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. . i h.,;- - .11.14. - kl• 4i 'A ii7 T ICII f: 71 0;111121 7 :74;?? / 7 . \ ,: rm: 4 1 I ,_,.....__.401ffi,rt.t . \1 511443 A .t - iow, ) 1 < ) . -'-'.- - (Phrt 0V" IC ---- -..•- - -'1 ''''''`itA‘ r. 47c , '''",,.'"xxv- (Of 11L , '. 1 K • • . . • f • THE CONSTITUTION- NOTHI NG LESS, AN D NOTHING moitr. • 1 ' FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1829. 11'urii E a 13,270.] PRIG F SIMENPENCF. CANADA COMPANY. Canada House, St. Helen's Place, Sept. 17, 1629. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the CANADA COMPANY hereby give notice, That a SPECIAL GE NERAL COURT of PROPRIETORS will be holden at the Company's House in St. Helen's Place, on MONDAY, the 12th of October next, for the ELECTION of a DIRECTOR, to the room of Simon bPGlllivray, Esq. who has resigned. The Chair to be taken at One o'Clock precisely. By Order of the Court, JOHN PERRY, Clerk and Accountant. THE COLOSSEUM, REGENTS PARK. THE PROPRIETORS of this magnificent EXHI BITION invite the attention of the Public to the THE ARMY. CHARGE OF PIRACY. NEW ARRANGEMENT OF THE ADMISSIONS. To view the Panorama 21one, ts. 01111RAL LORD HILL'S LEVC/L. General Lord Hill, held a Levee yesterday at his Lordship's Office in the Horse Guards, which was but thinly attended. Major-General Sir Colin Hellcat, K.C.H. and G.C.H. a few Lieutenant-Colonels, and about a dozen other Officers, paid their respects to his Lordship. Field• Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, L' G. K. St. P. G.C. B. and G.C.H. it is reported will be appointed Colonel of the Ist regiment of Life Guards, vice General the Earl of Harrington, G.C.H. deceased. A detachment belonging to the 17th (Leicestershire) regiment of Foot, has received orders to embark this morning on hoard a vessel in the river, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. The following detachments have received orders to hold them selves In readiness to leave Ireland, for the purpose of joining the service companies of their respective regiments stationed at the undermentioned places, viz. :—The 10th Regiment of Infantry, 10 rank and file. for the lonian Islands ; 11th ditto, 10 rank sod file, for the lonian Islands ; 12th ditto, 20 rank and file, for Gibraltar ; 19th ditto, v.O rank and file, for the West Indies; 22.1 ditto, LO rank and file, for Jamaica; 33d ditto, 40 rank and file, for Ja maica ; 73d ditto, 10 rank and file, for Malta ; 77th ditto, 105 rank and file, for Jamaica ; 84th ditto, 60 rank and file, for Ja maica ; 86th ditto, 40 rank and file, for the West Indies; and the 88th ditto, 50 rank and file, for the lonian Islands—making in the whole 100 rank and file for the Mediterranean, and 310 ditto for the West Indies. The Panmanta, with the origin:l Ball, removed from St. Paul's Cathedral,—the Prospect from the summit of the Build ing, sad the Saloon for the reception of Works of Art, Ss. The Conservatories, Fountain, and Swiss Cottage, es. Open from Ten till dusk. This day was published, price Bs. In l2mo. the Fourteenth Edition,with important Additions,Altera dons, and Improvements, by the Rev. G. Ot.tvea, ILLUSTRATIONS OF MASONRY. By the late WILLIAM PRESTON, Esq. Past-Master of the Lodge of Antiquity, acting by immemorial Constitution. GENERAL POST-OFFICE, 17TH SIFIEUSZIL, 1829. THE Business of this Department will b e transferred to the New Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on WED NESDAY, the 25d of SEPTEMBER. Printed for Whittaker,freaeher,and Co. Ave Alaria-lane. This day was published, In l9mo . a New Edition, with Plates, price Ss. THE NATURAL HISTORY of the BIBLE ; Or a Description of all the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gems, and Precious Stones, mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures. Collected from the best Authorities, and Alphabetically arranged. fly