The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-09 00:00:00

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

G. Maddison, Swaffham, Norfolk, grocer, 2s. 9d., on
Monday, Feb. 14, and two fallowing Mondays, between
the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Can-
nan, Birchin-lane, City.
R. Watkins and S. Watkins, Manchester, tailors,
3s. 3d., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, and every following Tues-
day, between the hours of ton and one, at the otfi .e of
Mr. Hobson, Manchester.

D. R. Thomas, Carmarthen, draper, is. Ild., on \Ved-
n•sday, Feb. 9, or any subsequent Wednesday, Letween
the hours of twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acra-
man. Bristol. _ _ _

F. F. Phillips, Bristol, coach builder, 3(1., on Wednes-
day, Feb. 91, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the
h,:urs of twelve and two, at the office of Mr. AcratuAn,
Bristol.

W. Brice, Bristol, merchant, 4d., on Wednesday, Feb.
9, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of
twelve and two, at the office of 61r. Acratnan. Bristol.

T. Robinson, Swansea, grocer, 3s. 5d., on Wedneday,
Feb. 9, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours
of twelve and two, at the office of Mr. Acraman, Bristol.
J. Jones, Birkenhead, chemist, 9d. (on account of
_ .

Is. 6d.), on Thursday, Feb. 10, or any subsequent
Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Cazenove, Liverpool.
J. Hilton, Croston, Lancaster, surgeon, 4g., on Thurs-
day, Feb. 10, or any subsequent Thursday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
T. Higginson, Liverpool, pawnbroker, Is., on Thurs-
day, Feb. 10, or any subsequent Thursday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
E. Brown, Birmingham, merchant, first and second
dividends, of 6d. and 5d., any Thursday, at the office of
Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
C. Twigg, Birmingham, button maker, 2s. 2 d., any
Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the
office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham.
A. Atkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, share broker,
10id., on Saturday, Feb.l2, or any subsequent Saturday,
between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr.
Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

W. Lake, Fleet-street, printer, March 1, at one—W.
Sherwood, Belvedere-road, Lambeth, Surrey, builder and
carpenter, March 2, at eleven—R. J. Day, Halstead,
Essex, wine and spirit merchant, Feb. 29, at two—R.
Iloud, Haughley, Suffolk, brewer, Feb. 29, at eleven.
In the Country.
_ _

