The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-10 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. Burton, upholsterer, King-street, Soho, July 30, at
twelve —J. Butterworth. leather factor, Bermondsey, July 30,
at half-past twelve—T. Harris, merchant, John-street, Ame-
rica-square, July 31, at one—F. J. H. Muller, furrier, Addle-
street, Wood-street, July 30, at eleven—H. Thorpe, linen
draper, Kensington, July-30, at half-past one.
In the Country.
D. Hague, paper manufacturer, Horsforth, Yorkshire, Aug.
14. at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—C. S. Jackson,
cloth merchant, Leeds. Aug. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court—A. R. Hickman, victualler, Abergavenny. Mon-
mouthshire. July 30, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—
J. and G. Ewart, auctioneers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 2,
at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—G. E.
Phillips, saddler, Plymouth, Aug. 2, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court—W. and J. Sharrocks, machine makers, Man-
chester, Aug. I, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—
L. and J. Rostron, merchants, Manchester, Aug. 1, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court—C. S. and W. Heywood,
warehousemen, Manchester, Aug. 1, at one, at the Ma--
chester District Court —A. T. Tehbitt, wholesale tea
dealers, Birmingham, July 31, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court—R. P. Atcherley, mercer. Whitchureh,
Shropshire, Aug. 2, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court—C. Harrington, glazier, Kidderminster, Worcestershire,
July 31, at one, at the Birmingham District Court—T. New-
ton, cattle dealer, Holboach, Lincolnshire, Aug. 2, at half-past
twelve, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Jones, grocer,
Wellington, Shropshire, Aug. 2, at half-past eleven, at the
Birmingham District Court. _ _

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the

contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
F. Banner, provision merchant, Upper Thames-street, July
30—R. Wi'ls and R. Davy, drapers, Oxford-street, Aug. I
C. Williams, furrier, Sutton-street, York-road, Aug. 2—C.
Rubinson, oil merchant, Great Trinity-lane, City,July 3I—T.
Winstanley, commission agent, Laurence-lane, City, July 31—
C. Nichols, bookseller, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Aug. I—W
Thompson and J. Mellis, merchants, Neweastle-unon-Tyne,
July 31—J. Falkingham, bacon factor, Bradford, Yorkshire,
Aug. 2—J. S. Tolson, fancy cloth manufacturer, Hudders-
field, Yorkshire, Aug. I—T. Newton, cattle dealer, Holbeach,
Lincolnshire, Aug. 2—J. Hellewell, dyer, Salford, Lanca-
shire, July 31—F. P. Everett, draper, Reading, Berkshire,
July 30—W. Monteath, linen draper, Oxford-street, July 30
—P. Seddon, coal dealer, Middle Hulton, Lancashire, July 30
—J..Etock, linen draper. Leeds, July 30—S. Bettison, wine
merchant, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, July 30—E.
Holmes, warehouseman, King-street, Cheapside, July 30—
G. and J. Wilkinson, carriers, Bishop Auckland, Durham,
July 30.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _

W. Sharp and H. J. Cook, bookbinders, New-yard. Great
Queen-street—M. and I. Thompson, grocers, Hebburn,
Durham—W. Hepworth and T. Micklethwaite, printers,
Wakefield, Yorkshire—J. and T. Gill, corn merchants, New
Corn Exchange, London—J. Robinson and W. Maunder,
shirt makers, Maiden-lane—S. Bremhead and T. Brooks,
builders, Bristol—H. Engel, L. I. Lowenthal, and J. Lieb-
reich, woolstaplers, Leeds (so far as regards J. Liebreich )
H. Metcalfe and W. Rothwell, sizers. Great Bolton, Lanca-
-hire—M. Cook and C. Ford, milliners, Devizes—W. B.
Aspinall, C. Aspinall, and J. Aspinall, sail makers, Liverpool
(sq far as regards J. Aspinall)—F. B. and C. B. Phillipgon,
chemists, Marchmont-street, Brunswick- square—S. Ashford
and C. T. Cooke, file makers, Birmingham—J. and J. G.
Payne, silversmiths, Wallingford, Berkshire—H. Pershouse,
G. Welch, and W. R. Auster, brassfounders, Birmingham—J.
and G. Fox, printers, Pontefract, Yorkshire—R. Crabtree,
T. Crabtree, and W. Burnley, woollen manufacturers, Ros-
sendale, Lancashire—J. Allan and M. Chubb, straw hat ma-
nufacturers, Cheapside-0. and. J. Austin, rope makers, Great
Dover-street—W. and G. T. Badco2k, wine merchants, Ox-
ford—B. Hately and T. W. Miller, ironmongers, Liverpool—
W. Warren and J. G. J. Bateman, shawl manufacturers,
Norwich—S. Sillifant and E. Richards, drapers, Brecon—W.
Buckley, W. Knight, and C. Hague, brassfounders, Oldham,
Lancashire (so far as regards C. Hague).
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
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THOMAS WHITSON, writer, Blairgowrie, July 15 and
Ails. 5, at twelve, at M'Laren's Inn, Blairgowrie.
WILLIAM LYON, grocer, Dundee, July 15, at twelve,
and Aug. 5, at one, at the chambers of J. Patullo, Dundee.
JAMES LINDSAY, slater, Glasgow. July 13, at twelve,
and Aug. 3, at twelve, at the Waterloo Hotel, Glasgow.
ROBERT 11PLEAN KENNEDY and CO., chemists,
Glasgow, July 13 and Aug. 5, at eleven, at J. Thomson's
Tavern, Glasgow.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GLOBE.—Among the Parliamentary business on the
paper for this evening, Mr. Ross will move the House of
Commons for the production of -copies of the corre-
spondence which has passed between the Irish Govern-
ment, and any other parties, relative to the re-instate-
ment of Mr. O'Driscoll in the commission of the
neace in that country. As the removal of Mr.
O'Driscoll from the magistracy was caused by
conduct in that gentleman which drew down
upon him no ordinary portion of justly-merited
censure and reproach, it is only right that the Govern-
ment which has restored him should have an opportu-
nity of showing—either that the imputations cast upon
Mr. O'Driscoll were not justified by the facts ; or
that the conduct charged against him does not dis-
qualify him for the office of a magistrate, however
much it may derogate from his position as a :gentleman,
or his reputation for humanity. The present state of
public feeling in Ireland is such as to render care and
caution, in the selection of persons for the office of
magistrates, essentially necessary on the part of the
Government. Many magistrates, in whom the great mass
of the people had confidence, have been removed from
the commission for taking part in meetings of the Repeal
Association. The number of magistrates for whoseadmi-
nistration of thelaws the Irish peasantry cherished respect,
has been thus greatly diminished ,• and their dependence
on the 'impartiality of the judicial bench has been
to this extent shaken. It was, therefore, no less
due to the people, whose interest in the character
of the magistrates is immense, than it was neces-
sary for the maintenance of social order and cheer-
ful obedience to the laws—both which the Government
is bound to promote, and ought, by its administration, to
aim to secure—that the magistrates' bench should be
free from gross instances of indecorum. No appoint-
ment having a tendency to strengthen and extend
dissatisfaction with the constitution of the magis-
tracy among the Irish people, ought at any time to
be allowed to pass unquestioned in Parliament ; but,
under present circumstances, it is especially impera-
tive that Ministers should be called to a strict account
for any marked departure from the rules which ought
to regulate the creation or restoration of individual
magistrates. Ministers have shown themselves deter-
mined to supersede political opponents for attending
political meetings against which they have issued their
decrees of prohibition. By so doing, they have
diminished the public confidence in the adminis-
tration of justice. In many districts the Bench
is exclusively occupied by partizans of the Government,
which has placed itself in antagonism with the
sympathies of the people. In such a state of things
as this, could anything be more impolitic—more calcu-
lated to rouse public indignation against the Government,
and to engender suspicion among the peasantry, as to the
impartiality of the administration of the laws—than to
see an individual replaced on the Bench, whose recent
removal from it had been provoked by his own outrage
upon the laws, and his intemperate attack upon the
bench of magistrates, who had, with great reluctance,
convicted him of that savage outrage? Yet such is the
transaction to which the attention of Parliament will be
called this evening.
STANDARD.—Mr. Gladstone's admirable speech
upon the second reading of the Railway Bill, leaves
little to be said upon the subject. The principle of the
question lies in a very narrow compass. A railway
company comes to Parliament for a Bill—obtains it—
displaces all other means of travelling upon the same
line ; and then proceeds to make exactly such charges,
and dispense such accommodation as it thinks
will afford it the greatest amount of profit. This is the
natural course of things, and the natural remedy for any
evil arising out of it is competition. Accordingly, the
rates being thought too high, or the accommodation
insufficient, another railway company claims from Par-
liament permission to lay down another railway parallel
to the former. Oh no, cry the elder company, we have
invested our money upon the faith of a public engage-
ment that there should be no second railway on this
same line. This is all quite fair. " Public faith" is to
be maintained inviolable; but is there to be no respect
to " railway faith ?" ttilway companies invest their
money upon the faith that they are to have
a monopoly ; but do they not take that mo-
nopoly under an implied pledge that they will
not abuse it by an extortionate tax upon the locomotion
of the Queen's subjects—a monopoly of the means of
which locomotion they have got into their own hands ?
It seems to us that the obligation between Parliament
and the railway companies is reciprocal. Parlia-
ment is " to protect their monopoly—they are not
to make a use of it oppressive to the public.
But how is Parliament to enforce the observance of
their plighted faith upon these Companies ? By fixing
their fares, and arranging the accommodation pr3vided
for passengers and carriers? This would never answer.
The only means that Parliament can resort to is, either
to allow of competition by rival railways, which,
as every one must see, would invite to a dead loss of
an enormous amount of capital that might be better
employed, or to claim the power of buying in for the
public the existing railway at a fair price. The Bill be-
fore Parliament reserves to Parliament this latter right,
and we cannot guess upon what principle so fair a pro-
position can be resisted.