THADDEUS MASON HARRIS, D.D: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. The hours [or the receipt of Letters and Newspapers, and for the dispatch of the Mails, will be the same u at present. In addition to the ordinary receiving houses, Branch Offices will, on that day, be opened at Charing-cross, Vere-street. Oxford. rtreet, and in Lombard-street, for the receipt of Inland, Foreign, rod Ship Letters, and where notice will be given of the arrival of Foreign Mails. Sec. The ordinary receiving houses will be closed at the same hour as at present the Letter Carriers will continue to collect Letters, ringing their bells from five until six, and the Branch Offices, at Charing-cross and Vere-street, will be open for the receipt of Let ters until a quarter before seven o'clock P.M. The Office in Lom bard-street will remain open until seven o'clock, after which hour no Letters can possibly be received, except at the General Post Offic - e, in St. Martin's-le-Grand. On the Foreign Post Nights, viz. Thursday and Friday, Foreign Letters will be received at Charing-cross and Vere-street until eight r.u. and in Lombard-street untill eleven T.31.—N0 Letters on any account, be received at any of the Branch Offices later than the hours above specified. Newspapers, to be forwarded by the Post of the same night, must be put into the Branch Offices before five rm. In consequence of the removal of the Two-penny Post to St. Martin's-le-Grand, a new Receiving House for Two-penny Post Letters will be opened in Cornhill. When the new arrangements are completed, the Post Master General hopes that the delivery of Letters, by the General Post Letter Carriers, may be finished in all Parts of the Metropolis by t Leven o'clock, Monday excepted. Py Command of his Majesty's Post Master General, F. FR EE LIN G, Secretary. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. THE MEDICAL SCHOOL will OPEN on THURSDAY, the let of October, when the following CLASSES will MEET : ANATOMY—G. S. PATTISON, Esq. Fee, £7 ;or for the first division, £4 ; second, £3. • PHYSIOLOGY—CHARLES BELL, Esq. Fee, £2. ANATOMICAL DEMONSTRATIONS—J. R. BEN NETT, A.B. Fee, £5; first division, £3 ; second, £2. SURGICAL and CLINICAL SURGERY—CHAS. BELL, Esq. Fee, £5 ; first division, £3 ; second, £2. NATURE and TREATMENT of DISEASES—Dr. CO NOLLY. Fee, £6 ; or for each division, £3. 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Curricular* of the hours of the Lecture will be given at this office. by order of the Council, THOMAS COATES, Clerk. University of London, Sept. 11. GUTHRIE'S SCHOOL ATLAS. This day was published, price 10s. 6d. coloured and half bound, t l i N ATLAS, containing Thirty-ona N ew an d A Correct MAPS, including the whole of the New Disco- ,:..... Printed for C. and J. Rivington ; Longman and Co. T. Ca .l.r:l; Harvey and Co. ; John Richardson ; J. and W. T. Clarke ; I. Poyker ; Boosey and Sons ; E. Williams : W. Ging,r; R. S.:Oo:cy; Baldwin and Co. T. Tegg ; Sherwood and Co. ; Ha n i.ton and CO. ; J. Duncan ; G. B. Whittaker; H. T. Hodgson; -zimOtin and Alarshall; J. Souter ; J. Hearne; J. Cullingwood ; ; Smith and Co. Baker and Fletcher; Poole and Y.dwarth, London ; Wilson and Suns, York ; and Stirling and Kenny. Edinburgh. Of whom may be had, A new and improved edition (being the 24th) of GUTHRIE'S .GEOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, and COMMERCIAL GRA M "MA 11, studiously revised and carefully corrected, in One large Volume Svo., illustrated with 31 Maps, price iSs. in boards. This new Edition will be found to comprehend a considerable portion of novel information, more particularly under three great heeds, namely, the Voyages of Captain Parry to the Polar Sea— the 111=0 :hie discoveries in Central Africa—and the erection of many independent States in South America. To these objects due attention has been paid ; and all