R. Newman, Bristol, grocer, 111 arch 2, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol—J. W. Gardener, Wotten-under-
Edge, Gloucestershire, teazle merchant, Feb. 29, at
twelve, at the Court, Bristol—J. Storey, Monkwear-
mouth, Sunderland, rope manufacturer and ship owner,
Feb. 29, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—
C. Wright, Sunderland, hatter and furrier, Feb. 29, at
half.past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon •Tyne—
I. Gaze, Stroud, Gloucestershire, builder, March 3, at
twelve, at the Court, Bristol—W. Gimson, Leicester,
builder, March 3, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham
—R. Lynex, Birmingham, wire worker, March 1, at
eleven, at the Court, Biriningham—J. G. White, Fgt./.
mont, Cheshire, ship broker, March 1, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool—G. Butler, Liverpool, ship broker,
March 1, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—S. Moore,'
Liverpool, wine merchant, March 9, at eleven, at the.
Court, Liverpool—H. Capper, Nantwich, Cheshire,
cheese factor, March 2, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool
—IL Boydell and T. Williams, Liverpool and Birkenhead,
timber merchants, March 2, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool—Jane Parry and Elizabeth Parry,Bangor, Carnar-
vonshire, drapers, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—J. Anderson, Liverpool, merchant, March 2,
at one, at the Court, Liverpool—J. B. Livesey, Liver-
pool, stationer, Feb, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool--
W. L. Oberry, Birkenhead, Cheshire, builder, Feb. 29,
at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—N. Bishop, jun.,
Honiton, Devonshire, victualler, March 9, at one, at the
Court, Exeter—J. Hervey, Stdmouth, Devonshire, prin-
ter, March 9, at one, at the Court, Exeter.
At the Court of Review, Feb. 29.
W. Butcher, Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, cap
manufacturer—J. Partington, Wyre Piddle, Worcester.
shire, cattle dealer—ll. Farman, Pulbam Saint Mary
Magdalen, Norfolk, baker—W. Reynolds, Eldon-street,
Finsbury, bookbinder and bookseller—J. C. Macdonald.
Holbeach, Lincolnshire, bookseller and stationer—J.
Newman, Frampton, Cotterell, Gloucestershire, car-
penter and builder—T. Fitch. Duke-street, Tooley•
street, Southwark, hop merchant—A. Schofield, Oldham,
Lancashire, attorney-at-law—W. Clarke. Nottingham,
lace manufacturer—T. Christian, Park-road, North
Brixton, merchant.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
Hannah Kirk and Sarah Brown, Spalding, Linooln-
shire—C. Williamson and J. Turner, Ripon, varnish-
makers—W. and C. Dudley, Birmingham, jewellers
W. and J. Symington, Market Harborough, Leicester-
shire, drapers—Janc Young, W. Harrison, and J.
Young—T. Elwards aid A. W. Bell, Phillpot lane,
shipping grocers—J. Cluderay and J. W. Graves, York,
joiners—J. Jackson and Ellen Evans, Wrexham. Den-
bighshire, znaltsters—A. Chalmers and W. Reibbeek,
Liverpool—W. Cross and J. Cheshire, Wharton, Che-
shire, salt manufacturers—R. and D. Hawkins, Dun-
stable and Edlesborough, farmers-IV. Walker and S.
Woolliscroft, Botteslow Staffordshire, stone grinders—
J. Laurence, P. Cazenove, S. Laurence, 11. Cazenove,
and C. T. Pearce (so far as regards H. Cazenove)—C
Child and J. Cole, Watford, carriers—J. Blackburn and
B. Pardon, Hatton-garden and Holborn-hill, printers—
Matilda Poulton and Elizabeth Kay, Chelmsford,
milliners—J. Okell and W. T. Mann, Liverpool, share-
brokers—E. R.Withers, and Nash F.W oo
and llatt, Crown.
court, Philpot-lane—E. R. and F. W. Cobb,
Great Tower street, wholesale tea dealers—J. and W.
merchants
Butler, Botolph-lane, carpenters T. r. Taylor,
and W. Heron, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wine
malipg and I. T. Stevenson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,

earthenware manufacturers—B. Millard and T. W
Palmer, Borough market, Southwark, potato salesmen
—H. Goodwin, B. Spilsbury, and G. Downes, Blooms.
bury, haberdashers—C. Rucastle and T. Williamson,
Penrith, chemists—•W. Worthington and T. Firth,
Marston, Cheshire, rock salt proprietors—J. Kinnier
and A. Atkyns, Brunswick-place, City-road, surgeons
—J. and S. C. Kingston, High-street, Kensington, coal
merchants.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Hugh M'Lean, Liverpool, beer seller.
Samuel Sockett, Liverpool, butcher.
Thomas Pilkington, Sheffield, tool manufacturer.
John Evans, Cefn Bychan, Denbighshire, joiner.
Henry Oakes, Sheffield, confectioner.
Eliza Leighton, New Dale, Shropshire, widow.
Joseph Berry, Huddersfield, wood turner.
John Barnett, kika., Ringwood, Hants, baker.
Charles King, .Luton, Bedfordshire, carpenter.
James Allen, Luton, Bedfordshire, labourer.
Henry Newman Woods, Brighton, grocer.
Joseph Wilson. Salford, flour dealer.
William Kendall, Sherburn, Yorkshire, saddler.
William Hutchinson, Cambridge, veterinary surgeon.
Charles Pilkington, Sheffield, tool manufacturer.
Arthur Jones, Wrexham, Denbighshire, grocer.
William Evans, Drayton-in-Hales, Staffordshire, wharf.
inger.
Thomas Henry Cole, St. Philip's Marsh, Bristol, potter.
William Nicholls, Bedminster, Bristol, carpenter.
James Aspinall, Lane Dyehouse, Huddersfield, shop.
keeper.
John Lawrence, St. Philip and Jacob, Bristol, grocer.
Thomas Field, Gainsbocougb, railway agent.
Thomas Noble, St. James's, Bristol, confectioner.
SCO ICH SEQUESTRATIONS.

