The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-15 00:00:00

proposed measure of stopping the business of the Post-
office on Sunday. With respect to the delivery of let-
ters on Sunday, the objection would not seem to be so
important, as 11 more particularly applies to the rt-
ceivers of letters, and as each town would be able to de-
cide how its trade aas atLcted by the measure, and

would then be able to ascertain the extent of incon-

venienco to which it would be subjected, still, even in
this case, there are other parties unconnected with the
places whose interests are involved—i. e., the writers of
the letters—who would bo injured in all these cases
where prompt action was essential, and speedy informa-
tion required.
The great objection, however, applies to the delay that
would be occasioned in the dispatch or transit of the mails
on the Sunday, the force of which will be at once appre-
ciated by an inspection of the accompanyieg table. In
framing this table it is assumed that the mails dispatched
on Saturday night would either be stopped at twelve,
midnight, and again continue their progress immediately
after' midnight on Sunday, or that they would not re-
sume their progress until collected by the mail trains on
Monday morning, which, in most cases, as respects
letters from or passing through London, would be,
under present arrangements, the day mail trains from
the metropolis. That this last of the two cases would
,occur is most probable, when it is considered that the
Post-office would not undertake (unless ordered to do
so) to direct the railways to start trains immediately
alter, midnight on Sunday from those places where the
mails bad stopped at midnight on Saturday, as such,
trains, having scarcely any passenger traffic, would be
exceedingly expensive. The probability,' therefore,
would be, that either the first trains sent by the different
companies from the metropolis would be employed, or
that, as it would be desirablo to send forward, through
London the letters that had arrived on. the. Monday
morning from towns at certain distances from London,
r as well as the' lettersposted in London in the -morning
.before a quarter to eight o'clock, the day mail trains
starting from the metropolis on the Monday morning.
would be selected as those combining all classes of cor-
respondence., and by these means the expense of a double
communication would be avoided.
With respect to the dispatch of the correspondence to
the metropolis from the couatry,the results would be dif-
ferent according to the various circumstances attaching to
the different towns; but the effect in general must be an
interruption seriously injurious to intercourse by post
between the various parts of the country, involving fre-
quently the loss of communication for long periods of
-time with distant countries, where the interval for re-
plies between the arrivals and departures of foreign
packets was limited.
What the effect would be upon the Yost-office revenue,
or upon the trade and commerce of the country gene-
rally, it would be impossible to say. In my own opinion
it would be most injurious, as, in point of fact, the mea-
sure would almost be a return, as regards one day of the
week, to the slow communication which existed between
various places in the kingdom in the early part of the
present century.
Jan. 25, 1850.

(Signed) W. L. M.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Lee, King's Mills-wharf, Rotherhithe, barge-
builder, May 3, at twelve—J. W. Jackson, Colchester,
coal merchant, May 3, at half-past eleven—J. Hague,
Thames Iron-works, Rotherhithe, engineer, May 3, at
half-past twelve—H. Biers, Carlton•villas Edgeware-
road, builder, May 3, at eleven—Q. and 1. Dick, Fins-
bury-square, merchants, May 3, at eleven—%V. Gibbie,
and T. P. Ackerman, Whitecross-street, drapers, May 7,
at eleven--.G. Orbell, Romford, horse dealer, May 7, at
twelve—G. Fielding, Thame, Oxfordshire, ironmonger,
May 7, at twelve—C. Wood, Ditchling, Sussex, butcher,
May 10, at eleven. _ _

In the Country.
T. Sutton, jun., Atheratone, Warwickshire, draper,
May 4, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—J. Ste-
phenson, Brecon, grocer, May 4, at eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—J. Richards, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire,
woollen draper, May 10, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol
—J. Harford and W. W. Davies, Bristol, ironfounders,
May 13, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Bridgeford,
Sheffield, printer and newspaper publisher, May 4, at
ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield—J. C. Simpson, Shef-
field, pawnbroker, May 4, at ten, at the Council-hall,
Sheffield—J. Gilmore, Durham, whiting manufacturer,
May 10, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Ty no
—J. 11. Bayley, Manchester, and 11. Chapman, King-
street, Cheapside, warehousemen, May 7, at twelve, at
the Court, Manchester—W. Whittenbury, Manchester,
cotton dealer, May 6, at twelve, at the Court, Man-
chester—J. B. Scott, Denham Springs, Lancashire, May
7, at twelve, at the Court, Alanchester—G. and J. Bar-
ton, Manchester, copper roller manufacturers, April 22,
at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Wright, Pendle-
ton, Lancashire, dyer, April 23, at twelve, at the Court,
Manchester—J. Palmer, sen., Staplaurd, Nottingham-
shire, and T. T. Barker, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, cotton
doublers, May 17, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

J. F. Fryer, Little Love-lance, Wood-street, stay ma-
nufacturer, 23. 3d., on Wednesday next, and thrt e fol-
lowing Wednesdays. between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.

- ,
F. Armson, Carlton-hill, St. John's-wood, builder,
ss. 21d., on Wedne,,day next, and three following Wed-
nesdays, between eleven and two, at the Oleo of Mr.
Graham, Colemuc-street.