other parts of the work, it is p - ;sumed. will exhibit proofs of diligent and accurate research. It i , Ali:, proper to state that not oni, more correct Naps have been ,übstituted fur the old ones, hut others have been added to render Atlas complete. rll HE sudden vuria:ions of Weather, usually so fatal to In r,lids, has been this year extended to the Summer. In- Tumours, Swellings in the Joints, Inflammation of the Liv-r, and Diseases of all the Lymphatic Glands are the conse quences; Sumbalie and Scrolulous Suppurations, and that general Consumptive Debility, which the use of Mercury induces, ap ;ezr with peculiar aggravat i on . I n these deplorable cases, and the limost insensible predisposition to them, the efficacy of the VEGETABLE SYRUP OF DE VELNOS is too well, known to need advertisements, were it not counteracted by a strong in terest, plausibly supported, in favour of Mercury; which, by some times making one disease disappear, breaks down the Constitution for the inroads of a thousand.—The great demand for the Vege tale Syrup, the substitute of this baneful mineral. and the remedy ter its dreadful effects, is proportioned to the present necessity of having recourse to it, and is administered, and sold, by Mrs. Can ham, at 5.1, Berners-street, Oxford -street, at I ss. a bottle ; and by her appointment at Mr. Grindle's, Pall-man, and most of the re spectable Medicine Venders in London, and every considerable Town in the United Kingdom, and the Continent. The Concentrated, for warm climates, is sold by her deputed agents in :he East Indies, viz. AleSsfS. Mackintish and Co. Cal cutta ; mai Messrs. Forbes and Co. Bombay. This day was published, In I2mo. price 2s. 6d. sewed, or in 18mo. price 2s. Gd. bound, the Twenty-fourth Edition, with a Selection of Hymns for particu lar occasions SELECT PORTIONS of the NEW VERSION o f PSALMS, for every Sunday throughout the Year. and the principal Festivals and Fasts ; for the Use of Parish Churches. The words selected by the Rai,. G. H. DRUMMOND ; the Music selected, adapted, and composed by EDWARD MILLS', Mus. Doc. Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave Maria-lane. GEOGRAPHY AND ATLAS ON A NEW PLAN. This day was published, a Second Edition, in royal 18mo. price 3s. 6d. neatly bound and lettered, embellished with numerous Engravings:illustrating Manners, Customs, and Curiosities, RUDINIENTS of GEOGRAPHY, on a New Plan, designed to assist the Memory by Comparison and Classi fication. By NV. C. NVOODBRIDGE, A.M. The Geography is accompanied by Au ATLAS, exhibiting, in connecticn with the Outlines of Countries, the prevailing Itch gions, Forms of Government, degrees of Civilization, the com parative size of Towns, Rivers, and Mountains ; and the Climates and Productions of the Earth, in royal 4to. coloured, price Bs. half- hound. This Atlas has been compiled from the best Authorities, and contains all the late Discoveries of Parry, Weddell, Denham, and Clapperton. But its principal claim to attention is founded on the entire novelty of the plan : each }lap preser.ts not only the Geographical Outlines of Countries, but a series of numbers affixed to the Mountains, Rivers, and Cities, which indicate their comparative rank, and enables the Student, by reference to the Table of Classification, to discover their actual magnitude. The Isothermal Chart exhibits the Climate of different 'Legions, as determined by Thermometrical Observation, with their most im• pottant productions, and presents a striking , illustration of the diversity existing in the same Latitudes according to the situation of Countriei. In the Moral and Political Chart, the outlines , of each country contain a number, showing hi Population, and several ambit:cis indicating its Government, Religion, and State of Civilization, and forms, in tffect, a Moral Picture of the World. _ _ _ Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. Ave \laria•lbne. Of whom m3y he had, A complete SCHOOL CATALOGUE. THE CHACE; OR, REFUGE IN A CHINA SHOP. AN over drove bullock trom SMittifie!d !mad out Full speed to Fleet-market, the stalls overturning, Midst dissonant anise, fish and fruit-women mourning Their sc:.tter'd commodities—putting to rout A host of upponents—putsuing his way lip Fleet -street, where turning at facing at bay The mob, his retreat was cut off, and he good Perplez'd, in apparent contemplative mood Which way to escape—when a China shop- d oor Invitingly open, siraight in then he ran, And shortly the work of destruction began ; For heedless of earthenware spread o'er the Boor In fragments, the fragile, yet valuable ware He crush'd, and its owner immers'il in despair ! No prospect appear'd to avert instant ruin, When Hope came at last, in the shape of a Boot, Of brilliance that well every purpose might suit Of high polish'd mirrorhis image then viewing, The bullock in WARREN'S rich Jet, in amaze, He paus'd on the shelf with inqui,itive gaze, Where stood tl'e Reflector—his fury assuag'd, And steady and passive attention engag'd ! The shopman, with fortunate presence of mind, Cross'd on to the door with the Bout—right about The bullock now facing, he thence drew him out ; Right happy the China-sbop owner . to find That thus he a magnet posseas'd of high power, His merchandize saving in perilous hour From farther destruction ; and still as a lure, And safety in similar case to insure, The Boot is display*d—the strange incident backing With lasting pre-eminence Waaasx'sJer BLACKING ! This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepared by 4 1 / 1 /4,M 30, STRAND, London; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID in Bottles, 6d. 10d. 12d. and tad. each. Mso PASTE BLACKING, in Pots, 6d. 12d. and 18d. each. Be Particular td inquire tik ROB?. W ARREN 'S, h 6, STRAND. AIL OTHERS MIR CORN KKKKK IT. From the PLYMOUTH JOURNAL, Sept. 17. Mr. Reed. our Consul General at St. Michael's, came home in the Undaunted, with dispatches for Government. The Britannia, 120, went into the Sound on Monday afternoon, the surrounding hills being covered with spectators. Among the visitors on board, exclusive of Earl Northesk and family, were Lords Valletort and Eliot, General Sir Willoughby Gordon Capt. Wise, C.B. Mr. Bewes, and a number of ladies. The flag of Earl Northesk was struck at sunset, and immediately after hoisted on board the St. Vincent, 120. Capt. George Burdett will take the Britannia to the Mediterranean, and Commander H. S. Marsham, is also appointed to her. Capt. Burdett took the command on Tuesday, and Capt. Hawker moved to the St. Vincent on the same day. _ _ _ The sailing orders of the Britannia came down onTuesday night, and she will sail for Malta on Saturday, as will the Lightning also for South America. His Majesty's ship St. Vincent, 120, was commissioned on Thursday by Lieut. Edw. Bayley, to fit out as a flag-gitard-ship for Channel service. The Rev. T. Ferris is appointed Chaplain of her, and the Rev. J. Briggs supernumerary Chaplain of her for the service of the Ordinary. The Rev. E. Pittman goes out acting in the Britannia to join the Gloucester; and the Rev. J. M. Mallet goes out in the Lightning to join the Tribune on the South Ame rican station. Mr. Stephen Mason is appoined Assistant Surgeon of the Ordinary at Portsmouth, his appointment for the Britannia being set aside. Lieut. Mallard, of the Royal Marines, moves from the Britannia to the St. Vincent- In Hamoaze—St. Vincent, Kent, Lightning, Orestes, Leveret, Royalist, Eclipse, Calypso, and Meteor steam-vessel. At the Island—Bramble. In Barnpool—Undaunted. In the Sound—Britannia, Trinculo. Paesscnotts.