R. Stalker, Auchterarder, manufacturer, and Glasgow,
merchant, to meet within the Black Bull, Hotel, Olga.
gow, Feb. 12 and March 6, at twelve.
J. Sinclair and Son, Edinburgh, commission agents,
to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. 12 and
March 4, at three.
A. M'Phail and A. M'Phail, Glasgow, merchants and
power-loom cloth manufacturers, to meet within the
Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 11 and March 3, at
twelye.

R. Watson, Lochgilphead, Argyleshire, rope manu-
facturer, to meet within M`Farlane's Hotel, Ardriahaig,
Feb. 15 and March 7, at three.
D. Brash, Leith, grocer and wine aad spirit merchant,
to meet within the New Ship Tavern, Leith, Feb.l4 and
March 13, at twelve.
J. Shanks, Glasgow, commission agent, to meet
within the Crow Hotel, Feb. 12 and Maroh 4, at twelve.
L. Adamson and W. Adamson, Perth, merchants, to
meet within the St. John's Tavern, Perth, Feb. 19 and
March 6, at twelve.
A. Alison, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the
Royal Exchange Committee-room, Glasgow, Feb. 12
and March 4, at one.

R. Rennie, Trinity, near Edinburgh, banker, to meet
within Ferguson's Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, Fob. 11 and
March 3, at one.
T. Smith, Edinburgh, cabinet maker and upholsterer,
to meet within Stevenson's Room; Edinburgh, Feb. 16
and March 7, at two.
A. Duncan, Tow, sheriff substitute of Shetland, to
meet within the Subscription rooms, Lerwick, Feb. 1?
and March 9, at twelve.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, FIB. B.—The Laudian Professor of
Arabic will resume his lectures at the Clarendon on
-Wednesday, the 16th instant, at three o'clock. He
will also begin an elementary lecture en Saturday,
the 19th instant, at the same hour.

The Reader in Experimental Philosophy will com-
mence a course of lectures on Sound, at the Claren-
don, on Wednesday, the 16th instant, at one o'clock.
The lectures will be continued at the same hour
every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, until com-
pleted.
Gentlemen desirous of attending are requested to
put down their names at the lecture-room in the
Clarendon on the day preceding, between the hours
of two and three, or at the close of the first lecture.

The Professor of Moral Philosophy will commence
a course of lectures on the Philosophy of Plato on
Tuesday, the 16th instant, at nine •'clock, and will
also continue to read the Ethics of Aristotle on
the following Thursdays and Saturdays throughout
the term.
The lectures will be given in the hall of Corpus
Christi College.