Richard and Aiken, Liverpool, morchanti, 1-16th Id.,
on any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Turner, Liverpool

S. Lee Trotman, Liverpool, merchant, 31(1.. on any
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Turner, Liverpool.
Maria Morgan, Liverpool, woollendrapsr, Bid., on any
Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Turner, Liverpool.
C. R. Wilson and W. Wilson, Liverpool, drapers, ls.
6d., o❑ any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
J. Askew, Egremont, Cheshire, hotel keeper, lod., on
any Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
H. Roberts, Pwllheli, draper, 2d., on any Thursday,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Li-
♦erpool. _ _

A. 11. Chambers, •en., and A. 11. Chambers, jun.,
New Bond-street and South Moulton-street, bankers,
ls., on Saturday, 13th, and three subsequent Saturdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane.

G. Francis, Rayleigh, Essex, innkeeper, 3s. 2d., on
Saturday 13th, and three subsequent Saturdays, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.

F. Cornell, Halstead, Essex, ironmonger, 3s. 41, on
Saturday 13th, and three subsequent Saturdays, be•
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
church-lane.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
T. Sadler and W. E. Sadler, Brightlingsea, Essex,
sailmakers, May 10, at half-past one—C. Wood, Ditche-
ling, Sussex, butcher, May 7, at eleven.
In the Country.

G. Matthews, Monmouth, pianoforte and music-seller,
May 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—T. Atkinson,
Liverpool, slater, May 6, at eleven, at the Cuurt, Liver-
pool—W. Holmes? Plymouth, baker, May 8, at eleven,
at the Court, Plymouth—W. F. Smith, Plymouth, ship•
wright, May 8, at eleven, at the Court, Plymouth.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

R. Wynne, Brentford, grocer—E. Dixon, Gravesend,
oil and colourman, a certificate of the second class—E.
Loveless, Portsem, grocer, a certificate of the second
class—J. 11. Mills, [love, Sussex, a certificate of the
second class—J. Spencer, Manchester, cotton spinner, a
certificate of the first class—E. Bratton, Northwich,
Cheshire, cabinetmaker, a certificate of the second class
—J. Harshaw, and W. Askew, Leeds, cloth merchants,
a certificate of the third class, to J. Harshaw, at the ex-
piration of twelve months, and to W. Askew, at the ex-
piration of six months, from March 28—W. Firth, H.
Firth, G. Wilson, J. Riley, and J. Coates, Stanningley,
Yorkshire, scribbling millers, a certificate of the third
class, at the expiration of twenty-one days, from April 8.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Cerrito and E. J. Curti, Mincing•lane, City, mer-
chants —F. Smith and J. Churchill, Birmingham,
chemists—J. Blanchard, son., and P. J. Blanchard,
Poole, ironmongers—B. Barker, R. Barnes, and W. F.
Nowne, Norwich, boot and shoe manufacturers—T. S.
Browne and H. Howson, Manchester, engineers—A.
Abraham, J. Brylawski, and S. H. Levy, Eyre-street-
bill, Holbore, loan and discount company (so far as re-
gards J. Brylawski)—J. D. Ceding and H. T. Pate,
Isle of Ely, chemists—J. L. Fernandes, sen., J. W.
Haworth, M. L. Fernandes, and J. L. Fernandes, jun.,
Wakefield, Yorkshire, brewers (so far as regards J. W.
Haworth)—T. Browne and T. W. Browne, Warminster,
Wiltshire, ironmongers—E. Apps and D. Harrison,
Keswick:Cumberland, black lead pencil manufacturers
—P. A. Black and J. Whittingham, Liverpool, provision
and general dealers—T. Hushes and J. Hughes, Liver-
pnol, timber dealers—W. Household and J. Smith,
Lakenheath, Suffolk, grocers—R. Shorthouso and R.
Haddon, Liverpool, accountsuts and estate agents—J.
Robinson and T. Edsforth. Haslingdon, Lancashire,
painters—J. Getty and R. Getty, Liverpool, merchants
—W. Cuthburt and W. Grindlay, jun., Liverpool, ship
brokers —E. Godbolt, J. Godbolt, and G. Godbolt,
King's-road, Chelsea, builders (so far as regards .T. God-
bolt,—.T. Hardeastle and J. Cross, Brad-haw Wm ke,
near Bolton-le-Moors—M. Ilepwerth, W. Longfield,
and W. Cutt, Kingston-upon-Hull, woollendrupers—E.
Bennett and R. W. Bennett, Manchester, attorneys—C.
L. Berles and F. IL Romcke, Mincing-lane, City, mer-
chants —Margaretto Ellen Salter and Elizabeth Salter,
'Tottenham-court-road—Mary I)ibb and W. Sowden,
Idle Yorkshire, grocers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Theodore Jcwitt, Plymouth, stationer.
Fielding Cotterill, Uandsworth, Staffordshire, coal

dealer.
William Ellis, Plymouth, hairdresser.
John Cullum, Ipswich, job master.
Thomas R. G. Newman, Newmarket, coaehmaker.
Andrew S. Knight, Plymouth, master in the Royal Navy.
John Crook, Halifax, shopkeeper.
John Beckett, Malpas, Cheshire, land surveyor.
Richard Pritchard, Saul, Glouoestershire, farmer