—Commander James Thorne and Raton Travers (Rose), to the rank of Captain; Lieut. J. Talbot, of the Melville, W. C. Swinfen, of the Druid, and George Smith (a), the Inventor of the Lever Target, to the rank of Commander. • Captain Little, of this division of Royal Marines, is appointed Barrack Master at Woolwich, vice Bright, deceased ; and Captain Giles is appointed to this division, vice Little. Arronszxzwza.—Capt. John Hayes, C. B. Commander Drake, Lieut. Thomas Creser, Mr. Hall, Surgeon, Mr. E. E. Vidal!, Purser, to the Ganges • Commander C. H. Swimburne , Lieut. J. Brown, Mr. James, Surgeon, and Mr. John Davies, Master, to the Rapid ; Lieut. John Wainwright. to the Melville ; Mr. C. H. Fuller, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Britannia; Commander John Shepherd, Lieut. Arch. Reed., Lieut. S. S. Crispo, 1131. James Menzies and John Bowler, Assistant-Surgeons, to the Barham ; Lieuts. E. H. Seppings and W. Hand, to the Shannon ; Lieut. W. Louis, and Assistant-Surgeon John Smith (c), to the Ranger ; Lieutenants John I). Brisbane, Charles Tolland, Charles Bed does, Mr. James Sprint, Master, Mr. G. Armstrong, Surgeon, and Mr. E. M. Denby, Purser. to the Mersey; Captain C. Rich, Lieut. Justus Ozenham, Mr. P. Mc. Govern, Surgeon, Alessrs. J. Sinclair, J. Campbell, and J. Mc. Intyre, Assistant Surgeons, to the Magnificent ' • Lieutenants John Garret and John Byng, to the Slaticy ; Lieut. J. E. Rivett, and Assistant Surgeon C. it. Nutt, Mr. J. B. Borham, Purser to Espieglet Mr. Thomas Richardson, Master, Mr. D. King, Surgeon, Mr. Robert Barrow, Purser, to Grasshopper ; Lieut. T. B. Brown, Mr. 0. Evans, Sur geon, to Fairy; Commander H. S. Nixon, Mr. J. A. Mc. Kee, Master, Mr. J. W. Nicholls, Purser, to tlarpy; Lieutenant H. A. Griffith, to Icarus. Lieutenants Bowen (1805), A. D. Ferguson (1828), and George Hathorn (1827) are appointed to the Britannia. Mr. C. Dickson is appointed Assistant. Surgeon to the Naval Department at Fernando Po. Lieutenant John Roche, of Stonrhouse, late of the Harpy, is appointed to command the Skip-Jack schooner, at Jamaica. Lieut. Augustus F. Tracey, cf Plymouth, is appointed to the Hyperion, 42. Mr. J. Tilly (1801), is appointed Purser of the St. Vincent. The following midshipmen passed their examination at the Royal Naval College, last week : Mr. Richd. Inman, Mr. Ste phen Grenville Free:nantle, Mr. John Frederick Guyon. Mr.Edw. Young, the lion. Edw. George Howard, Mr. John Gunn Robin., Mr. Charles Trelawney Pasi - ,ingham, Mr. Henry Thomas Smith, Mr. Charles James Fox Campbell, Mr. Charles Bamber Warren, Mr. Adam Gilhard Wescott, Mr. George Augustus Henry. Luis Majesty's ship Nheldrake arrived at Gibraltar from Fal mouth and Cadiz, Aug 18. The Tyrian arrived at Madeira from Fain:oath, July `d7, and sailed 28th for Teneriffe and Rio de Janeiro. The Cadmus arrived at Rio de Janeiro from a cruise June 29. The M u:ine arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Falmouth June 30, and sailed July 5 for Buenos Ayres. The Espoir was at St. Helena July The Grasshopper arrived at Jamaica from Curacoa July 8, and sailed 15th for ditto. The Icarus arrived at Jamaica from Camaynes July 25, and sailed for Curacoa 29th. The Emulous arrived at Jamaica from Falmouth July 29, and sailed [or Vera Cruz 51st. The Slaney arrived at Jamaica from Curaci.a July 21, and Fairy front a cruise 29th. The Seringapatam was spoken with Ain,u-t 15, lat. 17. 36. N. long. £6. 5. The Pallas, hotrod to Bengal, was spoken with lat. 16. N. long. 1:(1.. The if,peig:e arrived at liarbadoet. from Trinidad July 25. The Stephen Knight, Wright, of this tort, on into P3dstow the 11th instant, with damage, having been in contact with the Sprightly, Richards, on shore at Widemouth, wear Bude. The schooner Mary, of this port, was driven on the SARIS within the Dunbar, near I'adstow, on the 11th inst. after beating over during the night; the crew were saved by pilou, and the vessel has since been got off in a leaky state. The brig Hawke, Tapscott, of this port, un her voyage from Newport to this place, was totally wrecked dining the heavy gales last week in Barnstaple Bay, and all on board perished. The Mas ter has left a widow and five children to deplore the loss. The Cygnet, Russell, of this port, sailed from Dundee, for the Baltic, September 2. The Halcyon, 13owdler, arrived at Lisbon, front this port, August 6. The Fancy, Farrant, of and frnin this port, arrived at Malaya August 11. The Mary, Wills, ar rived at Newfoundland, from Figueira, August 3. 