The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-01 00:00:00

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

W. S. Brown, sen., and W. S. Brown, jun., Broad-
street, Ratcliff, sail makers and ship chandlers, is. 10d.,
on Saturday, Jan. 1, and two following Saturdays, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
J. Richardson, Union-street, Spitalfields, glass and
earthenware dealer, ss. 6d., on Saturday, Jan. 1, and
two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry.
E. Keeler, Canterbury, dealer in glass and earthen-
ware,
4s. 6d., on Saturday, Jan. 1, and two following
Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
Mary Elizabeth Bell and J. Bell, Finch-lane, Corn-
hill, newsvenders, 165., on Saturday, Jan. 1, and two
following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry.
T. 11. May, Little Britain, baker and flour dealer,
"id., on Saturday, Jan. 1, and two following Saturdays,
between the hours of eleven and two, ct the office of
Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
J. Watkins, Wandsworth-road, licensed victualler,
Bs. 11d., on Saturday, Jan. 1, and two following Satur-
days, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry.
L. Bryant, Stamford-hill, coal merchant, 2s. 10d., on
Saturday, Jan. 1, and two following Saturdays, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Ed-
wards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
R. D. Evans,Wrexham, Denbighshire, draper, 10s., on
Thursday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Thursday, between
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
A. Thomas, Liverpool, cart owner, 4s. 9d., on Thurs-
day, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Thursday, between the
hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner,
Liverpool.
Rosetta Edersheim, Manchester, draper, Is. 4d., on
Tuesday, Jan. 4, and every following Tuesday, between
the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott,
Manchester.

NIT. Sims, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
coach and harness maker, 2s. 6d., on Friday, Dec. 31,
or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve
and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street.
J. Gass, Colchester, draper, 45.. on Friday, Dec. 31,
or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of twelve
and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street.
M. Lewis, Oxford-street, linendraper, 55., on Friday,
Dec. 31, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of
twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall-street.
S. Waters, Luton, Bedfordshire, baker and grocer,
Cs. 3d., on Friday, Dec. 31, or any subsequent Friday,
between the hours of twelve and three, at the office of
Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
J. Brown, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
carver and gilder, 9d., on Friday, Dec. 31, or any sub-
sequent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three,
at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-
street.

