o gCharlotte o+--oder Notting-hill-terrace, yo ungest d aug h ter o f t h e late Al e° Brand, Esq. th °e Re i , s ' On the 10th inst., a t St . J o h n ' Hampstead, bo T. Ainger, the Rev. James Lori of Calcutta . t o te r • daughter of the l a t e W . Orme, Eig g . of 8e11vt2f.,210 1 i z 3 a r b rs e . t h ir ; fe e r o ot. Old O n li Bond-street. nhl the Bth - 8 5 s t t t h r h e e i l i t i ; s t t : ' wid O o n w t o l f the late inst., at J. Searle, 70. Mrs. at Rams ate Ann, sister of Mr. 13e11 old/ On the Bth inst., at Edinbur, , h, aged 46, E Gr o ee n n t fi t e ,e ld 9 . t n h ea in r s G t. Ttl‘Nair, relict of Lieutenant-Colonel James 31'Nair, A.- le °f l ' as at row irunswick place, Anne, the r if e Ennis Chambers, Esq., aged t 7. On the On the 10th inst., at George-street, Euston-square, Saunders, Esq., aged 70. On the 10th inst. ,at the Stamp - offi ce, Abergaverill' Elizabeth, wife of 3.1 r. R. Rees. On the 11th inst., T. 11. Daniel, Esq. , o f Great TOW. street, City. .1. r• On the 11th inst., S. E. Heath, Esq., e on of Dr. Heat h. Colbourne, ged 23 :. On the Ilth inst., at Calvert's-buildings, Borough, Chirlei On the lith inst., at Walmer, aged 78, and the - , pg. youngest son of the late 31r. J. l'arkliouse:,oo et her widowhood, Susamni, the widow of E. S. Twol )l *_4 l ire , On the Bth inst., at Wiuterbourne, Gloucwiter ~,,,,, , • wart, '''' Susannah, youngest daughter of the late B . S t e aged 53. Iliron , On the Bth inst., at Leamington, aged 64, T. 5(1. _ London : Printed and Published by MURDO T° l l 4 . 11S! No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office; ", w . ty Of Strand, in the Precinct 4:f the Savoy, in the " Middlesex, Wednesday, June 14, 1848. bury and Market Drayton, banker—W. Tomlinson, Rochdale, butcher and pork dealer—E. Olive, West . street, Finsbury• circus, merchant—S. C. Taylor, Ne w Peckham, wino merchant--G. Damsel!, Lydbrook. Gloucestershire, grocer and draper—fl. Hill, GraYs' inn -lane, brewer--R. Ireland, Wem, Shropshire, wiv e and spirit merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Henrietta Hall, Caroline Hall, and H. Hall, Church' street, Kensington, toy dealers—J. Burnley. W. Old. ham, G. Scotson, W. Nichols, and W. W e stermsof Leeds. machine and tool makers ( a s f a r as regards I T' Oldham)—T. Haire and R. Heath, surgeons and spathe' caries—W. Elsey and T. Charlesworth, Nottinghet s ' plumbers, glaziers, and painters—J. Cooke and R. Una' worth, Manchester, an d L ove C lough, Lancas hi re ics",c:l. printers—J. Binns, J. D eans, and J. B i nns, Dunkinfl% Cheshire cotton spi nners —R . C . Smith, H. E. Gai'dh s ' and J. Reeves, Lawrence Pountney-place, city. wed chants (as far as regards It. C. Smith)—P. Phillips 0 . , 1 ,, M. Myers, Birmingham, s t ee l pen manufacturers " Heignway and S. fleighway, Manchester, wareh ouse. ~ men--Ann Harrald and S. Kilb y , C oventr y, g rocers fou bakers—W. Bass and J 0. Sanders. Bristol, carriers": J. Mouncey and C. Steadman, Manchester, packein, _g se makers and join e r s —F. S c h me hl an d J . G oo d m an, Mae cheater, furr iers —W. B. Phillips and G. Coopr Exeter. d rugg i sts —W. Coates, E. Moore—G. Fara! and W. Johnson, Stoke-upon-Trent, Statfordslu r i e ,: earthenware m anu f ac t urers —J . D av i es, W. Davies' Stephens, J. C. S m i t h, G. W aters, W. D av i es , j'inq C. Quinton, J. Nattriss, J. J. Ni c h o las, J. Russel '. o e Phillpots, and T. S m i t h, S trou d , Gloucestershire, w in e and spirit merch ants . INSOLV ENT PETITIONERS. George Handl e y, Oldb ury, W orcestersh i re, m iller. David Barker, South Crossland, Yorkshire, labourer. 'Thomas Walter, Ashford, Kent, letter carrier. Henry Armstrong, Liverpool. David Rowlands, Liverpool. Henry Melvin Molyneux, Liverpool. William Tattersall, Bacup, Lancashire, carter. John Sackett, Ramsgate, tailor. James Abram, Ramsgate, schoolmaster. William Henry Smith, Devonport, gilder. George Harding, Reach, Cambridgeshire, lighten° . George King, Ipswich, harness maker. Henry Gowing, jun., Ipswich, beer-house keeper. Henry Clapham, Liverpool, drapers' assistant. Edward Lissant Cox, Liverpool, book keeper. Robert Thorp, Bootle, Lancashire, ship broker. George Cutler, Liverpool, shopkeeper. aloft Goodman Jon es , Li verpool, assistant to a Pr °- dealer. THE FATAL RENCONTRE AT ASCOT RACES. An inquest was held on Saturday, at the Wells Tavern, Sunning-hill, a short distance from the race course, at Ascot, before Rupert Clarke, Esq., one of the Coroners for the county of l3erks, and a highly respect able jury, of which Mr. Hubbard, clerk of the course, was foreman, on the body of a decently -dressed man, whose: name and connexions were unknown, who was killed by a blow from Mr. Dill, a builder and timber merchant, of Sunning, Lear Reading, at the close of the races on Thursday. Mr. Dill, on Frklay, having imme diately surrendered himself into the custody of a constable, was taken before P. 11. Crutchley, Esq , and Colonel Challoner, two magistrates of the neigh bourhood; when Mr. C. S. Voules, solicitor, of Windsor, attended on behalf of the accused. The Magistrates. after hearing the case, admitted the prisoner to bail, to await the result of a Coroner's