'The 'fre Sas 'tend, Heitman, arrived at St. Übes, front this port, Aug. 21. The Lady Frances, Dawes, arrived at Newfoundland, Irons Madeira, Aug. 3. The Mayflower, Martin, of this port, arrived at Newfound land from Oporto, Aug. 8 The Active, Hayman, of this port, arrived at Denia from Liverpool, August 15. The Christian, Ham, of this port, arrived at Figeera from Newfoundland, Aug ust 22, and sailed fur the former place on the 22d, all weU. The eothert, Forbes, of this port, arrived at Lisbon Irons Newfoundland, Aug. 25. The Susan, Nicholson, of and for this port, from Archangel, a rriv e d at Weymouth on the 6th inst. The Fly, Soper, from this port, arrived at Figueira Aug. 10, and sailed 16th for Labrador. The Lady Peel, Aihley; from this port, arrived at Amsterdam the 12th inst. 'The Eliza and Nancy, Head, of this port, was at Alicanti Aug. 28 The Elizabeth, Phelps, irons London, put into It .m. - gate, the 111th inst. The Breakwater, Newman, of and front this port, for Prince Edward's Island, was spoken et ith of • the sth inst. lat. 50. 20. tong. 12. The Lloyds, Warren, of and from this port, for Quebec, was spoken with Aug. 16, lat. 46. long. 47. "the Mould, Paul, and Launceston, Barnes, from London (or this port,. were in the Drums the 12:h inst. A few days since thee Lome!! transport the River from Acrica, having the crew of a piratical schoont r In i. soners on board. They are 18 in number, amongst whom are t Irishmen, our Englishman, two men of colour, four Frerchnieh, and the remainder are Spaniards. They are a desperate-lookni; set of men, but are wretchedly clad, and appear to be in a dept .ra- We condition. The only witness who hai yet arrived is a muss of eo!our. It appears that Commodore Owen, o: hi.. Majesty'. Eden, at present on t! e African station, received information s. February, 1828, that a piratical corvette, under French colours, was on the coast plundering vessels of all nations, and had gone a:, far as to condemn seven vessels at Sierra Leone. under the pr. tense that she had caught them slave dealing. The Commodore there fore dispatched his tender, the Corn'elius, in search of the corvette, and the crew succeeded in boarding the corvette while she we. lying off the coast of Calabar. She had French colours flying at het mast head. She was about 230 tons burden, and from her papers it appeared that she bad sailed from St. Thomas'o, in the We..t dies. She carried right cart i3,3e and two long guns, and w.ls adapted for quick sailing. She was stiled the Venus. At tho time of the capture, the Captain, who was :Ai Englishman, with bas chief officers, and about thirty of his crew, were ashore, and up:o. hearing of the capture, they escaped into the interior. There we: - . 35 men un board, some of whom had cutlasses and small arrn• They said the whole party ashore were armed with muskets am: small arms of all kinds—they were on an expedition, the nature r , l which the pri.oners could not explain. The vessel was in ballast , and a great abundance of ammunition and provisions were Pend. The prisoners were confined some time in the gaol at Fernando and the corvette was condemned as a prize to Capt. Owen. :some of the prisoners escaped ' others died, and about 20 w e r e p ut no Sul board the Sueld, to be brought to England fur trial, but two sit them died on the passage. The Man of Colour states that he was