The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

" By command of his Excellency.
(Signed) " G. F. BOWEN,
" Secretary to tho Lord High Commissioner.
" Corfu, Jan. 28, 1859."

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
The Ceno Gordo, from Liverpool, cleared at Bermuda for
Baltimore 10th January, after repairing.
Two steam tugs endeavoured to relieve the South Caro-
lina, ashore in Mobile Bay, but without success.
A despatch from Chariest(in states that the Louise, from
Marseilles, for New Orleans, has been lost.
S. Curling, hence, at Boston ; Irlict Trundy, hence, at
Apalachicola; John Bright and Australia, Emerald, and
Mary Bradford, from London; Baltic, from Glasgow;
Howard, from Hamburg ; Betsey Ames and Sierra Nevada,
from Marseilles—at New York ; Ella A. Clark and Rock-
away, from Havre, and St. James, hence, at New Orleans.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.O )
WHAT CONSTITUTES A BANKRUPTCY.-DUMAINE V.

GREGORY.

This was an action to recover a small sum of money, but
defendant pleaded that the money, if due at all, was due to
the Bankruptcy Court.
His Honour.---How is that ?
Plaintiff.—l cannot say; the money is due to me. I
have never been bankrupt.
Defendant.—l received a letter from the Bankruptcy
Court demanding the money.
Plaintiff.—Never, to my knowledge. I live and carry on
business in Basinghall-str eet.
His Honour.—Ah I that accounts for it. (Laughter.)
He fancies everybody living in Basinghall-street to be a
bankrupt. (Laughter.)
Defendant._ But I received the letter from the Bank-
ruptcy Court, and it said "He Dumaine."
His Honour--well, I dare say it was, but that won't
make him a bankrupt. No doubt he has put the affairs
into the hands of some clever accountant, who is anxious
to show his knowledge of the law.

Plaintiff—My clerk wrote the letter demanding payment.
His Honour—He is a shrewd fellow then, and finds that
" Re" will bring the money quickly. It has not done so
here, but I must say that defendant has evinced great
scruples to pay,the debt on the score that plaintiff was a
bankrupt, for I see that ho has come all the way from
Ware to dispute a debt of 6s. 10d. But I should drop the
" Re" if I were plaintiff, as it won't do to be taken for a
bankrupt because one lives in Basinghalbstreet, and put
"Re before his name. (Laughter.)
Verdict for plaintitf.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SHOPLIFTING.—Ann Wilson, of 8, Skin-market-place,
Bankside, was charged with stealing 20 yards of French
twill and six yards of plaid at the shop of Mr. Bradley,
draper, 6, Cranbourn-street, Leicester-square.
From the evidence of Harriett Footman, an assistant in
the prosecutor's employ, it appeared that the prisoner en-
tered the shop on Saturday afternoon and asked to be shown
some gloves. She selected a pair, and then asked for some
calico and other things, and while she (witness) was getting
them she saw the prisoner get up from the chair on which
she was sitting and take the piece of French twill now pro-
duced and secrete it under her cloak and then resume her
scat. Witness then told Mr. Bradley what she had seen
when the prisoner) who, no doubt, heard what had
passed, dropped the piece of twill on the floor; and
the piece of plaid was also found at her feet. They
had both been taken from one pile, and no doubt at the
same time. She denied having touched the articles, and
en her telling her she had seen her put the twill under her
cloak, she still denied it.
Ward, A 290, said he saw the articles lying at the pri-
soner's feet, and on searching her at the station a piece of
lining was found on her.
Prisoner said she bought that at another shop.
The constable said he had made inquiries where the pri-
soner lived, and the place was principally inhabited by bad
characters.

The prisoner (who persisted that she was not guilty, and
put some questions to the witnesses of an irrelevant nature)
was Ulm conuuitted for trial,

of the whole Assembly, the following proposition :
44 That a committee of 11 members be chosen to report
to the Assembly on further measures for carrying out the
order of the Assembly with respect to the declaration of the
Assembly as to union."