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.-PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.
—Telegraphic orders by the Semaphore were received this
morning from the Admiralty for the St. Vincent, 120, Capt.
R. F. Rowley, to prepare immediately for sea, and to be
ready for sailing by four, P.M., when her orders would arrive.
She is now taking in a supply of provisions and water. At
one, P.M., 150 additional marines, with two officers, embarked
on board her, and 160 able seamen were sent from the Vic-
tory and Excellent, which were sent to Spithead in the
Rocket and Echo steamers. The Commander-in-Chief's
flag will be removed to the Excellent pro tern. She is or-
dered to Gibraltar. The (long expected) Camperdown, 104,
Captain Martin, has just anchored at Spithead ; her officers
and crew will be turned over to the Queen forthwith, she
' being ready for their reception.

Oa Monday afternoon the Duchess of Buccleuch gave a
princely fete champetre at Montagu House, at which above
1,200 personages of rank congregated, including the leading
members of the corps diplomatique, and distinguished fo-
reigners visiting this capital. Owing to the fineness of the
weather, the brilliant assemblage of fashion were enabled to
enjoy to the fullest extent the attractions of the out-door
amusements, for the Noble Duke had generously offered a
purse of 60 sovereigns to be rowed for by the Thames water-
men. His Grace, the year before last, gave a similar prize,
when the Queen and Prince Albert were present.
The garden was tastefully ornamented fur the accommoda-
tion of visitors. Turkey carpets and India matting were
placed over the lawn, and costly furniture and reclining chairs
were provided, so that the regatta might be observed by all
who chose to participate in the Pe.
The terrace was laid out in the same elegant manner as we
observed on Thursday last, and the pavilions at each end
were supplied with the rarest rtheshments and choice fruit,
served up in gold and silver plate. The valuable and costly.
ornamental plate on the tables added to the magnificence
which pervaded the entire arrangements. In the garden the
full band of the Scots Fusileer Guards performed a variety of
music.

The complete range of superb saloons opening on to the
terrace were thrown open ; the dining-room, as before, being
appropriated for quadrille dancing, a band being engaged for
that purpose.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at ten
minutes past four ; and her Royal Highness the Duchess of
GiouceSter, attended by Lady Georgiana Murray, arrived at
twenty minutes to five, and was received at the hall entrance
by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, by whom her Royal
Highness was conducted to the terrace.

Her Royal Highness—thesuZes;-of Cambridge, accom-
panied by the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, arrived at five minutes to five ; Baroness Ahlefeldt
and Baron Knesebeck being in waiting on the Royal Dnchesp.
Immediately after the whole of the illustrious visitors had
reached the terrace, the signal was given, and the first heat
of the rowing match was commenced. [The particulars of
the regatta will be found in another part of our journal.]
Shortly after the regatta had terminated, the Royal visitors
departed. -. The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
(Princess Augusta of Cambridge) was cordially welcomed by
most. of the assembled guests of the Duke and Duchess.
The Duke of Wellington, who arrived early, honoured
the Duke and Duchess with his company. The Noble and
Gallant Duke appeared in the enjoyment of excellent health
and spirits.
_ _ _

There is no doubt that the prospect of the Waverley Ball
induced the company to retire earlier than would otherwise
have been the case, for at seven o'clock there was conside-
rable demand for the carriages, but owing to the vast num-
ber of the visitors on this occasion, the majority were obliged
to walk some distance to their respective carriages.
Dancing was kept up with unabated vigour till the fete
concluded, both on the lawn and in the salle a manger—
the military band performing in the garden, quadrilles,
waltzes, and the polka.
It was after eight before the company dispersed.
We have not room for a list of the company.