in a merchant ship, which was plundered by the corvette, on the coast of Guinea ; she bolt down upon them, in June, 1328, with French colours eying, and having fired two guns, came up, and took possession, and sold tin ship and cat go at Sierra Leone. He volunteered on board her, as he understood some of the men to say they were bound fur St. Bartholomew or St. Thomas's : he did not participate in any sat their acts. The prisoners charge the nun of colour with having truiuped up the charge, from motives of revenge , and they say they %Noel-, justified in making the seizures they did, as they were Portquesi vessels engaged in slave trading. It is expected that they will be examined next week at the Thames Police Office. BANK OF ENGLAND. YtBterday morning a meeting (.t . the Proprietors ul Rank Stock was held in the Court Room of the Bank of England, for the purpose of declaring a dividend on the capital stock of the Company, and on other affairs. There wss a numerous attendance of Proprietors, in consequence of an understanding that matters ol high importance, connected with the circulating medium, &e. would be brought under the notice of the Court. There were man) Country Baiikers press nt. At twelve o'clock the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and a mg jority of the Directors, entered the Court-room ; and The Governor (Samuel Drewe, Esq.) having taken his station, the minutes of the last Court were read. On the motion that they be confirmed, 111r.Youriu inquired whether it was not usual to read the minutts of the Court at which the March dividend was declared? The GOVEN.NON. stated that the course followed that day was the sante as had been adopted for snore than one hundred and twenty years past, and there was uo reason for departing from such a coure. Mr. YOUNG was desirous to know whether the resolutions which he had proposed in March last, and which bad been regularly seconded, had been entered on the minute►? The GOVZRNOR answered, that other Courts had since that time been held, and the minute; of such Court had been confirmed. Mr. YOUNG:111 1 dei,ire to know is, whether the resolution% were entered on the minutes. The GovanNon replied in the affirmative. The minutes of the last C o urt were then confirmed. The Govinasoa said, that this was one of the quarterly Coars held in pursuance of the terms of the Charter, and also for the de • claration of a dividend. The Court of DirectorF, after a full in spection of the Bank accounts, had agreed to recommend a divi dend of four per cent. on the capital stock of the Company for last year. Was it the opinion of the Court that that dividend be agreed to? A Paoruavoa moved u an amendment, that thire be a balance sheet of the bank account submitted to the proprietors before they agreed to the dividend. By the terms of the 11-laws such a coo: se was deemed imperative. The Govitaa . ou asked if the amendment was seconded? which not appearing to be the case, the motion dropped ; and the G , vernor again put the question that the dividend be agreed to. Mr. Yoe'o said that, before that question was put, he would claim the attention of the meeting. He hoped that the court would not come to a hasty decision. By the terms of the charter t! , .• proprietors had a full right to s , e the state in which the bank a. - counts were before they agreed to a dividend, and the by-laws also confirmed him in this statement. He had no doubt but that the Court of Directors had fully considered the dividend, but to him it was matter of doubt whether a dividend declared in the manner now proposed was legal. By the by-laws it was required that the pro. pricier, should look into the affairs of the bank before they agreed to a dividend. Having said thua much (continued the Ho . Proprietor), may I be allowed to inquire what is the amount et your iseues for which you have received value, and