inquest. It appeared, from the evidence adduced before the jury, that Mr. Dell, who was with a party of friends at the races on Thursday, having witnessed Dr. Arnold, a respectable me di ca l man , of Sunning, in company with, as was supposed, a woman of light character, and ob serving the deceased, a suspicious-looking man, watching them, he took the Doctor by the arm, seeing he was rather elevated and knowing he bad a sum of money in his pocket, and endeavoured to induce him to leave the woman's company. The deceased then interfered, and accused Mr. Dell and his friends of wanting to rob the gentleman, striking, at the same time, the Doctor's ser vant in the face, for persuading his master to take the advice of Mr. Dell. Lie then put himself into a fighting attitude, making use of the most disgusting language, telling Mr. Dell he would serve him out, and striking him at the same time twice in the face with his fist. Mr. Dell then, in self-defence, struck at the deceased, hitting him on the side of the neck, when he dropped to the ground. and death immediately ensued. Mr. W. B. Brown, surgeon, of Sunning-hill, who had made a post-mortem examination of the body (which still remains unclaimed), dep,sed that the sauce of death arose from effusion of blood on the brain from the rupture of a blood-vessel, occasioned by concussion. The CORONER having summed up at some length, ex plaining to the jury the law as to murder, manslaughter, and homicide, a verdict of Justifiable homicide in self defence was returned. The accused, who was surrounded by numerous friends, was then taken before P. H. Crutchley, Esq., and the other county magistrates, in pursuance of his bail. Mr. Crutchley addressed Mr. Dell, and said that he and his brother magistrates had heard with great satisfaction the verdict of the jury, and that he had great pleasure in releasing him from custody, and discharging his sureties. Mr. Dell was greatly affected during the whole of the proceedings. THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND AND THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM—On Friday last, the Duke of Sutherland, Pre sident of the Scottish Patriotic Society, and Lord Frederick Gower, passed through Inverness, on their way to Dunrobin. Though he remained but a few hours, his Grace devoted a portion of the time to paying a visit to the Patriotic Society's Field Gardens, where he was 'net by Provost Simpson and by several of the local committee. His Grace made various inquiries with regard to the different lots, seemed ♦ery much to admire the taste and the industry of the totters, and expressed a hope that they would all fence in their ground and build summer-houses, in imitation of some already erected, and finally convert the whole into public gar dens, for which they are admirably adapted, the allot ments occupying six acres of a park of twenty acres, surrounded by noble trees, and beautifully situated on the west bank of the Ness, between the bridge and the infirmary. Improvements among the small tenantry and the poor on his Grace's estate, are, we believe, the reason of the good Duke's early visit this season to the I north. TIIR SUPPOSED MURDER AT BATTERSEA.—The mystery which hangs over the cause of the death of the gentleman whose body was found on the banks of the river at Battersea-fields still continues, and no clue has as yet been found either as to who the gentleman is, or the cause of death. The body was, after being decently dressed, under the directions of the host of the Albert Tavern, removed to the Wandsworth and Clapham Union, East-hill, Wandsworth, and the clothes were taken to the police-station, Millman's-row, Chelsea. It is to be hoped that at the adjourned inquest a searching ingairy will be instituted by the coroner as to the move ments of the gipsies, and that a representation will be made by the jury to the proper authorities for the sup pression of the di , graceful and unmoral scenes which take place almost every evening, and especially on Sun day evenings, in Battersea-fields. EDINEURGII.—THE UNEMPLOYED.—The Com mittee met yesterday, and, after some conversation, re solved to open their works to the men who refused to accept of the piece -work on Monday last, and who re ceived a donation of 3,. each, to enable them to look for more remunerative employment elsewhere. They also agreed to take on such married men as were dismissed on trivial grounds, such as irregular attendance in tho morning, and the like. All the cases, however, are to he completely sifted so as to prevent the benefits of the fund from being conferred on undeserving persona. The subscriptions being almost exhau,ted, the committee considered themselves precluded from entertaining the applications of single men, or of individuals not before on the relief roll, though great numbers of such cases came holorti them.—Nurth British Mail of Saturday. , GLASGOW, JUNE 10 —PIG IRON.—The price of pig iron has given way during the week, and, in conse quence, rather more b us i ness has been done. Ihere . however, little confidence in the article, even at the pre sent low price. To-day we have sellers at 425. 6d., and buyers at 423., but little doing.