The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

SHERIFFS' COURT,-(THIS DAY.)

(Before R. Gurney, Esq., Q.C.)
EVERETT V. WILES.
Ltr~he plaintiff in this action is a news agent, in Broad-
City and sought to recover of the defendant,
ttke-",,&c 'at the Auction Mart, City, and Wolverhamp-
a%' „.tue .;,mount of a bill for the supply of the Times
last Journal, from August, 1552, to February
case had been adjourned for the attendance of the
I,te.hciant who bad, however since gone to Ireland on
vfiness• The defence was; that the Mining Journal
ki.Atiot ordered although a friend in town had been
e'en to about it but that in fact the journal was sent
in eet to
him, and defendant, who was only occasionally
he telidainillewon, the business being b
conducted clerks, and
el nothing about the order or delivyery, but the
Pe to the Times was correct. Defendant not ap-
nialf„ug, and the positive evidence of the fact of the
11,,„-";111 remaining unshaken judgment was given for
Plaint for the amount claimed.

°°t/RT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.

Commissioner Holroyd the commissioner. of
vate rial_,.ngaged in his private room upstairs, over pri
vreto„evt,lngs•
(Air. 1--T OP THE ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE.—
that -e has been issued by order of the Lord Chancellor,
Wll the office of the Accountant-General in Bankruptcy
3clltobetoebleorsendexotn. the 10th instant, and re-open on the
o ring this recess no dividend warrants will be issued
r Pid.

.47418DR/?/V STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

proprietors of
the half- Yearly general meeting of the East Steam Navigation Companyprwa
at,,ti ern
when a highly 1
*nte-
test. rdaY at the London Tavern,
w of this impor-
s held on
ta.„thg and full report from the directors
Aar., amg was read,
"" luidert k. and unanimously adopted.o
the 411gements have been made for the
fcotnhsetrunocintipoann;
the ebgines and hull of the first ship o
feet;
e former being on the aggregate of 2,600-hors6eBopower,
tt'd the dimensions of the latter—length,
an tnre„;adtli. 83 feet ;w
epth, 58 feet ;
ortd
ti-Q`iles. Such ll be the gigantic proportions
d d
01 ef
4e" no vessels, which are destined
ship build-
it, revolution in our present systemofconsidered to be
thg. Ihe size above-mentioned
is
uisites of emi-
r e staallest that will insure the req
will not be
fort
eed,
These vessels
all that
obliged and economy. '
t will carry
to call anywhere for coal, bu
besides 5,000 tons
Ilk necessary for the entire voyage,
cabins for passen-
ea'nreinent of merchandise,
and
500
for troops and
Ifoers of the first class, with ample space
estimated to be ob-
t er-class passengers The speed
will reduce the
twined is fifte hour, and c to
en knots per
t a e,
b he P
age b t tlairt e ween England and between England and
3' or thirt th dand
The hulls
Au . thirty. ree ays, a
tralia to thirty-thr e or thirty-si" days.
and of
n.,f the vessels will be ofe iron, of unusual strength,
letely
qotible constructio d divided into ten
comptice of
Water-ht n 2
an
concluding our no
this rep compartments. In cone
marks of the
clirectorrt, we close with the following re
•
publishing.
,17.
nr .
anythi° directors would have refrained
from
the predic-
tio4 ng like estimates, but having to meet
present
clams s of failure made by those interested in the
L3".of vessels, they think it right to state that the resultar.
.their calculations (made on the assumption that thec
the
;xJ.r_lg of for goods outward should be occupied at
fr,7 ef Q. lOs. per ton, being considerably below present
I.allgi3hts, and only one-half of the cabin room occupied, at
..14 I.or first-class passengers, 651.; second-class, 35/. ;
of
ethird-class, 251., including provisions, giving to each
such respective classes enlarged accommodation, and as-
-15 -,zkg that only one-third of the vessel's capacity would
tlLnecuPied on the homeward voyage), is that after making
e42llei_, Most ample allowance for working expenses, depTe-
, wear and tear, and insurance, a surplus remains
t°_, fortY per cent. per annum upon the capital
i3O—""Y. With the, prospects, based on sound commer-
t. Principles this tom an re requires no Government
481.statice • 2 is p y .c 1
rival all that necessary is that no rival route or
„ „„company shall be subsidised to your prejudice.
di,,eb are the views and considerations with which your
rTh7Lrs have been led to make their final arrangements.
i:73" believe, as they have before stated, that every coin-
uY, and every individual engaged in steam navigation,
tag'eglo'nftlly become convinced by experience of the °Alvan-
-I_;:in conclusion, your directors desire to state that they
z, the vessels of this company will supply the great
~ j_meraturn of the day, and will afford the speediest, the
zunic.7"lB, most panctu.al, and most economical means of com-
atio ever devised between this country and her
°at distant Eastern colonial possessions."
TRlc

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Denmark CROLERA.---The cholera continues its ravages in
, with scarcely any diminution. -Up to the 2d
L,,tlet. 3,122 had fallen victims to the epidemic. Nearly
40,000 of the inhabitants had quitted the city, which
presented a most deserted and melancholy aspect. It is
Stated that the disease is much aggra,vated by the appear-
ance of the yellow fever, brought here by vessels from
St- ThOreae, and that it presents some new features
'worthy of obaorvation•