The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-11 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE _NOTICE.

The Government of the United States having reduced
the rate of postag.. chargeable upon letters transmitted
through the United states to Cuba, letters for Cuba,
addressed to be forwarded rid the Ueired States, will be
liable in future to the following combined British tied
United States rates of postage, viz :—For a letter not
,xceeding oz. in weight, ls. 24d.; for a letter exceed-
ing oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. 5d.; and so on,
according to the scale for charging inland letters.
Newspapers by the same route will still bo liable to a
charge of 2d. each. The postage upon both letters and
newspapers must be paid in advance. All correspond-
,,nce for Cuba, not specially addressed to be sent rid the
United States, will continue to be dispatched by the
West India mail packet of the 17th of each month.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Aug. 9.
(Before Sir J. K. BRUCE )
EX PARTE PEARGUS O'CONNOR, IN THE MATTER OF THE
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY, AND OF AN ACT TO DIS-
SOLVE THE SAME, AND IN THE MATTER OF TUE
WINDING-UP ACTS.

This was the petition of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, late
of Notting-hill-terrace, but now of No. 16, Great
Windmill-street, stating that, in 1845, the Chartist Co-
operative Land Society was projected, and was provi-
sionally registered in 1846, under the statute 7th and Bth
of her Majesty's reign, under the title of " the National
Land Company;" that by the deed of settlement of the
company, the object was declared to be the purchasing
of land in various parts of the United Kingdom, and
erecting thereon dwellings to be allotted to the members,
and the raising of a fund out of which sums of money
should be paid to the members, being allottees of laud,
the capital of the company; that the capital should be
130,0001., in 100,000 shares of 11. 6s. each, which was
afterwards expressed to be 195,0001., in 150,000 shares
of the above amount each; that by the Act which re-
ceived the Royal assent on Thursday last, the 7th of
August inst., the company was absolutely dissolved; and
it was thereby enacted that the Court of Chancery should
on the petition of Mr. Feargus O'Connor, his heirs, exe-
cutors, or administrators, or of any subscriber to the
company, or any claimant against its assets, make an
order absolute referring it to one of the Masters of the
Court to wind up the affairs of the company; that no
advertisement but one similar to the one required by the
Winding-up Acts should be necessary. The petition
113,,n stated that Mr. O'Connor was desirous that the
affairs of the company should be wound up, and prayed
the same accordingly.

Mr. W. H. BENNETT supported the petition, and re-
quested that the reference might be sent to the vacation
Master.

Hie; HONOUR made the order.
The sitting of the Court was in the private room, the
Learned Judge consenting to take all such matters as
were unopposed and of a pressing nature, the delay in
hearing which until after the vacation would have occa-
sioned very great expense and other inconvenience.

JUDGES' CHAMBERS, Aug. 9.
(Before Mr. JUdtlCO PATTEWN.)

SHEPPARD V. SIR GEORGE DE LA DOER BERESFORD, BART.
This was an application for a discharge from the cus-
tody of the Sheriff of Middlesex, upon the ground that
the defendant, Sir George de la Poer Beresford, had been
discharged from the debt for which he had been arrested
by the Insolvent Debtors Act in Ireland.
Mr. LEWIS, of Ely-place, who applied for the dis-
charge, briefly stated the facts. The defendant was a
prisoner in the custody of the Sheriff of Middlesex,
having been arrested upon a ca. as., issuing out of the
Queen's Bench, for a debt of 1,4261. The defendant had
been a prisoner iu the gaol of the Four Courts Marshal-
sea, in Ireland, and while there he had filed a petition in
the Insolvent Court, in that country, on the 7th Sept.,
1843, and having been three times before the Court, was
opposed by the present detaining creditor on each occa-
sion, but was finally discharged on the 9th of May, 1845.
lie then came to England, and for the most part since,
and for the lust fifteen months had resided in this
period ho was again arrested by
ethoeuriptirayintdifurr,iw" wiibolch believed that the discharge in Ireland
could not protect the insolvent debtor in England from a
judgment obtained in an English court for the same debt.
referred to the clause
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Oared.
Mr. LEWIS said that thc re were express decisions on
that point.
Mr. Justice PATTESON, after looking into the cases,
observed that the question was whether the Insolvent
Act in Ireland did not discharge the defendant from the
debt. If that Court (the Queen's Bench) did not dis-
charge him, no one else could.
Mr. GIBBONS contended that the Act merely applied
to Irish judgments, and the defendant being a prisoner
in Ireland, had been duly discharged from that judg-
ment. But the process under which ho was now in cus-
tody was issued from one of the Queen's courts at West-
minster, which the Irish Insolvent Act could not tough,