The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-31 00:00:00

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

J. Garsed sen., and J. Garsed jun., Leeds, flax manu-
facturers, thirteen sixteenths of a penny, on Tuesday,
April 3, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. Exley, Boothroyd, Yorkshire, blanket manufac-
turer, 4s. 8 d., on Tuesday, April 3, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Hope, Leeds.
C. D. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, and
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, banker and grocer,
205., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
J. Matthews, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, rand
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, banker and grocer,
205., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
J. Champion, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, boot and shoe-
maker, Is. 4d., any Saturday, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr Green, Guildhall-chambers, City.
G. Cradock, Darlington, rope manufacturer, Is. 3d., on
new proofs, on Saturday, March 31, or any subsequent
Saturday between ten and three, at the office of Mr.
Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
B. Fenwick, Newcastle• upon-Tyne, linendraper, three-
fifths of a penny, in addition to 6s. 4d., on Saturday,
March 31, or any subsequent Saturday between ten and
three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne.
T. Thompson, Brighton, grocer, 3d., on Saturday,
March 31, and three subsequent Saturdays, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-
lane, City.
J. Sykes, Mill. bridge, Birstall, Yorkshire, corn miller,
10s. 9d., on Tuesday, April 3, or any subsequent Tues•
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope,
Leeds.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES,
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
H. Woolhouse, Windsor, timber dealer, April 21, at
two--J. Swinburn, Ledbury-terrace, Westbourne-grove
West, Nuttinghill, builder, April 21, at one.
In the Country.
D. Bolt, Bristol, sharebroker, April 20, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol.—A. Mitchell, Cardiff, Glamorgan-
shire, draper, April 26, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol.
—L. Davis, Redditch, Worcestershire, needle manufac-
turer, April 21, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.—
J. Jarvis, Birmingham, plane maker, April 21,.at twelve,
at the Court, Birmingham.—T. Dixon, Dawley, Shrop-
shire, grocer, April 21, at twelve, at the Court, Birming
ham.—F. Saldorf, Plymouth, merchant, April 24, at
eleven, at the Court, Exeter.—R. Matthews, Taunton
St. James, Somersetsbire, white bre:.d maker, April 26,
at one, at the Court, Exeter.

At the Court of Review, April'2o.
J. Faulkner, Manchester, coach lace manufacturer
J. J. Curtis, Erith, Kesit, hotel keeper—F. Batcheldor,
Queenborougb, Kent, hay and straw dealer—lL Dawson,
Thorney, Cambridgeshire, grocer—J. Jackson, juu.,
Walsall, Staffordshire, miller—H. R. Benbow, Malvern
Wells, Woacesterseire, veterinary surgeon—W. A.
Massey, Liverpool, wood turner—l. R. Beckford, Ply-
mouth, retailer of beer—W. Okill, Liverpool, share
broker—A. Duranty, Liverpool, merchant—W. Shaw,
jun., Salford, Lancashire, printer—J. Hansford, Ventnor,
Isle of Wight, upholsterer—J. Newman, Ventnor, Isle of
Wight, builder.
--"--- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

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J. Drake, W. H. Cox, J. Cox, and J. Drake, jun.,
Bermondsey and Bristol, tanners (so far as regards J.
Drake)—R. Irving and R. Swift, Wigan, Lancashire,
brewers—S. G. Martinez, J. P. Gassiot, and J. P.
Gassiot, jun., Mark-lane, City, and Otiorto, wine-
merchants (so far as regards S. G. Martinez)—T.
Hart and H. Page, Star-court, Bread-street, Cheap-
side, snuff and cigar manufacturers—C. Tregenna
and W. Tregena, East Looe and Fowey, Cornwall, linen-
drapers and mercers—G. Bishop and S. White, Brad-
ford, Yorkshire, shnrt wool dealers—E. Briggs and W.
Headford, Maidstone, hatters—J. Aitken and J. Atkin-
son, Manchester, joiners and builders—J. Rothwell and
C. Shorrocks, Manchester, sewing-cotton manufacturers
J. Waddington and E. Ackroyd, Woodhouse Carr, near
Leeds, dyers—L. Robert and W. Hobday, Manchester,
Scotch and general merchants—R. Bridge, W.
Barlow, and J. Taylor, Newchurch, Lancashire,
cotton spinners and power loom manufacturers—H.
Elphee and A. Jackson, Maidstone, linendrapers and
mercers—J. J. Smith and J. W. Dawson, Crescent-
place, Blackfriars, wine and spirit merchants—W. Fair-
hunt, J. Jackson, and Elizabeth Jackson, Wigan, Lan-
cashire, grocers—J. W. Nyren and E. B. Pitchford,
Stratford, Essex, manufacturing chemists—N. Moxon
and J. Hollier, Sutton, Cheshire, drapers—R.
Gritty and T. A. Garth, solicitors—J. D. Mort and
D. Dilworth, Newcastle under-Lyne, booksellers and
printers—O. Shoobridge and J. Burden, Rolvenden,
Kent, builders—H. J. Warren, S. H. Fuller, and C.
Thompson, Bath, jewellers, silversmiths, and pawn-
brokers—W. T. Iliff, R. W. B. Mathews, and W. T.
Iliff, jun., Canterbury-row, Newington, and Foxley-
road, Lambeth, surgeons.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Burgoyne, Hereford, builder.
Joseph Miller, Barnetby-le- Wold, Lincolnshire, black-

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smith.
James Dodd, Ipswich, journeyman smith.
Dennis Benda'', Debenham, Suffolk, wheelwright.