DESTITUTION in the METROPOLIS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sist,—The severe destitution and squalid misery
that every day meet the eye in our passages through
the metropolis, which for its wealth and benevolent in-
stitutions ranks highest among nations, is sufficient to
make the heart of every humane individual heave a
sigh, and ask themselves how can these things be ?
In my peregrinations through this city of cities, I
have frequent opportunities afforded me for observa-
tion, and recently I have occupied a portion of my
time in visiting the abodes of my wretched and much
neglected fellow-creatures. To properly ascertain
the extent of destitution now existing, a visit to the
soup kitchens lately opened in various parts of the
metropolis for the famishing thousands will fully and
fearfully convey the fact that there are vast numbers
dying from starvation. Among the soup kitchens
worthy of comment is one (the first that gratuitously
opened its doors to the poor) situate in liam•yard,
Windmill-street, where duily may be seen from 700
to SOO miserable beings huddled together for warmth,
waiting for the distribution of soup and bread,
which is given through the medium of tickets. The
applicants IN ho daily assemble are so numerous that
many, very many, who have remained for hours amid
the pitiless storm, in the greatest despair, to be re-
lieved, have been compelled to leave foodless, home-
less, to wander whither we know not. Oh, Sir, were
you to condescend to look upon this spot any day
(save Sunday, and where are they on the Sabbath ?)
between the hours of three and four, rat , I feel
your heart would sicken at the sight, and, like my-
self, you would exclaim how can these things be ?
Women with infants at their breasts, bowed down
with the deepest despair—emaciated and forlorn, with
scarcely sufficient apparel to cover their attenuated
frames—waiting with anxiety to be relieved, and
whose slender forms are hustled to and fro by others
of a little stronger order, who are also eager, as if
between life and death, to reach the doors of the
soup kitchen. So great is the pressure on the doors
that barriers of great strength have been erected, and
the attendance of the Metropolitan Police has been
deemed necessary to quell the excitement arising out
of a starving multitude. The benevolence of those who
have originated this relief for their poorer brethren, and
poor they are, nearly unto death, reflects the highest
credit, and I do hope, Sir, there will be no relaxation
on the part of the affluent in affording support to such
charities. The Press, which has ever proved a
powerful instrument in the cause of the poor, has
never been found wanting in its energies for the poor
man's cause; and now we have our streets crowded
by the forlorn and destitute, and who are wandering
in a state of starvation, let me hope you will on this
occasion devote a space in your valuable paper on
behalf of the distressed. The widows will not fail to
offer up their prayers of gratitude for your aid, nor
will the lisping orphan be behindhand in calling a
blessing upon you from Him " who is the Father of
the fatherless." Many kind-hearted and Christian
individuals are using their best efforts to establish
soup kitchens in various parts of the metropolis.
Upon my visit
to the soup kitchen alluded to
some few days since, I was much pleased
to find M. Soler, of the Reform Club, devoting his
time in preparing the soup for the poor, aided by
another indefatigable person who takes an interest,
almost to the sacrifice of his health, in softening down
the pangs of the wretched recipients. The gratitude
emanating from these poor and dejected beings is
great indeed, and they leave the place with their
sunken faces illumined with joy, where only a short
time before despair sat with fearful forebodings.
Among the subscribers to this soup kitchen is H. R. H.
Prince Albert, who has generously subscribed the
sum of 201. for the benefit of the poor. When we
find subscriptions emanating from this quarter it is
pleasing to the mind to know that the poor are felt
for, and that their pinings have met with royal com-
passion. I sincerely trust, Sir, this donation will be
followed by others, in order that there shall be no
complaining in our streets, no more deaths by star-
vation! Pardon me, Sir, for enlarging so
much on the subject. I feel satisfied you will not
hesitate to do your part in endeavouring to arouse the
lethargic feelings of some who can well afford to con-
tribute towards the poor, and the insertion of these
few words may (and I have no reason to doubt
'lt) be the means of awakening the dormant state into
aidlnt
famishing
which humanity has fallen, and bring forth that
to the suffering thousands who are daily _
any
will
not, our eyes. Should you doubt thetr
ythoouf
sentence herein stated, which I should hope
have written and apologising
not, a visit to the soup kitchefnorwtihllefluelnlygtvhetnofywahlilchl
I have gone, 'beg to remain, Sir,.
Your most obedient servant
JOHN GRIFFIN.

London-road, Southwark.
P.S. I have partaken of the soup and the bread
with a view of testing its quality, and can conscien.
tiouslv state that it is composed of the best materials.
Cleanliness and good order is strictl3 observed, and a
visit to this kitchen will at once prove that there are
men "who have hearts that can feel for others' w oee:

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FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—We regret to learn
that one of the porters at the terminus here of the Ar-
broath Railway, when in the act, yesterday (Thursday),
of coupling some waggons, was crushed betwixt the buf-
fers, in
consequence of the waggons behind him being
unexpectedly
set in motion, and thereby instantaneously
depriving him of life.—Montrose Review.
WILD SWANS ON WINDERMERI.—There have for
a week back been six swans on Windermere, and hun-
dreds of " divers" of various descriptions, and great
has been the slaughter made by the " long Run " men.
Two of the swans have been shot by Mr. Z. Alemby,
with a common fowling gun, right and left, which he
came upon when feeding on the shore,— Mawr:and
Gaseltc.