NAVAL PREPARATIONS IN FRANCE.—The follow-
ing naval constructions are announted as being intended
to be executed in the port of Cherburg in the year
1848 :—The San. steam frigate, of 540 horse-power, is
to be completely fitted up ; the steam corvettes the Col-
bert and the Newton are to be launched ; a steam cor•
vette of 200 horse-power, named the Milan, is to be
placed on the stocks, and carried to 8-24ths. A 20-gun
brig, the Obligado, is to be commenced, and carried to
12-24ths ; the Austerlitz man-of-war, of the second class,
is to be advanced to 12-24ths ; the Tilsit, of the third
class, to 16-24ths ; the Bellone frigate, of the second
class, to 18-24ths ; the Resolute frigate, of the third
class, to 16-24ths ; and the Eurydice corvette to be ter-
minated within 3-24ths.'
Loss or THE SHIP ELAN RUMNY, OP HULL, CAPT.
HERRIS, ON THE RocEs OFF BRlxToN.—This unfortu•
nate vessel came on the ironbound coast of the Isle of
Wight about half-past twelve o'clock on Thursday morn-
ing, and soon filled. She was timber-laden, from St.
John's, New Brunswick, for London. At daylight the
captain and crew succeeded in getting on shore near
Brixton. During the day several unsuccessful attempts
were made to get on board her from the shore, but
though the wind had shifted to the northward (right off
the land), the sea rolled in too heavily, and two, of the
fishermen, Wearn and Turner, unfortunately lost their
lives. Part of her stern has driven on shore, and there
is no chance of her being got off. Several vessels have
gone round to give assistance should the swell subside.
THE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ACT. This day,
January 1, 1848, the British Merchant Seamen's Act,
having been adopted by the House of Assembly of
Upper Canada, to prevent the shameful desertion of
British seamen in the port of Quebec, &c., comes into
operation in that province, and all seamen unable to
produce their registration ticket and certificate of dis-
charge will be arrested and punished as deserters. The
shipment of seamen is now entirely in the hands of
licensed agents, the crimps being altogether abolished.
The Admiralty are effecting arrangements for the uni-
versal adoption of this Act in all the British colonies.
THE MIRTIELD MURDERS. A correspondent at
York sends a further confession of Reid, which is little
In the Country. more than a repetition of the narrative which we have
T. Williams
already published as his version of the perpetration of
at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—H. Ash, G. HeeCoventry, ribbon manufacturer, Feb. 12r-
,
those horrid murders. The only additional particulars
are contained in the following portion of it, which exo-
lein, and H. C. Ash, Birmingham, ironmongers, Jan. 22,
nerates M.'Cabealtogether from any participation in the
at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—H. Hunt, Derby,
transaction :—,, The amount of money which I found in
saaltster, Jan 21, at half-past ten, at the Court, Notting-
ham—C. Davies, Liverpool, bookseller, Jan. 24, at eleven, Mr. Wraith's house was between 8/. and 91., which was
all I got, besides the watch and the wedding ring. When
at the Court, Liverpool. I got home I put the watch between the rafter and the
At the Court of Review, Jan. 21.
P. Bevan, Liverpool, flour-dealer—T. Capps, Lynn, slates • but Ido not know where it is now. I never
dealer in toys—H. Johnson, Sheffield merchant—H. was in the
ogatra_
en
_at all, as sworn to by the little girl,
Thompson, Manchester, and Nafferton, Yorkshire, corn nor in the oat field ; nor did I stand at the laith end, as
merchant—W. Lambert, Great Titchfield. street, St. sworn
shortly
Benjamin Morton; but went the direct road
home, after M'Cabe had been at the house. I
Marylebone, grocer—R. Linell, Shrewsbury, grocer—S.
had no hat on when I left the house, hut the same cap
S. Hargill, Newlay, Yorkshire, dyer—W. Buckland,
Chi enham Wiltshire innkeeper—W. H. Lewis, Lud-
which
I had when I went ; nor did I bring a hat out of
pp, , the„case with me.
gate-street, straw bonnet maker—T. J. M. Bartlett, " PATRICK REID.
Pall-mall East, bill broker. Witness—J. Noble, keeper of York Castle,
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Robt. Dd. Jackson, clerk to Mr. Jackson,
J. Clay and W. Parker, Bow-common, glue manufac- solicitor, York.
turers—C. Buck, F. J. Buck, and C. W. Buck, Primrose DEATH OF AN ENGLISHMAN OF THE OLD ScnooL.
Hill road, florists—T. Drew and C. T. Woosnam, New- Among recent deaths we find that of Mr. Henry Dinham
town and Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, attorneys and Chard, late of Lyme Regis, Dorset, ship builder and
solicitors—W. Harling and W. Mercer, Cliffe, Kent, ship owner, whose name for a long series of years was
farmers—J. Jackson, W. Marshall, and J. Hutchison, known from the North Foreland to the Land's End, not
New City Chambers, ship and insurance agents—W. only as a builder of gun brigs, privateers, cutters, and
Eden, sen., and W. Eden, jun., Nottingham, joiners and loggers, whose speed the Frenchmen in vain endea-
builders—J. Bethell and W. Bethell, Warrington, Lan- voured to equal, but also for the ability and perseverance
cashire, grocers—C. Mottram, J. H. Rehe, and J. Gar- which he displayed on numerous occasions in floating
diner, New Ranelagh-road, Pimlico, patent rice starch and saving stranded vessels on the southern coast.
manufacturers—J. Harlock and F. Gregory, Bristol, Even in these days of advanced mechanical skill, the
linendrapers—C. Rootes and J. File, Ramsgate, corn means which he suggested and adopted, half a century
factors--W. Brierley and J. Holmes, Little Lever, Lan- since, are still in use with hardly any variation. During
cashire, cotton manufacturers—M. Fitch and J. Bright, the latter part of the war, when the Channel swarmed
Chelmsford and Brixton-hill, patent salt manu- with privateers, Mr. Chard lost many of his vessels to
facturers—H. Harper, D. Harper, J. Harper, and I the enemy, totally uninsured, whilst engaged in the
D. Bothwell, Pilkington, Lancashire, ironfounders I hazardous undertaking of conveying government stores
and millwrights (so far as regards D. Bothwell) to the Channel Islands for the use of the troops there.
—H. Sorby and T. Brightmore, Fence and Brinsworth, This contract he performed to the end of the war, faith-
Yorkshire, cattle-dealer—J. Little, T. Freeman, G. I fully and efficiently, although to the ruin of himself,
Veeare, and W. Arkell, Cheltenham, coach-builders (so never having received a shilling compensation from the
far as regards W. Arkell)—F. R. Welch and W. Gale, I Crown for the losses sustained in these services. Mr.
Britannia-street, City-road, jewellers and gilders—H. I Chard had attained the age of 88.
Darwin and F. Darwin, Sheffield, silversmiths and tin- I HOLIDAYS AT THE LAW OrricEs.—Yesterday the
ners—W. B. Rodier and W. F. Harris, Gresham-street, , several law offices resumed business, the Judges Chem-
City—J. Moorhouse and J. T. Tailor, Kirkburton, bers were opened for the first time since Friday last.
Yorkshire, merchants and cloth- manufacturers—W. G. The Chancery vacation will end on the 6th January, but
Watson andlJ. Watson, New Church-street, Bermondsey, attendance is daily given for a short time at the Record
bakers—J. Harrison and J. Bedell, Liverpool, tea and and other offices. The Courts of Law and Equity will
coffee merchants—H. White and F. Sandford, Chelms- resume business on the commencing of Hilary Term, on
ford, curriera—J. Tulloch and J. D. Brown, South 1 the 11th of January.

H. Clark, liedcross-street, City, and Plummer's-row,
Whitechapel, oil and:colour merchant, ls. on Friday, Dec.
31, or any subsequent Friday, between the hours of
twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-
court, Basinghall. street.
G. Harris, Giltspur-street, City, tailor, is. 6d., on
Friday, Dec. 31, or any subsequent Friday, between the
hours of twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
C. Howe, Plymouth, draper, 2s. 6d., any day after
Dec. 30, between the hours of twelve and three, at the
office of Mr. Hei naman, Exeter.

R. Blackburn, Cleckheaton, innkeeper and printer,
205., any day after Jan. 6, between the hours of eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds.

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

W. llumphries, Bow-street, Covent-garden, tavern
keeper, Jan. 24, at half-past eleven—G. A. Soar, Great
Marylebone-street, St. Marylebone, glass cutter, Jan.
24, at half-past eleven—W. Chappelow, jun., Jermyn-
street, St. James's, wholesale saddler, Jan. 21, at twel'.e
—R. J. Day, Halstead, Essex, wine and spirit merchant
Jan. 20, at eleven.

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