which has not been redeemed by payment.? . That is the first question I shad put, and hope to have a full answer. The Govaaxoa oluerved that the Honourable Proprietor had frequently asked a similar questim, and had received an answer to It. YOCNG—My question is, what is the amount of bank note, issued that have not been redeemed by payments ? It was highly important to know this its the bank acted as private bankers, and the deposits placed in their hands were a part of the circulating medium. It was Ma:re:ore impi)rtant that the amount of deposit, should be known. The GOVLRNOIt had no obj.•ction to state the amount of the cir culation, which was l8,87:;,740/. But it was not considered viable that the amount wf the deposits with the bank should !..! stated. Such inforrration should be kept scctet. Mr YOUNG again pressed his question regarding the dep..sit The GOVERNOR stated that all questions relative to the amount of deposits were referred tram time to time to the court of director • and disposed of by that court as it appeared to be reptile' t. 11. was of opinion that the best sy-tem to he pursued in the pre.t.nt case would be that which had heretofore been constantly et:tiler...a to ; it was a system which bad secured public confidence. and recogni,ed by the people of the country as well as by the pull - ment or the country. Mr. Youstu agait; presented himsel. He • begged km of the court respectfully to go back to die question abou: the bank depo sits: He had a. , high an opinion of the court or directors as Ally proprktor could have ; but for the prop:icier, at large to meet from time to time, and adjourn without such questions being :111. swered, wab incon.i.rent with tb...ir chAr..cters a% mercantile m.-tt. The CHAIIMAN said it was impo.sible for him to give tke itifer• melon required ; it had always been withh-::1, and that, too, the fuH cuti , ent o the Proprietors It the llon. Proprietor h ..1 any nwion to mai-v. it would undoubtedly be received. 3lr. Toes then 4dwarced to :he table and put a re-olution, th..: the Court of Directors do lay before the Proprietors the am:Adit f deposits of bank notes, &c. made bylndividu Is with the company and that kt the same time the amotau at present in circulatioa be stated. ma as that the pre,nt state of floe Compzny be fairly ascer tAned.—The motion having been seconded, and put from the chair, was negatived by a considerable majority. The CHAIKUAN then addresvd the Court. and put the usual q•,estiun as to the halt-yearly dividends. viz —•• That a d,vidend of four per cent. be declared for the half-year, from and :Alit lb,- 10:h of October next."' Mr. Inoue= moved that a divr.lerd of ten per cent fir same period be declared—CA laugh..) A uteidend of four pet cent. was then declared. Mr. out. again presented himself. He could not ahoy, tl.e meeting to separate without once mote bringing his motion as 1.1 the depo,its forsiard. ifthe Court nt Directors conti n ued con duct their affairs with so much apparent •eerecy, Co Propri-t.tr could tell the result. He begged to lay before the Court the Reso lution which he had so ofteobefore brought forward. He diJ t.ot mean tilt se Resolutions to be adopted sudtleiAy, I u: that tin. Coail v II On the Ist October,l929, will be published, price Two Shillings, (to be continued Monthly,) No. I. of the EDINBURGH JOURNAL OF NATURAL and GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE. Conducted by an ASSOCIATION of NATURALISTS. Illustrated occasionally with Maps, Charts, and Engravings. CONTENTS :-Art. I. A Description of the Landes of Acquits nia, by W. Ainsworth. Esq.—Art. 11. Description of Five New British Species of Shells, with Figures, by Captain Thomas Brown, F. R.S.E.—Art. 111. On the Electricity of the Simple and Com pound Galvanic Circles, by K. T. Kemp, Esq.—Art. IV. 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