The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

TIIB HAGUE, JAN. 13.—CONVOCATION OF THE
NEW CHAMBERS.—His Majesty has nominated
thirty-nine members, who are to compose the First
Chamber of the States-General, out of a list of 130
candidates submitted to his Majesty. The names are
given at length in the Staats Courant. The number
of members returned and confirmed for the various
provinces are as follows :—West Brabant, 5 ; Guel-
derland, 5 ; South Holland, 7 ; West Holland, 6 ;
Zealand, 2; Utrecht, 2 ; Friesland, 3 ; Overyssel,
3; Groningen, 2; Drenthe, 1 ; Limbourg, 3.
His Majesty has also issued the following royal
decree :

" We, William 11., &c., &c.
" Upon the report of our Minister of the Interior,
January 10, 1849, No. 133,
" Seeing Art. ; of the Provisional Electoral Law, we
have decreed, and do decree :

" Our Minister of the Interior is charged to convoke
the Chambers of the new First and Second Chambers of
the States General for Tuesday, the 13th of February
next, on which day the opening of the new Legislative
Session will take place.

" Our Minister of the Interior is charged with the
execution of the present decree, a copy of which shall
be sent for information to the First and Second Cham-
bers of the States-General, and inserted in the official
journal.
" The Hague, Jan. 11, 1849. " WILLIAM.
The Minister of the Interior."

We have already mentioned that M. Thayer,
Postmaster-General in France, and M. Latitte, chair-
man of the Boulogne and Amiens Railway, had arrived
to negotiate for the continuance of the mail service, as
at present performed from Dover to Boulogne. and we
are happy to announce, as the first fruits of their mission,
that it has been arranged by Lord Clanricarde that the
present arrangements, which were to have been changed
on the 15th instant, will be continued to the Ist of Fe-
bruary, which will give time for further consideration.—
Times.
OFF DOVER, J.N. 10.—Merina, Danneman, St. Do-
mingo, and mailed for Bremen.
Itaira.sacca

MA RLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
Mr. 7 hcesas Bruce, a linendraper, and Richard Carter,
a bricklayer, were placed before Mr. Bingham, charged
with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty.
Police-con-ruble 15 D, stated that on Saturday night,
about twelve o'clock, he was called to quell a disturbance
between some soldiers in Quebec-street. A large crowd
of persons had assembled, amongst whom was the pri-
soner Carter, who joined in hooting the police. Wit-
ness desired him to go home, and not to annoy him.
The prisoner refused, and, as they were conveying one
of the soldiers to the station, he persisted in following
close behind them, and called out " Down with the
police." As the prisoner still kept on hooting, witness
took him into custody.
Police-constable 187 C said, on Saturday night, about
twelve o'clock, he was engaged in conveying a soldier to
the station, when the prisoner Carter came behind him,
and excited the mob to rescue the soldier; and as he re-
fused t 3 go away, he (Carter) was taken to the station.
The prisoner Bruce then came up, and called out " Well
dine, soldier." Ile then laid hold of witness's cape, and
tore it fr.( m his shoulders. Another constable who h.d
witnessed the transaction at that moment came up and
took him into custody.
Police-constable 84 D corroborated the evidence of the
last witness, and proved that the prisoner Bruce endea-
voured to rescue the soldier.

A solicitor, who attended for Bruce, then called two
witnesses who attempted to prove that the assault upon
187 C was the result of an accident caused by the pri-
soner trying to save himself from being run over by a
cab, which was passing at the time of the row.
In reply to Irr. BINGRAM, 84 D said the act was nut
the result of accident. He was close by the prisoner
and saw him deliberately take hold of the constable by
the cape, and, at the same time heard him call out, " Well
done soldier." Carter had been locked up since Satur-
day night, and Bruce was bailed out on Sunday. Neither
of them offered any violence to the constables.
Mr. BINGHAM said if any witnesses had been called to
prove in any way that Bruce accidentally tore the con-
stable's cape in the manner alleged by his witnesses,
he (Mr. Bingham) should have at once discharged
him. He had no doubt whatever that it was not
the result of accident, but that the defendant, seeing
the soldier in custody, had his sympathies ex-
cited in favour of the soldier. The defendant's con-
duct in calling out " well done, soldier " verified that
fact. As he had not proceeded to further violence,
and had been locked up all night, he should discharge
him, providing he paid 7a. 6d., being the amount of
damage done to the constable's cape. As to the prisoner
Carter, he had been locked up since Saturday night,
and as that was no slight punishment, he (Mr. Bingham)
should discharge him by paying a fine of ss.
Mr. Bruce immediately paid both the fines.

GOLD MONEY AN UNFIT INSTRU-
MENT FOR SO GREAT A TRADE AS ENG-
LAND'S.

" The present condition of trade, manufactures, and
commerce is deplorable. Produce of every description
is only saleable in small quantities, and at an enormous
sacrifice. Bills of Exchange and the most valuable
securities are inconvertible into cash, even at
great depreciation except in the most in-
significant amounts. Foreign orders for produce and
goods cannot be executed, for want of the customary
facilities for disposal of bills drawn against them. Con-
fidence is all but annihilated, and the currency of the
country is in a great measure withdrawn and hoarded."
—Liverpool Memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury in
October, 1847.