On the proposition of Mr. Dandolo, the Assembly
decreed that the Parliament House be illuminated
in the evening as the temple of all the seven islands.
On Friday a ceremonious levee of installation
was held by the new Lord High Commissioner at
the Palace of St. Michael and St. George. It was
more numerously attended than any former one,
and the representatives of the lonian Assembly,
who the day before had so conspicuously proclaimed
their disloyalty, all hastened to make their salaam
to his Excellency.
The Parliament assembled at half-past 1 o'clock,
and was met by the following official message from.
the Lord High Commissioner, which was delivered
by Sir G. Bowen, the Government Secretary, at-
tended by his Excellency's aides-de-camp
MESSAGE OP HIS EXCELLENCY THE LORD HIGH Cage
MISSIONER TO THE MOST
..NOBLE THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY.

" His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner has been
informed that in yesterday's proceedings of the Most Noble
the Legislative Assembly there is a proclamation of the Will
of the lonian people for union with Greece.
" The Assembly exists in virtue of the constitution, and
cannot but regulate itself according to its provisions.
" The Assembly has also, through inadvertence, deviate'
in another point from the constitution.
" It has elected a committee for the purpose of submit'
ting to the Assembly the further measures connected with
the proclamation aforesaid.

" The one and only legal method of expressing the desires
of the Assembly is by a petition, memorial, or representa-
tion,' in conformity with the Constitutional Charter, Chap'
VII., sec. 7, art. 8.

" By immediately limiting the power of the committee,
and by declaring it competent only to suggest and draw 1113
such ' petition, memorial, or representation,' the Assembly
will be in the path of legality.
" His Excellency the Lord High Commissioner, seeing
no other possible mode of applying a remedy to the rills"
carriage which has occurred, considers it his duty to gips
this information to the Legislative Assembly, and has COw.
fidence in its prudence.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.
The Niagara has arrived with the Boston mails
of the 25th. advices from New York by telegraph,
via Halifax, to the evening of the 27th, and
77,569 dols. on freight.
The Europa had arrived out.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs bad
reported in favour of the bill for the purchase of
Cuba.

The House of Representatives had returned 3
similar bill reported by its committee.
The Secretary of the Treasury had opened the
offers for the remaining portion of the Loan adver-
tised in June last.

According to advices from Hayti, Soulouque had
nearly suppressed the rebellion.
The accounts from Fraser River are very much:
more favourable.

At New York, on the 24th, sterling exchange
was firm at 1091 to 1092-, at 60 days.
The Bank statement exhibited a slight increase
of specie against a reduction of deposits. The capi-
talwas over 60,000,000.

Cotton was steady at,121,c. for middling Up'
[ands.

By telegraph to Boston we learn that on the
evening of the 25th stocks were firm at the fol-
lowing quotations :—New York Central, 8411 ; Erie,
141 ; Hudson, 341 ; Harlem, 131 ; Michigan South-
ern and Northern Indiana, 20 ; Michigan, guaran-
teed, 47; Panama, 1162; Reading, 491 ; Michigan
Central, 521 ; Galena and Chicago, 691; Chicago
and Rock Island, 607 i.
No change in exchanges. •
Freights to Liverpool quiet.

(BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFAX•)
NEW YORK, JAN. 27, Evening.
The Bremen steamship New York arrived here
yesterday.
Our cotton market is dull, and the sales to-day
have been quite trifling, dealers awaiting later
intelligence from Europe by the Arabia, now due.
Yesterday the sales amounted to 1,500 bales.
Flour is buoyant and active, at a slight advance in
prices. Wheat is firm but dull. Indian corn is
dull. Provisions generally are buoyant and slightly
dearer, except for beef, which is quiet.
WASHINGTON, JAN. 27.
The bill providing for the construction of a rail-
road to the Pacific has been defeated in the Senate.
NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 26.
The business in cotton has been about 12,000
bales, at 11-Ic. for middling, the market closing
firm for best quality.