The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-09 00:00:00

BRATIAM V. MILES.

This was an action to recover the sum of 121. on a bill
of exchange, of which defendant was the drawer.
The defence was, that defendant did not make the
said bill of exchange. The only point in the case was,
that on the second count on the account stated de-
fendant had suffered juttment to go by default, so that
the case Came before the Court as a writ of trial on
the first count, and an ir.quiry on the second.
The jury gave a verdtct tor the plaintiff on both
counts.
The other cases heard this morning were not of the
slightest interest.

BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND TIJN-
13RI1 AGE WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY COM-
PA N Y.—(TII IS DAY.)
A meeting of the allottees was convened to-day, pur-
suant to the following advertisement:—
At the request of some of the most respectable al-
lottees of this company, I beg to call a meeting of the
members of that body, for the purpose of considering
the most effective means of resisting the claims made
against them in their character of allottces and con-
tributories.

" The meeting will take place at my offices on Thurs-
day next, the 9th inst., at one o'clock precisely.
" JOHN HARRISON, 5, New-inn, Strand.
" Aug. 6, 1849."
It was stated, however, that the proceedings would be
confined to the defence of the allottees, and as that was
necessarily a private matter, reporters were nut admitted
to the meeting.

THE MURDER AT BERMONDSEY.

+ (THIS DAY.)
This morning an inquiry was opened by Mr. W.
Curter, the cort,ner, at the Coopers' Arms tavern, Has-
sell-street, Bermondsey, touching the death of a newly-
born wale child, found in a field. _ _ _

The jury having been scorn, proceeded to view the
body, which was 13 ing in the Bermondsey workhouse.
Its appearance gave unmistakeable evidence of great
violence having been used.
Upon the return of the jury, the first witness called
was

Henry William Seymour, a lad residing at No. 9,
Grove bouthvale, who stated that un Tuesday last, about
a quarter past twelve o'clock, whilst playing under an
arch of the South-Eaitern Railway, he came to a part
adjoining a garden, and whilst iu the act of jumping on
a low wall he saw the nale,d body of a child lying on
the earth.
Edwin Lefont, police-constable 159 M, said he was
called to the spot on the day in question, and took
charge of the body, which was quite fresh and in a state
of nudity. There were several scratches on the face,
and marks of violence about the neck. The deceased
was lying by the side of the boundary wall of the rail-
way, and was on the grounds of Mr. Abraham Shep-
herd, a market-gardener. Witness examined the arches
and places adjacent, but could not find any article of
clothing. There is a public footpath under the railway,
and any person passing by could easily throw the body
over the wall. Two females were in custody on suspi-
cion of having placed the body in the position it was
found. No clue of a decided nature had been dis•
covered.

Mr. James Paul, surgeon, had made a post mortem
examination, and found that the lungs were fully inflated
and filled the cavity of the chest. They flaattd upon
being placed in water, and the other parts of the body
were fully developed. Witness could not state the
actual course of death, but he believed the child was
born alive.
Sergeant Roberts stated that he apprehended two
females shortly after the discovery was made, and he
thought that if a short time was allowed he should be
able to bring home the case to some one. The females
had been medically examined, and they were both
healthy.
The CORONER observed that if there was a chance of
getting more decided evidence they must adjourn the
ii.quiry.
sergeant Roberts added that the females were residing
at Limehouse, and most probably the deceased was
brought from that district, w here every means would be
used to discover the guilty parties.
The jury thought an a( journment was absolutely ne-
cessary, and the proceedings were postponed fur a week.

Deaths.