John Charles Banks, Lymington, Hampshire, painter.
Frederick Smooker, Wherweil-wood, Hampshire, brick.

maker.
Joseph Hackleton, Rggby, Warwickshire.
John Alfred Thomas, Leeds, teacher of dancing. t.
Joseph Few, Over, Cambridgeshire.
Patrick Doran, Sheffield, licensed hanker.
Benjamin Hammond, Sheffield, butcher.

E :Ward Churchill Dean, Huntingdon, drapers's as-

sistant.
James Hanby, Sheffield, publiean.
Charles George, Lechlade,Gloucestershire, ironmonger,

SCOTCH. SEQUESTRATIONS.

A. Morton, Glasgow, merchant, to meet April 5, and
26, at one, within the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow.
A. Dunbar, Garchory, and Mains of bkellater, Aber
deershire, cattle dealer, to meet April 6, and 30, at
twelve, within the Advocates' Hell, Aberdeen.
J. W. Mason, Edinburgh, tailor, to meet April 6, and
27, at one, within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh.
G. Esplin, Glasgow, accountant, to meet April 5, and
26, at one, within Comne's Royal Hotel, Glasgow.
R. G. Brown and D. Murray, Glasgow, calico printers,
to meet April 4, and 25, at one, within the George Hotel,
Glasgow.
M. Paton, Greenock, wright and smith, to meet April
5, and May 4, at twelve, within Robertson's Golden Bull
Inn, Greenock.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 30.
(Before Baron PARKE aad a Special Jury.)

THE MIDLAND IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COM
PANY V. LEECH.

This was an action to recover the amount of three
separate calls of 21. 10s. each, upon shares in the above
company held by the defendant.
Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Dwell were
for the plaintiffs; Sir F. Thesiger, who was specially re
tained, with Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Ogle, Mr. Ander-
son, of the Chancery bar, and Mr. Clark, were for the
defendant.

The cause commenced on Thursday, and occupied the
Court until ten o'clock at night, when it was ad-
journed until this morning. The action was of a
similar character to those which were tried
at Maidstone, and the points involved were
principally of a technical and legal character, and,
therefore, of very little interest to the general reader.
The defendant is a partner in the firm of Johnston, Far-
quhar, and Leech, solicitors and parliamentary agents,
and the action was brought to recover three calls of
21. 10s. each, upon 200 shares held by him in the above
company. The defence was the same as in the former
action—that the directors had exceeded the powers
granted to them by their Act of Parliament, and that
certain proceedings taken by them with regard to the
amalgamation of the company with an extension line,
were without the sanction of the defendant and the other
shareholders, and contrary to their interests; and it was
also alleged, indirectly, that the directors had made a
fraudulent entry in their subscription list relating to a
large number of shares, with a view to deceive the de-
fendant, and induce him to believe that a certain amount
of capital had actually been paid up, when such was not
the case.

During the trial a great number of legal points were
raised by the counsel for the defendant, most of which
were reserved, and the Learned Judge at length summed
up the whole case, leaving one or two matters of fact
to be decided by the jury, one of which was whether
they were of opinion that any fraudulent conduct.had
been established against the directors with regard to the
transaction respecting the entry of the shares.
The jury, after deliberating about half an hour, re-
turned a verdict for the plaintiffs, and at the same time
said they were of opinion that no fraudulent conduct
had been made out against the directors, and that they
had merely acted indiscreetly, from a misapprehension
of the powers granted them by their Act of Parliament.
A verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiffs,
subject to various points of law, and a bill of exceptions
was likewise tendered to his Lordship's summing up.

THE SAME V. JOHNSTONE.
This was another action against the partner of the
former defendant, involving the same points.
Mr. CHAMBERS said that in this case the jury would
be spared from entering into any inquiry, as, atter the
verdict which had just been returned, his Learned
Friend (Sergeant Shee), who appeared for the defen-
dant, had consented to the same verdict being entered
as in the former ease, subject to the decision that might
be come to hereafter upon the points of law that were
reserved.

A verdict was accordingly entered for the plaintiffs.
the plaintiffs,THE SAME b. EDWARDS.
This was a third action of the same description as
the two former,
former, and on this also a verdict was taken for
with the same reservation as to the points
of law.